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TAX BURDEN OF
COUNTRY IS CUT
BY $818,000,000
Only Three Democrats Vote
for Administration Bill to
Revise Revenues.
LUXURY* TAX REPEALED
Special to Indiana Daily Timas
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
WASHINGTON. Aug. ——With only
nine Republicans dissenting, the House
Saturday passed the Fordney revenue re
vision bill with further amendments in
creasing the total estimated deduction in
the tax burden of the country to SBIB,- |
000.000. A Democratic motion to recom
mit the bill to the Ways and Means Cora- ,
ffiittee and to strike out the repeal of the j
higher surtaxes was defeated 230 to 100
and the bill with amendments adopted
274 to 125
Just as the hour for final consideration
of the measure arrived. Representative
Cockran of New York, rising to a
•"question of the highest privilege, - ’ forced
a vote on a resolution condemning Presi
dent Harding for addressing the Senate
to the exclusion of the House ou July
*l2 on the soldier bonus bill. The reso
lution. contending this act of the Presi- |
deut was to the House "an unconstitu
tional violation of Its rights, an illegal
invasion of its privileges and an unwar
rantable injury to its dignity.'' was laid
on the table by a vote of 288 to 108.
The adoption of the revenue revision
bill marking the second great stride in
carrying out the fiscal program for which
t'ongreea was called into special session
was signalized by partisanship.. Only
three Democrats voted for the bill. They
were Representatives Lazaro of Louisiana
Dupre of Louisiana and Campbell of
Pennsylvania.
NINE REPUBLICANS
AGAINST BILL.
The nine Republicans voting again9l
the bill were: Representatives Bpvk of
Wisconsin; Clague of Minnesota: Keller
of Minnesota: 1/amport of Wisconsin:
Mlehaelson of Illinois: Nelson of Wiscon
sin; Sinclair of North Dakota: Voigt of
Wisconsin and Woodruff of Michigan.
Confronted by the favorable recom
mendations of President Wilson and the
past three Democratic Secretaries of the
Treasury, the minority dodged a fight
against the repeal of the excess profits
taxes.
In their effort to crystallize opposition
to the measure on the grounds it would
relieve the rich and not the poor of their
taxes they" centered their opposition to
teh bill on the repeal of the higher sur
taxes, estimated to be paid by about
6.000 persons.
They were partially successful in this ,
effort as illustrated by the fact only one
.Democrat voted against too motion to
1 recommit the bill to the committee and
to strike out the repeal of the higher sur
taxes end fifty Republicans voted for It.
Among the important amendments
adopted Just before the time for voting
on the bill arrived were provisions ex
empting from the sporting goods tax of
6 per cent, skates, skti*. toboggans, base
balls. basketballs, footballs and other
equipment used in those sports and
changing the method of taxing insurance
companies, tinder the latter insurance
companies are exempted from all taxes
Including the premium tax and subjected
to a 12*i per cent flat .ax on the income,
on their investments. The amendm-nt to
create a tax investigative commission to
study the question of tax exempt secur
ities was not considered.
As reported to the House the bill re
dneed the tax burden $790,000,000, ac
cording to Representative Fordney of
Michigan, chairman of the Ways anl
Means Committee. Amendments to the
bill on the floor of the House have in
creased this sum by SL*S.OOO.OOO. Mr. Ford
ney said, making the total $818,000,000.
HANG IN SENATE
COMMITTE A MONTH.
The bill now goes to the Senate where
It is not expected to come out of the
Senate Finance Committee for at least
another month.
In its major propositions it catls for
the repeal of the excess profits tax and
higher surtaxes effective Jan. 1. 1922.
end the substitution of an increase of
2’s per cent in the flat corporation tax.
the repeal of the transportation tax and
of lesser taxes. These latier charges were
■ummarized by Mr. Fordney in a state
ment to the Hause as follows:
‘‘The proprietary stamp tax has been
repealed, the soda fountain tax has been
repealed and the complicated system of
.taxation imposed by section 004 (so
called luxury taxes* has been wiped from
the statute books. Section 904 provided
for the payment of taxes on articles of
wearing apparel and certain other articles
when sold at a price in excess of a cer
tain figure. It has been difficult for the
retailer to properly compute the tax and
It has been quite impossible for the Gov
ernment to even approximately check up
the tax returns. The retail sales tax on
Jewelry has been retained at 5 per cent
and the tax on works of art, formerly
10 per cent, has been reduced to 5 per
cent.
CUT TAX ON
SPORTING GOODS.
"The manufacturers’ tax has been re
tained at 3 per cent on automobile trucks,
at 5 per cent on other automobile and
motorcycles and a 5 per cent tax has been
retained on automobile parts. The 3 per
cent tax on musical instrements also
has been retained. The 10 per cent tax
on sporting goods lias l>een reduced to
5 per cent, and in addition the tax on
baseball and football supplies and equip
ment and the tax on skates, snowshoes
and skis have been repealed.
"This bill reiicals section S3 of the
revenue act of 1918. In that section a
tax of 8 cents was imposed on each Slid
f the amount for which a life is Insured.
That section also levied a tax on fire,
jaarine and similar Insurance.—equivalent
to 1 per rent of the premium charge.
These insurance taxes are removed by
this bill. Insurance companies are ex
tern pted from the capital stock taxps'
shich are made subject to a tax of ll’l-i
per cent on net income, and the bill in
Don’t confuse the new
methods with the old
methods of making
Corn Flakes. Ask
your grocer for—
Post Toasties
best com flakes
Just saying- “corn flakes’* may not get you
Post Toasties. Take no chances. Say Post Toasties.
Redskins Ban the
4 ShimmyThey Just
Wont Be Civilized
OKREF.D. N. I'.. Aug. 22 -Civiliza
tion of the Indians is hopeless—t hey
banned the "shimmy" and other
wiggling dances today.
Miss Rain-In-The-l-ace and other
redskin flappers were forbidden to
dance the old time shuffles of the
Indian race by a ruling put in effect
at the Sioux Indian convention being
held here.
Indians over 60 were exempted from
the shimmy ban.
“It's hard to change the habits of
an old brave,” it was held.
defining net income also defines ’re
serve funds required by law.’
“In lieu of the tax collected at the soda
fountain we have placed a tax of 5 cents
per pound on carbonic acid gag used in
the preparation of soft drinks. We re
peal In this bill the tax on proprietary
medicines and tax on tooth powders,
dental articles and toilet articles.
"The tax on admissions and dues has
not been changed, with the exception of
the repeal of paragraph 2, subdivisions
of section 800, the revenue act of 1918.
Under that paragraph the full amount of
the tax was collected on the free admis
sions and admissions sold at reduced
rates That paragraph caused considera- S
ble dissatisfaction and obviously was un
fair.
"The so-called transportation taxes are
repealed, but the tax has been retained
on telegraph and long distance telephone
communications.’’—Copyright, 1921, by j
Times and Ledger.
AMENDMENT TO
BE PROTECTION
Attorney Says IS T o. 8 Would
Guard Against the
‘Shysters.’
V. H. Lockwood, member of the law
firm of Lockwood A LoekWood of this
city, in supporting the proposed Etgbtb ]
arnendnien* to the constitution which
would make possible educational require
ments of persons desiring to practice law
in this State, ha* written to Chairman
Russel S. Williams of the Statewide com
mittee organized to obtain passage of the
measure, as follows:
"1 am confident that great profit w ill
come to the people of Indiana, if they
pass the proposed amendment No. 8 to
the constitution of Indiana, enabling the
legislature to regulate the admission of
lawyers to practice law in this State, In
diana 1* the only State, 1 understand,
which Ignores this important matter.
“With our dense population it has be
come necessary to protect the interest of
j the people from the ever Increasing nutn
| her of incompetent and dishonest lawyers.
It is a fact not generally known that the
lawyer is an officer of the court, and it is
his duty to cooperate with the court in
the promotion of justice in all matters
coming to him.
! "But an army of shysters has come
among us who are ignorent of this duty
! or ignore it, and prey on the public, and
usually the victim Is not aware of the
fact that he has been victimized by a so
called lawyer. Stlch lawyers are a more
dangerous class than many other classes
: of our citizens that are safeguarded
1 against by law.”
INDIANAPOLIS
PRIEST HONORED
Receives Title of Monsignor
From Holy Father.
An elaborate and impressive ceremony
: marked the services at the Holy Gross
Church when the title and regalia of
monsignor were conferred yesterday
upon the Rev. Joseph F. Byrue, pastor
; of the Holy Cross Church.
The Rt. Rev. Joseph Cbartrand. bishop
of the Indianapolis diocese of the Holy
• Roman Catholic Church, officiated at tho
services. He was assisted by four other
Indiana monsignors—the Mrgrs. ttoell,
Richmond, Francis X. I nferreitmeier, i-.
B. Dowd and T. S. Mesker.
Among the priests who assisted in the
| ceremony were: The Rev. August Fits
senegger and the Rev. Urban Souderman.
assistant pastor of Holy Cross Church.
Indianapolis; the Rev. Peter Kilhan. the
Rev. Francis Dlekhnff. the Rev. Glenn
Walker, the Rev. Edward Bockhold, the
Rev. Albert Scbad, the Rev. Albert Bu
sald. the Rev. M. W. Lyons, the Rev.
John Sbeefer, the Rev. Otto Bos' r. the
Rev. Joseph Bryan, the Rev. Tl’.oer Rlt
, ter, the Rev. Edgar O'Conno . the R e v.
V. J. Brucker, the Rev. Raymond Noll,
the Rev. Joseph Kempf, the Rev. Auer
Oderic, the Rev. George Smith, the Rev.
John P. O’Connell, all of Indianapolis;
the Rev. John F. Hii-ker of Cincinnati;
the Rev. Charles 11. Thiele of Ft. Wayne,
j the Rev. William F. Seiberts of New
! Albany, the Rev. P. 11. Griffin of Colum
j bus. the Rev. James M. Gregofre of Vin
i eennes. the Rev. Francis Soiiauh of
Rushviiie. the Rev. Pierce Dixon of Terre
Haute, the Rev. John Gallagher of New
castle, the Rev. Charles Duffy of Vin
cennes, the Rev. John Scheio k of Cam
bridge City, and the Rev. Thomas J.
Traverse of Anderson.
The title conferred upon the Rev.
Byrne is an ecclesiastical one bestowed
by the Pope for services rendered to the
j church.
MR. ANNA W. PE HAVEN DIES.
Fnn.'ral services for Mrs. Anna W.
j De Haven, 66. who died Friday after an
illness of two weeks, wil be held Tues
| day morning at 10:30 o’clock at her home.
115 Ashlnsd avenue. Burial will lie in
| Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Pe Haven
was born in England, but had lived in
Indianapolis since childhood. In 1875
, she was married to E. C. Do Haven who
, died in 1915. Mrs. Pe Haven Is survived
; by one son, H. Walter Le Haven of this
i city.
lEg)Qciety gj
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Thomson, 4140
Broadway, hare gone to Winona Lake for
a short stay.
• •
Mrs. Will Valodin and daughter, Miss
Mary Valodin, Talbott avenue and Thir
tieth street, are spending a fortnight in
Oakland. 111.
• •
Miss Adrienne Schmedel. who has been
attending Wisconsin University this
summer, has returned to her home, 4114
North Capitol avenue.
• •
Dr. Amelia Keller entertained yester
day afternoon with a 5 o’clock tea in
honor of her sister, Mrs. Adolph Sielken
of Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Sielken are
visiting relatives in the city.
• • •
Mrs. .1. B. Sidener, 1417 Ashland ave
nue, lias returned from Bay View, Mich.,
where she has been spending several
weeks.
* • *
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ginter of Dayton,
Ohio, spent the week-end with relatives
in the city. Mrs. Ginter formerly was
Mis* Hazel Campbell, daughter of James
Campbell, of this city.
• •
Mrs. Margaret Sumner of Chicago, who
has been the guest* of her sister. Mrs.
Earl Gentry, at her summer home at
Feeney River Heights, has returned
home.
• • •
Miss La Nette Rhode of Chicago came
today to spend a week with Miss Flor
ence Martin. 1041 West Thirty-Fourth
street. Miss Martin will entertain for
her guest Wednesday night with a slum
her party.
• • •
Dr. C. R. Schaefer and family, 183S
North Meridian street, have gone to
spend a month in Canada.
• • •
Mr and Mrs. Foye E. Wade and daugh
ter, Dorothy, will leave next Saturday
for a motor trip to California, where they
will make their home. They will stop
for the week-end at Monticello, Ind., be
fore starting on the Western tour, which
will take about a month.
• • •
Mrs. M. E. Dittemore, 902 Ashland ave
nue. has returned from Lake Tippecanoe,
whiye she has been spending the sum
mer.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Barker, 421 West
Downstairs Store W m s***€% Downstairs Store
Store Opens at 8:30; Closes at 5:00 *‘ m JrJr'A • & # or< Opens at 8:30; Closes at 5:00
tThe First Big Coat
Sa!e_ of the Season
In the Downstairs Store
: S0 Handsome 'Jew
flush Coats
We are decidedly proud of this splendid collection of
plush coats. They are stylish to a degree—lined and inter
lined and many of them have deep collars and cuffs of fur.
Beautifully made of Salt’s Peco Plush,
Hip-Seal-Lapinex, Baffin Seal Plush, Peer
less Plush, Near-Seal and Garber-Seal.
All choice plush fabrics that are known for
their splendid wearing qualities.
Many of-them have deep fur collars and cuffs, Australian
opossum, dyed opossum, ring tailed opossum, mouflon,
beaverette, kit coney and raccoon. Ail are full lined and
interlined, adding to both wear and warmth. The lowest
vm
§jr 5%3 ' md £mi Si/
*3ss *4s*
Ayrejs'Downstairs Store
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1921.
Thirty-First street, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Helen Elizabeth,
to Floyd Alvin Banks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. .T. O. Banks of Indianapolis. The
wedding will take place Sejit. 15.
♦ • •
Mr. and Mrs. Victor C. Kendall. 1341
North Alabama street, announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Katherine V.,
to Paul A. Hancock, son of Mrs. W. R.
Hancock, 3005 Washington boulevard.
Miss Kendall attended Butler College and
\is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Mr. Hancock attended Indiana and is a
member of Phi Beta ri. Tho wedding
will take place lu October, at the home
of the bride.
* * *
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Emma Jane Ellis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Eliis. 2094 Ruckle
street, to Marshal D. Montanl, son of
Mrs. Raffaeia Montanl. The wedding
will take place at the home of the bride
In September.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Balz. 3038 Fall
Creek boulevard, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Helen Johanna,
to William Russel Moore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Moore. 1422 North Pennsyl
vania street. Miss Balz is a graduate of
the University of Michigan and a mem
ber of Kappa Alpha Theta. Mr. Moore
attended Purdue University and is a
member of Alpha Tau Omega. The wed
ding will take place at the home of the
bride Sept. 15.
Jelly Roll
Ingregient*: Three eggs, one cup
one tablespoonful water, one cup
flour, one rounding teaspoonful baking
powder, one tablespoonful melted butter,
pinch salt.
Separate eggs, beat whites until stiff
and dry and yolks until thick and lemon
color. Add sugar to yolks and continue
boating, 'hen add the dates, (hen the
butter, then tile beaten whites, then the
Hour with baking powder well mixed.
Fold and beat,until all Is well blended,
and turn into a buttered and papered
pan, spreading evenly on the bottom,
using care not to have the cake too thick
when it come* out. Turn onto a cloth
slightly dampened or paper sprinkled
with rdwdered'sugar. Cut a strip from
edge and spread with jelly that has been
warmed and beaten to a consistency to
spread easily and roll. After roling roll,
cloth or paper should remain around roll
until well shaped before removing. .Tam
can be used instead of the Jelly. A mar
malade made of figs and raisins, with
lemon juice added, is fine for this roll
and is good food for children.
TO ESTABLISH
‘ROUND TABLE’
AT POSTOFFICE
Says It Will Eliminate Long
and Costly Delays in
Handling Mails.
By the establishment of a “round table”
at the Union Station postoiflee officials
[hope to expedite the handling of certain
classes of mail, according to a statement
made today by O. K. Karns, chief clerk of
the railway mall service. The round ta
ble idea has long been a pet idea of Mr.
Karn’s and he says that he believes the
plan will be in operation by Sept. 1.
The round table plan will eliminate long
and costly delays in handling certain
classes of mails, according to Mr. Karns.
Under the present arrangement certain
Incoming mail not intended for this cily,
but which must be transferred here from
i one railroad to another, is hauled from
the Union Station to the local postoiflee,
redistributed there and then hauled back
to the station again. This, of course, re
sults In delays, and Is expensive from
the standpoint of the length of the double
haul to and from the postofflee.
When the round table is established
twelve men from the railway postal mail
' service will be detailed to the l nion Sta
tion. Incoming mall not intended for
local distribution, will be sent to the
round table where the twelve men will
redistribute it. This will enable the de
partment to get the mail out on the next
train, cut out the long double haul and
will result in a big saving in time and
money.
Eventually Mr. Ivarns hopes to extend
the round-table service to mall intended
for distribution in Chicago. Louisville
and Cincinnati. If this done mail in
tended for those cities will he distributed
according to city routes before it leaves
Indianapolis and when it arrives at it*
destination will he ready for the carrier.
If this plan Is put In effect Mr. Karns
believes for example, it will be possible
to take four railway mail clerks off tho
Chicago mail train leaving here at 12:30
n. m. and put them to work on the
round table Not only will the work
ami surroundings be more pleasant for
the clerks but it is believed the mall can
be handled more expeditiously.
A Sale You Cannot Afford to Miss
PEGGY JOYCE IN
CLOSING SCENES
Arrives for Finish of Week’s
Orgy at Deauville.
DEAUVILLE. France. Aug. 22 One
wild week's orgy of dancing, drinking
and consequent activity was climaxed for
Americans by the sensational
eleventh hour arrival of Peggy Hopkins
Joyce, the running of the Grand Prix in
a pouring rain and the highest gambling
of Deauville history.
Today with their retinues of servants,
Americans and British millionaires,
actors... society folk and adventurers, are
leaving.
Tommorrow, Deauville will be deserted.
Peggy Joyce, who sped by boat and
train and automobile to arrive here at 1
o'clock Sunday morning, plunged
feverishly into the closing activities
and shared the lime light with only a
few
Play in the Casino, at baccarat, chimin
defer and roulette which lasted until 5
o’clock this morning, was the highest
within the memory of Deauville’s oldest
croupier.
SHAKE-UP DUE TO
INDEMNITY ISSUE
French Minister of Finance
Tends Resignation.
PARIS, Atig. 22. —That a sbakeup of
the French cabinet over the indemnity is
sue was narrowly averted over the week
end, was learned today from a reliable
source. M. Doutner, minister of finance,
handed his resignation t<> Premier Briand
because the premier refused to accept the
indemnity plan of the allied finance min
isters last week. The premier refused
to accept the resignation because he
wished the ministry to remain intact dur
ing the delicate negotiations that, are now
pending on international matters.
>l. Doumer decided to take a two
weeks vacation to think over the matter.
MOTHERS DODGING Dl TY.
PARIS, Aug. 22 Official statics
show that, though before the war most
French babies were nursed by their
mothers, about 90 per cent are now
bottle fed, and there has been a great in
crease of infant mortality.
LOUCKS ISSUES
WARNING OVER
USE OF FLUIDS
Fire Chief Urges Care in
Handling Cleaning Pre
arations.
Calling attention to the dangerous con
dition that has arisen from the wide si le
of inflammable cleaning liquids for home
use, Fire . Chief John C. Loucks today
cautioned the housewives of Indianapolis
to exercise the greatest care In purchas
ing such cleaners and issued a warning
to local druggists and others against sell
ing such hazardous compounds.
“Reports that I have received,” said
Chief Loucks, “indicate that many drug
stores are putting up solutions of carbon
bi-sulphide, which they offer to the pub
lic as safe preparations for the removal
of spots and stains from clothing and
other materials, although this chemical
is more explosive than gasoline because
of its greater volatility. its vapors will
ignite at comparatively low temperatures
without either spark or flame being
present. The heat of a steampipe, for
example, is sufficient.
C ARBON 81-SULPHIDE
HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE.
“Asa matter of fact, carbon bi-sul
phide is classified as the most hazardous
of inflammable liquids. It is thus appar
ent that its promiscuous sale for home
i cleaning purposes is likely to result in
i loss of life, particularly among Women
! and children. In some instances the
carbon bi-sulphide is combined with
ether, which makes it still more deadly.
The efficiency of gasoline as a solvent
has made its use in home cleaning an
pyp r y_(jay occurrence which, unfortunate
ly, is offen attended by injury and loss
of life. No! long age a Massachusetts
woman started cleaning a silk waist in a
I bowl of gasoline and when she rubbed
the silk between her hands, the friction
produced a spark which ignited the
gasoline fumes and caused an explosion
that fatally burned the woman and
w recked her home. More often the cause
of the ignition is a match, a lighted
stove or other open flame.
“There was a California woman, for
example, who began cleaning a pair of
gloves with gasoline in her kitchen while
a nearby gas stove was lighted. The
\apor flr.shed across the intervening
space and she lived just twenty minute*
afterward. Gasoline vapor is heavier
than air and accumulates close to the
floor, where it awaits the inevitable
Ayr§s'Downstairs Store
spark. The vapor from one gallon of
gasoline, when properly mixed with air.
has an explosive power equal to that of
eighty-three pounds of dynamite, Rnd
the fumes upon ignition have been known
to flash a distance of over 190 feet. This
will give some idea of the danger in
volved. It is less hazardous to use gas
oline in the open air than indoors, but it
is better to banish it entirely, from the
premises.
UNSCRUPULOUS TO BE
CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
“Unscrupulous druggists who sell in
flammable liquids with an expresced or
implied guarantee as to their safety, will
be called to account, for our local ordi
nances render them subject to legal
prosecution where they place such dan
gerous chemicals upon sale without pre
cautionary marking.”
Chief Loucks went on to say that “the
fire hazards of cleaning fluids differ
considerably, and buyers should ascer
tain if they have been examined and
passed upon by the underwriters' labora
tories. Cleaning preparations consisting
wholly of carbon tetra-chloride are safe
from a standpoint, and are actually
valuable in extinguishing small fires In
confined places.”
BRITISH PAUPERS INCREASE.
LONDON, Aug. 20.—The number of pau
pers and lunatics In England will show
a greater Increase this year than ever
before, accordnig to preliminary esti
mates.
li .. “rnn
How to Beautify a
Summer Soiled Face
It's really a simple matter to renovate
a face Boiled by sun, winds or dirt. Ordi
nary mercolized wax, used like cold
cream, will transform the worst old com
plexion into one of snowy whiteness and
velvety softness. It literally peels off the
outer veil of surface skin, but so gently,
gradually, there's no discomfort. The
wornout skin comes off, not in patches,
but evenly, in tiny particles, leaving no
evidence of the treatment. The younger,
healthier under-skin forming the new
complexion, is one of captivating loveli
ness. One ounce of mercolized wax, to
be had at any drug store, is enough to
remove any tanned, reddened, pimpled,
freckled or blotchy skin. Apply before
retiring, washing It off morningg.
Many skins wrinkle easily with every
wind that blows, with hear, worry, etc.
An excellent wrinkle remover, because it
tightens the skin and strengthens re
laxed muscles, in a wash lotion made as
follows: Powdered saxolite, one ounce,
dissolved in witch hazel, one-half pint.
This gives immediate results.— Advertise
ment.
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