THE BEE; . OJUAHA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1921.
Senate Probe of
Administration
Is Authorized
Bill Making NWomcn Eligible
j For Jury Service Is Passed
Eight Measures Are
r Killed. (
' LincolitrNcb., Jan. rO.(Speciat )
After placing its unanimous ap
proval on the senate bill making
women eligible for jury duty, the
Nebraska state senate wound up a
busy morning by voting without a
dissenting wife to investigate
charges of duplication and uneco
nomical administration of the ' late
government.
Senator Perry Reed of Hender
son proposed the ena.orial investi
gation in the conduct of state af
fairs by presenting a motion for the
appointment of a committee of five
members to make such an investi-
. sation. ' -
Kill Eight BUlsr
The senate postponed indefinitely
eight bills upon committee reports
today, passed nine to the general file
and passed two on th,ird reading
Nine new bills were introduced.
A minor clash was staged duriiiR
the reports of standing committees,
when the judiciary committee was
recommending a group of measures
for indefinite postponement.
. The chair and the secretary of the
senate had been lioldtnf? that no vote
was necessary to confirm tne post
ponement, if no negative objection
.was raised. ,, - V' ' '
: "I object to the chairman legislat
ing for the senate," said Chairman
Hoagland of the committee. "It re
quires an affirmative .action of this
body to kill a bill and I insist on a
vote of the bills recommended for
postponement." f j
jr.. Oppose Selling Land j
:'?A "memorial was received from 103 ;
ptizens of northwest N ebra.jka. the
Center oitate school land, asking
the legislature not to sell the state
School land, and in event it is sold,
that the funds be turned over to
school rurposes and not to loans tor
ex-soldiers. . : y "t-
''iThese bills were killed on recom
mendation of committees reporting
them out:
,C F. IS Modifying ruin of evident'.
! 8. P (6-Requlring publication of per
sonal iz llsts
S. F. 40 9pelal measure relatlnc to
th'ft movor tni'ks. . t 4
offense a
Gothenburg Man
President of State
Fire Fighters' Body
York, Xeb., Jan. 20.-( Special
Telegram.) C. B. Frazicr of Goth
enburg was elected president of the
Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's
association at their closing session
here. At a banquet tonight 627 del
egates were in attendance, the larg
est number in the history of the as
sociation. Governor McKeivie de
livered a short address at the after
noon session. ,
Miss Eva V. Anderson," stenog
rapher in the state fire marshal's of
fice, spoke on an organization of
women for fire prevention. The 1922
convention will be held in Norfolk.
Other officers of the association
elected arf: Johu Martin, Fremont,
first vice president: O. W. Rhodes,
Scottsbluff, second vice president;
IT. A. Webbert, Kearney, secretary;
Walter C. Rudin, Mitchell, chaplain;
F. B, Tobin, Sutton, treasurer; board
of control, Clarence Cowley, Au
burn;' A. W. Sprague, CrawfordBert
J. Galley, Columbus; Earl Neiley,
Gering, and J. V. Goching, Seward,
chairman.
Aviation Field Purchase
For Omaha Is Advocated
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 20. (Special.)
A bill enabling the city of Omaha
to vote bonds for the purchase and
maintenance of an aviation field 'was
passed amongi Douglas county rep
resentatives tonight for endorsement
by Representative Medlar ol
Omaha. -a "
' At present, Medlar staled, Ak-Sar-Ben
field at Omaha is main
tained by popular subscriptions and
his proposed law is a safeguard for
city ownership and maintenance in
the event the government should not
commandeer the field.
' The bill. Medlar stated, would be
introduced in the morning.
Geneva Legion Post Ends
Drive With 93 New Members
Geneva, Neb., Jan. 20. (Special.)
At a banauet held by Fillmore
oost No. 68. American Legion, Grov-
et C. Davis of Lincoln, gave an ad
dress on "Government Insurance." A
boxing match by Alvin Burke of
Grafton postand Thomas Ashton of
Geneva Was a feature.
Short talks were made by Com.
Thos. J. Keenari and Adjt. Edmund
Rock and Attorney Robert B. Witt
ing. ' ''
A membership drive which just
closed resulted in 93 new members
being added td the roll.
Railway and Steamship
j- Clerks Elect Officers
Wymorc. Neb., Jan. 20. (Special.)
The Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks held its annual
election herd This organization now
has a national membership of more
than 200,000. Officers elected for
1021 . R. R. Stewart, president; R
I "atanSSnment ni mu-fBaker, vice president; Miss Mildred
U.,- lK.l.f Woolsey, recording secretary, and
R. U Brummer, cnapiam. .. :-
Davis Declares
.-War-on Tricky
Insurance Men
itintor trucks.
. K. Makes abettor
hrlnclnal.
' 8. F. 44 rpBltnry fop school district
fund. Killed fey reason of wron title,
; 8. F. 45 Teachers' retirement fund.
. S. F. ;SI Reducing personal eienvptlnn
from attachment from $500 to $200 for
married men.
General File Bills.
' Bills recommended for the grenerat file
fc standing committees Included:
8. F. IT Providing for the suing of din
solved corporations. Phraseology , amend-
B. F. si child stealing.
8. F. Si Child
tr.tmnt
IS. F. S.WWIfef and child abandonment
. 8. F. 10 New divorce law.
; ' Twa Measures Paused.
8. F. 10 Removing Jurisdiction over
Irrigation matters vfrom. Nebraska rail
way commission. ' " x
. 8. F. J5 Limiting Douglas county at
torney to five deputies.
4 8. F. 4t Regulates procedure for mov
ing new trial. ' . '
8. K. (1 Transfer legislative reference
bureau, from university to supreme court.
' Blllan final passage were:
' 8. F, 71 For women jurors, paased SO
to 0. '
S. F. 7 For five-sixths jury verdict In
civil cues, passed, 28 to 0. , -
$75
New House Bills,
,000 Potash Award
Is Sustained by Court jfc.r.
- - proxent.
Lincoln; Jan. 20.-(Special.)-The
Nebraska supreme . court, in an
dpinion handed down today affirmed
a judgment for-$7S,000 secured in
the Douglas county district court by
Peter Long against John H. Krausc.
" Long claimed that Krause had
purchased a : 240-acre farm of him,
representing that he wanted it for
agricultural purposes. Long sola
the land and lake for $17,000 and
sued Krause for nearly $1,000,000,
which he claimed to be the value
of the potash.
Testimony at the trial indicated
that the potash extracted and placed
on cars would have been worth
$480,000. Krause has died since the
suit was -instituted. v 1 -
Recommend Passage of
H. it. 180, Green Requiring campaign ad
vertising to be plainly marked aa paid
advertisement, and to carry at the head
the name and address of the candidate
in whose Interest It is inserted, the cam
or the person authorixlng it and the au
thor. The same facta must ba attached
to any circular.
H. R. 181. Osterman. Mctl!en and
Stents Providing for condemnation of un-x
used railroad right-of-way for purpose of
public highways. Kmergency.
H. R. 182, Armstrong Amending the
law relating to cities having from 1.000
to S.ono inhabitants by providing that
ynr shall be elected for two years.
officers to be eteeted yearly aa at
proxent. Kmergency.
H. K. 183. Tnompson uecianng mm
the presence of billboards more than four
feet high and within ZOO feet of any cor
ner at highway intersections are forbid
den, and providing penalties.
H. R. 184. Wood Appropriating $150
for a, .grave marker for Stephen Archibald,
a Hitchcock county bachelor, whoae estate
of IS, 827.60 escheated to the state for lack
of heirs. t
H. R. 185, Goodrich Regulating the
manufacture and aale of soft drinks, pro
viding for, washing 'of bottles, proper
marking and labeling, sanitary . factories,
and requiring a license.
H. R. 188, Goodrich Providing six.
year terms for county commissioners in
counties not under township organiza
tion. H. R. 187, Armstrong Providing that
whoever enters a building occupied as a
bank, depository or trust company and
holda up persons by fear or violence with
intent to steal and carry away property
shall be punished by from aeven to. 20
yearj.
H. R. 188, Lancaster County Delega.
tlon Providing that In Lancaster county
the county asscnor shall transcribe the
assessments in a book purchased by the
j county, complete the tax list and return his
Wno-A Tnorpnap M ea&urp "nploted records t the clerk in time for
W ge increase measure transmission to the treasurer.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
A bill providing for an increase in
salaries of deputies in the office of
the register of deeds in Douglas
county'from $125 to $140 a month
and an increase to $300 a month for
the chief deputy was placed on gen
eral file today in the lower house
with a recommendation for its pas
sage by the committee on fees and
salaries. ,
- Another salary bill granting a 50
cent an hour wage for clerks and
judges at election and $4 a day and
15 cents a mile for rural clerks car
rying the ballots to the county court
house was referred out for passage
on the recommendation of the (same
committee.
Recommend Postponement
Of Yeiser Blue Sky Bill
The committee oh manufacturers
and commerce recommended today
that a bill by Yeiser of Omaha,
which would abolish the blue sky
Taw in preparation for the enactment
of a new one, be indefinitely post
poned. 'Dyball of Omaha, chairman
of the committee, stated that the bill
was drawn up erroneously and a
new one 'timed in the same direction
would be mtroduced.
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Life Sentence for Assault
BUI May Be Postponed
; Lincoln. Neb.i Jan. 20. (Special.)
e-The bill providing for. a life sen
tence for criminal assault was
rplaced on general file today with a
recommendation by the committee
"on judiciary that, its consideration
:be indefinitely postponed. The bill
.was introduced by Representative
"Williams of FUlmote. ;
New Trial Is Granted Man
t . Convicted of Assault
LiLncolu, Jan. 20. (Special.)
The Nebraska supreme court has
tsranted a new trial to Isaac Mc-
Dougal of Red Willow county
charged with attempted assault on a
young girl. McDougal was sen
tenced to two to la years m tne pen-
-iteutiarv after having, Keen found)
crnilty by the trial court :
H. R. 18. 8now-vProvldlng for a board
of auto mechanlca examiners, to be named
by the board of public works, to be paid
$10 a day from fees from applicants; bi
monthly examinations shall be held in
Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Chadrdh, Grand
Island and McCook. An auto7 mechanic
la defined aa onewho holda himself, out
tc upon any auto or truckr
for hire for wor!
ml requires a license. The fee fixed'
is is.
H. R. . 190. Smith Providing that In
Douglas county the county clerk shall be
allowed for making city and county tax
lists a budget of 410.000 for salaries, a
chief clerk to be paid 18S and others H0
a month. v
H. R. m. Jacobs Providing that where
It la necessary to divide an existing school
district, throwing part Into one consolidat
ed or high achool district and -part Into
another, and one la established
and the other Is not, the committee
shall set over the whole of the existing
district into the one established until such
time aa the other la established, no division
to be final until approved by the voters by
a majority vote.
H. R. 193, Jacoba, Vance and OHmore
Raising the fee for hall Insurance la the
third zone from 60 to 86 cents an acre
on tit an acre Insurance and 11.30 on flS.
The county assessor la to collect a definite
fee of (0 cents for each application Inatead
of computing the fee on an acre basis.
H. R. 198, Frantic Hutiman, Robertson,
Lynn, Williams. Wood, Mickey, Clisbe and
Wallace Eliminating from bank incor
poration law the two-year proviso; giving
the banking department the power to pass
on the public necessity, convenience and
advantage of new applications for char
ters; requiring every bank chartered since
April 4, 1919. to pay .4 per cent of capital
stock into the guarantee fund, with power
to department to require new banks to
pay into such fund whatever sum he
deems equitable and ' Just.
New Senate Bills
3. F. 134, Beebe Authorises Nebraska
State Journal to codify atatutes for 1921,
and publish revised statutes accordingly,
S. F. 136. Pickett Abolishes aones m
county road improvement districts, so
far as petitions ordering Improvements are
concerned. Abutting property owners con
trol -
S. F. 138, Dutton (by requeat) Deposi
tory for school district treasurers, to re
place 8. F. 44, killed on account ot error
in draftlnr.
S. F, 13T, ' Cooper Forbids sliens to
own or keep firearms.
S. FT 138. Cooper Raises salary of
chief probation officer in Omaha from
12.000 to SI.60A. Emergency.
S. F. 139, Reed One mil levy for coun
ty agriculture! societies, to replace pres
ent 6 cents per Inhabitant draft on gen
eral fund.
S. F. 140,. Randall and Others To re
turn state guarantee fund to liquidated
banka after three yeara, but In no cases
sooner than eight yeara after graating
charter. N
f. F. 141, Hastings Makes actual values
basis for taxation Instead of one-fifth
actual values. x
a K.)4i. Hastings Limits county texes
to SO cents en the $100 actual valuation
instead ot 11.60 on the present aosessed
-latlon, and reduces other levies to con-
form.
War Risk Insurance Repre
sentative Charges War Vet ,
crans Are Prey of Un
scrupulous Agents.
Lincoln, N'cb., Jan. 20. Charges
that attempts are being made in Ne
braska by agents of private insur
ance companies to prevent veterans
of the world war from shag in
the benefits. of government life in
surance arc made tn a statement
by Grover Davis, state representa
tive of the bureau of war risk insur
ance with headauarters here. Mr.
Davis says his attention is called
every few days to cases where ambi-
tious insurance agents arc attempt
ing to persuade war veterans to part
with their government policies fpr
one with their companies.
Mr. Davis severely criticises these
unscrupulous agents in his state
jnent which, in part, follows:
"There are a numbeY of men sell
ing life insurance in Nebraska who
are either too poor salesmen to put
their proposition across on its mer
its or on the other hand see an op
portunity to take advantage of the
lack of information which the aver
age former soldier has on ' govern
ment insurance and adopts the easier
but criminal method of ' misrep
resentating lhe matter and sell their
policy through deceptive methods..
"One ex-soldier at 'Fairbury car
ried his government insurance until
late in July, when an ambitious in
surance agent persuaded him to part
with it, showing him that his policy
was much better. Ofterwards the
soldier investigated and found .he
was paying the same premium for a
$7,000 policy that the government
was , charging him for $10,000, the
difference in the policies being that
the government policy was partici
pating and the other was not; also
that the government paid disability
benefits regardless of age and the
other policy contained restrictions as
to when such payments could be re
ceived. ' '
"Another former soldier at Alex
andria was quite recently ap
proached' by a, Lincoln insurance
man who very diligently tried to
show the soldier that the govern
ment policy which he held was not
so good as his, going so far, as to
guarantee dividends on his policy,
and claiming that the government
would never pay dividends, also
that the present policy holders of the
government would be called upon to
help pay the enopnous losses sus
tained by the government through
extra hazards occasioned by battle."
Unifed States Plans ,4;
Showdown With Japan
. (Continued from First Page.)
ference and negotiations abroad,
relating to her interests in the Pa
cific. She , never mas accepted the
form of mandate over the islands
offered by the 'allies "and is holding
out for a mandate which virtually
would allow her to incorporate, the
Marshall, Ladrone and Caroline
archipelagoes intq the Japanese em
pire. -
If Japan obtains su:li a mandate
s'he would have complete control of
Yap and be able to d-ctate to the
United States.' in regard Aq all cable
and radio activities centering on thit
island. Yap is an important alter
native line of cable communication
between the United States and fhe
Philippines, this line being alway
free of interruption, while the Guam
line is frequently out ot commission
as the result rt trrtriicsl storms
If Japan fails to obtain the
blanket mandate she wants she will
be all the more insistent upon get
ting' control of Yap and the cable.
The Japanese already are in posses
sion at, Yap, urbich is the central ad
ministrative headquarters of the
the western archipelagoes, and are
operating the cable which runs from
the East Indies branching at Yap to
Guam and the Asiatic mainland. The
branch which formerly terminated
at Shanghai has been diverted by the
Japanese to connect with their home
cable system.
-Banker's Special" Is
Passed By House in
Committee of Whole
.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 20. (Special
Telegram.) The "banker's special"
pased through the committee of the
whole in the lower house today with
only a few stops to permit mino
amendments to board it. This bill,
House Roll No. 65, is the first
measure of state wide importance to
pass the committee of the whole.
The bill is now in the committee
"of phraseology for grannnatical and
technical repairs, after which it will
emerue on the third 'rcadinsr. If
passed on third reading it will be
messaged over to the senate for pas
sage in that. body.
The "banker's special" introduced
by Representatives Good, Lynn and
Griswold, all bankers, primarily pro
vides for putting the banking busi
ness under more stringent regula
tions and forces bank officers to ob
tain licenses from the state banking
bureau.
The only amendment of major
consequence adopted was offered by
Osterman of Merrick, which would
permit co-rfperative banks which
may be formed in the future to use
the name "bank," as well as state
and federal banking institutions.
Great Britain Is in
' Control of U. S. Ships
(Continued from First rage.)
agreement of August, 1903," Senator
Jones continued, "do not leave the
question open to doubt as to where
theInterna'tional Mercantile Marine
company stands as regards British
interests. .The question then natur
ally arises 'Whereto British ship
ping interests- center in the United
States? The answer is that tUey cen
ter almost entirely Nin. the port of
New York, where their large termi
nal investments are located and from
which most of their tonnage on this
Side of the Atlantic sails. t
Scores New York Body. .
"Consequently whateve benefits
the port of New Tfork benefits
British ship owners, A monopoly
of export freight sent through the
port of New York spells greater
profits for these British owners. It
follows then that the British ship
ping men are in accord with the
eastern trunfe line railway officials
who seek to cancel the present
equalization of export freight rates
from central freight association
territory to gulf and south Atlantic
ports. i .
"The Chamber- of Commerce of
the state of New York is made up
of international bankers aucS the
heads of great railroads and steam
ship conjpnies," Sensior Jones
continued, 'fhilip A. S. Frank
lin, vice president of this Chamber
of Commerce, is the president of the
International Mercantile Marine
company, the American ' company
which entered into the agreement
already referred to. ' '
"In reviewing, this sequence of
happenings, canlany saneman doubt
that the principle necessarily under
lying the establishment of an Amer
ican merchant marine is being sac
rificed to a group.devoted to further
ing 'the interests 'of the British
mercantile marine r British
trade?',", , . ' .
Trained School Nurse
Y , , Starts Work in Kearney
Kearney, Neb., Jan. 20. (Special.)
Nellie B. Stevens, ex-service nurse,
has assumeo her position as school
nurse" in Kearney aira made her
initial tour of inspection of Kearney
schools. The trained school nurse
was obtained here through the in
strumentality of the Nineteenth Cen
tury club, in co-operat:on with the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Board of Education. .It is planned
to give the nurse such additional help
as her work may Vequire.
Farragut, la., Man Arrested
On Worthless Check Charge
Nebraska City,. Neb. Jan. 20.
(Special.) Chester Simmerman of
Farragut, la., was arrested here on
a charge of issuing a worthless check
which he passed on a local garage
man. He was taken before the coun
ty court and entered a plea of guilty
and was bound over to the district
court.
Haas Brothers
' v
Entire Second Floor, Broivn Block, 1 6th and Douglas
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Friday --9 to 12 Noon
Our Greatest Sale, of
DRESSES
189 Dresses to be
sold in three hours
Such an announcement from
Haas Brothers must of neces
sity be supported by facts,
and when 'you see these
Dresses you'll - wo)nder how
such value-giving is possible, i
This price does not In any ;
instance cover the cost of
the fabric alone in these
Dresses.
Tricotines, Serges, Silver-',
tones, Velours. 1 "'
37 Dresses, size IS
i 39 Dresses, sice II
63 Dresses, size 36
40 Dresses, size 38
15 Dresses, size 40
' 5 Dresses, size 42
Lieut; Farrell
Scarcely Able
To Recall Fi?ht
Balloonist Testifies That Row
With Companion at Mat-
tice Is But a Vague
Memory. v .
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Rockaway, N. Y Jan. 20. Recov
ering sufficiently from his recent
balloon trip to the frozen north,
Lieut. S. A. Farrell appeared before
a naval board .of inquiry and testi
fied he, had scarcely any remem
brance of coming tff blows with his
comrade, Lieut. HintQti.
-The court room had heari Lieu
tenant Hinton testify that he had
consulted Kloor regarding advisabil
ity of disarming Farrell.
Farrell admitted that several times
he had lagged behind his compan
ions, -but We made no mention of a
knife, tit did, however, state that
at the time of the encounter he was
"all- in" and that afterwards he had
told Kloor he feared he "was going
'nutty.' "
Farrell said his condition was ilus
to lack of sleep. The night before
reaching Mattice it' was his turn to
stand watch and vhen he did lay
down, he was unable to sleep.
The party , was met five or six
miles from Mattice by photograph
ers, he testified. Kloor and Hinton
accepted an invitation to ride into
Mattice on their sledi Farrell said
life stayed with their Indian guides
and trudged into Mattice after the
others.
He said he accepted the invitation
of a Hudson Bay company man to
go -to his room and have tea. While
there, Farrell said, the room began
filling with men who questioned him.
"The questioning seemed' to drive
me wild," he said. "It worried me
and I seemed to be losing my sense
of reasoning. I' remember' one Cell
ing me about things published about
me in the newspapers. I seemed to
get all excited. When the Hudson
Bay man took me to the private
car, Lseemed to be 'dopey,' 'dog
tired,' an(Tall in.' I could not sleep.
I scarcely remember seeing Hinton,
and L was going 'nutty.'"
Farrell said he did not remember
the incident with Lieutenant Hinton.
"Kloor told hie I had better apol
ogize to Hinton," he said, "and I
did so.. Lieutenant Hinton and I
had always been good friends be
fore the incident and have been
since."
Wesleyan Uni Concert
Hebron, Neb.. Jan. 20. (SoeciaD
The Nebraska Wesleyan quartet
appeared in concert here.'
Executive Council ,
Named for Nebraska
Episcopal Diocese
Art executive council to take
charge of the business administra
tion of the Episcopal diocese of Ne
braska was elected yesterday after
noon at the closing session of the
54th annual meeting in Trinity
fStliAilraR B 4rvl IrvitiC L X.
Rev. S. Mills HavcLLincoliK Rev.P-Repubticans had better put their
L. B. Holsapple, Omaha; Rev. J. E.
Flockart, Norfolk; Rev. Thomas
Casady, Omaha; Charles Hopper,
Omaha; Joseph Barker, Omaha; J.
S. Hedclund, Omaha. Bishop E, C.
Shaylcr appointed also Robert Trim
ble and F. H, Davis of Omaha,, and
A. R. Edmiston of Lincoln as mem
bers of the council.
Rev. W. S. Leetc of Platsmouth
was re-elected secretary and.Thom
as P. Isitf of Omaha was lectcd
treasurer. )
The following standing committee
was appointed: Rev. 4- E Marsh,
Blair; Rev. J. A. Tancock, Omaha;
Rev. L. B. Holsapple, Omaha; C. S.
Montgomery, Omaha; W. H.
Young, Fremont; S) C, mith, Bea
trice. Farm Bureau Declares .
War on Nonpartisans
Beatrice. Neb.. Jan.' 20. (Special
Telegraph) The membership of the
Gage County Farm Bureau will be
continued until 1,500 new membets
are enrolled, despite the opposition
of the Nonpartisaii-league, was, the
statement issued by one of the lead
ing members of the bureau today.
It is reported thaj Townley and
some of his paid organizers are trav
eling in automobiles in northern
Johnson and Gage counties spread
ing propaganda against the bureau.
Open warfare has practically been
declared between the two organiza
tions. ,
Wheeler County Asks to
Send Dependent to Madison
.Madison, NebT'-an. 20. (Special.)
County Clerk Otto W. Wolf, has
received a request from the county
commissioners of Wheeler county
that Madison county provide care for
an old lady who is unable to support
herself at the poor farm. Wheeler
county has nO-poor farm and offers to
pay all expenses.
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Plan to Complete McCook
$250,000 HoteUTliis Year
McCook, Neb., Jan. 20, (Special.)
The Keystone hotel company of
this city, now engaged m building
McCook's six-story modern fireproof
hotel at a cost of , $250,000. . is ar
ranging to increase its capital stock
to enable it to complete the hotel
this year.
Superior Woman
Would iilake Laws
Visits Legislature to "Get on
To the Ropes" Plans to
Enter NextElection.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 20. (Special.)
foot on the political accelerator or
the democrats will cop the honor of
nominating, and maybe, electing the
first woman to the Nebraska legis
lature. Mrs. .Zona Berg, Superior business
woman and the daughter of J. H.
Kestcrson, ' a wealthy democratic
business man and politician, was in
Lincoln today a keen observer of
legislative procedure for the avowed
purpose of "getting on to the ropes"
in anticipating of throwing her well
millinered hat in the legislative ring
at the next election. I
"Why not?" Mrs.Bcrg asked to
day, "In the last few years I've sold
as many automobiles as any man in
Nuckolls county, have driven them
as fast and successfully as any man
and there's no reason why I shouldn't
harve just as good political sense as
any man here today. X ,
Mrs. Berg is widely known in Ne
braska and Iowa. Her husband was
a 'prominent business man at' Vil-
lisca, Ia.j until his death several
years ago. Mrs. Berg,
young son, returned to Superior,
where she resided with her parents
until her brother, L. R. Kesterson,
auto salesman in Lincoln and Super
ior, dropped dead ' suddenly at the
Faxton hotel in Omaha three years
ago. '
Mrs. Berg took up her brother's
business and conducted it success
fully and at the present time heads
one of the biggest auto sales con
cerns in the state at Superior. H. E.
Goodrich of Nelson is the present re
publican representative! from Nuck
olls county. This is his first term.
Vocational Training
Office in Kearney
Kearney, Neb., Jan; 20. (Special
Telegraph.) The federal board of
vocational training has established a
district office in Kearney. Ralph E.
Krause of St. Louis, Mo., opened
the office which presides over the en
tire western portion of Nebraska,
from Hall county to the Colorado
and Wyoming liiyrs. The office force
here will consist of Mr. Krause, an
assistant and five clerks and stenog
raphers. In the opinion of those
connected with the office it will be
possible to place most of the ex
service men applicants into voca
tional training , positions here: or
give them t!ve required schooling at
the state normal.
Former Utah Governor
Addresses Irrigation
Meeting "at Gering
Gering, Neb,, Jan. 20. (Special.)
The state irrigation convention now
in progress in this city has attracted
a larger attendance than usual, ana
the sessions are proving interesting.
Former Governor Spry l Utah il
here and will address the convention
with reference to the program for a
larger development of reclamation
as sponsored by the western states
irrigation committee formed at Salt
Lake City last winter.
Numerous entertainment features
are being provided, among them a
special musical and vaudeville pro
gram and a banquet. The banquet
toast" list includes George E. John
son state engineer; Andrew Weiss,
project manager UWS. R. S.; At
torney !F. A. Dutton of Oshkosh,
Senator B. K. Bushee, H. J. Johnson
of Scottsbluff, J. T.' Whitehead of
Mitchell, Judge N. E. Olsen, Wesley
T. Wilcox of North Platte, Gover
nor Spry and President A. N Math,
ers of Gering. ,
Gas Consumers Protest
Ready-to-Serve Charges
Nebraska City, Neb., Jan. 2(L '
(Special.) A petition signed, by 89
consumers of gas was read at the
meeting of the city commissioners
protesting against the collection of a
with heri readiness-to-serve charge of 50 cents
a customer oy tne .Nebraska Lity
Gas company. Manager Dunn of
the company was present and stated
fhat the company would voluntarily
abandon the practice of collecting .
this charge on April 1. No action
was taken by the commissioners on
the application of the water and light
company for increased rates on Iighr;
power and water, ' ' ,
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Wymore Community-Club
Outlines Year's Program
Wymore, Neb-iTim. 20. (Special.)
The Wymore Community club
held its annual election and Mr.
Jacobs, retiring president, reviewed
the Avork of the body during 1920,
Good roads, more farmer members,
a more direct interest in school mat
ters and a new Burlington depot
were the fec-als 6et for 1921.
New officers elected are; ; C. E.
Trump, president; Phil Mozier, vice
president; John Smith, treasurer; E.
J. Miller, secretary, and JVJ. WhiU
ing, assistant secretary,
McCook Commercial Club" - 1
To Support Water Bonds;
McCook. Neb.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial Telegraph.) Fifty McCook busi
ness then and members of the Mc
Cook Commercial club resumed
their noon luncheons. It was voted ,
to support the. city council in the
voting of $50,000 water and funding
bonds.
Silk Savings
for Friday
$3.50 Novelty Silks, $1.98 5
Plaids and stripes, 36 inches wide.
$3.50 Satin de Chine, $2.49
A heavy satin, especially fine
for street wear. A good selection of
colors (36-inch).
Tub Silks to be had for $2.29
Beautiful patterns, the best :
of qualities (33-inch).
Haskell's fine Black Silks are
. being sold for attractive prices.
AU of our woolens have been
repriced, values are exceptional
A Very New Apron
Ih a bungalow style, with a sash, has the added
attraction of heavy embroideries in French
knots and outline stitch. 'One in particular
is of unbleached muslin, with embroideries in
black and red; there are others in blue, rose
and tan, with embroideries in contrasting col
ore. Their price is $3.50.
Thomps
ion-Bclden Suits
Half Price and Less
Plain tailored models
originally priced $85-
' $29.75
Fur-trimmed suits origi
nally priced to $125-
$50.00 ;
Fur-trimmed suits origi
nally priced to $250-
$75.00
All suits formerly ,
priced above $250-
$98.50 -
'All Sales Final
$3.50 and $5.00
Aprons $1.89
Sbf dozen aprons that sold
formerly for these prices
arid are very good values
for $1.89.
Dix and Queen
Frocks $1.89
Dresses that are a bit
soiled.Jbut are unquestion
ably economies for Fri
day's sale price, $L89.
-In th Basamant
Fpday Linen Specials
$20 heavy Irish linen table cloths, $14.89.
$20 hemstitched linen luncheon sets, $15.
$2.25 hemstitched linen huck towels, $1.50.
75c heavy all linen crash, 50c a yard.
60c linen glass toweling (checked), 45c a yard.
50c unbleached linen crash, 39c a yard.
. $1.25 white embroidered voiles, 75c a yard.
$1.00 plain white flaxons, 75c & yard. I
65cUieavy Turkish towels for foe.
Marseilles Bed Spreads (double size)
$10 spreads, $7.50 $17.50 spreads, $13.75
$12 spreads, $9.75 $22.50 spreads, $17.50
Sales in the
MEN'S SHOP
Union Suits "
wool, part wool, cotton or
lisle suits in all weights.
Superior, Winsted, Ster
ling, anT Lewis. .
$2.50 suits, $1.65
$3.50 suits, $2.45.
$5.00 suits, $3.85.
$7.50 suits, $5.65.
$8.50 suits, $6.35.
$10.00 suits, $7.05.
Neckwear
All Reduced
, $1.00 neckwear, 55c.
$1.50 neckwear, 95c. !
$2 neckwear, $1.35.
.Better qualities at equally
good savings.
To tK Left At You Enttrv
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$2 Fabric Gloves .
Friday $1.49
Washable fabric gloves,
duplex quality, in sand,
mastic and gray, $2
quality, $1.49 a pair.
$4.25 and $4.50
UncJermuslins
Friday $2.69
A selection" that includes
women's gowns, in either
low neck, short sleeved,
or high neck, long sleeved ,
styles, lace or embroidery
trimmed.
Slipover gowns
Hand-made teddies, ,com- '
binatfans ahd white, petti
coats with lace flounces.
All priced for
' Fridy,$2.69.
, ' Second Floor
Ghildren's 2.25
M Waist Union
Suits for $1.39
FJeeced lined union suits
made with tapes and but
tons' on the waist; very
convenient garments; Fri
day, $1.39 a suit.
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