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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1921. Amendment To Taxation Bill Fails in Senate Sections of Measure Giving State Commissioner Power j To Reassess Property in j County Approved. j Lincoln, March '29. (Special. ) j Administration torces scored a deci sive victory in Ihe senate this morn ing on the initial test of strength over the taxation bill, S. F, No. 65, one of the principal measures before the legislature.. , Senator Hoagland. ot Lincoln tounty, who led the. fight against cen tralization of taxation authority, was null, kki juuaili vwin milt n j.tv. nosed amendment but seven votes. The original bill had 2i supporters. The seven voting to give local officials 'complete autKo'rilty in taxa tion matters were Koagland, Hum phrey of Hall, Rohb'ins. Saundcr-s Cooper artd Davis the entire Doug-la.-! county delegation. The three sections to which op position had been raised were duly approved. They permitted the state tax commissioner at any time with in six months to order a reassess ment of any individual property with in the county. Amendment Extends Power, j The opposition took the ground that the state authorities could go no further than to equalize between the counties, but the Jloagland amend ment conceded to the tax commis sioner the unlimjied authoritv to ferret out any individual cases of taxes omitted from the assessment roll. "If the advocates ot the bill, as they say, are insisting on these pro visions to unearth concealed intan gibles in moneyed centers, my bill gives the tax commissioner far mere leeway," .Senator Hoagland declared. I he" senator saw m the committee bill an attack on local self-government, and a centralization he likened to the rule of the kaiser in Ger many. Nineteen Pages Read. Nineteen of the 72 pages of the bill had been read up to noon. The senate recessed to 2 p. m., with the intention of taking the bill ur again. The power conferred by the bill on the state tax assessor to remove a county or precinct assessor for the infraction of any of his rules or instructions was the subject of an other attack by Senator Walter Hoagland, when the measure was further Considered in the committee of the whole this afternoon. The aggrieved assessor has no ap peal to court "in the law, and his only recourse is to the state board of equalization, which is, in effect, the body that removes him through the tax assessor, the senator said. The committee of the whole list ened' to the, reading of pages 19 to 52 during the afternoon, a large part of which was the old law rela tive to railroad property assess ment?. ...... Voices Complaint. Having been defeated in his at .Jaclico ihitl1brity 6f' the tax com-'' mis$ioner to 'go into each county and jrd specific reassessments. Sena tor jHoagla-id voiced aJjr'' -a - .-perfunctory complaint against .assess ing ;s tangible property the gross sales of several classes of .business, which, in the bill, arc definea as "average capital." These include eream and produce, hay.graiti". coal, rrovie films, sugar factories, oil and gasoline. On the suggestion of Senator Wiltse of Richardson, the revenue committee proposed to add live stock dealers in another section. Since these businesses' are taxed on gross husiness, Senator Moag lang argued that the railroads might as justly be taxed on the same ba :3. Tn this case, the Union Pacific's recent famine; wprc wprf 5 rpr cent on" $200,000,, a mile, while . the company was assessed for taxation in Nebraska only $20,000 a niije. Rail Property Tangible. Senator Norval for the commit tee explained that railroad property was tangible and easily reached for assessment, while the capital the only assessable element in the class es of business especially dealt with could only be determined from , gross sales made. While Senator Hoagland had bee'i arguing that the gross sales were in unfair basis for taxation as tangible property, he explained in the' after noon that he had been informed tlvit county assessors had been instructed to take gross sales ind divide them by the arbitrary figure ."36" to get the "average capital." He said the proposed law mads gross sales the basis and he wanted ti know where this arbitrary figure came from and why it was rot made a part of the law. The committee agreed to take the question under consideration. Mysterious "36" Explained. No explanation of the mystcnu'.!., "36" was made on the senate floor; but Tax Commissioner V. I I. O: -borne, jr., privately offered this ex planation: Experience has proven that the grain dealer turns over his capital . hr times a month on an averse. Hi gross sales for a year, therefore, divided by 36, represents his average ' capital. This figure. has. been tak-.-n in the past in Nebraska for assessing .grain dealers .;f To. the old wwasses.sing grain -men is added in the .new. bill the other classes of business to. be dealt with in the same way. ' However, .'.tudies will be made of the otbpr .classes to determine the average turnover-, arcl each class will have itsseparate di visor, y.'.'.A V When the revenue.- and taxation committee sought'! to introduce this morning a subsection to, section 24 of the bill, to tit-cream, and produce stations on '-thetullvgrpss value of their annual , sales', -or'-averaRe capi tal," Senator,!. Hoagland, arose again to point a warning finger, and indi cated his intention of demanding a record vote, i . - . . A small agent mightjiave $1,000 invested in such-a business and rr.ade a small commission on sales of $100.- 000 during the year. Yet he woulJ be taxed on a business valued it $100,000, he wid. :-,' The rerenue.comm.itlce. on motion To Core a Cold in One Day - "rk OKOVK'B Laiv BROMO IJVIXIVR rmblat. Th (r-nuir. bar th urq&tur of K. W. Ott. J you t' BROMO.) 50c. Women Lawyers HELEN M'CORMICK The woman attorney, but a few years ago a novelty, has proven herself a success in the courts of the country. Numbered in the fast growing list of Portias is Miss Helen McCormick. deputy assist ant district attorney of Brooklyn. N. V. Though still in her twen ties. Miss McCormick has had much law experience and was ihe first woman district attorney in New York state. of Chairman Anderson, got this sec tion put over until afternoon, o the committee would consider it at noon. "Senator Anderson said the amend ment had been proposed by Chair man Williams of the house revenue committee, and the senate committee had not vet studied it. John Burroughs Dies In Berth on Pullman i Continued From Page One.) went to Washington with something of an inclination to enlist in the union army, but lie decided to seek a gov ernment office. It is related that with only a few of his poems as credentials he walked info the Treas ury department and asked for a job. It was agreed that his vernal verses really smelt of the woods and srriacked of sincerity. He would be a safe man to watch the treasury vaults. He agreed to take the place. At a little desk, facing the huge iron vault where he kept tabs on those who went to handle the $50,000,000 stored there, he began writing of the birs, to relieve his homesickness. The result was his first book. "Wake Robin." i Some years later, after work as a treasury clerk and a national bank examiner, had netted him some sav ings, he bought a few acres at West Park, on the Hudson .where among the loaded trellises of a vineyard he found ""more pleasure than in the closets of greenbacks." There he re newed his emotional intercourse with nature, building a real house over looking the river just above Pough keepsie. . When rural civilization pressed a little close about him, he built his "Slabsides" cabin a mile or two back -in the woods. : Took-Life Easily. He did not go at his studies with the set determination of an herbalist, but took .life easily, and wrote breezily when the spirit moved him of the secrets of nature. He never made much of the discovery of new species, and nothing of cataloguing, but delighted in finding for himself and revealing to others the charms of close contact with the birds, bees and flowers. The essence of his philosophy was always bright, in agreement with Browning, that "All's well with the world." The titles of' his books included "Winter Sunshine," "Locusts and Wild Honey," "Fresh Fields." "in door Studies," "Birds and Poets," "Signs and Seasons," ''The Light of Day Religious Discussions from the Standpoint of the Naturalist," "Lit erary Values," and "Ways of Na ture. He was a friend of Walt Mason and one of his hooks -was an appreciation of him. He was al so a boon companion of Theodore Roosevelt in nature studies. Friend of Roosevelt. During Colonel Roosevelt's oc casional clashes with "nature tak ers" and those who charged n:ih with brutal instincts in his hunting trips, die venerable Burroughs al ways came to the colonel's defense. With John Muir. the naturalist of the west, Burroughs once toured the canyons and collaborated with Muir in a "Study of Our National Parks." "Riverby" and "Slabsides," Bur roughs' retreats on the Hudson, be came shrines for his many admirers, and those who made pilgrimnlage'; there were invariably received in the most democratic fashion by the cele brated naturalist. , , . On his.. 75th birthday he - said, "growing old is a kind of letting go.' The morning has its delights and its enticements, the noon has its tri umphs .and satisfactions, but there is a charm and a tranquility and a spiritual uplift about the close of the day that belong to neither." Enos Mills Declares World Has Lost Really Great Man Estes Park. Colo., March 29. Enos J. Mills in his home at Long's Peak inn, when informed by The As sociated Press of the death of Mr. Burroughs, said America and the world had lost one of its greatest naturalists. "My personal loss in .he death of a dear friend is over shadowed by the loss to humanity," said Mr. Mills, himself one of the most widely known naturalists in America. "Mr. Burroughs and John Muir have succeeded better than any other men in interpreting the story of na ture so that all may read and under stand." .Mr. Mills added. "They made the birds, the bees and the ani mals actually live for all of us." Mr, Mills visited Mr. Burroughs at his home in West Park, Ulster county, N, Y., and in California sev eral times and Mr. Burroughs was Mr. Mills' guest in Denver eight years ago. Crawford Principal New Superintendent of School Crawford. Neb, March 29 (Spe cial.) E. E. Engleman, who has been principal of the Crawford High school the last year, has been elected superintendent of the Craw ford schools for the coming vear, to .succeed V. H. DeBoll. Helen. WCotwch Bill Regulates , Hotek and Guests ! Measure Fixes Liability ! Proprietor for Guest's ! Valuables at $300. Lincoln, March 29. (Special. ) The following regulations embodied in a bill recommended for passage in flip lower house todav were placed on Nebraska hotels and hotel cuests Maximum liability of proprietor for valuables left in room by guests, $300. Maximum liability of proprietor on contents of trunk lost or de stroyed, $150, the same as a rail road's liability. Maximum liability ot proprietor on contents of grip. $50. Maximum liability of proprietor on ordinary package lost, $10. Guest who "skips" hotel bill liabie to $100 fine. Proprietor forced to post tire's in rooms giving rates for one or more occupants. ' .. The lower house refused to" ac cept an amendment by Douglas' of Polk, which would force the hotel proprietor to rent a room for a strictly 24-hour day. Medlar of Omaha led the fight on this amend ment and showed that such a law would enforce a hardship on the traveling public because under the present system a hotel day was fixed by hotels in accordance with the arrival and departure-of trains, i Medlar, who is secretary of 'he Mid-West Hotel association and publisher of a hotel periodica1, fought the rate posting ; schedule . clause without success. r:n d:ii p R,,1. Right to Form Trust Firms Lincoln, March 29. (Special.) I Nebraska bankers met thier first re j buff in the lower house today when a bill, introduced by Representative Ben Mickey, empowering banks to organize and and conduct a trust company, came up for consideration. Representatives Wallace, a farmer, Griswold, a banker, and Frantz, a banker, fought the bill, claiming banks should stay out of the trust company business. Mickey, also a banker, said he didn't give a "whoop" what the house did with the bill. . "I introduced ir on request," Mickey said. The house killed the bill. Vacancies in Chautauqua Body Officers are Filled Tecumseh. Neb., 1 March ' 29. (Special.) The Tecumseh Chautau qua association elected two new of ficers for the coming year to fill the vacancies caused by resignations of Dr. C. W. Graff, president, who moved to University Place, and F. A. Guy, secretary, who has gone to St. Louis. Walter P. Campbell was elected president and Lloyd Halsteai was named as secretary. Contracts for talent for the 1921 chautauq'ua have been let, the society to get the best list of the Redpath- Horner bureau for seven dav-. ami to buy independently for one a an eight-day program .: will be. hejd. The date is set for early iti August. Herbon andHubbell Girls Win Comity Spelling Match Hebron?" NeV,' March 29. (Spe cial.) Frieda Heusr of Hebron and Prudence Wittiof Hubbell won first places ,in the rojmty spelling con test arid will represent Thayer county in the interstate spelling match to be held at ayne in April. , Twenty-four, contestants entered and 1.000 words were pronounced, the match requiring from 1:45 to' S:30 to determine the winners. Meeting to Organize Calf . Club is Held at Geneva . Geneva. Neb., March 29. (Spe cial.) A meeting to organize a calt club was held in the school house of District 09. An address was made by Len J. Davis of Geneva on dairy ing and calf clubs. J. L. Thomas, county agent, and Lee Thomas, cluo leaders of Fillmore county, also spoke. House Favors Measure to Standardize Car Lenses ; Lincoln. March. 29. (Special.) The lower house this afternoon re commended for passage a bill re quiring that all motor car headlights must be equipped with standard lense, to be approved by the De partment of Public Works. Our Entire Stock of Columbia Grafonolas At $35 to $100 Reduction i . . .. ; - .v If L few these You sa-e S35 on this style. It is the famous E-2 model the favorite in thousands of Omaha homes. Formerly gold at 1120 Now $85 Schmoller 1514-16-18 Dodge St. NEBRASKA'S OLDEST AND LARGEST PIANO HOUSE. I Harding to Investigate Condmonof Rdroads (( obtlnufd From Pa Oo.) f i.thc traffic would bear. Railroad of f ' t'icials generally hold this same view. ! believing that the high freight rates i I actually retard the movement of commodities. There is no thought I of any further increase in rates. Organized laoor, in opposing any reduction in wages, has accused the railroads' management of needless expenditures in making contracts for the repair ot locomotives ana equip- j ment in outside shops and other wavs. In planning an investigation by the senate, Senator Cummins of Iowa has intimated that the president .shall be informed as to the truth of the charges made by organized labor. "The whole question simply is one of operating costs," said Mr. Cum mins tonight. "Rates cannot go high er. Expenses must come down. The railroads obtained revenues to the amount of $6,250,000,000 during the past year. That was the greatest in their history. The report show also, they hauled the greatest vol ume of traffic and the largest number of passengers in their his tory. Thev spent all of it except S1O.000.000, or about one-fifteenth of 1 per cent, which is a negligible per centage of return. "The American people cannot be expected to pay a higher transporta tion charge. The expense account is too big." House Refuses Hike . j In County Judges Pay Lincoln, March 29. (Special Tele gram) For the second time the lower house today absolutely re fused to sanction a hike in salaries of county judges inserted in House Roll No. "0 by the senate. Th first time the house refused to eon. cur in the senate amendments. Con ference committees from the house and senate were appointed and the house committee returned with a few deputies for county judges. In some counties it refused to lower the sal aries of the county judges. The house promptly voted down the motion to accept the conference committees' report and another conference com mittee must be appointed. Community Club at Graf Erecting Cement Building j 1 ecumseh. .Neb., .March 29. ( Special.) The Community cliib at Graf, this county, has let the con tract for a two-story cement block building in that town. T. J. Buck ley of Tecumseh was given the con tract, with the cement work to be done by Xeim & Co. of this city. The new building is to be 40 by 70 feet. The lower floor will be used bv Ernest Fesenbek s a ga rage. The second floor will house the headquarters of the Community club and be used for the general hail purposes of the town. Work will begin at once. At Elk Creek, this county, a good hall has been provided in a new building constructed by the Ameri can Legion post. Election of Officers-Held By Kearney Post of T. P. A. Kearney. Neb. -March 29. ("Spe cial. ) Members,, of--Post K., Trav elers Projective ' " association. f held their) annual banquet and electron '-'of officers, 52 being oresent. Clarke Thomas was named head of the post. Other officers are: H. A. Webbert, secretary-treasurer; F. B. Hardest and Warren Sherer.- vice presidents;, T. R. Morris, E. I. Gildner, Carl Schmidt. Jerrv Watkins, Henry Schultz. Bert Calhoun, D. A. Mar tindale, Bert Soules . and Warren Sherer. delegates to the state conven tion. The board of directors is com oosed of L. M. St. John. K. R. Brown, Carl Schmidt, Emil Soder quist and J. R. Morris. Woman's Auxiliary Lejrion Post Formed at Beatrice i Beatrice. Neb., March 29. (Spe cial.) The woman's auxiliary to Bit- ting-Norman post, American Legion. , has been organized here with a! membership of 75 These officers were elected: president. Mrs. T. E, t Lang: vice president, Mrs. C. Roth- enljerger: secretary, Mrs. Willhm Kilpatrick, jr.,; treasurer, Mrs. Glen Howard: pres,s correspondent, Mrs. Goldie Norman Brandt Fish Pond Item Favored Lincoln. Neb., March 29. (Spe- j cial.) A ?2.000 appropriation to pro- i vide a state fish pond near Peru j was recommended today for passage bv the lower house. This is your opportunity to purchase a brand new Columbia Grafonola'at a saving of $35 to $100, and on our same liberal terms of $1 down. There is no reason for any home to be without a Grafonola. Your credit is good with us. Call tomorrow, select and Dav for a records, and we will deliver one beautiful instruments to your home. juioerty bob as Accepted same a3 Cash. Remember Our Terms $1.00 Down 2,000 Columbia.Blue Label Records Former price $1.00 late song and Instrumental hits by the world's foremost artletB, 130' re tired numbers to select from. Come In and bear them. SPECIAL SALE PRICE 59c 6? Mueller Piano Co. Committee Named to Probe Expenditure Of Child Welfare Item Lincoln. March 29. (Special Tele gram.) The lower house voted 1 1 day to appoint a committee to in vestigate the expenditure of the $lt;. 000 appropriation of the last legis lature for carrying on a child wel fare investigation with a view of submitting its findings to the present legislature along with the legislation tending to correct any evils in pres ent child welfare statutes. A resolution calling for investiga tion was introduced by Representa tive Anderson of Hamilton, who de clared such an investigation should properly follow charges made on the. floor of the housq, during debate on the motion picture censorship bill, that a part of the money had been expended in issuing propaganda and rallying political pressure on legis lators to push the censorship bill and other bills through the legislature. Hamiton voted for the censorship bill and he declared that he knew the children's code commission desired an investigation of the charges. Members of the committee appoint ed are: Anderson. Rodman, Me Clellan. Snow and Good. Girl, Who Sent Man to Prison for Assault, Retracts Testimony Scottsbluff, Neb., March 29. (Special Telegram.) Marie Daw kins, whose testimony against Jack Guyton resulted in his sentence to six years in the penitentiary on the charge of assaulting her at the Lin coln hotel, January 15, signed an af fidavit completely repudiating her testimony, last Saturday in Denver. The affidavit has been filed in district court with a motion that it be made a part of the records on the appeal of the case to the supreme court. 1 The girl not only denies that Guy ton forcibly assaulted her, but de clared that she went willingly to his room in the hotel and remained there willingly. She declares that during the trial she was kept vir tually a prisoner at, her home, her windows being nailed 'shut, and that she was told what to say on the stand. R. T. Vork, who assisted the state in the prosecution, said today that "the matter will be sifted to the bot tom," hut that he placed little faith in th affidavit. Three Important Bills Placed on General File Lincoln, Neb., March 29. (Spe cial.) More or less important bills placed on. general file by the house sifting committer Friday arc; Senate File No. 137 Forjpicts aliens to carry firearms. Senate File No. 114' Administra tion farm warehouse, bill. Senate File No. '254--Provides '.0 per cent butterfat in ice cream. Named Superintendent Loup City, Neb., March 29 (Spe cial.) Supt. Fred D. Schneider, who has had charge of the Cedar Rapids school for the last three years, has been elected to headthe Lpup City I schools for next ycac. ata higher salary. '?V ! No cigarette has the same delicious flavor as Lucky Strike. Because It's toasted LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTE of You save $100 on this model. It is the L-2, the moat beautiful of all Grafonolas. Equip ped with the exclusive Columbia- features. For mer price $275 Now $175 ' Phone Doug. 1823. ESTABLISHED. 1SM. 1 ' 'V' Flavor New Woman Found ! In Stillman Suit i tt ODtmiifiJ from Vnfe On.) cd bv the court to protect the in terests of Guy in the Stillman scan dal, in his first public statement to day declared he could, and would, prove Mr. Stillman to be the father of Guy. Will Prove Claims. "At the proper time," said Mr. Mack, "we are prepared to prove by competent evidence that James A. Stillman is the father of Guy Stillman. We will prove that Mr. j Stillman lived with the defendant, ) Anne U. Stillman, as man and wife, for the nine months preceding the birth of the boy. "We will prove this beyond a reasonable doubt with other thin members of the Stillman family ami servants of the Stillman household. We will show that the claims Mr. Stillman sets forth in his divorce complaint regarding the child have no basis in fact." A decision by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser, on the amount of alimony and counsel fees Mr. Stillman must pay. Mrs. Stillman. pending determination of his suit for divorce and his charge that Guy is illegitimate is expected soon. This was indicated when it was learned that the justice, putting in from 12 to IS hours a day at the i task, has nearly completed his opin ion in this phase of . the contest Threats Will Not Deter j Woman in Race for Mayor Beatrice, Neb., March '29. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Morris Jones, candidate for mayor of Wymore, who received a threatening letter last week, re questing her to withdraw under threat of personal voilence, an nounces that she will remain in the III iT III ii i.. f ii hi HI in III l. ' i ! , mi inaKc a. misuiKB. vvrcmg selections ig I are never approved in this store. II III II "Building Boys Is Better Than Mending Men" A Subscription to the Y. M. C. A. I An Invetment in Young Manhood. race to the end. Oificers are work- iug on the case to appiehetid the j author of the letter. i Three Tickets in Field i For Chanpcll Election Chappel. Neb., March J'.-t Spe cial.) The following tickets for the city election were chosen at the cau cuses here: Citizens partv for couiicilmen, M. P. Jensen, A. E. Ross. C. M. Emp son and A. Newman; library board, 'Judge Busse. Progressive partv for couiicilmen, J. A. Barnes, R. F McGrale. F. A. Talbot and J. G. McCormick. i Conservative taxpayers' party t for couiicilmen, Dr. v. C. Colman, j Dr. M. E. Patty, R. J. Conner and , A. G. Newmann. Academy of Science Will ' Hold Meeting at Lincoln The Nebraska Academy of Science will hold its 31st annual meeting in Bessey hall at the state university in Lincoln, April 1 and 2. Over -10 papers and addressed, divided into three main classes, will be presented at the meeting. The three divisions are: Earth sciences, physical sciences and bot any. The annual dinner will be held in Ellen Smith hall at 6:15 the eve ning of April 1. Dr. Elda R. Wal lier. president of the association, will deliver an address. Davenport Section Hand Ends Life With Shotguu Davenport. Neb., March 29. (Spe cial.) Rert Bassett, 46, a section hand, ended his life with a shotgun. A crotched stick was used to dis charge the gun. and the charge en tered his head behind the right ear. He had lived here less' than a vea' and is survived by a wife and four children. A COMFORTING thought to those who like to have assist' a nee in choosing their apparel is that they will not only be guided and influenced toward correct fashions, but it wfH be impossible for thera to Two Carleton State Banks Consolidate Fairburv, Neb. March 29. (Spe- J rial.) The C itizens State bank of j Carleton and the Carleton State , bank have been consolidated and ' are now operating under the name 1 of the Citizens State bank of Carle I ton, with G. II. Wrightsman, pres l ident, and A. E. Patrick, cashier. The new bank has a capital of $25. ! 000 and deposits of $.100,000. W. II. Dick, jr., vice president of the Citizens State bank, will remain : with the new organization. C. A ! ! lames cashier, will go to Republic. : Kan., to fill a similar position. Luther Romham and J. O. Evans 1 of the Firsf National bank of Fa'f- bury owned a controlling interest i in the Citizens State bank and sold : a portion of their stock, retaininu , an interest and remaining on th board of directors. Head (f State Schools to Make Address at Alliance Lodgepole, Neb.. March 29. (Spc ' cial.) State Superintendent of Schools John M. Matzen, and D?. Charles Fordyce and Prof. Lida R. Earhart, both of the suite imiversitj, will deliver addresses at the tear'i ers' meeting in Alliance this wed. end. Dr. Hugh S. Magill, sccretarv of the N. E. A., also is expected to be present from Washington, D. I", ! Fanners of One County Lose $1,000 in Stock Ventures i ' Lodgepole, Neb., March 29. I Special.) it is estimated that larm iers of this county spent near a $1, . (100.000 last year in various kinds of I worthless stocks. The Cheyenre j county farm bureau will endeavor to protect them against a repetition of the experience.
