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THE SUN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1917.
DIRECT WAR LEVIES
BEGIN THIS WEEK
Citizens to Give Pennies,
Nickels and Dimes to
Uncle Sam.
LEVIES OF WIDE KAXGE
It Will Cost More to See
Movies or to Attend
the Thcntre.
the
SpttM DupitltK In Tim Scy.
Washington, Oct. 2S, The touch of
the Federal tax collector will be felt
directly In tho pockctbook of tho citizen
next Thursday. For the first tlmo since
the participation of the United States In
the war became. historical fact tho
administration ofUhe law will call upon
tho people of tho United States to with
draw from tho supply of loo.'o chance
the pennies, nickels nml dimes which
irill go to supply tho national war chest.
Heretofore alt the war taxes hac
been of the Indirect sort. The citizen
has been paying many of them ever since
the moment President Wilson signed the
war revenue bill, but tho taxes hac
been of the Indirectly collectible sort
the whiskey, beer and wine Imposts, the
tobacco taxes, tho tax on playing cards
paid by the producer and chanted upon
the consumer In Increaeed prices for the
.commodities purchased.
The taxes which ko Into effect Novem
ber 1 are direct. The Government call
for admission to any of the entertain
ments or where no more than 10 cents
Is charged for admission to tho pnrk
'tself. Then also the law provide the
following unrestricted exemption!
"No tax shall be lovlod under this
title In respect to any admissions all
tho proceeds of which Inure exclusively
to the benefit of religious, educational
or charitable Institutions, societies or
organizations, or admissions to agricul
tural fairs none of the profits of which
are distributed to stockholders or mem
bers of tho association conducting the
same."
Club Members Affected,
The club.mcmber. the fraternity mem
ber nnd the "brother" In such of the
secret and non-secret organ'.isitlon clubs. I
societies and associations, whose annual
dues exceed $12 per annum will bo taxed
ten per cent of the amount of their an
nual dues. On this also there Is nn ex
emption provision which Is as follows:
"Provided that there shall be ex
empted from the provisions of this sec
tion all amounts paid as duee or fees to
a fraternal beneficiary society, order
or association, operating under the lodge
pyetem or for tho exclusive benefit of
the members of n fraternity Itself oper
ating under the lodge system, and pro
viding for tho payment of life, Mck, ac
cident, or other benefits to the members
of such society, order, or association or
their dependents."
Such ar tht direct taxes as will go
llnto effect November 1. There Is an
other tax which will become effective
on November 2, as under the terms of
the bill It Is set forth that It shnll go
collector issues
War tax schedule
Shows Dates nnd Articles Sub
ject to Government's
New Imposts.
JEWELRY NOW ON LIST
Nearly Every Activity Will
Have to Help Finance
America's Conflict
A list showing the dates on whioh Im
posts provided In tho war tax act be
come effective was Issued by Collector
William H. Kd wards yesterday. The
taxes on wines, beer and soft drinks,
yachta and taxes payablo by manufac
turers, producers or Importers were ef
fective on October i : the taxes on ex
press, freight, fares, Insurance, scats in
places of amusement and other similar
things will bo effective November 1 ;
Into effect thirty days after the passage " stamp taxes en oonns, biooks,
of the act. This Is tho new first class
postage rate of three cents per ounco
or a fraction thereof, which Is nn in
crease, of one cent per ounce on all let
ters transmitted through the United
States malls except for delivery from
arc effective Docember 1
One of the most Interesting claslflca
tlons of the tax list Is that on Jewelry,
In which anything that can be regarded
aa worn for personal ornament Is subject
the same post office as that of tho sender, I ' .1w.a,c1n,'!, whlch nrc "",
.. ... mtrlv lit lltfiHnn mirnnMM urjt lint tnv
wr.ero me oia iwo cent raie win con-i T, . : .C . ,, TC
In tho United Etates, each message or
despatch of IS cents or more. ,
I.lfe Insurance ; marine, inland or fire
Insurance ; casualty insurance.
Admissions to places of amusement.
Dues or membership fees In social,
sporting or athletic dubs which are In
exceu of 112 a year (Including Initia
tion fees).
Effective December 1 aro the follow
ing stamp taxes :
Bonds, debentures or cirtlficalcs of
Indebtedness; bonds, Indemnity or
surety; capital stock, issued; capital
stock, sales or transfers ! conveyances
of real estate; drafts or checks not pay
able at sight or on demand ; entry nf
merchandise at custom house ; entry
for withdrawal of merchandise from
custom house bonded warehouse i parcel
post packages ; passage ticket, one way
or round trip, transportation by vessel
from the United States to destination not
In tho United JStutcs, Cannda or Mexico;
powers of attorney ; promissory notes, ex
cept bnnk notes Issued for circulation ;
produce, sales of exchange: proxies, ex
cept for use In religious, charltabc, edu
cational, fraternal or literary societies
or public cemeteries.
Additional taxes aro Imposed upon
the transfer of each net estate of every
decedent dying on and after October 4
Additional postage on first class mat
ter Is effective November 3.
Additional rostal rales on publica
tions entered as second class matter art
effective .Tuly 1, I91S, and further li.
creases effective at various dates sub
sequently.
The war Income tax Is effective a
from January 1, 1917, as Is tho execs
profits tax.
DR. JOWETT URGED TO STAY.
tlilue.
Tost cards and private mailing card
Outsiders Ask Local I'astnr to lit-
cllne London Polplt.
Officials of the Fifth Avenue Trcsby
tcrlan Church, Fifth nvenue and Fifty
fifth street, said yesterday they knew
.innn, i vi a concerieu enuri pui lorin in inis
which In size and character comply with
ZZJtV. 7.' ..... ';...7:r"V..w;: the requirements of existing law will
mm -. H,.ir m.m nn,i t,-n. also suffer an advance nf 1 cent In the.
Tight down Into their pockets and pro
due the actual currency for which the
purveyor of amusements, the conveyor
of the traveller, telephone and telegraph
companies, the express companies and the
Post Office Department will account di
rectly to Uncle Sam In monthly remittances.
Tax on Admissions First,
nn.Uf rir n rt k.i Willi nrAi-tillli
I tint- nr. (ovokU Tr..nn. Minn., nrn.clty I.TSt Week t'l ItlllUCC the IWtOf, th(J
taxable, but pearls on a temporary string IT. John Henry Jowott. to with
"."without clasp aro not taxable. Among I '!w. 1,ls. r.c!l,Kn'?,l.on.. n"'.. ."main n
- w i a i i . i . .. .. j ... . i .. j . i suiiui iLa. uui uuuicti iimi it
carrying charge Imposed by uncle sam. .:, " ,,,,: , ',, 7 ' r,"i . the New York congregation.
Thre are all. for the present. The ' . hnM. .vl that the effort Is made by
revenue bill provides a fine array of ' , " i." i ....
new charges In the way of revenue
stamps on nil sorts of documents, on
stocks and bonds, on debentures anil
short time notes. But these do not go
Into effect until December 1.
Also along with these taxea there will
become applicable on the same date
stamp taxes on sales of commodities on
the produce exchanges, custom houso
receipts and withdrawals, proxies nd
powers of attorney and even upon parcel
post packages, where a levy of 1 cent
for each 23 cents In excess of an orig
inal exempt 25 cents will be charged.
. glass holders, memorandum books,
ters, suspender, lip slicks, mesh
and vanity boxes.
1, 1st la Coinprrbrnslt c.
N.Y. TRANSIT LINES'
TASK GROWING FAST
Population Increases
More" Than Facilities
Handling Traffic.
Much
for
To the general public the tax on ad
missions will bo the first to attract Im
mediate attention to the fact that the
eoltKtor Is afield. The railway compa
nies also will have to do a tremendous
amount of collecting, and rixht there
Americans who have been saying to
themselves, "It doesnT seem pofslblc to
realise that we are actually at war" will
awake to the fact that we arc.
The tax to the traveller by rail, water
or other common carrier will be collected
by the station or steamship agent when
the ticket of the traveller Is purchased.
The rate of taxation Is S per cent. It
will be paid as n part of the purchase
price of the ticket whether It be a single
straight fare, a round trip or a mileage
ticket It will make the cost of a tickut
from Washington to New York 16.10 In
stead of 15.65, and advance all oyier
fares In the same proportion.
Mileage tickets now sold over the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, the
Pennsylvania and other lines to the
Bouth and West at 122.50 a thousand
miles will cost the traveller (24.30.
Transportation Most Pay.
The tax on freight, express nnd all
other forms of transportation by rail
or water carriers will go Into effect the
aame day. This tax will be collected
from tho shipper. The new law pro
vides that a tax of 3 per cent, on the
freight charge shall be collected by tho
carrier from the shipper. This means
I per cent of the sum charged for the
transportation of the arttclo or com
modity by freight from fixed terminal to
fixed terminal by rail or water,
For express the charge Is approxi
mately 5 per cent., but It Is not levied as
a 5 per cent tax. Under the terms of
the law the express tax la levied at 1
cent for each 20 cents or a fraction
thereof of the rate charged by tho ex
press company for the transportation
of the parcel or package.
Users of the pipe lines will also pay
a tax equivalent to E per cent, of tho
rate of transportation charged.
ine teicgrapn, tciepnone ana rauio n ju v to 292.r,7n. in m ci? ioc
Uxes will be 5 cents a message on all , nnd In September to 310.342. The Je
despatches for which the company's rome avenue line opened in June, and the
charge exceeds 13 cents. This Is a flat number of passengers carried has In-
... i.e Uu.w i creased from 163.150 In that month to
" " ": imni "'J4,,'.70 last month. The al-ort Seventh
uon n jo ciMirn oru ucspaivn irMi . avenue 1 no down to the Pennmtvnnl..
, Station, which was oDcnecl In tho same,
Hecent figures showing the number
of passengers carried on the new lines
of the Intcrborough Ilap'd Transit Com
pany show heavy Increases which are
far ahead of the estimates made by
experts when the dual system contracts
vera signed. Besides, the new lines
hays' not eaten Into the normal Increase
of passenger traffic on tho old lines.
The Queensboro subway when opened
In June, 1913, carried 40,136 passengers.
In the following month 130,894 were
carried, and In December of the same
year the total had grown to 265,323.
In June. 1916, tho figures had Increased
290.835, and In December 608,524
to
passengers were carr ed. In September
of this year the Queensboro extension
carried 1.301.6S4 passengers.
On the White Plains road line, which
was opened last March. 179,112 pas
sengers were carried In the first month.
In April this was Increased to 265,557,
In May to 2S6.665, in June to 287.573.
New York to Newark or a conversation
by long distance telephone from Wash
ington to San Francisco at 317.75 for
three minutes.
Life Insurance Asvessed, !
Another point at whrch the citizen will
feel the grip of the collectors of Internal
revenue will be In the way of Are. life
and accident Insurance. Here also tho l-gers carried
gar-
bag-.
tax will be paid by the Insured Instead
of by the corporation. Tho rate on life
Insurance will be 8 cents on each 1100
of the amount for which the Ufa of the
Individual is insured.
The charge on fire Insurance will be
1 per cent of the annual premium paid
by the insured to the corporation. This
seme rate will apply to the Insurances
against casualties and in the same cate
gory are Included the Insurances against
losses by tornado, steam boiler explo
sion, plate glass destruction, elevator
accidents, automatic sprinkler leakages
and automobile accidents.
The Insurance taxes will be paid by
the Insured under the terms of the law.
Some of the corporations, If Is assumed,
may choose to pay the tax themselves
as an Inducement to the placing of busi
ness In their trust. But the right to put
the charge- on tho Insured Is conveyed
tn the law Itself.
Seekers after amusement will pay
a 1 cent tax on every dime or a frac
tion thereof on tickets of admission. No
ordinary amusement Is exempted from
the application of this tax except where
the "show" or entertainment costs but
a single nickel. Originally the revenue
bill provided that the nickel, dime and
"quarter" attractions should be exempt
from taxation. Twenty-five cents was
set as the maximum of exemption. Then
the committees of Congress mulled over
the situation and came to the conclu
sion that there was no surer way to
make the citizen feel his shara of the
seriousness of the war than by calling
upon him to pay a 10 per cent tax on
bis fun.
Extra Pennies for Movies.
Hereafter tho dime "movies" will cost
the visitor 11 cents. The 15 cent show
will cost 17 cents. The "quarter" shows
18 cents and so on up the entire gamut
of amusement charges until the (2.50
orchestra stall at a Broadway "produc
tion" will cost tho man who occupies
It 12.75.
Outdoor amusement parks are exempt
from the operation of the tax where no
mourn, carr ed 99,636, and last month
this total had Increased to 252,235.
Going bark Into the transit facility
history of New York. 138.722,196 pas
sengers were carried on horse cars In
1872. This was equal to 147 rides for
each person In the city In that year. Ton
years later tne total number of passen-
was 25,M0,833, of which
86,361,029 rode on the Second, Third nnd
hixtn avenuo elevated lines, which were
placed in operation In that year. The
total was equal to 213 rides for each
person In the city.
In 1906 surface lines carried 440,944,
S20, elevateds took care of 257,796,754,
the subway carried 137,919,632, and the
total was 836,661,206, equal to 298 rides
for each person In tho city that year
In 1916 surfaco lines cared for 617,
315.535. elevated 312,246.730 and sub
ways 371,505,318. The total. 1,201,067.
709, was equivalent to 332 rides for each
person In the city that year.
The figure for 1917 are running far
ahead of estimates made by expertw, and
tho usual rule Is holding good as far as
th sn!nvas and elevateds are concerned.
Old facilities are more than holding
their own, new lines aro developing new
traffic and the travelling habit In Now
York Is still growing.
Tho list follown:
On cigars, cigarettes and tobacco the
full tax Is effective thirty days after
passago of the act (date of passage Oc
tober 3. 1917). A floor tax equivalent to
one-half of the full tax Is due on all
cigars, cigarettes and tobacco held for
ealo on October 4, 1917, and upon all re.
movals during said thirty days from
factory or custom house.
Kffectlvo October 4 were taxe on tho
following:
Treparcd syrups or extracts Intended
for uso In tho manufacture of soft
drinks.
Unfermentcl grape Juice, sort drinks
or artificial mineral waters tnot car.
bonated) and fermented liquors contain
ing less than i per cent of alcohol, sold
by tho manufacturer, producer or Im
porter. In bottles or other closed contain
ers; ginger nle, root beer, sarsaparilla.
pop and other carbonated waters, or bev
erages, manufactured and sold by the
manufacturer, producer or Importer of
the carbonic gas used In carbonatlng
same.
Natural mineral waters or table wa
ters. sold by tho producer, bottler or Im
porters. Carbonic acid gaa In drums or other
containers.
Distilled spirits.
Tox on Ileer and Aire.
Beer, lager beer. ale. porter and other
similar fermented liquor, containing H
per cent, or more of alcohol, brewed,
manufactured and sold or stored In ware
house, or removed for consumption or
sale within the United States.
Still wine. Including vermuth, and all
champagne or other sparkling wines,
liquors, cordials, artificial or Imitation
wines or compounds sold aa wine.
HectKled spirits and wines.
Ornpii brandy or wine spirits with
drawn by a producer of wine from any
fruit distillery or special bonded ware
house. Sweet wines held for sale by the pro
ducer thereof on October 4 : an ad
ditional tax is imposed upon the grape
brandy or wine spirits u-rt In the forti
fication of such wine and contained
therein.
Distilled spirits, cordials, Ac, still
wines, sparkling wines, &c. held on
October 4 by retailer, wholesaler, holder,!
Ac., and fermented malt liquors, Ac., I
held by brewers and their agents on
October 4.
Yachts, pleasure boats, power boats
with fixed engines, and sailing boats of
over five ret tons, not used exclusively
for trade or national defence.
Taxes Payable by Producer.
Taxes to be paid by manufacturer,
producer or Importer:
Automobiles, automobile trucks, au
tomobile wagons and motorcycles ;
cameras: chewing gum or substitute
therefor; films, moving picture; Jewelry;
pitcnt medicines, Ac; graphophones
and piano plajers and records.
Sporting goods and games; toilet ar
ticles; stamp tax on playing cards.
Taxes EfTertlTe November t.
Effective November 1 are the follow
ing taxes:
Express, freight, passenger fares and
pipe lines.
Seats, berths or stateroom tickets In
sleeping or parlor cars or on vessels.
Tejegrams, telephono or radio de
spatches and messages originating with-
Is local to
It appears
prominent
Presbyterian ministers and laymen,
chleilv from Pcnnsjlvanta and tho mid
dle West.
Dr. Jowett admitted he had received
many letters giving strong reasons why
he ought to remain. Beyond that he
declined to discuss tho matter. The
Fifth avenue pastor had determined to
go to London to the pastorate of the
Westminster Chapel In that city.
Whale Swnts It, C. 1j. Jonah.
Whale meat Is being served on rail
road diners in the West. First. It Is
necessary to catch your whale, and then,
according to Otto Schiffner, steward on
a Southern racltic Ogden rotitc diner,
"you cut tho st halo mat and pound It
well; roll In bread crumbs and fry In
fat: season to taste." Dining car pa
trons say the new dlh Is delicious.
EXCESS PROFITS TAX
DISTURBS RAILWAYS
Congress May Bo Applied To
in Effort to Remove Ap
parent Inequalities.
"CAPITAL" IS MISLEADING
New York Centrnl Would
Have to Pay Five Million
More Thnn Pcnnsy.
fpftinl Dttpntch to Tn Bck.
Washington, Oct 2!. The railroads
of tho country have put up a problem to
the Government In connection with tho
new tax law which apparently defies
equitable solution short of further action
by Congress. This problem revolves
around the definition of capital. Treas
ury Department officials have been
shown conclusively within the last few
days that the new tax law cannot op
erate without gross Injustice to the ma
jority of railroads and their ctockhold
crs. In all respects tho problem of how the
law Is to bo applied to the railroads Is
the knottiest yet presented to the Treas
ury Department. Tho railroads arc eon
tending that theirs Is a conspicuous ex
ample of tho Inequalities of the new
revenue law In all Its aspects, and the
question Is regarded as n serlotiH one,
particularly In view of the difficulties
under which tho railroads are laboring
generally.
The operation of the war revenue act
will prove a big burden to some rail
roads. Hut white tho Treasury Depart
ment Is Inclined to share tho view of
tlte railroad heads it believes It Is power
less to remedy the situation except by
new legislation. Tho only immediate
help for the situation, according to the
railroad view, Is for a construction of
tho meaning of railroad rapltal by th
Treasury Department baed on the
actual assets and liabilities to be sub
mitted as prima facie evidence of the
financial standing of tho railroads. This
would provide some slight relief fro
the strict and literal construction of i all
road capital as defined In the new
revenue law.
Vnndrrbllt I.tnes Hard lilt.
As It reads the law will hit wme rail
roads and not reach others to any large
extent. Bcn loads on substantially the
same financial footing will vary 1 3.000,
Me,
umtrea
w -
the only Exclusively Fintdss inun
to Southern Cift?rrut viw tvxy line
In triform there we nvoreth&n 4ooo
miles of paved motor ro&ds -and
every day an out-of-doors dry
- go this winter
rrea n&rvey serves wi me&is ontne
Sfcnt&Fe .Mviyou cjvisit the Grand
v.wyonciyoir vny
Four daily California trains
via the Santa re, Inciudlnrc (be
California Limited; also the Santa
Fe de-Luxe weekly in winter
New booklets tell in detail
000 or 16,000,000 In the tax they will be
required to pay to the Oovernment on
account of tho technicalities of the law,
A prominent example Is tho compar
ison of tho Pennsylvania nnd New York
Central corporations, Tho organization
of the latter road Is such that while the
nssets foot up to about tho same figure
as tho Pennsylvania, It will liavo to pay
an excess pronin tax amounting to J5,
000.000 or fi, 000, 000, whllo tho Penn
sylvania through technical differences
tu organization nnd financing will escape
this tax altogether.
This was pointed out to the House Wavs
ami Means Committee when tho law was
being framed and fear of political com
plications alone prevented some members
of the committee fiom excepting railroads
from tho operations of tho war excess
profits tax under the definition of capital
In the law nnd providing n special pro
vision of tho bill to provide for levying
the proper taxes on rallroadx.
President Ilea of tho Pennsylvania
Itallroad emphasized to the committee
tho gross Iniquities which would arise
In taxing rnllroads as a result of the
excess profits ta on the strict con
finement of wlmt can be regarded as
capital within the law. He cited the
example stated above, where his own
railroad would escape a very heavy tax,
which would bo put unjustly on another
railroad, which Is actually upon almost
exactly tho earn financial footing.
Suso-rstlnn la Offered.
representative of the railroad execu
tive!! h.OAe pointed out In tho last few
days to tho Treasury Department that
runio little help for the carriers would
come If tho Treasury Department would
accept the statements of the railroads
mndo under Government supervision
affecting nil assets and liabilities and
making the deductions from what
amount may he figured as capital. Stick
ing to the letter of tho law will leave
some rnllroads. notably the smaller
iini' and systems which have been thor
ouchly reorganized, with no capital at
all within tho meaning of tho revenue
l.iw.or with only a nominal capital.
Th- Ir Income would then appear to be
A ery much larger percentage of the
juoncy Invested In the rond than In actu
ally tho case and all the many taxes
provided In the law would be levied on
this Income, as If It was actually earned
on a very small lne,lment.
Some railroads, It was shown, have
reorganized nnd taken smaller systems
Into one new railroad. To take over
the capital stock of the various roads
when reorganising tondn may have been
Issued to take the place of a great
deal of the old capital stock. Under
the law, this cannot be regarded as
capital of tho reorganised company.
This has been done to a very large
extent with some systems the Santa
Ke, for Instance with the result that,
technically, their capital wM appear to
bo very low by tho provisions of the
war revenuo law, when as n, matter of
fact that actual Investment on which
their Income Is earned Is a very great
deal more.
Aimed at Blanltloa Plants.
When the subject was Iteforo the Ways
and Means Committee the wording of
the law defining capital wan purposely
made as It Is) to put a heavy tax
upon munlt'ons companies and other
cotKerns making a very heavy return on
a tmall capital through obtaining "wai
prlron."
The 10 per ocnt tax on unemployed
surplus will not affect many railroad) If
It hits any of them. Flnanclul state
ments of American railroads for tho last
several years prove this clearly. It Is
only tho definition of capital that Is
causing concern. It Is the faint hope of
the railroads that some effort will be
made to nullify some at least of the un
fair features of the law now In effect.
It has been suggested that the taxable
Incomen of railroads figured upon the
actual valuo of the Investments In the
corporations and the value of tho prop
erties of the organization, hut thlx sug
gestion has been discarded already, as
the physical valuation of tho railroads of
tho country In regarded as a flat failure,
so far as practical results are concerned,
and It may bo decades before the work la
finished.
Store Complication Kxpectcd.
While tho railroad executives are
rllghtly hopeful of some relief from
Congress from the present tax law this
hope Is counterbalanced by the fact
that n third revenue law operating with
the two now In effect Is expected to go
Into effect and complicate the tax ques
tion so thoroughly that It will be almost
Impossible to figure out how much any
corporation owes In taxes, much less
try to adjust them fairly.
Tho fact that the long term debt" of
some roads are much higher than the
Mmllar liabilities of others Ih one of
the main factors In causing unfair Im
position of taxes. Bonds Issued to carry
this doht nnd money borrowed t tiumt
be Included an capital, ns tho ralhoi-l-i
ore construing tho law,
llallroads with an nctu.il Invrstmer'
of hundreds of millions but vhop cay.
Ital will appear to bn only numlr.'l hy
tho new law will havo tD pay a Hit tax
of S per cent, of their net Income In
addition to their corporation tne, ard
the Income taxes. If their onplial t.
tired under tho provisions of tin- t w
law Is moro than nominal but M "I br.
low tho actual Investment tho ln me
will bo figured as u percentage of i'iIs
amount and tho oirpor.itlon wnl le
subject to tho graduated war rxeess
profits tax lclng an high ns B0 per r 'tit,
of tho Incotiii) above a ccttan n-r. in
age. Tho effect of this will be, it was
pointed out t apply the ck-cps pi .n s
tax to net Incomes appearing so be a
high percentage of tho capital ns de
fined by the law but actually nlmiii C
per cent, or less than tho actual Inust
ment
DAMM CHILDREN
GIVEN NEW NAME
Father Objects to Cognomen
Like "Slang Phrase."
Dccauso William Joergcn Damn of 5
Flower street. New Itochelle, clai nel
that his iinnin was an nnnuyanco Id him
ond very displeasing to his chllfev
County Judge Frank ! Voting skicI
an order which allows nlm to change I'M
name to William Joergcn Dalo after De
cember 4.
Tho petitioner sets forth that h Is J J
years of age nnd that he was born '
Ottawa, III., and that ho has four 1
drcn. several of whom are attend re
school. Then he goes on to .iy whs li
objects to his present surname:
"That while hl children are In t,c
schoolroom their mind') arc illlrac' i
by constant conversation among i
children which Is directed toward t le r
name by the use of the words, "there ,tr(.
tho Datum children." nnd other such ap
pellations. That their rtttentlnn Is t a
urally distracted from their sturtlc- ami
their condition of mind Is Impaired by
such conduct."
Mr. Datum concludes Ills petition by
the statement that "tho wind clam i a
clang phrase used by unthinking pr ',o "
rouTirAi.
GIRL HPT PHOTS IN PERIL.
Health Department Osrea Moral
and Jlya-lenle Dangers.
The Department of Health announces
as well founded In several Instances
complaints that tho employment of
women as elevator operators la fre
quently under conditions which aro
"morally and hygtcnlcaliy fraught with
danger." An.lnvestlgatlon Into the com
jjalnts was made by Inspectors of ths
division of hygiene of the department.
"Thus in one apartment the women
.work In two shifts, one from 9 A. M.
to P. M., tho other from 6 P. M. tn 9
A. M." says the Weekly UulleUn, pub
lished by tho department. "The night
operator therefore Is on duty fifteen
hours, less one hour allowed for a mid
night lunch. If not Interrupted In the
early morning hours she may gain a
little Meep In the back of the hall be.
hind the stairs."
Owners and agents of the buildings
say they hired the women because of
tho difficulty of obtaining male, elevator
charge of more than 10 centa Is lvled operators since tho draft.
1v Per MONTH ON waSs,;'
IO PLEDGE OF EXEA.
PERSONAL PROPERTY Kir ciniin4lSt
THE PRGViDENT LOAN SOCIETY SftMA,i
OF NEW YORK
Application for loans of large CoMt- .l48thSt.
amount will be considered at c . , c hhooki.tn t
the office nf: Fourth Avenue SmSt.. cor. UvintiionSt.
J (Wri 2r.th fitrrrt. 4W,,Mr v.r.han. Av.. cor Delevou, St.
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GRAND REPUBLICAN RALLY
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29th, AT 8 O'CLOCK
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Under the Auspices of
The Republican Club of New York The Fusion Committee and Prominent
Brooklyn Republicans
TO ADVOCATE THE ELECTION OF
Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, Comptroller Wm. A. Prenderffa.it, Borough
President Lewis H. Pounds, Robert Adamson for President of Board of Aldermen,
Merton E. Lewis, candidate for Attorney General, and the County Ticket.
Good Speakers Splendid Music Real Facts No Political Camouflage
John Purroy Mitchel
Wm. A. Prendergast
Robert Adamson
SPEAKERS
James R. Sheffield
Wm. M. Calder
Lewis H. Pounds
Eugene M. Travis
GET A GOOD SEAT LISTEN TO LOGIC
COME EARLY
Inspiring Military Band Concert Promptly Commences at Seven-Thirty
Henry W. Goddard, Chairman Republican Club Campaign Committee
Jacob C. Klinck, Chairman Brooklyn Fusion Committee
A Novel Sales Plan
An Ideal Way to Buy
For years merchants of New York City in other
standard lines of business have followed the practice
of offering extraordinary bargains in some one of
their departments in order to attract buying power
to their entire line of merchadise.
We have adopted this plan, and, commencing
Monday, two unusually desirable bargains in used
motor cars will be placed on sale each day. There's
no need for argument to make you buy any of
these cars. It is only a question of your require
ments in style and type.
Sale Starts Each Day at 10 o'Clock A. M
Cars enumerated below will be sold only on the days specified:
Cole .hSL. 275Hudson950
ocrf' Cadillac sp.MTLni250 Hupp7rJTLin950
octi' Dodge sr.TL, $385 Buick i $609
TH!ffiDf- Packard .!:iUsm Hudson950
F$$!f OverlandsP.,,285 Olds 685
sVo?Df Roamer JL $785 Stutz .'."k, $1400
If the car you are on the lookout for is not listed above you may find
it among a batch of other popular makes we have on hand. There is a
wide choice of body styles. All are marked at attractively low prices.
The Hudson is the fastest selling high-grade car built in America.
In New York sales have been enormous, and that's why you can buy a
used car here at a sensational price cut we have to keep them moving.
Attend These Sales and
Get Acquainted With Us
i
Hudson Motor Car Co, of N. Y.
1890 Broadway Used Car Dept. Tel. 7460 Columbus
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