THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY lO 1921.
1
Government to
Move Slowly in
O'CallasIian Case
"Slate Department Officials
Admit Irish Question in
United States "Loaded
With Dynamite." 1
. p)tlC Tribune-Omaha Bre lri Wire.
Washington, Jin. 9. State depart
ment officials admitted that the Irish
, question in this country i "loaded
with dynamite," but declared that
this fact had no bearing upon en
forcement of American laws violated
,.by Irishagents entering the United
States, f
.- It also is admitt&ctyhat the activi
ties of these agentssyi America have
been unrestrained andjhat there
:iever has been any attempt by the
government to control them.
But when violation of the law is
formally called to 'their attention, of
ficials declare they do not feel it
would be proper to waive enforce
ment in favor of offenders just be
cause they are representatives of the
'"Irish republic."
To Proceed Slowly.
" "' Notwithstanding Jhis "attitude, Act
ing Secretary of State Davis an
nounced that he would proceed
a cautiously with the case of Donald
' O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork,
who entered the country without a
passport and that he would await the
return to Washington of Secretary
qf Labor Wilson before taking any
action which would lead to O'Callag
. han'a deportation.
"" Concerning the investigation into
the status of Harry Boland, secre
tary to Eamdhn De Valera. -who
.Iso entered the country illegally
and whose' speech- urging a race
vendetta against the British aroused
government officials, department
V icads said there was nothing to
announce today.
- There is not involved in the State
, department's view of the O'Ca'lag
:,han casf( it was explained, any con
"fcern about the Irish movement in
this country.
Legal Opinion Asked.
On the legal phases of the ques
-Tfion the deoartment solicitor has1
" been asked lor an opinion o: the
"oint whetha the department ought
fto take action to deport O'Cal
.Maghan while he is still at liberty
'-.'''under the Labor department's pa
- '-role. This opinion has not yet been
1 submitted,
y Whether any deportations will
, ' actually be ordered now seems ques
tionable, some administration offi
cials believe, as proceedings of this
character m;ght have the effect of
'"."forcing upon the government the
flaking of a positive stand in re
'Bpect of the whole Irish movement.
Sinn Fein-German ,
Connection Shown
Letters GivAig Names of Irish
Americans Published by
W.- - Great Britain.
London, Jan. 9. Correspondence
? which passed between the German
embassy at Washington and the Ber
lin foreign office, in which names
of several Irish-Americans are men
tioned, to sh"v come'-tion between
leaders of the Sinn Fein and the
German government during the war,
- Was issued bythe government today
5 ?! the form of a "white paper."
: After the arrival of Sir Roger
"Casement in Berlin in 1914. he sent
, messages through the foreign office
m Berlin and the German embassy
t Washington, according to these
-documents, to Judge Cohalan, John
"Davey and others regarding his mis
'viiori' to Germany. This, it is dc-
clarcd. finally led Count von Bcrns
'tcrff. then German ambassador to
:rihe United States, to send to the for
eign office in February, 1916, a dis
patch "surrept'jiotisly attached to a
ihessage concerning the Lusitania."
S saying that Devoy had informed him
2 of the rising to begin in Ireland,
Easter Sunday and asking that arms
i,be sent to Limerick between Good
Friday and Easter Sunday.,.
This was followed by corre
Tspondence arranging details of the
Cass'Stance the Germans were to give.
IVouM-be Peacemaker
' In Family Quarrel
Arrested, by PoKce
' Z ""
3 Sam Goches, proprietor of the
Ncw Life cafe, Sevente?nth and
S Farnutn streets,' attempted ti make
3 peace between Mr. and Mrs. Charles
F. Shepherd, Hyland apartments.
21101 North Eighteenth street, Sat-
urHay night during a family fuss.
Shepherd resented the intrusion
Z and clouted Goches on the fore-
head. '
J Police answered a call sent in by
; Goches and took him and Shepherd
3 to headquarters.
J Goches said he heard Shepherd
Sorder his wife out of the place. He
-said he thought the man was going
to strike his wife and baby and he
2 rushed in to save them.
Agnos, GochesVousin came to oo-
lice headquarters to plead for his
relative's release, and was detained,
2 Bootlegger Sentenced lo ;
" Nebraska Penitentiary
Sl McCook. Neb.. Jan. 9. (Special.)
Michael P. Moore was sentenced
in district court here to from six
S months to two years in the state
..penitentiary for-bootlegging, aioore,
Z,1,AA st.iltv annthrr charge of.
S bootlegging 4nd was given a sen
'. -tence of three years, the sentences
being inoperative .during the good
behavior ot the . prisoner." Three
2 other suits " against Moore on
chargesof forgery were , annulled
-under the agreement.
2 . Franklin Boy Dies. ,
Z Franklin, Neb., Jan. 9. (Special.)
Alfert, 16-year-old son of Mr. and
5 Mrs T. R. Blank, died at the Cdm
bridge hospital following a second
5 operation for appendicitis. He was
S taken to Cambridge December 18
H and a relapse necessitated another
r operation. Funeral services - were
5 held here and at Macon, Neb., burial
S: uking place at the latter town.
S To Cure a Cold in One Day . '
Z Tik. OrovsV LAXATIVK BROMO Jt I---IlNK
tobK-tn. The B?!ii.ln ber Itie
-"i,irtur B W. QUUe 10c Adv.
One Way to Deal With Him
Publisher Tells v
Tale of Torture
By Chicago Thugs
Editor of St. Louis v Paper
Kidnaped and Held for
fiansom in Windy
- City.
Chlengo Trlbune-Omaba Bea LMIwj Wire.
Chicago, Jan. 9. Jacques Villard,
wealthy publisher and editor of a St
Louis paper , and owner of a cor
respondence school in that city, has
returned to h:s home after a myste
rious absence since December 27,"and
relates a weird tale of kidnaping and
torture at the hands of Chicago
thugs. v '
Villard has no legs and requires to
e carried1 about by a servant.
He came to Chicago in search ot
an interpreter. He advertised and
many foreigners visited h!m at his
room in the Hotel La Salle On the
night of December 27, a large man,
apparently a Pole or a Swede, car
ried him from the room and put him
in a cab.' " From that minute all trace
of him was lost.
He says his captors took him to a
filthy hovel in a scct'on of the city
utterly unknown to him, where. they
had him prisoner, constantly threat
ening him with death unless he in
duced his wife to pay heavy ransom.
Meanwhile a fake letter had been
sent from New York to his wife,
saying he had aprived there and
would write more fully in a day or
so.
He bad $6,000 in cash when he
came to Ch:cago. The robbers took
most of this and Friday n ght, be
coming alarmed over the publicity
and the active search for himi they
took Villard in a closed cab miles
away from h;s ' prison and threw
him to the street. It was a bitterly cold
n:ght and they - left him a blanket.
A, man and woman heard his cries
for help and reported to the pol'ce,
but meanwhile aMaxicab driver had
found him andalcen him to the rail
way station, as he wanted to get to
St. LHiis as speedily as "possible. He
was robbed of all his jewelry, worth
$700, and his captors forced him to
write a check for $700, but they were
afraid to cash it.
Officer of Farm Body
v Against Legislation
Dealing With Futures
Washington. D. C, Jan. 9. (Spy.
cial Telegram.) Congressman Mc
Laughlin of Nebraska a member of
the agricultural committee now hold
ing hearings on a number of bills
dealing with futures on grain, cot
tion, etc., presented a telegram yes
terday from J. W. Shorthil, secretary
of the Nebraska ' Farmers" Co
operative Grain and Live, Stock as
sociation, with headquarters in Oma
ha, opposing such legislation on the
ground that it would be anything but
beneficial to the grain interests of
the United States and might crip
ple the market.
Mr. Shorthill urged increased
market facilities through the co
operation of farmers and intimated
that a marketing company might
prove more advantageous than put
ting a stop to dealing in futures.
It is rather surpriisng that Ne
braska has not been represented at
these hearings, although is under
stood that C. yH. Gustafson and C.
VV. Pugsley had intimated thev would
like to be heard. McLaughlin said
the committe had no word from the
committee of 17, which also had
asked to be heard on the bills pend
ing before Jhe committee.
Congressman Jefferis sent to the
governors of the soldiers' homes
throughout the country today an
endorsement of Capt. Clair Adams
of Omaha for the position of super
intendent at the Santa' Monica (Cal.)
Soldiers home. j
Marble Bust of Judge Mason
To Be Renovated Monthly
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9. (Special;)
The marble bust of O. P. Mason,
first ch:ef justice of Nebraska and
grandfather of Mason Wheeler, pres
ent deputy attorney general, whi:h
stands in the supreme court chamber
of the, Nebraska capitol, hereafter la
to be cleaned and renovated once a
month by order of DanSwanson,
land commiss:oner and custodian of
the capitol building.
Time and accumulation- dust
have left the bust in a orry plight,
and members of the court suggested
that something be done.
Judge Mason came to Nebraska
in- the fifties, and settled In Nebraska
City, coming to Lincoln when the
state" "was organized. When he re
tired from the bench he remained in
Lincoln, i
J
$5,009,000 Is Set
Aside for Worlr
Among Children
Red Cross Plans Extensive Aid
for Needy Kiddies in Eu-
rope Special Line of
Assistance Outlined.
Washington, Jan. 9. The Ameri
can Red Cross executive committee
has appropriated $5,000,000 to carry
out its program of furnishing need
ed assistance for children in Europe.
In making this announcement. Mr.
Livingston Farrand, chairman of
the central committee vof the Red
Cross, said the scope of the society's
relief operations in Europe was be
ing altered so that it might be con
fined almost entirely to this work.
"The work which the American
Red. Cross , aims specially to carry
on is in the interest of the children
who require medical care," he said,
"and should not be confused with
that of feeding several million chil
dren who are not afflicted by disease
The general feeding problem is to be
met by the European relief council."
Nearly 2ft child relief units of the
American Red Cross are already in
the field, Mr. Farrand said, most
of them in Folan-d and ultimately
there will be at least 100. Plans for
the work embraces'the Baltic states,
t.nd, to a certain extent, Austria and
Hungary, as well as Poland and ad
jacent countries and Jugo-Slavia.
Air Mail Item Struck !
From Appropriations
(Continued from Par One)
ergency landing1 fields and equip
ping them with magnesium flares.
Night Flying by Spring.
This service will.be inaugurated
in the early spring between Chicago
and Cheyenne, Wyo., and will re
sult in delivering mail from New
York to Cheyenne within 24 hourj.
The run from Cheyenne to San Fran
cisco will ''then be a matter of 12(
hours flying. Incidentally, in addi
tion to this very great expedition
of the mail between New York and
San Francisco, the., transcontinental
air mail "will prove of great value
to the military air operations through
the maintenance every 200 miles of
hangars, landing fields and me
chanical and, fuel . facilities which
are always at the disposal of the
military forces."
Mr. Jefferis sajd it was his belief
that any invention or achievement
should be encouraged that would
bring the West nearer the east.
Enterprise Displayed by Omaha. ,
He called attention to the enter
prise displayed by the different cities
Included in the air mail rout.es in
raising large sums of money for
hangars and landing fields and he
pa:d.a high compliment to the busi
ness men of Omaha'in making Jt
possible to have in that city the larg
est commercial hangar in the; coun
try and a splendid landing field
which, he said, could be used at any.
time by the military forces of the
cbuntry. - . :
Even thouRh the transportation of
mail by aeroplane costs more than
by rail, which is conceded, I main
tain that the utilization of this
service is in the interest of econo
my," said Congressman Jefferis.
"Should you place this iir service in
a particular bureau of the army or
the navy, millions would be spent
uoon it without any value whatso
ever except in the training of aviators
in the line of wanfprepareaness. ow
if you spend this money for air mail
service you would be rendering ,i
very great service to the business'
interests of the whole" country in
stead of centralizing it in either the
navy or the war departments."
"Unfair to People, '
' He further said that to strike out;
the item on a point of order was not
dealing fairly with the people who
have put up their money to provide
fields and hangars for "the service.
He said it was the function of the
Postoffice department to carry the
mail by whatever methods would
subserve the best interests of the
public, expedition being the basis of
the service, and he insisted that the
airplane service had much to com
mend it 'as a mail carrier of the
future. ,
Notwithstanding the fight he put
up, in which hevwas aided by Con
gressman Evans of Nebraska, and
one or two others, the item went out
on a point of order. The senate will
now be asked to testore vthe item
and should the upper body put the
appropriation back in the postoffice
bill, effort will be made to retain the
item in conference. ' This is the his
tory of t,he amount appropriated fot
the current year, .,,,.
November Sugar
Imports Show
.D As a timetable of one of the "bld
- jest and highest-rated railroads in
Over 20,000,000 Pounds More the United States, the folder would
Brought in Than During
Same Months inl919, Gov
ernment Report Says.
" Washington, Jan. 9. The amount
of sugar imported into the United
States last November exceeded, by
nearly 20,000,000 pounds thaTmi-
ported. November, 1919, according '
to a report of the bureau of foreian
and domestic commerce. Cuba1 cont
ributed considerably less than one-!
half Qf the total cane sugar in the
naii qi ne wiai cane .sugar m ine
momn, xne ngures wing loj.ooo.-
147 out ot 4.w.l4j,8j7 pounds, as
compared with 406,788.959 out ' of
414,709,949 pounds to November,
1919. ,
The nearly complete cessation of
corn importations from ' Argentina
was noted, in JNovembcr, lviy.
1,307,879 bushels were imported,
while in.'the same month last year
the United States took but 40,100
bushels.
Wool Imports Decrease
The total importation of wool from
both Argentina and Uruguay was
far below jJ0- Wool brought
in during 'November ' amounted
to $,947,306 and 1,241,105 pounds
respectively, against the 1919 totals
of 12,796,303 and 4,750.373.
Total imports from South Amer
ica of all commodities during No
vember suffer almost equally by
comparison with those of 191$.
Totals were: November,. 1919, $81,
915.698: November. 1920. $40,105,910.
, Wheat exports, however, spurted
to 26,035,147 bushels shipped to all
countries, against the November,
1919, figure of 15,116,167 bushels.
Great Britain was the heaviest buy
er, with 4,789,212 bushels.
Prices Make Difference.
Increased values of iron and steel
in the foreign market were reflected
in topnage shipped, compared with
prices received for November ex
ports. In. November, 1919; 21,429
tons were exported, valued at $771,
304. Last year 13, 13,929 tons ex-
ported were valued at f M.sw.
Niws print shipments totaled 11,
193,875 pounds last November as
compared with 12,191,452 pounds in
November, 1919.
A total of 85,304,091 pounds ex
nnrtprf for the 11 months ending
with November was valued a' $5,523,
73"2, against a valuation of $9,708,009
for 213,366,170 pounds shipped in
1919. . , ' . .
Of the grand totals exported in
November, goods valued at $267,195,
701 wete shipped on American ves
sels, while exports worth $331,640,
636 were carried by foreign craft.
Labor Leaders in
Mexican Capi tal
Gompers and 14 Other Repre
sentatives to Attend Pan
American Conference.
Mexico City, - Jart. 9. Samuel
Gompers and 14 other representa
tives of American labor, accom
panied by a Mexican reception com
mitee, arrived to attend the Pan
Amierican Federation of Labor con
ference, beginning tofnorrow.
Aside from declaring that the pur
pose of the gathering was 'to
create good relations among labor
ers of the United States. Mexico
and South and Central America,
Mr. Gompers had little to say re
garding the program to be fol
lowed. , -, .
Although discussions will not be
curtailed when they are started. Mr.
Gompers asserted it would be the
purpose of the officials not to per
mit the sessions to drag out indefi
nitely. v, '
Asked what concrete measured for
promoting better ' relations among
laborers are to be considered, Mr.
Gompers asserted resolutions to be
presented would speak for them
selves. Efforts by certain radical
elements which- broke away from
the Pan-American body to hold a
rival convention he characterized "as
a "pea" in a drum.
The Pan-American conference
will be the third that has been held.
The first took place in Laredo. Tex.,
in November 1918, and the second
in New York in July.. 1919.
Indications Point '
To Busy Week Facing
Sate Legislature
Lincoln, Jan. 9. (SpeciaD All
signs point to a busy week facing
the legislature in the introduction
of bills, assignment of bills to com
mittees and endeavoring in a small
degree to make preparations for
grinding out legislation.
Despite an appeal by Walter
Anderson, speakar of the lower
house, to members asking them to
delay introduction of bills until this
week, ambitious legislators from
Omaha and other sections in a short
half hour managed to threw 14
measures into the house hopper in
less than an hour Friday morning.
If this action Friday is a criterion
pf the 4erfotmances of the coming
week, Mebraskans may iook xor
ward to an avalanche ' of bills,
which, by their number and the
variety of subjects they will cover,
will for a time put the reading clerk
and speaker into a frenzy in as
signing and disposing of the meas
ures in such a 4way as to insure rapid
disposition of them in the proper
legislative channels. j
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XNew Machine rnnts !
Message's by Wireless
By tnlvemal Hervk.
; London, Tan. 9. Wireless trans
mission at the rate of 100 words per
minute is now being achieved by the
use of a machine which automatical
ly prints the messages and a special
transmission apparatus. '
The rinting machine is the inven
tion of the creator of the Creed sys
tem of printing telegraphic messag
es. It passed tests successfully dur
ing" the transmission of press dis
patches from Geneva to London dur
ing the opening davs of the lcaeue
f;f natinnc mi-ptincr
'Timetable" Issued by Railroad
, Auditors Would Shock Natives
have flabbergasted the most radi
cal of transportation officials.
Imagine glancing down the col
umn, "Information for Passengers,"
to have one's ocular orbs encounter
the following: "n '
"It is useless to ask questions of
the conductor if he knew anything
he would not be a conductor." Or:
"A prize consisting of a Swiss
cheese traveling bag will be awarded
to ' anyone understanding station
names called by the brakeman."
Passengers are-'informed also that
j;abllit for baggage is limited to
t urts and that sw
two quarts and that swearing may
be conducted from the rear platform
except when passing through large
towns. '
But as a menu for the Union Paci-1
fic auditors' banquet, held at the
V A"tul UUVVV
Workmen Injured
During 2 Years
Laborers jr Beneficiaries in.
Nebraska Receive $885,689
Under Compensation Law
As Result of Accidents.
Lincoln, Jan. 9. Workmen of Ne
braska suffered 25,02 accidents dur
ing the two-year period ending Jan
uary I, according to the biennial re
port ot Frank Kennedy, secretary
of the State Department of Labor.
Of these accidents 78 were fatal,
As a result of the 25,027 accidents,
workmen, or their beneficiaries,' were
paid $885,689.32 during the two years.
The amount of money received by
workmen as compensation, medical
and hospital expenses as result of
accidents, increased more than 1,000
per cent during 1920 in comparison
the amount paid out in IV 15, the
first year the compensation law was
in operation. The following table,
contained in Secretary Kennedy's re
port, shows the amounts paid workT
men each year since the law became
effective:,,
19'5... $ 51.167.37 '
1916. 116,9:8.34
1917 153.031.73 :
-"1918 141,777.47
1919 345,43.24
1920 540,213.08
Half Occur in Omaha.
Secretary ' Kennedy says approx
imately half of the accidents that
happened in .the state during the
two years, occurred in Omaha.
But 244 -accident cases were ap
pealed to the compensaticjn commis
sioner fluring the two Jfears. Of
this number 170 were cases original
ing in Omaha. Fifty-seen cases
were appealed from the (award of
the commissioner; 13 awards of the
commissioner were . affirmed; three
were reversed; one was affirmed by
the district court and reversed By
rthe supreme court In three cases
the commissioner s award was in
creased by the district court. , 14
were settled before coming to trial
in the district court and 24 are pend-
Puring the years 1919-1920 there
were only nine strikes in the state
reported to the T"artment of Labor.
They involved 2.141 men and women.
The reoort shows that the workmen
won six' of the strikes, wowere
lost and one compromised, -'
Many Ignorant of Law.
Secretary Kennedy says-the most
important cases decided by the su
preme court affecting the compensa
tion law was the Perrj case. This
?npd the contention of
the. Department of Labor with ref-.
erence to lump sum seuiemenis vi
compensation cases not maae in con
formity with tjie provisions of the
law. ...
"The weak spot in the administra
tion of the compensation biw is the
lack of knowledge on trf part of
workers as to even the existence of
the law," Secretary Kennedy states.
The Report 'shows there were 117
complaints made by workers against
pmnlovers who refused to pay wages
when due. In 86 instances collec-'
tions were made and the rest were
rcferred'fo the public defender and
attorneys for collection..
Rock Island Objects
To FarexCase"Report
Lincoln, Neb.,' Jan. 9. (Special.)
Telegram.)The Rock Island rail
road Saturday afternoon filed objec
tions and exceptions to the report of
Special Master John F. Stout of
Omaha In the 2-cent passenger fare
case. The master upheld the consti-
tutipn-ality of t.le act. which nad
berti enjoined 'i the federal court.
Fourteen grouiis of exception are
set forth. The railroad says that the
finding of the master that the rail
road is earning 10 per cent on its
Nebraska investment is unfounded.
Not Half Enough. :
Souse Have -you ever seen me
with more than I could carry?
Friend No, but I've seen you
when I thought you should have
made two trips for your load.
Postoffice Orders. v
WaihlnKton. D. C. Jiin. .--(Speclal Telo
gram.) The follotna- fourU-claaa poal
ofdcea became presidential office Jan
uary S and aalary tha poatmaatara will
receive In the following- atalea:
Nebraaka: Brlatow. $1,300; Brula, 11.200,
Ctreaco, 11,200; JohnBtown, 1,00: -t.lscfi,
ll.SOO; Loomla, S1.0K0; Madrlil, T J1.000;
Mllllgan, 11,200; Monroe, 11.100; Moors
fleld, $1,400; Napar, $1,100; Newport $1.
iOO; Plymouth. tl,200; Stockvllle, $1,000;
Vtavarly, $1,000. ., M
Iowa: Aha Vlata, $1,500; Alvord. $1,
400; Bennett, $1,200; Bernard, tl,04:
1-srandon, $1,100; Erldgewater, $1,100: Cal
amine v $1,00; CrawtorUavllltf, $l.loj;
Cuahlns, $1,000; Decatur, $1,000- Defi
ance, $1,!00: Douda. $1,200: Floyd, 11.
10; Garnavllle, -$1,200; Greeley. JI.IOO;
Hlnton, $1,306; Ionia, $1,300: ,Kltnbi,IHon,
$1,100: Klron. $1,200; Ladora, 41.200,
J.lttle Woutt, $1,100; Lucaa, $1,800: au
rife, $1,100; Maynard, $1,100; Melvln. $1
300; Mlnburn, $1,000; Mlnden $1,200;
New Hartford, $1,800; New Provi.lenoe,
tl.SOO; Nodaway, $1,200; Palmer,- $1,100;
Finnan. $1,200: Plalaflcld. I1.S00; Kan-
dolph, $1,200; Rembrandt, $1,000; Rhodes,
,oou; Boutn t-ninun, ii.iivv; iru,
South Dakota: Yemaaaca, $1,200; Au
uoo,
rora, $1,100; Brandt, $1,200; Carter, $1,
100; Clarcnionf, $1,300: Garden City, II.
100 H1U City, 11.100; Hoamr. tl.Zoo:
Interior, 11,100; Jefferaon, $1,200; I.an.
I1.S00: New Underwood. 11.10ft; tjulrii..
$1.S00; Snuth!horo. $1,-100; 8tratfiu-d. $1,
j tOO; Wanta, 1,300; Wbltcwood, 1,1100
hotel last night,
the
scream. '
What the railroad men were of
fered for their repast is largely a
matter of conjecture, the fnenu, as
set forth in the "timetable," opening
with "highball de bivalve," and clos
ing with "assorted track spikes" and
"lappver coffee." r
bpecial tram No. 1, on which
me auuiiors were tnvitea to De pas;
,u-ji.i-j i .u
. 4-. ... .....
rafic
m., arriving at the Blackstone at
6 55 "Top of the ToVn " "lovland '
"Jazztown " "Volstead Jet "Ver
bos City"' (no stop). "Happy Val -
lev"" Feli Citv and ";ii.(.nr,,
were listed as stations reached bv
through service on the "joy rqute."
:The train went through on sched-'
UK time, under the dispatching of j
A; K. AtJdnsan, V.T. Cooper and H.
G; Cunningham, the passengers ex-
pressing their appreciation of the
"smooth roadbed," "modern' equip
ment" and "unexcelled service,"
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Readjustment of
-Taxes Asked by
Drygoods Dealers
Distinction Made Between In-
conies From Mental Efforts
and Business Investments
T Proposed by Retailers.
Washington, Jan. 9 Readjust-
ment of taxes to frelieye workers
In the matter of income taxes and
equalize the burden on business,
was asked of thehouse ways and
means committee by the tax
commission of the National Retail
Dry , Goods association. Associa
tion 'jfepresentatives filed adetsiled
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 -
lion be made between income from
manual or mrntal effort anrt inenme
from KiinPs. or investment The
nrno-ram would fix he evemmion
Blackstone
folder was
from income taxes at $2,500 forjifS-
- r nnn r i J- KellV. aS
XKSSMito Vtyle of entertainment all his
$2,000 exemptions as now.
l gZS? ,;ZT
from salaries, wages and
COnimiS -
sions being taxed the lowes: in
come derived from business at a
. ii . '
nigner rate ana an omer incomes,
lncludmtrprofits from sales aa-eao-
ital assets tn a still p-'eatet rfeirree. !
A statement said the association's
proposal had been concurred in
through a referendum among its
2.000 members.
Mfcnollar Cash ;
Balance on Hand jn , .
- Nebraska. January 1
Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 9. (Special
.-11: Jli .....
as the net cash balance in all cur -
rent funds of the state, of Nebraska
on January 1, according to the rec
ords of Trueasurer Cropsey. This
is a gain of $319,000 since December
1, and the balances are still increas
ing as a result of new tax collec
tions. Overdrafts in six funds of the state
University, the state normal schools,
ancLthe state aid roads and bridges
were reduced in . December about
$300,000. ,so they now stand at
$1,799,000.
i The amounts available for the
January temporary school fund ap
nnrtinnment on Tanuarv 1 was $376.-
000 and will be increased about
tJfin flflrt hefnrp the rlistrihlitinn is
made. , . I
The state "capitol fund had ac- summoned the ambulance to con
ucmmulated a total of $851,807 on ( vey him to the police station.
New Year's day and probably will i A note found in Jackson's coat
pass the $1,000,000 mark before the 'pocket, addressed to Louise Boiling,
en3 of this month. j 1221 Seventh street, East Las V-igas,
A gain of $60,000 'was registered ! N. M., stated that insomuch as
in the general fund during Decerrr- she had made him suffer, he was
ber and the first of the year it held
a balance of $177.000. 1
Mexican Youth Shot'
By Would-Be Bandit
In Rail Bunk House
Alliaftce, Neb., . Jan. 9. (Special
Telegram.) Fidel M. Sanchez, 18,
is in a local hospital with a bullet
from a large caliber revolver in' his
body as the result 'of an attempted
noiaup ai a iviexican duhk nuusc 111 1
the railroad yards.
, According to his story to olice,
he had just received his pay check
and had entered the bunk car whqn
another Mexican came in and ordered
him to throw up his hands. The
youth complied and his assailant
searched his pockets but found no
money. He became angered and
started quarreling with Sanchez.
The shot was fired at close range,
the hnllet entering iust below the
heart and lodging under the skin in
the back.. Sanchez was attended 1y
City Phys'cian George Hand and
taken to the hospital, where his re
covery is reported to be extremely
doubtful . ' , ,
1 He has refused to talk much of the
affair and says he does not know the
name of his assailant. No arrests
have been made. '
Judge Halts Case to
(. ConsultxPoker Rules
San Francisco,' Jan. 9. Hoyle
is not one of the legal books on file
in Judge McAtee's court. As a re
sult the jurge was forced to con
tinue a recent cse for a week in or
der to permit that well-known au
thority to be consulted. Miguel
Olympus charged Manuel J. Fernan
dez with srrand laroenv of $245.- It
appeared that amount was at stake!
in a poker game, uiympus naa a
hand of four aces and a queen. He
was aboui to haul in the money
when Fernandez beat him to it with
"five kings," Olympus didn't like
the fivev king business and told the
iutlge so. "We call the, wild joker a
king," explained Fernandez. Judge
McAtee said he; d ' never heard of
"wild jokers" and adjourned the case
to consult Hoyle
Misspelled Word
Arouses Police
X' '
"Mystery" of Omaha Family
at Hollywood, Cal., Blamed
on Telegraph Company
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 9. (Spe-
cial.) A misspelled word in a tele'
gram caused a police investigation
and considerable excitement over a
"mystery" at a Hollywood home Sat
urday, according to the explanation
-y-
urdav. according to the explanation
the -Mystery" as given by Mrs. ren G. Harding and Calvin Cool-'
L Htrdnian. . , , Midge were chosen . for president ml
' When you receive this you had . vice president in November, th?y
I ue,ter niake arrangements to take 'will not be officially ekcted until
! car of,, hodies." read the telegram j February 9.
i reccfved by Lee Herdman, Omahi Two important steps remain to
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AfrSid some tragedy had rntered the 'meeting of the electoral college
home, Mr. Herdaman wireel the takes place Monday., while the final
Hollywood police to investigat?No ' step will be taken February 9, at a
one could be discovered at the resi-j joint meeting of the senate and
dence by the officers during the ; house, when certificates of the vote
night. '. of each state are counted. After
"Bodies" should have read, this ceremony Vice President Mar
"daughters," according to . Mrs. j shall will officially declare them to
Headman's explanation of the affair i'bt elected.
today. . The people, as is well known, did
Declaring X that there was .no 'not vote directly for Mr. Harding
mystery whatever, she said that she ' or Mr. Cox in November, but for
had wired her husband to make ar-1 electors. The successful electors of
ramrements. for the care of theitwo
dauirhters. Virginia. 13. and Rather
jii
13, wno are ai present maKing
home with her. The word had
transmitted "bodies" instead of
daiichters." i
One ofythe daughters received a
further wire from the father this
morning inquiring if they were in
trouble or needed help.
Mrs. Herdman declared the letter
found by authorities inN her home,
,!, TbVv hroke in to investigate.
..: .,! ,t,. wkof'e
the use td trv? "There is no place in
i uaumgt lino ivus i"
rtho MinrM jhr. a woman msv ob-
ta;n justice," was a confidential note
to her attorneys. ,
Lew Kelly Show is
Again Big Hit at
The Gayety Theater
Lew Kelly, one of the veteran fun-
j makers of the Columbia f ncuit, was
' L Z
. totmances at ine uayeiv tneater sm...
S seldom given in mat piavnousc.
; The show Was 'Stopped
white the
audience extended, a
real Omaha
"Prof. Fuller Hopps,"
I own and his "nutty" lingo continues
to be the bie hit of the show. His
supporting cast this vear is strength-
i pnpH hv Kfica T.iiri'11 Xfaninn. whn
, . Vrll.. I tU. r.(
the audience.
Al'hough in
poor voice,
Miss
, an;on's song numbers were on? of
I... . f .v.. j t,,
the big hits of the show and her
readings "broutrht down the h6use.
She is as beautiful as she is accom-
ol:shed and takes opportunity fl dis
playing an elaborate wardrobe
O
gowns. i
The four Jansleys. famous in
vaudeville and circus life, are a head
line attraction. Ten minutes of the
fastest acrobatics ever seen on , any
sta.ge makes the , act popular with
all. .
Joseph Holland and Kathleen
Odcn, in dancing and sineing spe
cially acts, are real stars. Both have
well trained voices and they put their
ngs across, Miss Odens gained
the name of "Twinkle Toes" by her
springtliness. In a jazz toe dance
she adds a distinct novelty? -
A' chorus personally picked bv
Jack Singer assures that they are all
beauties and carefully trained.
Man Attempts to Take
Life Because Woman
Does Not Return Love
Prompted by unrequited love. Lee !
G. Jackson swallowed poison at j
Tenth and Jackson streets late Sat
lirrlav nio-ht Trip man was found Un
conscious by Patrolman Actofl, who !
determined to die. It concluded
"From one who died loving you
Lee." x
A second .note, written to his
brother, W M.' Hammond, 743
North Wilhite street. Cleburne, Tex.,
also was found in the man's pocket
It informed the brother that he had
packed his belongings in a suit
case, which he had checked at the
Union station.
The' police surgeon, after treat
ing Jackson, said that the man
would recover.
Fisherman Saves Scores
From, Drovming at Lhicaso
Chicago, Jan. 9. Gus ' Anderson, i serve in the forces protecting the
a fisherman of this city, is the holder j Union Pacific railroad in its final
of a unique record. He is the chani- stages of construction from depre
pion discoverer of lake victims hav- ' dahons by the Indians. During an
mg found more than 50 bodies dur- attack on the red men following a
ino-the 30 vears that he has been. i raid on a construction camp, Mr.
tUbing off the lake front.
He has orevented other would-be
suicides from carrying out their pur-
pose. He likes to tejf the story of
one would-be suicide who found the
take waters too cold and suddenly
.changed his mind
"Somebody help me he yelled,"
said Gus, with a note of disdain in
his voice. ' , .
"But I let him wait awhiK 'fore I
pulled out to get im.
iLi Q&EDies-
are hafy if "
their food is right
Since 1897 healthy
babies hove been
raised on v
J3cnle4if
EAGLE BRAND
Condensed Milk
It
Two Important
Steps Remain in
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Electoral Colleges to Take
Place Mondav -Certificates x
to Be Counted in Washing
ton February 9.
Wachino-tntr T QWhili. War
wasningtotr, lan. y. wnue war-
!ch state comprise the electoral col-
lege. They are equal in number to
the senators and representatives of
each state, v
They are required to meet in their
state capitols on the second Mon
day in January to cast their votes
in accordance with the wishes of
the voters who" elected them.
.. After organization. baTtotins: be
gins first for president and then for
! Jice President, tach elector votes
th? candidate for whom he was
vies president. Lach
elected to vote. When ballots are
counted, three certificates arc ore
pared and siened in each state. One
' a. . .1.' ! .J -P . , . T f
is sent to cne judge oi ine unueu
United
ectorsl
id ai
3ne ofS,
of the
Js.ta.tes district court of the electo
state; one is sent by mail and
other by messenger, usually one
the electors, to' the president
senate. V
These certificates will be opened N
by the vice, president, acting as
president of the senate, in the pres
ence of congress. This ceremony
will take place in "the house, Feb-
ruary 9.
hfltlfhtS KOh
Store of $1,200
. Customers and Clerks Held at
Bay While Holdups Loot
Cash Register.
Two armed, masked robbers
into the Beehive grocery, 3618 North
Thirtieth street, Saturday night
shortly after 8 and while one cov
ered the clerks and customers with
his revolver, his partner rifled the
rficl, l-AyietA sf 41 t icli .nil
i several cherts
H. Abrahamson, proprietor of the
store, was behind the counter near
the cash reg'ster when the robbers
entered. Before he had an oppor- I
tunity to warn his clerks or the cus- 1
tomers in the storei one of the ban- 3
dits covered him with a revolver. J
After the robbery Abrahamsonp-
notified police and the "cyclone.
souad." armed with shotguns and
riding in a high-powered automobile,
went to the scene, but the bandits
had escaped. Abrahamson said one
of the men had been in the store
earlier, in the evening.
1 1 Naval Seaplanes
Enroute to Panama
At Salina Cruz Bay
San Francisco, Jan. 9 Eleven
seaplanes of .the Pacific fleet, en-
route from San Diego to the Panama
canal, have arrived at Salina Cruz
Bay. iwexico, accoru.riK iu a muio
reportr to the naval wireless station
here,
San Diago, Cal., Jan. 9-A radio
message received via Galveston und
Washington accounted for 12 of the
14 planes in the expedition. The
officers said they believed the two
other planes probably had been deT
layed at Acapulco for repairs or
oycrhauls. .
Aged War Veteran Ohserves
His Ninety-First Birthday
Columbus, Neb.,. Jan. 9. (Spe
cial.) Harrv C. Bean, civil war vet
eran and nioneer of Platte county.
county. "
dent of
lst an-
st week.v
of Ger-
intry in x
. Um
said to be the oldest resident of
Columbus, celebrated the 91
niversary of his birthday last
Mr. Bean was a native
manv. rnmintr to this country
184S. He fnncrht throughout the
entire period of the civil war and
vv-vAminff from 1866 to 1869 to
was sent oy tne government
Bean' wai shot in the forehead, the
bullet still remaining imbedded in
his skull.
A package of LORNA DOOM I
Biscuit in the pantry means
many a shortbread treat for
the farpily. Tender, mealy,
and with just -enough rich
ness. Try them today.
NATIONAL' BISCUIT
COMPANY
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