County Tax Levy
Reduced .3 Mill
by County Board
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Board of Equalization Fixes
Next Year’s Property Tax
Levy at 3.3
Mills.
The Douglas conntv 1923 tax lew
was reduced .3 of a mill by the county
board of equalization meeting yester
day.
Here Is the result of the reduction:
If you lived within the city limits
and had property on which the
valuation was $1,000 you would
have paid a total state, city and
county tax of $28.16. This year,
you would pay $26.56, a saving of
$1.60 on each $1,000 worth of prop
erty.
60c per Thousand for County.
If you lived outside the city lim
its, but In Douglas county, and had
property on which the valuation
was $1,000, you would have paid
$5.90. This year you will pay $5.80,
a saving of 60 cents on each $1,000
worth of property.
For the first time the county as
sessor and the county clerk sat with
the county board to fix the levy In
order to thwart any effort to ques
tion the regularity of the proceed
ings.
The total county tax levy was
fixed at 3.3 mills. Last year it was
3.6 mills. A total of $1,211,299 is
expected to be raised by this levy, as
compared to $1,278,136 last year. Due
to the increased valuation this year
almost as much will be raised by the
3.3 mill levy this year as was rplsed
by the 3.6 mill levy last year, it was
explained.
The total county valuation was fixed
at $367,060,310 this year, as com
| pared $352,190,659 last year. H. O.
i'ounsman, county assessor, explain
ed that the taxable valuation esti
mated this year Includes $10,000,060
worth of bank property. The courts
have held that such property is in
tangible and can be taxed only 25
per cent of its entire value. If this
ruling is continued, the taxable valu
ation will be reduced about $750,000,
and will result in a slightly lower
amount of money raised, Mr. Couns
raan said.
City and State Levies Included.
The county board of equalization
also passed levies asked for by the
state, the water board and the school
district, as follows:
State. 2 mills: water board, .56
mill total for city, 9.2, and school
district, 11.5. These figures, added to
the 3.3 mill levy of the county,
brings the total state, city and
county tax levy to 26.56 mills, as
compared to 28.16 mills last year.
The board of commissioners is to
meet this afternoon to ratify the
levy.
Here la the arrangement of the
county tax levy:
Benerel .1.7 62« 002.33
Bond Sinking .1.1 403,711.34
Bridge .341 125.167.51
Rood . .05 18,36X01
Mother’s Pension .'.01 22,023.11
Soldier's Relief .027 9.810.13
Agrtcul. Fair . .023 8,075.32
3.3 1.211,299.00
Reformers Seek
* Scalp of K. C. Chief
Montreal, Aug. 7.—A drive to make
sweeping changes In the rules of the
Knights of Columbus, and to sup
plant James A. Flaherty, supreme
knight for the past 14 years, and his
administration, was launched at the
opening of the supreme convention
of the order Monday.
The reform group, calling them
selves "reconstructlonlFts,” is led by
Dr. John C. Coyle, former state dep
uty of New York, and Judge Joseph
C. Moynihan of Michigan.
One of the Important reforms to be
demanded Is the abolition of the pub
licity bureau of the order, the In
surgents declaring that the bureau
frequently gave public statements
which led editors to believe that It
spoke for all Catholics.
Another resolution will call for a
rule prohibiting supreme officers
from holding public offices. This ac
tion Is believed to have been Inspired
by the resignation of Joseph C. Pelle
tier as supreme advocate of the or
der following his removal as district
attorney of Suffolk county, Massa
chusetts. under charges. Mr. Pelle
tier Is said to be on his way from
Europe to attend the convention.
At least 20,000 visitors are here for
the convention, from Canada, United
States, Porto Rico, Cuba, Mexico and
other countries. The city Is flying
thousands of flags. Canadian. Amer
ican and papal, and most of these
are at half-mast In tribute to Pres
ldent Harding.
Guests at I. W. W. Luncheon.
Oakland. Cal., Aug. 7.—Ten Indus
trial Workers of the World, who
Tuesday will surrender to begin serv
ing sentences of 1 to 14 years each
in the state penitentiary, today were
guests of honor at' a luncheon- In
I, W. W. headquarters here. They
were convicted In Sacramento of
criminal syndicalism and their appeal
from the Sacramentb court recently
was denied.
The men who have been arriving
here from all parts of the country
during the last few days will travel
to the penitentiary In an auto truck
furnlahed by their organization. On
their way they plan to sing an I.
W. W. song, "Behind the Cold Gray
Bars We Go."
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State Cosmetologists
Discuss Advisability
of Changing Their Name
Exit the good old fashioned beau
ty parlor.
Enter the cosmetician.
This transformation was decided
upon last night at the meeting of
the Nebraska Association of lets
metologists held at Hotel Fontenelle.
Suggestion for a change In name
was made by I»r. Florence He Guile
of Minneapolis, organizer of the
* Nebraska organization. Fifty beau
ty specialists from Nebraska and
western Iowa attended the meeting.
Robert Mlegmann was elected
president. Other officers are Mrs.
Ullian Ford, secretary; Mrs. Daisy
Wentzler, treasurer; Mrs. Eddie
I-ewls, Mrs. Edna R. Webster. Mrs.
Preudy Gram, Mrs. Margsret 1-e
Hrnn and Mrs. Margaret Gunston,
trustees,
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Man Sues for
Rail Injuries
Alleges Accident While Em
ployed by Burlington Af
fected His Mentality.
A loss of full mental faculties led
to the arrest and imprisonment of
William Dalbert Davidson, 60, who
brought suit in district court Tuesday
for $25,000 damages against the Bur
lington railroad, according to his al
legations In the petition for damages.
Davidson declares he has been In
the employ of the Burlington for 22
years; that while repairing a bridge
near Wendover, Wyo., on August S,
1921, he was ordered on a gasoline
handcar by the foreman of the job
and that the handcar jumped the
track at a curve, due to the failure
of the foreman to slow it down.
The car turned over and Davidson
received severe Injuries, striking on
his head so violently that his vision
and mental faculties were Impaired,
he alleges. He asserts he made a
claim for $60 a* month pension, but
that the Burlington, knowing of his
mental impairment, had him arrested
for stealing a typewriter. He was sen
tenced to the Wyoming penitentiary
for two years, because, he says, he
was mentally incompetent to defend
himself. He asserts there was no
typewriter stolen, and that he was
imprisoned on a false charge.
A Regular Fellow.
Camp Devens, Mass., Aug. 7.—John
Coolidge Is a “regular fellow.” That
is the unanimous verdict of the bud
dies of the president's eldest son,
whom they have come to know since
he entered training at the Citizens
Military Training camp here August
1. A bit eccentric and retiring, but
with all a good mixer, young Coolidge,
who wdl be 17 September 7, has en
tered enthusiastically Into camp ac
tivities.
Since his father was elevated to
the presidency he has been besieged
by photographers and Interviewers.
An Inevitable question has been,
“How docs it feet to be the son of
the president,” and the young Coolidge
confesses that be doesn’t feel a bit
different than when the son of a
Massachusetts senator or governor.
Ask More Pay for Mails.
San Francisco, Aug. 7.—Testimony
tending to show that the short line
railroads In the Pacific coast states
are entitled to Increased compensa
tion for carrying the mails, by reason
of loss of freight revenue due to the
competition of the parcel post, was
Introduced at a hearing here today be
fore Examiner F. E. Mullen of the
Interstate commerce commission.
Twenty-three petitioners were repre
sented at the session called to discuss
the compensation to be allowed the
carriers. D. M. Swobe, president of
the McCloud River Railroad company,
told of the Increased uae of the parcel
post to effect quantity shipments at
postal rates far below approved
freight charge*.
Radio Program.
The WOAW rndlo program last night
was, by courtesy of the Stelk Oil cor
poration. under auspices of the Mer
chants National bank. Vocal solo*
were sung by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Wallace and E. F. Williams. Selec
tion* were sung by the Concord
quartet, composed of Dean T. Smith,
first tenor: Hugh Wallace, second
tenor: V. A. Carlson, baritone, and
E. F. Williams, bass.
Scotch comedy song* were given by
Everett Dodds. Plano solos were
played by Albert Sand,
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SYNOPSIS.
Neale Crittenden. typical American
youth. lives with his parents in Union
llill, a village near New York city. He is
active In all kinds of outdoor sports and
at 22 Is graduated from Columbia univer
sity. In France. Marine Allen, about
Neale’s age Uvea with her America* par
ents in the home of Anna Etchergary, a
French woman. Marine’s father Is foreign
i'Usinenn agent for an American firm.
Jeanne Amigorrnu. in an old French ser
vant In the Allen family. Marine studies
music and French ami wins a prise in a
musical contest. Her mother dim,, leav
ing her alone with her fathiv Neale’s
parents go to South America. After sev
eral months his mother returns, while his
father remains triere on business. Neale
is in love with Martha Wentworth, whom
he met at college. He takes a position
with a large lumber firm and gains rapid
promotion, meanwhile lay.ng plans to
marry Martha as soon as possible. Martha,
with an outburst of emotion tells Neale
that she does not wnnt to marry him.
Neale, after the first bitter pang of dis
appointment, calmly accepts Martha’s
views that they are unsnited to each
other. Martha leaves with her father
for a year’s sojourn In llerlln. where he
has been made exchange professor at the
university. Marlse's father Is hack in
America on vacation. He explains to his
cousin. Hetty, the circumstances of his
wife’s- death. The story reverts to Marise,
r ho is In I’nrls. She tries to comfort a
homesick child named Toilet.
'‘Eugenie,” Raid the other, “Eu
genio Mille.”
As she climbed ,the dark, winding,
well waxed stairs. Mar iso reflected
that that didn’t sound like an Amer
ican name, and made a guess that, as
had happened to her before, she
would find that the “American girl”
was from Martinique, or Peru or Hao
Paulo.
But It was English, sure enough,
that Miss MacMurray was talking, as
she bent over the sobbing blue serge
heap, on the narrow Iron bed. She
was saying helplessly, "There now.
it's veTra har-rd. 1 know. I'm far
from home, mysel’,” patting the heav
ing shoulders with one hand, and anx
iously looking at her watch. She
was due at a private lesson In 10
minutes and a private lesson meant
5 irreplaceable francs.
She welcomed tVie tall American
girl with relief, “Ah, that’s right,
that's right, you'll know how to get
her quieted down," and fled before
Marlse could protest that she did
not even know the homesick child.
What could you do for somebody
who was homesick? She certainly
did not know from experience. No
body had ever done anything for her.
She sat down on the edge of the ted,
laid her arm over the narrow shoul
ders, and said cheerfully, “Hallo there,
what's the matter? You'll run out
of tears. If you aren’t careful!"
At the sound of her voice the sob
bing stopped abruptly. The girl on
the bed started, dashed the floating
brilliant hair from her face, and
turned on Marlse. blue eyes dimmed
with tears. She looked exhausted by
her passion of sobbing.
"Why, you poor kid!” said Marlse
compassionately. She hadn't thought
It was as serious as all that!
The other with a rough, scrambling
sprawl, got herself to her knees and
sat up, rubbing the tears away from
her eyes with the backs of her hands,
and drawing long, quivering breaths.
Her lip* wefe swollen, her cheeks fiery
and glazetr
Marise was touched, and putting
out her arms drew the other into
them. "Here, you must let me help
you get used to things. I've been
homesick, too."
The girl tried to speak, was on
the point of bursting Into tenrs again,
struggled wildly to get the better
of her excitement and emotion, and
finally brought out In a strangled
voice, "I'm not homesick! I hate my
home! I wouldn’t go back theah for
anything!"
The words In themselves were suf
ficiently astonishing to Marise, and the
raging accent with which they were
cast out made them even more dis
concerting. She felt that the little
quivering body In her arms was ding
ing desperately to her, and sat si
lent, holding the unhappy child close,
because she did not know what else
to do with her.
Presently, however, she ventured to
ask, “Where is your home?"
"It was in Arkansas," said the oth
er. In a muffled, defiant tone. "It
isn’t anywheah now. It's heah.”
Marise was touched by the loneli
ness which underlay the other girl's
appeal. She knew what It was to be
lonely! It was the first time that
any one had broken through into her
loneliness as this, quivering, passion
ate, unhappy little thing had done;
the first time anybody had asked her
for help. From the very first word
of»the)r talk, the light chaffing manner
which was her usual shield had been
torn into shreds by the other girl's
driving directness. She looked deep
into the other's eyes, fixed breath
lessly on her and said seriously. "Yes.
Eugenie, I'll help you ... all I can."
"There!" said the other, "that's a
specimen. My name's not Eugenie.
It’s Eugenia. Isn't that turrible?"
Marise did not follow this at all.
"It's just the same thing, only in
English, isn't it?”
"Yes, but it’s horrid and common
In English, and it's lovely in French.
Why can't I have it Eugenie?” She
looked UP keenly and searchingly into
Marine's face, and at what she she
caught there, she contradicted her
self hastily, before Marise could open
her lilts.
“No, no, I see. It would he silly
to change It—to pretend. I'd better
make the best of it. There! There's
one fool mistake you kept me from
making, you Bee!"
Marise felt that the talk was on
a plane different from hers, so that
she did not get Its meaning, although
lhe words were clear enough. What
whs all that about Eugenia and Eu
genie? she hadn’t caught the point
of that, at all.
Being only 18, she found her be
wilderment rather comic, and began
to laugh. “I still don’t see that Eu
genia isn't Just as good as Eugenie!"
she said, "I honestly don't know what
jou're talking about, Eugenia, but If
you do. It's all right."
"Oh, I do,” said the other with
conviction.
Marise was relieved to see that her
small, pretty face, although still
flushed from her fit of teara no longer
looked distraught.
"How strange!” thought Marise.
They had never spoken a word to
each other 10 minutes before, and
now they were sitting side by side. ■
hand In hand, like sisters.
"I'm awfully glad I came In.” she
said.
"So am I," said Eugenia. "I'd been
Just crazy to talk to you.”
"I must soon be going to a music
lesson." said Marise, glancing at the
little Jewel-crusted watch, which hueo
on a black ribbon around the other
girl's neck.
Eugenia caught at her despairingly.
"Oh. don't go away. I haven’t be
gun yet! 1 haven’t said a word!"
Then struck by another possibility.
“Can't I go with you? We could !
talk In the cab, and I wouldn't say
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h word nt your lesson. Yes. do let
me.”
"I wasn’t going to take a cab,’’ pro
tested Marise, "1 don't go round in
cabs except when I'm dressed up in
the evenings. It would be pretty
expensive, mn foi! to take a cab every
where I went in the daytime. Mostly
I walk.”
"Oh, I hate to walk, let me take
tho cab," the other girl begged, be
ginning hastily to arrange her hair.
"I've got plenty of money. It’s the
only thing I have got.” .She paused,
the brush in her hand. “Haven't
you?" she asked, addressing herself
to Marlae'a reflection in the glasH.
Marise was passably astonished at
the unceremonious question, but an
swered it simply, "I haven’t any of
my own. 1 live with my father. And
he hasn't any either, but lie makes
a good deal, gets a good salary. I
mean. lie lets me have all I need."
The talk In the cab as they clat
tered over the big paving stones of
the quiet, half deserted left-bank
streets turned on the school, and very
soon Marise was led to say, “But,
sec here, I don't believe, J2ugi-nla,
you’ve got Into the right school at
all. It's not a bit chic, you know,
to go to a girls' lycee, and ours Is
one of the plainest of them all. The
teachers are terrible grinds, the girls
are fearfully serious minded. They
don’t care a thing about their looks.
All they want Is to pass the competi
tive exams for the Ecole Normals at
Sevres, and get in there for four
more 'years of grind, lots and lots
worse than, at the lycee. You’d bet
ter believe there's nothing but what
France did In India before the Eng
llsh got there, et ainsi de suite."
Eugenia made a gesture of despair.
“There!” she lamented, "that's It! Not
even to know enough to ptek out the
right school!”
And then a curious expression of
suspicion coming into her eyes, she
said skeptically, “but you go to that
school! If it's good enough for
you . . . !”
Flere again was something In that
baffling other dimension, and this
time though she understood it as lit
tle as ever, Marise did not like it at
all. She said stiffly, "I'm going be
cause you can get serious Instruc
tion In some things I need to enter
the classes at the Sorbonne next
year.”
Flugenla sprang at her. remorse
fully crying. "I won't again. I don't
know what made me.” She kissed her
once more, rubbing her cheek against
the other's shoulder.
Her liewlldering alternations of
mood, the reckless way in which she
threw hergelf on Marise to embrace
her. and the way, very startling to a
girl brought up in France, in which1
Fiugenia kissed her on the mouth like
a lover, were very exciting to Marise.
Not since Jeanne's big double kisses
had she been so fondled and caressed,
and never had she been kissed on
! he lips before. That was some
thing closely associated In her mind
with secrecy and passion. It made
her feel very queer: partly stand-offish
and startled, partly moved and re
sponsive—altogether shaken up, more
alive, but apprehensively uncertain
of what was coming next,
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THI^EEK |
THOMAS
MEIGHAN
In • PETER B. KYNE Story,
“Homewird Bound”
Suppsrtinf Cast Hsadsd by
LILA LEE
NEW SHOW TODAY
w rcwri to?
“The Last
Moment”
Mystery play that will keep you
Ruesoinu until the verv last
moment.
Vsudrvillr Photoplays
Whirlwind All-Star
Six-Act Bill
In Addtton to Viola Dana
In "Tha Fatal Million
NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS
GRAND.Itlth and Rinnev
Will I AM RUSSELL In “Man’a Site’
Ruth Roland In ‘Haunted Valley,* No. 7
VICTORIA.24th and Fort
* "Cooleat In Omaha'*
EDITH ROBERTS and Kl NNI TH
IIARI AN in “I AM THE LAW"
Ruth Roland in “Haunted Vallay**
Late Druggist
Left $200,000,
Son Gets $100
Charles R. Sherman Gives
$2,000 Each to 3 Relatives
ami Private
Secretary.
Kollin C,\ Sherman, non of Charles
R. Sherman, formerly part owner of
the Sherman & McConnell Drug com
pany of Omaha, Is left only $100 in
hig father’s will, filed Tuesday morn
ing for probate in coumv court.
A petition accompanying the will
which Is dated July 14 estimates the
estate ut $200,000.
Bequests of $2,000 each are made
to Ellon Burns Sherman and Kthei
I’ersis Sherman, sisters; Ada Pratt
Sherman, widow of John Sherman, a
brother, and Margaret Lyons, for 20
years Mr. Sherman's private serre
tary. Miss Lyons, who is still em
ployed by the Hherman-MeConnell
company, lives at P31 Avenue F, Coun
cil Bluffs.
Other bequests include $1,000 to D.
L. Gasklll, veteran employe; $3,000
and all personal effects to the widow,
Mrs. Maude Sherman, and a division
of the residue of the estate among
Mrs. Maude Sherman and two daugh
ters, Mrs, Harriet Sherman Bannister
and Dorothy Sherman. Bequest of
$100 Is made to Rotlin Sherman, a
son.
The will asks that Mrs. Harriet
Sherman Bannister and Margaret
Lyons he appointed executrixes.
Many See How
Tires Are Made
W. W. Wuchter of the Nebraska ;
Tire and Rubber company addressed !
the good fellow ship committee at the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce Mon
day in the interest and promotion of
OmahaMade Tire week. He pointed
out the worthiness of such a move
ment as the three tire and rubber
companies of Omaha are promoting
and emphasized the point that tt
should be considered a civic duty cf
Omaha people and business institu
tions to visit all three factories In the
interest of hbme industry and to as
sure them of their unanimous sup
port.
Omaha-Made Tire week opened yes
terday and many people were shown
through the Overland, Nebraska and
Sprague tire and rubber factories
seeking knowledge as to how auto
mobile tires are made. A number of
tires are to be given away by each
company and upon arriving at the
factories visitors will register by num
ber and holders of lucky numbers will
each receive a tiro to fit their own
automobile or truck.
Several tires were presented to visi
tors and a large crowd is expected
every day this week in an effort to
obtain “free knowledge” on tires and
to draw- one cef the lucky numbers
which will entitle them to an Omaha
made tire for their car.
MISSOURI ACADEMY
AND LOWER SCHOOL
Mexico, Mo.
For Boy*
from 9 to 20 yeara old
* Member .A *v>eiali*yn Military
College* and School* of U.S.i
Regular term beein* Thurday.
Septerrber 13. 1923. Term
runt n.ne month*.
Bov* in Liver School have
every advantage afforded the
i:U ... k.„ k.^ik..
larger boys. i>iu« punui; mw. »■* —'
form of government gives just the right contact
between younger and older boys and instructors.
Special terms to good Musician*.
Early enrollment is necessary as capacity
is annually Used. Catalogue. Address
COL. E. Y. BURTON, President
Box 1009 Mexico, Mo.
Summer School and Camp,
Colorado Springs. Colorado
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LAST LAST
DAY DAY
WALTER HIERS (In Person!
And in His Latest Photoplay
“60c An Hour"
S, STARTING THURSDAY
KEnnETH HflRLGDfcnd EILEED PEROT*,
"EAST SIDE
LINES! SIDE"
Can a young man or a young woman
marry beneath his or her station in life?
STARTING SUNDAY
“Enemies of Women”
Into the very heart
of the African jun
gle, defying death
at every step.
*
That’s what you will *
see when you view
with fear the adven- •'
tures of a daring wo
man. You will want
to cheer her.
MRS. MARTIN
JOHNSONS
Wonder Eight-Reel Photoplay
of Romance in Darkest Africa
“Trailing African
^ Wild Animals”
Starting Saturday
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