THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 11. 1921.
Adjournment of
Legislature is
Strongly Urged
Fate of Revenue Bill Hangs
On Derision of House Mem
bers Some Urge Spe
cial Session.
Lincoln, April 10 (Special.)
With patriotism waning as pay
cheeks cease to come, with weeds
, growing in the field and with their
f fiolitical future in jeopardy because of
S, V. Xo. 65, lower house members
were clamoring today (or early ad
journment without passing the taxa
tion bill.
The heaviest pressure of the ses
sion is being brought to hear on
members to kill this bill. Corpora
tions whose purses will be affected
by the inlannihle property tax are
using every influence known to them
to keep the bill from passage.
The legislators are in a "damned
if ou do and damned if you don't"
position. All admit the taxation sys
tem of Nebraska now in vogue is
behind the times. An operation is
necessary to put it in shape. And
all operations are painful.
Urges Special Session.
Representative H. L. Webster of
Burt is proposing that the legisla
ture adjourn with an understanding
that Governor McKelvie will cail
special session in the fall for the
purpose of putting a new tax law
into effect. Meantime, according to
the Webster propaganda, a commis
sion of experts will be put to work,
ferreting out an equitable tax and
before the special session a report
from these experts will be returned
and a taxation bill will result.
Another proposition is to kill Sen
ate File 65 and adjourn without any
understanding relative to A special
session and leave the "buck" with
Governor McKelvie. If lie wants to
rail a special session, well and good.
If not, let Nebraska fumble along
without a new taxation law for an
other two years.
Some Fayor Bill.
Other members," however, believe.
that ;when the house committee On
revenue and taxation turns in its re
portion Senate File 65, a: good bill
will be presented for consideration
and it is no more than right for
the present legislature to stand by
and faeo fJm" mttiic " '
The : senate; and" house committed
have studretr the taxation bill' for
three months., . Successful , business
men are on the committee and many
members are. willing- to-abide by the
bill which Jt presents, to the lower
house' for consideration. ': .
Omaha Judge Exacts
Largest Appeal Bond
The largest appeal bond ever de
manded, by ,a .federal court judge in
Omahji Wis made Saturday night
wnen (.attorney representing Morr.i
Lonergani South Side, were forced
to Put-.t)iv-SO.00ft sretriertv- bond:
to freeeirrdi4mt,frointhe ounfefc i-hfchrVM'rtMte April in Yh &. west
jail. . ;'l m between North 'Iplatte, and Has
i-i.icif;4u wag arriUKUfU lO reuerati
ccirt before .Tudgfc Woodrottgh FnV
day and.tonvicted' by a jury of we
theft of Sfcc automobile tires frpm a'fy
interstate shipment. He was sen
tenced to 10 years in Fort Leaven
worth, or a fine of $5,000. and his
appeal bond fixed at $25.000.. The
bond was doubled lattr because of
the past criminal record of Lonergirt,
federal officers said. '
Two Wireless Receiving Sets
- - Asked by Radio Men
London, April Q. The Associa
tion of Wireless Telegraphists issues
demand lor the .increase of meth
ods for securing safety at sea. "
It is suggested that in order to
carry 6ut the provisions of the Inter
national Radiographic convention in
London it is necessary that two sepa
rate receiving; installations be pro
vided on liners doing special work,
one for continuou 600 -metres watch
and one for press schedules or special
receptions.
It is said that often the wireless is
working on press news for six hours
continuously, giving ample time for a
ship in distress to founder without
any of its calls for Help-being heard
by ships in the vicinity.
Research Club at Stella
Holds Annual "Guest Day"
Sutton, Neb., X'pril 10. (Special.)
The Ladies Research club of Stel
la observed its annual "Guest day"
with more than- 60 women present.
Mr. John Slaker of Hastings, presi
dent of the Nebraska, Federation of
Women's clubs, was the principal
speaker. Mrs. W. L, Morrill of Ster
ling, retiring,' vice president of the
First district, and Mrs. H. ', S.
Grimes, president of the Monday
Evening club of Sterling, also spoke.
Members of the Wistaria Study club,
a county organization, were guests.
' Mrs. Slaker explained the ad
vantages toi the federation, tracing its
history from the time it was organ
ised. She especially urged the club
to have its program conform with
the Mate program.
Move for Muny Ice Plant
Backed by Commerce Body
Wilber. Neb.,; April 10.-(Spccial.)
Under the leadership of President
Anton Novak the Commercial club
here is proving a Strong influence
in promoting civic affairs. The club
backed a move for a municipal cold
storage and ice plant for which
bonds were- to ted 3 to 1 at the city
election. The city owns, free from
dett, the water work and electric
light plant Exhaust steam from the
plant is -used to treat the entire busi
ness section of the city. It is planned
to- start operation of the ice plant
befoTe hot weather. ,
Spain May Give Recognition
To Government of Obregon
Mexico City, April 10. That a
prominent Spaniard it on his way
from Madrid to Mexico with impor
tant documents setting forth the con
dition on which Spain will recognize
the Obregon government was re
ported here. It i said that the Span
ish merchants anct residents of Mex
ico who have suffered because of the
ttapenaion of relations between the
School Boys Won't Have to Depend
On Wifey for Three Good Squares
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In . -mi n iiiiiiiiiik mffltstfts ami i
Possibly with an eye to the future
in case wifey's paths of cooking
lead but to the grave three boys
attending school at Kttrress, in the
northeastern part of Fillmore county,
Neb., have acquired distinction by
being the only members of their sex
to complete a course in the culinary
arts under the university extension
department.
The three, Walter Winkler, Darryl
Dutcher and Ozro Anderson, are not
only cooks in name, but have given
a satisfactory demonstration of their
ability before state and county club
leaders preparatory to receiving their
sertificates.
One of the first triumphs of each
young baker was a pan of rolls,
moulded in the form of four-leaf
clovers ,the emblem of the club, with
a sugar and cinnamon "H" on each
section, the letters standing for cul
ture of "hand, health, heart and
head."
u their training, the lads wrestled
with pots, pans, pie crust and rolling
Winners in High
School Debates
To Be Announced
Eleven District Cilininion-
ships Will Be Decided This
j Month Tournament to
i Be Held at University.
Lincoln. April 10. (Special.)
AH 11 district championships of the
Nebraska High school Debating
league will be decided not later than
April 29, according to a bulletin is
sued by the president, Prof. M. M.
:ogg. The 14th state debate, a two
6r three-day? tournament, will begin
at the university. May, 12 and end
6n-High School Fete : day, May ,14..
" Only- one f -the i v dfcfrist . Vh'am-,
ionships has been decided. Alliance
js the winner in the northwestern
district. Iu the northeastern the hon
our lies between Oakland and Wayne;
in the southern between' Superior 'arid
FairbuTjr;vin'v4he .southwestern "be"
(veen74ialdriege: and the iNefcraska
,5chooll:JbfAtic.ulture.,JaljGsrti8t
fngs; uv' the,' central: between" Brad-
shaw and (-.Jx Center;. in ttie nortn
eentral -between Battle Creek and
West" Point. The 'southeastern 'dis
trict has one second series debate,
between Adani3 and Tccumseh.." th'i
winner. p which . will debate ,Wy
more. -lii the - west-central,'. Greeley
and Burwf II meet April 8. and th
winner of that debate will meet. Ma
son City iqr the Championship. .
Recent district results follow: '
Central District.
Third sories: Bra ilshaw -Toil;. At
Bindshaw. March! 24. Won by Bradshair.
i to l. .tudsns-:: 5. F. Rost, Ornnd
Island Hlh school: Principal R. W. Deal,
WMileyan academy: Principal H. T.
Smith, Uenfcva High , arfepol, .. ,
' Eaut-Centrat District.
TMrdWlen: Astilan ft-CatkwTral . ilh.
At Llnr6ln, April 4-..AVoh tfyCathadnl.
unanimou. -Judges-, Honorable 1 K iJ.
Burkm, T.lheolh; Tr' H. J. t,hnoff.
Lincoln; -Prof. O. N. Foster, colter of
law, University of " Nebraska. , .-
Eastern District,'; 1
Third round: Schuyler-Valla.v.' At
Schuyler." March 24. Won by Schuyler. 2
to 1. Judges: Mamie Meredith.- Fr--
Tont High school: Anne Phillips, Fre
mont High school; Superintendent J. V.
Srb, Howells.
- Korth -Central Plstrlct.
Third series: Battle Creek-Long Pine.
At Battle Creek. March 24. Won by
Battle Creek, unanimous, .ludges: Don
ald Mapes. Norfolk: W. R. MeFarland,
Norfolk; Mrs. Lloyd Whitney, NoTfolk.
Northwestern District.
hnmplonshlp: ' Sidhey-Allianre. At
Sidney. March U. Won by Alliance,
unanimous. Judees:: O. W. Irwin,
Bridgeport; C. O. Perry. Bridgeport;
Prof. A. E. Herlng. Lodgepole.
Southeastern District.
Seeond series: Pawnee City-Wymor.
At Wymore, March 2m ...Woh by Wy-
more, I to 1. Judges: 'Superintendent
W, It. Morton. Falrhury; Buperintendent
R. h. Dale, Blue Springs; Robert Van
Pelt. '2(t, law "23, University of Nebraska.
WHt-tntrnl District.
First series:: Ord-Burwell. At Bur
well. March IS. Won by Burwell, ! to
I. Judges: Kuperintendent H. O. Stout,
St. Paul: Superintendent B. A. R.nn.flv
(Ireeley; County Superintendent J.nlia
Moorman, Ord.
Second series: Mason Clty-Mernti At
Mason City. March 18. Won by Mason
( ity. Judges: Prof. (1. F. Rnst. Oiand
Island.
"Loco" Horse at Hamburg;
Nearly Causes Death
Hamburg, la., April 10. (Special.!
A "loco horse hitched. to a laun
dry wagon came near, causing the
death of Glen Smith, the driver. The
horse was left standing near the railroad-tracks
while ('Mr. Smith was
collecting laundry. When he re
turned the horse refused to walk
in the accustomed manner and back
ed the agon on the railroad tracks
in front of an approaching train.
Mr. Smith saved his life by jumping
but his Wagon was demolished.
Hardware Man for 23 Years
At Mason City Sells Store
Mason City, Neb.. Aoril 10.
(Special.) A. O'Brien, who has con
ducted a hardware store at Mason
City for the past 25 years, has sold
his stock of goods to V. F. Medlar
and will give possession at once. M'.
Medlar was a resident of Mason
City for a number of years, but has
lived at Kimball since 1918. A gro
cery department will he added to
the business under the new manage
ment. Will Head Dalton Schools.
Dalton, Xeb., April 10. (Special.)
Superintendent A. B. Gibbs w"s
elected head, of the Dalton schools
tor next vear at a salary of fJ.OflO.
The teachers received monthly in-
t?e of-toja $5 to -
I-
pins in the kitchen of their teacher,
Mrs. R. C. Anderson, friend and
companion of her pupils even out of
school. Mrs. Anderson is a special
ist in her knowledge of boy nature.
She remarked on prowess of the
lads due to hands trained in nab
bing a hot fly on the base ball dia
mond in recovering a slippery pie
tin or other utensil in its wild f)igh
to the floor.
Walter, Darryl and Ozro are far
from being in the "sissy" category.
They are red-blooded, clean-minded,
American boys with as deep a love
for outdoor sports as any of their
companions.. In taking hikes and on
camping trips they expect to put
some of their skill into practice.
The boys say that they were vic
tims of circumstance in their enroll
ment in the cooking class. They
were anxious to become club mem
bers, but there was no poultry, pig,
calf or garden club in their school.
So it was a case of learning to cook,
associated with six girls.
Nebraska Fairs
Announce Dates
Fifty-Two Exhibitions Assured
For State, Secretary of
Manager's Body Says.
Lincoln, Neb., April 10. (Spe
cial.) William II. Smith, secretary
treasurer of the Nebraska association
of Fair Managers, announces the fol
lowing dates for fairs in Nebraska.
County Town . Dates.
Antelope. Nellgh, Pept. 1S-H.
Boone, Albion. 8ept. 30-23.
Boyd, Butte, Sept. 14-16.
Buffalo, Kearney, Aug. J0-31-Sept. I t.
Butler, David City, Sept. 20-23.
Chase, Imperial,
Cheyenne, Sidney,
Clay, Clay Center, Sept. 26-80.
Cumins. Wisner, 1
Custer, Broken Bow, Aug. U-2.
Dawes, Chadron,
Dawson. Lexington. Sept. 13-16.
, Dixon, Concord, Aug. 3l-Sept. 2.
Dodge, Hooper. Aug. 30-Sept. i.
. Dodge, Scrlbner, Sept. 14-16.
Ltouglas, Omaha, ftept. 13-16.
'; Pundy, Benkelman. Sept. 15-7.
. Fillmore, Geneva, Sept. 14-16.
Franklin, Franklin, Sept. 13-16.
Frontier, Stockville-, Sept. 20-24.
Furnas, Beaver City, Sept. 20-23.
Oage, Beatrice, Sept. 26-30.
ireeley, Greeley, Sept. 20-tJ.
Hall, (irand Island, Sept: 14-16.
V Hamilton, Aurora, August-Kept. .
i Harlan, Alma, Sept.? 2A-23. V
: Hayes, Hayes Center, ' w ' . . ' -
; Hitchcock, Culbet'tsonr'" PPh 1 5-tJ. '
- Holtrf Chambers,, Sept. .J4-16.
' Holt. O'Neill, 'Sept. .M-'S3,'v
Howard, St. Paul, Sept.. 10-S3.
V Jefferson, . Falrbury, ; r
- Johnson, Tecumseh, Spt. 27-Oct.' 1.
' Kearney, Minden,
r Keith, Ogallala, Sept. 13-16.
Knox. Bloomfteld. Sept. l!-16.
! Lancaster, Lincoln, Sept. 4-.
1 Lincoln, North Platte, Sept. 20-24.
Madison, Madison, Sept. 13-16.
Merrick, Clarks, Sept. 14-16.
Nanco, Fullerton, i . ,T
: Nemaha, Auburn, Aug-. 2i-8ept.. t.
Nuckolls, Nelson, Sept. 19-23.
Pawnee, Pawnee City, 0t. 4-.
Pierce, Pierce, Aug. 30-Sept. 3.
Polk, Osceola, Set. 27-39.
Red Willow, McCook, Sept. U-16.
Saline, Friend, Aug. 26-W. .
1 Saunders, Wahoo, .
Fcottsbluff, Mitchell, Sept. 14-1$.
Seward, Seward, Sept. 10-23.
Sheriden, Gordon, Sept. 13-16.
Sherman, Loup City, Sept. 21-13.
Stanton, Stanton, Sept. 20-23.
Tftayen, Deahler, Aug. 31-Sept. I.
Valley, Ord, 8ept. 18-H. - .' -
Washington, Arlington, Sept.- 212S.
Webster. Bladen, Aig. "13-J6; '
York, York, Oct. -. .
District Fair Maywood, Sept. JS-39.
State- Fair Lincoln, Sept, -9. '
Imitation Peal Necklace
Poisons Woman's Neck
London. April 10 Skin poisoning
by wearing a nect-face is recorded by
Dr. Arthur J. Hall of Sheffield.
The patient, a woman oi,31, com
plained of a painful rash at the back
of her neck, which always made its
appearance after she had wprn an
imitation pearl necklace. The irrita
tion ceased when she discarded the
necklace.
The imitation peatls were subse
quently placed around the patient's
arm for a few hours as an experi-
nvent, and the result was an out
break of acute dermatitis. An exami
nation of the beads showed that un
der warmth they, exuded a greasy
substance which was ' clearly the
cause of the irritation.
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IL.S. Specialists Restore Use
Of Wounded Violinist's Hand
Fort Sheridan, 111., April 10. The
violin of Robert, Inandt, private in
trie f rencn army, no longer is silent.
In three weeks army specialists here
did what the best French physicians
had said was impossible. -A:
Inandt was a violin virtuosoavant'
Ibguerre. A shot tore through the
palm of his right hand. It severad
the nerves and tendons of three fin
gers. They were paralyzed hope
lessly so, the French surgeon said.
But Inandt refused to abandon his
violin without a struggle. Hearing
of the work of American army .spe
cialists, he came to Fort Sheridan.
Now he is returning home after a
stay of less than a month able fo
use three fingers cm his, ''violin hand."
Epidemic; of Coal Thefts
Caused by Cold Weather
The cold weather of Saturday
caused an tpldemic of coal thieving
Saturday night when eight men were
arrested in the Missouri Pacific' rail
road yards accused of stealing coat
from cars. They Were Charged with
petty larceny and placed in jail.
They gave their names as Tohn
Johnson, 2806 Camden street; H.
Holmes. Joe Costa. John Lopez.
Tenth street and Capitol avenue;
Robert Johnson, 110 Davenport
street; Mike Garcia,. Thirteenth, and
Davenport streets and Tores Alexan
der, Thirteenth and Davenport
ftreets. .
Reduce Brick Price
Sioux City, la.. April 10. A cut in
the price of brick of 17 per cent is
announced by local manufacturers,
bringing the price oi common kind
Jo $1$ thouan,d, j
Berka May Kill
Censorship of
Movies in Stale
Fate of Measure Said to Rest
On Shoulders of Omaha
Senator Vote Called
- Todav.
Lincoln, April 10. (Special.) The
fate of motion picture censorship ap
parently rests upon the shoulders of
one man, Senator Louis Berka of
Omaha, providing there is a full
membership of the state senate to
morrow at 2 when the censorship
bill is to be considered.
Lasta week when the Bccbe "high
license" substitute was offered in
the senate the vote was a tie. But
that was a victory for the motion
picture censorship people because
the motion to advance the Beebe
substitute failed for lack of a ma
jority. Senator A. F. Sturm was absent
at the time. However, he is known
to be in favor of censorship.
So in order to kill House Roll 113,
the censorship bill, for lack of a
constitutional majority vote, the
same as the Beebe substitute bill was
killed, one man who voted for cen
sorship must change his mind.
That man, according to reports,
will be Senator Berka, a man who
always in the past has stood stead
fastly for freedom of spetch and
freedom of thought. He voted against
the Beebe amendments, but is said
to have expressed doubt since as to
giving a commission of three power
to dictate the moral and political
nature of pictures shown in the state.
Police Seek Driver
Accused of Breaking
Lad s Leg With Auto
Police are looking for a man by
the name of Held, alleged to have
run down and injured Howard Hall.
13. son of Demiis Hall, Union P
cific chef, living at 207 South
Twenty-eighth street, Saturday eve
ning. Young Hall was on his way to a
grocery store near his home. He was
walking on . the sidewalk, he said,
when field's' automobile jumped the
curbing at Twenty-eighth and Dav
enport streets and struck him. The
boy suffered a compound fracture of
the left leg.
The driver of the automobile
picked the lad up, and took him
home. The boy was unable to say
why the car had been driven upon the
sidewalk.
He was attended by a police sur
geou and then taken to the Univer
sity hospital. .
Policeman Kills One,
' Wounds Two Youths
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jnjured youths Scrambled out of the
car. John YV elsh and Paul Kane :
lay seriously wounded in theauto
mobile. Identity Was Mistaken.
.According to the youths they
thought Herdzina was one of a gang
of rowdies with whom they had en
gaged in a fight in the soft drink
parlor of John Kosial. '
'.John Welsh, who first gave his
name as ' Edward Welsh, stated ' to
officers soon after the shooting that
he had borrowed the car and picked
up Francis Welsh, Kane, Hannon,
Howard and Lester Norgard, 3120
Leavenworth street.
."."We drove around town," the in
jured man said, "then to a soft drink
parlor at Thirty-third and L streets.
"We had drinks at the bar and an
argument started among us. We
went outside. A couple of us got
in a fight with a crowd that gathered,
then we got in the car and- started
away when someone jumped on the
tunning board. He told us to halt.
An instant later the shooting started.
Norgard left the party before we
went out of the st.ft drink parlor."
At the hospital yesterday, Kane is
said to have told Detective John
Dworak that he did not see anyone
hit Herdzina over the head.
Another Gun Found.
Police say they found broken beer
bottles in the car. - Detectives E1
Brinkman and John Sczepaniak, who
were assigned to the case, said an
unidentified person found a gun in
a vacant lot between L and K streets
at Thirty-third street. Three shots
had been fired from it. ; Examina
tion of Herdzina'g automatic showed
he fired aeven shots. ."
John Kosial, proprietor of the hoft
drink parlor where the argument be
tween Kane and Hannon is said to
have started, said: .
"I was just closing the place when
the young fellows entered and
wanted some drinks. They appeared
intoxicated to me. One youth remained-
outside watching the car.
Two of the party got in an argument
and became quite noisy. I ordered
them all out and the left in their
car. Several moments later I heard
the shooting and ran up to investi
gate. L found three of the youths
woundedand noticed that Herdzina
was badly cut about the head. Herd
1,'mcMf i
Quarrel Between Selves.
"Billy" Uvick, a' witness, to the
shooting, said the yduths Were quar-',
reling among themselves in Ko
sial's place. "They asked for some
drinks in the soft, drink parlor .and
Kosial ordered them out when they
became noisy." ". -
Uvick.carried young Howard from,
the car to the fire station, where
the youth died, without regaining?
consciousness. ,
"Both wounded youths were taken
to the South Side General hospital.
The condition of both is serious, hos
pital authorities say.
Inquest Called Today.
An inquest over the body of young
Howard will be held at 2 Monday
afternoon in Gentleman's mortu
ary, Thirty-fourth and Farnam
streets. County physician McClena
ghan performed a post-mortem ex
amination and recovered the three
bullets from Howard's body. He
states they are .38 caliber and re
semble the kind used by Herdzina.
Howard is survived by his par
ents, f."w sisters and two brothers,
Friends Take Wobbly
Hubby Home to Wifey
And Battle Ensues
Police were called to 2913-, North
Twenty-fourth street Saturday eve-
; ,,inK to Juc11 a "St in which Mrs.
made to police, was severely beaten
by two men giving their names after
being arrested on the charge of dis-
j ttirbing the peace as J. S. Soutlmiar..
203 South twenty-ninth street; i.
Deselin, 2843 Douglas street, and I.
P. McClurd, 2913 Xorth Twenty
fourth street.
The fight started, neighbors al
leged, when the three men brought
Betcher home in an intoxicated con
dition. When they arrived it Betch
er's rooms, Mrs. Betcher. they said,
berated them for bringing her hus
band home in such a condition. One
word led to another and the fight
was on.
. To emphasise iter opinions of the
men, Mrs. Betcher, police said, took
a club and began to punctuate hor
remarks with resounding thwacks on
the heads of the would-be good
Samaritans. The men retaliated in
kind and stopped only upon the ar
rival of police.
Sales Tax Proposed
By Senator Smoot
(Continued From Page One.)
mcnt, states and municipalities, for
eign governments, mutual ditch or
irrigation companies, hospitals and
ntbir rnrnoration! ofsantzed and
Operated exclusively for religious,
l : . ,;.,-,!
purposes, and also goods sold or
leased for export.
The sales tax does not apply to
beverages, cigars and tobacco on
which sales already are imposed by
titles VI and VII of the'present
revenue act. It also does not apply
to a few comrnodities on which there
is now an excess tax and which is
not repealed by the bill, such as
automobiles, automobile trucks and
wagons, motorcycles , and tires,
parts and accessories, yachts and
motor boats.
Senator Smoot says that the turn
over tax will be shifted to the ulti
mate consumer, but he contends
that the final increased price of 'a
commodity which has passed
through half a dozen hands will
not be more than 3 1-2 per cent.
He refers to a Department of Jus
tice investigation in connection with
the Lever food control act, in which
the assertion was made that the
excess profits tax was responsible
for; an increase of 23 per .cent, in
prices.
Consumer Ultimately Pays.
''Normally the entire taxes .paid
on each turnover are shifted and
rest finally on the ultimate consu
mer," said Senator Smoot. "Jt can
be demonstrated with mathematical
accuracy, that even, with a half a
dozen turnovers, and the .corre
sponding 1 per cent taxes, the price
of commodities to the ultimate con
sumer is very rarely increased over.
3 1-2 per cent. Compare this with
23 per cent increase resulting from
the operation of the excess profits
tax. ..... .- ....
"The 2 1-2 or 3. 1-2 per cent tux
rontent in commodities bought by
the ultimate consumer means that
a lot of goods which, tax paid, cost
turn $11.50 to ?103.50 would, with
out the tax, cost only $100.
"But as a matter of fact the sales
tax encounters thrift and eliminates
the 23 per cent. which the operation
of the excess profits tax now loads
on many commodities. Therefore
the net result of a moderate gen
eral sales tax rate would be a con
siderable reduction to the ultimate
consumer in the value of the $100
worth of goods in the example
given above.
Compare with the merchants'
and manufacturers' ordinary profits
on each turnover of goods, the 1
per cent sales tax , is so small that
it was found after many years' of
experiencein the Philippines that
normally in ordinary commercial
transactions very little attention was
paid to the tax. Under abnormal
conditions where the profits were
larger than usual, the sales tax wa
absorbed."" v
Mayor Staggers Under
Big Load of Six Jobs
Peru, Mass., April 10. Staggering
under the load of being elected mod
erator, town clerk, treasurer, select
man and tax collector of this little
Berkshire community, "Mayor"
Frank G. Creamer had to battle des
perately against having- the addi
tional office of town assessor thrust
upon him.
After tire "mayor" had appealed to
nis countrymen's sense? of fair nW
W. P. Smith undertook the job for
tnree years.
Unperturbed by the nation's flop
to republicanism, Peru filled all its
offices with good democrats.
"Mavor" Creamer anrl W P Smith
Seventeen of the 36 registered voters
cast their ballots, but the 16 women
entitled to suffrage for the first time
failed to appear.
James Bolger, the. "mavor V rival,
went nsnmg.
260,000 Gallons of Whisky
On Way Rack From France
Paris. April 10. More than 2ftn00n
gaiions or. American whisky, shipped
tr 'f?ran,A aftA. . 1. .'k .'.' j
:ttI " bond in French ports,
owing to refusal by the French gov-
etnment to permit its sale in t ranee,
is on its way bark to the United
States.
james M. Black, exporter, who
maneuvered the deal, says that the
liquor will be sold in the United
States for "medicinal purposes."
He declined to say how a permit
was obtained to let the whisky be
brought back to America or whether
any such permit had been issued.
English Women Win Fight for
Right to Preach in Churches
London, April 10. Englishwom
en have won the right to be admitted
topreach in churches.
The upper house of convocation,
sitting at Canterbury, has resolved
that "women duly qyalified may
speak and pray in consecrated build
ings at services or meetings for
prayer or instruction."'
By seven votes to six the bishops
also asrrccd that such ministrations
should be on occasions other than the
regular church services normally for
congregations of women and chil
dren, 1
Flood of Gold to
i, t ' '
U. S. Bettering
Exchange Rates
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Europe Following Plan
America1 26 Years Ago
Move Indicates Restoring
Of National Prosperity.
By HOLLAND.
W. P. (.I. Harding, governor of the
federal reserve board, is quoted as
having said a few days ago that Eu
ropean counties are searching their
vaults and scraping the bottoms of
their treasuries so that they might
be able to send gold to the United
States. They already have sent with
in three months $160,000,000 in gold
and some of our bankers believe that
they will send as much more before
tiic end of the present fiscal year.
Some have said that we do not
need this gold and that the posses
sion of it may prove to be an em
barrassment. But if we do not need
it, Europe needs to send it. It is not
to help the United States, but to
serve themselves that this gold is
sent. This movement is one of many
which make it clear that fundament
al and irresistable forces are now at
work throughout the world with the
inevitable result that national pros
perity will be sooner or later re
stored. Duplicating American Move.
j What Europe is notr doln the United
States did 26 years ago. In the latter
part of the second administration of
President Cleveland, we were then com
pelled to send K"l dacross the sea until
at last none remained in the federal treas
ury. The situation was very critical and
the dancer was sreat of a depression for
surpassing the one through which the
country has ,1ust passed. But the treas
ury supply of gold was replenished and
riermanently maintained through the aid
oi international bankers who were able
to meet the European demand for Ameri
can gold, by sending exchange drawn on
London. Cotton, wheat, oil and other
American products liquidated that ex
change. In a Utile while prosperity was
restored so that in the final years of the
past century It reached a point that had
no precedent.
Our own nold mines have, for various
reasons, chiefly labor friction, been com
pelled greatly to curtail their output. We
should be receiving about $100,000,000 a
year in newly mined (told from the mines
of the west and Alaska. World condi
tions, however, by the export of gold to
the t'nlted States, are now making good
the falling off In our own gold produc
tion. That is cure to be restored when
the present day embarrassments are
ended.
tVhat Gold In Doing.
This gold Is already favorably affecting
exchange rates and tt was no doubt chief
ly, for that purpose that much of It has
been sent from Europe to the United
States. It has been an Irresistible pres
sure which has compelled, the utilization
of this foreign gold to the end that world
disturbances may be relieved.
But this irresistible force due to funda
mental Influences te already demonstrat
ing Itself In other ways. Our ablest
bankers land financiers are now persuadod
that these irresistible forces -which are
fundamental are in operation and are to
prevail.
From one point of view the Acknowl
edged disposition of our European allies
to pav in full the Indebtedness of which
the United States Is the creditor, is re
garded as not only of Immediate import
ance to trie United States, "but also r.s
illustrating the Irresistible forces which is
row operating in he nations across the
sea and which will, when Its full strength
is in play, cause normal conditions to re
turn. For instance, coincident in point
of time with the bringing to the United
States oT millions of gold from Europe,
comes what Is practically an official
pledge that Oreat Britain will at an early
day make payment fn the United States
on accrunk of the deferred Interest'' due
upon our loans to Great Britain. This
means that as much' as I200,0C0,000 will ,
be received on account of procrastinated
Interest payment. i , .
Proof of Good Faith. ;
But these millions are really of far
less importance to the United States
tnemselves than Is the unquestionable
proof they offer that the world expects to
iiiBiiiiaui us nonoraoie Obligations. So
niao is me reported statement of Vivian!,
wnicn was mada a few days nn. that
France will surely pay the debt to the
unuea siaios winch is now represented
by her demand Botes' held In our Treas
ury department. Italy has already prom
ised to pay her debt.
Not the least significant or recent evi
dences that silent but Irresistible forces
are now In operation Is the reported ten
dency on the part of wage earners as a
wuuit, 10 recognise tnat they must atrare,
on mi uuitu are snaring, in me neces'
ally of so acttnr as to nuin nr in.
ilustrial and commercial strength. For It
lupuriea rrom v asntngton and also
from some who Kave been in consultation
with those who represent labor that the
disposition is beginning to be strong to
renHonaoie wage aeriattun.
Cotton Situation.
The cotton situation, desperate as It has
uusn, use me railroad situation. Is like
ly to be brought into a healthful con-
aitton. secretary Hoover, Speaking for
ine uepartment or Commerce, and Gov
ernor Harding, speaking for the federal re
serve system and also as one who has had
intimate .iowledgo of the cotton industry
In all its phases, seems now to bo con
vinced that with reasonable aid fur
nished by the banks and with the uti
lisation of the Cotton Export associa.
tion, recently organised at New1 Orleans,
the vast supplies of cotton now stored
and awaiting movement will be trans
ported to the European markets where
the need of this product Is, ' relatively
speaking, as great as Is the over-supply
which has been awaiting transporta
tion from the cotton markets of the
south to- the cotton manufacturing in
dusrles of the world.
. Many, other evidences of the opera
tion of this silent but Irresistible force
wnicn some day is to bring .order out
of confusion could be narrated. Taken as
a whole they iustlfy the belief of able
men that the day of serious depression
Is gone and the restoration of health! in
Industry and commerce is sure to be rec
ognized within a few months.
War Correspondent Urges
Australians to Visit U. S.
Melbourne. April 10. Americans
know as much about Australians as
they know about the people of Mars.
while Australians know as much
about Americans as they know about
the cannibals at the head of the Fly
river in New Guinea. This is the be
lief of Lowell Thomas, the American
war correspondent, expressed re
cently before the British Empire
league here.
The differences of opinion existing
between Americans and Australians,
Mr. Thomas said, is due to the lack
of acquaintance. The only way in
which the mutual ignorance could be
dispelled is by the exchange of visits
between the peoples of the two coun
tries. Australians should seize the
opportunity to visit America during
their journeys to Great Britain.
This Turkey Had Very Good
Reason for Being So Fat
San Francisco, April 10. If the all
Mexican turkeys are of the same
brand as the one which recently ar
rived on the Pacific Mail steamer
Cuba, there is sure to be a greater
demand for them than our native
birds.
The bird in Question was found On
board the Cuba by George B. New-1
berry, customs inspector.
Newberry, who is a great fancier
of the fowl, noticed that the turkey
was fatter than any he had ever
seen, when dressed. He investigated
after the bird had been taken from
the pantry to a refrigerator. He was
rewarded for being so inquisitive by
finding three bottles of Scotch
whisky. The liquor was seized and
the turkey .relieved of its excessive
?faL" . M
Poison Tablets Too
Bitter So Husband
Quits Suicide Scare
When Louis Lenuncr, 27, cook,
j came to his rooms at 1816 Chicago
i street intoxicated, Saturday night,
his wife remonstrated and told him
j he'd have to quit drinking.
! To make her feel sorry for her
harsh tirade, Louis took a handful
of deadly poison tablets he had pur
chased at a drug store a short time
before and put them into his mouth.
Mrs. Lenuncr' thinking her hus
band had swallowed the tablets,
called the police.
When police arrived 1 hey said
they found Lemmcr in an advanced
stage of intoxication and the tablets
spilled over the floor.
"They were too hot. They burned
my month and I spit them out," he
told police.
Lenuncr has been employed as
a cook by a grading gang on the
Union Pacific railroad. He re
cently returned to Omaha and ac
cording to neighbors, had been
drinking freely all day Saturday.
Besides his wife, Lemmcr has a
son 4 years old. The man was
pronounced out of danger by the
police surgeon last night.
Would Make Atilo
Stealing Felony
Chicago Crime Commission to
Ask for More Drastic Laws
In Illinois.
Cbleago Tribune-Omaha n:e Leased Wire.
Chicago, April 10. New laws that
would make the stealing of an auto
mobile, motor car or motor truck a
specific felony and punishable by not
less than two years or more than 15
years in the prison is the latest rem
edial legislation advocated by the
Chicago crime commission. Col.
Barrett Chamberlain, operating di
rector of the commission, will pre
sent this bill to the Illinois house
judicial commission, together with
the following bills, all caculated to
strengthen the hands tf the city in
its fight against crime and criminals.
Minors found guilty of robbery
while armed with a deadly weapon
or with a confederate so armed, shall
be held equally guilty, even if only
one had a weapon, and be sentenced
to the .penitentiary instead of the re
formatory. That jurors in criminal cases be
made judges of facts' only.' Now
juries are judges of 'both law and
facts.
That ' a highway robber, while
armed With a deadly weapon, ' or
with a confederate so armed, shall
be punished with life imprisonment.
That the term of imprisonment for
burglary be five to 25 years. Now
it is one to 20 years. If committed
at night, 10 to 25 years, and if armed
with a deadly weapon or. by. use of.
cholorforni or other drug, not less
than 25 years.
That all officers required to take
bail shall be examined thoroughly
into the sufficiency of such bail.
.That persons convicted of felony
or misdemeanor, who have been pre
viously convicted of . similar crime,
may be adjudged habitual criminals
and disfranchised.
' At present automobile thieves may
be prosecuted only for larceny or
plain robbery. '
Pastor Tries Whistling r
When Singing Falls Down
. Portland, Me., April- 10. Congre
gational whistling has been intro
duced into the service of the First
Baptist church by Ktv. John H.
Thompson, who has become known
here as the "Whistling Parson."
. The pastor so far has proved
himself the champion whistler of
his congregation. At a recent ser
vice he invited all who could not
sing to join in whistling the tunes
of the hymns.
At first there was a feeble response.
but a second trial showed that a
majority of the audience were ex
pert whistlers and a great ' volume
of melody and harmony was heard
above the orchestral and vocal music.
Mothers Win Rich Prizes hy
Giving Birth to Bahes at Sea
London, . April 10. Expectant
mothers in increasim' numbers are
taking trans-Atlantic trips in order
that their babies may be b6rn at sea,
the Cunard line has discovered.
The reason is that invariably a col
lection is made for the baby, and
sometimes as much as $2,500 is
raised and handed to the mother.
Such a sum, properly invested in the
child's interest, totals a small fortune
after the lapse of 21 years.
It Is Woman's Duty to Be .
Good Looking, Says Pastor
London, April 10. "It is the
duty of every Christian woman to
look as nice as she is able, but not
in a spirit of competition with other
women," said Dr. Rosslyn Bruce,
preaching in Bristol cathedral.
"The temptation of over-dressing
is exaggerated; the women I see
about me do not over-dress."
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By Chicago Matins
Chicago, April 10. In the dear,
dead days of the past, school ma'ams
taught the three "R't." But that i
the least of it now. In these piping
days of modernity and swift action,
bail room manners have supplanted
the old three "It's" in importance.
Miss Fannie Smith, dean of Wendell
lips High school, in collaboration
with 22 other high school deans, has
written a book soon to be published,
which is the lloyle of etiquette. It
contains 42 pages of "Don't" and
deals with everything from the
"conic-hither-eye" to eating two
pieces of cake at parties. Accordinp
to tlte rules laid down in the manual
how can a girl be a perfect ladv if
her knees on the elevated
trains.
Chews Rimi in public. !
Receives her gentlemen friends on
the street corner.
Tells her friend Evelyn in shril'
touts at the movie what George said
to her and what she said to George.
Sings rag-time.
. Toddles.
Wiggles.
Rouges.
And how can a boy be a perfect
Chesterfield if he
Lolls in front of pool halls, fling
ing an amicable eye at passing girls.
Insists upon monopolizing a popu
lar girl's dance program.
Ignores the wall flower.
Remains at a girl's house after 10
at night.
Dances check to cheek.
Whistles.
Runs.
Puts chewing gum in girl's pig
tails.
Invented in England, a portable
arc welding plant is carried on a
motor truck, portions of it helping
to complete the truck's power equip
ment. loradeiv
fjoeaf farther,
costs less
than. Bottled
milk
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