PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1925.
PAGE SIX
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1 Can Feel The Good Of
This Wonderful New
Medicine, Karnak, To
My Finger Tips," De
clares Capt. Hamann.
Like a vast forest fire the re
markable health building powers of
Karnak, the sensational new medi
cine that has just been introduced
here, has spread all over Nebraska.
Fred Hamann, Senior Captain ef
the Omaha City Fire Department,
House No. 14, on Lake St., and re
siding at 905 S. 33rd St., says:
"This new medicine, Karnak, has
put me in such fine trim in such a
short time that I want to tell all
the people of Nebraska how re
markable it is." For a consider
DRASTIC TAX
REDUCTION
IS CERTAI
I
I-Iellon, Green and Smoot Agree Re-
vision Downward of schedules
For 192G May be Pledged.
, Carctirv
wasaiaBicii, iiAn" pHpvm that i left entirely in the hands of the na
of the Treasury J111"' tional government. These two steps,
the finances of the government are Dointed ou, would eliminate the
con
gress will he a Die 10 cueti
drastic tax cut when it convenes
next December.
During: the summer the treasury
department will co-operate with
members of the house ways and
means committee in devising a tax
reduction plan, based on an estimat-
ed surplus of ?374.000,000 for the
year 1926, it was said today.
Representative Green of Iowa,'
chairman of the nou?e wajs ami,
house ways and
means committer, called on Secre
tary Mellon to discuss the tax situa- t
tion and tho probable extent to
which 192G income taxes can be cut. ;
Collection returns so far on 1924
Income taxes, fihd March 15, indi
cate. It was snii at the treasury, :
that the total will at least reach, if
not exceed, the estimate of $1,650,-,
000,000.
63.000.000 Surplus
These collections further indicate,
Secretary Mellon believes, that the
government will have a surplus of
approximately $6S.000,000 at the
end of the current fiscal year. This
figure may be changed, however, by
annlication of the recently enacted
costal raise in wages and salary in
crease voted to members of congress.
While Secretary Mellon was mak
ing optimistic promises of further
tax cuts today. Senator Smoot of j
Utah, chairman of the senate com- '
mittee on finance, called at the
White House to discuss the same
question with President Coolidge.
Following this conference, Sonntcr
Smoot predicted that tax revision
downward would be one of the first
problems to be taken up by the new
congress when it convenes in Decem
ber. Like Chairman Green of the house
ways and means committee. Senator
Smoot emphasized the necessity for
reducing the maximum surtax on in
comes to 2". per cent, with corre
sponding cut3 in other surtax rates.
1920 Elcar $150
1917 Chevrolet 75
1923 Chevrolet 150
1917 Ford Touring 50
1916 Ford Touring 25
1921 Ford Tourine. Starter 150
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1920 Ford Touring, Starter 125 ,
1918 Buick Roadster 150
1920 Oakland Touring 225 j
1924 Ford Touring 275
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1924 Ford Coupe 425
1923 Ford Touring 250
1924 Ford Tudor - 525
1923 Ford Fordor 250
1923 Ford Truck 250
1923 Ford Truck 225
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1920 Oldsmobile 175 ,
10 h. p. Gas Engine 150
1922 Ford Roadster 125
1923 Ford Coupe 325
1918 Ford Speedster 100
Several Others
TERMS IF Y0TJ WISH
0. IL GARAGE
IF Y0TT WISH
RE CAPTAIN
able time before I started taking
Karnak I had been feeling all out
of whack. My appetite wap so
poor I couldn't relish a meal, and
I was terribly restless and nervous.
Sharp shooting pains would strike
me through the back something
on the order of lumbago and I al
ways felt weak and rundown, and
any way but right.
"I have just finished my second
bottle of Karnak now, and I feel
the good of this new medicine to
rav finger tips. It went after my
troubles just like it was made es
pecially for my case, and it now
has me eating hearty, sleeping
good, and feeling fine."
Karnak is sold in Plattsmouth
exclusively by F. G. Fricke & Co.;
and by the leading druggist in
every town.
This plan also has the approval of
the treasury department.
Eliminate Joint Taxes
The senator said that he also ex
pected the elimination of certain
miscellaneous taxes, such as those
on automobile sales.
Senator Smoot endorsed the presi-
' dent's idea cf having the national
government withdraw from the m-
lcJ'lt
tax field, leaving that
revenue exclusively to the
states.
At the same time, the senator as
serted, the states should quit the in-
come tax field, which would tnus De
difficulties now involved in joint tax
ation of both incomes and inherit
ances by national and state govern
ments alike.
At any rate, it is now a certainty
that thoj tax burden will be lightened
considerably in 1926.
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BRAZIL WAISTS BIGGER
PRICE FOE COFFEE
Rio de Janiero. Brazil. March 23.
Reports from the United States in-
. dicatipg that a campaign is under
i way there to cause consumers to boy
cott Brazilian coffee until Brazil does
something there to cause a reduc
tion in coffee prices, have acted as
stimulus for a number of articles in
Brazillian papers, signed by leading
iroffee producers, in defense of the
' policy of the valorization of coffee
prices.
The gist of the arguments present-
j ed by coffee producers in defense of
the coffee policy now being followed
seems to be that "the increase in
'prices being paid by the American
consumer for other food products is
proportionately much greater than
the increase in coffee prices, there
fore, the American consumer ought
to pay even higher prices for coffee
than he doe3 at the present time."
One writer on the subject goes so
far as to demonstrate that the North
American consumer last year paid
an increase of 135 per cent for raut
1 ton, as compared with the price he
wan paying in 1913; that he paid
S5 per cent more for cheese in 1924
than he did in 1913; GS per cent
more for wheat; etc.. whereas the in
' crease in price for his morning uip
:of coffee was only 54 per cent dur
ing the period 1913-1924.
DAWES STARTS HOME
AFTER 3 HECTIC WEEKS
Washington, D. C, March 21.
After a strenuous three weeks dur
ing which he astounded the country
by bearding the senate in its sacred
chamber in defiance of hallowed
traditions and kept his name on the
front pages longer than any other
Vice President in the history of the
country. Gen. Charles G. Dawes re
turned to Evanston today.
At the station to see him off were
many of his old friends who wished
ihim good luck in his promised fight
this summer on the rule in the senate
that permits filibustering.
Before leaving for the union sta
tion Mr. Dawes dropped in on sev-
. eral friends at the department build
ings and stopped a few minutes at the
White House, where he conferred
with the secretary to the President.
As he left the executive offices. White
House reporters bombarded him with
questions about his summer plans.
"After two weeks on the hill, do
'ou sti11 think you can persuade the
senators to do away with the fili-
buster rules?" one reported asked.
vice President Dawes smiled
"Good-by," he replied.
CHAPMAN GOES ON TRIAL
FOR HIS LIFE TODAY
Hartford. Conn., March 23. Ger-
alf Chapman, the most notorious and
to stand trial tomorrow on an indict
ment for the muraer last October of
Patrolman J. Skelly, of New Britain.
( The police have a wholesome re
! spect for Chapman's well advertised
be brought from
jail shackled with
two conspicuous
ly armed guards seated on either side
of him In a closed car.
No spectators, other than the '150
prospective jurors, are to be admit
ted into the court room until the
jury has been selected. Chapman has
retained five attorneys.
Mrs. Edward Donat and daughter,
Miss Rose, were among the visitors
in Omaha today for a few hours at
tending to some matters of business
and visiting with friends.
Dennison Easter novelties, crepe
paper and napkins, favors and deco
rations for Easter at the Bates Book
and Gift Shop.
AUTO DRIVERS'
LICENSE BILL
IS STILL ALIVE
House Passes Measure Providing
Only 4 Per Cent on State
Bank Deposits.
Lincoln. Neb., March 24. The
senate bill aimed at "no furd'" -heck
writers, and the Bock-Keck-Stp.ats
auto drivers licensing bill were ad
vanced to thirl reading in the house
this afternoon as that body once
more cleared its general fi o docket.
Several measures will be ready for
passage in the morning, but there
will be a few for consideration in
committee of the whole.
The bill requiring licenses for auto
drivers survived a motion for indefi
nite postponement, made by O'Malley
of Greeley, after considerable debate.
Mr. O'Malley, declaring he was doing
the people a service in opposing the
proposition, said he was for any law
that would make highway driving
safer and reduce the number of acci
dent fatalities.
Byrum of Franklin, who rewrote
the original bill and today offered the
substitution, explained that it would
not require all members of one fam
ily to take out licenses to drive the
same car, but he admitted that one
person owning the driver's license
could bo held responsible for viola
tions of the traffic laws where the
person driving under his license was
the offender.
Mitchell Bill Fails.
The house by an overwhelming
vote killed the Mitchell electric bill
against which railroad and power
company representatives have been
lobbying. It was discarded on mo
tion of Munn of Lancaster. The bill
provided for formation or electric
power districts to furnish service to
their residents, the cost of the opera
tion to be paid by tax levies. Before
it wa3 killed the house adopted an
amendment by Coulter of Morrill,
providing that only property holders
could vote bonds for the buying
equipment. The senate bill allowing
caretakers of live stock to accom
pany the animals on the train free of
charge went to third reading after an
attempt to kill it had lost. 28 to 41.
The house killed the Wilson school
bill, which was supported by mem
bers from western counties. It would
have allowed school districts to pay
5 cents to each family for each quar
ter of a mile in excess of two and a
half miles that children would be
obliged to travel in going to school,
where there was no free transporta
tion. State banks may pay only 4 per
cent on time deposits after July 1,
1925. under a senate bill passed by
the house today and sent back to the
senate for - concurrence iin; amend
ments. A bank may pay more than 4 per
cent only with the permission of the
commissioner of trade and com
merce, this provision having been
made to allow state banks to meet
national bank competition. The vote
on the bill was 62 to 27.
Potato Inspection Optical.
The house passed the senate bill
making potato inspection optional
with producers, dealers and ware
house men instead of mandatory. The
fee remains at $4. The vote was 91
to 2.
By a vote of 68 to 25, the house
possed the senate bill allowing coun
ties to appoint a board of three mem
bers to classify land of more than
forty acres for the purpose of assess
ment. This bill was produced par
ticularly for Custer county.
The house also passed the senate
bill allowing the city of Omaha to
pave a connecting street between
Mandan park and Fort Crook road,
the cost to be taken out of park
funds.
The house lifted the McGowan sen
ate election bill, which was killed
Saturday, and referred it back to
committee of the whole for amend
ment. The bill provided that the
written-in vote for a candidate in the
primary must have been ten per cent
of the vote in the preceding election
of the party he would represent if he
were to be that party's nominee.
The bill would be amended to make
the requirement only 5 per cent in
stead of 10 per cent.
SALES OF NEW STAMPS
Washington, March 23. Sales of
the new Harding 1-cent postage
stamp and the new 1-cent stamp
ed envelope on March 19, the first
day of their offering at the poat
oflice department's philatelic agency,
amounted to $2,4 66, representing
about 1 hundred and fifty thousand
pieces. The sales were to stamp col
lectors, who bought in blocks of six.
twelve and even y hundred. Many
asked for' l-ccnt Washington
stamped envenopes, bearing in addi
tion lV-cent Harding stamps of the
three methods of manufacture coil,
rotary press and flat-bed press.
EVOLUTION TEACHING
BARRED IN TENNESSEE
Nashville, Tenn., March 23. Ten
nessee today rung down the curtain
on the Darwin-Huxley drama when
Governor Austin Peay signed a bill
passed by the general assembly cast
ing into discard the theory of evolu
tion. The bill bars teaching of evo
lution in the public schools, normals
and colleges of the state. The gov
ernor in a message to the legislature
accompanying the signed bill de
clared evolution "at variance with
the teachings of man's creation as
related in the bible."
Early in April a new telephone
system will be put into service at
Hastings. It will be the first one in
the United States equipped with all
of the most improved automatic
switching devices and will give in
creased capacity as well as speed up
the service.
In the old days, houses
were built with big, roomy
attics. That space is valu
able now. To make the
most of it, buy some sheets
of this different wall
board. When you get
through nailing it to the
joists or studding, you
will have a new room or .
two neat, smooth-sur-f
aced,cool in summer and
warm in winter, fireproof,
too all because of
Sheetrock.
Ask your lumber
dealer for it
MOVE TO CONTINUE
FIGHT FOR LOPEX
AT MASS MEETING
Three Thousand Friends of Frazier
Vote Funds to Invoke the
Grand Jury.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 23. A
move to continue the fight for a le
gal decision by grand jury on the
status of Arthur Lopez, alleged con
fessed imposter of Arthur Frazier,
Indian soldier claimed by the veter
ans' bureau to have been killed in
the world war, was voted tonight at
a mass meeting in the city hall called
by friends of Frazier, who still be
lieve Lopez is Frazier. : Three thou
sand persons crowded the assembly
room, and many were turned away
from the meeting. -
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frazier and
their son. Earl, parents and brother
of the Indian claimed dead, attended
the meeting and declared Lopez was
their son, Arthur Frazier.
The meeting was interrupted for a
time by the taking of a collection by
which several hundred dollars was
raised to add to the fund to fight the
claim of the bureau.
During the meeting 'the veterans'
bureau gave out affidavits by Rob
ert Ford and George Gragg, clerks
in the Santa Fe station at Arkansas
City, Kan., to the effect that Lopez
worked with them at the time Fra
zier was fighting overseas.
Major General Frank T. Ilines, di
rector of the veterans' bureau, who
i3 in Minneapolis investigating the
local bureau, so far has declined to
enter the controversy.
TRIAL OF ILLINOIS
JUDGE TO PROCEED
Congressional Probe of Acts of Judge
English Delayed by Lack
of Prosecutor.
St. Louis, March 23. The con
gressional investigation of the official
acts of Judge Ck-orge Washington
English of the eastern Illinois dis
trict will gret under way tomorrow
after a day's delay, due to lack of a
prosecutor.
Tonight. W. D. Roles, republican,
of Iowa, chairman of the house Ju
diciary subcommittee of seven, said
he was not ready to announce the
name of the prosecutor, although he
expressed confidence that one of three
men sought would be on hand to ex
amine the first witness.
Judge English was in court and
was represented by three atorneys.
Tonight 25 to 35 witnesses had
been subpoenaed, according to M. I..
Melito, assistant sergeant-at-arms of
the house, who has been here a week.
Melito said he expected to subpoena
more than 100 witnesses.
Neither Doies nor Melito would an
nounce the witness list, but Chair
man Boies said tonight he thought
Judge Anderson of Indiana and Judge
Lindley of Illinois would be included.
The charges against Judge English
include:
Tyrannical and unwarranted dis
barments; unlawfully permitting his
appointee as referee in bankruptcy
to practice law; depositing funds con
trolled by his court in banks which
his friends and the referee were in
terested, as the agency for disposal
of bankrupt assets, and "other im
proprieties and irregularities which
thwart justice and pervert its admin
istration." If Chicago votes to municipally I
own and operate the elevated and !
street railway systems of that city it I
will mean the issuance of $337,000,-1
000 in bonds and take that much I
taxable property out of the hands of
private ownership and add another
third of a billion to the growing pile
of tax-exempt securities.
Journal Want Ads pay. Try then. '
CHILD BRIDES
CALLED VICTIMS
OF PROHIBITION
Legislator Asks Law to Bar Hasty
Weddings Plan to Pass
Five Day Law.
New York, March 23. State Sen
ator Antin, chairman of the state
welfare commission and an advocate
of revised rules regulating the issue
of marriage licenses, attributes im
mature and disastrous marriages to ;
prohibition and the carrying of hip:
flasks by. girls and boys. This state
ment was made after adjournment of'
the Bronx grand jury at which Sena
ton Antin urged the jurors to recom
mend that the legislature pass his
bills.
One of these bills makes it illegal
to issue a marriage license to an ap
plicant under sixteen until the judge
of a court of record has investigated
the case and approved the applica
tion.. Another measure makes it ;
illegal to perform a ceremony in
less than five days after issuance of
the license.
12-Year-Old Brides Testify.
Senator Antin was one of thirty
five witnesses District Attorney Mc
Geehan had ready to testify in the
inquiry, which followed denunciation
of present marriage license condi
tions by Justice John M. Tierney cf
the Bronx Supreme court. Twenty
girl brides, some of them only twelve
years old, none of them more than
eighteen, testified they were married
by civil weddings and told of aband
onment, cruelty and poverty.
The grand jury heard the case of a
mother who maintained ilicit rela
tions with a man of 40, and married
him to her 15-year-old daughter, so
he could live in the house with her
without exciting comment. Cases of
the alleged sale of girls of 12 to 14
by parents were cited.
Oppose Snap Marriages.
Senator Antin opposed the "short
acquaintance" marriage and asked
that city clerk and aldermen formu
late rules compelling a close inquiry
as to the length of the acquaintance
between applicants.
C. W. Kaufman said he told the
grand jury how he had obtained an
nulment of the marriage of his 14
year old daughter, who had apparent
ly no trouble getting a license in the
Bronx and Manhattan because of her
immaturity.
Madeleine E. Smith, married at 16,
told a reporter she had been given a
license without question. It was or.ly
a few weeks before she discovered
her husband was a gambler, who had
served eighteen months in prison.
Wed at 16, She Says.
Rose Lapofski, who looks hardly
more than 16 now, said she was IS
and that she had obtained a license
in the Bronx two years ago, accord
ing to her story outside the pury
room.
The district attorney selected for
presentation cases of physical in
firmity, not discovered until after the
marriage, failure of the groom to
have a religious ceremony performed
after being married by the city clerk
and cases where short courtship hac"
not given the woman sufficient delay
for her to be put on her guard
against her husband's past life.
Senator Baps Parents.
In his statement on prohibition
and the vice crusade. Senator Antin
said:
"Mere youngsters today carry hip
flashs and think it smart. They have
a spirit of bravado in breaking the
law. Such a thing years ago was
never heard of. These young people
haven't been properly supervised in
their homes, or perhaps their parents
carry hip flashs. too, and show them
the example. Vice crusades in New
York City have forced many men of
low type into civil marriages they
did not mean to continue.
"I am also against a forced mar
riace to protect the girl." he said.
"Such a marriage is generally on.y a
temporary advantage."
PHILADELPHIA'S
FAIR OUTLINED
Sesauicentennial- Celebration. Plans
Are Maturing Exposition to
Start June 1, 1926.
Philadelphia. March 23. A com
perhensivo outline, of plans for the
HOHqulcentennial to be held in this
city next year has been made by t;oi
David C. Collier, director-general of
the exposition. The project ia Inter
national In scope and will continue
for six months beginning June 1,
1U2G. The center of activities will be
in Leaguo Island Park, where 200
acres will bo set aside and 400 addi
tional acres adjoining for the accom
modation of nine industrial buildings
and state structures in addition to
those foreign governments may erect.
These buildings will be clusterod
around the new municipal stadium, a
colossal affair, seating more than
250,000. Beside these main struc
tures additions will be made-to the
Commercial Museum to enable other
governments to send permanment ex
hibits to Philadelphia, and utilization
of the new art museum and free
library Is also suggested by the di
rector-general.
Wide Field of Displays.
The grouping of industrial build
ings is designed to embrace halls of
agriculture, horticulture, manufac
tories, machinery, transportation,
motor exhibits, food and products
and a Palace of Industry. One of the
features for beautification of the
grounds is the suggestion of a moat
surrounding the exposition. An effort
also will be made to have the great
stadium stage the Pan-American
Olympic games of 1926.
In Colonel Collier's report among
other things he says the exposition
is designed to show in graphic man-
ner the progress made in the United j
Week-End
Puritan flour, per sack $2.55
Grape fruit, large size, 3 for $ .25
Grape fruit, medium size, 4 for 25
Oranges, per doz., 85c, 60c and 30
New carrots, 2 for 15
Head lettuce, each 15c; 2 for 25
Cauliflower, per head, 35c and 25
Parsnips, per lb 05
Rutabagos, per lb 05
Genetan apples, per peck . . . 90
Comb honey, very fancy, 25c each ; 2 for 45
P and G soap, 1 0 bars for 43
Sunny Monday soap, 1 0 bars 39
Sunbrite Cleanser, 4 cans for 25
Chipso soap chips, large size, each 25
Ivory soap, medium size, 3 for 25
Palm Olive soap, 3 for. 25
Standard tomatoes, No. 2, 2 for . .25
Standard tomatoes, No. 2, 2 for 35
Fancy corn, No. 2, 2 for 35
Value peas, No. 2, 2 for 25
Dew Kist pork and beans, No. 22, 3 for 50
Gold Seal Maine corn, No. 1, 3 for 25
Hominy, No. 2J2, per can 10
Wisconsin kraut, No. 2 y2, 7 for 1.00
Melba sweet potatoes, No. 2J2, 25c each; 2 for. . .45
Monarch catsup, large size, per bottle 25
Dried peaches, 2 lbs. for 35
Dried prunes, 80-90 size, per lb 10
COFFEE
Peaberry coffee, very fancy, per lb $ .50
Master Blend coffee, fresh roasted, per lb 55
Royal A coffee, per lb 60
H M S Ankola, the finest coffee grown, per lb 65
M
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR.
States during the last 50 years in
education, art, science, trade, and
commerce and in the development of
products of the air, the soil, the
mine, the forest and the seas. "It is
the aim and desire," the report con
tinues, "that the people of all other
nations be invited to contribute evi
dences of their own progress to the
end that better national understand
ing and more intimate commercial
relations be engendered and so has-ten
the coming of universal peace."
Applying for Sites.
Among the organizations that have
already made application for sites
are the Colonial Dames of America,
who wish to erect a replica of
Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home
of Washington; the Pennsylvania
League of Women Voters, who want
to build an assembly hall; Sons and
Daughters of the Pilgrims, to erect
a Pilgrim Hut: and the Associated
Fraternal Society, to construct a
Memorial Hall. One of the most in
teresting exhibits, possibly, will be In
the Temple of Education, which will
house an exhibition of development
during the last half century. The
plans provide for a "Clad Way."
where entertainment of a high type
may be had.
So far as amusement is concerned.
however, the great rallying point
will probably be the stadium, where
patriotic pageants will be staged and
which will be the Bcene of other
interesting activities such as band
competitions, song and music fetes,
national and international athletic
contests, great religious gatherings
und civil and military affairs. On
Sunday mornings and evenings dur
If we were not, there would be a
reason. So there is, when we are
people want the best service. We
are here to furnish it.
INTERIOR DECORATING PAPERING
PAINTING VARNISHING
Our store is filled with all the choicest pat
terns of Wall Paper priced from the highest
to the lowest, Interior Finishes, as well as
outside Paints of all kinds for the house,
the garage or the barn, the auto or your
machinery. See us for estimates on work,
and prices on materials.
Harry L.
North Sixth Street
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ing the exposition it is planned to
turn over the stadium to various reli
gious denominations.
MOTORISTS PAID $80,000,000
FOE GAS TAX IN 1924
Washington, D. C, March 23.
Nearly $SO,000,000 was collected
from the motorists in the form of
gasoline taxes in 1924 and was used
or Is available very largely for road
maintenance and construction, ac
cording to the bureau of public roads
of the department of agriculture.
Thirty-five of the forty-eight states
and the District of Columbia imposed
a tax, the rate ranging from one to
three cents per gallon in all states ex
cept Arkansas, which levied four
cents.
The total amount collected during
the year was $79,734,490. Of this,
54S.711.326 was made available for
road construction and maintenance
under the supervision of state high
way Tepartments. A large share of
the remainder was turned over to the
county and local road funds. In a
few states a portion is given to gen
eral funds, school funds and for mis
cellaneous purposes.
Although thirty-five states impose
a gasoline tax. it affects only about
half of the motor vehicles, since sev
eral states which do not buy a tax
have large registrations. The amount
paid annually by the average motor
ist where the tax is collected is
$10.30 per vehicle.
Advertise your wants in the Jour
nal for results.
Kriiger
Susy!