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Republicans to Scale Down All N Appropriations Floor Leader Mondell De clares Over Billion Can Be Cut From Country's An i nual Bill. i Br The AMoelated Fra. Washington, Dec. ' 16. Urging "rigid economy" in appropriations (or government expenses during the next fiscal year in order to lighten the tax burden, Representative Mon dell of Wyoming, republican leader, declared in the house today that the total estimate of $4,653,800,000 sub mitted by the secretary of the treas ury should be reduced by approxi mately $1,400,000,000. . This reduction, he said, must be effected chiefly by a drastic scaling down in estimates for the army and navy and also for. sundry civil ex penses, the total of which, he pointed out, exceeded current appropriations by more than $914,000,000. Criticizes Administration. Criticizing the administration for the i "unfathomable-inconsistency'' in the' estimates submitted to congress and the "pleas for economy made by the president and the secretary of the treasury," Mr. Mondell declared he would "leave it to others to properly characterize these , esti mates.", " " "TwoVears after the war," the re publican leader added, "when the world outside our borders is largely bankrupt and everybody is praying ap reduction ot armaments tne ac ininistration asks for an appropria tion of more than $1,414,000,000 for the army, navy and fortifications, or five and a half times the highest peace time appropriation of 1916." Mr. Mondell declared these figures did not include current deficiencies which "may be swollen indefinitely" if the War department continued its policy of recruiting the army up to full strength, contrary to the under standing that it sHould not be in creased above the -'total of 178,000 men contemplated by-the appropria tions." He safd it had become the duty of congress to take action that would, prevent "such squandering of the people's money by creating ticfi ciencies in violation of law." Will Lighten Taxes. Asserting that if the economy in appropriations advocated by him was carried out the tax burden for the calendar year 1921 might be "substantially lightened," Mr. Mon dell said he believed continuation of a tax program designed to raise a minimum revenue of $4,000,000,000 for two years, as recommended, by the secretary of treasury, was "un justified." With 44 per cent of the net cost of the war, excluding foreign loans. already paid, he said, it was unnec-d essary to keep up war rates ot taxa tion for the purpose of reducing the public debt at a rate greatly in ex cess of the sinking fund rate applied to the entire debt. TIM , 1 r 1 - 4. 1 his Willie nc lavureu reyem ui mc ca.- 'j orofits tax and reduction of the higher income surtaxes, Mr. Mondell said, he thought it unnecessary at this time- to consider alternative revenue provisions because "no one can tell what increased revenues may result from tke passage 'of a tariff bill along protective lines." Meat Producers Endorse Co-Operative Service Plan toes Moines, la., Dec. 16. After eliminating all provisions for the establishment of buying or selling agencies at terminal markets, the Corn Belt Meat Producers' associa tion this afternoon' ; endorsed the plan for co-operative service fur nishing all available information re garding prices, grades, supplies, etc., to cattle raisers, and referred the matter to the board of directors with instructions to confer with other live stock associations concerning the establishment of such an organiza tion. . Damage to Cork Estimated At Total of $15,000,000 Washington, Dec. 16. The burn ing of Cork resulted in damages of $15,000,000 and threw 100,000 per sons out of employment, the State department was advised in a cable gram received from the American consul at Uueenstown. Civic League Will Seek V Recall of Police Judges ban Francisco, Dec. lb. Kecall ot two police judges will be sought bys the civic league of San Francisco, its board of governors decided, as a re of inquiry into conditions here whicn was evoked by recent attacks on young women. ,. WHY Do We See Black Spots After . Looking at the Sun? (Copyright, 192), by the Wheeler Syn dicate, Inc.) -. So accustomed are we to judg ing by externals, that when we " r - - j "t . i ately think of the convex organs of sight immediately under the eyelids. This idea is so firmly implanted that the mention of a person's eyes brings to mind the thought of a certain color which is nothing more than the pigment in the lens which bends the rays of light inward and makes it possible for us to take in a large field of vision at one glance. Strictly speaking, the real eye the part of the body which we use for the purposes of sight is. the "retina," placed behind the lens themselves and transmitting impressions to the brain after they have been translated from terms of what we see. This ret ina is extremely sensitive, and an excess of light of any kind will render it practically useless for the time being. The glare of the sun, or any other extreme ly 'bright light, will "burn out" the portion of the retina which it touches, and this effect will re main until the body has had time to renew the surface. The black isoots which we see after looking at the sun are therefore nothing more than the "blind" spots on the retina caused by the excess of light, and these gradually fade as this sensitive surface .is repaired from within our bodies. Win $100? Here's Your Chance! Guess the identity of the moving picture star, a part of whose picture is shown below. Sixty pictures will be shown, two each day. The individual who guesses the largest number correctly wins $100. Other prizes are: - Second $50 Third , , $25 Fourth . . , $15 The rules are simple. Fill out the attached blank. Be sure to sign your name and address. Mail it to The Bee "Movie Contest Editor" with in three days of publication. Place your name and the numbers of the pictures on the outside of the envelope. V " yasa, t ,. I1L J ' "' " Movie Contest Coupon 7 No. 25 is V...... .VI. ... .... ..... ...... z. . . ... ... .; f .- ; . o .26 is . ... ..... ..'. . . ... .v. ..... ..... .. .. t ;' (Yoor Name.) (Your Street Address.) (City or Town.) ' Fill in this entry blank and mail to "Movie Contest Editor, Omaha Bee." Write YOUR NAME and the numbers of THESE PICTURES on outside of envelope. '...-, Two pictures will be .published each day for 30 days. TWO MORE PICTURES IN TOMORROW'S BEE. Common Sense By J. J. MUNDY. , Watch the Pennies. It is the same old' story of disap pointment that you can save so little as you look over the past year. You think you have been economi cal, but why could you not keep to the saving plan you mapped out for the last year? In some ways you have considered yourself actually penurious and felt you were denying yourselt a great deal. Then sometimes you have gone to the other extreme and been extrava gant and foolish in your expendi ture. No saving is possible without self- denial. You have not spent large sums at any one time, youare unable to,, see how it could resulf in such loss of savines. for each month the amount you have to lay away dwindles. It is the small daily outlays tnat tell the story. Ten, 15 and 3U cents here ana there. The pennies count bte when you spend even a few every day. Watch the little sums you spend and the big ones will grow from the small amounts saved thinkingly. Copyright, 12, by International Feature service, inc. . , Steamships., Arrivals, San Francisco. Deo. 15. WUhelmlnt, Honolulu, Skedton, Shanghai. Copenhagen, Dec. 15. Frederick VIII, paraiso; Th-rmlstocleii. Naples, Dee. 14. Belvedere, New York. Mollendo, Dec. 13. Ebro, New York. Copenhagen, Deo. IS. Frederick VIII, New York. Galveston, ' Tex.,' Dee. 15. Iris, San Francisco. Port Arthur, Dec 15. Standard Ar row, San Francisco. Philadelphia, Dec. 15. Lehigh, . San Francisco. Antofavaatan, Des 11. Fabanday, San Francisco. Sydney, Dec 14. Sonoman, San Fran clsoo. Departure. New York, Dec 15. Santa Ellsa, Callao. San Francisco. Dec 15. Madawaska, Manila; Maul. Honolulu. Southampton, Dec 15. Olympic, New York. i , i. ' Chrlstlanla; Dec 10. HelilKola, New York. Will pay Five Dollars to any Ford Owner not satisfied with Worm Steering Gear after 30 days' triaL Sprague Tire Company, 8th and Cuming 6ts. Tyler 3032. Adv. Fifth ..... $10 Twepty-fiv. next $5 each Fifty next Autographed pictures of the star. -. .-' ' (Your Phone Number.) Expiring Lease Gives Big Estate to Heirs 0f Hero of Two Wars Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Xeased Wire. Cedar Rapids, la., Dec. 16. Gus, George and Milton Baker, Charles Hensley and Charles Stahlen, all cousins and employes of the North western railroad, and Mrs.v C. W. Hamilton were notified by a firm of Chillicothe lawyers that they were joint heirs together with about 30 others to S,Q00 acres of land on which the city of Chillicothe, O., stands and also to 600 acres in one of the suburbs of Philadelphia. - The . land . was given to a man named Baker by' the government for his services in the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 and has been under a 99-year , lease, which expired a few days ago, the local heirs were informed. The case must be settled in January. ' The heirs say they have knowl edge that paternal ancestors left a large fortune, but until a few' years ago, when a Baker association was formed to investigate, they had 'no knowledge where the land was located. " Carpets at Bedrock Prices at Bowen's This Week " We are right now dis playing a line of Carpets, second to none in the city, such as Wiltons, Velvets, Axminsters and Tapestry Brussels, and at " prices which we believe to be considerable less than thy will be in 1921. : If .you anticipate ; the . need of Carpets, you will save dollars by buying at Bo wen's, right now. Advertisement THE BEE: OMAHA, ifolDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920. Farmers Meet at St. Louis to Lav Plans for Relief Representatives From 1 2 States Declare Present Prices Mean Bank z ruptcy. t Stt Louis, Mo., Dec. 16. Farmers from more than a dozen states uiet here- today to decide on some action that is expected to afford the relief they assert is necessary on account of conditions resulting from the de cline in price ot their products. Delegates declared present prices mean bankruptcy and emphasized their belief they were not due to the law of supply and demand. The conference was called by the national board of farm organizations. The representation heere is princi pally from the grain and cotton pro ducing sections of the" country, offi cers said. Plans which were suggested to the delegates as affording avenues of relief included the setting up of na tional marketing machinery to sell produce and purchase agricultural supplies and the establishing of banking institutions in the various states through co-operation of the several farm organizations to strengthen their credit. Fire In Ralston Car .Barns Causes Total Loss of $75,000 Fire destroyed the car barns, part of the offices and three interurban cars'of the Omaha & Lincoln Rail way and Light company, in Ralston Wednesday night, a loss of $75,000. Defective wiring is given as the sus pected cause of the flames which were discovered in the east end of the car barns. A high wind fanned the flames which were extinguished through the combined efforts of the Ralston volunteer fire company and four South Omaha companies. New car barns will be. erected at once, Manager W. C. Edmiston declared. Settlement of W. T. Seaman Estate to Consume Year At least a year will be consumed in the settlement of the estate of the late W. T. Seaman, who died in Springfield, Mo., according to a message received by the Child Sav ing institute of Omaha from the pro bate judge of Springfield; which means the Omaha institution will not benefit, by its award in the will, in time to cover -a present deficit of $4,000. The ' estate is in litigation and can only be secured after a legal contest which brings forward an ele ment of uncertainty as to the insti tute receiving the property at all. OarEnti Appa It is our determination to clean house and do it right now. Original cost is abso lutely ignored in this sale. "We take our Joss in a lump like a good fellow. Men's Clothing at Less Than Manufacturers' Cost to Make Your Choice of Any Cotton Winter Union Suit- ' $1.48 Your Choice of Any Men's Work Shirt in the House 69c Men's Extra Heavy Oversnot $1.85 Boys' High Top Shoes With Two Buckles, $3.45 and $3.95 $1.00 Silk Four-in. Hand Ties 39c Unemployment In England Problem Labor Circles Claim 1,000,000 People Now Are Out of Work. London, Dec.: 16. Unemployment in Great Britain has presented a serious problem, which government, municipal and labor - organization heads are seeking to solve. The ad vent of winter has made the situa tion more urgent and nearly every trade is affected, it was said today. Official statistics, admittedly incom plete, show 500,000 out of work, with clerks and middle class people af fected equally with laborers. Labor circles declared 1,000,000 are unem ployed and that counting dependents from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 persons are affected, a large proportion being former soldiers. Among labor organizations and municipalities there is a tendency to let the government solve the prob lem, though some localities are plan ning public improvements. Thomas J. McNamara, minister of labor, has a plan to employ 50,000 men in constructing new buildings. Should the unions, which in .the past have opposed ' co-operation of or ganized and unorganized workers in needed building work, reject the plan, Mr. McNamara hinted the government would take some action. Communist's Coups In Czecho Slovakia Fail Paris, Dec. 16. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Attempts which have been made by communists in Czecho-Slovakia to overthrow, the government and seize power in that nation have failed entirely, accord ing to latest dispatches to the French foreign office. The Czecho slovak government, it is declared, is emerging from the turmoil of the last fortnight in a strong position. The communist leaders have been imprisoned, the advices state, and the communist newspapers have been suppressed. Conscientious Objectors Guest of Honor, at Banquet New York, Dec. 16.-Twenty-five conscientious objectors, several of whom served prison terms because of their refusal to bear arms during the war, were "guests of honor" last night at a dinner given by, the Amer ican Civil Liberties bureau. Speakers who nicluded Scott Nearing, former professor at the University of Penn sylvania and Rev. John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Community church, lauded the objectors as the "bravest of the brave." (ni WE ARE NOW TAKING re! Stock of Men's and Bo vs1 Wearing s j rel at Prices Unheard of Since 1914 ; .'.' I , Your Unrestricted Choice of Any Men's Suits or 0'Coat in the House (50 o) X Formerly Sold Fur Entire stock of Men's Dress Pants) "consisting of 3,000 pairs of all-wool and wool mixtures in a large selection of patterns, blue, brown and green included, at ; $2.95 and $4.95 Formerly Sold Up to $12.50 Sizes Up to 50, .Take your pick out of our entire , shoe stock of men's dress shoes at $4.95-47.45 Formerly Sold Up to $1&00 Alterations Made Free of Charge. . Mail Orders Sent Prepaid. k-J Christmas Rush Of Mails Fails: To Materialize Omaha Only Distributing Center In Country .Where Any Appreciable Increase In Parcels Post Found. ' Washington, Dec. 16. Whether the people of the country are' ignor ing the "mail early" slogan of the Postoffice department or have experienced-a strong subsidence of the Christmas' spirit of giving is a ques tion over which the department to day expressed considerable con cern. There has been practically no increase in the volume of mails due to Christmas mailing up . to the piesent timesaid an announcement by the department, whereas by De cember 15 last year the mails had increased 50 per cent above normal. The public was warned that "con gestion could not be avoided" if the negligible increase in the volume of mail meant that Christmas mailing was being put off until the last few days. . Telegrrph reports showing the volume of mail being handled at- the various distributing points., were quoted as follows: . , New York "No apparent in crease." . Boston "Mails still light." Chicago "Bulk, of mail not more than 15 per cent above normal." Cleveland "Conditions normal." Atlanta "Noticeable decrease in volume from same period last year." Omaha "Increase in parcel post from 20 to 30 per cent." Seattle Only slight increase." Points reporting "no congestion" included San Francisco and St. Louis. , Coroner's Jury Finds i Woman Toole Own Life Chicago,1 Dec. ' 16. A coroner's jury investigating the death of Miss Theodora Sanders of Laredo; Tex., who recently stabbed herself to death' while talking on the mezzanine floor of a hotel with H. H. Garve, foreign trade manager of the Cham ber of Commerce, returned a verdict of death due to a self-inflicted knife wound. The inquest had been continued several weeks at the request of C. E. Walker, of, El Paso, who said he wished to.i introduce a letter written by Miss, Sanders shortly be fore her death, to an uncle in Mexico City. This letter, he said, might present a motive for Miss Sanders' act Mr. Walker did not appear, however. w up to $75.00 Sizes Up to 50 and Fur Lined Coats Excepted Your . choice of our entire Ha stock, velours included, 1,200 to pick from, at $1.45.42.95 Formerly Sold Up to $1000. 12ta aFARNAM Economic Experts Meet at Brussels First of Series of Meets to Determine German In-1 demnity Held. Brussels. Dec. 16. (By The As sociated Press.) Economic experts of five of the principal allied powers and Germany met at the conference table here today in -the first of a sc ries of meetings which will go far toward determining what-- Germany must pay for war reparations. Dele gates from the allied nations ap peared hopeful that the session, which will last probably a week or 10 days, wotild be fruitful of re sults. The German representatives, who arrived here last night, gave an im pression of being on the defensive." 1 he German delegation is composed of 27 delegates, headed by Sigmund Bergmann. Rudolf Havenstein, president of the Eeichsbank, re placed Karl F. von Siemens. One of the German' representatives", Herr S'lvershmidt, labor representative, will arrive later Mn the meeting. The first meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock with former Premier Delacroix of Belgium pre siding. The arrival of the delegates at the Palais des Academies, where the sessions are being held, attract ed no attention' on the part of the public. Penrose Opposed To Harding's Plan Atlantic City, N. J.. Dec. 16. Senator Penrose fanned the flames of the Johnson-Borah backfire against the league of nations when he announced today that he was ap posed to President -Elect Harding's idea. . - " ' The senator is not only a bitter ender so far as the original league is concerned but said he had no use for the Harding ''evolvement" end of that world program the associa tion of nations. "We do not need an association of nations," said the senator as he conferred with Callers in the lounge of the Shelbourne hotel.' "Let us attend to our own business.. Ameri cans want to 'go along in the old fashioned way without entangled foreign alliances. Personally I am opposed to international idealism and the higher thought in world politics." v - ; Bees Swarm In Church ' Dotham, Ala., Dec. 16. The' stee ple of the Foster Street Methodist church here is the "home of a swarm of bees. Just when they took up their abode there 100 feet from the grcund is not known. . 1 Bring Your Boys and fit them with a Suit, Overcoat or Mackinaw, your choice of the House . - $4.95 a $7.95 Formerly Sold l'p to fSCOO-Sties Up to Age 18. Tour choice of any Mackinaw in the house at . - $6.45.49.75 Formerly Sold Up to $17.50 Satisfaction Guaranteed1 As Usual Germany's lEnvoy Is Slighted by U. S. Ambassador America's Representative at Paris Refuses to Meet Ger man Diplomat, Becauae Countries Still at War.'. Paris. Dec. 16. Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambassador, last night refused to meet Wilhcliu Majer von Kaufburen, the German ambassador, because the United States still is technically in a state of war with Germany. ,. . The incident occurred at an offi cial dinner to the diplomatic corps given by Raoul Peret, president of the Chamber of Deputies, and . his wife. Ambassador Wallace, dean of the diplomatic corps, in the ab sence of the Italian ambassador, and Mrs. Wallace, were the guests of honor. Pierre de Fouquiercs, of the for eign office, known as the "intro ducer of ambassadors," approached Ambassador Wallace in the recep tion room before the dinner and said: , . "The German ambassador desires to be presented to you." "Can't you forget it?" inquired Mr. Wallace, who knows M. fou-. quieres very, well. ' ; ; "He is standing just behind me," replied M. Fouquieres. "He was , very persistent. I did not wish' to embarrass you." "Tell him," said, Mr. Wallace, "that 1 rfust to meet him." The German ambassador was standing so near that he heard Mr. Wallace's reply, and M. Fouquieres repeated the response to him. News of the incident spread rap idly among the 115 guests, who in cluded many of the most ' notable men in the public life of France. Ambassador Wallace was surround ed by persons congratulating him, among whom were Phillippe Beith elot, political director of the French, foreign office, and Baron Hardingc, the new British ambassador to France. Thf! Episode was much talked of in political circles in Paris today, where it was commented that the American" ambassador could not yet meet socially the ambassador -ot a country with which the United States is at war. Man Dies From Burns When He Attempts to Save Wife Winner, S. D., Dec. 16. John Schuman died at a hospital here yes terday from burns received in an at tempt to save his wife from their blazing home, in which she and their four children met death Monday. 4t Your Choice of Any Dress Glove in the House $1.95 Your Choice of Any Cap in the House 98c Your Choice of Any Collar in the House 235c Rubber Collars Excepted Your Choice of Any Wool Shirt in the House $2.95 $1.00 Men's Winter Drawers, Your Choice a. 31 25c as ; m !" ! ' ill td h- y. si ' er . ?d . .10 1
