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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1921)
I HE BEE: OMAHA, SAT UK DAY, MARCH 26, 1021. Printing Bill Threatens Plan To Centralize State Senate in Merry Squab Me Over Measure Con flirting With Adminis- tration Tax Bill. Lincoln, March 25. (Special) Unification of county records and as sessment rolls through centralizing the purchase of county records in . state officer, which is a part of the state administration legislative lilan embodied in Senate File No. t5. the administration , tax revision bill soon To go on the 'grill ' in the state senate, was in danger today when House ttoll No. 188 came up for consideration in the lower house. ...The bill, innocent enough in its wording and introduced innocently, according to its authors, who are mi-tubers of the Lancaster county delegation, gave counties the right to purchase their assessment and tax rolls. Charge Double Expense. "As matters stand now the state prints assessment and tax rolls and sends them to counties and many of the counties don't use them but order assessment and tax rolls which they want and we have double expense of printing," Representative Mellor ex plained. Representative Ostcrnian asked that the bill be held up until Monday iiendinc an investigation of the Mel lor charges. . A Phil Hros. secretary ot the de partment of finance and revenue and W. 11. Osborne, state tax commis sioner, denied the Mellor charge this afternoon and declared that while the law specified the state shall furnish such rolls this has not been done for years as there is no legislative appropriation for such printing. However, the state may have done this at one time." Bross said. "We do send out copies of up-to-date tax rolls and county records but the counties decide whether these Shall be adorttcd." Want State Purchasing. . '" The state in Senate File No. 65, hopes to obtain exclusive power in selecting and printing county records. It means the savig of thousand of dollars to the state, officials de clared today, as with lidding ccn- tralized it must be competitive and under public surveillance as against the present system of permitting each county in the state to award its own printing contracts. . "Well there used to be appli cation of printing years ago," Rep resentative Mellor said today, when the Bross statement was repeated to horn. -" , , , If the Lancaster county s delega tion bill had gone through and be come a law and the state bidding on printing clause of Senate File No. 65 had passed, the two conflicting statutes might have tied up any print ing "reform" plan contemplated for two years at least, officials tieclared. Retrial of Saloon Damage Suit Ordered By Supreme Court Lincoln. March 25. (Special.) A lower court decree" dismissing a saloon damage suit brought by Ru dolph Kraus of Saline county, who,, while under the influence of liquo on February 21, 1917, shot and kill ed his wife and two children and then shot himself a shot that only blmded him for life has been set aside by the Nebraska supreme j court. Kraus was recently sentenced to the Nebraska penitentiary after a second trial on a charge of killing his family. He brought the suit against Max Schroeder and Henry Pimper and their bondsmen, the first two for mer Saline county saloonkeepers. The supreme court remanded the case back for a new trial. The cuit brought under the old Nebraska sa loonkeeper's liability law, which was replaced by the new prohibition law on May 11917. School Medical Measure Killed In State Senate Hoagland Leads Attack On Bill Opposes Backers for , Public Utterances on Child Welfare. Plattsmouth Caucus Ends Partisan City Politics Plattsmouth, Neb., March 25. (Special.) Getting away from par tisan municipal poltics for the first time iii years the united citnzens' party of Plattsmouth was launched at a mass meeting. Candidates are as follows: Carl A. Johnson, mayor; Aubrey H. Duxbury clerk; Charles E. Hartford, treasurer; R. F. Pat terson, James Ptacek, Roy W. Knorr. John Schulhof and Frank Sebatka, jr., councilmen. Dr. C. A. Marshall and Mrs. S. S. Chase were nominated for members of the school ooaru. euner political party ex pects to file an opposition ticket. Rent Profiteering Bill Dead But Substitute Is in House Lincoln. March 25. (Special.) Although Representative Harry Fos ter's rent profiteering bill was auto matically killed ift the lower house because it was not reported out of committee by Wednesday noon un der special rule of the house, there it a bill on general file in the lower house which carries practically the same features. Representative Foster's measure was introduced at the request of the Omaha Tenants' Protective league. It died an automatic death. But the Epperson industrial court bill, which is now on general file, has been strengthe yd with an amendment which would give the in dustrial court the power to fix rentals where cases of profiteering are - proved. v Four Important Measures Passed on Third Reading ! Lincoln, March 25. (Special.) ( Four important bills passed on third reading in the lower house today folf&w: The co-operative bank bill. Tuberculin test bilt providing for increased remuneration for loss of cattle. - Bill empowering governor to ap point unpaid commission to select a state flag. Bills authorizing sale of isolated tracts of school land with an acreage not to exceed 40 acres and school "land in town lots. Lower House Halts Attempt s To Bring Session to End i Lincoln. March 25.-(Special.) j Despite the spring air pouring in ! through the windows, the budding j tfees and green grass tempting-them away from the stuffy legislative ' halls, members of the lower house , voted "No." emphatically, on a mo- tion to kill all bills in the sifting . committee at noon next W ednesday. : Such a motion passed spelled ad journment in short order. Nebraska Man Jailed In Bluffs on Check Deal Erwin Winchester of Tekamah, Neb., was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail in lieu of a $100 fine assessed against him m council Bluffs police court yesterday on the charge of passing a worthless check for $10 at the Branch Clothing store, j Main street ancWBroadway, Thurs day evfriing. I 7 7- ' j ; Federal Court Restrains 1 Electric Rate Increase , : Central Citv, Neb., March 25. j (Special.) Federal Judge T. C. . Hunger decided in favor of this city j i in the suit to prevent the Centrai j v Power Company of Grand Islan i , from setting aside a 10-yer contract for power made in 1915 and increas ing rates 50 per cent. - Citizens Caucus Draw Record Crowd at Bloomfield Bloomtield! Neb., Marcli 25. (Special.) The citizens' caucus re nominated II. F. Cunningham for mayor. Other nominations were: Clerk, W. H. Weber; treasurer, H. jC. Dierks; engineer, , N. N. Baktr; councilmen, J. a. (jossard and U C. Reynolds. A. C. E. Filter and W. P Heibenthal were nominated for members of the board of education. The caucus was the most largely at tended ever" held in the town Many women were in attendance. The cau cus nominations are practically equivalent to an election. Nebraska City Mill to Close to Settle Estate Nebraska City, NeD March 25. (Special.) The Paul Schminke floor mill of this city will close April 1, according to D. W. Schminke, man ager, in order that the liquidation may be made for the benefit of the stockholders and heirs of Anna K. Schminke. The mill has been in ex'stence since 1876. Beatrice Youth Must Serve Sentence for Burglary Beatrice, Neb.. March j 25. (Spe cial.) Emmett David, a boy who came here from Missouri Valley, la,, last winter and was provided vwh a home by Elias Smith, was ar rested at Plymouth for burglarizing Uartel's restaurant. He pleaded guilty h district court and was sen tenced to the reform school. Lincoln, March 25. (Special.) The state senate today indicated its hostility, towards creating new state departments of. a regulatory nature and killed S. F. 218, creating a state medical inspector in conjunction with the state superintendent's of fice. The vote to postpone indefi nitelv the bill was 22 to 9. Amendments making it optional would jiot placate the members. "I opponlnts of the bill insisted that had been drawn by Dr. Katherine Wolfe, medical inspector in the Lin coin schools, and the bill had been so prepared that only a limited few could qualify for the place. Senator Hoagland again led the attack and in opening the debate demanded to knew if the bill was to "relieve Dr. Wolfe, Dr. Philbrick or others." Senator Sturm replied that it was not. Opposes Public Talks. . "I'm against relief for those who in their public utterances to uni versity students are expounding the theory that a woman's place is in public life- after her children have safely entered the high school," Hoagland declared. "That's when, they need their mother." Senator Hoagland's bill. S. F. 325, o prohibit the university regents from making registration and inci dental charges to students was over whelmingly killed in the committee of the whole. This action followed the passage of a resolution by the senate Thursday, amended by Hoag land, to request the regents to cut fees to an acual cost basis. On third reading the senate passed S. E. 286, providing that the state party can nominate a candidate for each state office for the primary ballot. The bill was passed. 22 to 11, just enough to carry the emergency clause. Insurance Bill Passes. The state hail insurance bill, II. R. 449, passed, 30 to 3. r Other bills passed included: .. S. F. 273 Requiring organizers of insurance companies, to be experi enced and preventing any promotion funds larger than those authorized by law. S. F. 142 Changes limit of county taxes from $1 on the $100 assessed valuation to 50 cents on the $100 actual value. S. F. 303 Changes system from election to appointment of precinct assessors, 17 to 13. S. F. 81 (House amendment) Re ducing court reporters allowed $3,000 in original senate bill to $2,750. S. F. 65 The revenue and taxation bill, incorporating the revenue laws of the state, was set for a special order next Monday at 2:30. The senate adjourned until next Monday at 2 p. m. Celebrate Anniversary ' Gibbon, Neb., March 25. (Spe cial.) The 50th anniversary of -the arrival" of the Soldiers' Free Home stead colony here will be celebrated April 7. - Loan Aet Named Grand Island Voman is Jl)CfCCtS III lY Geneva, Neb., March 2o. (pc cal.) A second cablegram from London to Mr and Mrs. Irvin N. Augustine of Grand Island, an nounces the condition ot their daughter as critical and requests that they start as soon as possible TJie message was from' Miss Rcbanis Sis let of Geneva, who went abroad with Miss Olive Augustine last fall. Miss Kathleen Sisler was also of the par ty and the three are now in London, where Miss Augustne was taken sick. Mr. and Mrs. Augustine will leave for New York and sail as soon as passports can he obtaijicd. Twice Parole Prisoner Returned to Penitentiary Grand Island, Neb., March 25. (Special Telegram.) Ralph T. Grif fith, twice paroled from the state penitentiary, was taken back today after his stepfather had filed a com- plaint against 111m anegmg mat unit fith had assaulted him. Low Salaries West Point Cause Teachers to Quit West Point, Neb., March , 25.- ( Special.) Eleven of the c-irps of 16 teachers n the West Point city schools have declined the appoint ment. The prevailing low salaries is apparently the cause, accentuated by the shortage, of teachers. Pawnee City to Vote on Proposed Community Hall 'Pawnee City, Neb., March 25. (Special.) A special election wll be called here to vote on the commun ity hall proposition. The petition was given the council too late to be con sidered in the spring election. Bank Charter Extended Washington,' D. C, March 25 (Special Telegram.) The comptrol ler of the currency has extended the charter of the O'Neill National bank of O'Neill, Neb., until March 25, 1941, Nebraska Bank President Says Value Appraisnient Made Too Low. Samuel Deitrich, president of the Springview State bank of Spring view, Neb., was a visitor at the stock yards yesterday, to puVchasev feeders for his big ranch. "Mr. Deitrich said -business condi tions were excellent i(i Keya Paha county, of which Springview is the 1 entity seat, and that the recent de cision of the United States supreme court upholding the farm loan act was a great benefit to the country. "The only trouble," said Mr. Deit rich, "with the farm loan act is that it has 00 many .restrictions and is not liberal enough. The value ap- Ipraisement is made too low by the rfderal appraisers, which does not give the borrower a fair chance to realize enough funds for business. "In one instance near Springview, a man owning a fine farm of half a section with a house, alone worth ?! 0.000, was refused a loan of more 1 than $6,000." Cuticura Soap The Velvet Touch For the Skin Sap,01iitiviOTt.Ttlrm Jfe.vrywtir. PorumplM iddrax: 0MnrUkwiM.DX I. MtMaa. Mm. Minn . 1 1 1 iORCH ARD-WILIIELM CO. nj AnVKKTINKMKNT. QUICK RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION Get Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets iMNMHirr KMOVEB 1 ME0WVEH Shampoo For All Th Family The perfect sham poo because it first dissolve all dan druff, grease, etc.. then removes every pariicie wun ab solute certain- That is the joyful cry of thousands since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for 17 years and calomels old-time enemy, discovered the formula for Olive Tablets while treating patients for chronic constipation and torpid livers. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do not contain calomel, but a healing, soothing vegetable laxative. No griping is the "keynote" of these little sugar-coated, olive-colored tab lets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally. ' They never force them to unnaturauction. f you have a "dark brown mouth" bad breath a dull, tired feeling sick headache torpid liver constipation, you'll find quick, sure and pleasant re sults from one or two of Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take them every night just to keep right. Try them. 15c and 30c. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. RVLC.SEEMNNOW STRONGLY ENDORSES IT (jet rid of that unsigfitly rash with Kesinol A pure, healing ointment contain ing a gentle medication that acts quickly and directly on sick skins, usually healing the irritated spots, and restoring skin health and at tractiveness. Dan't trite tip when Kesinol Ointment and Reainol Soap can be obtained easily from any drnggist. Parents' Problems At what age should a baby be given water to drink? At half a day! The water should ;be boiled and then cooled; a tea spoonful several times a day is the earliest "dose." As the baby grows elder, increase the amount. Babies get thirsty, just as grown persons do, and need water quite as much. '-'" "-' V wv . . t , ., Tl T7 A T Hi TVT Specials XJ LJ JTL L V 11 U for Saturday SAVE TIME AND MONEY .BY TRADING AT BEATON'S PATENTS AND DRUG WANTS 2.25 L'Origan Powder. .08c 05 Glover's Mange Remedy, at 52d 40c and 50c Tooth Brushes, special 23d 50c Briliiantine, Beaton's, 39 Marshall's Catarrh Snuff, 23d 50c Beaton's Mouth Wash, at .....39d EOc Nature's Remedy, 36c 30c Colorite 22 $1.25 Listerine 79t 35c Eagle Brand Milk...25d 35c Steam's Electric Rat Paste,.. .at ..25c 25c De Witt's Carbolic. Salve for 19c 51.10 Nuxated Iron 89c $1.25 Lyko Tonic 98c $3.00 Mary Garden Extract, at 82.25 $4.00 oz. Ideal Extract, Houbigant's, . $2.49 $1.25 Pinkham's Vegetable . Compound i...98d 40c Castoria 24d 30c Laxative Bromo Quinine, at' 22C 35c Sal Hepatica 29c 60c Genuine Syrup Figs. . 46C $3.75 Horlick's Malted Milk, at 82.89 75c Miona Dyspepsia Tablets, at 49c 30c Norwich Milk Magnesia, at 21C 25c, 4-oz. Peroxide Hydrogen. at IOC 50c Orazin Tooth Paste, 29c 60c Cocoanut Oil Emulsion, at 39C 20c Venida Hair Nets, 2 for 25c 60c Beaton's Benzoin and Almond Lotion 39c Easter Egg Dye, fckgV 5J 60c Herpicide -39C 25c Mentholatum 17d PHOTO DEPT. Films DTIopl Fre Whea. Prints Ar Ordered. PICTURE FRAMES Special Wall Frames for kodak pictures, 4x6 to 7x10, each, at 49C Special Stand Frames for ko dak pictures, 2x4 to 4x6, each 98C CANDY DEPT. SATURDAY $1.00, 1-lb. box Nelson's Chocolate Cream and Nut Centers 69c 80c Fruit-filled, . Assorted Candies, per lb.....39c $1.00 Chocolate-covered Fil berts, per lb 59c 60c Jelly Beans, lb.i 39c - CIGARS 15c La Azora. Pals 10c Roitans, Brevs 10c Ladina, 3 for 20c La Flor de Intals . .. ,7c La Pref erencia, Puritanos Finos IOC 'RUBBER GOODS $2.00, 2-quart Velvet Com bination Hot Water Bottle and Fountain Syringe, at 81.45 $1.40 Radiant 2-qt. Foun tain Syringe . . .95c $1.50, 2-quart Velvet Water Bottle ...95C BEATON FLOWER SHOP for YOUR EASTER FLOWERS MAZDA LAMPS The Original and -Reliable Lamp. 16 to 50-Watt Lamps... 40c 60-Watt Lamps 45 1 imi The Secret of Beauty A wonderful new astringent skin treatment for removing wrinkles and skin blemishes was recently discovered in the pri vate laboratories of Gervaise Graham, ' the world famou. beauty specialist, who numbers among her patrons such cele brated women as Geraldine Farrar, Kitty Gordon, and , many of the world's beautiful women. This entirely new treatment which was named the Graham Beauty Secret tightens the1" loose outer skin, removes wrin wles quickly, lifts the sagging muscles back into place, re moves blackheads, reduces :oarse, enlarged pores, nourish es the inner skin tissues an l makes the skin firm, smooth and fine textured. Graham Beauty Secret is an astringent brown paste, entire ly different from any treat ment which you have ever used. It gives almost immediate re sults and will not irritate the most delicate skinu You can ob tain Graham Beauty Secret in convenient opal jars, at Beaton Drug Co. It is not expensive, as the large jar lasts for several months. Those who have used it are amazed at" its quick re sults, and delighted with the improvement in their appearance. Mail Orders Receive Our Prompt Attention BEATON DRUG COMPANY 15 th and Farnam Well Known Minister Feels It Duty to Tell Other Suf ferers How Tanlac Filled Him With New Life and Energy. It is seldom indeed that men of prominence, especially ministers ot the gospel, willingly express their indebtedness publicly to a proprie tary medicine. However, when a nybdicine obtains of that singular purity and efficiency that is shown by the uniform preparation, Tanlac, statements from our best citizens ;ir to be considered .thoroughly com mensurate with the good that is actually being accomplished. Rev; L. C. Seemann of the Evan gelical Lutheran church, whose ad dress is Fcssenden, R. F. D. 1, Wells county, N. D., prominent not oo'y as a minister of the gospel, but popular as a man and a citizen who has been true to his friends and every trust imposed to him, said recently: "I had a bad form of stomach trouble for three years and was dis couraged, as the treatments I tried did not help me. My appetite was poor and the little I ate gave me great discomfort afterwards. My back hurt me a good deal, too. I wasSiervpus and losing vitality right along, j "1 didn't even : get much help at first from Tanlac, but fortunately I persisted and the good results havi been far bej-oud my expectations. I eat what I please now and am never troubled with indigestion. I sleep better'than I have in years and, in fact, feel quite like a different man than I did before taking this re markable medicine. I believe it is my duty to tell this experience of mine, as I know there are many w.'io are in need of just such a medicine as Tanlac proved itself to be in my case." Tanlac is sold by the leading druggets. k That Best Phonograph iTs frnfi Settle it now! Coifie in and hear the bnly scientific comparison j in town. The Edison Turn -Table Comparison will put the phonograph facts straight' in -your, mind, because it plays four leading phonographs, all in the same room, all from the same position and using recordings by the same artist Ask to hear the Edison Turn-Table Comparison (given only on request) Notice to Manufacturers , ' The talking machines used in these tests ar kept bj os iq the best possible condition. Manufacturers of such machines, or their rep resentatives, are invited to inspect them, to regulate them, or to substitute other machines of the same make, of their own selection, of equal or greater value, at any time during business hours, Rouse's Phonograph Parlors 1916 Farnam Street Douglas 7782 Orchard & Wilhelm Co's. Furniture Pageant Everybody is urged to keep at least one of the evenings of March 28, 29, 30 or 31 open foi at tendance at the special evening entertainments. Orfle hundre'd living models will be used in the Pageant. Suitable music will be rendered on every floor of the store. Admission will be FREE. Full details will appear on page 4 of all three Omaha Sunday papers. for Saturday A Clearance Sale of All Our China Cabinets In order to dispose of a quan tity of elegant China Closets in . Adam, Queen Anne, William and Mary, Sheraton, and other period 'styles, beautifully executed in American walnut or Brown Ma hogany, we are offering them at real bargain prices Saturday. Our 'reason for doing this is that the dining suites to which they belong have now been sold. The customer desiring a China., Closet can feel assured that the offering for Saturday is without parallel. Values to $165.00 49.00 See Sixteenth St. Window Display. i , Announcing ' Pittsburgh Water Heaters We are pleased to , announce that we have secured the agency for Pittsburgh Water Heaters, and that we believe them to be a most modern and efficient as well as economical means of obtaining hot water from the "faucets in your home in stantaneously and at all times of the year without creating unnecessary heat. They ' will be on demonstration in our Down stairs Department every day of the year, commencing Saturday. There is a Pittsburgh designed for the heating of water in two or three-stor homes. The Pittsburgh Bungalow Heater is de - signed for the heating of water in the one story homes. THE LION HEATER (also a 'Pitts burgh), is a Water Tank Heater suitable for use in any home. It is a great con venience in summertime, or at any time as far as that goes, when the furnace is not heating the water to the desired temper ature. Price instaiien where not more than ten feet of pipe is used If! If! I' j ' II ' I! 1 aesirea icrapwr- 32.50 Inexpensive Curtain Materials J v also Curtains tind Drapertj materials Qualities Are Reliable Dainty at . Colored Voiles, yard, 50d Smart Curtain Muslins, yard, at . 35C Reliable Ecru Voile, yd., 40 & Bordered Scrims and Marqui settes 50c Dainty Curtain Nets, yard, . at 65C- Plain Marquisette, yd., 50 Bright Cretonnes in goodly variety, per yard, 50c nd 65C. Marquisette and Voile 3ur tains, per pair. ...$1.85 Several hupdred remnants of Curtain and Drapery Mate rials at Half Price. ?,;,,,, ,, ..uSIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS- r1
