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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1921.
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Dawes Holds Out
Hope of Future
Cut in Expenses
Director of Budget Says Sales
Of Surplus War Supplies
Will Exceed Estimates
Of Mellon.
Washington, Aug. 6. Hopes of
further reductions in governmental
expenditures during the fiscal year
were held out by Charles G. Dawes,
director of the budget, before the
house ways and means committee.
Mr. Dawes also expressed the be
lief that receipts from sales of sur
plus war supplies will be somewhat
greater than estimated by Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon.
Mr. Dawes was summoned before
the committee to aid in solving the
problem of meeting expenditures
through a revised tax law without
adding any new taxes. The budget
director gave no promise that he
could bring about a sufficient cut
in expenditures to turn the trick, but
he outlined some of the plans in
this direction which he has in mind.
Uses Picturesque Language. ,
The former banker and brigadier
general indulged in some of his pic
turenue language in discussing the
financial situation of the government
and his voice could be heard for a
long distance in the corridors of
the house office building. He made
special request that there should be
no stenographic record of his re
marks, which were in executive ses
sion. Democratic members of the ways
and means committee did not par
ticipate in today's meeting, the re
publicans wishing to get down to
actual consideration of the tax bill.
During the greater part of the day
the republican members considered
various administrative publications of
the confidential committee print of
the revenue bill as proposed by the
Treasury department. Dr. Thomas
S. Adams, tax adviser ot tne treas
ury, explained the provisions. The
committee took tentative action ap
proving most of the administrative
sections in the first SO pages of the
120-page document.
Skip Tax Rates.
The sections relating to tax rates
were skipped for the present, mem
bers of the committee not as yet be
ing prepared to pass upon them.
There is an evident determination to
avoid any new taxes, but the repub
lican leaders want to be a little surer
of their ground before deciding def
initely that the government can get
along without any additional levies
other than an increased corporation
income tax as a substitute for the
excess profits tax.
AmonBr the sections of the pro
rosed tax bill approved by the re
publican members were those relat
ing to the taxation of profits trom
the sale of capital assets and the dc-
- termination of net losses.
The Department of Labor figures
show that the automobile industry
employed 32.2 per cent more in the
month of March than in February.
Obsequ:
les
John Karnath.
Beatrice, Neb. John Karnath, J5, of
this city, who wa employed with the
Sprague ft Nicely Construction company at
Mitchell, Neb, tiled at that place after a
brief illness, and the body will be brought
here for burial. He Is survived by His
mother and a number of brother and
listers,
Mrs. Nannlne Smith.
Beatrice, Neb. Word was received here
from Lincoln announcing the death of
Mrs. Nannlne Smith. 68, which occurred at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. W.
Bryan. She was a sister of B. H. Oden
of thli city and formerly resided here.
Before locating at Lincoln she traveled
In vaudeville for years with her husband,
tourlnj parts ot this country and England
as a harpist. The stage name of the
couple wca Smith and Fuller.
Mr?. Mary Jerman.
West Point, Neb. News has reached the
city of the death of Mrs. Mary Jerman,
82, ot Sponter, and mother of Joseph H.
Jerman, merchant of this city. The body
was brought to West Point and burial was
In Mount Hop cemetery.
Arthur Mack.
West Point, Neb. Arrangements have
1een madp for the funeral services of Ar
thur Mack, the first West Point man to
be killed in action In France. Funeral
will take place Sunday, August 14, at the
court house lawn, and will be conducted
tinder the auspices of the American Le
gion. .
Levi Cover.
Central City, Neb. Levi Cover, pioneer
settler of Merrick county, died at hts home
her following a short Illness. Mr. Cover
came to Central City with his wife In H7,
and was very active In community life.
Mrs. Cover died one year ago.
Frank J. Malchow.
West Point, Neb. The death of Frank
J. Malchow, CO, of this city, occurred
Thursday night at his home, after a long
Illness. Mr. Malchow was the oldest ab
stracter In Cuming county and a member
of one ot thejldest pioneer families of
this section. He Is survived by hi widow
and tour children.
Mrs. Louis Broifleld.
Sioux Falls. S. !., Aug. 6. (Special.)
Relatives of Mrs. Louis Brasfield, a local
fire insurance solicitor, who died in her
apartment as the result of escaping gas,
have taken the body to Unltyville. Mo.,
tor burial. It wa decided by Coroner
Miller not to hold an Inquest, the evl
lonce. It is said, having Indicated that the
Iroman had committed suicide.
Samoel Boyee.
Madison,
Neb., Aug. (.(Special.)
Samuel Boyce died In a Norfolk hospital
rher he had been taking treatment. The
body was taken to Masslna, N. T., for
burial. Boyce wa born in 1834 In New
York state. For the last 15 year h had
resided here. He is survived by two
daughters, Mr. W. E. Taylor of this city
and Jessie T. Boyce, Washington. D. C.
Mrs. Taylor accompanied - the body to
Masslna,
Charlea Leslie.
Belvldere, Neb. Th death her ot
Charlea Leslie, a ploneor of this section,
where he had lived for 42 years, removed
one of the oldest and best known men
of this' county. He had long been Iden
tified with the active affairs of the com
munity. Mrs. Louise Alexander.
Alexandria, Neb. Mrs. Louise Alexan
der, wife of former Secretary of Stat 8.
F. Alexander, died here. She had resid
ed in Alexandria line the early 70'. A
native of Peoria, 111., she moved to Ne
braska In 1870. In November, 1874 she
wa married to S. F. Alexander, who died
In 111, She 1 survived by three daugh
ter and on son.
William Steven.
Tork. York, Neb. Th body ot William
Steven, who died In France, arrived Fri
day evening. Funeral services will b
held In the Baptist church today.
Mrs, K. K. Brows).
Beatrice, Neb. Mr. K. E. Brown,
formerly of thla city, died at Iter home
at Charlton, la. She was th mother of
Mrs. C. W. Miller of Beatrice, and th
body will be brought her for burtaL
Mrs. Jane" Balls,
Beatrice, Neb. Mrs. Jane Sella, T7,
pioneer of DeWItt, died at that place
after a prolonged Illness. She Is sur
vived by two son, her husband having
died -Aye ago.
I ' rats :?
. &ttksh W fit '
Girls' Team Back Row (left to right). Frank
Vanek, instructor; Agnes Vasak, Bessie Trejbal, Marie
Sistek and Caroline Uhler. Front row: Agnes Simaink,
Mane Vanek and Anna Rybacek.
Representative men's and worn
ens' gymnastic teams of the Tel Jed
Sokol have been chosen to partici
pate in the tournament of the na
tional Tel Jed Sokol which will be
held in Chicago August 23 to 29.
Law Dodged in Stock
Sales of 20 Concerns
(Continued from Pace One.)
July 19, 1919, to July 1, 1921. These
figures show the following: '
Stock sales applied for
amounted to $132,350, 838. Of
Total stock granted 89,103,344.96
Total denied or pending 43,647,493.70
Total revocations after '
granting 42,647,493.70
Total stock Issues denied
without official filing and
not listed in above totals 15,202,246.08
Net cost of law enforce
ment to May 1, 192) 22,705.35
Estimated total of , stock
sold under bureau au
thority and now Involved
in bankrupt companies... 422,390.00
Estimated total of stock
old under bureau authori
ty and now Involved in
doubtful companies
896,300.00
In continuing with his statement
of conditions facing and which faced
the bureau, Touvelle explains as fol
lows: V'
"When, after the advent of Gover
nor McKelvie in the state house and
the final creation" of a bureau of se
curities, it was found that numerous
companies which have fallen under
the bureau's ban were operating
under permits issued by the old rail
way commission which in previous
years issued stock selling permits.
These permits extended for a con-
siderab e length of time into the
regime of the bureau of securities
and were uncontrollable by the bu
reau until they applied for a continu
ation of their permits.
"Furthermore, the legislature,
while successful in getting a bureau
of securities created, was not suc
cessful in getting an air tight blue
sky law and the bureau was forced
for two years to work with its hands
tied, so to speak, because the blue
sky law which was in (Operation
was unwieldly. But this year, thanks
to the efforts of the administration,
we have gone further and obtained
a real blue sky law."
Many Held Old Permits.
Following are a few of the compa
nies which were operating and which
continued to operate for sometime
under the bureau of securities, due
to the fact that their permits issued
by the old railway commission con
tinued for a considerable length of
time into 1920:
Stock Issue
Permitted.
Allied Stores company. Omaha.. 100,000
Crow Tire and Rubber com
pany. Omaha t2(,000
Amorlcan Bank Building com
pany, Omaha 2,000,000
Brlcston Manufacturing com-
pany, Omaha 500,000
Central Steel and Lock Nut
corporation. Omaaa 2,500,000
Douglas Motors company, Omaha 900,000
Farmers Investment company,
Lincoln 600,000
N. P. Chemioal company, Wy-
more (5,000
Hlgglns Packing company,
Omaha 2,000,000
Huffman Bros. Motor company,
Elkhart 200,000
Intermountaln Lumber company 200,000
Johnson Fuel company 60,000
Kansas-Oklahoma Construction
Oil company 50,000
Loup Valley Packing company.. 100,000
Lord Lister Hospital company,
Omaha 400,000
Midland Packing company, Sioux
City, la 1,000,000
Nature Product Refining com
pany, Denver (0,000
Overland Tire and Rubber com
pany, Omaha 1,700,000
Red River Petroleum company.. 10,001
Skinner Packing company,
Omaha 1.000.000
Terminal Oraln corporation, Sioux
City 760,000
Western Terminal Elevator com
pany, Sioux City 1,000,000
Since the bureau of securities has
been in existence it has denied or
dismissed applications of 136 stock
selling schemes.
Hymenal
Table Rock. Neb.. Aug. t. (Special.)
Mis Rena E. Rlnn ot Stelnauer and Wil
liam Wen of St. Joseph, Mo., were mar
ried at the Evangelical church near
Stelnauer, Rev. H. Krueger, pastor of the
bride, officiating. Th bride is a regis
tered nurse in the state of Missouri and
has been practicing for some time. The
groom is a son of A. Wens of St. Joseph
and 1 connected with a large furniture
house In that city. Following the cere
mony they left for a trip through Colo
rado. Johnson-Kelson.
Central City. - Neb. Miss- Amanda Nel
son and Robert W. Johnson were married
at the home of the bride' parent In the
eastern pari 01 tnu city.
The present population of Braiil is
one-fourth that of the United States.
Tel Jed Sokol Teams
The members of the two teams
have been selected by Frank Venek,
instructor of the local organization.
The members of the gymnastic
girls' team are: Agnes Simaink,
Marie Vanek, Anna Rybacek, Agnes
Library Board
Tangle Does Not
Affect Omaha
Membership Remains at Five,
Although Others Increased,
Because of Commission
Plan, Says TePoel.
The legal question which has been
raised by Dr. H. B. Lowrey of the
Lincoln public library board anent
the public library board of the cap
ital city in particular 'and other
boards of the state in general, does
rot affect the one in Omaha, ac
cording to L. J. TePoel, city attor
ney. Attorney TePoel has been a mem
ber of the Omaha public library
board for years, and is fully con
versant with the laws governing
this administrative body.
Dr. Lowrey's point is that the
state statute, which limits the num
ber of members on a library board
to five, also requires that five mem
bers be present if business is trans
acted. Under a strict application of
the law, it is stated that, no library
board can transact any business un
less all five members are present
The Lincoln board has recommend
ed to the city council that the num
ber be increased to nine, the quorunt
to be fixed at five. '
The Omaha public library board,
however, has been operating for the
last nine years under the commis
sion plan of city government. The
board here only certifies expendi
tures to the city comptroller, having
no authority to issue warrtnts. The
Omaha city council has power to
abolish the library boavd, increase
or decrease its membership or other
wise modify the administration of
the public library.
Pioneer Judge Celebrates ,
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 6. (Spe
cial.) Judge L. W. Colby of the
district court celebrated his 75th
birthday anniversary at his home
here Friday, and in the evening the
members of the Gage County Bar
association were -entertained by
Judge and Mrs. Colby. The judge
is a pioneer member of the bar.
John' A. Cowan, . organizer and
president of the Kansas City (Mo.)
Conservatory of Music, constructed
an extra top to his "touring camp
car" which, when taken off and re
versed, serves as a boat for fishing,
or carrying the automobile across
streams.
Caruso, world's greatest tenor, who
recently passed' away, pays the fol
lowing tribute to the
Hardman Piano
Caruso writes:
"The Hardman it the only
piano I have used in my
apartment in NewYork. I
also have one in my home
in Florence, Italy. The
Hardman is my favorite."
Here, indeed, is per
fect praise!
MODERATELY M1CKD
CONVKNIINT TERMS
SclMioller & Mueller
JSKM? Piano Co. sfr
Exclusive lUprMtmtatlvea
Picked
Men's Team (left to right). Frank Vanek, instruc
tor; Victor Vasak, Joe Holasek, Anton Tondl, John
Hess, James Vanek, John Kolacny and Bohus
Pestal.
Vasak, Bessie Trejbal, Marie Sistek
and Caroline Uhler.
Members of the mens' team are:
Victor Vasek, Joe Holasek, Anton
Tondl, John Hess, James Vanek,
John Kolacny and Bohus Pestal.
1,080 State Vets
To Attend Reunion
Former Members of 88th
Division Will Entertain
Here For Des Moines.
More than 1,000 Nebraska veterans
of the 88th division are expected to
board special trains in Omaha on
August 25 to leave for the first re
union of the division, to be held in
Des Moines, August 26 to 28.
Announcement of reservations for
the special trains was made today
by Maj. Anan Raymond and Lieut.
J. F. McDermott, who are in gen
eral charge of rounding np the Ne
braska veterans for the reunion. The
service men will include representa
tives of practically every organization
which trained at Camp Dodge during
the war. The trains will arrive in
Des Moines early in the morning of
August 26, m time for the opening
of the reunion activities.
The chief items on the three-day
program tor the veterans are:
Regimental dinners aim meetings;
formation of a permanent division
association, automobile tours of
Camp Dodge, motion pictures of the
division in service at home and over
seas, a division review, probably by
General rershing; auto ana horse
races, Kuth Law s flying circus, i
hippodrome acts, eight bands.
The veterans will be housed tree
of charge in a big tent city erected
at the state fair grounds in Ues
Moines. They have been asked to
take along their uniforms for the re
view and other activities.
Old Settlers Elect
Broken Bow, Neb., Aug. 6.
(Special.) At the picnic held at
Marna by the old settlers of the
northwest quarter of Custer county
the following officers were elected:
James Lindley, president; W. E.
White, Mrs. Chal Empfield and B.
C Browning, vice presidents; E. B.
Daley, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. G.
C. Moore, historian.
Columbus Chautauqua
Columbus, Neb., Aug. 6. (Spe
cial.) Columbus will have another
chautauqua next year. This was as
sured when Superintendent Kendall
of the Standard system succeeded m
bringing the advance sale of season
tickets up to $778, thereby meeting
the condition under which the Cham
ber of , Commerce had agreed to
sponsor a chautauqua for next sum
mer. Use Bee want ads speedy results.
Bluffs Pioneer
Kicked to Death
In Son's Barn
Aged Man Rushed to Hospita
When Found With Hoof
Marks on Head at Door
Of Stable.
Charles Huber. 62. pioneer of
Council Bluffs, was kicked to death
by his horse in the stables behind
his son's butcher shop, 112 East
Broadway, Council Bluffs, yesterday
morning, according to police.
He died in Mercy hospital at 6
a. m., two hours after he was found
with his head battered and hoof-
marked, just outside his barn.
About 10:30 Friday night a woman
called Bluffs police and told ex
citedly that thieves were trying" to
steal a harness in the Huber stables.
Police made a hurry call and found
Huber in the barn with the horses.
He refused to go home and repulsed
advices of his son, Carl, whom po
lice called.
Left in Barn.
The officers and son departed,
leavinsr him in the barn.
At 4 a. m. neighbors heard screams
for help and again summoned police,
who found nothing as they searched
up and down the alley, but, returning,
thev saw Huber lying unconscious
outside the barn. They rushed him to
Mercv hosmtal. where he died at 6.
Police at first leared murder, Dut
investigation showed hoof prints on
his head and clots of blood and mat
ted hair in the stall behind the
horses. An inquest probably will be
held, althouuh police are satisfied he
came to his death at the feet of the
horse.
Built Sewer System.
Mr.Huber came to Council Bluffs
in the earlv 80's. He assisted in the
construction of the water works on
West Broadway and obtained the
contract for the buildincr of the sewer
system which now operites beneath
Broadway.
He was elected city councilman
from the First ward in 1899 and
served two terms. He was a butcher
and built up an extensive busi
ness from which he retired about
five years ago, relinquishing manage-
Pebble Crepe and Marvette
Two New Fall Fabrics
Pebble crepe is shown in
silk, as well as a combina
tion of silk and wool. A
quality suitable for tai
lored wear and dresses. A
material that adapts it
self perfectly to the fash
ions of the coming season.
Black, navy, mole, beaver,
brown and taupe. 40
inch, $3.50 and $4.95 a
yard.
The superior quality of all
Thompson-Belden materials as
well as their reasonable prices is
assurance of complete satisfaction
Velvet Hats
A charming witchery of style char
acterizes these velvet hats of Paon,
panne, silk and Lyons fabrics an
all inclusive variety.
The Price $15
Millinery Fourth Floor
New Slippers for Fall
An attractive one-strap
pump of black buck,
with turn soles and
Louis heels is $11.
-Brown buck pumps with
ankle "straps, turn soles
and Louis heels, $11.
Another is of dark
Expertly Fitted
Becomes Manager of
Browning-King Store
Harry H. Abbott.
Harry H. Abbott, formerly with
the Burgess-Nash store as buyer
and manager in the men's clothing
department, has accepted the post
tion of manager of the Browning'
King clothing store.
Jar. Abbott was associated for
years with Mciss & Co., of Boston,
Bridgeport and New Haven, Conn.
ment of the business to his son,
Carl.
Mr. Huber was born in Pennsyl
vania and left home to seek his for
tune the very day he became 21.
His travels led him into the lum
ber camps of Wisconsin, whence he
came to Council Bluffs.
He is survived by his widow, one
daughter, Mrs. Frank J. Ainsworth
and hu son, Carl.
He was an extensive property
owner in Council Bluffs and Potta
wattamie county.'
Complete New Highway
Columbus, Neb., Aug. 6. (Spe
cial.) Laying of the three miles of
concrete surface on the Lincoln
highway near Columbus was com
pleted by the Allied contractors.
Though the freshly-laid cement will
not be open to traffic for another
week, in the meantime the detour
is still being used and a temporary
approach has been provided to the
south end of the Loup river bridge.
The vital statistics are published
on the want ad page.
Marvette is a coating ;
A distinctive diagonal
weave. Warm, but not
uncomfortably heavy.
Marvette is shown in
black, brown, mole and
Hague blue.
It is well to select mate
rials early and to plan
your new clothes before
dressmakers become
rushed.
Fabrics South Aisle Main Flooff
brown satin . with a
single strap over the in
step, hand-turn soles
1 and Louis heels, for $11.
Shapely lasts and finest
workmanship are char
acteristic of the foot
wear fashions of the
new season.
McKelvie Still
Stands Pat on
School Reserve
Governor Insists That Univer
sity Regents Set Aside 10
Per Cent of Certain Ap
propriations Quarterly.
Lincoln, Aug. 6. (Special.) Gov.
S. R. McKelvie today refused to
weaken to the insistent demands of
the State university regents that
they be given a special dispensation
fiom the new law, which calls for
setting aside 10 per cent of certain
appropriations for a reserve fund,
and in a letter today to P. L. Hall
of Lincoln, chairman of the board.
informed him that on the first quar
terly estimate of expenditures for
the university $49,623.50 must be set
aside.
This includes the following items
with the amount of the quarterly ap
propriations asked for by the board
and the amount which the governor
has sanctioned and from which he
has deducted the 10 per cent:
Amount Amount
Asked Sanct'cd
For all expenditure for
educational purposes. .1463,710
1117,375
14,962
4,936
900
1,437
For agricultural extension 16,(25
For conservation and soil
survey 8,485
For checking land sales 1,000
For establishing and
maintaining trade school 9, 375
Some Exceptions.
The governor at the same time an
nounced that appropriations , for
the following need not come under
the 10 per cent reserve head: Nur
ses Home, Omaha; Memorial gym
nasium, university cash fund, univer
sity endowment income, agricultural
mechanical arts, Smith-Lever fund.
agricultural experiment station,
building sewer. .
that the governor and the Board
of regents are at "loggerheads" over
the attempt of the governor to check
their expenditures for the purpose of
establishing a reserve fund was in
dicated in the letter written to Hall
by the governor.
it was evident that the governor
deplored the condition existing and
is -willing to ao every tning
possible to. smooth out matters and
at the same time follow the letter of
the new 10 per cent reserve fund
law. He said in the letter: i
"Rcognizing the friendly relations
For Autumn
?
What Will Paris Wear?
-Is the choker collar coming back?
Will sleeves be long or short?
What length for skirts? -
Where will the waist line be?
nphe new
A bring forth a new
silhouette. To know
now in advance what
it will be and more, the
smartest colors, the most fav
ored fabrics, the unusual
touches of detail and adorn
ment, you need only come
here and see the new modes
arriving daily from New York.
that exist between your honorable
body and this office, I assume that
it will be quite agreeable to you to
have further conferences upon this
subject, looking toward an amicable
solution of the questions involved. I
wish, therefore, to suggest a confer
ence in my office on the evening of
August 15."
Hall Diftnlrastcl
V ,
Hall,' when interviewed today, in
dicated plainly that the governor's
action didn't "sit well" with hiiu.
Hall said:
"I feel that we have as many con
stitutional rights as the governor
and, if necessary, can go to court to
establish them. This action cripples
us, especially in our. salaries, as we
have raised the salaries of some of
our best men in order to keep them
and at this time cannot see how we
can keep our pledges to them with
the 10 per cent reserve tacked onto
our salary appropriations.
"However, we are in hopes that
our next, conference will end in a
compromise."
Hall was voluble in saying that
the regents wished to practice econ
omy, but at the same time did not
wish to interfere with efficiency.
Hall is one of the leading democrats
of the state and at one time was
head of the state banking board.
Other members of the state board
of regents are: John R. Webster,
Frank Judson, William L. Bates,
George Seymour and H. D. Lantfis.
Search for Missing
Chicago Bank Head
Shifts to Porto Rico
Chicago, Aug. 6. The search for
Warren C. Spurgin, missing presi
dent of the defunct Michigan. Ave
nue Trust company, who is being
sought in connection with a $1,000,-
000 shortage in the bank's accounts.
was directed from Mexico to Porto
Rico today, following receipt of : a
message from the police of San
Juan, Porto Rico, asking for a de
scription of him.
Meanwhile a federal warrant for
Spurgin, charging violation of the
prohibition statutes, ' was issued,
based on the discovery of liquor
valued at more than $10,000 in Spur
gin's private vault in the bank.
Telegrams were dispatched to fed
eral authorities at El Paso, asking
that steps be taken immediately for
the apprehension of the missing
banker. He has been reported near
Chihuahua City, Mexico.
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