THE REE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. APRIL 16.
Probe Body Will
Get Testimony
. on Saiiil Pit Deal
All Pfriom Coniitilftl With
Affair Will He SuIn
j pikfiianl SMatt Tour
Will Smrl Totlay.
Lincoln, April 1 WShmUI
The iiicriit( f ih mumiii'rf ap
pointed by ttc lrgil!ute t probe
rc!,ti,e roit n( tut and cuuty
ioalt ) hort lUy, on the f ol
in fonr-iUy irlp into the lU'f at the
inviuiion of iliaiiliH county com
ntiiinnrr, Clurlr II. KppfMoii. enemy nf
Mrrnl aid taui, who dfiUred )
IrrfUy that om Mate nffii'tiil re.
eivH a "lalfofi" in tli purchase
I a tund pit at Ashland ly the utf
for JIH.lKVl, iurd a atatrntrnt v
ing that lie did not hrliee limn;
,lolinon, ma'f engineer, or Yin
.Svyiioii. roitimikiiuiier of public
land) and ImiMinir-, wrre nuiiiy of
receiving any part of the loot he
claimed n obtdiiicil through the
deal.
j Knew of Plana.
"I do lictieve tome official either
In the Mate highway department or
oornc Hate department knew ihe
naif! rontmtplatfd purchasiuir a
sntf pit and tipped (lie fart off lo
land speculator, who got miv tit
grttinir an option on the Ashland
pit.". Kpperon said.
Johnson told the rommittee to
day that if any mrmhrr wasn't iitn
fied he would subpoena every per
son connected with the deal to ap
pear before the" committee Friday,
when it returns from the slate trip.
"It was Dr. (!. K. Londra who
came to me, told me that there were
only a few sand pit left in the stale
and aked me if I believed it
wouldn't be good business to buv
one.' Johnson said. "Then I got
busy and when 1 arrived I found
someone had an option on the land.
However, 1 will get witnesses to
testify the state has more than saved
the price of the pit by forcing gravel
men to sell cheaper and that right
now the state can get as much as if
rot more than we paid for the pit."
. Epperson Not Satisfied.
"Towcver, I know that nothing
that we can do will ever satisfy Mr.
F.pperson."
"No," replied Epperson, "I can't be
satisfied."
The committee decided to suppoena
everyone connected with the ileal.
S. C. Roberts, a rod man in the
state department of public works, and
A. D. Sears, L'hadron .' sub road
contractor, went before the commit
tee and testified that the day follow
ing the appearance of T.. V, llatia.
iUon, an assistant state engineer, be
fore ' the commifteetiHamilton re
turned to Lynch, Neb'.,' where he was
working, and received 'a registered
package which contained field books
numbered 'Troject No'. 20." These
hooks were unwrapped before thcni,
they testified.
Mailed From State.
"I saw Hamilton unwrap them and
mail them out of the state," Roberts
said
. Hamilton appeared before the com
mittee and testified that w hile he was
srpervising work on "i'roject No.
20," Douglas county, he saw the sub
contractor make less excavations than
fiekl i notes called for. When asked
for the field books, Hamilton said he
turned them in to Johnson's office
nnd Johnson said he. couldn't find
them.
The committee leaves at 2 Sunday
afternoon for Hastings, spending the
night there and then goes to "Clay
Center. .
K. C. "Jitney" Ban Held Valid
Kansas City. April 15. A city
ordinance prohibiting the operation
of "Jitneys" Without Che written
consent of SO per cent of the prop
erty owners along the route was de
clared valid bv an order of Circuit
Judge Nelson t. Johnson. The city
today held a permanent injunction
against jitneymen, which suspended
Operations of the latter. A petition
to enjoin the city from enforcing
the ordinance was dismissed. -
Married 60 Years
! Road Conditions
(Fo.ntleh.if hy ihe Omaha Auto Club.)
Lincoln highway, east: Roads fond to
Missouri Valley. Still a llttl rough to
Pannlson. Tourists olnr east beat ship
thalr car from Marshalltonw to Clinton,
M roada art practically impassable.
Lincoln highway, went: Road fair, Vat
lay to Framont: rough at Schuyler; Colum
ella just fairly good: Central city fair;
Grand Island roada fair to good.
O. l. D. highway! Roada good to Lin
coln and weat.
Highland Cutoff: Roada rough,
. Y. A.: 'alr to good.
O Straet road: Good. . .
Omaha-TopeWa highway: Good to atata
lina.
Cornhusker highway I Roada fair to
goad.
Oeorgs Washington highway: Roada
good. ' Thla la the preferable rout to
Sioux City at Ih present time.
Black Hill Trail: Good to Norfolk.
King of Tralla, north: Roada good to
Missouri Valley. Rough north to Sioux
City.
King of Tralla, south: Roada good to
Hiawatha.
Custer Battlefield highway) Roada good
to Missouri Valley; rough north through
Iowa. Fasaabl now in South Dakota.
River to River road: Road work two
mllea out of Council Bluffs. Detour In
juat fair shape. Roads good to De
Maine. T.mst of Dee Moines and Iowa
City reperta roads still bad, but improv
ing with good weather.
White Pol road; Roada. good to Pes
Meinea, with aaceptlen of etreteh to Oa
land. which la under road work. East of
De Molnea roada bad.
, I. O. A. Ihortline: Good.
Blue. Urase road; Good for about TO
mllea.
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UMDIO DEPARTMENT
Use of Electric
! Wire Dangerous
i'rtitif: TowH'dioH May
I Wrnk Hadio Set c St t
J Fire to Houf.
j Novel ideas in radio are hcii'g di
jemered every day. Some lend to
I hamper the clcur tune cuutitii: uver
the ri'iciviiic art, atcitrdiitat U I.
1. I'ranic ci I hicaijtt, an expert on
radio.
I'roh-hly the urt hazard in radio
i the u-e of electric Its lit wire for
aerials, experts say. As far as the
scheme it concerned, it will work
satiafactorily but it does nut meet
with the approval of electric light
companies or tire underwriter, and
tltc temptation to save lahor in the
t'oiiitructioii of an aerial is likely In
cause amateur to experiment with
dangerous roultv
May Ruin Set.
The moat convenient place for
connection of the radio art to the
electric light wire would be in a
light socket; but, the pluc may be
inserted wrongly, that i. the ground
of the radio ict may be attached to
the "hot" aide of the circuit. Then,
Mr. and Mr. Samuel McKie.
I'airbury, N'rh., April IS. (Special.) Mr. and Mi. Samuel McKie
ee'rhratrd thfir Willi wedding anniv erary at their home here.
U. S. Has "Broken
Back" of Famine
Kaer Menage From Amer
ican Relief Head in Russia
Say 8.000,000 Fed.
London, April 15. (Uy A. 1'.)
"America ba broken the back
of the biggest famine in the
world's history." vai the Eas
ter message cnt to America today
by Walter Lyman Jirown, European
director of the American relief ad
ministration. His statement was
based on dispatches just received in
London from the famine districts of
Russia.
"We have not reached the end of
!our troubles." said !!r. Brown, "hut
! have successfully initiated a program
for fcedinii four times as many people
as the American army had in l'rance
at the zenith."
While the feeding of 5,000,000 Rus
sian adult famine sufferers is being
initiated, the number of children
bring fed has reached 2.000,01)0, Mr.
Brown's figures show, and is con
stantly increasing. The child feeding
goal aimed at is 3,000,000, exclusive
of the Ukraine, where a new pro
gram is contemplated. There is no
parallel in history for the task Amer
ica has undertaken in the valley of the
Volga, according to Mr. I'.rown.
Postal Examination.
Washington, April 13 IKpeHal Tele
grain. I The civil eerviro 'oiniiiiain'r
announrea that rvamlnatlona will ho held
on May 13 for presidential posioffiia a I
following plare In Nebraska and sulary
Ihev will receive: rtlue Hill. SI.7W): Kll.
II. into; l.eupllen, 11.700; Nelaon, t'J.10";
Wllrox. ll.l'Ou.
A New Columbia Grafonola
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and for $1.00 down a
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Pleasing terms are arranged
far completing payment. It will
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Sdunolkr&flluellerPiaiioG
JL 5 SJi-
btotiifl Tlit ieiu'1 might not only
mean ruination of the et but prob
ably g bid fue also- In the r nd
pUie. It is again! the Uw it iron,
nert an) thing the rlnnr !';'
wires svithoul the ronaent ! the
power eoinpany,
(luucrrt ly Itatlin
A Wriinghoue R. I, ircrising
art that his been iiiilaltrd on the
imh floor of Orchard Wilhrlm
1'urniture company will transmit a
musical concert tram the air to an
audience beginning at .'0 ihi an
einoon, Monday and Tuesday ail
ernotin. II. II. Ihcw, radiu tupnt,
has attached a Maguavox to the set
ti) amphfv the muic a it roiurs in,
QUESTIONS ANSWEPm
Anyone desiring information
about radio snd its parts may send
their questions to th Radio Editor
of Tht Bee. We-' Ads (or radio
parts or swaps will be run in a
Radio Exchange column at the
utual want ad rat'
follow ing nnx'tl's II ones in wlucn
truiidm'" ' vny trc'l'ienl ll
tlif aerial i t" t grounded it H'igbt
rtc-iliuiiv. 'I Its aerial tu be I'm
jtirted by a bghiiuig awn.li hrt
(ter ft. the tiifie rrei t 4Hiii'i
IUIiC pitMfUft
Listening in
Several hundred Ceniuii-mad
radio receivers lave reached this
country and are in the procos of as
sembling. Have yon protected y ir aerial
from lightning yet? This and the
; nil.l'.r nut pljuJ iui.br tlif
ji.irft!c I jiti i i: lie ui'il
I fiotit an hIiuIi mi -'it rfp dmn
i the tidrs (i the Jj (r M'!'l
Mltrn they are inovril
Farm IIWI Srriuly Hint
Vs'lirn Hritl;:e (inllujiar
1'i.iiah. la. April I.' A bnilae.
ttrakened by tain, tullanard when
I Inirr l.iar, urm luml. emptoxrd
nrr l'igalt, drutr cattle over 'I t
iLy. I.i.ir bad an ec torn out and
he Has i badly injured that be i
lint ekixft'd to live. Light head
ol cattle and the lire which l.i'ar
was riding, were killed in the cl
lapse. I
Attli-digarrt Drive.
Vahingtiii. Apiil 15. The N'a
tional Ami I'tk'aret league will con-,
'uct a "national vlr.ni ln vviik"!
here. April .'.i it va ati-j
liomued today. I'f. U, Mes.
prraidrnt of the oiganiation, in a
statement urgint! nbscrvance of the
program declared "we need a general
clean up of human lives in order to
pet rid of the contaminating refute
from indulgence in bad habits that
delde the blood, lower vital rrit4iicc
.ind undermine moral standards."
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