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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1921)
.THE BEE: OMAHA. ' TUESDAY. MARCH 22, 1921. Senate Probing Committee Will File Report Soon Findings Said to Include Crit icism of State Auditor and Treasurer for Pay of Employes. Lincoln, March 21. (Special.) A i.-port which is expected to arouse onsiderable interest is about to be iled by the senate committee in vestigating duplication and extrava gance in the state administration. Senator Perry Reed of Henderson f. chairman of the committee fend Senators Cooper. alderman an J Kandall are the other members. Chairman Reed said today that the 'eport had been nearly finished and would be filed within' a few days. He would not divulge its contents. It is understood, however, that it contains a criticism of State Au ditor Marsh and State Treasurer Cropsey. " Question of Salaries. Charges against them, it is under stood, . include an allegation, , that they paid clerical help wrongfully out of "extra help" and other funds. '.Mr,. Marsh, it is further reported to him by members of the committee, drew. $1,100 in mileage in his own name' and char'ged it to the expense account of County Treasurers' Ex aminers C, D. Robinson and George Anthas . Mr. Marsh admits so doing. As the head of the department he says he bought the mileage as it was needed and it was all legitimately used. In the state offices under the rode the head of the department authorizes the purchase and it is maoe By the state purchasing office. Mr. Marsh takes the position that fjis is a constitutional office and 1 hence does not come under the code. $100 Appropriation. In Treasurer Cropsey's case, his office had an appropriation of $100 k month for a stenographer and an other appropriation for extra qlerk hire. On the theory that his sten ograher, with particular knowledge and qualifications of the '.work was worth two ordinary stenographers, he paid her $100 a month and added $30 a month from the other appro priation. ' ( It is.; understood that the report will question the triple salary paid xo Pirector A. E. Sheldon of the: iegislatfve reference bureau, by the stte, the university and the "State Historical society. BiR Defeated to Raise . , Adjutant General's Pay Lincoln, March 21. (Special Tele-granO-rHouse Roll No. 613, which wogld provide increases in salary for the; state' adjutant general and his assistants, was defeated in the Wer fcouse of the legislature today by a vote of 47 to .34. Under the bill, Adjutant General Paul's salary would have been increased from $3. 000 to $5,000 and his assistants from $2,400 to $3,000, while the disburse ment officer's salary would have ?one up from $1,200 to $1,500. Another salary booft. of. Nebraska court reporters was trimmed by the t lower house today in committee of the whole. The bill considered called for $3,000 a yeSr salaries. The "otse cut them to $2.750 a year. Budget System Measure Advanced in Lower House ' Lincoln, March 21. (Special.) ,The administration budget system bill passed the committee of the whole in the lower house today. It , puts Phil Bross, secretary of .finance and revenue,' at. the head -of a-11 departments and institutions, em powers him to examine expenditures ' and check these expenditures when ' he nds their continuation will cre ate a deficiency and gives him au thority to force expenditures for the purposes set, forth for them in ap . propriations voted by the legislature. Favor Founding of Bureau To Identify Criminals Lincoln, Neb., March 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) Establishment 1 of a bureau of criminal identification in the department of public welfare was sanctioned today in the commit tee of the whole of the lower house. "Alfalfa John" of Franklin fought passage of the bill creating the bu reau, declaring it would cost $10,000 and that as Lincoln and Omaha had such bureau there was not sufficient work of this description in the rest of the state to warrant the expenditure. Clctk of State Suprerne Court Hurt in Car Crash Lincoln, March 21. (Special.) Clerk Harry C. Lindsay of the Ne braska supreme court was cut about the face when the car in which he and Chief Justice Andrew M Mor rissey and others were riding went down an embankment Saturday night on the road home from Omaha. The accident was caused by two ,. cars passing on a narrow road., it is reported, no one else was J hurt. Mr. Lindsay, who was unable to be at his office Mont-ty said that he was only slightly hurt. . . 1 Nebraska Solons Wearing New Ak-Sar-Ben Buttons Lincoln. Xebr., March 21. Mem bers of the legislature wore the new Ak-Sar-Ben buttons this afternoon. Reprecentative d Palmer arrived iu Lincoln today with a button for each member and also with honorary membership cards. The cards and buttons were issued for the solons by Charles Gardner, Ak-Sar-Ben sec retary. , Anti-Picketing Measure Remains in Sifting Body Lincoln, March 21. (Special Telt eram) Efforts to lift the Randall Hascall anti-picktting bill out of the ifting committee tonight failed by a vote of 5 to 4. Five members of the -ommittee were missing when -the effort was made. Golf Permit Issued. The park department has issued 710 permits to amateur golf players who expect to patronize the public link in Miller, Elmwood and Fonte nelle parkrthis season. The Fonte- ell links will be ready early in - June. C C. Hidaieston received rmit No, L It's Toddle Wedding Now. ll I WiTX'Kx A-di r.,7zrrir tt sa "Mr It's the toddle wedding now It featured the opening , of the recent beauty mart in Chicago. ' It became a near-riot as the audience of 10,000 helped the jazz band syncopate Lohengrin's "Wedding March." The principals who toddled were Marie Hollearn-and George Offer-man. Look! The artist even has the kewpies toddling. : .-". , National Railroad Agreement Opposedj (Continued from Tag One.) j u-ord supplied., This, brought a quick j iretort from the witness: ,1 ; ! pes, but when 1it!c'pmes! to devis ing mea'iis and methods .of getting money ou of a rule, you gentlemen are the most expert of any I know." "These rules appear"clear to me," Mr - Walsh said. ' ' ''SChat's because you don't know anything' about them,'' the witness replied. Mr,-Atterbury maintained that no .rulescou.lrd be negotiated which would-havens national application and declared the only .satisfactory way. of agreeing on rules- was by direct conference. Mr. Atterbury 'said that he had always been abje to negotiate with his employes,' but that the national agreements had placed a dog collar on the roads and that it was impos sible to confer .with the Pennsylvania employes because of the interference of unionf officials. He read from several American Federation of La bor bullous which he said, "throt tled the employes." Reach Parting of Ways. " Mr. Atterbury read a statement which declared that the American people had reached "the parting of the ways." m ' ', "N'o more ''serious" 'Question con fronts us today." he said. "One road leads to government ownership, na tionalization, Plumb planism and syndicalism the other road to indus-' trial peace and the continuation of that -individual initiative, energy and "responsibility. ' The sign board on one road is "national agreements" on the other road 'negotiate direct ly with y6ur own employes. " General Atterbury declared he had no fight with organized labor as such and said that within "rea sonable limits, it Is a healthy sour to bring about fair - conditions." He enumerated six points which he said the employe hasVa.-'right, to. expect and the employer should have: As 'steady .employment as possible; a good wagej -time for recreation; op portunity to elevate himself in his employment; -a voice in determining rules and regulations under which he worked: the right to be, or not to be,, a union man. ' Germany Winner in Plebiscite in Silesia - (Continued from Pajre One.) voting. He did not attempt to con ceal his pleasure that the plebiscite had been carried out with scarcely a ripple of excitement and no disorder. The Germans here were massed in front of the Oppeln administration building to await the result of the balloting and when the first returns from the city showed a vote in favor of Germany in the proportion ot 20 to one, the crown sang "Deutscli land Uber Alles' 'and "Deutschlan.l in Ehren." Reports that 30,000 Polish troops were marching toward the border have, heen current, here. -A irictar trip along the Polish frontier showed the presence of the usual Polish sen tries, but there virtually were no en tente troops on the Silesian side of the border. It might be, possible Lhat a number of troops or civilians could suddenly cross without neet ing with serious interference. French Disappointed in riesDisciie oie tveiurns Paris. March 21. (By the Asso ciated Press.) In official French circles keen disappointment was ex pressed over the report from the Upper Silesia vote, saying Germany will retain the. district, but official do not yet admit the area is lost to Poland. They pointed out. that the reports were unofficial and came mostly from Berlin. It was said that should the major ity of the vote be German, the ter ritory probably would be divided, leaving to Poland those places vot ing Polish. -Stress was placed by French offi cials on the agricultural vote, which, it was hoped, wTll prove largely Po lish, but it was conceded the towns had voted German. Held on Larceny Charge Winner. $. D., March 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) Ernest McKean was arrested by Deputy Sheriff James and brought to the county jail here on a charge of grand lar ceny. ' McKean was bound over for ap pearance at the next term of the circuit court, , J frill an Asserts Fort Grbok Roatl 1 C X) " lJ iJclVC 1 OSt , : Methods of Keeping Seventh Corps Headquarters at En campment Discussed Be fore Solons at Lincoln. " Lincoln, March 21. (Special Tole gram.) Methods, of '. saving Fort Crook- as headquarters for the' Sev enth army corps were under discus sion here tonight at i. banquet given to members of the. legislature by the Omaha . Chamber of Commerce. J. M. Gillan,; msuaagejrof the indus trial bureau of the- Omaha chamber, impressed upon the. members the fact that a good road must be built be tween the Sarpy county line and Fore Crook or the government, in all probability, -wSl not-continue to ex pand that army post'. Gillan expressed Douglas county's willingness to pay a larger share ! than other counties for the road it legal means can be devised, "but ex plained that under the present law it cannot meet more than a certain amount of expense for building a road in an adjacsa? county. Representative JSr4zer of ' Sarpy county-: declared that; Sarpy countv would give 'all the', law would al low" toward building the road A committee was appointed, to en deavor to draft a plan so that ,-in appropriaiion of $300,000 can be made at this session' to build the road. On motion of Representative Dy- ; sart of Omaha, the bill calling for i a $300,000 appropriation for paving I a road from the Sarpy county line J to Fort Crook, was held up for con ! sideration in the Committee of the J whole until Thursday. ! Randolph Community Club Adds 191 Members in Drive l Randolph. Ntb,i March 21. -(Spe cial.) Tn the membership drive staged by the Randolph Community dub 191 new names were added .to the roster. Membership" ream's were snt into the country to solicit farm er members. A membership fee-of . year-AW charged and this money ! is expended on good toads and geh fcra! community interests. The drive fill be continued u.ritil a total mem j bership of 500 has. been obtained. Geneva Business Houses , To Close on Good Friday Geneva, Neb., Match. 21. (Spe ci:d.) The observance1" of Friday orecedihg Easter ns to be character ised by. an innovation here this year. All business, houses.and-offiees have vlgned a tietitiorf agreeing. to close rom 1 untfl 3 o'clock.. Services have been '.arranged at the Catholic, Con gregational, United Brethren,' Metho dist Episcopal and Christiart churches at 11:30 ' V , ' Band Reorganized Randolph. Neb., March 21. (Special.) The Randolph band was reorganized and a --committee of three, representing the Community club,-assumed charge for the com ing year. In addition to the regular band, a junior bayidS-iIt'-be started and a competent 'director! Secured todirect both organizations. Week ly concerts will bestarted April 13. A BETTER SOAP if! A BETTER SOAP ii State Senate Refuses to Talk Of Adjournment Mption to Form Sifting 'Com niiltee Loses; Members j5ay Work Trogresing Siif fitiently Without It. ' , ;' Lincoln Neb., March" 21. Spe cial. )r-Thc senate, at its opening ses-siohithis'-affej-noon, refused to talk adjournment arid washed itsind of even ajsjftin-g committee to s-peed up-operations. ' motion that no committee on adrtfrnment be appointed at this time, made by Senator Hoag lahd of Lincoln county .'carried with out discussion. A ili6tion hy Sena tor Halderman of Pawnee that a sifting committee be organized,' with one member elected by the delega tions from each congressional dis trict '' and with the president pro tem as chairman, met with only two voices in its,, favor. -' Speakers pointed out'that the sen ate was already up on its work with only a few bills left on the gener al file or in the hands of the com mittee. Thirteen BillsAdvanced. The. afternoon was given "over, to the passage of 13 bills on third reading. They were. ,-S. F. 275 Requiring IS' months before divorces become operative Passed 20 to S. Tiitse opposed were Beebe. Copper, Good, Hoagland, Humphrey, Johnson. Pickett and Ulrich. S. F. 2 Amended workmen's com pensation law. S. F. 185 Strengthened prohibi tion law. S. F. 193 Standard wages for emergency road work. S. F.' 138 State bonding depart ment to bond state and county of ficials and to accumulate a bond ! fund of $1,000,000 within 10 years. Bonds to be paid out of appropria tions for the offices. S. F. 338 To set aside selection of school land south of Chadron for state park. Raises Bond Interest. - S. F. 350 Raises interest on 20, 000 of refunding bonds to 6 per cefit for city of Seward. H. R. 99 Repeals section of ob solete juvenile court law; . H. R. 204 Permits mayor to be citv manager in cities of 5,000 to 25.000. H. R. 618 Thirty thousand dollar's deficiency appropriation to pay sal aries of state constitutional offices, supreme judges and district judges since January 1, which had been raised by new constitution. . H. . R. 89 Forbids children and pregnant women in county poor houses. H. R. 289 Gives George Althouse $2,500 for injuries he suffered at' the Nebraska penitentiary. H. R. 162 Gives Dawes county authority to pay $50,000 deficiency' inbridge construction. ? "; Farmers Favor Marketing Plan of Committee of 17 Linccln, March 21 Representative Nebraska farmers gathered here to day and went on record as favoring the committee of 17s grain market ing' plan as outlined by speakers. The meeting was' attended by more ihan 500 farmers and only four negative votes were east. Seven delegates were elected to attend the National ratification meeting to be held in Chicago April 6. Six of these delegates said they favor the plan as they interpreted it to date. The delegates, however, are not pledged to endorse the plan. pl W -W v Atkisson Shoe 'ever in the hiitory at Omaha have such remarkable ihoe value been ottered to the buy ing public. Buy xp1! Now Nettleton - Thompson Arnold & Thayer Make Your Selections Now From These Two Big Values to $11.00 Values to $18. S S S All aizet 6 to 12 and widths AA to E. Watch papers for our closing-out sale of Boys' Shoes I TKISSO A S BOOT 1614 Farnam St. I Jtiany snopping Aansea. Early Shopping Advised. Pulls Foot From Frog Bu Aid of Moving Car Wakefield, Neb.. March 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) Rare presence of mind and quick action probably saved the life of A. W. Harding of Blair, a brakeman on the C St. P.. M. & O. railroad. Harding's font became caught in a frog on the tracks while the train was switching in the yards here and was unable to pull him .elf loose in time to avoid being struck by an oncoming string of cars. In order to avoid being run over, he grabbed the ehd'of a boxcar as it struck him, hung on with, all his strength and was pulled loose from the frog. . t Citizens and Bandits Engage In Gun Battle Constable Shot., in Leg by Quartet Who Escape Amid Rain of Bullets After , Binding Mars-hal. i. r Wilton. la., March 21. A pitched pistol battle between a bandit. gang of four men and a score of aroused citizens occurred here Sunday morn ing in the heart of- the tn- One unidentified bandit who es caped was believed 1 to have been seriously wounded and a constable. George Kelley, was shot in the leg. Marshal George Brenner and C6n stable Kelley engaged the bandits in the jnitial gun-play when they noticed that the car in'-'which they rode had 'no liceitse numbers or other means of identification and commanaVd them to halt. The four men leaped to the ground and Opened fire. In the exchange of shots Kel ley was wounded and Brenner cap tured. Bound and gagged, Brenner was taken to the edge of town and abandoned." -v.,-. 1 The bandits then retuniCjd to town and began to loot the '.'business, houses. In the meantime. Brenner managed to free himself ajid, hurry ing to ajiearby farmhouse sounded the alarm. ' i Citizens aroused, armed!, -themselves and from.: windows -and house tops opened fire on the bandits as they attempted to escape in tire loaded machine. Dozens of bullets riddled the machine' Which finally came to a 'stop. The 'four ' men abandoned the automobile and made good their escape on foot. .; ; A farmer near town reported' see ing a man aparently wounded at daybreak today, but no further traces of the men could be -(o-ujd. ' Farmer Dragged for Half' Mile in Front of Disc Pawnee City. Neb..4- March 21. Special.) Earle Yarpe, farmer, liv ing west of this city, narrowly es caped death when a team of. horses ran away. He was .discing in thp field when the team became" fright ened and Yarpe's hands became en tangled in the lines. .The horses dragged him for half a mile in front of the sharp 'discs, but he;, managed to keep away from' being run;bver. Man Suspected of Bigamy :' ' Taken to Winner Froim Iowa Winner. S. D., March 2.1. '(Spe cial Telegram;) Jack Cunningham was taken to Winner .from Iowa by Sheriff Coleman ahd is being held in the county jail suspected of bigamy. He was married at Colomea a few months ago and it, is said that he has a wife living near Hernick, la. ' ' r: r v W Quitting Business very Shoe Must Go! Our entire, afeck of men's high-grade Shoes : and Oxfords, Including such known makes as Lots t N SHOP Look for the Sign. look lor tne sign. 00 W.SC T -A P e c. o. d:. i No Deliverits. " I Hearing oiiTram Co. Riitc Raise ' Request is Held Lincoln Traction Line Asserts Autos Responsible for De creased Revenues; City , Not Represented. r - Lincoln, March 21. (Special.) Further hearing was held today on thp nnnliratinn hefore the Nebras ka railway commission of the Lin coln 1 ra-ction-Tonrpany tor pcrnia- ntnl ratie vi-hirh hai heen nendinc ...... r tor about three years. " The case-is one of physical-valuation, on which the- Nebraska ..su preme court ruled that the contiiib sion would have to base the rate. attr permanent rates had once been denied. . A The city of Lincoln as scheduled Irt onnar ont rnerit itc valti.ntJnn -figures made by Rate Expert Adams, given. .. .;, . The traction company completed jts showing with oral testimony by General Manager O. J. Shaw, aiid .x- . good : . good taste and fairly priced. i I m 'of 'adveriiSine: .,T use- CJ : 'OMAMA BEE leOTOGMVUUC lfis fe.mure appeals io everv mem- -i ; 'Jr i r Der amir hibitswere filed showing the-company's liabilities as $4,525,W5, of which $431,505.15 ere in 0 per cent notes, $1,250,000 in bonds and $2, 844.400 in stock. The company showed the number of automobiles in Lancaster county tp be 8.186 in 1920, ait increase from 2,162 in 1014. Automobiles are blamed in part for the decline in revenue. Another exhibit showed that Lin coln, in proportion of population to street car mileage, was ahead of any Other citv of its size. This citv has 62.2 miles of track for 70,000 peo ple, while S.in Diego, Caf, has onlv 22 miles for 51,000 and Fort Wayne, Ind., 45 miles for 74,352 population. t i Ft Collins Trap Shooters Qefeatetl by Sidney Team Sidney, N'eh., March 21. (Special Telegram.) In spite of a 40-mile 4ale, the Sidney county country club trsp shooters defeated Ft. Collins, Colo., yesterday bq a score of 243 to 232 oat of a possible 250. Kepler and Scheurman of Sidney made perfect scores. Sidney ties Denver for first place in a Rocky mountain shoot. Reduce Price of Flour ' Portland, Ore., March 21. Local millers announced today a drop of 40 cents a barrel in wholesale prices of family patent flour, which is now quoted at jpy.41) a barrel at the mills. March t eJF SPVG FSHIOS MANY women come to us for apparel without the slightest idea about what happens to be the vogue of the moment. They know from experience that whatever they clioose here will oe desirame. taste and fairly priced. StrCTION ot tte o e Hastings Merchant Dies Suddenly on Trip Hastings. Neb., March 21. ,( Spe cial Telegram.) Information was re ceived that W'illiam Brach, propri etor of the Wolbach & Uracil de-4 partment store here, had died sud denly of heart disease at Excelsior Springs, Mo., where lie went with Mrs. Brach two weeks ago for a rest of two months. Mr. Brach was an earlvf settler here and orte , of the best known mercantile men lit Nebraska. He was active in the management of his sUire until liis departure for Ex celsior Springs. He is survived bv Mrs. Brach; a son, Waldorf, who is. one of the managers of the store; and two daughters, Mrs. Karl Beghtol and Mrs. Gale Lawsou. - Sale of $25,000 Stock in Adanirt County Fair Begun Hastings N!v. March 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) The elling of stock in the proposed Adams coun ty fair has been t a r t e H . It is pro posed to plact $25, 000 in shares equallv in Hastings and the remain der of Adams county. It is ex pected that the sale will be com pleted by April 1. n - t7, h.
