THE BEE: OMAHA. SATUKUAY, MAY 21,
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Economy Urged
By Governor for
State Officers
Impresses Department Heads
.With Need of Conducting
- Stale Affairs on Busi
ness Basis.
Lincoln, May 2b. (Special.)
Economy in expenditure ot public
money was urged on heads of state
department by Uov. i. K. Metier
vie in a conference today.
The governor impressed on the
state officers that finally Nebraska
had settled down to a business basis
of operating its departments and
under the new law heads of all de
partments and institutions would be
obliged to turn in estimates ot quar
terlv exoenditures and that he would
insist that there would always be 10
, per cent of each department's appro
priation held in reserve.
These estimates will be examined
by the governor and, if in his judg
ment, they are excessive, he intends
to demand that they be cut down
where he believes it feasible.
Governor McKelvie admitted that
the legislature in its action m mak
ing a uniform fiscal year for all de
partments had for the time being en
cendcrcd a "high' tax scare" in Ne
braska as in order to put the regular
fiscal year plan into operation it was
necessary for the legislature to make
suitable appropriations for 27 months
instead of 24 months as is the usual
custom. That means $2,000,000 addi
tional' on the appropriations which
really should be lopped off in consid
ering 'the totals in appropriations.
Then; there is a $2,000,000 appropria
tion for a soldier relief fund which
is an extraordinary expense, due to
the war, and it should be borne in
mind that this is a, permanent fund
and nothing except the interest is to
be paid.
"The fact of the matter is," said
the governor, "that the state tax will
not equal one-fifth of the total .tax
which includes the city and county
taxes."
Pershing and Bundy Will
Attend Lincoln Banquet
..Lincoln, May 20. (Special.)
Gen. John J. Pershing has accepted
an invitation of Lincoln post No. 2,
American Legion, to be a guest at
a banquet here June 3. Brig. Gen.
Omar Bundy of Fort Crook has ac
cepted an invitation to the banquet
and will deliver an address. Earl
M. Clinc, first state commander , of
the American Legion, will act as
toastmaster. June 3 will be reunion
day for university classes from 1891
to 1920.
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; istraFarmers in Gage County"
) Are Replanting Corn
Beatrice, icd., iviay vopctiai.;
Because of the heavy rains which
beat the top of the ground so Hard
that much of the com tailed to ger
minate properly, a large number of
farmers living northwest of town arc
replanting the grain. They claim
the winter wheat is lamased in
places and will not tnae more than
half a- crop compared to the yield of
last year.
Airplane Tourist Season
In Full Swing at North Platte
North Platte, Neb., May 20.
(Special.) The airplane tourist sea
son opened this week, and four pri
vate planes have landed at the air
mail service terminal in this city for
fuel. The Chamber of Commerce has
received a number of .inquiries from
airplane tourists asking for informa
tion relative to the North Platte
landing field.
Better Lighting System
Urged for North Platte
North Platte, Neb.. May 20.
(Special.) A campaign ! lias been
started for a better lighting system
in this city, especially in the busi
ties section, where the electrolier
' system or something similar will bo
installed. The camoaign was institut
ed at a meeting or the Chamber of
Commerte and that organization will
devote its energies toward getting
the desired improvement.
Eight Girls and One Youth
Graduate at Dorchester
Dorchester, Neb., May 20: (Spe
cial.) Eight girls and one young
man were graduated from the high
school here. The class sermon will
" be preached Sunday by Rev. John B.
: Williams- in the Christian church.
Prof. E. C. Britt. who has had charge
ef the schools here for three years
has resigned to take charge of the
; Bancroft schools.
Capt H.W. Munson Addresses
Graduates at Lodgepole
, Lodgepole, Neb., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Eight young people, six girls
and two men of the Lodgepole high
school, received their diplomas at the
. commencement exercises. The class
addresses was delivered by Capt H.
W. Munson. The graduates re
ceived 32 credits in the State uni
versity which gives the school a class
"A" rating. ,
School Superintendent
; Employed at Alexandria
Alexandria, Neb., May 20. (Spe-
:.t 1 imnni th new teachers
hired for the ensuing year in the
Alexandria public schools arc Don
ald Green, principal and athletics,
Mr. and MrsL. F. Grandy, formerly
of the Plymouth schools. Mr.
Grandy will be superintendent and
Mrs. Grandy will teach the seventh
and eighth grades.
Highway Improvement Is
, Started at Alexandria
Alexandria, Neb., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Spring construction work has
been commenced on highways in this
section of the country. Several new
bridges and widening of the road at
various places along the Nebraska
highway from aFirbury west are now
,under way.
Cold Damages Wheat
Alexandria." Neb.. May 20. (Spe
cial.) Wheat in this section is re
ported to have been partially dam
ma.A Ku ttt rnM m-psthrr. Manv
farmers look for a decidedly smaller
mntnit nf vhrat to he harvested this
.year htan last. Other crops have not
Lincoln Recall Plans
Are Being Rushed
Lincoln. May 20. (Special.) An
other step toward the circulation of
recall petitions against Mayor Frank
C Zehrung was taken today, when
the committee appointed to draft re
call petitions and an ordinane pro
viding for a municipal ice plant, mu
nicipal coal yard and public market,
asked Charles W. Bryan to permit
the use of his name as a candidate
for mayor against Mayor JZehrung on
the recall petitions. As yet, Bryan
has not answered the request.
Attorneys state that before Bryan
could become a, candidate against
Zehrung he would be obliged to re
sign from the Lincoln city commis
sion. Members of the committee are:
E. H. Schrocder, F. M. Coffey, Mrs.
R. E. Richardson and ,G. H. Mauel.
Fever Epidemic
At Grand. Island
Physicians Puzzled Over Di
sease Attacking Persons
Attending Church Social.
Grand Island, Neb., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Six cases of sickness, .'all so
far unsolved by the attending physi
cians excepting to show indications
of typhoid fever, have suddenly ap
peared here. AH of the patients, it
is ' declared, attended the same
church banquet, April 26. Miss Ray,
school teacher:- Ruth Haggart, busi
ness college student; Miss Madson,
public school student; Miss Bryson,
and two others are the known victims
of the unknown sickness.
In all the symptoms are similar.
There is a high fever, together with
abdominal pains and many of . the
indications of appendicitis. In one
case, that of Miss Bryson, the patient
was already in the hospital for opera
tion for appendicitis, when a con
sulting physician dissented and em
phatically urged further observation.
Blood cults do not correspond with
the tests in typhoid, nor does the
fever break under the usual treat
ment for either appendicitis or ty
phoid.
What baffled the physicians in the
case mostly is the origin. Dr. Bahr,
pathologist of the St. Francis hos
pital, is making an analysis of the
city water. The city water was re
cently tested and found pure.
City Physician Ryder is making a
nvestigation.
Blue Springs Man Admits
Possession of Liquor
Beatrice. Neb., May 20. (Special.)
Porter Collins, Blue Springs farm
er, pieaued guilty in. court nere to
the third 'count of the complaint filed
against him by County Attorney
Vasey for having liquor in his pos
session and selling: it. He was fined
$100. The other two counts, keep-
ng a still and manufacturing liquor,
were dismissed. Cpllins' arrest oc
curred a few weeks ago when a still
was found on a farm leased by him.
He stoutly denied his guilt at first.
$306,960,372 Is
Valuation on All
Railways in State
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Board of Equalization An
nounces Assessments to
Be Made on Full Val-
uation.'
Lincoln, May 20. (Special.)
Properties of 18 railroads operating
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in icuri5K win oe assessen on
loiai valuation or SJUO.WU.JJ. ac
cording to an announcement 'made
today by the state board of equaliza
tion.
This valuation is the same as the
one placed on the railroads by the
same board last year with the fol
lowing exceptions:
An increase of $10,000 on, the val
uation of the Omaha, Lincoln & Bei
ince Kauway company, ana a new
valuation of $376,Sa2 on the North
Flatte valley Railroad company.
new line which .operates 31.12 miles
of tracks' in the sugar beet country
connecting with the main line of the
Uurlington.
Follow New Law.
The railroads are assessed on the
full valuation this year under the
new law passed by the last state leg
islature calling for assessment of-
property on lull valuation intsead of
one-fifth. 1
Railroad representatives before the
board demanded a reduction in val
uation, claiming they are entitled to
it the same as other real estate.
One member of the board, D. B.
Cropsey, state treasurer, sided with
the roads, and in a dissenting opinion
claimed there should be .a 15 per
cent reduction for the railroads.
Valuation of Roads.
Following are valuation of rail
road properties in Nebraska:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. 1131,8 J,875
umun x-acinn
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul. M. & O
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific.
Missouri Pacific
St. Joseph Orand Island..,.
Mason City & Fort Dodge....
Omaha Lincoln R. A L. Co..
Omaha Bridge & Terminal Co.
Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice Ry.
Omaha & Southern Inter. Ry.
Itlinos Central Rallwnv
Wabash Ralroad
C, M. & St. Paul Ry
A., T. A fl. F. Ry
K. C. & Northwestern Ry
0,49,245
411.360.715
1S,98,855
li.soi.ass
12,806,140
3,971,895
640,000
' ,460
648,000
101,806
0,000
S4.000
64,000
' 108,000
15,000
487,855
Alliance Man Battles
, Gypsy Bandit Gang
Alliance, Neb.. May 20. (Special
Telegram.) Robbed of his wallet by
a band ot roving gypsies while he
was repairing a tire on his truck in
the road near Bridgeport. Ralph
Borgelt, employe of a truck company
here, gave battle to the bandits and
at the point of a revolver forced them
to lay the wallet at his feet and heat
a hasty retreat. The gypsy band,
composed of several men and
women, surrounded him and at
tempted to engage him in conversa
tion.. He paid httlc attention to
them, 'but in a short time missed the
wallet fronThis pocket. He saw one
of the women attempt to hide it. He I
remonstrated, whereupon the woman
pitctied upon mm. several gypsy
men came to their aid. Borgelt then
drew a revolver and held them at
bay. He demanded that they return
his wallet and one of the women
threw it down at his feet, after which
the entire band hurriedly departed. I
several bands ot the wanderers have
come into town recently and are be
ing, advised to keep moving.
Chicago Lawyer Will
Defend Naprapath
Lincoln. May" 20. (Soecial.)
Clarence S. Darrow. Chicago attor
ney, will appear before the supreme
court tomorrow to defend Dr. R. C.
Carpenter .of Wayne, Neb., .who has
1 - 1 1 a - I dk-vut
auijciucu irom a, nnc 01 Juu im
posed on him by the district court
for practicing without a license.
I he state law provides for licens
ing allopaths, homeopaths, osteo
paths and chiropractors. Carpenter
denies he is any ot those thing3
and says he can best be described
as a cross between an osteopath and
chiropractor. He is a graduate
of a school of naprapathy at Chi
cago. Darrow is attorney for that
school.
Larpenter claims that he cannot
pay a license because the state law
does not provide for licensing grad
uates of the Chicago school.
Body of Alexandria Soldier
To Be Returned for Burial
"The Store of th. Town"
15th and Douglas Sts.
Superb Variety of
Men's and Young Men's
SUITS
World recognized superiority in quality and
workmanship.
Our variety of models patterns and fabrics are
so great as to satisfy every whim of mankind young
or old Style is tailored into every one of these gar
ments. The newest and most pleasing, and the new
prices are as interesting as the clothes.
$25 $30 $35 $40
'and up to $65.00
Boys' Knickerbocker Suits
TWO Very Special Values
One big lot that sold
tir-:60- $15.50
One big lot that sold
now30-00-.... '...$18.00
Many of these suits have two pairs of pants.
Boys' Madras Suits
Some extra fine qualities and styles that
Alexandria Boy Narrowly
Escapes From Drowning
, Alexandria, Neb., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Gerald, 8, son of William
Joe, narrowly escaped drowning
when he fell into the mill pond here.
He was saved by his brother-in-law,
George Loverchcck. The two were
fishing when the boy accidentally
slipped.
North Platte High School ,
Graduation, Exercises
North Platte, Neb., May 20. (Spe
cial.) The commencement exercises
of the North Platte high school will
be held May 28 with a class of 33.
Congressman Reavis will deliver the
address to the class.
Alexandria, Neb., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Word has been received here
that the body of Alpha Gaston, a
soldier who died in France during
,the war, will arrive in New York
May 25. The body will be brought
here for burial and services will be
conducted by the American Legion.
Townley and Langer Will
Debate in Tent at Beatrice
eBatrice, Neb.. May 20. (Special.1
The Non-partisan league will hold
a meeting in a tent here on the
afternoon of May 26, when William
Langer and A. C. Townley will de
bate.
Bellwood Barn Burns
David City, May 20. (Special.)
The large barn on the Jessie Bell
farm near Bellwood burned to the
ground. One horse, all the harness
and marly tons of hay were lost. The
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sold to $2.50
Sizes 12 to' 4 M
Men's Shirts
New line of French Percale,
Collars to match. . .
Regular 3.00 value, Ip 1 .95
Underwear Specials
Chambers Knit Underwear,
length, short sleeves. A regu
lar $2.50 t -a
garment 4) 1 ,TJ
Straw Hats Are Ready
Select the Straw Hat early and get advantage of a complete
selection and a right size.
All the new weaves, styles and qualities.
"$2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00
and better.
KNOX
Celebrated
Straws, $5.00
and up
Pat J. Culkin, Mgr.
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SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STS.
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you have waited for Rugs to go
down, the prices in effect during our
I Going to the theater? Consult The Bee Ads before going.
Of Interest to You
We Feature Phoenix Hosiery for Men and Women Phoenix UnderwearGotham Gold Stripe Hosiery "Betty Wales " Frocks
Saturday We Place on Sale
GINGHAM
DRESSES
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Llke-able,,-Wear-able,,-Tub-able,,
Variety of Styles to Choose From
Sizes From Sixteen to Forty-four
If you don't attend this sale early Saturday morning don't blame us if you find the group
depleted and the majority sold by 10 or 11 o'clock. Foresighted women will be here when
the store opens at 9 A. M. and will buy liberally when they see the unusual values offered.
Made of splendid quality, wear-resisting gingham in attractive check and plaid patterns.
Values that we say without fear of contradiction, cannot be duplicated in the city.
' Drastic Reductions in Force in Our Coat Shop .
Third Floor
95c-What It Will Buy
Saturday in the
Tots'Shop
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Children's creepers, ages 6 months,
1 and S yean. Made V ginghanr
and chambray. Plain colors and
doe check effects. Also white with
touches ot hand work. Previously
priced to $2.50.
Plain blue chambray rompers,
beach style, knee or bloomer ef
fects, agea 2 to 6 years. Previously
priced 11.85.
Children's coveralls of plain blue
chambray, ages 4 and 5 years.
Were $1.85.
Children's overalls pf plain or
striped denim, 3 and 4 year sizes.
40 Boys' Straw hats, were $2.50.
Second Floor
Boys' Two-Pants Suits
Saturday
$10 and $15
New models in smart attractive grays, browns
and tans with fine stripes. Belt all around,
Norfolk pleats. ,
Boys' Straw Hats
$1.50 to $3.50
Styles that will instantly appeal with their
medium crowns and flexible brims to be worn .
turned up or down as the boy prefers.
Boys' .Shop Balcony '
Girls' Gingham Dresses
Previously to $3.95
$2.25
A special for Saturday that will
appeal to mothers and daughters
alike. Sizes 8 to 14 years. Made
of durable gingham in seasonable
plain colors and attractive plaid
patterns. Trimmed with contrast
ing collars and cuffs, pockets and
sashes.
Girls' Coats
. Were to $22.50
$10
Long coats and short sport models.
Sizes 8 to 13 years.
Second Floor
Saturday
Mens Suits
$25
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The.Stbre of Specialty Shops.
Blouses
Special
$10
Rug. S
will please you and surprise you not a little
There can be no better day than Saturday for
the purchase of that rug, that will mean so much to
the comfort and charm of your home.,
50.00 Axminster Rusts, 9x12 size, all nerfect and in
up-to-date patterns and colors suitable to use in
any room '
82.00 Wool Wilton Rugs, attractive patterns in
6x9 size, new colors in small and large designs,
excellent values at
46.00 Wilton Rugs, hall size, 4-6x7-6, splendid values
in a big range of patterns in all colorings, some
with fringe.
30.00 Axminster Rugs in good patterns, 11-3x12 size,
will fit large rooms and make a Very cheap, good
wearing rug
57.50 Extra Size Seamless Brussels Rug in blue or
tan colorings. Note size, 11-3x12
0.00 Extra Quality Wilton Bath Rugs made of wool
worsted yarns, in beautiful colors. These are
slightly shopworn and soiled, size 27x46 inches...
4.75 Heavy Reversible Wool Fluff Rugs in very soft
colorings, 30x60 size
19.50 Mitred Brussels Rugs in small allover patterns,
good colors, 9x12 size.
.34.50
.57.50
.31.75
.55.00
.36.50
. 5.75
. 3.75
13.75
Second Floor
Look at Your Windows
Then Attend Our Sale of
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We Name a Few
Net Curtains -
Seventy-six pairs of Net Curtains, some
hemstitched, others lace edged, 24 inches wide
by 2 Yi yards long. Very specially priced at,
pir pair
Curtain Swisses
Several patterns in various colored dots, per yard . ,25
Several patterns in white dots and small figures, per yard, 35
1.50
Curtain Nets
A very large selection is shown in white, ivory, and -j ff
ecru. This is a particularly desirable range. I I II I
Price, per yard, -L JJ
Cretonnes
Forty patterns that very generally cover home draping
problems. Fresh, colorful, decorative and attrac- -tive.
(1920 prices were from 85c to 1.25). Now, Q P
per yard.....;..
, " Main Floor
The Little Victor
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If you will fill out the questionnaire below and bring it I
to our Fifth Floor we will give you free a 4-inch model 1
of the most famous dog in the world. . .
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