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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1922)
4 A I HE SUNDAY BrJfc): OMAHA, NOVEMHKK 5. IW. Public Debt of Country Reduced, Mellon States Obligation Substantially Cut From War IVak in 1919, Dcsju'le Im reune I)ur ing Oclolirr. Washington, Nov, 4 Despite Ihe t'liiponiry Increase vt K'SS.ftno.OoQ In til pul-llc ijl;t during October, (ha triirx lies imi'l" a lm t unintcr rupln iirognns In ltd rr-lnctlon from th nr vnk of l:'f.Mi4,noo,fiftQ,' fcScre lry Mellon declared lust night In formal statement. , Hiru-o the p.,,k of Auttust 31, 1319, hi (.Iiowk) I lie ilebt hml been reduce) If i:2,IJ,0)M,0(i4 on fccptnnber 3, JJK. Titer have tiei-n fluctuation from time to tune, however, as a re sult of tin l,oi rowings fur refunding pMriiKi-a and temporary deficiencies In (ha current revenues. Tliia wm the esse In i toiler, lia declared, when llo-re os a temporary Increase In the debt ua ii rmult of refunding otc rMUoria Involving tha luut if j00, 00J,ioo of treasury honU and tha ex cess of current expenditures, arising from heavy payment of Interest on tha public I ht. Tae I'syshle Quarterly. Income aii'l profit taxes, whlrti eon atlttita tha Kovernnnnt' heaviest re ceipts, Mr. Mellon explulned, art paid quarterly In March, June, Hepleiiibcr and JJeeember, wlillo Interest pay mint", avtil'li constitute tha largest single Item of government expense, full chiefly In March, April, May, June Heplcmber, October and November, o that the cnrieet vlgw of the govern ment's finances can only be obtained from tha operations of a ouurter or tha full year. "The progress mud In dealing with the ahort dated debt," Mr. Mwlon said, "ha been mora striking. "On April 30, 1921, whin the treas ury first announced Ita refunding pro gram, there was over $7,600,000,000 of debt maturing before tha end of the present flecal yeur. Hy October 81, iK2, t tin t la to say, II montha lutcr, spoilt 14,600,000,000 had already been retired or refunded, leaving about $3, 000,000 to be refinanced, during the balance of tli year, "Treasury certificate outstanding ill have tax maturities, and tha to Hi I l now less than $1,000,000,000, tho lowest figure for aeveral years back. As for tha December 15 maturities of certificate and railed Victory note, the refunding operation have already reduced than to manageable pro portions and thera will b further re tlrementa between now and December IS out of exiting treasury balance, purauant to general offers already made to redeem called Victory notes, and December 15 certificates beforo maturity, "Against Its December maturities, Ih treasury will receive, It is esti mated, about $276,000,100 in income and profit taxes, which will 'still fur ther reduce tli amounts requiring to ps refunded. There is every as surance that tli refunding which re main, to be accomplished, will be completed without strain on the coun try's financial machinery and with out disturbance to the market for outstanding securities." Six Hundred Men find Women Thrce-Cornered SI 4k aftW r- a w sT WW s t a, sf w W ff v s m I on Carnegie Pension Lists Majority of Those Receiving, Benefits From Fund Created by "Iron Master Over 60 Years of Age Appeal That Receipts Be Declared Un taxable Granted by Supreme Court. Nw York, Nov, 4. .-On the tomb stone of the "Iron maeter," Andrew I'urnegle, In Hleepy Hollow cemetery, is the epitaph h wrote: "Her He a man who knew how to enlist In his service better men than hlmaelf." Document made pubic yeatwday and tiled in the appellut division of ths supreme court, In supjiort of an ap peal asking that a $4,000,000 pension fund creuted by C'ariiegls's will bs de clared untaxable, sounded a practical overtone to tli keynote of th epi taph. The appeal wa granted. The documents showed that (00 men and women, most of them mors than (0 am many more tliun $0, wi on the petKlon list of the Hootch "iron master," who died in 1619. Bom of th bcncncliirles receive $10 a month; others get Incomes that approximate 1 0.900 yearly. Home of them are workmen grown too old for their trades; some of them have btun downed by sudden misfortunes. One of them Is a viscount of I-ondon; an other Is the widow of railroad engl r.cer. KnlisUd In Service. l',ut most of themrre' "men who wera enlisted In tint service ot Andrew Carnegie. To Miss Helen Keller, the famous girl who Is detif, dumb and blind, the Carnegie pension fund grants an an nully of $2,600. Viscount John Mor ley of Wimbledon park, London, Is provided .with 1,000 pounds sterling a year after reaching the age of $0, ac cording to the pension provisions Hundreds of others, whose names are unfamiliar on news puges, but which were once written on tho payrolls of steel mills and plants In Pentisyl vuma, receive Incomes of varying size from th fund. Hi vera I letters from Mr. Carnegie In regard to tha cure of obscur friends were made public by Hobert A. franks, who for many years dl dected the disposal of tho pension fund, "ne say, of an old man and bis wife: "They ar old, no longer able to work, and on the verge of losing their minds. The arrangement I suggest I hope, lli make them comfortable to the end." , Another letter concerns an engl near. who. close to death, asked Mr, Carnegie's aid for Ms family, one of whom was a crippled daughter. The DRESS SALE Four biir groups of' silk ami cloth dresses in scores of clever new styles for women and misses will be on sale Monday at the followinif bar- , gain prices 911.75 815.00 810.50 and 82-1.75 Juliuo Ortin 1512 Douglss Street rOMTICAf, AnVKKTINKUKNT. rol.lTK AI. AUVr.KTINKMKMT. r ELECT v t m- : t.; 4 V -m :u t ; 1 my v.M, x - - . 11 r A IU I III! I j County m Treasurer URE The best Treasurer Douglas County ever had. Knows the Treasurer's Office. Always efficient As Treasurer 1912 to 1916 earned for tax payers $40,000 per year by investing bal ances in County and City Bonds and Warrants., Practiced economy. Ran the Treasurer's Office in 1916 for $59,095. URE'S Successor made it cost $103,S1S for 1921. URE'S Klection will ston Waste and Extravagance. URE Always helpful to taxpayers. The ritfht man for the job. URE URE URE URE URE URE II. C. Utt ft Coni 7Vr4iiuref; HaAt li Alt aic out it Mi'ia ik a hull All t A, IVwtV leoaati tivt IHU . M tHH4l MM, ft I IIHIVS? Mat. aiaat Mat a. m IIHUI M w 1 (.at HAM AUx't tIMMU Mat Maav lAPiot I MS. ASK SIltiaMA mbs . r. tt.t Mas, ItKI MtH Mat, lis, f. naiM Ma. fMtts, latttia Mat, (.loeii a. nni r. MASSIW"! A a. VtilW I. AtAI engineer. In his feeble days,- had been lnionl and ths letter directs th continuation of aid to his family, say ing: "If more Is needed to keep the ldow snd her daughter, it Is to b given tliem, sure," , On letter, directing th nrollnint of th name of a woman on the list of pensioned, tail directly of a "man enlisted In th service" of Carnegie. It ays: "Please any her father loaned m $117,60 In order to mak my first pay ment on sleeping car stock. Hay that h took my not without security, ssylng, 'Yes, I'll land It to you, Andy; you're all right,' Appeal Orsnled. "So Ms - daughter ned have no hesitation In coming under my wing now." Th appeal for the ruling dispens ing with taxation of the fund which was granted was partly based upon proofs offered to show that th pen sion fund was but a small part of ths philanthropies of the "Iron master," who guve away, th accounting shows, $369,000,000, snd died worth $23,000,000. Andrew Carnegie retired from busi ness in Aoi, the court was told, and from then until his death at Htiadow brook, Ienoi, Mass., on August 11, 3919, was most Interested In the dis position of large portions of his for Fights Feature British Campaign Total of 1,370 Nominations Alrrady Made! Conner va tivri Lead in umlr of Candidates. London, Nov. 4 Hy A. I'.) The lint of parliamentary candidates In th approaching lt'ctloni, represent ing sll ths parties, were Issued to night for publication Hsturday. Al together, 1,370 candidates have been nominated, distributed a follows: Coimervailvrs, g'tnrrslly culled un ionists, 4C$; As'iulthlan or Indepen dent liberals, 228: national or Georgian IILcials, I'D, and laLorilles, 410. There tnuy still be a few more nominations tu tors the lists si made official, but they ar conxldered te be practically complete, and alt hough there have been conflicting reports on the subject yesterday, apparently Mr, Jloyd Honrs; has no Intention of carrying out his threst to nominate a host of "carpet bagger" candidates to oppose the conservatives. The first actually elected member of the now parliament were an nounced yesterdsy, They are the threu members of th "combined Scottish universities," two conservatives, Hlr Henry Cralk snd Hlr Oeorg Ucrry, and one nationalist liberal, l. M. Cowan, who, being unopposed, were declared duly elected. An outstanding feature of the nominations Is ths wholesale nature of the contests between the conserva tives and tuulitluii IiIk'IuIs and I") tttven tlio Independent liberal and th latioritta. There sro ery few Ishor candidates throutihuut the country, but these will hav to fight for their seats, and In no lees than 140 constituencies liberals and labnrltes will l fighting each other with unionists waiting to tnku ad vantage of this ipllt In tha progreS' slvs ote, as the labor parly still de clines to agree to any accommodation with the I'lierals. Thus.'theie will he sti enormous number of three coin ered contests, making any forecast of the on; com ut th elections almost ImpoKSlliH. Ownership of Christlrr Death Cun Being Tiat ed llavie, Mont,, Nov, 4,-KIToit to trace ownership of the pistol with which the Hcv. IeonHrd Jucob Chris tier and Mrs. Ma ran ret Carlctou were slain a week ugo, I being carried Into a number of cities of the coun try, Chief of Police Monin emnoiinccd lint night. Mrs, Carlctou did th shooting, and for thut reason -the cltUs selected are those In which Mrs Carlcton Is known to have been re cetitly, Ho far no headway has been made In tricing the weapon, be said. Cooperation of the Chicago police department was prnmjscd bini In a lung distance telephone cmivty nation tonight, Mr. Mora n stated. A coroner' J-;ry which investigated the shooting decided Mrs. Carlcton hud done It, but her mother, Mrs, Joseph I'yle of Kutte, refused to ! cept the verdict, claiming the fact that ownership of the gun hud not been established was one of several points not consistent with the jury's findings. Hlohoom Time Wing Futurity. Ilultlmore, Md,, Nov, 4. lilossom Time won the first division of tho $0,0oo futurity, distance one mile at I'linllco this afternoon. "Suit Club" Men Face Stormy Sea Rearrested After Police Court l ine Attat'hment Served on Hank Account. It looks like a stormy sea sheud for (ierurd Meyer snd Ienn Wolfe. They were the proprietors of ths tiersrd l-ea Jilrect Advertising Tailor ing cotiipiiny, who were lined $100 e.ich In Central police court Friday for obtaining money under false pre tenses through "suit clubs." Shortly after paying their fines, they were real r sled on another warrant. They were released again under $100 bond each. While their attorney apfieared In police court to get their arraignment continued until iteit Thursday, Har vey rl. rlchuulls, ho says he was h member of one of the clubs, hlrd himself Into municipal court. There lie secured a writ of attach ment against $200 Meyer and Wolfo bate In the United Ktales National bank. The consluble served the writ and tho hearing was set for Novem ber 10. Judge W'applch said he Is going to try to induce Meyer and Wolfe to n tii r n the money they have secured from Oinuhans, which City Prosecu tor I'lneen alleges will total several thousand dollars, Strong Plea Is Issued to Women Voters of U. S. Washington, Nov, 4 A strong plea to women voteis to cast their ballots Tuesday wa Issued by Mr. Maud Wood I'urk. president of th National I.eiigun of Women Voters. "Our country Is seriously Imperiled hy Just one thing the apathy of en frsnchlsed men and women, 'and the danger thut threaten I greater than ths menace of any armed enemy,1 said Mrs. Park. "Destruction of our commerce, bombardment of our ensst cHles, Invasion of our shores, could In no 'Also destroy ns. Our country Is ton large, too varied, too rich, ever to be coimuered but It can Im wrecked from within. It can reuse to possess a democratic government, representa tive of thu people' wishes, their lduls. their best Interests and become an autocracy ruled by the vicious or stupid few, and every man or woman Diphtheria Taken Toll. Another death from diphtheria has been reported to the health depart ment, bringing the total to four with in a week. The lulest victim was Joseph Cjjluk, 5 year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Clrtnk, 3C17 Wirt street . NOTICE You Can Save One-Half Turn to Page 3, Society Section Wonderful Opportunity who falls to vote this ear eontributee all Hint Is In his puvwr to urh an overthrow of the Institutions our f' father left to u." rTtTlTU A l,AI .Mt isfcw t.S 1. frJ." ,.l Dr. Milton Mach formerly With Drs. Mach & MacH Will 8 Asoelatd In tha future With Dr. H, M, Kim, 504 Barker Block 11th and Farnam Over Bsston Drug Co. , Tslephon Atlantic 2184. Psnonsl Attsntion and MedrU, Prlcii Astursd, UK SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS Let's Be Practical and Help You Plan An Increasing number of our friends are finding that a reaBonable allowance on their old furniture helps in the purchasing: of new. This may be effected through our Exchange Dept." Call for an appraiser without charge or obligation. Inexpensive Ruffled Curtains Shown in Many Stylet Plain Marquisette, white and FA ecru, pair , . ,pl,0J Plain Sheer Voile Curtains, (Pi QfT -at, pair p.VO White Crisp Muslin Curtains, dn 7K dots and small figure, pair, . P-i O Barred Voiles, small and long: checks, sheer and durable, PJ ' Sheer Dotted Marquisettes, $0 QC fine quality, pair tpO.OU Blue Checked Voile Curtains, Q QC pair .,pO.OU Plain Voile with pink and blue M QC hemstitching tpO.OU Sheer Marquisette Curtains with colored dots pink, blue, gold $4.50 and $5.50 Sheer Barred Marquisettes, colored dots in lavender, blue, pink or (PJT AA gold, pair ipO.UU Msta Fleer Toy Shop News Miss Peck says: "I have just ever so many books of nursery rhymes and scrumptious painting books and I am go ing to sell them all out at 104 and 254 each. They art worth ever so much more." So many attractive toys are now arriving that the early Christmas shopper will do well to look them over. W will be pleased to pack and store any holiday selections made now and deliver on the appointed day. TsU Fleer Newest of Handsome Living Room Suites that appeal to the home furnisher who wants some thing really different. The suite pictured is built in our own factory, with careful attention to every de tail of construction. Price, in rich blue figured and plain combination velour flhrce pieces complete ) $305.00 The same suite in other coverings, $225.00 to $384.00. Other overstaffed suites in wide variety from $161.00 to $521.00. rl h i ?3 t ) o New Luggage For tha man r woman wha Is taeVlitf for fully squU'peJ Wardrobe Trunk that n Krone tnauft) o staiij ih hrJl uu, )t lifht nu(H 14 avoid h icm rs!r. the I'e (lUwiii nuas r iU b ef rt l"Wfvi UsMmssn's (1, A W. tj'evlsl Wsf trnes trunk UltMNI IttMMtM'l O. A VV, Hkea V sr.lroN 1fj ttl'J.tVt HsHsssKH'l 0. A W. All I'ureut Vsr.lrKc Trusk f:i7.50 A M lntrttif . ef C:lt'. o.r N kt H.tf, ntuM v.ft ii't.J Is sn-l ! kat ettntJ Tke tatty I aristmst !"))- r will d!Ht4 wit It Ike t jtumius t. 'ti" flr4 In Mahogany or Old Ivory Style Bedroom Suites This furniture is strikingly different in design, supvrbly finished and built for enduring service. Quality considered, the price is extremely modest. 4.mh Dresser with 'JHx34 plate mirorr. as illustrated, $00.00 34-Inch L'hifforoba with removable tray compartment, a tllus- trsled I5.(M rull sue lloM i.Ht lied, H lllu.lrstcl , SUM. Oil Triple Mirror Dressing Tlile to match ' $13.00 Urgn Vanity lrMr, wiih one IMxSU tmh mirror and two small mirrors, a illiutrMed $7H.(NI Rocking ( hair, t'hsir and Ilemh to maUh. Just on of mny suites it will be worth your while te look at, Everything for the Kitchen at Kspcciiilly Kctmomical Prices lVtri; J i', lUi with 4 burns r ,ikh hi-n sil l (Tv.iUr, vnemvt trim, $ I5.4K) 5 Ih, ll.rruk WkU i:i.smt I liJ, lry t ufr sttiif n;io.ro Iwv Wtll l-imtie nU t'iokf !tr tsmplsl, with iuimiit HU.",tMI I' SOU it'iMiH-. Ii.-u O. A W, K.k.n tsllut nil imKrlii "tk l, ai'fa front, ! , ,t UUMI Wer I f Kitt i tfc ', $ I.U.I. 9..03, kit. h. n t sluh.i with msil wetk lop, $.'J.. hit Wuutl Tt'i kit hut Table w.lh Urrr. st $U.IM V)ih( Vultl To KtU hi Table. ht insn'!l un.br i'. dravtsrt. M..M) K: fm.l Nm.l Top kit'kfa Tble si.smsl utulrr pert S I 'J 50 K!.-k.s) I'hatM , pa.'-.l XMf, VjverUl floe ast Wh't Porrelsin I f K h. T" "otsi. u.l' '. hi 'tart l?.tv I t;s!U.n Hoiltrs iik "-. V " SJ.50 Oriental Rugs In a Most Attractive Sale Women who have looked at On'enUI Rugs and felt the price too high, will be truly delighted with the possibilities of this sale. Not only are the prices low, but the pieces offered are of excellent quality in very good colorings, indeed, 20 Ladic, size about -9x2-10, $12.50, $14.00 and $10.00. 15 Bclouchislans, si.e about 2-4x3-7, $22.00 to $23.50. 25 Belouchintaiis, size about 2-7x4-6, $25.00 to $28.00. 25 Beriram-iH. size about 2-7x4-8, $38.00 to $ 15.00. 15 Hamadan and Irans, size about 3-fix4 8, $50.00 to $55.00. 10 liokhHras, size about 3-7x4-2, $15.00 to $05,00. Many wonderful values are offered in room size Orientals. Whittalls Body Brussel Rugs Hundreds of women appreciate these rugs becouse the are easy to clean. Most of the patterns are suitable for bedroom use, but this season we are showing soma especially attractive patterns for the din ing room and living room, Sizo 4-6x7-6 $21.50 Size 6x9 37.50 Size 8-3x10-6 52.00 Size 9x12 55.00 Extra Heavy Seamless Axminsters We are offering a few slightly imperfect Dxl2 size specials at 852.50. Second Floor Dinnerware of Fine ' V 1 'I' Porcelain "The Palmerston" ' This Is an open stock pattern and one of the finest examples ot gen uine English Porcelain in this country, 4.' piece Pinner Service fur si..$3I.OO 7 piece t'hup Sets (six plates and ont i liop d'sh) $7.00 21 piece Tea het ix etrp and saucers, six plates, nifsr creamer and tospoti, at $18.25 M.ia ftoa Sale of Victrola anil Urunswick Floor Samples (initio ins-UK llfown Mskosxy of turned Osl iirunseuk $IMI.00 Ilia ua I't's1"1" i'ruwsi Mll(iiv Him,. uk $i:i5.IMI I. '.'S OJ l.iisl H ilruen Makoeany u. ..U mo.voo fjiooi) Ki(!h liin Mhu4v lirui.. $UOO.(M1 II. 'hmi i,.Un Uk Wu...ai.k HH5.IMI 1 1 Ml (Hi igm.ltUV hlrul ,.$10.(HI 11f la I i'.'..H llrues, Mht.- v i.-tr . , $et.'t5,(HI An ! etksis, tsies II Vet Wtsk ink ike Haas.!. 0KCllA.il um:LM CO - I