Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 102, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1926 — Page 2

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TAX SLASHES BY •; 1930 AT LATEST, OFFIQjALS THINK Nation Is Reducing Public Debt—513,924,000 Surplus Cited. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—New tax reductions, possibly before the presidential election of 1928 and at the latest by 1930, 'were forecast today by treasury experts as statistics were made public showing the national debt has been reduced to $19,612,627,572.28. The Government will be financially clear of all obligations to its, citizens by 1944 if the Administration policy of reducing the public debt as rapidly as possiljfle and applying money received from foreign nations for war debts to- the fund is continued. Billions Due The debt fs being reduced $650,000,000 annually. Europe owes the United States $11,000,000,000 which, with interest, will bring in more than $21,000,0005000 during the next slxty-two years. A move is to be started in Congress this fall to extend the debt reduction period over sixty-two years Instead of retiring the obligation* in eighteen years. The Administration. however, believes now that America is exceedingly prosperous, the time is ripe to liquidate debts so the nation can be ready for the n/xt'emergency. Surplus* Cited The Government so far this fiscal year has a surplus of $13,924,000 in the treasury, whereas last year at the same time the nation faced a deficit of $50,647,000. Meantime, the treasury preparing to carry on the nation's busi- , ness between the tax periods of September and December. Treasury notes of about $415,000,000 mature on Sept. 15 and tax collections are. expected to fall below this amount. A gold bond issue of between $350, 000,000 and $400,000,000, probably bearing 3Vi per cent- Interest, will be floated.

BUS COMPANY FORMED Merger of Southern Indiana Lines Proposed by Firm. Joseph H. Gregg. Andrew V. Carli, Elmer Wedel, and Roy Barkley of Terre Haute and Robert B. Huffard of Indianapolis, filed incorporation papers with the secretary of State Tuesday for the Southern Indiana Coach Lines, Inc., which will ultibe a merger of several southern Indiana lines, provided the • permission of s he public service com'misslpn is obtained. Capital stock is $30,000. Gregg and Carli operate two bus lines in the southern part of the State, one from Harmony to Terre Haute and another from Martinsville, 111., to Spencer, Ind. Huffard is head of the HuffardRuggles Company, 1435 N. Illinois £t. t POLICE PROBE MYSTERY Woman Reports Phone CaSl Followed by Taxicab. Mystery surrounding telephone calls received the past five weeks by Mrs. Lillian Massey, 314 New York St., were increased when a taxicab stopped at the house after she received a call Tuesday night. Police investigated. Harry Ash, 3143 E. Tenth St., driver, said he received an order over the phone to pick up Mrs. Massey at'the New York St. address. Mrs. Massey said the mysterious caller always hangs up when she answers, and this is the third time a taxi has come to the house. She told police she has been estranged from her husband for nine years. TWO HELD AfTER RAID Police Report Finding Books of Baseball Pool Tickets. Sergeant Barge and Sergeant Cox amassed their squads for a raid on a poolroom operated hy Joe Mitchell. 410 Indiana Ave., Tuesday. They said they found several books -of base ball tickets. John Brown>3lo W. Vermont St., and Robert Wharton, 1418 Roanoke St., in charge of \the place were charged with pool selling and keeping gaming devices. TRAIN WRECK IN MAINE Bu' United Press AUBURN, Maine, Aug. 4.—Eight cars of the Maine Central passenger train, No. 127, were derailed here Tuesday night after a brake beam dropped from the mail car. A mail 'clerk was hurt. Does Not Suffer From Asthma Now Every Sign of Trouble Gone, Works All the Time Nyw. People who suffer from asthma or chronic bronchial coughs will be much interested in a letter written by William F. McKinley, 649 Arbor Avenue, Indianapolis. He says: “I had been a sufferer from asthma for fifteen years. Was unable to do any work for four or five months in a yearr had to sit in a chair for weeks, unable to lie down. I tried different medicines, but they did me very little good. I Commenced taking Nacor in September, 1923, and I hadn’t taken a half bottle until I could lie down and rest at night. I have no signs of asthma now. and I praise Nacor for what it has done for me. 1 recommend it to all sufferers from asthma and bronchitis." If you suffer from asthma, bronchitis, or have a chronic cough, you should rest'd the valuable booklet which will be sent free by Nacor Medicine Cos., 413 State Life Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. This booklet aleso contains letters from people whose trouble disappeared years ago, and never Returned. No matter how serious your case seems, call or write for this free information. It may put ycu on the road to good health again.—Advertisement. v

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SUBPOENAS HELD IN HALLMURDER Two Men Also Put Under Surveillance. Bu United Press NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Aug. 4.—T'wo men have been put under surveillance, subject to arrest, upon suspicion, and six secret subpoenas have been issued against persons in Jersey City in connection With Prosecutor Simpson's investigation of the Hall-Mills murder. Meanwhile, Exosecutor Simpson continued today gathering the evidence for submission case to the grand jury. He has indicated that he will make a point of the failure of the previous investigation. In addition, Dr. E. I. Cronk, Jersey City physician, was brought to New Brunswick to make a record of his reported conclusions that the murdered bodies of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were placed on the ground after they had been taken from a car where the two had been killed. Two detectives were said to be on their waV to Gloucester, Mass., to question Henry Carpenter, cousin of Mrs. Hall. GOVERNOR INTERESTED “Do Not Fear Nor Favor Anybody," He Tells Prosecutor. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—“Dq. not persecute anybody: do not prejudge anybody; do not fear anybody; do not favor anybody,” Governor Moore wrote Senator Alexander Simpson special prosecutor in the Hall-Mills murder mystery today. “Do your best to drag all facts JuD light in this foul tragedy and all MOTION PICTURES

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MAIL TRUCK AND MACHJPSH Man and Wife, in Auto, Suffer Injuries. Two 'persons-were injured in a mail truck-auto crash at Seventeenth St. and Central Ave Tuesday night. ‘Mrs. Harvey Irons, 1644 N. Alabama St., was knocked unconscious and her husband was cut and bruised when their auto turned over. Officers Smith and Hoover reported 'that the truck struck the auto broadside and turned it over. The truck driver, C. F. Van Briggle. R. R. M, box 17, escaped injury. Autos driven by Henry Mangus, 37, of 957 W. Thirty-First gt., and Lawrence Orr, 19 Ben Davis. Ind., collided at Lynnhurst Dr. and Washington St. Harold Scrogrin, 30, of Ben Davis, rising with Orr, was cut about the head and his Collarbone broken. Mangus was charged with driving while intoxicated, assault and battery and transporting liquor. MAN DIES UNDER TRAIN Falls Under Wheels as He Attempts to Steal Ride to Cincinnati. Crushed beneath - the wheels of a Big Four passenger train at Union Station early today as he was attempting to steal a ride to Cincin-

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