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Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 51 NO. 47. Utmt u SMM.ciin Mttter Hi It. ISM. t Ontht f. 0. VHn Act ( Htrtk I. II7S. OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1921. By malt (I rr. Duhr Swilty. 17.10) Dilly Ml Sunday. 2.M) (a aUU la UalttS Itataa. Caaaaa aaa Nulla. THREE CENTS The Reds Must Release All Americans 100 Americans Still iu Soviet Country Six Freed in Fair Condition Following Confinement. Guarantee Is Offered Riga, Letvia, Aug. 10. (By The Associated Tress.) A guarantee that all Americans remaining in Russia will be given an oppor tunity to leave that country if they desired was offered today by Maxim Litvinoff. soviet represen tative, at a conference held this afternoon with Walter L. Brown, European director of the Amer ican Relief 'organization, 'over the question of American relief for famine-stricken Russia. Six Americans Released. Riga, Letvia, Aug. 10. (By The Associated Press.) Soviet Russia has released six of the American prisoners who have arrived at Narva Esthonia, but the fact that only this halt dozen of Americans were sent out of the country was said li-;re to day to threaten a long delay m and perhaps the abandonment of the ne gotiations for American famine re lief for Russia. The six were Capt. Emmit Kilpatrici Dr. Weston B. iFstes, 298 West Twelfth street, San Jose, Cal; John Flick,. X B. Kalma tiano, Dr. Henry J. La Marc, 241 Market street, San Francisco, and Russell Pattinger, 686 West Twelfth street, San Francisco. The prisoners, released under the promise made by the soviet author ities at the time help was accepted from American relief organizations tor famine-suffering Russia, reached Narva last night in fair condition. Movie Photographers. Of the released men Captain Kil patrick of Uniontown, Ala., was cap tured while on duty with General Wnngel's forces in south Russia. Dr. Estes and Flick of New York are . moving picture photographers who went into Russia and were im prisoned last year. X. B. Kalmatiano of Racine, Wis., has been in Russian nrisons for near ly three years. Walter L. Brown, European direc tor cr the American relief adminis tration, Herbert Hoover's organiza tion, through which it has been planned chiefly to administer the proposed famine relief, arrived in Riga while the six Americans set free "were on the way to Reval. Maxim Litvinoff, the soviet ' envoy, .eached-hcre about the same time" inn ft tilt in Pnuii 0 Director Brown, it is understood, will insist that every bona fide Amer ican in Russia, whether in or out of prison, must be given an opportunity to leave Russia before the negotia tions can begin. The State depart ment has provided him with a list of more than 100 Americans still in Russia. It was thought this forenoon that a conference today between Mr. Erovn and M. Litvinoff was ex tremely unlikely. On the Russian side, the negotia tions are ready to be inaugm ated. A staff of experts arrived with the Russian envoy. Another member cf his party was" Theodore Chalia pine, the noted Russian operatic basso, who plans to go to Ivigland to sing on behalf of starving Rus sians. AH six of the Americans were in fairly Rood health and appeared to be delighted with their freedom. Most o: them said they were going to Riga, wnence tney expectea to sail lor America as oon as possible. None of them knew the exact whereabouts of Royal C. Keelcy. an American en gineer, other than that he was running a factory somewhere for the bolshe vist. ' Arrive at Reval Reval, Esthonia. Aug. '10. (By The Associated Press.)-A special bolshevist automobile, carrying the six Americans who had been re leased from Russian prisons, arrived here at 6 o'clock this morning, where the American" Red Cross will sunnlv them with minfortahlp rlnih- ihg to replace tlieir discarded Cos ,-i-r j - sacks uniforms , and other , queer habiliments. Thio nondescript garb gave them a strangely foreign appearance, so that they could not be recognized as Americans, as they rode in on the bolshevist Conveyance. -Bay Stat Constitution of . j 1780 Held to Be Law Boston, Aug. 10. The original state constitution of 1780 is the su preme law of the commonwealth and not the rearranged constitution adopted by the voters, November 4, 1919, according to a majority decision of the supreme court handed down today. The court in a previous decision also held the constitution of 1780 was still in force and that articles adopted Ly the constitutional convention two years ago should follow as amend ments and not be incorporated into the rearrangement document. American Professor Killed in Fall on Excursion in Japan Karuiza wo, Japan, Aug. 10. (By the Associated Press.) William Hyde Price, professor of political econamy at the Japanese imperial university and a prominent figure in the American colony at Tokio, was killed accidentally yesterday in a fall down a gorge near here while 4n an excursion trip. He was born in Titusville. Pa., in 1880. Favor Movie Censorship. Lincoln, Aug. 10.t-( Special.) Resolutions favoring state censorship of moving pictures were passed to nay at a business meeting of the Uoworth league' held in Lincoln. 1 Ask Supreme Court To Prohibit Dances In School Building Lincoln, Aug. 10. (Special) The Nebraska supreme court must de cide whether dancing shall be per mitted in the building occupied by the junior high school at' North Platte. , An appeal calling for a permanent injunction against the use of the building for dancing was filed in the highest court of the state today by the following persons: Harry A. Brooks, Harry M. Porter, J. C. Wil son, Robert A. Phelps, Eliza A. Dolph, Tearl R. Stevens, ' Lucy M. Skinner, Mabel C. Howard. Albert I. McConncll and Edgar Moulton, Dancing the night before the morning when school takes up is not conducive to study, is one charge on the appeal. Conscientious objectors to dancing children find an in surrection on their hands every time a. dance is held in the high school because other parents with children permit them to go, is another charge. Expenditure of money by the Board of Education for dancing is unfair to the taxpayers, is the third charge. A temporary injunction .gainst dancing was issued at North Platte by the late Judge II. M. Grimes but a petition for a permanent injunction tailed to court. get results in the lower Supreme Council Neutral on War Of Greeks-Turks Allies Put Aside f Silesian Question to Discuss Con flict and Disarmament of Germany. Taris. Aug. 10. (By The ' As sociated Press.) The allied supreme council today put aside the Silesian question, now apparently near a defi nite settlement, while awaiting the reports of the experts engaged in drawing the new boundary line be tween Poland and Germany in this area, agreed upon in principle be tween r ranee and England yester day. It was decided meanwhile to dis cuss tne ureco-iurKisn situation and German disarmament questions. In taking up the former subject the council decided unanimously to adopt an attitude of strict neutrality in the Greco-lurkish war, without interfering with trading by private firms with either of the belligerent countries. v Ambassador Harvey- said this de cision was in conformity with the policy of the United States previous to its entering the world war and he concurred in. the councils finding.. Premier Llovd George, m a speech advocating neutrality on the1 part of the allies toward the Greco-Turkish conflict, alluded to American neu trality during the war when the American market was open to both the allies and central powers, adding that the latter were unable to take advantage of the purchase of war materials on account of the British blockade. He asked Ambassador I Harvey if such was his understand ing on the question, and tne latter replied that this was fully in accord with the American viewpoint. Police Claim They ! Have Information to Solve Fogg Murder The cftv detective department an nounced yesterday that it has turned over to County Attorney Shotwell information which it believes will be of material aid in solving the murder of Frank Fogg, druggist, Twentj'-eighth and Farnam streets, the night of July 30. James T. Saxton, 25, alleged to be a dope addict, arrested by Detec tives Frank and Aughc. .is said to have made a confession of his knowl edge of the murder. He is being held without bail with Wilbert (Tim) Ryan of Neville hotel. Saxton and Ryan can identify the man who ran from the Fogg store at the time of the shooting, police say, - Four of Family Drown When Rescue of One Is Attempted Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 10. In an un successful attempt to save his 9-year-old daughter, Laura, Thomas Too hey, aged 53, and three other mem bers of his family were drowned in Otter lake. Laura, the youngest, waded be yond her depth while bathing a few feet from shore. Kathleen and Dorothy soon got beyond their depth and sank. while Miss Brossur, who was close behind, returned to the shore and gave the alarm. Mr. Toohey and his son, Bernard, who were near by, jumped into the water and . swam to where the girls had disappeared. They succeeded in bringing them to the surface, but were unable to conduct them safely to the shallow waters and all sank together. Superintendent Melville retired from Scotland Yard in 1903, after one of the most thrilling careers of any detective of modern times. He specialized in political crimes with such consistent and startling success as to become during his active career the chief terror of the terrorists. He was known throughout Europe as The Anarchist Hunter" How he took his life in hit hands and posed as a Red to ac complish his purpose of breaking up one dangerous organization of terrorists is told in another of Nazariene Dean Kannibelle's tales of "The World's Greatest Detec tive Cases." In Next Sunday's Bee BankRobbed Of$2,000by TwoBandits Cashier of Weston (la.) Insti tution Locked in Vault After Being Threatened With Revolvers. Robbers Escape in Auto Shortly after Cashier James C. Jensen opened the Weston Savings bank in Weston, la., 12 miles east of Council Bluffs, for business yester day morning two men entered, flashed revolvers on him and walked him into the vault, from which he had not yet taken the money. One of the men scooped up $2,500 in the vault,- while the other kept an eye on Jensen, then they turned, closed the door on the cashier and whirled the combination.' A moment later Jens Laubcrsen saw two men leave the bank, hurry ever to the Ford automobile, climb in and drive away. As he walked past the bank he noticed no one was there and thought he heard pounding and muffled cries. Police Notified. He went inside, traced the cries to the vault and listening closely re ceived directions from Jensen how to work the combination. When he had freed Jensen, the pair notified Omaha, Council Bluffs and Avoca of the robbery. Detectives from Omaha went to fcuard the Illinois Central and Doug las street bridges. Bluffs police and deputy sheriffs hit the trail for Weston, and former Sheriff John D. Hazen of Avoca posted armed men at all the bridges along the Nishnabotna river, likely to be crossed by the bandits. Jensen's description of the robbers told of one being dressed in blue overalls with a dark coat and the other in a dark suit. Stop Ford Cars. Bluffs officers on the way to Weston stopped dozens of Ford cars with two men dressed in overalls and dark suits, but none of them proved to be the robbers. The fleeing bandit car was traced as far west on the River-to-River road as the John Garner farm, half way to the Bluffs, and there the trail was lost. Officers believe the pair turned north at the farm over the JIazel Dell road which leads to the Lin coln highway and freedom. Bluffs officers returned at noon, firm in the belief the robbers slipped through the network of posses. Oma ha officers were still on guard at the bridges. ; William Nixon, 369 Lincoln ave nue, Council Bluffs, is president of the robbed bank, and R. S. Spencer, vice president. Ranchman Fatallv Burned in Vain Effort To Rescue His Child O'Neill, Neb., Aug. 10. (Special Telegram.) William Coulter, ranch man, will die as the result of burns received in a vain effort to rescue his 2-year-old baby from flames which consumed the Coulter ranch house near here last night. The blaze was caused by children playing with matches. Both of his hands were burned off in his frantic search for the child. He also sus tained severe burns on the feet and body and serious internal injuries in a leap from a second-story window, after his , search had proved futile and he was driven to escape by the anguish of his burns. The body of the baby was recov ered later from the ruins of the house. The father was taken to At kinson, en route to the Norfolk hos pital, but it was found impossible to complete the trip. Michigan Traction Firm Goes Into Receivership Bay City. Mich.. Aug. 10. The Saginaw-Bay City Railway company, operating local systems in the two cities and an interurban line, went into receivership today and an nounced service will be suspended at ridnight tonight. Law rates of fare insisted upon by the city councils of Saginaw and Bay City and jitney bus competition were said by Jthn A. Cleveland, vice president of the company, to have made it impossible to operate the lines at a profit. The company's liabilities were given at $3,588,851, while th? value of its assets is .placed at $5,000,000. Newspaper Ads Declared Best Antidote for Slumping Sales San Francisco. Aug. 10. News paper advertising, followed up by attractive window displays, is the best antidote for slumping sales, de clared S. E. Conybeare of Lancas ter, Pa., in an adress to delegates to the national furniture dealers' convention, which opened here yes terday. It was estimated that ap proximately 1,000 delegates from all parts of the country were in atten dance. Schooner Is Seized By TJ. S. Customs Authorities Philadelphia, Aug. 10. The two masted American fishing schooner Thomaston, from the Bahama Is lands for Atlantic City was seized here today by customs officers on suspicion of violating the customs regulations. ... " One Killed in Tong War Seattle, Aug. 9. One dead and two wounded, all Chinese, marked the outbreak of a tong war here tonight, according to a report to police headquarters, were, rushed to the shooting, f Riot squads , scene of the Wants Compensation For Grain Eaten by Prairie Chickens Lincoln, Aug. 10. (Special.) Be ing a friend of the prairie chicken may be a costly bit of philanth"" . for Nebraska. Ed Langin, owner of a ranch Lincoln county, has written George Koster, state game warden, demanding that the state pay him $5 a day for small grain eaten by prairie chickens. Langin does not state how long he has suffered the alleged $5 a day loss from the appetite of the prairie chickens. Langin contends that the state is responsible because it denies anyone the right to kill prairie chickens ex cept during a certain season. Langin declares that if there were an open season the year around on prairie chickens the birds would soon be nothing birt a memory and he would be selling much more grain to elevators.' Mrs. Obenchaiii 'Wants to Punish' Kennedy Slayer Woman Held in Los Angeles Murder Case Talks Freely Expresses Faith in Arthur Burch. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 10. Ques tioning of Mrs. Madelynne Oben chain and Arthur C. Burch, under ar rest in connection with the slaying of J. Belton Kennedy, broker, resumed today by the district attorney's of fice, was intimated to be the prin cipal part of the investigation of the case to be pursued until the meeting of the grand jury tomorrow. District Attorney Woolwine said he believed there was already enough evidence to present to the grand jury, but declined to discuss plans. Talks Freely. Mrs. Obenchain talked freely about an interview she had with Woolwine yesterday and said she had never re fused . to answer a question unless that question related to Mr. Burch. She said she had declined to answer questions of this kind on advice of counsel and because "Burch must fight his battle as I must fight mine." She said she told the district at torney that she invited Mr. Burch to come to Los Angeles, saying the thought it would be beneficial to his health, but declined to say anything about any meetings with him prior to the shooting of Kennedy at Beverly hills last Friday night. She said she had told of her past life, including her relations with Kennedy. ', Believes Burch Innocent. She said she w4uld do anything in her power to punish Burch or any one else she thought guilty of the slaying, but declared she believed Burch innocent. Woolwine said there were certain reasons why he could not discuss Mrs. Obenchain's talk with him. Burch, according to relatives here, has received two telegrams from his parents in Evanston, 111., expressing confidence in his innocence and promising any assistance he might need. Typographical Union Rejects Plan to Cut Salaries of Officers Quebec, Aug. 10. The Interna tional Typographical union, at its convention today, rejected proposals to clip salaries and traveling ex penses of executive officers. The vote on the proposal was 168 to 99. , These recommendations, the cen ter of stormy debate, were made by President John McParland. One proposed cutting $50 a vear from the $4,000 salary of Vice President W. J. Barrett. J. W. Hays, secretary-treasurer, referred to a 'measly $5,000 per an nrmi" salary paid the president and himself. , President McParland said he got along all right and saved money even if he did have to press his clothes at home, but he referred to "pints of diamonds" worn by some labor leaders. Spanish Forces Pressed . Hard by Rif Tribesmen London, Aug. 10. Reports from Melilla, says a dispatch to the London Times from Tangier, are that the Rif tribesmen have captured part of General Navarro's position on Mount Arruit. Navarro's column now is said to consist of 700 fighting men, all of the remainder being sick or wounded. There has "been a large increase in .1.. r . :, - . . I tuc enemy lorces in tne netgiiDor- hood . of. Meliiia, dispatches saw Fighting has occurred between the Spaniards and the tribesmen on the Melilla plains in districts hitherto re ported as loyal to Spain. Oldest Lutheran inister in U. S. MDies at St. Paul,' Minn. St, Paul, Aug. 10. Rev. Nils Brandt, 97, said to have been the oldest Norwegian Lutheran minister in the United States, died here early today. He was born in Norway in 1824. . For many years Mr.- Brandt was connected with Luther college of De corah, la. Funeral services will be held at Decorah, probably on Fri day. Father Philip J. O'Connor Dies at San Antonio, Tex. Sioux City, Aug. 10. Rev. Philip J. O'Connor, well known Iowa Cath olic priest, formerly pastor of St. Joseph's church here, is dead at San Antonio, Tex., according to advices received here. He had been in poor health several, vears. For 18 car before coming to Sioux Citv. he was a .pastor at Carroll. Ia. lie was orn in Ireland in 1854. vCC. ' il Yukon Miner Is Believed Victim Of Wild Beasts Posses Hunt for Missing Vet eran Gold Prospector Known as Unluckiest Man in Yukon. Dawson. Y. T., Aug. 10. Posses led by United States Marshal Pow ers today were searching for Con Van Alstyne, veteran Yukon pioneer, who has been missing for several weeks. He is believd to have fallen into an old prospect hole or to have been killed by wild beasts. Van Alstyne, sometimes called the unluckiest man in. Yukon, left his summer camp on Mission creek a few weeks ago1 on a prospecting trip to Eagle, 100 mils north of Dawson. He had been searching for gold in this region for a quarter of a cen tury. He first attracted attention when he staked the famous claim No. 16, Eldorado, in Klondike camp. Believing it poor," he exchanged it for another owned by Thomas Lippy, who later mined $2,000,000 from the property, and his. successor took further fortunes from it. While Lippy went to Seattle a multi-millionaire, Van Alstyne ob tained very little out of Lippy's old claim. Seven Held in K. C. for $25,000 Seattle Holdup - Kansas City, Aug. 10. The local nolice todav were holding two men who gave their names as Edward Patton of Portland, Ore., and Louis Gordon of Seattle, Wash., and who late last night made written state ments that they were implicated in a $25,000 bank messenger holdup at Seattle, July 14, last. . The police also were detaining two other men and three women who were ar rested at a downtown hotel with Patton and Gordon. The other members of the party, however, po lice said, were exonerated by the statements of Patton and Gordon. There also was in possession of the authorities $4,400 in currency, said by private detectives who caused the arrests, to bear' serial numbers similar to those on money taken in the holdup. The currency was in possession of one of the women who gave her name as Miss Elva Ducker, San Francisco, and who, Patto'n told the police, was his wife. The other members of the party gave their names as John J. Murphy, San Francisco, a bookkeeper; John J. Fox, Sail Diego, a solicitor; Miss Milo Moore, Billings, Mont., and Miss Myrtle Moore, Kansas City, Ku Klux Klan Wants Bible Read in Public Schools Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 10. (Special Telegram.) Supremacy of the white race, protection of wom anhood, sanctity of the home and separation of religion and politics are the announced purposes cf the Grand Island kavern of the Ku Klux Klan. as given out to the press by the district organizer, at present making headquarters here. In addi tion, he stated that while this had never been proclaimed especially, the organization would work for the reading of the Bible in the public schools. Western Senators Form 'Bloc To Fight for Fair Treatment Washington, Aug. 10. (By The Associated Press.) Formation of a western tariff "bloc" within the re cently organized and uncfficial ag riculture group in the senate was announced today by Senator Good ing, republican, llaho. The new group is composed entirely of repub licans from western states, Senator Gooding said, allied to tight for "fair treatment for the west"' in the tariff bill. I Modernizing the Woman Taken In "Robbery Trust" Prisoner Held in Worthington Case Gives Federal Authori ties More Information. Chicago, Aug. 19. New revelations of the amazing financial operations of John V. Worthington and his assistants were made by one of his principal agents and gave the gov ernment a much stronger hold upon the "WallingfordVof Chicago. John J. Epps, tried and acquitted in the Toledo mail robbery, has been held in jail here, unable to procure the $10,000 bond, imposed. Hereto fore he has declined to talk, but yes terday he sent word to the federal authorities that he wanted to make a statement. He was taken to the federal building and questioned at length, but no hint was given as to Ins testimony except that it was highly imoortant. The first woman arrested in the case was taken into custody in New York, charged with unlawfully cor cealing records of mail robberies. She is Miss Caroline Hess, secretary to Arthur Goldsmith, who has con fessed he .was Worthington's agent in the cast. Miss Hess was held under $1,500 bond. Indication that Worthington had planned to flee the United States was found in the passport bureau. He had applied May 21, shortly after the Dearborn street mail robbery, for a passport to England, France and Jo and. it was issuca in Washington, but held up in Chicago because at that time Worthington was under indictment, charged with some minor ' get-rich-quick scheme Policeman Killed When Mistaken for Robbei Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 10. A tele phone message trom Collicrvilie, a suburb of Memphis, shortly after noon stated that one Memphis po liceman was killed and three others were injured by a posse of sheriff s deputies, which fired on them in mistake for bandits, who earlier in the day shot and killed two police officers and wounded another after an unsuccessful attempt to rob an employe of the Ford Motor com pany here of a bag containing $8,500. Strange Ocean Currents Blamed for Alaska Wreck Washington, Aug. 10. (By The Associated Press.) A; baffling phe nomenon of ocean current tendencies, just discovered, probably, accounts for the loss Saturday of the steamer Alaska and 47 lives on the California coast, it was announced here today by Col. L. E. Jones, director of the coast and geodetic survey. Winds driving parallel to the Pacific coast, he said, set up new-currents which, unsuspected by navigators, drift in land, instead of exactly in wind di rections. Ford Property in New York Is Sold at Sheriff's Sale New York, Aug. 10. The Ford Motor company building and land at Broadway and Fifty-fourth street,' valued at about $1,000,000, was sold fct auction by United States Marshal McCarty for $676,000 to satisfy a judgment of $600,000 and interest by the Hotel Woodward company. The Ford company contracted w ith the hotel company in the early dayi of the war to erect a hotel on the property and give a 21-year lease. A dispute and court action resulted. 8 Dallas Youths on Trial As Street Corner Loafers Dallas, Tex., Aug. 10. Validity of an ordinance prohibiting street cor ner loafing was to be contested in trial tomorrow of eight young men. including Gus King, foot ball star. All arc members of well known fam- ilies. Seal xox Small, Following Arrest, to Seek Change of Venue Illinois Governor Goes About Business as Usual After Giving Bond for $50,000 Springfield, 111.. Aug. 10. A legal battle over change of venue may be the next phase in the fight of Governor Len Small against charges of embezzlement during his term as state treasurer in 1917 and 1918. His arrest yesterday after Sheriff Henry Mester had besieged the governor's office in the state house lessened the tension at the capital which has been at high pitch since the indict ments were returned July 20. The governor today went about his executive duties as usual, having given bond for $50,000 and it was believed in many quarters that no further action would be taken until the governor and his indicted asso ciates, Lieutenant Governor Fred Sterling and Vernon Curtis, the lat ter a banker of Grant Park, 111., ap peared in the Sangamon county cir cuit court on the first Monday in September to answer to the indict ments. Boy Bumed to Death When Wind Upsets Car Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 11. Trapped in a flaming cook car, over turned by a terrific wind east of Frederick late yesterday, Mrs. J. J. Schwartzbaugh and her 5-year-old son received burns which resulted in the death of the son at noon to day. Mrs. Schwartzbaugh is in a critical condition. The storm which struck Fred erick overturned barns, wrecked small buildings and- twisted trees, bringing with a hail which caused considerable crop damage. A strip east of Tolstoy was reported great-J ly damaged by hail, with high winds reported at Tulare, W'atertown, Hecla and Ludden, N. D. Redfield reported an inch and a half of rain fall in less than an hour. President and Wife to Go on Vacation if Congress Recesses Washington, Aug. 20. Should congress recess late this month, President and Mrs. Harding may leave Washington for an extended vacation. No definite plans have been made, however, it was said to day. , The president has hoped that he might make a trip into the Pacific northwest this fall, but it is not now considered likely that he will get that far away from Washington. Un Armistice day, November 11. the president will speak at Arling ton cemetery here at a service for unknown dead, and on the same day is expected to deliver an address opening the disarmament conff ence. - The Weather Forecast. Nebraska: Generally fair Thurs day and probably Friday; slightly cooler Thursday. Iowa: Generally fair Thursday and probably Friday; slightly cool er Thursday. Hourly Temperatures. S a. m... . m. . . 1 a. m . . . S . m... a, m. . . ..7 1 p. m... ..! t p, ni... . . .4 S p. ' m. . . 4 p. in... B p. ra... . p. m... 7 p. m... . 8 p. m... M . ...KU ....85 ?4 ....77 ....70 1 a. m... 11 a. m... IS noon . . . Highest Wednesday. i Ihivrnirart ..so ..74 ..4 . . ..as Fnrhlo Rapid I'llv. Halt I.k.. Nanla l... Mont Cttj.. Yalrntiac . . - ! ..HI .. . .7 . HO . .80 P .moIbm 1 t.nler rtli nude. . Decrease In Income Tax Defeated Proposal to Incresac Individ ual Exemption Beaten in House Committee Al lowances Boosted $200. Levy on Fares Repealed Chicago Tribune-Omaha Br leased Wt, Washington, Aug. 10. Proposals to increase tax exemptions applying to individual incomes met defeat to day in the house ways and means committee, with the exception that the allowance for each dependent was increased from $200 to $400. The suggestion was advanced that the present exemption of $1,000 for single persons and $2,000 for heads of families be increased to $1,500 and $2,508 respectively. Chairman Ford ney and other members of the com mittee favored this action, but later it was decided not to increase the exemption applying to single per sons, but the proposal to increase it for heads of families was regarded favorably. A suggestion was made that the increased exemption be limited only to incomes of less than $5,000. Finally, however, the com mittee voted against any change ex cept in the exemption for depend dents. An increase in the exemption for both single ' persons and heads of families would have meant a loss in revenue of between $40,009,000 and $50,000,000. Plan Voted Down. In connection with the discussion the advisability of decreasing the 4 per cent normal tax to 3 per cent was brought upr but .voted down. The committee made a number of important changes in the program as agreed upon at last night's confer ence between President Harding, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and republican house leaders. Among them were the complete repeal of freight, passenger and Pullman transportation taxes instead of cut ting them in half and an increase in the flat corporation income tax from 121-2 per cent, the figure proposed last night, to 15 per cent. The tax on express will remain, ' The result of today's changes was to make a further net decrease of $60,000,000 in anticipated revenues. As the bill now stands, the yield will be $555,000,000 less than the amount which the present law is estimated to vield in the fiscal year 1922. The bill as it stood - last night Tepre. sented a cut of $419,000,000. The vield from internal taxes now will be. $3,020,000,000 if ro further changes are made. Program Approved. The committee formally approved most of the features of the program as framed at the White House con ference. A statement issued from the committee shows that formal ap proval was given to the following: Repeal of the excess profits tax ou corporations, effective January 1, 1921. Increase of the income tax on cor porations from the present flat tax of 10 per cent and the proposed tax of 121-2 per cent to IS per cent, eU fective January 1, 1921. Retention of the $2,000 exemptions on the income of corporations. Elimination of surtax brackets above the 32 per cent above $66,000 and retention of present lower sur taxes effective January 1. 1921. Increase of the exemption to heads of families on account of children or other dependents from $200 to $400. Removal of transportation taxe- on freight, passenger, seats and berths, eflectrve January I, V)Z. Repeal of soda fountain tae and substitution of a tax on the manu facture of svrups and carbo-iated gas, of 5 cents a pound. Change Beverage Levy. A change in the tax. on cereal beverages from 15 per cent :.d val orem to 15 cents per gallon. A change in the tax on inn; juices and all carbonated beverages from ' 10 per cent ad valorem to 2 cents per gallon. A tax of 10 cents per gallon on finished and fountain syrups. Repeal of the proprietary stamp tax and substitution of a tax of 5 per cent on the manufacture of tooth paste, tooth powder, etc., and on proprietary medicines. Exemption from taxation of the first $500 in stock and interest re ceived as dividends from building and loan associations as a means of encouraging construction. ' Custer County Stockmen . Organize Association Broken Bow, Neb., Aug. 10. ' (Special.) Through the instrumen tality of the Custer county farm bureau, a meeting of the farmers and stockmen was called for the pur pose of organizing a Custer county Live Stock Improvement associa tion. The following officers were elected: P. L. Gaddis of Comstock, president; A. J. Van Antwerp, vice president; H. F. Grabert, secretary treasurer, and H. J. Klcihege, cor responding secretary. The next meeting is called for Wednesday, August 24, at noon, to be held at the county fair grounds in the farm bureau tent. Fort Crook Flyer Ordered To Air Engineeing School Capt. H. W. Cook, Fort Crook aviator, has received orders to re port to the air engineering school at Dayton field, Ohio, at once. He will leave Omaha for Dayton Satur day, Cook is a Yankee ace with seven victories to his credit. Four test flights were made Tnes lay in a Haviland-4 plane by Mai. Ira A. Radrr and Capt. H. W. Cook.