IftE BEE: UMAtift, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1920.'
Nephew of Hamon
, Hired to -Marry
Miss Clara Smitli
Second Wife of Husband.' of
Oil Man's Alleged; Assailant
Says He Received $100
T,
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Br The AuOclated Prrea.
5 San Francisco(fDec.,ftV-An-irtter'v
view with Kuth-v'Vyaiker -Hamon,
said to be the wife of Frank'Louis
Hamoiv former husband of Clara
Smith Hamon,' sought in connection
with the death of Jake Hamn,
millionaire oil ODerator ana' re
publican national . cotnmifteeniariri
jroin uKianoma,. was puDii.mea Dy,
the San Francisco Examiner this,
morning. . . .
The interview dated at Sacrament
to, Cal., quotes Mrs. Hamon as say
ing her husband "at. the behest of
Jake L. Hainan, married Clara Barf
ton Smith and in return was given
$100 a month from that time. by the
oil operator.
Frank L. Hamon and Clara Bar-J
ton Smith, according to the pub
lished interview, were divorced at
Weatherford, Tex., May 23, 1917,
and never had lived together.
Wife Paid $1,000.
The interview further, alleged that
Mrs. J. L. Hamon, widow of the
millionaire, was paid $1,000 a month
to live in Chicago by her husband.
Frank Hamon, according to the
interview, "disappeared five weeks
before the death of his uncle alter
declaring he was going to see the
millionaire and 'have it out -with
him.'"
The Examiner "quoting Mn.
Hamon, said in partr
" 'I married Frank Hamon in Tuc
.son, Ariz., August 14,.1918 He, was
a fireman "on the1 railroad. Alter six
months' courtship 1 became his wife.
1 4 A few months after our wed-
ding he told me he had bden married
tiefore. His first wife, he said, was
Clara Barton Smith, and he declared
; that she was now' living with his un
cle, Jake Hamon. He assured me
that he never lived with .her himself
and that he had secured a divorce in
'Weatherford, Tex., May. 23, 1917,
Married to , Save Uncle. .
" 'At first Frank tried to make me
believe he had married this woman
while under thi influence- of 4iquor.
I doubted this, - as he never drank
while he was with me. Later I per
ceived that he was getting check-J
from his uncle for $100(every month
and I wanted to know why. It was
then that he admitted that he had
married the Smith girl merely as a
convenience to his uncle-'so that she
might bear flic-name of Hamon and
live with the oil man without arous-J
Ing 'public suspicion. The monthly
check he confessed was his .reward
for this accommodation.
".'He frequently declared that his
uncle was not sending him an 'ade
quate payment for what he had done.
I think he was more and more in
censed after. he learned, that Mrs.
Hamon was getting $1,600- for the
support of herself and her chyd in
return for her tacit connivance in
-IIr' rtiiat fSf-' M ! , .
Clara Was Chagrintfd
",'As for Clara t Hamon she was
angry, I know, because Jake Hamon
had neglected her while his wife
was in Ardmore'lastsummer. Ahout
this time he" came to . Tucson arid
visited us for a short while. She
was a very pretty womarft She
showed plainly that she was dis
satisfied with her life. On one oc
casion she showed me an automatic
pistol iich she carried, in her grip
and told me that she always kept it
with her 'for protection.'.
."While we were in Tucson Frank's
mother, Mrs. Bessie Hamon lived at
our home for several months. . I
loed he as my own mother but
she appeared to resent my having
married Frank. ,
" 'Prior to coming to live with us
Frank's mother , had . visited Jake
Hamon and Clafa Smith Hamon in
m t t y t 11.:
UKianoma wuy. ' '
about her sojourn there sheje'dared
aamcuuc U
them as housekeeper.
v Used Her Cfwn Name.
" 'In August 1919, my husband went
to Ardmore and Jake Hamon gave
him a job in the oil.- fields, tie
wrote to me to come1 out and'oin
him but when Jake heard that I was
coming he told him, so Frank says,
'io clear, out and never 'come he'e
with that' woman'.' Later Frank told
me that Clara Smith was receiving
mail undermy name and was using
it generally to avoid suspicion and
that a second Mrs. Frank Louis Ha
mon in the community might cause
a lot of trouble. ,
"'Shortly after my husband came
back from , Ardmore his, mother
bought the Stetmo ranch, a;f?w
miles from Vacaville and I came
here to live with Frank's brother,
Raymond, and his vife.
" 'Frank came to me one day early
in October and toldme he was go
ing away to marry a very" rich wo
man and he wished I would 'find
somebody else.' u' a - ,
,A 'The very rich woman was Clara,
I learned. He disappeared thew and
the next thing I liear was that, Jaki
had been murdered and Clara had
disappeared.. Frank is still missing."
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Clara Hambu to Decide, on
Surrendering Self Today
Fort -Worth, Tex.. Dec. v 8 A
proposition that 0:ira-Smith surren
der and return to Ardmore for possi
ble court action in connection wijh
the fatal shooting of Jake L. Hamon
November 21 will be submitted to
the woman herself for final decision
it was announced today, by t law
firm, members of which say they
conferred with J..L. Smith, father
of the missing Voman, yesterday.
The father today is on hi way to a
small town in Interior Mexico to,
fupmit the proposal to pis aaugnier,
tne attorneys aid. They Tequested
that the name of the firm not be
published. .
Should Clara Smith accept the
proposal to surrender, the attorneys'
said, they wouJd, aetena ner- m
ajjurt and insist upon speedy trial if
the charge I gainst her necessitated
taking the case to court. The
woman is not in Juarez, but is con
cealed in a nearby Mexican village,
the attorneys declared, adding that
they texpected .word of th woman's
decision totiigrit" or-tomorrow. .-
Lighting , Fixtures Granden Elec
tric Co, formerly Biwa'M.Orn'en
Co. Adv j ' .
Mrs.' MacSwiney ' Reaches
'" Washington-to Testify
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Houston Asks Heavier
, Tax oh'Small Income
(Continued From Face One.)
manufacturers,' producers or import
ers of perfumes, cosmetics and me
dicinal articles in lieu of the present
tax on the consumer to yield $10,
009,000. . - , . -An
additional 5 per cent tax on
jewelry and precioas metals to yield
$25,000,000.
An additional 5 per cent on musi
cal instruments to- yield $13,000,1)00.
An additional tax of .5 per. cent
on motion picture films to yield
$4,000,000.
i Would Tax Savings.
In the readjustment of surtaxes,
Mr. Houston proposes the division
of incomes into ''-saved" or reinvest
ed and "spent." On the fdrmer class
he wauld limit the highest . tax to
20 -per cenH while the income spent
would be subjected to a tax ranging
as high at 50 per cent. Under the
plan . proposed by the secretary,-in
comes between $5,000 and So.OUO
would be taxed 2 per cent on the
part saved and the same on the part
spent. The same ratio with a gradu
ated increase would apply . to in
comes up t Jt.JU.UUU, where tne. max
imum of 20 per cent on saved in
come ja reached. From $30,000 to
$40,000, the ' rates would be 20 per
cent cm saved and 25 per cent on
soent:- $40,000 to $50,000, 20 per cent
and oO per cent;. $3U,uuu jo 3,uuu.
20 per eent and 35 per cent; $75,000
to. $100,000, 30 per cent and 40 per
lce"t.nd over $1W),000, 2 0 per c ent
. and 50 per cent or a tota tax of 70
nrr rpnt
The nfesent. maximum rate is 70
Rer cent on incomes of $1,000,000,
Sut Mr. Houston declares it has
"long passed the point of its mini
mum productivity" since it encour
ages the investment in tax-exempt
securities. He says the "only effective-way
to tax the rich is to
adopt ,ates that do not force in
vestment in tax-exempt securities."
Reduce Millionaires' Taxes.
: The new rates while not laying as
high a levy against the great in
comes will, the secretary expects,
produce a greater return to the gov
ernment since the wealthy class will
not find, .it profitable to invest in
bonds of , states, counties or mu-
uicipalitie which are tax-exempt, but
v .
The repeat of the tax on soda
fountain and other beverages is
asked, the secretary says, because
the collection of, the tax, the aggre
gate of which is small, has presented
an administrative problem of magni
tude. Added to that,1 Mr. Houston
says, there has been constant and
widespread evasion of such taxes.
The excess profits tax. Mr. Hous
ton declares, has not " fulfilled the
theoretical grounds upon wni'ch it
was enacted and has been lound to
be wrong both in theory and in
political philosophy. He says it dis
criminated against the conservative
ly frrianced corporation while aid
ing materially, the firms whose cap
italization is exaggerated., He tfrges
that it be replaced by some form of
a corporation profits tax "not 'only
on the grounds of the government's
revenue needs, but upon grounds of
equality and justice." The corpora
tion profits, the secretary continues,
should not be allowed to escape with
a tax of 10 per cent while other ax
payers are subjected to taxes on
theij incomesranging as .high as 70
per cent. ''
Urges Greater Economy. '
Mr. Houston' again ursres the
necessity .for rigid economy in gov-
ernmerit expenditure, asserting that
only by conserving the finattceg care-
tuny can the expenditures be kept
within the $4,000,000,000 annually,
which he suggests should be the
tasis' for a rqvnue program. He is
hopeful, however, that with , the
"heavy burdens placed by the trans
portation act" out of the way there
will be a substantial excess shown
by government receipts over srovern-
nent expenditures. - ' '
An analysis of the government ex
penditures for the last fiscal year de
velops the fact that almost one-fifth
of . the $6,400,000,000- paid out was
Fpent in connection with federal
control and the guaranty of earnings
for the railroads. Only .one depart
ment of the government the War
department spent more than was
used in connection with the carriers.'
The War department's total, the
record shows, was $1,611,000,000,
against $1,037,000,000 for the rail
roads . . .
Discussing the War 4?bt, and a
program for its retirement, Mr.
Houston says that within the mcxt
JO months the government will have
to pay Pit approximately $7,500,000,-
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England's Naval
Policy to Cause
Hot Controversy
lay Cause Much Hard Talk
Against U. S., But It Will
Be Wilson Policy That .
Is Under Fire.
By JOHN STEELE.
(New York Times-Chicago Tribune
Cable.- Copyright 1920.) v
London, Dec. 8. England's naval
policy is.' likely -'to develop shortly
into a bitter domestic controversy
which will involve a good deal of
hard talk about the United' States.
It should be understood however,
that it w;ill be the Wilson adminis
tration policy arid not that of the irt
coming administration will be under
fire. '
I have information received from
the hignest quarters, that the ad
miralty will put forward a gvat
program of capital shipbuilding to
cost nearly $500,000,000. The cabinet
is aghast at the cost and at the same
time is afraid to oppose such a cam
pagin as the ' sailors can put np,
based upon- the naval program of
America.,
-A leading Brrtisli politician told
me last night that the fight would
open shortly and: 4hat f America
would be sure to figu e in it. "We
have to thank that arch-hypocrite
Wiison," he declared, t"for a situa
tion -which threatens to disturb, the
friendly relations we are so anxious
to maintain. He came oyer here
preaching peace and disarmament
with one voice, while with the other
he encouraged ah immense program
of shipbuilding at home whichcan
only be aimed at England. Wha is
the use of preaching disarmament,
when he himself is arming on a
larger scale than the world has ever
known. - We do riot want to waste
our money on fightnig ships that
will be obsolete in a few years, but j
our navy is our all in all, and we
cannot allow even. our best friends
to surpass us in naval power." j
"I have learned that the admiralty
is doing its utmost to rush the
cabinet into consenting to this vast
expenditure, but as long, as a cab
inet headed, by a premier opposed
to so large a commitment without
further investigation refuses. to act,
Briton will tie without -an immediate
increase in her present large navy."
000 'in Victory notes, war savings
certificates and treasury . certificates
of indebtedness. He proposed that
the treasury certificates not be fund
ed further; that they be retired as
rapidly as the treasury s conditions
permit, so the program for redeem
ing other government obligations
will not be hampered by simultane
ous payments.
Final Payment to Roads. -
Mr. Houstori tells congress that
the heavy payments required by the
transportation act naa disarranged
the government's fiscal plans," but
he believes early spring will witness
final settlement of the claims of the
railroads under the guaranty-provisions
and that the' treasury then
can proceed with its previously an
nounccd'oroarram of meetintr and re
tiring the war savings - certificates,
amounting to. $80000,000,. and the
Victory notie issue. which aggregates
?4.5WJIUO,UUU.
'lironch inpratirtn of the sinkim?
fftrnd, use of the Small repayrnents
by foreign-governments on loans
. i . i. i i .v : . i .
;inu xne epipioymem oi certain salv
age returns to the treasury, it has
retired $l,764,896,l50"un bonds, Mr.
Houston says, saving $100,000,000
on the transactions by buying in the
open markets. Of the amount pur
chased bonds aggregating $119,109,
000 were retired from funds repaid
by the foreign governments.'
Lessons of the world war, Mr.
for transfer of some of the treasury
activities to other departments. Five
bureaus, war risk insurance) prohi
bition, public health .service, super
vising archjtect and the .general
supply committee, are in no way
related to the fiscal operation of the
government, he says, and urges that
they be placed under other jurisdic
tion.. s .
In connection with this suggested
reorganization, the secretary asks
that the position of 'under secretary
of the treasury be 'created at a sal
ary f $10,000. He recommends ateo
an increase in the salaries of tha as
sistant secretaries from $5,000 to
$7,500. -
, Glue i being made in Germany
by treating raw bones with sulphur
dtRxide, removing tlic f ;j.t with ben
zine and boiling th? mass in vatcr
under pressure.
hi
Sister of Late
. Mayor of Cork;
s Gives Evidence
:r-r....
Tells Committee of 100 Amer
J ica Can Best Aid Ireland by
Efforts to Gain Truth ,
;v " About Conditions.
' Washington, Dec. .8. Anierican
aid forIrish independence can best
be exerted thraiigh "efforts to gain
the truth about actual conditions,"
Miss Mary MacSwiney, sister of the
late lord mayor of Cork; declared to
day before the commission of the
committee of 100 investigating the
Irish question.
Miss MacSwiney was the first wit
ness called when the commission, re
sumed its hearings after an interrup
tion of several weeks. It had been
the plan to first examine Mrs. Muriel I
. r J ' t I :
iviacawiney, wiaow oi inc loru
mayor, but this was 'changed.
Miss MacSwiney told the com
mission she felt that most Ameri
cans were uninformed as to real
conditions. '
Outside of Ireland, Miss Mac
Swiney said, an fmpression prevails
that the move lor Irish independence
is fostered entirely by the Catholics.
This she denied, asserting that
Protestants and Catholics were
equally represented in the move
ment. The system of education estab
lished in Ireland by the British was
criticised by Miss MacSwiney, who
declared that "most of the people of
Ireland do not know how to express
themselves."
"Thdse couditions with respect to
education," she continued, "have
made it possible for anti-Irish groups
in Enand to say; that the Irish
citizens do not want independence.
The difficulty s that long years of
British domination hive not per
mitted the Irish as a people to de
velop mentally." ,
Increased Gas Rate
At Fremont Declared
Illegal by Courts
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Fremont, Neb., Dec. 8. (Special
Telegram.) The validity of Mayor
G. M". Hinnmalis deciding vote
cast at the September meet
ing of the, Fremont city council,
which adopted an .ordinance allow
ing the Fremont gas company an
increase in rates, was declared ille
gal by Judge Frederick Button and
Tudire A. M. Post. This- opinion
makes the new ordinance increasing1
rates void. .. .
:At the September council meeting,
the gas company submitted their re
quest that they be allowed, to in
crease their rates. The vote was
tiA amonc the eieht councilmen and
the mayor directed that his vote be
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recorded witn tne anirmauve.
Otis Gardner began suit against
the sas 'company and the city ot
Fremont on beliait or tne otner tax-:
payers asserting that the increase
was Unnecessary and that the vote
of the mayor was invalid. ,t-ater,
the case ot the gas company was
dismissed and the demurrer against
the city remained. The court now
sustains Mr. Gardner and rulesthat
the mayor was powerless to vote on
the ordinance and that the measure
be overruled. ' ; ,
It is i said the gas. company will
continue their increase in ates and
that the plaintiffs will be "forced to
bring suit directly against them.
Wife of Alliance Oil
Man Held for Murder
(Continued From P One.)
McElhaney ipquire'if Anderson was
dead, and remarked that if he wasn
dead she would "plug1' him "again
This man told his stpry to the county
attorney, but was not held as a
witness. There are reported to have
been , at least two eye witnesses to
the murder.
Mrs. McElhaney refused to . ad-1
it that she purchased a' .32-calibeH
mit
automa
raSSJiptWA DOONt biscuit-
ware store
ing, although th proprietor says
she did. A weapon answering the
description of ithe one the propri
etor says he sold to the woman was
found in her rooming house a few
hours after the shooting. It had
been recently fired and one shell
was missing from the charhber. An
empty shell of the same caliber and
make as' those in the revolver was
later found in the alley where the
shooting occurred.
Reports are current that Mrs.
McElhaney has promised to cause
a sensation when she goes on the
witness stand ; at the preliminary
hearing, which will be held Thurs
day or Friday. It is said that the
names of several local business men
may be revealed and a real scandal
is expected. She is alleged to have
made the remark that if she is sent
to the ' penitentiary several other
local persons -will' have to go too.
' Husband Defends Wife.
L. A. McElhaney, her husband,
arrived here from Edgemont,, S. D..
and declares he -will do everything
in his power to help free his wife
on the murder charge. Their meet
ing at the city jail was unaffecting.
"Glad you've come, Louis." said
Mrs. McElhaney as she reaoned out
her hand to shake hands with her
husband.. . . -
"Sorry to find you here," replied
Mr. McElhaney. The two then en
gaged in lew-toned 'conversation
and he remained at the jail for-more
than two hour. s ' -
Mr. McElhaney would make no
statcriicnt about the case other than
to say that he would exert" every
effort to free his wife. He operates
a tailor shop at Edgemont. S. D.
He owns 160 acres of land near
Edgemont, on a part of j,which a
rich oil well was brought in last
week. . The couple were married
here about five years ago, but have
not been living together for s6me
time. .
An extension from the back of a
barber's chair carries a saddle to en
able a barber to sit down at
liii
work, moving himself and hi
patrn about at will.
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Auburn Couple Celebrate
: 50 Years of Wedded Life
Auburn, Neb., Dec. 8. (Special)
S. P. Robertson and wife, pioneer
residents of this county, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary at
their home in this city, with a family
reunion and" anniversary dinner.
They were married at Potomac,
111., December 7, 1870. The follow
ing spring they emigrated to Nemaha
county, Nebraska, settling on a
homestead in the neighborhood of
Brock. They made the overland trip
from Danville, 111., in a wagon.
t, Mr. Robertson was born at Dan
ville and was a chum of Joseph Can
non, former Speaker of the house of
representatives and the dean of re
publican members in the house. Mr.
Robertson is 72. He was a member
of the legislative assembly of Ne
braska in 1885, at that time being
HouseLeaders
Determined to
Stop AJien Flood
Special Rule Limiting Debate
On Johnson Immigration
Bill Proposed Plan '
Action Thursday.
, 'Washington, Dec.' 8. Determina
tion of house leaders" to stop during
the period of reconstruction the
great flood of immigration which
has set in from Europe arid other
parts of tfie world was evidenced
by the action of the rules commit
tees in reporting a special rule under
which geheral debate on the John
son bill would be limited to four,
hours and probably disposed of at
orte session. '
. The rule will be called up Thurs
day, .having been agreed upon only
to permit a fainority report by Rep
retscntative SiVgtl, republican of
New York. The 'Johnson. Irill would
prohibit practically alt Inimigration
for two year '
. While the house committee was
acting. Senator , Xing, deriiocrat,
Utah, introduced a bill proposing tO;
suspend immigration for six months.''
This proposal ' has the supjrort -of-other
senators whobejji&e' that' con
gress should not act hastily in pass-
uig niimigi hiiuii le&iMiiiiun,- ' uui
should put ,up the bars for a short
period while it is assessing the
whole situation and drafting legis
lation to meet it. ''
Senator King also offered a measH
ure- calling upon the secretary of
labor for a report on the disposi
tion of appropriations made for en
forcement of the law against alien
anarchists, for the deportation of
anarchists and for the enforcement
of the immigration law.'
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Dne of the leading populists in the
southeastern part of the state.
Mrs. Robertson was born at Poto
mac, 111. She is 69. She is the mother
of 10 children, three of whom died
in -infancy, and, seven survive. All
were present at the family reunion.
They are: Mrs. M. E. Good, Peru;
B. H. Robertson, Nebraska City; C.
L. Robertson, LaGrange, Ore.; Ray
E. Robertson, Casper, Wyo.; Frank
Robertson, Earl Robertson, and Mrs.
Elmer Dovel, of Auburn, Neb. Five
grandchildren were also present
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson lived on
their farrh hear Brock until 12 years
ago, when; they moved to Auburn,
where they have since resided. Mt.
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i the community;
Fullerton Legion Post
, Elects New Officers
Fuilerton.Neb., Dec. 8. (Special.)
-Fred Ehilbrjck lostNo.-I51. Amer
ican Legion, helh their, annual meet
ing" and the "following officers were
elected: "E. M. Black, commander;
E. D. Kremer, vice -commander; I. C
Shawhan, adjutant; Fred .Kremer,
finance officer; Dr. G. LRumelhart
chaplain; , w :
Dr, 'Roy E. Hall, who has been
the. commander of the. post for the
pas year, refused the office again
as, he did not want to start the
precedent of officers of this organ
ization holding their places more
than oneerm.
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St.' Lawrence Waterway.
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Fort William, Ont. . Dec. .
Shipments of Canadian wheat from
here to United States ports which
have been exceptionally heavy dur
ing the last few days, continued to
day when six more ships, carrying
ow.uuu ousneis, lett tor Butlalo., -
The large amount of the exports,
E. A. Ursell, statistician . for the
Canadian board of grain commerce
declared, indicates an effort by New
York state to re-establish the Erie
canal route to New York City and
thereby "head off" the deep St. Law
rence waterway. He refertsd to
steps which, he declared,' "have been
going on quietlv to develop the
Oswego canal" from Lake Ontario
to the Erie canal. ;
Mr. Ursell estimated "nat not
more than 10,000,000 bushels of Ca
nadian wheat shipped to the United
State will be milled there. The re
mainedr, he predicted, will be ex
ported through New York, Boston
and other Atlantic ports. The aver
age prewar consumption of Canadian
wheat in the United states he ex
plained was about 4,000.000 bushels.
,t i . . t ,.
Wilson Sends Armenian
Boundary Opinion to League
Washington, Dec. 8. President
Wilson? 'has - completed hi9 recdrl
mendations with regard to the boun
daries of Armenia and has forwarded
them to the league, of nations, in ses
sion at Geneva, it was said today at
the" State department.
The recommendations were not
made public, . , They
were for
mulated at the request of the prin-.
Cipal allied powers , and it was ex
plained that they had no direct bear
ing upon the prospective efforts of
the president at mediation - in. Ar
menia. - j - ' ,i
Woman Will Not Prosecute
Man Whose Conscience Hurts
Mrs. E. R. Clelandv306 Securities
building, whose home was robbed
last year by Harry Howard, alias
Harrv Kinsr. whom she befr
and who surrendered' to the Des
Moines police " Monday, said she
would not file, a complaint f against
him. ;
"All I want is my money and jew
elry," Mrs. Cleland said. "I don't
want to punish the old man. I know.
his conscience must bve hurt him,
but I-don'f want hirri sent to prison.'
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Cost of World War
To United States
2p8,000,00ll
Secretary Houston Fixes Total
Amount' df Expenditures Be
tween'April 6, 1917, and
, . . June of Last )Tear.
A -
t Washington, Dee. 8. The net cos
of the war to the American gover:i
nient .was' fixed by Secretary Hous
ton at $24,010,000,000. This, he sail'
represented the, "adjusted" expenrii
ture of the treasury, excluding a!i
other outlay which had rio relatio:
to the actual prosecution of the w.v
during the period from April 6, 1917,
to June 30, last, which, he said, cov
ered the extremes of the govem
ment's. war-time fiscal operations,
i Total exoendit ures bv the tfovern-
hient during the period covered, ex
ceptihg only postal . disbursement;
from postal revenues, were sjo.bjii,-
812,89?, treasury figures showed. Ot
this amount $16,078,844,097 was ob
tained in taxes and revenue from
sources other than borrowed monev.
Mr. Houston said a deduction ot
$9,523,000,000, the amount loaned to
foreign governments, should be made
from the grand total, since thee
loans will be repaid and consequent
ly cannot be charged as an'actual ex
penditure. The secretary made other
deductions aggregating approxi
mately $4,500,000,000, which, he said,
represented the excess cost of actual
governmental . operations for the
three years and three months over
what they would have been jn nor
mal times. .
c.l.i i :
oianion American Legion
Elects, rnest Commander
Stanton. Neb., Dec. 8. (Special
Telegram) The Stanton- post of
American LegTsn had its regular an
nual meeting and the following offi"
cers were elected: Rev. Fr. John
Palubicki, commander; Frank J.
Parr, vice commanderf Rudolph
Hoehne adjutant: Meredith Acker
man, finance officer; Dr. W. F
Peters , Dr. C. D Palmer and W. R
Page, executive officers. Dewitt and
Drewelow , gave CxDression of their
bdriendel?PPionpf the kjpon by driving
Woman Robbed on Street
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 8. Two
bandits attacked Mrs. Anna Engle
man, 55, on a street, seized her hand
bag Containing $4,300 in money and
diamonds valued at $1,000 and es
caped in. an automobile.
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