Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 20, 1915, Page 2

REFUSE ORDER FOR MRS, GALT'S GOWNS, Paris Modistes Will Not Deal with German Who Says He is Acting for President’s Fiancee, OFFER TO MAKE HER PRESENT PARIB, Nov. 19.—The Paris dress- makers’ syndicate has blacklisted two American customers of German ori- | gin, one of them a man named Kurz- mann, reputed to have been commis- sioned to buy gowns for Mrs. Norman Galt, who is to be the bride of Presi- dent Wilson, according to Gustav Tery's newspaper, L'Ocuvre, | ‘The newspaper avers kurzmann has | threatened to raise a aiplomatic ques- | tion becatse of the modistes’ refusal to accept orders from him. L Oeuvre de- clares, however, that each houss from which he ordered gowns has offered to supply them with its compliments to Mrs Gailt without having them pass through the hands of an Intermediary. Kursmann Makes Threats. Paul Polret, president of the Dress- makers' syndicate, is absent from Paris. His confidential secretary, however, con- | firmed the statement that Kurzmann has threatened to ratse a diplomatic question over the declination of the modistes to Al his orders for gowns, which, he maintains, are intended for Mrs. Galt. “¥ou may declare that no members of our syndicate will deliver gowns to Kurz- raann, or through Kursmann or any other German house,” said the secretary. “At the same time each or every member of the syndicate would be proud to be hon- ored with a commission to make a gown for President Wilson's fiances and would Be most happy if permitted to present 1t with ita_compliments.” Rus De T4 Palx and other ‘leading houses refuse to state whether or not they have had orders for gowns for the president’s flancee. Some of them say, however, that they have had orders from Kurzmann which they are unable to fill in consequence of the decision of the | syndieate. All express regret that such an incident has come up and state they hope it will cause no annoyance to Presi- dent Wilson. They are endeavoring to @ispose of the matter without too much Rpublicity, but declare that they cannot overturn the decision of their representa- tive body. A Parls dispatch early this month sald Charles Kurzmann of New York was there to gelect gowns for the wedding of | President Wilson and Mrs. Gait. He was quoted as saying that while it “would be Indliscreet to tals about clothes ordered by the Wwilson family before obtaining permission from the White House,” he felt that “Washington can look forward to a brilllant soclal season after the HILLSTROM TIES ~ DOOR OF CELL AND AR < |todly at the headquarters of tha Itallan THE BEE: Industrial Workers of the World, Chi- cago, read “It is & hundred miles from here to Wyoming. Could you arrange to have my body hauled to the state line to be buried? Don't want to be found dead in the state of Utah.” Another telegram to Haywood resd: “Goodbye, Bill. I will die ltke a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning—organisze.” Composes New Song. A message to Elizabsth Gurley Flynn, New York, read: “Composed new song last week '"h\’ music dedicated to the dove of peace. | 1t's coming. And mow, goodbye, Gurley, dear. I nave lived llke a rebel—and I| shall dio like a rebel.” Other messages were sent to Tndustrial Workers of the World members in Minne- apolls and San Francisco. Story of Busky’'s Affidavit. SBATTLE Wash., Nov. 19.—According to a story told today at Industrial Work- ers of the World headquarters hers, | Willlam Busky, a German-American, | Industrial Workers last night, was over- | heard to say that he knew Hillstrom | whs not guilty. Busky wa questioned by | Industrial Workers who heard him and | then was taken to headquarters where | he made affidavits that he was with Hillstrom continuously from 2 p. m. to| 10 p. m. on the day of the murder and | that he and Hillstrom were seeking work iat the Murray, Utah smelter. Telegrams | th® Droducers containing & summary of Busky's affi- davit were sent at 2 o'clock this morn- ! ing to Governor Bpry, President Wilson | and O, N. dilton, Hillstrom's attorney. FRENCH 0CCUPY POINT ON FLANK OF BULGARIANS (Continued from Page One.) of notables to preserve order, but it fw foared it will not be possible to restrain the bands of Komitajls (Irregulars) in the environs of the ofty, The Berblan army 1s expected to retreat toward Albania. It is estimated there are 60,000 Berbs in the Monastir reglon op. Pposeq to more than £0,000 Bulg: Stroggle for Gorfsa Continues. ROME, Nov. 18.—(Via Paris, Nov. 19.)— Continuation of the desperats and long continued struggle for Gorisia is re- counted In an officlal statement issued lnmr-l staff. The communication fol- lows: “During all of yesterday there was an intenso artillery action on both sides. The enemy’s guns were particularly #ctive in the Garizia sone. We have Séen that from the suburbs and even from the center of the town shots of all calibers are being fired against our positions. “We also have noticed columns of troops coming from the town crossing the bridge of Sisondo and climbing the helghts of Sabotina and Podgora to re- Inforce and replace troops engaged thers, Our aviators have discovered Austrian batteries posted on the belt of heights dominating Gorizia from the east.” Governor Dunne. Calls %a Session SPRINGRIELD, Ik, Nov. for Wi extraordinary session of the nols leglalature to meet Monday, Novem- ber 23, Wds fssued today by Governor Dunne. Among subjects the legislature will consider are: Amendment of the pri- mary election » amendment of the act relating to the governors veto power, provision for ordinary and contingent ex- penses made necessary by a recent de- by Ed|clslon of the state supreme court, appro- uld be ment to Wyo- a8 requested by Hill- from O. N. Hilton ‘of Den- of Hillstrom’s attorneys, assert- Willlam Busky of Seattle had an affidavit that he was with Hil- the night on which J. G. Morri- and that Hillstrom it, were received by Governor £ 1 : 3 i it [ i | e i 2l | i g3 3 £ g : g i i : 'l | gg* Il j g 11 N I desire to wear ! lock and key with | puty Warden A. €. te prison got out the sult it preparatory to having i !, H i 2 g5z man of whose murder Hillstrom was co! victed, written in indelible ink on the of the sult. When he re- that priations for the payment of the officers and members of the next general assem- bly and the salaries of state officers, HYMENEAL ~0'Donnell, UNION, Neb., Nov. 19.—(Special.)—Miss Alice B. O'Donell, a popular clerk, went to Nebraska City yesterday and was mag- ried to John F. Busk of Casper, Wyo. ‘The young people well and favorably known here, and after a short visit with friends and relatives they will reside In Casper, whore the groom has a farm. — Only One “Bromo Quinime.” To get the genuine, call for full name, Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for sig- nature of . W. Grove. Cures a cold in one day. ec.—Advertisement. FREE SATURDAY AT BEATON'S Japanese Baskets, worth 40c to chase of 50c or more in our store Saturday. Tmy acceptable Christmas gifts, 26¢c Bromo Seltser 26c 3% Ib. Peroxide Hydro- gen ... sesnsessdd00 60¢ DeMar’'s Benzoin and Al- mond lotion 86c Castorla .... 25¢ Mentholatum o 26¢ Carter's Little Liver Pllls ... 36¢ Durham Duplex Razor and one blade. .. . (Good for 15 sh: $5.00 Durham Duplex Razor, complete with pkg. of blades, arpener and leather case, all for voon 76¢ Pivel in bulk, sees zke Packers’ ap. ... 26¢ Ricksecker's Skin Soap 26¢ Cuticura AN T g o WAR REVENUE TAX ACT EXPIRES SO0K, Congress Faces Task of Providing Additional Income for the Gov- ernment at Once. MEDICINES AND CHEWING GUM | 2" | (From a Staff Correspondent.) | WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov, H‘.—«“ (Speclal.)—Beyond question con- gress will have to provide some means for ralsing additional revenue | during the coming session. But for | the change in bookkeeping, in the daily statement of available balances, which makes a very good appearance | in the report of the treasury depart- | ment, this dally statement of avall-| OMAHA, SATURDAY, Inasmuch as the manufacturers of high explosives are reaping enormous profits and as It costs the government a great deal of money to supervise the manufac- ture and denaturation of aloohol it would seem that this is an exoellent medium for increasing the revenues of the gov- try. Aleohol Experiment Fallure. All attempts to produce alcohol on the farms, which has been one of the efforts of the Department of Agriculture, have come to naught thus far, for the reason that the cost of manufacture is so great a8 to make it absolutely prohibitive. The Department of Agriculture, for instance, without any reference to the fact that the | 1aw prohibits the installation of a still without the payment of the stipulated government tax, spent $11,000 in bullding a still and then made some experiments to mee what could be done in the manu- facture of alcohol from waste farm prod- ncts. the epirit the department experts on watermelons dectded it being the bellef that th d h | able funds will be preceded by the | '°U**d8 of these melons annually go to minus sign on the first of January, | and on that date the war revenue | act goes out of existence by its own | terms. When this occurs, should there be no re-enactment of that law, there will be consternation among of sweet fortified wines and patent medicines, for the reason that brandy now used in these | industries is taxed only 55 cents a gallon, or one-half of the tax where | the product is used for direct con- | symption. If the war revenue act| is not re-enacted, brandy used for | fortifying and medicinal purposes | will immediately be subject to a tax | of $1.10 per gallon, and already the wine growers and patent medicine manufacturers are industriously en- | gaged In attempting to prevent the repeal, at least of that section of the law. Tax on Medioine Proposed. It is likely that congress will consider | it advisable to Impose a direct tax upon | all patent medicines as well as upon denatured alchohol. A report recently fssued by the health department of the state of Indiana has recelved a great deal of attention In the treasury depart- ment during the past fow weeks because it shows what an enormous profit there s in many of these patent medicines. The official publication of the Indiana state board of health is headed ‘“Medicine Frauds” and is the result of carefut analysis of the contonts of some hundred Or more proprietary articles and shows not only the contents of each but the value of the ingredients contained, and the retall prices received. A few figures taken at random Indicate how gullible the public is, and how easy it might be to tax these preparations without impos- ing any burden on the poor fools who annually blow in millions of dollars under the bellef that they will be benefited. One remedy for “the permanent cure o® epllepsy’* shows, upon chemical analysis, | sixteon per oent of sodium potassium bromide and six per cent alchohol, and A trace of ammonia valeriate. The cost of these ingredients is shown to be ten cent, while the retall price of the “‘cure” s SL75. A concoction of sodium sulphate, #lycerine and water cofts the manufac- “two cents and retalls for pne dpl- . “A reliable for the treat- ment of the liquor habit,” for which the victim s taxed $1.00, contalns a large quantity of sugar, a trace of chlor- ide of gold and seventeen per cent of chloride of ammonia, the combined value of which is stated as three cents. A little powdered alum which sells for $1.00 and costs one cent s guaranteed to ‘“abso- lutely kiil your rheumatism.” One manu- facturer actually sells one-half cent's worth of common salt under a mysterious name, which probably induces the pur- chaser to belleve that he is getting a real remedy. The treasury officlals will probably recommend to congress that denatured al- oohol be taxed, largely because of the fact that It 1s used principally today in the manufacture of war materials and Taibot Beck Order Your Suit Today and I will have it ready for Thanksgiving Day. B50c, with every pur- These baskets make very IB;: Ricord's Charcoal Tab- :ole Stuart's Dyspeps. ots .o 26¢ Sanitol Shampo 26¢ Tooth Brushes, your cholce 40¢ and 60c Tooth Brushes, your cholece 40¢c and 50¢ Nal solid backs ... $1.25 and $1.50 B Brushes, solld back, your elfie‘ 650c Hay's Halr Health We sell the genuine Edison Mazda Lam 256 and 40-Watt Mazda Lamps «. 270 60-Watt Mazda Lamps. .. 86¢ 100-Watt Masda Lamps....685¢ Delivered and installed at above prices. Lot of Ladies' and Gentle- men’'s Combs, worth up to 50¢, Saturday 26c DeMar's Glycerine, Al- mond or Violet Soap, 3 cakes for B¢ Ivory Soap, 3 cakes for. .. 60c Perfumes, all odors, grown, waste on the farms where they are Consequently a carload of water- Among other means of producing | NOVEMBER 20, 1915. melons was purchased and the still where they were ground up and the alcohol extracted. They produced al- cohol all right, at a cost of upwards of §18 a gallon. So little more is heard of the establishment of stills on individual | tarms for the use of waste material, such | ernment without detriment to any indus- | a8 cornstalks, small potatoes and other | memi-useleas products. But in the mean- time the United States will need to raise | at least $100,000,00 more revenue next year, | and twice that much If the president’s pro- gram for preparedness is carried out, and | the Treasury department officials think | that denatured alcohol affords a medium | of producing a very large portion of this | requirement. Chewing Gum Tax Productive, Few people have any idea as to the receipts by the Treasury department from |the taxation of chewing gum. Every time a manufacturer sends out a box of chewing gum he s required under the law to place revenue stamps to the value of 4 cents on each package containing $1 worth of this confection. It is impossible |to ascertain the exact receipts from this | particular branch of the war revenue taxation, but it s known that one manu- facturer alone has pald within the last I!-‘lv. months $500,000 for revenue stamps brought to v This manufacturer is e of the biggest in the business, h\lt‘ the American Chicle company, which is | & consolidation of a number of chewing | gum manufadturers, is understood to do even a larger business than the concern which pays the federal treasury $500,000 | per annum for the tax stamps on gum. 8o that it is not surprising that Oolonel | Thompson in his address before the Navy [league on Monday laet should have stated | that the people of this country pay more his product |for chewing gum than they do for sup- | porting the army. Schedule B, which is [the schedule under which chewing gum | is taxed, produces about ..,000,00 a year, and the estimate is that ot this $2,600,000 | at least, and possibly $3,000,000, is received from the stamps that are -placed upon | boxes of chewing gum. If chewing gum sells for 6 cents a package and each $1 worth thus sold pays the government a revenue of 4 cents, the school children of | this country can probably figure out just | how many milllon packages of ehewing | &um are consumed annually within the United States. And, going further, it is & nice problém for them to attempt to ascertain approximately, at least, how much chicle is annually imported from Mexico in order to [ pply this demand | | recetved Gt p——) for this means of mastication. Barber Supplies’ Tax is Low e Cosmetios, tollet soaps with beautifying qualities, barbers’ supplies used by the manipulator of rasors to increase ti # beauty of his male patrons, pay 2 cents on each §1 of retall value, and chewing gum pays 4 cents. And while the chewing pum people do not seem disposed to de- mand that their tax be reduced, in fact the man referred to above, who pays §800,000 a year, says he la quite content with the tax, they do think that others who are paying less proportionately should be brought to a par with them And this is likely to be done when the next revenue bill is brought up. Y Bee Want Ads Produce Results Department Orders, , Nov. 19.—(Special Tel pensions granted Haller, Kenesaw, 12; Flen Blommington, 12; Katharine Atkinson, 12 at Froid, Deuell county, Ne tinued, mail to Julesburg of the currency has n to convert the an Merchants State Rank D. into “The Farmers ani National bank of Alcester.' egram.)—N. Frances L. 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