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Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Drive on Truallt
Congressman Is
Made By Kissel
Bill Introduced to Deduct
From Pay of Lawmakers for
Every Day They Are
Absent From Duty.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.

Chicago Tribune Omahn Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. l.-Truant con-
gressmen will have to reform and be-
gin punching the time clock if Repre-
sentative kissel of New York has his
way. He introduced bill today for
the payment of salaries of members
of congress on the basis Of their at
tendance. Awful" was the word he
used to characterize the ahsenteeism
which now prevails in the house.
The Kissel bill proposes that after
this congress, the pay of members
be raised from $500 to $4,000, pro-
viding they attend each session and
answer every roll call. Unless a
member is given unanimous consent
to be absent, the bill proposes he
shall receive no pay for any week
during which he fails to attend every
session.
In the event member fails to
answer 80 roll calls in any one ses-
sion or consecutively. Mr.. Kisse1
would authorize the speaker or the
vice president to declare his seat
vacant. He proposes. as a further
measure to insure attendance, that as a
part of the regular business of both
houses of congress that the roll be
called just after the prayer and be-
fore adjournment.
By the system of payment advo-
Gated by Mr.. Kissel member would
have deducted from HE pay $500 for
each day he was absent during a so
day session, $50 per day of absence
i'll a l00- day session and SIS per day
in a 20O-day session.
'If 1 had my way, after member
missed a dozen roll calls, l would
fire him out" said Representative
kissel.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Tax Plan Is
Submitted
By Mellon
New Levies and Reduction
And Elimination of Others
Proposed by Secretary
OF the Treasury.
Memorandum Withheld

Washington, Aug. IA tax of 2
cents on bank checks, a flat license
tax of $40 on all automobiles, ire
spective of cost or horsepower, an
increase of first-class postage rates
to 5 cents and an added levy on
cigars, tobacco and cigarets are un-
derstood to have been among tax
revision suggestions presented today
by Secretary Mellon to he house
ways and means committee, meeting
in executive session.
Other suggestions were said to
have included:
A reduction of 50 per cent i'll trans
portation taxes, both passenger and
freight next year, and their elimina-
ton the year following.
Repeal Soda Tax.
Repeal of the taxes on soda foun-
tain drinks and ice cream.
Repeal of the excess profits tax and
elimination of the $1,000 exemption
on corporations incomes.
Increase of the normal income tax
on corporations from the present 10
per cent to Is per cent.
Elimination of the income surtax
brackets above 40 per cent with the
surtax rates Oh incomes ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000 increased.
Would Raise $4,000, ,O00, 900.
The revenue bill as revised in ac-
cord with these suggestions would
be designed to raise approximately
81 ,O0O,0OO,OO0 next year. it was said.
Mr.. MELONS, memorandum embody-
ing his views was withheld, but
Chairman Fordney promised to make
it public tomorrow.
Representative Garner of Texas,
ranking. democratic member of the
committee, attacked the treasury Sec
retarys proposals, declaring that ev-
cry one of them constituted shifting
of the tax>burden from the classes
to the masses"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Judge Orders Probe
Of Flogging Of Man and
Woman in Birmingham

Birmingham. Ala, Aug. Whip
ping OF a man and woman here on
July q, by a masked mob, was zone
OF the most outrageous crimes ever
committed in the history OF Jefferson
county, Judge H. P. Heflin said to-
day in ordering the grand jury to
exhaust every legal means to punish
the mob leaders. He characterized
members of the mob as Criminals
who struck at the very foundation of
liberty and law"
"Put the stamp of your disapproval
rpon this thing" said the judge to
the jury, "and exhaust every legal
means in your hands to find out the
perpetrators of this outrageous
crime. Then indict them and bring
them before the courts of your
county, try them and If they are
found guilty convict them and give
Them a touch legally OF what they
deserve and what they are trying to
90 as self-appointed administrators
of justice in your county"
The investigation developed from
the fogging of Mrs. Kate Alexander.
grocer, and c. S. Cooley. butcher.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Life Terlner Bids
Prison Farewell
After Nine Years
Former Companions Line
Walls of State Penitentiary
as Man Who Slew Gar.
dener Starts for England.

Lincoln, Aug. 1-(Special. 1.-The
big iron doors of the state prison
changed behind Henry Burroughs,
II, for the last time at 8 this morn
ing.
Half an hour la.er. Burroughs
was on a through train to Chicago,
speeding toward New York where
he will embark Friday for Liverpool
to meet his nieces and nephews, now
grown women and men, who were
little children when he sailed for
America with his wife in 1885.
Burroughs started serving life
sentence for the murder of E. B.
Sayles at Plattsmouth February 9,
1912. Since that time he has been
in charge of the prison greenhouse.
Bids Plants Farewell.
Burroughs spent all Sunday walk
ing through the greenhouse, caress-
ing the plants and talking to them
in an undertone.
Sunday night his cell was filled
with friends and we'll wishers among
the convicts. This morning, as he
stepped into an automobile, shouts
from the prison, walls we're:
''Good luck, Henry, old boy"
One voice could Be heard calling:
God bless you"
Tells His History.
Before leaving, Burroughs told a
little OF his life history.
my life in America is almost a
blank unless l jog my memory" he
said
"All ! see these days is the green
grass OF England and the faces Of
my nieccs and nephews as l bade
them goodby back in 1885.
Lured by Dollar.
"I came to America with my wife
and We were rather cold blooded in
cutting loose from our relatives. but
we were prey to the lure of the
American dollar.
"When we arrived here we found
that the American dollar, like the
English shilling, came more plenti-
fully to the man who worked with
his brain than to the man who
worked with his hands.
1--WE spent several years at Dun
lap, Ia, and there | lost my wife.
couldn't stand the bitter memories
there and went to Plattsmouth.
Finds Companionship.
There l found companionship in
Sayles."
His voice trembled. Sayles and
he were gardeners on the outskirts
OF Plattsmouth and grew to be great
cronies.
IL never will know why II
killed him. He was the best friend
l had in this country"
Then Burroughs walked out of the
prison where he met Deputy Warden
D. G. Kavanaugh who was the last
to shake hands with him before he
stepped into the machine which
him away to the railroad
station. His sentence was COM
muted week ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Conference Report on
Sweet Bill Passes Senate

Washington. Aug. 1.-The confer
ence report on the Sweet bill. pro-
viding for the consolidation OF all
government activities dealing with
war vetertns under one bureau. was
adopted by the senate and now awaits
touse action, .....
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Lightning Knocks
BOYS Unconscious

Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 1.-(Special
Telegram. 1.-Two brothers, Keith
and Plymouth Hillman, IA and 10,
respectively, were struck by light
ming and knocked unconscious. but
it is believed they will recover. They
were assisting in threshing on farm
northeast of town. When the storm
came up they sought shelter under
a wagon, which was struck by light
ming. The boys are sons of Henry
Hillfnan. a farmer.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Congress Asked to Provide
Authority for Liberia Loan

Washington, Aug. 1.-Legislation
authorizing payment to Liberia
under the $S,000000 loan to that
country previously arranged for was
asked by President Harding today
in a letter transmitted to the senate.
An accompanying letter from
Secretary Hughes to the president
said moral obligation rested upon
the United States to make this loan.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Date of Meeting
On Disarmament
Still Undecided
Foreign Offices in London,
Paris and Toxic Will Set
Definite Time for
Conference.

Washington, Aug. l.-Determina'
tion OF the date for the disarmament
conference was understood today to
rest largely in the foreign Offices al
London, Paris and Toxic. The dip
lomatics reviews of the powers have
conferred at length with Secretary
Of State Hughes concerning the adj
visibility of beginning the confer
erce November II, or upon some
ether date and have in turn referred
the question to their respective gov
ernments. Until further instructions
the received by the ambassadors il
is expected that do definite action
will be taken.
Representatives of foreign govern
ments have made it plain, however,
that they regard determination of the
aganda as far more important than
the firing of the date of meeting.
They are understood to have report
ed in detail to their governments the
desire of Secretary of State Hughes
to leave the main embassy as much
work as possible, but there is in
creasing evidence that Japan is not
alone in her insistence that the scope
of the conference be more clearly
outlined before the formal sessions
are begun. Although consideration
Of that phase of the plans for the con-
ference is not expected to give rise
to further delay iii issuing the invita-
tions, it is believed that the ambas-
sadors expect to receive from their
home Offices instructions as to the
parts they shall assume in adding to
or taking from the last of subjects
that may be discussed.
While Japan has made it clear that
there are subjects which she would
discuss with unwillingness, if at all,
there appears to be growing con-
viction that unless some limitation
is placed upon the number of sub
Jects to be considered, the conference
may be continued almost indefinitely.
The chief object of Japan, it is un-
derstood, will be to drive to the front
her right to expansion and in that
connection her claims in Siberia,
Manchuria and perhaps other re-
gions.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Boy Crushed Between
Two Passenger Cars

Columbus, Neb., Aug. 1.-(Spe.
cial. )-Walter Bozar, II, was crushed
and instantly killed Sunday night be-
tween the vestibule passenger cars
on a Union Pacific passenger train at
the depot here.
The boy, accompanied by three
pals was beating his way from Carey,
Ind, going west. The body was
taken to the morgue, and the county
attorney notified the parents of the
accident.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Elevator Employees Strike
In Chicago Is Called Off

Chicago, Aug. The strike OF
grain elevator employees. started here
a month ago by the Chicago grain
elevator and feed mill employees
union, has been called off, it was an
nounced officially today. The walk
out affected 800 men. The strike re-
suited when the men refused new
working agreement with the employ
ers, involving reduced wages and
changes in hours and working condi-
tions.
The employers announced today
that an "open shop" had been cs-
tablished.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Turk Nationalists Await
Reinforcements' Arrival

Constantinople, Aug. 1.-(By The
Associated Press.)-The Turkish ma
tlonalists, according to advices from
Anatolia, are holding positions east
OF Sivrihissar about 50 miles east of
Eski-Shelr, while awaiting 10000 re-
inforcements said to be expected
from Cilicia, Mesopotamia and the
Caucasus, whose arrival is desired
before a decisive action with the
Greeks is risked.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Judge Orders Grand Jury
To Probe xxx. Activities

Houston, Tex, Aus. l.-Declaring
that "we are facing a condition verg-
ing on anarchy worse than Russia
ever felt" and branding practices OF
taking men out without giving them
fair trial and subjecting them to
indignities as damnable, cowardly
procedure" Judge c. w. Robinson,
in criminal court today charged the
new grand jury to investigate every
unlawful transaction in this county,"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Nomination of Cronin as
L. S. Marshal Sent to Senate

Washington, Aug. 1.-Nomina-
tions today included the following:
TO be judges in Alaska, Thomas
M. Reed, first division; Elmer E.
Ritchie, third division; Cecil R.
Clegg, fourth division.
To be marshal, Alaskan, George
Beaumont. first division; Gilbert
Stevens, fourth division.
To be district attorney Alaska,
Guy Ersin, fourth division.
To be United States marshal Ne
braska, Dennis Fl. Cronin.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Futures Trading Banned
By New Law in Minnesota

Duluth, MINI, Aug. |. -- A new
state trading law put damper upon
operations in wheat futures today,
and no transactions were reported
here. Trading in spring wheat was
blocked through restrictions of the
state law, limited receipts and prac-
tically no free stocks in the eleva-
tors. Old September wheat closed
"a cent up at $l.28I5 bid, and new
September &c off at $l.2o bid.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Grain Growers Heads
Ask Lower Salaries

Chicago, Aug. l. - Salary reduc-
tions for 10 executive officials of the
United States Grain Growers. Inc,
totalling $4,000 a year, were an
rounced today. The action followed
a request by c. H. Gusafson, pres;
dent; Frank NJ. Meyers, secret,
w. q. Eckhardt, treasurer. and CNQ
ford Thorne, counsel, that thtsa
salaries be lowered to $4,000 eacl
Salaries of directors were cut from
SIS to $50 a day. Salaries author
lied by the board of directors when
the company was organized were:
President, $4,000: secretary, $4,000;
treasurer, $4,000; general counsel,
$4,000
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Texas Legislature to Probe
Secret Order Activities

Austin, Tex, Aug. |. - Governor
Neif, in message to the legislature
today, submitted for consideration
the operation of secret organizations,
organized for the purpose of mask
ing and Disgusting themselves and
violating the law OF this state by in
flicting punishment upon persons
against whom no legal complaint has
been filed" He said he did so at
the, request OF 49 members Of. the
house who petitioned him last week.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Russians Offer to Release
Greek Steamers and Crews

Athens, Aug. IN. Chitcherin,
Russian soviet foreign minister, has
sent wireless message to the Greek
foreign minister, offering the release
of two Greek steamers and their
crews, which are held by the Rus
slams.
N. Chitcherin said that the offer
was conditional upon the release by
the Greeks OF two steamers belong
ing to the republic OF Azerhai,an, ar
ally OF the soviet government. The
Greek government is agreeable to
this exchange.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Noted Nebraska Aviator
Will Fly at County Fair

Deshler, Neb., Aug. 1.-(Special.)
Robert NJ. Cochrane of Arapahoc,
noted Nebraska aviator who won the
cross-country flight at the recent
aviation meet at Nelson, will give
daily exhibitions and carry passen-
gers at the Thayer county iair at
Dcshler, August so to September ?,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
California Alien Poll Tax
Law to Be Tested in Court

Oakland, Cal, Aug. l.-lnterna..
tional treaties made by the unittd
States are involved in test OF the
alien poll tax law of California, be-
gun today with the arrest of Heikichi
Teru, secretary of the Japanese busi-
ness Mems association of Oakland,
who refused to register or pay the
fee as required by law.
Teru was taken to the county Jail
where he was released on a writ OF
habeas corpus. Under an agreement
with state authorities the test case
will be taken directly before the CAL
ifornia supreme court.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Spanish Troops Have Won
Very Important Victory

London, Aug. l.-Spanish troops
fighting their way southwark from
Melilla, Morocco, through the ranks
of tribesmen who have hemmed in
General Navarro. near Montarruit,
have won an important victory, says
a Tangier dispatch to the Daily
Mail. The Spanish, who are under
the command OF General Cavalcanti,
successor to the late General Silves-
tire, who committed suicide follow
ing the defeat of the Spanish last
week, have retaken Gourougou,
Atalayot, Sidi Hamid, El Hadj and
Nador, it is stated in the dispatch.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Old Corn Held by Farmers in
North Nebraska Spoiline

Norfolk, Neb., Aug. l.-(Special
| Ielegram.)-Some old corn held by
farmers in north Nebraska is spelling,
it is reported. The new crop is as
sured. Unusually heavy rains have
held up threshing which has been in
progress generally over the territory.
Mondays rain was general all over
north Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Bank Probe
MayInvolve
Directors
Missing Cashier of Octavia In.
stitution Not Alone Re.
sponsible for Failure,
J. E. Hart Says.
Forged Notes Reported

Lincoln, Aug. l.-(Special RE
sponsiblity for failure of the Octavia
State bank does not rest alone on
the shoulders OF E. A. Rusher, miss.
ing cashier, and others must bear
the burden, financially il not crim-
mally, according to statement is
sued this afternoon by J. f. Hart,
secretary of the department OF trade
and commerce, following late re-
ports from F. A. Fricke and F. r.
Brock, special examiners, poring over
the books OF the failed Butler county
bank.
1T is another case OF one man
bank where the directors were moth
ing more than figureheads and failed
TO exercise properly the power given
them under the law to scrutinize care
fully and absolutely direct the man
agement OF the bank" Hart said. Il
cannot say until the audit is complet-
'ed whether the directors can be held
criminally responsible, along with
Rusher, but as lar as moral and f.
nancial responsibility is concerned
they must shoulder their proportion
ate share"
The directors of the failed bank
are: George Hahn, iather-in-law OF
Rusher and president OF the institu-
tion L. L. Meek, vice president: c.
Z. Davenport, ]. X. Fortuna and Z.
A. Rusher.
Third Missing Bank Head.
This makes the third missing bank
head this year who, alter writing
notes to their wives disappeared.
leaving shortages for their fellow
bankers to meet. through payment
in the state guarantee fund. in ad-
dition to numerous other failures in
which the persons held responsible
have been apprehended. For he
first time Hart, who is mild man
nered, soft spoken and gray-haired,
expressed disgust in the continued
failures of banks and crookedness on
the part of certain bankers.
In discussing the Octavia failure
today, Hart nearly knocked news
paper men off their chairs when he
emitted the following with as much
ease and fuency as "doughboy'
who found himself on guard duty
Christmas eve in France with Paris
only a few kilometers distant:
81. am getting sick and tired OF the
crookedness of these - -
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Woman Soon to Become
Mother Freed From Prison

indianapolis. Ind, Aug. l.-Mrs.
Margaret Smith, who has served less
than five months OF 2 to l4-year
sentence for forgery, was pardoned
today by Gov. Warren T. McCray
because she is about to become
mother. The governor said he
favored the woman's release because
he did not want child to come into
the world stigmatized by prison
birth. Mrs. Smith. who is the
mother of two children. was found
guilty of forging four checks for
total of So8 last March.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Body of Soldier Killed in
War Arrives at Hoboken

Gothenburg, Neb., Aug. 1.-(Spe-
cial. Paul Michaels, employe Of the
Boston store here, has received word
that the body of his brother, who
was killed in the war, has arrived at
Hoboken. Mr.. Michaels states that
he probably will have the body
buried at Arlington National ceme-
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Federal Dry Agents Seize
BUSY Brewery at St. Cloud

Minneapolis, Aug. Federal pro-
hibition agents took possession of the
St. Cloud brewery. St. Cloud, Mimi,
on the charge that it was manufac-
turing beer OF alcoholic content as
high as 8 per cent, according to H.
L. Duncan. assistant supervising
federal agent here,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Woman and Daughter
Killed at CROSSING

Lynch, Neb., Aug. 1.-(Speciai
Telegram. Mrs. Clarence Cooper
and her daughter, Louise, 10, were
killed when Chicago & Northwest
ern extra train crashed into a car
on a crossing near here. Anna
Cooper, 9, was seriously, but not
fatally injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Italy Will Participate
In Disarmament Confab

Rome, Aug. Premier Bonomi
announced in the senatt today that
Italy had heartily accepted "the in
vitation of the United States to the
disarmament conference in Washing
ton. Similar announcement had been
made by the premier to the chamber
Of deputies in his speech at the open
ing of parliament recently.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
342 Rellagra Cases in
20 Oklahoma Counties

Oklahoma City, Aug. /. 49, Three
hundred and forty-two cases OF pella-
era were reported today to DR.. A.
K. Lewis, state health commissioner
by health, authorities in % counties
in the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02

------------- ---- .-,------ bank cashiers
and the carelessress of their direc-
tors and I think the public should
understand that usually when bank
cashier goes wrong it might be avert
ed to a large extent by proper su-
pervision of directors who are there
for that purpose.
Love and Pride Responsible.
Love, family pride and the alleged
ambitions of Rusher's brother n-law.
William Hahn, to cut niche in the
financial world are all interviewer
Turn to Page Two. Column Flve.)
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Philadelphia to Be Bombed
Off Map" in Sham Battle

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-Philadelphia
was to be bombed off the map by
a hostile feet Of airplanes today.
Eighteen bombing planes and two
pursuit planes were scheduled to ar
rive from Mineola, N. Y, shortly be-
fore noon.
The sham bombing of Philadel-
phia completes the maneuvers of the
army planes. New York was "de-
stroyed" last week, following a fate
similar to that Of Washington, Nor
folk, Newport News and Richmond.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
School Bonds Carry

Norfolk, Ncb., Aug. l.-(Special
Ielegram.)-The special bond elec-
ton. asking for Slo5,000 additional
money with which TO complete Nor
folks new 100000 high school
building, carried successfully.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Heavy Rains at Beatrice

Beatrice. Neb., Aug. l.-(Special
Telegram. Heavy rains fell in this
section, delaying the work OF thresh-
ing and improving prospects for
bumper corn crop,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
Leader of West Virginia
Industrial War is Killed
Picturesque Figure is Shot on Steps of Court House
Where He Was to Go On Trial For Shooting
Affray-Private Detective Held
For Crime

TO have been tried today was in con-
nection with the shooting up OF Mo-
hawk, w. Va, about year ago.
c. +. Lively was the surprise"
witness for the prosecution in the
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-02
The Weather

Forecast.
Tuesday fair and cooler.
Hourly Temperatures.