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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. AUGUST 13. 1921. 6 Revision of Tax Laws Completed In Conference Several Additional Changes Made in Measure by Repub lican Members of Ways And Means Committee. By Tbe Associated Irm. 'ashingtofi, Aug. 14. Revision of the 1918 tax law was completed to day by republican members of the ,iouse ways and means committer, with the adoption of these, addition al changes. 'Repeal of the express and oil pipe line transportation taxes, effective January 1. 1922. Imposition of a license tax of $10 on venders of soft drinks effective i upon enactment of tire bill. Substitution of a manufacturers' tax, of 12 cents a gallon , on cereal beverages (near beer) for the pres ent levy of IS per cent, effective up on enactment of the bill. Imposition of a 5 per cent tax on the full manufacturers' selling price of the following articles, if sold by the manufacturers at levels in ex cess of those specified: Carpets and rugs, $3.50 per square yard; trunks, $30 each; yalises, trav eling bags, suitcases, hat boxes used by travelers and fitted toilet cases, $15 each; purses, pocketbooks, shop ping and handbags, $4 each; port able , lighting " fixtures, including lamps of all kinds and shades, $10 each;, fans, $1 each, and house or smoking coats or jackets and bath or lounging robes, $5 each. Will Cover Shortage. These taxes also would become effective upon enactment of the bill. , Announcing comDletion . of their paid they believed the bill as agreed tipon would produce the $3,000,000, ,000 total which Secretary Mellon es- timated at the White House tax i conference last Tuesday it would be necessary to raise from internal rev enue next year. Not all of this sum would be collected on this year's business, however, as the total in cludes $300,000,000, which treasury officials estimate can be collected on back taxes The bill,' as finally drafted by the committee, will be presented to the "" house Monday, under present plans of republican leaders, and will be passed next Saturday. From the house it will go to the senate, where the finance committee will consider it during the proposed congressional recess, with a view to reporting it to the senate when congress recon venes, probably late in September. f Retain Phone Tax. ) With the removal of the express anH oil nin lines taxes, the com mittee eliminated all of the transpor tation taxes. No change was made, however, in the levies of telegraph, telephone, cable and radio messages, this section of the old law remaining in force. The manufacturers' tax of 5 per cent on carpets, trunks and other articles is designed to replace the so-J called luxury levies now in toice, in cluding those on wearing apparel, but the olan now is to continue these ttxes. collected and paid to the gov- . t 1 CTTilllCIll UY IMC uary 1 despite the fact that the man ufacturers' tax would become effec tive upon enactment of the bill. The licenses tax on venders of soft drinks is a new levy exclusive of the manufacturers' tax on syrups used at fountains and on unfermented beverages, carbonated waters or other soft drinks sold in containers. Soft Coal Production Continues to Slump Chiracs Trtms-Omah Bm Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 14. Produc tion of bituminous coal continued to decline during the week ended Au gust 6, according to the weekly re port of the geological survey. The total output for the first week in August was 7.296,000 tons, a de crease of 56,000 tons from the pre vious week. In the corresponding week of 1918 the total was 12,130,000 tons and a year ago it was 10,432,000 tons. " . , Disputes between operators and mine workers, resulting in the clos ing of several collieries-, were the im n4; 3i of a sharo decrease in the production of anthracite dur ing me nrsi wcck m nuu. total output was estimated at i toi nno rnns. which was a decrease of 273,000 tons, or IS per cent from the week ended July ii, wtucii was the latest week unaffected by labor in others Pension Bill Mav Be Passed in Illinois Hinsdale. 111., Aug. .M.-A bill drafted and fathered by Judge nenry v..t t citv. "father of the mother's pension" system, has just been passed by tne tower nousc o the Illinois legislature and is on final passage, without oppisition in the It provide! pensions for mothers of dependent children, when the fath er is imprisoned over a year or more. This law authorizes the juvenile courts to pay such motners oo a month for the first child and $15 per month for each additional child un der 14 years of age. A special tax OI r IV a jimi 19 n uc kiu iru All pU;c( V7 ivf V v mi. m iiivi.iv.a nrnxMHi fund, out of -which the nn'mn nrnsinns are to be fiaid. This fund, in : Cook county (in cluding Chicago, 111.), would amount to $750,Q0O a year. $6 a Month Rent for House Stuns. Purchaser, of Paper ' St. . Louis. Mo.. Aug. . 14. Rent gougers don't flourish at Linn. Osage county, Missouri The residents of that quiet little town, far removed from the rumble of speeding railroad trains; have never had occasion to become vexed at the high cost of living, according to A. C. McKibbin, director of oublicitv for the republic an , state committee. - "I bought a weekly paper at Linn, says McKibbin; "and the citizens asked me if I didn't want to rent a house a handsome new cottage.near my office. ...... "The rental agent said it would he $6 a month when. I asked the price!" Chief Dempsey and Aides Show Bravery Under Movie Fire "Now chief, turn jour head a little to the left talk to your side-kicks show ' a little action amile, smile, SMILE like you're goin' to appoint 50 more coppers ah, that's it. chief, show those Teddy Roosevelt mo lars." It was.H. F. Chenoweth, head of the Chenoweth Film company, direct ing Chief of Police Dempsey in a lit tle movie Saturday, entitled, "Chief, You're a Wonder." Chief Dempsey made his debut in the movies in front of Central pol;ce station with Inspector of Police An drew Pattullo and Chief of Detectives Charles Van Deusen. It was the first lime this trio of Omaha police vet-, crans had appeared before a movie camera. The film will be shown at a local theater all this week. Atfempts Suicide Because Wife Left Despondent Over Separation And Nonemployment, Luth er Blevins Inhales Gas. Worrying over lack of employ ment and despondent because his wife left him about two weeks ago, Luther. Vance Blevins, 4507 South Twenty-sixth street, attempted sui cide Saturday afternoon at attaching a rubber tube to a gas jet, placing one end in his mouth and then turn ing on the gas. ' .; He was found later," lying uncon scious on the bedroom floor by E. F. Sallander, 2311 North Sixteenth street, who had gone to the Blevins apartments to collect rent that was two months overdue. . Police Surgeon Young of the Sout" Side station was called and had Blevins removed to St. Joseph hos pital. For a time he was in a serious condition, but early this morning at tending physicians said he would re cover. . . Blevins, neighbors said. had worked for his father-in-law, Eugene Conklin, 5608 South' Fifty-third street, making cement blocks, but he had given up that job and had been idle. The following note expressing his love for his wife and his little daugh ter was found in the room in which Blevins attempted to commit Miicide: heart. You have broken my heart. "Helen Blevins: Good-bye Sweetheart. You have broken my heart. I know I have done wrong, but it's too late now. You don't love me any more. Dear, I love you and little Virginia, but I can't live without you so good-bye, God bless you. Maybe we will meet in another world. Luther." Engineer Suggests Subways 400 Feet Deep To Serve New York City Chirac Trtbtuia-Omaha Bm laaatd Win. New York, Aug. 14. Rapid if,n; t;n 400 fret beneath the surface of the city, and with trains running straight as the bee mes to all points, at . a speea 01 w. mues an hour are suggested by Reginald Pelham Bolton, a consulting engi neer, who is developing his plan to submit to the transit commission. The present subways, he explained, with their curves and irregularities, could be used as thoroughfares tor -hirta and nedestrians. and he pointed out that they w6uld splen didly serve these purposes lor.xney would be cool in summer and shel tered in winter. Mr. Bolton plans elevators to carry passengers and from the deep at th rat of 700 feet a min ute.. Subways 400 feet deep would be able to travel straight in any di rection because there w-ouia oe no obstacles to overcome. Canada's Remarkable Growth Is Shown by Statistics On.,,..., Ant Aitor 14. Banks in Canada at the confederation of the provinces in 1867 numbered lfJ, ac -A a rnmrvtrativ statistics re wi"B -- - f leased by the government showing the development 01 me uuiuuuuu, and "had increased in 1920 to 4,500. r-4a' raitriart mileasre was 2,288 and had increased 38,896 last year. .Not a single grain eic r.r wa in Canada in 1867. while i 707 tnrlav. In 1867 it "was generally believed that wheat grow ing on tne western prairies was im possible. For the last 10 years the three prairie provinces have won the annual wheat championship of the North American continent. For five years they have held the interna tional championship for oats. $3,000 Asked by Man . Bitten by Airedale Dog West Frankfort, 111., Aug. ,14. A leg's a leg for a' that whether it be the graceful limb of femininity or the strong but unattractive male mem ber. ... '" .'. So thinks Samuel D. Ashby, who, while not claiming the impairment of any beauty, is suing Louis Malan drone and four ethers for $5,000 for the bite of one female Airedale .dog on the leg of the plaintiff, from which the latter became "sick, sore, lame and disordered, and remained so for a long space of time." Steamships Arrival. New Torlr, An. II. Pri, Havre; Al banian. Liverpool: Taormlna. Naplei; Xbordman,. Rotterdam; Manchuria,. Hara- . Palmero. Aur- . I. Providence, So ton. . - London. Auf. 12. Saxonia. Xew Torfc. New York, Aoc IS. Robin Ooodfellow, San Francisco. . - 6hanhal, Aur. 10. Africa Wafu, Ta coma. ..-- Kobe, Aur ' 10. Waet Caddobin, Ban Francieco. Hsnrkonr, Aox. 11. Silver States, Baa Francisco. ... Queenetova, ' Aur. IS. Bendoran,. Port land, Ore.- . . Vapartare. . Yokohama, Aug. 10. Croei Keyi. Seat tle. ' - ' ' Kew York. Aoe IS. Olympic, South ampton; Orbita, Southampton, and Hamburg-; Tanta. AllthlerV Naples; Lao XIII, Cadis; Martinla. Liverpool;' Lasovia, Havre. Columbia. Glasgow; Kleuw. . Amsterdam, Rotterdam; Kroonland. Antwerp. - Southampton, Auf." II. Finland, New York. , ' Q'rtenst own, Auf.- l. America, ' New York. . , . -, . . . . - Qlasjow,. Auf.. IS. :amronla, . JeW Yerk. '. Rail Labor Board To Announce New Rules This Week Motion of Union Representa tives to Extend Old Working Agreements Refused Fur ther Hearings Denied.. Chirac Trlbane-OBialis Be Leased Wire. Chicago, Aug. 14. The first of new rules governing working con ditions of railways of the country, to replace the national agreements esablished during federal control, will be laid down by the United States railroad labor board early this week, it was announced today. Just before making this announce ment, the board rendered a decision defeating an effort of union repre sentatives to extend the period dur ing which the national agreements are to remain in' force. This decision denied all applications for further hearings on separate disputes involv ing working rules. ' i The substitute rules now to be prescribed by the labor board will apply on such roads as have not reached agreements with their em ployes. Reports indicate few if any, roads have been able to "get to gether" with their employes on a complete new working code. Following public hearings extend ing over many weeks last winter and at which' both sides introduced rvn1iiminrn! ' tiinnnv. the railroad labor board, on April 14, decided that the national agreement against which the railroad executives had protested should terminate July 1, 1922. The same decision directed rail of ficials and employes' representatives to meet in conference at which sub stitute rules might be agreed upon. V'tn nn Tntv 11. lew agreements had been reported, and the board had been unable to prescribe new rules, the labor board indefinitely ex tended operation of. the national agreements. The employes' representatives were heard this week in protest iigainst the proposal to establish the piece work system in railway shops. A decision, will be rendered later. Bury Dn McKibbin Today Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 14. Funeral services for the late Dr. J. W. Mc Kibbin, pioneer of Adams, were held Sundav afternoon at 3 under the auspieces of the Masonic lodge. Burial was in Adams cemetery. A number of chvsicians and members of the Masonic order in this city attended the funeral. . Let Fatima smokers tell you Ask than at the Resorts In the ozone of the seashore or the bracing coolness of mountain air, this smoothly balanced blend seems to taste better than ever. For certain it is that at many of the nation's best-known playgrounds Jjoort It Mtem Tobacco Co. Tony Hauled It In Toy Wagon But Sly Sleuths Arc on Job Liquor has been transported illegal ly in many ways since the Volstead net went into effect but it remained for Tony Bartow. 2204 Toppleton street, to find a new method. . Tony was arrested Saturday after noon at Twenty-second and Mason. He was transporting six gallons of "dago red" covered over with sacks in a toy wagon. Detectives Buford, Treglia and Murphy arrested Tony and charged him with illegal possession of liquor. Legion to Explain Drawing of Land Ex-Service Mfn Interested in Obtaining Homestead 'In . vitcd to Meeting. Adjutant Hough of the Douglas county American Legion post has called a meeting for ex-service men who are interested in the land draw ing in Goshen county, Wyoming, known as a part of the North Platte project. The meeting is to be held Friday evening at 8 in Legion head quarters. Hough has maps of the locality which he will distribute. W. J. Mar tin, chief clerk in the agriculture de partment of the Union Pacific rail road, and who has been over all the land to be thrown open, vill speak, as will J. VY. Cobbey, a Legion man who drew a piece of land in Wyo ming last year. ( Two hundred 80-acre tracts are to be distributed among ex-service men by lottery. Through the efforts of Robert Simmons, state Legion com mander, the required first payment has been reduced to $150. Ad jutant Hough says arrangements may be made so that it will not be necessary to.go to Wyoming to ap ply for land. Subscription Is Started to v Salvage Racing Schooner Gloucester, .Mass., Aug. 14. The return of the steamship Fabia to Sable Island to again attempt the raising of the racing schooner Es peranto was assured when a sub scription was started to finance the second expedition. Following a meeting in the Chamber of Com merce, when the first pledge was made by A. B. Sadger, head of the s&lvage concern which made the first attempt, collections were begun, and it is believed the Fabia will be under way Friday. iJf- CIGARETTES TWENTY Jor Q -but taste Aldermen File Suit to Reduce Expenditures Action Started to Prevent Spending $3,250,000 in Chi cago Without Order From Citv Council. Chiracs Trlbona-Omaha. Pre l.ajd Wire. Chicago, Aug. 14. Suit was filed in the circuit court today by three aldermen to thwart on alleged at tempt on the part of city officials to spend more than $5,250,000 in 1921 without the specific order of the city council. A large part of the huge sum will be handed' over to traction, building and real' experts unless the court acts to prevent it, declares the peti tion, which was filed by Aldermen Schwartz, Guernsey and Woodhull, the aldermanic committee 'investi gating the expert fee scandal. Here is what the petition says about the defendants City Con troller Harding, City Treasurer Smith and the municipal corporation itself: "The defendants have, at times past, ' illegally. wrongfully and fraudulently disbursed moneys be longing to the city of Chicago from appropriations similar to those con tained in the 1921 appropriations ordinance, as hereinabove listed, and that, "Without regard to the legality of payments, it is their intention to con tinue the prosecution of their nefari ous scheme to mulct the revenues of the city of Chicago and of the taxpayers thereof of enormous sums of money illegally and with out warrant of law; - "That their actions in so doing are pursuant to a wicked conspiracy entered into between themselves and other officials of the city of Chi cago to deliver the revenues of the city illegally and fraudulently; "That in the prosecution of said conspiracy, said defendants have been aided and abetted and are now being aided and abetted by the cor poration counsel and other admin istrative officials of the city of Chicago." Dies at Goodland Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 14. The body of George Schneider, who was killed in action overseas, arrived at Ply mouth last night, and funeral services were held Sunday morning at 10 from the Lutheran church at Ply mouth. The American Legion was in charge. TIM Bluffs Man Shoots Thieves He Catches Stealing His Auto Arthur Montgomery, guest at 'the home of J. W. Kelly, 702 Perrin avenue, saved his automobile from bting stolen carlv Saturday morn-1 ing and is quite confident he planted a bullet in the shoulder of one of the thieves. The Kelly car occupied the gara.ee and Montgomery had left his vehicle in the driveway, protected by a locked steering wheel. At 3 a. ni. he was awakened by a noise and, looking out of the window, taw hi3 car in the middle of the street with two men trying to break the lock. He had an automatic v'stl in his hand and opened fire. He saw on? of the men clap his hand upon his shoulder and stagger. away, follow ing the other, who was running. The thieves had "jimmied" the steering apparatus so badly that it took an hour to get the car out of the street. Thieves broke into the harness shop of Charles D. Walters, 154 West Broadway, Friday nighty and found $15 in the cash drawer. Noth ing else was taken. They got into the store by breaking a rear win dow. Police detectives said it looked like a boy's job. Trial of Two Men On Murder Charge Begins at Atlantic Atlantic, la., Aug. 14. Trial of Arthur and Ben Hickman, charged with the murder of Bert 1'atton, a deputy sheriff of Page county, on February 12, 1921, is scheduled to be gin here Monday morning in the Cass county court. The Hickmans. who are brothers, are charged with murder in the first decree. Tatton was shot just as he had stepped from a train on the Wa bash railroad at Bingham in . Page county, where he went to arrest the Hickmans on a charge of holding ip a dice game at Shenandoah on the night preceding. It is charged that the Hickmans were hiding behind a pile of railroad ties when Fatton was shot. On agreement of attorneys for the state and defense the case was trans ferred to Cass county. Judge George W. Cullison of Harlan will be on the bench when the case is tried. Two of the 2o names drawn for the special venire to hear the trial are those of women. They are Mary Wasson of Atlantic and Mary E. Anstey of Massena. Should they be selected for the jury they will be the first women to sit on a murder trial in Cass county. Federal Judge Signs Order for Brictson Audit Hearing on Petition for Re ceiver to Be Resumed Friday; President Says He Can Aeeouut for All Fund9. Federal Judge Woodrough signed an order late Saturday permitting a-i audit of the Brictson Manufac turing coninanv's books to be made. The audit was asked by a com mittee of stockholders, who met yesterday afternoon at the offices of their attorney, F. A. Mulfinger. Hearing of the petition of stock holders for a receiver for the com pany will be resumed in federal court next Friday. Yesterday O. A. Bricston, president of the company, haled into court by an order cf Judge . Woodrough cn petition of the stockholders, declared he "Can account for every dollar and every postage stamp"- used in transaction of the business. He. told how he had started with cue employe in a barn in his former home, Brookings, S. D., manufac turing the "Brictson tread" automo bile tire, and described how the business grew to a $10,000,000 cor poration. rHOTOPI.AYS. Now Till Wednesday - - ' - ' 1 A play of '7 Witts" "1 Wont's" 7 Cant's" All th wives are belles and all the poor old hutbandi merely dumbells. ' Kinograrat Mermaid Comedy Orchestra-Organ n riKiTori.AVs. yP C"jv- t-vnr -. . , Tonight and Tomorrow Night 7 and 9 O'clock. Doors Open at 6:30. The greatest question since the world began! Asked and ans wered in a drama of two human lives. Musical Feature New Muse Orchestra iTIKIEATRCO A Picture With a Punch BUCK JONES hi in "STRAIGHT FROM V THE SHOULDER" Beautiful Norma Talmadge h . . Er in a nevivai "The Moth" Charles Murray in "A Gay Old Knight" n NOW AND ALL WEEK Thomas Seighan "THE EASY ROAD" and Charlie Chaplin in "A DOG'S LIFE " AMl'SCMKMTS. EMPRESS TWO SHOWS IN ONE KfRVILlE FAMILY. Trick Bllllardhtl: HERMAN A BRISCOE In "Th'lr flnt Re. hMMal;" BRUCE A BOYLE. Prientl 'Mary A Jarry:" DALE A BOYLE In '-The Botttr the Beau." Photoplay Attraction. "The Girl From Nowhert," Feiturlno El aim Ham. mcrtteln. EATTY'S Co-Operative Cafeterias We Appreciate Your ' Patronage. eex 'avaipsr. Sffctfsrx . . V 1""" BtlitV E
