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v - . ' . .. ' ' V . -<i '>JF' l u?i? issued semi-weekly. ^ ' __^ ; j t" .'^; l. m. grist's sons. publishers. % <$amilij iforspajjcr: the promotion iijf the political, Social, Jjjruultqal and Conunerciat Interests ejj the fleogty . TER ws^i?ii^ -~ ; "~ ?~ ~ ~ ' , '-'v^ ESTADLISIIED 1855 - YORK. S. C.? FRIDAY, MARCH 251931. ;___j - -" .-... . | jj ' VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED DP BY ENQUIRER REPORTEflS Stories Concerning Folks and Things Some of Which You 'Know *and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. ^ "I saw a couple of wild goose flying west of Yorkville and in a northerly direction Sunday night," said one this morning. "It was Sunday night and I j . was Fording towards Sharon when just after crossing the 'Overhead' I tiridgc out of YoTkviHe T noticed the 'geese. They were flying low and. were easily to be distinguished." Fertilizer Moving. "Well," observed a wag as he noticed a wagonload of fertiliser going out of Yorkville into the country the other day, "there is that old familiar fertilizer smell. Mighty late this year and I notice that there is a long time between smells. I've been here a long time and there is less of It this year than in many a year.',' Few Tax Payments. Tax payments arc, coming into the office of the county treasurer very' slowly since the time for the payment of taxes was extended and officials of the treasurer's office do not expect any great vush of work until the few days just preceding the expiration of the time for payment. Only a few receipts are being issued daily and. some days . none at all are issued. Affecting the Schools. "Some of the school districts are getting- pretty short of funds because of the fact that so few people are paying their taxes,;' remarked Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll the other day. "The?iluation is really becoming serious and at the present rate it will only be a short while uh>il some of the. districts are without funds at all." Business Picking Up. "Business in mairiage licenses has been picking up here of late," observed . Probate Judge J. L. Houston the other day. "It is just like any other business to a great extent," the judge went on to say. "It kind of comes by fits e..rK. Snmn week** there are a good many licenses issued and then jigain the business drags. Hard times <loesn't interfere witii' the marrying business for long." " Caught Lot cf Carp.. "Wenf. seining in the big creeks just off Catawba river up in Bethel township. Tuesday," said Wednesday Mr. Tom J. Nichols, well.known citizen of York No. G. "We had pretty good luck. Caught about 70 pounds of fish, most of them carp. Some weighed around ten pounds eueh." Mr. Nichols is about 72 years of age; but cold water and the strenuous work of fishing holds no terrors for him. He likes it just as well ;.s lie did fifty years ago. i Givina Him Instructions. Some fellow from V.'nlhaliu, which | is in Oconee county, wrote a Yorkville citizen the other day. asking to know if there was a veterinarian practicing here. i-Je wanted to know right away. Tlio Vorkvllie man replhd:j "There is one in Yorkvillc and a good I one too and there are others} in towns | close around. Uy the way, for your information and future practice 1 would inform you that in this .section of. the state it' is customary for chic .who asks information of another, .to enclose stamped envelope for reply. This custom evidently hasn't reached younaecr tiou; hut you might inaugurate if with this tip.", Fads, Fashion and Foo'.ishmcr.t. "If you want to print this, all-right: hut please don't print my name." said a man who handed Views-and Interviews four sheets of paper containing this verse Wednesday morning: Oh. how good folks lament the change From fashion into folly. We used to have our clothes to fit: Hut now they squeeze, by golly. Men call themselves free agent here; And wear the title sadly. They're not allowed to make a bow. They're trammeled down so loudly. They once could dross in decent clothes; A ltd wore what they called coats. Hut now they are split up so high, Hold weather gets their goals. Oirls' skirts, like cur-dogs now be wa I The loss of ml-mbers "justly" theirs. For what; we urjed to terui skirt-tails, The tyrant Ifashipn.ipcanly pans. They t'sod to hide their spindle shniiks. F.ut oli. this late invention. Compels thery to adopt the skirts . That show'their small dinunsions. . f. . > I They used itn think il very male To ride astride and tumble. Jtut now thpy.ean go almost moV, And noiitt'-'of them ever g'rtiinh.e. Cut if the limp, should crime pgain. When we will all be free . To sit or stand or move at will We'll have a jubilee: Thou all good folks cannot deride Our want of ease and grace. We'll lake our places anywhere Without a sheepish face. \ Jog On, Jehocaphal. i W. II. Stark, in the Manufacturers* I leeord). I load gets rougher every mile: tt'lueki Jog oil. Jehosaphat. an' show soni" Style. Mule's gone lame an' the liens won't lay; ' Corn's 'way down an' wheal d>>n'i psy: I logs no better, steers too cheap; Cows quit milking, meat won't keep; Oats all I Milled. spuds a I I-1*11 it crop's trusted. uiiidjslill blows: * Sheep srein P^n.V* an' I'JJ hp dm pod. 'i . : u Rye field's flooded an' the, haystack's burned. Looks some gloomy, I'll admit? (Cluck). \ Joy on, Jehosaphnt, we ain't down yit. Coal's in high an' crops in lew; Rail rates doubled, got nb show; Money's tighter, morals loose;-' Round to git us?what^j the use! Sun's not shinin* as it should; Moon ain't lightin' like it could; Aii- seems heavy, water punk; Tests yer mettle;- shows yer spunk: No use stoppin' to debate?(Cluck) Jog on, Jehosaphat, it's gettin' late. Wheels all wobble; axlo'(s bent; Dashboard's broken, top all rent; One shaft's splintered, t'other sags; Seat's all busied, end-gate drugs; May bang t'gothc.r?bel'eve it will; Careful drivin'll make it still; Trot?gosh ding ye?that's the stuff, 'Old trap's rnovin' right good speed? (Cluck) Jog on, Jehosapat. You're some steed. Road's .smoothed out 'til it don't seem true?(Cluck) Jog on, Jclio.suphat, you pulled us through. WORST IS OVER. According to James H. Craig, Stat? Bank Examiner. "There never was a time in the history of South Carolina when there was greater need for the solid business men of the slsite to keep their heads, look ahead with optimism and help each other than at present," said Stale Rank Examiner James H. Craig, in an interview with August Ko(hn, Columbia newspaper man. If folks will onlyjtcep 1 their heads level and work together the i financial situation will readjust itself, is his firm conviction. , Other and 1 neighboring states have within the past few months had scores of bank failures, and perhaps no state lias had fewer ' failures than South Carolina. Condi- i lions in this state have been largely the ' same as in oilier cotton-growing states, i Mr. Craig thinks the worst is now < over, as the banks and people have an Uppi ui:i;i nun ?>i i u>iiu?uvm.i that prospective borrowers appreciate thai when some banks advise that they ( arc not making*new loans that does not . mean trouble. Mr. Craig thinks'the rc- i adjustment is in sigiit and lias great . hopes of the undertaking that Governor Cooper and former Governor Manning have in mind with Mr. Bar itch to bring < new money into the state on a strictly : business basis. i Mr. Craig has been in the. hank ex- | amincr's department for seven years, i first in actual charge. Deflation, as it ] is called came all of a sudden and. folks j gol panicky and his chief undertaking c has been to keep things in good shape. The record of only three failures in a year's time in these times, is the highest to t of results. The most effective work of Mr. Craig has been in nursing I back to real life and usefulness sick chickens. Sometimes this sickness has | v..,, 1,1 , IjoOII .ITnaginar.v?niUftV inH.u, ... speak?hut after it has been by persua- I sinn or even coercion that hchrs made ( some oflleiaIs realize their obligations <in<l rehabilitate the banks. In sonic; few ins! a noes consolidations or community bank help lias been used, bits i always tin* central idea has been to | keep the banks going, 'sifrve I lie communities and work "hings out. In only I one bank in the stale during the past year does Mr. Craig think the depositors will actually lose deposits, and w.tli : 309 active and going, state banks in i I hose days of "deflation." that means more than anything e'se, perhap.", is ! careful nursing and the extension of optimism, because unless there be I tvoiikediu sx the. hanks of South Cam- i linn, national as well as state, are In good shape. The state banks now haVr i actual les'uurecs of about two hundred j million dollars.. Thj;: does not include i the large national banking institutions. .Mr. Craig visits every part of the state and he is satisfied there is a better understanding of real conditions and that things will move along more i " """ 1 ?lii? ligation < normally inuiua. ??4. that llicrc.lia.s ?-??t to l?c a spirit of toleration ami cooperation. With fresh money cumin;? into this state with which to finance cotton ami close sailing .Mr. Craig sees no reason why conditions should not actually improve. aged woman Rii.Ics Life to Save That of Negro Girl. .Mrs. I'online Dennis, seventy years old. of pi West North avenue risked her life early Monday afternoon in an Ifotl tu save Minnie (iohor. :1 negro maid whose clothing had caught, lire from an exploded kerosene can. Mrs. Dennis was in lite front yard of her home at the time of the accident. Attracted by the screams of the maid, she rushed to the rear of the house, and ^Vith great presence of mind threw the woman upon' a pot md smoihered-the flames. The maid was taken to (Irady hospital, hut died ..l ?- ...I. ,,i...l,-| The maid - was working in the kitchen ill' III'1 time of the .'icelrlcnl. Sin* had hern heating irons over a olmrc'ial hrtckei. ::ii;l poured oil upon lIn* coals in order In increase the Ileal. Tin* can exploded in Iter hand and tin flaming (dl i;;nitcd her clothing', j She screamed and ran through Hi" j hall, passing little .Marv Trammell, i uraiiddalighter of Airs. Dennis. The j little girl tried to heat out the flames, hut hurned h<*rself and then ran to the kitchen to draw water to put out the j hla/.e. Meanwhile Mrs. Dennis ran i into i he house, thrcv. the woman upon |a eol and smothered the fire with a I blanket. The injured woman was placed in I. an iiU'luohilo and- taken Jo (irroly | ho.ipil.vi.- hut died ?:i>: hours later |jnii> I |;ie liurril.Tc l.iirns '.\hc I::i i receive h. a: ' ^ THE NEWS OF ROCK- HILL Cotton Storage Charges to Farmers Have Been Reduced. FRANK ROACH GUARDS INSPECTED City Will Be Rid of Rats?Well Known Woman Drtes Suddenly?Other News and Notes of Metropolis of York County. ?j(By'a Staff Correspondent). Rock Hiil.^Iurch 24.?Cotton storage rates in Rock I-Iill are coming down. rtrt U [IIUUL1 UL lUIJl, lIlL'i IlilVC ancau; come down. At a meeting of farmers held in the Chamber of Commerce hall here last Saturday afternoon, the matter was taken up for discussion. It was made plain that the warehousemen are ' charging the same rate for storage on cotton now that they charged, when cotton was selling for 40 cents a pound. A committee was appointed to see the warehousemen. The committee did, with the result .that one of the warehouse companies immediately announced a reduction of from 40 cents to 30 cents per bale per month. The others will fall into line. It is estimated that there are in the neighborhood of 15,000 bales of cotton in storage here. Company Passes Inspection. Company I, the Frank Roach Guards of Rock Hill, passed a good inspection at. the armory Monday night when lined up before Major Ristinc of North Carolina who is making the Federal ijisiioctinn in Smith Carolina. There were 91 men present for inspection in iddilion to the officers. There are 93 unlisted men on the company roll. A supper was served by the business woman's circle of the First Presbyterian diurch, following the inspection. Short talks were made by Major Ristine. Major Glenn of Columbia, Col. T. D. Spruit of Fort Mill, T. A. Moore, John Barnwell, J. T. Fain, O. K. Williams, John G. Barnwell, Major Lindsay MeFadden and Rev. W. E. MeCord. Capt. > lames C. Dozier presided. May Go to Liverpool. "President J. li. Johnson of the York < county branch of the American Cotton issociation, is undecided whether or lot to attend the World's Cotton Con"erencc in Liverpool, June 13-23: He ecently received hia commission from President J. S. Wannamaker of the Vmerican Cotton association, as a del gate. to the conference. To Rid the Town of Rats. While the., famous Pied:' Piper: ; of ITnmlin is not coming to do it, n campaign is being inn 113:11 ratotl here to rid die city of rats. Such a campaign is needed badly, according to those in liusiliun to know because the rat population is great and the damage that I hey do totals a big sum in the course if a year. Death of Former Rock Hillian. Information was received in Rock Hill, Monday of the death in Atlanta, in., of James A. (.'.lies, who until about fifteen years ago was a resident of Rock inn. The deceased is survived by bis widow and four children. Expecting Good Baseball Team. Rock Hill Hi expects to put out a Ijcod baseball team this spring and already there are about thirty candidates nut for Hi liino places on the ter.m Lo he filled. It is announced that l.tike ltivers, well known semi-pro lias hern engaged as coach, l.tikie an l>e depended upon lo bring out all I hat is in the hoys and ho is going to Jo just that. A heavy schedule of games will he arranged by the business manager of the team. Mrs. George Anderson Dead. Mrs. (Jeorge II. Anderson, (IS, a well known and highly esteemed lady of I took Mill, died Wednesday morning about 11.30 on a train en route from Charlotte. She was coming to her home in lloek Mill from llulfport. Miss., where, accompanied hy her daughter she had hcen spending the winter. The deceased has been a resident of lloek Hill about 25 years, coming here about the time Winthrop College was established. She was a native of Spartanburg county, the daughter of the late Cnpt. David Anderson of Spartanburg county. She is survived hy her husbaiul. Goo. B. Anderson, a son ,D. I*. Anderson of Birminghom, Ala., and three daughters, Mrs. W. A. Douglas and Misses Helen and Emma Anderson of Itock Hill. Interment was in Danrohvood oemclcry here this afternoon. Winthrop Not Treated Fairly. Dr. D. B. Johnson president of WinOn op College, who was the principal speaker at the joint luncheon of the Kiwnnis and I lota ry Clubs here Tues uay uetMareu uiai \\ ininrop imu not receive a fair (toil at the hands of the recent South Carolina general assembly. The general assembly lie charged failed m provide funds for the college that are absolutely essential to its welfare and progress. Although Winl limp's property is valued at $2,255,000 according to figures presented by the college president, the entire investment of the state since flu; cflj^lege was established has been only 1.117.. The balance of the sum has been secured from other sources, lie appealed to the Kiwnnians and I lota i ia us and to friends of cdnenlion generally to rally to the support of Win! lirop. BUFFALOES WENT QU.CK. Lois of Perp'o War.t;d Anirr.als Offered by Forest Service. , .The .forestry service d recently if anybody wanted a buffalo, having a score on hand to dispose of. Apparently the answer was "everybody doer," for the service has been deluged with requests. One little girl sent a two cent stamp, expecting a ba*by buffalo return mail for her backyard zoo. A farmer with 160 acres and five children, wanted a family playfellow. Stock men wanted to try cross breeding. Wild wesfshows rushed in applications by mail and telegraph and the: supply was quickly exhausted despite the warning that a lusty bull buffalo' eats two tons of hay a year. , Wo? FIXING NITRATE PRICES Association of Chile Will Guarantee Its Figures. (Consul Dana G. Munro, Valparaiso.) At a special session of the directorate of the Nitrate Association, held on January 26, 1921, the prices of nitrate for May and June were set at 17s? the figure now ruling for April. The directorate also announced that it would guarantee the prices for the first 10 months of the coming nitrate year from July 1, 1921, to March 31, 1922?would not be less than 14s per Spanish quintal (1 quintal?101.4 pounds.Definite prices will be fixed in May or'June of this year. The maintenance of the present high prices during the last two months of the nitrate year will virtually make impossible any sales by the association for delivery within that period. The association' apparently intends to make no serious effort to effect fur- ' tlier sales for the current year. A large part of this year's exports is iitii uiiiujjHUEiieu anu win ue leu, un the hands of the dealers In Europe and 1 the United States.. The maintenance of the April price through May and June, and the annoucement that the price for the ten months after July 1 would not be less than 14s, was intended to protect the interests of these dealers, who have purchased their stocks at the high prices flxpd by the 1 association for this year, and also to give the banks financing the purchases 1 definite assurance wtiich would enable them to continue', their assistance to the tracfe. J' . ' The decision of the Association is on ' the whole regarded as wise, in view of the close connection between the interests of the producers:'and those of the ' large distributions. The disorganlza- 1 tion of the market by^.the safe of ni- ' tiate at low prices when there were in existence large stocks purchased, at much higher prices would react unfavorable unon the entire industrv. ' On the other hand the fear has been expressed that the maintenance of : comparatively high. prices might stimulate the competition of other fertilizers and curtail the consumption ot" Chilean nitrate. The current price is 1 at least 2s 6d. below the figure of114s. 1 announced by the association, but ' there are no very large quantities on 1 the market. The probable effect of the association's announcement will be a postponement of the hopes for an improvement-in the nitrate market until a considerable part of the large stocks now existing have been disposed of. 1 it seems improbable that there will be ' any further sales until the beginning of the coining nitrate year of July 1. and the improvement of conditions may be delayed even longer, unless ' business conditions in the United ' Slates and Europe improve consider ably before tliat time. , I BATHTUB OF BOOZE Lots of Moonshine Goes In the Sink , In Anderson County. , A lowly bathtub, white enameled, ' and perfectly pretty and clean tilled ' lipping, looping, level full of clear 1 corn whiskey was a sight to behold . this morning when a "pouring" was held at the jail to get rid of a quantity I of whiskey which has accumulated at 1 the jail, the result of various cap- i lures in the recent past. < Public pourings are a thing of the I past at the county jail, partly because of the fact that a "pouring" attracts I a great many people and heartache i and anguish is caused by a sight such as whiskey flowing in the gutter usually makes. The whiskey may be i poured in many ways, and the sheriff i has decided that about the best means of disposing of the liquor is to pour it into the sewerage system of the city, from which it. can hardly be reclaimed, i The pouring this morning was a very quiet affair, witnessed by one lone newspaperman, and the sheriff i and a deputy who did the pouring. The liquor vvns poured mainly from i ton gallon kegs irtto- the bath tub hnd ; I hen. drained out. A bathtub full of liquor might sound like a glimpse of a "sot's paradise," but however strong a constitution the "sot" might have, he would not have lasted long in the bath which the sheriff arranged. One plunge into the clear, white liquor, and even, the most hardy would surely have shriveled into a mummy. The fumes from the liquor, let it be said, are almost as bad as drinking i tin- real stuff, and if anyone doubts this statement, let him be present when a big quantity of liquor is poured and see if he doesn't feel the effects of it. A pronounced dizziness is caused from merely being in the room, whi'e those who actually poured the . whiskey into the tub, holding the keys 1 as if ran out. were obliged at times i to go lo the windows for a breath of fresh air.? Anderson Dally .Mail. , DEADLY, TYPHUS I. i- mm? , Every Precaution Being Made to Keejf Disease WW P$. IT IS MORE DEADLY THAN BULLETS i!! ?'h '< <] 'l*\4 Hundreds of Immigrants Held up Out' dide New York Harbor Because of ' lnfectiori~Ofteri Do Not Understand ' i . y i r:. and Make Trouble?Costly to Steamship Companies?Dcfousing Plants Established. (By Frederick, J. Haskin). New York City, March 24-^Th"fe Typhus germ cannot be Americanized. It is one European product that must be kept out of the well-worn melting-pot; one danger which cannot be accepted and absorbed even by such an undiscriminating nation as ours. Immigrants may be compelled 'to suffer hardship; travelers be Inconvenienced; and steamship companies lose money, but the typhus cootie must be pre-' vented from entering this country. Everybody is agreed as to tjiis; only there are various disagreements as to how it is to be done and the nation as a whole seems to be painfully slow in making up its mind. Already 40 cases of typhus have occurred in New York City and. its harbor, with several deaths as a result. Nearly every ship arriving from a foreign port carries Infected I immigrants, while thousands of'.others, suspected of the same condition, will continue to sail for this country as fast as there is steerage space to accommodate them. Yet the New York City Health Department has been severely criticized In some quarters for adopting prompt and rigorous measures to bar typhus vermin, and only in the past few days have the Federal health authorities been given permisslpn tp act in the matter. "The importance of the typhus dan crer cannot be overestimated," Dr. Royal S. Copeland, Health Commissioner'of New York City, told the reporter in a brief interview the other ifternoon. "Some people are inclined to think that we have raised, a rather needless scare, but that is because they ire unacquainted with typhus. They do not know that it is one of the deadliest scourges to which mankind is victim. They do not know that more, men died' of typhus in" ' Serbia.. durliig the war than were killed in battle. They do not realize that one infected immigrant, released in this city, might spread a plague that would cause a million deaths in the space of a few weeks." Dr. Copeland was the first person to recognize the fact that a typhus emergency existed. As soon as the first :ases were discovered, he notified the immigration authorities and stationed fumigating squads at tne isanery uj inspect immigrants arriving in the city from Ellis Island. Many were found to be vermin-infected and had to be put through the delousing process. , Dthcrs carried bundles and suitcases containing infected clothing. Chaos at Port. This caused a great deal of consternation at both Ellis Island and Hoffman's Island, the quarantine station, where the Immigrants ?.-d been passed without question. The health authorities at both of these places immediately started making special inspections for typhus Infection, which caturally required much more time than the ordinary health Inspections. Ihey were delayed in their work by the lack of pro. er facilities. Ships, with steerage passengers who had to be examined, began to pile up in the liarbor, and thus arose the present nnrvntafPfl condition. The Federal authorities have recently taken over the state quarantine station at Hoffman's Island, but inasmuch is the facilities have not been increased, conditions are not noticeably improved. Reporters are not permitted to add to the general chaos at Hoffman's Island, but from the stories of returned travelers, one learns that the immigrants have a sad time there. "It was early morning and frightfully cold when they came for the immigrants on our ship In a small tug boat," narrated an American woman who arrived on a French ship the other day. "They began to transfer Vie infected or suspected immigrants at once, but not without a fight, because the French officials objected, saying that the immigrants were perfectly clean. The poor 1 T. - 1 -- I people, naving come mum ilui> &jiu wc south of France, were not prepared for a cold climate. Their clothing was distressingly scanty and they trembled, with cold. Those who did not get typhus probably got pneumonia later. Mothers were dragged away from their , children and all bundled into the tug. Many of them could not speak English and did not understand what it was all about. They kept them over there at Hoffman's Island all day, waiting for. examinations, and during all that time they did not have a thing to eat. Of course, I suppose the government cannot help it, but I do think something ought to be done." This woman's ship was fortunate, however, to be held up only 24 hours. Others have had to lie-in the harbor for two or three days while the quarantine office caught up with its work. On one of these detained ships, the immigrants recently staged a rebellion, threatening in the choicest words of several different languages to do some damage if they were not permitted to leave the boat. Then, as they were not released, they carried out their threat. They broke some furniture and incidentally the water pipes. Nevertheless, they had to remain there the rest of the dhy, and the ship's stewards got even by charging them 50 cents per cup for drinking water. ' Hard on Ship Companies. The immigrants, moreover, are not the only ones who are not enjoying the present situation. The steamship, companies find it equally difficult. Every HflV tbov Qra ViolH nr? in tho Vi o rhnr V itViVI ** f A A kl'v ilU>i wvt means a large money loss, for not only must they lose valuable time, but they must continue feeding .their passengers. One large steamship company has placed one of Us vessels at the disposal of the quarantine officials as a detention ship for immigrants, who are transferred to it for examination while the ship that brought them continues : on its way. Under the emergency ruling, no craft from a foreign port can approach within 300 yards a New ; York pier without a permit, granted only after the most rigid, inspections One hears vague rumors that the steamship companies are establishing thei/ own delousing plants on- the European side, but no definite information 1 seems to be available on this point. 1 Many people feel that It is up to the foreign governments to take necessary ! precautions agaJnst the spread of ty- ' phus; and to prevent any but clean em- ' igrants from embarking for this country. The foreign governments', however, do not seem to agree with this view. The Italian government, in fact, has even resented the charge that any infected immigrants could possibly come from Italian shores, although the 1 fact remains that they have.i To avoid congestion Jn New York 1 harbor, many steamship lines are now ' diverting their vessels to other ports, notably Boston and Philadelphia. From ' these points the immigrants come , to New York by rail, thus making It nec- 1 essary for the city health department to keep inspection squads, also at the railway s^tationS. Fortunately, hefe the J New York Travelers' Aid society has. J come to the rescue and is taking care of family groups while their various mem-. ' bers are removed for examination and fumigation., "Sometimes while a husband is sent away to be freed from vermin," one of the Travelers' Aids told the reporter, * "the wife thinks he is beiiig dragged off to Siberia; Then we have to rush our 1 interpreter to the scene tou explain the matter to her. So matly of tlte peopW are waf? refugees, wffb '" have already ' suffered so much that their anxieties are easily aroused." If the man is detained for any great ' length of time, the Aids see that the ' children, get food and that the family obtains proper lodgings. Sometimes as 1 many as 25 such families must be taken care of out of a group of a hundred, or more who come tnrougn on one train. While precautlonsjagainst the typhus cootie are ever becoming more systematized, the congestion remains unrelieved at the port of New York. The health authorities are putting; up a valiant fight against tremendous handicaps. They need more men and more facilities. Congress they say, could solve the whole typhus emergency at once by ordering a cessation of immigration until the disease has subsided in Europe, but congress has its own reasons for desiring immigration -to continue. The -least, then, that it can do is to authorize an increase in the size of the force and workiftg materials at Hoffman's and Ellis Island, and-thus help to prevent the' spread of the plague. AMERICANS IN HOLLAND ?- Rarharv oaiiors V/omc iu nuu<?ui?"> ?? j Coast. The growth of the American : .archant marine has brought a new fac- ( tor, the white-collared, "snappily" ( dressed, debonair American sailor, to the Schiedamsche dyke Rotterdam's "Barbary Coast." . While the French, Dutch, English ( and others who patronije these resorts -usually are dressed in colored flannel shirts, rough suits and unpolished shoes, most of the Americans, as soon as they get shore leave, don suits smacking more of the college boy than the sailor, white stiff collars, belted overcoats, fashionable shoes and the characteristically American soft felt hat . ' American diplomatic and consular : authorities in Holland are very much interested in efforts to provide some substitute for "the dyke." Dance hall, ^ saloon, dance hall, saloon, alternate in almost unbroken monotony for several blocks on Schiedamsche dyke. In all of them, the chief spenders appear to be American seamen, whose pay is ' larger than other seamen receive. The officials who are seeking some ' sort oUfc. substitute for the dyke's attractions say that most of the sailors would go elsewhere if they had a ' chance. 1 "But it must not be a namby-pamby resort," one official said. "Jack 1 wants music and dancing and beer, as 1 well as reading material and a place to ' loaf, when he gets ashore." it was on the Schiedamsche dyke c that a number of American seamen 1 were robbed of their identity cards by Bolshevik agents who used them to get into America. j ? ? . i ? One million barrels of oikannaally can readily be used by the United , States. " i b' t p'*~ ~~ TO SUFFER PENJiT Government Will Get fiSHe^'fae 1 Failed (o:Hjl?%^|g| ABE Tft tAKE ' > . \7:. Washington Haa Aftcaily ' to Got Out and"1 . -0 Who Are Liable Failed&,Payi',:! ^The following is f,rom the'New York Times:. f.O- V.-V ..'.ifk . Local collectors of internal, revenue,; under orders from^Washlrigtvhi,' preparing yesterday, white their for- "-' ^ ces were still trying to clean up ' the ' v .^" final batch of income tax returns', and V payments ..that arrived by.mall^- to/r^V; proceed against . taxpayers .wno,>; in ^ preparing .their returns, qpaitted', from/ ' gross income all gains from'the saler' of capital assets. ,\.|i **> .* The taxpayers, In-. omitting ; -theme items fiom their returns,, based *their? action on thie decision of the 'distri^ court of the ytTnited-. States-for '., tlx'e District of Connecticut'' in. tjie case of ' . Brewster against Walsh. The court,;^ in this case, -held that gains from ,?lje- r;;^;V sale of capital' -assets; were' riot faxa,-. ble. The .Bureau of v-lriternil('BieV^ nue has not acquiesced Jn t6e;declflio?^.:^ and the United .^S^teejiXttpniey;'^ Connecticut has appealed"to tiTe Unit^i '//>: States Supreme Court.' 'J . t/ *y-\ Hundreds; perhaps thousands, ,of Ujgk< payers, on t&e advice / of not" include in gross income> trains 'frpp^^^ the sale of capital assets. "Three different courses. were.-tak^a-^fp' by taxpayers with regard to-items airfected by the Brewster 'decision,"-Dr. ^ Joseph J.* Klein, an authority on the. inf, come tax, said last nlghtv/'Flr8t;.inany5_^'r'| of them paid the tax under. .protee^c.,ti'^ They of course, are not afltectied'hy tha r ' -yS < -wrac commissioner's , order. : The second ?, 'v. \'~ class did not include gains - from ?h.e //vji Bale of capital assets In, but attached an explanation; tha^^^P>^? were omitting such gains the Brewster decision. A jthfr^ that many took was to forge^ii^lw^^.-^ 3uch Items 'entirely anannot menao?>: them In the returns.'. < "Many lawyers advised (theIr.cJtM^ j-^;' that in their opinion. take advantage -of. the dccleipn at The Bureau pf ever,.has that decisions- by,-minor- ppqrta dp nol^^fc affect the a'dmtetotmtlw^otbut that tife poict^rm^v b^^dfrcided* by: > the t/iiited State*' Subramir^firi^ (tyfr >-".'3 'T-nvT# An order dated irt^ed --' by Commissioner Wllratn.M^'W-hili^tut:- ; ; bf the Bureau of InterMr^^eM^p;jw^;^}? been sent, to all Coli^fdrfr pf Internal Revenue for- the ipa^^ttpn; ceedlng against- taaj>ayet^;.^hp^^Klv- ". >: their returns in accpi^a^'?;^]^.-^^;!:..^ Brewster decision. Th^.brtjpr /'! - : ' "This office has beeji";Jw^sed,-|ttia^).' many taxpayers in prep^Ing^t^rSn^.r some and profits , tax ^returns for 1820, y y" have omitted'or intended ,tp omit, from gross Income all gains frofii tfie sale/pf , i capital 'assets. "The taxpayers in.fok^, " Ing this action are evidSrttly relying- i' jpon the decision or tne-jji^iricc-woun of the United Statesv for-yttfe Djkifriet )t Connecticut in the case-of Brewster its. Walsh, 268 Fed .207..#J '. "The bureau has not -acquiesced in the decision of the District iCou t-in the :ase of Brewster vrf,"";Hvklah.'i The *'/ United States Attorney ,for Connecticut - 'h lias been authorized to perfect an appeal to the Supreme Court'.pf-the Uait?d States for a review of^he decision. : The bureau will continue tp collect the :ax' upon the gain froffl ithe sale of japital assets unless the Supreme' ' Sourt should hold unconstitutional :hose provisions of the law .taxing such1 gains. "If the.taxpayer in preparing his income tax return, omits^ from gross in* ' ' :ome the gain from . sale , of crnltal issets, "^and fails to make .-a full dis-. ' ' closure of the facts, he wi}l be subject to the additional tax plui Interest, on this gain, and in addition thereto will be liable to the penalties for negligence or fraud. y ; ;. v . - "The collector should examine the returns as filed to discover .those cases in which the taxpayer has. omitted; from gross income the gain from the sale of capital assets and. has made a full,disclosure. In such cases the col-, lector should immediately serve, upon Form 17, notice and demand for the Additional tax due, and aftjpr.tbe ten-day period proceed to collect Ithe tax, plus'1interest and the penalty for delinquent :y, by distraint, if necessary." As a result of Commissioner WU*.tiams's instruction, collectors are. pre-' '! paring to take action in the .cases otthose who have made a "full' disclosure-, of the facts." This meanh those tair. ' payers who have reported gains.from ' , :he sale of capital assets but'Abo Have not paid the tax The "disclomirea/jus- < : '. ually have been in the form .^fjjHder ittached to the return in ^hich^e '$&. olanation is made that the gain is hot reported as gross income. : .* Taxpayers who have. "made. A tuH: iisclosure" may escape penalties If tWey jay the additional sums due before the jxplration of the ten-day peribd;v,'Aftej that they afe liable to the pehilty foir lelinquency, and distraint", proceedings ,vill be started If necessary. t V. -i ~? ( . ? A new poison gas for war purposes in units small enough to be carrle'd by ;very soldier is a hew device, of the Chemical Warfare service. The new ras is so goadly that it was'"found' 1 necessary to strengthen the masks to tiake them effective. v v,;r A, % 2 , : * --> . r-? <