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THE BEE: OMAHA, . WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 0, 102U
Posses Searching
For Robbers Who
Bombed Mail Car
61x Trainmen Wounded in.
Battle With Bandits Who Hi-Id
Up New Orleans Limited
Near Paxton, HI.
Chicago, Nov. 8 E. A. Gc-rmrr,
chief postal irupector. at noon an
nounced that tin loot obtained by
ix robber who held up an Ulinoii
Central train near J'axtoti, III., Iat
liKbt, will total approximately $-100,
" , "They Rot two pouches of regis
trred mail and overlooked two oth
ers." Mr. Germer said.
One of thoe overlooked if aid
to have contained f.lXJ.OlH).
"In the two they took." Mr,
dernier added, ''there was nothing
but the ordinary run of registered
letter no bank shipments or ,
other packages of especial value.
It will take s!weck to see each
individual gender and check up the
exact loss, but I estimate it at
' about ?4(K)."
Search for Bandits.
Taxtonl III., Nov. 8. Hundreds of
men in posses early today were
searching for 10 bandits who last
night held up the Illinois Central
New Orleans Limited two .miles
south of here, wounded four train
emnloves. stole two pouclies of rejfr
istered mail and escaped after setting
fire to the man car.
A mail pouch containing $100,000
in cash was believed to have been
the bject of the bandits. Ironically
enough, the bandits had the sack
with the cash, but for some reason
dropped it beside the tracks.
No trace of the robbers had been
found early ,today. The train crew
declared the men started west in
two automobiles after robbing the
mail car. The passengers were not
molested, although one was grazed
by three bullets which pierced his
coat when he and three companions
went up to the mail car and fired on
the bandits while they were. fighting
the engine crew and two mail clerks,
barricaded in the mail can.
The injured:
Arthur Moon, Chicago, negro train
porter, in a Champaign hospital with
two wounds in abdomen.
Ben Bovinette, Matoon, mail clerk,
shot in shoulder and abdomen and
wrist; slugged on head.
Thomas Baker, Carbondate, mail
clerk, beaten over the head with
butt-end of revolver.-
H. H. Bangs, Chicago, fireman,
slightly wounded three times in the
left shoulder.
Kenneth Knowlton. University of
Illinois student, slightly ounded in
right arm in fight with bandits after
they had. completed their work,
, - Porter Seriously Injured.
Moon was the ohly man seriously
injured by the robbers, he be
ing . shot in the chest and groin
as he stood on the vestibule of one
car. The fireman 'was wounded in
the shoulder, a, mail; clerk was shot
in the hand and shoulder,' and- an
other was cjubbed; over the head yiih
a revolver. J
Two of the robbers boarded the
train at some point between Chicago
and Paxton and covered the engine
crew with their guns as the train was
passing through here, according to
the report of Division Superintendent
J. W. Hevron. :
They ordered the train to proceed
to a bridge where the : train was
stopped with the passenger coaches
on the bridge.
Ordering ; the crew to break the !
train, the engineer and fireman were
forced to pull the mail car farther
up the tracks and about eight other
men. appeared from their automo
biles. '
Threat of Shooting.,: .
On a threaF of shooting the en
gineer and fireman of the train if the i
mail car was not opened, the robbers
forced the mail clerks to -open the
door but when the engineer and fire-1
man had clambered inside, the door
was slammed shut. Several .charges
of dynamite and firing from revol
vers and shot guns finally forced the
. door in and a hand to hand battle
ensued which only stepped after the
robbers had thrown two bombs into
the car and a . fire- brand which
smoked out the four men in the car.
During the fight the mail clerks
and fireman were injured.
These men were forced to throw
out the red sealed sacks containing
registered mail and then jumped from
the bunting car. The bandits escaped
in their automobiles. ...
The train crew ' hooked up the
train again without the mail car and
, proceeded , to Champaign where . the
injured were sept to a hospital.
' Dynamite Mail Safe." '
Iri dynamiting the sate the despera
does set fire to the interior of the
steel mail car. After th bandits had
fled in a waiting automobile, the en
gine crew returned to the rest of their
train, cut out the 'flaming mail car
and proceeded to Champaign, the
next division point.
Telegraphic Briefs
, Battleship Can't But Wine.
Washlntton. Nv. $. Tha battleship
Libia now In Sun Francisco bay seeking
to replenish hrr wine stores with Cali
fornia vtntafe "has not a chance'" of doing-
ao, was tho comment today of prohi
bition officii.
.Kld BolnheviKI Klll-1.
Constndt. Russia. Nov. I. I By The As
sociated Preas. )--8t thouaand bolshevik!
were killed ! their 10-day alea-a of Con
atadt. following the seizure of the fortreoa
by mutineers Tast March. the , corre
soondent was Informed yesterday by bol
abeYlst sailors. Mutineers who escaped
had previously placed the losees at a mucn
hia-her figure. Sixty thousand troop
were enraged on both sides.
Coal To Valuable Far Fori.
Chicago. Nor. . Coal la much too
valuable ta burn a fuel alone. It wastes
milllona and millions which go up la
smoke and with every ton consumed as
fuel there is destroyed priceless drugs,
dyes, chemicals and fertiliser. Further
more, the end ot the supply Is in sight
and the Raited States mort conserve
what it has left. This is the warning
of experts wba are here to attend the
annual convention of the American Gaa
association.
Mae Stackers Oat sf 1A.0A Utted.
New York. Nov. 8. A round-up of al
leged Slackers" br the I'nltert States dis
trict attorney In this city haa disclosed
only nine eases of draft evasion out of
neerlv 14.40 persona on the lista sub
mitted by the War department. About
J, e cases bava been investigated.
Navy Xnai Package.
Washington. ?"ov. I. The cavy oiler
Alameda- carrying Christmas mail and
packagea ta Vailed States naval vessels
la European waters, will sail frnm New-
portv R. 1., instead of from Hampton
Reese, Va-. ok Aevei'
Jaanaced ledu . f
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Senate Makes Reductions
in Tax Levied on Incomes
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. W'i.hintitou, Nov. 8 (By The Aiccited l're..) The total tax,
normal and mriix, which would be paid on given income under the
aniiiie bill a compared wiilt the present law, baaed on the net income
of married perton without dependent, is nhown in the appendud
table, prepared by treasury experts. The normal tax under the senate
bill would be the tame that under the present law.
J-HKKKNT TAX HKNAT15 !U
IN COMB NOHMAL.TAX ll'KTAX TOT At. fll'RTAX TUTAL
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. ti s ttlt 11 ;6A
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19 40S 41 II Ml it :o
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14,0a set : . ' 14a id
14 vea v ! l.i! r:o , 1,1 ml
. tile 44 ' 1.47S it , log
lo, onu i no ", 440 i.jm
jt,o l. 44 l.M , no i.fao
j.i. 000 l.n i. ti . 1.410 J.tjo
4(1004 ill 3.14 .I4 1140 1. 110
In. 0114 .44l I.H4 .! 4.44(1 a.0
I i 0.14 1.444 ll i 1I.4J0 11.111 H.H3
I ;,,on9 4o ' 14,-04 , js.im l,40il !3.30
li,4li . 14,11 1M44 1J.448 S4.I40
00, 000 . 7.44 Jl.tlt 31.140 33.44 10.14
110 OH 11.41 . 41. tl II. 140 44.44 ti l 10
;.l0,ooo 11.410 ;t.tl ' 41.110 10,14 , 44,440
310 100 31.41 i H7.H 141. 14 1J0. 144,44
(00,00 31410 101,41 303.14 ' 3204 319,4 tO
J.009 00 ' 7.4I tal.Ol iitl.140 , 470,311 660,140
3,000.(0 It. 44 1.IISH4 1.313.10 370,110 . 1,130,44
3.000,0(1 M.44 llnttlO 1.133,130 1,470.340 1,710.444
3,000,000 , ' 3l.40 . 1.13,310 3. 343.130 1,470,314 3. 170,610
. Under the bill as it panted the house the tax on an income of
$100,000 would have been $28,470; $200,000, $68,470; $300,000, $108,470;
$500,000, $188.470;-$1,000,000, $388,470; $2,000,000, $788,470; $3,000,000,
$1,188,470, and $5,000,000, $1,988,470.
Farm Bloc Makes
Fordncy Promise
Chance to Vote
Lloyd George Urges
League Meet on Albania
Geneva, Nov. 8. Prime Minister
Lloyd George of Great Britain has
suggested by telegraph the im
mediate calling of a meeting of the
council of the league of na'ions to
deal with the situation created in
Albania, by the reported continuing
advance of the Jugo-Slav torces in
Albanian territory.
Motor .Company Bankrupt.
Detroit, Nov. 8. The Lincoln
Motor company filed -a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy in federal
court here today. Judge A. J. Tuttle
appointed the Detroit Trust com
pany receiver. Assets were given as
$14,800,000 and liabilities totalled
$8,237,280. The business is to be
reorganized, the receiver announced,
and production of motor cars con
tinued. Pope Attends Memorial
Rome, Nov. 8. A requiem mass
was celebrated in the Sistine chapel
yesterday for the cardinals who died
during the last year, among them
Cardinal Gibbons. Pope Benedict at
tended. Turks Free French
Beirut, Syria, Nov. 8. The Turk
ish nationalist government at An
gora has released all prisoners of,
French nationality it has been hold
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House to Aft on Surtax In-
ere ae Hy Senate if Con
ference FaiU to Reurh an
Agreement.
By E. C. SNYDER.
Waslilncton orrr-ix.nilrnt of th Omaha
3ir.
WaaliiiiRton, Nov. 8. The so-
called agricultural "bloc" in the
house had a uiOFt interesting ses
sion today with Chairman Fordncy
of the ways and means committee
"Nick" Longworth. and other mem
bers, over the surtax feature of the
senate amendments to' the revenue
bill, which passed that body early
Tuesday morning. Judge Evans ci
the Third Nebraska district repre
sented his colleagues at the confer
ence. The conti-rence was called
for the purpose of ascertaining
whether it was the intention of the
ways and means committee to send
the tax bill to conference without
an expression from the house as to
how it stood on the surtax, the sen
ate having made it SO per cent and
the house 32 per cent.
Chairman Fordncy assured the
representatives from the agricultur
al states that if the bill was sent to
conference tomorrow without in
structions, on the part of the house,
that the question of the surtax
would be brought to the, house in
the event of a disagreement and the
house be permitted to Vote, on the
question. With that promise the
representatives agreed to support the
motion to appoint conferees, which
required unanimous consent.
"If the chairman of the ways and
means committee had not made the
agreement to let the house vote on
the surtax and had the question
arisen between 32 and SO per cent,"
said Judge Evans at the conclusion
of the conference, "we would bavc
vctcd for the senate amendment of
50 per cent, for we have the votes
to do jut that thing."
Public to Be Informed ,
On Work of Conference
(Coatlnusd tVraa fans Oat.),
the conference. It is known and
stated every day throughout th
world that the failure of the Ver
sailles conference was because of the
secrerv that enshrouded the consid
eration of its work. Senators have
talked about 'open covenants openly
arrived at.' It we believe in that
doctrine we certainly ought not to
otmose this resolution, if the sen
ator is really for publicity he really
ought to covet and desire a free
expression of the senate to back him
up in Ins ettorts to obtain it.
All Have Same Rights. .
Lodge retorted that the question
was not one of publicity, record
keeping or press representation, and
added: . '
"For the senate or the house to
anticipate their sessions and under
take to dictate or to suggest to those
other nations how they shall carry
on their business seems to me not a
seemly thing for us to do at this
moment. I do not like to use un
pleasant words, but it docs not seem
to me very good manners to meet
them in that way. Each one of them
has the same rights that we have,
as to establishing procedure.
senator Johnson disagreed with
Lodge's declaration that the pass
age of the resolution would be bad
manners.
"I can not agree with that," he
said. "We do not attempt by this
resolution to express what I should
desire to express the wish for pub
licity. But 1 cannot concede for one
moment that when the senate re
spectfully requests the representa
tives of the government to use their
influence in a particular direction
the senate insults the representatives
of the nations to this conference.
riifs inmi in jj ij sj-i
DniKKlitU refund money if PAZO OINT
MENT (alls to cura Itchfns, Blind. Bleed
Inn or Protruding Piles. Instantly re
lieves Itchlnr Piles. 60c Adv.
Suit to Enjoin
Sale of Bonds Is
Filed in Dakota
SB
It is easy to identify
Mctrola instruments
You can tell them the moment you raise the
lid and see the trademark " Victrola." You will
also see other Victor trademarks, as the picture
and the phrase "His Master's Voice-"
Be sure to get a Victrola instrument, for it is
the chosen instrument of the greatest artists and
specially made to play their Victor records.
The Victor trademarks besides being your means
of identification are also your guarantees of quality.
Victrola instruments are built to give a lifetime of
service. Look under the lid for the Victor
trademarlss "Victrola," the picture and the phrase
"His Master's Voice" and you can be certain of
lasting satisfaction.
Victrola instruments $25 to $1500.
Viet
"HIS MASTERS MXCE
This trademark and the trademarlced
word"Vicaola"identifyallour product
Look under the lid ( Look on the label I
VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO.
Camdeo, N. L
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"Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden.N. J.
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Validity ,of Contract Between
Bank of JS'ortU Dakota
And Toledo. Company
Attacked. ,
i,DiH)3.r.k, X. IX, Nov. P. A luit
hat Ik-pi! tiled in Burleigh county
district court,, it wag learned today,
necking to enjoin further sale of
state bond and- attacking the van
dity "of the contract between the
Hank of rorth Uakota ana fipiuer,
Rorick Ity -Company, a Toledo con
cern, (or, disposal of the securities.
While refusing to issue a tenipor
ay restraining order, Jude W. L.
Nusslc directed the industrial com
mission agaiiut whose members the
suit is- filed' to show cause Novem
ber 9, why the contract with the
Toledo concern should not be set
aside.-
The industrial commission recent
ly contracted with the company for
the sale of about $6,000,000 worth of
state bonds at a 5 per cent dis
count, f 1,200,000 of which have been
delivered.
In the action initiated by a group
of northern North Dakota taxpay
ers, the following points are made:
That the lijnk of Norili Dakota
U not legally postered of slate
bonds it has undertaken ta deliver
to Spitxer, Rorick & Company.
That the iiuliulrial coinmiion U
without authority to tell the bonds
at lets than Par.
That the bond contract is Illegal
because attempts are being made to
sell the bonds at lest than par.
wnereat the state law provides that
the Industrial commission hat sell
the bonds for cash at not lest than
par. -
That the bonds to provide the
capital ot the bank were not Icea v
sold and the bank never legally es
tablished. -
That any transfer of the bonds
from, the industrial commission to
the bank is a mere stibterfiiRe in
tended as an invasion of the law and
not binding upon the state.
Destroyer I Floated
San Francisco, Nov. 8. The
United Statet destroyer Wood, which
went ashore on Angel island in San
Francisco bay during a heavy fog
early yesterday, was refloated last
night and proceeded to Mare Is.
land for survey. Navy officials said
the Wood did not suffer damage..
t'nlvanlllM Warnrd.
New Orleans. Nov. 4 A warnlnr In
unlvrrsllles to cuard against nermitllna'
ai'onninla procraas and tha ireasur It
brims to, bear to Undermine tha cnlleys
Ideal was sounded today by Dr. V: A.
Write, president of th. I nlv.relly of Wis
consin, and Dr. frank L. HrKlvev. crel.
dent of the Unlvarslty of Kentucky, be.
for. th. Association of Hlat. Universities.
Roads of West to
Make lOPer Cent
Wage -Reduction
Will Affect AH Departments" .
Notices to Be Posted Im
mediately. Conference of
Managers Decide.
Chicago, Nov. 8. Manager' of tin
western group of railroads met hen
yesterday and decided upon the im
mediate posting of notices of waif
reductions of 10 per cent, accordiu
to an announcement today.
The roads represented at the meet
ing included the Santa Fe, Grea"
Western, Rock Island. Northwest
em, Union Pacific, Northern I'acil'n
and Great Northern. .
In the proposed cuts alt depart
ments would be affected and com
mittees were apointcd to draft thi
notice immrriiatrlv an that th marl.
mav ea before the labor board and
ask an early bearing.
hollowing this meeting the Na
tional Industrial Traffic league an
nounced that meetings would be heh
tomorrow and Thursday ta as!t
that the railroads press their claim!
for wage reductions on the basis of
rate reductions tn ahinnrra Tin
Icasue renresents inativ of t1i im.
portant shippers of the country.
Lambskin
Gloves
France sends us a most at
tractive lambskin glove in
the twelve-button length.
Its colors are brown, bea
ver and tan. A very high
grade quality, and only ?4.
In Keeping Up
With the whims of outer
apparel, these satin bloom
, ers have employed all the
; latest colors. They ' are
; found in the sport length
'. style for the special price
of $4.98.
i Second Floor
For Hand
Needle Work
. Arg. these attractive art
i U'nen's that come' in brown ;
i ?r ecru.
The brown linen widths:
18 Jnches,'65c and 75c.
20 inches, 75c and $1.
22 inches, $1 and $1.25.
36 inches, ?1.50.
54 inches, $2.25.
The ecru linen widths:
18 inches, $1 and $1.25.
36 inches, $2.
. Linen Department
A Wrap That Answers .
Many Requirements
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And it may be a coat or cape -whatever
Milady prefers.' Stunning models of Mar
vella and Duvet de Laine are not only topped
with either beaver or squirrel, but, on many
of the wraps, fur appears in the most irresisti
ble places. They favor shades of brown and
blue, though many are black.
The Prices $139.50 to $350.
' Third Floor
Sorosis Shoes
for Special Prices
In three smart styles, of
the finest leather and on
the newest lasts.
f A practical and de-
cidedly good-looking ox
ford in tan Russia with
, low walking heel and
welt sole for $7.45.
H Black kid oxfords with
, welt sole and military
, heel for $6.45.
f A new boot in dark
brown kid with' low
; walking heel and welt
. sole for $7.45.
Main Floor
The Better Fabrics
Reach a Low Level
The Silk Shop is offering real reductions in
many of its better cloths. An offering that
is well worth taking advantage of.
36-inch Wash Satin of
40-inch Canton Crepe,
a heavy, all-silk qual
ity in navy, brown or
black, for $2.95.
40-inch Charmeuse
An all-silk quality in
navy, brown, black,
Copenhagen and taupe
for $1.95. -
extra fine quality, in
the shades of flesh,
pink or white for $1.95.
54-inch Coatings of all
and appropriate for
general wear. Froir
$2.50 to $4.95 a yard.
Main Floor
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