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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. 1921.
Battle to Pass -Resolution
Is
Won by Reavis
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Ainkaui Also successful in
(Jetting Congress to Favor
Leniency for Irrigation
Farmers iifState.
By E. C. SNYDER,
IVMliinffton Correspondent Omaba Bee,
Washington, May 3. (Special
Telegram.) Two Nebraska mem
bers of congress figured largely in
' the proceedings of the house yester
day. Representatives Reavis and Kin
kaid aroused the congressman from
the First district and a battle royal
raged for much of the day over the
joint resolution which passed the
senate April 18, authorizing the ap
pointment of a representative of the
executive departments to act with
the joint committee on reorganiza
tion of the administrative depart
ments of the government. Senator
Smoot is chairman of the committee
and Congressman Reavis vice chair
man. Through his persistent efforts and
probably aided by the president, who
desired that a representative of the
chief executive should have a place
on the committee, Mr. Reavis suc
ceeded in persuading the committee
on rules to give him the right of way
to call up the joint resolution and
put it upon passage.
Filibuster Fails. '
The democrats began a systematic
filibuster and parliamentary tactics of
every sort and kind were resorted to
tc defeat the resolution and embar
rass the party in power, -but the re
publican majority stood fast and put
the resolution over with a whoop.
The purpose of the legislation is
to authorize the president to appoint
Walter D. Brown of Ohio as his per
sonal representative on the reorgan
ization committee.
In his report from the judiciary
committee Representative Reavis
said:
"The committee on reorganization
of the administrative branch of the
government feels the necessity . of
direct contact with the executive in
its work in order that it may best
accomplish the purpose for which it
was created. The salary fixed by
the resolution is the same paid a
member' of congress and the pro
vision as to its payment out of . the
contingent funds of the senate and
house is in conformity with the re
quirements of the joint resolution
passed by the 66th congress, under
the terms of which the joint com
mittee on reorganization was ap
pointed." "
Kinkald's Resolution.
Judge Kinkaid had an interesting
hour in passing his joint resolution
authorizing the secretary of the in
terior in his discretion to furnish
water to applicants and entrymen
in arrears for more than one cal-1
endar year of payment for mainte
nance and construction charges, not
withstanding the provistion of sec
tion 6 of the act of August 13, 1914.
"Uncle Mose" called up his reso
lution under the unanimous consent
rule. Congressman Walsh of Massa
chusetts, who in the absence of Con
gressman Mann of Illinois, consti
tuted himself censor over legisla
tive matters during the day, doubted
the wisdom of legislation in the.man
ner which Judge Kinkaid was , at
tempting. While Mr, Walsh refused
to make any objection to the re
quest for consideration, he protested
vigorously. The right of way having
been secured for consideration of
the resolution, a number of mem
bers questioned wTiether the govern
ment should continue to furnish
water for Irrigation men for another
calendar year notwithstanding they
are in arrears.
Says Legislation Necessary.
Judge Kinkaid. who- controlled the
time and made the opening speech,
said that 'he was asking the legis
lation because of the necessities
growing out of the excessive cost of
planting and raising a crop during
the last year and the low price at
which the crops had to be sold. He
said that many water users on the
North Platte project in consequence
had heen unable to make the pay
ments due the government for main
tenance and operation and were,
therefore, not eligible" to " receive
water for irrigation purposes during
the season of 1921. If those persons
could "toot get, water for irrigation
they could not raise a crop and
would not be able to pay the accrued
Omaha I. 0. 0. F. Trio
Decorated By Order
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Tall, Dark Man'
In Stokes Case
Called to Stand
These three officers of the I.; O.
O. F. are honor men on the roster
of the Patriarchs' Militant order, of
the lodge in Nebraska.
Manding left to right they are:
Col. St. C. Doneaud', Omaha resi
dent for 18 years who was elected
to the highest honor in the order,
the grand decoration of chivalry;
Col. James H. Short and Capt. J.
L. Marks, the latter two who, won
the decoration of., chivalry from
meritorious work, in the ojcder. ..,
The decorations were bestowed
upon these' officers at the grand
military ball of the I. O. O. F. in
the Municipal Auditorium last Sat
urday night.
BOWEN'S
Carpeting
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By the Yard'
Irk every home, yard carpeting
can be used to a saving ad
vantage. '
Perhaps, the floor of the room
you want to cover is of irj.
regular shape. If so, then buy
yard carpeting 4 and have it
perfectly covered It may.
only be the hall that requires
a piece of a few yards long..
Whatever H is, you -will find
patterns to your liking here.
Today, more than ever before,
the big, ever-growing
Bowen Store
offers hundreds of yards of
carpeting in distinctive and
pretty patterns at Lower Level
Prices, which means a Saving
of Dollars to you, if selected
from our stock.
SEE DISPLAY ON
SECOND FLOOP
charge nor the accumulating charge.
"Uncle Mose" said a very great
emergency existed and the legisla
tion had the hearty support of Sec
retary Fall
The resolution was adopted and
Judge Kinkaid will do what he can
to expedite its passage "by the sen
ate. He will ask Senator Norris
to look after it in the upper house.
Woman Convicted of Fraud
To Enter New Plea of Guilty
Hastings, Neb., May 3. In dis
trict court here yesterday Judge
Dilwoth set aside the pleadings and
penitentiary sentence of Mrs. C.
C. Cloninger of Tulsa, ' Okl.,
convicted of the charge vof fraud
on local merchants, loday,' ac
cording to a statement last night
by Mrs. Cloninger's attorney,
she will enter a new plea of
guilty, and her attorney will apply
for parole. He will contend, he said,
that his client was temporarily men
tally unbalanced and believed the
$700 she was found to have when
arrested was in a bank and subject
to checks she gave against it. Mrs.
Cloninger had previously been itiven
an indeterminate prison sentence of
tnree to X) years.
Schuyler Man Purchases t
Martin Home for $32,000
Thomas Towey of Schuvler. Neb..
yesterday purchased the Mark Mar
tin home at 402 North Thirty-eighth
avenue for $32,000. The sale was
made by the O'Keefe real estate
company. Air. Martin is secretary
of the Payne Investment company.
Politics Costs Fremonter
$19 and New Found Friends
George Wilson of Fremont was
listening to the political speeches at
Fifteenth and Douglas streets Mon
day night when he met two affable
gentlemen. They talked politics and
their ideas agreed with his own. He
found they had lived in Fremont
and thought it a fine city.
At last, while J. J. 'Boucher was
speaking, the two strangers sug
gested that they go for a walk. Mr.
Wilson agreed. They drifted toward
the Davenport .hotel, where Mr, Wil
son is a guest. And alas for friend
ship as he ' was about .to bid his
friends goodbye, one of .hem hit him
a terrific blow in. the face knocking
him down. When he regained con
sciousness he found the two affable
men had robbed him of $19, he. told
police. .....
Probably the oldest active mem
ber of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints is Mrs. Em
meline B. Wells, aged 93 years, of
Salt Lake City. -.; . i
Husband Denied Right to Give
Eviderice in Private All
Wife's Witnesses Have
Testified.
New York, May 3. When the
sixth week of the trial of the W. F.
D. Stokes divorce case began yester
day before Supreme Court Justice
Finch it was expected Mr. Stokes
would take the stand himself, but his
attorney, Francis L. Wellman, stated
that he is ill of pleurisy. He suggest
ed an adjour.ment of the trial after
Mrs. Stokes' case has been concluded
for the purpose of taking testimony
out 'of court for the rich, aged hus
band. Mrs. Stokes' counsel, how
ever, would not agree and the court
upheld the contention that Stokes
should give his evidence in open
court.
Elliott Bassctt Brown, who is in
the real estate business at Hartford,
Conn., and was a roommate at Yale
of Victor Miller, half brother of
Mrs. Stokes, was one of the witnes
ses today. He denied that he was
ever guilty- of any impropriety with
Mrs. Stokes. He 'has been identified
as the "tall, dark man," accused by a
maid of entering the room of Mrs.
Stokes in her West Seventy Eighth
street home early one morning.
S Tells of Jewel Theft.
Bernard Sandler, attorney for
Henry Williams, Pullman porter in
dicted for the theft of Mrs. Stokes'
jewelry on a dining car at Buffalo
a few years ago, testified that Stokes
furnished him with a list of questions
to ask Mrs. Stokes when she took
the witness stand at the negro's trial.
One' of her allegations of cruelty in
Mrs. Stokes counter-claim for a
separation is that her husband
framed the questions to humiliate her
and give the impression that she was
unfit to have the custody of her chil
dren. The attorney admitted that
many photographs of Mrs. Stokes,
many of them taken before her mar
riage, which were in her album when
her husband took possession of it,
and kept it, had been shown him by
agents of Stokes.
Mrs. Stokes followed the attorney
on the witness stand and' testified
that she did not pose for several pic
tures alleged to be of her. She in
sisted on answering all the questions
on the list which Attorney handler
said had' been delivered to him by a
Stokes " agent. Two questions to
which Mrs. Stokes gave an indignant
denial, were: -
Anne Vaughn Hyatt, curator of
the French Museum of Art in the
United States, earns more than $25,
000 a year as a sculptress of small
bronze figures.
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Attend the Demonstration This Week -
Oh, for the Life of a Fireman!
Wife Says He's a Drunkard
Louise Shinrock says her husban 1.
Lawrence, a city fireman, "is now a
habitual drunkard," in a petition fot
divorce filed yesterday in district
court.
She asserts he has been extremely
cruel to her on several occasion:
since their marriage in Plattstnouth,
Neb., on April 23, 1912; that he is
earning $150 by being a fireman and
that she has no means of prosecuting
her suit for divorce. Hence she asks
suitable alimony.
The get-together
Want Ads.
medium Bee
Dr. Gifford Will Speak
At Audubon Society Meet
The Nebraska Audubon Society
and Ornithologists' union will hold
a convention .in Omaha in the First
Unitarian church, May 13 and 14.
There will.be a banquet the evening
of May 14. Dr. Harold Gifford will
speak on "Some Random Observa
tions of a Bird Lover."
Men Who Robbed Motorist
Are Captured Near Hebron
Hebron, Neb., May 3. Two men
were captured yesterday near the
Kansas line, who Sunday night after
rolicking a ride in the automobile of
John Brumbaugh, robbed him of his
money and took his car. The men
gave the names of Kay Edwards and
Jack Cook. Both were armed. In
their possession were a badge and
keys identified as the property of the
Denver, Colo., tramway company.
The sheriff here wired Denver
authorities.
Historic Mining Camp
Suffers $223,000 Fire
Great Falls, Mont, May 3.
Wooden business buildings in Net
hart, one of the state's historic
camps, burned yesterjday with a loss
estimated at $223,000. Judge George
Rorhl, 83, one of the town's oldest
residents, was burned to death.
Pullman Company Wants 22
Per Cent Cut in Valuation
Lincoln, May 3. (Special.) Tin
Pullman company in Nebraska asked
today that a 22 per cent reduction bl
made on its valuation as compared td
that of last year. The request came in
the form of a report presented to ths
state board of equalization and
assessment. The actual value of
Pullman cars and holdings fixed by
the board last year was $840,835.
This year it wants the value cut to
$639,543.
Wednesday Continuation
Omaha's Greatest Yearly Selling Event
THE ELDREDGE-REYNOLDS'
Fourth Annual $100,000 May Jubilee Sale
Benefit while you may from the sales opportunities offered in the
: Third Floor Shops
Dresses
Of organdy for women misses little- wom
en. Newest colors latest styles all sizes.
Dresses
Of gingham organdy. For the summer Miss
and Matron. Lace trimmed hand embroid
ered smartest models.
$10
$15
Silk DreSSeS-
Taffeta Canton Crepe Remarkable values
distinctively fashioned. For Misses women
little women.
Silk Dresses
$39.75
Taffeta Crepe,
slons specially
For all the season's oc
featured at big reductions.
Coats
Women's Misses'
All sizes workmanship style variety ex
cellent. Cannot be duplicated in this city at
this price.
$34
$25
Jersey Sport Suits
For women Misses
folk styles. Ideal
club wear.
Tailored Suits
Heather mixtures Nor-
for business travelling
$10
Of navy tricotine Smart, well tailored ele
gantly finished. The best woman's suit values
to be found.
$31
Tricotine Suits $58
Superbly tailored youthful Individual. For
Women Misses Matrons.
High Grade Tailored Suits $69.75
Exclusively designed creations for as long as
they last. Including costume and tailored
models.
White Wash Skirts-
Of gaberdine splendidly tailored fine quali
ties. or women misses sizes z& to a.
-$5
-$2.95
Blouses
Of imported French voile, daintily
finished attractively trimmed In
, lace.'- ,.
Tailored Blouses $2.95
Of flhest.iBatiste and Organdy to
wear with sweaters and tailored .
suits. $
Second Floor Shops
$3.95
Hand-made Blouses
Handmade tucks hand embroidered
dots hand drawn work.
Hand-made Blouses '
Of imported French voile finest
Organdy tailored regulation styles.
$5
Satin Corsets
in front - and back
$3.75 to $5.25
lace styles
adapted to slender and medium fig
ures.
Gowns
Extra
79c
fine quality batiste deco
rated with hand work daintily fin
ished. Windsor Crepe Gowns $1.69
Plain or fancy figures round or
square neck styles. Very much in
demand for cool snmmer wear.
Philippine Gowns $1.95 $2.95
Hand made hand embroidered
from finest, softest, most durable ,
lingerie cloth.
Philippine Chemise $1.95 $2.95
Handmade, hand Bmbroidered hand
, finished the finest values ever
. offered in this lingerie.
Brocaded Corsets $2.95
Back lace styles best known makes
designed for comfort style
: service.
Wool Sweaters $4.95 $6.95
For women Misses in Tuxedo
models new, bright colors sizes
36 to 46.
Fibre Silk Sweaters $9.95
Finely, firmly woven, in the smart
est, brightest colors very smart
very durable.
Pattern Hats $4.95
Regularly priced to $15 Including
every style, color, shape, straw
that is smart and desirable.
Untrimmed Shapes $1
Regularly priced to $7.50 and some
trimmed hats showing great variety
of styles colors straws.
Corset Girdles $2 to $6.50
Of satin brocade coutil batiste
cool, comfortable, serviceable for all
outdoor wear.
-$1.50
Girls' Middies
. The most wonderful -values we have ever of
fered in middies. Broken? sizes.
Girls-Skirts r'". " .. .. $95
. For Juniors sizes 12 to 17 in gay" sport
plaids $necksand navy blue smartly pleat-
'' ; ed, . i .
Girls'lGinhain Dresses $1.75 to $3.45
' Checks-plaids plain cblofs-lncluding reg-
ulation models for girls .8 to 14.
Girls' Silk Dresses - - $15
For girls 8 to 16 years In taffetas with new
: full skirts sashes dainty collars cuffs
Girls' Tub Frocks -$6.95
For girls'12 to 17 years In finest ginghams, '
. . smartly trimmed all colors. -
Girls' Coat Sweaters - $4.95
Were $8.75 for girls and juniors In pretty
light colors beautifully woven.
Girls' Coats
$11.50
Were to $19.60 Including tallyho red sport
models and belled styles also loose wrap
styles.
Little Tots' Dresses
$3.95
For wee little girls 1 and 2 years old hand
made hand finished formerly to $5.95. i
Little Girls' Gingham Dresses $1.75
Were $3.25 Prettily- designed neatly .fin- .
ished daintily trimmed ages 2 to 6 years.
Children's Peg-Top Coveralls-
Of blue chambray very special values.
Girls' Bloomers
-$1.75
-59c
Were 79c of French cambric for girls 4 to 12
yers. Splendid wearing well made.
Girls' Sateen Bloomers
89c
Were 95c in black or white for girls 4 to 16
years great savers of laundry work.
Girls' Tailored, Hats
Were $3.95 in sailor styles with roll rims
long streamers for girls 8 to 14 years.
$2.95
Girls' Dressy Hats-
-$3.95. and $5
Were to $8.50 great variety leghorns milans
fancy straws. '
Boys' 2 Pant Suits -$10 $15
Brown aiW grey 6trlpes oxford
and heather mlxtures--best values
. in dty for boys 6 to 17 years.
Boys' Neck Band' Shirts $1.50
Previously to $3.45 sizes 12 to 14
fine qualities fine workmanship.
Boys' Sweaters $1 and-$2
Boys' Neckwear :50c to $1
$10
-Ifn the Boys' Shop Balcony .
Cofduroy Suits -
Made for wear, for goqd looks, for
all around service.
Boys' Underwear 2 Suits $1.50
For summer wear of barred nain
sookfor boys 2 to 12 years.
Boys' Coveralls Overalls 2 for $1.75
Boys' Wash Suits $1.45 to $7.50
Kaynee Blouses 3 for $2.75
Light and dark striped 68 and 72
count percale guaranteed fast
colors. .
Boys' Vacation Suits-
Five pieces including hat haver
sack, coat, breeches, legglns.
-$5
Boys' Belts
65c
Black Hosiery 5 Pairs $1
Women's $4 Silk Hose 2.95 women's $2.50-$3 Siik Hose- $1.95
Pure dye silk to top h e a v j
' , -
weight extra fine quality.
Men's Suits
Jn the Main Floor Shops
All full fashioned lisle hem tops
in blacks and colors.
Simile or double-breasted styles, semi-conserv
ative models in heather two tones greys,
browns. ! V
$29.75
$45
Men's Suits :
Stein Bloch and Sam Peck models in sport
styles, one button, single breasted also Her
ringbone patterns.
Men's $3 & $4 Madras Shirts $1.75, 3 for $5
:: ' New patterns In stripes full cut, fast colors,
sizes 13 to 18.
Men's $8 Shirts $5
' Broken lots and sizes of silk and fibre com
binationsneat patterns.
Men's $2.50 & $3 Caps -
$1.50 Men's Reversible?Silk Neckwear
$1 each 3 for $2.75
Broken Lots 50c Wash Neckwear
25c Each
Men's $2 Knit Union Suits $1.65
U sleeve ?i leg sleeve long leg.
Men's $1 Full Fashioned Hose 55c
Silk and fibre mixed sizes 9H to lll
-$1.65
Men's Suits
Women's $1.75 Hose -
Broken lots including silk and
fine lisles some lace.
$35
$1
Iincluding up-to-the-minute Herringbone pencil
stripes superb styling, tailoring, new colors,
new patterns.
Lee's Unionalls
tJ W V
In sizes 36 38 4 for garage and
work.
yard
$3.25
Men's $5 Shirts-
-$3.50
TnMndps fine madras, crenes. satin stripes.
and shirts with silk crepe bosoms, cuffs.
Men's $5 & $6 Hats $2.95
Newest Spring shapes in English and Italian
hats. Light weight and turban brims.
2 Lots Men's Caps-
$1 English Twill Polka Dot Neckwear
65c each 3 for $1.75
Men's $1.75 Athletic Union Suits ;
$1.25 each-3 for $3
Men's $3 $4 Pajamas
$2.25 or 3 for $6
Men's 50c Lisle Hose for 29c
Gauze and Medium weight
- -50c $1
Men's Fine Knit Neckwear
$1 each 3 for $2.75
Men's $1 Silk Tubular Neckwear
' 50c each
Men's $1.25 Belts 59e
With fine nlckle steel buckle
Men's Fancy Handkerchiefs 35c
3 for $1
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