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niK HKK: OMAHA. Fl'NUAV, JANUARY 22.
.Opinions Vary
on Methods for
Tax hws Change
AiIiuinitrMtinit Will Urge
Hiiijilojing Kxjiprt With
Kxccm FumU in OM
.Appropriation.
I.iacflti. J.it, 21. (Spen.l.l Vari
am of opinion txktt at to lrsl
methods c( appointing a person or a
iMidy to ituqy ,el)Uka I tax UWl
during tli coming vear and give re
milts nf thin M'hIv lo tht Irgmlturf
at in tift rrguur trtion.
Iius 11 one t 1 n our major
prnioit una submitted to the snecia
irixon by Cmvrnior McKtlvie and
the administration pun. which
probably Mill be supported by a bill
iu mat rncrr, it iu auinonie mc
sute Ux commissioner to employ a
t4X expert or anyone lie sees fit lo
linlv .Nciirakai revenue laws.
"With tlii idea in view the JA.OtiO
which Mr. Osborne, the tax conimis
ioncr, In announced could be rut
from bit appropriation will not be
included in the new appropriation
bill and lie can spend any part of it
be withe, in carrying out a plan to
rrvi-e rur revenue laws, Uovernor
McKrlvie Mid,
Urges Commiion.
Another plan wa outlined hv Rep
rrncnutive DwiKlit Onuwolrf. na
tional leader, who arrived in Lincoln
t'i;iv for the special iciion. oris
wold wishes to ice a purely patriotic
eoinniifiion, meaning an unpaid com
misvon, spend several month dur
ing, the coming year in workine for
Khrv And recommend tax revisions
to the next scwon.
"Those romniisions have worked
on the s.tiiip proposition before,"
tievcrnor McKtlvie said, "and while
thrv have recommeiidi'd some Very
meritorious schemes the legislature
has never seen lit to act upon their
rrcomincnda'ions"
firiswold is for the gasoline tax
r.nd lrrlares that it i growing in
popularity by leaps and bounds .in
his country.
"'I'he false stories of democratic
politicians that it was merely new
taxes straddled on the shoulders of
the farmers are being exploded,"
tiriswold said, "and the people of
.Nebraska are hcRinning to realize
that the gasoline tax is an answer to
the insistent cry for a redifU-'ort in
taxation of real property and placing
the entire burden of road budding on
the persons who use the roads, the
motorists." y- 1
Democratic Flip-flop .
Griswold laughed when asked if he
would support the $1,000,000 decreas
ed appropriation bill. '-.:."
"I sure will," he said. "The most
inconsistent thing I ever saw in rrty
life is the flip-flop of the adminis
tration's political enemies who howl
ed for months for reduced taxes and
now that the governor has called a
special session primarily to reduce
appropriations they are against it. "I
wonder if the democratic politicians
; way down in their hearts didn't
really want to see the people keep on
suffering from high taxes, with no
relief, so they could ride into office
on a promise to reduce taxes.
"The truth of the matter is that
they are right where the governor
slid they would be, out on a limb,
with their campaign plans ior' the
next election knocked out from un
der them."
Judge Walter I. Smith ,
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; Postal Clerk Is
! Held on Cliariro
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Pf'fe fit.
of Looting Mail
,rrrtrd t V.iu of Duly Tour
Wild 13 fitter Contain,
ing $118 Iing Hunt
l!ndcd.
Frank J. Tanowic. ii, 3416 I'ratt
ttrcrt. a (ieik in the Central pottot-
ice, was arreir when be wnt olf
duty I rnUy night by i'ooial lnt;rt.
tor Coble, H. A. KoIamJ ami Y. M,
till jiii a.
lit Im iKHkrlt were futind 1J rt.
ten, eoiiiainiiig total of II
it in the county jail.
(JMiccr liavr ! n on tne trad at
piul thrft lor about live tuoutli
J hey say they alio found two decoy
checks, arnt ny themclvef, in In
Dotirksion.
Among the letters found In Pano
wica'i pocket was one addressed to
Kev. fattier I.dward McCarthy. L
Colunibaua Mission, and others to
the ileddeo Clothing company, Chi
nese Mission and Near Kat Helicf,
The penalty for this crime la one
to five years for each count,
Tanowiea has been employed by
the Umalu postolhce tor seven
yean, first as a carrier and lately as
distributor of incoming mail., lie
left the service for a short time and
was in the real estate business in
the Pax ton block, but returned to
the postal service.
J lis wife is one of the beautiful
young matrons of the north side.
Nations to Put End
to Secret Treaties
She Is Most Popular ! Find Omaha Man
Girl in Plattsmouth ! n. n n
I'jiiig rroiii i oiirou
Judge Waller I. Smith of Council
Uluffs is reported in a very critical
omlition in Mercy hospital in the
Bluffs.
Dr. F. ,V. Jlouahlon. family
physician, announced a conference
f specialists holds little hope for his
recovery.
1 he judge is suffering partial
paralysis following a stroke of apo
plexy two years ago last August. He
rallied yesterday after having passed
a severe night.
His brother, Forrest Smith. ' 438
North Thirty-eight avenue, Omaha,
was reported unchanged in condition
kesterday. Forrest Smith was re
ported near death trom cancer sev
eral weeks ago.
Only last October Chief Justice
William Howard Taft, who when
president appointed Judge Smith,
ed prominence in their chosen work.
then a , member of congress, as a
member of the United States circuit
court of appeals, decided to request
congress to pass a special act pro
viding for Judge Smith's retirement
from the bench because of his ill
health.. . . .
Judge Smith was one of the repub
lican leaders in congress when Presi
dent Taft appointed him. He was
then' representative from the Ninth
congressional district of Iowa. It
was understood at the time that .he
might have been named to the su
preme court bench, but Judge Smith
accepted the lesser position to per
mit the appointment of another.'
Walter I. and Jorrest Smith are
pioneers of Council Bluffs. While
Walter was pursuing the study of
law his brother entered the real es
tate business. Both of them attain-
McCumber Denies
That He Is Radical
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Now the west ,is in the saddle but
imbued with no disposition toward
sectional retaliation.
"Whatever may be urged .in., '..fa
vor of a free trade policy, had. we
built our national, economic .'struc
ture on that foundation, I think no
right thinking man can fail to un
derstand that a change of that, pol
icy today would practically destroy
every industry in the United States
slid bring about a catastrophe, the
, miseries from which would be be
yond description," said Senator
McCumber. "This is no time to
' even dream of initiating a' policy,
the exact reverse of that which has
been in operation for the most part
for considerably more than half a
century. . '
' Must Maintain Tariff.
"So, come what will, we must
maintain the protective policy in this
country. But we must maintain it
as a national policy and not as a
sectional one. While it is impossible
by reason of varying conditions,
to give every commodity exactly
the same degree of protection," we
should measure up to that standard
just as nearly as we can. If at times
. our surplus of any commodity is so
great that our price is forced down
to nearly a world level, we should,
nevertheless, continue the t. policy,
that it may become immediately ef
fective whenever that surplus is re
duced. This is especially true -of our
farm products. ,.,
"It is worse than a mistake -to
assume that the average westerner
is not at heart a protectionist. t
think I am well within the bounds
of accuracy when I say that -the
percentage of believers of that doc
trine is considerably greater in the
west than in any other section of
the country certainly far greater
than in the state of New York,:
the western man asks is that ' the
protection accorded be reasonable
and that he shall be a sharer in its
benefits directly as well as indirect
ly. Every real friend of protection
will freely accord him that right. -Costs
Have Mounted.'" '
"The cost of production of near
ly every commodity in the United
States has increased from 100 to 150
per cent over the prewar cost. The
cost of production in some .of. .the
countries which will contest for su
premacy in our American markets
has greatly decreased. Old world
countries, spurred on by necessity,
are preparing for a most extended
invasion of the American market.
The utter collapse of the standard
of monetary values in many coun
tries of the .world, the circulating
medium in some having become al
most worthless, has added to the
chaotic conditions surrounding us
and increased our perplexities. We
shall need in the solution of our in
dustrial and financial problems the
patriotic assistance and co-operation
of every section of the country, as
well as the helpful patience of the
whole American public.
"The republican party is the party
of protection, and while no policy
can with magic touch immediately
revive a paralyzed world, I am cer
tain we can greatly accelerate our
industrial convalescence by directing
our energies along national and not
along sectional lines. ,
Styles Self Protectionist.
"Speaking personally, while I am
aware that I have often been con
sidered is toa ultra-conservative to
satisfy the views of some elements
of the west, it is new to me to be
informed through some of our east
ern journals that I am dangerously
radical. Standing between these two
viewpoints, I derive some consola
tion from the fact' that I know my
self exactly where I stand.. I am a
protectionist, but not a- spotted one.
I am a conservative, and must re
main so. I believe in progress and
in keeping abreast of the' time. But
I want to progress upward and net
downward, forward and not , back
ward. The same conservative and
business-like course that prevents
disaster and assures success in busi
ness enterprises is just as applicable
in the conduct of national affairs."
Senator McCumber said that if the
foreign loan refunding bill and sol
diers' bonus bill were passed there
would be "no difficulty in making one
hand wash the other."
Wants Debts Funded.
"We want these' foreign ' obliga
tions funded immediately, to" the end
that the countries owing us may
know just what their obligations are,
when and how they are to be met,
and we shall begin to realize interest
on these obligations. - I think we
should be more liberal, in. the exten
sion of time for payment of both
principal and accrued interest, and
most reasonable in the matter of in
terest rates," the senator continued,
"we must remember that these prin
cipal debtor nations were for three
years engaged in the most desperate
Struggle the .world has ever wit
nessed before we entered the con
flict; that we reaped immense profits
out of their miseries during those
years, and that the loans we made
them after we" entered the war were,
for , the most part, simply credits
which were paid out to American
producers iox goods furnished them,
also at a very high profit..
"We should also remember that
our principal allies loaned to their
allies a greater sum than we loaned
them, and they have as yet received
neither interest nor principal. While
we should have funded every cent
that is due us, we should be most
liberal in the terms of payment. We
ought not to play the role of Shy
lock in dealing with our poverty
stricken' debtors." ''" .-
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Wood Lake Cattle Feeders
Use Sleds to Haul Hay
" Wood Lake, Neb.. Jan. 21. (Spe
cial.) The cattle feeders of this
vicinity have invented a new way of
hauling hay to the feed lots. Instead
of pitching the hay on a wagon rack,
as has been the custom, the hay is
now pulled onto a flat sled with a
cable. The sleds arc. about 12 by
16 or 18 feet and one end of the sled
is staked to the ground. A cable is
fastened to the other end of the sled
and run around the stack. Four
horses hitched to the cable will load
about three ton of hay on the sled
in about, five minutes, saving nearly
two hours' labor over the old way of
pitching with a fork,
It is said by some of the ranchers
that are using the sleds that one man
could feed a thousand head of cat
tle with the use of the sleds instead
of wagons and racks. -
You have heard, "Believe nothing
you hear, and onlyehalf you see." We
do not ask you to believe anything
we say, but come and see; $265 will
buy (for either cash or terms) a
brand new dependable, fully guar
anteed piano of quality, made by the
largest and most reputable pfano
manufacturers m the world. Also,
you will find a genuine fool-proof
ylayer piano for $495. " Both pianos
and players furnished in different
woods. Prices cut on every instru
ment in our line. A. Hosne Co.
(Continued From . Tat Oof .)
the powers wlio are signatories or
adherents to this agreement
To File All Contracts.
"2. The several rowers other than
China will file with the secretariat-
general of the conference, at their
earliest convenience, for transmis
sion to tne participating powers a
list as nearly complete as may be
possible, of tall those contracts be
tween their nationals of the one oart.
and the Lhmcse government or anv
of its administrative subdivisions or
local authorities, of the other part
which involve anv concession, fran
chise, option or preference with re
spect to railway construction, min
ing, torcstry, navigation, river con
servancy, harbor works, reclama
tion, electrical communications, or
other public works or public ser
vices, or for the sale of arms or
ammunition, or which involve a hen
upon any of the nubhc revenues or
properties of the Chinese government
or any of its .administrative subdivi
sions. There shall be. in the case of
each document so listed, cither a
citation to a published text, or a copy
of the text itself.
"Every contract of the public char
acter described which may he con
cluded hertai'ter shall be notified by
the governitents concerned within
sixty (60) days after the receipt of
information of its conclusion to. the
powers who are signatories of or ad
herents to this- agreement.
" . Chinese Also Agree.
"3. The Chinese government
agrees to notify in the conditions
laid down in .this agreement, every
treaty agreement or contract of the
character indicated herein which has
been or may hereafter be concluded
by that government or by any local
authority in China with any for
eign power or the nationals of anv
foreign power whether party to this
agreement or not, 90 far as the in
formation is in its possession.
"4. The governments of powers
having treaty relations with China
which are not represented at the
present conference, shall be invited
to adhere to this agreement. The
United States government, as con
vener of this conference, under-
iakes to communicate this agree
ment to the governments of the
said powers, with a view to obtain
ing their adherence thereto as soon
as possible."
On Monday the far east commit
tee hopes to receive recommenda
tions from its expert committee on
measures dealing with the Chinese
railways situation.
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Mis Kalhryn Novotny, 17, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joepli Novotny
of l'lattsmouth, was voted tho moM
popular girl of l'lattsmouth at the
Knights of Coltitnbiii barur uhi.h
cloicd there Thursday evening. Miss
Novofy is employed in Omaha. She
i a sinter of Mrs. Josenh Kvanil.
tilti r . m.w . 9 9
;n.i sown i wenty-nrtt street.
Alliance Bank to Get
War Finajice Money
Alliance, Neb., Jan. 21. Tbc
Northweotcrn Cattle Loan & Invest
ment company is the name of a new
ors4iiization formed i Alliance by the
officers of the First late bank of this
city. It is rapitalied at $50,0K, and
its iiirpcvse U to secure loans through
the War Finance corporation to aid
livestock men of this section.
1 lie following oincers, all of whom
are connected with the First State
ank, were elected: President, H. A.
(opM-y; vice president. Jay O.
Walker; secretary-treasurer, Charles
linttan; directors, the three named
above, together with Fred Hayes
and Miss Beatrice O'Brien, ,
The charter for the new company
nas oeen received ant! the organiza
lion is already in operation. Appli
canons ot stockmen tor loan aggre
gating approximately $200,000 have
been received, several of which have
been approved by the company. Two
applications, wie for $11,500 and one
for $5,000, have been approved by the
Umaha hoard ot the War finance
corporation and these have been for
warded to Washington for final ap
proval.
American Proposals on
Chinese Are Adopted
Washington, Jan. 21. (By A. P.)
The American proposal to make
public international commitments re
lating to China was adopted in a
much amended form today by the far
eastern committee of the arms conference.
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1512-Dou$las St
Smart New
Taffeta Dresses
for Early Spring Wear
No store in the city
pould afford to sell
dresses like these for so
low a price if bought in
a regular way. We
bought them for cash at
manufacturers' c I e a r-
ance prices and are
passing the saving on
to you.
Women's and Misses' nT7-T r HT C
COATS oKlK 1 o
X A. X W Qur entire gto,, 0f 0vely new
Our entire stock, Including the ex- ,,13 now on sale in two lots at
elusive models, are now on sale at
1 V2 Price $5 qd $10
Cldciigo, Jan, 21 Alfie-I Andiew J
NichoU of Omaha, recently id-,
rlurgeij fiom the I'mtrd Sutr navy,
and Mis IM11I1 licratd, J 41 k mn
io(-t, were f"Uiid uiuoiut 'nut in 1
room in the brand liolrl by nuid I
)enerd4y. I
'i he couple registered t the holrl I
as mail and wife Tlinrtdav, taking
the rni for a week. Tiny were tit
net 11 aiijiti until found bv the maid
when he went to clean the ronni.
On the floor were two whiky hottlrs,
bottle labeled "carholic acid." and
another marked "bichloride of nirr
cury.
ltotli were taken to the I aavant
hospital.
Late last iK"t they were still un
conscious. Doctors believe they
took poison with whltky and that
they probably will die.
In Nichols rochet was found a
letter addressed to Miss Katherinc
Hoicluiltc, 24J7 Brooklyn avenue,
protesting his unriviiiK love and
faiilifulurs.
"It won't be lonu till March, and
I'll be here waiting for you have
no one else but you," be wrote.
A search of city directories !t
nic'it failed to dic!osc the name Al
fred Andrew Nichols.
Gas Tot at (ioluinbiiH Is"
Above Omaha Average
Columbus. Neb., Jan. 21. -(Special.)
Charles 1". Crowley of Oma
ha .heniiht, employed ly the city
council to make a series of test of
the duality of c.n manufactured by
the Columbus tlas company, fon(t1
the beat-content to average SK22 j
Itritish 'I hernial units Kro, which
is about )0 more than Omaha, and
that the gas is of good heating pual- j
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New Low Prices for the
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you coum noi pny vum ai oner oon 1 ao
I them any longer.. Furniture? for eirj room
I home is reduced 20 to 50 In thin mljfhty
Clearance Sale, and Your Credit in (Jood.
! $1.00 Down Deliver Any Article Up to $50.00
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January ('Utram e bile, e o m p I t ary Oaranr
.Salo COO Crt for
for. ... PW.Ulf,nly
! ,$22.50 i .SI 9.75 ;;. $19.75
Columbia
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your home.
Thi3 model,
only $85.00.
1 Other models
at $100, $125,
$150 and $175.
Select and Buy
a Few Records
Pay $1 to bind the contract
and we will deliver this beau
tiful machine at once. Begin
payments February 15th.
Was $125
Reduced to $85
The Columbia Grafonola has
many exclusive features
among them the non-set auto
matic stop. Stops automatic
ally, when the selection is fin
ished. It has many other ex
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Dining Tablet, Queen Anne re
riorl, in rich Jacobean oak, with
48-inch extension top, in the
nuary C learance
Sals only . . .
$49.50
Wood E.J.. in rich gulden finish,
i with sin head and foot and iron
s.dc rail, in the January Clear
) ane .''ale reduced (Q rt?
to only t&Ot&O
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Extra Wide Dressing
Table in mahogany
finish, with triple
French plate mirrors
and two drawers, in
the January Clear
Sale... $39.50
China Clo.eU, built
of solid 'fumed oak,
with 5 roomy shelve
and carved gins'
sidesi" in the January I
Fire.ide Wing Rock
er with sturdy ma
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frante and durable
cane seat and back.
Clearance Sale priced 'in the January Clear-
nr.. $29.50 $15.95
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C January Sale
Rugs
Seamless Velvet Rugs in
7-6x9 sizes are only
$21.50
Seamless Tapestry Rugs,
9x12 sizes, reduced to
$24.50
Seamlesr Velvet Rugs ia
8-3x10-6 sizes are only
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