THE BEE: OMAHA, 1-KIUAY, JULY i!. 1H21..
Valuation Of
State Property
Shows Decrease
re. -
uecline of 21.15 Per Cent
Shown by Returns Tax
Experts Expected 30 to
33 Per Cent.
Lincoln, July 28. (Special.)
compute return from 89 of the IM
counties received by V. II. Osborne,
siaie tax commissioner, snows the
total personal property assessed in
to he $8(W.1.W,0nS against $1.
06.8I2,505'in 19 JO, a decrease of
J4.15 per cent.
The value of all property returned
by the ft9 counties in 19J1 is $.1,.
J11.498.S5J. Following- their equali
zation it is found that the value has
been decreased to $3,200,305,415.
Four Counties Not In.
Johnson, Morrill, Sarpy and Scotts
y Bluff counties have not, as vet, com
pleted their returns, but Oslior-e irt
estimating on their total value i
1J0, which was $3,81 MJ4.545, 'igures
a reduction to $3,J98,575,9J0 this
year.
"It was assumed at the outset by
those connected with the gathering
of tax statistics that the loss on per
sonal propcry would he from 30 to
35 per cent," Osborne said, "and
when it is shown that only 21.15 per
cent has been taken, it would indi
cate that considerable effort had
been made by the county assessors
and their deputies in fully listing this
class of property."
Real Estatt Declines.
UsDorne has complete returns as
to real estate from 92 counties which
show a total value of lands and im
provements as equalized lv the
state board In 1921 to be $1,804,615,
105 against an equalized value in
1920 of $2,134,947,100, which repre
sents a loss in value of $330,331,995.
"It can be seen that the state board
lias adhered very closely to the
assessor's return and the gentle
men's agreement on reduction on
lands and improvements for 1921 has
)been Slightly more than 15 per cent:
"At present we are busy compiling
a statement to be presented to the
state board of equalization at its
meeting Friday which will advise
that body as to the total amount of
revenue to be raised based upon this
year's value. From information at
hand It seems that the levy will be
fixed near the 3 mill mark.
David City Merchant
Celebrates Birthday
With 215-Pound Cake
David City, Neb., July 28. (Spe
cial.) (Jcorge Schweser, sr., of this
city was 70 years old Wednesday
and in honor of this event 1,200 per
sons were served cake and lemonade
in the newly-completed basement of
the Schweser department store.
The cake measured 50 by 36 inches
and was two and a half feet high.
It contained 10 layers and weighed
245 pounds. The contents of the
cake were 75 pounds of powdered
sugar, 35 pounds of granulated suear.
40 pounds of creamery butter, 35
pounds of flour and 60 dozen or 720
cgirs. It carried 70 red candles.
Mr. Schweser is one of the oldest
merchants in' David Citv.
State Expense
$2,028,299 for
Three Months
First Quarterly Estimate
Made Public Does Not In
elude Funds Controlled
By Hoards.
Brief City News
Three Men in Fatal
Auto Party Will Face
Joyriding Charges
Three men who were Injured in the
automobile accident in which Mar
jorie McWilliams wa. killed at
death curve' on the West Dodge
road last Sunday will face charges
of joyriding in central police court
filed by Acting Chief of Detectives
Del Rich. The trio are: Fred Keltz
employe ot tne inderwoocf garage;
Kobert Swan. 018 South Sixteenth
street, and Lhff Russell, 901 North
Fiftieth avenue.
H, I'red, owner of the car. in
formed Detective Chief Rich that
the men took the car without his
consent.
Schuyler Mills Seek
To Issue New Stock
Application for issuance of $200,
ttOO worth of new stock in the Wclls-Abhott-Nieman
millir.g corporation
at Schuyler, Neb., will be made to
the state authorities, it was learned
yesterday.
The new stock will solve financial
difficulties of the company, accord
ing to advices from Schuyler.
M. D. Cameron of the Peters
Trust company, Omaha, is consult
ing with J. I'Olda and D. W. Ktlleen,
bankers, at Sthuyler in regard to
the matter.
Two Arrested After
Policeman Is Shot
. Following the shooting of Police
man Frank Killian Wednesday
night, police arrested Ben Iuho, 2203
South Twenty-second street, and
tfrs. T. H. Hodges, 1519 South
Twenty-fifth avenue. Killian was
hot when he gave chase to a sup
posed burglar. Filio is said to have
admitted firing the shot. The bullet
took effect in Killian's left leg. The
"3und is not serious.
Legion State Aid
Delayed for Month
Jiebraskan Will Attend
Freight Rate Conference
JLiiicoin, juiy io. v apecim.j
Thome A. Brown of the state rail-
to attend the conference of , repre
sentatives of public Utilities commis
sions of the western states who are
preparing data preparatory to ap
pearing before the Interstate Com
merce commission at Washington,
D. C, to demand lo'er freight rates
cn grains. The meeting will be held
tomorrow.
Fremont Council Votes
$145,000 for City Expenses
Fremoiit, Neb., July 28. (Spe
cial.) A levy of 42 mills to cover an
appropriation of $145,000 was decid
ed upon by the city council for the
operation of Fremont during the
coming fiscal year. The tax valua
tion has been reduced from $3,184,
000 to $2,950,000 this year. The
council adopted the appropriation
for a new $10,000 nre truck and a
new patrol tor tne ponce depart
ment. Girl, Whose Eye Injured by
Air Gun, Sues for $25,000
The pranks of a little boy may
itsult in total blindness of One eye
of Rhea Burwick, 20. according to
allegations of her father, . Oliver
Purwick, who brought suit for
$25,000 in district court against Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander Chishold, par
ents of Gordon Chisholm, 7,- who dis
charged an air gun in Miss Bur
wick's eve.
Funds allotted to the American
Legion from the interest of bonds
purchased by the state will not be
forthcoming for at least a month,
according to information received by
H. C. Hough, adjutant of the Doug-
)as county chapter. An act of legis
ature which allots the funds for the
telief of disabled soldiers was
scheduled to take effect yesterday.
The new act provides $80,000 a year
for soldier relief.
Deaths and Funerals
Watchman Identifies Negro
As Man Who Held Him Up
Smith Hines, negro, 1011 Capitol
avenue, who was arrested Wednes
day when detectives recovered
about $500 worth of jewelry, was
identified by Edwin Koch, night
watchman, 1404 Bancroft street, as
the man who held him up last De
cember 21, at Ninth and Cass streets.
Hines was talking to detectives
when Koch walked into police head
quarters to identify several watches
found in Hines' house. Without
hesitation or any questioning, Koch
shouted that Hines was the man
who held him up and slugged him.
On orders of Chief Dempsey,
Hines was rearrested and charged
with highway robbery. His case
was continued until August 7.
Former Omahan Summoned
To Bedside of Sister Here
Ed P. Cornish, president of the
National Lead company, former
Omahan and member of the park
board, now a resident of New York
City, is in Omaha. On his return
from a trip to Euron-J recently he re
ceived a telegram summoning him
to Omaha because of the serious ill
ness of his sister, Mrs. Ada L.
Hertsche.
Mrs. Hertsche's home is in Port
land, Ore., but fehe was here visiting
another sister, Mrs. Anna B. Met
calf, 1234 South Tenth street, when
she became ill.
Lincoln, July 28. (Special.) It
will cost S2.028.299.J9 to run the
state of Nebraska during July, Aug
ust and September, exclusive of the
university, four normal schools and
institutions operated under the
state board of control, according to
a quarterly estimate made public by
Phil Bross, secretary of the depart
ment of finance and revenue, and ap
1 roved by Governor McKclvic.
This is the first time an accurate
estimate has been turned in on pro
posed expenditures and it comes
under the new administration policy
ot conducting inismcts aim iuicius
various state agencies to spend their
appropriations proportionately and
thus do away with the bugaboo of
public expense deficiency appro
priations, which each legislature al
ways has been obliged to deal with.
The 10 per cent reserve required
pmounts to $542,762.38, which must
Le held back for emergencies. The
university is endeavoring to get this
reserve to spend and the plan is
now under advisement. The quar
terly expenditures of the university
and normal schools will be shown in
a supplemental report. ieuner aocs
the 10 per cent reserve touch sal
aries, the capital Diiiunng iuna aim
funds for war veterans, . together
with a few others. The various
items making up the proposed $2,-
028,299.39 expenditure!, arc:
Salaries and wages, ?J4d,Mi.H);
supplies, $28,167.36; expense, $158,
802.53: repairs and upkeep, $11,-
463.10; equipment, $3.1,378.60; lands
and buildings, $.i2.4.V.04; public im
provements. $1,212,386.10; fixed
charges. $167,477.50; revolving funds
and store accounts, $18,600.
Woman's Club Makes
First Payment on Site
George Roberts of the Grain Ex
change gave $2s0 toward the
Woman's club fund Thursday. This
was the largest subscription given
Thursday.
About one-third of the $20,000 was
raised during the three days' drive
which closed yesterday.
The first payment on the building
site at 622 South Seventeenth street,
was made yesterday, according to
Mrs. Philip Potter, first vice presi
dent of the club.
Prosecutor Kicks at
- Whispering in Court
Whispering in the judge's ear dur
ing trial of a case in central police
court doesn't appeal strongly to City
Prosecutor Frank Dineen.
Mr. D'ncen threatened yesterday
to quit the court if the matter con
tinued, after Detective Fred Palm
tasr soueht to inject a little informa
tion in Police Judge Wappich's ear.
Judge Wappich thereupon ruled
that all officers must stay outside the
railing except court officers.
Chauffeur Whose Truck Hit
Cyclist Is Still Missing
An inquest into the death of Domi
nick Lanera, 28, 2036 Poppleton ave
nue, will be held this morning
Hoffman's morgue. Lanera died
Wednesday shortly after he was
struck by an oil truck, said to have
been driven by Ed Norcn,- 2403 St.
Marys avenue.
Noren fled following the accident
and has not yet been apprehended,
police say.
Lanera was riding a bicycle when
the truck struck him at Twentieth
and Poppleton avenue.
Noren has failed to return to the
L. V. Nicholas Oil company garage,
where he is employed as a chauffeur,
according to officials of the company.
nnlllo Still Mining liollle Styles,
25, fuKittve soldier who duir his way
to freedom July 14 from tno Riiani
hows at I-'ort Omiihu, is atill missing,
nccoi-dinu: to Fort umaha author!
ties.
Diililnuin to Talk Mayor Dahl
man will give a brief speech at the
bund concert to be held next Mtin
dav at 5 In Kim wood park by the
City- Concert club. Marshall I)
Craig will direct.
Koiitsfcv l-Miula Nf-w Jul) An ex
pensive job irt sewer repair was dis
covered yesterday by City t onimis
sioner Joseph Koutsky In the cavern
of a five-foot sower at Seventeenth
and I'acirlc streets.
(Hrl UniitH Home A home fur
16-year-old girl is being anught for
by ltev. Tl. K. Ralls of the Children's
Home society. Mr. Ralls denlros
that the irirl be permitted to con
tinue her schooling.
fcnsnr Company in Court The
Refit Cirowvrs' Sugnr company of
lilHby. Idaho, was made defendant
In a suit rtled In federal court yes
terday for $49,841 by the Cullcrr
Brokerage company of Omaha.
Scraps for Tlikr-t Johanna
Chapman, supervisor of the public
playground at Miller pork, chargea
the children a scrap of paper found
in the nark to play on the slide
"It's one way of keeping the park
clean," Bhe said.
MctliorilKtH Want llnlslcP Back
In resolutions adopted unanimously
member of the Hanscom Park
MethodiHt church auk that their
pastor, Kev. Dr. Arthur Alack, be
returned again to the pastorate for
the ensuing year.
Deputies Oct Hoore A raid on
the farm home of August "Windels.
Ninetieth and BInney atreela, netted
five deputy sheriffs D6 quarts of
brer, a large amount of malt syrup
and u. brewing outfit Wednesday
night. Windels was arrested.
Slimmer Schools Clow Yester
day was the last day of summer
sessions at Yates, lnton, Webster
and Lothrop achools. The Amer
icanization achool at Kellom will be
continued under auspices of the fed
eral and state governments.
rooer Hold Plerilo Employes
and customers of the Louis Som
mera' store, Forty-ninth and Dodge
streets, and the Table Supply com
pany, Seventeenth and Douglas
streets, attended a picnic Wednes
day at Krug par,k. Gus Miller and
Harry Sommers were in charge.
Married But Not Mates Alleging
that his wife humiliated him by her
assumption of superior education
and family position, William A. Ma-
coubrie filed a petition for divorce
from Mrs. Minnie I Macoubiie in
district court yesterday. He asks the
custody of their 4-year-old child.
Base Ball Club Sued For in
juries received by Eva Flinn, 16,
when the floor of the grandstand at
the Omaha base ball park fell last
fall, Wallace R. Flinn, father of the
injured girl, asks $5,000 of the base
ball club in a suit filed yesterday in
district court. The girl was watch
ing a foot ball game when the stand
crashed.
Omaha to Honor
Fallen Soldiers
Passing of 111 Bodies
Thorugh City to he Fittinfly
Ohservotl ly Organizations.
Patriotic and civic organizations
and private citizens will unite today
to do honor to soldier dead that will
pass through Omaha between 8 and
9 this morning.
The shipments will comprise 111
bodies. The American Legion will
have charge of the ceremonies.
In a letter sent out by the Chamber
of Commerce to various organiza
tions, a call is issued to do honor
to the bodies passing through this
city.
Soldier escorts from. Forts Crook
and Omaha will accompany the
caskets to their final resting places.
Investigation Into
Affairs of Bankrupt
Lompanies Held Up
Investigation into the Colonial
Land and Timber-Guarantee Secuii
ties and Pioneer State bank tangle
was held up yesterday pending ar
rival in Omaha of Attorney General
Clarence A. Davis.
Davis will confer with district
judges probably today.
Keith Neville, ex-governor of Nc
braska, and receiver lor the Skinner
Packing company, admitted the
possibility that an investigation into
several defunct companies might in
clude the Skinner company.
"But conditions here are some
what cleared up," he said. The
audit of the company's books is
nearly completed, he said.
Babe Ruths home runs dorit
travel faster over the fence
than I travel for a package of
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Des Moines Police Holding
Omaha Man, Fremont Girls
Omaha police yesterday received in
formation from Des Moines police
that an Omaha man and two Fre
mont girls are being held in that city
pending an investigation of the car
they had in their possession.
They gave the names of Nellie and
Dot Hubbard, sisters, Fremont,
Neb.; Ray Thompson, Omaha, and
Wiley Pritchard, Des Moines.
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Thoman S'rnnglcr. 54, died at Ms home,
JST2 Weolworth vnu. early Thursday
follow-In a pro'.ng! illness. H ' sur
vived by hi' wife and one daughter.
funeral nervlces will be held Saturday
at S;30 p. m. from the residence. Covert
lodfte. No It. A.. F. A. M. wilt he In
rharice. Interment will be in West Lawn
cemetery.
Funeral services for Cassius M. Cochran,
61, who died July M at his home, 20
Ames avenue, will be held today at 2 P.
m. from the residence. Covert lodge, No
11. A. F. A A. M will he In charge. In
terment will be In West Lawn cemetery.
Milk and Ice Fund
The Bee milk and ice fund, which
closes August 1, stands as follows:
Previously steknowledced $1,031. 3ft
nernlce Shermnn .Tl
ee -vrmter rund" !
Total $1.033..W
Man Shot by Railroad Guard
Is Given $3,000 Damages
Grand Island,' Neb., July 28.
(Special Telegram.) Thomas Hy
land, shot in the hip by Watchman
Highly of the Union Facific, who
brought suit against the company
for $J,000, settled with the company
for that sum, out of court. The
shooting took place eight weeks ago.
Hyland was taken for a hobo. He is
getting along well and it is believed
the use of the limb will eventually be
restored.
Letter Says Non-Legion Men
Have Hard Time in Mexico
In requesting membership in the
American Legion, S. G. Smith, for
mer Omahan now living at Tampico,
Mexico, has written to army officials
in Omaha that "an American in Mex
ico who is not a legionnaire iias little
chance for progress."
Maj. O. H. Sampson of the quar
termaster corps referred Smith's let
ter to H. C. Hough, adjutant of the
legion in Omaha.
414-26 Securities
Building.
Tel. Doug. 5347
Omaha, Neb.
Dr. Bur horn9 s
Chiropractic Health Service
Either you are healthy or you are aick.
There it no middle (round. Every day
Chiropractic is being subjected to new
and severe tests and is not found lacking.
It makes good because the idea back of it
is fundamentally right.
An X-Ray of your spine will show the
exact location of the misplacement that is
producing the pressure upon the nerves
that causes your troubles. -
Adjustments are 12 for $10.00 or 30
for $23.00. Private adjusting rooms. My
Council Bluffs office is located in the Wick
ham Block. Hours, 9 a. m. to 7:30 p. m.
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At Pray's Stores you are certain to
find the exact color or shade in yonv
required size. When in need of hosiery;
think of Pray .... PHOENIX HEAD
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Puring the summer months our stores will
close at 6 p. m. on Saturdays.
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