0
TJIR i:ki.: dm am a. kuiiiai. .uakih a. mv.
Highway Probe
to Be Carried
Into Counties
While $17,500,000 $ptnl
Hoa!, Only Four Couutio
Kept Kcronl A"i"lmt
(t awllaanl mm
Hu.r4 fixeil the lmtion of the Uie
aid rul th wine ronnty l)0rU
!. in all counties kii4 t hr utr itl-
had 10 'Ue lli road where
the board drtiumlrd. Thi wat mi
i. .ue in llif election in when the
south iltle commissioner were etect
ri iiul Johnson declared there
rauliln t he any hrttrr voice than tiut
I of majority of the people in the
i utmly u to uhcrc the road MioiiUI
lie huilt.
"Oh, we cau'l lave- jurisdiction
over auclt a row at that." Represent
ative rred llottmciMer, democrat, a
member of the committee, said.
Epperton Backs Up.
"Mr. l".prrun. our dcalinit are
w ith tlie firot contractor but we keep
pretty cloe tub on how they handle
their subcontract anj our figure
how that (inly 2 per cent of all
t ontraiti awardrd have been sublet
three and four timet. I would like
to ask you if you have any definite
l-nowlrdue of more than that num
her where this ha been done?"
"No." Eppcrion rrplicd.
Kpperson asked Johnson several
ilayi ago to present figure showing
the amount ot cngineerirtR cost of
state road in various countlc and
Johnson presented these figures to
him. Then 1'pperson wanted to
l.now the office expense of John
son's oftice and Johnson is produc
ing these figure.
Johnson asked that the Richard
Man county eng'neer how what his
t.ffice expense, were in 1920.
"Hold on," aid Epperson. "Isn't
that rather rough and impertinent?"
"Isn't it just as much the business
of this committee, tinder directions
K'iven it by the legislature, to probe
loth county and Mate road building
costs to Icarn what a county engi
, neer's office expenses are as it is
to ascertain those of the state en
gineer?" Governor McKelvie asked.
"Yes." Epperson admitted.
Will Explain Third Charge.
A third charge against Johnson
was that he had built a state road
!o it maneuvered the crossing of a
htream twice instead of once.
"That will be explained tomorrow
when figures are compiled in my
office," Johnson said.
Then Johnson spoke of the condi
tions of the county books on road
costs. He said:
Then Epperson snapped at John
son again by saying he had torn up
virgin soil in building the state aid
road in Epperson's county, Clay
"The board of commissioners in
Clay county voted to put the road
where it is at present, and it didn't
go through your town," Johnson
said.
Johnson Endorsed.
Thayer, Custer and Chase county
commissioners wrote letters to the
committee giving strong endorse
in en fs of the state highway system,
and told of how they had co-operated
with excellent results. Chase
county is Iloffmeister's home county.
"Those commissioners haven't
sense enough to write an endorse
ment like that." Hofimeistcr said.
"That was written in the state en
gineer's department."
"Mr. Hoffmeister, if you desire, we
will wire to the commissioners and
see if they wrote it or whether it
was written by Mr. Johnson," the
governor said.
"I don't care," said Hoffmeister.
"Let me sec tjie signatures."
He glanced at the siznatures.
"It's their writing, all right," he
said. "Guess they did fix it up after
all.'
Douglas, Lancaster, Tolk and
Saunders counties were the four
which have complied with the law
and kept records showing how much
is spent on each county road project.
Stuart Resigns.
George Johnson, state engineer,
this morning presented the resigna
tion of Frank M. Stewart, an as
sistant state engineer, who failed to
give a satisafctory explanation of a
$15 expense account alleged to have
been entailed when Carl Shildneck,
a Richardson county official, drove
him in an auto for three days on an
inspection tour in Richardson coun
ty. Stewart paid Shildneck $5 for
his services and put in an expense
account for $17, which was paid.
Testimony was that the receipt
tendered to the state auditor for the
$17 and and signed by Shildneck,
was signed by the latter as a blank
receipt. In his letter to the probe
committee, read by Johnson this
morning, Stewart said in part.
"Inasmuch as Shildneck is work
ing in the office of J. F. Relf, coun
ty engineer, and owes his job to
Relf, and inasmuch as Relf is out
to get the state highway department,
it is utterly impossible for me to
prove the truth relative to this ex
pense account. The truth i is that
during these three days I purchased
Shildneck's meals and paid for the
gas and oil. Relf said he furnished
the gas and oil and his car was used.
It is true his car was used, but it
would have been impossible for him
to furnish the gas and oil, as he was
in Colorado at the time."
Freight Shipments Aie
Increasing at Alliance
Alliance, Neb., March 2. (Spe
. cial.) Freight shipments over the
Alliance division for February show
an increase of 117.000 tons over the
corresponding month 4. year ago. and
a 10 per cent increase over January.
1922. The total tonnage this month
was 816,000 tons as compared with
699,000 tons last year. The Standard
Oil company at Casper, Wye, has
asked division officials for all avail
able tank cars for oil shipments dur
ing March and announces that its
present shipments of a trainload of
tO cars of oil every other day will be
increased probably to daily shipments
I of the same number of cars. All of
these shipments pass through Al
liance en route to Baton Rouge, La.
Omaha Lawyer Fined.
Nebraska City, Neb.. March 2.
(Special.) Ernest Conaway of
Omaha, an attorney, was taken be
fore the county court and fined $10
and costs on the charge of operating
a motor car oa a 1921 lSense,
! Nominated to Be New
Postmaster General
T
HuWf
Vox-!
Dr. Hubert Work to
Be Hays' Successor
U onllniiril t'min I'm Our.)
of the medical profession to hold a
cabinet office.
The promotion ot l)r. Work to a
place in the cabinet comes as a re
sult of the reorganizing ability he
dispayed as lirt assistant postmas
ter general, anil to the fact that he
had the reputation of being "always
on the job," according to friends.
Born in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Work's appointment as post
master general was advocated by
members of the Colorado congres
sional delegation. Many members
of both houses of congress joined in
the request for Dr. Work's promo
tion. He was born at Marion Cen
ter. Pa., July 3. Io0. Following
graduation from the medical school
of the University of Pennsylvania in
1885. Dr. Work began practicing in
Greeley, Colo. After two years he
moved to Fort Morgan. Colo., and
later to Pueblo, where he became a
specialist in mental and nervous
diseases. In 1890 he founded the
Woodcroft hospital for mental and
nervous diseases, of which he is di
rector. His work in the adminis
tration of the hospital attracted na
tional attention among members of
his profession. In 1911 Dr. Work
was elected president of the Amer
ican Medico-Psychological associa
tion and last year was chosen presi
dent of the American Medical asso
ciation. Defeated for Senate.
In addition to his professional du
ties. Dr. Work has been active in
politics since he came to Colorado.
He was delegate-at-large to the re
publican national convention 1908,
republican state chairman from 1912
to 1914, and republican nominee for
United States senator in 1918. when
he was defeated by Charles S.
Thomas, democrat. , The same year
Dr. Work was elected republican na
tional committeeman and served un
til 1920, when he was defeated for reelection.
Dr. Work was a lieutenant colonel
of the medical corps during the
world war.
During the last presidential cam
paign he served in Washington as art
advisor to Will II. Hays, then re
publican national chairman, and when
Hays was appointed postmaster gen
eral Dr. Work was his choice as
first assistant.
Walter L. Sandquist Files
for Senate in Ninth District
Lincoln, March 2. (Special Tele
gram.) Walter L. Sandquist of
Walthill has filed as a republican can
didate for state senator in the Ninth
district. The district comprises Burt,
Thurston, Dakota and Dixon coun
ties. He served two years in' the
lower house of the legislature as a
delegate from Thurston county.
U. S. Army Facing
Further Cut in
Enlisted Forces
Hfiludioii a Ayrt'rtl In ly
Sulu-tuiiinUtrt May Menu
Virtual Aliaiuloimifiit
if (!oat Dffntiif.
i
, H Tl lMtMUt'4 lrrs,
Washington, Mired 2 Krihmiuii
't the army to HS.WM minted
! ktrrrttith. tentatively agreed upon to.
jdy by the house appropriation sub'
committee, would mean r.t actual
eltcctive force ifr the next year, of
littie more than t05.itO nun, it w
I fsid toniKht at the War department.
l ite rmular turnover, due to est
pirini: enlistment, recruit training
and other condition, it va added,
I rt p alxnit I o.i n k men cmtinuouily
tut of the active rnw,
The proposed reduction ulo would
mean a heavy addition! curtailment
f various army activities, it sddrd.
Exhaustive studies nude in the dr.
lartinciit a to the most advisable
course to follow if another sharp
jiut in strength was made, are known
i to have indicated that the coast dc
I fen-.es. except for a few liarnors of
ital importance, must be virtually
i abandoned by the regulars in order
I that the regular establishment might
' be able to continue its primary mis
I sion in training the National guard
ind organized reserve.
j May Use National Guard.
i he coast artillery corps, man
niug the defenses now is composed
of some 14,500 enlisted men. It has
already been suggested to house
committees, however, that if the
regular establishment is to be re
duced, the bulk of the coat defense
work might be transferred to the
National guard or organized reserve.
In the event of a further 20 per
cent reduction in the authorized
strength of the army, as tentatively
fixed upon by the house subcom
mittee, it appeared possible tonight
that only the guns of a few major
harbor defenses such as New York
and San Francisco would be re
tained bv the regular establishment,
the other defenses being left o the
second and third lines of defense in
the new system.
Another activity which might be
subjected to cutting before paring
down of the mobile forces to meet
congressional action was undertaken
probably would be aviation, it was
said. It was regarded as likely that
the flying service also might be
transferred as far as possible, to
the National guard or organized re
serve elements of the new army.
Means Big Cut.
Even by radical reduction of all
auxiliary services, it would not be
possible, officers said, to get the
army down to a 115,000 authorized
strength level without cutting deeply
into the infantry, cavalry and artil
lery and further consolidating train
ing centers. The army has not
completed, as yet, redistribution of
forces necessary because of the vir
tually 50 per cent reduttion in
strength made by' congress last
year.
Camps Lee, Virginia; Jackson,
South Carolina: Dodge, Iowa: Pike,
Arkansas; Grant, Illinois; Upton, j
I iv already Ueu nurked (or VMP'
ping, oat t IM rrductwn, wl.ilfl
4II1J' ItfVrll, AUMChtkrtU; DlX.
Nt iefrv; jjccirnan. AUisanu;
l'uurd. Muliln, art retained only
fur training puipo.r,,
An addiiiotul .M rr rent redwe.
lion, it was said, probably would
mean lurtlit-r roiitraviicn ami 'reran-
;ng of additional potts ami f amps,
Nebraska City Couple
Married 57 Years
! Ncl.M.ka City. Nrh. March 2,
(special,) Mr. and Mrs. James It
( ,.rth" uti. r id nl id tMi city lor
o years, ceirtirated the ?tli anni
versary of their marriatte here at 4
family reunion in which their four
nons and their families and friends
participated.
J. U. Northern! and Miss Katie
Toole were married at St. Joseph,
Mo. March I. and a year Liter
btcatt-d in tins city and lave lived
continuously in the city since, The
husband (or many year was en-kSk-eil
in freighting aeros the plaint
and had tnanv exciting experiences
with the Indians during hit trips
over the daitu. Mr. Northcutt was
horn in r.urhon county. Kcn'uckv,
January 11, W2, and moved with
his parents to northeastern Missou
ri in IS.io. Iterating in lloonc county,
then a wilderness. When the freight,
ing business ceased to be profitable,
Mr. Northcutt engaged in the gro
cery business here, lie later retire!
and a few years ago opired tip a
coal yard which he is no"' conduct
ing. He is active and a .few years
ago had his picture taktn ! r the
movies while limping rop rn his
birthday.
The four s'i'S who were present
at the celebration were: IM North
cutt and W. 'X. Northcutt, Port
land. Ore.: Harry Northcutt. Oma
ha, and Jesse Northcutt of Sapulpa,
Okl.
Wedding Annulment
for Aged Man Sought
Columbus, Neb., March 2. (Spe
cial.) Through his guardian, Peter
Kiting, 80. has brought suit to have
his second marriage, lat November,
annulcd on the ground that he is and
was incompetent. This action is the
culmination of a series of events fol
lowing Mr. Filing's second venture
m wedlock, which was brought
about through the aid of a matn
id on ial agency.
He was married in Council Bluffs
and took his bride to Derfver. Be
fore the honeymoon had worn off,
Mrs. Fhing had a deed for Elting's
valuable farm near Newman Grove
Neb. The children instituted guar
dian proceedings and the court ap
pointed a guardian for Elting.
Aurora Dos Returns Home
After Absence of Year
Aurora, Neb.. March 2. (Special.)
A Boston terrier belonging to Mar
vin Ilockcnbary, which had been
gone for almost a year, has come
home. This dog was stolen nearly
a year ago, mucn to tne distress ot
Mr. Hockenbary's little girls. Mr
Hockenbary saw a familiar dog go
ing down the street and when he
called his name the dog was frantic
in its greetings. The people who had
the dog purchased her in York last
April and they have just moved to
Aurora. The dog is contented to
return home.
Hitchcock Opposes
4-Povcr Pacific Pact
ilMHiaitml I m ri lias)
The dinner reulted in an exceeding
ly profitable rsihauue of ideas bcr
tug cm the issues of the approaching
congressional rotupii;ii, I h e r t
ere no formal speeches, but abnoM
every uh present participated in the
general dicuion.
.Mr. Cox let it be known that be
is tt the service of the party (or
stump kpeaking ditriiiij the comiui;
campaign and received grateful
thanks.
One of the nio.t iiniik.itit thine
shout the dinner was the absence of
two drinoertitie leaders. Siiiator
Underwood of Alabama, and Senator
rotnercne d Ohio, both of whom
ire il'iing their uuihm t aid the
republicans in getting the four
power pact .ratified.
Considering the fact that senator
Underwood is the democratic leader
in the M-uatc and that Senator Pum
erciie is the democratic member of
the senate from lux home state.
their ahicitre was the cause of some
comment. hither it indicated dis
approval of their attitude in the
treaty fight could not be ascertained
It is unucrstooij that there was a
general disposition on the part of
Mr. Cox and his friends to favor a
reservation opening the membership
in the tour-power nact to all nations
who might have interests in the far
east and thus make the treaty a sort
of Pacific league of nations.
.senator Hitchcock told the senate
he had "reluctantly reached the con
elusion that he could not vote for
the ratification of the four-power
treaty unless some changes are made
by amendment or reservation an.t
certain other objections removed.
He charged that the four-power
treaty was "conceived in secrecy,'
while the public attention was en
gaged with the reduction of naval
armament.
Senator Jones of New Mexico said
he could not understand why the
United States was "dragged" into
the four-power treaty and asked
Senator Hitchcock tor enlighten
ment. Senator Hitchcock said the
only reason he had heard advanced
was that it was necessary to abro
gate the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
"In other words," said Senator
Hitchcock, "we go into the alliance
in order to get the British out."
Reports w-ere current today that
Mr. Cox has conferred with former
President Woodrow Wilson,, while
here, but they were later denied. , ;
l)c Villcra Motion Woman Gets Divorce
U) Move Meeting After Thw Allcmptt
. ill I I'll I llli'ifiili","f'', ,t'3"! :" yf3( r,,,,,4,1 u,f
)l Iillr ll II till II !in their fi acre Urm near here,
k Mr. I loniue Sir, 5. lus been
K'snted a divorce (loin Julius Air,
Central City Pioneers
Observe 50th Anniversary
Central City, Neb., March 2.-
(Special.) Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
Johnston celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary at their home
near here. Mr. and .Mrs. Jonnston
were married on February 29 and
have celebrated but 11 anniversaries
in 50 years. They have been resi
dents of Merrick county since 1876
and are 83 and 73, respectively.
An unusual feature of the wedding
was tnat the ondc s motner, wno
is 95, was able to attend and etir
joy the festivities. Mr. Johnston is
an old soldier and is one of the
very few1 veterans in Nebraska to
hold a congressional medal. Six of
their eight children were in at
tendance at the celebration.
Ton l Not 1lv Cold
If you will take Laxative HROMO QL'I-
MNB Tablet wheo you feel the first
symptoms of a Cold coming on. Adv.
57
Right
on the spot
.When tomatoes can't
get to Heinz quickly
enough to preserve
their red -ripe fresh
ness, Heinz goes to the
tomatoes. Where to
matoes grow best you
will find Heinz gardens
and Heinz Tomato
Ketchup kitchens
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Emporium
Dress Sales
Are Already
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See Our Windows
Shop Early.
The
Assortment
of Models
for Women,
Misses and Juniors
in This Lot Are
Wonderful
Hejiuljlicun Leailrr Stvkg
Cliuiijt to Larp-r Hull J?o
PuMic May Atttml Scm
sinus of Oj'iI.
Dublin, March' .,tliy A. I'-'--When
the Dait Ktreann rriiniol its
session this iiioruii'K, Charles Itur
gess, who was niinintrr of deiritr
in the cabinet of Kamoit De Va!cra,
moved thst the (mure meetings be
transferred from University college
to the Man-ion house. Mr. De
Valera seconded the motion. He
added that he wanted the officii;)
reports of the proceeding published,
as the newspaper reports contained
misrepresentations. At Ira-t it was
necessary, he said, to hold the meet
ings where the public could be pre
sent, and see what was done.
Sean Milroy, opposing the motion,
said that partisan crowds disturbini;
the proceedings were not wanted,
William Cosgrove, minister of local j
Kovernmrnt declared the desire for j
publicity expressed by the other was '
a pretense and that DeValera's party J
was in reality afraid of the people,,
who would soon, at an election, let
the anti-treaty faction know n what j
they thought of it. ,
John T. O'Kelly said no parliament j
would have excluded the public, to
which George (Javan Duffy retorted
that no parliament in the world would I
allow itsclt to be interrupted by ;
thousands of people.
The motion to transfer the scscions
to the Mansion house was defeated,
49 to 40, the vote which was on a
roll call, bring cast along party lines.
Judge Vestover Forced
to End Court hy Illness
Alliance, Neb.. March 2. (Spe
cial.) Judge W. H. Wcstovcr of
Rushvillc. who is holding a term
of district court here, was taken ill
following a strenuous day on the
bench and is confined to his room
at a hotel. It was stated that he v
suffering from an attack of lumbago
and a severe cold. He had been
scarcely able to perforin his duties
for several days, but did so in order
to finish the term as quickly as no :
sible. Court was adjourned ponding j
his recovery. His illness is not con-
sidered serious, phvsicians saw j
$23,000 Loss ly Fire on
Farm Near Lexington j
Lexington, March 2. (Special.) j
Fire of unknown origin at the farm I
home of L. J. Stuart burned 56 head
of pure bred white-face cattle that j
Mr. Stuart had ready for sale. About
60 tons of hay, 500 bushels of gnin j
and farm machinery was also de-
stroyed. The loss was about $23,0(X
and partly covered by insurance.
o.l, prominent farmer, on the grounds
of rvtrriiu crmlty, Their family
troiibbs writ- iii-t sit id in the
iiiiirtji when Mrs, Ac hruitgtit di-
i.irTt- M.'ft.iii ti.'tlv i.iiir imnrii lo.
! Her hiib.i!id ldcif a cros (trillion
j and ."ikd fr a divorce, but Judge
V. II. W'ctour iiiied ! kraut
cither one u divorce and tried to cf
feet a re mediation,
l.atrr Mrs. At filed a econd peti'
lion and was awarded separate
iimintrnaiicc of $!" it month. Mic
alleged in both jietition that hrr
htiband had treated her with great
cruelly and had refused to speak to
lur and their lour children, stating I
that he never wanted to sec thriu
au-i'ii.
At a hearing in district court this
week, she was awarded a decree, to
gether with one-half of the farm, and
the com were attached to the de-
fiiid-int, T iwrrid d-iUsditrll
and a son, Ji, be m Allunrr, Aits'
uiher son i I
Mtfsoit tu l.ny (Wiief'Stone
nf Courtlim!! at (MiWIi
Oshko'h. Neb. March ..
cial ) t he grand lodg cl A. I'. UW
A. M. will lay the corner sione ot
Csrdrn comity's new S'Al.OOd court
lioii.f Saturday. Invitations
si-ut i. th .mill v iillicials of other
counties and to Masonic lodges in lU
cf the iieaiby towns, hnice orgsmia
lion of the roiiutv. recoids l"d
tvuntv ofiiiat have been housed in
rented Irani building. This new
builduiK will be the brst permanent
home of the rounty otlicer nt
great deal tii interest Is being shown.
St'ottiililiiff i'irf Trolied.
ScoMsMutT, Neb. March 2.-(Spr
ial Teteer.im ) No column t a wtd
be made by Comity Attorney (iiimm
;.ud State lire Inspector 1-
Hutcher. who have been conducting:
fan investigation vi the origin of the
recent bre in this city, one at a pri
vate home and one in the business
district.
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Unprecedented low prices all
,. this month on used and -
Sample Beds
Full size, well made and, ex
cept for a few marks, they are
aa good as new. Select now,'
as our low prices will quickly
move them off our floors.
Choose at the following
prices:
$3.75 S4.00 S4.S5
S4.65 S4.85 $4.95
$5.50 $6.75 S7.25
$7.95 $8.50
If not convenient to pay now, '
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It Payi to Read Bowcn's
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Howard St., Between 15th and 16th
In Queen
Elizabeth's Days
They wore ruffles and
frilles galore and today,
as of yore, the newest
strap wrist chamoisette
gauntlets have dainty
pleated ruffles about
their tops. They come in
mastic shade only and
are priced $2.25.
Main Floor
Fancy Colors Dot
the Spring Veil
They come in flesh,
white, black, brown and
navy backgrounds, with
dots in blues, greens, tan,
grey, black, red and
brown. Specially priced
for 65c and 85c a yard.
LdiCes
White Goods
Specials
65c, 36 - inch embroid
ered voiles, 50c yd.
65c, 36 -inch checked
Luna lawns, 50c yd.
35c, 36 -inch checked
mulls, 25c yd.
Linen Section
That may take the form
of the daintiest neck
wear imaginable or, in
an equally attractive
manner, be the trimming
of one's newest spring
frock. These Venetian
lace bandings and edges
come in lovely designs
and are priced most
reasonably.
Main Floor
Dainty flesh colored hem
stitched mcssaline camisoles
with ribbon straps are $2.
Others more elaborately)
trimmed are $2.85 and
higher.
Spring Time Vests
for Women
Silk vests are priced
from $1.95 to $6.
Mercerized vests,
round neck and bodice
1 styles, in flesh or white,
from- 85c to $1.40.
Lisle vests are from
65c to $1.
Cotton vests are from
45c to 65c.
New Ginghany
Tissue ginghams JjjrTa de
lightful, array cr spring
colorings and' designs.
The 32-inch Width in all
fast colors, -priced from
50c to 85c tj yard.
32-inch , dress ginghams
choose charming plaids,
checks and plain shades.
Priced 40c and 75c yard.
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Specialty Nut
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Delivered, $8 50 Per Ton
Colorado Coal Lump
Smokeless and Sootiest Rcscroened at the Yards
Per Ton $10-50 Delivered
Genuine
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Per
To
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Radiant Coal
The Best From
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X. $12
Petroleum
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