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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
No Serious Damage Is
Expected From HesSian Fly

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 12.-(Speciall
Although general alarm has
been sounded by the United States
Departm, nj of Agriculture to the
effect that ehe HeSsian fly threatens
the 1920 winter wheat crop, Prof.
NJ. II. Swcnk, Nebraska state ento-
mologist, anticipates no serious
damage III this state this year. 1t
is true, Prof. Swenk said, that i'll
dications point to al increase in the
fly, and serious damage may result
from its ravages in two or three
years. Weather and other condi-
tions may have some effect on the
extel.t of this injury.
The Hessian fly goes in waves or
cycles. This cycle was at high
mark in 1915, when damage was Sc
rous i'll this state. The damage in
1916 1917, 1918 and 1919 was un-
important, the fly reaching the low
est point of the cycle last fall, and
it is now on the increase.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
SHORT BALLOT
PLAN OPPOSED
AT CONVENTION
Motion Carried to Make
No Change in State OFF,
GERS and Leave Out Leg
iSlative Problems.

Lincoln. Feb. 12.-(Speciai Tele-
gram. adoption of the principle OF
the short ballot by the constitutional
convention is not favored if the &C
ton OF the members on several prop
ostions in the way of amendments
to the Jackson-Bynum bill can be
taken as the real feeling existing
The Jackson-Bynum bill provides
for the election of a governor, lieu
tenant governor. auditor, treasurer
and attorney general and divides up
the duties OF the other state offices,
giving the land commissioners duties
10 the lieutenant governor and pro-
viding fo- the appointment of a sec
rotary OF state, state superintendent
and railway commissioners by a cab
met composed of the above five cleo
tive officers.
After several amendments had
been proposed and disposed of mo-
ton was made to send the bill back
to the standing committee with in
structions to draw up a bill cutting
ont the placing of appointments in
the hands of the five elective Off
GERS and leaving it as it is now.
This motion was made by Bigelow
OF Douglas.
Coufal OF Butler then sent up a
motion instructing the committee to
leave all legislative matter out of the
bill to be drawn and leave the con-
stitutional provisions as to state of
hcers as il is now. This carried with
a good majority.
The roll call on sending back the
Jackson -Bynum bill was 81 to SO and
is taken as nearly EXPIRE ssing the
sentiment of the convention regard
ing any changes in the number OF
elective officers.
The boys of 1861 and the boys of
1917 joined hands in the constitu-
tional convention and paid glowing
tribute to the memory of Abraham
Lincoln in an hour spent when the
opened.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13

end Miss Mabel Johnson of Morriil
county, treasurer.
Invitations were received ftonl
Lincoln and York for the next
years convention. On the vote,
York won with IS votes. Lincoln
received "a votes. One delegate in
sisted on voting for Omaha.
SpeakerS at yesterdays session
OF the convention were the treasurers
of counties as follows: Miss Mary
Ford. Grant county; Miss Mabel
Johnson, Morrill, county; James p.
Spearman, Sarpy county; F. 0,
Robinson, Cedar county; ]. O. Bar
nard, Gage county; Joseph Roberts,
Dodge county.
Luncheon was served for the dele
gates at the Chamber of Commerce
after which they went in a special
car to the stock yards where they
saw how live stock is handled from
the car to the finished products OF
the p2c king houses.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
Lincoln Man Dies on Visit
To Geneva: Wife Is III

Geneva, Neb., Feb. l2.-(Special.)
William Woodard of Lincoln died
of a complication of diseases while
on visit at the home of his cousin,
Miss Nancy Beggs. He is sur
vived by his wife, who is i'll of in
fluenza at the Beggs home; by a
daughter, Mrs. Blanche Barclay of
Topeka, Kan,; two sons, Malcolm
of Omaha and William, jr., of
Trenton, Mo-. and brother. Wales
Woodard of Byron. Neb. The body
will be taken to Superior for burial.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
FILE NEW CHARGES
OF EMBEZZLEMENT
AGAINST BANKER
Former Valparaiso (Neb, }
CASHIER Lodged In County
Jail at Wahoo.

Wahoo, Neb., Feb. l2,-(Special.) }
R. B. Lower, former assistant
cashier OF the Valparaiso State
bank, is in the county Jail here,
charged with the embezzlement of
Sl7,500 of the banks funds.
He was brought here from Dem
yer last night by Sheriff Daley.
Lower was rearrested there on four
counts of embezzlement filed by
County Attorney Bryant He was
formerly charged with talsifcation
of accounts to the state banking
board, and released from custody
on his own cognizance and $4,000
bond, which he had difficulty in
raising.
Lower was ordered rearrested
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
SPECIAL PURC HASE SALE
WILLIAM A. ROGERS
SILvERWARE, SATURDAY,
UNION OUTf|TTING co.
Prices Are the Lowest Good
Silverware Has Sold for
in Many Months.
Young Couples Who Plan
on Starting Housekeep-
ing This Spring Should
Attend This Sale.

With such little prices on Will
liam Rogers Guaranteed Silver
ware /as the Union Outfitting
Company is making for a big
one-day sale, it is safe to say that
few homes needing a complete set
of silverware will be without it
after their sale next Saturday.
The silverware is of very high
quality and can be had in two ex-
quisite designs that will lend dig
nifty and beauty to your table. 1t
will make ideal wedding and an
niversary gifts.
In addition to beautiful sets
consisting of 26 pieces, there are
many dozens of knives, forks,
spoons and dessert spoons which
can be purchased separately or by
the dozen.
This event issfurther evidence
of the enormous purchasing
power of the Union Outfitting
Company, located just out Of the
high rent district. As always,
you make your own terms.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13

when he could not be fohnd after
his release on the $4,000 bond, and
his charge changed by the banking
board officials. Preliminary hear
ing has been set for March Is, be-
fore Judge G. N. Parmenter of
Saunders county His bond under
tke new charges will probably be
placed at $4,000 and he will be re-
tanned in jail until this is raised. II
is said that he will have consider
able difficulty in raising his new
bond.
Lower had been very popular
among the residents in the Val
paraiso vicinity, but it is now re-
ported that there is a growing senti-
ment among the depositors of the
bank that he should be psade to pay
the penalty.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
NEBRASKA BIC
FACTOR IN U. s.
POLITICAL RING
Congressman Reavis Denies
He Is Aspirant for Vice
Presidency-Is Candi-
date FOR Congress.

Lincoln. Feb. l2.-(Special. .)-Tl,e
open season on democratic aspirantS
is on in Washington and the ad''
ministration forces are just now
having a lot Of fun trying to smoke
William Jennings Bryan out OF his
political hole.
This is in substance the condition
cf things, according to Congressman
c. F. Reavis, who is in Lincoln and
spoke at the banquet of the Young
Mems Republican club and will
again address the constitutional cor
vention, going from here to his
home in Falls City for day before
returning to Washington.
Demos are Active.
Nebraska is a dominant factor in
the national capital" said MI
Reavis. This pertains especially to
the democrats. Carter Glass and
Secretary Daniels have induced Sen
ator Hitchcock to allow petitions
naming him for the democratic non-
ination for the presidency to be cir
culated in Nebraska. The senator
was at first just little reluctant, but
Glass and Daniels were successful
in inducing him to allow the peti-
tions to be circulated in order to
force the hand of Bryan and compel
him to play the administration gam1
and get into line for Hitchcock or
come out squarely against him as a
delegate to the convention.
"fhe speech of Bryan at the jack
son day banquet, followed by his
attack upon Governor Edwards of
New Jersey, because of the COVER
nor's remarks that he would make
the United States as wet as the At
lantic ocean, has INSPIRED the pro-
hibition forces of the country to
get Behind Bryan, and his strength
has grown to such proportions that
it has become necessary to tie Bry-
an up, if possible, for the admins
tration forces.
Committeeman Big Question.
"The election of democratic ma
tional committeeman in Nebraska"
said Mr.. Reavis, Figures largely in. .
the plans, and it is generally admit
ted that Arthur Mullen present ma
tional committeeman, has a great
dea! to do with the matter"
Reading newspaper report that
he had been selected by a confer
ence of republicans in Chicago as
candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for the vice presidency, Mr..
Reavis said:
II wonder where they got that
dope. 1t is the first time l ever
heard of it. / am a candidate for
congress, and no other office"
% -'~ Reviews Investigations.
Over 400 people attended the 50th
annual banquet of the Lancaster
County Republican club at the Lin
coin hotel Thursday evening and
heard Congressman F. Reavis re-
view the Investigations held by spe-
cial committees on the wasteful
methods of the War department and
the exposures which came about |
from those Investigations. The con-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
Policeman Finds Bottles
Of NitrogIycerine In Alley

Two bottles of nitroglycerine,
enough to blow up several city
blocks, were found behind the bill
board in the alley between Harney
and Farnam streets, near Fifteenth
street late Wednesday, by Officer
Sheldon who turned the, explosive
over to the detective bureau of the
police department.
Detectives believe the explosive
was concealed there by the yeggmea
who blew open the safe in the box
Office of the Orpheum theater Mon
day night.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
YORK GETS NEXT
STATE MEETING
OF TREASURERS
Tenth Annual Session Ends In
Omaha With Stock Yards
Visit-ButIer County
Man President.

Philip A. Tomek OF Butler county
was elected president OF the County
Treasurers of Nebraska at the clos
ing session OF the 10th annual con-
vention Of the organization in the
Rome hotel yesterday morning.
S. NJ. Souder of Lincoln county
was elected vice president; F. L.
Propst of York county, secretary;
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
Tornado Races Homes.

Camilla, Ga, Feb. l2.-Several
houses were demolished by torna~
do near here and one person, a lC-
year-old negro girl, was Killed and
several others were injured. un-
confirmed reports said several other
persons were killed in the northeast
ern part of Mitchell county.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
General Wood Invited
To Address Convention

Lincoln, Feb. 12.-(Special y
Gen. Leonard Wood has been in
vited to address the constitutional
convention on the afternoon of Feb
ruary %. General Wood will be in
Lincoln on that day to inspect the
university cadets in the forenoon
and will deliver an address at the
banquet of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution in the evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
English Professor Speaks at
Nebraska University Feb, II

Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 12-(SpeciaL)
Kenneth ]. Saunders of Oxford,
England. university will speak at the
University of Nebraska February II
on the university life in Cairo,
Egypt. He comes under the direc-
ton of the university Y. M. c. A.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
Vacancies in Schools.

Geneva. Neb., Feb. 12-(Special.)
The following departments of the
local high school are in need of
teachers for next year: Latin, nor
NAL training, mathematics and ath-
letics, and Salith-Hughes agricul-
ttre
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
FOR BURNING ECZEMA
Apply Zemo, the Clean, An
tiseptic Liquid-Easy to Use
Does Not Stain

Greasy salves and ointments should
not be applied if good clear skin is
wanted. From any druggist for 35c, OF
$l.00 for large size, get a bottle of Zemo
When applied as directed it effectively
removes eczema, quickly stops itching
and heals skin troubles, also sores
burns, wounds and chafng. 1t pene.
trates, cleanses and soothes. Zemo is
a clean, dependable and inexpensive
antiseptic liquid. Try it, as we believe
nothing you have ever used is as effec'
tive and satisfying.
The E. W. Rose Co.. Cleveland, O.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13

Of European invention is pneu-
matte lift boat that can support 90
persons in water and which can be
inflasted and made ready for use in
three minutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee
p. A. Barrows. Correspondent

gressman spoke for more than an
hour> and was. enthusiastically ap-
plauded at every point
Other speakers were President
Weaver of the constitutional con-
vention. Harry Reese and Miss Muir
of the Lincoln high school.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13

Piles Cured IN 9 to IL Days
Druggists refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure Itching. Blind. Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles. Stops Irritation;
Soothes and Heals. You can get restful
slsan after the first application. Price 6te.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
Postmasters Appointed.

Washington Feb. IL. - Especial Tele-
gram Nebraska postmastcrs appointed;
climax. Custer county, Lille Geser. tice
NJ. T. Weing, resigned; Duncan. Platte
county Frank ]. Chwistek. vice w W.
Peck, resigned.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
Quick !
Action
Corn
Cure
"Cets-It" Stops Pain Instantly and
Corn Soon Lifts Right Off.

Y A few drops Of "Gets-It" quenches
corn pains like water quenches fire.
Gives you immediate relief.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13

The corn begins to lose it's grip at
once. In day or two it is SO loose that
you can lift it off, roots and all. 'twixt
thumb and finger. That's the last of it,
rs millions have found out. 1t is the
simple. effective and common-sense way
to be rid of corns.
"Gets-It," the never-failing. guaranteed.
money-back corn remover, costs but a
trifle at any drug store. MID by E.
Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

dAnsllss DR.. Bins makes this startling
statement: "what would the British
|admirai have said had he known that
* the moment whom he gave up ths
attempt to force the passage to Com
stantinople, the gunners to Fort HAM
idieh. the key to the city, whose fall
would have decided the fate OF the
capital and of the Turkish Empire had
only eight shots Of ammunition left
for their guns, Another hour Of bat
tie and the British flagship would have
hoisted the Union Jack"
Again. speaking OF The land attack,
he writes: I'm the murderous battle of
Anaforta, Turkish battery was posted
on hill which dominated the route
to Constantinople, and. II lost, would
have opened the way there for Sir Ian
HarrENon's army. The Turks had been
hare pressed and as there were no
reserves available, headquarters order
ed the troops who had up to then held
the NH 10 Withdraw curing the nlEnts
The Turkish captain in charge of the
battery on the summit refused to obey
orders and while the rest Of the Turk
ish forces evacuated the position, he
opened a murderous quickfire on the
British lines. So lively and bewiIder
ing was this cannonade that the Brit
ish We're msled and thinking that
they were up against a number of bat
tories with corresponding strong in
fantry, withdrew from the fire zone.
AS soon as this had come to the know
ledge Of the Turkish army headquar-
ters, frantic and eventually successful
efforts were made to hurry reserves
t, the spot and next morning the hill
was found to be firmly held by the
Turk"
The war had many queer turns but
none are queerer than these two so WV
idly spoken Of by this former Turkish
soldier.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
STRANGE FACTS THAT
FEW PEOPLE KNOW

. y d. b.
my brain simply reels with ali this
talk about Japan, China and the league
Of nations" pouts dainty Miss Ameri-
ca, as she presses her hands to her
head, where her rebellious tresses
would be falling down we're 1t not for
q net OF human hair--from Shantung.
Game down here to get away from
this talk about the peace treaty;
China's long way off anyway"
grows Mr. Business Man as he strolls
along the beach. in a pongee suit
from Shantung.
With this introduction the National
Geographic society issues q bulletin
concerning the industries OF Shantung,
which range from making hair nets to
building railways, quoting from q COM
munication to the society by Maynard
Owen Williams. as follows:
"Whpn the speedy roadster made
hair nets q necessity. the hunger pres
sure in . remote province Of 100000
relented . little.
THE almost invisible net serves ia
shion to preserve for another hour the
loveliness of moment. But the max
ing Of hair nets enables whole villages
of wrinkled old women of Shantung to
put q little more food into ever-hungry
stomachs.
when the American male emerged
from the wooden OF former convention
and donned the dapper suit Of cool
'pongec, all the silkworms in Shantung
had to work overtime. and their mas
tiers added Q strip Of pork to the FAM
lily dish. A b0ngec clad crowd at Bar
Harbor means better-fed population
In Weihaiwei.
IAN American woman wears some
Chefoo lace. and. thanks to her and
the purchases OF her friends. almond
eyed girls are being trained in mis-
sion schools 5000 miles away.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
REASON MAKES ITS WAY.


Senator Underwood is to be con-
graduated. He gives welcome signs
that he is getting the administration
ring out. OF his nose and the admin
istration straightjackets soft his body.
His statement that he has sense
enough to know when he can't have
his exact way is one of the most SEN
sible statements recently coming out
OF Washington.
II other senators on his side Of the
chamber join him there is hope of an
carly passage Of a ratification reso-
luton. And il resolution is passed
by two-thirds vote 1t Is likely that
the president will discover 1t does not
nullify the treaty. II the president will
not accept he can not be forced to. It
IL his prerogative to interposs an abb
solute veto. But he may be counted
on to relax, on further thought, his
frenzy to have his exact way and to
acknowledge by acts, IL not by words,
that he overstated when he said that
the reservations nullified the treaty.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
NOT EXACTLY CLEAR.
(New York Times.)

1t is not exactly clear where the re-
sponsibility rests for the presidents
appointment of commission of three,
with the public in a minority. There
is no personal criticism of the three
commissioners in saying that no three
men can carry authority sufficient to
command immediate public assent on
subjects so important and contentious
that their decision In go days il hardly
possible. The anthracite Commission
included seven men of national repu-
tation, and their deliberations lasted
as many months, although 1t was not
composed in a manner to create an
tagonisms.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

Grand canal. which was binding China
into an empire two centuries before
the great wall began to shut out the
rest of the world and 400 years before
the birth in a Bethlehem Manager of
Him who was to affect China in de-
free second only to Standings great
sage.
when 100000 people whose idea
of a days work is 1G hours are crowded
into a province the size of Iowa, there
must be either Industrial development
In silk lace and hair or periodic mi
grations of labor to less thicxly settled
parts Of the world.
I'm summer the Shantung coolie is
north along the Amm mining gold or
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

snake with IL body tisht,y wound
around = burglar and ~ tan sticking
cut q ths windew sattling tor Do-
what are you shouting police FOR -
asked the inquisitive old gentleman. Il
don't ~ anybody trying to rob or beat
you"
Don't bother me-" answered the cit
lien, who WAS standing on a corner
yelling with all his might. "A man
from Skeeterville bet me a half dollar
couldn't rouse UP cop in Toadvine
II l yelled for half q day, and I'm just
trying to win that money"
What dye wanter be chummy with
them new neighbors for?" demanded
his wife. "They got no furniture, they
got no STYLE"
Got a lot of prosperous looking bots
ties" advised her other half.
Hubby, don't you think wives
should get wages"
"Of course, my dear; but there isn't
money enough in the world to pay
you"
Then she smiled and went on wash
ing dishes.
"Eut think of the money YOUR save
through prohibition" "Save! Why, the
money it took to stock up my cellar
will keep me in debt five years.
Captain General weylcr has bobbed
up again in Spain. stating in an In
terview that liberty has been throttled.
Wonder II he remembers the time Cu-
ban liberty was throtkled.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
A CHEERFUL LOSER.
s-a (AY,nr Well w., y.,

When Mr.. Bryan left the cabinet he
broke definitely with the. Wilson
regime. He has been in retirement
four years and a half. He could make
his own campaign or his own issues.
He said jokingly a few days ago that
Democratic prospects were so poor it
would be. perfectly natural for the
party to want to draft him. Running
for president has always been a diver
sion for Mr.. Bryan. He has thrived on
defeats. A party looking for a cheer
fui long shot nominee couldn't do much
better than to pick the undaunted loser
of 1896. 1900 and 1908. At all events.
Mr.. Bryan evidently intends to figure
conspicuously in the Democratic ma
tional convention of 1920. II he Is
there sparks will fly.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
WAS TINS FATE?

m oNFIRMATIoN now comes of the
(lD report that was circulated shortly
following the abandonment of the CAL
iipoii drive and the attack on the
Turkish forts at the entrance to the
Dardanelles, It was only by q
narrow margin the British failed
to take Constantinopie. This revela-
iation II made by DIR. Edward J. Bing.
an Oxford University man of pure
Scotch descent. son Of . naturalIzed
Hungarian citissn. who to avoid fight
Ing against his own blood. enlisted in
Tire ~urkish army rather than. to be
draftsd and ssnt to the western front.
Z Twice, says Or. Bins. constantinople
coald Asxs bssa taksn had the attack
~ aepees known the desperate
Gtsair1tg of the Turks. But each time
y6to ooeuss to have interfered and
thwSktsd them hoisting the Union Jack
w1fhin eyssight Of the Ala Sophia. tn
1oWo1 - Dtamboul. Probably this was
1obeI - sr1sr that this prize Of the war
ehengA la4eg ~ 70 the army Of Lord
A1leohg. Dut had the British bsen in
Non Of the facts showing that
~ 6tfsnse Of constsntinople' was tot
t1san 1urthg the oailtpoii campaign,
80 glght have saAsd leas bsfoss
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

harvesting soy beans in Manchuria.
have seen him carrying Hardin flour
aboard the Sungari steamers, and he
laid hundreds Of miles Of ties on the
Trans siberian. 1 have seen him jug
Cling gaily painted sticks at the Mini
Novgorod fair, and companies of Shan
ttng coolies fought for the Bolsheviks
beside the Kremlin and against them
near Tchita. In ruined Van a Shan
tl,ng coolies, heavily dressed against
the bitter cold Of the Armenian pla-
test,,. rolled into town ahead of 20 of
his ompatriots, who brought flour to
that rtaryinQ. CITY .9rt- s.,a