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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

Of the marines. who spent two
years on the front and was in the
fighting at Belleau Wood. He was
cited three times for bravery and
decorated, but he says that he is
ashamed to wear his decorations
on the street, because he does not
care to be suspected of having
purchased them.
The truth of the matter Is that
even before this business in bogus
heroes was started, a good many
Americans, having the funny bone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
CAN Get HONOR
MEDALS FOR SIS
I'm SOME CITIES
Some Dealers in Military Goods
Present Insulting Proposition
to Prospects.

Be a decorated hero for five dol
lars!
This is the insulting proposition
which dealers in so-caIled military
goods in Washington and elsewhere
are making to the manhood Of
America. They will sell you a CroIx
de Guerre for five dollars or the
coveted medal miIitaire for twelve
dollars, and If you are willing TO
pay a comparatively modest price,
they will obtain for you almost any
decoration given by this or any
foreign government
While thousands OF men who
spent months or years in service,
many Of them giving their blood, or
q leg or an arm in action, are wear
ing these medals as a proof of cour-
age and patriotism, thousands of
others are wearing them who did
nothing more heroic than plank
-&own a few dollars What satisfac-
ton these bogus heroes get out of
wearing their decorations Is a ques-
tlon which no one seems able 10
answer. But the fact remains that
a brisk business at a good profit
IS being done in war medals of the
United States and allied govern
ments. And thess medals are not
sold, as you might expect, excIus-
lively at third-rate stores and pawn
shops. A Washington military shop
which is located on the leading re-
tail street, charges high prices, and
caters to what is commonly called
the better class Of trade, is selling
medals every day. And there is no
secrecy about the business. To get
a drink of whisky in this town,
man must know certain pass words,
back doors, and speak in
a whisper But he can buy a decor
alton for bravery" as easily and
openly as he can buy a pocket
knife.
Aware of Traffic.
The war department is fully
aware that this traffic in military
decorations is being Carr.eu On,
but officials say that they are pow
erless to prevent it. The secretary
Of war was recently apprised that
American war decorations, includ-
ing both medals of honor and dis
tinguished service crosses, are be-
ing manufactured by private con
Germs in this country and sold to
the public. He replied by saying
that he already knew of this prac-
tice, and deplored it, but that there
was nothing he could do TO stop it,
as there Is no law at present under
which either the manufacturer or
the wearer OF a medal can be pun
ished. There is now a bill before
congress which, if passed, will pre-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

we will get you one. In fact, we
can supply you with any war dec
grafton made"
Further questioning revealed the
fact that the war decorations are
made in France, where it is pos
sible to buy a French war cross for
six francs or a little over one dol
lar in our currency.
viii Not Wear Them.
The attitude of a good many men
who were honestly decorated is
examplified in that of a lieutenant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

the Order of Leopold with Croix de
Guerre; French Legion of Honor
Grand Cross; Greek Order Of the
Saint Savior; Italian Grand Cross
of the Order of St. Maurizio de Lag
FARO; Japanese Order OF the Rising
Sun; Grand Gordon OF the Order
Of Prince Danilo Of Montenegro;
Obilitch Medal of Montenegro; Or
der of CavaIiere di Gran Groce del
S. S. Maurizio Lazzaro.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

Tomorrow, The Chicago Sunday Tribune will
present in rotogravure the latest photograph
of President Wson-an intimate study of
the nations chief executive taken at San Fran
cisco shortly before his nervous breakdown.
Worn by months of overwork and mental
strain, President Wilson was forced to abandon
his nationwide tour in behalf of the peace
treaty and League of Nations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

This photograph of President Wilson depicts
clearly the lines of strain produced by his
overweight condition. 1t is reproduced in
rich tones of rotogravure. Size 9A ii inches.
Every American will want this historic photo
graph. Get it with tomorrow's Chicago Sunday
Tribune. Order your Chicago Sunday Tribune
today from your newSdealer. The edition is
limited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
Four VerdiCtS Rendered
in Conversation Cases

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 30.-(Special)
&C omp EN- sation Commissioner
George f. Norman, today made the
following awards in compensation
cases.
Henry L Walker, while working
for the Fremont Milling company,
lost his right index finger. Allowed
full compensation of $420 and doc
tors Kin of $Sl.
Ma,tin ]. Andrup, who claimed he
had frozen his feet while working
for Swift & Co.; claim disallowed.
The commissioner found that On the
day Andrup alleged his feet were
frozen the temperature was IS de-
gress above zero.
Charles Rhoades, injured while at
work on a pile driver, in the employ
Of SCOTS Bluffs county, injured his
right hand and totally disabled his
arm; allowed Si2 per week, not TO
exceed 200 weeks, so per cedt of ali
delinquet payments and medical
bills rot to exceed $500.
Dell H. Thompson who hurt his
right hand while operating bread
mixer for William Deternity. baker,
Sidney, Neb.; allowed $l2 per week
ioI $50 weeks and a doctors bill
not to exceed $500. Defendant was
ordered to make all delinquent pay
ments within 80 days.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
HOIComb Proposes Plan to
Care for Expense Of Insane

Lincoln, Jan. 30.-The state board
of control is introducing bill to
take the place of House Roll No. rs.
to provide for the care of insane at
public expense.
Silas A. Holcomb, in behalf of the
board, has prepared lengthy state
ment which holds that House Roll
No. Is is not a progressive meas
IRE and that it is only operative in
two states of the union, Washington
and Oregon.
He holds that under the operation
of the present law the sum of $50
per annum is collected from relatives
of insane patients who are al" to
paw something toward their support
and were House Roll rs to become
a law this sum would have to be
made up every year in increased APP
ropriations.
He cites the case of a man worth
from $4,000 to $4,000 who declines
II pay for the maintenance Of his
wife and the burden is laid on the
taxpayers Of the state, stating that
this IS a rank injustice and one that
could be obviated by the enforce
rnent of the present law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
Bill Providing for
State Guaranty Fund
Stirs Up Legislators
From a SAT- CORRESPONDENT.

Lincoln, Jan. 30.-(Special. l-Un-
Ter the lash applied by Senators w.
]. Taylor, Dennis H. Cronin and c.
Petrus Peterson, the Nebraska state
senate awoke this morning for the
most spirited debate OF the session,
which terminated apparently in the
death Of the Good bill, Fl. R. No.
Al, a measure which has long been
the faYorite of Nebraska bankers
The Good bill provides for the re-
turn of guaranty fund assessments
20 state banks after they have liqui-
dated.
Senator Robbins of Douglas and
Senator Barr of Gage had pre-
viously proposed amendments, Barr
proposed an amendment to return
90 per cent and retain 10 for the
state fund. Robbins proposed Is
per cent should be returned to the
banker and rs retained by the state.
The senate voted down the Barr
and Robbins amendments with the
understanding that Senator Peterson
should have additional time to draft
his proposed amendment returning
50 per cent of the assessment to the
banker and retaining so per cent to
be set aside as a reserve fund.
With this proposed amendment
the senate decided to report prog
ress on the Good bill and take it
up at the next session of the COM
mittee of the whole when Peterson
will have put his ideas into writing,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
BILL BY HARTE
CUTS OUT CRAFT
IN DOUGLAS FAIR
Measure Found to Have De.
feet Which Might Have
Affected System
Over the State.
By a staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, Jan. 30-Just at the nick
Of time a fatal defect was found in
House Roll No. "a, which, had it
followed the usual progress through
the house and become a law, would
legislate all of the county fairs i'll
the state out of existence.
The bill was a measure intro
duced early in the session by Harte
of Douglas, and its specific purpose
was to put the Douglas county fair
out of existence.
In explaining the bill on the floor
of the house Representative Harte
declared that for two decades the
Douglas county fair was huge joke
and an expensive graft.
1T was run by a half dozen men,
none of them farmers in the real
sense of the word, and through the
operation of the law they got the
county commissioners annually to
issue warrants ranging from $4,000
to $4,000 for the maintenance of
this huge graft
"On my return after introducing
the bill l found that real farmers IN
Douglas county had gotten together
and had organized real agricultur-
al society and wanted to operate a
real county fair. They thought they
could get along with $4,000, and so
l introduced an amendment to The
bill providing for this fund"
1t was recommended that the
committee of the whole, when ris-
ing, would report progress on the
bill, and this will allow it to go
back to the agricultural committee
for correction.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
Bill Gives Doctors and
Dentists Riuht of Protection

Lincoln, Jan. 30.-In a speech
recommending for indefinite post
ponement House Roll 40, bill per-
hitting doctors and dentists to form
a mutual insurance company for pro-
lection against suits for malpractice,
Bryum of Frsnklin said it was a
measure to legalize a corporation of
shyster doctors and dentists.
"The bill shows its purposes in
its provisions" said he. st means
the legalizing of corporation which
has in charge the lives and welfare
of people of Nebraska. We know
there are many doctors and dentists
in the state who ought not to be
practicing their professions and this
means that the shyster dentists and
doctors can incorporate to protect
themselves against the just suits Of
poor devils who have lost limbs or
have health permanently impaired
by their incompetence.
"The reputable doctors and dem
lists have their own organization
and / am opposed to legalizing this
proposed corporation"
Thompson of Lancaster said he
bill was for the benefit of the young
doctor or dentist who is just starting
out in practice. RIVE
Other speakers in favor of the bill
said that under present conditions
doctors are compelled to take out
insurance against malpractice suits
from old line companies at exorbi-
tant rates and a mutual company
would do away with this.
Byrum's motion was lost by a
vote of 80 for and "a against and the
bill was ordered engrossed for third
reading.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
NO MORE
FOOT MISERY
IcE-MINT
A New Discovery Stops
Soreness and Corns
Fall OFF

Just a touch or two with Iee-Mint and
your corns and foot troubles are ended. 1t
takes soreness right out, then the corn or
callous shrivels and lifts off.
No matter what you have tried or how
many times you have been disappointed,
here is real help for you at last
You'll never have to cut corn again or
bother with bungling tape or plasters.
Hard eorns, soft eorns or corns between
the toes, just shrivel up and lift off. It's
wonderful You feel no pain or soreness
when applying Ice-Mint or afterwards. It
doesn't even irritate the skin.
This new discovery, made from Jap
anese product is certainly magical the way
It draws out Inflammation from pair OF
swollen, burning, aching feet. 1ee-Mint
imparts such delightful cooling, soothing
feeling TO the feet that it just makes you
sigh with relief. Il is the real Japanese
secret for fine, healthy little feet. Il is
greatly appreciated BY women who wear
high heel shoes. 1t absolutely prevents
foot doors and Keeps them sweet and COM
Portable.
Il costs little and win give your poor,
tired, suffering, swollen feet the treat Of
their lives. Sold and recommended By good
druggists everyWhere.--Adv,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
BarroWS Signs Measures
for Special Appropriations

Lincoln, Jan. 30.-(Special. 1.-The
first three bills to reach the gov
ernor's Office from the present ses-
sion of the legislature have been
signed by Acting Governor P. A..
Barrows. Before going 70 WASH
ington Governor McKelvie had
signed two joint resolutions, one on
suffrage and the other on national
prohibition.
The bills TO which the acting gov
ernor attached his signature are ap-
preparation measures, H. R. Nos. 81
and S.. The first gave $3,0ll to the
state library, the second $l08,000
for salaries of the lawmakers at the
present session and the third $4,000
for general legislative expenses. All
have emergency clauses and are eff
feetive Immediately.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
NEIGHBORS ALL
TALKING ABOUT
IT." SAYS SPIVY
Wife Does Work First Time in
Twelve Years; GainSsTWerl-
ty-Eight Pounds and
Thanks TanlaC.

"You ought to hear the way our
neighbors are talking about Tanlac
since my wife's recovery" said W.
A. Spivy, motorman No. 95, for the
Kansas City Metropolitan Street
Railway and valued employee of
the company for twenty-three years.
He and his wife and interesting
family of children, live in their own
home at 116 South Church st.,
0lathe, Kansas.
"Mrs. Spivy has been in poor
health for fourteen years." he con-
tinued, land almost every month
during that time she was under
treatment of some sort, but she
never got any relief that we could
notice. She had no appetite and
there were mighty few things she
could eat and what little she did
force down soured on her stomach
and gas would form and make her
SO miserable that she would have to
lie down for while. She almost
always had an awful pain in the
small of her back and she suffered
from binding headaches and some
times she would be so dizzy she
would have to put her hand on
something steady like the back Of
chair to keep from falling. She
suffered from nervousness so that
some nights she could hardly sleep
at all and she never did know what
it was to get a good nights rest.
She kept growing weaker and weak
er and was so bad off that twice in
the past six years she was given up
to die. We thought we had tried
everything to help her and didn't
know what else to do when a lady
friend of hers told about Tanlac. /
bought the first bottle about three
months ago and almost at once she
began to show her strength was COM
ing back, but the wonderful i'm
provement has been in the past two
months.
"She has a good appetite now,
and can eat anything she wants like
apples, cabbage, pies and meats Of
any kind. Any one Of these things
before she began to take Tanlac
were just like poison to her. She
doesn't suffer bit from sour stom-
ach or gas and she gets SO much
good from what she eats that she
has gained twenty-eight pounds in
the past two months. She is en-
tirely rid of that pain in her back
and the headaches are gone, too.
Nobody could tell that anything had
been the matter with her nerves,
they are so quiet now, and she sleeps
about nine hours every night. She
has gotten so strong that she is
doing all the homework for our
family of six and doesn't mind it a
bit, and it is the first time in twelve
years that she has been able to do
any work at all. She is more like
she used to be fifteen years ago
than / ever hoped to see her and !
feel just like everybody else that
knows of her improvement that Tan
lac is the best medicine ever made"
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by all
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Com
pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy
and West End Pharmacy under the
personal direction of a special Tan
lac representative. Also Forrest
and Meany Drug Company in South
Omaha and the leading druggist in
each city and town throughout the
state of ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
Returned Soldiers Service
Flag Replaces War Flags
Old Service Flags to Be De-
modified in This Country
on George WaShingtOn'S
Birthday.

Take down your old service aagr
Mr. Employer, it's passed.
The Bee today reproduces the new
flag of honor-the returned SOL
diers' service flag. On it CLEANS
a star for each re-employed soldier
the biggest patriotic duty facing
every employer Of labor at the pres
ent time.
A field of blue, one large, white,
fve-pointed base star, within which
is sewed red star for each returned
soldier-this is the latest thing in
service flags as distinguished from
the familiar service flag of the war
time period.
Beneath the star is this inscrip-
ton: RETURNED SOLDIERS
EMPLOYED HERE. This is the
important feature.
The Nebraska Power company
boasts the first flag of this kind ex-
hibited in Omaha. The electric light
company is showing this flag with
its roll of honor, in Farnam street
window.
Soon the returned soldiers service
flag will be hung in all industrial and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
Debate in House Over
Name for Var Costs
State 500 in Time
By a StafF CORRESPONDENT.

BY a Stan correspondent.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. sO.-By ae-
ton of the house of representa-
tives of the legislature, after de-
bate that cost the state about 500
in time lost, it was decided off,
cially. to christen the late war
"the world war"
The matter came up as the re-
suit Of a motion by Black Of Lam
caster to amend House Roll No,
los, permitting the admission of
soldiers of the world war to en-
ter the Nebraska Soldiers and
Sailors home.
Black sought to change the
words, "the world war" to the
war with Germany" There was
objection to this and a number of
members spoke against the amend
ment. One member moved an
amendment to Blacks amendment,
proposing that the words, "the
kaiser's war;" should be substi-
tuted. This raised a laugh. The
original words, "the world war"
were permitted to stand in the bill
as the official designation of the
late unpleasantness.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
Defect Found in Measure
Affentinn Iudnes, Election

Lincoln, Jan. S0.-After the COM
nittee of privileges and elections
had recon lended for passage the
repeal of the law providing for the
nonpartisan election of judges and
school officers, the committee found
that no provision had been made for
the election of judges and school
board officers by the Downing bill.
On account of this fatal oversight
the bill was sent to A. Z. Sheldon
of the legislative reference bureau
and the chances are that a compan-
len bill will be drawn to provide the
election machinery lacking in the
bill, or the present bill will be re
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
Hearing in BrOatCh-Tanner
Case Postponed to Monday

Lincoln, Jan. 30-(Special. TAX
ing of further testimony in the
Broatch-Tanner election contest
went over this evening until next
Monday. Chairman Saunders of the
senate committee on privileges and
elections decided not to attempt to
reopen the hearing until the first
of the week following the adjourn
ment of the upper branch.
When in the market for rebuilt
printing machinery, get in touch
with us. Printers Machinery Co,
Graphic Arts Bldg, Kansas City,
Mo.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
Senate Passes Bill
Governing Teaching
Of Foreign Languages
From a Staff Correspondent.

From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Jan. 30.-(Special.)-
Without a single dissenting vote,
S. F. No. "a, the Siman bill, cover
ing the subject of foreign language
instruction in the schools of Ne
braska, passed the upper branch
Thursday morning. The vote was
81 to 0. Senator Huston was
absent.
The Siman bill, which was amend
ed in the committee of the whole
Yesterday places an absolute ban on
the use of foreign language for in
struction in all schools, below the
Fight grade, also requires that for
eign language above the eighth
grade shall be under the direction
of the superintendent of public in
shuction of Nebraska.
Perry Reeds bill, S. F. So, passed
the upper branch, but not without
opposition. 1t provides that no per-
son, against whom divorce has
been granted for cruelty, adultery
or non-support, shall remarry with
in a period of three years except
remarriage to the person getting the
divorce.
H. r. No. o5, carrying the emer-
gency clause for a $4,000 appropria-
ton for the state health department,
passed the upper branch Thursday
morning, 81 to O.
In the committee of the whole in
The senate Thursday, H. R. "a, a bill
by Berka, making it a felony for
two or more persons to enter con-
sp:racy was recommended for pas
sage and ordered engrossed and adj
vanced to third reading.
When the senate recessed Thurs
day morning 1t was with the under
standing that adjournment would
follow in the afternoon until 2
o'clock Monday afternoon.
At the afternoon session, the sem
ate went into executive session to
confirm the appointment of A. E.
Allyn as a member OF the state
board of control by Governor Nc
Kelvie. There was no opposition
voiced to Allyn.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-31
More Liquor Seized
and Runners CAPTURED

Lincoln, Jan. 3O-(Special.) Fail
ing in their attempt to bride one Of
the state booze agents when they
started to cross the Nebraska City
bridge at 8 o'clock Thursday morn
ing, two Lincoln men, said by off
GERS to be Elmer Munson and Alex
Mates, ran back to the Iowa side
of the line, but a net was immedi-
ately drawn and the men, with big
load of booze, were arrested at Sid
ney, Ia.