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THE EEB: ' OMAHA. WEDNESDAY; DECEMBER 7. 1921.
McLaughlin Sees
Four Outstanding
Points in Message
NtLraslan Comments on Eco-
' nomic PLase of President'
' Address Others Also
Give It Their O.K.
By E. C. SNYDER,
Waahlaatoa CormDoiiilMit Onih. IU.
Vihinftton, Dec 6. (Special
Telegram.) Congressman Mc
Laughlin of the York fXcb.) dis
trict, in reviewing the high lights of
president Harding meisage to con
"There are fniir ouutanilinc nninfa
of the preiident'i meMAge that are of
cjprciai economic vaine at tins time.
"First, the expressed idea that the
best interesti of this republic lie in
me airecuon ot party government
and that the party in power is re
sponsible for the inauguration of a
definite aggressive policy is borne out
by many years of political history in
this country.
"Second, the advocacy of a trait
commission with power to inaugu
rate change of tariff rates at any
time necessity may require is sound
and practical, and such authority
should be given to the tariff com
mission immediately.
"Third, the emphasis of the neces
sity of stabilizing foreign exchange
values Ss timely and the importance
of such action should be apparent io
all. The international conference
for the accomplishment of this pur
pose is of importance to the entire
world. We cannot expect a favor
able price for American products
until exchange rates are satisfactorily
adjusted.
"Fourth, the president's emphasis of
the Importance of co-operative mar
keting is in keeping with the need
and development of our time. All
necessary agencies between producer
and consumer must be dispensed
with, so that the producer may re
ceive more for his products and the
consumer pay less for the finished
article."
Points Out Urgent Needs.
Representative Andrews said:
"The president's message was a
clear, practical presentation of the
public questions requiring immediate
consideration. It withheld rainbow
predictions and promises, while it
pointed out the urgent needs of the
hour. The demand for the reduction
of railroad rates was timely and
forceful and should be heeded by
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion without delay. He voiced the
superior rights of organized society
over any and all individual interests,
or the rights of organized labor or
organized capital. All agencies must
serve the public welfare. This was
one of the strong points of the mes
sage. ,
"The prompt passage of the fund
ing bill relative to the foreign debt
and the permanent tariff received due
emphasis. It served notice on the
senate to proceed with"business with
out delay. The value of the budget
legislation in the last . session is
proved by a reduction of former esti
mates of nearly $500,000,000.
"In concluding,.! the ' president
voiced the earnest prayer of America
for universal peace and international
good will. This-", eoncluding state
ment was eminently fitting:, because
of the presence of the members of
the international conference on the
limitation of armajnepts." "
Message Showed Courage. . ...
Representative Evans said:
' ."The mcssaee was . eomnrelion.
sive. It was decided in its declara
tions and wise in its recommenda
tions.. As to the president's dec
laration as tP labor difficulties it
certainly showed courage to take
hold of a very difficult problem and
present it in a fair way to the legis
lative branch of the government.
Upon the whole tU nrAciriAt
- ----- ."v k uvu ,a iu
be commended for the . position he
nas iaKen.
"I cannnt TirMenA ' 1
t r.vuy iu vuilc an
opinion on some of the phases of
me message, especially with refer
ence to the granting of enlarged
Dowers tn tho tariff -..:..:..
lnat will come later after mature
Muay. tor the president realizes the
limitation that mc hi
. ij UYClLUIilC
before we can proclaim tariffs at
win. Altogether the message is
admirable and a splendid chart by
which to steer."
Approves Valuation System.
Representative Green of 'Iowa;
ranking member of the ways and
means committee, which formulated
much of the legislation to , which
the resident referred mM.'
. . , '
, i am in entire accord, with what
tne president said with reference to
the American svsfem r( i--,i.,-.t:
as a basis for assessing our tariff
uuues ana tne danger that the gen
eral adoption of this system would
make ous tariffs prohibitive. I have
from the first been opposed to the
system of American valuation, be
Keying it to be impracticable in ad
ministration and that it .inevitably
would make our duties 'so high as to
cause a rise in the price of nearly
every article upon which a tariff
was laid. I think a plan could be
worked out in line with what I
understand to be the thought of the
president, using the foreign costs
as a basjs in the same manner as
now, but authorizing the president,
by proclamation, to apply the Amer
ican valuation plan in certain cases.
"The adoption by the house f
Husband and Wife
Every time, my wife goes out she
carries fonropjive bundles-H. V.
G.
the yteni of American valuation in
the tariff bill has been the chief
cau.e of the delay in it final enact
ment. If it U now, in accordance
with what would seem to be the de
lire of the president, to be laid
aside, while it will require extensive
changes in the bill at prepared by
the house, I am satisfied it will
much sooner become a law,
"I was very much pleased that the
'premdent o tringly endorsed a
constitutional amendment prevent'
In ir the further issuance of- tax
exempt securities. J shall press
tinon the immediate consideration
of my committee a bill for that pur
pose and hope to have it reported
out at an early date. With the tup
port ot the president already an
nounced, it ought to be passed at
this session 'and will be unless there
is senate delay, as there has been
in so many other cases. Our tax
system can not be a complete suc
cess until this amendment is
adopted. . Suci an amendment
should in my opinion provide that
the government should not tax state
and municipal securities at a higher
tax than st taxes its own bonds.
Some provision of this nature will
be necessary to protect thc state
issues from unfair discrimination
and thus obtain the consent of the
requisite number of states.'
Auto Skids, Demolishes
Windmill; No One Injured
Avoca, la.,' Dec. 6. As Oscar
Karstens and family ' drove into-the
yard at their farm home near, here
the car skidded, rait into the wind
mill,: knocked it down, demolishing
the mill and damaging the car, but
injuring none of the occupants. Kar
stens lost control of the car because
of sleet on the roadway.
Mrs. Jeanie Spring Peet
Dies in Los Angeles, Aged 78
Los Angeles. Dec. 6. Mrs. Jeanie
Spring I'eet, 78, who came to Los
Angeles by stage coach. in 1874 as a
special correspondent for the New
York Tribune, under the direction of
Horace Greeley, died here. Mrs. Peet
was an artist and sculptor, and also
had. written numerous poems.
Congress Addressed
I m By President Harding
(Clla4 Trvm I'm Out. "
American valuation. Hearings on'
the tariff bill will be resumed to
morrow by the senate finance com
mittee, . . vj
Urgei Farm Relief.
The president aUo emphasized
need for agricultural relief. He
urged improved methods of diMribu
tion and marketing of farm products,
advocating legislative assistance to
co-operative, marketing, Railroad
freight rtes, he added, were aubjects
of just complaint by farmers.
Other recommendations included
reclamation and irrigation develop
ment, highway improvement and
measures to aid the unemployment
situation.
The president expressed satisfac
tion over the tax revision law and its
$1,000,000,000 reduction in the tax
draft on the. people,", and urging
economy and ethcicncy, declared tne
budget system the greatest reforma
tion in governmental practices since
the beginning- of the republic."
Party responsibility in government
was stressed by the president in what
some of his hearers regarded as thin
ly veiled dislike over the "bloc de
partment in congress.. . .
One Killed, Four Injured
In Refinery Explosion
Roxana, III, Dec. 6. One man
was killed and four' others are in a
serious condition as the result of an
explosion which occurred- in the
Koxana retroleum company plant
here yesterday evening, when some
new refining apparatus being tested
for the first time gave way.
Held on Rum Charge !
Edward S. Flor, 119 South For
ty-second street, a real estate man,
was arrested with his son, VVillard.
by Deputy United States Marshal
Davis on a charge of violation of the
Volstead act. It is charged that he
rented his cottage on King's lake,
near Elkhorn, to some Italians and
that a liquor still was found there.
21 Dead; 25 Hurt
In Collision of
Reading Trains
Fire Breaks Out in Wooden
Cars Immediately After
Crash Several Bodies
Unidentified.
Philadelphia. Dec. 6. Additional
bodies recovered Irom the smoulder
ing debris, and death of two of the
injured last night, increased to 21 the
fatalities as a result of the head-on
collision between Philadelphia and
Reading railway suburban passenger
trains yesterday. Four of the 25 or
more injured are in a critical condi
tion. , It is feared other bodies, are
concealed by the hot ashes and
twisted framework of. the two
wooden coaches which caught fire.
With few exceptions, the recover
ed bodies were burned beyond recog
nition. Most of the victims lived at
Southampton and Newtown.
Most of the victims perished in
fire, which broke out in the wooden
cars almost immediately after the
crash.
Rescuers were obliged to stand
helpless at the top of the cut while
the victims, enmeshed in the wreck
age, shrieked as the flames tortured
them.
An outbound tram from Philadel
phia ran into another from Newtown
in the cut which is 35 feet deep, nar
row and curved. Its sides were cov
ered with snow and ice and it .was
with the greatest difficulty that' '.he
injured were dragged out.
Several of the charred bodies had
not been identified, and it was
thought possible that more might lie
in the wreckage.
A statement from the railway of
fice said the accident "seems to be
due to train .151 (train from Phila
delphia) overrunning its orders." In
vestigations are under way.
The inbound train makes no stops
between Southampton and Hryn
Athyn. The outbound train usua ly
waits on tiding for it to pass. The
engineer is said to have waited 10
minutes and wen a local.-that was
late, pasted, to have asuumed it to
be the other tram, ana proceeded.
The curve with it steep, rocky walls
hid each train, In the middle of the
cut the two locomotives crashed
One rose in the air, and then toppled
backwards, falling, upside down, over
the track. The other locomotive
veered to the east and wedged itself
ir ' -n the rock wall and the
wreckage. ,
Hearing Continued in
CloUesline Swindle
Hearing of the McCormick broth
ers and Webb J. Elliott, arrested in
connection with an alleged clothes
line swindle, before U. S.. Commis
sioner Boehler, yesterday, was con
tinued until 2 today, to permit the
government to introduce more evi
dence of conspiracy to defraud.
Adolph Schneebeli, Swiss, from
whom the trio is said to have ob
tained $5,150 for state rights to sell
the .patented article, appeared against
them.
Edward Rice McCormick, who
says he is a Yale graduate, denies
the fraud charge. "I am rcnv o
carry on my agreement to work the
state with Schneebeli right now,' he
said.
The commissioner refused to set
a bond or to release the men on their
own recognizance until after today's
hearing. Garnishee action was
started by Schneebcli's attorney in
district court yesterday against the
First and Nebraska National banks
and attorneys for the McCormicks
and Elliott, to obtain possession of
the $5,150
Snowbound Denver Motorist
Is Killed by Exposure
Denver, Dec. 6. Word was re
ceived here yesterday that Herbert
G. Kutz, 28, of Denver had died of
exposure near Watkins, Colo., after
he and two companions had labored
for hours trying to extricate their
automobile from a huge snowdrift
Chinese Envoy
--Resigns Post
At Conference
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No. 130, electric, $415
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and be sure of satisfaction
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features are things you cannot get
in any other instrument except the
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years of effort and experience, and
nave won for the Victrola unques
tioned leadership.
: The Victrola is the one instrument
to choose for Christmas. It is not alone
the instrument of the greatest artists,
but the only instrument specially
made to play their Victor Records
' and it is built to last a lifetime.
Victrolas $25 to $1500. If it is a
Victrola you'll see the word ''Victrola"
on it. And it can be a Victrola only
when made by the Victor Talking
Machine Company. Look under the
lid for the famous Victor trademarks.
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Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau Says
Nation's Only Hope Is to
" Reorganize Army and
Fight for Rights.
Washington, Dec.. 6. Conference
circles were startled last night to
learn that J3r. Philip K. C. Tyau,
('.'liinese minister tn Ltiha and sucre-
tary general to the Chinese delega
tion, nan caiucu nis resignation as
secretary. ,,. " , - . .
If tnnk tliia nrtlfin hrratiHS lio he.
lievea China! "victory" here is a
hollow one and that, the conference
powers, including America, will -fail
to give his country justice. ' He sees
a storm gathering in China. .
"The only thjng left for us to do,"
lie said vestrlnv. "is to tell our
people that there is no hope of ob
taining tusticc and right while we
are weak! that, we must reorganize
our army, bring it up to western
standards and prepare to cot our
rights by force.
"1 came Here expecting great
thin as. I thought that at last China
would get a hearing and that rob
bery and spoliation would be
stopped. I d'ul not expect that the
things we bad signed away by treaty
would be fciven back to us at once,
but I did expect that in the matter
of foreign troops, foreign rolice,
foreign postoflues, foreign bases
obtained under the 21 demands,
which we never recognized, that we
would receive the active help of the
other nations, particularly America,
'ibis hope has failed to materialize
and I can not remain."
Strikers Make Gains;
Packing District Quiet
((diillniin! 'n m l'n One.)
scious. Two women were reported
to have come to blows near Thirty,
third and Q streets. One of the
women worked in a packing bouse.
Two Brothers Wounded.
Fort Worth. Tex.. Dec. 6,Two
brothers Tom and Tracy Macklin
said by friends to be striking pack
ing bouse employes, were shot and
seriously wounded late today in dis
orders growing out of the local pack
ing bouse strike. Fred Rouse, a
negro, who is said to have done
the shooting, was taken to a hospital
following a severe beating be receiv
ed at the hands of a large crowd. The
shooting occurred in front of the Ar
mour & Co. plant.
Policemen Threatened.
Chicago, Dec. 6. 1'olicemen on
strike duty here were threatened by
about 300 strike sympathizers follow
ing arrests after a worker had been
slugged.. .They lit Id the crowd it
bay with draw n .revolvers' until re.
serves arrived. A nun and bis daugli
tcr, both packing boue. workers,
were attacked by urike sympathizers
tonight, but were not seriously hmt.
There was dicuskion of calling out
troops b patrol the strike are in
both St. Paul and at Kansas City. It
was indicated, however,- that they
would not be needed at pwcut.
Vnion oIlitiaN, after the second
day of the strike of packing" hou-e
employes, averted 6,000 more work
mm had joined the striker in Chi
cago, while the packers reported that
between 90 and V5 per cent of their
men were .working and that the
places of striker bad been filled from
the humlredii of unemployed.
While spokesmen tor the packers
admitted that more employes here
had joined the walkout, they also
asserted that part of those that went
cut Monday bad returned and that
there was no difficulty in hiring men.
Tn other packing centers representa
tives of the "liig Five" packers re
ported the strikers returning to work,
while oflicials of the Algamated Meat
Cutters and llutcher Workmen of ,
North America said the ranks of
the strikers were being augmented. ,
American Consulates Opened
Washington, Dee. C American
consulates have been opened hi
Munich and Hamburg, the State de
partment was advised yesterday by
Ellis Loring Drcstl, in charge at
Berlin. They are the first of sucii
posts to be established in Germany.
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Boudoir Caps
Satijir lace, .- georgette,
crepe de chine, all shirred,
ruffled, flowered and be
ribboned go to make up
creations of dainty loveli
ness. They come in ban
deaux and cap style in
every color of the rain
bowj including black.
Priced from $1.25 to
$6.50.
The Baby's Shop
Is always a gift shop of
almost everything the
little one might need.
il The baby record books
are hand-decorated silk
moire or paper covered
with illustrations in col
ors or gray print." They
-'"-'are priced from 75c to
$3.50. -
The , celluloid rattles,
rings and wheel toys
are from 50c. to $1.35.
H Dainty combs and
brushes and. also soap
and powder boxes, in
two or four-piece sets
from $1 to $4.25.
Hand - decorated car-
riage straps, coat and
dress hangers, water
,' bags covered or un
covered; rosettes, arm
lets, garters and afghan
bows, of: ribbon. The
prices are from 50c to
$4.50. , ..
If Silk moccasins, pique
shoes, silk booties and
soft sole kid shoes of
white, black, tan and
white or tan kid tops
with' patent vamps.
Priced from $1 to $3.
Second Floor
ran
Daniel Green's
Comfy Slippers
Models for every member
of the family from the
littlest tot to the largest
"one; : Attractive styles
fashioned of felt, satin or
leather for prices that
are surprisingly low, con
sidering the quality.
Main Floor
Attractive Gift Fabrics
The holiday festivities demand new frocks'
and gowns. for their various functions. So
why not suggest such a pattern for a delight
ful Christmas gift.
Chiffon velvet with both silk and lisle
backs comes in rose, orchid, silver gray,
American beauty, Pekin, navy, wine, brown,
taupe and black for $5,. $7.50, $7.95 and $10
a yard. "
There is also a handsome assortment of
brocade velvets on chiffon grounds for special
prices.
All silk duvetyns are specially priced for
Wednesday only. In navy, black, jade rose,
gold, brown and French blue for $5.50 a yard.
Lovely Boudoir Robes
The best gift of all is the one that combines
luxuriant loveliness with long usefulness.
There is a fascinating array of becoming
robes that will please every woman. . .
These are fashioned of quilted and . plain .
Crepe de Chine, Pongee, exquisite Georgettes,
and beautiful velvets. There are also Man-. . '.
darin coats and real Japanese robes, all hand
worked in gorgeous embroideries. In an at
tractive range of colorings for prices that will
please you.
Third Floor
Men's Dress Union Suits
For Lare Reductions
Sterling, Superior, Lewis and Winsted
makes the entire stock of all finest
quality garments. Wool, silk and wool,
cotton and wool, mercerized garments
and fine combed cottons in all weights.
Priced from $1.50 to $7.95
Freshen Your
Frock With a
New Girdle
Attractive jet girdles are
recent arrivals. Theae
are shown in many dis
tinctive designs for
prices that range from.
$3.75 to $7.75.
Then, too, those of silk
braid or wooden beads
are very smart. Thev
are from $2.75 to $8.25
each.
Main Floor
Sonia Hair Nets
,-50c a Dozen
The cap and fringe styles
in all the desirable shades.
Wenom a Corsets
for $1.75
For the woman of medium
or slender build, nothing
could be more desirable
in. the way of corseting
than this elastic top ;
model. Special Wednes
day for $1.75
What does your wife d
