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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, APKIL 16, VJ2.
Revenue Bill is
Advanced With
Many Changes
Democrats Attempt to' Obtain
Income Tax Provision
. Scored for in One Ward
Consistencies. . . . .
Lincoln, April 15. (Special Tele
gram.) The lower house of the Ne
braska legislature stood like a stone
wall today behind the committee
amendments to senate file 65, which
eliminated the tax on intangibles,
average capital, franchise, municipal
bond, railroad and sleeping car taxes.
Every amendment was adopted by
tht house and when adjournment
time arrived the members were ready
for motion advancing the deleted
tax bill to third reading.
Representative George Williams
asked that advancement of the meas
ure be delayed until Monday as he
would be absent tomorrow. It is
not known whether his request will
be complied with.
Urges Income Tax.
Representative Theodore Oster
j.mniriiii flnnr leader, held
Miail, UVinuti ' " ' -
out the democratic prescription for
the taxation ailment oi iNeDra.Ms. m
the form of an amendment which
called for an income tax. Osterman s
amendment directed the committee
on taxation and revenue to draft an
income tax law, which, he claimed,
was the only equitable method of
garnering in the elusive dollars
which the state wants.
Osterman talked for an hour on
his "pet" and then it was voted down,
81 to 19, by a house admittedly tired
and ready to go home on the first
train. The vote showed that the
democrats and nonpartisan leaguers
are continuing to carry on their flirta
tion which has become noticeable in
the closing days of the session.
Representative James Rodman de
fended the amended bill turned out
by the committee. He declared that
with the reassessment power, which
the bill placed in the hands of the
tax commissioner, that the state
would be enabled to unearth millions
of dollars of elusive taxable property
"now tax-free in the metropolis of
Nebraska."
Democrats Scored.
Other speakers scored the demo
crats for alleged inconsistency on the
intangible tax propositoin. Osterman,
Hoffmeister and Bock, all democrats
were bitter during the morning m
jumping on the committe for elimi
nating the 4-mill intangible tax prop-
0S,1'They were all bitterly opposed to
it when it looked as though we might
put a 4-mill levy 014 the intangibles
and now they are opposed to our
action in taking the tax off intan
gibles," Representative George Will
iams, chairman of the house commit
tee on revenue and taxation, said.
Representative Good of Peru en
deavored to havffi an amendment
adopted uniting the office ot secre
tary of finance, and revenue and the
state tax commission. ( The amend
ment was voted down. r?
Lincoln Robber Gets
Rapid Court Trial
' Lincoln. April 15.-(Special. Tle-gram.)-Within
two hours after he
had confessed, to complicity m the
robbery-of the W. C. Mason , drug
store here Wednesday night, m
which one of the holdup men, Ray
Fletcher, was shot and killed, Paul
Slagle had been sentenced to three
to 15 years in the penitentiary.
Slagle made his -confession to
County Attorney Matson at 1, was
arraigned in justice court and bound
over to the disrict court a half hour
later and an hour after that he was
before Judge Clements of the dis
trict bench, where he pleaded guilty.
William Pavey,; the second man
held on suspicion as an accomplice
in the robbery;- still enters a strenu
ous denial v
Movie High license
: Biff Sent to House
Lincoln, April 15. (Special Tele-grarn.)--Hoose
Roll '113, formerly
the motion picture censorship bill,
but now the Beebe high license sub
stitute measure, was placed cn the
house calendar late today. It will
. V Um Art it a series of house bills
UO ..... . X . w ' -f j
amended by the senate on which a I
concurrence vote win De astycu.
There has been no active poll of the
house as to its attitude on the Beebe
substitute.
The substitute for the movie cen
sorship bill gained strength on the
third reading today and passed the
senate by a vote of 24 to 6, as
against the vote of 18 to 15, which
advanced it for final passage after a
bitter fight on the floor of the senate.
Many Changes Planned
In Burligton Personnel
,. Wymore, Neb., April 15. (Spe
cial.) Owing to a consolidation of
divisions east of the Missouri, there
will be several changes on the Wy
more devision, effective April 20.
W F. Giles of the Brookfield divi
sion comes to Wymore as superin
tendent in place of G. W. Gurley,
who becomes assistant superintend
ent and trainmaster. H. J. Hog
lung, who has been trainmaster for
the past four years, will go into
the general offices in Chicago.
Secretary of Retailers
: : Dies Suddenly in Lincoln
Lincoln, April 15. J. Frank Burr,
secretary of the Nebraska Federation
of Retailers, died in his home here
this afternoon of pneumonia, which
developed Thursday after he had ap
parently recovered from an opera
tion on the nose 10 days ago.
He formerly lived in Omaha.
V Paint Man Speaks
" Fairmont, Neb., April 15. (Spe
cial.) The Fairmont Commercial
club at its regular monthly meeting
was addressed by George Risdon,
president of the Western Glass &
Paint Co. of Lincoln.
Lincoln Memorial
r Lincoln. April -15. Part of this
afternoon's session of the state sen
ate was devoted to memorial serv
' k-cs on the anniversary of the rlrat'j
i Abraham Lincoln, "
"Alfalfa John" Again
Leaps to Limelight
Lmcoln, April 15. (Special.)-
"Alfalfa John" was successful again
today in finding trouble.
This time he charged that some
one sitting near the vacant seat of
Representative John O. Yeiscr, jr.,
the bridegroom memoer ot me 'leg
islature, had voted "aye" for Yeiser
when the latter was "at home during
business hours."
At the same time "Alfalfa John"
charged that Frank Corrick, clerk of
the house, had made a faulty count
on a rising vote.
Other members jumped up and de
clared they "resented insinuations of
the gentleman from Furnas (Alfalfa
John).
This from "Alfalfa John" in re
tort: "I meant just what I said and
haven't anything to apologize for."
Governor Signs
30 Senate Files
Siman Language Law Strength
ened Bill Backed by
American Legion.
Lincoln, April 15. (Special.)
Governor McKelvie today signed the
Rced-Norval bill, S. F. 160, strength
ening the Siman law passed by the
1919 session of -the legislature. The
Reed-Norval bill, which was spon
sored by the American Legion, in
creases the penalties for violation oi
the 1919 law on foreign language in
struction in the schools.
T he governor signed 30 bills in .all,
including the following:
S. I". 254 Permitting1 Ice cream makers
to reduce Jutter fut content of product
shipped out of the state. ;
8. F. 334 Allows county board to fix
salary of highway commissioner In
counties under 60,000. -
S. F. 882 Procedure for taking care of
separate bonded Indebtedness on consol
idated school district.
S. P. 219' Repeals wartime soldiers'
moratorium.
,S. F. 210 Repeals old Inw extinguish
ing authority ot administratrices Who
marry. ' i
8. P. 97 New guardian and ward law.
S. F. 87 New incest law.
8. P. 32J Bill for relief of Kimball
county hisli school.
S. F. 296 Authorizes conservation and
soil survey bureau to require reports on
progress of drilling fur oil.
8. F. 279 Felony o falsify publio utili
ty s records.
8. F. 258 Estate fnnds unpaid for 10
yours to escheat to county,
S. F. 60 Potato grading bill.
S. F. 71 Permits salary boost for offices
In towns 1.000 to 6.000 population,
8. F. 196 Regulating soft drink manu
facturers. S. F. 137 Prohibits aliens from carry
ing firearms.
S. F. 278 Permits university to buy and
resell serum. Kmergency clause.
S. F. 243 -Gives district judges state
wide subpoena Jurisdiction In certain cases.
S. F. 268 To legalise paving assess
ment on Fremont-Ames highway.
S. P. 128 Abolishes exemption of fed
eral reserve banks from state reserve
law. . . .
S. T. 190 Permits counties to bid on
highway contracts.
S. F. 227 To prohibit non-resident at
torneys from taking railway damage suits
outside the state for prosecution.
8. P.. 280 Raises school levy limit for
Douglas county from 60 to 76 mills.
. S. F. 225 Raises improvement "bond
limit In towns 1,00 to 6.000 from $160,
000 to S260.000,
S. ,F. 23 Joint resolution endorsing
Great Lakes waterway. ,v
S. P. 200, 202, 803, 204, 205, 207 Irri
gation bills.
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Holdrege Firm Will Open
Store at Central City
Central City,- Neb.,rApril 15.
(Special.)Central City is to have
a new' general merchandise store.
The proprietors Vi'ill be the firm of
Brown & Eckberg, who under the
name of Brown-Eckberg c.ompany
operate the' .Golden Rule store at
Holdrege. The store will be opened
June 1. '' -' ''.". , v
Auto Business Improves
Wahoo, Neb.", April 15..,-- (Spe
cial.) Automobile dealers at Wahoo
are feeling better than they were a
few weeks ago. There were 18 new
cars sold at Wahoo during the
month of March and there have been
a total of 15 sold so far in' April of
this year,
BUY YOUR CLOTHES ON PAYMENTS
Thousand re doing it. Don't deny yourself
the benefits of - a worthy charge account.
-v Sensational
Alien Land Bill
Passes Senate
Call of House Required to Pass
Amended Measure Limit
Holding to Five Years.
Lincoln, April 15. (Special.) S.
F. No. 276, a department bill to
inaugurate a civil service system for
employes in the code departments,
was killed this morning in the state
senate by a vote of 15 to 13. There
was no opposition to it yesterday
when the measure was sent to third
reading.
It took a call of the house to
pass the Hoagland substitute for H.
R. 138, the. anti-alien land bill introduced-by
Davis of Omaha. The
Hoagland substitute passed. 19 to 9,
after several had changed their votes
from no to aye. The substitute bill
prevents all aliens from holding ag
ricultural ' land for more than five
years. The original measure -was
aimed only at Orientals and Japan
ese. Senator . Beebe said that he
thought the house would never con
cur' in the amendments.
Another call of the house was
necessary to pass S. F. 474, with
an emergency clause. This bill re
quires the sale of isolated tracts of
state school land of less than 40
acres and of. city. lots owned by the
state as school land tracts. It was
finally passed,; 22 to 7, , with the
emergency clause.'
,The senate refused to concur in
house amendments to S. F, 89, a
child welfare - measure patterned
after the federal white slave act,
which the. house trimmed down to a
bill to safeguard the morals of small
boys. A conference committee .was
authorized to be named. I -
Fanner Struck by Train '.
Asks $21,219.70 Damages
' Plattsmouth, Neb., April 15.
(Special.) Suit has been tiled in dis
trict court here by W. R. Good of
Union against the Missouri Pacific
railway for ; $21,219.70, for alleged
damages sustained April 1, 1920,
when a truckload of hogs, driven by
Mr. Good, was struck by a train
on a crossing north of Nebraska
City. R. B. Baker, engineer in the
employ of the company, is also
named as codefendant- in, the suit,
$20,000 is asked for personal injuries,
$344 for doctor and hospital service
and $875.70 for damages tq the truck.
Man Injured in France
Hurt in Fall From Wagon
Plattsmouth; ".Neb.. April 15.
(Special.) -Philip Thierolf, jr., of
Cedar Creek is in a serious condition
as a result' of a fall from a wagon,
opening up an old wound which he
sustained ' while serving with the
army in France. .
Postmasters Appointed
Washington. April IP. (Special - Tele
gram.) Postmasters appointed: Boneta
Springs. Meade county, South Dakota)
Stella W. Fitzgerald, vic John L, Baker,
resigned; AValcott. Carbon county, Wyo
ming, Edith Harrison, vice Cecil C. Mar
tin, resigned; Box F.lder, Pennington
county. South Dakota; Emily H. Perrigo,
vice Glen B. 1, likens, resigned; Raluh,
Harding county, HouU Dakota, LHU&a B.
Howard, vice Maude E. Wells, resigned;
Clareton, Weston' county, Wyoming, Clar
ence A. Townsend, niw qffice.
Phone Douglas 2793
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Commircial Primers -Lithographed - srtttoicf hbosscw
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1417 Douglas Street
The first 250 men to reach this
store Saturday will come face
to face with the most
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Ever Attempted By Any
Suits You Would Never Dare Hope to Buy
for Less Than $35 to
Fourteen House Bills
Are Passed by Senate
On Third Reading
Lincoln, April 15' (Special.)
Fourteen bills were sent through the
senate on third reading and passage
this morning, including one Douglas
county bill, H. R. 190, giving the
Douglas county clerk a $20,000 bud
get for expenses of making up the
tax list for the city of Omaha and
county.
Other bills passed were:
H. R. 46 Authorising the reappralsa
ment at sny time of school land under
lesse. at thu discretion of the stats board
of education jnnds and funds; '
H. R. 505 Uniform sales act. ,
II. R. 671 Stats banner bill.
II. R. 301 Requiring agents for liabil
ity insurance to report physical condition
of Industrial buildings to (tats department
of labor.
If. R. 237 Procedure for dissolving cor
porations delinquent In corporation taxes.
8. V. 343 Providing for a referendum
on fraternity Insurance rates on Initiative
petition of 10 per cent of its members.
H. R. 303 Seed testing bill exempting
farmers selling less than 10 bushels to
neighbors.
II. R. 3!8 Raising pharmacist require
ments. ft. R. 629 Apportioning to school dis
tricts in which ' the state school land Is
located a sum equivalent to annual taxes
on. land In connection with the annual
apportionment of state school funds.
H. R. 490 Requires advertising for
state aid road work.
H. R. 236 Reduces filing fees for Cor
porations not organized for profit.
H. R. 46J Joint resolution naming .Tehn
(J. .Neilutrdt. poet' laureate -of Nebraska.
Burning of Small 'Bridge'
Delay 8 Burlington Trains
riattsmouth, Neb., April . 14.
(Special.) The burning of a small
bridge on the main line or the -Bur
lington between here and Pacific
Junction delayed traffic nearly .- 24
hours, while through trains were de-
toured via Council Bluffs. Section
crews worked all night repairing the
structure. Everett ISoble, switch
man, was scalded about the legs
while fighting the fire, when the
nozzle blew out of the hose, allow
ing boiling water from the engine to
escape.
Delegates to Conference
Deshler, Neb-! April 15. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. E. J. Mitchell,' Mrs. H.
F. Wolf, Mrs. Henry Sittler and
Mrs. H. C. Struve will represent the
Deshler Women's club at the Fourth
district meeting, to be held in Crete,
April 19,20 .
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Clothing Sale
Men's Suits in dark colors, s
I sizes 34 to 38, Ofi I
$35 values. ... . . . ... . efiV
Men's Raincoats, $ 1 0.75 I
i $20 value.... 16
Extra Trousers, in all.$f .95
colors, on sale .. . I
1 Work Trousers, ' I0.95
2 - j
" dark patterns
I Boys' Suits, 8 to 14, $.50 f
i $10 values, on sale .... v ?
Boys' Overalls, on 7C- ;
s sale
J. HELPHAND :
'314 North 16th Street. I
Sj:ii!l!:i:il)'lr'rili;siil;ili:liililHiil!,litii(:iiiii:ia
Bargains
Local Store
f( PRICE GUARANTEE?
AT -
HERE'S THE STORY:
Our New York buyer took advan
tage of a close out' of 500 suits at
a mere fraction of their true worth.
Half went to our, Salt Lake store,
the remainder to Omaha. The suits
are here, we've marked them for
immediate sale, and we predict they
won't linger long. :
Smart new models for the
young fellows, conservative
styles for the older men. Navy
serges and hosts of fine wors-
- teds. Natty n c w.. hairline
' stripes. All sizes.
Methodists License
First Woman Pastor
McCook, Xeb., April IS. (Spe
cial.) The Holdrege district Meth
odist conference closed here with a
record attendance of 22S delegates
from SS surrounding towns. Encour
aging reports from the district Were
made by pastors. i
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz delivered
three addresses during the sessions.
Addresses were also, made by Doc
tors Walter Aitken, G. V. Isham,
N. A. Martin, L. I.ovejoy. W. II.
Underwood and C. C. Cissell.
Mrs. John Thomas of Iudianola
was licensed to preach, the first
woman so authorized in this state.
Dr. E. T. George, district super
intendent, is president of the con
ference; Rev. W. S. Porter of Bea
ver City is secretary and Rev. J. R.
Bucknell of Alma is treasurer-elect.
There were 200 guests at the ban
quet Tuesday nigjit in honor of
Bishop- Stuntz.
Plans Made to Revive
K.C. and N.W. Railroad
Beatrice,. Neb., April IS. (Spe
cial Telegram.) E. J. Shinn and F.
W. Bookwalter, Beatrice men, who
attended the conference held at To-
oeka. Kan., relative to reviving the
K. C. & N. W. railroad, which ceased
operation two years ago, report an
association was formed at the meet
ing and committees appointed to
work on the project. The Inter
state Commerce commission will be
asked for a loan to assist in putting
the road in operation, the line runs
from Kansas City, Kan., to Virginia,
this county. Representative business
men from nearly every county
through which the line runs attend
ed the conference.
"WOMEN'S SHOP"
1621 Farnam St.
Advance Sale
Women's
Spring
Suits
Every garment
taken from regular
stock. Previously
priced to $125.00.
en
1
Twill Cord Suits,
Tricotine Suits, , Poi-ret-Twill"
Suits ; and
Serges.
, Styles
Embrace the new box
coat models Blouse
back, ripple, Eton, tail
leurs and semi-tailleurs.
Trimmings
Fancy stitching,' silk em broidery,
colored beads.
Braided and vestee mod
els. V
EVERY SUIT BEAU
TIFULLY SILK
LINED.
ft
5
06
N6w Spring
Dresses
$3950
TO
Fashioned of Canton
Qrepe, Taffeta, Crepe
de-Chine and combina
tions. The colors are black,
navy, brown,, gray, with
harmonious embroider
ies. as
re
"1
New Spring
Blouses
$5.75, $6.95
$8.95, $10.00
Made in an endless va
riety of styles Georg
ettes, Crepe de Chine,
Canton Crepe, Voiles
and Organdies. '
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Berg's
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Barrows Has Plan"
To Avoid Late Rush
Lincoln, April IS. (Special.)
Lieut Gov. I'. A. Barrows, in a
statement today, outlined a plan for
consideration of Nebraska solons
which, he believes, will eliminate the
present custom of alleged hasty and
What way will you honor
On MotkersDayMay 8?
Here is the way to honor her in a
wonderful manner. We make it easy
for you to present her with a gift
that will bring constant pleasure
not merely for a day.- She will -be
thrilled at your thoughtfulness and
delighted with your choice of a re
membrance. And, since it is a sur
' , prise, the day will be a,ll. the more , "
- ' . delightful. , ' - . .
Mothers' ay Glub
A Brunswick Idea
We've organized a secret society
amongst sons and daughters a
conspiracy of happiness. And we
call it Mothers' Day Club. We
i - j . . 1 . .
musin ica auom u in m
Aetli In. tUi ...A, .14 Um f
giving the'secret away. .
But we invite you to
come in and find out how
easy it is to join in this
unusual way of honoring
your Mother on May 8th.
You'll be delighted with
the details.
Model
BRUNSWICKS
Sixteenth and
"See them together
Three fine vacation trips in one!
Roam over the great Rockies among wild
flowers, visit Rocky Mountain National (Estes)
Park unexpectedly run into a deer or an elk
nature at its. wildest but also at its safest.
Golf, tennis and horseback riding too. - 7-
Then visit Salt Lake City hear the organ
recitals in the wonderful Mormon Tabernacle
and bathe in the buoyant waters of Great
Salt Lake you can't sink.
See in Yellowstone the legerdemain of nature
presented as at no other place in the world.
Geysers, canyons, boiling springs, waterfalls,
cascades, roaring hot and cold streams. See
great herds of wild deer, buffalo, bear and elk.
Live in wildwood camps or luxurious, modern
hotels, as you choose.
Low Summer Tourist Fares Commencing June lit '
April it "Planning Month" for summer vacation. Dont
overlook Colorado, Salt Lake and Yellowstone. You can
hjoy them all en the Mm trip. On request we will plan
a trip foryour consideration. -' ' V
WW for lUutirtUd booklets: "Colorado Mountain Play
irounda." '.'Rooky Mountain National Park," "YaUowatoaa
National Park," "Utah-ldaho Outinga." Thoy f free.
Mention advertiaemant "P." '
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UNION PACIFIC
SYSTEM
ileveiilh-kiHir decisions- on the most
important measures.
Under the 'Barrows piau members
introducing- bills would nut these
hills m three classes. A, B, C. Classi
tication would be mandatory.
Then, Barrows would force com
mittees to consider all A class bills
tirst and throw them on general file,
the R and C class bills of inferior
or less important merit would be
considered last.
Part of the plan centers around
one of the beautiful Brunswick
Phonographs, Model 112. And
there is. a special collection of
a Records, suitable for the
1 occasion rand but wo
nearly gave the secret
away.
Come in and let us ex
plain it personally. And
since the time is short,
we suggest coming in at
once.
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