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Important Bills Introduced at Opening Session Emergency Tariff, Soldi Bonus, Immigration, Road Building, Tax Repeal and Budget in Hopper. Soldier Washington, April II. Bills dc hiflnea to cover some ot the more important problems before congress were introduced today in the house. They included the emergency tar iff, repeal of some war taxes and troposals for . new ones, soldier bonus and : soldier . relief, federal budget, restriction on immigrantion and federal road building. While the "five way" plan of ve teran organizations for deferred com pensation to the ex-service men be came house bill No. 1, the tax ques tion was. foremost. Representative I.ongworth of Ohio proposed repeal of excess profits and war profits taxation. The suggestion was re peated by Representatives Bachar ach of New Jersey and Mott of New York, who proposed imposition of Kross sales tax at 1 per cent. The Bacharach measure also sug gested reduction of normal income tax rates to 2 per cent and appli cation of surtax above $7,000 with a maximum rate of 40 per cent. Bonus Bill Filed. Chairman Forduey of the ways -and means committee presenting the - icrvice men's bonus proposal, which provides for alternatives between cah payment, land settlement, in -nuance, vocational education and home building, left out taxation pro posals, but Representative Gallivan, democrat, Massachusetts, put in a duplicate of the bill as it passed the house last session. Representative weet, republican, Iowa, introduced a bill to consolidate all boards and bureaus having; to do with soldier rehabilitation, and Representative f'ess. republican, Ohio, suggested exemption from income taxes of all payments to veterans undergoing vocational training. Immigration restrictions, decided on by the last congress in enacting a bill limiting annual eutrance of aliens to 3 per cent f the total residents of each nationality as found by the 1910 census, was proposed by Chairman Johnson of the immigra tion committee. His bill duplicated that which President Wilson gave a pocket veto. I Representative Blanton. democrat, Texas, whose battles with his asso ciates in congress have attracted at tention, suggested' that congress be reduced from 435 members to 304. and be reapportioned according to the 1920 census. Other reappor tionment bills were produced, but would provide for holding the mem bership to it present limit. Mr. Blanton also proposed elimination of the travel allowance of 20 cents a mile vfor members and . substituting a payment of actual expensesto be made on sworn vouchers. Agricultural Tariff. Representative; Young, republican, North Dakota, introduced the em ergency areicultural tariff, a it v passed in February. its effective period was fixed tas six months after enactment instead of , 1Q as in the vetoed measure of the last session. Chairman Kahn of the military affairs committee again proposed a separate air corps, under a new executive bureau, to control military aviation and a separate proposal for federal regulation of civilian avia tion to accompany it. Chairman Good of the appropria tions committee introduced the fed eral budget bill, another vetoed measure. Abolition of the railroad labor board and repeal of sections of the transportation aqt under which it operates was proposed by Repre sentative Tincher, republican, Kan sas. His bill would empower the Interstate Commerce commission to perform functions now assigned to the board. Monthly Pension Plan. Among the numerous bills -introduced were: Be Representative Foster, republi can, Ohio. . for the payment of civil war '. pensifcns monthly instavid of quarterly. Other bills included: To transfer compensation claims from the war risk bureau to the pension office. The McArthur road bill, provid ing for an annual appropriation of $75,000,000 in each of the next four years as compared to $100,000,000 m the bill which failed at the last session. : , To repeal food taxes and license food dealers, by Representative Aswell, democrat, Louisiana. For Irish Consul. To appropriate $14,000 for salaries of a'-' minister arid consuls to the Irish republic," by Representative M,-son. republican. Illinois. A. virtual blanket pension scheme for veterans of wars prior to the i world war by Chairman Knutson of i To make market corners in neces sities' felonies, by Representative French, republican. Idaho. To create the Mammouth cave, Kentucky, national park, by Repre- c IS NOW OFFERING EVERY PAIR OF MEN'S AND LADIES' PURE THREAD In the House at ALL STANDARD BRANDS lEOU'S VSSi SALE Store No. 1 CoM, Thomas, democrat. Ken-1 tentative tucky. Federal School Bill. Creating a federal department of education, appropriating $15,000,000 to aid states in training teachers, and $7,500,000 for alien American ization by Towner, republican, Iowa. Establishing the metric system as the standard for the federal govern- ' ment customs, excise, postal and rev enue purposes, aner iu years oy Britten, Illnois. Permitting manufacturers of trade marked goods to fix uniform resale prices, by Kelly, republican, Penn sylvania. Submitting a constitutional amend-, ment requiring a ratification of all future constitutional amendments by direct' votes of citizens of the states, by Siegel, republican, New York. Seats for Cabinet. Providing for cabinet members to sit as members of senate and house, by Montague, democrat, Virginia. Submitting constitutional amend ment fixing January 1 as the date for terms of president and congres sion officers to, begin, by Mon tague, democrat, Virginia. Extending "dry law" enforcement to Philippine islands, by Volstead, republican, Minnesota. Making October 27, the late Col. Theodore Roosevlet's birthday, a national holiday" by Bacharach, re publican. New Jersey. Proposing federal co-operation with states in physical education of school children by Fess, republican, Ohio. Regulating stock yards, meat pacing, and transportation of live stock by Haugen, republican, Iowa. Providing for federal co-operation with state and land owners in re forestation, by Snell, republican. New York. . Women Retain Citizenship. Permittirtg women to retain Amer ican citizenship after intermarriage with aliens, by Rogers, republican, Massachusetts. Putting consular and diplomatic officers under civil service, by Rog ers, republican, Massachusetts. Taxing future sales of grain 10 per cent of value involved, by Dick inson, republican, Iowa. Permitting national banks to es tablish savings departments, by El ston, republican, California. Forbidding strikes which hamper interstate, commerce, by Blanton, democrat, Texas. Requiring federal publicity for costs,' prices and stocks in bitumin ous coat industry, by Newton, re publican, Minnesota. Limiting federal reserve bank in terest rate to 5 per cent, by Brand, democrat, Georgia. Congress Is Flooded By Many New Bills (Continued From Face On.) irore than 100' new members, most of them republicans. Probe Bergdoll Escape. The Kahn resolution for investiga tion of the escape of Grover Cleve land Bergdoll, the Philadelphia draft dodger, now in Germany, was in the hopper at noon. Senate galleries also were crowded, the overflow extending far outside of the doors. Two new senators, Peter Norbeck of South Dakota and Hoi O. Bursum of r- New Mexico, were sworn in by Vice President Coolidge Senators Lodge of "Massachusetts, the republican leader, and Hitchcock of Nebraska, the acting democratic lealder, were named by the senate as a committee to act with a similar committee from the house in notify ing President Harding that congress was in session and ready to receive communications from him. A conference of republican sena tors tomorrow was called today by Senator Lodge to adopt the slate of committee assignments. . One Vacancy Still Exists. The new house is made up of 301 republicans, 132 democrats, 1 so cialist There is one vacancy, that of a representative-at-large from Pennsylvania, caused by the death of M. H. Garland. With the filling of the vacancy the house will con sist of 302 republicans. There have been filed about a dozen contests for the seats of sitting members, mostly democrats, -and this numer ical division of the house may be changed somewhat1 during the com ing months. Not since the elections of 1912 did the voters of the country make such sweeping changes in the political complexion of the house as was made by the elections of last No vember. In 1912 the voters returned to the house 290 democrats, 124 re publicans, 15 progressives, 5 pro gressive republicans, and 1 inde pendent. In the present house there is one socialist, Meyer London, of New York, an experienced legislator who has seen previous service in the house. There are about 95 mem bers of the house who come in without any previous experience In congress, and these with over 100 others make up the total of 200 members who have seen two years and less of service. Most of the democratic members are experienced. They are from the south, just about a half-a-dozen of them comme from th nnrtWn states. But even in the south the democratic ranks were thinned at the last elections, the republicans having made gain of members from Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri. 3D Kl 315 S. 16th St. Two Nebraskans Testify Against Supply Company Farmers Charge Minneapolis f Firm With Misrepresenta tion in Contracts and Quality of Goods. Minneapolis, April 11". --.(Special.) Two farmers from Nebraska have been called by the federal govern ment as witnesses against 11 owners and employes of the .Consumers service and Supply company, now on trial in the United States district court here on the charge ,of de trauding larmers in a dozen-states out of amounts alleged t aggregate $250,000. The trial is expected to continue for at least a month and hundreds of witnesses are to be summoned. The Nebraska farmers who already have testified are 1 nomas Bunda of Sew ard and Joseph Nash of Almeria. Bunda, .he first witness', to be called, testified that he had paid $22 tor a service contract with the com pany when W. E. Quielev. former organizer lor the Nonpartisan league in Nebraska, but at that time re pudiated by the league, informed him that the company could furnish him with farm machinery and other com modities at saving. Misunderstood Contract. Bunda declared that he understood the $22 would supply him with the company s service for five years, but found later that the contract he had signed bound him to pay $85 for the five years' service. The defense, in its cross-examination, brought out that Bunda haJ used the company's service only once and at that time had obtained the paint and oil he ordered and a re fund on his purchase price for a range which he failed to get. Nash testified he could not re member signing a contract. The production of his signed contract aroused the ire of Judge Page Morris,-who is presiJing at the trial. "I have, no patience with such stupidity,", the judge declared. Bought Overalls. Nash was cultivating corn when an agent approached him, he said, and asked what he had paid for his overalls. To his reply of $2.50 the agent assured him that the com pany would charge him but half as much, he said. "Did you ever order any overalls from the company?" William Ander son, assistant United States district attorney, r "Four pairs," Nash replied. "What kind were they?" "The poorest I ever saw." The defense later brought out that it had refunded Nash's money for the ove-alls. Gurney Hopeful Over Bond Firm Plan to Limit Business to Ne braska Will Save Com pany, He Says. A hopeful feeling permeated E. R. Gurney, president, and the offices of the Lion Bonding and Surety com pany yesterday. "I believe we can yet avoid going into the hands of a receiver;" said Gurney, He said Attorney General Davis had1 given him hope the state would look . with favor on the company's plan to withdraw from other states and limit its business activity to Nc- Drasxa. "We can clear ourselves beautiful ly in 60 or 90 days if we are permit ted to do this," said Gurney. "The attorney general has given us every assurance of a helpful attitude." Gurney was called into conference with Walter Head at the Omaha Na tional bank yesteday. The attorney general and ,W. B. Young, state in surance commissioner, were also present at the conference. A friend of Mr. Gurney, a statisti cian from the east, arrived Saturday. "He went over our books and as sured us we are all right," said Gur ney. "The alarm was raised before anyone was hurt," was the way he designated-, the . company's present difficulty. TrJEHRMOF YESTERDAY I TODAY . ' j TOMORROW Andrew Murphy & Son ' Established 1869 "Murphy Did It" . Omaha, Nebraska - jJ L, j . J l'Hft Rfltl: UMAMA, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921. Ex-Empress Augusta of Germany Dies at Doom (Continued From Ige One.) peror and empress, calling her to Doom. The princess, who then was in Vienna had not reached Doom when her mother died. Last night the patient was only semi-consciouc. he was kept trom suffering by frequent hypodermic injections, but her breathing ap peared to become hourly more dif ficult. As the day broke breathing be come still more dithcult tor the tail ing patient and her pulse grew weaker. Ex-Kaiser With Her. It then was evident to the phy sicians that the end was near, and Dr. Haesner warned former Em peror William and Trince Adalbert cf its approach. lhe ex-empress became uncon scious and her breathing became fainter and fainter until at 6 o'clock ife left her frail body. the ex-emperor stood at the bed- ide with bent head as death came to his consort, and he remained in the room for some time afterward. Empress Augusta Victoria ' was born on October 22, 1858. at the Cas tle of Dolziir, the daughter of the late Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- -Augustenburg. Her father, the grand duke of Schlos-wig-Holstein, was comparatively poor and his wife and daughters were compelled to practice the most rigid economy. There was never the suspicion of a romance in her life until she had reached the 22nd year of her life,. and was asked to marry Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, the eldest grandson of Em peror William I. From the beginning of her mar ried life Princess Augusta Victoria devoted herself to the most perfect fulfillment of her duties as wife and mother. Her first .child, Prince Friedich Wilhelm, was born on May 6, 1882. and by the time he had reached his 10th year, he had f.ve brothers and a baby sister, who was corn in icyj. . ine tact that six years after her marriage her husband succeeded to the throne and she be came German Empress, did not in the least change her attitude. She remained the same simple housewife that she had been from the beginning devoted to her domestic duties and the comfort and welfare of her hus band and her children. Deserted Girl-Wife to Return to Parents Dorothy Wharton, 17, after two months' experience at the hands of the world, is going back to her home in Denver, where her mother and father await her. She was arrested last week and is held on a health charge in the detention hospital. Her husband has disappeared. She was married last February in Denver, she told Miss Gwen Goddard of the Humane society. Miss Goddard telegraphed her parents and got an immediate reply. They say they are overjoyed to hear of their daughter once more and have already mailed a ticket for her to come home. "Oh, it will be lovely to get back to the dear old home again," sobbed Dorothy when she was told. J 26 Bills Passed On Third Reading Bv Lower House Include Measures Raising Omaha School Tax Limit Antl Setting Aside Forest Game Reserve. Lincoln, April 11. (Special.) Following are bills passed on third reading by the lower house of the Nebraska legislature today: House Roll 462 Appropriates $2,825 for the relief of J. V. Dunn. House Roll 592 ADDroDriates $5,000 for relief of Mrs. Gertrude B. Focht and two children. Senate File 23 Memorializes con gress to push the St. Lawrence- Great Lakes waterway project. Senate file 77 Bars minors from pool halls as well as billiard halls. Senate File 87 Changes penalties in incest law, Senate File 97 Gives abandoned wife full control over children and right to their earnings. Bank Reserve Requirements. Senate File 128 Makes same re serve requirements for all state banks. Senate File 190 Allows counties to bid against private contractors on federal highway projects. Senate tile 196 Regulates soft drink makers. Senate Files 202. 204, 205. 207- Amendments to irrigation laws. Senate File 210 Authorizes ap pointment administratrix or executrix after marriage. Senate File 219 Repeals soldier moratorium. (War time act). Senate File 225 Increases bond imit for municipal improvements and improvements of publicly owned utilities to $250,000 in cities of from 5,000 to 25,000 population. Senate File 227 Antiambulance chasing law. Senate File 243 Broadens juris diction of judges at chamber sessions. Forest Game Reserve. Senate File 256 Sets aside forest! game reserve near Halsey and Val- j entine. ! Senate File 258 Requires county judges to pay accumulative moneyi in estates within 10 yars of receiv ing same when heirs are not found. Senate File 268 Requires treasur- ers to apportion city moneys in local banks in second class cities. Senate File 279 Felony to falsify on records of public utilities in rate or valuation hearings. Senate File 280 Raises Omaha school tax limit from 50 to 65 mills. Senate File 296 Reorganizes state conservation and survey in Univer sity of Nebraska with authority to appoint state forestry. Senate File 327 Allows Kimball High school district to pay $14,000 bond deficiency by issuing warrants. Senate File 334 Forbids county board acting as county highway commissioner in counties of more than 8,000 population and removes salary limit fixed by present law for that office. Board Holds Hearing On 35 Parole Cases Lincoln, . April 11. (Special.) Thirty-five applications for parole will be heard by the state board of pardons and paroles at its third monthly meeting in the penitentiary, beginning at 10 Tuesday morning. The boar.d is composed of Governor McKelvie, Secretary of State Ams berry and Attorney General Clarence A. Davis. Among the applicants are Frank (Big Wally) Martin, who has served two years and 10 months of a sentence of three to IS years for participation in the Malashock jew elry robbery in Omaha. Another applicant is E. L. Weaver, sent up for arson in connection with the burning of the Douglas county court house during the race riots two years ago. He is the only individual sent to the penitentiary for a part in the rioting. 1 , Angling Will Be Expensive Sport if Measure Passes Lodge Pole. Neb.. Aoril II. (Spe cial.) It will cost old members of the fishing club $7.50 and new ones tor a permit to angle m the Sedgwick reservoir this season. If a bill now in the Colorado state legislature to raise the license from $2 to $5 becomes a law, reservoir fishing will be rather an expensive sport. Shotwell To Probe Shooting of Youth (Continued from rf One.) it known that Hannon was shot twice. Following his release from the South Side police station at noon, he went to his home and complained of hurts. His family physician was call ed and tound a bullet beneath the ikin of his scalp and one in his left arm. Hannon was taken to the Ford hospital. A chuckle went through the crowd wnen John tranek, barber at Thirty fourth and L streets, testified he tound a gun among some broken beer bottles that had been thrown from the car. Are you related to any of the principals in the affray?" asked Gerald Harrington, attorney for the Jioward Jamily. "Why yes," admitted Franek. "I'm Jlcrdzmas brother-in-law." Detective Remains Stolid. Throughout the inauest Detertivp Herdzina sat stolid in the front of the room, hi3 4-year-old son on his lap. Chief of Police Eberstein sat beside Herdzina. When the detective took the wit ness stand, the spectators leaned for ward in their seats and put hands to their ears, to hear all testimony. The witness related in sum prac tically all he had mentioned in his written statement to his superior of- hcers. When questioned by Frank Dineen, attorney for the Howard family, Herdzina admitted firing at random into the crowd of youths after they had beaten him over the head with bear bottles. Shows Cuts on Head. Herdzina showed cuts on his head that he had received at the hands of the youths. Speaking of the shooting. Inspec tor Patlullo said: "Those fellows were out looking for trouble and they got it. It's certainly an unfortunate affair." County Attorney Shotwell stated he would investigate the case further before he would take any action against Herdzina. The verdict as returned by the coroner's jury reads as follows: "We, the underiigned, find that JoeepH Howard came to hie death about 11.45 p. m., Saturday, April . 1921, by gunshot wounde fired by Police Officer John Herd zina, and we, the Jury, recommend that the eeld John Hrdzina be held for further Investigation. (Signed ARTHUR J. SHIELDS. ALFRED FRENCH. 2204 Cuming St S. D. JOLLY, County Court House.. DAVID CASSIDAY, 2701 Craig St. K. J. HEIMMENBERG. 280S U St. ED. ROSTA, 2808 V St. Deputy County Attorney W. W. Slabaugh conducted the inquest. Funeral services for young Howard will be held at 9 today at St. Peters church, Twenty-ninth and Leaven worth streets. Six cousins will be pallbearers. Gloves of French Kid Trefousse kid gloves in one and two-clasp styles, brown, black, navy, pas tel and white, are $3.75, $4.25 and $4.50 a pair. Strap wrist .gauntlets in glace kid or suede, black, white, brown and beaver, $7 to $10 a pair. Graceful Pumps Designed for Buckles But equally good worn plain. A light dull kid, brown or black, hand turned soles and graceful Louis heels. $12 a pair. Underthings for Babies Summer weight shirts in light cotton or mercer ized lisle. Any style of sleeve or neck, all sizes, 50c and 65c. Gauze shirts, long or short sleeved, or fine silk and wool, are priced ac cording to size and quality. Infants' bands, wool, silk and wool or all silk, are 85c to $1.50 each. Light weight knit gowns are $1.35each. Second Floor Beads That Are New Iridescent bugle and small beads in the desir able new shades. Wooden beads in several shades. White fabric beads, to be dyed any shade desired, and beau tifully effective steel beads. Artnetdlework Second Floor Colored Surgical Stitches in Vogue London, April 11. Pink surgical stitches are the vogue now. Before Mrs. Andre Chariot, wife of the im presario and playwright, was oper ated upon the other day the surgeon said: "What kind of stitches would you like; pink, blue or purple? " "Fink would suit my complexion oest, Airs, cnariot replied. So pink they were. Trial of Grain Man Indicted in 1918 Begins Here Jury Impanelled tp Hear I Charges Against Man Al leged to Have Forged Rail Bills. A jury was being impanelled yes terday to hear the trial of William R. Richter, gram man, which is ex pected to begin today in federal court betore Judge J. v. Wood rough. The story of a meteoric rise and fall in Omaha society is said to be hovering over the federal court in this case. Richter was indicted on five counts bythe federal grand jury April 1, All counts charge forirerv on rail road bills of lading in an effort to uctraud. In July. 1917. the charsres read. Richter forged the name of H. Stub blefield, agent for the Union Facilic system in Fremont, to bills of lading for 87.040 pounds of corn. Richter forwarded these bills of lading to Chicago banks, the true bills further charge, and used them in this way to operate on the grain exchange in Omaha in an effort to defraud Lamson Brothers, grain brokers. The corn was originally consigned to H. Bogard of Chicago, according to the charges, but Richter, while operating on the Omaha grain ex change, claimed he held that much corn in reserve. The morning was occupied with hearing of pleas and in the after noon the court settled down to im panelling the jury. Hold Banquet Hastings, Neb., April 11. (Spe cial Telegram.) Hastings business men and Adams county farmers held a banquet to V. .he Adams coun tv fair project. Addresses were made by the leaders of several notable fairs in southwest Nebraska. oipon,Elfk&Ca A Frock of Taffeta, Sheer Organdie, Fine Gingham or Crepe de Chine One may step into the apparel sections with mind all made up and then the unimagined newness of the latest frocks upsets all ideas. It's such a pleasant rearrangement of likes (dislikes are eliminated) that we ask you to try the experiment, just to see how lovely the new frocks really are. Novelties You Should See in Silk Hosiery Lace Inserts Of sheerest shadow lace in a chiffon weight hose with pointex heel. Silk Net Hose Are in good taste for evening wear. Polo Gray Lace Hose Are in great demand. We have designs ranging from $5 to $10 a pair. Fanners From 30 States Discuss New Legislation President and Cabinet Will Meet With Representatives And Diseuss Proposed Plans. Washington, April 11. Lower transportation charges, economy in taxation, equal treatment under any tariff law, and short time credits are among subjects representatives o( farmers in 30 states began discussing today, preliminary to making up a program of legislation to be asked of congress for relief of the agricul tural situation. The executive committee and dele gates from the associations of thi American Farm Bureau federation be gan conferences which are expected to continue 10 days and which in clude a meeting with President Har ding and his cabinet Wednesday and with the joint agricultural commit tees and other' members of congress Friday night. In addition to receiving reports to day the committee was addressed by A. F. Lever, member of the federal farm loan board, and held a round table discussion with Governor Har ding of the federal reserve board. Secretary Wallace is expected to meet with the delegates tomorrow to go over the tariff situation. Secretary Wallace announced to day that a commitiee of live stock men in the west were taking up the question of developing a marketing organization on the plan of the grain marketing committee of 17 which was ratified at Chicago last week. ITns outcome of the Chicago meeting, Mr. Wallace asserted. should be "reassuring" to those who had feared the farmers were trying to develop a "corner" on their own product. Wheat Growers Meet to Consider Marketing Plan Hastines. Neb.. AdimI 11. CSnr- tint iriezran . i i meennc fit in state officers of the National Wheat Growers association has been called for Tuesday to consider the grain marketing plan of the committee of 17 adopted in Chicago last week. The officers are dissatisfied with the substitution of voluntary for com pulsory pooling. The national offi cers will meet in Wichita next Mon day to decide upon a policy with reference to the plan proposed at Chicago. Bargains of Want Ads. all kinds in Bee Apparel, Third Floor Chiffon Weight Hose To complement the new strap pumps, are to be had in black, white, cordovan and the new shades of gray for $3.50 to $6.50 a pair. Mexican Drawn Work Is new and very beauti ful. Drilwn threads, hand hemstitching and clusters of French knots charac terize this style. Contor Aielo Mais Floor