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4 THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2, 1921. Advocates of f Forestry Bill .To Havo Hearing Measure Introduced at Re quest of Bee Rcprescnta live Provides Bureau to Ot crsce Care of Timber. (By Staff farrwpondent.) , Lincoln, March 1. (Special Tele gram.) The senate committee on agriculture will give a hearing on Wednesday afternoon to advocates of Senate File No. 272, the state forestry bi!f introduced by Senator Cooper -of Douglas. It is expected that tie forester iii charge of the Imited States' forestry bureau at Denver, his deputy on duty at the llalsey, reserve in Nebraska, Dr. George E. Condra of the University of Nebraska and others will be pres ent. r The bill .was introduced by Sena tor Cooper at request of T. W. Mc Cullough of The Omaha Bee, who has long been actively interested in the subject of forestry. It provides for the creation of a bureau of for estry, to have charge of the general work of caring for all standing or growing timber in Nebraska, in cluding orchards, parks and the like, but with no power given the for estej to interefere with private own ers in the management or disposition of their orchards.'mpves or planta tions. . To Enoourage Forestation. The; principal purpose of the bill is to encourage the propagation and nurture of forest timber, having in view the forestation of the sandhill tracts or such other land as by na ture is unlit or ' unsuitable for gen eral agricultural purposes, but which will bear timber. Actual ex periments have proved that the so called "sandhill region of Ne braska will grow pine trees; a beau tiful forest at Halsey having fol lowed the efforts of the United States government. Settlers in the section have met with unvarying success in the propagation of the pines and ce dars they have planted, and many fine stands of timber are now seen where only the barren stretch of sand wasmioted a' few years ago. State Will Profit. ., Colonel. McCullough believes that the state will profit greatly in an other generation through the foresta tion of the barren tracts now ne glected; that 50 years from now the state will derive revenue from the sale of timber from its own re serves, and that with a little care this crop may be made perpetual and land that is now all but worth-' less will oc made a source of in-! come to the state. He further con templates the possibility of Nebras ka's orcharding being extended in i the future, when it will derive much j benefit through the proposed bureau. ! , j Expec tHotFidit On Several Bills Co-Qpcraliicy Bank Measure One Over Which Fierce ; Battle Anticipated. Lincoln. March 1. (Special.) Action will be taken on a number of important bills this week around which there has been a hot fight. The house committee on banks and banking will hold a final hear ing tomorrow evening on the co operative bank bill. No matter what the committee recommendation on the bill may be, it is probable that it has enough friend and enough enemies to cause a hot fight before it is put on general file in the lower house. At 10 tomorrow morning the sen ate will consider the building and loan association bill which ivould exclude sharet in building and loan associations from taxation. With t his bill out,of the way, the "commit tee on revefiue and taxation will have clear sailing in . finishing up its work in revising-state taxation. ; The hoiise medical committee vwilf listen to arguments of a, number of Nebraska nurses tomorrowv night. i. bills which, it is claimed,. would cut down nurse training courses in Ne braska hospitals. ' The Children's' code, tomnvittee has a big job on its hand every night this week in listening to arguments in behalf of the numerous, child wel fare commission bill.sr" Bill Gving'State ' Rail Body Control . Of Utilities Killed Lincoln. Man-h 1. (Special Tele-gram.)-fThe, house committee on cities and towns killed the McCkllan bill, which would throw the power of regulating privately-owned utili ties from the city to the state rail way commission.. ' " ' Representative McClellan of Grand Island, author of the bill, appeared before the committee and stated that he had undergone a Change of heart and at this time did not believe the state was ready to adopt such a statute.. . ' ' , George, A. Lee of Omaha appeared before the committee in support of the bill. Lee declared he represent d the -Nebraska Electric company, Public Service company, Electric Transmission company, Gage Coun ty Gas company and independent telephone companies serving numer ous small Nebraska towns with gas, electricity, water and telephone serv ice. Anti-Cigaret and Anti-Capital Punishment Bills Are Killed Lincoln, March 1. (Special Tele gramsThe house judiciary com mittee killed the anti-cigaret bill and the anti-capital punishment bill to night. The vote in committee .was 7 to 4 on both measures. If ou like rood niMli when you trtrtl. you iu i an Joy bl njoy ln a niMnftt on th OMAHA-CH 1 ICAOO LIMITED via tha Chl- cofro.- Mtlwauka c St. Paul Railway. In an Immaculate dining car thra la a varlaty of delicious dtahaa for you to chooa from. Of course, you hav all tna other "Mil waukee" road features; courteous attend ants, . "lonirer. hlftlier. wider" bertha and hig roomy obeerration lounge car. Leave Omaba l:M p. m. Arrive Chicago :05 a. m. W. E. Bock. General Agent, Pas renrer "Oept, Poena Pouf. 441. Omaba, Nab. Adv.. v- "4 - - Woman Made Mayor. ' With No Opposition v4 til A canvass of the voters of the town of Milford, O., indicates that "Aunt Dolly" Spencer, the town's most popular woman, will be elected mayor unanimously, there being no opposition to her. "Aunt Dolly," as she is known to everyone in Mil ford, will be the first woman mayor of any city, town or village in Ohio. She has been chief of police of Mil ford for some time and her record for fairness, kindness and belief in the Golden Rule has made her be-, loved by everyone. N Milford has had less use for its jail during her term of office than at any other time on record. Registration Bill Advanced In State Senate Measure, Copied After Oregon Law, Requires Universal Enrollment of Voters . In Nebraska. Lincoln, March 1. (Special.-) The bill, by Senator Perry Reed of Hamil ton, S. F. No. 305, a copy of the Oregon law for the universal regis tration of voters, in Nebraska, was advanced to third reading with an emergency clause by the state senate today. - The bill, with minor amendments, requires precinct assessors to take the registratien in connection with their other duties. This registsra tion !s kept by the county clerk. A registration requires no renewal except when the registrant moves to another precinct. Those who are registered must give their party af filiation', and cannot change this af filiation for a primary election with out applying to the county clerk 30 days before the election. v Senator Reed explained that this provision was calculated to prevent those ofone party switching over for the primaries and passing on a can didacy over the head of the legi timate members of that party. The law does noc affect the cities over 7,000 where there are registra tion laws now operating. There was no opposition to the bill in the senate when its provisions were explained in committee of the whole ty Senator ReedL Hascall Charges , Dilly-Dallying Held . Up Water Board Bill .'- Lincoln, March 1. (Special Tele cram.) A hot fight is promised be- fore- the house committee on cities. .and. towns next Tuesday over the RamJall-Hascalt-Robertson bill pro-; viding that before the Metropolitan ;Wtcr district goes into the municipal ivc- Business more extensively jt must tikeisteps to acquire privately-owned ice plants. - ' "There has been a whole lot of dilly-dallying around about this bill and I was told once it would never come out of committee," Represcnta- :. u,. it . !. - . r l.t - ivc ldMWi fsitui ,u icpi cacniaiivt -Druesedow, chairman of the commit tee, tonight. "There hasn't been any dilly-dallying," -Druesedow retorted. "Right after the bill was introduced I talked to R. B. Howell about it." "Why- didn't Mr. Howell arrange with us for a hearing?" Hascall asked. "I am not Mr. Howell's keeper," Druesedow said.. .- ; , . Then Druesedow read a letter from John Webster. Omaha attorney, asking to dehy the hearing until next Tuesday. Hascall was willing to wait until Tuesday." . , Deaths and Funerals ' Following a stroke of apoplexy 10 days ago, John U. Butler, former superintend ent of the Adams Rspress company in Omaha, died tn Chicago, where he was transtorred when the express companies were merged. The body will be taken to Qallatln, Tenn., for burial. The body of Mrs. Hose E. Halpli. 72, wife of former Health Commissioner J. B. Ralph, who died In Los Angeles, arrived In Omaha yesterday for funeral servicts and burial In Forest Lawn cemenery this afternoon. Funeral services for Margaret Mary Geddtng. 21, will be hel.l Thursday morn ing at the home. 2211 Wirt sereet, at 8:30 o'clock and Sacred Heart church at t o'clock. Burial will be held In Holy Sep ulchtr cemetery. She la survived by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh. Geddlng; three brothers and' two sisters. Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Truckey will be held af the John A. Uen treman 'chapel Thursday morning at' 11. Burial will be In Holy Sepulcher cemetery. She la survive by Iter husband, William T. . Truckey; her mother, Mrs. Catherine Cosgrove of Grand Island; two sons and two daughters. Funeral services for Rudolph Jcrupn. Si. who died at his home 3029 l'ratt street Rundajr, will be held Wednesday afternoon at S In the N. P. Kuanson chapel Burial will bo In Forest Lawn cemetery. ' Funeral services for Mrs. Myra Ethel Scott, 38. 202 South Fifty-second street, will be held at the Stack & Falconer chapel thta afternoon at 2. . Burial will b ln-Fnrest-fcmwTi cemetery; ' . .... Senate Buries Third oi Bills , In Graveyard Measures to Establish City Comfort Stations and to Prevent Elopements. In definitely Postponed. Lincoln, March 1. (Special.) The senate was armed for bear to day and a third of the-, bills, which came up in the committee the whole were consigned : to vthe. kgis lative graveyard. - .. 1 . These were indefinitely postponed: S. F. No. 304 Requiring 15-days' notice before jnarriage licenses . are issued. ' ' ' - S. F. Xo. 236 Requiring cities of the second ' class to establish com fort stations, killed Tsy a rising vote nf 1 tn in ' S. E. No. 240 Penalty for lascivious carriage. . S. F. No. 342 Watchmakers' lien on goods left six. months for re pairs. The senate .previously had accept ed the insurance committee s report to kill S. F. No. 341, putting con tracts tor reciprocal insurance under the general insurance law. Loses 8 to 14. S. F. No. 240 Penalizing "las civious carriage," lost 8 to 14 on a rising vote in the committee of the whole. This bill is aimed at sex perversions in the presence of little children, in cases where they.are not harmed. It was the sentiment of the senate that the present law covers the ground. If jewelers want a lien on watches or)thcr gems left for repairs, they must do as other institutions do advertise the goods and sell them at auction. That's why the senate killed Senator Warners bill, b. r. No. 34Z, tq allow the goods to be sold pri vately at the expiration of six months. S. F. No. 244 To enlarge the jur isdiction of the district judges in chambers, was amended to strike out the confirmation of sale without notice to adverse parties, on a fight led by Senator Hoagland, and ad vanced to third reading. Other Bills Advanced. Other bills advanced by the committee of the whole were: S. F. No. 243 Requiring rajlroads to furnish coaches or cabooses in sanitary condition, for stock care takers, and to stop at eating houses instead ot stations,. I he bill was agreed upon between the railroads, the state railway' commission and the senate and house committees. S. F. No. 220 Placing all schools with over 100 children on an equal levy basis, .with' 100 mills the limit. Amended fo make this levy propor tional when actual values are taken for assessment purposes. ' ' S. F. No. 320 To' invalidate liens on- persona property unless rtitle is recorded. .. ' S. , F. No. 36- Authorizing villages to issue bonds for heating, lighting and ice plants. " .' " H. R., No; 242 To repeal the Douglas county voting machine law. S. F..,No. 39 To authorize cities ol; the second class and villages to purchase or recf power.' or ; light plants outside the corporate limits, and to have the right of eminent do1 mtin for transmission lines. Architects Licensing . , i Bill Killed in House Lincoln, iTarch 1. (Special.) Representatives Mascalf and Randall put up a valiant but losing fight to day to get a bill passed in commit tee of the whole providing for li censing architects. But the farmer element in the house balked on the expense entailed in creating an ex amining board and killed the bill. Jailed Rum Makers v May Obtain 'Release Under Court's Ruling No less than 50 federal prisoners throughout the state, convicted under the internal revenue act of having mash in their possession, may obtain their freedom by habeas corpus proceedings according to a ruling in the circuit court of appeals at St. Louis Monday, as interpreted by Lloyd A. Magney.x assistant United States district attorney.- The ruling states the Volstead law supersedes the internal revenue laws and that persons sentenced to. jail or given,, heavy fines for viola tion of alcoholic revenue laws have been convicted, illegally. Mr. Maguey says prisoners may not be tried again undner the Vol stead act, because a prisoner. tan not legally be put in jeopardy twice.' Fines also may be repealed, he said, j Dividend Passed New York, March 1. The Kenne cott Copper corporation announced the, passing of its regular quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share. Dividends at this rate have been paid by the corporation for two years. ADVERTISEMENT EASY TO DARKEN YOUR GRAY HAIR You Can Bring Back Color and Lustre With Sage Tea and Sulphur ' When you darken your hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no-one can tell, because it's done so naturally, so evenly. Preparing this mixture, though, at home is mussy and troublesome. At little cost you can buy" at any drug store the ready-to-use preparation, improved by the addition of other ingredients', called "Wyeth's Sage arid Sulphur Com pound."' You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a,time...jBy morning all gray hair disappears, and after an other application or two your hair becomes beautifully darkened,-glossy and luxuriant. Gray, faded hair, though no dis grace, is a sign of old age. and as we all desire a youthful and attrac tive appearance, get busy at once with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compoundrnd look years, yolinihrr. Epperson to Submit Anti-Trust Practice Amendments in Bill Lincoln, March 1. (Special.) Landlords and alleged trust practices in cutting prices to stamp out com petition will be handled by the pro posed industrial commission under amendments prepared to the bill to day by Representatives Epperson, the author. While Epperson's bill has never emerged from the judiciary ' committee..-he still has Jiopes that some ac .tion. will be taken on it and submit ted; the landlord;- and j .anti-trut amendments to the committee, today. "The anti-trust aittendment would make it impossible for' a big con cern to .sell its products in one' sec--tion of the state cheaper than au other, as creamery corporations and oil companies are wont to do when independent companies attempt to compete," Epperson said. "I make allowance for the difference in freight and express rates." . Epperson s bill provides for a commission of three men to handle labor and profiteering problems, much the same as the Kansas in dustrial court does at this time. One of Charges Against Banker Is Eliminated Cashier of Aurora Bank and Bank Examiner Testify for State in Charles W. Wentz Trial. York, Neb., March 1. (Special Telegram.) Just bcfre adjourn ment this evening, Judge Corcoran, who is presiding in the Charles V. VVentz case, being tried in York county on change of venue from Hamilton county, eliminated count four of the' information' which charges Wrentz with publishing false statements of the condition of the American State bank of. Aurora, of which Wentz was vice president be fore it went into the hands of the receiver. The proof of publicatio nof the statement shows it was signed by James Schoonove, cashier,, and at tested by C. W Wentz. This leaves only two counts in the information. The prosecuting attorneys announced tonight that with the reading to the jury of the exhibits admitted in evi dence, the stye would rest its case. A number of witnesses were placed on the stand by the state, among them James Schoonove, easier of the hank. Mr. Schoonove testified that certi ficate of deposit No. 366, for $5,000, the storm center of the whole case, never had been entered on the books o fthe bank and that the first he knew of the certificate was when it was filed with the receiver by the Na tional American Insurance company as a claim against the bank. He said that the bank never had received any mony or other consideration for the (certificate. Bank Examiner Urown testified that he did not know of .certificate No. 366 at thetime he examined the bank, just before it was closed, as there was no record of it m the books. A. F. Ackernian. receiver ot the bank, testified there was no record of the certilcate in the bank books and that the first he knew of its ex istence was when it was tiled as a claim against the bank by the Na tional American Insurance company and that he had resisted the payment of the claim. The case is attracting consider able attention and probably will con tinue for another.Jav at least. Still Found in Raid MVfnrA- Neh.. March 1. (Spe cialsSheriff Martin Brennau of Hitchcock county raided a still soutn of Stratton and arrested several men. The nrisoncrs were taken to Jlren- ton for their preliminary hearing. AHVERTISKMENT MR OFF "No-To-Bac" has helped thou sands to break the costly, nerve- shattering tobacco habit. When ever you have a longing for a cigarct, cigar, pipe, or for a chew, just, place a harmless No-To-Bac tablet-in your mouth instead, to help relieve that awful desire. Shortly the habit may be completely broken, and you are better off mentally, physically, finan cially. It's so easy, so simple. . Get a box of No-To-Bac and if it doesn't release you from all craving for to bacco in any form, your druggist will refund your money without question. . Make Shaving a Pleasure With Cuticura Talcum ... win, vuiK.mil onap ine Cuticura way. Cuticura Talcum is an in dispensable adjunct. Antiseptic and pro phylactic, it is soothing and refreshing to the most tender f km. . "IV11. Addrna: "ClUcir. LbrttrW,Dp4. IF. tU14tn.Uu." Sold .very. whrjSow 26c Omtmnt26nd0i,. Tlrunac. iSJVCuticura Soap sham without mug. TOKO Panama Palaee Stormed by Mob: One Man Killed Arrival of American Troops at Home of President Porras Was Just in Time to Save His Life.' Panama, Mirch'i?-r(By. the Asso ciated Press.) One .person is dead asdifour others are fsuffcring frpm wounds, received when 4he presiden tial guard fired upon a -mob whicfy-j broke into the executive mansion, Mre yesterday. Qtidof the injured was Domingo Turner, w ho was. the chief organizer of the demonstration here -when General Pershing visitdU the canal zone last year. ' X;, American troops arrived at -the home of President Porras just : in time to save the president's life. :enos i orras was conterring wun William Jennings Price, United States minister to Panama, and Col. Jay J. Morrow, acting governor of the canal zone, when a crowd in front of the palace became threaten ing. Before the soldiers arrived a portion of the crowd had "broken in one of the doors aiid had'been fired upon. . - ' Quiet had been completely . re stored last night. Saloons both in Panama and Colon had been closed, J while United. States troops guarded the palace in spite of the president's request for their withdrawal.' ' .' . The attack upon the palace - was, instigated by men who. had become maddened over a published interview in which President Porras was quoted as having .declared; himself favorable to a diplomatic settlement with Costa Rica after Panama had recovered territory Costa Rican forces seized last week. It is asserted the mob which broke, into the palace intended to assassinate Senor Porras. Victim of Robbery Buys His Watch From Highwaymen R. S. Wood saved his gold watch by giving a highwayman a $20 note when the highwaymen held him up in front of the Sherman apartments Monday night. - "Let me have my watch back," said Wood. "I'll give you $20. The watch was given me by my brother, who was killed overseas." "Here's your watch," said the highwayman. -'Give me the" twenty' 7 ;. ' -. mm .YN hfiK!-. a:::: Bt;i?r-:;;:-J:r::l -' THE V .:. ;::: :'.':- 'riS ; : Sioux City Lawyer i i Sentenced to Jail Stoux City, la.. .Y.iin h 1 Charles Metcalfe, a practicing lawyer of this city, tod.'iy was sentenced to ervc six months in jail as a result of his conviction on a charge of assault with intent 'to do great bodily, harm. The eonvietion was the outgrowth of the shooting of Mrs. -Gerr?r Baoton, ast July during a family qarrel. He was originally indicted on avrharue of astanlt with intent to commit murder He appealed to th6 supreme court... ' v Armed Men Hold Up Mail Messenger ' . , ' . ,, . ," ,. j Steal Truck, Bind Driver, and i Escape With Four. , Sacks. Jefferson City, Mo., March 1. Four armed 'men. early today robjed George Williams, 60, a . postoitke messenger, of three poUches of regis tered mail; The value of the mail has not been determined. The bandits -waylaid Williams at Z a. m., abducted him in an- automo bile to a point near New Bloomfield, 15 miles north of here, and hand cuffed him to a tree. " , Williams had taken the ma.il from Missouri Pacific train No. 13, which arrived from St. Louis at 1 :42 a. m andwas- taking it-in an automobile to-the '.postofTjce, five bl6cks from the station. He had reached the edge, of the capitol grounds when two men 'levelled revolvers at him.. Complying" with their command, Williams drove several blocks when two more armed men boarded the iiutoraobile. Or.e of them hand cuffed ' Williams, threw him in the tohneau of the car and placed thj mail sacks on top of him. The rob bers, drove north and stopped and paid toll as they crossed the Mis souri river. After driving ta a lonely spot near New BloomfieUi the robbers stopped and handcuffed the messenger to a tree. Then they fled with the ppuches. William's cries attracted a farmer who chopped the chain in two with ah ax. Williams then telephoned the aiithoitics. ' Both visible and audible warning signals , arc given, the latter elec trically by a new '.English device ychen the circulation of water in the jackets of au internal combustion en gine'falls below normal. Ss J For days the news from the capitol will be of the greatest interest to every citi zen and the Omaha Bee is prepared to give its readers every possible item of news: Full Associated Press Service, The Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire and Feature Service (direct to the Bee office) , two of the world's great est news gathering agencies; and our own corre spondent, Mr. E. C. Snyder, who for a great number of years has furnished Bee readers with interesting articles on the ins and outs of political life in Wash ington. . You may recall how thoroughly The Bee covered the two great political conventions last summer-this same completeness will characterize the handling - , of the inaugural news. The Bee will have all the news-without partisanship. For an impartial account of Wash ington neivs, by all means read Omaha Most News "f; ::1::I OMAHA V, 3 Men Who Stole Corn From lilue Springs Farm Fined Beatrice,- Neb., March 1. (Spc cial.) Prank Siil'ord and Hans Nel son of. Wy more were fined $tf and coj-ts, each, by Judge C. C. Willis of that citv for the theft of com frani the farm of J. K. Jenkins, east of' Blue .Springs. When Mr. Jenkins missed the gTain from his crib he. was able to follow the trail of the thieves by the corn which had dropped along the road from the old wagon box in which it was carted away, He. reported the niat--?r to Chief of Police Lytic who ar reted the-men. The grain, which ofiice-s say was found on Sitford's place, was. ordered taken back to the Jenkiri's farm. v Labor War at Sioux City , Looms as Merl in Deadlock Sioux City, la., March -.1. A la bor war is threatened in Sioux City April 1, unless the building trades unions and the master builders reach a. compromise before that date. Union labor leaders- declare the men engaged in the building trades will not submit to a reduc tion in wages for the coming year, it was definitely announced last night. Master builders assert they will not consent to pay the present scale cf wages and will discontinue all puilding operations rather than be compelled to pay exorbitant wagers. Kansas Coal Mines Idle as Howat Arraigned in Court Pittsburg, Kan., March 1. Com plete idleness prevailed in the Kan sas coal fields today.' The miners refrained from work because of the preliminary ' hearing "of Alexander HcPfrat, president,, and August Dor chy, vice-president of the Kansas Miners' union, at Columbus, where they face criminal charges in con nection with the calling of the strike at a mine. of the George K. Mackie Fuel company v at Scammon several weeks ago. High Prices Will Retard Building at Beatrice Beatrice, Neb.,' March 1. (Spe cial. From all appearances there will be little building in this city, the coming season because of the high price of labor and material, rer-. rather favor the idea of waiting until everything comes down to pre-war prices, and for that reason will rent for another six months or year. All patrolmen who are promoted to police sergeants in Baltimore, Md., must be operators1 of motor vehicles. arch 4 and the eyes of the world again centered on. Washington, D. C. Most Features Police Reserves : Quell Incipient Riot in New York Crowds Protest Against Meet ings Held by ''Horrors ot Rhine" Committee Demand- , iug Removal of Blacks. New York, March 1. Police were called late last night to disperse a mob which collected in the heart of theatrical district of Broadway to protest against meetings ot raui lal elements in Madison Square Garden aiid numerous overflow meetings, all of which were held unrler the auspices of the Horrorsof the Rhine committee, headed b' Dr. Edmund von Mach. ' Hoots and cat calls from passersr by forced the abandonment of ef forts of the radicals to hold thctr meeting just outside the garden and when they walked up Broadway planning to stop at another spot, the pedestrians followed, singing and ridiculing the speakers. Before the assembly Reached Times Square at Forty-second street the police were called upon to clear the streets. 'llCey pleaded with the men who left peaceably tor their homes The overflow meetings of the Rhine committee were abandoned. Sev eral arrests were made. Boy Who Stole Auto Faces Worthless Check Charge Beatrice, Neb., March 1. Special", Willie Carol, 19, who was paroled here last week after he had been found guilty in the district court of stealing a car belonging to Os car Ehrlich of this city, was take on the charge of writing wrtUles checks. f :hicaco ff TRIBUNE y OMAHA BEE f LEASED I