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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-11
SENATORS VOTE
IN FAVOR Pope.
TEXT BOOK BILL.
Senate Finance Committee
Reports Favorably on Two
Educational Appropriation
Measures
w Th. Associsscd rrsss,

AUSTIN, Texas. May 1.-THE Pope
ale bills were cngrossed in the house
morning n the senate, when that body
voted down the po:n. of order raised
thy the bill was not admissible under
the call for the special session. Beyond
this. little was done on the measure to,
day.
The Clark s6.000.00o emergency sch ool
appropriation bill and the Floyd 81. .0o0.-
GOO rural school aid bill were repos ed
favorably by the senate finance COM
mittcc. MS was the Henderson house bill
which is similar to the Clark hill.
Consideration Of the departmental ap-
preparation bill which held he floor IN
the house. continued slowly.
AUSTIN, Texas, May ll.--Governos
Neff had no proposal to make rs a SUBJ
stitutc for the contracts made by the
prison commission for the employment
Of inmates Of the pcnitentiary. The PEN
itcntiary subcommittee had conferred
with the chief executive. Senu or Lewis,
chairman of the committee stated. The
governor told the committee that il
must be expressly understood that tho
contracts signed by the commission
would NOS become effective until ap-
proved by himself and the attorney gen
eral. The attorney general held that the
contracts were illegal.
AUSTIN. Texas. May 1.-Two SEN
ate bill swere engrcsscd in the house
!. oday. one authorizing the purchase OF
additional land for the Agricultural End
Mechanical College and the other ap-
propriating s25.co0 for the erection Of a
monument to General Sam Houston.
The comminee on common carriers
reported favorably on the senate bill in
creasing the salaries of state railroad
commissioners from $4,000 20 $1,000. A
compromise agreement on the judiciary
appropriation bill was reached. members
of che committee stated. The Pope
amendment to the bill will be removed.
AUSTIN, Texas. May 11.-Twe.ve
bills were passed finally In the senate
yesterday. Chief among rhase passed
this afternoon was the Ridseway bill
creating n state parks board and the
Ecwers hill authorizing Texas to co-op-
cotton states commission.
The Irwin hill: prohibiting driving of
an automobile on public streets ar high
WAYS while the driver n intoxicated. the
Fairchili bill. creating separate state
insurance department. and the bill in
creasing salaries Of railroad commits
Sinners. were passed.
Other bills passed include:
Carpenter. extending oil and gas per-
mits in Red River territory: Pollard.
exrmptirg teachers from employment
agency requirements: Witt. authorizing
condemnation ns sand dredging: Davis.
relating 10 non resident guardians. and
three local bills.
The following hills were eng-oSsrd:
Turner. aboli>hing special funds In
state treasury: Darwin. creating state
illit.racy commission. and number Of
loc-l bills.
The senate granted the house request
for conference committee on the .Ab-
ney liquor bin. and the following were
appointed: Bowers. Baueh. Strong. Parr
and Wir'z. a conference committee on
the elcrmoSynary committee also was
named as follows: Wood. Witt. Lewis.
McNlillin and Ridgeway.
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STANDARD OIL co.
DECLARES DIVIDEND

NEW YORK. May 1.-THE direct
ors Of the Standard Oil Company Of
New York today declared the regular
quarterly dividend # b cents. PAYABLE
on June u. on the stock record of
May ~. They then called special
nlccting of the stockholders tc be held
May II to increase the authorized capi-
ir' stock from $225.O0OOOO to $780,
OOOOOO.
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DUNBAR APPLICATION
IS DENIED BY COURT
IN CONTEMPT MATTER

AUSTIN. Texas. May 1.-THE court
Of criminal appeals has denied the ap-
plication IL q. =. Dunbar Of Elgin q
writ Of habeas corpus releasing him
from Jail where he was placed on the
charge Of contempt for refusing tc
testify before the grand jury at George
town.
The court held that the application
did not give the reason why immunity
should be granted the applicant. The
proceedings resulted from the invcstisa-
t!on Of the recent flogging Of II. w.
Burlcscn.
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JURORS VIEWING
SKELETON FOUND
AT EVANSTON PIER
lBy Inc Associated Press.

CHICAGO. ILL.,. May H. McInhers ~
the grand jury investigating the dis
appearance ~ Leighton Noun, the North
western University freshman. who dis
appeared two years ago. and the recent
discovery Of his body under the Evan
ston wharf. left for Evanston today TO
view the bones. A party II physicians.
attached 10 the coronar'S staff. are also
preparing - examine the skeleton. II
j. undersi ood that no expert testimony
has yet been heard 'by the jury.
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ASSASSINATION
SOVIET LEADER
MARKS REVENGE
Young Swiss Asserts Act was
Done to Avenge Mistreat-
ment Of Father and Uncle
by Bolsheviki

LAUSANNE. May 1.-THE mrr-
der Of NJ. Vorovsky- head of the
sovitx delegation to the Ne..r Eas.
conference. by Maurice Alexander
Conradi, a Swiss who once served in
the Russian army. hrs stirred Swift
zrriand "a las no ot.rs 81, Y
event since the assassination Of the
Empress Elizabeth Of Austria at
Geneva in 1898.
Conradi. who was seized by the
police Immediately after the shoot
ing. maintained that he acted alone
in an effort TO avenge his father
and uncle for mistrcatment they re-
ceived at the hands of the bolshe-
Wiki during the "Red Terror"
LAUSANNE, May I'm. Vor-
cbsky, an unbidden guest from So
Wet Russia nj the Lausanne confer
ence. lies dead today. slain by q
Swiss. formerly an officer in the
Russian service. and two of his lieut.
enants are seriously wounded, each
with two bullets in his body.
One Of the wounded is Hermann
Ahrens. a bolshcvist from Berlin.
who was the Russian press agent at
both the first and second Lausanne
conference: the other is ]. Didwilk-
okski. Vorovsky's young Russian sec
retary.
The assassin. whose name is Maur-
ice Alexander Conradi, whose home
was in the Canton of Crisons. was
seized Immediately after he shot the
three Russians while they were din
ing at the Hotel Cecil. headquarters
Of the Russian delegation.
Most Of the guests in the dining
room had finished dinner when the
assassin drew his revolver. and. ad-
vancing quickly fired upon the Rus
slams. The first bullet struck Vor-
ovsky behind the ear; he fell across
the table and uttered no word; prob
ably he died Immediately. He was
struck by other bullets.
Ahrens, who is always armed. drew
his weapon after being shot twice
but before he could use it. waiter
seized his arm, apparently fearing
for The safety of the guests then
crowding the doorways
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THREE KILLED IN
GRADE CROSSING
ACCIDENT TODAY

CINCINNATI. Ohio, May 11.-Threo
members Of the family Of Joseph Fiseh-
er. . contractor Of Hartwell. Z suburb
Of this city. are dead. and his father
and two others are seriously injured
~ : result Of grade crossing accident
y. Hartwell, when m aatomobile woa
struck BY the Baltimore = Ohio faso
passenger.
Misinterpretation by Fischer Of TIE
signal given by the crossing Waterman
may have been responsible for the seei>
dent, IL was sta.ed.
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LUMBER ORDERS
SHOW DECREASE

NEW ORLEANS. May 11.-Southern
Pine Association Barometer for last
week shows orders received decreased
so per cent below previous week: pro-
ducfion decreased 10 per cent and ship
n,cnis decreased 20 per cent. Reports
from TT mills shaw 6I.S2'.1si feet
ordered. 76.Hia5-c feet shipped and ':'.-
7.5. 1888 feet produced Orders on hand
end Of last week were 3d., ,2O4 .22i feet.
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TWENTY BOILERS
TURN STEAM into
7 BURNING OIL Well

CORSICANA, Texas, May 1.-The
huge wildcat Hughes McKie gusher,
which II now running wild, will soon be
controlled, J. X. Hughes. president of
the Hughes development Company, pre-
dic.ed this morning. Twenty boilers
have been brought to the lease and the
complete battery will soon be turned
on the belching gusher which meted out
death to at leas: fifteen men Wednesday
when the well exploded.
The monster Is fed by constant flow
Of gas and oil, emitting tongue Of
flame which is visible for fifty miles.
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HOUSTON ARREST
BRINGS UP RECORD
OF AN OLD MURDER

SAN JOSE. Calf. May lin response
to q telegram from Houston, Texas, or
ficers ask ng IL James G. Dunham is
wanted here, Chief Of Police Black Of
this city replied that Durham was want
cd in come Z ion with the deaths Of his
wife and five other persons in May,
1886. at Campbell, near here.S
Chief Of Police Black has asked the
Houston officers for furth(D informa-
tion in regard to the man under suspl-
cien.
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SABOTAGE GANG
DYNAMITE Raj,
ROAD AT ESSEN
Try The Assoc,a,ed Press,

ESSEN. May Sabotage gangs las;
night dynainiied an important railway
bridge. and this apparently is their ans
wer 10 the verdict Of the French court
martial al besscldorf imposing death
sentence on Albert Schlogetter. con
victed with six others on charges Of
sabotage and espionage.
The bridge on the main line between
Walthrop and I.unen was completely de-
stroyed by the blast.
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The compulsory spraying bill. intro
duccd by representative Lewis. measure
in which the Valley j. greatly interested.
passed the house yesterday. according to
a telegram received las, night frcm Rep
resentaiive Lewis. The bill il now be-
fore the senate. vhcr. II j. IN the charge
OF Senator l'aIr. Tie opinion il cx-
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HARVEY KNOWS
NOTHING ABOUT
HIS RESIGNATION

NEW YORK. May I1-Georgc IEnr-
vey. American ambassador to England.
declared today on the arriva, of his
steamship here. that he knew nothing Of
the reports circulated in the United
States to the effect that Planned Ia re-
sign the British Enthusiastically in order
e. direct the ramraiih for the rcnomna-
tion and re election Of President Harding
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WASHINGTON. May I1-Theodors
w. Ifnkricde. Of Warrenton. Mo-. who
rs the republican candidate for congress
defeated the late Champ Clark in 1870
hut who failed Of reelection last fall.
has been appointed by President Hard
ing obe United States marshal Tor the
eastern district oe Missouri.
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DETERMINATION
OF BANDIT BANDS
IS NOW PROMISED

WASHINGTON. u. e.. May 1.-THE
Chinese government officials have pro-
missed Jacob Gould Schurman. American
minister to Psking. that they would
consider general policy for the cxtcr-
ninaiion of bandits. They stated that
China will have the present situation
ing out ~ the capture of Americ an
ard foreign citizens by the brigands in
Shantung adjusted.
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FINED FOR USING
SWITCH ON PUPIL

WACO, Texas. May 11.--A jury in
county cour today imposed fine Of
5000 in o. W. Stewart. superintendent
fthe West schools. who wns tried on =
jured were Mrs. Parrot. and Mrs. Cecil
ton with ',he whipping of Willie Dever,
an cigh'-year old school boy. A motion
for n new trial has been filed.
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RUSSIANS RELEASE
ENGLISH FISH BOAT

HULL. England. May 1.-THE owner
Of the trawler James Johnson. the
seizure of which rccer,ly occasioned a
protest from Great Britain TO the so
Wet government, have received tclc-
gram from the skipper stating tha' the
boat has been released by the soviet
government and is now NJ a Norweg IN
port and expecting to sail homeward
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GIRL KILLED In

CORSICtNA. Texas. Nav 11.--Miss
IIardibia V'illinms. age 20. was instantly
killed near here today when an aufomo-
bile in which she and Alvn NJ. Russell
were riding ran into a difsh. throwing
the girl through the windshield Russell
was badly bruised. but sustaining No SER
ious injuries.
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WANT ADJUDICATION =
OF CONTROVERSIES

ATLANTA, Ca May ia reselutIsa
endorsing the adjudication By orderly
procedure Of all international eoatro-
v~rs'~s w.s sdcp,ed bv the General Ps0-
Grafton Of women's Clubs a. their mid
BIENNIAL session here, with some eppo-
sition.
The convention took this aet1on after
speech BY Mrs. Percy v. Psnnybaekor
Of Austin Texas. urging that the Whole
matter be placed above partisanship.
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FIVE INJURED :.
IN AUTO SMASH

ABILENE. Texas, May ll.-Five per-
sons were injured. two seriously. when
IN automobile overturned in South
Ovals near here today. The seriously in
jured were Mrs. ParrSt md Mrs. Cecil
Woods Of Winters, both Of whom were
brought still unconscious to Abilene.
The accident occurred when the driver
attempted to pass a truck.
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ABNER I. LEWIS
WILL PLY WATERS
APPOINT ISABEL

AUSTIN Texas May l-Cameron Representatives, Ab
An
BILL BY Lwis makes Point Isabel the hous
for the fish boat An ad
ditiona the
l.
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Local Weather Data

Barometer pm. yesterday .. 29.97
Barometer z am. today - 29.Sg
Temperature highest yesterday !. 20.
Temperature 2 pm. yesterday =. s6.
Temperature 4 pm. yesterday 80. 81.
Temperature 7 pm. yesterday -. 70
Tcmpe,.s ure lowest last night -.
Temperature 7 am. today .... rs.
Temperature 10 am. today .. 70.
Temperature 1890 today ........ S2.
Humidity pm. yesterday tpct) !. 81.
Humidity am. today (pct) 80. so.
Humidity 1890 today tpp) 80. 65.
Precipitation Z pm. yesterday 3. 900
p-ec pitation am. today ... O.01
Total rainfall this mnoth ... 0.07
Wind tdircc and vel Z pm. ...... SIS
Wind tdirec ard veD am. .... S-ia
Weather pm. yesterday ....... Glen,
Weather am. 'oday ... clear
Sur sets today ............. 1906
Sun rises tomorrow ............. 5:45
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OUIMET LOSES In
GOLF TOURNAMENT

DEAL. England. May 11.-Francis
nuimet Of Hostcn. the last survivor of
the visiting American golfer. was today
defeated in the semi-finals in The British
amateur golf championship Tournament.
hy Roger Wethercr. the Oxford star. by
score of two to one
HIGH CHURCHMAN DIES
NEW YORK. May Ii.-Monsignor Jos
enh D'ncen. chancellor Of the Roman
Catholic diocese of New York, died at
hospital here today. He was secretary
Of Bishop Hayes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
Valentines Auto
To Be Sold for
Alleged L. A. Debt

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12.-Oh girls
isn't 1t shame, but Ruddy Valen.
tino may have to do his sheikine
in the future without the aid OF his
high-powered roadster?
Picture desert sheik without q
horse or at least camel. Then
think of Valentino, the modern expo
nent of the art of making love
without an automobile and the eff
feet is one and the same.
Anyway. Rodolph is way off In
Europe, according to the latest re-
ports. and here goes the Walter
M. Murphy Motors Company filing
notice that they will sell the noted
film "lover's" car for alleged debt
All because they claim there Is
s3,43437 due for work, labor and
furnished materials In rebuilding and
remodeling certain roadster belong
ing to Rodolph Valentino"
So, along with the other legal
troubles buddy is in, is this latest
filed by A. p. Michael Narlian. at
torney for the Murphy Motors Com
pany.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
MRANCELL SENDS
FORMER M A Y 0 R
TO c 0 NvEN TON
Barnes to Attend Territorial
Division Convention in
Juneau This Week.

WRANGELL, Noy. IL. - Former
Mayor George II. Barnes. for 35
years a resident of this city, has
been appointed by the City Council
to represent Wrangell at the Ter
ritorial division convention to be
held in Juneau next Thursday.
Knock Out.
Ralph Prescott, Of Wrangell
knocked out Joe Getting, of Ket-
chikan, in the second round of a
bout staged here last Saturday
night under the auspices of the
American Legion.
Initiate Elks.
The Ketchikan Lodge of Elks held
special meeting here Saturday
night to initiate class of fifteen
as follows: John w. Stedman
Charles Benjamin, stephen B
Grant, M. o. Johnson, julius Mason
w. L. Gross, Wallace Hemphill
Nicholas Nussbaumer, Stephen A
Shepard, c. w. Russell. o. C. Grig-
wire, o. C. Palmer, II. e. Harvie
J. Vo5s. j. T. Walker and e. f
Grigwirc.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
COOLIDGE FACES
IMPORTANT ACT.
POLITICAL LIFE
Preparing Message to Con-
gress Which Must Bare
Official Policies.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.--President
Coolidge has began work on his
message to Congress upon which
even his closest friends admit his
political future depends to most
considerable degree.
President Coolidge is known to
realize keenly the Importance of
his first pronouncement of policies
and expects to devote himself assid.
iously to the document for three
weeks intervening before the meet
ing of Congress.
1t has announced that his daily
appointments will be limited.
The ground work of the message
is considered already done in con-
ferences Coolidge has been holding
six days of the week for the past
three months with experts on inter
national affairs. railroad executives,
railroad employees, farmer and la
Dor leaders, editors, politicians and
plain ordinary citizens. Nearly every
one of the callers reported he had
presented views and then was close
1y questioned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
Father and Son
Believed to Be
Bank Robbers

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. 12.-The
bandits who vainly attempted last
Friday night to rob the Whitman
County National Bank at Rosalia
are believed TO be surrounded in
Squaw Canyon near Rosalie.
Witnesses to the action near the
bank heard the younger of the two
men exclaim.
Dad, l am hit
This followed an exchange OF
shots between citizens and the rob-
bers.
Alfred Palmer, son of the bank
cashier. and Hatford Haggs, man
ager of the telephone exchange at
Rosalia were both slightly wound
ed in the exchange of shots.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
'Scurvy Kid" Seeks Home
For Faithful Dog cap

SEATTLE, Nov. .12.-The main
object of his trip from Nome made
by Richard Jacobson. known as the
"Scurvy Kid character in Rob-
ert w. Services poems, and who ar
rived on the Buford, is to obtain a
home for Cap for the remainder
of his dog days. Cap Is huge
malamute dog.
Yes, Cap and l have seen a
thing or two. Cap has not won
many races but I'll lay a bet he has
mushed farther than any other dog
that ever saw Alaska" said Jacob
son. THAT dog. has gone more
than 10000 miles. he and l to-
gether. He is pretty old now"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
Army and Navy Ace
Killed in Accident

MITCHELL FIELD, Nov. 12.--
Private G. E. Rasmussen was kill
ed here Saturday afternoon. He
clung to the dirigible TC-2 after it
was released from the ground and
the crew of the airship. seeing his
peril. went to his assistance but he
lost his grip after being lifted 200
feet and fell to the ground. Ras-
mussoh was considered one OF the
army and navy aces. eh- hH m
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
WOODROW WILSON
BELIEVES Ri G H 7.
WILL TRIU N P H
Former President M a k e S
Brief Address to Admir-
ers, Annual Pilgrimage

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Wood-
row Wilson, addressing crowd of
admirers yesterday afternoon who
made their annual Armistice Day
pilgrimage to his home, declared he
is not one of those who has the
least anxiety about the triumph of
principles for which he stood.
Il have seen fools resist Provid-
ence before" said Wilson, land l
have seen their destruction as will
come upon these again, utter de-
atruction and contempt, and that
right shall prevail, is as sure as
that God reigns."
This was Wilson's third address
since he left the White House.
Bent with four years of illness,
the former President was assisted
by negro attendant to negotiate
a single step that led to the por-
tico. Several times during his re-
marks, his voice faltered and his
face twitched Mrs. Wilson came
from the door but the former Presi-
dent quickly rallied and continued
his address.
Message Broadcasted
Last Saturday Woodrow Wilson
broadcasted a message to the Ameri-
can people saying that the "sullen
and selfish isolation" which the
United States took after the World
War is deeply ignoble because
manifestly cowardly and dishon-
orable."
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.--Dismant
ling all of the forts along the Mex
can border as a means OF bindin
the United States and Mexico II
close and endearing relations o.
peace, cooperation and good will,
was proposed by DR.. Wilbur P. Thrik
field, resident Methodist Episcopal
Bishop at Mexico City, during a
conference with President Calvin
Coolidge.
The President and Secretary Weeks
evidenced considerable interest In
the proposal Bishop Thirfield said
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12

BOSTON. Nov. 12.-The American
nation is plunging into an abyss OF
Communism. Floyd Eugene Thomp-
son, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Of Illinois. said in an address
before the Associated Industries of
Massachusetts in which he denoune-
ed governmental paternalism.
1.-THE brave heart of American bus
mess Is being broken by Govern
ment intermeddling and the individ-
ral citizen constantly is reminded
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
ARTHUR CovELL
FOUND GUILTY

COQUILLE. Ore. Nov. 12.-Arthur
Covell, crippled astrologist. was late
last Saturday night found guilty OF
numbering his sister-in-law Mrs
Ebba Covell several months ago
The jury made no recommendation
and the death penalty will be passed
Alton Covell, Is year old boy, who
is believed to have actually done the
deed, will be tried within several
weeks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
Shoots Through Window
Kills Three Roomers

ABERDEEN, Wash, Nov. "a
G. Tollomi, John Ritti and Joe
Bucrich were killed and Carlo Pele-
gri was seriously wounded in a
shooting affray last night in the
Tollomi home where the others were
roomers.
Guide Grassi, also a roamer is
held in the County Jail for inyesti
cation in connection with the shoot
ing. The assassin fired from the
front porch through a window.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
FIVE YEARS RIPPED FROM BOOK
OF LIFE BY HARD BLOW ON HEAD

ST. CLOUD, Mimi, Nov. 1.-THE
blow upon his head that knocked
Arthur e. Whitney. Federal Prohibi-
ton Agent, of Minneapolis, under
the wheels of a beer truck at New
Munich, Mimi, last week, fracturing
his skull, also turned the pages of
his life back five years, it was re-
vealed here today.
Whitney was overseas 27 months
during the World War was gassed
three times and victim of aphasia.
After the war he landed in New
York and obtained a job as Fed
eral Prohibition agent There he
met young woman known as Mrs.
Ann Whitney who has lived in st.
Paul with him for the last two
years.
When Whitney regained conscious
ness today for the first time since
the blow last week, standing beside
the bed was Mrs. Luella Whitney,
whom he married in Grafton, N. d..
in 1912, and who bore him two
sons.
Whitney said he knew nothing
of Ann Whitney, nothing of the babe
soon to arrive, nothing of the almost
complete divorce proceedings between
himself and Lnella, and nothing OF
how he wa. hurt Whitney had a
faint idea that he had been GOV
ernment dry agent, however he
asked his wife how the boys were,
and apparently did not realize the
passage of time.
Physicians say Whitney will re-
cover. N IL
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-12
TAX
REDUCTION IS
RECOMMENDED
Plan Is Approved by Secre'
tary Mellon for Presen-
tation to congress.

WASHINGTON, Nov. II. Re
vision Of the Federal tax and esti-
mated to reduce through total as
sosament by 1925, 900 ,OO0 next year
is proposed In the. program ap-
proved by Secretary Mellon for sub
mission to Congress.
The recommendation is made fol
20 per cent reduction in taxes CT
earned income and reduction oi
normal taxes. on incomes, from foul
and eight per cent to three and 81,
per cent respectively.