THE REE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. MAY t. 1921.
May Reopen Wage
Negotiations in
Shipping Fight
Benson Announces Another
Conference Probably Will Be
Held Today Problem in
Hands of Davis,
8 Washington, May i. Reopening
of negotiations between the shipping
board and steamship owners and
marine owrkers in an effort to set
tle the wage dispute which threatens
to tie tip American shipping; was in
dicated as probable by Chairman
Benson, who announced a confer
ence might be held here tomorrow.
Negotiations to draft an agree
ment covering wages and working
conditions ended Friday with the re
fusal of the men to accept a IS per
cent wage cut, later made effective
by the board. The men carried their
case to President Harding, who turn
ed the matter over to Secretaries
Davis and Hoover. The latter have
since held conferences with union
leaders
Since yesterday Cliairman Benson
said, the problem has been in the
hands of Secretary Davis. He add
ed the situation looked hopeful.
Discussing the possibility of a con
ference tomorrow, he said a com
mittee of ship owners was coming
here, but all the parties to such a
conference might not be here by
tomorrow.
Reports of the shipping board of
lcials indicated that as far as ship
movement was concerned, the situa
tion was generally unchanged.
In New York, however, officials
Said some difficulty was being ex
perienced as strikers were picketing
the board's recruiting offices and in
Baltimore the situation seemed
rather unsatisfactory.
In Boston, Norfolk, Savannah and
Charleston, it was said, reports in
dicated there would be no difficulty
in moving vessels. Galveston ap
. pcared to be tied up, but in New
Orleans the situation was good.
On the Pacific coast,officials said,
reports showed no difficulties weri
being experienced at Seattle, Port
land or San Francisco.
Minimum Weight Set
By Rail Commission
Lincoln, May 3. (Special.) The
following minimum weight regula
tions for interstate shipments were
announced by the state railway com
mission today:
The railroad companies may trans
fer shipments to another car when a
car is overloaded at a charge of 1
cent a bushel. The car is not to be
considered overloaded unless the ex
cess is 10 per cent above marked
capacity, plus 1,000 pounds.
To clean out elevators at close of
season one shipment of 20,000 pounds
minimum w eight may be made. The
regular minimum is 40,000 pounds,
When grain in transit is reloaded
from one car t o another the original
minimum shall apply after transfer.
Increase in Public
Debt Shown in April
Washington, May 3. An increase
of $15,460,378 in the public 'debt dur
ing April was announced by the
treasury. On March 31 the total
was $23,980,104,397, as compared
with $23,995,564,776 on April 30.
Issuance of treasury certificates
and the payment of more than $120,
000,000 interest on the public debt
duriutr the month, which was an off
month for income tax receipts, offi
cials explained, was responsible for
the increase.
. , Omaha Camps of Woodmen
Will Parade in Lincoln
Lincoln, May 3. (Special.) Oma
ha camps of the Modern Woodmen
of America, headed by the Ameri
can Legion band, will parade the
streets of Lincoln tomorrow to work
up enthusiasm for holding the next
state camp in Omaha in 1925. Fre
mont and York also are reported to
be out after the camp. The 19th
quadrennial state camp opened in
Lincoln today. There were 2,000 in
attendance. .
Division Headquarters
Moved From Falls City
Falls City, Neb., May 3. (Spe
cial.) M i s s o u r i Pacific division
headquarters will be moved from
Falls City to Atchison, Kan., May
7, consolidating the two divisions.
Superintendent Kirk, who has been
in charge of this division, will take
that position in Atchison after con
solidation. About half of the two
office forces wilt be eliminated by
the change.
Armed Strikers Force
Crew to Leave Steamer
Washington, May 3. About 30
armed . men boarded the shipping
board steamer Newark, docked at
Locust Point, and compelled 20 of
the crew to leave the Vessel, and
accompany them. They carried the
men's clothing . along. The launch
got away before the arrival of the
police at the dock.
Creation of New State
In Illinois Is Urged
Springfield, 111., May 3. Creation
of a new state. Northern Illinois,
was advocated by Senator Denvir
of Chicago, who introduced a reso
lution in the senate calling on con
gress to divorce Cook county and
seven neighboring counties from the
other 94 counties in the state.
Omahan Elected Head of
Nebraska Optometerists
Lincoln, May 3. (Special.) Ray
Kingsley of Omaha was re-elected
president of the Nebraska Associa
tion of Optometrists today at- the
16th annual convention being held in
Lincoln. The delegates voted to
held the 1922 convention in Omaha.
Freed on Bond.
Charles Coleman of Council
Bluffs, held for grand larceny, was
released Monday on a $1,000 bond.
, He is charged with holding up .and
robbing Joseph Klemko of money
find valuables totaling in value $68.50.
Proposed Extension
Of Burlington From
O'Neill Is Surveyed
O'Neill, Neb., May 3. (Special.)
I Engineers and surveyors ot the Bur-
lington and Great Northern railroads
i are at work surveying the route of
i the proposed extension of the Bur-
i lincfnn frnm (VX'pill tn Thedford.
j Neb., the connecting link between
Minneapolis and Uenver by the way
of the new Missouri river bridge at
Yankton. The surveying crew of the
Burlington men. who have been work
ing this way from Thedford the last
two weeks, were joined last week
by a party of engineers from Min
neapolis, who came west by way of
O'Neill.
Whether the survey is an indica
tion of the beginning of construction
this fall, or is to prepare for resist
ing the action of residents of the ter
ritory to compel the building of the
extension, now pending before the
Interstate Commerce commission, is
not known. The proposed air line
route between Thedford and O'Neill
crosses the Calamas river south of
Duff and southwest of Ak-Sar-Ben
in southern Rock county and cuts
diagonally across the southwest quar
ter of Holt county to O'Neill.
Hebb Motor Company
To Be Sold to Satisfy
Claims of Creditors
Lincoln, May 3. (Special.) Tht
Hebb Motor company plant at Have
lock will be sold as agreed upon to
day at a meeting in Lincoln of
creditors and stockholders.
Under terms of the agreement, J.
E. Roscnfeldt. the trustee, is em
powered to receive any bids for the
plant, and, if. the creditors look upon
the bids as a good business deal they
need not wait to negotiate a sale.
In the event a sale is not nego-,
tiated previously, there will be a
definite settlement on June 3, ac
cording to Dan H. McClanahan, tht
referee. Unless the stockholders
present a satisfactory plan at that
time, McClanahan will set a definite
date for sale of the plant under the
bankruptcy act. '
Claims outstanding against the
company are $1,350,000. lliere are
$50,000 in priority claims and $1,300,
000 in unsecured claims. The plant
has been appraised at $69,806.
Bids on State Road
Work Show Decline
Lincoln, May 3.-(Special.) Bids
on $1,500,000 for Nebraska highways
presented today by road and material
men at the state house, Lincoln, are
from 30 to 35 per cent less than the
same bids would have been a year
ago, according to George A. Johnson,
secretary of the -department of public
works.
The bids were opened in the senate
chamber. It will take three days to
complete the examination and receipt
o.' the bids.
The first bids opened were those
on the old Military road from Omaha
city limits west to the Douglas coun
ty line, about 17 miles in length, to
connect with a highway of the same
name leading to Fremont. An Oma
ha firm, Peterson, Shirley and Grun
ther, was awarded the job.
Pawnee County Goes Over
Top in Relief Fund Drive
Pawnee City, Neb., May 3. (Spe
cial) A sum of $561.67 above the
amount -necessary for two carloads
of corn for Chinese famine relief-has
been raised by Pawnee county. The
county was asked to contribute "one
carload if possible," but donations
corftinucd to pour in after the stipu
lated amount had been reached. The
amount raised in the county drive
was in addition to the sum con
tributed by churches and Sunday
schools.
Window Burglars Assail
Jewelry Shop -in Bluffs
Smashing the window of H. 'M.
Kulesh's -jewelry store, 230 West
Broadway, Council Bluffs, Monday
night , thieves stole about $400 worth
of brooches, diamnods and other jew
elry. The window was broken with
a .brick "wrapped in cloth, which was
found by the broken window.
Police Believe Stolen
Hoagland Auto Found
Grand Island, Neb., May 3.
Sheriff McCutchan brought in a large
Cadillac car which was abandoned
11 miles west of here. It is believed
to be the Car stolen from William W.
Hoagland of Omaha, wealthy lumber
man, last winter.
Named on Finance Body.
York, Neb., May 3. (Special.)
York lodge No. 32, A. O. U. W. has
endorsed Mayor J. W. Little of this
city for a place on the grand lodge'
finance committee. , This grand
lodge convenes at the Lindell hotel
in Lincoln, May 10, and the finance
committee has charge of . all the fi
nances of the order.
Bee Want Ads Are Business
Getters.
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Fast Trip Made
Across Country
By Motorcycle
Policeman Bosted Drives From
Los Angeles to Council
Bluffs in Eight and One
Half Days.
Walter A. Bosted, premier motor
cycle officer of the Council Bluffs
police force, who got a layoff last
October to spend the winter in Los
Angeles, agreeing to report for duty
by May 15, arrived home Monday
afternoon. He was bronzed and
healthy and happy in the conscious
ness that he had not only kept his
promise to Chief Nicoll, but also
well satisfied with the time he made
on his return trip. He drove his
Harely-Davidson motorcycle from
Los Angeles to Council Bluffs in
just eight and one-half days. He
followed the old Santa Fe trail, en
tering Nebraska from Sterling, Colo.
In somi of his speed spurts Bosted
made S5 miles an hour. He found
good weather and good roads all
of the way except a little mud in
Nebraska.
Bosted was dispatch rider on the
battle front in France and made
some records there that lie is proud
of. . He worked at his trade during
the winter in Los Angeles, making
about ?9 a day and had offers of
perment employment in railroad
shops. '
"I'm ready to resume the work of
catching speeders and will begin to
night if you want me to," he told
Chief Nicoll an hour after he got
in and reported to the station.
Hubby Took Baby to Home
Of Mother, Wife Claims
Tercssa Duncan says Rer hus
band, Alexander J. Duncan, treatec
her in a "cruel and inhuman mar
tier," failed to support her or he,
child, removed the child to hci
mother's home and accused her oi
being unfaithful in the presence of
other persons, in a suit for divorce
od yesterday in district court.
Aside froi this, she makes no
complaint of her husband, at least in
the petition. She asks not only the
custody of the child, Alexander Hen
rv Duncan, 4, but $5 per month
alimony.
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Remember, we do not ask you to buy a can of
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will receive it promptly. ?
Peddlers and house-to-house canvassers have been
trying to induce ladies to buy the baking powder they have
for sale and as an inducement are offering a cook book,
egg beater or some other trinket with every can bought
To our customers and friends, we are offering our
handsome cook book absolutely free. If yoii are in need
of one it will be unnecessary for you to buy something
you do not want. Take advantage of this free offer.
Pound can of Calumet contains full 16 'oz. Some baking
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State Furniture Co.
Bruntwick Headquarters
Corner 14th and Dodge Sts. ,
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Reinforced Daily by Big Consignments of
New Spring Goods for Sale at Old Time Prices
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they find in every department of this large store just the things they
want at the prices they can afford. Special representatives are in
Always on the Job tne east are purchases every day and freight and express
trains arrive here daily with enormous consignments of splendid
spring goods." Purchased under the "Lookout in the Foretop System," these high-class goods
are being sold at prices within the reach of everyone.
Individual and Smart-Are These
Women's Suits
Priced for
Wednesday at
$59
Four new styles in Navy and Black Tricotine have just
arrived for the woman who likes ultra-smart semi-tailored
suits. These suits have an unusually developed slender
izing line and each vies with the other in the exaggerated
elegant simplicity of design and workmanship.
Various Mbdels'From Which
to Select
You may have your choice of the mannish notched collar, silk
braid bound, with biased pockets to match or onaJinely bound
with self material, finished with a Tuxedo notched collar and
narrow belt; or a choice of two models, self bound and effectively
placed with silk worsted arrow heads at sides and pockets with
either the narrow shawl or student Tuxedo collar and narrow
belt. We call your attention especially to the quality and work
manship of these garments. Specially priced for Wednesday sell
ing, 59.00. As we have only a limited number of these suits, we
feel sure the wise woman will shop early.
Second Floor West.
Annual May Sale Fine Fibre Silk
SWEATERS
Tuxedo Styles
at 10.75
A Real 'Once-a-Season' Price
KeTer Were sweater coats more beautiful or stylish than these
lustrous fibre silks and they will appeal to women of refinement
because of their richness. This is decidedly a sport clothes sea
son and sweaters with a smart separate skirt will hare no rival.
We feel sure that not again this season will we be able to offer
our customers the values shown in this sale.
Sizes 38 to 46
Colors: Black, Navy,Biege, Harding Blue,
Jade and Tan
Second Floor North. '
Unusual Wednesday Specials
in
Housefurnishings '
Screen Doors I Adjustable Window
m
These are well made
doors with a good
grade of screen wire
used; sizes 2 feet 8
inches by 6 feet 8
Inches only; black
frame, special 2.39
Natural finished,
varnished frame, at,
each '" 2.98
Plain Bearing
Lawn Mower
16-inch cutting knife, t.pecial
at, each 9.50
Fiih Floor West,
1
Bj
Screens
Can be made
to fit open
ing .up to 24x
7 in.; very
special at,
each, 79c
Water Glass
For Preserving Eggs Large can
makes enough for 12 ' dozen
eggs; priced at 49
Coffee Pots 2-quart size; white
or blue enamel, special 794
Ironing Board Pads To fit any
f size board; each 98
Kettles 6 and 8-quart size;
made ot blue enamel; with cov
er; your choice 986
Genuine Tennessee Cedar
Chests
Now is the time to buy cedar chests to store away furs and wool
ens. We are offering: ,
Size 45x20x20 inches - - - . 22.50
Size 48x20x20 inches .......... 25.00
Size 48x22x20 inches . 35.00
These are made in our own factory and are wonderful bargains.
Fourth Floor East. ' :
Tom Sawyer
"Washwear" ;
for Boys
They Wash Well They Wear Well
That's why we call them "Wash
wear." Put your boy in Tom Sawyer
"Washwear" and let him romp to
his heart's content. He will do all
of the things a boy loves to do
play all the rough games aboy
loves to play but he won't wear
out his suit of Tom Sawyer "Wash
wear" because "Washwear" .i
made just for the boy.
Third Floor East.
Visit
i, Toilet Goods Exhibit
Special
Main Floor West
Demonstration
Given
All Day
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