Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 156, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1923 — Page 12

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MELLON PROPOSAL TO CUT TAX HITS AT SOLDIER BONUS Would Mean Reduction in All Classes of Income Pay-

What It Means fin l nilcd Press CTT3 ASHINGTON. Nov. 12 Here is what Secretary I T Y Mellon's tax reduction problem will mean to a salaried taxpayer, married and having two children: Gross Present Saving on income. tax. proposed tax. $4,000 * 28 * 12.65 5,000 r. 68 3e - 75 6,000 128 56.00 7,000 186 87.00 8,000 • 276 132.00 9,000 366 177.00 10,000 456 222.00 The above flgures are based on the 3 per cent tax and additional 25 per cent reduction because incomes are earned. The tax on incomes between SI,OOO and *2.000, while affected by the reduction of the normal tax, are not included in the Treasury estimate.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. —A $323,000,000 reduction in federal taxes is projected in a tax revision program drafted by Secretary’ of the Treasury Mellon which was before the House wavs and means committee today. Urging the $310,000,000 surplus piled up by the government through economical operation during the past year, be devoted to tax reductions rather tlva.n to soldier bonus, Mellon submitted a concrete program for tax revision to Acting Chairman William T. Greene of lowa. Mellon’s recommendations include: “1 —a 25 per cent reduction in the ta-r on earned income, fttimated loss In revenues, $97,500,000. ••2—Reduce the normal taxes of 4 and 8 per cent to 3 and 6 per cent respectively, loss, $91,600,000._ ••3 —Reduce the surtax rates by corTTmencing their application at SIO,OOO instead of $6,000 and scaling them progressively upward to 25 per cent at SIOO,OOO. Loss. $100,000,000. “4—Repeal the tax on telegrams, telephones and leased wires. Loss, $30,000,000. "s—Repeal the tax on admissions. Loss, $70,000,009.”

M’BRIDE ANSWERS removal™ General Denial of Sanders Allegations Made. Harold Taylor, attorney for Bert Mcßride, reciever for R. L. Doliings Company, International Note and Mortgage Company and its four subsidiaries. today filed an answer in gen eral denial of allegations in a petition filed three weeks ago by Grant Sanders, a stockholder, asking removal of Mcßride as receiver or appointment of a co-receiver. The petition alleged Taylor's law partner, John A. Browne, once was a Doliings director, that the interests of the Doliings company and the mortgage company were conflicting, and that the plaintiff’s attorneys had been refused information concerning the :-eceivership. Superior Judge Linn X B. Hay gave Taylor permission to withdraw the i’.swer temporarily for final verficat*on by Mcßride who is but of the ,*y. 2 CARLISLEnMF.N drown vleei Treath When Au|o Runs Off White River Ferry at Hazleton. By Times Special HAZLETON. Ind., Nov. 12.—The men were drowned late Sunday when their auto ran off the White River ferry here. The two men, S. E. Dial and Mike Cassidy of Carlisle, were on their way to a miners’ meeting at Princeton. It is thought the driver accidentally stepped on the accellerator. I. O. Dudley, also of Carlisle, who 'was with them, escaped injury. PAROLED MAN ARRESTED Screw Driver, Drills and Auto Keys Found on Ex-Prisoner. After being found with a screw driver and several drills on his person, a man giving the name of Fred Dobson, 914 Chadwick St., was arrested Sunday by Patrolman Reilly and Sleek. According to officers, keys to various makes of automobiles were found on the ground beside him. Police say Dobson admitted he is on parole after being sentenced for urglary. MARRIAGE AGENTS JAILED F our Vincennes Women Are Arrested by U. S. for Alleged Fraud. The paths of matrimonial agencies lead, but to the jail, four Vincennes women in the county Jail undoubtedly reflected today. The four, Alice Potter, Maty Roach, Martha Sigler and Margaret Beasley, were arrested Saturday by Deputy United States Marshal Hickman on charge of violating the postal ,W3. Federal officials say the women defrauded a large number of men <>ut f sums ranging from S2O to $2,0U0 through a fake matrimonial agency. They were placed In jail In default of bond of SI,OOO each. They will be arraigned before Judge Albert B. ‘nderson In Federal Court, Nov, 26.

Deportation May Be Prevented

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The unfeeling hand of immigration authorities, endeavoring to send Miss Magdalene Angel, 38, former beauty parlor operator, back to France, may be stayed. Although Miss Angel is held In county jail under $2,000 bond upon request of Cincinnati Federal authorities, who hold a deportation order against her, her attorney has made, anew appeal to Washington which may result in permission for her to remain in America, her home fnr eight years.

MAID BEATS OFF MAN IN ATTACK Young Woman Awakens to Find Assailant in Room. Miss Fern Kessler, 23. maid in the home of E. J. O’Reilly, 4342 n ark Avc., was in St. Vincent’s Hospital today after a struggle Saturday . night i with a man. Doctors left orders she j was not to be disturbed. According to the story Miss Kessler told police, she was aroused to find a man standing beside the couch where she lay. After warning her to keep silent, the man attempted to attack her, Miss Keseler toM police. Fighting the assailant off, the girl ran downstairs and grabbed the telephone. Knocking the phone from the girl’s hands, the man ran from the house. She said she once was engaged to the man and gave his name to the police. Attracted by the girl’s screams, W. A. Royce, 4334 Park Ave., and N. C. Fraley, 4346 Park Ave., arrived in time to see the man running north on Park Ave. FOOTBALL FAN HURT BY ROUGH TACKLERS Policeman Injured in Another Odd Accident— Ankle Broken Two unusual accidents were on police records today. Burford Harvey, 1842 N. Rural St., a spectator at the football game at Jh-ooksde Park, edged inside the rope. When a tacle was made near him, players fell against his ankle, Jnflicting a sprain. Officer Daniel Logan and Motorcycle Offlc3r William Tremp were at Illinois and Washington Sts. when Frank Voike. Clco hotel, approached them using profane language. When started to arrest him, Voike put his hand to his hip pocket. Logan grabbed him. Voike kicked Logan or. th'e ankle, breaking it in two places', police said. He is charged with profanity and assault and battery.

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Automobiles reported stolen belong to. • Harry F. Stedfeld. 40 W. TwentyFourth St., from .Ohio and Pennsylvania Sts. Albert Wischmeyer, 704 N. Temple Ave., from same. Roy Cright, Cantleton, Ind., from west side of Statehouse.

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MAGDALENE ANGEL

According to authorities. Miss Angel came to Indianapolis from France upon a promise of marriage by a local merchant. She found him married. Her entrance into the country was irregular, the Government charges, and a deportation order was obtained. It. was not served, however, because war intervened. Activity upon the order was resumed a fpw weeks ago. Miss Angel operated a beauty parlor at 17 W. Market St. for a time.

Meetings Here Tuesday Tuesday, Nov. 13. Indiana State Council of Methodist Episcopal Church. Allday meeting. Banquet. Roberts Park Church. Woman's Press Club. Luncheon. Severin. Indiana Insuiar. o Agents Association. Lunoheon. Scvorin. Ladies' Whist Club. Severin. American Chemical Society. Luncheon. C. of C. Loer Post, American Legion. Luncheon. Chamber of Commerce. Indiana Purchasing Agents. Luncheon. Severin. American Logion. Luncheon. Severin. American Legion, Post 84. Luncheon. Board of Trade. I. A. A. U. Luncheon. 7th. floor C. of C. Gyro Club. Lunoheon. Lincoln. Mercator Cluji. Luncheon. Spink-Arms. B. P. O. E.. No. 13. Lodge Meeting. Denison. University of Michigan Luncheon. Lincoln. Rotary Club. Luncheor. Claypool. Founders Day Musicale and Tea. Mu Phi Epsilon. John Herron Art Institute. Shrine Ceremonial. Murat Temple. Reading, "This Freedom” by the Rev. Noll M'Phercon of Springfield, Mass. Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Annual State Three-Cushion Meet. Cooler’s Billiard Parlor No. 1,

MYSTERY ATTACK SOLVED Arrest of Assailant Expected as Victim Tells of Jug Tale. Police say today they have solved the mysterious attack on Henry Whitley, 28, of 1148 Madria St., at the Big Four Hill yards, Saturday flight when he was struck with an iron pipe. An airest of the assailant is expected today. Whitley, at the city hospital, where he is slightly recovered from a concussion of the skull, said that the man he met mentioned something about a Jug of whisky. The next he remembered was that he was struck. Sixty dollars was found by hospital attaches in his clothing, i t VETERAN FIREMAN DIES Funeral for John R. Beilis Will Be Held Wednesday. The body of John R. Beilis, 78. former Indianapolis fireman, who died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Urfer of Chicago, will arrive in Indianapolis tonight for funeral services at the Speaker & Feeney funeral home at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Burial In Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Beilis moved to Chicago ten years ago. Previous to his appointment In 1869 to the fire department, of which he was a member for thlrtyeeven ysars, he was a machinist. Two daughters, living In Chicago, survive.

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ANDERSON LAWYER HARTFORDSPEAKER Stricter Immigration Laws, Is Plea of Oswald Ryan, Bu Times Special HARTFORD CITT, Ind., Nov. 12. Before a crowd that jammed the Tabernacle here Sunday afternoon Oswald Ryan, Anderson, Ind., attorney delivered the principal address of BlStkford county's Armistice day program. Ryan, former American Legion national committeeman from Indiana, decried loose immigration laws in the United States. “European countries are dumping their undesirables upon us,” Ryan said. “I know it to be a fact that in some instances foreign countries have relieved the crowded conditions of their prisons by sending qimvicts lo America as immigrants. “We should pick our own immigrants rather than have them picked for us.” Members of G. A. R.. Spanish War Vets, Service Star Legion and American Legion iggre honored vets. MRS. LEOTA PROBST FUNERAL ON TUESDAY Wife of Former Restaurant Proprietor Dies at Hosiptal Sunday. / Funeral services for Mrs. Leota A. Probst, 61. wife of W. E. Probst, a restaurant proprietor here for many years, will be held at the homb near Noblesville at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday. Burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Probst died at a hospital in Nobles viHe Sunday. The husband until a few years ago operated a chain of restaurants in Indianapolis and Louievllle. Ky. Since his retirement, he has lived - on his farm south of Noblesville.. Survivors: ’fhe husband, two sons, William E. Probst. south of Noblesville. and Myron F. Probst, Indianapolis; and one brother, C. F. Duke, Indianapolis.

MEET TO PROTEST MORGAN REMOVAL Public Gathering 4 p. m, Today at C, of C, A mass meeting to bring pressure on county commissioners to retain Benjamin M. Morgan as superintendent of Julietta, county insane hospital, will be held at 4 p. m. today in the Chamber of Commerce. Morgan, a Republican, will be replaced by a Democrat. Dr. Benjamin 8. Potter, former superintendent, Jan. i, when the Democrats assume control of the county board. Commissioner John Kitley announced. “Just who will pres de at the meeting is a secret not to be revealed until the hour," said Mrs. Clarence C. An derrfon Sr., one of those in'>harge of arrangements. "We made the mistake before of announcing that Mrs. John W. Kern would preside, and I don’t intend to give out a thing.” she said. Mrs. Kern announced her withdrawal because "her action was given political significance,” she said. 100 INDIANA STUDENTS COMPLETE DEGREE WORK Finish Course During Summer Term: listed as Members of 1923 Claes. By United Press BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Nov. 12 RecommensJation for degrees for 100 students of Indiana who completed their work during the last summer session will he presented to the board of trustees at their next meeting, it was announced today. The graduates will be listed as members of the class of 1923. Perfection Batter Make* Kiddie* Grow.—Adv.

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