Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 203, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1921 — Page 3

■ORS TAXING ft. earnings ■OT PAID OUT V Men Have Plan as S stitule for Excess H Profits Law. Ke INCOME RATES Hi to tax the current rear's earnHcorporations not distributed, and ■ to take the place of the excess ■nx. is outlined in a communlcaHiived by the Indianapolis AssoCredit Men, from the he.nl- ■ of the national association as Bmmittee on Federal fixation oi Association of Credit Men ar a book entitled “The UudisH Earnings Tax; a Plan to Tax urrent Year's Earnings of Corpo- ? Not Distributed." This tax is bd to take the place of the execs? set-ax. Copies of this book have Hit to every member of Congress H thousands of business men But the country. Htee suggests |tL CHANGES. Heccmmendations of the committee Bimination of the excess profits Batmn of the corporation income Bids from current earnings to be Bo the normal tax in the hands Bndivldual. Bution of a corporation un-lis-H earnings tax at graduated rates Hnds which arc paid from carnBrior years on which th" eorpomm pal<i the undistributed earnB, not to be considered a? iiBthe individual sharenolder. DiviBiv not be paid from surplus un|?ligs of current year have first B for that purpose. of rates of taxation on perBmts (l)oth normal ami surtax' requirements of the budget taxes. B PROFITS TAX Hs Bt'SIXESS. Bimination of the excess profits Becommended because tlie excess Hi discriminates against various bei-ause it ex->r, i.-es a H effect on industry, and because the principle of taxation In Bee with ability to pay. B. Elliott, chairman of the comBelieves that a substitute for the i Brofits tax should not only yield Bntial portion of the revenue lost Brepeal of this tax but should SHhe distribution of the tax burV insure equality of distribution Bmittee believes that the indlrinust be considered, wherever it Ucable, ns the taxpaying unit, for, Btha last analysis the individual is only by eonsidcrthe tax-bearing unit the.: ■ of distribution may be obtained. Bommlttee recommends that the Bion income tax be eliminated, Ht each Individual shareholder be B pay h!s own normal tax upon Bs, instead of having it withheld Bl by the corporation. Kn Jack and SB,OOO Kid in Barber Shop to The Times. HRSOX, Ind., Jan. 3. —Frank Barber, whose place was raided Brolice- Saturday night, at which B* quarts of “raisiu Jack" whisky Bd, was placed under SI,OOO cash Hen arrested. amount of the bond was headquarters. I.ittle drew gjjlMlls from his pocket and settled With the liquor found at Clßjk ’r shop, police found a roll quart can which amounted said. kflH XT BURIAL CHEST. HBfsepulchral chest) of massive Riflosing a cinerary urn, said to -Christian, has been found near s, Isle of Man.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing the Indiana Daily Times 'lnformation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin Director, Washington, Di C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive lesearch on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly., Give full name and address and enclose 2 cents la stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) INITIATING NEW SENATORS. Q. I understand that the senior Senator accompanies and Introduces anew Senator when he is sworn in. Who performs this office for Representatives? B. A. T. A. Since all Representatives are elected for two years only, the entire membership of the House has to he sworn in at the beginning of anew session. The oldest member of the House administers the oath to the Speaker of the House, who then administers the oath to groups of members, the groups usually composed of one or more State delegations. In case of a member elected to fill an unexpired term, the new Representative is usually introduced by a member of his State delegation. NEW FRI'ITS AND GRAINS. Q. What are some of the new fruits and grains that the Department of Agriculture is importing from Africa? G. O. E. A. Many new Kafir corns ond sorghums, some varieties of grasses, some dry-land rice, mangoes and a gourd, which is filled with seeds that resetnine uie butternut tn tasie, are among the many specimens of African vegetable life, which are being examined and experimented with by the United States Department of Agriculture. LOW ACCIDENT RECORD. Q. Is the number of deaths in railroad accidents growing smnller, or does it only seem so in comparison with fatalities caused by automobiles? M. R. S. A. The Interstate Commerce Commission says that in 11)19, 0.978 persons were killed in railroad accidents, this being the lowest death rate since 1898. WORLD'S LONGEST HIGHWAY. Q. What is the longest road in the w. rid ? W. A. T. A. The Lincoln Highway may well bo styled the longest road in the world. It crosses twelve States, connecting New Y'ork with San Francisco as directly as possible, consistent with the topography of the country. SPANISH WAR PENSIONS. Q. How many people are drawing Spanish War pensions? A. The Pension Bureau says that the number of pensioners of the SpanisuAmericau War on the rolls now Is 22,814. AMMONIA AS REFRIGERANT. Q. Please explain the use of ammonia in making ice. Is it used in the brine only or in the ice itself? D. W. S. A. The Bureau of Standards says ammonia is used as a refrigerant. It is not placed in either the brine or the ice. In fact, after ammonia gets into either the brine or the ice, it is a sign that something Is radically wrong with the plant. Ammonia gas is compressed and i? then cooled, usually liy water flowing over the pipes through which the ammonia is passed. This cooled gas, under high pressure, is then allowed to expand and in so doing it takes up the heat from whatever substance surrounds it. The substance may be either brine or water. In the case of the former the briue is cooled to a temperature well below the freezing point of water, while In the case of the latter, the water is changed Into Ice. VALUE or "JOKER" IN 500. Q. In the game of 500, what value does the joker have in “no trump hand?" D. C. A. According to Hoyle, In n no-trump bid at "Five Hundred” the joker is a suit by itself, and is a trump; but the holder of the Joker cannot trump with It while he is able to follow suit. If the holder of the Jokei leads It, he has the privilege of naming the suit that shall be played to It, regardless of his previous play.

AUTO ACCIDENT TOLL SHOWN AS 6 EACH MONTH Police and Coroner's Reports on Marion County Made for 1920. MANY COLLISIONS NOTED During 1920 an average of six persons died each month in Marion county us the result of injuries due either directly or indirectly to automobile accidents, according tp police ami coroner’s reports. That is, some were run down by automobiles. some were injured by a collision between two or more automobiles, while those classed as receiving injuries indirectly due to automobile accidents were those hjirt when automobiles were struck by trains or intururban cars. It is interesting to note that from Jan. 1 to the last day of April, 1920, the police records show 328 automobile accidents, In which 154 persons were Injured, six of this number being fatally hurt. During those same four months the police records show a total of 440 accidents indn ling street ear accidents, motorcycle, bicycle, suicides, wall falling, ditch caving in nnd slipping on the ice. During the first four months of the year the police records show six persons killed in automobile accidents. However, ,hc coroner's records show that he made an investigation of eleven deaths resulting from automobile accidents during these months. All these accidents dlit not occur In Marion County. CAR PLUNGED INTO CREEK. During the year the coroner Invest! gated two accidents in which the driver lost his life when his ear plunged lnro a creek. M. O. De Vaney was drowned ! on Jan. 1, when his automobile plunge? into Fall creek near Thirty-Fourth street and he. was caught under It. It was not until Feb. 23 that another fata! automobile accident was recorded, and then Mary lttngo, 8, 1300 East Tenth street, died of injuries suffered when she j was run over by ail automobile near her , home. Tb-re was hut one fatal accident ; in January, two In February, two In ; March, and five accidents in April classed j ns fatal, hut in one of that number two J lien were killed when their automobile | truck was struck by an interurban car ; southeast of the city. Fewer fatal accidents In which auto- i mobiles figured occurred In May, but in June three persons died as tlie result of automobile accidents. During July there were six deaths ns the result of Injuries received In auto accidents. August appears to have been the fatal month, for ten deaths due to automobile accidents are recorded. In one accident on Aug. 9, two men In an automobile truck were killed Instantly when the truck was splintered by an Inbound Crawfordsvllle Interurban car at Tibbs avenue. On Aug. 23, William E. Wilson, 420 East Michigan street, died at a hospital as the result of aeute broncho-pneu monla “due to submersion at, Garfield Park." He was in an automobile which turned over nnd he was pinned in the water of Pleasant Run at the park, but was quickly rescued. However, pneuWHY HAVE CATARRH So Disagreeable to Yourself and All About You. Catarrh Is generally conceded to be a constitutional disease. Therefore it requires a constitutional remedy like Hood’s Sarsaparilla wbi< h reaches every part of the system by thoroughly purifying and enriching the blood. This medicine removes the cause of the trouble, which if not checked may lead to more serious disease. In 4fi years of use and test Hood's Sarsaparilla has relieved many eases as told by voluntary letters of commendation. Why not get a bottle today and give it a trial? It combines economy and efficiency. Keep Hood’s Pills on , hand as a family cathartic.—Advertise- j nient. ’

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Life Pupil’s Penalty They had been out together the night before, and were comparing notes in the morning. ‘T had a rotten time," confessed Smith, j “the missus jawed me for half an hour, j How did you get on?" ! Jones groaned miserably, j “You got off lightly," he said. “You ; don't know what it is like being marriei [to a woman who has been a school j teacher. Slie didn't say much, but she j made me sit up till I had written out i 1 must be home every night by 10 : o'clock’ 100 times on the slate." j inonia developed and his death is regard- | ed as having been caused by an automo- \ bile accident. FIVE FATAL ONES IN SEPTEMBER. Five fatal accidents were investigated by the coroner during September. One of these secured Sept. 11, at the State Fair grounds when an automobile race was being witnessed by thousands of people. George M. Sample, 54, New Castle, Ind., was sitting on a wagon near one of the turns of the track watching the automobiles whlrd around the track when suddenly a wheel ioosened from the racing car jumped the fence and struck Sample, killing him. Eight deaths from automobile accidents is the record of October. One of these occurred north of Rochester, lnd„ I In the northern part of the State, but ; the woman, whose home was in Indianapolis, died In this city Oct. IS. One of the saddest accidents of the year occurred Oct. 17, when Richard Luce, 2, nnd Don Luce, 4, both of Crawfordsville, were killed when the automobile in which they were riding with their parents was struck by an interurban car near Clearmont, northwest of the city. It has been only a few weeks ago since three men lost their lives in an accident east of the city on the National road, when they turned their automobile into the path of an interurban car. Rutsell B. Harrison was in the

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automobile and was seriously iujureil, but was the only man not killed. An accident which caused a. feeling of sorrow to spread over the city occurred last April when a speeding taxi crushed Sister Mary Blanche, a Catholic sister nnd teacher, as she was crossing Monument Circle near the Columbia Club. Prompt work on the part of 'the police resulted In the arrest of the driver, who was a man with a criminal record. He was charged with manslaughter, hut escaped from the jail in July and months later was nrrrested in the southwest part jof the country, returned to this city, convicted and sentenced to serve a prison term. During the first ten months of 1920 fourteen children, under the age of 15, | died as the result of injuries suffered |ln automobile accidents. Os this number i most of them were injured by running into the path of a passing automobile so suddenly that the driver of the car had no change to stop or turn before the child was crushed under the wheels. A large percentage of those I killed and injured by walking into the 1 path of automobiles are men and women of advanced years. WAR CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY DIES • Kaiser Expresses Regret Over Yon Hoilweg’s Death. BERLIN, Jan. 3. —Funeral services for Dr. Theobald Von Bethmann-Hollweg, who was chancellor of Germany when the war broke out, will be held on Wednesday. Dr. Von Betlim.inn-Hollweg died Sunday evening at liis home at Hohenflnlow, after a short illness. News of the ex-chancellor's death was telephoned to the ex Kaiser at Doom, who expressed deep regret. ! I*r. Van Betbmnnn-Hollweg was au- | thor of the famous phrase, “a serap of I paper" when discussing In the German Reichstag the treaty guaranteeing the ! neutrality of Belgium. He teas born in ! isht) and is survived by one daughter, j His son was killed in action during the war. HERE'S SOME HUSKY HISKKK. BLOOMSBURY, Pa., Jan. 3. W. P. Girton, a farmer near here, made what Is believed to lie a State record for cornbusking when for thirty minutes he husked two bushels of corn erery minute. There were times when lie had eight ears In the air at once as he threw them on a pile.

Sure, He Put ’Em On An absent-minded traveler was asked to stay a few dnys at a country house. His wife, realizing that he was to be the Hon of the party, told him to be sure to put on a clean shirt every evening. She packed him one for each night. When he returned she said: "Well, I hope you remembered to put on a clean shirt every night." "Oh, yes," he replied. “At this moment, counting the one I went away in, I’ve got four on." TO TEST POWER OF RAIL LABOR BOARD Right of Jurisdiction in Dispute Questioned. CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—The first test of Uie power of the United States Railway Labor Wage lfoard to assume jurisdiction in a dispute between a railroad and its employes without the consent of both parties is to be made at a hearing here tomorrow. Parties to a controversy between the Norfolk & Western Railroad and Its employes have been summoned to appear before the board nnd submit facts eon reining the matters at issue for a decision by the board. Officials of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen deelaio they will not recognize tlie authority of the board to lnterieue. If the union leaders persist in refusing to recognize its authority, members of the board intimated that they will be enjoined from ordering a strike until the question of the powers of the board has been passed on by the United States Supreme Court. HIS RUIN. "What do you think of the break In prices?" "It will rutn me," replied the profiteer. I’ll have to sell what I have left at only a little more than it cost me."

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GOTHAM SHOOTING VICTIM SUCCUMBS Broker Accidentally Shot by Friend, Dies. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. —Julian Dick, cotton broker who was accidentally shot at a New Year's party by George Bruce Brooks, an intimate friend, died in a hospital early today. A blood transfusion operation, wherein the blood was furnished by Brook's brother, proved fatal. It is not known whether any charge will be lodged against Brooks. Frank M. Dick, father of the dead cotton broker, exonerated Brooks, who Is at liberty. Brooks, the cotton broker's wife and other relatives were at Dick’s bedside when he died. Dick was shot when Brooks picked up a revolver In Dick's apartment, accidentally pulling the trigger while examining the weapon. Both served in the war as captains and were friends. THEY WALKED IN AND WALKED OUT Ford Employes Discouraged in Building Own Cars. DETROIT, Jan. 3. —In response to a circular addressed to the Ford Motor Company and distributed to all employes \ of the plant, suggesting that the men use the plant, now idle, to build cars for themselves and families, several thousand employes with their noon-day lunch, assembled at the plant this morning ready for work. After waiting an hour for the proper leadership, the crowd dispersed and returned to their homes. Highland Bark police were stationed about the plant on guard against any possible outbreak. The eircular signed "Committee of Ford Employees" said in part: “The regular Ford employees request the use of the Ford plant under the existing Ford organization during the mouth of January to make automobiles for themselves and families. The employes agree to pay for all raw material used and to maintain all existing departments and in general return the plnnt In even better condition. “All Ford employees desiring to re-

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