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Probe Will
Tell Future
of Two Meu
McAdoo and Denby Face Re
tirement at Senate Com
mittee Hearings
Today.
Navy Head Won’t Quit
Hy I nivcmsl heryleo.
Washington. Feb. 10.—The future
^of at least two men in American pub
lie life will bfe determined in tomor
row's proceedings in the naval oil
ecu n dal.
William G. McAdoo, ex-secretary of
the treasury and democratic candidate
for the presidency of the United
States, before the senate investigating
committee will take the stand volun
tarily and make what explanation he
can of accepting $150,000 fees to rep
resent before the State department
Edward Doheny's interests in Mex
ico.
In the-senate the Robinson resolu
tion advising President Coolidge to
remove from the cabinet Secretary of
the Navy Edwin Denby. in repudia
tion of his official partnership with
Secretary of Interior Fall in leasing
away the navy's oil reserves to I)o
heny and Harry F. Sinclair will come
to a final vote. The resolution is ex
pected to pass.
Denby Stands Firm.
Secretary Denby today character
ized as premature a statement that l\p
will resign if the Robinson resolu
tion goes through. But his friends
point out that he will have no other
course than to submit hia resignation
and rest his case in the hands of tho
president. They feel that ths situa
tion applies equally to Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Theodore Roosc
velt.
Upon the success or failure of Mr.
McAdoo's explanation to the investi
gating committee depends Mils rein
statement in the confidence of the
country or the death of his ambition
to occupy its highest office.
A poll of the senate indicates more
p than enough votes to pass the Robin
son resolution. Desperate last hour
efforts to soften it by amendments
will be made. It is believed all of
them will fall.
The senate will not be surprised If
ils investigating committee calls to
the, stand Edward O. Finney, assistant
secretary of the Interior. He occu
pied the game post under Secretary
Fall.
Arnold's Acts Questioned.
Finney may be asked, among other
tilings, to testify to the truth or fal
sity of a charge that Ralph Arnold
of Los Angeles, who is preconvention
campaign manager for President Cool
idge in southern California, was a
l>e officiary of Secretary Fall's official
generosity. It is stated in this con
nection that Fall granted a lease of
3,488 oil land acres In the Coalluga
district" of California under one con
solidated permit which required that
only development wells be drilled, and
that the lessee then sold out for
$50,000.
It is not expected that the commit
tee will again call Fall to the stand,
nor Doheny. The investigating body
fears that testimony given by him
now, after he has refused to testify
on the ground that lie might incrim
inate himself, might entitle him to
immunity from prosecution for ac
cepting bribes.
Pressure to Halt Prnlie.
Pressure of the heaviest kind has
been and is being brought on the
senate committee to "ease up now” in
the investigation. Political pleus.
^financial consideration and social per
suasion all have been called into play
in a huge secret lobby against turn
ing up any more mire with its conse
quent exposure of more rottenness.
Tt is known that some of these "dis
cretion” arguments have come to
members of the committee from with
in its committee.
As a body, It lias displayed no In
tention of stopping until the whole
mess has been cleaned up.
The Mg sensation of the week in
the committee hearings promises to
I renk wh«n the three expert accoun
i ints from the federal trade c.ommls
non finish their work on the broker
age Imoks of W. II. Hlbbs A Co. ami
l ngi-rlelder & Co., and report to the
•*nate Investigators.
The accountants have lieen con
s ntly af work a week to uncover
1 ding operation In behalf of high
1'iveniment officials In Sinclair and
i henv oil stocks—chiefly Sinclair
‘iisoililnted. The committee intends
find out what senators, cabinet
-ribera and other officers of the
hington government, If any, prnf
)'•.-! by an "inside tip" that Secretary
Pall wus about to give blnclalr the
Teapot Dome lease.
These favored officials are said to
Vrvo quietly bought, through Wash
ington brokerage Mouses, Sinclair
Consolidated, and to have sold It
when announcement of the lease sent
the stock skyrocketing on the New
Vork atock exchange. Many mil
lions sre said to have been the profit
In these epeculatlons.
•St. Paul Business College Wins
+ St. Paul, Neb., Feb. 10.—St. Paul
buainesa college defeated the Hastings
business college quintet, 82 to 31, in
a fast played game here Friday night.
Jenson starred for St. Paul while
nrurkliian wus the outstanding player
on tha Hastings five.
Dachshund Strain in Coyotes Rids
Stockmen of Heavy Loss From Pests
Cattle Killers Are Now Easy Prey for
Farm Dogs Since Speed Has Been Re
duced—Cant Even Overtake Jackrabbit
O’Neill. Neb., Feb. 10.—By the
introduction of a cross strain which
will materially reduce Its speed, I>oc
Wilkinson of Beaver Flats believes
he has solved the problem of eradicat
ing the coyote from the cattle ranges
and the hog pastures of north Ne
braska. For several years the scient
ist has been engaged in experimenta
tion in an effort to eliminate the
large loss suffered annually by stock
men from these pests and now de
clares he ha-s the solution through
the introduction of a dachshund
strain among them.
The chief difficulty of the project
was the overcoming of the natural
aversion of the coyote to the domestic
dog. This has been overcome by rear
ing coyote whelps dug out in infancy
from the dens along the Calamas
river with the dachshund litters from
his extensive ranch kennels. Reared
together, the youngsters grew up in
a spirit of camaraderie touching to
behold and readily mated on reaching
the adult stage. The resulting cross
breed is an animal with the wild
nature of the prairie wolf, but the
short legs and consequent slow speed
of the dachshund.
For several years the doctor has
been releasing the hybrids as fast as
they reach maturity and they have
intermingled with their wild half
brothers until already dachshund
characteristics are to be noted In a
majority of the coyotes killed or
trapped in lower Rock and Brown
counties. The new coyotes reudliy
can be overtaken by the average
collie and farm dog and as a conse
quence It Is no longer necessary for
the ranchers to maintain large packs
of wolf hounds. The three or four
cattle dogs to be found around every
ranch can easily keep its pastures
clear of the pests, which aro most
annoying during the calving season.
The fur of the new coyote is pro
nounced superior in texture to both
that of the dog and the coyote.
One trouble witli the new product,
however, and one which at the time
was not anticipated, is that it is not
speedy enough to overtake the prairie
jackrabbit, on which the coyote main
ly feeds, and an increase In these
rodents, with a consequent loss to the
fruit farmers along the lower Calamas
may result.
VpmofAiiir-a 4
Improvement in
Business Seen in
C. of C. Survey
J
Cattle Raisers, One-Crop Far
mers anti Copper Mines
Among Few Industries
in Distress Area.
Chicago, Feb. 10.—Manufacturing
and general business seems to be
clearly advancing throughout the na
tion with some measure of earnings
on the right side, according to Julius
H. Barnes, president of the Chamber
of Commerce of the I'nlted States.
Mr. Barnes and officers of the asso
ciatlun have completed a trip design
ed to investigate sectional conditions
and needs from a national standpoint.
The area of distress now centers In
? rtaln few industries, .cattle raising,
copper mining and single crop grain
raising, he said. The cattle Industry
shows signs of recovery with south
western ranges in promising condi
tion; copper mining needs a return
of stable conditions In Europe to re
store it to full activity and diversified
farming is replacing single crop grain
raising, according to his report.
"Cotton and dairy farming are en
joying a fair measure of actual pros
perity,” he said. "The oil Industry
seems to have passed Its worst stage
of depressing over-production and Is
on the upgrade.
"Certain sections of agriculture still
have thdr problems, but Kansas, for
instance, lias apparently the best out
look for the new wheat crop in recent
years, and with new crop July wheat
in Chicago $1.10 against 95 cents last
fall, there Is a strengthening of the
wheat raiser position.
"Ranking in unfavorable agricul
tural areas Is passing through a time
of stress, but where they have weath
ered the storm, a greatly rising tide
of American annual earnings will y«t
rebuild their fortunes."
Deflation lass lias been generally
taken and the rebuilding begun with
fresh courage arid confidence, Mr.
Rarnes declared. • Temporary condi
tions of distress should not influence
action tending to fix prices In favor
of the farmer, lie warned, since a pre
cedent would tie established thereby
restricting price legislation, when the’
national psychology runs to consum
er complaint.
The government should have no
opinion on prices, Mr. Barries said,
but should devote Its energy lo main
taining the fair and uninfluenced
field in which natural Influences
make prices, and work out the gues
tlon of any disparities.
First Aid to
Citizenship
A noteworthy scries of ar
ticles entitled "What of
America?” will appear daily
on the editorial pa^e of The
Omaha Bee.
History—Civics Patriotism
•—These are the elements out
of which Edwin G. Pinkham
has woven the romance of
our national existence.
On tha Editorial Page
Today
Debate on Tax
Bill to Open in
House Thursday
•>
Three Reports to Be Made by
Republican Members of
Committee—One by
Democrats.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The revenue
bill providing for complete revision of
the federal taxes end for a 25 per
| cent reduction In 1923 personal In
como taxes payable this year will
reach the house from the ways and
means committee and on Thursday
be taken up for debate.
leaders predict the measure will
he before the house at least two
weeks and possibly four. An Indica
tlon of the fight which will be made
on the bill, particularly Its income
tax rates, which are the same as sug
gested by Secretary Mellon, was given
In the announcement that four sepa
rate reports were made by the com
mittee members. There will be three
reports from the republican members
and one signed by the 11 democrats
of the committee. Chairman Green
will submit the republican report, but
an additional one will be sent In by
the 11 republican of the committee
who voted for the Mellon rates, ar
gulng more vigorously than the chair
.nan for the maximum surtax rate of
26 per cent. Representative Frear,
Wisconsin, republican Insurgent, al
ready has made public another re
|K)rt In which he argues against any
reduction In the surtax rates and for
a greater cut in the nominal rates
The democratic report will demand
lower tax ratea and the higher aurtax
rates than carried by the bill and ad
dittonal exemptions.
Republicans, through Representa
tive Longworth, Ohio, the floor leader,
have admitted the Mellon surtax rates
are doomed. Mr. Iyingworth convey
ed this message to President Coolidge
yesterday after Representative Begg.
Ohio, had completed a poll of the re
publican mem Is whip. Mr. Begg an
nounred a maximum surtax rate be
taween 32 and 40 per cent would be
agreeable to a majority of the party
and that about 35 or 87 par cent would
be sufficient to prevent passage of
the democratic plan for a maximum
rate of 44 per cent.
w
Haystack Murder Case
Goes to Jury Today
The curtain on the last act of Jim
my Griffin's fight for life will lie rung
up In district court this morning,
where Griffin faces a charge of first
degree murder for the death of Henry
McAnlle, November ?3. By tonight
County Attorney Heal expects to have
the haystack murder case In the
hands of the Jury.
Deputy County Attorney Dsn tiroes
will open tho argument to the Jury
and Heal will close for the state. The
county attorney expects. Judge Fits
gernld to sutur.lt a charge of first de
gree murder to the Jury.
Sinclair Interviews Stinucs.
DmiwMorf. Ornwnv, FVb. 10
llnrry l<\ Sinclair, who arrived In
* 'oloirnp from yeatorday. had
i long lnt*rvl*\v today with Hugo
SllnnPH. Mr. Simian will sail for
N«w York on February li
Martial
in Herrin
Is Indicated
Additional Troops Are Or
dered to Williamson County
by State—Brings Total
Number to 1,700.
Sunday Funeral Orderly
By Auoclated I’reni.
Herrin, 111., Feb. 10.—Adjutant Gen.
Carlos E. Black this evening Issued
an order for the Immediate entrain
ment of fhe 132d, a Chicago unit, and
the 130th Infantry, composed of
companies from southern Illinois, to
proceed at once for this city.
The Chicago troops have been or
dered to leave Chicago at 1 Monday
morning and will arrive In Herrin at
2:30 tomorrow afternoon. The 130th
Infantry Is expected to arrive ahortly
after this hour. This will bring the
total number of atate troops in Her
rin and Williamson county to 1,700.
Herrin Is Quiet.
By Asaurlated I’reaa.
Herrin, 111., Feb. 10.—Herrin ap
peared as peaceful as the calm al
most springlike Sabbath that greeted
it today, but there was an atmos
phere of tenseness In t^e air as griin
faced citizens with large stars, revol
vers protruding from their pockets,
and National guardsmc-n, with fixed
bayonets, patrolled the streets.
But if Herrin appeared quiet. It
was not so throughout the county
and In even other parts of southern
Illinois. M. J. Trout, one of the
men charged with the slaying of Con
stable Caesar Cagle last Friday night,
escuped from his guard at the Herrin
hospital and several automobile loads
of searchers were seeking him.
•Tohn Ford, chief of police of Her
rin, and Harold Crain, a patrolman,
were brought back from Belleville,
111., by a group of 8. Gienn Young's
deputized citizens thia afternoon.
Young declared Sheriff George Gal
ligan, now under arrest charged with
the murder'of Constable Caesar Cagle,
kidnaped the officers and aplrlted
them away to Murphysbono, in an
adjacent county. Gailigan said he
took the men away for their own
safety after they had charged a meet
ing of the Knights of the Flaming
Circle, an anti klan organization at
Rome hall here laat Thursday night.
The shooting, as a result of this
clash, resulted in the death of Cagle
and the serious wounding of John
1-syman, one of Gailfgan's deputies.
Sheriff Is Arrested.
As Galllgan was returning from
Murphysboro enrotite to Marlon yes
terday, he was arrested at Carbon
dale by Chief of Police Adams. He
was brought back to Herrin by a
number of special police and. In the
presence of Young, telephoned Sher
iff White at Murphysboro to release
Ford and Crain.
Instead, Young declared, White's
deputies took them to Belleville. They
were found there by about 50 of
Young's deputies this morning, after
an all night search, and returned to
Herrin.
Five companies of state troops,
three of infantry, one machine gun
and one headquarter^ are here now.
For the most part they are used to
patrol the streets and guard the city
hall and Herrin hospital.
rtiny Special Deputies,
Their work is supplemented by
about 250 citizens, who have been
deputized by Young as special police.
No cars were permitted to park on
the streets last night snd people were
kept moving-.
Coroner McGowan of Marlon said
yesterday that hs would hold an In
quest over the shooting of Cagle to
morrow morning. States attorneys
advised S^eOowan, that due to Galla
gan’s arrest, McCowan was acting
sheriff of Williamson county.
The funeral of Cagle was held this
afternoon. Over 5,000 people from
Herrin and Williamson county assem
bled st the First Baptist church to
pay their Isst respects to the deed
constable. Rev. I. K. t,ee. pastor of
the church, snd Rev. V. R. Olotfelty,
both edrnllted klan leaders, conduct
ed the services.
The body was fsken to Cartervllle,
III., for burial. More than 000 auto
mobiles, msny drsped with American
flags, fi,Honed the hparse. At Car
tervllle. Cagle's birthplace, the funer
al cortege was mat hv another large
delegation.
No robes or other klan parapher
nalia was In evldenre.
Rockville Center. N. Y., Keb. >.-•
81* persona, four of them children.
were burned to death and several
others badly Injured early today In a
fir* which deatroyed an old l.ong la
land Inn which bad been converted
Into a tenement.
When tli# police automobile arrived
Mra. Carry t'aidai'ami. clasping her
baby In her anna, was standing on
the window alII of her aecond floor
aurtment.
The police backed thoii- car against
the wall of the burning house and
■ limited to her to Jump to Its canvas
lop. She threw the child fleet and
followed Six other men and women
leaped from windows on the second
and third flour* tv■ ih« bat-vied tup
of the car.
Real Distinction Which Dad Didn’t and Couldn’t Buy for Him
presenting km with
His'first Class scout" badge
\
Tut’s Casket Lid
to Be Hoisted Soon
Glass Lid for Coffin in Readi
ness—Ropes Are Prepared
to Lift Heavy Top.
By AHoyltM Pmi
I.uxor, Kgypt, Feb. 10.—Outside the
tomb of Tut-Ankh Amen today there
were many signs that the great mo
ment is at hand, when the lid of the
Pharaoh ■ huge sandstone coffin will
be raised and it* hereto Inviolate se
cret disclosed. Howard Carter's na
tive foreman was carrying down coils
of rope for use with the differential
pulleys with which the lid Is to be
hoisted, while during the morning,
a great flat packing case arrived,
containing a sheet of stout glass, cut
exactly to the measurement of the
sarcophagus. When the lid is raised,
the glass will he laid over the cof
fin, enabling visitors to gaze upon
the contents of the casket and at the
same time sheltering the body of the
Pharsoh from possible damage.
Within the tomb. Mr. Carter and
assistants spent the morning shifting
the roof of tke fourth casket. 4hlch
is suspended Trom slings close above
the sarcophagus to th# ante-chamber,
where It was packed up and stacked
with the roof sections of th# other
shrines which ars awaiting removal.
The inside of this roof, which is un
like the roofs of the other shrines.
Is barrel shaped. ft is beautifully
decorated with a figure of th# king
and the customary line of five hawks
with outspread wings which was
found on the inside of the roofs of
th# other caskets.
Dairy and Poultry Exhibit
Car Stops at Norfolk, Nob.
Norfolk. Neb.. Feb. lb.—Farmers In
tills part of the state are being en
tertained by the slate exhibit of dairy
and poultry which was one of the
feature* of the farmer*’ congress at
Chadron. The exhibit was attended
by large crowds at O'Neill and Ne
Ugh and for two daya it held atten
tion of farmers In Norfolk. The ex
hibit wid he at Scribner two day*
liefore being sent back to ftlncoln
Professors R. K. Holland, F. R.
Ntisaehl ami II. P. Pavla of the stale
farm college are with the exhibit and
Indicate much Interest toward more
) milk production on the general faint
In tli 1st part of the state.
Illue Pule Highway (>ruup
Meets Hi Ainsworth, Feb. 20
Ainsworth. Net' . Feb. 10 The an
mini inerting of the Blue I’ole High
way cim»ocI,iIIon will he held here till
der the auspice* of the Community
club, February 20, Slate Knglneor
Cochien will he the |irlnclpnI apeak
er. t\ II lllakcmnn. |>rraldent of the
Nebraska Good Honda HMcnrlntiou. and
who ipso I* president of the Blue
Pole organization, will preside. New
officers will he elected About 200
delegates from towns between Fre
mont and ('hadron will he present.
Weekly Failures.
Hu .iie«e failure* for the week rntlirtf
I Vtit *hi ' 7 number «?". which • «»UM»iire
• * * * «t4 l.tai v\pek 4n.. lit 111* tthe Week
t HO ID IKS. Ill in 1131. ana 1CI
IB 1130.
A Nebraskan in
Washington
Hy P. C. POWKUU
Washington t nrTr*pnmt*iit Ttw* Omaha Bee.
Warden W. I. Kiddle of the federal
prison at I.eavenworth. was In
Washington this week aiding in push
ing a bil through congress empow
ering him to build a shoe factory at
the penitentiary. Shoes for the army
and navy and other governmental em
ployes will be manufactured at the
Leavenworth penitentiary under
terms of the bill which has passed
both house and senate.
For years the convicts at the peni
tentiary, now numbering nearly 3.000.
have been busp in building the pni
tentiary. It is now near completion
and employment for the men is sore
ly needed, according to Biddle.
One interesting and rather menac
ing fact revealed hy Bkldie while
here, was to the effect that 43 per
rant of federal penitentary inmates
are serving sentences for breaking
the antt narcotic laws, and nearly
everyone of the 43 per cent Is a drug
addict. That doesn't Include hun
dreds of women violators kept In
county and slate prisons.
Biddle was the Nebraskan's first
boss. That, of course, was before he
was a warden. Biddle, fur years was
city editor of the Leavenworth Times.
He started in life as a mechanic In
Leavenworth with not more than a
fifth grade education.
One winter the shop was closed
and Biddle found work in the circu
lation department of the Times. He
brought more news Home into the of
fee than he did subscribers. He
gradually learned to write and edti
rated himself hy reading and with
the aid of a night school.
Rapidly he became the right hand
political adviser of Congressman lb
R. Anthony, Jr., of Leavenworth, pub
lisher of the Leavenworth Times. Bid
die's most striking characteristic was
loyalty to his employers. The war
denshlp of the biggest penitentiary
In the United States was his reward
Statistic* released hy the federal
Department of i'ominerce reveal that
there is S9 R per cent more electrical
current used In Nebraska In 19S4
than In 1917. This gain was wholly
In municipal plants, ns those operated
tinder commercial management de
creased from 14S to Its.
Nebraska poslmnsterse recommend
e 1 for appointment by tVnirvMwiiRn
M. O McLaughlin in the last week
are; VV. K. Snider, present postman
t< r, Osceola, polk county; W. 1
Tripp, present postmaster, Helvhlere.
Thayer county; Hymn I Demantv.
Alexandria. I’havei county James t".
Hedges, Valparaiso.
The Weather \
For 2 4 hour* ending T p m. Febru
jar*- 10
Tampnratiir* Highest, 44. lowest, SJ.
mean, 14. normal. .« Total defletnno
*lnr* .lanuat > I I Ot
1'retlpitallon Inches and hundredth* \
Total n Total January I. o (U.
deficient > . o IS
llourl* 1>wp*r*tHfN
f* a m .'*» I i» to. ''
a a m. .M * tv m. 4?
7 a try , *.’4 * p. m , 4S
1 a ’it . 14 4 |* 4 4
la rn . • . , J* n tvt ... 4 2
Mo W. . ?• •• r »«. -*4
U a iw 42 7pm If
IS noon ..J7
Couple, Both in
90s, Wed 63 Years
Platte County Residents Still
Do Own Work—Neither
Ever Sick.
—
Cokimbut, Neb., Feb. 10.—Mr. and
Mrs. Jen* Christensen, 90 and 91. re
spectively, living on a farm In
Joliet township in Platte county,
will celebrate their 65th wedding an
niversary July 2 Mrs. Christensen
was 91 on January 6. Mr. Christen
sen will be 91 on March 25.
Both of them read without glasses,
do their own housework and attend
a big garden and two cows unassist
ed. Neither ever has been *ick In
bed nor had-a doctor call.
Mr. Christensen does not smoke
not because of health reasons, but
he says ‘'It's such a useless habit."
Mr. and Mrs. Christiansen were
born In Denmark in 18J3. They
were married there July 2. 1859,
coming to America and direct to
Columbus in 1S79, They have two
sons, two daughter*. 28 grandchildren
and 39 groat grandchildren.
1,279 Crows Killed
in Night in Contest
Clearwater NFb . Feb 10—The an
nual crow killing contest between
hunters In Madison snd Antelope
counties continues briskly, with the
Antelope eeunty shooters making un
usual progress A party of Clear
water hunters attacked one roost near
here Tuesday and killed 1.579 crows
In one night's shooting It was the
greatest one roost kit* ever made In
this pari of the country and after the
first bombardment “It rained dead
crow*."
The hunters are cutting the feel
from the dead crows and will take
them lo Norfolk for the official count
on February SS when the annual con
test is concluded. The annual banquet
of hunters from those two counties
takes place in Norfolk on the evening
of February 19.
I nitctl States Win* the
Squash Racquet Title
Philadelphia. Feb. 10.—The 1'tilted
Stales won the squash racquet inter
national championship today hy de
feating l'.n gland In the final round,
three matches to two, giving the
American* a total of i f J point* for]
the two data play to six for Kng
land and 1 1 S for Canada. Each
match counted one third for a point.
\chra«ka Pioneer Dies.
llav Springs. Nek, Feb 10—Mr*
Vrnold Peters, pioneer of this part of
the country, died at her home south
of here after a lingering IHnei-s Mrs
Peter* was horn In Austria SO >ear*
ago Old him to this country in 1STS.
settling with her parents at Hum-1
phrey, Neb In 1SS0. and moved to I
ibis county In IS9I She is survived
h\ her husband and five children |
'■'uner.al sci vice* will he Itel.l f>om the
Caiholio church yn Mhage data.
jAlpineTown
and Forest
Wiped Out
fee Buries Station and Train
—Engine Crew Burns to
Death as Boiler
Explodes.
Entire Town Swept Awa>
By tniirr.nl r i i i.,
Berlin, Keb. 10.—Avalanch'-s i the
Austrian Alps and in fze- hu-s’iov
akia buried a train and swept away
a whole village. The total number
of deaths as reported here Is 5«.
While a railroad train was standing
at the station at Diefwau, Austria, nr
avalanche suddenly swept down from
the mountains, burying the station
and the train. Four persons were
killed by the mountain of snow and
ice, and the engine crew was burned
to death when the locomotiva boiler
exploded.
Tunnels were dug through the snow
in an effort to rescue the passengers
on the train, but it is not yet certain
•'htther all have been removed There
mey be additional deaths.
In this slide, a IhU-year old f- rest
was completely carried away. Tl.e
militia has been called to <u*J in the
rescue work.
Near Lipzeight. a number of work
men were killed in a big snow-slide
The entire village of Starehorv, in
Czecho Slovakia, was swept away in
another avalanche. Eighteen are
known dead, and probably more.
Other deaths have been reported
from the Alpine towns in Austria, and
n several villages the peop.e have
fled in terror, fearing slides.
Nebraska Pays
Almost 11 Million
as Income Taxes
Nineteen States Have Smaller
Levy—New York Topr Lirt
^ i t h Total of
$117,000,000.
By P. C. POWELL.
Washlnrton t srresfKuidrnt The Omaha Bee.
Washington, Feb. 10. — Nineteen
states pay less taxes Into the federal
government through the internal
revenue department than Nebraska,
according to the annual report of the
Treasury department. In other words.
Nebraska is 20th from the bottom of
the list of state*, including Hawaii.
The total amount of taxes paid into
the revenue department by Nebras
kans in 1923 was 410.995.795.SR. Of
this amount 17.627,702.11 was in in
come taxes and 43.36S.093 67 from
other sources. The total of federal
taxes paid through the revenue de
partment by states bordering on Ne
braska follows:
Kansas . $23,27015.81
Iowa . 17.566.7«6.36
Colorado . . 17,115.186 00
Missouri . 68.704,228.52
South Dakota 2.083,241.16
Wyoming . 921.458.60
The nineteen states paying less
taxes than Nebraska are Alabama
Arizona. Arkansas. Delaware. H&wa:
Idaho. Maine. Mississippi, Montana.
Nevada. New Hampshire. New Mex
ico. North Dakota. Oregon. South
Carolina, South Dakota Utah. Ver
mont sand Wyoming
The largest contributor is N>wr
York, with a total of 4711.231.S4'> S3.
The second is Pennsylvania. $261,004 •
977.62. Illinois Is third wnth 4232 sop
023 67.
The total for the United State* is
42.79S.S96.2S1.SO. Of this amount
41 SSS.552,9gS.22 is from income lave*
the remainder coming from other
sources.
Reichstag to Take I’p Flag
Incident in Wilson’* Death
H> iMerlatfd
Berlin. Keb. 10 —The (tag inc.lfnt
at the Herman embassy tti Washing
ton on the occasion of it oodrow x\ :*
•on * death will he brought up !r the
telchstag when It convenes the latter
part c< next week, according to the
Neue Berliner Zeltung.
In parliamenlary circles It !• aa <1
the socialists will make an Issue of
the Incident and endeavor to asev- tain
whether Foreign Minister Stt.ee
inann himself, or other official* in the
foreign office are responsible for the
telegram sent to Amhasador Wied
feldt.
T
Wms/xifwr to Find
(hit Hou Residents of
Harvard $ fiend Honey
Harvard. Neb., K. h 10 hew
(he people of Harvard and commun
ity attend their money, and hoar often.
The Harvard Courier, Wal weekly
newspaper, proposes to find out A",
nouncentent was published last w era
that a dollar bill, to which a no tic
slip Is pinned, will he put into oivu
lation this week by a tneber of the
editorial family in return for -ertoln
merchandise Anyone wintnc • : ■
possession of th* money is as'od to
make note of how the mwn was
'Pent The pet h'II holding Ilf' i»u!
on Salurdo' nevt.^ia re,jurat, I to
turn it <o ., ihr Courn t In vv
change for Aiic'tftn dollar.