Utility Expert
Takes Stand in
Rate Hearing
Bostonian Says He Believes
Some of Power CompanvB'
, "Operating Expenses"
For Replacements.
Alton D. Adams of Boston, public
utility expert In the service of the
city in connection with the electric
light and power rate hearing, was
examined closely yesterday after
noon by representatives of the Ne
braska Power company and the city.
Mr. Adams stated that the com
pany's maintenance figures for the
last several year 'suggested to his
mind the probability that at least
some part of these annual totals had
been expended for replacements and
should no have been charged to
operating expenses, lie admitted
that he had not checked the com
pany's accounts closely enough to
warrant a positive statement, but ex
plained that he was only expressing
an opinion.
Access to Books.
J. A. C. Kennedy, attorney for the
power company, brought before the
council the fact that since January
3' of this year the city's expert had
access to the company s books and
the company again extended to Mr.
Adams the privilege of making any
examination of its records he may
wish, particularly to enable himself
to make a positive statement on the
question of maintenance charges'.
"Suppose you should examine the
books and find that all of the items
were proper charges to maintenance
account, then what would you say?"
asked Commissioner Ziminan.,
"I would say that I was mistaken
in my inference," replied Mr. Adams.
Mr. Adams admitted that he be
lieved it was the duty of the con
sumers to keep the property up,
otherwise the public would not be
doing its duty.
Cost of Marketing Bonds.
One of the interesting points dis
cussed was the matter of how a pub
lic utility should pay the necessary
cost of marketing its securities, At
torney Kennedy holding that this
expense propcriy should be, lodged
against the consumers in the rates,
while Mr. Adams took an. opposite
view, admitting that his view was
not concurred- in by some' experts.
This involved the "propriety of
bookkeeping."
Mr. Adams explained, for in
stance, that during his examination
of the books of some public util
ity companies he has found items of
donations to charities charged to
current or operating expenses, the
effect of which would be that the
patrons In fact would be making
vthe. donations. He added that only
"wicked" companies would adopt
such a practice and knew of no com
pany in Omaha committing such an
egregious offense.
Attorney Kennedy asserted that
the expense incident to the disposi
tion of bonds of a public utility is
' as necessary an expense as digging
an excavation for & foundation.
Fair Valuation. .
J In connection vwith- discussion
of the company's stocks and bonds,, i
Mr. Kennedy said:
We have presented to you a cost
, figure appraisal and also a repro
duction cost new and we expect that
the city council will base its best
judgment on these . figures and in
formation and will determine a fair
valuation, a fair depreciation charge
and a fair return on the property.
We are not here asking for any
consideration on account of out
stocks and bonds. When you have
fixed a fair valuation, a depreciation
charge and a fair return, then if the
amount earned by the company in
a year doc? not exceed a fair return,
' ' it is no concern whether the com
pany ; is financed by cash or
by bonds."
! "Mavor Smith inauired closely into
Mr. Adams' separation of net earn
ings according to commercial power,
street lighting and residential light
ing, GeneralWovVill Sail
For Philippines March 28
Washington. D C. March 8.
Maj. fun. Leonard Wood will. sail
, from San Fnncisco for the Philip-
., pines a.Sout March 25, It was an
nounced at the War department. Hi
goes, to the island"! as the personal
representative of President Harding
to investigate and report on the
oucstion of independence for ,these
Pacific possessions.
General Wood will be accompanied
n?V;tby a military aide and perhaps by
g? Cameron Forbes, former governor
- genera vi wig iFuuias. ii n ex
pected that the mission will be ab
sent from this country from three
to four months.
Secretary .Weeks Outlines
Policy of War Department
Washington, March 8. The policy
of the War department under the
' new administration contemplates
organization of the nation's military
forces into "one harmonious, well
balanced and effective army, con
sisting of the regular army, the na
tional guard and the organized re
serves," Secretary Weeks announced
today, v
Bahy Placed on Oven Door to
Keep Warm, Burned to Death
Ogden, Utah. March 8. Mrs. Ken
neth Thornock of Brigham City
wrapped her baby son in a quilt and
put him on the oven door of her
kitchen stove this morning while
upon a neighbor. When she returned
I 30 minutes later she- found the baby
burned to death.
Railway Official Dies
Chicago. March 8. Charles Hit
lard, second vice president of the St.
Louis and San Francisco railway,
died here todny. Mr. Hillard was
born in England and came to the
United States in 1876. He was a
member of clubs in New York and
Chicago. .
Grain Destroyed bv Fire
Mitchell. S. D.,. March 8. Twelve
thousand bushels of oats, corn and
whe.it were burned last night when
fire of unknown origin destroyed the
Farmers' elevator at Delmrmt. The
loss is estimated at $18,000 and is
partly covered by insurance.
Philadelphia has 19 women's aux
ibrkt of A&encau Legion posts.
Your Face and
f
Has Your Husband a Long Back Head? He's Real
Lover If He Has View the Short Back Head
With Suspicion.
By MABEL WARNER RUCG
NOTIIER point for employers,
and all people interested in
knowing human nature, to no
tice the back head. Note the length of
the head from the ear to the back
of the skull.
The long, or protruding, back
head denotes that a man possessing
It will be a good fellow and will
plan his work ahead, while the man
with the 6hort, or cut off back
head will be likely to plunge into
thiugs without sufficient fore
thought. The long back head spells
real love for humanity, bcih in gen
eral and in particular. N6t only his
fellow men in the abstract will the
man love, but he will be intensely in
terested in babies and pets, and will
truly love his wife.
Radicals Have 'Em.
The short back head is, of course,
negative in these respects. It is
often seen in the features of the radi
cal thinker.
Don't iipagine that because a man
is fighting with an "uplift" organiza
tion he ically feels for the so-called
down trodden. Look at his back
head. Don't think that simply be
cause a man is preaching loudly f6f
public lights he necessarily loves the
people. Look at his back head.
If it is short, and selfishly lacking
in development, he may be simply a
demagogue who shouts to hear his
own voice, or .fights for personal
gain, or )i may be a man who runs
off at ii tangent after an abstract
principle.
Stilly Those Back Heads.
Men and women who read this
article study the back head of ths
man who gtts up to put forward an
Speaker Urges
More Fellowship
Iowa Ex-Governor Advocates
Vigilance Committees to
Guard Against Crime.
"More neighborly gatherings and
a closer community spirit among
business men of the cities will bring
back the man-to-man attitude of the
good old days," said W. L. Harding,
ex-governor of Iowa, in a speech be
fore members Of the Lions' club at
their meeting at the Rome hotel yes
terday noon. . '
"When we were boys and lived in
the small towns and villages, we
gathered together at the spellin' bees,
debating societies and other small
town festivities. In this manner wc
enjoyed; ourselves, but also became
more intimate with our neighbors.
There was a friendly feeling among
us.
"Now, as business men in the cities,
we should not isolate ourselves with
business activities, but set aside
some tune eacti day when we can
get out and mingle without fellow
business man.
. "The present" crime wave is pre
valent in all cities. The police de
partment is not to blame. The citi
zens are careless. In the old days
communities banded together for the
mutual protection of all. - They
should do the same today by form
ing vigilance committees in every
community, armed and ready to an
swer any call. When thieves and
robbers learn that men are arming
themselves and are prepared to pro
tect their homes, there will be a
decrease of burglaris and robberies.
Former Grand Exalted Ruler
Of Elks Passes Thorugh City
Though suffering severely with
physical disabilities, Rush L. Hol
land, former grand exalted ruler of
the Elks, Was not too ill to accept
personal homage of representative
Elks yesterday afternoon -when they
met him at the Union station and
escorted him to the Hotel Fontenelle
for a two hours' rest.
Mr, Rush was cnnwite with his
wife from his home in Colorado
Springs to Rochester, Minn. He will
undergo an operation at Mayo Bros,
hospital.
Judge V. S. Sears, exalted ruler
of the Omaha Elks: Otto Nielsen,
Ike W. Miner, secretary, and Moses
P. O'Brien, former private secretary
to Mr. Holland, made up the party
that escorted their guest to the hotel.
He left at 6 o'clock for Rochester.
Living Expenses in Omaha
Reduced 16 1-3 Per Cent
j. M. Gillan, manager of the
Chamber of Commerce industrial
bureau, said yesterday that living ex
penses in Omaha have been reduced
16 1-3 per cent.
The mild winter, which did not
At the first 'chilli Take Genuine Aspirin marked with the
"Bayer Cross" to break up your Cold and relieve the Headache,
Fever, Stuffiness. ,
Warning! To get Genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
over 1,9 years, you must ask for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin,'? and
look for the name "Bayer" on the package and on each tablet.
Always say 'Bayer." .
Each "Bayer package" contains safe' and proper directions for
ths relief of Colds also for Headache, Neuralgia, Toothache,
Earache, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis and for Pain generally.
lrTablelsspirin
Boxes of 12 Bottles of 24-Bottln of 100 Alto Cipulei-AII .uggisti
Ajplrln la the trail's mark of Barer Uanuiacture gfjlonoacetlcaddetif of Bllcllcacld
What It Tells
ideal. Voteis, study the back head
oi the man who nitpcals for your
vote on some public quastion. If
his head is short in the back, Investi
gate him pretty thoroughly before
you accept hs preachments as sin
cere convictions.
The short back head may
be
teristics.
live sign.
But in itself it is a nega-
AniWtra to ()Ufstlont.
Mrs. T. K. O. If you are of the vital
type and have already put on fleHh. you
Kill have to combine (i diet with intelll
Itfnt etrcise. Netihpr one t practical
alone, but taken together, tlif will re
duce you If you are a healthy persnn. Not
only that, hat this combination will give
you a foot-pound of mental anil physical
energy for every pound of welffb you
take off. Semi a self-addressed, stumped
envelope, und we wltl-ghe you a detailed
rcRhne for diet and exercise.
nr. W. 3d. Ward: Hartlngtnn, Neb.--First
of all. a hearty invitation Is hereby
extended to you to visit the writer In tier
office on your next visit to Omaha. Tour
letter was splendidly Interesting, and I
am sure that we wilt find much to dis
agree on, to our mutual Interest and bene
fit, besides what we agfee on. You will
undoubtedly understand that a series of
short articles ean only barely scratch the
surface of the wide subject of character
analysis. When men and women come in
for analysis, there Is then time to go
Into the matter In a specific, detailed
way.
F. M. I have not time to teach charac
ter analysis, as yet, for I am kept too
busy analyzing people, for their own and
their employers' benefit. When you come
Into my office for analysis, I shall be glad
to give you, and your salesmen friends
a complete list of the existent works ho
the subject. You can all then begin to
study tlm thousands of people you meet
on the road. Mo one has a more Varied
school than the man who constantly
travels.
Kd I tor's note: While these articles
are being published Mabel Warner
Rugg will undertake to answer all
questions front Bee readers on charac
ter and analysis anil vocational choice.
Send the letter care of The Dee.
necessitate large purchases of heavy
clothing and fuel, helped greatly to
reduce the cost of living, according
to Mr. Gillan, who arrived at his
estimate by comparing the price of
necessities of a year ago with cur
rent prices.
Friday Night Music Night
At Omaha Automobile Show
Music will be the outstanding fea
ture of the 16th annual Omaha Au
tomobile show, according to Clarke
G. Powell, manager.
Three orchestras" have been en
gaged for the entire week. R. Ole
sen, who has iiad charge of the mu
sic for the past several years, will
have charge this year. He will con
duct the orchestra in the main Audi
torium each day. The programs
will include classical and popular
music.
Friday night has been selected as
Music night. 'Aside from the spe
cial music to be played by the or
chestra, the Ak-Sar-Ben male chorus
of 75 voices will make its 1921 debut.
This chorus has been in training for
several months,- getting into shape
the songs and musical numbers to
be sung at the Den shows during
the summer.
There will also be numerous vocal
and instrumental solos, by Omaha
singers. - , ; .
Get Acquainted
THIS Dearer Poet was still strug
gling along In Its pioneering
days when Frank Mulock first
'came west." He helped It .struggle.
then he
rambled lo
California and
took a fling
at P a e 1 f I o
coast journal
Ism. The told
rush carried
him to Alas
ka, where he
worked on
one of the
first news
papera of the
far north.
lie has eeen
Journal I S 1 1 c
voter prises
prosper And
has watched
them fall.
There are few
jobs around a newspaper office be
hoe not filled at one period or an
other of his varied experience.
There Is neae of them, though,
he liked. any belter, he enr, than
his present position at South Side
reporter for The Bee. Be knows
newt and South Hide readers of
The Bee know that be "covers"
everything In sight.
He has worked, he says, on some
of the best newspapers of the na
tionand some of the worst. He's
convinced he la now serving one of
tbe best.
Mis
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1921.
Testimony of
Lawson Denied
By Sister-in-Law
Asserts Wife-Slayer Was INot
Threatened by Mate; Case
Expected to Reach Jury"
Late Thursday.
The evidence in the trial of Burnell
Lawson oa the charge of murdering
his wife will be completed some
time today. Arugtnents and the
charge to the jury will then take
some hours. It is expected that the
jury will retire late Thursday.
Eulalie Wortsmith, sister of the
slain wife, was called to the stand
yesterday afternoon by the state after
the defense rested. She denied much
of the testimony of Lawson, who had
declared he wa troubled almost
continuously with headaches, had
little appetite and that his wife fre
quently threatened him with harm
if he left her and her sister.
"I never knew him to complain of
a headache," declared Eulalie Wort
smith. "And, as for appetite, our
middav meal always cost us from
$3 to $5 and I have seen him eat six
roast pork sandwiches as a midnight
lunch." ,
Regarding the time Lawson s wife
hit him with a water pitcher, Miss
Wortsmith testified she and her
sister had not -threatened him with
harm if he did not return.
"I threw his clothes out after him,"
said Eulalie, "but he came back at
4 the next morning."
Ed Wortsmith of Little Rock,
Ark., brother of Eulalie and of the
dead girl, arrived yesterday and will
be placed on the witness stand. He
sat in the court room with his head
bowed in his hands continually.
Merchants Flocking to
Omaha for Market Week
With 450 out-of-town merchants
in Omaha Monday to attend the an
nual Market Week opening, mem
bers of the Market Week committee
says 'Breakfast is Ready?"
The dpek may say it custom and
habit may say it: hut how about
the "bodily needs, that are tohe pro
vided for as the days work hegins?
Grape Nuts
is a "good morning" food. Its flavor
charms the taste and its nourishing
Qualities sustain the body without bur
dening the stomach . GrapeNuts is the
perfected goodness of whole wheat
and malted barley, and when it is on
the table, breakfasc js ready.
ueies a Reason for GrapeNuts
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc., Battle Creek,Mich.
Enz
Burgess-Wash Goiipm
'IYUYBOQYS STORK"
The
Taffeta
Neyer Loses
Its Charm
And this season especially, the
styles seem to demand taffeta,
for no other material seems to
make such adorable pleatings,
clever sash effectB, eyelet em
broidery work or drapes more
gracefully when caught up in the
bouffant effect than this ever
popular fabric. While many of
the frocks are self trimmed in
pleating, ruffs, tunics, etc.,
others depend on clever designs
of embroidery or gaily colored
yarn to add the little frivolous
touch so dear to the heart of the
woman In aearch of something
out of the ordinary.
Priced from $19.50 up
Dcranttairi Stor
YOUR NEEDS EASILY SECURED
BY USING BEE WANT ADS.
- Phone Tyler 1000.
of the Chamber of Commerce said
yesterday: "It was the biggest open
ins day we have ever had."
Yesterday there were 1,100 mer
chants in the city. At noon the pisit
ing merchants were entertained at
luncheon in the new roof garden at
M. E. Smith & Co. During the clay
the visitors were taken through the
various manufacturing and jobbing
concerns.
Last night was athletic night at
the Auditorium. A program of box
ing, wrestling, a battle royal and a
calisthenic drill by boys and girls of
the Bohemian Catholic Sokols was
stagfd.
By Thursday, more than 2,000 out-of-town
merchants are expected to
be in the city.
Odd Fellows to Celebrate
Anniversary on April 30
Celebration in Omaha of the 102d
anniversary of the birth of the Inde
pendent OroVr of Odd Fellows in
America will be held in the Municipal
auditorium Saturday afternoon and
evening.
More than 10,000 Odd Fellows and
their families ate expected to be in
Omaha for the celebration which will
include speaking, conferring of dec
orations and three distinct and elab
orate ceremonies open to the public
in the afternoon.
In the evening, the celebration will
close with a grand military ball
given by the patriarchs militant of
Greater Omaha. Leo's 15-piece or
chestra will furnish the music for the
dancing.
Sisters Dispute in Court for
Possession of Player Piano
Sadie Burke, 1248 South Sixteenth
street, defendant in a replevin action
for the recovery of a player piano,
acted as her own attorney and used
her sister, Mrs. E. Deck, 1944 South
Twenty-eighth street, as her star wit
ness In fighting the case, in munici
pal court yesterday.
Margaret Johnson, 712 North
Twentieth street, asserted she had
given Sadie the piano while she,
Margaret, was getting a divorce from
her husband. When the divorce was
obtained, Sadie refused to return the
piano, according to Margaret.
JurTge Holmes withcld his decision
until this morning.
SB
Frock
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Brief City News
Injured in Jail J. T. VAughn
HuMtained a never xealp wound
when he foil from a platform in an
upper cell of the county jail where
ho is a prisoner, Monday night.
Uttiso Dunce Fro. Mayor Smith's
ordinance to raise, dtmoe pt-rmits
from Jl to $2.n0, and tmklns an
additional fee of $5 a day on en bar
eta was passed by the city council
yesterday.
AVants Money IliM-k. William H.
Hotue riled suit in district court yes
terday ugaliiBt M. l' Hhafer. W. l'
Shafer and Lee Swindler, asking the
return of $20,000 which he says he
invested in stock of the American
Bank building company.
Jlocliipy to Have llorn,. Hclney,
3-year-old child found abandoned at
the Union station , .February 1, will
be adopted within the next two
weeka by pome good family, Mrs. A.
A. MeUraw, superintendent of the
Child Saving Institute announced
Monday.
Widow Inherit Klulp.--The late
Frank T. KniiHom, pioneer Omaha
attorney, left practically all of his
$30,000 estatje "to my beloved wife,
to whom I owe whatever success in
life I have had," to nunte the last
sentence of his will, filed in county
court yesterday,
Notified of Knit. Mrs. Louise
Wade, 63, yesterday received noti
fication at her home, 3013 Kvuns
street, that her husband, Louis
Wade, 72, has sued her for divorce
in Uallas, Texas. The Wades had
betm married more than 40 years,
but have been separated since 1896.
Chinese Store Kohlied. The
business place of C. Fong,
714 South Seventeenth avenue, at
1 520 Webster street was robbed of
Chlnesn and American clothing by
a burglar who entered sometime be
tween Saturday night and Monday
morninfr, according to Fong'a report
to police. I
Child Prodlsy. "Bobby" North, 4,
son of iMr. and Mrs. O. P. North,
4820 Capitol avenue, is Omaha's lat
est child prodigy, lie reada Lin
coln's Gettysburg speech without dif
ficulty, and succeeded In reading part
of President Harding's innugural
speech, although he never has a,t
tended School. 4
Huninioll Files. J. Hummell,
former city park commissioner for
several terms, filed his petition yes
terday for election to the city com
mission. Walter S. Jardine, also a
former city commissioner, C. S.
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Spring Is in the
The coming of the new season haft filled m with a.
new ambition an ambition to bring more happiness
and prosperity to everybody.
You -can see the change on the faces of our sales
people and in their eagerness to serve you well when
you select your wants.
You especially see it in the beauty and excellence of
our new merchandise and the new and gratifying mod
eration of the prices.
Money has, regained much of its old buying power.
It is such a gratification to see and admire the new
things when we realize that posession may be achieved
without extravagance and feel that full money's worth
is being secured. '
Our sections are filled with stocks of
new spring merchandise marked at
the new low prices and we invite your
; inspection at an early date.
Xethway and Charles A. Tiles ob
tained blanks from the election com
missioner preparatory to filing.
Art Inhibition. The seventh an
nual exhibition of painting by Hob
ert K. Oilder, Omaha's veteran
luiinli'i', is being held in the Whlt
more's Gallery, 1517 Iodge street.
Marriage Annulled. lieeatise Mr.
Jessie Deerlng had not been divorced
six months from her first hunbai)d,
her marriage to Fred. K. Williams,
farmer at Lcwellen, Neb., was an
nulled ly lMstrlct Judge Hears yes.
AITKHTIsKMrT
Break Chest Colds
With Red Peppers
Euse your tight, achinir chest. Ston
the pain. Break up the congestion.
Feci, a had cold loosen up in just a
short time.
"Red Tcpper Rub" is the cold rem
edy that brings the quickest relief.
It cannot hurt you and it certainly
seems to end the tightness and drive
the congestion and soreness right
out.
When heat penalties right down
into cold', congestion, aching mus
cles and sore, stiff joints relief comes
at once.
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STRAPS find many, many ways
of adorning
SPRING
PUMPS
The smartest of Sprint? footwear is fashioned
of soft leathers, satins and suede in such a
great variety of clever styles that you scarcely
know which to select.
The Instep strap pumps retain all the comfort
of the plain pumps and add a novel touch ii
the strap, which fastens gracefully over the
ankle.
Black and brown satin, black' and brojlvn
suede, hand turned soles, dainty covered hejfjls.
Priced at $11.00 and $13.00.
Is now very complete
and with the new style pumps, the fancy hose
are especially attractive, the clocked hose
meeting with the most favor. In plain colors
you may choose from all pure silk hose in ,
black, white, dark navy, rust, polo gray, taupe,
pink, gold and silver. Priced from $1.10 to
$4.75.
KMimiiiiiiitjtiiiiiitiiiiiV
Burgess-Nash Goiipany.
"VERYBODYk STORK"
terday. They met after William
wrote to Her. Charles Savings hrt,
asking him to find him a wife.
Orphans Co roil For.- Mary and
John Newell, It and 14, respectively,
the surviving children of John New
ell, I.angdon court, who was found
dead In an elevator shaft of the
Fleld-lIaiiillion-Huilth Paper com
pany, will make their home with
their grandmother,. Mrs. Frank New
ell of Indlanolu, In., relatives say.
Intensely interesting Bee Want
Ad
auvkrtihkmiot
Nothing has such concentrated,
penetrating heat as red peppers. The
moment you apply Red Pepper Rub
for colds, backache, sore muscles,
still neck, lumbago or the pains of
rheumatism ur neuritis yotl feci thii
tingling heat. ,
In three minutes the congested
spot is warmed through and through.
When you are suffering so you can
hardly get about just get a jar of
Rowles Red Pepper Rub, made from
red peppers, at any drug store. You
will have the quickest relief known.
Our Assortment of
NEW SPRING
HOSIERY
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