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Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10
HOUSE PASSES ONE
BILL CARRYING COIN
After Killing Car Shortage
Appropriation, Backs Up
and Passes It,
TO CLOSE BARBER SHOPS

Lincoln, Feb. 9.-(Special. )-lf any
body wants to kill bill in the lower
house all that is necessary is to tack
an appropriation Of few dollars to
it and goodby bill. The graveyard
for il.
Calling loud and long for investiga-
ton Of the car shortage, when it came
to paying for the investigation put
on by the railway commission, cost
ing about $l,5OO, the house sat down
on the bill. After discovering that
such action was inconsistent they
brought the mater up again and passed
it through with the emergency clause
knocked out.
No Sunday Shaves.
4 "barbarous" condition will not
continue in the towns OF Nebraska if
House Roll No. POS, passed this
morning by the house by vote Of
20 to p becomes a law Under the
law no barber shops may run on Sun
udNs OlllCI DliIS WlIiNl WSHl
on third reading are:
f. R. 2i-Transferring Logan county
from Thirteenth to Twelfth judicial district.
and Arthur county from Thirteenth to
Seventeenth
H. r. es-Forbdding physicians to split
fees and relieving person who receives an
Illegal fec from penalty as an aid to con-
victions.
H. i. fo5-To revoke licenses of itinerant
physicians.
II. 4. 1oS-County clerks TO keep record
of births and deaths
II. r. 1t3-Permtttiug applicants for
teachers, certificates to be re-cXamined
without paying another fee.
H. r. 140-Authorizing irrigation districts
to cooperate with federal reclamation
service.
H.. r. 2S--Tor return of uncarned salary
In case OF death, removal or resignation
of a public official.
H. K. 26-Permitting wire service com
panies TO erect towers on public highways.
H. +. 51-Forbidding and penallzing con-
struction Of electric transmission lines out
side of cities, until permission of the rail-
way commission has been obtained.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10
SOPHOMORES.
Former Pueblo Man Is
Killed on H0uSatoniC

Pueblo, Feb. 9.-Irving Reed, Span
ish-American war veteran and former
member of the Pueblo fire depart
ment, lost his life in the sinking OF
the American steamship Houstanoic
off the Scilly Isles Saturday, accord
ing to word received here today from
Harry Gleason, captain of the port at
Newport News, in letter to a local
man
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10

suits this coming season, according
to styles set here to today by the
fashions committee of the Intcrna-
tional Custom Cutters association.
: The cutters say trousers will be
wider, vests will be cut low and will
lie tight at the waist line, and browns
will be the prevailing shade for spring
clothes. They also indicated that the
Norfolk jacket again will be popular
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
tn Success
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10

ltwss explained that, although there
was surplus OF silver in the United
States, the price is influenced by firm
foreign demand and the difficulty in
exporting the metal
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10
State Senate Adjourns
Its Sessions Till Monda\

(F>rom STAFF Correspondent)
Lincoln, Feb. 9.-(Special Tele-
gram. 1.-The senate has adjourned
until Monday. Very little business
was transacted today.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10
Longer Coats, With Wider
Trousers for Men, the Style

Columbus, O., Feb. S,-Coats will
be much longer, shoulders will be
wider with no padding, and coats will
be high at the waist line in mems
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10

munity and the bride is a graduate OF the
Grotna High school
Miss Emma Schnack, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Marcus Schuack. was married TO
Charlie Schneider Tuesday afternoon. Rev,
Schmitt of the Lutheran, church of!iciated,
The young couple will live on Il farm near
here,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10
Freshmen Girls Fight
SophomoreS to Tie Game

In the third game of the Omaha
university girls floor tournament the
freshmen girls held the sophomores
to score of to a. The teams will
each be credited with a game. The
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10
Elkiiorn.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kroeger were Omaha
visitors Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. James Rhea are visiting the
c. T. Peterson family.
Mrs. J. N. Wyatt entertained the Ladies'
Kensington Thursday
J. N Wyatt went to the western part Of
the state Thursday on business.
Mrs. David Bell of Herman, Neb., visited
Thursday with her sister, Mrs. ]. G. Seefus.
Mrs. Subben and daughter, Miss Maymc
left Tuesday for California to join the
formers brother, Henry Kreymborg and
family.
Henry Meyers and carpenters started work
on the August Paasch house this week The
Passch family moved Saturday to tho
former Ora Hollester farm.
The friends Of Eugene Late gave asurpris-
farewell party for him Thursday evening.
He expects TO leave soon to take a station
as operator John Mslek will take his
place here in the depot
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10
Irvington.

Mr.. and Mrs Nels Rasmussen visited their
son at Bennington Monday
The Ladies' Aid society met at the Gus
Sundell home for dinner Wednesday.
Alfred Williams and Miss Minnie Diem
were united In marriage at o'clock We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watchlor and Mr.. and Mrs
Turner and Mrs. Fern Turner visited at
the Vestai home Tuesday
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10
Valley.

Mrs. Lawrence Cey Is enjoying Il visit
from her mother, of Logan. Ia.
Miss Maude Oliver left Tuesday evening
TO join her parents at Bull Idaho.
W. Il. Weekly is spending some time at
home under the care of a physician.
No new cases OF scarlet fever have de-
veloped and all are getting along nicely,
Miss Mayme Opdlke OF Ely, New, arrived
Tuesday for visit with Mrs Charles Webb
Miss Genavieve Sullivan who was takcn
to Omaha Saturday and had an operation
for appendicitis, is dons very nicely.
Superin tendent ". A. Sans was released
from quarantine for scarlet fever Wedncs-
day and resumed his school work Thurs
day.
The Young Peoples Society Of Christian
Endeavor Of the Presbyterian church hd1d
the monthly business and social meeting at
the home of Mrs. Anna Ingram Monday eve
ming
The Methodist Ladies' Aid held the
monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs w. f. Weekly. Mrs, Butcher ami Mrs
NJ. IL. Garrison assisted Mrs. Weekly in
serving lunch
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-10


Wallace Philpot shipped a car Of mixed
stock 10 Omaha Tuesday.
Tottencc Fleming and j. NJ, Ranney were
on the Omaha market with car OF hogs
Tuesday
Miss Grace Teegardep returned to hrr
position in Lincoln department store after
a months vacation AT home.
Mrs, II. &. Wnlcott was II PiGttsmnuth
visitor Wednesday. She is planning trip
TO California the fore part of March
Mrs. A. f. Tierney has returned from
Broken Bow, where she spent two weeks
visiting her parents, Mr.. ard Mrs. Fodvr,
j. H. Iiencger and sons, Albert and Tom,
and Lawrence Wise, went to Lincoln We'd
nesday to attend the thrcshers convention
and banquet
Mr.. and Mrs. Crew and little daughter
left Wednesday evening for Utica TO visit
at the home of Mr.. Crews sister, Mrs
Clyde Jenkins
Mr., and Mrs. L. V. Sloan. of Lincoln, arc
the parents of a baby girl born February
Z at the home of Mrs. Sloan's parents Mr..
and Mrs, James GeNamec. of this city.
WIN Station. who drives Large truck,
narrowly escaped bad accident NJ the
railway crossing In town Friday, When his
auto was struck by an engine switching In
the yards The auto was only slightly dam.
aged and Station was entirely unhurt,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
HARDWICK OFFERS
PROHIBITION BILL
Would Prohibit Interstate Shipments
of Intoxicating Liquors and Put
Violators in Penitentiary.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Senator
Thomas w. Hardwick introduced in
the senate today the first prohibition
measure he has ever championed.
1t is identical with the measure
introduced several weeks ago in the
house by Representative William
Schley Howard, which forbids inter
state shipments of intoxicating liq-
uors under heavy penalties.
The bill applies to both buyers and
sellers of liquors, to the consignor
and consignee The penalties run
from $50 to $500 for the first of
tense and from 500 to 1000 for
a second offense.
A third offense makes the individ-
ual or responsible officer of a corpo-
ration liable as for felony and pun
ishable by fine of not more than
$4,000 or Imprisonment for five
years, either or both. The bill
caused a good deal of discussion
among Georgians here, as Senator
Hardwick as late as last July de-
clared himself unequivocally against
state and national prohibition meas
ures and in favor of county local
option.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
WASHINGTON WILL NOW
GET HER DRAM IN JUGS
MEASURE TO ABOLISH SALOONS
IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
PASSES SENATE.

The bill to abolish saloons in
Washington has passed the senate
and now goes to the house, where
its friends claim it is assured of pas
sage. The vote in the senate was SIS
to 80.
While the measure prohibits the
sale of liquor in the District of Co.
lumbia, it permits unlimited impor-
tation for personal use. An amend
ment which would have submitted
the proposal to a referendum of cit
liens of the district was defeated Just
before passage by a tie vote, 43 to 43.
The greatest crowd of recent years
packed the senate galleries for the
debate and vote on the bill.
On the passage of the bill % DEM
ocrats and 27 Republicans voted for
it, while % Democrats and 10 Re-
publicans voted against it.
Georgie's Senators Divided.
Georgia's two senator's divided an
the question. Senator Smith opposed
a referendum vote of the district and
voted for a dry" district. While
Senator Hardwick favored referen-
dun vote of the white citizens and
opposed the dry bill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
FARM loan BANKS
SOON TO Be OPENED
FIRST WORK AFTER APPROVING
MORTGAGES WILL BE THE
ISSUANCE OF BONDS.

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The
twelve federal farm loan banks. To-
cation of which was announced by
the farm loan board few days ago.
will be established as soon as prac-
ticable. The banks will be located in
Springfield, Mass; Baltimore, Nd. ;
Columbia, S. c.; Louisville. KY:
New Orleans, La; st. Louis, Mo-; St.
Paul, Mimi; Omaha, Neb.; Wichita,
Kan; Houston, Tex; Berkeley, Cal,
and Spokane, Wash.
Under the law each bank will have
a capital of S750,000. Applications
for loans have been pouring into the
board in great volume recently and it
is estimated that a sum more than
twenty times the combined capital
stock could be used in making loans.
Almost the first work of the banks
after approving and issuing loans
will be the issuance of farm loan
bonds, new form of security in this
country. The bonds will be issued
In denominations as small as $25, it
IS expected, and will bear interest at
l per cent less than the interest rate
charged farmers on their loans. What
this interest rate will be has not
been decided. 1t is limited by law
to 3 per cent. The expectation is
that it will not exceed 51a per cent
as first and later may be lowered.
Loans on farm land are limited
by the law to so per cent of the value
of the land and may be payable in
from five to forty years. AS fast as
loans are made bonds will be issued
to cover them, so that at no time I'M
der the present plan will a banks
entire capital be tied up in loans to
the detriment of other applicants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
LABOR OPPOSED TO
THE STRIKE Mt Assure
WILL FIGHT LEGISLATION PRO-
POSED BY THE PRESIDENT.
AGAINST CONFUSION.

Spokesman of organized labor
voiced violent opposition to President
Wilson's proposed strike legislation
before the senate interstate COM
merce committee, which began hear
ings on the measures this week.
Representatives of the railroads
appeared and Endorsed the plan,
which would supplement- the Adam
son law and include a provision for
preventing the strikes, pending in
vestigation of labor disputes.
Administration plans to rush the
bills through the committee struck
a snag at the very beginning through
the opposition of several Republican
members of the committee, who de-
manded that greater time be allowed
for threshing out the views of the
various sides.
The American Federation of Labor
will oppose bills which carry "com-
pulsion of any character" announced
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
organization. The big four
railroad brotherhoods, through P. ].
Mcnamara, served notice that these
bodies also are against the proposed
legislation.
On behalf of the railroads, former
Senator Faulkner of West Virginia
stated that the railroads did not op-
pose the principles involved in the
presidents recommendations, but re.
served the right to make suggestions
as to the form Of the bills at a later
time
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
MANY BLACKS ARE NOW
DYING IN THE NORTH
NEGRO LABORERS FROM SOUTH
UNABLE TO STAND COLD
WEATHER-NO WORK DURING
THE COLD WEATHER.

Unable to stand the hardships and
cold of Northern winter, hundreds
of negroes from Georgia, Florida,
Alabama and other Southern states
are filling the hospitals of Eastern
cities, victims of pneumonia. Many
have died of this and other diseases
and scores of others are eager to re-
turn to their former jobs in the
South, which they left in quest for
higher wages and better working
conditions.
So serious has become the prob
lem of looking after these unfortu-
mates from the South that the asso-
slated charities in some cities have
organized special divisions for caring
for these victims of the "bucket of
gold at the end of the rainbow" leg
end repeated by employment agents
who secured the South for workers.
Now the North is frozen for the Win
ter and there is little or no work for
the negroes.
Newark, N. j., Cited as Typical.
The condition that prevails in New
ark, N. j., is cited as typical of the
condition in the North. Miss Helen
b. Pendleton, secretary of the chart
ties of that place, has reported to the
charities in Atlanta, Ca, that 10 ne
groes are dying in the hospital.
Special quarters have been assign
ed the negroes at Newark. They have
been housed in children's aid build
ing in that city until such time as re-
lief in the way of transportation back
to the fields of the Southland can be
procured. Assisting the work of the
charities and the special committees
are delegations from several churches
and civic organizations.
According to Miss Pendleton's let
ter more negroes came to Newark
than went to other cities of that sec.
ton. This, she says, is due to the
work of a white man employed by &
fertilizer company, offering unhearC
of amounts as wages, secured the
South, especially Georgia, in his
work. Miss Pendleton bases her state
ment on the stories told her by the
families which apply to her organi
cation for help.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
VETS ARE DEALT
BLOW BY COURT
Liquor Cannot Be Shipped Into State
Having a Law Against 1t, De-
cides Supreme Court.

In the most sweeping of all de-
cisions unfolding prohibition laws,
the supreme court has just upheld as
constitutional and valid the Webb
Kenyon law prohibiting shipments of
liquor from "wet" to "dry" states.
1t also sustained West Virginias re-
cent amendment to her law prohib-
iting importation in interstate COM
merce of liquor for personal use.
After having been vetoed by Pres
ident Taft, who held it unconstitu-
tional and having been repassed by
congress over his veto, the law was
sustained by the supreme court by a
vote of z to 2.
Justice White Announces Decision.
Chief Justice White announced the
majority opinion to which Justice
Holmes and Vandevanter dissented.
Justice McReynolds, while agreeing
with the majority decision, did not
concur in the opinion.
1t decided that by virtue of the
Webb-Kenyon law there is no power
to ship intoxicants from one state
into another in violation of the pro-
hibitions of the law of the state into
which the liquor is shipped. In other
words, it is decided that since the
enactment Of the Webb-Kenyon law
the channels of interstate commerce
may not be used to convey liquor into
a state against the prohibition of its
laws or to use interstate commerce
as the basis for right to receive,
possess, sell or in any manner use
liquor contrary to the state prohibi-
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16

OF the workers is modern, sanitary
and comfortable. The men sleep, do
their office work and eat their morn
ing and evening meals on the car.
They take their noon lunches with
them when they start out on the
days work.
A high class of experts is employ
ed. The field man must give the ex-
act location of each article of rail
road property so accurately that one
might go out and find it in the dark,
and he must describe it so accurately
that the estimate of value put upon
it can never be reversed. Each work
er gets his place through the civil
service. The examinations are rigid
covering wide range of subjects,
and only men of the highest charac-
ter are chosen. Each applicant must
give the names of five men as refer
ences. The civil board writes to each
of the five, and if only one of them
speaks unfavorably the applicant is
rejected. The yearly pay is from
$720 to $4,000, according to the kind
of work to be done. An expert field
man gets from $1,000 to $4,000 a
year.
Office Men Fix Valuation.
The men who go over the railroad
properties, surveying them, do not
make the estimates of value. They
simply examine each piece of proper
ty and in daily report tell of it's
existence and condition. Then the
valuation is fixed by Office experts.
The enormity of the whole task
is appalling. 1t can be appreciated
only by going into details and giving
figures. There are in this country
over $4,000 miles of railroad in
operation, of which $500 miles are
single track. In all of Europe there
are only 100000 miles of single
track, and in Europe and Asia COM
bined only 100000 miles. There are
100000 miles in the whole world, so
that nearly half of all the railway
trackage on the globe is in the United
States.
To haul the trains of America, CO.,
600 locomotives are required. There
are 100000 cars of all kinds, and
100000 men are on the payrolls
of the railroads of this country. The
wages paid in year are S1,210,000,-
600. About 1,000,000,0O0 passen-
gers pay $1,000, 100000 yearly to the
railroads for transportation. The
income from freight and express
amounts to about $4,000, 100000 a
year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
|. VI. N. ARE MARCHING
ON BIG LUMBER MILLS
MOB MASSES TO WELD TORCH.
FEAR BAD TROUBLE AND MI
LITIA MAY BE CALLED OUT
FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

DULUTH, Minn.-Five hundred
Industrial Workers of the World, act
ing on orders from their headquar-
ters at Virginia to gather there on a
Campaign of destruction" of some
of the largest lumber mills in the
world, are moving through the will
derness toward Virginia after hav-
ing assimilated or dispersed 700
woodsmen employed in five camps of
the International Falls Lumber Com
pany at Gemmell, MINI.
So far no bloodshed has been re-
ported, but there are fears of real
trouble when the "army" reaches
Virginia, where the plants of the In
ternational Lumber Company are 10
Gated.
E. w. Backus of the International
Company called on Governor Burn
lquet at st. Paul to ask for help. The
militia, it is understood, may be call
ed out.
1t is understood preparations are
being made at Virginia to protect
the plants of the lumber company,
where 5000 men are employed.
Revive Recent Activities.
This is the first notable activity
of the |. w. w. since late last fail
when thousands of migratory mendi-
cants calling themselves /. w. W
members, thronged the North and
Middle West, creating a reign of ter
ror throughout rural communities
and intimidating all who would not
join their organization.
Several murders resulted from an
influx of vicious hoboes. honest
workmen were harrassed at every
turn and towns and cities were over
run by tramps allied with the I. w
w. organization, and hundreds of
petty crimes committed, presumably
by these social outlaws.
Coming with the slogan, "Six Dol
lars a Day or No Work." thousands
of I. w. w. members and organizers
spread over the agricultural districts
of the West, attempting to organize
harvest hands into a semblance of a
union and compel the farmers to
! grant their demands.
Wages had been good all through
the harvesting, higher than ever be
fore, owing to the scarcity of labor,
due to the excellent industrial con-
ditions in the East and the Calling
out of the national guard. But thin
would not satisfy the so-called /. W.
/ w. organizers.
Take Possession of Trains.
1. w. w. gangs took possession
of trains, clubbing off all who could
not show membership card in their
organization. In some cases they
even drove trainmen from their
trains, leaving them on the right of
way with a score or more of work
men whom they had overpowered or
awed with pistols, knives, and clubs.
Often they travel in mobs of 800 or
400.
1t is feared these disorders of early
last fall will be replaced in Mime
sofa. If the militia is called out. it
is believed, blood will be shed CO.
piously, for the so-called industrial
workers hate the soldiers more than
they do those of what they term ''the
capitalist class"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
DEKALB COUNTY HAS
WOMAN DEPUTY SHERIFF
Sheriff's Wife Acting as Chief AS

Sheriff's Wife Acting as Chief AS
sistant in North Georgia.
ATLANTA, Ga.-The enterprising
little city of Decatur is showing some
speed when it comes to women's
rights.
The new sheriff of DeKalb county,
of which Decatur is the county seat,
has made his wife a deputy and she
is acting as chief assistant, being
popularity known as the county's
"co-sheriff."
Three young women are deputies
in the Office of the clerk of the SUI
perior court, while three others are
assistants in the Office of the tax
collector.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
TAX INCREASES ARE UP;
SPENDS MORE THAN INCOME
The Government at Washington May
Issue Bonds to Meet Deficit.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Issuance
of $125,000,000 of Panama Canal
bonds, increased income and estate
taxes, additional taxes on whiskey,
beer, cigarettes and bottled waters,
and higher tariff duties on coffee and
tea are proposed in tentative pro-
gram to be considered by the house
ways and means committee when it
begins framing revenue legislation
to meet the prospective deficit of
$3.50, 100000 at the end of the next
fiscal year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-16
iNlLY LIVES ON SPARROWS;
MEAT PRICES DO NOT WORRY

|. b.INIION, D. C. Uncle
h vaa his books for the cal
has a.. 1916, finds the European
.bMa"' ',ed him up to date about
with a a new set of books for
The prospect of swelling