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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
PLAN CONTROL
OF COMMERCE
BY The STATE
Constitutional C'onventio n
Committee Proposes Trade
CommisSion-RaiI Commits
sion to Be Reorganized.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 26.-(Special.,
The miscellaneous subjects com
mittee of the constitutional conven
ton announced the indefinite post
ponement of consideration of sew
eral proposals regarding the state
trade commission and offered in
stead a proposal of their own, No
33l.
1t provides for the creation of the
state trade commission by the legis-
lature, having power to inquire into
matters of competition In commerce
1t provides that the commission may
probe and restrict unfair methods
on the part of persons, parties or
corporations engaging in commerce
and also for the licensing of such
persons, parties or corporations.
Proposals of railroads and other
private corporations in regard to the
state railway commission were killed
and a proposal introduced to re-
write that portion of the constitu-
ton providing for the creation OF
this commission.
The changes proposed are that the
legislature may provide for the cleo
ton of the railroad commissioners
by districts; also, the powers of the
commission would be extended to
include the regulation of rates and
utilities and also the capitalization OF
private corporations. 1t distinctly
provides that the Jurisdiction shall
not extend to include utilities owned
and operated by the public.
The following proposals were
passed on second reading by the
constitutional convention:
No. e-Senatorial and representative dis
tricts TO remain as at present until
changed by the legislature. Vote rs to 0.
No. Se.-Property owned by educational,
religious or charitable institutions to be
exempt from taxation unless used for
financial gain, Also exempts household
goods Up to $2e0. Vote 70 to 8.
No 71-Legislature cannot grant extra
compensation to a public official for the
term for which he is elected. nor change
compensation for contract already entered
Into. Vote IS to ).
No. 312-Provides that Omaha may
adopt, present city charter as its home
rule charter by majority vote of the
PEOPLE Vote 81 te 0.
NO 5l1-Requlres majority vote OF
members elected to either branch Of the
legislature to accept amendments of op-
poste house or adopt conference commit
tee reports. Vote 81 to 0.
No. 31s-Bills introduced in legislature
to be read only by title on first and Sec
ond reading, but must be read in full
on third reading. Vote 76 to 0
No. 31s-Goyernor must call special ses-
sion of the legislature upon the written
request of majority of both branches to
deal with only the subject specified In
the call. Vote II to s.
No. ss-No distinction as to property
rights between citizens of this state and
other states or United States territories.
Alien property rights to be regulated by
the legislature. Vote 50 to O.
No. 21S-State lands must be sold, at
public auction, instead of by appraisement,
as at present. Vote 81 to o.
No. 320-Territory transferred from one
county to another must be by consent of
voters OF both counties. and when county
line in doubt legislature shall have power
to place it on nearest section line or main
river channel. Vote 70 to 8.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
IS
PLEA OF farmer
HELD FOR MURDER
Beatrice Court Room Too
Small to Accommodate
Spectators at CORTLAND
{ Shooting Trial.

Beatrice Neb.. Feb. 26.-(Spe-
cial.)-The district court chamber
was not large enough to accommo-
date the crowd that gathered here
to hear the opening chapter of the
case of O. w. Langley, Cortland
farmer. charged with the murder of
Justice Chris Pfeiffer at Cortland
last August.
County Attorney Vasey in pre-
senting the states side to the jury
briefly reviewed the case and stated
that he would attempt to prove first
degree murder as charged in the in
formation. Judge Hazlett in opening
for the defense said that he would
show that Langley, while intoxi-
Gated and in a state of frenzy from
bullet wounds inflicted in the street
duel with deputies, shot and killed
Pfeiffer in self-defense.
Five Witnesses Examined.
Five witnesses were examined this
morning. County Clerk Mumford
identified the bond and oath of c.
H. Pfeiffer as justice of the peace.
Editor Masters of the Cortland
News testified relative to the Main
street in Cortland, and J. P. Saus-
man, who was appointed to succeed
Pfeiffer as justice, testified that
the books of the murdered man
showed no case filed against Lang
ley. "D-
State Agent Karl Schmidt of
Lincoln testified that in company
with State Agent Melick he had
visited the Langley home on July
&c, had searched the place and Sc
cured a quantity of liquor and had
placed Langley under arrest. He
stated that he had. informed Bang
ley that Pfeiffer did not want to
issue the complaint for his arrest
and had urged Langley not to feel
sore at Pfeiffer in the matter.
Tell of Threats.
At the afternoon session R. Sloat,
J. P. O'Brien, J. H. Sausrrlan and
c. C. Wolf testified in regard to
threats made by Langley in the
store at Cortland between July 20
and August Is.
Ed Rudded, one Of the wounded
deputies who tried to arrest Lang
ley, testified that the latter opened
fire before he and Deputy Bier
stadt shot and wounded him. Mr..
Baird stated that he was 80 feet
away when the shooting occurred
and was unable to tell who fired the
first shot. Jim Stare, Cortland farm
er, testified that Langley came to
his place between 6 and 7 on the
evening of the murder. His face was
bloody and he stated that he had
had a fight with Ed Rudded of
Cbrtland. Other witnesses were Ed
Calland, John Lutes and Tim Sulli-
van. Il
The plea of the defendant wifi be
and se1f-defense.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Return Of Roads to
Owners May Promote
Shipping Of Grain

Possible effects on the grain bust
ness of the. restoration of the rail
roads to their owners March were
discussed at a meeting in Chicago
Wednesday of presidents OF grain
exchanges from all over the United
States, according to Otis NJ. Smith
president of the Omaha Grain ex-
change, who attended the confer
encc. Mr.. Smith returned to Oma-
ha yesterday, Is.
The discussion was entirely gen
eral, Mr.. Smith reported, and did
not touch local problems. GraiI
men are of the opinion that ship
ping facilities for the trade may be
improved with the return of roll
ing stock that will result from the
resumption of private operation Of
the roads.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Demented Man Tries to
Start Revolt at Swift Co.

William E. Lissey, 1882 South
Twenty-hfth street, an employe OF
the Swift Packing house, assumed
the leadership of the local forces OF
the bolshevists at the packing house
at an early hour Thursday morning
and going to the entrance to the
plant implored the men to join him
in taking possession of the govern
ment.
He said that he had received the
last cali Wednesday night to strike
the first blow for freedom and that
the men should Immediately quit
and join in the great revolt. Special
officers took Lissey in charge and
sent fer the South Side police, who
booked him as demented.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee
Influenza Breaks
Out Among Inmates
OF Soldiers Home

Lincoln, Feb. 26.-(Special An
epidemic OF influenza has afflicted
the Grand Island, Neb., Soldiers
home, with 100 cases under medical
care during the two weeks ending
last Monday, according to reports
from Commandant Addison Wait to
the state board of control.
DR.. c. R. Devers, institution
physician, and his wife and Dr.. N.
Hayes, himself G. A. r. veteran
and ward at the home, have been
working day and night and have
practically succeeded in keeping
pneumonia from developing
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
ADVERTISEMENT
ADvERTIsEMENr
ANY CR|EvOUS
SKIN TROUBLE
NEEDS P0SLAM

Treatment of your skin with Posla4
will at once discourage and lessen xne
hold Of that eruptional disorder. Tne
trouble should annoy you very htyiS
satisfaction the clear. smooth spot where
it used to be.
Poslam prevents oncoming sruptional
speedily reduces redness Of the nose -
complexion. Removes Inflammation, soreu'
ness and outbreakings due to prickly hsaes
pimples, hives. abrasions and IL prompo
to heal eczema and other annoying Akin
troubles. =.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write TO Emergency Laboratoriess xSt
West 47th ST.. New York City.
Poslam Soap is daily treat to tsndss
skin. Contains Poslam.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
University Professor to
Address Nurses in Omaha

Prof. F. M. Fling of the Univer-
sity of Nebraska will deliver another
of his series of lectures to the
nurses and their friends at the
Nicholas Sem hospital tonight. Prof.
Fling has been describing events
connected with the peace conference
and his subject tonight will be Ter
ritorial Settlements at the Peace
Conference"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
YOUNG! CHOICE OF.
NoNPART|SANS.
FOR C0vER N OR.
Complete Set of Candidates
On Rer"bIican Ticket Will
Make Race for Farm
ers' Organization. e

Lincoln, Ncb.,, Feb. 26-(Specia
Telegram 1.-The National Nonpar.
tisan League OF Nebraska. in con,
vention here, voted to extend their
support to Elmer Z. Young of Lex
ington, as candidate for governor
on the republican ticket in the April
primaries. G. B, Wiley of Fairbury
will be their candidate for lieutenant
governor and A. H. Bigelow OF
Omaha for attorney general.
State Treasurer D. B. Cropsey,
Land Commissioner Dan Swanson,
Auditor George w. Marsh and Sec
rotary of State d. M. Amsberry
were called before the convention
and later endorsed. The nature of
the questioning to which the state
officers submitted was kept secret,
but it was said that the question on
which the convention wanted en-
lightenment was whether the men
had any opposition to being en-
dorsed by the league.
... Name Other Candidates.
II was said that other candidates
would receive the recommendation
OF the league including state rail-
way commission candidates, regents
OF the state university, congressional
candidates in the Third, Fifth and
Sixth districts and the state legis-
lature.
Resolutions adopted declared
The National Nonpartisan league
is fighting for free markets. for free
speech, for free press and the right
of peaceful assemblage, for the de-
struction Of autocracy and irrespon-
slble Capitalization of governmental
power, and for the >end of absentee
landlordism. The National Non
partisan. league movement is not
only political but religious"
Adopt New Platform.
A platform favoring exemption of
farm improvements and working
mems homes from taxation was
adopted.
The platform also endorsed state
ownership and operations of pack
ing plants, flour mills, stock yards,
creameries, terminal elevators and
beet sugar factories insofar as is
necessary to restore competition and
break monopolistic control" Other
planks favored government owner
ship of the railroads; farmers and
wage-earners' cooperative associa-
tons and increased pay for school
teachers. ...
Resolutions adopted included one
iavoring "the restoration of the full
liberties of the people which were
withdrawn in the emergency of the
recent war.
Reed Heads Committee.
4 Edward Reed of Deuel. county
was chairman of the platform conf
mittee. Other members were: G. H.
Custer of Custer county. J. O.
Schmidt of Saunders, f. N. Neu-
bauer Of Harlan. Carl Anderson of
Lancaster, ]. H. Hanfeldt of JOSH
son and w. F. Thomas of Gosper.
James Elliott of Scottsbluff was
chairman of the convention. N. ].
Cushing of Ord was secretary,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Or. Rose Assistant Head
State TuberCuIar Home

Lincoln, Feb. 26.-(Special. DIR
w. f. Rose of Kearney has been
appointed assistant superintendent
OF the Kearney Tubercular home
The population of the institution is
now close to 100, the largest in its
history. A large part of the in
crease includes ex-soldiers, who de-
vcloped the disease during the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
County Treasurers Confer
With State Auto Department

Lincoln, Neb,, Feb. 26.-(Special.)
A committee of county treasurers
met with the state automobile de-
partmcnt and devised means to COM
ply with obscure provisions of the
new automobile law.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Lincoln Bricklayer Dies
Of Injury Five Months AGO

Lincoln, Feb. 2o.-(Special. "A
fall down series of stairs at the
Y. NJ. c. A. building FIVE months
ago Thursday resulted in the death
of John Thomas Wilson, a brick
layer. Three operations in an ef-
fort to save his life had proved TN
successful
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
WE WANT YOUR JUNK
Herring Candidate as
Alternate-at-Larget to
Republican Convention

Announcement is made that Carl
E. Herring. we'll known Omaha at
torney, will be a candidate in the
republican primaries as alternate
delegate-at-large to the national
convention. Mr.. Herring will sup
port the peoples choice, but person
ally is in favor of Pershing for
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Denies He Ran Livery Stable

Lexington, Neb., Feb. 90
Especial Robert G. Ross of this
section makes vehement denial of
the statement contained in story
to the effect that he formerly owned
a livery stable, and explains that he
not only never owned one, but never
worked in or was connected with
one in his So years of age, having
been farmer from boyhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27

mittee to petitiou the Board OF Edu-
cation for improvements at Mason
school. Resolutions eulogizing Will
liam II. Green, former member who
died recently, were adopted.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Southwest Improvement
Club UrqeS Gas Purchase

The Southwest Improvement
club, at meeting last night, ap-
pointed a committee to protest to
the city commission against the
abandonment of the gas plant pur-
chase proceedings.
The club appointed another COM
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Judge HostetIer of Kearney
Candidate for denomination

kearney, Neb,. Feb. 26.-(Special.)
Judge B. O. Hostetler of Kearney
has filed with the secretary of state
petitions signed by about 1000 cleo
tors requesting his denomination for
the office of district judge of the
Twelfth judicial district at the April
primary election.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Sapphire Weighing Five
Pounds Is Found In Bombay

Bombay, India, Feb. 26>-A sap
hire eight inches long and weighing
more than five pounds is reported to
have been found at Mogok by a
Burmese. Its value is estimated at
between 935.000 and $4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
BeY0urlQ
hrNOurr
Years

You were taught at school
that your body undergoes a
complete change Of structure
every seven years.
This tearing down and build
ing up process of body tissue
continues without a moments
pause throughout life.
And when a man gets into q
physical condition that the It's
sues keep breaking down and
wasting away faster than Ma
ture can replace them, right
then he begins to grow ''old".
This doesn't necessarily
mean, however, that he has
reached an advanced age.
Thousands upon thousands of
people begin to break down,
their vital organs giving evil
dence Of fast approaching de-
cay, long before they reach
middle age simply because
they fail to give Nature, at
the proper time, the needed
help to rebuild.
Ifyou are beginning to show
the slightest sign of a physical
'let-down"-if you are losing
your old time "pep" vim and
vigor-if high tension energy
and nervous strain are begin
ming to tell on you-it's a sure
sign that you are growing "old"
too oldforyouryears. You've
reached that stage where your
vital forces need rebuilding.
Don'tmake the seriousmistak
Far s.la ~ al druuuists- II
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
Necessity Knows No Law.

Cisco, Tex, Feb. 26-Two
masked robbers held up the bank
at Necessity, an oil town near here,
and escaped with 81 500 in currency.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
South Side BreUities

Pat Donahey, 420s South sixteenth
street, is reported Ill with an liberated
stomach and is receiving treatment at the
Lord Lister hospital.
located at 4925 South Twenty-fourt
street He has just arrived from the east
with the latest fashions in all sorts of
goods. Call South 1925.
Theodore Anderson, 5oa5 South TWENTY
third street, aud Charles Turley. 2o3 North
Twenty third Street, were each fined IS in
the South Side police court for driving an
automobile past a street car unloading pas
sengers.
Food worth SO up to 800 will be de-
lvered to your relatives In Warsaw Bude-
pest. Prague, Vienna or Hamburg. You
can make the arrangements at Packers
National bank. Twenty-fourth and o
streets.
Paul Kraft. Thirty-first and Valley
street. an employe Of the Cudahy com
pany. paid 50 a pound for sausage in the
fined SIS and costs for having stolen five
pounds Of sausage from the Cudahy COM
pany.
The office Of the Superior Printing COM
was broken into Tuesday night and 1865
in cash and $leso in checks stolen &C
cording to a report made "Wednesday TO
the South Side police by II. b. Fisher.
Farmers that fed their corn to their
according to William Randall Of North
Loup at the stock yards Thursday. who
said that about a month ago hecould have
stead he fed it to his stock. He said
corn was selling for about $l.so bushel
at public sales
The profit on lambs will have to pull
many Of the farmers Of the state out Of
hole in the live stock business, accord
ing to II. A. Lotspeich of Minitare, who
sold three loads Of lambs on the local
market this week. He said the greater
to- 10 oank ~ ,fR ntrSy
had been sent to market at loss and
that the farmers were raising lambs to
make up losses.
WE WANT YOUR JUNK
Call US when you have your old stove,
rags, magazines, ETC., ready to dispose
Of. We pay Sc per ID. for. rags: cent
per H. for magazines. and highest prices
for all other junk. We call for all orders.
We also buy secondhand furniture.
CHICAGO METAL, & IRON CO..
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
How To Avoid
INFLUENZA

Nothing you can do will 30 effect
ually protect you against the Influenza
or Grippe epidemic as keeping your
organs Of digestion and elimination
active and your system free from
poisonous accumulations.
Doctors and health authorities
everywhere are warning people of -
the danger Of constipation, and
advising, and urging everyone \
to see that the bowels and other A
eliminative organs act freely
md regularly. ~
Ordinary laxatiyes, purges and
cathartics, salts, oils, calomel and the
like, are good enough to clean out tho
system, but do not strengthen tho
weakened organs; they do not build up
vitality.
Why don't you begin right today
to overcome constipation and get your
system In such shape that you can feel
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-14

DR.. j. S. Moffatt, president Of
Erskine College, last week address,
ID the graduating class Of the
Rlgefield High School. The Edge
Ed advertiser has this to say of
Dr. Moffatt's address:
Mr. A. S. Tompkins introduced
she speaker of the evening. DR..
Naffatt, of Erskine College, who
sasde one of the most magnificent
addresses on the League Of Ma
sssns which the audience had ever
lizard. Many expressed themselves
n being very much pleased with
sais instructive presentation Of the
sabject.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-14
LOOKING FOR WALTER

We thought it would happen.
Mrs. Smith. wife of our dis
$nguished fellow citizen and fish
a,erchant, Col. Dote Smith, of
South Main. has been forced to buy
= new range. 1t was all caused by
1he eating capacity and qualifica-
Eons Of brother Walter, who has
3een on hands every Saturday
a5ght and Sunday, to say nothing of
s-ainy days, since Dote entered the
fish business.
Mrs. Smith called at the reliable
s1ore Of w. A. Calvert & Sons Sat-
arday afternoon where she demand
sd a Champion, the range adver-
'::.sed in this paper last week, saying
rat it would take Champion to
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COL. CARWILE HERE

Col. A. F, Carwile, of Level Land,
was here Friday. He was in charge
of Mrs. Carwile, who looks a great
zeal younger, and who is much bet
:er looking than her husband, though
.ae husband is handsomer than most
Of the men around Level Land since
John T. Brynat left there.
This was the first visit the Colonel
:aaS made to the city since he re-
-urned from the State of Texas,
whittier he went some weeks ago to
sisit kindred. He tells US that Texas
= far behind with the crop of cotton,
max on account of the rains little
sad been planted, and what had been
planted was being replanted. There
vas time still to make a good crop,
The knowing ones told him, but a
jarge crop is not probable with
chanting so late. 1t was raining every
Gay while his party was there Though
otherwise they found Texas painful
y dry) and he didn't see where the
LIQUIDS were likely to be punctured
anytime soon.
But despite the bad crop outlook
ia that state, his kindred were glad
20 see the good people of South Car
slina. Colonel Carwile not only was
erected by these but by the friends
of quarter of century ago made
xhen he was a resident Of the State
Of Texas.
Level Land, though, is still good
enough for him.
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COWS OF VARIOUS KINDS

A Tennessee dealer sold to the
highest bidded a carload Of % milk
COWS at Whites stable Saturday.
Col. Bill Calvert was one Of the big
buyers and Vestryman Bill Barn.
we'll only went in lightly. Among
the lot there were cows of all sorts
some of them fair and others more
like the COW about which the school
boy wrote when he said "a cow is
an animal that has four legs, one on
each corner" The highest price
paid for any was $3.50. :
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books she more than made up in
travel and experience. She held her
own wherever she went and was
much sought after. When she and
the young editor of the Star became
acquainted the King family was
not pleased and when they finally
announced their engagement Mr..
King told his daughter that if she
married Harding he would "cut her
off without a dollar" She disre-
garded the threat and her father
kept his word. The young couple
therefore had to begin their mar
ried life in humble quarters, but the
bride made up her mind that she
and her husband would eventually
win out and they did.
Senator Harding has been a life
long admirer of Napoleon's genius
as military strategist and state
man. He regards Alexander Hamil-
ton as the greatest constructive
statesman of all time.
Once when asked how lie had
earned his first dollar he said:
"Driving cows for my father and
the neighbors. Then I blew it all on
a Fourth of July celebration"
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cook enough to fill brother Walter
and that he wanted to fill him
once if Dote could ever get as much
as three barrels of fish.
John Calvert fixed her up, and
Dote hooked the range to the firing
line Saturday just as Walter ar
rived at the front door. Mrs. Smith
went to work and by 9 o'clock Wal
ter was so full of fish that he
wanted to get into the branch and
go to swimming.
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GONE FISHING

Virgil Gaffney has gone to At
eanta to spend his vacation with his
aaosher. While away he will join his
little cousins, the children of Prof.
sad Mrs George Rook, and will 60
s0 n camping trip on the Chatta-
Aooehee river for two weeks. Vir-
I'll expects to catch all the big fish
sut of the river in the two weeks
Sne. Anyway he will have plenty
If big tales to tell.
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came her fathers chief director and
pal. She rode horseback with "dad,"
travelled about with him and made
up to him in every way she could
the loss of her mothers companion
ship, Mrs. King being more or less
of an invalid.
Miss King was popular and at
tractive. What she had lost in her
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LIBRARY BOOKS

Mr.. Lewis Perrin has presented
the '!!.ra~y with the following
hooks:
A Man in the OpeR-Roger Po-
cock.
The Spider Web-R. W. Kauff-
vaan-
Paty-S. r. Crockett.
SaHey Salt-Mrs. Wilson Wood
syW.
Rose Of the World-Agnes and
Egetrin Castle.
An are interesting books and, no
foubt, will be enjoyed by the pub
az.
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WANTS

LOST-Saturday morning between
residences of E. R. Thomson and
Lewis Perrin, five dollar bill. Suit
able reward if returned to this Of
flee. 6, 14-1tc