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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1917- Nebraska DEFENSE COUNCIL FOR PLATTE COUNTY Enthusiastic Audience at Co Iambus Hears Patriotic Addresses by Noted Speakers. WORLD FAMOUS OLYMPIA Admiral Dewey's flagship at the battle of Manila Bay ia which the Spanish squadron was annihilated; She is now on the shoal off Block Island. Columbus, Neb., July 1. (Special Telegram)-The Platte County Coun cil of Defense was organized here to day with the following officers: Chair man, C. H. Qarlow, Columbus; vice chairman, Bruce Webb, Creston; sec retary, Mark Buke, Columbus; treas urer, W. A. McAllister, Columbus. The meeting was one of the most largely attended eveY held in the tabernacle which was filld with a singing, applauding patriotic throng. Edgar Howard, lieutenant ' gover nor, presided. Henry C. Richmond, secretaty of the Nebraska State Coun cil of Defense, made a statement with reference to the county organizations and was followed by an eloquent ad dress by Vice-Chairman George Copeland, of the state council. Then followed Chancallor Samuel Avery of the state university, in a stirring ad dress. ' ! C . J. Ernest, president of the Omaha Board of Education, spoke at length from the standpoint of one who was born in Germany and who loved no other flag than the stars and stripes to which he peldged his undying devotion and eliquenly urged his compatriots and all Amrican citi zns of whatvr birth or ancstry to stand lyally for Amrica and against any foreign foe. "John W. Cutwright, editor of the Lincoln Star and Evangeist Rayburn closed the meeting with addresses along patriotic lines. Three Thousand Attend Stockmen's Reunion Alliance, Neb., July 1. (Special.) Fully 3,000 people witnessed the uro gram at the fair grounds here Friday, the final day of the 1 stockmen's re union. The string of horses and mules trom the Irwin Bros, ranch nr Cheyenne, together with many of the' ,oest m western Nebraska, gathered here for the three days, furnished en tertainment to lovers of the sport the equal or which is seldom seen: Dwight Zediker, th elocal horse man, successfully defended the honor of world's champion relay rider against strong competition. Irwins bucking mule, . "Happy jacK, that has thrown riderrbv the saore for two years, met his Waterloo when Lddie Becker of Alliance "stack" until the judges declared him the champion. : Pablo Martinez, the champion roper from Cheyenne, gave exhibitions hair raising in character, while Harry Walters, from -Irwins' ranch, thrilled the spectators with his feats of daring. - J. he local loflfre ot the .travelers Protective association gave a dance in the opera-house Friday night in honor oi ine visiting siocKmen. Abandoned German Notes V Tell of Many Disasters (By Associated Preaa.) " ' British Army Headquarters1 In France, July 1. Some interesting items or uerman news have been 1 1 .!!.: iL. t-.j. l j r - gicaucu wuiiiu me iasi icw aays irom letters found in raided dugouts. One of them, written from Bielefeld. Prus sia. Tune 6. tells of an exnlosinn in a munitions factory at Detmold and continues: ' v It was terribly sad. On Sunday I - i - i ! 1 f , , . ' i nriv v 1 1 t i r t i h j i rw f mt n 1 ji n n. n buried. One woman, who has lost four sons in the field, has now lost her three daughters in the explosion It is strange that the Westphalian newspapers give no report of the ac- viucui. r Another letter written at Erfurt, Prussian Saxony, May 28, says: "The church bells have pealed farewell. This week all of them will be taken away to be smeltered down and turned into shells. No eye re tioned that instead of rinsine. out tid ' irtgs of an early peace they must now cause death and destruction. Boston Socialist Parade v.; Ends in General Rio Boston, Mass., July 1. Riotous ; scenes attended a'socialist parade to aay, wnicn was announced as a peace , demonstration. The ranks of the marchers were broken up by self-or ganized squads of uniformed soldiers and sailors, red flags and banners bearing socialistic mottoes were trampled on and literature and fur nishings in the socialist headquarters ' in Park Square were thrown into the street and burned. I ' - " .. Police reserves stopped the rioting after it had been in progress an hour and a half. Many arrests were made V HYMENEAL. M'MlimiMIWjIW Illlfwi " -.w'vli . u N -4 Fl N 0 FT r t C i COMPLETE REVISION OF WAR TAX BILL Senate Committee Reduces by $147,830,000 Budget Passed by House Five Weeks Ago. ' Commanders of the Fighting Fourth Give Confidence (Continued From Fag One.) re-enlisted. In 1902 he was elected captain and in 1905 major of the first battalion. He was made Lieutenant Colonel in 1909. Following the resig nation of Colonel George A. Eberly, who was given a commision in . the offiices reserve corps, upon his return from the Mexican border, Colonel Baehr, was elected to his present command. , Some Real Fighting Men. Colonel Baehr is a postofHce clerk in civilian life. Tg officers who know, he is considered the best trained Paschang-Markle. West Point, Neb., July 1. (Spe ctal.) The marriage of Toseoh P, Paschang of this county, to Miss Julia fclizabeth Markle ot Umaha was sol emnized at the latter plaee. Mr, Paschang was born in this county and is now assistant cashier of the First National bank of York, where the couple will make their home. Bancroft Man Fined $100. ' West Point, Neb., July 1. (Spe cial.) The second case under the pro hibitory law to be trfed in Cuming county was heard at Bancroft on Wednesday F. W. Sifford was found ' in an intoxicated condition and with 1 whisky in his possession and was brought before Justice Norby and fined $100 and costs, which he paid ' ' Cholera Morbus. : This 5s a very painful and dancer ous disease. In almost every neigh borhood someone has died from iflie fore medicine could be otftained or physician summoned. The righ way is to have a bottle of Chamberlain Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house so as to be prepared for tt Mrs. Charles Enyeart, 'Huntington Ind.. writes: During the summer of 191 P two of my children were taken sick with cholera morbus. used Chamberlain's Colic and D'ar rhoea Remrdv and it gave them im mediate relief. Bee Wants-Ad Produce Results. bers of his company elected him cap tain in 19C8. In 1915 he was made a major.' During that year and in 1916 he was commandant of the Omaha High school regiment. He was forced to give up this work when the Fourth regiment was ordered to the Mexi can bordet When Colonel Baehr moved up a notch following the resig nation of Colonel Eberly, Lieutenant Colonel was elected his present com mand. He is now attending the school of musketry at Fort Sill, Okl. Major R. G. Douglas, senior major who will in all probability command the first battalion, composed of Oma ha troops is 44 years old and has been a mmeber of the guard eighteen years. , He enlisted in 1899. as a private. in company A at York where he gave up his position as "scHtoolmaster." He was sent to the Philippines. -( Committee hears "dry" compromise Much Progress Is Made Con cerning Prohibition, But Little on Other Food BUI Features. ajotlWinV.Tocld Lieutenant Colonel "Heinie m t. Elsasser, is tfhe youngest field officer of the Fourth Nebraska, He is 33 years old., , ' Lieutenant Colonel Llsasser did his bit in the ranks. His promotion, how- MAY H0D ASSETS OF GRAHAM ESTATE Attorney Want) $2,000,000 Held in Trust to Meet De mands of Depositors in Failed Bank. LievtColHJEUcissQr ever, has been more rapid than that of any other officer of the organiza tion. ' ' One day in 1903 Lieutenant Colonel Elsasser w"s watching the Thurston rifles going through the manual of arms drill. . - - "Want to enlist?" the drill sergeant shouted. "Sure," remarked the genial Heinie, He served for three years as a pri- (Bf Associatrd Frew.) Washington, July ; Much pro gress toward a cotnpromise'on prohi bition and little on other features in the food control bill was made Sat urday by the senate committee. . Sentiment crystalized m favor of a proposed section following the lines of President Wilson's suggestion to prohibition leaders to drop the fight against the manufacture of beer and wines. , , ' After conferences with other lead ers, Senator Chamberlain drafted . a tentative section which would stop manufacture of distilled beverages only without giving the president any authority over malt and vineous Deverages. This draft will be considered to morrow at a special meeting of the senate committee. It is said by. the leader?., to have the general support of senators, although several plan an earnest effort to give the president power to discontinue ; brewing and wine making. v ' ' The administration leaders also plan to eliminate the provision giving the president "authority to com mandeer existing stocks of distilled spirits. -: General debate with - speeches bv Senators Lewis " and - Reed, occupied the senate all of today. Senator Chamberlain tonight said it was not probable the bill wouldibpassed be fore the Fourth, of July recess. When the senate resumed debate on the food control bill. Senator Lewis. democratic whip urged that congress should speedily dispose of the bill to avert the calamity that had befallen other countries in delaying over for malities , and time-worn: precedents. He said it would not serve for con gress to. excuse inactivity and defeat methods of conserving the food sup ply because of the cry ''unconstitu tional." - 'The people are not so much con cerned about our constitution as they are about our institutions," said he. "The Antfericaiv people are in no mood to allow an obselete paper constitu tion to defeat the preservation of the human constitution. The text of our action must -be 'long live American death to her destroyers at home and abroad.'" . V N"We cannot charge the president with the responsibility and at the same time withhold from him. the au thority necessary to execute he re sponsibility." V. senator Lewis contended . that as congress was giving. the president full power to control food it should also let him control the liquor question involved in the food legislation. Chicago, 111., 'July 1. Preliminary investigation today shows that de posits in the private bank of Graham & Sons, closed yesterday,. amounted to $3,845,000 and that the bank had $142,000 in cash when it decided to suspend business. Subpoeanes were issued for Mrs Minnie Graham, widow of Andrew T Graham, founder of the bank, and her three sons, Ralph R., Frank J. and John B. Graham, to appear before i referee in bankruptcy Monday1 morn in?. The bank is in the hands of i receiver appointed by the United States district court. Application by an attorney, for de positors seeking to have the assets of the Graham estate, said to be more than $2,000,000, held in trust in favor of . creditors, whose deposits were listed before the elder Graham's death in 1916, tp" refused by United States Judge Carpenter. , Perrjr Motm Ataln. With hardly a. ehftne to becom a refl lap Pitcher Scott Perry haa quit tha Boaton Bravei and Joined a Chicago aemt-pro team. - ; . Persistent Advertising is theRoad to Success. up to $5,000 and surtaxes graduated from 1 to 33 per cent upon larger incomes. A comparison of the estimated reve nue to be gained from other sources under the revised bill and the house bill respectively follows: Liquors $155,000,000 agfainst $151.- 000,000. tobacco $56,600,000 against n.iahaA UmiM in rnfllanrf $68,200,000: freight transportation . . $77,500,000, unchanged; porations' undistributed surplus. That earned in 1917 will -be allowed a gen eral tax exemption of 20 per cent and that earned prior thereto would be taxed, when distributed, according to the revenue rates existing in the year when earned. Washington, July 1. Revision of the $1,800,000,000 war tax bill passed by the house five weeks ago was com- pleted by the senate finance commit tee Saturday. The measure virtually was rewritten and reduced to $1,652,- 170,000 with no authorization- of addi tional bonds. The final draft will be given formal committee approval Monday and reported to the senate by Chairman Simmons early next week. Incomes and excess profits will bear about two-thirds of the new tax bur dens under the revised bill about half a billion dollars each with a large share of the remainder secured from liquors and tobacco. Many1 house taxes were entirely eliminated by the committee and others added. T-l ' 1 ' , ' . - Z . AM MIS, Radical increase vi w vh excess pronts oi corporations, pan nerships and individuals, decided upon tnrfiv. enah en the commuiee o Dis pense with the suggestion made of additional Dona issues oi irom ?juu,- 000,000 to $1,000,000,000. Stone Amendment Withdrawn Senator Stone withdrew an amend ment fnr a $500,000,000 issue. While the bill falls short by about $600, 000,000 of meeting the treasury esti mates, of the war expenses nexi year, the committee decided that by issu ing $135,000,000 of authorized but un sold Panama canal bonds the ex penses can be met until congress re rnnvrnt! m December. As finally drafted the much debated nnhlUhrra' tax' section oroposes a 5 per cent tax upon publishers' profits over $4,000, yielding $7,500,000 reve nue, and an increase of a quarter cent a pound in second class postage rates, vifldinsr $3,000,000. Excess profits due to the war un der the revised bill would bear $730, 000,000 in taxes graduated from 12 to 40 per cent, according to tne propor tion of excess. Income Tax Decreased. From income taxes $532,700,000 would be raised, $66,000,000 less than nrovided the, decrease be ing made entirely upon incomes of $40,000 annually and aooye wun ine committee approving the house plan of lowering income tax exemptions to $1,000 for simile oersons and $2,000 for married persons, additional nor mal taxes of 2 per cent upon incomes passenger transportation $37,500,000 against $75,000,000; automobiles. $40,000,000 against $68,000,000 (payable .under the revised bill by pleasure car owners and not manufacturers); amusement admissions $23,000,000 against $60. 000.000, and first class mail $50,000. 000 against $70,000,000 (by retaining the I cent increase for first class mail and striking cut the increase upon postcards). Further Reductions. House levies of 5 per cent upon gross sales ot many manutacturers were stricken out entirely and taxes on patent medicines, perfumery, cos metics, i unman accommodations ana soft drinks greatly reduced. Believing a compromise on prohi bition legislation ill not stop con sumption and review yield from dis tilled spirits, beer or wines, the com mittee made little change in the house liquor taxes. Tne committee struck out entirely the house 10 per cent general tariff tax upon virtually all imports, esti mated to raise $200,000,000. It sub stituted consumption taxes totaling $86,000,000 and bearing more directly upon consumers, of half a cent a pound on sugar, 2 cents on coffee, 5 cents on tea and 3 cents on cocoa and substitutes. ( Stamp Taxes Again. All Spanish war stamp taxes would be virtually reimposed under the bill, the committee adding a new tax of 1 cent each on bank checks over $5, From stamp taxes $33,000,000 revenue was proposed under the house bill and $30,000,000 under the committee revision. , ; , Other changes in the revised bill include a prohibitive tax to stop man ufacture of distilled beverages while taxes on other mtoXicantsare vir tually doubled; elimination of house taxes of $6 000,000 on inheritances and $108,000,000 retro-active taxes upon 1916 incomes; repeal of the spe cial 12J-J per cent tax on war muni tions; repeal of the "drawback" re export allowance given sugar refin ers; extension to parcel post pack ages of a tax of 1 cent,jor each 25 cents paid for express transportation; elimination of hotise taxes on con sumers' electric Jight, power and gas bills, all insurance, jewelry, club dues, tires arid tubes, musical instruments, motion picture films and chewing gum. v ' In greatly increasing the tax levy on excess profits the committee also provided for such taxation on cor- Preserved as Landmark (Correaponienee of Tha Aaaoctated Preaa.) Westerham, England, June 10. Quebec House, the home of General Wolfe, hero of Quebec, which, be fore the war, was one of the show ... places about London for American and Canadian tourists, has passed from control of the Canadian govern ment to the National Trust, a semi official body I which aims to preserve historic landmarks. The home was purchased in 1913 by the late J. B. Learmont of Mon treal, who wanted to maintain it as a public monument. He died before his plans could be completed, but his heirs conveyed it to the Canadian gov- j ernment. Owing to the difficulty of administering a trust so distant, that government preferred that the prop erty should be vested in an English body. The house contains a collection of specimens' of the native work of Ca nadian Indians and of pictures and printsMllustrating tht progress of the Dominion. Wolfe was not born in the house, but at a house close by which ' still exists. He spent most Of his childhood days at Quebec House. 753 Residents of Ne braska registered at Hotel Astor daring the past year. r S,inglcRoonv,withoutbath, fz.au aoa j uu Double f 3.50 and 14.00, Single Room ay with bath, .$3,50 to $6 00 Double $1.50 to $7 00 Pallor, Bedroom and bath, , 110.00 to 114.01 Times Square .. At Broadway, 44th to 45th Streets the center of New York's social and butineas activities. In doe proximity to all railway terminal. t ,1 PRACTICAL AMERICA and THE FRANKUN .V CAR A MEXICANS arc at heart L a practical people, i. J-1 There is something in them that responds to Thrift; something that makes them ashamed of extravagance and waste. . - - Take the tire question,' for instance. . , i If the owner of a heavy machine uses his car as freely as the -franklin ownef uses his scientific-light-weight car, in three vears he' will hiiv four , -7 J -' - - J J - They may get off the track sets of tires to the , Franklin's occasionally, tut they always .two and the tires alone will Be Careful in Using Soap on Your Hair vate, acting atimes as corporal. In 1905 he was allowed to wear his ser geant's stripes, and in 1907, one year after he married, he was mad second lieutenant of Company L, then the Thursston Rifles, of the First regi ment. " ' '. Lieutenant Colonel Elsasser made it a point never to miss a drill.. For Mosuoaps ana prepared shampooa contain too much alkali,whteh is veryNJ injurious, as iiaries ine scaip ana makes the hair brittle. v - The best thing to use is just plain mulsified cocoanut oil, for it is pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most expensive soaps of anything else all to pieces. You can get this at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the whole family for months. , Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in, about a teaspoonful is all thafls. required. It makes an abundance - of rich; . creamy lather, cleanses thoroughly, and ruises out easily.' The hair dries quickly and evenly, and is loft, fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy, . and easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and takes out every particle of dust, dirt and dandruff. .etawS a i"'. Pk.aV V.B - m - rl7 jaT m W mmm come back td the main road of efficiency and common sense. $300,000,000 Wasted in , Gasoline and Tire Every Year .' . The average American is busy. Outside his business he lets others do his thinking. , He thinks with his crowd. He did this on motor cars. He bought dead weight and rigidity, ponderous machinery , andbigwheel-base. . He lugged around radiators and plumbing, a water-cooling system oM 77 parts. . He paid the price in upkeep and depreciation, tire destruc tion, gasoline waste.' It .cost him in a year about $600,000,000 and did not give him the comfort of the flexi r ble, easy riding Franklin, with its world's record of economy in cost of operation. There is no middle ground in this thrift, question. A car has it or it has not. Like easy riding comfort if thrift is there it proves itself. cost him nearly Jhree times what they cost the Franklin owner. V There never was a more complete demonstration of a Principle than ( the way every, thrift-record ik the fine car class lias been established by the Franklin Car, Efficiency Standard Established forf Motor Cars Gasoline! Franklin Na tional Economy Test, May 1, 191494 Franklin cars in all parts of ' the country averaged 32.8 miles to7the gallon of gasoline. . j And again May 1, 1915 137 Franklin Cars averaged 32.1 miles to the gallon. And again in the Yale Uni versity Fuel Economy Test, when ' Professor Lockwood and Arthur B. Browne, M. E., established the fact that the Franklin Car uses less gasoline per mile than any other, car with six or more cylinders. Oil! In the Kiw YoS to Chicago Oil Test the Franklin Car ran 1046 miles on one' gallon of oil. i t - , Power! Efficiency Test by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute demonstrated that the Franklin delivered 84.4 per ' cent, of its engine power at -the rear wheels. Tires! The National Tire Average of Franklin owners for five years is 10,203 miles. - Investment Value! . If you find a used Franklin for sale, , .you will pay twenty per cent. more for it than for any other fine ' car in proportion to its first cost and the use it has had. i American Motor Cars Carry More People than the . . Railroads ' (The more this country gets " down to stern realities the bigger place there is for the Franklin Car. There is nothing new in the Thrift of the Franklin . only more peoplcare rccog- nizmg it, " - ' The ( Franklin owner ' has nothing to change, nothing to explain or excuse. He is using his car more instead of lessi because" it is primarily a car of utility f ' owned and operated on , a Thrift basis. It must be gratifying ta him that he saw these things before I the call to the National Thrift. Y wtbo franklin Car only- has Cost of Oil Costs in the Franklin Car only hmoqq Oil OsiofOihet HnoCars 7!n?5 Cxi in the Franklin Car only - hemcp Tvtq j ; A friction lossMm FraiMin.mM inihe Car.onjy KymgiFnc-M, wn toss m other fine Cars DepfreciaHan hnCaronty- oihcrFmsCirs mfmsm&M i . FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR COMPANY , i.U.2-B-l.OF0 2205 Farnam Street -: -: -:- Phone Douglas 1712 nis interest in company unit mem- : ' N ' A'" ,