Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 220, 27 June 1919 — Page 16
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND. SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1919.
CITY PAYS $620 A WEEK TO U. S. FOR LUXURIES
Drug Stores Lead List ' Clothing Merchants Pay Tax But Must Charge More. Approximately $620 a week, in pennies and slightly larger amounts, is paid over Richmond shop counters as luxury- tax. according to a compilation of figures secured from merchant dealing In articles coming under the luxury law. This includes those dealing in drugs, soda water and ice cream, men's clothing and barber shops, beauty shops, dry goods stores and millinery shops, a majority of which report over $2 a week In luxury tax receipts. ... Dry - goods stores, millinery stores
and others of this nature report not
so much tax paid by the customer di
rectly, as that which he ' must indi
rectly pay la the general price of the garment, and which the retail dealer
has directly paid himself. A promi
nent dry goods store yesterday re
ported that they had recently paid over $200 in luxury tax on a $1,000
order Of furs.
"The people who come into our store and purchase these furs will not pay
us any extra coppers as they do when they purchase an Ice cream soda," pointed out a member of this firm, "but they will, of course, be paying this tax as an included part of the general price of the furs." Other dry goods merchants also said - that the luxury tax receipts paid in by customers were not the larger part. Averages for Each In visible tax, however, the following averages are reported in each store of the following types, of which the drug stores lead in numbers: Drug Stores $2.60 a day, sometimes
making an approximate average per week of $350 in all the stores. Clothiers Weekly average $2 to $3; - combined tax In Richmond approximately $20 a week. The luxury tax includes shirts and hats. Beauty Parlors Combined average approximately- $3 a week. Soda Water and Ice Cream Dealers Individual . averages ranging from $1 a day to $4 a day; weekly approximate average, $210. Dry Goods . Stores Selling cold creams, powders , and other luxury taxables average from 50 cents to $2.50; combined average $20 a week. Doeant Stop Trade All dealers report without exception that while the tax proves more or less a nuisance to their customers, their trade has not fallen off one iota since the initiation of the tax. "Nearly everyone makes somewhat Of a: pun of the 'copper trade," said a druggist, "and everyone puts down his extra cent or two with apparently no grudge. It would appear that the American people, at least Richmond Americans, take their luxury curbs philosophically." LABOR COUNCIL PLANS TO ENFORCE FEDERAL AWARDS Verne Pentecost was nominated for president at the meeting of the Central Labor Council Thursday evening, and elections will be held Thursday, July JO. The following is the list of nominees: President, Verne Pentecost and Roy Steele; vice president, William Roller; recording secretary, John Putterbaugh and George Russell; financial secretary, Robert Graham and Charles Schinkle; sergeant-at-arms, Morton Snyder and trustees, David Brumley, Clarence McCormick and O. Marshall. Tinnrtji were received of the Drc-
gress that has been made in adminis
tration of the awards made by tne war labor board.
Tt -was announced that the Wayne
Works has recognized shop commit
tees, granted an Increase in wages and the eight hour day, and had under consideration other changes that will be beneficial to the employes. A report from the Richmond Casket factory said that employes had been notified that they would be given as much as was granted employes in other factories in the city. The National Automatic Tool com
pany has granted an Increase of wages and will have under consideration until Julv 8. the recognition of
Shop committees and an eight hour day. A committee was appointed to aid shop committees where they have not been recognized or have been opposed. It was agreed that some further action will be taken with employers who will not hear or concede the right of the shop committee. Thirty Enlist In Army Through Local Office Thirty men have enlisted in the army through the Richmond recruitt lng office here since Its reopening. Army Recruiter Wright announced Thls Is especially good. Wright said, aa it places Richmond well up among the cities in the Indiana district, showing the largest number of army recruits. ' M , The following men have enlisted in
George Dunlap, Ray R. O'dell, Charles McOee. Carroll RIggs, George Von Carlson. Russell Sullivan, William E. Dolly. Robert M. Cox, Ralph Devers, William Elliott, Ralph McTice, Alpha O Forsyth. Riley C. Anthony, Ray Doll, Marion Field. Wilbur O. Lawrence, Harry N. Vick. Jacob F. Teaford. John L. Pharls, Louis R. Mcpike. Harley L. Watts, Marlon F. Toney, Frederick M. Hasler, Hollis G. Gable, Charles D. Edmondson, Kenneth Marshall. John D. Davis, Clarence I. Wilcox. Manly M. Marse and Hershell J. Thompson. Wright says he has been meeting returned soldiers every day who are pleased with the opportunities offered In the army and are returning to the service. Besides the advantages for advancement the soldiers have plenty of time fdr all kinds of sports such as baseball and football.
News of City Lodges
The first meeting of the three Knights of Pythias lodges of the city to be held since the consolidation.
wiu taxe piace next Thursday evening. Final vote on the consolidation was unanimous In all of the lodges.
xne rinai papers are as yet to be signed by the grand chancellor. Temoorarilv the, lndrn vili mMt
on Thursday. A celebration will not A . . a
taae piace until tne new building is completed. New officers for the lodge will be elected. The final papers are expected sometime this week.
Several applications have been received for membership in the Frater
nal order of Eagles. Initiation will be held the third Wednes day In July.
Second and third degree work will
be given at Whitewater lodge of Odd Fellows Friday evening. This will be the last meeting until fall, when work will be given. Five candidates will Ta Initiated
into the Moose lodge next Monday
nignt.
Officers were elected &t the meeting of Ben Hur lodge Thursday evening. Bert Williams was elected chief
of court, Mrs. Burt Williams, judge; Mrs. Charles P. Sweeney, teacher;
Ben Robinson, captain; R. Weekly, guide; J. C Hollingsworth, inner
guard; J. A. Chenoweth, outer guard;
Jeff Meyers, team captain, and Mary
V. Thomas, pianist
A class of thirty will be Initiated
next Thursday. C. T. Wilmore. of In
dianapolis, deputy, will remain in Richmond another month to organize
classes.
Forty persons from the Richmond
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons attend
ed the party given by the Cambridge
City chapter, last Friday evening,
More than 300 persons were in attend
ance from Cambridge City, Richmond,
Hagerstown and Milton. The affair
was In charge of the women of Cam
bridge City and was one of the most unique programs ever given. The MaBonlc hall was decorated with rambler
loses and greenery and an elaborate luncheon was served. Dancing was a feature of the evening.
King Solomon Chapter, Masons, will
have degree work Saturday beginning
at 1 o'clock and continuing through the evening.
Fifty Elks from Richmond attended
the large initiation at Hamilton this
week. A number of Elks attended the initiation of 110 at Newcastle.
The tribe of Ben Hur has purchased
the home of Lew Wallace, the author of the book "Ben Hur," in Crawfordsville. Eventually it will become a memorial to D. W. Gerard, founder of the tribe of Ben Hur, who was a close friend and comrade of General Lew Wallace.
Mayor William F. Broenlng of Bal
timore was elected supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose Tuesday
at the thirty-first annual convention in session at Mooseheart, near Aurora-
Provision of $1,000,000 additional an
nual income for the Loyal Order of
Moose Industrial school at Moose Heart is a matter which will be placed
before the supreme convention of the Moose at Aurora, 111., next week.
Moose Heart at present derives an
income of practically $600,000, the re
sult of a per capita tax of $1. This
falls short of the amount needed to
carry out the Moose industrial and
educational.
Beta Kun Asks Allies To
Lift Hungarian Blockade BUDAPEST. Thursday, June 27
'"The allied policy toward Hungary
schould be one of non-interference In our Internal affairs and the allies also should raise the blockade," Bela Kun, foreign minister of the present Hun
garian government, told the Associated Press correspondent today In discussing assertions that Hungary had been interfering with the affairs of the Austrian republic. Minister Kun also expressed conldence that communism would succeed in Hungary. Resuming his discussion of the reported friction with the Austrian republic, he said: "It Is altogether untrue. Austria Is seeking with this at legation to deceive the public so that It may be enabled to continue the domination of Hapsburg capitalism. It is also untrue that we bought guns and rifles from the Italians. "Our Dolicy is peace. Sooner or
later our frontiers, now' Impossible,
will be altered when the allies understand the situation better and when they realize that the best policy is peace dictated by reason. So far,' the policy of President Wilson has not been adopted because of French opposition. For the present we are not going to stand on a question of politi-. cal frontiers, but of economic ones which alone make life possible for us. "Premier Lenine of Russia is not dictating our internal policies. We are merely following his idea that principles should be altered to meet changing circumstances. ' American Relief Workers ,; Give Aid In Lithuania PARIS, June 27. American relief workers are following the victorious
Lithuanian army commanded by Gen
eral Zukauskas which has resumed the offensive against the Bolshevik! near Dvinsk, according to a dispatch
received by Herbert Hoover, chair
man of the interallied food commis
sion from Captain Howell Form an of
the American Baltic relief headquarters at Kovno. In this region there are 50,000 Lithuanians still remaining and most of them are starving because the coun
try Is stripped of all foodstuffs. The
Americana are paying special attention to the condition of children in the
district Dr. Aldonlas Slipupas, an
American woman of Lithuanian par
entage and graduate of Philadelphia woman's college, who is assisting on child welfare work, says that within a week after American food has ar
rived, children who when found were unable to stand, have been strong
enough to run about The diet of the people in the Dvinsk district has been chiefly bread, of which there was a
ten per cent proportion of dry flour,
and the remainder has been potato peeling, chaff and grass. Typhus is
reported prevalent in the district
The dispatch says that General Zukauskas has declared that he could increase his army from 25,000, Its
present elze, to 100,000, if he had
shoes and ammunition for them.
Louisville Liquor Men To Send Surplus Abroad (By Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 27 With the expectation that congress will strike out of the war time prohibition enforcement bill the clause which pre
vents exportation of whiskey, liquor
dealers In Kentucky have under consideration a plan to ship their surplus
stocks to Europe after June 30. To
this end, it is learned here, a corporation would be formed to handle the
exportation.
By this source, according to W. N. Cox, president of the Louisville warehouse company, all of the estimated 40,000,000 gallons of liquor expected to be left on hand in Kentucky after war time prohibition becomes effective will have been disposed of before constitutional prohibition is established.
HAGERSTOWN TO PUT ON COUNTY
FAIR IN AUGUST
Stock Exhibit to be Feature of
Event Large Premium List Offered. HAGITRSTOWM Tn no 9.7 Plana
for a big celebration at the Hagerstown Counfv Pair am hAlne- moria hv
the members of the Fair association, The fair, which will be held on August 27, 28, 29 and 30, promises to have
one oi me oest fltocK snows . ever shown at an exhibit In Wayne county, and a premium list, covering all trades and tv-nta nt Hva tnV a a urall
as farm and agricultural products, will
amount to si,5U0. The entire premium list has not been COmnleted. hut. T?rt Rmiriarn en.
perintendent of the fair, Bald Friday
max tne complete list would be ready Within the next tVA vmV JnAtrinv
of the stock will be done by the best
juages oDtainabie, and the premiums offered for winners are guaranteed by
mo association.
Club Exhibits Are Feature. One Of the lntArAntlner featnrei nf
the fair will be the e.xhihita nf th
Boys Calf and Pig clubs of the coun
ty, ana tne contest between members of the Wayne and Henrv
In exhibition of stock raised entirely
uy ooys.
The final dtv nf tha fair viii )
uuten over witn tne sale of resiaterd
stock at auction. This sale, which
will consist of registered cattle only, will be conducted bv r.ol. Tred w on.
pers of Wabash, Ind., one of the best
vaiue men in tne state.
Arrangements for several tnntori
amusements are beiner mad and
these will be shown on the streets.
i ne stock exhibits and premium awards will also be made nn tha
streets, and everything will be free. Salvation Army Drive
Nets $3,602 In County Three reports from workers for th
Salvation Army drive are yet to be made, althouc-h Frldav wan trt Viqva
been the last day. The workers com-
pietea canvassing on Thursday. TLe total, excepting the three reports yet to come in is $3,602. It was hoped that the $4,000 mark would be
reacnea, Dut tnis is now doubtful. Woman Chairman To Be Named Soon Woodward Will Woodward, countv chairman of
the Republican party, announced that the women's county Republican chairman had not yet been named, Friday,
Dut ne noped to fill the position within a few days.
EX-RULER OF AUSTRIA ILL.
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, June 27. It is reported
from Prangins, where former Emperor
Charles of Austria is staying, that the
health of the ex-ruler is causing anxiety. He has not left the house for a week and Is being attended by a
Swiss doctor.
Former Empress Zita is acting as
nurse for her husband.
OPPOSE INTERVENTION.
(By Associated Press) SOtJTHPORT, England, June 27.
British, French and Italian labor rep
resentatives have decided to make a general demonstration on July 20 or
21 to protest against allied interven
tion in Russia. This announcement was made by Arthur Henderson, the British labor leader, at the labor
conference here today.
ADOPT REFORM BILL.
PARIS, June 27. The senate adopted the electoral reform bill by a vote of 12 to 94 Thursday.
Build burself Up. A daily ration GrapeNuts will help. . AWfenderful Food
Ibr.SturoV.Strength!
Architects Will Finish
H. 5. Plans In September F. N. Perkins, of Perkins, Fellows
and Hamilton, Chicago firm of architects, who are drawing plans for the
new Junior high school, was in Rich
mond Friday conferring with the
board of education. Perkins discussed with the board, the plans that have been made and changes that will be
necessary. A general discussion took
place. - The final plans and specifi
cations probably will be completed in
September. .
PICNIC DATE CHANGED
WEBSTER, IND., June 27 The pic
nic to be given for Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
Lamb, of this place, will toe given Sunday, June 29 instead of Saturday,
June 28, as was announced Thursday.
8 Ford Cars
Twenty-eight enthusiastic Ford customers in one week Must Be a Reason See Page 12 Harold B. Williams Co.
STRONG FLEET IN PACIFIC. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 27. Final organization of the fleets of the United States navy made public yesterday, show that in the future a force of great strength will be maintained in the Pacific. The fleet will include several of the latest and most powerful ships In the navy.
SAILING VESSEL SINKS.
NEW YORK. June 27. Wireless message last night from the Japanese steamer Tsuruga Maru stated that she had collided with a sailing vessel and that the latter had not been seen since. After standing by for quite a while the steamer proceeded on its way.
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