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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1921)
2A Compromise on IMovie License i.S-i 1; Bill .31 ETeadlock iu Legislative Con Terence Committee Broken New Measure51 Sub mitted to Senate. , incolii, Neb.,' 'April . 23. (Spe- A compromise moving pic tiie license bill i being prepared Ufis afternoon to be presented to the hase and senate. Ifince its appointment last week, tlfe conference committee on motion ppure censorship has been in a dcidlock. It came but of the dead leirk this afternoon and H. C. Bce hSej. chairman of.ttre committee, out lifctd the compromise bill as fot- fft' places regulation of moving pictures undefthe superintendent of pgfelic instruction. :ttt retains the $1,000 license fee for ll$f companies in Nebraska.- -' vfft contains a list of social and fr crimes not to be shown in picture exhibited in this state, provides that when any resident the state witnesses a moving tfftSure which he or she thinks is in fixation of .the law. he or she mav tie to me -superintendent tt ptiD- POLITICAL ADVERTlfflMENT. -"Tr"' Prepared 1 $ecreary of Tax Committee 1902-07 2. (bounty sibner 1906-08 3. County 1912-17 4. War Work 191 7-18 5. City Commissioner 1918-21 Omaha -The next City Commission will superintend the spending of approximately $20,000,000 of the people's money. The people need a man of W. G. Ure's experience, ability, integrity and pur- ' pose to assist in doing this job right. For lic instruction, who will then dis patch a deputy to view the picture in question. If this deputy thinks the picture it in violation of the law he snail start court proceedings. If the courts uphold the complaint and decide that the picture is in violation of the law, the film company show ing it' shall, be barred from doing business in the state and shall for feit its $1,000 license fee. The house adjourned before the new bill had been mimeographed for members. The bill was read in the senate, but . an . adjournment until Monday at 2 was pushed through before there was a vote on it.' Drunken Officer Gave Tip That Ended Kitchener's Greer (Continued From Pa One.) women were not to be fooled. They saw through his ruse and the dam age was done. , Even while the luckless sta!f of ficer was trying to undo the mis chief he had wrought, word had been passed to the head of the Ger man naval intelligence and plans were under way tb sink the Hamp shire. Two submarines were as signed the work and these hastened to a point off the Shetlands where the Hampshire's jogical route lay. The Germans reckoned rightly that the British would rely on absolute secrecy instead of sending the ship over a roundabout, unnatural course. The submarines were very busy POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. Commis - Treasurer Needs Ure Ore's ( JJo VOTE FOR URE City Commissioner during the 30 hours s preceding the sailing of the Hampshire, 'many scores of mines were strewn in the path it was believed it would take, Then the two submarines lay in wait with the intention of using their tor pedoes if possible. ,: ....... . . As it turned out, it was a mine, not a torpedo,' that sent the Hamp shire to the bottom of the sea. She had hardly entered the iarea where the Germans had ' been operating when she came into , contact 'with a mine and went down, carrying all hands with her. i' - . t Frau Boecker was unable to. take part in the rejoicings of her- London friends Ovcr the success of their coup. She had gleaned a'little in formation in another connection some time previous and had re ceived 10,000 marks for her keen ness. But somehow the British agents came to suspect her of irreg ularities and she was arrested and imprisoned in Holloway jail. Her sojourn there lasted five months, and, failing to get the neces' sary evidence against her, the Brit ish authorities released and deportee! her via Holland. She told me with glee of how she and other German suspects used to sing "Deutschland Uber Alles" for the benefit of the prison officials and of other devices to torment their keepers. - , Had Fun In Jail. She laughingly described their method of baiting - pigeons with a piece of bacon rind on a string until they would go in through the barred windows, only to have their necks wrung. Then, when assigned to duty in the kitchen or wash house of POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. Made big corporations pay into county and city treasuries $242,000 annually in excess of prior payments. ' ' ; Put county finances on a cash basis, wiped out waste of unpaid warrants, paid off $200,000 of back bills and carried over $100,000. balance in first year. Made tax shirkers pay, including one who owed over $50,000 of back taxes; saved in terest by retiring "bonds before maturity; paid warrants " promptly ; made public funds earn interest for the people. ": ' Secretary of Omaha Red which did notable work in and distressed soldiers abroad. Brought records of accounts and finance department up to the minute and kept them there. V Stopped .wasteful use of bond funds for current expenses. Cut out free licenses to political favorites; saved his salary for ten years by increased license revenue alone. Led fight to reduce electric light rates of ordinary user from 6 to 5 cents, and to., make big, use? pay his fair share of the cost which was not being done. THE BEE: OMAHA, SUM the ' ja.il,- th? , imprisoned., womej would cook the birds1 and thus ob tain a welcome addition to their somewhat scanty rations. For her part in the Kitchener af fair Frau Ritz received 50,000 marks, and, feeling nervous about remaining in England after the arrest of Frau Boecker, she fled 1o Switzerland and eventually, crossed into Austria. At present she-is living in Munich and visits Frau Boecker in Berlin at in tervals, of about three months. . .-How much or little of this story is known to the British admiralty I do not.-know, .All. 'that has been given, out in the' original laconic statement is that the Hampshire was sunk and Lord Kitchener drowne 1 And it is likely that no more will be heard from that quarter. California Solons Get Peeved at Laggard Members Sacramento, April 22. Faithful members of" the California state sen ate, rebellious because six or seven of their number dallied at their din ners while the faithful assembled for an arduous night session, refused to attack the 83 bills remaining to be disposed of tonight, until the absent ees had been summoned. Fines of cne day's pay for absence were sug gested. Work was taken up after a half hour's delay on a compromise by which the sergeant-atarms was dis patched after the absent and no members allowed to leave without formal consent of the whole body. With doors stoutly locked, the ses sion continued, . ' ' POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. Cross Chapter, aiding wounded at home and L) AY. APRIL 24. 1921. Brother of Priest " Held for Contempt Refuses to , Release Estate .of Divine Who Took i ! ' $369,762. . s New York, April " 23. Julian P. Strzelecki, brother , of the late Re. John . H. " Strzelecki, pastor of J St Stanislaus Roman Catholic church here, was ordered jailed today by Surrogate John H. Cohalan for fail ure to turn over to an administrator property belonging to his brother's estate. Julian was declared by the surrogate to be guilty of "contemptu ously ignoring the court's mandate." The order for arrest followed hear ings before a referee on an action brought by Archbishop Patrick J. Ha3-es, during which it was discov A Review of Thompson-Belden Acquaints You With All That In hosiery k; dernier mot is Mexican drawn work. French knots complete the pattern. 8? All but a dress are the ruffle.d organdy flounc ings with sash and col lar bandings complete. Maize, nile, pink, orchid and white are offered. Trefousse features gloves from slip-on to elbow length and fash ions them of soft French kid or suede. Our silk jersey under thi ngs in orchid, sky, maize and gray as well as flesh and white are causing favorable comment. ered that the dead priest: had in 25 years service misappropriated' parish funds amounting to $369,762. Upon the priest's -'eath his brother, Julian, took charge of the $150,000 estate. After the referee's report he was ordered to turn . the property over to an administrator. Surrogate Cohalan announced that Julian would be kept in jail until-he complied with the order. ""V. Many New Names Filed ; In Bee $25,000 Drive ' (Continue Itoa P One.) will do it. Salesmariship-the exer tion of -the person's power to or ganize and persuade that is all that is required." Fortune plays no favorite? in the competition. Persons .with no capi tal excepting their energy . can win the biggest of the awards. Votes are given '; on . subscription payments to The T?ee. These pay . offering ments may be from "either new or old subscribers. Just Tell 'Em Why. All that is necessary to obtain votes is ability to tell people in clear cut language why they should take The Bee. Every club member has opportunity to -rganize his friends into a powerful body of vote getters. There are no "blanks" in the com petition. At the close of the "Help Yourself Club" campaign each mem ber not winning an award will be paid a cash commission .of 10 per cent, providing he has turned in $50 or more in subscription money. There is no chance to lose. May Work Anywhere. Club members are in no way re stricted as to the localities in which they may secure subscription pay ments and free vote coupons. They are privileged to obtain these in their own district or any other district., The object of dividing the territory into districts was to assure candi dates that a certain list of prizes, i. e., a $1,115 Maxwell automobile, a Jf-'uu A dance at the aoDarel section's s informs you Organdy dresses as well as wool ones can be made coat fashion. That silk knitted sport skirts, striped ones, are rainbow hued. That large organdy flowers with corded petals may drift down a frock from shoulder to hem. That the new wraps are best worn down in back and clutched together in front. And that time spent in this in teresting part of the store is never wasted for new chapters in costume lore are written here each day. There is satis faction, too, in shopping where, with few exceptions, each gar ment is the only one of its kind. building and loan deposit and a $(00 building and loan deposit, will be awarded in each district, irrespective of the votes in any other district. Big Capital Awards. The capital awards are the $7,00 home, the $4,400 Cadillac automobile and the $1,500 building and loan de posit. They wil be given to the three club members in the entire territory having the largest number of votes at the close of the campaign June 25. Every club member entered " is competing for one of the capital awards. The Maxwell car, the $200 building -and loan deposit and the $100 building and loan deposit, are the district awards and will be given to the three people in each of the eight districts having the greatest number of votes to their credit at the close of the campaign, after the grand prize winners have been elimi nated. No person may win more than one of the listed prizes. " All information requested by club members will be furnished promptly by The Bee. Fashions Is New that- n