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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
'STENOcRAPHERS
At STATE HOUSE
GET'SS6o A YEAR
'Conferees on General Salary
Appropriation Bill Agree
Standardized Wage; Is
Compromise of $50.
From a Staff Correspondent.


Lincoln, April 17.-Conferees on
the general salary appropriation bill,
carrying an aggregate of close to
million dollars, agreed upon a
standardized wage Of $500 for state
house stenographers, this being a
compromise between the 5000 Fixed
by the house and the $1,000 pre-
ferred by the senate.
As result OF senate amendments
to the bill, to which the house
agreed. $4,000 was added for SAL
aries of constitutional convention
members and the constitutional
survey committee. An item of
$1,000 for deficiency in the house
emnloyes' fund, and another Of
So 500 in the senate. were approved.
The house concufred in the SEN
ate amendment giving the national
guard $4,000 appropriation for
salaries, except that it cut the
amount, $50. due to the standardi-
cation of the salaries of stenog-
raphers.
A second provision allowing the
executive board of historical society
to rearrange salaries. within the to-
tai appropriation, was killed in con-
ference
Salaries of Secretaries.
Z The house agreed to a second
amendment appropriating $4,000
annually for the salaries of the six
secretaries whose jobs we're created
by the code bill.
Following are the other items
agreed upon:
Governors clerk. J. H! Presson. s1.4o0.
Auditors office. four county examiners
allowed instead Of two, at $500 each,
$1,000. 7-t
Auditor, warrant clerk. $1,44O.
Land commissioner. recorder. $1.440.
Land commissioner, stenographer. $1.440,
State superintendent. stenographer,
$1.0S0.
State superintendent. clerk. $1,000.
Supreme court bailiff. $1,000.
Supreme court commission, stenograph-
Railway commission. filing clerk $1.14O.
Railway commission. recording clerk.
Railway Commission. assistant engineer.
railway commissioner. bookkeeper.
$l,140.
Board Of control, secretary, $500.
Board Of control, bookkeeper. $1,000.
State insurance board, chief clerk,
1880.
State prison board. secretary, $4,000.
State prison board, clerk. $1,000.
Board Of health, laboratory attendant
1850.
Live stock sanitary board. $4,000.
Game and fish commission. chief deputy
$1,000; warden hatchery, $1,000; secre-
tary. $3.50. ~
Workingmen's compensation commits
sionF. 1850.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Many Omahans Among
Soldiers Just Back
From ''Over There

New York, April 16.-(Special. y
The following Nebraskans and
Iowans. many of them from Oma-
ha and the Omaha district, and all
members of the 361st and 362d in
fantry, arrived here and left imme-
diately for concentration camp
pending discharges:
Sergt. Thomas M. Nestor, mother,
Mary Nestor, 1877 South Twentieth
street, Omaha.
Cook Mark c. Mccoy, wife, 36lo
Q street, South Omaha.
Pvt. Durward A. Bodenhamer,
mother, Ella Bodenhamer, Utica.
Pvt. Paul V. Hersh, mother, Croy
Hersh, Newport.
Corp. Frank A. Scheuneman,
mother, Freda Scheuneman, Frank
lin, >Neb.
Pvt. Oren Hibbs, mother Emelme
Hibbs, Lynch, Neb.
Pvt. George A. Lorengen, mother
Grace Lorengen, 331 Perrin place,
Council Bluffs, la.
Pvt. Frank T. Vaudeville, moth
err, Stella Vaudeville, 2708 Q street,
Omaha.
Pvt. Walter Nelson, father,
George Nelson, 2502 Sprague street,
Omaha.
Pvt. Walter F. Pratt, mother
Emma Pratt, 239 South Eleventh
street, Lincoln, Neb.
Pvt. Melvin A. Warner, father, B.
L. Warner, Kimball, Neb.
Pvt. Joseph Thorp. brother, Allie
Thorp, Homer, Neb.
Pvt. Floyd Pfeifer, mother, Ina
Pfefeir, Harrisburg, Neb.
Corp. Severus R. WEIGH, fother,
Frank ]. WEIGH, Brunswick, Neb.
Pvt. Alfred E. Elan, father, Man.
ford r. Elan, Falls City, Neb.
Pvt. Fred Crook, father, Fred
Crook, Paxton, Neb.
Pvt. John Daley, mother, Daisy
Daley, 1874 North Tenth street,
Lincoln, Neb.
Corp. Glenn Osborn, ia father,
George A. Osborn, Hemingford,
Neb.
Pvt. Tomez Patrzykont, friend,
John Phillips, 4424 Thirty-second
street, Omaha.
Pvt. Walter Ericsson, father, John
Ericsson, Oakland, Neb.
Pvt. Ernest M. Crosby, mother,
Belle Crosby, 623 North Twenty
fifth street, Kearney, Neb.
Pvt. Cecil G.. Kirkwood, father,
George Kirkwood, Curtis, Neb.
Pvt. Rudolph 0. Roasch, father,
Jacob Roasch, Hadar, Neb.
Pvt. Edward M. Synsk, wife. box
334 Loup City, Neb.
Pvt. Walter w. Embrey, mother
Jennie Favingor, Wallace, Neb.
Pvt LIST CT. Earl A. Wilson, wife
Sadie Wilson, l448 P street. Lin
coin, Neb.
Pvt. Joe Raeplicka. uncle, William
Mucil. r F D 3, Wilbes, Neb.
Pvt. Stanley J. Nispel, father
Peter 'Nispel, Chapelle, Neb.
Pvt. John ]. Lynch, mother, Mary
Lynch, $50 North Twelfth street
Lincoln, Neb.
TVt. NODtIt NOSc, ldtHcI, Wliiidll
J. Rose, APP Lafayette street, Oma
ha.
Pvt. LIST CT. Conrad Walker
father, Conrad Walker, 423 NORTH
avenue, Hastings. .Neb.
Pvt. Frank ,Slapnicka, father. Der
Slapnicka, 1916 Drexel street, South
Side, Omaha.
Pvt. LIST CT. Mark E. McCarty
mother. Catherine Hewitt. Key
stone, Neb., Company NJ, 362d in
fantry.
First 1t. Ambrose C. McCarty
father, Patrick Mccarthy Greeley
Neb.
Pvt. John T. Peehacek, mother
Josie Pechacek, 1914 South Seven
teenth street, Omaha.
Pvt. Arthur ]. Mehl, mother
Elizabeth Mehl, 4222 South Tween.
ty-sixth street, Omaha.
Pvt. Bert B, Brooks, father, Gil
bert Brooks, Havelock, Neb.
Pvt. 1st CT. Ralph L. Johnson
father, M. B. Johnson, Table Rock
Nebs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Beatrice Youths Bound to
Grand jury for Robbery

Beatrice, Neb., April 17.-(Spe
ciaD-Martin Ford and "Rube" Ali.
two of the four alleged youthful
robbers who were arrested here
Tuesday night, were arraigned at
WILDER Wednesday afternoon on the
charge of burglarizing jewelry
store and lumber office at that
place. They waived preliminary
hearing and were bound over. to the
district court on bonds of $1,000
aorh
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Taft at Norfolk Refuses to
Discuss Political Issues

Norfolk, Neb., April 17-(Special
Observation-Disclosures William
Howard Taft, who was here this
morning en- route to Kearney to
speak on the subject of league of
nations, refused to talk politics
when interviewed at an early hour,
declaring he is speaking on the
league question for lyceum bureau
and does not care to comment on
the presidential campaign of 1920.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
TRY THIS FOR

Conserving ECONOMY"
and Thrift" are the present
day watchwords and well they
may be! Are you conserving
your health? Are you eco
nomical in buying treatment
for disease? You should be!
II your stomach. liver, kidneys,
bowels and blood are not
right in every sense, you
should at once begin a treat
ment to restore good, healthy
conditions. Sulphur, cream of
tartar and herb extracts in a
su1ar-coated form, called Sui
pherb Tablets is the surest re-
lief that is economical. Get
them in sealed tubes from
druggists. Sulpherb is the
namet-not sulphur" Mrs. ].
Il J.. Dsvlin, 518 w. 152nd ST.,
New York City, writes: 81
would also like to say find
your Sulpherb Tablets O. X.
and am very much pleased to
recommend to all my friends,
ETC."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Final Adjournment Of
LEGISLATURE Expected Today

Lincoln, April l7.-(Special.l lin
the house of representatives Thurs
day, Speaker Dalbey was presented
with . Nebraska diamond by Mr..
Christy, who found it on his Me-
maha county farm and had II cut.
The jewel will be used ~ IN or
nament for the handle of the gavel
used by Mr.. Dalbey during the ses-'
sion.
No more roll calls will be taken
in the house, and there will be no
adjournments or final recesses. Ad-
journment, sine die, may not come
until Friday. H.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Taft Says Covenant Will
Be Ratified by u. S. Senate

Fremont, Neb., April l7.+(Spe-
cial Telegram -Former President
William H. Taft while in Fremont
Thursday said that the league Of
nations covenant will come back
to the United States in the peace
treaty and be ratified by the senate.
Taft said that seven amendments he
had sent over have been embodied
in the covenant in some form. Mr..
Taft expressed the opinion that the
league will finally resolve itself into
a nonpartisan affair.
Mr.. Taft spent an hour in FIRE.
mont
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Omaha Man Makes Victory
Loan Speech at Fairbury

Fairbury, Neb., April 17.-(Special
Telegram Merton L. Corey, att
torney for the Government Farm
Loan bank at Omaha, addressed
about $4,000 Jefferson county people
Thursday morning on the Victory
loan. He spoke on the street for
half an hour. Mr.. Corey will &C
company the big tank on its Ne
braska tour.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18

Here's good news for men and women
whose hair IL falling out, whose scalps
ars covered with dandruf and itch like
mad.
y sherman Z Mcconnell or any good
druggist can now supply you with
the genuine Partisan sage tliquid
form), which Il guaranteed to quickly,
surely and safely abolish every sign of
dandruff. stop itching scalp and falling
hair and promote new growth. or money
refunded.
Thousands can testify to the excellent
results from its use; some who feared
badness now glory in their abundant hair.
while others who suffered for years with
dandruff and itching head got clean.
cool scalp after just few days use of
this simple home treatment.
No matter whether bothered with fall
ing hair, gray hair, matted, stringy hair,
dandruR or itching scalp try Partisan
sage-you will not be disappointed. It's
: scientific PREPARATION that supplies all
The nrst application win make your
hair and scalp look and feel 100 per cent
better. II you want thick, lustrousf hair
and lots Of It, by all means use Partisan
sage. Don't delay--begin tonight, A lit
tie attention now insures aboundant hair
for years to come.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Former Beatrice Woman
Dies at Home in Colorado

Beatrice, Neb., April 7.-(Spe-
ciaD-Mrs. z. C. Bricker, formerly
a resident of this city and Cortland,
died Tuesday at her home at Hax-
tum, Colo. after a brief illness. She
is survived by her husband and one
daughter. The body will be brought
to Beatrice for burial. +
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Crane First Minister.

Washington, April l7.-Richard
Crane, private secretary to Secre-
tary Lansing and son of Charles
R. Crane of Chicago, is understood
to have been selected to become
the first American minister to the
new republic of Czecho-Slovakia
Announcement of his appointment
is expected from Paris shortly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Iowa Boy Held at Fremont
for Takinu Fathers Car

Fremont, Neb., April 17-(Spe-
cial Telegram. )-Donald Bort, H.
year-old son of H. S. Bort of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, is in the county Jail
here awaiting the arrival of officers
from the Iowa town. Bort was ar
rested on a charge of stealing his
fathers automobile. The car was
located in a local garage. Bort's
chum, who came to Fremont with
him two weeks ago, has not been
found
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
Start Membership Drive.

Norfolk, Neb., April 17.-(SpeciaD
The Young Woman's Christian as
ISOLATION here has leased new quar-
tiers and has started a membership
drive. The association has 500 mem
bers and is out for 200 more.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18

Two Drops Of 'Gets.It'-ThaVs Al"
you can try the sensible, peaceful. pain.
less, easy way and use "Gets-It." It's
easy for "Gets-It" to remove corns In
hard to-get-at places. It's liquid
wonderful painless formula-it has never
the corn. and dries Immediately. Instead
Of digging out the corn. you peel It out
painlessly. There's no sticky plaster that
doesn't stay put" no salve that irritatss
or rubs off. You reach the corn easily
every "Gets-It' bottle. It does not hurt
the true flesh. Try It, trot and smiiei
It's q blessing; never fails.
Gets It," the guaranteed. money-baek
corn-remover. the only sure way, costs
L. Lawrence Co.. Chicago. Ill.
Sold in Omaha and recommended -
the worlds best corn remedy by Sherman
& Mcconnell Drug Co.'S Stores.--Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18

PANTRY AID DW1SONHe COMPLAINTS Sergeant Parrish
lucky He through blue ribbon
with its beautiful of gold badly wounded and lived keep
smiling After his platoon commander had been wounded
his had suffered heavy casualties action Chaton
49, 1913 Sergeant Parrish quickly reoganzed the remainder of
the platoon instead of retiring led the
of his platoon the Coede Chaton enemy
attack his front the
That's why the kept going ahead By his daring GOODNESS and
good judgment he broke the heavy proving
ability leader and setting of exceptional eroim and
voton to duty.
by The Evening Mai Syndicate
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18

Bee Want-ads pay big profits to
IL people who read them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-18
PeeIs Off corns
Between ] oes
The Great Corn Loossnsr 81 The
Age. Never Fails. Painlsss.

A corn mashed, squeezed and crushed.
all day long. In between two toesi You
can try the desperate. treat 'em rough"
way and try to dig it out and fsn. Or.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
Court Frees Wife Sent
To Asylum by Husband
I'm Not Pretty Enough for
Him Since War Made Him
Rich," Saws Woman

Mrs. Fannie Goldner. wife of
Harry Goldner a wealthy leather mer-
chant, appeared in the Brooklyn Su-
prcmc Court yesterday and told Of her
commitment to the Kings County In
sane Hospital on her husbands in
stance She was brought from the asy-
lum TO the court on a writ Of habeas
corpus obtained by several Of her
friends.
After listening to her case, Justice
Cal!aghan said:
In view of the testimony of alien
ists and the conduct of this woman on
the witness stand, there is nothing for
me to do but discharge her as sane.
for she is quite able to conduct her
own affairs"
THE whole trouble" Mrs. Goldner
testified, grew out of the war. My
husband had several contracts with the
United States government to supply
shoes and he has grown Very rich
Now he does not went me, for am not
young and pretty enough for him"
Mrs. Goldner was committed to the
asylum week ago after her husband
had made affidavit before Magistrate
Dowd and submitted affidavits, signed
by two women. that his wife appeared
out Of her mind.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
Three arrested in Loft;
$4,000 Theft Charged

Patrolman Westervelt went on a
burglar hunt last night in loft build
ing at 122 Fifth Avenue. He started it
after seeing three negroes emerge, each
with two heavy bundles in his arms,
hail a taxicab. deposit the bundles in
it and rc-enter the building, appar
emily to obtain more bundles.
At the sixth floor he overlook, negro
and ordered him to halt The negro
accelerated his pace and Westervelt
fired two shots, which made the upward
progress of the negro resemble that of
a suddenly released balloon. On the
eighth floor, however, the patrolman
overlook him, finding him with two
other negroes and six moro bundles.
All went to the West Twentieth
Street police station. where the negroes
were locked up as burglars after it was
discovered that the bundles contained
$25 900 worth Of clothing from the fac
tory of J. Samuels & Sons. on the
eighth floor of l22 Fifth Avenue. The
prisoners said they we're Ephraim Roe,
of 2al West 142d Street, and Raymond
Smith and Gouvernsur Meyers, Of 100
West 139th Street. a
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
$74,O97, ,72Oin War Risk
Insurance Is Paid Here

New York families are being paid
$74,097,720 in war risk insurance by
the government. There are S,A79 in
surancc claims. The average policy
carried by these men was $S,74O. There
are also 1874 compensation claims be-
ing paid in the city.
More than AZ per cent of tie men
who carried government insurance
made their mothers their bcncticiaries.
Fathers were named by 16 per cent.
The average age OF the men killed in
France was twenty three years.
Insurance claims which the Bureau
of War Risk Insurance will be called
upon to pay amount in all to more
than Sl,012, 100000. The amount Of
premiums received from all service
men was only $500 900, 900, OF less than
onefifth of the amount of insurance
claims.
More than 100000 men, who we're
born and reared on farms, carried war
risk insurance while in the service
Many of these, it is figured, have given
up farm for city life since the war
Records at the Bureau of War Risk
; Insurance show that at least half the
men have changed their residences
since the war There are more than
10000 900 individual records in the
bureau.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
Air Liner, IA, Aboard,
Battles Way to Capital
Giant lawson Craft Encounters
Heavy Winds on the "Trip
From, AlineOla

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Aftcr bat
fling four hours against heavy head
winds, the giant Lawson airlincr land
ed safely at Boiling Field, near here.
at 1915 o'clock this afternoon. The
big ship left Mitchell Field, Long Isl
and, at 3:39 o'clock this morning with
fourteen passengers on board.
After a thrcc-day stay here. the
plane will start for Dayton. Ohio
To-day's flight from Mneoia to this
city marked the completion Of The first
stage of the trarscon!incntal flight
that is being undertakes to determine
the costs Of operation o. q service be-
tween New York and San Francisco.
The persons on board during to-day s
fight were: Alfred ". Lawson and
Charles Cox, pilots; Vincent Duranelli,
engineer; Miss Felicity Durancli, his
sister; Andrew Surini and Carl Scho-
icy, mechanics; Frederick A. Steele, Of
The New York Herald"; Mrs. Steele ;
Evan J. Davids, Of "Flying"; Miss Cath
crime Brody, Of The New York Globe";
Richard Wightman, vice president OF
the Aeronautical Touring Association; :;
Mrs. Wightman; Tracy H. Lewis. Of
The New York Morning Telegraph" "
and Frank Snober, Of Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
5000 misunderstanding
British Girls on Way
400 in First Contingent, to Ar
rive on Monday Oh the
President Grant

No less than 5000 husband
British girls are coming to tho United
States. That many already have ap-
piled for passports, says Mrs. 5. [.
Seymour, Of Camden, n. j., secretary
Of the Philadelphia Guaranty Trust
Company, who has just returned from
eight months in France. where she
Was the governments agent to embark
the foreign brides of American soldiers
and sailors.
Mrs. Seymour provided transporta-
tion for $500 wives and 257 chlldrcr
and said yesterday that 400 of these
would arrive Monday on the President
Grant. One hundred and fifty more
are waiting at Brest for transporta-
ton.
about the first Of next month.
said Mrs. Seymour, "passport restric-
tions will! be considerably modified
Then. look out, YOU widowera and bach
closs of all ages, Not one OF those
women is cncumbercd, but they wan
to be-
Mrs. Seymour said these girls make
no secret of their Intentions
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

Of the window cleaners, is the same
man that took your Office boy around
with him to get claimants to apply for
lump sums. is he not?"
"He made the trip to which refer
cnce was made yesterday"
"And the Moses Frankcl to whom
refer would probably be the same man
who preferred charges against Mr.
Herman, which charges you heard and
decided were not we'll taken?"
"Yes"
The examination of Mr.. Baldwin was
still unfinished when an adjournment
was taken to Wednesday, when the
hearing will again be held at the City
Hall.
Previous to his resuming the stand
yesterday, Deputy State Industrial
Commissioner James P. Richardson ex-
planned that "Mr. Wynkoop's operations
were to render claim service, investi-
CATION, and 80 forth; medical atten-
tions and presentation of cases, ap-
pearances before the commission"
He testified that for time after he
was appointed to the commission the
addresses Of injured workmen we're
given as that of Wynkoop's office.
Forced Change of Methods
~ insisted that this should not be
continued" he said, "and through my
persistency the method was changed,
and when Mr.. Wynkoop then complied
and gave the proper addresses of the
claimants for insurance under the
Workmen's Compensation Act
"You believed that the reason for
this was that Mr.. Wynkoop wanted to
control the information and the notices
coming from the commission to the
complaints ?" asked Commissioner Con-
nor.
"Wel. it had that effect" answcred
Mr.. Richardson.
The effect OF it would have been,
had he had his way about these two
matters, that any information that
reached either the employer OF en-
ployes would have reached them
been withheld from them had he
chosen to do so::'
"Ycs."
Before Mr.. Richardson was called
to the stand Samuel Cavoli, Of i129
Nostrand Avenue, an eighteen year old
youth who was awarded $1,000 for in
jur;es, testified that he had given S10C
10 an employc in MIR. Baldwin's Office
Mr. Baldwin later identified photo
graph of man which was pointed out
as a likeness of the man in question
by Cavoli as that of Frank Elwood
Cavolis mother brought the matter
to the attention Of the comm msson al
the time. Barney Wayneck. then al
cmployc of the commission and one OF
the alleged graft ring, visited Cavoi
according to the latter, and, displaying
q gold badge, threatened him with ar
rest if he squealed Cavoi then made
an affidavit which Wayneck, as Com
missioner of Deeds, attested Withdraw
ing the charge. He said that Waynecl
then gave him 500.
A transcript Of ali the testimony ha
been forwarded to District Attorne.
4 Swarm.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
s; G .: IA

I Owe powders arc $40 an ounce in
Harlem, according to Miss Rae
Nicollette, detective on the staff Of
Deputy Police Commissioner Ellen
O'Grady. In Harlem police court yes
terday Miss Nicollette said she not
only purchased some at that price
from Mrs. Rose Campagnaro, Of 2l4
East 10th Street, but saw a thick ac-
count book containing the names Of
scores Of Harlem girls who have been
buying on the instalment plan.
1t was dissatisfied instalment
purchaser who complained of Mrs.
Campagnaro and caused her arrest as a
fortune teller. Detective Nicollette
said the woman assured her the pow
ders were the greatest thing in the
world for a girl hunting husband.
Mrs. Campagnaro herself told Magis-
trate Huth they were practically in
fallible. She said the ppincipal ingre-
dient was a potent infusion of licorice.
Mrs. Campagnaro was placed under
$500 bond and forbidden to sell the
powders.