Today Two Little Earthquakes. The Turk's “Jolly Life” Ends. A Fussing Husband. Down Falls the Franc. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ There was a small earthquake in Costa Rica yesterday, destroying the United States legation. All the occupants escaped. There was also a small earth quake in congress, in the lower house. A grand jury has accused two congressmen of accepting bribes—$30,000 is the pitiful little amount mentioned. Where were these congressmen when the oil well spouted? Senator Reed wants somebody put in jail. It looks as though he will get what he wants. Kemal Pasha, new boss of Turkey and the Mohammedan world, tries experiments almost as radical as our prohibition. He will end the cali phate, doing away with the powers of the all-powerful religious head, supposed to represent Mohammed, and inherit his authority. The caliph, Prince Abdul Mejid Effendi, will be driven out, and not allowed to take the treasure of the caliphate with him. That is as serious a step to Mo hammedans as it would be to Cath olics if Mussolini were to drive out the pope and seize the property of the Vatican. Even more serious to many Mo hammedans is the forbidding of the pilgrimage to Mecca, during this year. That means absolute despair to millions of Mohammedans, pre paring for the trip, who believe the new rule will damage their chances of paradise. What a trip to Mecca, and the sacred stone from which Mohammed ascended into heaven, means to Mo hammedans is shown by the fact that Arabs have been known to look down upon that sacred spot, then blind both their eyes, that they might not thereafter behold any thing less holy. The harem of the caliph is in de spair, and the caliph’s eunuchs have refused food for three days. That probably won’t help the caliph. The question is, what effect will all this radicalism have on Kemai Pasha and his modern wife in knick erbockers? And how much did Kemal’s bolshevist friend have to do with killing out the caliph? Think about those many wives and 800 concubines, dwelling in the ealiph’f six palaces. They are all moving to Egypt. Read Montes qujeu’s “Persian Letters” to know how these ladies feel—also to learn just how they probably have fooled that poor caliph from day to day and hour to hour. Eventually they will drift to Anatolia, marry orthodox Moham medan farmers that will feel highly honored, and become useful moth ers. A rich New York man, suing his wife, fusses about the fact that she was of illegitimate birth. She says he knows all about it. What dif ference does it make? Adam and Eve’s children were illegitimate, as far as any marriage by a clergyman or an alderman is concerned. They were all dispossessed and put out of the Garden. One boy killed the other, yet the human race has been steadily improving, even with such a start. It doesn’t make much differnce how you were born. The question is, “What do you do after you are born?” William the Conqueror was ille gitimate—a great soldier and states man. Leonard di Vinci, greatest artist except one, was illegitimate, and had to support his legitimate and respectable halfbrothers and sisters. Blame the father, not the child. The French franc sold lower than ever yesterday, distressing news for ^hose interested in the welfare of France. But the news may help to traighten out European conditions. Francs, after the exchange closed yesterday, dropped to 4 cents each. That is not a situation to be tri 'Icd with by the French govern ment or other nations. A crash in French currency would mean disas ter to many outside of France. Young gentlemen of Columbia university, senior class, vote 119 to 18 against the bonus. They were sleeping In their warm little beds while the soldiers were sleeping in trenches. That helps to explain the vote. They also vote against prohihi tion and many of them, it is alleged, proved by physical demonstration the sincerity of that vote. Four young men, Morris and Jo seph Diamond, John Farina and An thony Pantano, according to the keepers, slept soundly in the death house at Sing Sing prison last night. They all rise early and eat very heartily. Lack of imagination is a bless ing, after you land in the death house. But the same lack of imagi nation often helps to get you there. The man with imagination does not kill another one, or in the lan guage of the modern young bri gand, he doesn’t “give him the works.” i Madame Grandjean, only 31, took snuff before she went to bed. Her husband rebuked her and she shot him dead. “He made me mad,” she told the jury. She will probably go free, for the French are a gallant na tion. How completely snuff-taking has disappeared from civilized life. Once it wns the badge of refinement. When this writer went to school in France all but the youngest teach ers were snuff-takers. The vener able Pore Moyer declared that snuff aided thought and prevented colds. It didn’t hurt him, he lived long and was kind. (Copyright, 1i24.) Present Officers Retained. Present officers of the Kt. Agnes court of Foresters will lie retained for the coming year, tt wns decided ut the last meeting of The organization. Time Not Ripe for I Independent P. I. Coolidge Says U. S. Owes Pro tection—Reaffirms Faith in Wood. By AnsOfTateri FreM, Washington. March 5.—President Coolidge informed the Philippine in dependence mission today that in his opinion the time has not yet come for separation of the Philippines from the United States. In a letter to Manuel Roxas, chair man of the mission, the president also declared that the United States gov ernment "has full confidence in the ability, good intentions, fairness and sincerity of Governor General Wood. "In the present state of world re lationships,” the letter said, “the American government owes an obli gation to continue extending a pro tecting arm to the people of these islands. Mr. Coolidge's letter was written in reply to resolutions passed by the island legislature asking for Inde pendence and attacking General Wood. The president’s views are ex pected to have weight in house con sideration of a bill providing for in dependence, recently reported by the insular committee. This measure, committee members say, was brought in merely to place the question squarely before the house itself for discussion. "The government of the United States,” the president wrote, “would not feel that it had performed its full duty by the Filllpino people, or dis charged all of ite obligations to civili zation, if it should yield at this time to your aspiration for national inde pendence.” Subject of Disagreement. "The extent to which the griev ances which you suggest are shared by Filipino people," the president wrote, "has been a subject of some disagreement. The American govern ment has information which justifies It in the confidence that a very large proportion at any rate, and possibly a majority of the substantial citizenry of the islands, does not support the claim that there are grounds for seri ous grievance. A considerable section of the Filipino people is further of the opinion that at this time any change which would weaken the tie between the Filipinos and the Ameri can nation would be a misfortune to the Islands.” Declaring that the world Is In a state of high tension and unsettle ment, " the letter points to the possi bility “of either economic or political disorders calculated to bring misfor tune, If not disaster, to the Filipino people unless they are strongly sup ported.” The government Is convinced, the president said, that General Wood, of the Philippine legislative bodies, had the Philippine legislative bodies, had intended “to act and has acted within the scope of his proper and constitu tional authority.” •'Thus convinced,” he continued. "It is determined to sustain him; and its purpose will be to encourage the broadest and most intelligent co-opera tion of the Filipino people In this policy. To Sustain Hint. "Looking at the whole situation fairly and Impartially, one cannot but feel that If the Filipino people cannot co-operate In the support*and encour agement of as good an administration as has been afforded under General Wood, their failure will be rather a testlifiony of unpreparedness for the full obligations of citizenship, than an evidence of patriotic! preparedness to advance their country.” The communication was 3,000 words la length and reviewed in detail the declarations of the Philippine legis lature and the grievances againet Gen eral Wood. The gist of the complaint, the president said, was "that the present legislative authority of the Islands Is In your opinion out of sym pathy with the reasonable aspirations of the Fllipinlo people." Indian Woman Out on Warpath Rose Truedall, full blooded Sioux Indian woman, was on the war path last night, her landlady, Mrs. Deatrlce Gardner, 2715 Q street, testified In South Omaha municipal court Wednesday morning. Mrs. Gardner said Rose threatened to throw her out of the house, ns the result of an argument. Rose was dis charged on her agreement to seek lodgings elsewhere. Three for Representative. JJncoln, March 5.—Three filings were made today for stale representa tive. W. B. Votaw, Maywood, repub lican, filed for the office from the Eighty-sixth district; H. M. Klnslngcr. Hayes Center, democrat, and John S. Wise, Ifumlet. republican, each filed for election from the Eighty-eighth district. James H. H. Hewitt, Alliance, filed nonpolltlcally for Judge from the Six teenth district. Petition and receipt were filed for placing om the primaries ballot the name of H. B. Hhellenberger, Stam ford democratic candidate for state senator. / Rudolph Brnzda, West Point, clerk of Cuming county, filed on the demo cratic ticket for state auditor. COLDS Get the Safe and Won derfully Effective Nebrin Tablets. Unless you take Nebrin you are not using the safest and most ef fective remedy that science has given us for the relief of colds, grippe, headache, neuralgia, rheu matism and pains in general. Nebrin tablets are positively safer and more effective than As pirin tablets and are superior in every way to cold and headache remedies containing the heart-de pressing habit-forming drug Ace tanilide.—Advertisement. Speakers Describe Foreign Mission Field lACiss Tern. Vouscr 6.esn Wilds. Miss Nora A. Walker Dies. Miss Nora A. Walker, 37, 2723 Fort street, died In Lincoln Tuesday, she had been a resident of Omnha for 37 years. She Is survived by two brothers, Louis Walker of Gary. Ind., and Harry Walker of Slou* City, la., and one sister, Mrs. Charles Kenney of Omaha. The funeral will he held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Hoffmann Fu neral home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. Orphans Saved ‘ From Gun Fire Missionary F'rom Centra I America Describes Perils to Bible Class. IIow 28 persons were secreted under mattresses in order to save their lives from gunfire, was told by Miss Kern Houser, formerly of Min den, Neb., now of Guatemala City, Central America, to a class of 60 women at the Omaha Bible institute Wednesday morning. Miss Houser has been head of an orphanage and Bible teacher in Cen tral America aince 1914. With Miss Estelle Zimmerman of ta)s Angeles, Miss Houser went from the Moody Bible institute at Chicago to Guatemala to establish an orphan age there known as tho Garden of Roses. “Our lives and those of the chil dren were endangered during the rev olutlon," said the missionary. “When the assembly voted the president In sane and unable to govern, he and his forces resisted the unionists for six days. “On the day of the last battle the soldiers were quartered near the or phanage. They plared a machine gun on one side of the building and a cannon on the other. "Twenty-eight person* had to hud dle in one room under mattresaos for three hours for protection. The or phanage waa used as a first-aid sta tion after the battle.” The orphanage cares for children of all classes In need. The natives are of Spanish and Indian blood. ,Another speaker at the Bible Insti tute this morning was Mrs. E. B. Young of Wayne, Neb., who Is re sponsible for native missionary work In China, Japan, Burma. Tibet, Por tugese-Afrlca and the Canary Islands. Interdenominational missions send out native teachers of the gospel under direction of Mrs. Young. Girl Trips Real Dance of Death One of Three Sisters Plan ning Vaudeville Career Dies at Rehearsal. New York, March 5.—Beatrice Shaw, of Vancouver, B. C., died of heart failure Tuesday while In the midst of a whirl in a dance she was rehearsing. The girl's death ended her plans and those of the unknown three Dale sisters to captivate vaudeville audi ences. They had spent all of their money for clothes and weeks of preparation on polishing their act. Beatrice, clevereet of the trio, who did the eccentric dancing and played the soprano Maxophone, fainted as she danced and died before an ambu lance arrived. Ex-Gob Admits 30 Omaha Robberies George Mead, arrested for Investi gation in connection with a series of recent burglaries In Omaha, Is al leged to have admitted to police that he has robbed between 30 and 35 homes in Omaha. He also admits, ac cording to police, that he twice de serted from the navy. He was arrested after he pawned a pearl-handled automatic revolver which was stolen from Anna Crlppen, 2706 Burt street. The weapon was a gift to her from Fred Swoboda, Uni versity of Nebraska student. Mead was bound over to district court in municipal court Vednesday morning on $5,000 bond. Talk on Temples and Tombs. Mr. George A. Miller, pastor of the First Christian church, will speak on "Temples and Tombs" at the meeting of the Concord club at Hotel Fontr nelle Thursday noon. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief I j/--;-> 20 Investigations Are On in Congress V_J Ily International »nn Srrv Irr. Washington, March 6.— More offi cial investigation! are now In prog ress in congress than at any time in the history of the country. These Inquiries include: SKVATK. The leasing# of government oil lands. The official nets of Attorney Gen eral Daugherty. Alleged propaganda in favor or against the Mellon tax bill. Charges of land frauds In Texas, of Senator Mayfield of Texas. The bureau of internal revenue. Charles of land frauds In Texas. The veterans' bureau. Medical "diploma mills.” Sale of seal furs by the govern ment. Conditions in Russia. Diplomatic methods In connec tion with world oil supply. The agricultural situation. The charges involving "juggling” of revenue figures in treasury. IIOl'SK. The United States shipping board. Conditions among the Indians. The Philippines’ proposals for a new naval base on Pacific coast. The soldiers’ bonus. Regality of the Denby-Doheny Hawaiian construction contract. Connection of congressmen with veterans' bureau scandal. Government aircraft contracts. Omaha Insurance Manager Is Dead Thomas II. McWilliams, 51, district manager of the Mutual Rife Insurance company of New York with offices in the City National bank building, died Tuesday night of paralysis after a month’s illness. He came to Omaha 20 years ago from Des Moines. He Is survived by his widow; a daughter, Margaret; and a sister./Mrs. H. C. Rudden of Mineral Point, Wls. Mr. McWilliams was a Mason. Funeral services will be held Thurs day afternoon at 2 at the Crosby Moore funeral home. f New Wash Waists Our Cafth and Carry Plan offer* n | score of new $2.50 and $2.75 atylee at— 'n"*rn* $1.98 w*‘*“ Nora Bayes Headliner at the Or pheum Theater this week, is an exclusive Columbia artist. W e carry a complete stock of her Columbia records. Come in and hear them. SchmeHer & Muallei isM-ie-18 n;__. n. at lutk si. nano uo. i###. Thousands afflicted with nasal catarrh have found Zonife highly efficacious as treat ment for it. Spray the nose morning and night according to directions on bottle. Tone* up the mucous membranes. Zonite is the new, epoch making antiseptic. It kills germs without injuring body tissues. Doesn’t irritate or bum and is positively non poiionous. At your druggist. Use atomizer with hard rub ber fittings. ] Chicago & North Western System C. & N. W. Ry. C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. Who Pays Taxes? Everybody pays taxes; ONE may not own land, or a house or a business, but one living u normal life lives in a house and follows some occupation. HE who owns a house pays taxes direct. He who rents a house pays taxes indirect ly through the owner. \ N increase in taxes on real estate causes ■*' *• an increase in rents. AN increase in taxes 'aid by the manufac turer causes nn increase in the price of manufactured articles. 'r*HE railroads pay taxes direct to the state a and national governments amounting to about 614 cents out of etch dollar enrned. THE railroads pay their employes wages out of which the employes pay taxes both direct and indirect. 11 'HE railroads buy material from the manu ■ facturers who pay tnxes both direct and indirect. ) i L'CONOMISTS have figured ourthat one dol lar in every eight of the nation’s income is paid as taxes. j '■pllF. indirect taxes ure approximately equal t 1 to the direct taxes. '"pllE direct taxes paid by the railroads plus * the direct taxes paid by their employes, together with tho indirect taxes paid by both, are equivalent to considerably more than one eighth of the railway operating revenues. IT would be more nearly correct to say that out of every dollar paid the railroads for transportation, twenty cents, or more, event ually finds it way through the various chan nels of tnxation into the coffers of the govern ment, national, state and municipal. I Vet Bonus Likely J to Be Insurance House Kx-Servire Men, How ever, Urge Optional Uadi or Insurance. Hy AMwtalrd rreaa. Washington, March 6-—A twofold soldier bonus plan providing options of full cash payments or paid-up in surance *was proposed to the house ways and means committee today by a committee of veterans representing house democrats. Kepresentatlve Jeffers, Alabama, chairman of the democratic commit tee, who presented the plan, argued the government owed former serv ice men adjusted compensation which should be offered in the "coin of the realm." Full cash payments would eliminate administrative difficulties and cost in volved in other bonus programs, Mr. Jeffers said, and would enable the government to settle the whole ques tion in a year. If all veterans elected to take cash payments, Mr. Jeffers said, it would take $! ,319,500,000, which could he met by a bond issue. He favored com pensation for army officers up to the rank of captain. The same basis of figuring adjusted compensation used in the bill passed last session—$1 a day for home serv ice and $1.25 a day for overseas serv ice, would lie applied in the plan, and payments would be limited to $500 for home service and $625 for overseas service. Hy International New* Seri lee. Washington, March 5.—Small cash payments and paid-up Insurance poll clos will form the basis of the new soldiers bonus hill, soon to he passed by the house, according to all indica tlons today. With the approval of the American legion, the house ways and means committee plans to draft a bonus bill providing for cash payments only to those veterans who are entitled to no more than $50 on the basis of $1 per day for home service and $1.25 a day for services overseas. It Is estimated that this will cost the treasury only $30,000,000. The great majority of the veterans will get Insurance policies, the amounts to be based on their length of service. The policies will have a cash loan value. Representatives of the American I/egion In conference with the fram ers of tho bill have agreed to drop the land gift,-farm loan aid and vocational aid features of the bonus legislation vetoed by President Hard ing in 1922 and to concentrate on the new twofold plan. Demos and Rebels Agree. Representative Garner of Texas, leading democratic member of the ways and means committee, Indicated today that the democrats were ready to swing to the two-way bonus plan. Representative Fish, republican, of New York, leader of the “veterans' bloc" In the house, also approves It. Garner explained the attitude of the minority when he announced hi* willingness to support a bonus bill, which he has opposed for two years. "The quicker this matter is dis posed of. the better it will be for the country," Garner said. "If we can settle n foi »l,;&n,OOO.OOn. it Is better to do so right now and relieve the great uncertainty that lies behind the threat of a great bonus payment. "The business of the country will be facing uncertainly until the bonus Issue Is disposed of and I am pre pared to vote for a bonus bill, though I have voted against bonus legislation three times." May Be Delayed. Chairman Green of the ways and means committee said today that it might not lie possible for the commit tee to bring out the bonus bill by Eat urday because of the division over the two plans Involved In the general bill. If the two way plan should come from the committee, as now seems proba hie, It would be nonpartisan. Charges were inserted today In the committee's record to the effect that President Coolidge had reversed his position on the bonus. They were In the form of a letter to the president from Massachusetts department of Veterans of Foreign Wars. It was pointed out In the letter that the president had approved the state bonus bill In Massachusetts while ho was governor, but had now turned around and declared hls opposition to further compensation for the veterans. Petitions for Council. Petitions are ltelng circulated in Is1 half of Mayor Dahlman and City Com missioners D. H. Butler and 11. W. 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