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1 THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. t "l I 1 1 1 III EXCESS AND WAR PROFITS TO YIELD $3,000,000,000 Changes Made in Revenue Bil by Committee Bringc Total Much Nearer Eight Billion Mark. Washingten, Aug. 16. An 8 per cent exemption, In addition ' a spe cific $3,000 exemption on the excess profits of corporations, with a tax of 40 per cent on all excess profits between 8 per cent and 20 per cent and a tax of 60 per cent on an excess profits exceeding 20 per cent, was aerced upon today by the house ways and means committee. The committee in writing this , schedule into the $8,000,000,000 reve nue bill, also adopted the treasury's alternative plan for a flat u per cent on war profits. The committee agreed to the three classifications of busi ness for purposes of deduction from the war profits. Deductions Allowed, The deduction for pre-war earning is: ' ., .Financial and' transportation cor porations. 8 per cent; manufacturing, 1 farming and general business, 10 per cent: mining and kindred hazarilom , businesses, 12 per cent. Ninety per cent of business corporations, it is estimated, will be affected by the war profits tax and the remainder by the 'excess profits tax. Estimates sh6w excess and war profits 1 taxes will yield a total of $3,000,0000,000. which would bring the total of tha bill much nearer the S3 000.000.000 seal. ' . ; Chairman Kitchin of the commi'tes said; today that the treasury expect ed to submit tomorrow some further suggestions regarding the income tax. Me said unless there is something to change the situation, the normal In coma tax rate will begin with 5 per cent on the first $4,000, and 10 per cent on all incomes between $4,000 and $5,000, the surtax beginning at $5,000. Surtax Schedule. The surtax schedule, Chairman Kitchin said, probably would stand as agreed to with the following percent ages: ' y'"-; . $5,000 to $7,500, 3 per cent; $7,500 to $10,000, 6 per cent; $10,000 to $15,000, 10 per cent; $15,006 to $20 000, 15 per cent; $20,000 to $30,000, 20 per cent; $30,000 to $40,000, 25 per cent; $40,000 to $50,000, 30 per cent; $50000 to $60,000, 40 per cent; $60,000 to $70,000, 45 per cent; $70,000 to $80 000, 47 per cent; $80,000 to $90,000, 48 per cent; $90,000 to $100,000, 49 per cent; $100,000 to $200,000, 50 pr cent; $200,000 to $300,000, 55 per cent; $300,000 to $500,000, 60 per centf $500 000 to $1,000,000, 65 per cent; and $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, 70 per cent. All incomes over $5,000,000 would pay a surtax of 75 per cent which, added to the normal tax, would make such in comes taxable to the extent of 85 per , cent ., '. . .. 'Yankee Ace, "with String of - Victories, Is Given' Medal Paris, Aug. 16. The Journal Offi cial announces that the American ace, Lt. David E. Putnam, of New ton, -Mass., has been decorated with . the military medal , "By his skill and daring and con tempt for danger," says the citation of Lieutenant Putnam, "he has shown himself a' pilot of the very first rank. Recently in attacking patrol of nine enemy , machines he downed one machine and the next day while on escort duty he boldly attacked a patrol of eight enemy air planes and downed two, thus winning his fifth and sixth victories. Three times he has been mentioned In dis patches." ; '.. - I' ' ... Since then Putnam has scored several, further victories. ' " 81 JO, 2.95, , 810, 315, $25 These Are the Feature Prices At Omaha's Finest Apparel Shbp for - Women TEE HOUSE IMJ1 MA 1613 Farnam Street -.' .At these prices are includedspring, summer and early fall coats, suits, dresses and waists. . Hundreds upon hundreds of garments are offered Saturday in this great sale' at a fraction of their regular worth. ' Talk about economy in these times- Here's Your Chance. P. S. AX the assistant who waits on you to show "you the new Fall and Winter garments. , Spe cial prices on Coats this week. , .. 1 r . DAZZLING FEATS THRILL CROWD AT MONY GUARD SHOW (Continue! From Pare One.) beer, and easier to get." "Big show now going on. Step up this way. Make Neat Profit. The people "stepped up." Every attraction was crowded and several hundred dollars was poured into the coffers of the municipal guards.' They will divide the money with the Red Cross., The circus was preceded by a pa rade at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, which included more than 150 peer less performers. Ponies and mules and bareback riders and clowns passed before the thousands of spec tators. It is a safe bet that no show on earth ever had such a collection of animals. There were goats and gophers, anteaters and alligators and mules, mice and monkeys. lhe circus began with a grand en tree. Huttalo Bill in all his splendor was not arrayed as one of these, Dick Wood, eeneral manager, and Charles S. McGill, owner, in dress suits and high black hats, headed the procession. , , Those In Charge. uiner members ot the company were: ut..i. K. Mullen, dance man ager; M. T. Kennv. side show man ager; I. L. Beisel, treasurer; B. Wolf, ticket manager; Verne Miller, make up artist; Gus Miller, main show manager, and A. Weiss, orooertv officer. . , ' Mrs. W. M. Hartnet. Miss Cath erine CarncR and Miss Ruth Wilson also were actively in charge of the big show. After the circus there was street dancing,, with carnival stunts until after midnight. The first plans for the circus were maoo Aionaay ana the comoanv . 3 . m . m . ciaims tney nave set a new record in speed in producing their show in just four days. U.S. TROOPS IN DYINA RIVERJXPEDITION (Continued From Pas On.) boats, which impeded further prog ress. Here the trooos were com. pelled to land to await fresh orders. "Nor did the land troops reach their goal. They encountered their first i resistance by the soviet troops at the point where the Log river bi sects the railway. The entente forces halted here. This movement seemed a feint and the main operation ap parently is, on the Dvina river. I "Monday night there arrived at Solombolsk near Archangel, four transports, from which an American contingent was transferred directly to barges in the mouth of the river without touching at Archangel. "Admiral Kemo (British on Mori. day issued a proclamation to the Russians, saying that the Moscow rulers had betrayed Russia to the kaiser, who now was sending troops to destroy the liberty gained by the expenditure ot so much blood." New Government Formed. London. fAuar. ' 16. The "ffoven- ment of northern Russia" has hern lormea witn m. icnaikowsky presi dent and minister of foreign affairs. The other members of the govern ment include socialists of various parties. Linked With Armenians. Boston, Aug. 17. The national Ar menian council of Tiflis was com pelled to sign peace with Turkey in order to save a large section of the Armenian population from extermi nation, but the struggle against the Turks if continuing, according, to a cable message given out at the head quarters of the Armenian national union of America. The message said the Armenian army was holding the Baku-Elisavtpol line. As London ad vices state the British now are at Baku, this would link up the English forces with the Armenians. i OF V. NORRIS INSISTED HE MEANT DOLLAR MARK PUT ON FLAG (Continued Froro Pae On.) are going into war without reason. Now, I have a right to that opinion. 1 have a right to express it. If my language is not as beautiful as some ethers and 'some one wants" to put a misconstruction on it ' that is his orivileze. Mr. Reed Mr. President. I con cede the senator's right, and I have always conceded the right ot any senator 'to sav that he wants to es cape this war. I concede his right to vote against it. What I am chal lenging is a statement being sent put to the world that this war is Being waged for cold dollars. Mr. Norns Mr. President Mr. Reed I sav the senator owes it to himself, to his state, to his coun try to make his language so clear at this moment that a doubt cannot exist. Mr. Norris I have made my state ment as clear, Mr. President Mr. Reed Anything else is djshon orable to the senate. Mr. Norris When American lives were lost or, American ships sunk by English mines or German submarines it was done in an effort to make inonev. I am not complaining of the men who wanted to take the risk; that was their orivileire: but. Mr, President, it was always commercial. Everything connected with it was ccmmercial. Mr. James Mr. President, I. de sire to ask the senator a question He says that the action that is about to be taken here by the United States congress would place the dollar mark upon the American flag, and yet he asserts that that is no reflection upon the president, the congress, or the country. What would the senator think if I should say to him that those who battle with him against the pas sage of this resolution were seeking to place the picture of the kaiser upon the American flag? Would the senator think that that was any re flection upon him and those associa ted with him? Mr. Norris I would, of course. lrnow it was wrong. , Mr. James Certainly Uhe seivitor- would. Mr. Norris And if the senator said it I would not pay any attention to it. (Laughter in the galleries). The President Pro Tempore Just one moment. The senator will sus pend. Occupants of 1 the galleries must preserve order. Otherwise the chair will be compelled to have the galleries cleared. ' Mr. oallinger Mr. President, l rise to question of order. I trust that the rule will be Strictly enforced that senators must address the chair and obtain permission from the chair to interrupt. The President Pro Tempore I he chair has endeavored, to enforce the rule. Mr. James Mr, President, if the senator from New Hampshire ' is referring to me, I will enlighten him by saying that. I did request and, after several trials got permission through the chair to interrupt. The senator from Nebraska says that he would not pay any attention had I said what have just suggested, but I will say to the senator that." while he would not pay any attention to it, his statement which has been made here and his speech which he has just delivered will be paid attention to by the American people, and par ticularly by the people of Nebraska, whom he pretends to represent Mr. Norris I do hope the people of Nebraska will pay attention to what I have said.. Let me again now repeat that what I have said stands for itself, in my judgment. I have not said anything that will Compare with what the senator from Missouri has said in regard to me. DeHaviland Planes Used in Successful Reconnaissance Washington, ' Aug. 16. General Pershing today advised the War de partment that early in August a com- flete squadron of 18 DeHaviland our airplanes, built in the United States and equipped with Liberty motors, successfully carried out the first reconnaissance flight of Ameri can built machines behind the Ger man lines. They returned without loss. In making this announcement Sec retary Baker said that Brigadier General Foulois of the American air service, led the expedition. Secretary Baker said he had no other information regarding the flight except that Lt. Blair Thaw was , on the trip. The announcement was considered by officers., as seting at rest rumors that the DeHavliand machines were not a success and also showing that the Liberty motors have now proven themselves in actual war conditions. The machines, each carrying a pi lot and observer, are equiped with four machine guns as recommended by General Pershing many months ago. ' '.- - .. . Father of Omahai Dead. Buffalo, N. TM Aug. 16.-(Special Telegram.) Moses Meyer, 82, for many years engaged in , business in Syracuse, N. Y father of Davis M. Meyer of Omaha, died Thursday noon. Two other sons, a sister and five grandchildren survive. FOR THE NERVES Hereford's Acid Phosphate ' Quickly beneficial for .headache, sleep leiiaeis, deranged direstioa and nervous ex hsuttlon. Bay bottle. Adv. . The Weather CamparatlTa Local Record. IMS. 1MT. 1111 IMS. Hlfthest yesterday 81 it , ti Lowest yesterday .....7T i 61 Mean temperature .....St T4 ft T5 Precipitation T .00 ,T .81 Temperature and precipitation departures frera the normal: Normal temperature ........ Excess tor the day .........It Total excess since March I, lll........6l Normal precipitation .11 inch Deficiency for the day ,.. .11 inch 1 Total rainfall since March 1.. 10.11 inches Deficiency since March 1, 1111., f.15 tnohes Deficiency for cor. period, KIT l. laches Deficiency for eor. period, ltlt !.! Inohes Report from Stations at 7 P. M. -Station, i mate of Temp. High- Bain. Weather. 1 p. m. eat - fall. Cheyenne, dear T TS .T Davenport part cloudy It St ; ,00 Denver, part cloudy It M .00 Dea Molnee, elear M (S .00 Dodre City, clear ft- 4 .00 Lander, clear ...Tt . It .,00 North Platte, clear 00 01 .00 Omaha, part eloudy 01 , 00 .T Piseblo, clear OS tt .00 Rapid City, part cloudy 1 . 1 1 , , .02 Panta Fe, part cloudy... 78 ' Tt .00 Sheridan, clear 04 ' 00 ' .00 alentlne. part cloudy. . .0 ' I ,00 L. A. WELSH. Meteorolof tat GUS RENZE SAYS BIG JEFF IS MAN FOR OMAHA NOW Glad of Chance to Vote for Him Because of His Great Abil- ' Ity and His Unquestion ed Loyalty. Gus Renze, who builds the floats and makes the wheels go around for Ak-Sar-Ben. has this to say of A. W. Jefferis: . I am indeed pleased to have the opportunity to vote for A. W. Jef- tens for congress at the coming elec tion. "I have been acquainted with Mr. Jefferis a good many years and know him to be oite of the best and most consistent boosters for Omaha, Ne braska and the Ak-Sar-Ben. As an orator he has few equals n our community and I feel satis fied that Mr. Jefferis will make a congressman of high rank and a leader of his party. His wonderful talent, his appearance, his force of speech and above all his happy fac ulty to make friends should make him a power for the aood of his district if elected. "His Americanism is 100 oer cent. He is patriotic to the core and couJd be depended upon to support the gov ernment and our trooos in their fisrht against kaiserism and for liberty." Gen. Von Mudra Superseded By Leader of Saxon Corps French Headauarten in France. Aug. 16. The successor of General j yon Mudra, who commanded the First German armv in the attack on General Gouraud's armv in the Cham. pagne last month, apparently is Gen eral on cariowitz, a baxon. who had been minister of war in Dre;,Hn and had distinguished himself in lead ing a Saxon army corps in the offen sive of this year. oenera. von Boehn. who com. mands the new army group recently urincu, iea xne mntn corps, which helped to sack Louvain. Foch Grateful to Americans. Paris, Ausr. 16. Marshal FnrJi da. asked Rev. Charles McFarland, gen eral secretary ot the" federal Coun. cils of Churches of Christ in America, to convey to the American nnni. his deep appreciation of their material ana spiritual support. The allied gen eralissimo was enthusiastic in his praise of American teneralu nffirn and men. . In Complete Harmony. Amsterdam. Auir lft Tti plete agreement existing between Germany and . Austria-Hungary has been demonstrated again at the meet. ing of th. emperors at German main neaaquarters, an official statement from; Berlin today declares. I Attorney-General, State ot Nebraska) I j Democratic Candidate J.( ' 1 1 - ruin , .1 :;f;:. - i I " " t r (lit ' ' I sf'i ' I j DTI D H S )00M, I Ifl ''"." '. ' Vjtk4'iv, Ay . pi Subject to the decision of democrats of Nebraska at the primaries. i ' .."" His Record General of Nebraska the past four years speaks with greater cind more favorable force than volumes of printed matter. General Motors Unlisted. New York, Aug. 16. The common stock of the General Motors com pany, in which there have been spec tacular price movements from time to time, was stricken today from, the list of jssues cleared by the New York stock exchange. This restriction will reduce trading in the stock to a mini, mum.'' The official statement of the clear ing house committee of the exchange says the stock "is not widely enough distributed." THOMPSORBELDEN - GQ Qhe fashion Center Jor Manhattan Shirt Sale ; $2.00. Shirts, $1.65. $2.50 Shirts, $1.85. $3.00 Shirts, $2.15. $3.50 Shirts, $2.85. $4.00 and $4.50 Shirts, $3.15. $5.00 Shirts, $3.85. $6.00 and $6.50 Shirts, $4.85. $8.50 Shirts, $6.35. $12.00 Shirts, $7.65. Half Hose Fiber silk hose, 35c; 3 pairs for $1.00. No more at this price when this supply is gone. as Attorney- ...S - vSi. Catholics Are Believed. Washington, Aug. 16. Catholics in the array, and navy are relieved from the obligation of abstaining from flesh diet on Friday with the excep tion of Good Friday, it was an nounced today by the bishop of Cath olic chaplains, Patrick J. Hayes, in order to remove misunderstanding that has arisen on the subject Army and Department Orders. Washington. Auf. 16. (Special Tele gram.) Civil (ervlce examination will be held on 8pt)mber 14 for fourth clam poet- 9 Advance models and - styles are in readiness. Exceptional values for Sat urday, at $I0.00-$I5.00 An attractive display of, hats in the season's newest color tones. Wool Plaids We are showing a very good as sortment of plaids at moderate prices considering the great advance in woolens $2.50, $3.00 and $4.00 per yard. Wash Silks t Beautiful quality In styles adapted for men's shirts arid 'women's waists $1.50 quality, Saturday, $1.29 yard. Women's Union Suits Specially priced small sizes only. Saturday $1.65 Suits now $1.19. $1.75 Suits now $1.39. the MILL NERY .u.juii-i i i iiii i wmmi , - fe f t& 1 - ii iii m ' I i ' i '' ' P - .... J) u STRICTLY AN, AMERICAN - v.y.A. - V.M.l. .W .s. .x.s.......i. y..111.1.,'i.s......v.l..S maetera at Amhent and Broadwater. Nat William A. Qraden was appointed posW maatar In MortU, Deuel county. & D, vloti Guy H. .Hager, resiimd. Uoepltal 8ergt Edward J. King, medical department officer of the turgeon ' cenera tbla city, will be eent to baa boapltal Hot IS, Camp Dodgl. for duty. Capt Charles 8. Caldwell, medical reaerve corps, la a4 Igned to active duty to Dea Moines. Capti Jared W. Daniels, medical reaerve porps la relieved from duty at Camp Dodge and will .proceed to Whipple barracks, Arizona. . First Lt James Q. Nichols, quartermaster eorps national army, la relieved from pres ent duty and will proceed to Camp Dodge. The department has accepted proposal of Leo W. Butler to lease, present quarter far University Place branch ot Lincoln, Nebw IXJomoW1 Cotton Blankets Size 68x80, in plain white, tan or gray, with pink or blue border; good weight; per pair, $4.00. Toilet Goods Peroxide Soap, per cake, 11c. Nail Enamel (cake form), 15c. Powder Puffs, 10c and 15c Massatta Talcum, 15c Lace Special A line of Filet Laces from to 2 inches wide, Sat urday one-half price. m