Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 61, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 July 1927 — Page 2

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TAX DECISION ATTACKED BY TWO OFFICIALS '*\ ' ■ Order for Refund Is Termed Contradiction of All mer Jurisprudence. Refund tax decision of the Indiana Supreme Court was attacked ‘from two quarters today by members of the State tax board. Philip Zoercher termed the decision a contradiction of all former jurisprudence on tax subjects at a round table luncheon this noon at the Lincoln. Chairman John J. Brown elaborated on his charge that it was “the veriest sort of a bad guess” in a lengthy letter to the Marion Chamber of commerce. Return to Fundamentals. The Brown letter pointed out that any attempt to refund by bond is-* sue would be subject to review by the tax board and intimated that it would not meet with the board’s approval. He attributed refund litigation to unscrupulous lawyers interested in fee grabbing. “It is time to return to fundamentals,” Zoercher pleaded. “This decision is the only one in the history of Indiana permits relief before injury has been shown. It is unjust and unfair and based on a mere technicality.” Cites History of Case In his letter to Marion, Brown cites the history of case, which arose in suits instituted in Marion County courts for refund on horizontal tax assessment increase made by the State tax board in 1920-21. The lower and Appellate Court held that no refund could be made, but the Supreme Court reversed the decision on the grounds that proper notice of increased assessments had been given. Brown terms this a mere technicality and urges that no bond issue be levied and that no refunds be paid without suit. “Regardless as to who is right regarding whether or not proper notice was given, revenues of- the St&te of Indiana which provide the means of government are too sacred to the welfare of the people to permit technical notions of lawyers or judges to interfere with the processes of government,” the letter points out, and continues: Former Owners Collect “In most cases I find claims the result of advice from lawyers soliciting them on a percentage basis. In many cases former owners will collect while present owners pay. “It seems to the writer that the time is hore and now for the employment of at least some degree of good old-fashioned, common horsesense, in handling matters of this character, regardless of the appeals of unscrupulous lawyers who are prompted only by a desire to filch and loot the public treasury for their personal gain, at the expense of the taxpayers.”

ILLINOIS TOWN TAKES STEP IN FLOOD CONTROL Construction of Levee and Sea Wall Started at Beardstown. By United Press BEARDSTOWN, 111., July 20. First step in the drive to control flood waters of the tributaries of the Mississippi River was taken today when R. G. Glenn, business man, drove a shiny steel spade into the bank3 of the Illinois River and started construction of a levee and sea wall. Every business house in the city was closed. / Beardstown, near the mouth of the Illinois River has been flooded five times within the past eight months. Water flowing into the Mississippi from Beardstown down was one of the causes of the great flood last spring. OLD LIBRARY BUILDING PUZZLES VALPARAISO CKy Can’t Use It, Sell It or Give It Away. By Times Special VALPARAISO, Ind., July 21.—The city of Valparaiso has an old library building on its hands and it can neither sell or give away the structure. Mrs. Finnette M. Hunt, in her will, provided money for the library, stipulated it should be named Hunt Memorial and that it should be used only for library purposes aHd not be sold or otherwise disposed of. After the erection of a Carnegie library here, the old building was used for school purposes. Now a new school building makes it useless again. Shot During Scuffle By Times Special HAMMOND, Ind., July 21.—John Billingsley, 28, is suffering from a bullet wound in. the shoulder, received when a rifle was discharged accidentally in a poolroom while Billingsley and a friend were scuffling. The wounded man will recover. He refused to tell the name of the friend who figured in the accident.

Let's Go Home Negro, of 1232 Brooker St., proved of little assistance to Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell in arriving at a satisfactory sentence for liquor law violation today. ‘Walter, what do you think about months?” the judge asked. “Well, it’s just this way jAdge, if you ask me, nothing at all •would suit me better,” the prisoner said. “Maybe sixty days would be better. How does sound,” Baltzell asked. “Judge, I would rather go jhome. One day js too much to jsuit' mc,” was the answer. > The 1 court made it sixty days.

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These pupils of Mrs. Ruth Kersting, dance instructor. 1922 N. Olney St., will provide entertainment at the Brookside Civic League annual Feast of the Lanterns. July 29-30. Left to right: Maxine Lambert, Dorothy Mabey, and Bernadlne Fulk.

JUST TRY'N GET IT Youye Tax. Refund Coming butBY BERT DEMBY j__. y a decision of Supreme Court, Marion County is compelled to re* Bturn some $6,000,000, illegally collected as taxes during 1920, 1921 and 1922, to citizens of the county—but try and get it. t " Doubtless you've heard the phrase “red tape.” If you don’t know what it is, go to the treasurer’s office, tell them you want to find out about getting a tax return, legally due you, and watch developments. I did.

For ten minutes I stood in the treasurer's office waiting until someone got around to asking me what I wanted. Finally one of the clerks come to the counter. “I want,” said I, ‘to find out about this horizontal tax return business.” “You have to go up to the fourth

EHAT ladyright over there,” she said, “is explaining what it’s all about.” So I joined the crowd on the other side of the desk. She was saying something about red figures in 1919. Seeing that I just had come in, she began over again. Rapidly she went over what “each of you should do.” When she finished she handed me a blank form. “Just fill this out," she said. I looked at the form, then looked at her. “What’s the matter,” she said, “isn’t it clear?” “Oh my, yes,” I said, “just as clear as a corporation income tax return.”

In the first place I didn’t know what township the 3800 block on Kenwood is in. Three questions finally* elicited that information. Then she told me I could get all my information from the tax books. I looked at the row of books from which information and figures about “land,” “improvements” and “personal” is to be gotten. I didn’t know one book from another. I’ve heard about Chinese puzzles.

mHE woman hunted out a 10 percenter. My mind was in such a state that I thought it would take at least 100 proof to clear it up. let alone a 10 percenter. “They figured out how much was owed to them when they took the money,” I said to the clerk, “how come they can’t figure out how much is coming back?” No answer.

So I hunted up a ten percenter. He was very nice. Eager, I should say, to please. I explained to him what I wanted. He said he'd do it for ten

TWO SHIPS GO AGROUND IN DENSE CAPE COD FOG Another Strikes Bar But Floats Free During Night. Bn United Press _ _ , NORTH TRURO, Mass., July 21. Two ships went aground and another craft struck a bar but floated free during the night in an extraordinarily dense fog that cast an almost impenetrable shroud over Cape C6d waters. . _ The four-masted schooner Orleans, heavily laden with lumber, grounded just inside the outer bar off Wellfleet, about 2 a.m. today. A mile south, the steam trawler Ruth Mildred of Gloucester, rested high on the rocky shore. AtE astham, some distance away, an unidentified three - master touched the Nauset outer bar but was almost immediately swept free by the sea, apparently undamaged. ATTACKED BY PROWLER Woman Followed to Home by Unidentified Man. When, Miss Lena Klinger, 27, 411 W. Fortieth St., stepped from an Illinois St. car at Fortieth St. shortly after midnight. Tuesday,. an unidentified man followed her and threw her to the sidewalk, in front, of her hqme, Miss Klhiger told police. Not a word was spoken and the man left the scene quietly and unhurriedly, Miss Klinger said. He was described as 25 years old, medium build, ewaring a gray suit and straw hat. Crushed to Death By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. July 21. Archie L. Johnson, 32, Indianapolis, an employe of the Ed Lewis Excavating Company, was killed here today when a dump truck he was driving fell on him as he was dumping it. A stay chain broke, letting the body of the truck go on over as it was being hoisted, catching Johnson underneath. He died shortly thereafter. Martin Bros. Cos. 214 Indiana Ave. Wear “National Brand" White Coats, PAnts and Aprons for Service. They Mjear Better!

floor to find that out.” Reaching the fourth floor. I walked into the horizontal return office. Two women sat at a desk near the entrance. Around one there was a crowd. The other didn't seem busy, so I repeated my original request.

They’re certainly no tougher than this refund business. A little, old woman walked up to the lady at the desk. “I’m afraid I don’t understand how to do, it. Isn’t there someone I can get to figure mine?” she said. “There’s a lot of them figuring them on a 10 per cent basis around here,” came the reply. She referred to a group of lawyers, clerks, making the returns for a 10 per cent fee.

per cent. I told him I’d come back later. He told me not to forget tax receipts, etc. Now the question is, where arc all these tax receipts, and things he mentioned to bring. Ii ■‘ckon Marion County ow'es some $6,00t 000 to somebody, but it looks like these ten percenters are going to get $600,000 of it. —Sa&umt — SCHROEDER & SONS _ A Wonderfully *215 EAST TERMS The BALDWIN Piano Cos. Manufacturers 35 Monument Circle Who i? Your Skinny Friend, Ethel?

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ALIENS TAKING OUT PAPERS IN GREAT NUMBERS New Ruling Doubles Total of Naturalization Applications. More than twice the number of applications for naturalization of aliens was received during the fiscal year ending June 30 as in the previous year, William P. Kappes, Federal clerk, reported today. This increase, he explained, is partially dde to certain changes in rules, which permit examiners to question applicants and their witnesses and to make recommendations, without witnesses and applicants appearing a second time. In county courts witnesses and applicants must appear before the examiner and again before the court. During the fiscal year 221 appli-

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' De-bars Jail Times special CONVERSE, Ind., July 21. An unappreciative drunk has made the jail safe for prisoners. After the marshal locked him up and went out to look for more prisoners, the man removed the bars from the jail windows and went away from there. The marshal doesn’t even know the prisoner’s name.

cations were filed in Federal Court. In tffe same period 235 persons who had made applicationos in former years were made citizens. Citizens of Great Britain and Germany formed 'the bulk of the naturalized citizens during the year, fifty-five British subjects and fortynine German subjects being granted citizenship.* Subjects of other countries granted citizenship were as follows: Greece, 21; Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, 19; Russia, 17; Roumania, 15; Italy, 14: Holland, 11; Lithuania, 5; Denmark, 3; Turkey, 3; Persia, 2; Austria. 2; France, 2: Bulgaria, 1; Republic of Brazil. 1.

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CITIES IN SCRAMBLE Big Fracas Over Postal Fund in Offing. WASHINGTON, July 21.—Cities not fortunate enough to be slated for a post office (jut of the $165,000000 public buildings bill or whose promised structure was not contained in the first year’s building program, will indulge in a wild scramble during the next three weeks. The joint Post Office-Treasury public buildings committee, which mapped out the first year's program is scheduled to meet early in August to make plans for the new bill to be introduced the day Congress convenes. Although in most instances the bill will be* identical—with appropriations totaling $19,878,700—as that lost through filibuster in the last Congress, there are certain to be some changes. Realizing this, nearly every Congressman will besiege the committee with requests. To keep the country girls on the farm the French government is considering giving dow’ries to girls W’ho marry farmers.

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Hoosier Fasts By Times Special ENGLISH, Ind., July 21. W. V. Weathers, 87, Civil War veteran, entered today upon the twenty-first day of a selfimposed fast. He suffered a slight illness July 1. and since has refused to swallow anything but a little water and bits of lemon. He tells doctors he will eat when he feels he should. \

EXPANSION FORECAST IN CALUMET DISTRICT Railroad Buys 52-Acre Tract for Yard Space, Report. Bn Times Special HAMMOND, Ind., July 21.—A great expansion program in the Calumet district, Indiana’s industrial center, is forecast as the result of the purchase of 52 acres of land by the New Yoffc Central railroad It is understood the land will be used by the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad for additional yard space. The tract is approximately threefourths of a mile long and four hundred feet wide.

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JULY 21, 1927

BEWARE OF TYPHOID! City Health Officer Warns Campers and Tourists. Warning was issued today to vacationists and tourists by Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of city board of health, to be careful in Electing food and water, to prevent typhoid fever. Records show that most city typhoid cases develop among persons returned from vacations, Dr. Morgan pointed out. "Auto tourists should be paiticularly cautious about camps selected for their nightly sojourns. Most camps are inspected by State heallh authorities and are given classification as to their sanitary condition. It is important to know if the camps have been inspected and given an o. k. by the health board.” While all vacationists should bo immunized against the disease. Dr. Morgan said, those contemplating trips to Canada should not neglect this protective health measure. In the Quebec region there has been a marked outbreak of typhoid fever.

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