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All-Party
Rule Fails
in Germany
New Chancellor Is Unable to
Form Cabinet and Quits
—Reichstag Holds
Firm Crip.
Ebert Power Tottering
By I ill..thh 1 Nenit'r.
Berlin, Nov. 27.—Overwhelmed by
a storm of opposition, both front
home and abroad. especially front
America, Dr. Heinrich F. Albert to
day gave up his chancellorship and
returned his appointment to Presi
dent Kbert.
With that Kbert's attempt to form
a super party government which
would he independent of the eternal
Mprf^tarty squabbles in the reichstag, col
lapsed, and made a confused situation
more confounded.
It is reported that Albert's retire
ment fallowed a visit by General Von
Keeckt, whom the nationalists open
lv filled upon to intervene, and whose
powers Albert was scheduled to take
over, but the report was denied to.
night in high government circles.
Albert's retirement is a great vic
tory for the reichstag which almost
unanimously rejected Albert personal
ly and resented the attempt of the
president to ignore it in the forma
tion of the new government. By the
same token it was a great defeat for
Kbert whose position heretofore, that
of the one authority in Germdny still
respected, is now badly shaken.
The nationalists accuse him of act
ing more as a socialist than as presi
dent and demand that he quit. But
while the reichstag is able to over
throw one cabinet and prevent the for
mation of another, it is unable to
produce a cabinet of its own.
Party differences based on insuper
able problems confronting the repub
lic are too deep and of too long stand
ing to permit of any agreement.
Kvery hour brings a new candidate
> for the chancellorship but none :s
able thus far to get majority backing
even to make a start.
The situation is grave, «s revolu
tionary elements are likely to utilize
tlie confusion for an attempt to Seize
control.
Communist demons! rations, which
the Berlin police announced had been
-ordered from Moscow by the execu
c ommittee of the communist In
ternationals, today actually started,
hut fizzled. A nigh of 2,000 gathered
near the former kaiser’s palace, but
were easily scattered by the mobilized
. police.
President Kbert is exiiccted to send
an ultimatum to the reichstag to find
its own chancellor or be dissolved. He
would then either keep Stresemann or
name his own man.
The leading reichstag candidate at
this hour is Adam Stegerwald, former
Prussian premier, hut his chances
are slim.
Funeral for Iowa
Economist Is Held
Washington, la., Nov. 27.—The fu
neral of Clifford Thorne. Iowa econo
mist and rate expert who died on No
vember 13 in London, was Ijeld here
af 2 u’cloc k this afternoon with
friends and associates of the late at
torney from throughout the middle
west attending. A. Sykes, president
of the corn belt meat producers as
sociation of Ida Grove, spoke briefly,
Scores of Washington residents came
to view the body as it lay in state.
Pool Hall Owner Sued.
Nellie Miller filed suit in district
court yesterday against Jack Miller,
proprietor of a pool hall at 716 South
Sixteenth street, alleging that he
nagged her, knocked her down,
whipped her with a broom, choked
N^Jier and threatened to kill her. They
1 'were married by mutual agreement
and without ceremony June 5. 1921,
she says. '
C. of C. Thanksgiving.
Annual Thanksgiving dinner of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce will he
held today noon In the Cham
ber dining room. l)r. Frank (1. Smith,
pastor of First Central Congregational
church, will address the chamber,
while the new Technical High school
orchf^tra will present a musical pro
gram.
A Sample of
Reader Friendship
Last week we published in
this space an article which
told that Mrs. Baker of 308
S. 38th St. h^d rented her
room in one day by using a
Bee Want Ad. Mrs. Baker
had a friend who had spent
over $30*00 in other sources
endeavoring to rent her
room. Mrs. Baker suggested
that this' friend of hers use
an Omaha Bee Ad, and, sure
enough, The Omaha Bee
Want Ad rented the room IN
ONE DAY at a cost of fifteen
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try The Omaha Bee FIRST.
Rhone AT 10J|0 and see—
you’ll he pleased.
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Farmers in Sorry
Fix, Says Johnson
In talking of the farm situation,
Senator Johnson said: “In a portion
of our country devoted to the raising,
of wheat the conditions since 19110
have been most deplorable. Not only
has there been the agricultural de
pression that now and again comes in
cycles, hut there lias been stark want.
Farmers in Sorry Fix.
“Many whose farms haye been sub
ject to mortgage have. lost them;
many more have seen the savings of
years swept away; and others, after
devoting their lives In toll and thrift
to the most essential of a nation’s
industries, find themselves facing
bankruptcy and ruin. Dire necessity
In some localities has reduced Ihe
standard of living to the lowest pos
sible point.
t ‘‘The most callous and thoughtless
of those charged with official duties
or Invested with official power cannot
he blind to the unfortunate conditions,
nor deaf to llie appeal those very
conditions make. The firm resolve to
do everything that can he soundly
and justly done abides with us all.
The difficulties confronting us are not
in the will to aid, but in the variety
and sometimes fantastic character of
the remedies suggested.
“I rame from a state with a soli
of such marvelous fertility that nearly
every endeavor in intensive cultiva
tion Is there practiced. We learned
long ago that our citrus and decidu
ous fruits, our raisins, our almonds,
our walnuts, could not he successfully
marketed- in Individualistic competi
tion, gnd that prosperity could come
only to those who were engaged in
the scientific and technical tilling* of
the soli, by union and cooperation.
Under an able ami farseeing mar
ket director, while I was governor
of that state, various of the horticul
tural interests were organized and
out of these organizrtlons have come,
perhaps to the most highly developed
point, co-operative marketing. Kx
actly the same course I would like to
see attempted by our wheat farmers."
Actress Ba^Iv Hurt
in From Horse
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lies Moines, la., Nov, 27.—Mrs.
Henry Poole of Lies Moines, formerly
Miss Eleanor Hrent, second woman of
the princess players, was seriously in
jured late yesterday when she was
thrown from a riding horse at the
stnte lair grounds. She was not
missed until her horse returned to
the stables riderless when a search
revealed her lying at the side of the
road unconscious. She was resting
easily today. Her husband. Henry
Poole, whom she married last spring
Is a mine owner here.
Firemen Are Praised
for Care at Owen Home
Fire, resulting from an overheated
chimney, caused slight damage to the
residence of Dr. F. Owen. 2H1 Em
met street, ^yesterday.
Mrs. Owen and her daughter. Mrs.
Arnos Thomas, with her two daugh
ters were in the house at the time.
The children were asleep and were
carried nut.
Mrs. Owen speakR highly of the
rapid and care'ful work of firemen
In quenching the blaze, which dam
aged the billiard room on the third
floor bf the building.
District Judge Doss (iocs
Back to School Days
Judge Goss in criminal court yes
tenlay went back to his days as a
school master. When a spectator In
court started to leave the court room
a bailiff ordered him to sit down until
the judge said he could go.
"We’ll play school.” said Judge
Goss. “Now the jury can file out,
next the prisoner, and then the re
mainder of the court."
Order was restored In the court.
Hit Scored
by Gouche,
in HeaV^T
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Defense Witne. etify
Salesman's SigiiK . e to
Warrants Afe For
geries.
Jusy May Get Case Today
North Platte. Neb.. Nov. 27.—Four
witnesses for the defense of Carl R.
Goucher. salesman for the Omaha
Printing company, on trial in district
court here charged with aiding and
abetting forgery, testified this after
noon that signatures on two of the
seven warrants that the state alleges
Goucher cashed, and appropriated for
his own use. are forgeries.
Two of tlie witnesses testified as
handwriting experts. They were
Charles M. Fixa, auditor of the Mer
chants National hank of Omaha, and
I,. K. Mehlnian. assistant cashier of
the pltte Valley National bank of this
city. . Others were H. lj. Rhodes,
credit manager for the printing com
pany, and County Clprk Harry Knapp
of Broken Bow. They testified that
they were familiar with the signatura
and handwriting of Goucher. Knapp
said he had known- Goucher for 3j
years and that they were reared to
gether at Wahoo.
Tlie testimony* came as a distinct
surprise to tlie prosecution. Ilomer
Sullivan of Broken Bow. attorney for
Goucher. previously stated tiiat
Goucher had a right to i ash company
warrants. Testimony presented this
afternoon. It was pointed out, Is in
tended to show tinjt someone other
.than Goucher and company officials
had cashed at least two warrants pre
sented as evidence by the state against
! Goucher.
The defense introduced considerable
evidence and testimony tending to dis
credit that given by former county
clerk Arthur S. Allen, whom Goucher
is alleged to have Influenced In com
mitting forgeries. It was brought out
that Allen is under indictment on nine
counts, a numlier of which have noth
ing to do with the Goucher matter.
It was also brought i^ut that there
were irregularities In the issuance of
warrants on claims against the com
pny. a
Kvidence was read into the record
shnwirtg that Allen was under Indict
ment for embezzling several amounts
from the county and converting
money for his own use. lie has plead
ed guilty to two of the charges but
has not yet been sentenced, and dur
Ing the Goucher trial has appeared a*s
a witness for the state.
Warrants, which defense witness
testified were forgeries of the hand
writing of Goucher. were for {618.97
and {490.16.
Mr. Kixa described to the Jury the
manner in which he arrived at his
conclusion that the signatures were
forgeries. Today's session was mark
ed by several tilts between attorneys.
The record in the case had a dozen or
more references by defense attorneys
charging that prosecution sought to
inject prejudicial matter.
The state rested the case early this
afternoon. Before court adjourned
the defense had questioned more than
half a dozen witnesses and^announced
that it would conclude its testimony
tomorrow morning with Goucher tak
Ing the stand In his own defense. It
appeared probabl tonight that the
case woudi be given to the jury some
time tomorrow afternoon.
Divoree Petitions.
Kill* Ilaynfi again*! Mahal Hayna*.
ria*»rtlon.
Allane IMckovar againat GI<1*on Dlrk
Mrr, non*U(>port.
SUNNY SIDE UP
Just, finished reading that a count
of the leaves on an oak tree having a
spread of 60 feet revealed upwards of
6.000,000. Making that enumeration
strikes me as being the very extreme
of futile endeavor, closely seconded
by the time wasted in reading the
Item.
Man has invented phonograph no
larger than a watch and It is claimed
It will play twelve records carried in
the case. We may now expect to see
staid and stately men and women
waltzing and foxtrotting their way
to work.
Great display of electrically cooked
goods In Nebraska Power company’s
windows. Naturally currant cakes
predominate. Feel an almost irresist
ible impulse to break a window and
carry some of the delicacies ohm.
Watt! While in this vein submit that
fellow who figured out all those egg
statistics had to do an awful lot of
cackleatlon.
After a while T hope to make the
arf|ua Infancy of Charley Daugherty.
Am ne,ver in tffe same crowd that 1
am not Introduced to him from three
to seven times. And every time I
meet him he has less on.
Blind man a passenger on the Tweti
ty-fourth street line. Asks for trans
fer west on Lake. Lake street car
meets Twenty-fodHli street car at
Junction. Conductor helps blind pas
senger from car, escorts him across
street to waiting car. then cheerily
shout* "all right.” and hops his car
as it clangs across the Intersection.
Passengers ill conductor’s car all smile
and rent of their Journey made bright
er.
Little note |j^orii Warren Hwltsler
yielding to me all Halms upon the per
simmons, hut advising me not to let
them pucker my typewriter. Would
have Mr. Bwitsier understand that my
typewriter does not consume perslm |
mons, or chocolate*, or even chew' j
gum. An occasional ribbon satisfies.
“Coolldge’s talk to be battle cry.”
blurbs The Bee’s headline artist.
Tab* talk to date indicates that the
battle cry will have to he raised by
students of the deaf and dumb
schools.
Announcement is made that busi
ness will halt on Thanksgiving day.
Not altogether. Know a man who la
going to travel a thousand miles, go
lag and coming, just to get busy for
an hour or two around a table. The
only Thanksgiving dinner this par
ticular man missed eating at home
was the time he ate Thanksgiving din
ner at the Nebraska state prison —
as the guest of Warden A1 Heemer.
Invited, not compulsory guest.
How times change. They are now
burning spoiled corn in Turning coun
ty. Formerly spoiled corn was im
billed, not. burned.
An inquiring friend asks me to tell
what has become of suspenders,
hacks, fine cut, 2f» cent dinners, sn
polio, restaurants, handy men. hoots
and Imseburner*. I don’t know. Do
you? Would advise him to patronise
Bee Want Ads if he is really desirous
of bicatlng any or all of the Items.
Modern Improvements often provo
cative of serious trouble. Simply can
not dean « dogged pipestem with a
bristle from ilip of those patent floor
brushes.
I'm reeling off the fai flung mil***
to bask again-in loved ones’ smiles,
to sit me down once more to dine
with that big family of mine. How
slow the hours drag away towards
that glad Thanksgiving day! Tome
weal, come woe, Whatc cr betid* Ilf*
holds for me its Sunny Hide And Jo.v
still fills my 1 rimming cup t * * hold
that Bunny Bide still up. W At M.
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Aped Couple Enter Loup
7 * il Hand-in-Hand After
> V p Years of Wedded Life
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ilA-'yV‘*-M«i>utch to The Omaha Bee.
v Q ;ov. 27.—After 40 years of
married life, William F.
•t. and bis wife, Mary Tressa,
V' Nebraska pioneers, died at Ben
et, Nob., this morning within a few
hours of each other, united even in
deatIg
Mr. Deati< was 72 years old and his
wife 89, He died at 7:17 a. m., and
his wife, unconscious, died at 10:35
without knowledge that her lifelong
mate had gone.
Police Fear
Other Red
Bombings
Stale Department Told Probe
of Philadelphia Outbreak
Indicates Further Ter
rorist Plots.
6 Anarchists Suspected
By VsK'Intnl Frees.
Washington, Nov, 27.—Philadelphia
police investigating the recent lMirnb
Ing of the Italian and Spanish con
sulates (ln that city were said in a
report to the State department today
to be working on the*thecry that the
attack was n threat of more serious
activities to come.
A meeting in Philadelphia of sup
posed anarchists, held about a week
ago, is being investigated. The po
lice, howcrer, were said to believe
that the perpetrators of the Phila
delphia bombing come from some oth
er city.
These department reports were
contained in a statement front Gov
ernor Pinchot in response to the re
quest by Secretary Hughes for in
formation. The governor's report was
transmitted by the department to the
Italian and Spanish embassies here.
Governor Pinchot said the police
and Philadelphia have learned from
reliable witnesses, that six men, un
identified. arrived in taxicabs at
Broad ami Locust streets about mid
night last Friday. The witnesses
have testified that the six men di
vided tlirinsep.es Into two groups, one
proceeding towards one of the con
sulates and the second towards the
other consulate. It was noticed, the
report said that one of the men car
ried a suspicious looking package.
High Grade Beer
Makers Supply Omaha
United States District Attorney
Klnsler admitted yesterday that he has
had for sometime considerable evl
derne of a clbiue of professional
hrewmaaters who are dally making
beer for prominent people of Omaha.
These men. Klnsler says, were
.formerly connected with Omahrf
breweries and are said to be rpaking
more money than they did during the
days previous to the eighteenth
amendment,
"I am not making It public yet, but
my investigators have been collect
ing evidence 'for sometime,’’ said
Klnsler,
Hanks Quit Quoting Mark
ll> Associated I'rrw,
New York, Nov. 27.—For the first
time since the German mark started
on Its spectacular decline New York
lmnks today refused to even quote
It nominally. Previously the hanks,
which hail discounted regular deal
ings in German exchange, were will
ing to make a nominal rate. Today,
however. It was Impossible to obtain
from them even semblance of a com
mercial quotation.
One firm doing a general brnkeinge
business quoted marks at 20 cents
a trillion but that figure was obvious
ly too high as compared with the
latndon rate and was believed to be
the selling price to traveler* going
abroad.
Dismissal Moved.
A motion was mudr before District
Judge l.cslie yesterday for dismissal of
the case against Steve Hours, charged
with shooting with Intent to wound,
on the ground that the complaint
states he shot W. I,. Tindell, 1114
Dodge street, whereas lie shot Wil
liam U Tindell. They nre the smite
person. Hours In charged with shoot
Ing Tindell at Fourteenth and Douglas
slrcels. Two of the bullets entered a
Welch restaurant window.
Hurt in Auto Accident
Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 27.— Herbert
Horecher of l.ewlston, Neb., siiatalned
a broken collar hone and other Injur
ies when hie car turned over on the
highway between Virginia and l,ewis
ton. The nwichlnc was badly smashed.
Horse her was brought to a hospital
here for treatment He Is said to have
liee.n driving at full speed When tin
accident occurred.
Tlifliikhgiving Service.
Solemn high mass will lie cell
hinted Thoieday moVntVig hi 11 ai
SI. Cecilia cathedral. The arch
bishop will preside
WINN'DItS in The Omalin
dec's Mcograi lire con
test Ini amateur pilotogill
pliers, will lie piilnlslKd in The
Siuula.i lice, December 7.
_W \T( H I'Ott THI'.M!_
Doc Cook Should Have Gone Into Politics—It’s Safer.
"come on, take orf
YOUR DISGUISE. WE KNOW
You. ONS or YOU IS
DOC- COOK AND THE
other must be the
MAN VJHO INVENTED
THE GERMAN PAPER
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Children in Berlin Go
Many Are Sent Home
Due to Exhaustion
Hungry to Class Rooms
Hjr I'nlvertal VrtW.
Berlin. Nov. 27.—The dire poverty
and suffering of large masses In Ger
many fall* esperiaaly heavy on the
children, a* revealed In figures pub
liahed by the Berlin Juvenile depart
ment.
In some school district* 10 to 4^ per
cent of the pupils go to school regu
larly without any breakfast and hun
dreds of these without any hop* of a
warm meal throughout the day.
It Is a dally occurrence for children
to he taken home from school because
of collapse from exhaustion and un
dernourishment. Teachers frequent
ly surrender their own meager break
fast to still the hunger of the hun
griest.
In most schools the custom ha*
arisen for better situated parents to
give their own children extra sand
wiches which they distribute to less
fortunate ones. These get permission
to est them immediately.
A. Pryor Paxson Succumbs
at Home After Brief Illness
A. Pryor Paxson, 40, died yester
dayat his home. 2877 Bauman street,
following a short Illness. lie had
been sudenly stricken whiel at a
hotel In Hastings Wednesday.
Mr. Paxson was prominent In both
business anil club circles. He was
sales manager In low.i and Nebraska
for the Upton Tea company. He
was also a member of the Masonic
lodge, the Shriners and Elks.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
a son. James. II. and a daughter.
Elsa, 6. Other relatives, who nre ex
pected to tic In Omaha fur the funeral
are his mother and sister, Miss
Dorothy Paxson. both of St. lends,
and a brother. Harry of Columbus,
Neh.
Hope M i**ion Mtikes Plans
for Thanks(gi\ ing Dinner
The public, in invited to attend the
Thanksgiving dinner, which will l>e
Riven Thurwlnv morning at the Hope
Mission, IJIfl I bulge street. Rev. T
C. Webster, rhaplin of the Methodist
hospital, will deliver the fneSMffe.
There will also he numerous musical
entertainments after the dinner.
Boy Dies at Home
John 1^. Irving, 4. son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Irving, tiled yesterday at
frhe home of his parents, lie is sur
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs
John living, and his grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. John c\ olwen.
Marriage l.iecn*e Application*
M t\ RiatuuMtn Wiohitiiion, Neb. . IT
• Mat* Peterson ihtmh.t N eb 'ii
Married in Council Bluff*
The following persons obtained tnsr
11*4a** llransaa in I’min.il Mluffa tester*
•In >
Robert Person otnshn 10
MU.il..| l( >ti<i iih.iji tin., lot ..A
Hem V Hotl'kf 'Mill.bo .. •"
Csrris i land. i >msha . . •»
.1 A I .1 li oil I * lit m tin . . MS
M.'iia liilltHii i tins bu .Jti
('lauih Miirnliill I nioin \*b . -<
Mary .M'.hnm. White l.ok* H t*. S
Frank Johnson \\.l)fl.-*i. N*b
i*t.iii t r»«n»e l.inoohi. N*t» to
•b«»Se »•««!, Hfwsrtl. Neil . b
Mini* l.utlwl* St-waiil, Neb .1
hjrnoxt \l .-I lei is i'd Is if
Hsrtlis hnsckftedt. McClelland. Is .. IV
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Goodhue Salary
Too Expensive,
Board Declares
1
State \\ ill Exercise Option
anti Pay State Capital
Architect Commission
on Total Cost.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. Nov. 27.—Following an in
vestigation by Walter V.'. Head of
Omaha, members of the state capltnl
commission, have become convinced
that their contract with Architect
Bertram O. Goodhue of New York,
under which he is paid a salary of
$25,000 a year and the salaries of all
his assistants working on the Ne
braska capitol, together with over
head and traveling expense and other
items. Is proving too expensive for
Ihe state and suggest that a change
lie made to a plan whereby a 6 per
cent commission Is paid on the final
cost of construction, plus some addi
tional items.
Memlier Head made the proposal at
the regular monthly meeting of the
hoard, and stated that he had thor
oughly Investigated both contracts
and believed that the state should ex
ercise its option of rejecting the sal
ary* contract and adopting the one
made on a percentage basis.
Hoard Favors ( hange.
W. E. Hardy of Lincoln and W. 11.
Thompson of Grand Island, other
members of the hoarY expressed
themselves as favoring the change.
Governor Bryan, chairman of the
Ixvard. was not present when the
IxMird gave the statement to news
paper men. but it was understood that
tioth he and Stste Engineer Cochran
will i-oncurr with the oilier members.
The board decided, however to
take no Immediate action, but to in
vest ig.it e fully before taking final
*t<ps lo change the contract. A com
mittee was appointed to give in full
at the next meeting the leasons for
making tine change. It ts expeoted
that as Mr. Mead made the proposal
that he will head the committee.
"The commission Iv&s been consid
ering the advisability of this step
for a year or more.” Mr. Head said
i Tuesday morning. "I am very much
in favor of It because 1 am satisfied
that In the long run It will be to the
state's advantage.”
“It might be said that wr have had
Ihe alternative contract under consid
eration front the beginning.” added j
Thompson. "When we signed up forj
agitation for a change to the com- I
the salarv contract lit November.
1930 wr added a proviso giving us the
right to change to the commission
basis al any time within five years.”
Started In 1927
Construction vvoik on the building
did not begin until the spiiug of 1937.
The first section is now atxmt two
thirds finished The Contract fur the (
second, or Interior, section will not be ;
lei until lair In 1934. or early 1925 I
Following tlve completion of the sec
ond sect Ion the central tower 400 feet
tilglv. will be built under a third con
trad.
Tills, the comnnsxion believes ail
take at least font or five years ad
dltlonul time lie cause of this uncei [
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It’s a Funny World
J. H. Sw*e(. In
Th» N.br«»Vt* City Pr«»
Omaha is trying to raise .$400.
000 for a Community Cheat, a
composite roll to he dispensed for
(haritable purposes in the city. So
far less than one third has been
raised olthough it * only a $2 bill
for each inhabitant In the me
tropolis.
Omaha men have spent that
much within a few months to see
prizefights and wrestling matches,
to play golf and shoot ducks.
1 >maha women, as a whole, pay
out more than that for "beauty
specialists" tlleaven save the
mark ! cigarsts. perfumes, candy,
pet dogs, taxi fares and chewing
gum.
We are a peace-loving folk.
Likewise we are a luxury-loving
bunch. Also, wa are a negligent,
forgetful, thoughtless, cold hearted
human family when we are asked
to spend of our much that folks
who are really deserving and have
so little may actually be kept
from starvation, privation and
rrlmtnal paths.
taaniy concerning the construction
mission basis started.
Cost to Exceed Estimate.
It is expected now that consider
ably more than th* $5,000,000 origin
ally appropriated in 1919 will be need
ed to complete the building according
to present plans, members of the com
mission assert. To date aproximately
$1,093,000 has been expended, and at
least that much more will be needed
to complete existing contracts on the
first section. Head denied, however,
that the final outlay would reach
$9,000,000, although It was intimated
that between $7,000,000 and $*.000,000
might lie necessary. He added that
the commission would not undertake
to expend more than th© amount ap
propriated.
Goodhue has received a total of
$210.S«7 In the three years ho has
been working on the project This is
an average of mot© than $70,000 a
tear thi\f Ids own $25,tOO salary
Diamond Bobbery Suspect*
Not Identified by \ ictim
William Hoffman, held up and rob
bod at th* entram'* of the Vintah
a pertinent a Sunday night. Appeared
at central station yesterday, but
failed to,Identify Wiley Compton and
Hubert M Meredith, held in con
nection with the crime.
He told Chief nf lHdecli\e* Van
peuaen not to "wnrry ahout It.*’
It was reported to p«4U c that Hoff
man had been rubbed of diamond*
valued at $20,000 Voice believe the
valuation of the gems wa* consider
ably nvereaUmnted. Huffman aaid he
planned to leuve fo» Chicago at
once.
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Distrust of
Europe Is
Uppermost
—i— ....
r .id i fori i ia ii Lrges Indepen
dent Action—Against Con
ference—Seeks Bonus
and Tax Cut.
Wants Aid for Farms
By Atintintnl 1‘rees,
Chicago, Nov. 27.—Senator Hiram
Johnson, in his first public address
since announcing his candidacy fot
the republican nomination for presi
dent, tonight condemned the foreign
policy at Washington which he said
had been attempting to commit Amer
ica to ‘‘undisclosed European adven
tures” ever since the armistice. It is
the first duty of citizens to resist this
policy, he said in an address to the
Cook County Real Estate board.
Senator Johnson went on record, not
only advocating the national bonus
and also a definite reduction in taxes,
but outlined his ideas of how these two
things could be accomplished.
He also advocated a constitutional
amendment that would make child
labor laws and women's minimum
wage law's legal: suggested remedies
for farmers’ troubles, and then launch
ed into an attack on the administra
tion policy toward the European sit
uation and also against America join
ing the reparations conference.
”1 do not protest against an Amer
ican policy toward Europe," said Sen
ator Johnson. "I protest against an
American policy which does not know
what it is. and which seeks to discover
it»elf, or to hide Itself, by first going
into a conference with Europe.
Would Doom America.
‘‘It is humiliating that we cannot
speak our mind, save with the consent
of other nations, or in conjunction
with them. If an administration dost
not like an existing situation abroad,
why not say so? Ciur position in the
world Is such.-our financial and poten
itiai power so great, that our utter
ances wotjld he of supreme impor
tance. Throw it into conference wh«r*
there are no morals, where it is In
helpless minority, antf it is lost.
•’It is undeniably to the interest
of every country that all other e- un
tries should be prosperous and that
the world should be at peace. If the
administration at Washington, out
its knowledge of the diplomatic facts,
is able to see In Europe an oppor
tunity for American action. I ask it
to say precisely and definitely w-hat
that opportunity is and what that ac
tion should be. Its endeavor has
been merely to put us into interna
tional organisations of which the ulti
t mate action Is unknown, or. at least,
t undeclared.
"What I venture to denounce 1* the
continuous effort to postpone having
an American poller in favor of go.ng
into European international organi
zations where the policy reached is
bound to be not Amriecan but Euro
pean.’’
In taking up the bonus and taxa
tion questions. Senator Johnson said:
Obliged to Pay Bonus.
"The responsible heads of the domi
nant political party have for some
years pledget! themselves and then
party to the soldiers' adjusted com
pensation act. You may say it Is un
wise. It is emotionally and normally
impelling and long ago It was decreed
by those In command of th* govern
ment to be Just It constitutes now
in reality a promise, a solemn pledge
and we must keep faith. But a brief
period ago it*was insisted we should
delay, not deny it because the money
was not forthcoming. The passage
of the act. you may assert, to be fi
nancially bad. but our pretexts ar.d
delays, our shifting* and evasions are
morally worse. But we can reduce
taxes and we will, I hope, reduce
them."
Senator Johnson then read figures
computed by the Treasury department
and the American I.egton, and said:
"If the computations be correct, we
may do our duty by the soldiers to
whom we were so grateful while they
fought, and of whom some are sc
forgetful now. and still reduce tax
ation.
In round numbers 15,600.(100 ar#
paying taxes on incomes under $10,
l>00. Three hundred and thirty thou
sand pay on incomes exceeding $10,000
By reducing in the manner that has
t>een suggested, the taxes of those
11,100.00# we would reduce the gov
ernment's revenue $1«O.OOO,O0O, There
is, according to the figures of the
Monetary of the treasury, a surplus
of $300,000,000. Upon the basis of
every computation, this surplus is suf
ficient to jhstlfy the tax reduction im
I mediately to the 15,(00,000 of our
! people most needing it and to pay,
too, the Installment required under
it he adjusted compensation act. Taxes
must bo reduced. We stand for tax
reduction that is Just, and we stand
for the good faith of the American
people."
Senator Johnson, early tn his ad
dress. said that "what 1 stay tonight
is In no sense a political platform.’’
tor lower Kales
Senator Johnson also discussed the
agricultural situation, saying: "when
agriculture languishes the nation is
ill. It is obvious that the farmer
lias been compelled to sell for less
than the coat of production. Some
would have the America^ taxpayer
!generally make up to the farmer that
which is unjustly taken from 1:an,
t rsi hy the railroad oompauhs. ami,
Mvmidly. in the middlemen, I do
mil wish t.i >mb*rk the government
on this kind of enterprise. The ini
tial step is the relief of the fcirmer tn
iTats l« I'm* 1 l stems Used