Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 08, 1917, Page 2, Image 2
i' THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917. ENATE ADOPTS INCOME WAR TAX Efforts of High Taxers Come to ; If aught; LaFolIetto'i Soldiers' I Monthly Bonus Provision Overwhelmingly Defeated. Washington, Sept 7.-r-The income Ux section of the $J,500,000,000 war revenue bill the second largest and most important of the measures--virtoally was disposed of by the sea ate late" today in adoption of the provisions as drafted by the finance committee to raise $842,200,000 more revenue from incomes, including$482,- 000,000 from individuals and $360,000, 1 000 from corporations. All efforts of high tax advocates to increase the as sessments failed. Retention of the war tax bill's in- fcome provisions, raising $842,200,000, including $482200,000 from mdivid -foals, were forecast on a preliminary Vote of the senate by which Senator jLa, toilette s amendment to increase the assessment -upon individual in comes to $643,651,000 was rejected, ,55 to iy. I Senator Hollis amendment, pro posing to increase the income tax levy to $357,000,000, or about $75, ,000,000 more than the bill provides, by increasing surtaxes in incomes m ex cess of $25,000 also was voted down, 51 to Z6. A After spirited debate in the senate Jate today the La Follette-Hardwick ; amendment proposing to give all en- lixied and drafted American men and ; officers serving in Europe a monthly j bonus of $w by increasing ail war i tax rates in incomes over $25,000 was I eiected 74 to 5. ' Senators Gronna. Hardwick, La Follette, Reed and Vardaman, all tnembers of the group which opposed the. army draft law, cast the atnrma live votes. ' f Senator Trammell's amendment to hsake $2,000 for single persons and 53.000 for married the income exemp tion basis instead of $1,000 and $2,000, j a-epectively,, as provided in "the bill, ; was ucicacca wunoui a run .". ' Jprefent.law prescribes $3,000 (f4,000. v 'V , Father of Two Villisca Ax Murder Victims Shaking Hands With Rev. Kelly, On Trial for Their Murdei The and 3VHT BCTOBR HETTBIXO ' '- , Tk Honfore'i AM rbMphata Ttllevn thlrat and ftlu, nftnhtl th yiitra and rts a wrld brain. Non ' alcoholic. Buy a bottla. -Advtrtlumtnt. j WLL I I III Ml State Not to Ask Death Penalty in Ax Murder Case 4 to CmUbm4 troM Tf Om.) ( i1 c 1 u di n g meetings, Edgar Howard Attacks Gooch In Editorial (Continued from Fir Om.) time of war. What manner of pro tection is to be expected at the hands of a man whose business concerns have been adjudged a criminal? As well appoint a wolf to guard a lamb. As well appoint a greyhound as play mate for a baby rabb. In the name of1 pure patriotism, in the name of the agricultural interests of Nebraska, in the name of all lovers of decency and honor in high places, the Teleeram now calls upon the Nebraska State Council of Defense to demand the in stant resignation of Herbert Gooch." Left to right: Joe Stillinger, Rev. L G. J. Kelly, Mrs. Kelly and John Montgomery. Joe Stillinger, shaking hands with Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly, is father of the two girls who were murdered with the Moores at Villisca. Mr. Stillinger is head of a committee which is rais ing funds and providing counsel for Kelly during this trial. John Montgomery, holding the hand of Mrs. Kelly, is father of Mrs. ioe Moore, who was slain when her usband and four children fell vic tims to a murderer's ax. He also is contributing time and money to the defense of Kelly. j AYilkerson ' ' "This effort to secure a jury demon trates the need of a workable law ! such as the Thompson bill was in ! tended to be," laid the attorney, gen- Members oi the Kelly defense com mittee are receiving contributions in the court house. A juror who was excused walked downstairs and con tributed $5.' ' - " ' Court adjourned at 3:30 until Mon day morning. Judge Boise,r Sutton, Hess, Mitchell 'and Faville left after court by auto for Council Bluffs. ; Attorneys Jfclest and Mjtchell enlivt eiied the morning session with, a tilt terminated without a' hstic battle." The ruling against Kelly meeting sympathizers in the court room has been modified to permit the deuty sheriff to allow the prisoner to meet and greet his friends in the offices of the court house.. . . Earl Pond, a farmer of Frankfort township, was first to be examined today. .When the defense began to exercise its first peremptory challenge fie asserted that his opinion was' so strong that he could not lay it aside yhile listening to sworn evience of witnesses.. Fond said he attended the ,Vilkerson meetings. John Yeske of Douglas township likewise pleaded inability to serve on account of fixed opinion. J. Langdon was accepted in the exercise of the defense's first peremptory chal lenge, -;;v:,: Judge Boies admonished Detective AY'ilker&on to restrain" his activities in the court room, particularly in the handling of papers. , Kelly is British Subject. "I don't think I could get away from what I have read and heard, ft would have to be startling evidence to change my mind," said A. F. Perry of Red Oak, who wis excused, i Theodore Scheerbarth, farmer of Lincoln township, naturalized . Ger man, was accepted on second' per emptory challenge by state. "If it should appear during trial that Kelly it s British subject, woutd that make any difference to you?" asked Attorney Mitchell. "It would not," replied Scheerbarth. Kelly it a British subject Attor ney Hess challenged the competency of Oscar Buchanan of Garfield town ship, who said he contributed to the Wilkerson fund and admitted Wilk- erson's speeches had influenced him. "Kelly preached at our church at Pilot Grove and it would embarrass me to serve as a juror." said Frank lin Snygg, who gave $5 to the fund frequently referred to. i ne judge ex cused Snygg. -' - ---'..: -The Pilot Grove church is near Vil lisca. Kelly was. assigned in 1912 fo Pilot Grove and Arlington rural churches, where, he preached on Sun day before the nitfit of the Villisca tragedy. Seated Over Objection. The state and defense each ex ercised one peremptory challenge out of eleven men examined Friday morn in er. This makes a total of six teen men now available for final se lection of the jury. r Each side '.still - has a limit of eight more perempto- Earl Jackson, thft sixteenth juror passed, was admitted by the court against . the challenge of the state. J. W "Houchea was, excused when he said he had read everything he could get on the Villisca case and his a fixed oolnion. ' - ' ' - The preliminary examination filled the unr box as follows: Mel tdwards, . J. Aniqmn, i, vvvuuiiiiK, Hart, J. D. lmc, Floyd M. Pratt, Samuel Erickson. Carl Nimrod. C A, Bacon, S. R. Pike, J. A. Johnson and J.W.Bacir. ' Attorney Sutton stated the defense 4t , t!. .( ,.m , win exercise n iuuiv v ku fhhf tory challenges because of the tm portance ot the case. ' Many Names on List , Fort-eisrht men have been examin ed in all and sixty-five more names ire on the list of those who have been summoned to appear, ..fb Mminatioa jis riaid and Uju far has reflected the indubitable in ftuence which Detective Wilkerson has exerted in this county through his public meetings and "100 ques tions. Wilkerson and Kelly beyond doubt have a strong following. Dunne the afternoon the names of Bill Mansfield. Bert McCau II and Harry Whipple were mentioned bv examining lawyers when questioning prospective jurors. . At Omaha Meeting. The Omaha Wilkerson meeting was referred to in the case of a juror who said he attended that gathering at the Boyd theater. Man after man related attending Wilkerson meetings and told of the solicitation of funds for the Kelly defense. Judge Boies contributed one of his epigrams when he remarked to Attor ney Sutton: "The juror has enough intelligence to answer the auestion in his own way, or else he hasn't enough intelligence to sit as a juror." ihe tedium of the examination was relieved when P. F. Barber of Villisca was called for examination. Asked his occupation, he replied that he was a ' barber. He related that Albert Jones, son of fotmer State Senator F. F. Jones, had frequently patronized his shop. He was excused. Couldn't Read or Write. S. S. Roberts. 62 vears of aee. de clared he could not read nor write. He had no opinion of the case and added that his wife would not even discuss the Villisca cane with him, He was excused under provisions of sec tion 332 of the Iowa code relating to competency of jurors.' During the examination of W, E. McMulten, Attorney Faville handed a copy of the, "one hundred questions to the court for perusal and asked that the document be admitted as ex hibit A and official record made. The defense objected and the objection was overruled. The court took occa sion to question McMullen regarding his attendance at the Wilkerson meet ing and then excused him without fur ther "comment. , - ' John Larson. 54 years old. resident .of the United States fourteen years, was excuse on lus statement that he could not understand the English lan guage well enough intelligently to pass upon the testimony which might be offered at the trial. y Have Faith in Kelly. John Montgomery and Joseph Still inger, fathers of victims of the Vil lisca tragedy have been photographed with Kelly, as evidence of their confi dence in his innocence. Mr. Stillinger presided at the ma3S meeting of Montgomery county citizens in Boyd theater two months ago, rriends of Wilkerson ' assert the name of. "Iowa, Protective associa tion" was conjured by the prosecu tion in its references to the Wilker son organization. The existence of the organization for the defense of Kelly is admitted. . Biaxugnw or meuy xtmu : A toetl w t itaUd that Ktllr pool hki boeom popular la JUd Oak. It to ImnoMlbl to 'drink utterly la Keel Oak, la another bit of itvlty tndu1t4 In by on ot Ui principal ot th trial. Dnrlnt th Bltht that fit newspaper bunch arrived In Red Oak th police re ceived a report ot a etolen typewriter. Th Srand jury I in eialon, too. On ef th atwepaper mea from Kama City wrote horn to th horn folk, aiklni to be remembered oa Chriitmaa day. Thta btnf anent th proipectlv lenittt ot th trial. . Jud Bole I mor w(4 awtk than mina worica like a iteel trap. ... u.. vi not reveal wnat 1 co in on In hi mental receMea. He ha a menner, wmcn fire th lmpreadon that he mean what he ay, and there I a convlncln tone in finality In what he ay. Lawyer on both, side have great On of th men belnc Tamlned for the ?Ury.fc. 4 h h,d bn foorUen yeart ... "... nirr, om ieara no could not understand th Enllh languas well '"" " iiiiy nimaeir to bear th vl dene lntalllreotly. When atked whether he had an opinion one of th Juror replied: "Wei!, I have a aort of leaning opinion," whereupon Attor- ""J amcneii enterea objection to that indefinite aniwer. "1 think that I a defl- nmon or an , opinion," lnterpoeed Jud( umtfti f .!Z0T. further particular to (mail hand bill, I a familiar expression around the court house. "Small handbill" 1 a dally ,.i mi.ru new ouiieiin or tn Kelly trial, Th publication ha th caption, "Dally New of th Kelly Trial." and la sold for S cent. Thnt grim humor will crop out even dur ing the moat rlou occaiton 1 evidenced by thi remark, uttered by a man who A STYLISH WALKING BOOT for the woman who likes an out-of-door life in town or country. Tan Russia calf vamps and long tipsrichly perforated and the new one-and-a-half inch heel, which is winning increasing favor every day. The illustra tion shows one of our . MOST POPULAR STREET SHOES. This shoe is also very practical in gun inetal calf or, if you pre fer, we can show you many other attractive yet befitting models of stylish boots for walk ing and street wear. AA to D i 2 to 8 $6.50 to $12.00 Shoe Co. 1419 Famam St ' Mail Orders Solicited. Rev. Mr. Kelly and wife assert they are destitute except for $1.25 Mrs. Kelly is receiving now each day as witness' fee. C. E. Peterson, promi nent citizen of Red Oak, is receiving contributions to the Kelly fund. Photograph are being sold to help. wis observing th deputy sheriff escorting Kelly from Jail to court house: "That's th guy what I supposed to hav don that ketch down at Villisca." I. W. W. Papers Show Nation wide Plot to Hamper War Work Washington, Sept. 7. Reports and disclosures made to officials here in connection with the seizure Wednes day of Industrial Workers of the World documents throughout the country indicate it was said today, tnat there has existed tor some time a nation-wide conspiracy to hamper the government in almost every con ceivable way in carrying on the war! Opposition to the draft law, burn ing of crops, some of the so-called labor disturbances and attempts to curtail production in war- industries, reports indicate, were all part of the same alleged conspiracy, whose prime motive wa thought to be the crippling of the government's activi ties in every way possible short of in terference with military and naval operations. TABLES TURNED ON IOWA LAWYER BY A WOMAN (Continued frori Fag On.) when you state that those men were there.' "I then said: 'If I go now and say that I had not told the truth before, what will be the consequences?' And he said: 'I'll help you all I man, but if you don't .you will have to take the consequences and perjury is a peni tentiary offense.' Faints Under Grilling. "I began to cry about that time and started walking the floor. As I drew near the window he reached in front of me. and pulled the window down. The next thing I remember was fall ing backward, and later of coming to consciousness while lyink on a couch with my face and waist and hair wet from the water which they had used in bathing my face. Mr. Faville and Mr. Rocl? were then in the room. "Mr. Havner then said: 'Well. Mrs. Willard, I have said all I could for you and tried to reason and talk to you, and if you dou t do as 1 want you to you will have to take the conse quence.' I asked him if I could not leave the room ar. 1 come t.o the hotel and come back and talk to him again, and he said no, that if I wanted to talk to anyone now I could talk to Faville and Rock, and Havner left the room." Grocer Goes to Kansas City Joseph Steinberg:, for many years with Stein berg Brothers, wholesale grocers, has resigned that business connection to become secretary-treasurer of the Ad-A-Tlre company of Kansas City. TEXAS EXERCISED OYER MING CAMP Reports Numerous That Mili tary Authorities Want It Moved; No, Place for Officers' Families. Denting, N. M.. Sep't ?;-(Spec!al Telegram.) Rumors that originated in San Antonio, Tex., to the effect that Camp Cody might be abandoned and moved elsewhere, causing change of plans in the concentration of the troops irom Nebraska. Iowa, Minne sota and the Dakotas, have given rise to unlimited discussion here today, eliciting from Mayor Morris Nord haus the exclamation, "It's all an ab solute lie," and from an El Paso news paper a quoted statement from its Washington correspondent that ad mits of talks made in the capital by Texas congressmen, but negative views from officials of the War de partment, r The San Tntonio statements neld that Deming had not water sufficient for the immense encampment planned or accommodations for the families of officers, due to the indued of new thousands of fortune seekers into the town. ' . ' Dwight E. Breed, executive secre tary of the Texas Public Health as sociation came here representing the Rotary club of Austin Tex., investi gating conditions. Telegrams were received from El Paso saying that there were rumors that the big camp was to be abandoned. Local authori ties have been much exercised at the reports. 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New Manhattans are shown for the first time, besides scores of dozens of latest cravats. Seasonable Underwear, Balbriggan are best, of course, medium weight cotton lisles are good, and featherweight wool garments for the man who gets "chilly" early. Qualities high, prices low. , , Pajamas and Night Shirts made o c 'rifle heavier materials right for September r.is"-i Muslins, Twills, Oxforda, Madrr.3, Pons:e. and Silks. -To the Left As You 23".e? V