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CORPORATION
INCOME TAX
FORMS READY
Collector Thurman Explains
Provisions of Law in
Statement.
Income tax forms 1520 for reporting
net Income for corporations for the year
1921 are now available for distribution,
according to M. Bert Thurman, collector
of Internal revenue. In explaining the
tax on corporations Mr. Thurman said:
“The Federal tax on Income of cor
porations is divided into two parts, in
come tax and excess profits tax. The in
come tax on corporations for 1921 Is at
the rate of 10 per cent of the net In
come subject to tax. For 1922 and sub
sequent years, as provided by the reve
nue act of 1921, the Income tax la 12%
per cent.
“In ascertaining net Income subject to
the Income (normal) tax, the corporation
is allowed certain specific credits, which
include (1) the amount of war and ex
cess profits tax imposed by the United
States for the same taxable year, and (2)
interest received upon obligations of the
United States and bonds of the war.
finance corporation which has been In
cluded In gross Income. A specific credit
of $2,000 is also allowed corporations
whose net Income for 1921 was $25 000
or less. Under the revenue act of 1918,
this exemption was allowed all corpora
tions regardless of the amount of net
income. The act provides that if the
net Income is more than $25,000, the
normal tax shall not exceed the tax
which would be payable If the $2,000
credit was allowed, plus the amount of
the net Income In excess of $25,000.
“The excess profits tax Is computed on
the basis of the relation of net Income
to the Invested capital of the corpora
tion. as defined by Section 320 of the
revenue act of 1921, This tax Is in ad
dition to the normal tax of 10 per cent.
It is based on the net Income above a
specific exemption of $3,000 and 8 per
cent of the Invested capital for the taxa
ble year, these amounts being known as
excess profits credits. The rates are the
same as for 1920, 20 per east of the net
income in excess of the excess profits
credits and not in excess ot 20 per cent
of the invested capital of the taxable
year (known as first bracket) and 40
per cent of the net income in excess of
20 per cent of the Invested capital (sec
ond bracket). Invested capital for the
taxable year is the capital actually paid
In for stock outstanding, including the
paid-in surplus and earned surplus or
profits earned prior to the taxable year,
which have not been distributed. The
term “invested capital” does not include
borrowed capital.
“Invested capital embraces two classes
of assets: those known as “admissible”
assets and those known as “inadmissible”
assets. Admissible assets are those which
produce Income subject to tax. Inadmis
sible assets are those (other than ob
ligations of the United States) which pro
duce income that is exempt from income
tax. For example, cash, real estate, bills
receivable and other tangible assets,
which produce Income subject to the in
come tax are admissible assets. Assets
such as stocks and State or municipal
bonds which produce income that is ex
empt from income tax are inadmissible
assets.
“The revenue act of 1921 requires all
corporations having inadmissible assets
must deduct from invested capital ‘a per
centage thereof equal to tbe percentage
which the amount of inadmissible assets
is of the total amount of admissible and
on admissible assets held during the tax
able year.' For example, the total assest
of a corporation for 1921 was $200,000. of
whiclj. $150,000 was In inadmissible assets
and $50,000 in admlssable assets. The
average invested capital was SBO,OOO.
Applying the above rule, the invested
capital must be reduced by 75 per cent
(the percentage of the inadmissible as
sets, $150,000, to the total assets, $200,000).
The reduced invested capital, therefore,
will be SBO,OOO (the invested capital) less
SOO,OOO (75 per cent of the invested capi
tal) or $20,000. Where a corporation's
income is reported on a cash receipts and
disbursements basis, accrued items can
not be taken into consideration in com
puting its invested capital.
“The payment of a stock dividend has
no effect upon the amount of Invested
capital. The capitalization of current
earnings does not increase the invested
capital. Appreciation in good will and
tangible property determinded by an ap
praisal against which a stock dividend
was issued cannot be allowed as invested
capital. The value of tangible property
paid in for stock or shares in an amount
as limited by Section 326 of the revenue
act of 1921 may be included In invested
capital.
“The revenue act of 1921 provides every
corporation, Joint stock company, asso
ciation and Insurance company not spe
cifically exempt shall file a return. There
shall be Included in the return a state
ment which will enable the commis
sioner to determine the portion of the
earnings or profits (taxable or nontax
able) accumulated during the year for
which the return is made, which have
been distributed or ordered to be dis
tributed to Its stockholedrs during such
year.
“Anew and important provision of the
revenue act of 1921 is that where a cor
poration is formed or availed of to pre
vent the Imposition of a surtax upon
its stockholedrs, by permitting Its profits
to accumulate instead of being dis
tributed as dividends, It may be sub
ject to a tax of 25 per cent In addition
to the normal tax of 10 per cent imposed
on corporations. The stockholders, how
ever, agree with the commissioner the
profits of the corporation shall be
charged to them In the same manner as
the distributive share of the partners.
*nd pay the tax as partners. When tbe
l&rporation Is a mere holding company
or Its profits accumulate beyond the
normal needs of its business, this shall
be prima facie evidence of a purpose to
escape the surtax. A reasonable accu
mulation of surplus, however, is per
mitted.
“Returns must be filed with the col
lector of internal revenue for the district
in which the corporations’ principal place
of business Is located. Corporations must
file their returns on the basis of their
existing accounting period is established
as the twelve-month period ending Dec.
31, or upon the last day of some month
other than December. A corporation
cannot change its accounting period with
out the permission of the commissioner.”
Employes Asked to
Supply P. Q. Slogans
Postoffioe employes are asked to sug
gest slogans to be placed on letters sent
out by the local postoffice in a bulletin
issued by Robert H. Bryson, postmaster,
today.
“It is our intention to give tbe post
office and the postal service as much pub
licity as we can," Postmaster Bryson
said, “and I believe that employes of the
office, who are in close touch with the
details of the postal business, can give
ES some valuable slogan suggestions.”
The bulletin is as follows:
"For the purpose of advertising ana
selling the postal service to tbe public,
It Is the intention to place a slogan,
either printed or written, at the bottom
Cf each letter sent out by this office.
“These slogans may pertain to any
branch of the postal service—mail early,
parcel post, C. O. D. service, Treasury
savings certificates, postal savings,
jnoney order, registration, etc.
“Postoffice employes are requested to
submit slogans or suggestions that oc
cur to them as suitable for this purpose.
The sentence comprising the slogan must
consist of only one line of not more than
Sixteen words. Make it snappy.’*
Wall Street Plot to Get
Movie Control Suspected
-
Observers Believe Film World, Scandals
Part of Insidious Propaganda.
(B THOMPSON BUCHANAN.
Playwright, Author of “A Woman’s Way,”
“Civilian Clothes” and Others.
(Copyright. 1925, by United Press.)
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 21.—“1s Wall
street trying to steal the film industry ?
“Is the mysterious murder of William
Desmond Taylor, motion picture direc
tor, shot to death la Los Angeles, tbe in
cident that is to bring into the open the
battle of big business for control of the
world's fifth greatest industry?”
These questions are being asked on all
sides, especially in view of the apparently
spontaneous, concerted attack on the In
dustry, the skillfully managed flood of
malicious vituperation which is now
sweeping the country from end to end.
People who hold this belief point to
the fact Henry Ford and the movie are
not controlled by Wall Street and that
the money Interests have been after both.
It wasn't until the last two years that
Wall Street began seriously to take a vital
interest in the motion picture industry.
The making of pictures involves an
enormous outlay of money and naturally,
as In all other big Industries where
credit enters largely Into financing, Wall
Street, it is said, was prompt to seize
upon the necessities xf the producers.
Only a few months ago in every de
partment of one of the nig companies rep
resentatives of "big ousiness” were, it
is said, "set to learn tiie business.” It
Is said they boasted openly they were
about to take over tne whole Industry.
Then came a terrific fight and men whose
courage, whose foresight, whose brains
created the business won the victory
and regained control of It. All the Wall
Street men planted in various depart
ments packed their little bags and went
on their way.
Every other company has not been so
fortunate.
Several of the largest producers have
gone down In a battle which Is said to
have been precipitated by money In
terests. The greatest producer of them
all whose came can be guessed easily,
apparently Bays: “What's the use? I’m
working for bankers now.”
One of his friends is authority for the
statement “no matter how much wealth
his genius may create, he himself never
will be benefited in proportion to his
efforts
It Is being pointed out it was In the
Library Notes
New fiction books at the Central Li
brary include: “Man From the Wilds,”
by Harold Btndloss; "The Strongest,” by
G. E. B. Clemenceau; "Surprises of Life,”
by G. E. B. Clemenceau: “Midnight,” by
O. R. Cohen; “Consequences," ty E. E.
M. De La Pasture; “Gestg of Duke Joce
lyn," by Jeffery Farnol; “People,” by
Pierre Hamp; “Valley of Gold,” by Da
vid Howarth; “Quiet Interior,” by E.
B. C. Jones; “Little More," by W. B.
Maxwell; “Nightfall," by Anthony I’ryde;
“Nobody's Man,” by E. P. Oppenheim;
“Jack O'Judgment,” by Edgar Wallace;
“Fire-Tongue,” by A. S. Ward, and
“Death of Society,” by Rorner Wilson.
New children's books at the Central Li
brary Include: “Round Roblu," by A
F. Brown; “Short History of the United
States for School Use,” ty Edward Chan
nlng; "Producing Amateur Entertain
ments,” by H. J. Ferris; “Elementary
General Science,” by D. R. Hodgdon;
“Mazll: A Story of the Swiss Valleys,"
by Fran Johanna Spyrl; "Fairy Tales
Everyone Should Know,” edited by Anna
Tweed, and "Pantomime Primer,” by E.
G. White.
New music and art books at the Cen
tral Library : “Dutch Stories ; Six Easy
Pieces for the Plano,” by Gertrude Bart
lett; “Mephlstopheles.” composed by Ar
rigo Bolto; “History of the Flute From
Ancient Times to Bohm's Invention," by
David Ehrlich; “War In Cartoons,” com
piled and edited by C. J. Hechat; “Kal
endar of Hymns Ancient and Modern and
the English Hymnal” (for reference uso
only; "Organ Repertoire,” compiled by
P. W. Orem; “Whistler Journal," by
Mrs. E. R. Pennell; “Forty-seven Song
; Melodies for the B Flat Cornet, Trom
’ bone or Baritone with Plano Aceompanl
| inent,” by T. H. Rolllnson; “Danzs Ma
| cabre,” by C. C. Salnt-Saens; “Organ
I Book,” complied by T. G. Shepard.
; New technical and scientific books at
; Centra! Library; “Agricultural and In
dustrial Bacteriology," by R E. Buch
anan; “Layman's Handbook of Medicine,”
by R. C. Cabot; “Chess Fundamentals,”
by J. R. Capablanca; “Hosiery Manufac
ture,” by William Davis; “Chemistry
of Enzyme Actions," by E. G. Falk;
Practical Horae Nursing,” by Louisa
Henderson; “Railway Signaling,” by E.
E. King; “Railway Signal Engineering,'
by L. P. Lewis; “Advanced Business
'Correspondence," by G. B. Hotchkiss;
“Analytical Subject Bibliography of the
j Publications of the Bureau of Fisheries,
1871-1920,” by R. M. E. MacDonald (for
reference nse only); “How These Farm
ers Succeeded,” edited by J. R. Mc-
Mahon; “Canary Breeding and Training,”
by C. N. Page: “Chemistry of the Rub
ber industry,” by H. E. Potts; “Twenti
eth Century Guide for Automobile Oper
ators,” by Julius Rosbloom; “Industrial
Organic Chemistry,” by S. P. Sadtler;i
“Commercial French,” by I. A. Schwartz, j
“Automatic Block Signals and Signal Cir
cuits,” by Ralph Scott; “Hand Craft
Projects for School and Home Shops,”
by F. I. Solar, and “Productive Soils,”
by W. W. Weir.
New books of poetry, essays and plays
at Central Library: “Seeing Things at
Night,” by H. C. Broun; “Sweet and
Twenty,” by Floyd Dell; “Chat About
Samuel Merwln,” by R. C. Holliday;
"John C. Neihardt, Man and Poet,” by
J. T. House; "Noah an! Jonah an' Cap’n
John Smith," by Don Marquis; "Life's
Minor Collisions," by F. L. Warner; “Un
collected Poetry and Prose of Walt
Whitman," (for refernce only); and
“New Plays from Old Tales,” by H. S.
Wright.
New books of history, travel and bi
ography; "Forty Odd Years in the Liter
ary Shop,” by J. L. Ford; “Loiterer in
Paris," by H. W. Henderson ; “American
Indians North of Mexico," by W. 11.
Miner; “Portraits of the Nineties,” by
E. T. Raymond; “Tourgueneff and Ilia
French Cir-le,” by I. S. Turgenev; “Lon
don Days," by Arthur Warren; "Her
man Melville, Mariner and Mystic,” by
R. M. Weaver; and “Portugal Old ana
Young,” by George Young.
New books at the Business Branch: j
“Essentials of Industrial Coating,” by ,
G. S. Armstrong; “Twenty Twenty-Min- j
ute Lessons in Bookkeeping,” by F. L. i
Beach; “Psychology for Business Effici
ency,” by G. R. Eastman; "Wholesale,
Cooperation in Scotland," by J. A? Fiana- j
gan; “How to Select Investments," by;
Frederick Lownhaupt; “Social Letter,’ j
by Elizabeth Myers; “Effective Direct*
Advertising,” ty R. E. Ramsay, and
“Economics for the Accountant," by
Kemper Simpson.
SUES T. H„ I. Sc E. COMPANY.
Damages of $15,000 today were asked
in a suit filed in Superior Court, room
1, against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis I
end Eastern Traction Company by Emily !
M. Bussey, who alleges she was se
rlously Injured on Oct. 12. 1921, in Cen
teron. Ind., when her automobile was
struck by a traction car.
You Need Not Have A Cold
If you will take Laxative BROMO QUI
NINE Tablets when you feel the first
symptoms of a Cold coming on.—Ad
vertisement.
heart of a campaign for “control” cen
sorship agitation began. This censor
ship, it is said, was a plan to ruin the
industry and then buy in the wreck.
There was no real demand for censorship,
but the report says It was simple for
“big business’s” to hire a few professional
reformers who made noise out of all
ratio to their numbers and who created
fictitious, but what seemed real, demand.
When the chief of these reformers was
placed on the stand and was asked the
source of the money that financed the
censorship campaign—that Is to say, the
effort to ruin the motion picture indus
try, he refused to answer.
It Is said one of the real reasons for
Wall Street’s desire to control the motion
picture industry was It recognized in the
industry the most potent force, next to
the newspapers, and Wall Street desired
to control popular opinion, to make sure
nothing antagonistic to its interest was
uttered to he people.
The next step seemed to b* so to
blacken the names of the people engaged
in motion picture production, so as to
create demand on the part of the public
these people be changed. What refer
ences, insiders and well-voiced outsiders
now are asking, has this attack on the
character of people prominent in the
picture business, to the desire to put in
the representatives of “big business" who
has Just been driven out in confusion?
DEFEND CHARACTER
OF FILM LEAVERS.
People of Los Angeles, bankers, busi
ness men, newspaper owners, those en
gaged in mercantile and industrial pur
suits, who are intimately connected with
tbe personnel and habits of those en
gaged In motion picture production and
distribution In Hollywood, have been
and are first to defend the habits of
their neighbors and to denounce as an
outrage this campaign of slander. Los
Angeles and Hollywood Chambers ojf
Commerce officially hare condemned va
rious persons who always are announc
ing attacks and have upheld the Integ
rity and good name of the picture folk.
The very clergymen who once demanded
censorship, now are first to defend the
attitude of the motion picture business,
it is asserted.
There have been dope parties and de
baucheries In Hollywood, but they were
staged by certain persons who are knowu
and who will be prosecuted.
WILL DISCUSS
MERCHANT FLEET
Speakers to Tell of Ad
vantages to Indianapolis.
A discussion of conditions In the United
States shipping board and an outline of
the advantages which would be accrued
to Indianapolis industries by the proper
development of an American merchant
marine will form the subject of talks by
Edward C. Plummer end Matthew Hale,
representatives of the National Merchant
Marine Association, at a meeting to bo
held in the Chamber of Commerce build
ing at noon Friday.
An Invitation has been extended by
John B. Reynolds, general secretary of
the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce,
to all persons Interested In. the subject
of a merchant marine.
Mr. Plummer, who has made an exten
sive study of domestic and foreign ports
and of shipping conditions !u Europe and
America, served as a paymaster In the
Navy during the Spantsh-Aiuertcan war
and later was attorney and secretary for
the Atlantic Carriers’ Association. He
represents the fifth generation of ship
builders In his family.
Marriage Licenses
Frank Weiss. 1514 Barth are 41
Barbara Kaiser, Chicago 37
Martin Murphy, 51 S Tremont 41
Mary Rice, 620 S. West st 44
Joseph Mayer. 1334 S. Talbott st. .... ?
Martha Hupke, 2348 Prospect st 29
Charles Green, 2431 Parkway Bird .. 31
Mabell Fitzwater, 713 N. Delaware st- . 31
Payton Parrott, 603 N. Highland ave. . 24
Irene Rodgers, 41 N. Oxford st 24
John Carroll, 1019 N. Pennsylvania .. 31
Hazel Kealing, 1930 N. New Jersey .. 32
Joseph Brista, Camp Sherman. Ohio.. 22
Margaret Noon, 3140 Carson ave 22
Robert fetcrenson, Hotel Washington 20
Mabella Spray, 2347 Northwestern ... 25
Joseph Robbins, Marlon Conn’y 53
Goldyn Gusby, Marion County 10
Births
Tommie and Ora Tabor, 3054 Newton,
boy.
Samuel and Gertrude Redmond, 1221
Calhoun, boy.
Lewis and Eva Bollinger, 1265 South
East, girl.
George and Tresa Ricos, 30 North West,
girl.
Edward and Anna Elliott, St. Vincent's
hospital, girl.
John and Lottie Bellamy, 722 North
Delaware, girl.
Wellington and Leota Knapp, 1419
Lexington, boy.
John and Clara MeCotter, 43 Eastern,
boy.
Herbert and Ethel Martin, 284-4 Walker,
girl.
Charles and Margaret Patterson, 3235
N. Jackson, boy.
Elva and Blanche Wheeler, 3015 Barth,
byo.
Samuel and Nellie Piasket, 959 North
Ewing, boy,
Andrew and Nellie Swhear, 9120 Arrow,
girl.
Owen and Marla Danpert, 1030 Goodlet,
girl.
Edwin and Gladys Mackey, Methodist
hospital, boy.
Raymond and Violet Phelps, Methodist
hospital, boy.
Frederick and Coral Slefker, Methodist
hospital, girl.
John and nazel rritchard, Methodist
hospital, boy.
Robert and Cora McCord, Methodist
hospital, girl.
William and Mario Robertson, Method
ist hospital, boy.
William and Emma Hanaman, Method
ist hospital, boy.
David and Genevieve Morgan, Method
ist hospital, boy.
Joseph and Gertrude Brodrick, Clarke-
Biakeslee hospital, boy.
Ivarl and Florence Hayne, 1053 North
Pershing, girls (twins),
Benjamin and Mary Stratton, 440 Dor
man, girl.
George and Mary Carpenter, city hos
pital, girl.
Deaths
Mary Ann Logan. 1, 917 South Mis
souri. broncho pneumonia.
Rena White, 47, 1817 Commerce, uremia.
Harriett May Schuckle, 12 days, 1024
Ringpld, Inanition.
Cora Iliner, 48, city hospital, broncho
pneumonia.
Bridget McDonald, 76, 805 Weghorst,
influenza.
Fred D. Kraft, 60, 717 Cottage, acute
dilatation of heart.
James Russell Coulston, 5 days, 1649
Ashland, acute colitis.
Grant Cook, 53, 1211 East Pratt, mitral
insufficiency.
Winifred Louise Strait, —, 3129 Walker,
atelectasis.
William Jones, 7 months, 1015 North
Pershing, influenza pneumonia.
George Wilson, 20, 2617 Ethel, pulm
lnary tuberculosis.
William H. Bixler, 65, 3:227 Roosevelt,
broncho pneumonia.
Harman Fetta, 72, 520 East McCarty,
chronic myocarditis.
Decoyed to Sea
GLASGOW, Feb. 21.—Two Scottish girls
were decoyed on board a ship here and
traveled halfway around the world be
fore escaping. They are being sent
home front Callao, Peru.
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, VSaZ.
$26,000 in Booze
Penalties Faced
by Chicago Hotel
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—Officers of the
Hotel Sherman Company, operating
the Hotel Sherman, one of the larg
est in Chicago, today face penalties
aggregating $26,000 in fines for al
leged violations of the prohibition
laws. A bill containing twenty-six
counts, charging the hotel company
with irregularities in the sale of wines
and whiskies valued at more than sl.-
200,000, has been filed in the United
States District Court. Failure to
keep a record of liquor permits, sale
of liquor without permits and recti
fication of liquor without payment
of revenue taxes are among the of
fenses charged.
LEWIS CALLS
WAGE SESSION
FOR MARCH 2
(Continued From Page One.)
ferences will receive at the hands of the
operators.
In neither case are the miners any too
confident of success, it Is admitted. Some
union officials frankly admit they “don't
think much” of the prospects of a suc
cessful defensive alliance with the rail
roaders who, in effect, have been invited
to join the miners in a tie-up of coat
mining and transportation April 1 in
event the mine workers are unsuccessful
In effecting anew contract with the
operators.
The path to peace in the coni indus
try, they admit, is anything but paved
with roses. With powerful groups of
bitumtnous coal operators already lined
up for the enforcement of pay slashes,
Indications are they may have the aid
of the Indiana operators, who heretofore
had been counted upon to meet the miners
half way. While W. L. Gould, presi
dent of the Indiana Operators’ Associa
tion, declined to discuss the outlook,
Terre Haute dispatches quoted i’hil
Penna, secretary of the association, as
saying the Indiana operators would not
entertain the conference invitation.
Miners' headquarters was preparing to
send out the invitation and shortly will
issue ballots to be used in the referen
dum of the half-million union miners on
the question of striking April 1 to enforce
their demands, as recommended by the
convention Just closed here.
INDIANA COAL
OPERATORS MUM
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 21.—Indi
ana coal operators are "keeping mnm”
about their answer to the invitation of
John 1.. Lewis, International president of
the mice workers of America to a wage
conference in Cleveland, March 2.
Phil Penna. secretary of the Hoosier
operators, Issued a statement Tuesday
morning In which he SRid he couldn't
tell what his answer would be. “I have
not bad time to commnnlcate with other
operators," ha said.
ANTHRACITE OWNERS
WILLING TO CONFER
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb. 21. -An
thracite Coal operators announce 1 the‘r
willingness to meet representatives of
the United Mine Workers of the nnthrn
cite district to disenss demands in an
an official statement Issued toiler.
The operators will meet Friday at At
lantic City to prepare for an Intensive
work which will precede the negol’.a
tlona.
OHIO OPERATORS
INDICATE REFUSAL
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21—The In
vitation of John L. Lewis for a confer
ence between union officials and operators
will again be refused, Ohio mine owners
indicated today.
Officials of the southern Ohio coal ex
change, the first organization to ahrogate
the four State wage agreement declared
they saw no reason to change their mind.
“We have not yet received the Invita
tion from Lewis, but I see no reason why
we should change our stand," said W. D.
McKinney, secretary of the (Southern
Ohio Coal Exchange.
McKinney, however, said the reply of
the organization would not be made un
til after a conference with other mem
bers to be held here soon. Lee Unll,
chairman of the miners’ wage scale com
mittee, expressed the opinion operators
would attend the conference. He said
the meetings would have no legislative
value other than to decide whether a sub
sequent session would be held to formal
ly consider wage and working matters.
WHITE HOUSE WILL
TRY TO PREVENT STRIKE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The Admin
istration will do “everything in its
power” to prevent a nation-wide mine
strlko on April 1 or thereafter, it was
stated officially at the White House to
day.
Although the detail* of steps being
taken by the Government were not dis
closed, it was stated that the situation
in the mine fields was being watched
close'y by the Department of Jutstice and
the Department of Labor and that offi
cials were hopeful that the threatened
miue tie-up would he averted.
VICTIMS OF
INFLUENZA
Those Who Are Weak and Run-Down
Easy Prey to Wide-Spread Epidemic
Doctors ngroe that people who arn weak
and run-down are the earliest victims of
the Influenza epidemic, whose ravages are
assuming serious proportions in New Eng
land and New York.
If you begin taking Father John’s
Medicine at once you build new streugth
to fight off the grip.
The oommonsense preventive is to be
gin taking Father John’s Medicine at
once because the pure food elements of
which this old-fashioned, wholesome
body-builder is made are easily taken up
by tbe system and turned into vital, re
sisting energy; giving you fighting
strength to ward off the Influenza germ.
—Advert lsement.
A HOME-MADE GRAY
HAIR REMEDY
You Can Make a Better Gray Hair
Remedy Than You Can Buy.
Gray, streaked or faded hair is not
only unbecoming, but unnecessary.
Anyone can prepare a simple mix
ture at home that will darken gray
hair, and make it soft and glossy.
To a half-pint of water add 1 ounce
of bay rum, a small box of Barbo
Compound and % ounce or glycer
ine.
These ingredients can be bought at
any drug store at very little cost, or
the druggist will put.it up for you.
Apply to the hair twice a week until
the desired shade is obtained. This
will make a gray-haired person look
twenty years younger. It is easy to
use, doe3 not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub
ofL —Advertisement.
SUES TO STOP
ISSUE OF BONDS
FOR STATE FAIR
R. C. Scott Brings Friendly
Action to Test Validity of
Transfer Act.
A petition asking that the Indiana
board of agriculture, Governor Warren
T. McCray and Denn John H. Skinner,
of the School of Agriculture at Purdue
University as ex-officio members of the
board be enjoined and restrained from
proceeding further with a proposed
million dollar bond issue to liquidate
outstanding debts against the board for
operating the State Fairgrounds, today
was filed in Superior Court, Room 4.
The suit was filed in the interest of
Robert C. Scott, representing the tax
payers of the State. The other members
of the board who are named as de
fendants are Simon W. Taylor, Guy Cant
well, E. W. Pickhardt, Gif R. Kemper,
Harry M. Mobrely, Samuel J. Miller, Wil-
Harry W. Wilson, Mac M. Coding, Elbert
J. Barker, Thomas Grant, Edgar E.
Phillips, Lin Wilson, Charles L. Smith,
John Isenberger, Ulysses C. Brouse and
George Y. Hopper.
It is stated In tho petition that the
board on March 8, 1921, executed a deed
of conveyance to the State for the pur
pose of enabling the State to conduct
exhibitions in the Interest of agriculture
and allied industries at the talrgiound.
On Jan. 3, 1921. a resolution was passed
by the board calling for a loan of ft.-
000,000, secured by a mortgage, for the
purpose of liquidating outstanding debts
against the board In operating tne fair
ground. Bids were advertised. It is
claimed in tho complaint that the method
of obtaining the money is illegal, as the
State, under the constitution, cannot
assume the debts of any corporation.
This is known ns a friendly unit end
as a test case to decide tho validity of
an act of the Legislature in trausfcrlng
the State board of agriculture to the
State.
TELLS OF CLAMOR
FOR EDUCATION
Dr. Aley Informs Women of
College Problems.
Dr. Robert J. Aley, preeldent of But
ler College was tbe principal speaker at
the Woman’s Rotary Club which met in
regular dinner session yesterday in Par
lor B. Clavpool llofeL
Dr. Aley spoke on some of the problems
confronting tbe colleges and univer
sities of today. “Among these problems."
said Dr. Aley “ts the unprecedented Inter
est in education, with crowds of young
people flooding the colleges and univer
sities, without proper equipment for the
care of them."
Definite limit as to numbers admitted
has been sugested by various institutions,
but this plan Dr. Aley considers a bad
policy, as many desiring an education
might be left out.
Another problem is that of support. Dr.
Aley believes there should bo such sup
port, that provision* will be made for
every young man and woman desiring to
develop, and to gain a liberal education.
Rotnrian Fvancea E. Gravtor, ab
stractor. spoke of her work ss a profes
sion which fw women have as yet taken
up. No university or college is as yet
teaching abstracting, and those who
have pursued It hava had to work out
thtdr own problems.
Guests at the club were Mrs. Harry R.
New, with Mtss Florenca Coffin; Mra.
Cora M. Owing*, with Mrs. W. H. K'.rsch
ner; Miss Martha Yoh M.irson, with Miss
Alice Anderson; Mis* Aims Flckler, with
Mrs. O. H. Westing: Miss Margarette L.
Alexander, with Mrs Ovid Bntler Jame
son, and Miss Dorothy Keicham of Ann
Arbor, Mich., with Dr. Jano Ketcham.
Ask State Probe
of Amish Schools
Rperlal to Tbe Time*.
NAPPANKt;, Ind., Feb. 2L —A Plate in
vestigation Into charges that German
language is being taught principally In
Amish schools near Nappance has been
naked. It was learned today. Kchool au
thorities of Koskiusko and Elkhart conn
tics already arc investigating the charges,
tt la also charged that the Amish schools
are guilty of flagrant violation of the
truancy laws.
TODAY'S BEAUTY HINT
It is tiot neceaocry to shampoo yonr
hair so frequently If it is entirely and
properly cleansed each time ly the nse
of a really good shampoo. The easiest
to nse and quickest drying shampoo that
we can recommend to our reader* Is one
that brings out all tbe natural beauty
of the hnlr and may be enjoyed at very
little expense, by dissolving a teaspoon
ful of canthrox, which can be obtained
from any druggist, in a cup of hot water.
This makes a full cup of shampoo liquid,
enough so tt is easy to apply it to all
tho hair instead of just to the top of the
head. This, when rubbed into the scalp
and onto every strand of hair, chemically
dissolves all Impurities. It Is very sooth
ing nud cooling lu Us action, as well ns
beneficial to both Bcalp and hair. After
rinsing out the lather so created, you
will find the scalp is fresh, clean and
free from dandruff, while tho hair dries
quickly and evently developing a bright
lustre nnd a soft fluffinegs that makes it
seem very heavy,—-Advertisement.
NATURE LOVES BRIGHT COLORS
We see tho truth of this statement in
the varicolored flowers, the vivid sun
sets, the birds of brilliant plumage. But
we never see it exemplified more attrac
tively than in the person of a splendidly
halthy woman. How does nature paint
this health? Why, In the rosy cheeks,
tho transparent skin, the smooth red
lips of such a woman. And she molds it
in firm flesh and rounded contours. The
ailing woman is deficient in natural
coloring, and she does not even appear to
advantage In clothes that would set off
her more attractive sister. Many women
who long for glowing health will find that
they, too, can have these charms if they
will give a trial to that remedy which
brings strength to frail women—Lydia
E. Ptnkham’s Vegetable Compound.—Ad
vertisement.
OPEN WINTER CAUSES TROUBLE
Life Indoors with little or no exer
cise and heavy food is apt to throw the
digestive organs out of order.. Foley
Cathartic Tablets cleanse the bowels;
sweeten the stomach; invigorate the live*,
banish headache, biliousness, bloating,
gas nnd bad breath. J. T. Osborne, Lu
casville, 0., R. F. P. No. 1. says:
sure will tell everybody I know about
Foley Cathartic Tablets.” Sold Every
where. —Advertisement.
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MAin
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Receipt Printing Meters
Welcome Rotarians
Melrosa Tweed, New as It Sounds,
Is the Material of New Topcoats
I
Hand-Printed Linen
Scarfs and Tablecloths
Decorative dining room linens of the greatest beauty are
those which come under the trade name of “Derryvale.”
To make them, natural color linens liave been hand-printed
in a great variety of colorful and tasteful designs, includ
ing flower, fruit, bird and other striking figures.
Through the hand-print process the colors are given a softness
and harmony rarely found In fabrics subjected to more “mechan
ical" processes.
A Limited Quantity, Slightly Mussed,
Offered at $1.48
—Ayres—Linens, second floor.
Men’s Neckwear—An Important Sale
5, 000 Si/k and Knitted Ties at Three Special Prices
29c
Two thousand fine silk
four-in-hands, fashioned
carefully and stylishly,
in an exceptionally wide
assortment of striking
color effects.
Every One a Truly Exceptional Value —Qualities
of a High Excellence
—Ayres—Men's store, street floor.
Dress Woolens
For Smart Spring Togs
Novelty materials are very
much the mode, and who can
doubt the advisability of her
taste for them, when they
have made such an impression
upon the designers of sports
and street appareL
Wool Burr el la
A rough homespun weave,
all wool. In block-chocks and
plaids. Ideal for the new
skirt and cape costumes. 54
Inches wide. $1.98.
Checked Velours
In brown and black, navy
blue, and green, and black and
gray. 52 Inches wide. $1.98.
Striped Serge
An imported English pro
duction, of fine tailoring
weight. Navy blue or brown#
with neat, fancy stripe in
white. 54 inches wide.
$2.98.
Prunella Stripes
Favorites still for plaited
sports skirts; in a glorious
array of color combinations
64 inches wide. $3.98.
—Ayres—Wool goods,
second floor.
And they’re swagger ones, believe that! They are in tan,
have the throw scarf edged in wool fringe, and are yoke
lined. $37.50.
Chic camelshair cape coats, with front cape of four-yard
sweep, have convertible collars, and leather buttons. In tan.
920.50.
Heather tweed capes, in tan and gray. §37.50. j'^ w
Circular capes of Turro cloth, specially priced at §22.50.
Polosheen coats in French bine and shrimp pink—both ex
quisite shadings—are §20.50 and §30.50.
New Suits Are Made Welcome Every Day
Clever tailleurs, crepe-lined by hand, are of Poiret twiH
and tricotine, with straightline or box coats. Plain or
braided. §40.50.
Brown and tan-striped English tweed coats with raglan
shoulders, patch pockets, and lovely soft crepe lining** to har
monize with the coats are §30.50.
—Ayres—Coat and suit sections, third floor.
65c
Two thousand extra qual
ity silk ties, including do
mestic and foreign effects.
The color combinations are
eicep t i o nally effective.
Hand tailored, with slip
easy bands, buttonhole
stitching.
Glass Curtains and Cretonnes
After yon have heard Mr. Ross Crane's lectures on interior
decorating and have decided just what kind of window
treatment your own home needs, you are invited to inspect
the great variety of curtains, curtainings and drapery ma
terials presented by L. S. Ayres & Co.’s drapery department.
Here is every kind of a fabric, for such purposes, that any
home, palatial or apartmental, would require, for winter or
summer. Dainty, cool, airy things are now in order.
Army net, in white only, 50 inches wide, the yard.
Figured scrim, 36 inches wide, 19£ the yard.
Dainty colored cretonnes, in pink, blue, orchid, yellow, for
bedrooms; 36 inches wide, 25£ the yard.
Suitable edges for trimming, 6< the yard.
Burlap in three good tones—brown, green and natural;
86 inches wide, 25f* the yard.
—Ayres—Drapery dept, fourth, floor.
The Hoover Suction Cleaner
What Customers Say—
“l don’t see how any woman could ever get along
without such a wonderful machine.”
Sand Art
An amusing sand stencil set.
complete with sand and stem
cil, 75<„
Crazy Traveler, an enter
taining novelty, SI.OO.
Chemcraft, an exciting and
Instructive plaything that gets
fun out of chemistry, 750.
Flinch, that ever-popnla r
game, 75<t.
Dominoes, another old fa
vorite, 25c.
Drawing Master tables,
email size, $5.00.
—Ayres—Toys, fifth: floor.
Composition.
Ivory
Mirrors, $3.45
White Bonnet shape mirrors,
fust 25 in the group.
Golden Glint, shampoo and
tint in 1 package, 19c.
Stark incense burn era, J st*.
Poco hard water Castil®
soap, Tse.
Powdered pumice, 10£_
—Ayrea—Toilets, street fTnmr.
65c
One thousand knitted
ties in color combina
tions very effective, also
in plain colors in novelty
weaves. Many interest
ing cross stripes, too.
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