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The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
Treasury Plans
Slash in Taxes:
Income Growing
Mellon to Deal With Situation
in December Report;
Will Accelerate
Trade.
BY ROBERT S. THORNBURGH.
International News Service staff
Correspondent.

/
Washington, Nov. 10.-The United
States treasury tax reform program,
shaping into definite form today, indi-
Gated that it may he possible to slash
more than 500, 900, 900 off government
tai income for 1916 and yet maintain
a few million dollars surplus. Off
cials said that would make possible
material cut In taxation.
The real drive for tax revision Is
anticipated at the initial session Of
the Sixty-ninth congress. Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon, in his annual
report to the December congress. how
ever. will deal with the tax situation,
making similar recommendations to
those partially disregarded at the last
session.
Figures compiled at the Treasury
department show that the 1924 reve-
nue. act cut government income s470.-
900, 900 this calendar year; 1851 ,000, 900
resulted from income tax cuts.
Income Will Increase.
In 1925 the governments income
will increase about s150,000,0o0 over
1924. under the present tax act, ac-
cording to estimates. Secretary Mel
lon pointed out that "a decrease of
taxes causes an inspiration to trade
and commerce which increases the
prosperity Of the country so that the
revenue of the government even on
lower basis of tax Is increased"
Treasury experts said that the
| - oCt a tffi NJ o
to low incomes and those of the Mel
lon plan regarding surtaxes, may be
re-enacted into law with reducing
revenue over 500, 100000 the first
year. Thereafter a material increase
in revenue might be expected, they
maintained.
Every tax reduction since 1913
has resulted eventually In increased
revenue" an official declared
Current Securities Unaffected.
In the last annual report of Secre-
tary Mellon which he has declared he
| will reiterate next month to congress
| the secretary said that "a reduction
in the income tax reduces expenses
not only of the 100000 income tax
| IdytISt pul VI buc liVtpOb,vOp
people in the United States" Mellon
is understood to still favor a consti-
tutional amendment removing tax
exempt features of municipal bonds.
He said it would bring about a desira-
BILE readjustment of the relation be-
tween states and the nation.
Such an amendment would not az
feet the $4,000 100000 now invested
in tax.exempt securities.
Officials said that continuation of
the policy Of high surfaces ultimate
ly will compel the government to re-
sort to higher taxes on small incomes
to make up the loss It will sustain on
higher incomes because Of the avoid
ance of taxes through the channel OF
tax-exempt securities.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
"IACKIE" WANTS
TO BE MECHANIC

New York, Nov. 1o.-Jackie Coogan
wants 10 be a mechanic when he
grows up.
Returning from Europe today with
his parents and governess. the little
actor was loaded down with mechan-
ical tops. the gifts OF admirers.
II guess I'll be mechanic" he
announced. II like mechanical things
and probably that's what I'd do
best at"
Jackie was enthusiastic over his
audience with the pope.
He did not call be Jackie" the
boy said, but Giacomo. which l
guess means Little John"
One OF Jackie's first questions was
who's elected?" and when told OF
President Coolidge's victory said,
oh
He remembered Governor Smith as
the man who has the bear
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
Nebraska News
Nubbins

Bridgeport-City ordinances of
Scottsbluff will be entirely revised
and recodified by the city attorney,
under instructions from the council,
which desires to remove unconstitu-
tional laws from the statute books
and expunge ordinances that conflict
or are duplicates.
Beatrice-Mrs. Mary Kniekmeyer
Of st. Louis died at hospital after
a brief Illness. aged So. The body was
taken to st. Louis for burial.
Bridgeport-L. r. Wells OF Gerinz,
II, died at the home Of his son after
three weeks illness. He had been a
resident of the state for 40 years.
Beatrice-Miles & Colglazier, whose
cleaning plant was destroyed by fire
a few days ago, have purchased the
plant and business Of Thomas
Dohrse on East Court street. Mr..
Dohrse intends TO locate in Lincoln.
Broken BOw-A large dose. Of news
paper medicine is in the mixing for
the meeting of the Central Nebraska
Press association here Friday. Novem.
Der 2f.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
THIRTY REBELS
KILLED IN FIGHT

Porto Allegro. Brazil. Nov. TO-
Thirty revolutionists were killed and
a large number wounded in a battle
yesterday In western Rio Grande De
Sol In which the loyal forces were
victorious, according to ap announce
ment today by the state government.
The dead are said to have included
the revolutionary civil governor, An
tonic Montero. 1t was stated that
the government troops lost four dead
and six wounded.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
Police Search for
Girl, l3;; Parents
Fear Kidnap Plot
left Home for Bluffs Sunday
With Youth Employed by
Her Father on Da.
kota Farm.

Police of Omaha and Council
Bluffs were still combing the two
cities last night in a search for Helen
Schmitz, 13.year.old Omaha school
girl, who has dropped out of sight
since she left her home Sunday
afternoon to drive to Council Bluffs
with Fred Lynch, %. farm worker
of Huron, S. D.
Parents of the girl believe she has
been kidnapped. Ed Burke, alias Ed
Beyhtel. 23, a fugitive from justice.
who was employed on the Schmitz
farm at Huron, S. D.. last summer,
is being sought in the case. Burke
escaped from officers who arrested
him on the Schmitz farm and were
returning him to Guthrie Center, Ia,
to serve a 10.year term.
Police believe Lynch may have con-
spired with Burke.
In Borrowed Auto.
Lynch and the girl left the girls
home at 3019 Leavenworth street Sun
day afternoon in n car belonging to
j. W. Schmitz, the girls father.
Lynch had asked to borrow the car
to visit friends in Council Bluffs, and
the girl had asked to accompany him
for the ride. They have not been seen
since.
Lynch did not give the name of the
friends he intended to visit, but police
believe he may have intended to see
Burke. who is still at large.
Lynch is employed by Schmitz on
the latter's farm near Huron, S. D.,
and drove to Omaha with Schmitz
Saturday afternoon. Schmitz came to
Omaha to visit his wife and daughter,
who have been in Omaha for several
months. Schmitz planned to move to
Omaha later.
Paid Ardent Court.
According to Schmitz, Burke paid
ardent court to the young girl while
he was employed on the farm last
summer. Burke was arrested in
September by officers from Guth-
rie Center, Ia. who said that he
had escaped from custody there after
he had been sentenced to serve 10
years IN the penitentiary. Schmitz
does not know the charge on which
he was sentenced.
Burke escaped from the Officers
for a second time while they were on
their way with him to Guthrie
Center.
According to Schmitz, Burke and
Lynch appeared to be close friends
while they were working together on
the farm. and he believes that they
may have been associates before they
entered his employment. Police are
now checking up the records Of both
men.
The girls mother told police that
she did not believe that the girl held
any affection for Burke. and declared
that she was sure the girl would not
elope with either of the missing men.
The mother was prostrated by
anxiety Monday.
According to her parents, the 13-
year-old girl has the appearance OF a
girl 10 or 20 years old.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

Honker and his flock were there. Just
ns Peter had known they would he.
Paddy's Pond, and from the shelter
Of clump of ferns could peep out.
Honker and his flock were there. just
as Peter had known they would be.
My. how big and handsome they
looked They were in the middle OF
the pond talking In low voices and
dressing their feathers. Paddy the
Beaver and Mrs. Paddy were swim
ming near them. How Peter did
wish that he could swim. As II was,
he would have to walt until Honker
came close to shore. The trouble
was he didn't know where Honker
would come close TO shore. 1t might
not be near his hiding place at all.
SO Peter kept still and waited and
waited and listened to the Cabling
OF the Geese and watched the Black
shadows begin to creep out across
the pond, and wished that he dare
show himself and let Honker know
that he was there. But he must
first find out where Reddy Fox was
Suddenly Peters heart seemed to
iump right up In his throat. He
had seen something move only a very
little way from him. He held his
breath and watched. Then his worst
fears were realized. he saw ReddS
Fox creep out from under a hem
lock tree, keeping himself flat to th'
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
800 Sacks of Potatoes
Produced on E ID Acres

Bridgeport. Nov. 1o.-Another sub
SANITATION of the claim of farmers in
this vicinity that Platte valley Is
the. best dry land section In the conn'
try Is shown by the yield of pota.
toes secured on non-lrrigated land
near Kimball, where Robert Garrard
has produced 500 sacks OF fine Irish
cobhlers on six and one.half acres OF
ground. The potatoes are OF excep-
iional size and quality. some OF the
tubers weighing two pounds each.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
STORY
WRITER CAPTURED

Chicago, Nov. 1o.-Neil Mccon'
ologue, actor and writer of detective
stories who escaped from San Quen-
tin prison, California, last April, mas
been apprehended In Dallas Tex
according to private detective
agency here.
McConologue, whose home r. In
Newark, N. j.. has been sought IN
connection with the swindling of In
vestment bankers. undertakers and
editors, according to the detectives
who say that forged checks on the
Albany Park National bank were
usually the means OF executing conf
dence games,
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
J PLEAD GUILTY
UNDER KHAN LAW

Chattanooga. Tenn. Nov. 1o.-Al
Jones and Bill Burch pleaded guilty
in the criminal court today of violat-
ing the old Ku I<lux Klan law OF
1868, and were given Is years each.
This law fixes a penalty Of from 10
years TO. death for going masked and
armed for the purpose of committing
murder, robbery and commission OF
other crimes These men we're con
victed Of entering a residence while
armed and stealing some money and
pistol and holding up four persons on
the street, assaulting two Of them and
firing several shots at them.
This Is tho first case ever tried In
the courts here under the ku klux
Klan law.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
Labor Supply Exceeds
Demand at Columbus

Columbus, Nov. 10.-The supply OF
labor for corn picking exceeds the
demand by a ration of three to one.
Employment agencies are swamped
with applications for work, averag-
ing 80 day. Herbert Hahn, secre-
tarv of the chamber Of commerce,
said most of the men are coming
from the north and the west. Many
of them are from the lumber camps,
which lessened demand for building
material has impelled them to leave.
:. They bring their families with them
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
TRAM RIDES FOR
STOPOVERS HERE

For the benefit of visitors who have
brief stopovers in Omaha the Cham
Der of Commerce has prepared a
schedule of street car rides from the
railroad stations to various parts OF
the city.
These have been arranged in IA
trips. There Is one Commute trip
seven of 80 minutes, one of As. min.
utes, two of an hour, and one each OF
an hour and a half, an hour and As
minutes and two hours.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

ground Inch by inch he erawled
until he reached an old log on the
very edge OF the water. Behind this
old log he laid down. The old log
was already in the Black Shadows.
Peter knew that Reddy couldn't be
seen from the water.
Honker and his flock began to
ly. They were moving in toward
the very place where Reddy was hid.
Ing. Peter didn't know what to do.
He wanted to warn them that there
was danger there, but he didn't dare
do II. Reddy Fox was too near. II
he thumped warning, as he wanted
to do, Reddy would be almost sure
to catch him.
Honker and the members of his
flock, most of whom were his chill
dren, were not careless. As they
drew near the shore their long necks
were stretched high and they studied
with sharp eyes every foot Of the
shore. They moved slowly. Some OF
them were anxious TO go ashore. but
Honker would not allow THIS nn>h ne
felt certain that there was no danger.
At last Honker gave a low signal
and began TO smooth out the feath-
ers Of his back with his bill. The
long necks of the others were no
longer held stiffly erect. Some of
the flock began to do just what Honk-
er was doing. Several headed
straight for the shore. One of these.
Peter saw. would come out of the
water right In front of that old log
behind which Reddy Fox was hiding.
Peter fairly ached to give warning,
but he didn't dare. lie simply didn I
know what TO do.
Copyright. is'4)
The next story: What Happened
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
MATE OF BARBARA
LAMAR MAY SUE

New York, Nov. 10.-Jack Dougher-
ty, husband of Barbara Lamar, mo-
ton picture actress, was expected to
institute suit for divorce Immediately
upon his arrival in Hollywood, ac-
cording to statements made here be-
fore he left. Miss Lamar did not ac-
company her husband to the train
declaring herself TO be N. Dougherty
however, telephoned her before board.
! ing his train.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
Child browns i'm Tank.

bridgeport, Nov. 1o.-John Ray
mond Wood. 2.year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Wood OF Yoder. fell into .
stock tank at the farm and war
drowned in two feet OF water,
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
Peter Doesn't Know What to Do.


Peter Doesn't Know What to Do.
Peter Rabbit scampered through
the Green Forest as fast as his legs
would take him. He was In hurry
to reach the pond of Paddy the Bea-
yer. He knew that Honker the Goose
and his flock were there, and he
wanted to be among the first to hear
the news from the Far North. But
he didn't allow his eagerness to over
come caution. Reddy Fox was some
where there, for Peter had seen him
leave the Old Pasture and knew that
Reddy would go straight to Paddy S
Pond.
So as Peter drew near the pond he
moved very carefully. Every few
hops he sat up to look and listen. He
didn't intend to run right into the
mouth OF Reddy Fox If he could help
it, At last he reached the edge of
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
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The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

Dependabel No other cathartic or
laxative acts 80 gently on the liver
snd bowels as "Cascarets. Ihey
never ,gripe. sicken, or Inconvenience
you. They positively strengthen and
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
Burgess Bedtime
Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

who risks his life 10 brave. indeed.
When tits to serve anothers need.
Old Mother Nature
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

The next story: What Happened
by the Old Log"
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
Ruffled and Hemstitch
Curtains

Excellent quality mar
quisette with tie-backs e
to match, q. yards u
long. Exceptional val
ue. Annex Pair
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
MARKET REPORT

Washington.-For the week ending
Jan. 16.-FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
-.-acked northern round white pota-
toes, $1.20@1.40 in Chicago, $1.10 GLIB
f. o. b. Danish cabbage, $35 10 bulk
per ton leading markets, $30@35 T. o. o.
Wisconsin points. Yellow onions firm
ut $2.5O@3 sacked per 100 lbs consum-
ing centers. Northy stern extra fancy
Winesap apples. $2.25@2.50 per box IN
Chicago. Texas spinach, $1.6001.76 per
bu. basket in Chicago
LIVE STOCK-Chicago hog prices:
$3.50 for the top and $7@7.40 for the
bulk. Medium and good beef steers,
$8.40@11.50; butcher cows and heifers.
s2.50011; feeder steers, $4.50@S; light
and medium weight veal calves, $9.5OW
1875; fat lambs, $12 OLA; feeding lambs.
SLIPS @13; yearlings. $9Q12. and rat
ewes. $5.25 @S.25.
HAY-No timothy. $3.50 Cincin-
natl $28 Chicago, $3.50 ST. louis; NO.
$40 Chicago, $3.50 ST. Louis.
GRAIN-No. dark northern spring
wheat, $1.14@126h Minneapolis; No.
hard winter wheat, $1.07A @1.11A
Chicago, $1.O9@1.10 ST. Louis; No. RED
winter wheat, $1.17k Oils st. Louis.
No. yellow corn. TIC Chicago; No.
yellow corn. 77Bc St. Louis. NO. :
white oats. 45A @46A Chicago; 47A q
475sc ST. Louis. 42c Minneapolis.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter go score.
at Chicago, 53hc Cheese. at Wiscon-
sin primary markets: Single daisies.
22%c; double daisies, 22Ac; longhorns.
231sc; square prints. 24c.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
PANAMA CANAL
DEFENSE WEAK
Foe" Bottles U. S. Fleet
Up in Big Ditch in
Maneuvers.

COlon.-In the war maneuverS staged
between the BLACK" (enemy) and
Blue (home) fleets for possession
Of the Panama canal, Rear Admiral
Newton McCully's "Black" fleet cruelty
defeated a large detachment Of the
blue" feet leaving the canal, and by
Hobsonizing the transport Henderson
he left the remaining blue" ships bot
tied up in the partly blocked canal.
Rear Admiral McCully's control of
the caribbean is supreme lesson to
the nation that the canal is under
manned and underranged. It's land de-
lenses were so badly shattered by the
BLACKS" that the blues" had no
shelter for deploying after leaving the
canal
The careful planning and daring exc
cution which put the enemy fleet in
possession of the Atlantic end of the
Panama canal reached it's high point
in the dash upon Fort Randolph at 4
o'clock in the morning by 1920 men
from the "Black" (enemy) fleet.
This force was not paper, but actual
ly moved IL miles in the darkness
through rough seas from Portobello,
republic of Panama, to Shiny beach.
lying under the guns of Fort Randolph,
the most important defense on the
canals eastern section, the Atlantic
side.
The landing force made their way
in fifty-foot motor sailboats in sea
running so high that half the troops
were desperately sick. One officer re-
marked that he was SO sick on leaving
the boat that he did not believe he
could march the necessary nve miles.
Some of the men lay on the beach like
dead animals after their three-nour or
deal on the water.
Approaching Fort Randolph under a
smoke screen, 400 marines effected
Decentralization, but not without draw
ing the fire of the garrison, numerical
ly pitiful, but in spirits wildcats. Five
hundred or more marines landed from
the 5O-foot boats and came in on the
wildcats who, now clawing in the front
and rear, were captured.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
talk ON RADIO
$4,000 MILES
Message Travels to Japan
and Back in Less Than
Two Minutes.

I Columbia, Mo.-The traversing Of
$4,000 miles of land and sea by tele-
phone and radio in one minute and
Rorty-five seconds was accomplished
when David Sarnoff, vice president
and general manager of the Radio
Corporation of America, sent mes
sage to Iwaki station, Japan, and re-
ceived his answer by telephone here.
Standing in the auditorium of the
University of Missouri here, Mr.. Sar-
noff took up long distance telephone
connected with the radio corporations
station at San Francisco
"Ask Iwaki how's the weather
there" Mr.. Sarnoff told the operator
at the San Francisco station.
The message was sent at 8:O4
o'clock and was relayed by radio to
the Iwaki station at Tokmioka, Japan,
and a minute and forty-five seconds
later the Iwaki station answered:
Greetings. Thank you for the
medal and $500. Weather cold; snow
on ground. YONAMURA. A."
Mr.. Sarnoff had communicated with
Japan and before the eyes of hundreds
Of visitors to farmers week" here,
who packed the university auditorium.
1t was the first time in history, Mr..
Sarnoff said, that radio communication
had ever been established across the
ocean and relayed successfully so far
inland
Yonamura, who signed the reply, is
the radio operator who was the first
to send out the news Of the Japanese
earthquake disaster. The Radio cor
poration presented him with medal
and $500 for his heroic efforts.
The communication with Japan here
was to demonstrate the possibilities of
communication by telephone and radio
with other countries and with ships
at sea. In an address Mr.. Sarnoff
predicted that in the future person
would be able to pick up an ordinary
telephone and communicate through
radio with any ship at sea.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
GIANT u. S. DIRIGIBLE
OUTRIDES BIG STORM
Airship Shenandoah Adrift
In Gale for Seven Hours.

Lakehurst, N. 1.-THE Shenandoah,
worlds largest airship and pride of the
United States navy, torn from her
mooring mast by a raging storm, for
seven hours outfought and outmaneu-
vered the bowling gale and was low
cred into her hangar.
She had made the most spectacular
fight against the elements that an air
ship of this variety ever has success
fully made.
The ship itself was in good condition
except for the rents in the outer bag
at its prov, where it had torn loose
from its cap on the mooring mast.
These rents delayed the descent of
the big ship to the ground, for as 1t
nosed downward the 25-mile wind
crowded into the nose and retarded its
progress. The ship circled over tile
landing ground twice before attempt
ing TO land.
The crew and officers numbering in
all % men, remained on board as the
ground crew of nearly 400 sailors and
marines walked the ship across the
1,OOO-foot span to the hangar doors.
The moon slipped from behind a
cloud as the ground crew, like ants
beside the huge ship, started to pull
her toward the hangar. She tugged
in their grasp as If she sought to tear
off al another wild. journey through
the Jir.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
1905, 23O Cars Is Total
Output for the Year 1928

Chicago.-Total production Of auto
mobiles and trucks during 1928 was
about 4,O05,2 in the final figures, sub
mitted to the directors of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce at
the regular monthly meeting held in
New York city, Estimated production,
as shown in preliminary figures pre-
scented recently, was 4,O14,000 The
total figure was compiled when De
cember records were produced, show
ing production for the month to have
totaled 296,595 passenger cars and
trucks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
Couzens' Wealth Is Tax
EXEMPT. MELONS Reply

Washington Secretary Of Treasury
Mellon, replying Tuesday to Senator
Couzens (Rep., Mich.), declared that
the latter's own admission that he has
invested his fortune in tax-exempt
state and municipal securities proves
what has been contended with refer
ence to present high surtax rates Mr..
Couzens has challenged the theory
that surtax rates were too high.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
Vanderbilt Gets So a
Week; Has Six Servants

Boston. William H. Vanderbilt,
twenty one-year-o heir of fortune
of $2OQO0,O0O' is working as an So a
week messenger in the Office Of Lee
Higginson & Co. here. Vanderbilt says
he is not attempting to support his
bride on his salary. The Vanderbilts
at their Boston home employ a butler
and five other servants. Vanderbilt
is the son Of the late Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
u. S. Can't Collect Debt
of France, Says Borah

Washington.-A bitter .assailment of
the French government for failure
even to make arrangements for re-
funding its war debt of $4,000, 100000
to the United States was made in the
senate by Senator Borah (Rep. Ida.).
every indication is that not only has
France declined to meet debt pay
ments, but that the French govern
ment has no intention to make adjust
ments, as a creditor in good faith
would make, to meet obligations, he
said.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-24
MoUies Taken at Speed of
100000 in Every Minute

London. Photographs at the rate of
100000 a minute 81 times as fast as
those reeled off by the slow motion
picture camera-are being made at
lShoeburyness under British govern
ment auspices. The camera used in
these lightning snapshots weighs two
tons, and is being used by ordnance
experts to examine the behavior of
shells and armor plate