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Insurgents Seek Restoration of Tax on Profits 1 urn Deaf Ear to Compromise Offer of Administra tion Leaders—Face • Defeat. By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON, By International Tfsws s^rTlie, Washington, May 7.—The olive ^branch of compromise, prepared by republican leaders to gave the admin istration tax reduction bill from demo cratic authorship, was ignored today by the Insurgent progressive bloc of i he senate. Turning a deaf ear to entreaties of compromise, the insurgents planned to force a test vote upon their own provision for restoration of the ex cess profits tax, which Secretary of tito Treasury Mellon condemned and gainst the administration leadership >s opposed. The insurgents face de teat, however, because the proposal is just aa obnoxious to some democrats --s It is to the administration ranks Seiek Compromise Rate. Republican leaders were concentrat ing their efforts today upon enacting i final compromise surtax rate of i'TV4 per cent into the new revenue bill as a substitute for the 40 per cent maximum already endorsed by the democratic-insurgent coalition. Ad ministration leaders hoped to wean enough Insurgents from the follow ing by Senator Brookhart republican, of Iowa, to enact their compromise rate. Indications were the fight would be exceptionally close. The Mellon plan was definitely abandoned, even Its original sponsors in the senate yielding up the ghost. Instead, a proposal of 32 per cent sur tax will be tried by the administra tion ranks before "a last ditch” fight Is staged at the 37V4 per cent line, which was the rate adopted by the house In passing the Longworth com promise bill. Hope of administration leaders to enact the 3714 per cent compromise rat* was dimmed somewhat by Brook hart, who declared he planned to defend the democratic 40 per cent surtax maximum. Progressives Won't Weaken. "The progressives won't weaken on the 40 per cent surtax,” Brookhart said. "We wanted 44 per cent origi nally and we may yet force a vote on the higher maximum. The repub lican compromise offer will not get very far.” Senator Ladd, republican, of North Dakota, another insurgent, confirmed Brookhart's statement. Both sena tors declared they would "make their fight” on the proposal to maintain tax excess rates. Administration leaders nevertheless were hopeful. $10,000 ASKED FOR AUTO INJURY Marie Antony, 60, filed suit in dis trict court Wednesday, asking $10,000 from Stor Beverage A Ice Co., for In 'uries which she received on Febru ary 16. when she was struck by a truck belonging to that company at Twenty-eighth and Douglas streets. PtGGLY WIGGLY MAN BOUND OVER Frank Tatreau. 24, charged with i'io embezzlement of $1,615 from s f'iggly Wiggly branch store, waived preliminary hearing in municipal court Wednesday and was bound over to district court on $2,000 bond. His bond was signed by Legrand Wycoff of the American Surety company. Synod in Conference. Norfolk, Neb., May 7.—Wisconsin synod of the Lutheran church is holding a pastoral conference here with Rev. P. H. Martin, presiding. Woman Dives for Vast Treasures in Spanish Galleon - ■■ ... MIS'? WE*3X>ie O I/O £ 3 *OV'^tndd'^* ’' .A'D>-n£eAOV'; «f skse^eitoe:' IK TOftER.MOlje'Sr DAVt f > •%; :;;; .. .' M'^I. ».,'j M»yt..t..r—.." ' '**' Margaret Naylor, Great Britain's first woman deep sea diver, is making renewed attempts to get 30,91)0,(100 gold "pieres of eight” from the Spanish galleon “Admiral of Florence,’’ sunk in Tobermory Bay, on the west roast of Scotland in November, 1588. In 1913 Colonel Foss re covered pewter dishes, coins and other relics from flip wreck. Miss Naylor has found that three feet of clay cover the poop of the ship. This will he sluiced away and an attempt made to raise the vessel. This photographic representation of s historic painting shows how the galleon appeared before it went down. This oyster, recently recovered from the ship, Is the oldest in the world. 0>sters were imported from South America at the time of the Spanish Armada, and the com niander of the galleon had a supply on hoard when his ship went down. London, May —Margaret Naylor, first woman deep-sea diver. Is re newing attempts at Tobermory, off the west coast of Scotland, to salvage the Spanish treasure ship "Admiral of Florence," sunk there in November, 1588. Reputed to have 30,000,000 golden "pieces of eight" aboard, the sunken galleon haa hitherto defied every at tempt at salvage. In 1013, however, Colonel Foss succeeded in recovering from It pewter dishes, coins, cannon balls and other relics. But he met with an accident and has trained Miss Naylor to take over his work. “It ought to be a fairly simple job now." says Colonel Foss. “Miss Naylor has discovered that the ves sel's poop lies under three feet of clay, and this can be cleared away In a couple of days. It will then re main to get into the ship by sluicing the mud and sand out of It. When this has been done a better Idea can he formed as to the best means of raising the ship to the surface.’' The first attempt to recover the lest treasure was made by Archi bald Millar, who deseended in a primitive diving bell in the 17th century. He secured an iron box, with documents relating to the treasure, two huge anchors and a crown and diadem. The crown and diadem ho lost as he rose to the sur face. Various other attempts at sub sequent times have gained various articles of beautiful workmanship, but the treasure has so far remained intact. STOLE TO FEED BABES; RELEASED Detectives Arthur English and Paul Haze urged leniency and C. W. Set tle. 2502 North Thirtieth street, re fused to prosecute Robert Bevins, 1110 North Twenty-third street, in munici pal court Wednesday morning be cause "he stole to feed his two chil dren.” Judge Frank Dineen declared that any sentence he might give would be served by the children also and gave Bevins a 60-day suspended sentence. Bevins Is alleged to have robbed the storeroom of Settle at 2502 North Thirtieth street of a quantity of fur niture. WIFE SAYS MATE SHUNS BATHTUB Charging that her husband had not taken a hath for two years, Josephine Anderson filed petition In district court Wednesday morning from John G. Anderson, a meat cutter. She further declares that he called her vile names and threatened her with a knife on one occasion. She asks for household goods and alimony. The Andersons were married De cember 11. 1904, and live -at 201S Grace street. -» ■ <y Jury Call* McLean. Washington, May 7.—Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washing ton Post, and J. W. Zevely, counsel for Harry F. Sinclair, were called as witnesses today before the special oil grand Jury In the District ot Columhla supreme court. ■—■—————■I— i m ■ i t Fund Benefits 482 Bovs, Girls Report of J. B. Carver Praises The Omaha Bee Shoe Fund. Four hundred and eighty two school children were provided with warm ahop.s by The Omaha Bee Shoe Fund so th.it they might sttend Omaha pub lic schools last winter. The fund Is sponsored every year by this paper and the contributions are used to fur nish the needy children of the cit3’ with shoes during the cold months. John B Tarver, attendance officer of the Omaha public achools, who Is in charge of the distribution of ahoes. has submitted his report to The Omaha Bee. The letter follows: "The Omaha Bee, Seventeenth and Farnam Streeta, Omaha, Neh.: "I herewith submit mv report to i The Omaha Bee Shoe Fund for 1923- j 1924. “Too much praise cannot be given to your valuable paper, for we feel as ' though this Is one of the most needy funds that are given. Too much credit cannot be given to the follow ing teachers who went with these chil dren to the various shoe stores to see that they were properly fitted: Miss Mabel 7.entz, Miss Deloma Lam bert. Miss A, Ellsworth. "Again I want to thank your paper In behalf of the 482 who received shoes through this fund. I am, yours sincerely. JOHN B. CARVER, "Ohlef Attendance Officer.” GENERAL MOTORS HEAD IS COMING A. P. Sloan, Jr . head of the Gen eral Motors company, will arrive In Omaha May 14 in a private car from St. IajuIs and will spend the day here. One of Six Men Doomed to Death Attempts Suicide Troops Guard Death Gar Wliirli Carries Louisiana Murderers to Scene of Execution. New' Orleans. La., May 7—Sur rounded by mate troop* and a eorp* of heavily armed guards, the elx Italian* doomed to die Friday for slaying Dallas Calme* at Jndepend em-e, La., three vpars ago, today left here for Amite City, where the execu tion* will take place. Guard* and troop* pal rolled the train from one end to the other a* a precautionary measure, following anonymous threats to "blow It up " Rnv Leon, one of the men who re cently confessed to the crime in an attempt to save his five companions, was In a serious condition after stab bing himself near the heart five times shortly before boarding the train. Three of the wounds are considered serious. The Italians rode In a baggage car which has every appearance of a death cell on wheels. The doors and windows were covered with heavy Iron hara while at both ends a de tail of mate troops stood at. attention Near the center the doomed men hud dled together, Leona often crying: “I am dying; I'm dying.” The others—Andre Lemantia, Jo seph Rlnl, Joseph Giglio, Joseph Foc chio snd Natali* Dtamore—paid lit tle heed to their Buffering companion, but eat and stared at nothing throughout the journey. The death car was carried between two other epecials, each of which was filled with troope. Several machine guns were kept In readiness In case an attempt ahould ba made to Inter rupt the trip. On arriving at the prlaon, the men saw for the first time the device which Friday will snuff their lives. Marching between two lines of sol diers they were compelled to pass tin der the gallows on entering the prison. Supported by two gusrds, wounded Leona halted, looked at the trap, muttered a few words In Italian and collapsed. He was carried on into bia ceil by the guarde. WIFE COOLS WITH CLIMATE, CLAIM From the warmth of Florida and the adoring smiles of a bride to *er<> weather in Omaha and the frowns of a discontented wife was too big a jump for Grapt Jones, mechanic, who filed a petition for divorce in district court today. The Jones couple waa married in Pensacola and a ahort time Inter moved to Omaha. It was on a zero day last January that Mr*. Jones struck her husband on the head with a flatiron and drove him out Into the storm, h* alleges In hts bill for divorce. Now he aska the court not only for a divorce, but algo for an order which will enable him to retrieve hie prop erty; a lawn mower, a coal chute and on* ax. I NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK "Give More Thought to Music*’ 11 i The World’s Best Reproducing Pianos Uprights *725up Grands *925up Buy on Easy Terms Our ready cash, also buying Jn large quantities for our stores enables us to offer the world’s finest reproducing pianos nt prices that mean a real saving. 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Ilealrire—A large ■ orncrib filled w.th grain on the John Wright farm, near Virginia, was partlv burned and mo«t of the contents ruined. Fills—William H. Nlckeson, for morp than 40 rears a. resident of Gage county, died here af!*r a pro longed illness, aged 80 years. He Is survived by Ids wife and three chil dren. Beatrice—John Buckholtz suffered nn ugly scalp wound and other In juries when thrown from a oar while returning from work at the Fair view school house. The machine turned a sharp corner, throwing Buckholtz head first to the pavement. 4 a llaw ay—The 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Beezley, living several miles north of here, had a bone In his left leg broken when his feet slipped from a harrow whlrh he was riding and became caught In the machinery. Beatrice—Mlsa Myrie Davis. Wy more young woman who was badly hurt when she plunged down a 20 flve-foot pit at the Davis stone quarry whlle showing members of her Sun day srhool class about the plant. Is recovering from her injuries at a ho* pltal here. She was severely bruised about the body and sustained internal Injuries. Winside—J W. Agler, 84. civil war veteran, underwent a major opera tion at the Wayne hospital and hopes for his recovery qre held out. Beatrice—At the annual meeting of the board of education. Dr. C. A. Spellman was elected president, Mrs. Henry Flshback, vice president, and Miss Gra*e Liddieott. secretary. New members of the board ate F. B. Draper and C. M. t'ulver. Plymouth - - Funeral services for Henry Ixinime] were held at th» Lutheran church here. Mr. Ijtmmel was SO year* of ace and is survived by six sons and a daughter. Beatrice—I za a c. Walton club has a changed to send A delation to the first annual state meeting of the Izaac Walton league at Norfolk, Mav 12. ( oliiuibtis— Mrs. Hannah Hughes, 71. and for Rl years s resident of Colfax county, died at the home of her son. William Lammert, northeast of Richland, Neb. Funeral service, will be held at the Schuyler Methodist church. Wymore—At a meeting of the board of education, the following of fleers were elected for the coming 'car: W. L. Jones, president; Robert S. Jone«. vice president; C. B Scott secretary. Wilber—Funeral services were held at the Catholic church here for Robert K. Dusil, 49. business man of Wilber for ’he past SO years, who died In a Lincoln hospital. Heart trouble was the cause of death. He leaves a wife, end three sisters of Wilber, and two brothers. Kd. prom! nent stock raiser of Wilber, and Frank of Omaha. Wymore—J. G. Duncan. Burling ton conductor out nf Wvmor» for the past 20 years, has resumed his duties aft»r having lost nearly four months on account of nose fracture sustained In operating a railway joint switch at Kndicott. O'Neill—Formal opening of the O'Neill Country club will lake place Wednesday, May 14. Features will be a picnic In the afternoon and a dance in the evening. Anderson Rites. Funeral services for Swan Ander son, 61. 7723 North Twenty eighth av enue, who was killed Monday by a switch engine, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 a t the home. Rev. O. D. Baltly, pastor of the Kountse Me mnrlal church, officiating. Reds Proclaim Strike in Ruhr 80.000 Miners Affected hy Move to Force 7-Hour Shifts. E**cn. Germany. May T.t-Fluilit4 with success in the general election, German communist'* In the Ruhr to day proclaimed a general strike of coal miner*. Eighty thousand men were affected. This movement 1* re garded as the opening gun of a new red campaign. After the communists issued their strike call, agitating for a seven-hour shift, the Ruhr trade unions Issued a counter manifesto warning their mem. her* not to Join the strike. Respite the. action of "loyaU*ts,', ihe strike went Into effect. HANFELD FREED IN POLICE COURT William Hanfeld. 1706 Lake street, who was charged with illegal posses sion of a ■till, was dismissed in municipal court Wednesday morning. 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