TUB BEfcJ: OMAHA. MONDAY, OClUHfcK ltfJl.
Senate Approv es
1 Maximum Surtax
Of Fifty Per Cent
w
Compromise Agrmnrnt Be
. twefn Republican Groups
PaMfd by Vote of
54 to 13.
Chirac Tf1baaMataJta B Lmh4 W If.
Washington, Oct. 2 J. Ader re.
jrctinv propoiali to retain the pres
ent 65 per cent maximum itirta
, late and reduce the maxiimim to 32
per cent, the enate approved
a maximum of 50 per cent a pro
vided under the compromise agree
rr.ent ' reached between republican
groupi.
C There were three roll calls on the
I question of aurtax rate. The 50
1 per cent maximum wa approved by
a vote of 54 to 13. Thi carried with
it the entire achedule of aurtax ratea
at framed by the group of progrri
aive republican enator led bv Sena
tort McCormick of Illinois, Lenroot
of Wisconsin and Capper of Kansas
Decreases in surtax rates provided
all along the line, the lowest rate
being 1 per cent of the amount by
which the net income exceeds $6,000
and doe not exceed $10,000. Under
the present law the 1 per cent rate
applies on income between $5,000
and $6,000. The 50 per cent rate ap
plies on the portion of income above
200.000.
The democrats joined with republi
cans in voting for the 50 per cent
; maximum. The 13 who voted in the
negative were republicans, chiefly
from eastern states, who have in-
ifc.tff tha that niavimiini hmilH h
reduced to 32 per cent, as provided
in the bill passed by the house and
approved originally by the senate
fnance committee.
Hitchcock Amendment 'Beaten. '
The first proposal voted upon was
an amendment by Senator Hitchcock
of Nebraska, democrat, provided for
the acceptance of the reduced surtax
rates on incomes of less than $100,
000, but the retention of rates in the
present law on incomes in excess of
$100,000, these rates ranging up to
65 per cent on the amount in excess
of $1,000,000.
The Hitchcock amendment was
rejected by a vote of 23 to 4J. It
failed to receive the support of all
the democrats. Those who voted
for it included . five republicans.
Senators Borah of Idaho, Johnson of
California. Kenyon of Iowa, LaFoI
lette of Wisconsin,. and Norbeclc of
South Dakota. .
After the Hitchcock amendment
was rejected Senator Caldcr of New
York offered an amendment provid
ing for the acceptance of the reduced
surtax rates a proposed in the 50
per cent compromise schedule up to
the. rate of .12 per cent on 'income
above $68,000. . The Caldcr amend
ment eliminated all the higher sur
tax rates above 11 per cent. Ihis
amendment was defeated by a vote
of 15 to 51.
Lenroot Supports Plan.
,, Among the speakers for the 50
per cent maximum, schedule ' was
Senator Lenroot who, in referring to
the,' compromise agreement, said that
"the old guard 'proposes but the
'senate disnows.1 '
"No one has the temerity to sug
gest that there is anything un;ust in
the proposed surtax of 50 per cent,"
said Senator Lenroot. , "I do not be-
, lieve this rate will be unjust to any
of the incomes it vjll affect. We
, hear it said that tt..j is a violation
of a party pledge. It is not. There
was no promisa by the republican
party that we would reduce the taxe
of the rich and increase those of the
poor. If we ' take $50,000,000 off
the rich we have got to. put it on
somewhere else."
During the discussion of surtax
rates, Senator Reed of Missouri ac
cused Senator Penrose, chairman of
the finance committee, of seeking ta
relieve profiteers of taxation,
through the repeal of the excess
profits tax and the reduction of sur
taxes. . : -;V , ,,
Consider Normal Taxes.
: After the question of surtax rates
was . disposed of the senate began
consideration of normal tax rates on
individual incomes. Senator Garry
of Rhode Island,' democrat, spoke
in-behalf of his amendment pro
viding for a reduction in normal tax
rates. His amendment calls for a
normal tax of 2 per cent : on
amounts up to $5,000; 4 per cent of
the gortion between $5,000 and $10,
000;. 6 per cent on the portion be
tween $10,000 and $15,000, and 8 per
cent on amounts over $15,000. This
would be a substitute for the pres
ent normal tax of 4 per cent on the
portion of an income below $4,000
and 8 per cent on that above $4,000,
which are not changed under the
pending bill. The amendment was
under consideration when adjourn
ment was taken. It is expected to
meet with defeat Monday.
Both republican . and democratic
leaders sent letters to their members
during the cay, urging a full at
tendance during the coming week.
Senator Penrose said that night
sessions will be held next week un
less better progrees is made. Ha
.'.opes to conclude consideration -of
' the bill by the end of the next week.
Navigation on Yukon Closed
Dawson,, Y. T., Oct. 23. Naviga
tion on the Yukon river is closed for
the winter and the first mail stage,
drawn by four horses, left here to
day for Whitehorse. The stages form
the only link between Dawson and
the coast during the long northern
winter. The last boats to ply up
the Yukon, small launches, had to
fight their way through the slush
ice.-
Steamships
" ' ArrirslK.
Palmovth. Oct. 2. Montrosa, Portland,
Or. "
BataTta, Oct. II. Weat Cannon. Su
Franctaro.
N.w Tork, Opt. 22 Noordam, Rotter
dam. Southampton, Oct. IS. Olympic. New
Tork.-
Now Tork. Oct. JJ. -Catherine. Porto
Plata: K. R. Kama, Port Loboa; Lapland,
Antwerp, v .
, Depawtarea.
Now Tor. Oct. it Bartholomew. San
tlate: Ipowich, Ham bo r"; Coour eVAIene,
Canetantiaople; Guantanamo, Vara, Crux;
Bateranyl, Genoa: Heaporldea. Rio Janel
' ro; Commodore Rolllna, Cienfaegoa; Bach
oaiiaea, Hsmtnrnr: Hog Island. Piraeus:
Wheatea. Cristobal
New Tork. Oct- tt Cretle. Naples: 1
Santa. Havre; Nteaw Amsterdam. Rot
terdam: Orduna. Hamburg; Cameronla.
Glaeaaw: Krooaland. Antwerp: -Baltic,
Liverpool: Cartmla. Naplea; Princes M
toika, Bremen
Jurist Who Is III May
Be Retired on Full Pay
Judge Walter I. Smith
Congress to Re
Asked to Retire
Judge W.L SmitH
Chief Justice Taft, Who Ap
pointed Bluffs Jurist, Favors
, - Law Permitting His
Retirement.
Congress is to be asked to pass
a special act providing ior the re
tirement of Judge Walter I. Smith
as a member of the United States
circuit court of - appeals for the
Eighth federal district. The decision
has been reached in correspondence
between Judge Smith and Chief
Justice William Howard Taft.
When president of the United
States, Taft appointed Judge Smith,
then a member of congress, and the
correspondence relating to retire
ment has been of the kindliest char
acter. Judge Smith sent his reply
vpsterrlav. advising Justice Taft of
his full assent to the plan.
Regrets His Illness.
In the letter , from Justice Taft
received Friday, he expresses the
keenest sympathy and regret that
the physical condition of Judge
Smith made it impossible for him to
resume the heavy work of the enor
mous district, referred to as one of
the largest in the federal jurisdic
tion, and commends the . splendid
service during his long term of of
fice. - ...
AH of Judge Smith's friends have
advised him to consent to retire
ment. The special act will provide
for retirement -as if Judge Smith
had reached the age limit of 70
He will draw full oay during
the remainder of his life.
Judge Smith was one ot tne rc-
n.,ki;n Ifslfra in rnnprPSG when
President Taft appointed him. It was
understood at tne time mat ne migni
have been named to the supreme
court bench, but Judge Smith ac
cepted tne lesser position 10 pernio
.v. onr.nlntmi.tit nf anntrir-r.
It has been understood for a long
time war. wnen juurc jmhui
Uie .innecnp firnhnhlv will he TudcTS
Martin J. Wade of the federal dis
trict court bench of the Southern
Iowa district, and m that event, tm-
mt TinW i nf fnnnrit Ttltlffa will
be urged for Judge Wade's place.
Plattsmouth School Board
Wins Heating Plant Suit
: 'Platrcmnnrh' NpK.. Oct. 23.
(Special.) United States District
Judge Woodrough "handed down a
decision a( .Lincoln in tavor ot me
t.narrl of irlueatioil of the PlattS-
mouth schools, for $6,000 damages
against the estate ot ju w. rome-
rcne of Lincolu, heating contractor.
The case grew out of an alleged de
fective heating plant installed in the
new high school building here in the
fall of 1918 by the Pomerene com
pany, and which the board had to
HJcnlnrff wrrh another one. TheV
held Hp $4,000 on the contract, for
which the concern brougnt suit, i ne
board filed a cross petition for $6,000
additional expense to which t they
were put in buying the new plant.
In the meantime Mr. Pomerene died
and the suit was defended by the
estate. . ." ' V .1 '' .
Officials of Coal Firm
Arrested on Fraud Charge
St. Louis. Oct. 23.-rThree officials
of the St. . Clair Coal and Mining
company have been arrested in con
nection with the ' confession made
Friday .by a clerk involving heads
of the coal company m an alleged
systematic defrauding , of the city
through short weights of coal. ...
The company's officials under ar
rest are: F. W. Klein, oresident:
E. F. Klein, his son, treasurer, and
J. V. Bnehler, secretary. Warrants
charging fraud have been issued
against the latter two., ,
Former Oil Partner With
Rockefeller Dies in West
Minneapolis, Oct. 23. J. C. Mac
SharMen. H2. a former nartnef of
John D. Rockefeller in the oil busi
ness and a Minneapolis pioneer, died
at Wasco, Cal., according to infpr
mati'nn receiver1 hv relative. here
Mr. MacShadden, who has devoted
the last few years of his life to truit
ranches and eucalyptus groves in
southern California, was stricken
with apoplexy ; several days ago.
Interment will be at Fresno. Cal.
Funeral of Passionist
Priest Held in Missouri
St. Louis, Oct 23. Funeral serv
ices of Father Fidelis of the Passion
ist order, were held in Normandy,
Mo. The . priest's two daugh
ters, born before he took the vows
of Catholic priesthood, attended the
funeral. Father Fidelis, who was 81
years old, died in Los Angeles last
week. In his early manhood he was
a soldier and later an Episcopal
minister, before being converted to
Catholicism.
Sovereignty Is
Forced to Front
In Irish Parleys
Letter of Valrra to Pope
Bring Up Question Uoyd
George Wai Auxioui
To Avoid.
By JOHN STEELE.
Chirac Tribuna t ea. eiflM, 111.
London. Oct. 21 Michael Collin,
the leader of the Iri.h "republican
army" and one of the strongest fig
ures in the Irih delegation now tie-
gotiating for a settlement with Great
Britain, left for Ireland last night
to read the riot act to F.amonn de
Valera for the Iri.h "president's" in
tcrvenlion, in the correspondence be
tween Pope ' Benedict and King
George, which action seriously
threatened the chances for peace.
In the meantime, the rest of the
delegation were busy conferring on
the situation caused by Mr. De 'a
lera's letter fo the pope. Communi
cations have been passing between
the Irish headquarters in Chelsea
and Dublin by telephone, telegraph
and courier.
It is reported in Dublin that Mr.
De Valera was angry because he
was not included in the delegation
and be is determined to assert hf
position as president of the 'repuu.
lie," while others attribute his out
break to his incurable passion for
argument at the right or wrong mo
ment. Forces Issue to Front.
At any rate, the effect of Mr. Dc
Valeras bombshell lias been to force
to the front at once, the question
of British sovereignty over Ireland,
which both sides have been trying
to avoid until the future relations
have been settled.
Prime Minister Lloyd George
would have been glad to have con
tinued this course, but he will be
compelled by the pressure of parlia
ment to insist on the immediate
clearing up of the atmosphere. Al
ready a formidable group of union
ist members of parliament have
threatened a revolt from the coali-
Ition because the government con
r ..j . .i.. r-:.u ..k.lc" .n,l
SCIltCU IU 1I1CCI me Allan iui.a a.iu
a good many others are uneasy and
may join the rcvolters unless the
situation is handled very delicately.
In these circumstances it will take
all the patience and statesmanship
of both sides to prevent a rupture
when the conference reassembles on
Monday. . .
Some government circles believe
that Mr.x De Valera was influenced
by Irish extremists in America who'
want to prevent Air. uoya ueorge
from going to Washington. . If this
is true the action could not have
been more appropriate for such a
course and it is now very uncertain
if the prime minister will be able to
leave. It is practically certain that
he will not go if the conference
breaks down and it is almost certain
that he will then decide to hold a
eneral election in order to secure
a new mandate ior aeanng wiin ire
land. . . " . .. . ;
Coalition Agents Warned V ;,
Coalition party agents all over the
country have been warned to sea
that the election machinery is oiled
and in readiness for early use.
The most hopeful phase of the
situation is the fact that the Irish
delegation here is just as anxious for
peace as the British and they arc
just as angry over Mr. De Valera's
blunder, although, of course, they
can not express themselves as freely.
In a private conversation one of the
Irish leaders referred to Mr. De
Valera's action as "disastrous."
K leading member of the delega
tion this afternoon said that the
chances of an agreement on Monday
were 60 to 40. ' - v-V
I am informed that the Irish dele
gates to the conference have agreed
to . suspend operation of the Irish
courts during the negotiations. The
operation of these' courts was xir
garded by the British as a breach ot
the truce and liable to lead to more
serious consequences. '
It Is stated that 50 prisoners in
the Cork military detention barracks
have been on a hunger strike since
. Friday as a protest against the treat
ment they have been receiving
there. All Irish republican army
officers in the martial law area are
rumored to have sent in their resig
nations in sympathy for the strikers.
Thieves Busy-on,, Farms in
The Vicinity of Plymouth
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 23.-(Special.)
Thieves have been operating in the
vicinity of Plymouth with more .or
less success. The farm of Gus Spahr
was visited and a , set of harness
stolen. At the farm of Henry W.
Nispel, who resides in the same
neighborhood, 100 chickens . were
stolen. . " '
South Side Brevities
THIS OLD NEST.
The Old Km will b shown at the
Orphonm theater Monday. Taccdajr, Wed
nesday and Tnarsdajr ot this ireek.
Two Under Arrest
After Car Crash
Boyi Who Figured in Shoot
. iug Last Spring Are
Injured.
P. A. Kane, 3106 Marey street, and
John Welch, Park - avenue and
Leavenworth street, were arrested
Sunday morning at Twenty-ninth
avenue and Leavenworth streets fol
lowing a colli on between a street
car and an automobile in whit a
the nun were riding. The mm were
severely bruised in the accident,
Welch is believed to have suffered
a fractured leg. The driver of the
auiomobile rraped.
Kane and Welch were two menii
beri of the party of youths who
figured in a shootmg alfray early
last spring on the South Side when
Joe Howard was shot and killed by
ornier Police Detective llerdina.
Kane is the youth who, it is charged,
spent the night of the shooting in
the South Side jail, suffering from a
fractured skull and who subsequent
ly was confined several weeks in a
local hospital.
The accident this morning oc
curred when .11 eastbound street car
crashed into the motor car in which
the two men were riding north on
Twenty-ninth avenue. The car was
completely wrecked. According to
the men, the driver of the car is un
known to them. They said they met
him and accepted his invitation ,for
a ride to a downtown pool hall ear
lier in the night.
Both were charged with being
drunk and reckless driving.
Plattsmouth Couple
Married 60 Years
Plattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 23. (Spe
cial!) Sixty years of wedded life
is the lot of Mr. and Mrs. John
Monroe, pioneer Plattsmouth resi
dents, who celebrated their anni
versary here in a quite manner, both
being well advanced iu years and
quite feeble. They were born in De
catur county, Illinois, Mrs. Monroe
being a member of the 1860 graduat
ing class of the Decatur high school.
Mr. Monroe is 83 and his wife 78.
Four daughters of this couple are
married and live in Omaha, and a
son resides at Scottsbluff. There are
32 grandchildren and 18 great grand
children. Columbus American Legion
Gets Honor Certificates
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 23. (Spe
cial.) Adj. H. II. Hahn of Hartman
post No. 84, American Legion, has
received from the State department
the honor certificates which are to
be distributed o all men who served
in the world war from this state.
The certificates are signed by the
governor, secretary of state of Ne
braska and the adjutant general.
"An huh
twke
a day
keeps the
teeth front
decay.
Colgate's
RIBBON DENTAL CREAM,
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CHOCOLATES
tNNETt-CIRCLfc
CANDIW
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Interest
On Time Deposits
We wish to advise you we are now paying S Per Cant on
Time Certificate, of Deposit written for six or twelve months. '
It is our belief that a thrifty bank depositor should have
more interest. It makes no particular difference what a bank'
pays on deposits as it makes this adjustment on loan rates.
As your Certificates come due, we shall be pleased to have
you exchange them, so you can1 have the advantage of the higher
rate, or, if you desire, present them and we will pay the interest .
up to date and renew same for six months or a year at 6 pr cent.
In our Savings Department we pay 4 Per Cent interest, com
pounded and added to your account quarterly. The privilege of
WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE in our Savings Department
is also an added advantage.
In addition, our depositors are fully protected by the De
positor's Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska.
We invite youc checking account and have the facilities you
would specify for handling your banking business.
American State Bank
18th and Farnam Sts. -
D. W. Geiielmaa, President D. C. Ceiaelman, Cashier
H. M. Krogh, Afs't Cashier
Arrests on Charges
Of Bribery Expected
Washington, Oct. 2J Arrest on
ihargei of bribery and conspiracy to,
violate the prohibition la i are r
peeled to be made soon In New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, it
wa announced at ptoliiliiiwn hod
quaiteri. The arrts. prohibition oftUial
declared, would be based on rvideiH-e
found by enforcement agriiM wlia
taided the lUItimore omVt of Samuel
Albretlit, iharged in N'ew York wun
an attempt to oiler a $M,ihk) bribe to
'.. C Yrllowlry. acting stale prohilti.
IUmi director of New York.
Seizure of nine distilleries in Mary
l.md and Kentucky, oftkul, ttid. was
tKpectrd ta follow the ariestt, evi
dence, bavin been found, it was
added, showing withdrawal of Urge
amount of liquots.
Women theater uher were first
introduced by MtKet Rankin at the
Third Avenue theater. New Yoik
City, in mi '
Hurlitigton Storrkerjifr
At Pldtumouth 1'roiuotetl
riattsiiMutii, SVb Oct. 23.
(Special) Kvi Spier, for the pal
yttr chief clerk to W. Himrke,
stnrrkrcprr for the Uiirlingtoii here,
ha been promoted to storrkerpct
at Alliance, i'4 J. Clark, foreman t-l
the store department here for irveial
years, becomes chief clerk.
I
Mr. wad Mrs. Omaha
Thh!
It's a Story That
Will Astonish You
HE Omaha Manufacturers " Association today
starts a campaign asking Omaha people to buy
OMAHA-AND-NEBRASKA-MADE GOODS.
We ask you to buy, whenever possible, GOODS MADE
DTOMAHA AND NEBRASKA not only for your,
home, but for your business. -
It js only natural that you ask: "Why should I do
this?" You are entitled to a frank answer. Here it is:'
v.
MADE IN
OMAHA
U. S. A.
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Omaha and Nebraska prosperity rests largely on our
factories. Almost 30,000 bread-winners depend on
Omaha factory payrolls alone for their living. At
least half the people of Omaha who are employed,
'in any capacity, are on industrial payrolls.
Is your husband, son or brother on one of those pay
rolls? Do you want to keep him there? .
Is your wife, daughter or sister on one of them? Do
you want to make her place secure against unemployment?
Then that is one big reason why you should buy OMAHA-AND-NEBRASKA-MADE
GOODS
Nebraska stands close to the top of the government list showing
where unemployment is but little felt. You can help, put her even
; higher you can help insure a job for every wage-earner-r-by buy
ing; OMAHA-AND-NEBRASKA-MADE GOODS. . Z:
Omaha manufacturers alone pay out' more than Thirty-Seven Mil
lion Dollars wages, and salaries every year. Only a small percent
age of the total output of OMAHA-AND -NEBRASKA - MADE
GOODS is sold in Omaha. If the amount sold in Omaha was only
doubled, the payrolls would be largely increased. If Omaha people
bought OMAHA-AND-NEBRASKA-MADE GOODS as generally
as they COULD buy them, THESE PAYROLLS WOULD BE
DOUBLED. . ,
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Think what that would mean to Omaha and Nebraska think what
it would mean to YOU and to your relatives and friends..
Again: Money spent for OMAHA - AND - NEBRASKA - MADE
GOODS remains in this western territory to continue circulating .
from hand to hand right here where you have another chance to
get hold of it again. ; r
Finally: OMAHA-AND-NEBRASKA-MADE GOODS are guaran
teed to be as good as any other like products made anywhere in
the world. They are sold all over the world, holding their own in
competition "yith good's made wherever good merchandise is
'produced.. ; v. -' .'v "j : ' "V''r.
OMAHA-AND-NEBRASKA4tADE GOODS cost no more to buy
than similar goods made elsewhere so that in using them you do
not increase your expenditures one cent. In fact, your preference'
is asked for them ONLY when their quality and value equal or
excel competing goods.
If you can help lay the ghost of uriemployuent if you can help
' keep your friends and relatives steadily at work; if you can help
-make all business better 'simply by asking for OMAHA-AND-NEBRASKA-MADE
GOODS at your retail stores; and
If you can do all this without the slightest inconvenience, and
without costing you one single penny more to live will you be
come an enthusiastic Omaha-Nebraska booster? Of course
you will!
Omaha retailers, since the planning of this campaign, have stocked
OMAHA-AND-NEBRASKA-MADE GOODS in wider variety, as a
rule, and have them ready for your inspection. Just ask to see these
goods now then compare QUALITY and , .VALUE that's '
all we ask. ; . .
Let's Make Bigger Payrolls and Better Times NOW
Omaha Manufacturers Association