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Davis Opposes
Measure to Pay
: Judges for Books
Senator Holds Thljt Libraries
destroyed in Riot Should
Have Been Insured; With
draws Opposition Later.
' Lincoln. Feb. 21. (Special Tele
gram.) It was field day in the sen
ate this afternoon and 18 bills wfre
advanced to third reading in th
committee of the whole. v
Two more bills were killed, S.' F.
No. 212, exempting mail carriers
from auto licenses and H. R. .No.
1116, to real the present law making
a school district responsible for out
side tuition in Cases where it failed
to provide free transportation for
children living' mote than two miles
from school.
Senator J. A. Davis of Douglas
county kicked over the traces and all
, hut got the bill indefinitely postponed
tc reimburse Douglas county judges
for their libraries lost in the, court
house riot two years ago, S. F. No.
269. ... . ,
The rising vote to advance it to
general file was 16 to 14. Senator
Davis argued that the books should
liave been insured and the taxpayers
should not be made, liable for the
private damage done by the mob.
Withdraws Opposition.
"There's no reason for being a bull
inv a china shop on Omaha bills,"
Senator Cooper rebuked, when Sen
ator Davis arose fhe second time
intent on slay in if S. F. No. 138, in
creasing the salaries of Omaha ju
venile probation assistants from' $125
to $150. Senator .Cooper Said the
delegation had agreed fully on these
Omaha measures, and they affected
1 nothing but Douglas county.
Senator Davis withdrew his mo
tion to postpone ami the bill was
advanced to the general file..
These bills passed third reading:
H., R. No. 169 Requiring county
assessors to Rather agricultural sta
tistics. 29 to 0.
H. R. No. 49 Making women el
igible for boards of trustees, 27 to 2.
, . H. R. No. 65 Bank organization
rules, 24 to 5.
- H. R. No. 193 Giving banking
board discretionary power to with
hold charters, 27to 2.
S. F. No. 13 Increasing county
judges' salaries, 28 to 0. with emer
gency. Increases Perjury Penalty.
S. F. No. 163 Increasing penalty
for perjury, SO to 0.
' S. F. No. 153 IJniform system
of school accounting.
S. F. No. 112 Allows counties to
accept, donated land for widejring
roads, 27 to 2.
The senate suspended the rules
and unamiously passed a resolution
condemning the federal govern
ment for the 10-cent-a-pcmnd tax on
butter made from sour cream."
Bills advanced in committee of the
whole were:
S. F. No. 175 Rules for the valua
tion of bonds.
S. F. No. 277 Reauirinsr plans for
school buildings costing over $1,000 j
tendent.
S. F. No. 216 Authorizing hew
slate normal board to prescribe
courses of study. " "" ' '
S. F. No. 223 Statutory enact
ment of state normal board amend
ment of new constitution.
Day Schools for Deaf.
II. R. No. 163 Day schools for
the deaf.
H. R. No. 3 Requiring county
clerks to keep copj; of all cx-service
men's discharge papers.
II. R. No. 184 Two hundred
dollar tombstone for Stephen Archi
bald of Hitchcock county,, whose
estate escheated to the state.
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S. F. No. 306 Increases salary of
clerk of Omaha municipal court
from $1,800 to $2,100 a year.
S. F. No. 279 Making it a felony
Fo falsify records of public utilities,
affecting the value of the investment
j or the rate of return.
. S. F. No. 213 Authorizing county
boards to grant assistants to county
, assessors. V"
Eliminate Word ''insane"
S. F. No. 188 Authorizes Omaha
to create deficit to prosecute rate
cases. "
' To obviate the ' psychological
shock of the w of d "insane" on in-
Jiatcs of the three Nebraska hos
itals for the treatment of mental
trouble, e senate agreed in commit
tee of the whole to change the .names
of the institutions merelyto "state
hospitals," as provided in S F. N6.
198.
An mrhn nf the Cole-Grammer case
came up in a discussion of S. F.
No. 288. by Senator Hoagland, to re
peal the old section of the statutes
requiring the district courts to ap
point a commission to pass on the
sanity of men in the penitentiary
condemned to die.
"The law amply provides for pro
tection by habeas corpus." the sen
, ator said, "and there is no necessity
for the duplication.
Nonpartisan Organizers
aking Little Progress
Deshler. 'Neb.; Feb. 21. (Special.)
Two representatives of the Non
partisan league were working in this
section of Thayer county the latter.
'. part of last eek with but very lit
tle success. They 'visited and talked
with farmers only, telling them that
they were not getting a square deal
and that the present conditions were
due to inefficient government.
' One of the farmers suggested that
they go to the Deshler Commercial
club and arrange for a public mttt
ing. This they refused to do, say
ing that the Commercial club organ
izations were against the farmers.,.
The Nonpartisan league has been
stirring up workmen at the Rock
Island shops in February, it is said.
McClellan v Utilities BiU
Aimed at Small Towns
Lincoln. Feb. 21. (Special.V
The McClellan bilf Mhich throws
. regulation of privately owned public
utilities out of the hands' of the city
. and places it in the hands of. the
State Railway commission -will be
considered Tuesday, February 29. in
the committed on cities and towns.
McClellan denied today that he in
troduced the measure at the bequest
of anyone from Omaha and declared
it Was aimed to regulate rates on
electricity and water in little towns
near Grand Island, his home town.
Bart Williams Didn't
Read Papers; Is Caught
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Failure to keep up with the times
and read the newspapers was the
cause of his arrest Bart Williams,
alias "Red the Rough," told authori
ties following his arrest Sunday
night. lllianis is wanted in Can
ada on charges of liquor thefts and
passing worthless checks. There
also are charges against him in dis
trict court for possession of burglar
tools. I
Williams said yesterday he didrt't
want to go back to Canada, but
would rather face charges against
him here. Douglas county officials
may dismiss their charges and turn
Williams over to Canadian authori
ties. - i
Other members of a gang of which
Williams is said to have been a mem
ber, escaped when they read in the
daily papers they were wanted in
Canada.
Boxing Bill Passes
Comipittee of Whole
In the Lower House
Lincoln, Feb. 21. (Special.)
The American Legion boxing bill
passed the committee of the whole
in .the lower house today by a viva
voce vote.
Minor amendment were tacked
to the bill as it passed through the
committee, cutting the maximum ad
mission price to $1, forcing the use
of six-ounce gloves and the exclud
ing Y. M. C. A. and university and
high schooL boxing and wrestling
bouts from the provisions oi the
bill. n
Representative Jearjr had a little
fun when the proposition to -cut the
admission price was tinder consider
ation. He. introduced a substitute,
amendment which would limit the'
price of ice cream at church socials
to 10 cents a dish. .
'Representatives Epperson "Alfalfa
John" Franklin and Sprick of Wash
ington fought the bill. Representa
tives Hascall, Reed, Palmer and
many others fought to giye. the
American Legion boys what they
want.
House Votes Regulation of
Billboards at Intersections
Lincoln, Feb. 21. (Special.)
No billboard more than four feet in
height, can be placed within 200 feet
of an intersection under the terms of
a bill which passed the committee
of the wHole in the lower house this
morning -
Representative Epperson declared
the passage of this bill would tighten
the intersection advertising monopoly
already existing m the state m the
contract with one 'advertising com
pany to mark all intersections and
have the exclusive rights to place ad
vertisements above and below the
markers.
An amendment by Epperson to
make the provisions of the bill apply
;o all advertising on public high
ways failed. Aiv amendment, how
ever, was tacked on which will keep
the bill from interfering with ad
verstiemcnts on intersections in
Omaha and Lincoln.
Man- Injured Seriously
When Car Turns Turtle
Fairbury. Ne!)., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) A. R. Sluss, an employe of
the Lincoln Telephone company,
was injured seriously when his auto
mobile, struck sand and turned tur
tle on' the Federal highway, two
miles west of Fairbury. He sust
tained a broken collar bone and
minor injuries.
Mrs. George Axtell, - his mopier-in-law,
who was with him in the
car, was not injured -seriously.
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Gage County Farm Bureau
Elects Officers for Year
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 21. (Special.)
At the annual meeting of the Gage
county- farm bureau, the following
oft'icers were elected: President, Da
vid Boesiger of Cortland; vice pres
ident, H. H. Darner of Liberty; sec
retary, C. E. Thornburg of Beatrice;
treasurer, V. R. Johnson of Beatrice.
The report of County Agent Rist
showed that much , good work had
been done during the past year in
the county.
Plans for Alleviation of
Unemployment Have Failed
Chicago," Feb. 21. Plans for al
leviating the unemployment situation
by shortening the hours of men now
at work were abandoned today
when the .Chicago Federation of
Labor failed yesterday to act on the
proposals submitted two weeks ago.
' Charges were made by President
John Fitzpatrick that "the men with
snug. jobs are uninterested in the
fatr bf their less fortunate com
panions." Gomper8 Raps Proposed
Movie Censorship Bill
Washington. Feb. 21. "If the,
New York legislature enacts legislaf
lion for state censorship of moving
pictures it will add one. more to the
too 'long 'list of repressive and co
ercive measures on our law books,"
Samuel Gompers declared. He said
he hoped compulsory governmental
censorship--would make no further
inroads on American freedom of ex
pression through motion pictures., '
Composer Dies N '
St. Louis, 1V-1. 21. Mrs. Jessie
Smith Gainor. 58, nctcd as a com
poser of children's songs, died .todav
after a brief illness . '; "
Foster Asks For
Investigation of
Rent Profiteers
Resolution Before House Pro
vides for, Examination of "
Books of Department
House Owners
Lincoln, Feb. 21. (Special.) Rep
resentative Harry A.' Foster of Omar
ha presented a resolution .in the low
er house today calling for a legis
lative, investigation' of alleged, rent
profiteering by Omaha and Linsoln
apartment house owners.
"Extraordinary profits are being
made out of rental properties based
upon fictitious valuations, owing to
conditions grov-ing out of the world
war and the rce right of contract
hal been seriously interfered with,
Foster says in his resolution w-hich
.is signed by himself and Representa
tive Mcrarland of lork.
"There appears to be a combina
tion among rental property owners
to unlawfully combine and agree to
increase and maintain exorbitant ren
tals and at'the present time there
is no redress for tenants and no ade:
quate remedy at law."
- Proposes Investigation.
Fostef hones an investigation will
decide definitely in the minds of the
judiciary committee, which has his
' regulatory renfhill under consider
I ation, whether or not thrre is profi.
I leering among Omaha, and Lincoln
landlords.
! The resolution calls tor a commit
' tee of five members to be appointed
j by Walter L. Anderson, speaker.
tins committee is empowered in
' the resolution to subpoena w itKess-
i es and force them to testify li'ler
n:ith '
' It also empowers the committee
to force the landlords to bring their
books ana records belore the com
mittee for investigation. Foster asks
the legislature to appropriate suf
ficient funds to give the committee
every rceway possible to investigate
an alleged evil which has grown up
in the life of Omaha in the last few
years.
Declares Situation'Acute. . ' ,
"There is no monkey work about
this," Foster said stoday, "as the
apartment ho'usejsituation is one of
the most acute in the country and
tenants from one end of-the country.
to another are m arms against charg
es of exorbitant rentals by landlords.
"The landlords deny it. Yet they
have never gone beyond the conver
sational stage in proving their, con
tention that they are1 getting any
more thari a meager profit. A real in
vestigation, such ' as I ask, should
be the means of ascertaining the
truth or fallacy pf the tenants' claims
or the claims of the landlords. v
."Meantime, I hope the judiciary
committee will take no action on my
bill until he house decides "syhat
to do with my resolution, and, in
the event it is passed, until the in
vestigation committee finishes its-investigations
ajid the judicjary com
mitter has some real facts and fig
ures to ileal with." '
Under the rules, the resolution
must be held up for 24 hours before
action is taken on it.
Effort Being Made to Junk
K. C. $ N. Railroad, Report
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 21. (Special.)
It is said that an effort is being
made by officials of the Kansas City
& Northwestern railroad, which
ceased operating trains a few years
ago, to junk the tracks and other
equipment of the line, which runsV
from Virginia, Neb., to Kansas City,
Kan. Merchants along the route de
liver most of their order! and haul
mpst of their freight ffom towns on
the Rock 'Island and Burlington
roads by auto or wagon. .
Committees Plan to Hire '
Executive for Bov Scouts
Hasliiiff-s Xeh.. Fph. 21 W.
cial Telegram.) Committees of the
Rotary .and Kiwanis clubs decided
to recommend the employment of a
community boy scout executive an5
the purchase ot a camp site. If the
clubs act favorably the raising of
$5,000 to finance the project will be
undertaken at once.
$2,000 Damage by Fire
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 21. (Special
lelegratn.) hire supposed to have
originated: trom detective wiring
caused JjJ.uuu damage in tne omce ot
Dr. C. E. Foote, while smalleMdam-
aare from water resulted in the Ner
braska National bank.
(Holdup Lures Man
! held up and robbed of $15 by a lone
I highwayman.
Tnfrk Varanr Hamca! Kraft is a peddler. He .was driv-
when a man climbed aboard and be-
t;an to talk to him of selling some
urniture. Kraft- became interested
and allowed himrclf to be led to the
vacant house where the man said he
had the furniture stored. Once in-
Lured into a vacant house at
Thirty-filth and Pratt streets short
ly after 2 p. m. yesterday, William
Kraft. 2611 'Hamilton street, was
side the house, Kraft gazed down
the muzzle ot a revolver and sub
mitted to the robbery, lie was sn
stunned he Hid not call the plii
for half an hot'r. The emcrglncy
squad scoured the neighborhood but
no highwayman could he found. .
The whole family should read
Bee Want Ads.
THE EQUITABLE
T v LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U. S. -
V , ' .120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK- '
The Equitable' 6 1st Annual Statement, from which the following
figures are taken, will be sent to any address on request
OUTSTANDING INSURANCE, Dec. 31, 1920. . .'.$2,656,524,971
An increase, of $385,621,040 over the previous year '
NEW INSURANCE issued and paid for in 1920. . $52959,921
,' An increase of $74,7204 over the previous year. .
PAID TO POLICYHOLDERS IN 1920. . , . ; ..... $72,683,550
A"' 97 of the domestic death claims 'paid in 1920 were settled
within twenty-four hours after receipt of proofs of death.
PAID POLICYHOLDERS Since Organization. , . .$1,374,975,228
ASSETS, December 31, 1920.
INSURANCE 'RESERVE. : . . . . $519,541119
$627,141,737
OTHER LIABILITIES .....'
SURPLUS RESERVES:
For distribution to policyholders in 1921
' Awaiting apportionment on '
,def erred dividend policies. . . . . :
For Contingencies .
19,599,676 . 539,140,795
$18,790,678
46,882,132
22,328,132
88,000,942
$627,141,737
GROWTH IN A DECADE
;-.'''. - '. '1M0 , .1910 " Incrkai
Outstanding Insurance Dm. 31 $2,6S6,S24,971 $i,347,tS8,92 $1,309,366,279
Nw Insurance... 529,559,921 107,965,091 421,594,830
Assets Dec. 31... 627,141,737 492,197,585 .134,944,152
Liabilities Dse. 31. 539,140,795 409,538,60Or 129,602,195
Paymsat to Policyholders 72,663,550 . 53,119,670 19,563,880
WHAT THE EQUITABLE OFFERS
Standard Life and Endowment Policies Life Income Policies
Group Life and Group Disability Insurance
inheritance Tax Insurance Home Purchase Policies
v ' Non-cancellable Accident and Health Insurance j
Educational Furid Insurance Income Bonds for Old Age
Corporate and Co-partnership Insurance
Annuities of all kinds y ' Insurance for Bequests
Full information regarding any of thea forms trill be sent en request.
; 1 W. A. DAY
. President
FORREST. N. CROXSON,, Agency Mgr., Omaha National Bank Building, Omaha.
' - " V I V 1417 Douglas Street j
Action Starts the Mitiutc the Doon Open Tuesday r Morning
' On Hundreds Upon Hundreds of
Bungalow Aprons
Secured from a San Francisco Manufacturer's elose-out of surplus stocks.
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' 5 S'vi ' ' wanted" color, all sizes. I
V -r ' Be Here Early
wm
12 MAIN FLOOR
Bargain
Squares
12
Unusually
Fertile
Spots I
12
Unusually
Fertile
Spots!
Drugs and Toilet Articles
' : . every priceis "jxirgainized"
Palm Olive Soap, doz., 95c; bar $J
Pon3's Vanishing Cream 39f
Hinkle Pills, bottle of 100 16i
Ingram's Milk Weed Cream .". .39
Pussywillow Face Powder 33
Kolynos Tooth Paste ..22?
Cudahy Castile Hardwater Soap, f
dozen, 95c; bar 8f
Mennen's Talcum Powder 21 f
LUenita Coconut Oil Shampoo. . . . . .21f
Odorono, small size v...26
Danderine Hair Tonic..., 27e
La Pactio Pills, special ....33
Mum, special 21J
2 Quart Hot "Water Bottle, special. . .98?
Vacuum Bottles, 1 pint size 1.49
Shell Dressing Combs, each...'y 29?
Epsom Salts, per 10?
Witch Hazel, pint ottle 29?
5.00 Auto Strop Razors
With 12
' Blades
1.49
Bargain Square Main Floor.
"Buy It at BrandeU"
Fine Dress
GingKams
25c yard
In plaid and checks; good
quality for girls'' school
dresses, waists, etc.
Main Floor
and" Basement.
"Buy It at Brandeis"
Men's Work .
Shirts .
69c each
Good quality light and dark
plain blue chambray a and
cheviots; sires 14V4 to 17.
v
Bargain Square
Main Floor.
'Buy It at Brandeh"
Chamoisette
UG!oVe.s ,
OVC pair
Women's Washable Gloves;
beaver chamois, gray and
white; all sizes; not all
sizes in all colors.
Bargain Square
Main Floor.
"Buy It at BrandeU"
Women's
Fine Shamrock
Lawn
Handkerchiefs
5c each
Hemstitched borders, colored
corners and all colored; good
size. ,
Bargain Square Main Floor.
"Buy It at BrandeU"
"Kaysers" Fine
Lisle Vests
Forst Quality and
Irregulars
' 25c each
In all sises in white and pink;
bodice and regulation style.
Bargain Square Main Floor.
Women's
Silk
Hose
First Quality
and
Irregulars
98c
. Pair ,
Full fashioned and
semi-fashioned; silk
to the knee ; some have
ribbed garter tops.
Hosiery Dept.
: ' Main Floor. .
'Buy It at Brandeis"
Women's '
. Cotton Lisl 1
Union Suits j
48c each
In cuff and loose knee style;
regulation top with beaded edge
finish; "suitable for Spring and
Summer wear.
Bargain 8quare Main Floor. s
"Buy It at Brandeis"
Crepe de Chine
Envelope,
Chemise
1.89 each
Trimmed with lace and ribbons;
daintily edged with Val. lace;
carefully sized and shaped
Bargain Square Main Floor.
"Buy IK at BrandeU"
Good Weight
-(
Tricolette
1:29 yard
A popular fabric for Spring
suits, blouses, etc,;, navy,
brown, silver gray, black,
etc.
Bargain Square .
Main Floor.
"Buy It at BrandeU"
100 Pieces
Fancy Cretonnes'
and Drapery
Marquisettes
29c yard
A wonderful assortment
of colors and designs.
Bargain Square
Main Floor.
"Buy It at BrandeU"
Chinese Cluny,
Lace .
39 c yard-
Real hand made; It to 3
inches wide; very desirable
for trimming fancy under
wear, blouses, etc.
Bargain Square .
Main Floor.
Domestics and Wash Goods
These 5 Bargains in Our Economy Basement ,
PLAIN WHITE FLAX0N Splendid
quality for waists, aprons, uniformsy
etc. ; 30 inches wide ; exceptional value.
Special, for Tuesday,
per yard, "-
DRESS CALICO Light shirting
style; good quality; in 2 to 10-yard v
lengths. Tuesday, 71
Pryard, '2C
STRONG CLOTH SUITINO In as'
sortcd galatea -pailns, for boys' and
girls' school suits, dresses, children's
rompers, etc.; 27 inches wide. Very
social - 161
per yard, .
WHITE NOVELTY ORGANDIE AVith dainty hairline stripe; the latest" creation
in sheer whitefabrics for waists or dresses, collar and cuff sets, etc. A Q
Basement North '
BLEACHED INDIAN. HEAD MUSLIN
Every piece stamped on selvedge; 2
to 10-yard leijgths; 36 inches wide,.
22V2C
Special, per yard,-
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