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    1HK BKE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1921.
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Film Censorship
Fight Scheduled
For Wednesday
Senator Beebe to Offer
Amendments Providing Re
gulation Instead of Board;
Would License Theaters.
Lincoln, April 4. (Special.) Hie
movie censorship fight in the senate
is scheduled to take place at id
Wednesday morning, following the
action of the welfare legislation com
mittee in reporting the censorship
bill out this morning. It was made
a special order for Wednesday at
that time.
At the same time Senator Cai
Beebe distributed copies of amend
ment which he will offer to the cen
sohship board bill, providing for
regulation instead of a censorship
board.
The Beebe amendment would re
quire a license of alt movie houses
and distributing concerns, with the
requirement that they put up $1,000
each in caslt with the state treasurer,
subject to forfeiture in the event
that they violate certain rules, touch
ing on the morals of pictures and
forbidding the showing of:
"Murder in any degree, rape, for
nication, adultery, gambling, assault
of any kind with intent to kill or do
great bodily injury, burglary, rob
bery or larceny of any kind, the
purpose of which being to depict, or
portray depravity- in the commis
sion of such a crime, such scenes be
ing permissable only to condemn
crime and immorality and teaching
principles of integrity and virtue."
Lounty attorneys, sheriffs ana
village attorneys are charged with
the enforcement of the law. A vio
lation of the law not only subjects
the exhibitor to forfeiture of his
fine,1 but he may be fined $50 to
$250 and imprisoned in the county
jail up to 30 days.
Seventy-One Bills
Die in Committee
Lincoln, April 4. (Special.)
Seven bills out of a total of 78 still
in the hands of the sifting committee
of the lower house at noon today
were placed on general file. Hie re
maining 71 automatically died, under
a special rule adopted last week by
the terms of which all billls remain
ing unacted upon by the committee
before noon today would be in
definitely postponed.
Measures saved included H. R. No.
584, establishing chairs of home
opathic and eclectic instruction in the
University of Nebraska medical col
lege at Omaha; H. R. No. 127, mak
ing actual value of property the
basis of assessment and taxation; H.
R. No. 243, changing the name of
nonpartisan election ballot to non
political; H. R. No. 392, procedure
, for state board of pardons; H. R.
No. 525, nurse bill, and H. R. No. 549,
constitutional amendment on forest
development, and H. R. No. 470,
form ;he wording of improvement
bonds. -
Governor Signs Nine Bills
Passed by Legislature
Lincoln. Aoril 4. (bpfcial.)
Governor McKelvie has signed the
following nine bills, six senate files
and three house bills:
S. V. 36 Allowing villages to levy up
to ii mills for municipal light and Ice
plant improvements.
S. F. 60 Right of eminent domain tor
public schools.
9. F. 102 Increases salary of Douglas
county deputy sheriffs.
S. F 263 Teachers' certification law.
S. V. S66 Bank depositories for cities
of second class. ... ., .
8. F. 210 Raises school levy limit in
rural districts.
M. R. 232 Appropriating 125,000 for vo
cational education of disabled soldiers.
It. R. 466 Sinking fund for irrigation
bonds.
H. R. 14 Two-year term for mayor In
cities 1.000 to 6,000 and appointment in
stead of election of city engineer, beginning
ia 1922.
Bill for Regulation of Bond
Issues Revived by by Senate
Lincoln, April 4. (Special.)
Over the objection of the senate
judiciary committee, which some
time ago killed H. R. 266- requiring
the attorney general to make a study
of uniorm regulations for the issue
of municipal bonds, the senate raised
the bill this morning. Chairman
IJoagland of the committer pro
tested vigorously, but to no avail
It was made a special order for 2
p m. Wednesday.
Effort to Revive Cronin
Bond Bill Fails in House
Lincoln, Apfil 4. (Special.) An
effort of Representative O'Gara to
lift the Cronin bond bill out of com
mittee failed in the lower house.. The
Cronin bill, senate file 318, provided
for starting the state in the busi
ness of bondilig its officers nd sub-'
governmental officers. The bill was
killed in the house insurance com
mittee last week by a vote of 5 to 4.
House Favors Giving Fund
To Wife of Slain Omahan
Lincoln. April 4. (Special.)
.The lower house recommended for
passage today a bill appropriating
$4,500 to Mrs. Margaret Sexton,
wife of the late John L. Sexton,
superintendent of Riverview home,
Omaha, killed by a negro highway
man about a year ago.
Auto Headlight Measure
Advanced in Lower House
Lincoln,. April 4. (Special.)
It required a call of the house to
dav to' pass the automobile head
light . bill on third reading. The
bill provides that before headlights
can be sold in Nebraska they must
comply with certain regulations to
be made by the state department.
8-Hour Rule Not Accepted
Lincoln, April 4. (Special.)
The house refused today to adopt
a rule forcing members to maintain
an eight-hour day.
Postmasters Appointed
"Washington. D. C. April 4. (Special
Telegram.) Postmasters appointed: Clay
county, 8. D.. Agnes Mallory. Hazel I..
Qiatide failed to qualify; Cassa, Platte
county. Alma U, Waddle, new office
Wapiti, Park county, Grace A. Wooden,
vice Orilla Downer, resigned.
Nebraska: Blmon. Cherry ceuntv,
Charles S. Boren. vlca Maude M. Blrd-
11. resigned.
Dr. C. H. Qralnlnff haa hn nnnintri
(oUa surgeon at Waverly. la.
Hearing on Permanent
Fares for Omaha Tram
Co. to Begin in May
Lincoln, April 4. (Special.) The
Nebraska Railway commission has
set the week beginning May 2 for
the hearing of the application of
the Omaha & Council Bluffs' Street
Railway company for permanent
fares. The hearing will be in the
Douglas county court house.
Corporation Counsel W. C. Lam
bert of Omaha has volunteered on
behalf of the city to aid the com
mission in the hearing and the com
mission has ordered the company
to file copies of all its exhibits with
the citv for Drcliminarv study.
The permanent rate will be based
upon what the commission finds to
be a just phsyical valuation of the
property of the company, under the
order of the Nebraska supreme
court two years ago, which called
for this valuation.
The company bad asked for a
hearing April 25, but the commis
sion's docket for the week was too
full and it was put off until a few
days later.
Anti-Japanese
Land Bill Made
Special Order
Measure Extending Commis
sion form of Government to
Small Cities Killed; Ten
To Third Reading.
Lincoln, April 4. (Special Tele
gram.) Two house bills were killed
and 10 others sent to third reading
in the senate committee of the whole
this afternoon. House Roll No. 138,
the so-called anti-Japanese land bill,
was made a special order after movie
censorship is threshed out Wednes
day morning.
fhe committee of the whole post
poned indefinitely H. R. 285, permit
ting the extension of the commission
form of city government from cities
of 5,000 under the present law down
to cities of 1,000. There was no
debate.
Considerabe argument crew out of
the discussion of H. R. 74, to re
quire railroads to place a light at
every switch at night. The commit
tee of the whole voted to kill it by
16 to 12, and a later roll call on the
question of not concurring in the
committee report lost 12 to 16.
These bills were advanced to third
reading.
H. R. 404 Amended by senate to raise
salaries of board secretaries and deputy
state officers from 12,600 fixed by the
house to $2,760.
. H. R. 66 Procedure in sale of realty
owned by Irrigation districts.
H. R. 432 To permit Lutta estate In
Burt county to mortgage realty to pay
debt Instead of sell It on the present de
pressed market.
H. R. 493 Requires county treasurers
to remit monthly to state and make fi
nal payment in July Instead of February.
H. R. 288 Abolishes fees for birth! and
death certificates.
H. R. 601 So-called "bedsheef bill, to
protect professional linen furnishers for
hotels and restaurants from theft.
H. R. 368 Creation of pest districts
under state department of agriculture.
H. R. IIS To regulate shipment nt
mixed live stock and reduce minimum car
weight from 22.000 to 17,000 pounds.
Seek Order for Improved
Car Service to Fort Crook
Lincoln, April 4. (Special.) Ma
jor General Omar Bundy and his
staff at Fort .Crook, Neb., headquar
ters of the seventh army corps area,
covering eight states, has asked the
Nebraska railway commission to re
quire the Omaha and Southern In
terurban and. the Omaha & Council
Bluffs railway company to give bet
ter service.
In a formal complaint the officers
fisk half-hour instead of hourly ser
vice, a requirement that cars run
around the downtown Omaha loop
instead .of stopping at Twenty
fourth and Farnam streets and tha'.
the present 15 cent fare or 20 for
$2.50, take passengers around the
loop. At present there is no trans
fer privilege without extra fare.
The complaint asks that the hear
ing be held at Omaha or Fort Crook.
Oxford Section Crew Fined
For Stealing Merchandise
Beaver City, Neb., April 4. (Spe
cial.) The section crew of six men
employed by the Burlington, at Ox
ford, were arrested charged with
stealing goods from a car of mer
chandise while in the railroad yards.
About $150 worth of goods were
found in their homes. The men giv
ing the names of Y. Perres. Joe
Orajarfo, M. Zurronz, William
Steinhour, Edward Norman and
Harry Clemmons, entered a plea of
guilty, and were fined $30 each.
A badly damaged merchandise
car arrived at Oxford last month and
the section crew transferred the
cargo to another car. When the car
arrived at its destination, $5,000
worth of merchandise 'was short
Soldier Killed in France
Is Buried at Fairfield
Fairfield, Neb., April 4. (Special
Telegram.) Military funeral services
for Henry C. Trobough, killed in ac
tion while serving in France with the
335th Machine Gun company of the
Eighty-ninth division, were held here
in charge of the American Legion.
Trobough enlisted April 30, 1918.
His death occurred November 10 of
the same year. A large delegation of
ex-service men from Clay Center,
Edgar and Harvard attended the
funeral.
Three Men Plead Guilty to
Robbing Beatrice House
Beatrice, Neb., April 4. (Special
Telegram.) John Vanderfrifft, 19,
Ernest Finch and Frank Harms, 17,
were arrested, charged with breaking
and entering the home of Jack Haley,
northwest of the city. They pleaded
guilty before Judge Ellis and were
bound over to the district court. Part
of the stolen loot, amounting to
about $40, was recovered.
Association Organized by
Breeders of Dodge County
Hooper, Neb., April 4. (Special.)
-r-A pure-bred stock breeders' asso
ciation has been organized by Dodge
county farmers. H. C. McGath of
Ames was elected president; Herman
J. Meier of Hooper, vice president,
and William Havckost of Hooper,
secretary,
Nonpartisan
, Judiciary Law
Repeal Killed
Measure to Place Election of
Judges on Political Basis
Musters No Support
In Senate.
Lincoln, April 4. (Special.)
House Roll 510, repealing the non
partisan judiciary laws and placing
the election of supreme, district and
county judges, state superintendent
and university regents back on a
political basis, failed to muster any
support in the state senate this morn
ing when it came up on third read
ing. Only four votes were cast for
the bill.
.The debate lasted but five minutes.
The four senators voting for it
were Davis, Hoagland, Reed and
Saunders.
In committee of the whole this
morning the senate advanced 14
house bills to third reading. They
were:
" H. B. S95 To permit Spanish and World
War veterans to be commandants at
Soldiers' homes, now limited to Civil war
veterans.
H. R. 284 Requires city engineers tn
towns of second class to make contract
estimates.
Levy for Fire Departments.
H. R. 366 Four-tenths of a mill levy
In cities for volunteer fire dtpartments,
amended In the senate to Include villages.
H. R. Ill Provides for condemnation
of unused railroad right of way for high
ways.
H. R. 672 Makes townships liable to
backwater damages.
H. R. 191 Limits Inheritance tax liens
to property inherited and fixea statute of
limitations or 6 years.
H. R. 311 To preserve records intact in
vacant county office until office Is filled.
H. R. 267 -Justice of peace. In cities and
villages of 1,000 inhabitants.
H. R. 116 Permits 10 freeholders to
petition for special election on precinct
road bonds, which require a two-thirds
majority to carry.
' H. R. 137 Limits resurvey to unit tn
original survey.
Corneetone Requirements.
H. R. 4S1 Requires cornerstones to be
left intact in road work.
H. R. 403 Allows Episcopal church to
Incorporate.
II. R. 313 Permitting county treasdrors
to retain city and town levies to pay in
terest and principal on bonds, was amended
in the senate and given an emergency
clause to permit the town of Nelson, Neb.,
whose records were destroyed In a city
hall fire, to validate bonds by a certified
transcript.
Senate amendments to H. R. 130,
which was advanced to third reading,
limits the levy for county agricultural
societies in Douglas county, $3,000 in
Lancaster county and $2,000 in other
counties. The levy limit is placed
at a quarter of a mill.
Several Artesian
Wells Are Struck on
Farms Near Tecumseh
Tecumseh. Neb.- Aoril 4. (Spe
cial.) Efforts to secure an artesian
well near Tecmseh seem to be futile,
though within the past few weeks
fine wells have been developed in
the St. Mary neighborhood, nine
miles away, and a first-class flowing
well on the farm of J. A. McPherrin,
four and one-half miles northwest of
Tecumseh.
Business men sunk a well near the
old agriculture house in the fair
grounds, just w est of the city limits.
At a depth of 40 feet solid rock was
struck and this project was aban
doned. The drill was then moved
west across the old channel of the
Nemaha river a few hundred feet,
into the Lerhpka pasture. At a depth
of 47 feet solid rock was struck and
the' work abandoned.
The artesian wells of the county
have been struck at depths from 90 to
120 feet. Years ago a number of
these wells were developed in the
northern part of the county, near
the town of Cook, and it was
thought they could not be struck
outside of a certain limited section.
However, the finding of the fine
wells near St. Mary a few weeks
ago exploded this theory. Farmers
northwest of the city, between the
locations of the present drilling here
and the McPherrin farm, will en
deavor to develop these wells.
Funeral Held for Officer
Who Was Killed in Action
Wymore, Neb., April 4. (Spe
cial.) The body of Lieut. Clarence
Milton Drumm, at one time first
baseman for Nebraska City in the
old Mink league, and later with
Hastings in the State league, who
lost his life in France in the world
war, arrived at Irving. Kan., and
services were held from the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Drumm.
., Lieutenant Drumm was the first
Marshall county boy to be killed in
action, losing his life at Catigny,
May 29, 1918. He was cited by the
War department for bravery and
self-sacrifice, as he was killed while
remaining in' the opening under fire
until every man in his command had
reached a place of safety.
Auto Burns When Lantern
Explodes Gasoline Tank
Tecumseh, Neb., April 4. (Spe
cial.) An automobile owned by
Henry Cline, farmer living nothwest
of Crab Orchard, was badly damaged
and barn buildings threatened with
destruction when a five-gallon gaso
line can exploded while Cline was at
tempting to fill the tank on the car.
Gasoline fumes were ignited from a
lantern which' the man was using.
The top and upholstery of the au
tomobile were burned and the garage
and granary caught fire. Cline suc
ceeded in extinguishing the blaze be
fore the two buildings had been dam
aged greatly.
Governor to Attend Farm
Marketing Conference
Lincoln, April 4. (Special.)
Gov. S. R. McKelvie has accepted
an invitation of the Nebraska dele
gation on the "committee of 17" to
accompany it to Chicago Tuesday
afternoon, where the national com
mittee on farm marketing : will be
in session Wednesday and Thurs
day. The governor will be back in
his office Friday, morning.
Secretary of Beatrice
Commerce Body Re-Elected
Beatrice, Neb., April 3. (Spe
cial.) C. E. Jones, who has just
completed his first year as secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, has
been re-elected. Thomas Dohrse of
the membership committee has re
ported on a membership drive, the
goal to be 1,0000. Members of the
club and their sons will make the
drive on April IS and 19,
WOMEN LAWYERS
When Carl Wanderer was on
trial in Chicago for the killing of
the "ragged stranger" last year
he was assisted in his defense by
Mrs. Irene Lefkow, one of the
best women lawyers of Chicago.
For several years Mrs. Lefkow
has made a practise of defending
criminals and her efforts in many
cases met with great success.
Five Hurt When
Auto Turns Over;
Two Men May Die
Steering Gear Locked Turning
Corner; Occupants of Front
Seat May Have Broken
Backs.
Two men are in the Swedish Mis
sion hospital and three others were
badly bruised when the car in which
they were riding overturned at
Thirty-fifth and Charles streets at
10:30 a. m. yesterday.
Christopher C. Wycr, 3435 Sahler
street, driver of the car, and Frank
McCracken, Paxton hotel, may have
fractured spines and other internal
injuries. Hospital authorities say
both men are in a critical condition.
The other injured are F. M. Arm
strong, Paxton hotel, who received
bruises on the head and body; K.
W. Rhodes, 2214 Wirt street, badly
bruised about the body, and' A. J.
Bruner, Nickcrson, Neb., stopping at
the Paxton hotel, who was badly
shaken up and received body bruises.
All three men were able to go to
their homes.
"We were going slow and had just
turned to go into the boulevard,
when I noticed the steering gear
lock," said Wyer, who lies in ths
hospital.
All five men were thrown in all
directions when the car skidded and
upset. McCracken and Wyer, in
the front seat, were both hurled 10
feet into a ditch.
Paul Shum, 3618 Charles street,
who was walking along the boule
vard, called the police. Pie said the
car was traveling slow.
The men were on their way to ap
praise a lot on the North Side be
longing to Armstrong, according to
Bruner.
Red Cross Worker Presents
Claims of Ex-Service Men
Tecumseh. Neb., April 4. (Spe
cial.) Miss Mary Maxwell, under
orders from the Chicago office of
the Red Cross in connection with
the Johnson county chapter, is
working in the interests of sailors
and soldiers of the world war. Miss
Maxwell lias her headquarters in
Tecumseh and is sending question
aires to all ex-service men of the
county to learn if any ,of them
have claims against the government.
Cases brought to her attention will
be taken up. with the government.
Pioneer Resident Dies
Norfolk, Neb., April 4 (Special
Telegram.) Charles D. Durland, a
pioneer businessman of Norfolk
and one of the mos,t prominent
building and loan men in Nebraska,
died at his home here following an
illness of many months.
Leg Broken in Runaway
Tecumseh, Neb., April 4 (Special)
Charles Howell of Cook sustained
a broken right leg when his team
became unmanageable and pulled a
wagon over him. He was endeavor
ing to hitch-the team to the wagon,
when the horses became frightened.
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Hotel Co. Never
Showed Profit.
Says Receiver
Charges Falsifications in Sale
Of Stock; Suggests Plan of
Adjustment Between Firm
And Building Co.
Lincoln, April 4. In a statement
to Judge - William M. Morning of
the Lancaster county District court
giving the assets and liabilities of
the Nebraska Building and Invest
ment company and the Nebraska
Hotel company. W. t. harkley, re
ceiver of the two companies, reports
that there was a net loss every year
of the companies' existence, that
fictitious profits were created by in
tcr-corporate sale of properties at
marked-up valuations as a basis for
payment of dividends and that the
statements of profits sent out to
stockholders and used in the sale of
stok were false.
This report was made following an
examination of the companies books.
It shows that the total assets of the
Building company are $2,170,705.46,
and the liabilities $450,676.80. The
total assets of the Hotel company are
$1,536,060.02, and the liabilities $1,
154.718.60. The statement asserts that the Ne
braska Building and Hotel Invest
ment company owns most of the
stock of the Nebraska Hotel com
pany. The following adjustment
between the two groups of stock
holders is recommended:
That all sales of property by the
Building company to the Hotel com
pany be adjusted on a basis of cost
that all marked up values be can
celled. That the stock of the Hotel com
pany given in payment of property
purchased from the Building com
pany be cancelled and the Building
company be given credit on the
books of the Hotel company for the
sale price.
That any mortgages given by the
Hotel company to the Building com
pany as part of purchase price of
property or in lieu of stock of Hotel
company cancelled by the Building
company be released and cancelled.
That the resulting indebtedness of
the Hotel company to the Building
company be paid out of the sale of
the hotel properties.
Forger Who Escaped
From Beatrice Jail
In Missouri Prison
Wymore, Neb., April 4. (Special.)
Clarance Gray, who made his es
cape from the Gage county jail in
June, 1920, is serving a two-year
sentence in the Missouri penitentiary,
according to information received by
Sheriff John L. Schiek. He was con
victed on a forgery charge under the
name of Mike O'Brien.
Gray lived in Beatrice for many
years. He disappeared in May, 1920,
after forging the name of Trautwein
Brothers, local contractors, to sev
eral checks. He was captured in
West Virginia after a chase of 2,000
miles. Upon being returned to Be
atrice, Gray and J. E. Wiley, charged
with automobile-theft, made their es
cape from the county jail.
following his escape, Gray was ar
rested in Brown county, Wis., on a
criminal charge and succeeded in
breaking jail there. He began serv
ing time in the Missouri penitentiary
last Wednesday.
Nonpartisans to Meet
Norfolk, Neb., April 4. (Special
Telegram.) The Nonpartisan league
has called a mass convention in
Norfolk for Monday, April 15, ,to
plan organization in this county.
President Townley is to be the prin
cipal speaker.
The Celeveland (Ohio) city coun
cil recently ignored the Builders'
exchange protest against the union
shop policy of city officials in the
erection of municipal buildings.
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APRIL 1, 1921
Statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., required
by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of the Daily, Evening and
Sunday Bee, published at Omaha, Nebraska, for six months ending
March 31, 1921.
Owner and Publisher Nelson B. Updike.
Editor None.
Managing Editor Victor B. Smith.
Business Manager Charles S. Young.
Treasurer E. M. Fairfield.
Bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders owning or
holding 1 per cent or more pf total amount of bonds, mortgages or
other securities, are: None.
Average number of copies of each issue sold or distributed through
the mails or otherwise to paid subscribers during the six months pre
ceding the date shown above is:
Daily Bee (Morning) .37,580
Evening Bee .' 19,071
Total 56,651
Sunday Bee 57,157
Total 56,901
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Sworn to and "'''-"d before me this 4th day of April, 1921.
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Gunman Who Slew 3 in
Chicago Thought Here
Tommy O'Conner, alleged gun
man, wanted in Chicago for .slaying
at least three men, is hiding in Oma
ha, according to information received
Sunday night by Chief of Detectives
Van lJeuscn.
Detectives Jack I'szanowski and
Ban Danbaum have been assigned to
hunt down O'Conner and take him
into custody.
Five Chicago detectives are also
on O'Conncr's trail. They were sus
pended from the department in Chi
cago when they were accused of
hiding behind telephone poles and
ignoring death cries of their com
rade, Detective Sergeant Patrick
O'Neill, who was fatally shot by
O'Conner MarcK 2.1. O'Conner es
caped from a house the six detec
tives had surrounded in an effort to
capture him.
Lion Bonding Co.
To Reinsure All
Its Liabilities
Is Negotiating Contract With
Western' Concern Plie-.
nonrenal Growth of Com
pany Cause.
The Lion Bonding and Surety
company of Omaha, one of the
largest general bonding companies
west of Chicago, is negotiating a con
tract for the reinsurance of its entire
liabilities with another western con
cern. Comoletion of the deal depends on
a check now being made by auditors
of the second company.
"The deal was made on the basis
of an examination just finished by
state insurance departments of seven
states, said E. K. Gurney, president
of the Lion. "This examination was
very thorough and there is no likeli
hood that it will not stand up under
the second scrutiny."
To Clear Situation.
The reinsurance contract, if car
ried out, will clear a situation which
has been troubling insurance circles
for several months. The Lion com
pany, due to an increase of business
from annual premiums of $700,000
to over $2,000,000 in a single year,
became embarrassed by inability to
satisfy state examiners as to its abil
ity to take care of a large amount of
claims, lliese aggregated 1,WU,U(JU
on their face.
'No company ever has to pay full
face value of pending claims and we
believed our assets sufficient to take
care of all risks," said President Gur
ney. "Under the rule of the various
states, however, we were not allowed
to take advantage of this margin and
therefore we were technically in
poor condition." .
Capitalized at $300,000.
Mi-. Gurney announced that, under
the proposed re-insurance contract,
the Lion Bonding and Surety com
pany will continue its office in Oma
ha and can write new business. , The
pending contract is for re-insurance
of its liabilities and' does not include
the sale of its charter. Mr. Gurney
is to remain president of tlje com
pany, he said.
The Lion Bonding and Surety
company is capitalized at. $300,000.
This was its capitalization prior to
1917. At that time the capital was
increased to $600,000. When the
company's condition became some
what involved a few months ago the
capital stock was again cut to $300,
000, the balance being thrown into
its surplus account.
The company's growth during the
year 1920 was phenomenal. Its busi
ness tripled and its activities spread
into new territory. This very exten
sion eventually made the re-insurance
necessary.
Give Concert at Auhurn
Auburn. Neb., April 4. (Special.)
A concert was given here by Tol
omeo's saxophone band of Omaha.
The program, which included classi
cal, popular and special numbers,
was heard by a large audience.
and Circulation
Constanttne's Brother
Dies from War Wounds
London, April 4 Prince Andreas
of Greece, brother of King Con
stantine, has died from wounds re
ceived in fighting near Htusa, says
a Constantinople dispatch to the
Evening News, quoting a Turkish
announcement. The Turks also as
sert that General Vlachapoulos, who
was in command of the Greek at
tack against the Turkish national
ists on the Brusa front has been
killed in action.
Prince Andreas of Greece was the
third son of the late King George.
He was born in Athens on January
20, 1882. and served in the Greek
army during the Balkan war of 1912.
He was recently reported in com
mand of a division at the front. He
was married to Princess .Alice of
Battcnburg on October 7th, 1903.
ADVERTISEMENT
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS
MAY BE OVERCOME
If you have Catarrhal Deafness or head
and ear noises or are crowing hard of
hearing ko to your druggist and get 1
ounce of Parmint (double strength), and
add to it M pint of hot water and a little
granulated sugar. Take 1 tsblcspnonftil
four times a day.
This will often brlnir quick relief from
the distressing head noites. Clogged
nostrils should open, 'breathing become
easy and the mucus stop dropping into
the throat. It ia easy to prenare. costs
little and Is plensant to take. Anyone
who has Catarrhal Deafness or head
noises should give this prescription a trial.
POLITICAL ADVETISEMEST.
TAXPAYERS' SLATE
Vote for Seven
Frank C. Best
Law enforcement. ...
1 X
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Home owner X j
Lower taxes X
Business administration... . ' X
Unpledged official X j
Frank C. Best I Xl
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT"
For a Buiines Administration
Vote for
L. B. Johnson
City Commissioner
Member and President of City
Council 1906-1912
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
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I have made my campaign for City Commissioner on a plat
form in which I claimed that the interests of the majority
should be considered paramount to the interests of any indi
vidual or clique. I do not belong to any clique or faction and
I am not willingly or knowingly on any so-called "slate."
In this, my last appeal to the voters of our city, I ask that
each and everyone cast their vote for seven (7) men whom
they are sure will work for the best interests of our city. I
now repeat the promise made to many of the voters that "If
nominated and elected, I will make ah honest effort to give
Omaha a good, clean, business-like administration." I do not
believe that any candidate should receive the nomination simply
because he believes in law and order alone, or because he is
aligned with some religious or political faction or because he
says that some organized gang is against him. I believe that
the people of Omaha are more interested in good, clean, honest,
capable and progressive government than they are in the per
sonal ambition of any particular candidate who would willingly
sacrifice everything to further his own interests.
I, thank you, fellow citizens, for your co-operation during
my campaign and for your assistance tomorrow.
Youn very truly,
CHARLES W. PIPKIN.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
VOTE
FOR
City Commissioner
Resident off Omaha for 38 Years
With New York Life Insurance
Company for 23 Years
ADVERTISEMENT
BEnERiHANCALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets
are a Harmless Substitute
Pr. Edwards' Olive Tablets the sub
stitute for calomel are a mild but sure
laxative, and their cflect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. These little olrvc
rolored tablets are th result of Dr.
Edwards' determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calomel.
The pleasant little tablets do the
good that calomel docs, but have no
bad after effects. They don't injure the
teeth like strong liquids or calomel.
They lake hold of the trouble and
quickly correct it Why cure the liver
at the expense of the teeth? Calomel
sometimes clays havoc with the gums.
So do strong liquids. It is best not to
take calomel. Let Dr. Edwards' Olive
Tablets take its place.
Headaches, "dullness," and that lazy
feeling come from constipation and a
disordered liver. Take Dr Edwarda'
Olive Tablets when you feel "logy"anc"
"heavy," They "clear" clouded brair
snd "nerkntV'theRniriU. 15c and 30c
Bowen'8.
Give Baby
a New Carriage
We Have the
Lloyd Loom Woven
Carriages
Attractifely Finished in Ivory,
Frosted Brown, Brown or Gray.
Upholstered In Artistic Corduroy.
Lloyd's Promenade Cab.. $14.50
Lloyd's Spacious Gondola 29.00
Lloyd's Pullman Sleeper. 44.00
Lloyd's "Aristocrat".... 54.00
fifc'Bowen (6
OrtAHAS VAUIt (IVINfi STDRt
Howard St., Between 15th and 16th
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS
MAKE POLITICS CLEAN
, VOTE FOR
LEO BEVERIDGE
Attorney, Newspaperman,
Ex-Service Man
lidat
for City Commissioner
"unwara urn
aha " Assn.
Standard Bear
er. Among
other things
stands for
clean politics,
impartial
law enforcement,
equal rights of
all people, com
plete harmony be
tween governing
nnd constituent
bodies.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
To the Men and
Women Citizens
of Omaha:
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
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