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Toda Ttvo Go to Bat. Copper Needs Salesmen. What's “Sacred" in Crime? Dangerous to Sell Francs . By ARTHUR BRISBANE j The political battle is on. Hiram Johnson enters the primaries in Ohio. A1 Smith of New York, en ters the primaries in Illinois. His petition was filed with the secretary of state yesterday—by friends, he said. He, it seems, knew nothing about it. . 'Another copper concern, the In spiration Copper company, yester day followed the example of the big Anaconda, and skipped its divi dend. That means bad salesman ship and not enough advertising. If the copper men would explain, through advertising in plain language what copper means and what it saves on building, no com pany able to produce copper at 20 cents a pound or better, need lack business. The convenient flummery that permits lawyers to withhold infor mation concerning clients as “secrets and sacred,” should be ended. As things stand now' a big legal rascal, helping a bigger corporation rascal to cohceil his stealings, rises solemnly in court to say, “This is sacred confidence between lawyer and client.” There is no more reason for such sacred confidence between lawyer and client, where crime is com mitted, than there is for sacred confidence between burglar and pawnshop keeper. When a pawnshop man helps a ^burglar to sell his loot he is com pelled to tell about it and refund. A lawyer helping a corporation to , Bteal property from the government . should also be compelled to tell all about it. There isn’t any “sacrednesS” in theft. The franc, while a little stronger yesterday, is still dangerously weak. But be careful how you go “short” of French currency. The French i have a great deal of real money. They can, whenever they choose, j cut off the cost of extravagant military spending, the subsidizing of Poland and other military powers. The French are naturally most economical and on the aver age the richest people in the world. It won’t pay in the long run to sell France or its money “short.” London police discovered a new drug, that secures its victim in a new way. By inhaling the odor of this “perfumed alkaloid,” the drug habit can be established and the perfumed drug leads gradually to , cocaine, etc. This is new in the drug world, a although since the days of Anthony *(,and Cleopatra, men have been lured ^toito making fools of themselves by perfumes of various kinds. Old Bunyan, in his book on the “City of Man’s Soul.” told of the gates to that city, “eye gate, mouth gate, nose gate,” etc. Trouble comes through any of these gates and takes possession of the city. » A 40 per cent tax in inheritance would be foolish in various ways. First, the tax would be evaded, ii Extravagant taxation defeats' it self. Second, such a tax is not neces sary in this country, where entail of estates is forbidden. Young people that inherit money may be depended upon to scatter it swiftly enough. Leaving vast sums of money to children} making work unnecessary, is the most harmful thing that could happen to them. But it is still more harmful to the general public to discourage the country’s ablest men. Their ambition, just now, is to pile up money, which they don’t need and which will spoil their children. But if they want it let them have it. An African chief that kills a linn wants 40 fat black wives. Let him have them. The lion killing is the important thing. Did you read, of that “discovery clause” invented by kind-hearted democrats, during the Wilson ad ministration, to sase big oil com panies from big income tax? Briefly, about *300,000,000 have been taken from the public fund on .this basis. A company with big oil properties is allowed to say, “It’s true, I am making a great deal of money. But my oil supply is diminishing. Each day> I have less oil than I had bc ‘ fore. Therefore, I must have an income tax allowance for deple tion.” So oil companies, coal mine com panies, and others escape income tax through “depletion.” What about the doctor, the mer chant, all workers, that own no oil wells, owning their own bodies and brain ? They are not allowed to charge depletion against their income. The workers’ brain and body certainly are depleted as the years go by. The man of fiO has at the most n prospect of 10 more years to work, and perhaps nnother 10 to die slowly. But he can’t charge any “depletion.” His income is taxed to the full. The oil scandal is bringing out many valuable truths, and incident ally, it has hit the rascals in the democratic party at least as hard as those in the republican party. (Copyrlfht, 1924.) Muny Gasoline at Omaha Declared up to Standard Lincoln, Feb. 29.—An offlelnl an noun<-enient was Issued here today by the department of agrleulture that the gasoline sold by Commissioner Hopkins lit Omuhu for 17 rents a gi'l Ion, compiles with Nebraska require ments for quality and purity The i department made the tests In re sponse to complaints, of Coryell A Aon*, oil dealers, stating that samples I of gasoline from the municipal tpiso ltne station at Omaha failed fo com with the Nebrasku standards, j Shots Fail to Halt Fugitive Policeman Loses Trail ^ lien (inn Toter Dodges Into Lodging House. A prisoner who jerked nway from him at Sixteenth and Harney streets about 5 Friday mbrnlng led Patrol man W. E. Dodendorf a wild Chase for half a mile and Anally eluded him In a lodging house at Seventeenth and Davenport streets. During the pur suit, Dodendorf tired eight shots to stop his mgn and commandeered a taxicab to scour the neighborhood wheft he lost the trail for a few min utes at Sixteenth and Dodge streets. Patrolmen Dodendorf was standing at Sixteenth and Harney streets, lie watched three men dismiss a cab and start walking down Sixteenth street. He stopped the trio. The tallest of the group dropped something. ‘‘Just a bottle of hootch,” he told Dodendorf. —The officer stooped down and picked up a revolver. While waiting for the patrol, the man who dropped the gun jerked free from the officer’s grasp and fled. Dodendorf pursued. The policeman 'fired two shots In the air. He declared the presence of newsboys prevented him from drop ping the man. At Seventeenth and Dodge streets the officer fired four more shots from the running board of his cab. His prey dashed into a house at Seventeenth and Davenport, but search of the premises failed to re veal him. George Carr, 714 North Nineteenth street, and Arthur Miller, Edwards hotel, the other two, were fined $1Q and costs tn court yesterday. G. 0. P. Compromise Tax Bill Passes (Continued From rage One.) against the compromise, while Berg er, socialist, Wisconsin, was paired against It. Browne of New Jersey, also bolted on the vote on the Mellon rates. He supported them with 152 republicans while 62 republicans joined the demo crats, Kvale and Wefald In opposi tion. Berger was paired against the Mellon rates. Vote Tabulated. The republicans who voted against the Mellon schedule as presented In the Hawley amendment were Ander son, Anthony, Barbour, Beck, Boies, Browne of Wisconsin, Burtness, Christopherson, Clague, Cooper of Wisconsin, Cramton, Curry, Davis of Minesota, Dickinson of Iowa, Dowell, Evans of Iowa, Fitzgerald, Frear, Green of Iowa, Haugen, Iloch, Hull of Iowa, James, Johnson of South Dakota, Keller, Kelly, Ketcham, King, Knutson, I.aguardla, I,ampert, Leavitt, Llneberger. Little, McLaugh lin of Nebraska. Michaelson, Nelson of Wisconsin, Nolan, Peavey, Ham seyer, Kathbone, Itelrd of Illinois, Kobinson, Robison, Schafer, S. hall, Schneider of Wisconsin, Sears of Ne braska, Simmons, Sinclair, Speaks, Sproul of Kansas, Strong of Kansas, | Summers of Washington, Swing, Tlncher, Voigt, White of Kansas. Williamson, Winter, Wobdmff and Zeihlman. Boyce, democrat. Delaware, voted "present” while Speaker GIHett did not vote. Paired for the Hawley amendment were seven republicans and against It six democrats and Berger. On the vote, Representatives Funk and Yates. Illinois, and Mudd. Maryland, republicans, and Wise. Georgia, demo crat, were recorded aft absent. There is one vacancy In the house. Comparison of Rales. Washington, Feb. 29.—A compari son of income rate schedules involved in the tax fight in the house follows: The Longworth compromise which was adopted on final passage of the bill, provides: Normal rates: Two per cent on net Incomes not in exceaa of 14,000; 5 per cent on net income* over $4,000 and not In excess of $8 000, and 6 per cent above that amount. Surtax rates: Twenty-five per cent less than those in the existing law on the same brackets, starting at 1-2 per cent on the amount of Income in excess of *10,000 up to *12,000. The maximum rate would he 37 12 per cent on the amount of incomes in ex cess of *200.000. Personal exemptions: The esme as in existing law, *1.000 for single per sons: $2,500 for heals of families whose net income Is not over *5,000 ■and *2.000 for heads of families whose ineome exceeds that amount. The existing law provides: Normal rates: Four per pent on incomes nor exceeding *1.000 slid 8 per cent on incomes above that. Surtax rates: A graduated acale starting at 1 per cent on the amount of Income* in excel* of **,000 and not exceeding $10,000. up to 50 per cent of the amount of Income In ex cess of *200,000. The democratic schedule which was rejected provided: Normal rates: Two per cent on In comes up to *5,000; 4 per rent on in comes between *5,000 and *8,000, and 6 per cent above that. Surtax rates: Graduated s<ale starting at 1 per cent at *1,000 and up to 44 per cent on the amount of incomes in excess of $92,000. Personal exemptions: Two thousand dollar* for single persofis, and *3.000 for heads of families. The Mellon plan, also rejected, pro vided: Normal rafts: Three per rent on Incomes not in excess of *4,000; 6 per cent on Incomes above that amount. Surtax rales: Start at 1 per cent, at $ 10,0(10 to a maximum of 25 per cent on the amount of income In ex cess of *100,00(1. No change In exensption from the present law. Barge Line Will Operate on Missouri River Omaha will have its own little wa terway transportation this spring. Farmers between Omaha anil Sioux City will be able to bring their ma terials to the terminal points an nounced later and be able to take ad vantage of lower freight rates to Omaha or Sioux City. Hound trip will be made in a week. Western Brrge line will put one tug boat and six barges into opera tion soon after the river is cleared of the ice floes, according to T. B. Craig, president of the company. The tug, SS feet long, with a 25 foot beam, siimlar to the one shown above, will hav« a 330-horsepower epgine, capable of pushing 200 tons on each ot six barges, between three and four and one-holt miles an hour against the current. The barges are 100 feet long, and 25 feet wide. Driving force will be a stern pad dle wheel. Barges will have but a 30-inch draft when loaded _to capacity. Each barge has nine watertight com partments. Three of these may lie opened and the cargo may still be brought safely to its destination. A special feature of this company, said W. I,. Craig, vice president, yes terday, is tlie fact that insurance is enrrled on the boats on the river and on all cargoes. A complete list of the officers of the company will be announced later. The first load to be carried up the river will be piloted by T. P. Craig, with W. I,. Craig as engineer. This line is the first of a series of units to be put in on the Missouri river, according to ■'plans of the com pany. Eventually it is planned to have a barge line from Pierre, S. It., to St. I.ouis, Mo. ^ Simmons Salary Cut Bill Adopted ((ontlninil From I*bc« One.) tive Green of Council Bluffs, pointed out that members of the federal trade commission get $10,000 as well as members of the farm loan board. He asserted that men on these two hoards did not have as much respon sibility ** the proposed tax appeal hoard would in handling cases In volving millions. ‘‘Is it not true," Simmons demand ed, "that judges of our state courts have cases before them Involving such sums?"' “Yes, but not often.” Green re plied. “It is perfectly true you could get good men to serve on the federal trade commission and farm loan hoard at a salary of $5,000 or $6,000 a year, but can you get proper men for this place at such a salary? Men filling similar positions, who can handle this work, are getting from $10,000 to $20,000 in private life and in order to get the same efficiency we must meet salaries of Jrrlvate con cerns.” On the vote on the salary reduction amendment, Simmons won by a vote of 101 to 64. It was the first speech of the Sixth district congressman at this session. Seldom a day passes that Edgar Howard doesn't talk. As yet, neither of the other two new con gressmen, John TFT. Morehead and Ashton C. Shallenbarger, have been heard on the floor of the house. Webster Enters Rare for Governor as Prohibitionist Lincoln, Keb. 29.—J. F. Webster of Lincoln today filed as a candidate for governor on the prohibition ticket, paying the $10 filing fee. The filing has raised the question whether the prohibition party has a legal exist ence, the law providing that a po litical party must have 1 per cent of the voting population of the state at the last election to give it standing. There were a number of candidates at the 1922 election, who were desig nated as prohibitionists, but they were also the regular nominees of either the republican or democratic organizations, and as such, it Is claimed, there Is no way to determine Just how many strictly prohibition votes they received. Police Chief Will Start Vacation About March 10 Chief of Police P. II. DUlon said last idght that he Intended take the vacation offered him by Commis sioner Henry Dunn shout March 10. “I reed a rest.” he said. As yet. no definite plan* for the vacation have been made. Trial Flight Successful. Clover Field. Fanta Monies, Cal., Feb. 29.— Lieutenant Eric Nelson and Hergeant A. L. Harvey made a trial flight here late today in one of the four Douglas sir cruiser* which will hop off from this field March IS on sn * round-the-world flight. FOR RENT I plight and Grand Pianos. | Some ai low as M.00 per H month. Free Inning and insurance. Kent allowed If I |i joii decide to purchase I later. i Schmolier & Mueller * 1 .*-r HARD COAL PENNSYLVANIA The Standard Fuel UPDIKE LUMBER & COAL CO. 4 Yardn to Serve You Bossie May Write Story of His Loves (Continued From race One.) Bossie In the. way of lost weight and a certain tenseness of gesture. "I would like to set down all my story. It goes back a good many years. There^ would be one story at least which would have no dirt in It. But not just yet.” . As he talked he divided hla time between tilting his chair against the wall, letting It regain Its normal posi tion and crossing and uncrossing his legs. Wife Feels Notoriety. He was attired In a natty gray suit, with neat black bow tie and black shoes. "The present Mrs. Bossie feels all this notoriety very keenly and will not speak to the press nor will she permit her photograph to be taken. She's a remarkable woman,” Claude declared. He refused to talk of his trip to Paris. "That will eome nut probably at the trial," he said, fumbling with his coat lapel. "That will go Into the slory I write. If I write any.” Again the nervous smile. No mention of Maybelle MacKean Eossle was made by tha former city clerk, who may be returned to favor in city hall circles. Boys Accused of Throwing Rocks at Cars Arrested Kemp l.iken, IT, IMS Fort street: George Samaland, 16. 1352 Fort street; Virgil Roberts, 16, 1308 Kitt son avenue, and Walter Svendsen. 1509 Brown street, were srrested last night after police ere said ta have raught them flinging rocks at passing cars near Twentieth street and Grand avenue. Other* of the group escaped The boys were turned over to Ju venile authorities. Priest Given Life Term Disappears LeMars, la., Feb. 29.—Where Is Rev. Father Frances Wrenn of Akron, sentenced to life Imprisonment on a statutory charge preferred by a West field (la.) girl? That Is what Sheriff S. H. Maxwell of Plymouth county would like to know. The priest was sent to Fort Madi son a month ago, when the United States supreme court upheld the sen tence, but Warden T. P. IJollwell has had no authority to admit him. Sc Father Wrenn registered at a Fort Madison hotel to await the necessary papers. When Warden ITollwell had received the papers, Father Wrenn had dis appeared, Sheriff Maxwell said. Father Wrenn's friends say he will turn up later. Poisoned Corn Kills Flock. Lincoln, Feb. 29.—Botullnis poison ing In sweet corn, which was fed to the chicken* of Mrs. C. it. Richard son. caused the death of nearly her whole flock within a very few hours, according to the conclusion of State Pacteriologist L. O. Vos*. 2,500 Boys Wanted Apply Saturday, March 1 9:30 A. M. ELECTRIC SHOP Nebraska ® Power < j ■-1 values nr: i ! I Girls’ Wash DRESSES Saturday at Clever modes for cirls 2 to 1 4 that mothers would consider excellent .nines at $2.95. A sale that is just another instance of why the KIDDIE SHOP is the busiest and most popular corner in Omaha, efmraucwMN to I’axlon Bltxl "Tht Start of Individual Short" ink and Farnam AUVr.KTIHKMKNT. When You Catch Cold Rub on Musterole Musterole Is easy to apply and It gets In Its good work right away, oflen It prevents a cold from turning Into "flu" or pneumonia, .lust apply Musterole with the fingers. It does all the good work of grandmother's mustard Plaster without the blister. Musterole Is a clean, white oint ment, made of oil of mustard and other home simples. It Is recommend ed by many doctors and nurses. Try Musterole for sore throat, rold on the chest, rheumatism, lunr.-bagn, pleurisy, sllff neck, bronchitis, asthma, neural gla, congestion, pains ami achca of the back and Joints, sprains, sore mus cles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet— colds of all sorts To Mothers: Musterole Is also made lit milder form for hnldca slid small children. Ask for Cldlilrrir* Musterole. He and 65c, jars and tubes; hospital sl*e, $:i tin lleller tlisu a mustard plaslrr I Wallace Opposes Freight Increases Washington, Feb. 29. -— American farmers cun stand nd advance in ag rlcuitura commodity freight rates at this time either on la nil or sea, Sec retary Wallace declared today in a letter to Alfred (I. Smith of New York, president of the American Steamship Owners association. „ The secretary wrote in reply to a letter from Smith saying the increase in ocean freight rates from 49 to GO cents per 100 pounds, effective tomor row, on North Atlantic routes, was "entirely Justified and that as the commodities affected are principally manufactured packing ltpuse prod ucts. the prices .received by farmers cotfld tint in any way lie affected. The shipping lines. Secretary Wal lace said, not only would not he jus tified in making the advance, bill; would render a great service to agri culture in its depressed state by mak ing substantial reductions in freight rates on grains and meat products, lie said he was convinced such * move would he decidedly helpful as well to the shipping lines themselves. Small Boys Charged With Stealing Two Watches Held Freddie Gallagher, R, 933 North Twenty-seventh avenue, and Karl Brink, 7, 2G1S Burt street, fell into the toils of“the law last night after they are alleged to have taken twq cheap watches from the General Hupr Ply company, 2404 Cuming street. They were arrested in a picture show at Twenty seventh and Cumin* streets where they had sought refuge beside Mrs. Rrink, to whom her son is said to have intrusted a watch, saying that it had been given to him by the man for whom ho sold papers. Zinovieff Would Move Headquarters of Keds Moscow. Keb. 29.—Removal of the headnuarters of the third Interna tionale from Moscow to "another cen tral country with a greater percen tage of industrialists after our first decisive victory of the Kuropean t>our geoisie," is advocated by O. 8. Zino \lcff, chairman of the executive com mittee. ! Palmtag, Sleuth, Turns ( City Coal Salesman Fred Palmtag. detective. Is now Fred Palmtag, coal salesman. Fred read newspaper account* of the difficulties which beset the mayor due to the municipal coal standing on i the tracks without demand. "Jim's my friend, I gotta help him," quoth the demon detective. Thereupon he outfitted himself with a pad and pencil and started taking or ders from other coppers Thursday night. He sold 15 tons in about 45 minutes. — ■ The Fashion Center for Women ■ ■ c1homp£ori-B&Idens Accessories The Charm of Every Woman Gay < Are the Colors of Hose for Spring Featherweight Chiffon Hose Silk to the top, with double thread sandal soles. Full-fashioned, of course. 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