T1IK BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. JANUARY 31. 1921.
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Many Measures
In Legislature .
Interest Omaha
HuMiiess, Political and Eco
nomic Life Will Undergo
Change If All Bills ,
Are Passed.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. oO. (Special.)
Bills striking at the very "vitals"
of Omnlia's business, political and
; conoinic life are before the 40th
M-sion of tli Nebraska legislature.
Most of these bills will ect either
favorable cr unfavorable reports
ironi the committee on cities ami
towns. Some of tfce measures of
importance are:
House Roll Xo. 1.
Revamped ami changed city char
ter bill. , - . .
Numerous bills to enlarge powers
-of Metropolitan Water board.
Change Court System.
Tiills to abolish police courts and
provide more municipal courts with
increased salaries of municipal
judges.
Dill to force bakers to sell bread
by pound or fraction of a pound.
Bill to annex Sarpy with' Douglas-
county.
Numerous salary increase bills
for lesser Douglas county officials.
Bill to force .Douglas county
bridge contractors to furnish ma
terials at prevailing prices. '
Make New Districts. '
Probable biil Monday dividing
, Omaha into legislative districts, in
creasing 1 number and manner of
('lectins' Douclas countv legislators.
Bill to create movie censor board
and pay for censorship board in fees
collected from movie fee with threat
tned increase in theater prices to
pay the fees.
Bill to force one of )ouglascoun
ty commissioners to be a resident
living outside "of? Omaha. ' - j
,. Fl ill authorizing issuance of S5.-'
1100,000 in bonds for Omaha High
School of Commerce!
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Drums and Fifes of G. A. R.
Presented to Legion Post
O'Neill, Neb., Jan. 30. (Special
Telegram.) Because the last of
the musicians of the Atklnsoni post
of the Grand Army of the Republic
lias died, the post turned over to the
Vnicriran Legion at Atkinson the
drums and fifes of its once famous
, martial band. Very few of the Civil
war veterans are living and rven
they are too aged and infirm to
step to the stirring music of the fife
and drums. ,
The presentation of the three
drums and two fifes was the occa
sion of a solemn ceremony. After
the, presentation the legion post
ordered the address recorded in its
minutes and public acknowldg
mcnt made.
Church District to Have
Headquarters in Alliance
Alliance, Neb., Jan. 30. (Special
i.Trlegrum.) Permanent lieadquar-
'l tcrs for the Fifth district of the
Christian church in Nebraska will
be established in Alliance in 1hc
. near future, with Rev. C. V. Coop
er, pastor of a Sheridan, Wyo.,
church for the last two years, in
charge. The Fifth district comprises
It counties and is known as the Pan
handle district. The appointment of
Rev. Mr. Cooper was unsolicited on
his part and was tendered him by
Rev. O. L. Smith, state secretary of
missions for the Christian church in
the state.
County Poor Farm Inmate
Taken to Insane Asylum
Alliance, Neb.; Jan. 30. (Special.)
.-Peter Haag, Co, for 10 years an
inmate of the county toor farm' who
was recently adjudged insane by the
, codnty board, was taken to the state
.asylum at Hastings by Sheriff Mil
ler. The old man has been suffer
ing for some time from 4 delusion
that everything about him contained
batteries mid he became uncontrolla
ble at the county farm. He formerly
had considerable, property. His sec
ond wife divorced him less than a
' year ago. ' '
- Legislative Committee to
Resume Secretary Probe
Lincoln, Jan. 30. (Special.)
Work done by the joint legislative
committee investigating charges
against Governor, McKclvie's code
secretaries during the last week was
nil. " . ' -
However, members of the com
mittee stated t'.iat they, would tram
ple out the grass which grew, under
their feet the last week, get1 down
to work and maybe, turn in a secret
report to the house and senate be
fore the week was concluded. .
University of Omaha Has
Series of Talks on Law
R. L. Daly of the West Publish
ing company, Minneapolis, last week
addressed students of the University
of Omaha law school. Mr. Daly's
talks were practical, . incident , to
duties of a lawver. One lcature 'was
"The Working Tools of a Lawyer." 4
Mr. Daly expressed astonishment
at the growth of the school and
stated that it shows greater growth
than any of the schools he has visi
ted in the middle west.
Doane College.
K W. Slvinuer. graduate of Grinn-1 i'ol
!je! mid graduate student at Chicago
t'ntversily. h;s har;e of the chemistry
'lepitrtment the second semeiter In place
f Prof. w. E. Lang, who is now. giving
his wnola time aa chemist to th Crete
Mill?. .v
The second meeting of tha Bets, Lambda
Sigma, the new honorary biological so--iciy
at Doane, was held Wednesday.
Miases Hibbard and Reed led the discus
sion on "The Thyroid Glind nd the
Jlypphysis."
flass debates will be held February 4,
and preliminaries for the flats debates,
vjhruary 5.
O. F. S. sorority entertained at their
midyear bsnquet Saturday. ,
F. M. Rosa replaces P. H. Wilson s
Associate editor of the "Owl" this weelc.
Mr. Wilron Is associated with a law firm
and finds It impossible to continue his
l osition on the OwL
Chadron Normal.
fir.e of the big 'athletic events of the
year is th County Fair to be held at the.
The, county fair is held annually
oeni-m 01 ine ainietlo association.
he annual leter-class basket ball tour
"ment win be held as soon a the
VJl"a""ni ' finished, end the equipment.
ames for the 1921 fool hall season hv.
. 1 nr' sio.noniie instilled
iwn contracted for with
i "Vesleyan. Hnear.
1...V.'.. "1 -rn,y .Normal, 'mere
Ot",X M,5,I,'V' Paying rntversity of
rmal and illdlancl ColUsa.
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$200,000 Necklace Lost
By Woman in Cafe
.Mrs. J. A. Mango, wife of a Lon
don sIh'd magnate and orominent in
London ' society, who lost a pearl
nccKiace vaiucu at ..uu.uuu aunng a
known London ' restaurant. The
necklace v consists or 6v ltawlcss
graduated pearls collected during a
period of several years.
Proposed Change in
Districts of State
Alarms Residents
O'Neill, Neb., Jail. 30. (Special.)
Residents of western. Nebraska,
north of the Burlington railroad and
the riatte river, view askance the
proposal of Representative Mellor of
Lancaster, county jo rcdistrict the
state for congressional purpose! in
such a, manner, as to take Halt,
Boyd, Cherry, Keya Paha, Brown
and Rock counties out of the old
Sixth district and attach them to
the Third district.
Such a division by creating the
new Fifth district out of the rest of
the present Sixth, they declare,
would throw the center of popula
tion of -that district in Buffalo coun
ty, assuring Kearney a perpetual
balance of power which would leave
the live stock industry entirety un
represented in congress, as the five
counties attached to the new Third
district would lie too far west of its
center of population to even interest
the' Third district congressman. ' A
petition in boots may descend upon
the legislature if the district is thus
jerrymandered, it is declared.
School Boy Recovering
From Effects of Injury
Nebraska City. Neb., Jan. 30.
(Special.) Forest Gaskill, 11. son
of J. E. Gaskill of this city, is re
covering from the effects of a hard
fall while scuffling with another boy
at the Second avenue school. In 1
the fall his head struck a desk and
he vs rendered unconscious' for 10
hours. The attending physician pro
nounced the injury concussion of the
brain.
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McKelvic Plans
Are Carried Out
-By legislature
Bills Introduced or Ready for
Hooper Carry Out All
Recommendations
Of Governor.
Lincoln, Jan. 30. (Special.)
Governor McKelvie's program has
been carried out almost to the cross
ing of a T in bills introduced or
ready for introduction Monday.
Among these measures are:
Srle of school lands to create
fund to loan soldiers to build homes,
get an education or to enter busi
ness.
Change Pardon Laws. ,
Sweeping changes in pardon and
parole laws to be embodied in bill
to be introduced Monday and pre
pared by Attorney General Clarence
Davis.
Eiig candling law.
Flaring bank officers more direct
ly under state control.
Issuance of warehouse receipts for
grain held by farmers.
. Consideration of tax revision laws
under preparation in committees and
appointment of ' tax commissioner
being held in abeyance.
New blue sky law.
Revision of Nebraska statutes.
Approve Waterway Project.
Backing resolution of Senator
Dennis H. Dutton of Merna. memor
ializing congress to push St. Law
rence waterway project..
Revision primary law. '
American Legion boxing bill.
Some of -the things the governor
'didn't w'ant tliq legislators to do
which they have done, are:
introduced bushels of bills.
Bill for increase in salaries of
election judges and clerks. (The
governor wanted a law to draft such
officers.) , . ...
Put his code secretaries under fire.
Judge Refuses to Grant
License to Divorced Woman
Vfrl.ract.-n (i'v. Vph I.m 30.
(Special.) Eddie J. Johnson of
At nmnmitli III and A1 ics RiTtll.i
Gatesvof Burlington. Ia., deaf mutes,
came to this city, intending to '-get
married, bdt when the comltv ilidcre
learned that the bride-to-be had
nnr hpfii (livnr.-pd (he tierrssarv six
months as provided by the Nebras
ka statutes hi refused to grant a
icense.
Pioneer Settler Dies.
Lindsay, Neb., Jan. 30. (Special.)
-Michael Schaefer, 78, died here at
the home of his son, Chris. He had
recently moved here from his home
n St. Bernard.
Mr. Schaefer was a pioneer in this
community. He had been married
three times and is survived by Ins
widow and 23 grown children. '
Legion Has Club Rooms.
O'Neill. Neb., Jan. 30. (Special
The O'Neill post of the American
Legion has rented and is fitting up
club rooms ami a gymnasium in the
basement of the O'Neill National
bank building. When completed the
rooms will give the post one of the
finest quarters in the state.
that's
Married Sixtv
'two Memorable Anniversaries Celebrated by Anita
Couple Followed Railroad to Iowa "Wilder
ness" in 1871.
Anita, la., Jan.' 30. (Special.)
William White and wife of Anita
celebrated two memorable anniver
saries this month. , One was their
sixty-sixth wedding anniversary and
the other was the fiftieth anniver
sary of their coming to this county.
When they came to Cass county
the railroad had been built through
Anita, their stopping filace, but a
year. The frontier town boasted of
but a few scattered dwellings and a
store and blacksmith. They were
among the first of those pioneers
who developed the country ftom a
prairie wilderness into one of the
most prosperous in the state.
Mr. and Mrs. White were married,
Jan. 22, 185.1, and came to Cass
county in 1871. They settled on a
raw prarie tract in Grant township,
where they made their home for
years, more recently moving into
Griswold.
Mr. White is a veteran of the
Civil war, having served in the
Eighty-seventh New York volun-
Kenesaw School Girl
And Fiancee Licensed
To Marry in Omaha
Hastings, Neb., Jan. 30 (Special)
Warnings issued to police in all
nearby towns failed to prevent a
schoolmate courtship from reaching
the wedding bell stage. . Eluding
the police, Dolores M. "Goldie"
Currier, whom her parents say is
14, and Joseph Falley, said to be 17,
went to Omaha where they ob
tained a license to wed. They gave
their ages 18 a)d 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Currier parents
of the girl, live in Kenesaw and
when "Goldie" did not return home
from1 school they suspected her plans
and issued a call to police to intercept
them. Falley gave his home as
Topcka, Kans.
The parents have received no
word from the elopers as to whece
they are going or when they will
return.
Legislative Jokers Are
Few in Recent Session
Lincoln, Jan. 30. (Special.)
What is a legislature without a
bunch of jokers?
Just one has been discovered so
far. That was an innocent looking
bill id the senate providing for re
peal of a statute. And this statute
was the Siman law.
The "clever boys" are still on the
job.
The committees will begin giving
bills careful scrutiny, and tnen,
maybe a few ebony luied gentlemen
will be found in the "bill plate."
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Farmer Union Meets. ''
Nebraska City, Neb., Jan. 30.
;(Spccia!.) Farmers Co-operative
Union locals of Paul and Rock
Creek precincts held a meeting at
St. Joseph hall, southwest of here.
The gathering was addressed by
speakers from Omaha and Lincoln.
- Five Years
teets. He was twice wounded and
left on the field for dead. Follow
ing his injuries he was discharged as
unfit for service. A few weeks later
he re-enlisted and .served until the
close of the war: '
Mr. White is 87 and his wife is
two year his junior. They are both
in excellent health.
NJght Watchman Shoots
Ear From Store Burglar
Ulysses, Neb., Jan. 30. Three men
drove up in an automobile to the
store of Stevenson and Schmitt
early this morning, broke in, and
when . questioned by Perry Sorter,
night watchman, who slept in the
store, opened fire on him. He re
turned their fire, shooting an ear
from one of the burglars. It is be
lieved, from the "pools) of blood
found in the doorway, that the oth
ers were wounded. The robbers es
caped. v
Omahan Institutes New
Chaptp rof Eastern Star
Lodge Pole, Neb., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Grand worthy Pa
tron James E. Bender of Omaha
instituted thes new chapter of the
Eastern Star order at Lodge Pole,
to be known as Wenona chapter.
Mrs. Nellie Lemkuhl was elected
worthy matron ; Mrs. Isabella Bates,
associate worthy matron and Dr. H.
L. Mantor, worthy patron. A ban
quet was served to 50 visiting guests
from Chappcll.
Corn Sells at 25 Cents.
y Lodge Pole, Neb., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) Corn sold here last week as
low as, 25 cents. A year ago a
farmer could get five gallons of gas
oline for a bushel of corn. Now, a
bushel will not quite pay for a' gal-
loi
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Night Sessions
Of Legislature
May Start Today
Flood of Bills Expected on
' Closing Day for Filing
Body Now Ready for
Real Work.
Lincoln, Jan. 30. (Special.) The
real business of the legislature kill
ing most of the bills introduced and
passing a few, begin this week.
Tomorrow is the last day tor in
troduction of bills and it promises
to be a "nightmare" for all con
cerned, with possibilities that bud
ding statesmen with a desire to
please constituents at home will
demand a night session so every
statutory idea lurking in the head of j
everv Tom. Dick- and Harry in. Ne
braska will appear on the legislative
program this year. t
Banker's Pass Bills.
On one particular point, the
bankers' program, the legislators
have shown their hand and two bills
of major importance, Bankers' Spe
cial No. 1 and Bankers' Special No.
2 already, have gone through the
committee of the whole with only
one stop for an amendment in favor
of co-operative banks.
So-called bank reforms are as
sured at this session. Bankers'
Special No. 1 throws the control of
banks ami the morale and business
standing of bankers under state su
pervision, and forces licensing s of
bankers the same as doctors aud
pharmacists.
. Bankers' Special No. 2 is aimed
to stop factional town rows in
which one faction will get behind
certain financiers and establish a
new bank, no matter how small the
town. There wa3 just one objec
tion to this bill which placed dis
cretionary powers in the hands of
the department of trade and com
merce in granting bank charters.
Many Amend Bill.
Certain members of the legisla
ture claimed this would make es
tablishment of co-operative banks
impossible because clever political
work by bankers would insure ' a
personnel on the discretionary board
antagonistic to the co-operative bank
plan.
Before the bill goes through on
third reading provisions may be
made to satisfy those who believe
this bill will injure co-operative
banks of the future.
Legion Holds Dance.
Gcnora, Neb., Jan. 30. (Special.)
Edward H. Larson post, American
Legion, held its second annual
dance here. A large crowd attended.
The proceeds go to help the new
club rooms.
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The genial Comfort and
Health Protection en
joyed by the First
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now available for the
cottage owner.
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American Radiator Pompany
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J Council at Alliance
j vv Asserts Election on
! Manager Plan Failed
Alliance, Neb., Jan. 30. (Special.)
Despite the stand of Mayor A, D.
Rodgers against recognizing the re
cent city manager election as legal,
the city council . has unanimously
voted ito let the election stand as
valid ind' adopted a resolution that
the new plan shall go Into effect fol
lowing the regular city election in
April. '
Mayor Rodger's objection to let
ting the plan go into effect wasj,bascd
on the alleged insufficient publica
tion of the election notice, a city
ordinance calling for 30-days' pub
lication, while, through an error of
the city clerk, the notice appeared
only 21 days.
A heated controversy occurred at
council meeting between the mayor
on the one side and the city attor
ney and one of the councilman on
the other, with the result that a
unanimous vote was cast by the
councihnen in favor' of the plan.
Nominations for the new board will
be filed early in February and the
primary election will be held March
IS. Tlie new board will then appoint
a city manager.
Fremont Kiwanians and
Rotarians to Co-operate
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) Rotarians and Kiwanians
met together in a big booster ban
quet and formulated plans to further
co-operation. The purpose of the
huge gct-to-gether meeting was to
form a united effort for larger
undertakings.
Holt County Fruit Growers
Worried hy Warm Weather
O'Neill, Neb.. Jan. 30. (Special)
Fruit growers "of Holt county
have begun to express alarm over
the present springlike weather. Trees
already are showing signs of bud
ding and sap beginning to' flow. It
is feared that a heavy freeze would
greatly damage the fruit crop.
Bonds for School Building
Voted at Venango Election
Verango, Neb., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) At a special election held
here, bonds for the erection of an
$80,000 high school building carried
by a vote of 95 to 7. .The housing
of school children in this vicinity
has been a great problem in the past.
Water System Complete.'
Venango, Nab., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) With the arrival of the fire
hose, Venango's new $27,000 water
system is complete. A new engine
has been installed to pump water
and run the electric generator for
the city lights.
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entire home, than was formerly required to heat
one or two rooms the old way. ,
Hot Water Heat is universally used for heating
Greenhouses. Delicate vegetation thrives on it.
Hot Water Heat is therefore best for human
beings. The IDEAL-Arcola makes Hot Water
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Circus Clown to ? !
Health Facts
Cho Cho to Campaign Ne
braska in April Under
Auspices of Farm Fed
eration Bureau.
Lincoln, Jan. 30. Nebraska coun
ty farm bureaus and other organiza
tions and the agricultural extension
service are arranging for a better
health campaign among school
children of rural communities. The
feature of the campaign will be the
appearance during April of Cho Cho,
circus- clown, coached by Tit. Em
met Holt, famous children's physi
cian, and the child health organiza
tion of New York, and endorsed by
the medical profession throughout
the United States.
Cho Cho, with charming nonsense
and droll antics, teaches the simple
facts of health and hygiene in a hap
py way that brings results. In a re
cent visit to North Dakota he
reached 30,000 children with his
health messages, giving 25 perform
ances in seven counties under the
i.uspices of farm bureaus, commer
cirl clubs, county and city schools,
women's clubs, etc. '
Preliminary to the coming of the
clown, the college, of agricu'ture is
encouraging schodls to tigs health
programs. Cards are being provided
teachers for scoring the children m
he performance of such health
stunts as: Brushing teeth at lca;t
once a day; full bath mop; t!ia: n
Saturday night; two glasses or mor
of milk daily; green vegetables or
fruit every day; at Joa-tt four fflas'
ot water daily; playing on ot doors
every day; a bowel movement cvv.y
tiv: seeping Ion? hours with the
windows open.
The campaign will' be staged sr.
one of the educated jl featuies tr.
fat m bureau activit cs, and indicates
that the farm bureau is interested in
more than the-Nomnv.'cii 1 phases of
a p.t 'culture. The wvne Vs clubs rf
r.-uls City and B unveil (rive aske.!
to -oin in the campaign and otheor-r
denizations will probably iskn prt
Runaway Iowa Lads Taken
From Train at Fremont
Fremont, Neb.. Jan. '3)0. (Spe
cial.) Two runaway boys, TVd
Smith and Joe Armstrong, hqth
about 12, of Cedar Bluffs, la., riding,
the '.Ibliiid baggage," . were taken
from a train here by officers. Both
lads admit that they were running
away from home because they were
tired of school. Joe's parents hafve
wired a ticket for his return and of
ficers are awaiting the disposition
of Ted.
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