THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 6, 1921.
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Unj
just Attacks
Made on Tax Bill,
Governor Says
Efforts to Mislead People and
Destroy Confidence in Re
vision Measure, Charged
In Statement.
Lincoln, April 5. (SpecialsEf
forts to mislead the people and de
stroy public confidence in Senate
File 65. the tax revision bill, before
the measure is given a trial, are com
ing from certain quarters of the
Mate, according to a statement issued
today by Governor S.- R. McKelvic.
In his statement, the governor
taltfl that his office is it! a near state
..I" siege, relative to the first step of
Mcbraska to attempt to revise its al-
Icged 'antieiiiatcd" tax system. This
same state of siege has been set up
around members of the lower house
who for two days have been flooded
with telegrams urging death of the
bill.
Governor IcKelvie declines to
take credit for the btll and in his
statement places it on the shoulders
of the committee on revenue and tax
ttion.
In Sympathy With Purposes.
"In some respects," the statement
roads, it departs from . my recom
mrndations regarding revenue legis
lation during this session, but I ain
prompt to say that I am in perfect
sympathy with the purposes of the
committee in its undertaking name
ly, the proper assessment of property
for purposes of taxation, the equali
sation of the tax burdens among the
people, and the efficient and economi
cal administration of the department
toi government having to do with this
ubiect.
"Meanwhile, I do not hestitate to
say that I deprecate the effort that
is being made in some quarters to
mislead the people regarding" the con
tents and the purposes of Senate
File No. 65. I am aware of the fact
that certain powerful interests are
attempting to destroy this measure
by breaking: down the public confi
dence in it before it has been given
a hearing, and I urge the people
not to be alarmed about this meas
ure until they have become fully in
formed regarding it.
Most Important Legislation.
"I consider this the most important
bit of legislation considered at this
session, and I knov those w;ho have
"had the matter in hand have worked
untiringly and constantly in an hon
est desire to evolve a bill that would
meet the requirements of just and
equitable taxation.
"Many of them are men joi large
property interests themselves, and
they would not think of imposing any
inequity among the people who bear
the principal tax burden. They are
entitled to the confidence and res
pect of the people of the state and
those who are not informed should
he most cautious in recommenda
tions in this matter least they find,
all to late, that they had been placed
in the attitude of "pulling the other
fellow's chestnuts out of the fire."
"If all hands will proceed withvan
honest desire to develop this legisla
tion without prejudice and with a
desire to deal equitably, there will be
no difficulty in arriving at an entire
ly amicable solution."
Hearing on Omaha Charter
Postponed by Committee
Lincoln. April S. (Special Tele
gramsThe hearing on the Omaha
charter w as postponed today by Rob
ert Drucscdow, chairman of the
house committee on cities and towns,
due to absence f George Dyball,
candidate for city commissioner at
the Omaha primary. '.Druesedow
stated the hcarijjg would be held
tomorrow. Dyball is- a member of
the cities and toijvns committee.
Road Materia .Supplies
Bill Advanced in House
Lincoln, Xeb., April 5. (Special.)
Whether counties shall purchase
road material supplies through the
state department of public works is
left to the option pf county boards
under a bill passed on third read
ing in the lower hduse today. The
original bill made purchase of sup
plies in excess of $200 mandatory
on county boards.
Contractors of Denver
Hire Non-Union Employes
Denver, Colo,, April 5. Building
contractors here today began em
ploying non-union workmen, follow
ing cessation of building operations
since March 31, dne-to the act-on of
the unions in refusing to accept a
wage reduction of 10 to 12 per cent.
Two thousand carpenters, bricklay
ers, paintcs, plasterers and lathers
are affected.
Soldier Bonus Bond Issue
Carries in Michigan Election
Detroit, April S. Passage of a
constitutional amendment providing
for a bond issue of $30,000,000 for a
state soldiers bonus and re-election
of all republican minor state officials
was indicated by returns late tonight
from the statewide, election today.
The bonus proposal was leading by
about three to one.
Count Hubert de Ganay Is
Wed to Senorita Dembermg
Paris, April S Count Hubert de
Ganay, son of Marquis de Ganay and
grandson of the Dowager Marquise
Ganay, who was formerly an Amer
ican, was united in marriage to Se
norita Rosite Dcmbermg, daughter
of Otton Dembermg, president of
the Argentine chamber of commerce
here yesterday.
Recheck of Votes Show
California Town "Blue"
.Pomona, Cal., April, 5. A recheck
today of votes cast in the municipal
election showed Pomona went "blue"
yesterday by S3 votes.. -The vote on
the ordinance providing all places of
amusement where . admission " is
charged should be closed on Sunday
was' 2,079 for and 2,026 against.
Revenue Law Passes
Lincoln. April 5. (Special.)
Senate File 65, the rewritten reve
nue law, was passed by the senate
today by a vote 'of 26 to 4 and now
goes to the house for consideration.
Grove's is the Only Genuine
LItlT BROMO QCININK tablets. Tht
first nI original Cold ind Grip Tablet.
tBm cure rou get S01O. 100.-0
Language Measure
Endorsed by House
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it the bill was the Siman law
strengthened, with teeth in it. The
vote follows:
For: Acton, Anderson- (Hamil
ton); Axttll, Barbour, bowman
Bvrum. Clube. Cole. Davis, Doug'
las, Downing, Epperson, Frantz,
Frost, Good. Goodrich, Gould,
Green, Gnswold, Hascall, iliiliarci'
Hoffmeister. Jacobs. Jeary, John
son, Kendall, Leftwich, Lundy,
Lynn, McFarland, MeKec, McClel
lan, McLeod, Medlar, Mellor,
Mickey, Morian, Mosley Murphy,
Palmer, Park, Perkins, Peterson,
Randall, Reed, Renekcr, Robertson,
Rodman, Sandquist, Snow, Som
merlad. Staats. Strong. Sturde-
vant, Thompson. Ullstrom, Wal
lace, Webster, Williams, Wolfe,
Wood. Yeiser, Anderson (speaker.)
Against: Anderson, (Knox);
Armstrong, Beans, Beckman, Beh
rens, Bock, Druesedow, Dysart, Es-satn-
Foster, Franklin, Gifford, Gil
more. Hakanson, Hanner, Hoare,
Lauritsen. Mears, Miner. 'Nelson,
Niewcdde, Nutzman, O'Gara, Rank,
Ruddy, Smith, Sprick, Vance, Vo
taw, Westerhoff, Young.
Company Appeals Tax
Exemption Decision
Lincoln, April 5. (Special.) The
Peters Trust company of Omaha has
filed its brief on appeal to the Ne
braska supreme court from the de
cree in the Douglas county district
court denying the company the
right to deduct nearly $500,000 in
government bonds and real estate
mortgages from its capital stock of
$600,000 reported for 1919 taxation.
The company claimed exemption
on $40,900 in Liberty bonds and
$25,000 in joint stock land bank
bonds because the federal govern
ment provided they should be tax
free, and from $370,000 in real estate
mortgages, because the mortgages
were already paying taxes.
McKclvie's Tax
Measure Passed
On Third Reading
Only Four Dissenting Votes in
Senate; 17 Other Bills
Advanced in Upper
House. "
Lincoln, Neb., April 5. (Special.)
The senate put 18 bills through on
third reading today, including Sen
ate File 65, the revenue revision
measure of the present session."
Only four votes were recorded in
opposition to the bill, including
Hoagland, Humphrey, Ulrich and
Wiltse. Hoagland read a long ex
planation of his vote into the rec
ord; in' which he scored the reven
ue measure as an attack on three
constitutional guarantees. Governor
McKelvie had previously given out
an explanation of the bill.
A resolution was introduced in the
senate this afternoon empowering the
senate committee on revenue and tax
ation to subpoena witnesses to inves
tigate the source of misinformation
being spread in the state regarding
the provisions of the revenue mea
sure. Under the rules it went over
a day.
The resulution is aimed at those
who would destroy this important
niece of legislation without even giv
ing it a hearing before the people.
Other Measures .Passed.
Other measures passed by the sen
ate today arc:
H. K. 5U1 BUI to protect fur
nishers of linen.
H. R. 288 Abolishes fees for birth
and death certificates.
H. R. 56 Procedure by which ir
rigation districts can sell realty.
H. K. 432 Permits Latta estate in
Burt county to mortgage realty.
H. R. 257 Justice of the peace in
voting precincts ot 1,000.
S. F. 91 Revised paternity bill.
H. R. 284 City engineers in
towns of second-class to make con
tract estimates.
H. R. 130 Levy for agricultural
societies in counties.
H. R. 19) Limits inheritance tax
lien to "property inherited.
H. R. 313 Permits county treas
urers to retain city and town levies.
Expense Accounts.
S. F. 211 Requires candidates for
office to file expense account 10 days
before election. ,
H. R. 572 Townships liablefor
backwater damages in road work'.
II. R. 311 Records intact in va
cant county offices.
" H. R. 395 Permits Spanish and
World war veterans to be encum
bents of state soldiers' homes.
H. R. 406 Episcopal church in
corporation. H. R. 137 Limits resurvcy to
unit in original survey.
H. R, 493 County treasurers to
remit months and make final settle
ment in July instead of February.
Report in Favor of
Legalizing Science
Practice Expected
Lincoln. April 5. (SpeciaLI In
dications tonight pointed to recom
mendation for passage tomorrow of
Senate File 108, legalizing the prac
tice of Christian Science in' Nebras
ka. Members forecasted this action
following a vofe today on an amend
ment by Representative Byrtim of
Franklin, which would place scien
tists under the general health law
of Nebraska. The amendment failed
to carry.
Representatives Epperson, Byrum,
Rodman and Williams formed chief
opposition to the bill on the ground
that its passage "put prayer on a
commercial basis." Friends of the
bill, Foster of Omaha, Lynn of Ce
dar, and others declared no one had
the right to tamper with religious
beliefs of people. After voting on
the Byrum amendment the house ad
journed before action was taken on
the bill.
Can Dead Woman
Be Church Head?
Court Asked to Rule That
Mary Baker Eddy is Still
Active Officer.
Boston' April 5. The question
whether Mrs. Mary Bake,r Eddy,
founder of the Christian Science
church, who died in 1910, is still an
active officer of the church was
raised today for the courts, to de
cide. Edwin A. Krauthoff of Washing
ton appearing at a hearing in the
supreme court in one of the several
phases of litigation involving the
present government of the church,
asked for an injunction to restrain
any revision of the manual. He said
he desired a declaration by the
court that Mrs. Eddy, its founder
and the author of the manual, is an
active officer of the church just as
much as the board of directors are
active officers.
Judge Braley remarked that he
did not see how such a condition
could possibly exist.
The doctrines of the church and
admissions by church officers, Mr.
Krauthoff contended, will prove it.
Ihe judge denied the motion tor
a temporary injunction, but indicat
ed that he would refer the question
for fuller consideration to Former
Judge Frederic Dodge as master
Mr. Krauthoff then requested that
Judge Dodge be required to pass
on the status of Mrs. Eddy and
Judge Braley said he would con
sider that question on Friday.
The proceedings today were in
connection with the efforts of John
V. Diftemore, who was ousted by
the board of directors from that
body, to prevent omission of his
name as an officer of the church
from a forthcoming new edition of
the manual. It was agreed between
counsel by stipulation that his name
should not be removed for the pres
ent.
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the Versailles treaty must be reject
ed as impractical, particularly from
the viewpoint of carrying out what
American people to disentangle the
United States from the affairs of Eu
is regarded as the mandate of the
rope. ' ,
Hughes Favors Treaty.
Secretary Hughes is reported to
have expressed views opposed to the
adoption of the Knox resolution and
in favor of Tatifying the Versailles
treaty in a revised form,' but to have
indicated that if the president decideti
otherwise he would accept the deci
sion in conformity with the under
standing on which he entered the
cabinet. That understanding was that
while he was to speak for the State
department, as Mr, Harding said in
Florida, the president would shape
the policies to be followed.
Senator New of Indiana, a mem
ber of the foreign relations commit
tee, is being consulted frequently by
the president, with whom he enjoys
the closest relations. '
Senator Knox was in conference
with President Harding for two
hours again today, giving rise o be
lief that Mr, Harding was consulting
him in the preparation of his mes
sage to congress to be delivered Mon
day. Mr. Knox declined to discuss
the conference, but it is kiunui that
there has been no alteration of his
plan to introduce his peace -vsolu-tion
as soon as congress recorvcucs.
Working in Harmon.
Upon his return to the capitol,
Senator K:iox conferred with Repre
sentative Porter of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the house foreign af
fairs committee. Mr. Porter felt
certain that the president and Sen
ator Knox were working in complete
harmony in the peace-making pro
gram and announced that he would
introduce the Knox resolution in the
house just as soon as it assembled
next Monday. It was possible, he
said, that some modifications would
be made.
Many interesting bits of informa
tion came to light today out of the
dinner given by Senator McCcrmick
of Illinois last night in honor of M.
Viviani, envoy extraordinary oi the
French government. Any lingering
notion that M. Viviani may lave had
that the United States senate might
be induced to ratify the treaty with
proper reservations must have been
removed from his mind by tie ex
pressions, of members of the foreign
relations cennnittee who attended the
dinner. The French statesman Jeft
the dinner thoroughly convinced, ap
parently, that there was no imiger
any hope of luring the United States
into the league of nations or the
treaty proper.
Viviani Hears Views
In vain did the former French pre
mier endeavor to persuade senators
that the proposed Knox peace resolu
tion should contain a declaration
specifically stating that1 the United
States stood ready to go to the aid
of France in case of a new war with
Germany. Senators told him that
the United States would declare a
general policy, remaining free to go
to the aid of any nation or group of
nations when the civilization of the
world was again menaced. They
pointed out to him that a hundred
vears ago a French emperor named
Napoleon had tried to conquer the
world and that history had been
known to repeat itself. They wanted
the United States entirely free to
throw its power and influence, upon
the side it deemed just, they told M.
Viviani.
Stepliane Lauzantie, the French
editor, who accompanied M. Viviani
and acted as his interpreter, told the
senators that the two things feared
and respected most by the French
people ' were God and the United
States senate.
"And just now they seem to fear
and respect the senate perhaps a little
more because it is on the earth," he
said
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Silk Gloves
Are Washable
Fowne's and Kayser wrist
length silk gloves in gray,
mastic, navy, . black and
white are $1.75 to $2.75
a pair.
From Table to Table
Embroidery
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Lessons daily, 10 to 12
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Artneedlework Second Floor
Sand Colored
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Newer than gray and very
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$13 a pair.
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At least the visitors to
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late.
There is a table of
Irish dimities, sheer
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some daintily sprigged
with rosebuds, others
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terned by a fern-like
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There are Egyptian
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There are ginghams
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Fashion favors linens,
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surely the selection of
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Dotted Swisses and im
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Fine Qualities. Fairly Priced
Wash Goods Second Floor
RIc5TOBAQi& Wash Suits for Boys
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Oliver Twist and middy suits in several styles,
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