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THE BEE: OMAHA; FRIDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1920. v - if S p r o u 1 Speaks . AtCbnventioir Of U.S- Governors Chief Exmitiye of Pennsyl vania Describes Taxation Methods of Integral Parts Of His Commonwealth. Ilarrtslurg, Pa., l5ec. 2. IXiscus. jug the subject of state income dis bursements before the governors' conference hcre today, Governor Willinm C, Sproul of Pennsylvania told of efforts nude by fiscal heads here to raise necessary revenues for municipalities, state and nation without imposing a burden upon the State s industries. In Pennsylvania, the governor said, no direct state tax is levied upon the uroperty of the people, needed revenues being derived from taxes upon capital stock, securities and the earnings of certain classes of corporations, upon inheritances and from fees and licenses. Avoid Corporation Tax He said it had been possible to avoid kvying upon capital stock of manufacturing corporations. "We are still nursing our 'infant industries'- here, he said, nor do we tax our vast mineral products, the value of which alone amounts to well on to $2,000,000,000 a year. "A 1-cent pe rton tax upon coal mined in Pennsylvania alone would vietd $30,000,000 per annum, and a 5-mill tax upon the capital Stock of corporations engaged in manufactur , ing, which are now exempt, the same rate as is paid by transportation and many other companies would yield $25,000,000 additional. Won't Restrict Business. "It will, therefore, be seen that our fields of taxation hey are still inviting. It is our desire, however, not to impose taxes which vill re strict business or bring any marked increase in the price of commodities. "Equal moderation on the part of the federal government,". Governor Sproul said, "was a more difficult thing to discover. 3 Pntnmsp " hf said "which makes Cochrane, until he married Mme.' Walska in Paris, was known as "Ameri ru i otomac, ne saia, wnicn .i:;i.r- ku-i, wuu . i i "l here must be some germ in the our national statesmen forget that the nation is made up of states." Omaha Business Men Cheered by Bright Financial Outlook "I hate to think of where this country would have been if we had not slowed down for sober second thought," said a business man yes terday. "We would have all been riding around in airplanes, until there was a awful crash." A general topic among business men is the interview with C. W. Russell in'The Bee on the promising aspects of financial ' readjustment. Numerous men of affairs endorsed Mr. Russell's statement that there are many reasons to be glad the dollar is regaining its old purchasing power. People are said to be in creasing their production and this applies also to business men who liadjurned their acairs oyer to managers while they did nothing. Omaha doesn t need any calamity howlers, but a few more men who will look on the bright side of busi ness conditions mean a lot to the city," said Thomas Qulnlan, general manager of the Brandeis stores. "Any-man will begin to feel grggy if half a do?cn' fellows tell him he is lodking sick, and in the same way optimism is catching. If peope will quit knocking and domore boosting it will be better for everybody." State of Nebraska To ContestNeal Will --- ' (Continued From Fate Onr.) probate in the local court when, on : October 11, three telegrams arrived . . , i in Omaha. T Woman Files Claim. j They came from a woman in Ok mulffee. Okl.. who claimed to be -! the widow of Neal and mother o 3. his son. She engaged A. S. Ritchie. "4 "a local attorney, to look after her :3 interests. i County Judge Crawford, when the "widow" made her claim allowed a continuance b the will Hearing -un til October 23.. Mr. Ritchie went to Oklahoma to see the alleged widow. On the day before 'the date to which the hearing had been post poned, a "bombshell" of surprise was thrown into the local county court when notification came that the Neal will had just been admitted .to probate in the courts of Winston Salem, N. C. : Decision in Carolina. Mr. Shotwell and his attorney had made a trip to Winston-Salem. They reported that proofs were of- 3 tcred there by the Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., that Xeal was a legal j . resident of North Carolina when he died, and notof Nebraska. V But County Judge Crawford, here. had already ruled, on proofs, that J Neal was a legal resident of Ne- V braska. His will begins, "I, John ? Neal of Omaha, Neb." He had Iralso registered and voted here. He i had resided here for seven years. 3 Mr. Shotwell, however, pointed r out that Neal had taken out a membership in the Omaha Athletic' i: club, giving his residence as Wins- i ton-Salem, N. C. s Mr. Mungcr today declined to say 3 anything further about the suit until i after he has consulted with the at- iorney general. i Entertains Foot Ball Team. ' Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.) :r, W. A. Ransdell served a banquet 5 Wednesday evening at his cafe for :'. CoSch Hughes and his Orange and Black foot ball squad. Covers were i laid for 22. After the banquet the ' foof ball boys were guests of Mr. Ransdell at a theater party. 3- Owner of $408 Found. 1 , Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.) i C. L. Harper of LaAton, la., paid i a visit to the city Tuesday and claimed the $408 found in a purse in J Scotty's cafe. He proved the prop- . erty and Mr. Ransdell, the propric- l tor, gave it over to him. ; Lighting Fixtures Oranden Elec ''trie Co., formerly Burgess-Cranden Co. Ad, -f If Husband Interfers With Career Give Him Up 1 1 fen M ! p$M 1 1 H i x I Mme. Ganna Walska. famous Polish prima donna: bride of Alexander Smith Cochrane, New York multimillionaire, photographed in Chicago, where she discussed her solution for the "marriaee versus career." Mr. ca's most eligible bachelor." With a huge estate, several country places, palatial yachts, luxurious motor . cars and attendants without number, Mme. Walska has-put all aside to sing. Mr. Cochrane does not object to her continuing her stage career, she says. "If my husband would object to my singing, well, not for long would he be my husband," says the Polish song bird. A very simple solution, you will agree. Mme. Walska was also quoted as saying: "I hate a man who. does not kiss well." Armenian Forces ; Driven Eastward By Nationalists Territory Now Held Is Entire ly Outside of Traditional Boundaries of the Country. ' ' Tiflis, Dec. 2. (By The As sociated Press.) Armenian tortcs have been driven "eastward by the Turkish natfonalists until the regio;i they hold is entirely outside the tra ditional boundaries of Armenia. As a result, Armenia is reduced to a little Caucasus republic, suh as. was created by the Germans and Turks during the war. It comprises the districts of Erivan, Novotayazct and Etchmiadzin, ths ecclesiastical capital. of ancient Armenia, located about 25 miles north of Mount Ararat. , Turkish nationalists have occupied districts-just to the west of this re gion, holding Kars, Alexandropcl and Surmalou. '- Hostilities Suspended. Hostilities between theNArmcn ians and Turkish nationalists have been suspended through intervention bv the bolshevik government at Moscow, and hopes are entertained that further bloodshed may be averted. . Conditions, however, are frightful in the district held by the Armenian farces. One hundred thousand ref ugees, in the last,tages of destitu tion, are traveling through the snow in all directions, ana tne Armenian government is unable to provide housing 6r food, pending the arrival of grain promised by the Russian bolsheviki. Won't Crush, Armenia. The Turkish nationalists assert thev will not crush Armenia, but will grant lenient terms. These terms, however, must be in con formity with Turkish aspirations, it is declared. Reports that soviet Russia is in disagreement with the Turkish na tionalists are accepted as true. Observers say Armenia has ceased to be independent, and half of its population has been wiped out by war or starvation. Workers for the American committee for relief in the near east still are at their posts, The Turks have thus far conducted themselves i a respectful - manner toward the Americans. PREMIUM SODA CRACKERS are cfispT and flaky, with a salty tang. Fine with milk; cheese, peanut butter or jam. . NATIONAL' BISCUIT COMPANY - f n V o 3 V, 4& I Gocltt-aitte. Farm Aid Measures Taken to Congress (Continued From Page On.) in enacting the meagre and that restoration of ths corporation would have a tremendous stabilizing effect. 1 . MayBurn Corn. Farniers in some sections of Ne braska have said they ' will burn their corn because at current prices it would 'not pay for coal, L. O. bcroyer, secretary of the (Farmers' Union of that state, asserted. He urged further credits, immediate fi nancing to export surplus crops, a protective tariff and appointment of a "dirt farmer" as secretary of agri culture. Opposition to the "revamping" of war-time government . agencies for peace-time operation was expressed in a statement by Senator Edge, re publican of New Jersey. He was anxious, he said, to help the farmers and other classes equally, but add ed that consumers were tirfd of high prices. "The only durable aud infallible barometer of business is the law of supply and demand," Senator Edge said, "and to set lip ,an artificial, uneconomic and false structure for the maintenance of prices, because some certain industries are suffering is only postponing the evil day when all business and industry, including the farmers, inevitably must face the music." The jqint committee hearings may continue through next Tuesday. Deaths and Funerals Oen. Paul Vlgnal, 60, In command of 800 French officers asierJ to the United States instructors dunr.i; the war, died In Strassburgr. France. aTord'.n to word received Wednesday by his sister, Mrs. A. M. Unrglum. 2661 Douglas street. General Vlgnal was In Omaha three years ago on an Inspection' trip of army posts where French oftkors were atntioned. . He was nt to tha United States as .head of tb Trench government buying commission after serving at the front for on year with his command. He was also a mem ber of ths French military commission to America. Twenty years ago he served as military attache and arivltor at the French legation in Washington. - Charles S. Potter. 80. past exalted ruler of the Omaha lodge of Elks, died Wed nesday In Denver at the home of, his daughter, Mrs. N. P. Tallmage. He was In charge jbt the offices of the American Express company here for many years. The body wllL.be brought to Omaha for burial. New Low Prices on Fine Christinas Gift Furniture at the Union Outfitting Co. Replace NeedecTArticlei of Home Furnishing With IJurnitue. "Yeifr after year' the tendency of Christmas buying has swung more and more to furniture as the Ideal gift," reports a buyer of the Union Outfitting Com pany, "and, this year, furniture will be m greater favor than ever before." You Will find Sewing Cabinets, Smoke Stands, Foot Stools, Tabourettes, Pedestals, Koyal Easy Chairs, End Tables, Floor Lamps, Ferneries and other gifts too numerous to mention. Because of a "Stock Reduc ing" sale and its location Out of the High Rent District, tha Union Outfitting Company is in a position to save you many a dollar. And, as usual, you make your own term? on furniture and toys. y Advertisement. Looting by Troops Holds Up Relief Work for Chinese Missionary at Hokieufu Tells Of Outrages by Soldiers; May Be Forced to Aban don All Plans. By CHARLES DAILY. Chiracs Tribune-Omaha Iter Leased Wire. Tientsen, Dec. 2. Rev. L. M Duall, Anglican missionary at Hokienfu, sent the following by courier, who reached Tientsin today "Looting by soldiers, is definitely interfering with famine relief work I feel that unless firm measures are taken. we must abandon the entire work,' for the risk to the lives of workers is too great. I hope that you can get this news through to those in high authority, for I am helpless because three of the four magistrates have fled to Tientsin and the fourth feels that he cannot act alone. Lu Chang has gone with al! his household. "This, division of looting troops already has killed one foreigner, and if I make any row it will endanger several lives and the mission" pro perty. ! t "Proof that the 11th division soldiers quartered in. a southern suburb of the city are leaders of the looting at Kuotzuwa is overwhelm ing and damaging. I am equally certain that the local riffraff is in league with the soldiers and,for a consideration, are leading the sol diers nightly W well known moneyed places m the villages near here. Not All Privates.. "It is also known that all the soldiers are not privates, and at Kuotzuwa at least dne man with a sword was seen in the work. ' "Having more or less cleaned up the city, parties of soldier nightly are raiding nearby villages, looting and torturing and returning to their barracks by daylight. The names pi two inns where they have stored their loot are known.. They are selling stolen goods there which they say are their own. "After the firs"t big looting here, the soldiersTassed through the vil lages to the southwest of Luhan, where they boarded grain barges and sold stolen grain at about half the market price and then cleared off with the proceeds. j "The church warden at Luhan begs us to Mirry all relief possible and grain distribution." Captain Kaiser and Liuetentant Neff returned today after escorting from Manila the first relief ship ment to Anping. They confirmed the looting of grain barges, but the looters were driven off by the ap pearance of these two American of ncerf, who were routed from their beds twice at night and once in the early morning. . Hotly Contested Divorce Suit on Trial in Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.)' What promises to be a hotly. con tested divorce suit was begun in dis trict court. Grace Goldenstein is suing Frank Goldenstein. who owns land valued at about $50,000 near Adams. Goldenstein .was recently arrlsted on a charge of driving his family away from home and threa tening their lives. He was given a hearing by the insanity commission and released, returning to his home. Immediately afterwards s. Gold enstein brought suit for vorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty. Goldenstein is the father of six children, four-by his first wife and two by the present wife. Mrs. Goldenstein was on the witness stand a greater part of the day testifying as to her husband's cruelty toward the family. New Kind of Army Unit Beirjg Formed at Travis Washington, Dec.v2. A new kind of an army unit a complete medical regent Is now in process of organ ization and will be attached to the Second division .at Camp Travis, Tex., according to'am announcement by Adjutant General Harris. It is provided for under the new army reorganization la .vs. A peculiar require ir.ent is that all of its officers must be selected from enlisted men who have'seen at least two years' service in the regular army. Already, General Harris said, 140 officers have been commissioned for the new service, "0 as captains, 20 as first lieutenants, and 70 as sec ond lieutenants. . We have all the. NEW RECORDS Ton.JUp Ycpir Reee4 Library from tha Followiag " 14110 Silent Nlitht, Holy Nteht Nevsda Vsn Dcr Ver. O Holy Night Charles Gar rison and Male Quartet. 14112 Jlnca Bula Jing Jlnsr Billy Jones. Bellevt , Me, Beloved Sam Ash. 14118 Bow Wow One Step All Star Trio. A Mouthful of Kisses Fox Trot W icdooft-Wadsworth QtUrtet. 14117 On the Shores of Tripoli Walts Ycrkes" Marimba Band. The Bells Fox Trot Slie- bo's' Orchestra. 3011 J Songs Mr Mother Tauxht Me My Peterson. 10181 Love You Truly Nevada . Van Der Veer. A Perfect Day Nevada Van Der Veer. 14023 A Day In Florida Whistling Sybil Fagan. In Florida Part Two Sybil Fagan. ay 14024 Swanee One Step Ycrkes Orchestra. Mystery Fog Tro Yerkes Orchestra.' 14040 Afghanistan Fox Trot All Star Trio. Hold Me Fox Trot All Star Trio. 14079 Love Nest Fox Trot All Star Trio. In Sweet September1 Tex Trot All Star Trio. '' All of the Above Records $1.00 Each. Orders amounting to 5.00 we pay poatafe. Lets than that amount add 10c per record. (OAKFOUD MOsric Col Just Try Our Service Womafl Feels For Killing Slayer Fondles Brace of feur on Lonely Texas Road How Wealthy Okla homan jCame to His Death Planned to Lose Identity Among Friends in Mexico. - By C. A. SLOAN. Cbiraco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Dallas, Tex., Dec. 2. On a lonely country road at midnight, as she fondled a brace of loaded automatic pistols, Miss Clara Smith Hamon confessed killing Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma millionaire and politician, to a chauffeur E. W. Salhs of Dal las, according to Sallis' story. The chauffeur'9 tale, given for the first tunc today in a sworn state ment, is one of hectic melodrama. It relates a narrow . escape from death by in unsuspecting village marshal at Waxahachie; it tells of an attempted night flight in an air plane from Dallas to aan Antonio and a plan at San ' Antonio for a quick change to another plane bound for over the border, where extradi tion is forgotten. - It tells of gambler friends of the woman in Juarez, Chihuahua, Tor reou and Calientes of plans to hifle like olden bandits in the dingy war rens of a Mexican town. It tells of confession without re morse and without regret save that she did not kill her victim -more quickly and more painlessly. And it tells of the crime in a hysterically calm voice, of swift changes of pur pose and destination, of fear of the law's pursuit and many other things. isallis was tound alter tne course Trailed To Dallas. of Clara' Smith Hamon had been trailed from Ardmore, where the crime was committed November 21, to Durant. Okl. "At Hillsboro we stopped for gas and oil," Sallis said. "I asked the garage man for the road to Waco. After we left there somehow we got po talking it was an awful lone some, ehostlv stretch ot roaa, ana she snuggled close to me. We weie the only persons apparently in that part of the territory and it was gct- iT.gr late at n2t. Tells of Quarrel '"What are you so uneasy about, Miss?' I asked her." "She didn t say anything for a minute or so, and then she started. He lied to me. We quarreled during the afternoon and he lied to me. Then he came in drunk and tried to make me do things a brute or worse lcOer down than a brute wouldn't do. You see,Ive been with him ever since I was 7, He's married, but he and his wife were separated. They just got reconciled.' And, she intimated that this man had promised to get a divorce and marry her. Police Widen Scope Of Their Search for Boy With Kidnapers Los Angeles,' Dec. 2.-rFearing a band of kidnapers is operating injon a-charge of operating an automo- southern California and is responsi ble for the alleged abduction of 11- vear-old William Hurd Barrett, Hoi- lywood boy who disappeared shortly before noon Sunday, private detec- tives working: on the case today wid- ened the scope' of their search 'for the missincrl lad. Declarine that three children have been reported missing in Los An geles recently, otticials stated -today that there are indications an organ ized gang of kidnapers is at work here. v That the abductors would probably make demands for large sums of money as ransoms was a statement made bv the investigators. Mrs. Marian A. Barrett, recently of Hollywood, mother of the boy stated today to detectives that she believes the boy's f.llher. Dr. Fred erick J. Barrett, is behind the lad's disappearance. 1 ' The couple has had domestic trou bles and the mother some time ago kidnaped the child while the latter was in the custody of the father. One theory of the boy's disappearance isj that it is a duplication of the motner s seizure of the child. Mrs. Barrett was reported today tn he in San Francisco for confer ences witn her - attorney regarding the case. Bee want ads are best business getters. 140SI Gwine to Ran An Night Song Heed Millar. Plantation Songs Aeolian Mat Quartet. 140S8 3ama WaUelt 3axofcatw Vals Erica Wtldott Saxo phone. ' 24000 Sing. Smile and Slumber Song Kouns Slaters. Just A-Wearyln' for You Nellie Kouns. 24003 Annie Laurie Kouns Sisters The Kiss Nellie Kouns. 30109 My Old Kentucky Home May Peterson and Quartet. 24009 Jocelyn-Bereeuse Maurice Dambois Cello. - Sherzo Maurice Dambois Cello. 101 IS Let the Rest of the World Go By Hart and Shaw. Just Like the Bote Edward Hamilton. 101 95 Rainbow of My Dreamt Six Brown Brothers. Jazs Band Bines Six Brown Brothers. 10245 Tell Me. Little Gypsy Medley Vernon Trio. - Sunny Tennessee Sanford's ?ance Orchestra, atima One Step Six Brown Brothers. "12th Street Rag Fox Trot Six Brown Brothers. 1M7 Far nam St., Omaha, Neb. No Remorse Jake L. Hamon Pistols as She Tells Chauf " 'How many times did you shoot him? I asked. " 'Just once. I aimed at his mid die.' " I " 'Do you think he will die?"f I queried. " "I most certainly do I hope so, anyway.' ' " 'Does any one else know this?'. " 'No. There isn't but us two that know it and no one else will ever know it. If he lives hel never tell it and if he dies he'll never tell it. I know I won't tell it, either, j Afraid of Trains. " 'There's so many people in this section of the country who know me that I'm afraid to ride the trains. -I'd meet some of the oil men and I know them all.' "When we got to Waco she got more nervous still, finally she said she'd changed her mind and would I take her to Cisco. So I turned west. She talked all the way, tell ing me ncr story over ana over again. ' lm going to cross the border. When I get there J m safe,' she con tinued, T know all the big gamb lers there. And I've got lots of friends in Torreon, Chihuahua, Cal ientds, Nogales, Tiajuana and Juarez Besides, my mother lives in El Paso. I know a place about 50 miles from El Paso where 1 could go and (hey d never find nic. ' .Finally we drove into Cisco. I went right up to the station. Just as we came in she arked me if I d buy a railroad ticket for her as she was airaid. sue gave me a Din. I went' in and got a ticket to El Paso on the train that left about 3:50 a. in. It was then 2 o'clock in the morning. I then went up to the hotel with her.f She got out and we stood there talking for a minute. "Then she paid rne $50 more, for the trip and gave me $100" as a tip. She wrote down my name on a slip of paper and I think she registered under that name at the hotel in Cisco. The last I saw of her was through the hotel window. She had a pencil and was writing in the register." A money transfer niesage was filed at Ardmore yesterday to Frank Smith, brother of Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon. The message was sent to Coleman. Tex-.and addressed to Frank Skidmore.the najne under which Smith is now presumably pos ing. Simultaneously another- mes sage was sent to Fort Worth, in forming him that the money had been sent to Coleman. At 6 o'clock yesterday evening, this last message had not been delivered. Judge Foster Sentences v Reckless Driver to Jail After a month's absence from cen tral police court. Judge Charles Fos ter reopeped his ruthless warfare on reckless motorists vfsterday. .Fred Lee290J Deer Park boule vard was sentenced to jail for IS day. bile while intoxicated, Lee's automobile collided Wednes- day at Twentieth an1 Leavenworth streets with an ambulance bearing a patfent to a hospital and driven by W llliam tioifman. THOMPSON-BELDEN & COMPANY ' Good Service .Attractive , , Filet Pieces Are Inexpensive Filet lace doilies, center pieces and luncheon cloths with linen centers will be happy gift suggestions. ' 6-inch doilies, 40c 10-inch doilies, 85c Chair back doilies, $1.2 and $1.75. Chair arm doilies, $1. 18-inch centers, $3.00 24-inch centers, $4.75 30-inch cdnters, $5.75 36-inch centers, $7.50 Luncheon cloths (54-inch) are $10. x Linen Section. Gift Novelties Decorative candles. Candlesticks, some of wrought irori. Lamp bases. Lamp shades (silk and parchment). ' Calendars, for '21. Christmas cards. " Children's books. These are but a few of the appropriate ' suggestions for one bent on Christmas shopping. ' Second Floor. Saturday a Sale of Wpmen's Silk Hose Loneliness Causes Young wede to Take Life With Revolver Gustav V. Magnusson. Loneliness for his mother in far off Sweden, drove Gustaf Victor Magnusson, 28, a Swedish immigrant, into a temporary fit of despondency during which he placed a revolver to his head ajid pulled the trigger. With a revolver ciutched in his hand and a deep hole in his temple Magnusson was found dead at 7:45 yesterday morning, seated in the bleachers of the Municipal ball park at Thirty-second and Dewey streets. A not found in his pdeket ad dressed to the Swedish consul- re quested that official to send an en closed note to his mother in Sweden. The note to his mother follows: 'I bid , you farewell. I am so lonesome without you my dear old mother. I wish you were here. Tell sisters we will all meet in heaven." The body was found bv Bud Hay- den, 557 South Thirtyrthird street, park employe, while on hrs way to work. ( He told Frank Christopher, 1440 North Seventeenth street, who called the police. Dr. Charles Shook, who was summoned, stated that Magnusson ended his life Wednesday nights Lord Decies Is Marked Victim, Say His Friends London., Dec. 2. Friends of Lord Decies, who married Vivian Gould, state that he is one of the merf marked by the Sinn Feiners on ac count of his strong views expressed regarding Ireland's campaign for in dependence. It is stated, however, that inas much as Lord Decies rarely visits Ireland these days, he is not taking any special precautions to insure his personal safety. Drapery Store in Cork Burned by Marauders Feftnoy, County Cork, Ireland, Dec. 2. A drapery store here was burned to the ground today and two other shops nearby nearly destroyed by fire alleged to have been set by umtormed men. The proprietor of the drapery store vas thrown into the River Blackwater. He was rescued in a critical condition. Two fither men are reported to be missing. Is Better if You A Sale of Mufflers - The Men's Shop Our entire Holiday selection of fine silk and wool mufflers are offered at these reductions: $2.00 mufflers, $1.55 $3.00 mufflers, $2.25 $4.00 mufflers, $2.95 $5.00 mufflers, $3.95 New Interwoven Hose Prices $1.25 silks for $1.00 75c mercerized, 60& These are in all sizes and colors. To tho Left at you enter.1 Advance Notice of Remnant Sale Choice new Silks and Fine Woolens at the most attractive low prices. Particulars oj This Sale in Friday's Papers Creeping Rompers New arrivals of the most dainty sort, fashioned of white poplin, dimity and cross-barred nainsook. Hand smockings and em broideries in attractive colors add a delightful touch .of distinctiveness. $3.50 to $5.25. ' Second Floor. Church Council Urges Efforts to Placate Japan Oriental Relations Committee Of Church of Christ Rec ommends Every Step Be Used to Aid Asiatics. Boston, Dec. v1. "Aniericar Christians should take every legiti mate stet to promote good wilt ir America 1 toward both Japan au'k China," $aj;s the commission on re lations with the Orient in its report submitted today to the federal coun cil of the Churches of Christ in America. "For 50 years the problem of how to deal with Asiatics in America hat been constantly with us," say the report. - ''4t lias been used for per sonal and party interests, bringing humiliation on America, injustice to Asiatics and strained international relations. Laws are now proposed more dangerous than any that ljav; thus far been passed, threatening injustice to Japanese., embroiling our relations with Japan and, if enacted, creating among us an ever-growing group of Asiatics who must per force be loyal to their ioreigV. Asiatic governments instead of- t j the land in which they are born. Until the Asiatic question is settled on Christian principles it will grow increasingly difficult and dangerous. Is National Problem. "The Asiatic question is one for national solution. Local legislation in California will be futile. It "will but aggravate the problem. The gentlemen's agreement has served its 'day and should be superseded by laws determined by congress and administered by American officials; "The regulation of immigration from every country should be handled on the same general prin ciples. This alone will avoid hu miliating race discrimination. - The amount of immigration which America can wisely admit fronuany given people should not exceed the number of th&t people that We ;can assimilate, Americanize and steadily employ. This 'amount should 'be continuously adjusted in view- of carefully ascertained facts to '"the changing economic conditions of the country. Urge Law Revision. "The standards for naturalization should be raised and the privilege of citizenship should then be open to everyone lawfully in America who duly qualifies. All special law? dealing with the Chinese should be repealed. Chinese in America should be under the same laws that are applied to others and should re ceive, as our treaties promise, 'most favored nation treatment'' The Rev. William I. Haven is chairman of the commission, and Sidney K. Gulick, secretary. Little Change in Condition Of Former Empress Today Doom, Holland, Dec. 2.By The Associated Press.) There was little change this morning in the condition of former Empress Augusta Victoria ' of Germany, who for several days has been critically ilL Rumors of her death have been in circulation, but Inquiry at Doom castle, the home of the former empress by The As sociated Press today elicited the statement that there was no truth in these reports. Shop Early $8.50 mufflers, $6.85 $10.00 mufflers, $7.75 $12.00 mufflers, $9.25 $13.50 mufflers, $10.50 'Washable ' Leather Gloves A distinctive style is the single clasp Bacmo washable leather glove in 'tan and gray for $3.50. Strap Wrist gauntlets, in gray and tan, $6. 1 t V fr.Hfci:t Wm--' "V --Sir i -v,:f,v v