The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 71.
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OMAHA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1921.
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THREE CENTS
0 m a ha ii Is
Chosen by
Sinn Fein
Invited To
Inverness
Hard Fight
Expected
On Tax Bill
'Most Perfect Woman J Sends
For Young Apollo of Omaha
He's Better Off On Board
ICocn-lfil! IKl. Br 1U CblflM Trikos.!
Film Venus
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Audrey Munson Put Andre
Delacroix, Omaha's "Perfect
Man," Among Five, One
Of Whom She'll Marry.
Selection MadeFrom 250
Omaha's "perfect man," Andre
Delacroix, has been named ti one
of a group of five candidate but of
a field of 250 applicant in a nation
wide quest for the hand and heart
of Audrey Munson, famous model
and movie star of Syracuse, N. Y.
A letter received yesterday morn
ing by Delacroix, and also inde
pendent telegraphic information
from Syracuse, brought the new
of the success of the Omaha man
in J:e first elimination contest.
Delacroix expect to journey to
Syracuse a soon as his preset, t mo
tion picture contract will permit.
Youth Only Drawback.
The following telegraphic infor
mation was received yesterday
:norning from Syracuse:
"Audrey Munson, the world's
most perfect woman, who recently
announced she was willing to marry
i:ny physically perfect man, has
f elected Andre Delacroix of Omaha
iif. one of the five possibilities, from
among 250 applicants. Site has
invited Mr. Delacroix to come to
yracuse to meet her and he has
: consented to do so. The only
drawback to the Omaha man is his
youth. Miss Munson says.
"But he writes the dearest letters
you ever realf," Miss Munson said
in an interview Tuesday, "and he
insists he intends to sec me and
begged hie, to promise him not to
, become engaged to any one. else
until after our meeting. So I am
counting him among the five."
Same as Hermes
Clayton Bridgewatcr of Okla
homa City is the second man in the
contest. He is a business nwn and
wrote that his measurements arc
. identical with those- of Hermes of
Praxiteles. He says he has a tine
car and could give a girl everything
she desired. The third is Capt
Arthur C. Griffin of Tucson, Ariz.,
who has two "little girls and wants
Miss Munson to act as their mother.
The fourth is Cleve R. Wood of
Dallas, Tex., world veteran cowboy
and now night jailor of the Dallas
county jail. , The fifth is Capt; Wal
ter Wanderwelly of Chicago, globe
trotter, who ha made seven trips
around the -world and want Miss
Munson to' accompany him on .-his
next trip, ' -
In her letter to Mr. DcLcroix,
Miss Munson wrote s ; . . ,
,'T enter you in thoblue ribbon
class,' meaning that the Omaha
man is in the first division of five
out of a field of 250.
Mr. Delacroix was visibly elated
(Turn to Vaf Tw Column STn.)
No Trace Is Found
Of Est
Warden Believes Roy Gard
ner Still Hiding in
.. Woods.
Tacoina, ; Wash.. Sept, 7. Roy
Gardner, mail robber, who escaped
Monday from McNeil Island federal
prison," is concealed in the under
brush of a densely-wooded belt on
t'.'.s island, according to the belief
of W arden ThomasMaIoney, who
has maintained vigilant patrol about
(he tract since the . prison break.
Yard by yard prison guards are
beating over the area which is
thought to be the fugitive's refuge.
There arc many deep crevices and
al : some places the underbrush
scarcely is penetrable. Springs are
plentiful and prison authorties point
ed out Gardner might be able to re
main there undetected for days.
A prison library card was found
near the road which marks the
' t - .1 - T1.a
authorities consider it unlikely that
the card was dropped under .any but
suspicious circumstances, as the spot
is remote from the prison and no
prisoner has' been ovr the road
since a jail break 15 years ago. The
road is little frequented by prison
guards, giving strength, it was said,
to the supposition the card may
have been dropped by Gardner.
Court Holds Man Entitled
To Damages for Tarring
St. Louis. Sept. 7. The United
States circuit court of appeals in a
decision field in federal court, held
that John Meints, a contractor of
. Luverne, Minn., was entitled to re
cover damages from a number of
neighbors who. in August. 1918.
tarred and feathered him because of
charges he was disloyal and drove
' him into South Dakota. -
In the Minnesota federal district
court, a damage suit by Meints
gainst several neighbors resulted
in their favor. The present decision
reverses that finding and remands
the case for a new trial.
Corporation Advances
$lj?00,b00 to Cotton Men
Washington, Sept'7. An agree
ment to advance $1,200,000 to a cot
ton growers' association in Ari
arona for the purpose of financing the ,
tsounced by the war finance corpora-.
tion. The corporation also an-
noonced that 'it had agreed to make
a further advance of $150,000 to a
co-opetaiire association m lautonm
for thi purpose ot assisting in fi-
tiancing the exportation of canned
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Audrey Hvuxsorvi
Nebraska Given
Three Assistant
XL S. Attorneys
Kinder to Be ' Assisted By
Pratt, Stewart and Lane in
Enforcement of Fed
eral Laws.
By E. C. SNYDER.
Wiishlliflun CurmiwnilfBt Oniuh B,
Washingtoii,' Sept. 7. Kcorgan-
iation in policy and personnel of the
cflice of the United States district
attorney in Omaha took definite
shape today at a conferenci between
District Attorney', J. C. Kinsler and
Assistant Attorneys General Guy D.
Gotl and Rush Holland. One im
portant result of the corffcreote was
that there will be three assistant
United States attorneys for Nebraska
instead of two as heretofore.
The assistants were decided upon
at" the meeting today. Thr.y are
George W. Pratt of Omaha, Don W.
Stewart and A. W. Lane of Lincoln.
Mr. -Lane was deputy distrirt attor
ney during the incumbency of Frank
Howell.-' as attorney.
. Attorney General Daughertjv con
fined to his home by a slight illness,
did not participate in the meeting,
but at a brief interview 'Mr? Kltfsle'r
had with him last night the attor
ney general assured hiin of hearty
approval of his policies. 'Mr. Kins
ler -left .-Washington tonight in a
happy frame of mind over the first
steps taken tor reorganization ot Ins
oilice. - - :. . r
"Everything is now arranged for
efficient enforcement of law in Ne
braska," said Mr'. Kinsler- upon leav
ing the Department of Justice, "and
the prospects are convincingly bright
for a sure and steady decrease in
law violations, there, . especially in
the violations of the narcotic law,
the prohibition law, the' interstate
automobile theft law- and the laws
to prevent using the mails for pur
poses of fraud."
Mr. Kinsler is returning home by
way of New York and expects to
be in Omaha Monday. -
Italian Mountain Village i
v Is Destroyed By Flames
. Rome. Sept. 7. By The Asso
ciated Press.) The mountain vil
lage of Molteno near Trent, in the
Italian Tyrol, has been destroyed by
fire. Seven hundred persons were
made homeless.
The flames was spread by a chill
wind, which added to the-discomfort
of the women and children, who
already had suffered much from ex
posure to the frigid, mountain air.
Tents and other relief materials
have been sent to the scene by the
government, v - :
University Students Cross
Lake Michigan in Rowboat
Benton Harbor, Mich., -Sept. 7.
Several university students, life
guards at the Rogers park beach,
Chicago, who left at 6:15 a. m.,
Tuesday in a rowboat,1 reached St
Joseph, Micli at 3:30 a. m. today
in tiptop condition. The 6S-mile
trip across Lake Michigan was made
in 11 hours and la minutes. .
JANE DONO HUE
would have given her
life to cross the ranch'
of The Doves and The
Sea. But no strangers,
except dead ones, had
ever traversed
The Road
of Hate
By Clark Saxby
A BLUE RIBBON atery Im
Next Sunday s Bit
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Andre Delacroix.
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14 Mingo Miners
Again on Trial
' For 1920 Battle
Names of Sid Hatfield and Ed
Chambers, Recently Mur
dered, Omitted From List
of Defendants.
Williamson, W. Ya., Sept. 1. Two
names that figured prominently early
this year in one of Mingo county's
most protracted circuit court cases
those of Sid Hatfield and Ed (Cham
bers were omitted today when the
roll of defendants was called at the
opening of the second trial of a group
of men from Matewan, charged with
complicity in the killing of seven pri
vate detectives in that. town May 19,
1920. , .
. Hatfield and Chambers were shot
and killed a few weeks ago on the
McDowell county court house steps
at Welch. In connection with their
kdeaths three men, including C. E.
Lively, principal witness for the
prosecution in the first Matewan case,
were arrested and held n $10,000 bail
each. '
Todav 14 men went to trial on an
indictment charging complicity in the
killing of W. J. Ferguson, one of the
private asistat-T'hey' are Seece
and name cnanmers, nrcn vvnnams,
Fred Burgraff, Doug and Ben
Mounts. William Bowser Coleman,
William Bowman, James and Clare
Overstreet, Vanelay ami Lee L.oier,
Jess Boyd and Charles Kiser.
ine aeienaams in int urai uwi
were acquitted.
Mai. Torrh Davis, Governor Alor-
o-an's nir!onal reoresentative to en
force martial law in - Mingo county,.
has announced that state forces will
control the situation arouncTthe court
house during the trials. "None but
court officials, jurors, witnesses, law
yers and duly accredited representa
tives of the press will be admitted to
the court room, he stated, and "all
persons entering the court room will
be made to give conclusive evidence
that they carry no weapons of any
kind." -
Ex-Senator Beveridge "
May Be Appointed New
U. S. Envoy to Germany
Washington. Sent.' 7. -Former
Senator Albert T. Beveridge of In
diana may be appointed ambassador
to Germany, according to political
gossip. ' -
No confirmation of the report
was obtainable at the White House,
where- it was stated that an ambas
sador to Germany will not be se
lected: until after the Berlin peace
treaty is ratified. It is also not
unlikely that when the peace is pro
claimed a charee d'affaires will be
accredited toiBerlin, giving the presi-
still further time m which to select
an ambassador.
Mr. Harding is known to desire to
reward Jiins wring ukski, uic
American commissioner in Berlin,
for his work there including the.
negotiations of the peace treaty and
Mr. Dresel not improbably will be
the American charge d'affaires.
Demonstration of Cork
"Workers Ends Suddenly
Cnrl- Scot. 7. (By The Assosi-
ated Press.) A demonstration by
the transport workers union against
the harbor board, because of a re
fusal of the board to aji'horize a
minimum wage for the workers,
ended as suddenly as , it arose by
reference of the dispute to an arbi
tration conference. On the confer
ence there will be representatives
of the harbor board and tiie trans
port workers.
It is understood that the men will
resume -work immediately.
300 Moplahs Convicted
Calicut, - India. Sept 7. More
than 300 Moplahs, who -were ar
rested at Tanura and elsewhere for!
participation in the recent rising, I
ihave been convicted bv . court-mar
tial of looting and other offenses.
They were sentenced to two years
at hard labor tor each offense.
Methodist Minister. -'
Indicted for Murder
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 7. Rev.
E. R. Stephenson, Methodist minis
ter, was -indicted for murder in the'
second degree by the grand jury in
connection with the killir.g of
father James E. Coj-k, Catholic
priest, on August 11, - J
Yalera Aled to Send
Di'lrgutc to Meet BritUh
Cabinet in Scotland on
September 20.
One Condition Imposed
By Tb AoMtrtntxl I'm.
London, Sept. 8. The I'ritish cab.
ii:ct hat invited Mr. Dc Vakra to
end delegate to a conference with
the cabinet minister at Inverness on
.Siptember 20, according to the Daily
,Mail' Inverness correspondent, who
add
"Only one condition. U 'imposed.
ramcly, the understanding tl.at Ire
land must remain within the cm,
pire."
Decision Reached.
Inverness, Scotland. Spt. 7.
A decision which may mean peace or
war with Ireland was taken by the
British cabinet at an all-important
meeting today. The government
tculv to Eamonn Dc Yalcra, Irish
republican leader, unanimously ap
Droved by the ministers, is being car
ried to Dublin by Robert C Barton,
the Sinn Iein courier who brought
the Dail Eireann's message to l re
niier Lloyd George and who was
brought into the council chamber
while the council was in session.
The natine of the government's
decision has not been made known,
but it is not necessary to await its
publication tomorrow to realize an
iiunortant step forward has been
taken. .
Committee Appointed.
Directly after the ministers had
reached their decision came the an
nounccment that "a committee con
sisting of the ministers now in Scot
land has been appointed with full
powers to deal -with the situation
the moment Mr. Dc Valcra's answer
arrives.''
The committee comprises the
premier, - Austen Chamberlain, Earl
Curzon. Sir Laming VVorthington
Evans, Winston Spencer Churchill,
Edward Shortt, Robert ' Munroe,
Lord Birkenhead, Sir Hamar Green
wood and Sir Robert Stevenson
Home.
This is taken to mean that thd
government has appointed the com
mittee of ministers to meet the Iris',
plenipotentiaries, should Mr. ' Dc-
Valera be ready to proceed. It is
contended that if, in the opinion oi
the cabinet, a. rupture was likely to
follows today's- tiecfstdn, ""lt wvould
nardly be necessary to appoint a
cabinet committee. -
' Hope to Avoid Break. .
5 Dublin. Sept. 7. Activity is ao-
parent in moderate Irish circles to
prevent - a rupture . of negotiations
and the rejection of the terms until
the significance of Premier Lloyd
George's offer is definitely ascer
tained. Sir ; Horace Plunketf. who
was chairman of the Dublin conven
tion, and Captain - Harrison, chair
man of the dominion league, ad
dressed a joint letter to Eamonn De
Valera and his cabinet, saying:
"Ireland would be well advised to
accept dominion status, if it implies,
as we believe it must, full legislative
and executive economic independ
ence and imperial relationship, func
tioning as to policy and action by
co-operation founded, on mutual
agreement arrived at by consent and
carrying with it direct representation-in
the imperial, conference and
the league of nations.
"It would reasonably follow that
true acceptance by solemn treaty of
dominion status . by Ireland would
be accompanied by extension of
concurrent agreements to regulate
co-operation between Ireland and
other units of the empire in - all
necessary matters."
They argue that the premier of
fered dominion -status in express
terms, subject to six conditions,
which appeared to indicate there
were Questions that might be ad
justed by agreement. ,
They voice the belief that Mr-. De
Valera must have some special information-
derived from his confer
ences with Mr. Lloyd George and
they invite him to take the public
into his confidence" --
They show they believe thalf on
the documents made public dominion
status for Ireland can be obtained
and are anxious to know the grounds
for Mr. De Valera's contrary opin
ion. .
Southern Beauties Hit
By Silk Hose Famine
savannah, ua., Sept. . With a
high demand for only the best, the
women of this city are today facing
the greatest shortage in silk stock
ings in local history, according to
merchants who claim strike condi
tions in the north make it impos
sible to secure enough silk hose to
meet the increasing demand, i
Merchants say the women do- not
care for cotton or lisle thread, but
demand full-fashioned silk. They
claim the mock fashion hose will not
lo because of baggy qualities en
countered about the can.
The shortage particularly applies
to white hose. Local women do
cot favor the half hose, it is claimed.
Methodists Send Messages of
Cood Will to King and U. S.
London.-Sept. 7. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Greetings to Presi
dent Harding and King George,
voicing a hope for world peace,
were sent today by the world's con
ference of Methodists in session
here. In the address , to the king
the conference said:
"Especially is this world's confer
ence united with your majesty in
your earnest desire that the efforts j
now making for peace and content
ment in Ireland may meet with early
and complete success." J
Use of All Funds
For University
Strongly Urged
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Appeal Will Be Made to Gov
ernor Today to Exclude Re- ,
gents' From Rule. Govern
ing Expending Agencies.
Lincoln, Sept. (SpcciaDq-rH.
IL-" Baidridge -tr Ofiilliratid"'!:; .
Hainer of Lincoln will assist Dean
W. A. Seavey in attempting to get a
jpceial dispensation for the. univer
sity regents, which will exclude then
from the nil recently inaugurated
that all expendinir agencies of tliei
state must set aside 111 per cent of
their Appropriations as a , reserve
fund in an effort to keep away from
deficiency appropriations winch m
past years have run into, the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
Baldridge and ' Hainer conferred
with Phil Bross, secretary" of finance
and revenue, and Mason Wheeler,
assistant attorney general, in regard
to details of the proposed petition
for mandamus to be filed, probably
in the supreme court, to compel
Governor McKelvic to turn over a.
appropriations- to the university.
A conference between opposing at
torney? and Governor McKelvie is
scheduled for Saturday morning jr.
the governor's office, when an cf
fort will be made to. reach , an
amicable agreement as to the me
thods to be used in ascertaining
whether the legislature had ariv
right to authorize the governor to
guard against deficiency appropria
tions by forcing expending agencies
to outline their proposed expendi
tures in advance, tell just what th-.
expenditures are proposed' for and
set aside 10 per cent for emergen
cies. ' - ' "
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Many Women to Help
Nurses' Drive for Funds
Seven - hundred women will help
the Visiting Nurses' association in
the sale of tags today. ' .
Women will be stationed on every
prominent corner in the city and Will
solicit sales from all passersby. ' !
The women are offering their.
services free in order to 'assist the
association in its ' annual ' tag day
sale to raise funds to carry on'-the
work of the organization the com
ing year. -
Stock of Grand Trunk Road ,
Held Worthless By Board
Ottawa. Sept. 7. The common
and preferred stock of the Grand
Trunk railway is worth nothing n
the opinion of the majority of an ar
bitration board appointed to deter
mine what the dominion government
should pav stockholders because of
Its purchase of the system. Ihe de
cision was given by Sir Walter cas
sels, chairman of the board end Sir
Thomas White, representative .of the
government.
William H. Taft. the othei" mem
ber of the board, who heard . argu
ments in the matter before becoming
chief "justice of the United States,
dissents. He represented the com
pany. v'
Judge Munger to Visit
President Harding Today
Washington, Sept. 7. (Special
Telegram.) Judge Munger of Lin
coln visited' the Department of Jus
tice today and conferred with As
sistant Attorney General Goff in the
absence of Attorney Genera! Daugh-
erty. Tomorrow, accompanied by
Congressman Rfavis, Judge Munger
vri'.l be received bv the president at
the White Hooso '- x ,
Uncle Sam Approves
Bobbed Hair; Draws
Line at Powder Puffs
Chicago, Sept. 7. Bobbed hair
and short skirts have received Uncle
Sam's approval in the federal board
for vocational training here, but Col.
Charles R. Forbes, the director, drew
the line on powdered noses, loafing
or social calls during office hours.
"We are anything you please,
girls," he said. "Be comfortable, but
dqji't be salary slackers, because
there arc hundreds of cases of dis
abled men awaiting your attention.
Aud wheia. crippled . .doughboy
comes in here, smile his discourage
ment away."" .
Missing Denver
Teller Located
Father of Edwin F. Morse,
Accused of $78,000 Theft,
Gives Detectives Clue.
Denver,' Colo., . Sept. 7. Definite
information; was received here to
day by Leonard De Lue, head of a
detective agency, he announced,' that
Edwin F, Morse, former head teller
of the International Trust company
here, who rs charged in a federal
warrant with having robbed that in
stitution of about $78,000 and who
disappeared about August IS, is in
Mexico City..
Jims ' information, according to
Mr. De Lue, came from Morse's
father, Dr. George O. Morse, 359
Vernon avenue, . Los Angeles, Cat.
Mr. De Lue said that as a result ot
communications with Dr. Morse he
had learned the son's whereabout
and that he was in the Mexican cap
ital yesterday. ,
Mr. De Lue said the young man's
father declared . his son had ob
tained only about $15,000 of the
money he is charged with having
taken and thahc was the "dupe" oi
two other men whose names havi
not been ascertained, the detec' -
said.
Officials of the International
Trust- company'today admitted ne
gotiations had been carried c-n witn
Dr. Morse, in an effort to obtain the
surrender of his son.
Of fiders Unable to Locate
Convicted Postal Robbers
Toledo, O., Sept. - 7. With of
ficers searching the country near
Toledo for the three convicted post
office robbers who escaped from 'the
county jail, Federal Judge J. M.
Killits issued an order barr ng other
postoffice prisoners held in the jail
from receiving visitors.
No trace of the three men, Toe
Urbaytis, Charles Schultz and,
George Lewis, alias Rogers, who
made -their escape Montlay, had
been found. -
Forty Persons Injured
In Chicago Tram Wreck
Chicago, Sept. 7. More than 40
persons were injured wten a street
car jumped the track and almost
plunged over a 40-foot viaduct. It
was checked only by a steel guard
rail which caved in the front vesti
bule of the car. There were over
80 persons in the car. The passen
gers became panic-stricken and many
were injured in the effort to escape.
Others were cut by glass.
Election in Indiana
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 7. Early
scattered returns received from over,
the state in the special election held
yesterday to vote on the 13 pro
posed amendments to the state con
stitution indicated that the two pro
posed tax amendments, including a
state income tax, were defeated and
that amendment Xo. 1, which will
prohibit aliens from voting until
naturalized, had --carried. i
Attendance ai
Fair Continues
To Show Decline
Management Looks to Omaha
To Swell Crowds Today;
Crime Wave Sweeps '
The City.
: ;.-Lmco1ri, 'Xeb.,'Sept. 7. (Special.)
The slump In attendance at the
state fair continued today when but
53,334 people pasted through tlie
turnstiles.. Last year the attendance
vas -61,427. - - '
The iair management Ita? liopes
cf increased attendance : tomorrow,
Omaha Day." '
Band is Popular.
The boys' industrial school ban'd of
Kearney is attracting considerable
attention. Ihe youthful musicians
are being quartered in the chapel at
the insane hospital. ,
ronce reported a man slugged, a
midnight robbery netting the burglars
$2,000 and' the "lifting" of a $412 war
risk check from a citizen of Lincoln
cu the fair grounds.
Criminals Are Busy.
Fred Kennedy, 30, Springfield,
in., was -lound slugged and uncon
scious at the rear of a- hore barn.
iuesday night After he recovered
consciousness. he could remember
nothing of the attack. '.
Burglars broke into the Gcorire H
Holden home, and stole $2,000 worth
ot jewelry and clothine.
While G. H, Nobe was looking at
tne exnimts someone supped a hand
into his pocket and extracted a
$412 war risk check. , , , r
W. G. Jamison, former pres
ident of the Colorado Farm bureau.
spoke to farmers in the auditorium.
complimented work ot the agricul
tural piocs in Washington and a so
relief measures inaugurated tor the
farmers' at the last session of the
Nebraska legislature. .
Rail and Water Carriers
, Authorized to Cut Rates
Washington, Sept. 7. -Rail and
water carriers were authorized by
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion today to reduce rateson freight
from the Atlantic coast to Texas
points by way of Galveston. The
commission thereby reversed, its
former decision in the case in which
it held that the reductions proposed
by the Mallory and Morgan lines
were not justified except in certain
particulars. . , . -
Board of Trade Suspends
Indemnity Contracts
Chicago, Sept 7. The Chicago
board of trade adopted an amend
ment to the rules, of the associa
tion providing for discontinuance of
dealing in indemnity contracts. The
vote was 545 to 41.
The Weather
Forecast
Nebraska Unsetled and cooler
Thursday; showers in east portion
Friday.
Iowa Showers Thursday; cooler
in west portions; Friday fair; cooler
in east and central portions.
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Final Outcome in Doubt
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
( b Iritis TfJlMMv-Ontatia Itt-a Hk-
Washington, Sept. 7. There will
be a ( desperate battle fought in the
senate over retroactive repeal of tl.a
excess profit tar and the reduction
of the maximum income turt..x from
65 to 32 per cent.
The democrats are nearly tinani
'nioiisly opposed to these proposal
and lining tip with them there will
be just cnoiiEh republicans to make
the contest exceedingly clow. Jut
how close it Is, already it indicated ,
by the fact that Chairman Trurose
i-t counting on a majority of only one
in the senate finance committee to
approve an amendment making t'ltf
repeal of the excess profits fax and
the reduction of surtaxes elective
January 1, 1921, instead of January 1,
1922, as provided in the house bill.
.President Harding insists upon ful
fillment of republican campaign
promises that the excess proiits tav
be repealed without delay, which he
construes as a promise to exempt
1921 proiits from the tax.
Would Release Capital
Administration leaders argue that
the retroactive repeal of the excess
profits tax and reduction of the high
er surtaxes will release a vast
amount of capital for the expansion
of business and relieving the business
depression enormously.
The opposition contends that busi
ness and industry already has made
prices on a basis of recouping them
selves for prospective 1921 excess
profits taxes, thus passing on to the
consumer a tax which will be
pocketed by capital if the govern
ment fails to collect it.
The reduction of surtaxes would
affect about 5,000 persons with an ag
gregate net income of about $1,200,
4)00,000 on which the tax yield is now
about $600,000,000, but would be only
about 300,000,000 with surtaxes re
duced. The opposition does not be
lieve that such reduction would re
lease sufficient capital to produce
any appreciable business expansion
of would dissuade the rich from con
tinuing to avoid "income taxation by
investing in non-taxable state : ar.d
municipal securities.
, ' Short of Funds. , ' .
.After 10 days of close study of
the house bill, the minds of a ma
jorityof the finance committee mem
bers appear to be well matfe up that
the amount of money it is designed
to raise during the next year, about
$3,000,000,000, is froni $500,000,000 to
$1,000,000,000 short of the sura the
government must actually have, un
less a deficiency- is to be created;
that with the excess profits tax re
pealed and the higher brackets of
the individual income surtax reduced
(Tom to Pate Two, Column Two.)
Forest Fires Are
NowUnder Control
Destruction of White Pine,
Believed Incendiary, Is
Probed.
McGrath, Minn., Sept 7. Firs
burning in the district near Onomia,
Hillmau and Johnsdale early today '
were reported under control by na
tional guardsmen and citizen volun- ,
teers. . , : - f
Fire fighters in the Solana section
also were holding their own, al
though at one place the flames were
covering a five-mile front toward
Arthyde. Two hundred and fifty
men are concentrated there back- .
firing. A sudden wind would en
danger 2CUamilie still in thiT-Solaua
region. 1
Stats military authorities today
were preparing to investigate the cir
cumstances surrounding the burning
of the village of White Pine yester
day. Adj. Gen. W. P. Rhinow ex
pressed the opinion that the -fire was
of incendiary origin, notwithstand
ing that a foreest fire was burning
itt the outskirts of the town. He said
the wind had been blowing the
flames of theuorest fire away from
the town.
Minister Gets Warning
To Stop His Crusade;
Newport, Ky., Sept. 7. "Preach
the gospel; quit visiting gambling
rooms and disorderly houses."
1 nis warning was received by the
Rev. E. R. Overly, of this citv.
known as the "fighting parson." For
several weeks he hasbeen recounting
Sunday after Sunday from his pul
pit the things lie learned in a visit
to alleged resorts within a stone's
throw of the Campbell county court
house.
Despite threats Overly declares he
will continue. his crusade until of
ficials take it up. He has invited thd
men of the church to accompany
him on his next tour of inspection.
Seattle Man Claims He Gave
Ride to Escaped Convict
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 7. Police
here are searching for Roy Gardner,
escaped mail bandit, following a re
port by Lloyd Harris, San Fran
cisco salesman, that he believed a
man he picked up in his automobile
near Tacoma, was the fugitive. Har
ris said the man wore brown trous
ers and a flannel shirt.
Harris after seeing newspaper
photographs of Gardner declared he
sis
positive tnat the man he -
ted was the escaped convict.
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