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Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Senator Attacks MCAdoo's
Tax Reduction Suggestion

Washington, March 9.-The sug-
gestion of William G. McAdoo.
former secretary of the treasury,
that reduction of ST 000,000,000 in
federal taxes be made Immediately
and that bonds be issued to cover
this amount, was attacked in the
senate by Senator Kellogg, republi-
can, Minnesota. The senator ex-
pressed surprise that people were
even taking the suggestion Sc
riously."
'Mr. McAdoo, no doubt truly rep
resents the opinion of Wall street
SPECTATORS" he said, "but the fnan-
cial and business men of the coun-
try understand the absurdity of his
suggestions. The only thing this
congress can do to reduce taxes is
to get down to the bedrock basis
of economy. Nobody has added
more to the governments expenses
in the past than Mr.. McAdoo. His
idea of finance has always been to
pay debt by issuing new bond"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Omaha Man in Capital
Oppose Regulation
OF Packing Houses

Washington, March Especial
Telegram.-A. F. Stryker, secretary
of the Omaha Live Stock exchange,
has advised Congressman Jeferis
that he will arrive in Washington
Wednesday to appear before the
house committee on agriculture in
opposition to the Anderson bill
regulating stock yards and packing
houses, hearings on which are now
being held. Just when Mr.. Stryker
will be permitted to take the stand
is problematical, Representative
John w. Raney, who is in charge of
the time for the opponents Of the
bill. having stated that the re-
mainder of the week has already
been allotted and that opponents of
the bill will take at least two weeks
to make out their case.
However, with Mr.. Stryker on the
ground, he may be called almost any
time in the event some person, who
has been allotted a particular day,
fails to appear. This condition
happens frequently in congressional
hearings.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Shipping Board Disposes
Of Seven Freight Vessels

Washington. March o.-Sale of
seven freighters OF about 5000 tons
each to foreign corporations was
ANNOUNCED today by the shipping
board. The vessels brought $500
per deadweight ton. Four, the Lake
Forest, Lake Capens, Lake Clear
and Lake Port, swent to the Lloyd
Royal Beige, and three, the Lake
Felicity, Lake Charles and Lake
Duane, went to the Societe Maritime
Francois.
The board also announced the
sale OF the Lake Festus. 5000 tons,
to the International Maritime COR
poration. New York, $500 per dead
weight ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Father Of Fort Omaha
Officer Dies at His
Home in Massachusetts,

Chelsea, Mass, March 9-(Special
Telegram. John F. Cook, former
officer OF the superior civil court
died Monday at the Frost hospital
Chelsea. Mr.. Cook was Grand
Army veteran and a. member of
Theodore Winthrop post No. IS OF
Chelsea, of which he was a charter
member, holding at one time or an
other nearly every office on its
roster. He was a native of Kenne-
bunk, Me, and had been a resident
of Chelsea for more than 60 years.
He retired from his duties as deputy
sheriff six years ago. He leaves
two sons. Frank E. of Chelsea and
Capt Lloyd H. Cook, stationed with
the Twentieth infantry at Omaha,
who was wounded in France and
was twice decorated, receiving the
legion of honor medal and the croix
de guerre.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon. By order of the mayor
the flags on all public buildings are
displayed at half mast out of respect
for his memory.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Denies Application for
Injunction on Dry Act

Trenton, N. j., March 9.-Federal
Judge Rellstab denied the applica-
ton of Christian Fieganspan,
Newark, N. j., brewer, for pre-
liminary injunction against the en-
forcement of the Volstead act. In
upholding the constitutionality Of
the act and the federal prohibition
amendment, the court said:
What congress has the power to
do in exercising an implied power it
out of an express power. The al
legged loss to the plaintiff, which it is
said will necessarily result from an
enforcement OF the national prohibi-
ton act, is incidental to the exercise
by congress of a constitutional pow
er and it alone determines whether
compensation shall be made for such
loss"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
West Council Bluffs
High School Wins at
Record Bond Election

The proposition to rescind author
ity previously granted to issue $475,
900 worth of bonds for the con-
struction of new West End High
school in Council Bluffs was defeat
ed BY majority of more than 1000
votes at the, election Monday.
Nearly 1000 votes were polled at
the election, total which smashed
all records for school elections in this
district. Votes cast against the can
collation. of the bonds and for the
construction Of the new school to-
tailed 3.943 and only 2.92l votes
were polled by the opponents of the
bond issue.
Stevenson, Jacobsen and Waldorf,
the three candidates who made their
race upon platform advocating i'm
mediate construction of the new
building, were all elected.
Phil Waldorf, West End resident,
was high man on the ballot. He
polled 1878 votes. Other totals
we're. Jacobsen. l,748; Stevenson.
1881; Stillman. 1881; Dietrich. i ,436,
ard Schmidt. 1878. Stevenson and
Jacobson contested Schmidt and
Dietrich for the, three-year terms on
the board, white Waldorf opposed
Stillman for the two-year term.
Joe w. Smith, incumbent, defeated
Lee Hough by 800 votes for school
treasurer. He polled l,7l3 votes to
Hough's 1913.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Iowa Banker Survives Auto
Accident With Slight Injuries

Shenandoah, Ia, March o.-(Spe-
cial )-Escaping from Imprisonment
for two hours under an upturned
automobile, with only few minor
bruises was the experience of l. S.
McCracken. former Imogene banl
er. His car went over a 10-foot
embankment. A. z. Davis, motoring
on the Waubonsie trail, did not fare
so we'll when his car with a broken
steering gear went over a bank.
His left leg was broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
CHARGES WIFE
USED FRAUD TO
GET BIG AL|MONY
Man Ordered to Pay $780,
600 Says Picture of Man
and Woman Is Not
Himself.

Des Molnes. Ia. March o.-(Spe-
cial.)-Albert Brett, a wealthy resi-
dent of Mason City, whose wife OBJ
tanned a divorce decree allowing
100000 almony last fall, has filed
4 petition in the Cerro Gordo coun-
ty court asking that the decree be
Get aside.
He declares that photograph
Used as evidence against him show
ing a man and woman sitting on
rsome rocks with the mans arm
around the woman is not photo
graph of himself, as claimed in the
trial.
Mrs. Brett claimed the picture
was made while her husband was in
California and that she knew noth-
ing about it, She also said she did
not know the name of the woman
in the case. Brett is estimated to
be worth Si4S,00O.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
OLD MILWAUKEE,
MEN GET HIGHER
PLACE IN SERVICE
Reorganization of Passenger De
partment Sees Several Pro-
motions of Interest.

In reorganizing its passenger de-
partment the Milwaukee has made
several moves of considerable in.
terest to Omaha. First of these is
to restore George Haynes to his po.
sition as general passenger agent
Mr.. Haynes is an Omaha man, hay-
ing lived here for many years, and
commenced his upward climb in the
local Office OF the company in this
city.
Another announcement OF inter
est. made by Mr. Haynes when in
Omaha few days ago, is that w. E.
Book will return to the service OF
the Milwaukee. He will come back
from the connection he made with
the Megeath coal interests shortly
after the railroads went under gov
ernment control and will become
district passenger agent. with Oma-
ha as headquarters. Mr.. Book is
expected here on Monday of next
week to take up his work. He was
popular and successful as city pas
senger agent and his friends will
note his promotion with pleasure.
Still another bit OF news from Mr..
Haynes office is that w. B. Dixon,
who has been assistant general pas
sengcr agent, with headquarters at
ST. Paul, has been made first assist
ant general passenger agent and
will 60 to Chicago to make his head
quarters. Mr.. Dixon, too, is well
known in Omaha, through his long
association with the Milwaukee. All
the off-line passenger agencies of
the Milwaukee, which were closed
wilen the roads went into the hands
of tine government, are to be re-
stored and will be under Mr.
Dixon's direct supervision.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
U. S. Marines May Now Secure
! Vocational Scholarships

Quantico. Va, March 9.-(Spe-
,, cial. The Marine institute. which
bids fair to~become as famous as
Annapolis or West Point, is al
ready we'll under way at the marine
barracks here. Hundreds of young
men are enrolled in courses that
range from reading, writing and SIM
pie arithmetic to trade schools,
higher mathematics and journalism.
THE young man who is facing
the hard problem of making a living
while working his way through high
school, college or trade school
should welcome the opportunity af-
iorded by the Marine institute"
says Maj. Gen. George Barnett,
commandant of the United States
marine corps. Young men enlist
ing il, the marine corps now may, if
they wish, go to school regularly at
this institute"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
tissue REGARDING
w AR PURCHASES
NEARING H ( A D
Witnesses Before House In.
vestigating Committee Tell
Of Huge Expenditures
During Last 90 Days.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, March 9.-The issue
between the republican leaders in
congress and the War department
over continuing purchases of enor-
nous quantities of war material out
of current appropriations in peace
time is soon to be brought to head
Army witnesses before house com.
mittces investigating war expendi-
lures abroad are telling of contracts
let, within the last 90 days for num-
bers of expensive trucks, chemical
warfare, supplies, artillery equip
nlent. soldiers shoes and other sun
dry articles in quantities seemingly
far in excess of the needs of the
new standing army of 100000 men.
Coming on top of the testimony
Of the same witnesses of recent sales
IN France and this country of all
these things i'll staggering amounts
because declared surplus stock for
which the army had no further
need, the puzzled chairmen of the
committees are amazed and are in
Producing resolutions asking Secre-
tary Baker for information and ex-
planation of his policy,
Thinks Purchase Scandalous.
Representative Bland of Indiana.
who has done this with regard to
the buying in January of IS "milli-
meter tractors" at cost of $780,
600, asked Maj. Gen. a. w. Burr,
director of purchase, if he did not
think it was scandalous when the
country was groaning from taxa
ton to spend this amount for trac-
tors when he had testified that the
War department had a lot of trucks,
after selling abroad and giving
away millions of dollars worth of
other departments, that would do
the work of the millitor just be-
cause it was new-fangled and little
more up-to-date.
The general Thought that was
reason enough. The country might
be--hard up, but the army, he as
serted, should never be allowed to
get behind the times and he was
sure that if this had been done
previous to the great war the coun-
try would have saved money.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Ask Views of Davis About
Entering Democratic Race

Parkersburg, W. Va, March O.
A cablegram was dispatched to John
w. Davis, ambassador to Great Brit
ain, by the West Virginia democratic
state committee to ascertain his
views relative to entering the race
for the democratic candidacy for
president. Ambassador Davis was
endorsed for the democratic noni-
nation by the state committee at its
convention late Tuesday. The con-
ventlon had been called for the pur-
pose of endorsing Gov. John Corn
well for the candidacy, but letter
received from the state executive
eliminated him as a democratic pos
sibility.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Bluffs Man Charged
With kidnapping Son
! From Divorced Wife

Mrs. Ethel B., C!aar OF Council
Bluffs has asked the police and
sheriff to locate her divorced hus-
band, Leonard r. Claar, teamster,
Tor the purpose of recovering her
S-year-old son, whom the man is ac-
cused of KIDNAPPING. Mrs. Claar Sc.
cured a divorce on the grounds OF
cruelty and nonsupport' and was
awarded the custody of the child.
Claar was accorded the privilege
Of visiting the son and at the con
clusion Of a visit February 20 got
permission OF the mother to take the
boy to a picture show. Later in the
.vening he sent word that he would
. bring the boy home in the morning
The next day Mrs. Claaf received q
letter f,onf her former husband stat
ing that he had taken the boy with
him and had left town.
The mother yesterday offered d
reward of $500 for the arrest OF
iClaar or the return Of her boy.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Tom Kelly Is Lodged
In Bluffs Jail When
| Bondsman Withdraws

Former Chief OF Police Divide
Wien, who furnished $l,500 bond for
Tom Kelly of Omaha, accused with
three others in high -jacking'
Norton {. Arbuckle of Council
Bluffs month or more ago, be-
came suspicious yesterday afternoon
and withdrew the bond. He notified
Sheriff Groneweg of his action at
$40 and at 4 Kelly was in the Potta-
swattawie county Jail Kelly was
picked up in Omaha.
Vien's apprehension was due to
the fact that the grand jury went to
work yesterday. and he learned that
Arbuckle and several witnesses were
ready to testify. This was contrary
to the expectation OF Kelly and his
friends, who are said to have be-
lievcd that the witnesses would not
appear.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
JUDGE RULES OUT
TESTIMONY IN
Alienation SUIT
Possibility Of Bringing SmeIt-
zer-Poucher Case to
An Early Close
Increased.

Can Francisco. March 9.-(Special
Telegram. Possibility OF reaching
an END of the Smeltzer- Poucher
alienation suit being tried before
Judge Bernard Flood was height
ened Tuesday afternoon when Judge
Flood ruled the inadlnissibility of a
large portion of the testimony that
the plaintiffs counsel attempted to
introduce in rebuttal, especially
their effort to place on the stand
Baldwin Yale. expert witness on dis
putcd documents, who was expected
to testify concerning the questioned
~. ]. Parker" signature.
Judge Flood held that such testi-
mony would be cumulative and not
in rebuttal. Attorneys Reisner and
Honey asked for opportunity to pre-
sent authority. but Judge Flood, al
though granting their request, de-
clared that he was firmly convinced
on the point.
1t is now expected that the case
will be completed very soon. The
defense rested Immediately after
court reconvened Tuesday and the
plaintiffs counsel announced that
only two more witnesses remained
to be presented in rebuttal.
Battle Between Counsel.
The afternoon session resolved it
self into a battle between. counsel
over the admissibility of testimony.
Attorney ]. f. White for the de
fendant. raised frequent objections
to matters arising in the rebuttal
testimony as not permissible in re-
butal and was sustained in the
greater majority OF his contentious
by Judge Flood.
Mrs. Poucher and Poucher's two
sons, Lorentz, aged l9 years, and
Charles, II, testified to their abb
solute belief in Poucher as hus-
band and father. Mrs. Poucher de-
clared herself unable to assume,
even for purposes of questioning,
that her husband had ever registered
at any hotel with a woman other
than herself ...r.
"You are anxious to- have your
husbands name cleared, are you
not7" asked Attorney Honey.
"Most certainly" answered Mrs
Poucher. ....
IF he had registered at the hotel
St. Mark under the circumstances
outlined, would you want him to
win this case?"
81 cannot assume that he ever
was there" was Mrs. Poucher's an
swer, before Judge Flood ruled
against further questions of this
nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Man Proposed for Place
On Ship Board Refuses

Washington, March o.--Louis
Titus of San Francisco, wrote Presi-
dent Wilson today asking that his
nomination as member of the ship
ping board be withdrawn ''in view
of the circumstances that have arisen
in connection with the boards fuel
supply"
Mr.. Titus recalled that the board
considered prices in the recent bids
for fuel oil too high and said he had
been an oil producer for many years
and therefore vitality interested in
the price OF oil.
Under these circumstances" he
said" it would not only embarrass
me to become a member of the
board, but may readily be the cause
Of embarrassment, to, as well, as
criticism OF the board itself"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
CATTLE men OF
IOWA OPPOSED
TOPACKER LAWS
Petition Signed by rs Promi-
-nent Stock Raisers and Feed
ers Presented to House 49,
riCuIturaI Committee.

Washington. March o.-Present-
ing a petition from 20 Iowa cattle
l producers and feeders opposing
any legislation against the pack
crs," ]. S. Blackwell Of Muscatine
told the house agriculture commit
tee today tha, those he represented
we're against YOU gentlemen throw
ing = monl.cywrench into the pack
er machinery in any way.
Mr.. Blackwell said he had told
Senator Kenyon OF Iowa. author OF
the abandoned compulsory packer
licensing bill, that if he would go
home and get his ear to the
ground" he would get off" the leg
islation.
"Since then" he added. Senators
Kenyon and Kendrick, it appears,
have been passing the buck. They
have something they're trying to
get OF"
"We'll admit the big packers have
been pretty good the last three years
since this agitation begun inter
iected Representative Anderson, re-
publican. Minnesota. author OF the
control bill before the committee.
at strikes me that they've been
rretty good all along. considering
our prosperous condition" Black
well replied, citing many small pack.
ing plants in Iowa which he said had
prospcrcd in competition with the
big fivc."
Representatives of the Corn Belt
Producers association OF Iowa, who
appeared recently in behalf OF the
Anderson bill, were said by Mr..
Blackwell to be unfair" in their
statements. The associations reso-
lutions in favor of the BILL Mr..
Blackwell said, were adopted with
univ 10 votes
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Cooperation Is Planned
To Check Rent Profiteers

New York, March 9.-Co-opera-
ton of the health department with
the courts to check great numbers
of rent evictions resulting, it is
charged, from tactics of profiteer-
ing landlords, was indicated by
Health Commissioner Copeland.
The commissioner attended a con-
ference of the mayors committee
on rent prohteering and health Of
fcials, called after it became known
that a general strike of 350,000
union men had been threatened by
the Central Federated union, unless
immediate relief from the high cost
of living and rent increases was
forthcoming.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Ic- Divorcee Accuses Her
Ex-HuShand of Money Theft

Des Moines, Ia. March o.
tSpecial)-Ona McCor of Creston
reported to police that her divorced
husband, Fred McCor, now living at
1911 Lyon street. Des Moines. had
taken her money, amounting to
$3.50, and her wrist watch. She
said when she came to Des Moines
Yesterday she was met at the station
by her former husband, with whom
she took a taxi ride, and that it
was during the ride that he took her
money and her watch.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Obtained $4,000 In
Two Years by Padding
Payrons, Is Charge

Des Moines, Ia. March e.-(Spe-
cial. )-Wallace Malcolm was arrest
ed here today charged with padding
the payroll of the F. D. Smith Con-
struction company the past two
years to the amount of $4,000. Of
iicers declare he is a fugitive who
has been sought in many cities. He
was employed on the new foundry
building being erected in East Des
Moines by Emil Schmidt, president
of the Des Moines City Railway
company.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Council Bluffs Council
Tilts Lid on Speed Limit

Automobile drivers can now speed
ip to 20 miles an hour through the
business streets Of Council Bluffs
Ind touch 25 on the less frequentcd
lhoroughfares. The city council pro-
sluulgated this decree under one OF
The provisions of the Iowa automo-
bile laws. The old limit was 10 and
rs miles. respectively. The council
.ook this action at the meeting Mon
lay night.
The increased speed does not in
my degree relieve the driver of re-
sponsibility for accidents and espe-
tally does not change the fact tina,
he pedestrian has the right of way
1ver all street crossings, The driver
san only safely "hit up 20 and D
niles an hour in the limited space
between street crossings.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
italian Leaders Plan
Cabinet REORGANIZATION

London. March 9.-After Mon
days meeting of the Italian cabinet
1t was unoficially announced that
a reorganization OF the ministry had
been decided on, according to a
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Rome under Mondays date. 1t
was said that Signor De Vito, min
lister of transport; Signor Pantano,
minister Of public works, and Signor
Chizenti, minister of posts, already
had resigned.
The correspondent says the new
cabinet will be drawn from the par
liamentary groups according to
their strength after the last elections.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Ready to Strike.

Kansas City. Mo, March "a
resolution pledging to Alexander
Howat, president of District No. IA,
United Mine Workers of America
their support at any time he might
see fit to call strike" was adopted
without discussion and without a
dissenting vote Tuesday by the BIZ
ennial convention of the district in
session here.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Poindexter Announces
Speaking Dates in S. Dakota

Washington, March o.-(Special
Telegram. )-Senator Poindexter of
Washington, who is an active can
didate for the republican presiden-
tial nomination, announces his
speaking dates in South Dakota as
follows:
Yankton, March Is; Mitchell,
March 10; Huron, March II; Wat
ertown. March l8; Aberdeen, March
19; Pierre, March 20, where he will
debate with General Wood; Sioux
Falls, March e..
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Arnstein to Surrender

Syracuse, N. Y, March DULLES
w. (Nicky) Arnstein. accused OF
plotting enormous thefts of securi-
ties in the New York financial dis
trict, will surrender to the New
York police within FIVE days, ac-
cording to an announcement made
here by Eugene F. McGee, one OF
Arnstein's counsel
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Poles Clash With Reds

Warsaw, March 9.-Polish forces
commanded by Colonel Sikorski at
tackled bolshevik troops in the vicin-
ity of Mozir and Kolekovitz south
east of Minsk Sunday morning and
captured these two important rail-
way functions and much war mate
rial. One thousand red soldiers and
many officers were taken prisoner.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Pandolfo Upheld

Phoenix, Ariz., March "a de.
murrer filed by the defendants in
the suit of Samuel c. Pandolfo
against the banks of Arizona for
81 100000 on account Of a statement
appearing in the annual report OF
the Arizona Bankers association
has been sustained in the United
States district court
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Predict Gasoline Rise.

Chicago, March 9.-Further in
crease in the price of gasoline this
spring was predicted Tuesday by
delegates attending the National Pc
troleum congress. A scarcity of pc
troleum was declared imminent un-
less conservation measures were OBJ
served and greater production OBJ
tanned. Many delegates advocated
oil substitutes until supplies accumu-
lated.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Recover 100000.

Old Point Comfort, Va, March 9.
Two hundred thousand dollars
worth of jewelry, property of guests
at the Chamberlin hotel, destroyed
by fire Sunday night was recovered
when the hotel safe was unearthed
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Des Moines Citizens Urge
Lower Street Car Fares

Des Moines, Ia, March 9.-(Spe--
cial Telegram. )-Restoration OF six
for. a quarter street car fare Us being
talked of here. The rate was sus-
pended in June, 1918, with tacit
consent of city council, although an
ordinance provides for it.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Army Orders.

washinston. March e.-(Special Tele-
gram. l--FirsN Lieut. Melvin r. Cox. In
fantry, IL relieved from his present duties
at Camp Dix, New Jersey. and will pro-
used TO Fort D. A. Russell. Wyoming.
Cart Charles 8. Parker, veterinary
CORPS, III relieved from duty at Camp
I,o1gs. NSa. ana viii procsed 70 CHI
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
Astor Real Estate Sold.

New York, March o.-Land be-
longing to the Henry Astor estate.
and ON which the Astor, Bijou and
Morosco theaters are located. on
Broadway and Forty-fifth street, was
sold at public auction Tuesday for
$l,140,000. Real estate dealers ex.
pressed the opinion that the land
was a big bargain" at that price.