Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Sunday Bee
i 1
VOL. L NO. 80.
?f N.P.Leaaie
. Evacuates
Nebraska
Flying Squadron of Organiz
ers Quietly Withdraws From
Hall County and Moves
On to Kansas.
X Mystery in Departure
Lincoln, Jan. 8. (Special.) Kan
sas, and not Nebraska, has been
chosen as the new field of "opera
tions for the Nonpartisan league. The
flying squadron of 50 organizers
that drove in their enclosed auto
mobiles from Minnesota and North
Dakota have passed on throujli Ne
braska and concentrated in league
" headquarters at Salina, Kan. Today
, not a single nonpartisan organizer is
found in this state.
Why Nebraska was abandoned
by the crew of field workers is
a mystery for which many explana
tions are offered. Early in Decem
ber the league showed great signs of
activity. A. C. Townley turned over
pffairs in North Dakota. Montana
and Minnesota to his lieutenants
and established headquarters in Hall
county, Nebraska. The entire second
floor of a hotel in Grand Island was
rired for the use of the league work
ers.
Entire Personnel Departs.
Politicians began to shiver and
suddenly developed an unusuat in
terest in the agricultural question,
Then, within two weeks of its com
intr. , the entire personnel departed,
The ' invasion that seemed so real
faded out in a night. Inquiries at
the garage where their automobiles
i had been kept disclosed that iwn
' ley and his entire force had swarmed
over the state line into Kansas.
Little is now heard of the Non
partisan league in Nebraska. At the
farmers meetins held here this weclc.
this organization was not mentioned.
Inquiry showed that among the at
tendants were several members of
the league, but none of them, even
those high in the councils of the or
trsniratinn. rnuld assign anv accept
able reason for the abandonment of
the membership , drive.
Heavy Storm Blamed.
, One farmer, -who is on the Non
partisan executive committee for the
state explained" that the heavy storm
that struck Nebraska just before
Christmas made it impossible for
the organizers to drive about the
. country. Others declare that the
leaguers left Grand Island before the
storm, and point out that mow also
falls in ansa's and that the roads
- mm .ttA than,.' . t ' 'n w
Others belie? that the suceesR of
rfih Nebraska Farm Bureau federa
tion had much to do with the change
of .policy. According to the findings
of a staff correspondent of the Kan
sas City Star, a bunch of Nebraska
tarmers, led by a two-fisted rancher
from Rawlins county, Kansas,, show
ed the leaguers that there was noth
ing for them in Nebraska for the
next two years. According to the
report as published in the Star, this
is what happened:
Townley is Shown.
"Townley was shown in Hall
county. The occasion was the farm
bureau drive which happened to start
the same week Townley and his 80
organizers arrived in Grand Island,
t Townley was nowhere in evidence
when the farm bureau solicitors,
headed bv Lon Crawford, took the
field. Crawford is the Rawlins
"'" county farmer who has been employ
ed by the Nebraska Farm Bureau
federation to direct its membership
campaign."
Both sides set to work enrolling
farmers in the respective organ iu
tions. At the end of the week the
farm bureau had 600 members. How
many the league had won is not
(Turn to Png Two, folnmn Two.)
Appropriation Asked
For Air Mail Service
Voted Down in House
'a; Washington, Jan.
8. The post
approximately $572,500,000 was passed by the house
OIIJAC I'll I -H i H4fc
after $l,ZoU,uuo lor tne air service,
had been stricken out. Practically
no other change was made in the bill
as reported. ' ;
Details of the governments bar
gain counter business in Liberty
bonds popped out during debate in
the house touching the postoffi:e ap
propriation bill. The postal savings
bank, it appeared, was a large hold
er of bonds, having purchased in
open market. $105,000,000 of deposit
bonds having a face value of $111.
000,000. By the deal, it was said,
the postoffice bauk earned 5 to 6
per cent on its investment, as against
the 2J4 to Z'i per cent which they
have paid for the use of the deposits.
Man Thought Dead 14 Years
Confronts His Former Wife
Orange, N. J., Jan. 8. Mrs.
Barker Fierson announced that her
first husband, Charles Toops, who
she thought dead nearly 14 years,
had confronted her yesterday to ask
the address of their son.
- In 1907 the body of a man, from
whose personal effects the then Mrs.
Toops identified as that of her hus
band, was found in a mill pond.
' Five years later she remarried.
Mrs. Pierson was met at the front
'door by Toops yesterday. , She said
he abruptly walked away after ob
taining the address.
Pacific Coast Head of Air
Mail Service Asked to Quit
.- San Frajicisco, Jan; 8. Requests
ot san Francisco citizens that Col.
John Gordan, head of the air mail
service on the Pacific coast, be re
moved because of alleged "dictatorial
and inefficient" conduct, were tele
graphed to Attorney General Pal
trier by Frank M. Silva, United
Sutci attorney,
kUn4 m SMM)-Cltw Mitttr
C-aatii P. 0. Ulr Ael tl
Woman Files Suit for
Divorce Against Two
Men Who Are Brothers
Prosser, Wash., Jan. 8. Mrs.
Rhoda Carter of Prosser filed uit
for divorce here today, against two
men. both brothers. According to
Mrs. Carter, she married Thomas S,
Carter at Yreka, Cal., in 1907 a
that he left her in lav of that yea1
In 1916 she married his brother.
C. J. Carter, after she says, he had
told her that Thomas had obtained a
divorce.
Mrs. Carter told the court that
upon investigation of records she
could find no trace of her first hus
band having secured a divorce and
asks annulment of the last marriage
on that ground. Further, she asks to
be divorced from her first husband
on the grounds of desertion.
Government to
Probe Prices of
Coal Sold to U.S,
Acting Attorney General An
nounces Investigation Fol
lowing Report on Find
ings of Committee.
Washingtn, Jan. 8. Inquiry will
begin at once into the . prices
charged the government for coal last
year, Acting Attorney General Ne
beker announced, on receipt of the
linil.'nps ot the senate committee on
reconstruction, which has been in
vestigating the sale 1 of fuel to the
War department and other branches
ot the government during the sr.ort
age. ,
Prices asked government depart
ments for coal as set forth in the
committees report, tne acting attor
ney general said, appeared to warrant
and "even require" investigation by
the Department of Justice. Prosecu
tions will be instituted and pressed
to the limit, he added, should the
facts developed bear out the evi
dence submitted by the committer.
It would appear on the face of the
report, Mr. Nebeker said, that prices
were exorbitant to a degree, and that
action would lie under the Lever act
for profiteering. Names of more
than a score of concerns who had
supplied coal to the government
were listed by the committee, he
added, but would not be announced,
pending an investigation which would
include a study of statistics of Coal
costs, prices charged and the com
mittee's estimate of what would have
been a fair margin of profit ,
A decline in the price of retail
coal .was said to be indicated. in re
ports reaching the coal investigating
committee. Tabulation of these re
ports is being made .for "use, com
mittee members, said. should it h
decided to conduct aa Investigation I
of retail coal distribution. -, , !
NT 1 TP
mcicerson rarmer
Charged With Murder
In Poker Game Fight
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 8. (Special
Telegram.) Richard Henry Dunkel.
42, farmer at Nickerson, faces a
charge,vof murder filed today by
County Attorney Cook, as the re
sult of the dying statement of Ross
Wickcrsham, 35, owner of a pool hall.
Wickersham was shot during a fight,
resulting from a poker game Jan
uary 5.
In a deathbed statement Friday
Wickersham said that; Dunkel shot
him purposely and with full intent to
murder. Dunkel, in a statement to
the sheriff, said that he shot at John
Litz, a barber and player in the
game, who ordered him to lay down
his gun and pointed a rifle at him.
He claims to have shot in -elf-defense
and sajd Wickersham ran in
front of the bullet when he attempt-
l ed to make Litz stop the argument.
Dunkel asserts that he had had
' no quarrel with the dead man during
j the fight and that Wickersham had
even tried to help him when five
other players had attacked him dur
ing an argument over a poker tech
nicality. Witnesses to the battle
state that "Dunkel was desperate and
threatened the entire party with
shooting. Dunkel admits packing
the gun whenever he entered a po
ker game at the Wickersham pool
hall.
Newspaper Employes Will
Stand Advance in Paper
Norfolk. Neb., Jan. 8. (Special
Telegram.) When employes of the
Norfolk Dailv News were told that
the paper mills boosted the price of
paper to the publishers for the next
six months they volunteered to work
to nine instead of eight hours a day
and stand the difference in the high
er price of paper by having their
wages cut in proportion. ,
WHERE TO FIND
the Big Features of
The Sunday Bee
Omaha Pastors Offer Inside Tips
on Pulpiteering Part, 4, Page 1.
Why Not? Why Not?, a Scenario
of the Omaha City Commission
Part 4, Page 8.
Fine Arts in Omaha Rotogravure,
Page 1.
Women's News and Gossip
Part 2.
, Sports Pages 10 and 11, Part 1.
Burns Mantle's Review of Broad
way's Latest Part 4, Page 2.
Gibson Cartoon Part 4, Page 8.
Married Life of Helen and War
ren Part 4, Page 1.
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller
Part 4, Page 8.
Montague in Proses-Part 4, Page
Letters from a Home -Made
Father to Hii Son Part 4, Page 7.
Movie Stars in Rotogravure
Roto Section. Page' 4.
Market News and Gossip Part 1,
Pag 13.
May 91, IMt. it
Mart S. ItTS.
People to
Pavst of
' A Ball
y .
Social Function Follow
ing Inauguration of Har-
ding Going Forward on'
v Large Scale.
Thousands Asks Tickets
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Chlcttfo Trlbune-Opmjis B Lcad Wlra.
Washington? Jan. 8. Congress, in
its present economic mood, may be
slow to appfopriate money for tsoine
features of the inauguration cere
monies being planned for the induc
tion to the presidency of Warren G.
Harding next'March, ,but congress
cannot stop the Inaugural ball. The
inaugural ball will not cost congress,
a penny. The people pay for it.
People Eager To Pay.
The people are not only wil
ling but eager to pay for the
inaugural ball, which is to be
revived as a crowning feature
of the inaugural ceremony, after
its abandonment since the inaugura
tion of President Taft in 1908.
President Wilson did not want the
historic ball at his first inauguration,
much to the disappointment of
social Washington, and at his second
inauguration no effort was made to
revive the function. President-elect
Harding personally was not keen
for this brilliant social feature of
the inauguration ceremony, but -his
friends prevailed upon hint to let the
people have something to say about
it and he yielded to the cry of the
majority: "On with the dance ."
Thousands Ask Tickets.
Edward B. McLean, chairman of
the inaugural, announced today that
letters have, been received from all
parts of the United States asking
that tickets for the Harding and
Coolidge ball be reserved r.nd his
committee is going ahead with plans,
regardless of influence , being ex
erted in some quarters agiinst it
and a disposition on the part of
some members of congress to deny
the committee the use of any gov- J
ernment building lor tne tuncnon.
Revival of the inaugural ball has
awakened a -spirit of reminiscence
among the older generations here,
and many tales of former similar
events are told. Perhaps the most
striking incident connected with the
historic event was that which attend
ed the inauguration of President
Zachary Taylor in 1849.
; . President Taylor was a whig and
whiV leaders, acting on the theory
that "To the victor-? elong the
spoils," decided on air -all-whig in
augural ball. A whig committee of
"managers was appointed ana xm
rnmmittee named a ' committee to
have chame of the ball An adver
tisement printed in the National Inr
telligencer and signed by "one of the
managers" explained that the whigs
believed that as the whs elected
Taylor, the whigs should have the
lienor ot managing tne inaugural
ball.
Three Balls Held.
Another board of managers wa.?
formed and announced a "nationa'
inaugural ball, irrespective of party,"
and also advertised a committee.The
advertisements of the rival "man
agers" appeared side' by side, but the
singular fact was that both commit
tees contained the names of A. Lin
coln, afterwards martyr president of
the United States, and Col. Robert
E. Lee and Col. Joseph E. Johnston,
two noted confederate leaders who
fought against Lincoln and, the
Union.
Three balls were held on inaugu
ration night, the whigs holding forth
,' (Tarn to ! Six. Column Two)
T Tiff
insurance ivien wi
Gather in Omaha for
Day Sales Congress
At,a meeting of the Omaha Life
Underwriters' association at the
Chamber 'of Commerce at noon Sat
urday, plans for a one-day sales con
gress, to which all insurance men of
the state will be invited, were out
lined. H. O. Wilhelm. chairman;
Robert S.' Manley and H. Ea Sor
enson were named as committee to
complete all arrangements.
The convention will bring more
than 700 insurancmen of all lines
to Omaha. Orville Thorpe, Dallas,
Tfx., national president of the asso
ciation; Charles W. Sccurel. Pitts
a. i
burgh, "past national president, andjer, died here tonight. He was a
FrankWh Ganse, Boston, chairman
of tlie national executive commit
tee, will appear on the program.
The Underwriters' associations
from Lincoln. Sioux City, la., and
Sioux Falls. S. D are expected to
attend the convention.
Special entertainment for the
guests will be arranged by the Oma
ha insurance men.
Minority Report Opposing
Siegel Bill Filed in House
Washington, Jan. 8. A minority
report opposing the Siegel bill, under
whnrh the house membership would
be increased to 483, based on the last
census, was filed by six members of
the house census committee.
Addition of 48 members of
the !
house, as proposed in the Siegel bill,
would co6t the government more
than $1,000,000 annually, the report
said.
Over 100 Men Charged Witl'i
Bootlegging Arraigned
La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 8. One
hundred and twenty persons af
whom over 100 are charged with
violating the prohibition act were ar
raigned before" Judge K. M. Landis
of Chicago in United States court
here today. Over 100 entered pleas
of not guilty and had dates for their
trials oet by the court between lan
.ua.ry 1? and 29. '
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1921.
Man Rejected Because
Of Age in Civil War Is
Dead at the Age of 10S
Wheeling, WV Va., Jan. 8. George
Crow, who was rejected because of
his advanced age by a recruiting
officer, when he sought to enlist for
military service in the civil war, died
ar the famity home. Denver Hill,
near Littleton. W. Va.. last night.
Mr. Crow recently celebrated his
108th birthday anniversary by rid
ing eight miles on his horse to the
home of one of his sons.
8 Presidential ,
' Electors Meet at
..
State Gapitol
R. J. Weaver of Falls City
Named Chairman Formal
Vote to Be Cast for
Harding Monday.
Lincoln, Jan. 8. (Special.) All of
the eight presidential electors for
Nebraska were present at noon to-
day in the governors office, at the
lime specified by law for them to
meet and 'fill any vacancv which
might exist.
They oreanixed bv electine A. T
Weaverof Falls City chairman and
1. K. Cole of' Aurora secretary,
Another meeting will be held at
noon Monday, when the eight elec
toral votes ot Nebraska will be for
mally cast for Warren G. Harding
for president and , Calvin Coolidge
for vice' president . of the' United
States. At the same session they
are to select one or two messengers
to carry the official, certificate to
Washington.
Women Favored.
' Expressions by four of the six
electors indicated that they will vote
to send the two women, Mrs. H.
H... Wheeler of Lincoln and Mrs.
Draper Smith of Omaha, on this
mi on.
The federal government allows
travel pay at 20 cents a mile' for one
passenger and a per diem besides,
which, will be sufficient to pay the
expenses of the trip.
At the beginning of the meeting
today, the electors arose and took
the oath before J. B. Strode of Lin
coln as notary. They swore in uni
son to support the constitutions of
the United States and the state of
Nebraska and to execute faithfully
their duties as presidential electors.
I Swear to Statements.
They also declared under oath that
they had not improperly influenced
their appointment as electors and
that they had not nor would not ac
cept money or other valuables to in
fluence their votes as electors. These
statements were repeated in unison
after Mr. Strode, bad read them front
on 1 officialMdifc.!' .
Governor McKelvie was present at
the start of the session but withdrew
after the meeting was under way.
His record clerk, J. H. Presson,
stayed and read to the electors the
certificate of the state canvassing
board, showing the election result in
Nebraska. v
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Wheeler and the
two ejectors at large signed the oath
first and then the others did likewise.
The male electors appointed by the
congressional districts are: iurst. A,
J. Weaver, Falls City: Second. Allen
P. Tuke, Omaha; Third E. C.
Houston, Tckamah; "Fourth, J. F.
Cole, Aurora; Fifth, George S. Aus
tin, Orleans; Sixth, E. T. Wester
velt, Scottsbluff.
1 8 Generals Are Named
To Places in Greek Army
Athens, Jan. 8. Eighteen generals
and more than 200 colonels were
appointed to the Greek army yes
terday to replace adherents of for
mer Premier Venizelos. In view of
the movements in Thrace and Con
stantinople doubts were entertained
of the loyalty of the Venizelist offi
cers and -it was decided to retire
them on pay. Demetrios Gounaris,
the Avar minister, is leaving Athens
to inspect the forces in Thrace.
Prince Andrew, brother of Con
stantine, was among the new gen
erals named, while Prince Christo
pher, also a brother of the king, was
made a colonel. i
Premier Rhallis stated yesterday
that he did not expect American
bankers to make a loan to Greece
at this time, but that he honed to ne
gotiate one through English finaa
ciers. Internationally Known
" Banker Dies in New York
v New York, Jan. 8. Henry Brun
ner, 63, intematicilly known bank-
native of Switzerland and organized
and controlled a number of banking
institutions in. California, among
them the Anglo-French bank in San
Francisco. He was interested in
many large banking institutions in
France, Italy and Spain, was a cheva
lier of the Legion of Honor and a
Knight of the Crown of Italy, and
had been decorated in Spain as the
t author of agricultural laws.
Negro Tenor, Adopted hy
Russian Jews, to Sing Here
La Rue Jones, negro tenor, who
was adopted by a Jewish family in
Russia when but 2 years old and re
ceived his training and education
in Russia, will sing compositions by
the great Jewish masters. Rosenblatt
and sirota, tn Yiddish and He
brew, in a concert in the munici
pal Auditorium the evening of Jan
uary 21. '
Porker Slated for Bacon
Trees Family of Doctor
Atlantic City. N-. J., Jan. 8. A 500-,
pound hog slated to be slaughtered
on the farm of Dr. William Raith,
at Farmington, turned rogue and
compelled the doctor, his father-in-law
and other members of the
family to take to trees.
The family,, unarmed, remained
aloft half an hour. Finally neigh
bori shot the maddened animal.
f Harmony -
Code Referendum
Decision Upheld
By Supreme Court
Affirmation Given on Techni
cal Ground That Petitionerr
FaUed to File Briefs
Before Hearing.
Lincoln, Jan. 8. (Special.) The
final chapter in the code referendum
case has been- written by the Ne
braska supreme ; court in affirming
the holding of the lower court in
Lancaster county that referendum
petitions were invalid because they
did not have attached to them a
copy of the code law to be referred.
The affirmance was on the tech
nical ground that Attorney Dexter
T. Barrett, on behalf of the petition
ers, had failed to file briets before
January 5, the date set for hearing.
Fred C. Ayres was the petitioner
in the first mandamus action brought
j before Judge Morning in the district
court here to compel the secretary
of state to place the code question
on the ballot. ' . 1
The judge held that th petitions
were invalid and the court held
against the judge, but because at-
torneys for the petitioner had failed
to file an appeal within the required
time, the court dismissed the ap
peal for lack of jurisdiction.
A secSnd case was brought in the
district court, in the name of Fleet
wood and with no precedent but
Judge Morning's decision, the court
held likewise. An appeal as taken
and a short time before election a
motion was made in the supreme
court to advance the case. It was
set by the court to be heard Jan
uary 5, too late to be of avail in
the November election, and the ap
pelants withdrew from the case.
Wife of Galveston Mair
Attempts to End Life
Seattle, Jan. . 8. Mrs. Betty
Thompson, said to ,be the wife of
Capt. C. T. Thompson of'Galveston,
Tex., shot herself aboard the steam
er Governor, shortly after the vessel
had sailed for California points, ac
cording to officers of the vessel. The
Governor returned to port and Mrs.
Thompson was removed to a hos
pital. It was said she ' would re
cover. A note addressed to Captain
Thompson, a shipmaster of Galves
ton, was found beside Mrs. Thomp
son.
Requisitions for Utah
Prisoners Are Honored
Salt Lake City, Jan. 8. Gover.ior
Charles R. Mabey has honored the
requisition of the state of Washing
ton for the return to that state of
George Sakata, alias George Sata,
alias George Tokata, wanted in
Seattle on a charge of uttering a
forged check Requisition of Gov.
W. D. Stephens for the return to
California of James Burke, charged
with the embezzlement of $60 from
the Sacramento Union, has also
been honored. The prisoners were
taken to the respective, states to
day. New Booze Complaints.
Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 8. New
indictments charging E. Ray
Groves, secretary of the democratic
central committee, Edward and
Ralph Groves, his brothers, and
Joseph Goldberg with extortion in
onnection with alleged viola
tions the prohibition laws, were
returned by the federal grand jury
here today.
r Mail d ri). ! 4th . Dally and Sunday, ID; Dally Only. tS: Sunday. 14
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Moulder Refuses
$500,000 Estate
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 8. John
Weber, said to be a comparatively
poor ' man, a moulder in the West
Milwaukee shops, todav turned his
back oil a fortune of $500,000, willed
tp him, he was notified, by a, woman
whose life he is supposed to have
saved about 30 years ago.
"I am sure I am not the person
referred to in. the will." he said.
Relatives and friends say they re
member the incident of the rescue,
but Wagner received a sunstroke a
few years after the deed which erased
previous events from his memory.
Rochester Clothing
PJants Will Resume
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 8. Opera
tions have been resumed in 19 fac
tories affiliated with the Rochester
Clothiers' exchange and one not a
member, according to announcement
made yesterday by Max Holtz,
president.
Virtually every clothing factpry
in Rochester is preparing for a full
resumption of business next week.
Seventy-five per cent of the 15.000
workers have now returned to their
Diaces
Mr. Holtz said that orders for
spring merchandise had been placed
in even greater volume than the
most optimistic manufacturer had
predicted and that if they continued
during the next two weeks a normal
spring business would be done.
New York Investigations
Burlesqued During Dinner
New York, Jan. 8. New York
in song and dialogue here tonight at1
the twentieth annual dinner of the
Amen Corner corporation.
The "brethren of the amen cor
ner" politicians and officials, news
papermen, lawvers and 'citizens
many of whom once gathered in the
"corner" in the old Fifth avenue
hotel and discussed politics and
plans, were guests. Among those
who accepted invitations were "former
United States Senator Chauncey M.
Depew, Will Hays. Norman E.
Mack, Charles D. Hilles, and others.
Medical Society in Omaha
Elects Officers for Year
The Colored Medical, Dental and
Pharmaceutical society has elected
the following officers for the com
ing year: President, A. G. Edwards;
vice-president, J. B. Hill; secretary,
Craig Morris; assistant secretary,
D. W. Gooden, and treasurer. 1.. E.
Britt. Members elected to the ex
ecutive committee are: A. B. .Mad
ison. A. L. Hawkins, P. W. Sawyer
and E. A. Williamson.
Steamship Lines Reduce
Rates to United Kingdom
Seattle. Jn. 8. Reductions in
freight rates on canned salmon,
canned milk, tallow, fish oils and
lumber between Puget Sound ports
and the United Kingdom were an
nounced by Seattle representative
of the Harrison Direct line, Euro
pean Pacific line of the United States
shipping board and the Blue Funnel
line.
' Bomh Makers Held.
Madrid, Jan. 8. The police of
Tortosa have arrested three syndical
ists who were discovered making
dynamite bombs in the vicinity of
the river Ebro. The arrested men.
according to the authorities, admitted
they were Uc perpetrators of recent
dynamite outrages.
I Readjustment of
laxes Asked bv
Drygoods Dealers
Distinction Made Between In-
comes) From Mental Efforts.'
and Business Investments.'
Proposed hy Retailers.
Washington, Jan. 8. EeaJjust
me'nt of taxes to relieve workers
in the matter of income taxes and
equalize the burden on business,
was asked of the house ways and
means committee today by the tax
commission of the National Retail
Dry Goods association. Associa
tion representatives filed a detailed
plan for revision of the tax laws
which, they estimated, would pro
vide revenue for a $4,000,000,000 an
nual budget.
The plan proposes that a distinc
tion be made between income from
manual or mental effort and income
from business or investment. The
program would fix the exemption
from income taxes at $2,500 for
single persons and $5,000 fcr heads
of families instead of the $1,000 and
$2,000 exemptions as now.
A graduated scale on income taxes
also would be established, income
from salaries, wages and commis- j
sions being taxed the lowest; in
come derived from business at a
higher rate and all other incomes,
including profits from sales as cap
ital assets to a still greater degree.
A statement said the associat:on's
proposal had been concurred in
through a referendum among
2,000 members.
its
Artion Started to Kevoke
Permits of Eight Breweries
Washington, Jan. 8. Action has
been started to revoke permits of
eight Pennsylvania breweries for al
leged violation of the prohibition
laws in the manufacture of a bever
age containing alcohol in excess of
the legal limit. Commissioner Kram
er announced.
Notice has been served on the j
Scranton, January 17, why their per
mits should not be canceled upon the
ground that they have not conformed
to the provisions of the prohibition
law.
Peace Treaty Ends Chinese
Tong War in California
I. os Angeles, Jan. 8. War be
tween the Ring Kong and Hop Sing
Chinese tongs, which last week
claimed the lives of two members of
the former society, is ended, accord
ing to statements by local leaders
of the organizations, to Lieut. Wil
liam White, head of the police China
town squad. Leaders said thev had
received a telegram from San Fran
cisco that a peace treaty Jiad been
signed and hostilities were at
declared at an end here.
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TEN CENTS
Charge of
Forgery Is
Dismissed
Broken in Health, Omaha Girl
With Mania for Giving
Friends Pink Silk Gar
ments, Sent Home.
Aged Father Gives Aid
Fremont, Neb., Jan. V (Special
Telegram.) Garbed, not in the
silken fineries and expensive clothes
that caused her downfall, but in a
most conservative and plain travel
ing suit, pretty Ethel Harden, 28, ap
peared in district court here to
answer to charges of forgery.
Intimate garments of pink silk
were the hobby that caused Miss
Harden to take her misstep. Not f t
herself were checks forged to pay
for the fineries, but as Rifts to her
college friends, with whom she was
most popular.
Touching Scene in Court. &
Hearts of the most severe bar
risters were touched by the scene
of the girl entering the court room
to face charges which might have
caused her to spend years behind the
cold gray walls of prison. Trcm- ,
bling nervously, the girl, supported
by her grey-haired father and her
physiciau, Dr. A. h, Fletcher of
Omaha, slowly walked to the
judge's bench.
Her face was pale and drawn and
her eyes had a weary, Ic-ok. Her
slight form,' weighing not over 65
pounds, bore out the testimony that
was to follow of her illness and '
mental incompetency. Pre'.'minary
hearing was waived and a plea of
not guilty entered. The case was
triedimmedia'tely, due to her serious
physical condition.
Prosecuting Attorney J. G Cook
reequested the court to release the
girl, stating that in his opinion she
was mentally Unbalanced and in
competent. District Judge Rutfon.
when' informed that the family had '
made restitution. Ordered her dis
charged. Think of Mother.
With tears streaming down his
weather-worn cheeks, the aged
Blooir.field druggist, with his arm
around his daughter's waist, led her
from the room. The gray-haired
mother, patiently waiting at home
for word that her child was cleared
of the charges, which she never be
lieved were true, was the first
thought of the pair as they left the
court room. They hurriedly sent a
telegram to "mother'' assuring he
that they would be home on the first
train.
lfis Harden was arrested at her ,--parent's
home in Bloomfield New
Year's Eve by Sheriff Condit of
Dodge county after private and city
detectives of Omaha, Lincoln and
Hastings had conducted an unsuc
cessful search for three yeas. The
sheriff alleged that she, for years,
had signed the names of chums, with
whom she attended school at Fre
mont, to checks in payment for pink
silk undergarments, which were
mostly sent as remembrances to her
many friends.
Worked in Omaha.
She was employed by the Asso- t
dated Western Jewelers, 1914 Far- '
nam street, Omaha, and lived with
Mrs. George H. Lynch, 4032 Izard
street, Omaha.
Slid later accummulated a large
supply of the pink silken garments
at her room, which were recovered
by detectives. She was never known
to wear the garments herself. She
had a mania that all the garments
should be pink silk. A gift sent v
to a banker's daughters, with whom
the attended school, for Christmas
led to her arrest.
Big Slump in Railway
Earnings Reported
Washington, Jan. 8. The rail
roads of the ciuntry earned only
about $150,000,000 last vear, oV $365,
000,000 less than in, 1919. according
to estimates prepared by II. P.
I'annelee, director of the bureau ot
railway economics. v
Mr. Parmclee estimates that in
1920 the carriers had a gross revenue
of $6,200,000,000 and expenses
amounted to $5,570,000,000. leaving
a gross income of $450,000,000. De
duction of taxes and equipment ren
tals amounted to $300,000,000 and
left the net income at $1.5. 000,000.
This sum was far short of the gov
ernment guarantee for the six months
perjod ending September 1
Railroad Shop Employes 4 1
Placed on Five-Day Basis I J
Minneapolis, Jan. 8. Shop em- '
ployes of the Minneapolis, St. Paul
& Sault Ste Marie, have been J '
placed on a five-day a week basis. '
About 500 men are affected,
f W. H. Bromner, president of the
Minneapolis & St. Louis railway
estimated that 1,250 employes have
been laid off by that company over
the entire system since September 1.
The Great Northern railroad also
is reducing its forces wherever pos
sible, W. S. Garten, vice president,
said.
Two Conventions to Be
Held in Omaha This Week
Convention of the Farmers Educa
tional Co-Operative State I'nion of
Nebraska and the Iowa-Nebraska
Master House Painters will be held
in Omaha this week.
The meeting of the fanners will
be at the City auditorium and 1,400
are expected to attend.
The painters will have headquar
ters at the Rome hotel.
Announce Wage Cut.
Allentown, Pa.. Jan. 8. The New
Jersey Zinc company at Palnierton
today announced a 10 per cent cut
in wages and the elimination of an
9 per cent bonus system, effective
January 15. The nlant win return '
to full operation, ' ,
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