Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 79, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 August 1921 — Page 6

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MORE SHADE TREES NEEDED Special Service Head Give3 Reasons for Plantings. Reasons why citizens should become deeply Interested In the planting of shade tree* were outlined today In a bulletin issued by George E. Morgan, heed of the special service of the city park department. Trees should be planted, the bulletin says, because: Trees make for shade, beauty, coolness and health. Trees In good health attract new residents. Tree* make for growth in property values. Trees beautify your home and city. Trees make for civic patriotism. * Trees put a bit of God's country Into your street. Trees make for happiness and enjoyment of surroundings. Trees make for home enthusiasm. Indianapolis Is In need of more shade trees. There are far more removals being made than there are trees being set. The special service Is ready at any and all times to offer free suggestions and advice regarding the selection, location, planting, etc., to those property owners contemplating fall planting. MEXICAN HEADS EYE OIL MONEY Governors of Fifteen States Petition Obregon. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 12.—The governors of fifteen Mexican states called upon President Obregon at Chapultepec castle today and requested that 50 per cent of the government oil taxes be given to them In return for which the states would cooperate with the federal government In reorganizing the railways. President Obregon received the request in the form of a memorial and took it under consideration without giving any definite answer. The president had prevlonsiy announced that the money Imm the oil taxes would be applied upon the foreign debt.

I. U. Takes Lease on Baker Property Indiana University has taken a lease on the third floor of the Baker property, 321 North Pennsylvania street. The space will be used by the Extension Division, the Vocational Education Teacher Training Department, sad the Alumni Association. The building is being remodelled end the university will take possession about Sopt. 1. The extension of ices was located In the old medical building at 102 South Senate avenue for the past year. The new quarters have been selected chiefly because of their central location and their nearness to the Public Library and to Khortridge High School, where many of the classes are held. Space will be provided both for the administrative offices and for some of the evening classes in business subjects. sth of Alleged Auto Gang Held to Jury Albert Mondon, 32, 231 Hanson avenue, alleged member of an automobile thief gang working in Indianapolis. Louisville .•ftid Evansville, waived preliminary hearing on charges of vehicle taking in city court and was bound over to the grand jury under $5,000 bond by City Judge Walter Pritchard. Mondon Is the sixth of the alleged gang to be arrested and the fifth to be bound over to the grand jury. Up to the present time the following men have been arrested: Paul and Cecil Taylor, brothers, 1803 College arenue; Edward Dennison. 37 North East street: Calvin Allen, brother-in law of Dennison, Evansville; Romena Mills. Terre liaufn and Mondon. All but Allen have been hold for a grand Jury Investigation. Blast Wreck’s Home of St. Paul Contractor ST. PAUL, Minn.. Ang. 12—A bomb explosion about 1 a. m. todav wrecked tbe front porch of F. C. Norlander's home here. Six persons were asleep in the house but noue was Injured. Norlander Is a general contractor and member of tbe Building Employers' As soclatioa. Five men were seen to drive away from the neighborhood In an automobile shortly before the'explosion. This is the sixth similar explosion that has occurred in the Twin City in the last fw months. 320 Citizens and 253 Aliens Plan Trips .uorlng the moths cf .Tune and Tnly 329 collector's certificates of compliance with the Income tax law were Issued by M. Burt Thurman, collector of internal revenue, to citizens of this country and siring to visit foreign countries. In addition to these, clarance certificates were Issued to 253 resident aliens who wished to visit their native lands. The list of countries for which certificates were asked ranged from Argentina to the Fiji Islands. REALTY MEETING CALLED. A called meeting of the Indianapolis real estate board will be held In the organization's headquarters Monday afternoon at 4:39. to discuss results of the recent convention of the national real estate board at Chicago and plans for the next annual convention in San Francisco next summer.

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MARION, Ohio. Aug. 12.—" We Just thought ws'd like to get married —and so we did." And that is the whole story of the “elopement" of Dr. G. T. Harding, father of the President, with Miss Alice Severns, nurse, as the bridegroom expressed it to the United Tress here today. “It was all so sodden, yon know," the new Mrs. Harding explained. The con pie, all smiles and fidgety, were eager to tell “just how it was." “It was simple as could be. We”—Harding, who Is 76, said, pointing to his bride of 52, “just thought there was no time better than the present. I had planned to go to Detroit to see TANARUS/. B. Sanborn, a canned fruit merchant, who Is a good friend of mine. Then, on second thought, I said to Alice, 'better come on and go with me. We can run over in Canada and be married.’ I told her. “It was pretty sudden, so sudden that neither of ns took any fancy clothes. Anyway Mrs. Harding doesn't C3re much about fancy things. COULDN'T MARRY IN CANADA. "Plain old things—like me—are good enough for her. "When wo got to Detroit we found that the Canadian marriage law was such that we could not get a license that day, so we had Mr. Sanburn drive us to Monroe. Mich. “The ceremony was very simple and we left Immediately for Toledo, where we had supper at the Boedy House. Then

MINISTER KILLS ALABAMA PRIEST Enraged Because Daughter Married a Catholic. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Aug. 12— Rev. Fdwin R. Stephenson, itinerant Methodist fblnlster, was held today on charges of murder, following the slaying of Father J&mett M. Coyle,* dean of the Catholic Church in Northern Alabama and pastor of St. Paul's Church in Birmingham. Stephenson. In a statement made following bis arrest made It apparent that he will claim self defense. Father Coyle was shot to death as he sat on the front porch of the parish house. The minister surrendered Immediately follow!**g the shooting. Father Coyle died an nour later. Grief over the fact that his daughter had married a Catholic, the ceremony having been performed yesterday by Father Coyle, was the cause of the shooting, police said. Two Checks Forged Special to The Times. SHEI.BYVILI.E. Ind., Aug 12.—The authorities are Investigating the passing of two forged checks In this city, which were cashed at the Farmers National Bank and the First National Bank during rnsh hours and whl* h were presented by a voting boy, for whom search Is being made. Both chseks were signed with the firm namo cf Sandman Bros, an auto accessory firm, and both were made rayable to "William McCoy." The check cashed at the Farmers Bank was for $lO and at the First National Bank was for S2O.

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Sanburn drove ns to Walbrldge, Ohio, where we took the train for home and here we ar*. ready to settle down right in the old home—4oS Center.” Asked if his wife was a good cook, Harding said. "Maybe—l can tell you all about that later on, I'm not worried about It.” The Irlde was smiling happily. Her bridal gown was a plain dark suit and very long skirt. Harding also wore a dark suit and an old Civil War styla Army hat, even to the gold braid. HAVE THEIR PICTURES TAKEN. When they stepped In the town picture gallery FJ. B. Vail, the photographer, started fussing around about the picture taking. “Shoot right ahead,” said Harding. "Let's get this thin* over with.” Ha kept a keen eye on the bride as their first marriage pictures were snapped. Mrs. Harding has known her husband for twenty-five years. She has been in his office as helper for the last three years. She said she Intended to continue helping In his office if ha will let her. The little town of Marion, scene of the Harding campaign, was exultant over the announcement of the marriage. When the couple walked down Main street there were cheers from all tbe Tillage folk and the men stood in line to offer their congratulations. Harding, as one of big friends said, “felt right smart proud" to display his new bride.

Terre Haute Man Is Sued by Western Bank Suit for $50,000 was filed against Panl Kuhn of Terre Haute by the Farmers and i nts National Bank of *Loe Angeles. Cal., In Federal Court yesterday. It Is charged in the complaint that a large amount of money was borrowed from the bank by the firm of Turner. Kuhn and Fraser, Inc., and that this Indebtedness is due and unpaid. Kuhn is said to own 230 shares of stock In the company.

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INCOME TAX AMENDMENT UNNECESSARY (Continued From Page One.) Jurlous, bat In phraseology they are the pnnkest lot of amendments that were ever offered to the people of Indiana, or any other civilized State.” The commission on taxatton asked Attorney General Stotsenburg for an opinion on the question whether an Income tax could be levied under the present constitution of Indiana, if graduated as in Wisconsin. He furnished an elaborate opinion, closing with these words: “The only present constitution#! method of taxing Incomes would be to model an act after the Massachusetts rule and tax Incomes derived from sources other than real and personal property.” MASSACHUSETTS HAS I.AW. He also stated that Massachusetts is the only State with similar constitutional provisions to India*-* that levies an Income tax, although the Bupreano Court of New Hampshire had given an opinion that a tax like that or Massachusetts could be levied In that State. (77 N. H. 11.) The Massachusetts law requires the taxpayer to return with his personal property Hat. "so much of the Income from a profession, trade or employment as exceeds the sum of $2,000 a year, and which has accrued to any person during the year ending on the first day of the year In which the tax Is assessed, but no Income shall bo taxed which Is derived from property subject to'taxation.” The amount *o returned Is subject to the general property tax as so much property. If a like tax were Imposed In Indianapolis, a lawyer or doctor who had an Income of $3,609 would be taxed on SI,OOO of it at the regular rate of $2 42, or a total of $38.72, which would be fair because all incomes are products of the social organization, and those who receive them should contribute to the support of the social organization. On the other hand, take a taxpayer who has an income of $3,009 from real estate rentals. Heal .estate has to be well managed to clear 6 per cent on the investment, end, on this basis, tht tneoeno of $3,600 would tuoan an investment of $60,000, on which the tax, at $2.42 would he $1.4.52. It would be manifestly unfair, after taxing the

property to tlrls extent, to tax the Income also. And vet this injustice Is exactly what occurs In States where the taxing power Is not limited. Wisconsin has been the most successful State with its Income tax. and It allows the taxpayer to offset taxes paid on personal property against income tax levied, but not taxes paid on real estate. This was done on the theory that the Income tax would take the place of the general tax on personalty, but it has not had that effect. In 7911, before the Income tax was In effect, the total taxes levied on personal property was reported at $6,262,000. In 1919 the total taxes levied on personalty was $15,208,000, of which $5,571,606 was used as offset to income tax and $9,838.;’.94 was collected. In 1920, tbe Wisconsin tax commission pertinently asked. "Is this Just?" as to real estate: but Instead of recoin meudiDg that an offset of real estate taxra be allowed, it recommended that the offaet as to personalty be repealed. The Wisconsin law has some queer results, as the Wisconsin tax commission says: "To illustrate, A, B and C are each assessed an Income tax of $75. A owns a Cadillac, upon which the tax Is $75; B owns a Hudson, upon which tbo tax Is S6O; C, being In more moderate circumstances, Is not the owner of an automobile and has no personalty property tax. A, the owner of the Cadillac, nays no lncont" tax at all; B, the owner of a Hudson, pays a tax of $25; but C. who is unablo to afford an automobile, pays a tax of $75. Thus, a person with a large Income ($75 Is the tax on an Income of $5,000 In Wisconsin) must pay a tax on all of 1t or part of It or on none of It, just according to the amount of personal property he may have been fortu- j nate enough to accumulate. The more j one has of this world's goods the less his Income tax.” BURDEN NOT LESSENED. But, whatever else may be said of the j Wlscons.n law. It certainly does not lesson “the burden on real estate.” The Wisconsin report does not show the to- j tnl collected on Income from real estate, [ but in a classification by occupatons, tt shows that 85,004 fanners paid Income tax of $538,219.45: 1.3G4 lawyers paid $75,473.01; 3.0C6 physicians and surgeons paid $117,874.66; 4,888 professors and twichers paid s3:*,<Vl4.Bl>; 5.582 In ‘V>ther professions" paid $107,694 97; 15,532 bookkeepers, clerks, etc. paid SBO, 000.31: and 16,323 "common laborers’’ paid $70,829.41; making a total for these six classes of $497,519.95, or $40,000 leas j than was paid by farmers alone. These facts sufficiently Illustrate the; proposition that an income tax may be j

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