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A NEWSPAPER
pEVOTED TO
pUBLIC SERVICE.
gy £ L. RAINEY
ANOTHER EFFORT TO
LAST HOUSE REFUSED TO RE-
AppORTION BY INCREASE.
SENATE DODGES ISSUE.
\\'A:'HL\'QTON, D. C'.—Ahother
Jtempt 10 increase the. size of f(he
hase of representatives 18 now being
e, although the house itself at the
it session oi congress rebuked the
fir;t attempt and turned down the ma
jc;i!.\' report of the census committee
o rcal,pornnmnent.
At the last session the majority of
he census committee reported in fa
qor of raising the number of represent
gtives from 435, the present figure, to
&, so that no state in the union would
ose a member. After a warm non
rtisan debate the house by a substan
tial margin adopted the minority cen
s committee report which favored
rapportionment without increasing the
qumber oi representatives above the
present 435. The house adopted the bill
ecommended by the minority of the
committee, but the senate p;geonhol_ed
the measurc and let 1t die with the life
of that congress March 3, 1921. :
When the present congress came in
e census committee of the house was
reconstituted, though retaining many
of the former members, including the
gormer and present chairman, Repre
entative Siegel of New York, who is
J srong advocate of increasing the
umber of his colleagues at the end of
the capitol, and Representative Larsen
of Georgia, who is as strongly oppos
ol 10 any increase. Chairman Siegel
s managed by the skin of his teeth
1o get his committee again to report
i favor of a raise, this time to 460
instead of 483, and the house will have
ihe whole fight over again.
Committeemen Consulted President.
I 2 the last congress the report of
the census committee of the house in
fwor of increasing its numbers was
¢ight to six. This time the vote was
wken in committee there was a tie, 7
107 and the only way in which Chair
man Siegel was able to get his bill re
gorted was by the “kindness” of one
o the members opposed to the meas
we who changed his vote in order that
the chairman might have this satisfac-
UL, y
The committeeman so coming to the
assistance of Chairman Siegel in the
hour of need was Representative Hen
v E. Barbour, of California, who has
been one of the strongest antagonists
of the idea of reapportionment by en
lirgement and is understood to be of
the same opinion still. Rumor has it
that a suggestion from President Hard
mg was the real cause of Chairman
jegel's temporary “rescue.”
Division in the cepsus committee
it in the house in thi§ Teapportiom
ent question has’ WOt beé on party
ines. There has been a tendency, with
oteworthy exceptions, towards sup
ot of an increase by committeemen
from states which would lose member
ship under a reapportionment not in
creasing the total roster of the house;
and it is also a striking fact that in re
pportionment years the census com
mittee accumulates an undue *propor
in of members from states which
stand to lose under a reapportionment
which does not augment the total per
sonnel of the house. 3
Should Interest Gen. Dawes.
It is to be presumed that Brig. Gen.
Dawes, the economy specialist of the
administration, was not around when
Chairman Siegel and company called
on the president. Sach - a sleuth on
he trail of waste would have instantly\,l
erceived the contempt of economy in
olved in the proposition to add to the®
membership of a house already 'too
i,afge for either good business or com
ort,
To add twenty-five members to the
house in order to save a dozen mem
bers from losing their seats under re
@portionment would cost the country
dout a half a million dollars a year
fira at a time when the treasury has
@ deficit and every clerk in the gov
fmment service is being impressed
With the need of saving even a sheet of
wrm‘flu paper where possible. It
Would really be an excellent thing,
la(;[i?‘m financial economy and legis
h ; results, if the numerical size of
Sg house could be reduced by about
hAsxde irom the economy phase of
rgli;)lvl:(.:t:“”’ which should be all-con
k. gat this time, it would seenr that
M mcrease is to be made to keep
‘!}.‘Klr%:x}'(‘ from losing a member any
.Cll]fl\'lld.f' similarly to lose should be
Siflg('l((] 0 the salvage. The original
i iil defeated last winter, pro
e “I{-‘;nxmg the number at 483 in-
R 1¢ present figure of 435 be-
E 4 r~~'!.4<-\.) member no state would
o Chresentative, With 460 mem
‘l'”:‘\‘l‘?:. "'}l'fls‘ed in the new Siegel
e m’ e (m'd Missouri would each
bt how ‘;"i’rvsg’matlve. It is hard to
o e ‘A\lam(‘ and Missouri mem-
R . voted for the first Siegel bill
beich 11, xept their seats intact can
e which takes
. S body else but leaves
In the cold.
Fam Debts in U. S.
Show a Big Increase
Mgages on Farmers’ Property More
Than Doubled in Last Ten Yedrs.
Mortgag, debts of American farm
s More thap doubled in the decade
ftween 191¢) and 1920, according to a
tort of the census bureau. The in-
MEase n !'.l()Hgage cha"ges agalnst
T_'l by their operators was
1153 720172851 in 1910 to $4,012,-
a“'l'\ n 1920. The mortgages amount
i 01920 10 29 1 per cent of the value
;:’]"" '4lms, against debts of 27.3 per
e (¢ values in 1910. The value
Aam-‘i"i;”‘ in 1920, the report said,
T" *13,772,729 610,
e . 2Verage amount of mortgage
if;;,}, ¢ larm for the United States in
For 125 $3.361, against $1,715 in 1910.
he o, 'SN-Vear period the value of
he 'f”’*“ Mcreased 117.6 per cent, and
wner V€T Of farms operated by their
ficre, o 20d carrying mortgage debts
“4sed 18,6 per cent.
THE DAWSON NEWS
Holds Bug Club Has
The Right to Talk
CHICAGO.—Judge Fisher to
day issued a writ restraining South
Park commissioners from interfer
ing with the meetings of the Bug
Club, an open air gathering, which
meets nightly in Washington Park
l,.fi?'.;zatl,g the problems of the world.
S llg, . der orders from the com
missionl atly drove the
“bugs” from ¢ Tn announc
ing his decision yu. der said
he had frequently been . wited to
address the club and had never
heard any seditious speeches made
as charged by the commissioners.
Members of the club who appeared
in court included heads of a half
dozen industries, a wealthy inventor
and several lawyers,
6 14
LONE WOLF” BANDIT
WARD DIES AS HE HAD LIVED
- IN CONTEMPT OF LAW. DIS
~ PLAYS NERVE TO LAST.
'~ CHICAGQ, Ill.—Harry H. Ward,
the “lone wolf” murderer of at least
two men, died this morning as he had
lived, in contempt of the law. He walk
ed to the gallows without a flicker of
an eyelash, displaying to the last mo
ment the hardy creed of the despoiler.
Before the cap was adjusted Ward
looked calmly and contemptuously
over the group of spectators below.
There was no quaver in his voice as he
responded to prayers spoken by Rev.
Father Shields, of Holy Name Catho
lic cathedral’ His last words were spo
ken through the cowl and his final re
sponse was cut short as the trap was
sprung. His neck was broken; prov
ing that he had not flinched at the last.
Body Held for an Hour.
Eighteen minutes after the trap fell
he was pronounced dead, but the body
was held for an hour to prevent at
tempts at resuscitation.
Early today a man dressed in priest
ly robes appeared at the jail door and
asked to see the “Wolf.” The guard
was suspicious and called on the as
sistant jailer. They were about to
scarch the visitor when he dashed
away. About the same time a truck
load of men drove slowly past the jail
shouting for Ward. Police sentries
drew their revolvers and the fruck
moved on. '
“I'd give $5OOO for a gun,” Ward
told his guards during the night, “If
I had one I’'d be out of here in five
minutes.’ Facli
Desperate attempts were made to
rescue him. Every time his bunk was
searched the guardse have found files
and saws, and several days ago they
discovered a pair of magazine pistols
under the mattress.
Messages Intercepted.
The jail officials intercepted mes
sages from Ward to outside friends
urging them to smuggle a pistol in to
him, and other letters from his friends,
outlining their plans to assist him to
escape, were opened and caused the
%{.;ards to take unusual precautions.
hen his wife visited him last night
she asked that policemen be sent along,
as she feared he would kill her. All
through the night he played cards with
three deputy sheriffs. When the guards
arrived this morning to lead him to
the scaffold he said: “Well, it’s here.
This is the best time I've had in a
‘%ycar," and he tossed the cards to the
‘table and went out to swing into eter
nity. ;
Ward was at one time a member
of the choir of one of the prominent
churches of Chicago.
.
Master Prowler, Who
" Robbed 1,000 Homes,
90 ’
Says Crime Doesn’t Pay
Man Who Served 25 of His 42 Years
In Nine Different Prisons Always
Overcome by Lust for More.
A weary-eyed man, 42 years old,
but looking 60, sits in the jail at De
troit, Mich., waiting for the call which
will take him before a judge to receive
his sentence for breaking and enter
ing homes. When he begins his sen
tence he will start serving his twenty
sixth year behind the bars. At the age
of 17 Samuel Betts, alias John Les
ter, first came into the hands of the
law. The first sentence was light. For
a time he worked, and then bad com
panions lured him from the path again
and he began his first series of rob
beries in Canadai that stirred dozens of
police departments. ie
Betts has had little freedom in the
years following his first sentence of 18
months in Toronto for burglary. But
during his brief periods of freedom he
has been a master prowler, entering,
he says, more than a thousapd homes,
getting loot that ran into six figures.
Betts has served nine terms for bur
glary and theft alone, spending 25
years behind the bars of various insti
tutions. ; ’ <
Several times when he made big
hauls he disappeared and decided to
leave for a foreign country, but each
time the lust for more drew him back
and he tried again, always to lose with
the law. Betts has had gun and knife
fights with dozens of police officers,
but he says he never tried to shoot an
officer or citizen. e
“I’d shoot to frighten, not to kill,”.
‘was the laconic explanation.
FOUR THOUSAND ARE
* FIGHTING OIL BLAZE
PITTSBURG, Pa.-—-Four thousand
men, working at top speed in six-hour
relays, arg striving to prevent further
spread of the oil fire which since last
Wednesday has caused damage which
amounts to millions of dollars in the
‘American oil fields of Mexico, accord
ing to advices received by Pittsburg
oil companies”operating in the field. -
CONGRESS AT WORK
ON THE TAX PROGRAM
REPUBLICANS BEGIN SHAPING
LEGISLATION. SALES TAX
TO BE ABANDONED.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A program
of tax legislation involving little, if
any, reduction, but a readjustment of
federal taxation, begans to assume defi
nite form today at a conference of
treasury officials and republican mem
bers of the house ways and means
committee.
Among the developments, were the
following:
Sales Tax—Republican members of
the ways and means committee, ac:
cording to an announcement by Chair
man Fordney, have determined defi
nitely to abandon further thought of
any sales tax and hence will not waste
any time on the subject at the hear
ings scheduled for next week. The
‘committee is favorable in general to
the treasury program for tax revision,
Transportation Tax—A propos.‘.lf
that this tax be reduced by 50 per cent
for a period of one year and climinated
entirely thereafter was given favorable
consideration. |
Corporation Income Taxes—Com-‘
mittee members approved the treasury
recommendation for an increase of the
corporation income tax from 10 per‘
cent to 15 per cent and the repeal of}
the $2,000 exemptions for corporations, |
the a@itiqnal revenue from thesei
sources being expected to offset the
loss resulting from the repeal of the
excess profits tax.
Individual Income Tax—The recom-l
mendation of the treasury for a reduc
tion of the higher surtaxes to about'
40 per cent will be followed. It appears
to be accepted as a settled fact that the ]
present normal taxes on individual in
comes cannot be reduced. |
“Nuisance Tax” to Go. |
Miscellaneous Tax—Despite protests
by various groups most of the mis
cellaneous taxes will be retained with
the exception of a few so called “nui
sance” taxes, such as that on soda
water. The chief problems remaining
to be worked out relate to new mis
cellaneous taxes, Pwhich must be im
posed in order to bring the total rev
enue up to the desired level. New taxes
considered at the conference included
a federal automobile license tax, an
incregased cigaret tax, a tax on bank
checks and other new stamp taxes.
Customs Revenue—Joseph S. Mc-
Coy, actuary of the treasury depart
ment, told the conference that not
‘more than $150,000,000 additional rev
enue can possibly be realized under
the new Fordney tariff bill, or a total
of $450.000000, as against $300,000,000
under the Un:lerwood law.
Necessary Internal Revenue—Treas
ury ofliciafé stood by their previous
estimates that it will be necessary to
raise approximately $4,000,000,000 by
internal taxation.
Date oi Effectiveness of New Rev
enue Laws—There has been no change
in the program to make the new tax
effective with the calendar year of
1921, collected in 1922. Final enact
ment of the revenue is ‘expected in Oc
tober or. Noveniber. :
© $4,000,000,000 Total Needed.
The treasury officials went over
their estimates as to the probable ex
penditures of the government as made
public in a letter by Secretary Mellen
to Representative Fordney several
weeks ago. It was indicated that with
new demands for additional funds for
the shipping board, the railroads and
other purposes there was no possibili
ty of reducing the necessary total to
be. raised from internal taxation below
$4,000,000,000.
Representative Tilson indicated that
he as well as other members of the
committee felt it was useless going on
with the discussion of a sales tax.
“A sales tax is not feasible until the
public is fully educated on the propo
sition,” said Mr. Tilson. “That time
has not arrived.”
A federal auto tax, it was estimated,
might yield $80,000,000. A new cigaret
tax might produce $20,000,000. A tax
of 2 cents on bank checks would raise
$45,000,000. Sentiment seems to be op
posed to a tax on gasoline which has
been suggested, or to a return to 3-
cent postage.
Hundreds of Thousands -
In Europe Nearly Naked
Price of/Pair of Shoes Brings Hunger
To Average Family a Month.
People in central Europe are “near
er nakedness” than at any time since
the Napoleonic wars, according to re
ports of observers summarized by the
Red Cross headquarters. The situation,
it was added, would reach a climax
this winter.
Food conditions are reported improv
ed. The depreciation of currency, the
summary says, requires a university
professor in Vienna to work three
months to buy a suit of clothes, while
a pair of shoes in Poland cannot be
bought without bringing hunger to the
average family for a month.
“So desperate is the situation,” the
summary added, “that babies are born
with no provisions made for clothing
them and the sick in hospitals are de
pendent upon paper bandages.”
1,792,368 German
Fighters Killed in War
BERLlN.—Germany lost 1,792,-
368 men killed and 4,246,874 wound
ed from 1914 to 1918, according to
a revised compilation of the Ger
man casualties during the war. In
addition 200,000 men still are re
ported missing.
Losses in the navy. which are in
cluded in the casualties given above,
were 34,256 men killed and 31,085
wounded.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1921
| ;
THE CRIME WAVE IN
| . .
UNITED STATES COSTLY
| Bl e
LOOT OF COUNTRY'S ARMY
~ OF CRIMINALS IS VALUED
AT $100,000,000.
A $100,000,000 hitherto unmentioned
item to America’'y war cost is added
by William B. Joyce, president of the
National Surety Company of New
York city. This huge sum is the esti
mated- cost of the 1920 crime wave,
which Joyce says is traceable to the ef
fect of the. war on humanity. It is a
constantly growing figure, he points
out, for, if the present ratio is main
tained, crime losses for 1921 will be
equally as large.
Unemployment Is Big Factor.
More serious tham money, he says,
is the unprecendented addition to the
ranks of America’s criminals. Joyce
based his $100,000,000 estimate upon
the embezzlement and burglar claims
fcaid for 1920 by 30 of the country’s
ading safety and burglar insurance
companies, i - :
These companies paid claims aggre
gating $15,813,672, while in 1913, be
fore the outbreak of the war, claims
for only $3,328,789 were paid. But
Joyce says that approximately 90 per
cent of burglary and embezzlement
losses are not insured, and that in
many instances where full claims were
paid the insurance was far too small
to cover the actual losses.
The spread of disecontent during and
after the world war was greatly aug
mented by the oft-repeated reports of
enormous profits piled up during the
war, according to Mr. Joyce. Men ask
why these “war profiteers” should live
in luxury, he said, while they are hard
pressed for enough to live on. Unem
ployment in cities, due to the war in
flux, is another tremendous factor,
Joyce finds.
Thomas Cadillac Tray
eled From Detroit, Mich.,
To Australia in a Crate
Investigating Cat, Shut Up in Box
With Automobile, Consumed the
Grease and Instruction Books.
For 49 days Thomas Cadillac, a cat,
was penned in a crate containing an
automobile __that was being shipped
from Detroit, Mich.,, to Sydney, Aus
tralia. During the entire journey
Thomas fared on a three-course menu
—lubricating grease, engine oil and
books of instruction, How to Run
Your Own Motor Car. When the con
signees received their car it was found
that eight of Thomas' lives had gone
by the board and %g about 99 per
cent of his ninth“had* vanished.
Thomas arrived recently in San
Francisco on the steamer Sonoma, not
in a crate, but in a new cage, under
‘the protection of a valet and maid, a
$5,000 insurance policy around bis
neck and the prospects of receiving
a kindly greeting when he reaches De
troit again.
Last January Thomas climbed into
a box one day on a scouting expedi
tion. Just then there was a bang and
darkness. He found that he was
hemmed in a crate containing a motor
car. Next followed weeks of travel,
during which Thomas sped over hun
dreds of miles of railroad tracks and
then was swung into the hold of a
steamer.
Thomas was always hungry and dur
ing the trip he cleaned out a carton of
grease, licked the oil cups of the ma
chine and finally consumed all of the
instructions on the art of operating an
automobile. When the crate was open
ed in Sydney only a spark of the cat’s
life: remained. With careful nursing he
was restored to health and is now re
turning to the factory, but amid dif
ferent surroundings.
Woman, While Asleep,
Is Swept to Her Death
By the Ocean Tide
| NEW YORK.—Mrs. Margaret Ha
zleton, sixty-eight years old, a guest
at the Seaborne Hotel, Coney Island,
died at Coney Island Hospital after
being rescued unconscious from the
surface. Mrs. Hazleton, ' who is said
to be a woman of wealth, is believed
to have clung to an anchor chain off
shore for many hours to prevent being
washed to sea, Three other deaths by
drowning were reported during the
day. The Sunday crowd numbered
310,000.
Persons along the shore are report
ed to have heard feeble cries for help
between 10 and 11 o’clock at night,
but answering shouts of boatmen and
guards, trying to fix the locality from
which the cries came, remained unan
swered. A few minutes after 1 o'clock
Mrs. Hazleton was found struggling
feebly in less than three feet of water.
She was unable to speak when dragg
ed from the surf by Thomas Smith, of
West Thirty-fifth street and Canal
avenue, Coney Island, and Alfred Os
borne, of 339 Marion street, Brook
lyn. Mrs. Hazleton was fully dressed.
Removed to the Coney Island Hos
pital she died within an hour.
According to information obtained
by the police Mrs. Hazleton left the
hotel saving she intended to sit on the
beach because she had been unable
to sleep in her room.
She is believed to have fallen asleep
and to have been overtaken by the
tide. Carried beyond her depth Mrs.
Hazleton is thought to have clung to
an anchor chain of one of the fishing
boats anchored off shore and to have
cried for help until exhausted. She was
swept ashore by the returning tide.
An investigation was begun by detec
tives attached to the Conmey Island
station to determine whether Mrs.
Hazleton. was accompanied when she
left the hotel for the beach.
Smugglers have been known to use
pig carcasses in which to transport
whisky across the Canadian border in
to the United States. .~
MILLIONS ARE, DOOMED TO STARVE;
RELIEF FOR RUSSIA IS HOPELESS
' BERLIN.—An official of the Ger
man government who is an industrial
magnate of international reputation
and who gained distinction during the
war as an organizer, says: “It is im
possible to save the Russian people
from the present famine.”
Because of depletion of the world’s
supplies and the breakdown of the
Russian transportation system the
twenty million starving Russians can
not be reached, even if the necessary
supplies could be obtained, this Ger
man official believes.
He estimates that two pounds of
food daily, or 180 pounds for three
)
THE U. S. IS NATION
IS SPENDING BILLIONS TO RE
SURFACE THOROUGHFARES,
MOVEMENT BEGAN 1880.
The growth of the good roads move
ment in the United States and Canada,
since its organization in 1880, and its
stimulation on the advent of the motor
car and motor truck has been so rapid
that highway construction today con
stitutes one of the greatest problems
in American economic life.
Builds Up Big Industry.
There are now 1,702 organized agen
cies actively pleading the cause of
good roads. Th= agitation to date has
brought about the construction of 310,-
000 miles of surfaced highways—rais
ing the highway mileage of the Unit
ed States to 2,478,552 and that of Can
‘ada to 255,000.
So great, too, has the road building
industry become in consequence of the
demand for improved roads that there
are now 7,500 contracting firms -engag
ed in actual construction work, The
roads .are now traversed by 9,211,295
licensed cars and trucks, ofywhich 3,-
000,000 are used on the farms. These
cars consumed 3,200,000,000 gallons of
gasoline 'last year.
l Billions More Must Be Spent.
Since 1880 more than $3,000,000;000
has been spent for highway improve
ment in the United States and Cana
da. More than $1,300,000,000 is now
available, and $1,500,000,000 additional
will be necessary to carry out projects
under contemplation. And yet, with all
this, only a beginning has been made.
Billions more must be expended before
the country has anything like the high
way system adequate to the traffic
needs.
According to figures compiled by the
federal bureau there are now 22,030
miles of federal aid roads in the Unit
ed States. These have cost $361,946,868.
Latest figures compiled by the Asphalt
Association, New York City, show that
$343,678,712.36 were made available in
569 new highway bond issues by states,
counties, townships, road districts and
municipalities in May and June this
year
W aterspout Sweeps Auto
Over 400-Foot Precipice
Twe Are Killed and Three Are in a
Hospital as Result.
DEL NORTE, Colo—Mrs. Ernest
Glesecke, of Honolulu, and Miss Ber
tha Glesecke, of Denver, tourists, were
killed near here today when the auto
mobile in which they were riding was
struck by a waterspout in Wolf Creek
ass.
P The car carried Albert Glesecke and
his wife and their 14-year old daugh
ter, Bertha, of Denver, Colo,, and Ern
est Glesecke and his wife. The party
was a tour from Mesvaverde national
park. The occupants of the car who
saved their lives are in a local hospital
suffering from injuries.
As the automobile was going
through Wolf Creek pass its occupants
suddenly behld the waterspout ahead.
It swept toward the car, occupying
about fifteen feet of the roadway. It
struck the motor car with great force
and hurled it over a precipice 400 feet
high. .
'WALL OF WATER SWEEPS
DOWN A DRY STREAM
Auto Containing Party of Six Over
turned. One Is Drowned.
| LAS VEGAS, New Mexico.—Mrs.
W. G. Fly, 29, wife of a prominent
druggist, Amarillo, Tex., was drowned
last night when a wall of water swept
down a dry stream. at Apache Springs,
near here, and overturned the auto
‘mobile in which she and her brother,
H P, Ford, and her four children were
returning to Amarillo.
Mr. Ford plunged into the water
and rescued the children, but Mrs. Fly
was swept away before he could reach
her.
Mrs. Fly's body was found today
locdged in a fence about a mile from
the scene of the accident.
SAYS COURSE IN MATRIMONY
SHOULD BE IN SCHOOLS
Too Many Children Marrying Without
Any Idea of Its Obligations.
CHICAGO, Ill.—A course in mat
rimony should be a part of the curricu
lum in every Chicago high school,
Judge Harry A. Lewis, of the superior
court. told Edwin S. Davis, president
of the board of education, in an open
letter today.
“The number of cases wherein chil
dren have contracted a marriage with
out ever having been informed of the
magnitude of their obligations appear
so often that I want to see some way
of overcoming this danger in the com
ing generation,” Judge Lewis wrote.
‘{n a ten months term in court Judge
Yewis has heard more than 2,000 di
yorce cases.
;months, for each person is necessary in
any adequate relief undertaking. The
total food that would be needed for
the next three months would be 4,000,-
000,000 pounds, or 2,000,000 tons. °
The only steamships available for
carrying food to Russia, this man says,
‘arc craft of 4,000 and 5,000 tons. Al
though the harbors at Archangel and
Petrograd will be ice free for three
months more they have no facilities
for unloading and there are no facili
ties of Russia for distributing the food
to the affected areas.
Millions of Russians are doomed to
die of starvation.
FLIER FALLS 15,000
SURROUNDED BY WALLS OF
i ROCK 1,000 FEET HIGH. WIRE
| LESS BRINGS HELP.
E SAN FRANCISCO.—When his
‘engine suddenly stopped 15,000 feet in
{the air above remote Crater lake, Ore.,
Thursday, Raymond G. Fisher, forest
’service pilot, was forced to land on a
tiny island in the lake, which is in the
!pit of an extinct volcano with walls
1,000 feet high surrounding it, forestry
officials announced here today. The
lake is credited with having greater
‘glepth than any body of water in Amer
-Ica. \
Of~ equal importance was Fisher’s
success in making his way off the is
land and out of the crater.
The plane was not damaged in the
descent, and Fisher upon examination
found four of the spark plugs of the
engine broken.
. Using the wireless set with which
the machine was equipped, he succeed
ed in getting in touch with another
forest service plane on duty in the vi
cinity., Y
This second flier hastened to Med
ford, Ore., with news of Fisher’s land
ing on the island and obtained new
spark plugs for Fisher’s machine. Ar
riving back at the lake, however, the
rescue pilot found it impossible for
another plane to land on the island or
apparently to get the plugs to Fisher.
Other forest service planes came up
and sets of spark plugs were sent to
earth by means of parachutes. Hunt
ing with a torch Thursday night Fish
er found one of the parachutes and
yesterday morning repaired his ma
chine and “took off” from the island,
rcaching the forest service airplane
base at Medford safely.
jDreacled Pirate Ships Only
’ Whisky Blockade Runners,
~ Revenue Officers Declare
Smuggling of Intoxicants Conducted
On Tremendous Scale. $20,000
Worth Seized in Cove.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J=Pirate
varns and reports of mysterious ships
seen lurking along the trade lanes of
the north Atlantic may be explained
by the discovery of “blockade run
ners” that have b~=- landing cargoes
of contraband liquor on the Jersey
coast, in the opinion of revenue agents
in this district.
In maritime circ¢les stories have been
told of strange vessels approaching
merchandiment on the open seas, as
though prepared to attack, and then
dashing off into the darkness without
gbserving the inviolable rule of an
swering code signals. It was even sug
gested that these spectre-like craft
might be able to explain the disap
pearance of certain vessels.
What revenue agents believe to be
the explanation of su¢h unusual ac
tions on the hiih seas was brought
about through the seizure of whisky
valued at $20,000, which is said to
have been landed near a cove near
Wildwood, N. J., from an alleged
“mystery ship.”
| Liquor Seized.
| Sevcral days before the liquor was
discovered and confjscated an un
identified steamer was seen mameuver
ing just outside the three mile limit off
Wildwood. Revenue cutters were sent
to watch it. The vessel disappeared,
but not before, officials think, it had
discharged a cargo of whisky.
Prohibition officers declared that
they are confident smuggling of intox
icants on this coast is being conducted
on a tremendous scale, Cargoes worth
vast fortunes are believed to have been
brought from foreign countries, trans
ferred to small boats at night and
cached in unfrequented spots.
It is thought probable that the
“blockade runners” have also trans
ferred their illegal cargoes to vessels
bearing authoritative clearance papers.
This, the officers say, would account
for the strange actions of thie “mys
tery ships.” Their explanation is this:
“The captain of the liquor-laden
vessel is instructed to meet another
‘vessel bound for an American port
and transfer his liquor, which can then
be landed with a legitimate cargo.
When this “runner” “reaches the ren
dezvous it approaches various vessels,
and failing to get the proper signal,
hurries off to prevent discovery.”
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My Olld Kentucky
"
Home™ Bought by State
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Federal
Hill, mnear Bardstown, the old
southern mansion where Stephen
C. Foster wrote “My Old Kentucky
Home,” is now to all intents the
property of the state of Kentucky.
The state commission, which re
cently appealed “to Kentuckians at
home and abroad” for funds with
which to purchase the property,
today reported contributions of
$60,800, which covers the purchase
price of $50,000.
BJY AT HOME
AND HELP
DAWSON PROSPER.
VOL. 39.—N0. 48
TOTAL OF 5,332,760 FOR CALEN
DAR YEAR 1919. GEORGIANS
FILE 58930 RETURNS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The gov
ernment obtained a total of $1,269,000,-
000 in revenue from personal income
taxes in 1919—an increase of $141,-
900,000 compared with 1918—accord
ing to a preliminary report of income
tax returns made public tonight by
Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair.
The commissioner’'s report showed
there were 5,332,760 personal returns
filed in the calendar 9&;" 1919 repre
senting a growth of ,646 from 1918,
while t(li'neftotall9 I.'agmount olffone; m
reporte or was A o,
an increase of $.‘5,934,003,('&5 over the
previous year.
The average net income per return
for 1919 was 23,724.05, the average
amount of tax $238.08, and the average
tax rate 6.39 per cent.
There were filed 65 returns of net
income of one million dollars and over;
189 of $500,000 to $1,000000; 422 of
from $300,000 to $500,000; 1,864 of
$150,000 to $300,000; 2,983 of $100&fl
to $150,000; 13,320 of $50,000 to $lOO,-
000; 37,477 of $25,000 to $50,000; 162,-
485 of $lO,OOO to $25,000; 438,851 of
$5.000 to $10,000; 1,180,488 of $3,000
to $5,000; 1,569,741 of $2,000 to $3,000,
and 1,924,872 of $l,OOO to $2,000.
Wives making separate returns from
Husbands numbered 58,534; single men,
heads of families, 362,797; single wo
men, heads of families, 88,595; single
men, all others, 1,602,277; single wo
men, all others, 361,960.
New York filed the greatest number
ol returns, 683,085, of 12.81 per cent
ot the total. The amount of net income
reported by New York was $3,436,343,-
179 or 17.31 per cent of the total and
the tax paid was $399,792,351 or 31.49
per cent of the total.
The next largest number of returns
filed by states was from Pennsylvania,
539,192, The net income reporfed was
$1,838,002,395, and the amount of tax
on individual income was $128195,-
I€l, or 10.10 per cent of the total.
The per capita net income from New
York, according to the population of
the census for 1920,. was $330.89.
The District of Columbia was sec
ond in the percentage of population,
according to the 1920 census filing
return 13.40 per cent. The District re
ported also the highest per capita net
income per return of $2,544.56; Neva
da, reporting an average net income
of $2,389.83; and the Territory of Alas
ka reporting an average net income
per return of $2,000.85 were lower in
this respect. Alaska, however, reported
the highest percentage of population
filing returns, 17.17 per cent, with a per
capita net income §343.58, the second
hi%JhESt'
irginia led the southern states im.
the number of personal income tax
'returns filed, in the percentage of state
population filing returns and in the
total amount of net income. Louisiana
led in the total amount of tax paid for
personal income, in the per capita net
income and in the per capita income
tax paid. North Carolina led in the
average net income of returns filed,
being second only to New York for
the country as a whole, and in the
average amount of tax per return,
Statistics of income from the per
sonal returns to the internal revenue
bureau for the calendar year of 1919
show the payments made in 1920, for
the previous year’s income, by states,
;as follows: gty
Florida: Returns filed, 31,10{, or
3.21 per cent of the state’s gogu ation;
net income reported, $107,362,976, an
average of $110.86 per capita and $3,-
451 per return; total tax, &,363,089, an
average of $4.51 per capita and $140.20-
per return,
Georgia: Returns filed, 58930, or
2.03 per cent of the state’s population;
net income reported, $219,471,959, an
average of $75.79 per capita, and $3,-
724 per return; total tax $9,134,092, an
average of $3.1’5 per capita and $155,00
per return.
North Carolina: Returns filed, 37,-
185, or 1.45 per cent of the state’s fOP
uiation; net income reported $161,-
613,467, an average of $63.15 per capi
ta and $4,346 per return; total tax,
$10,01C,348, an average of $3.91 per
capita and $269.20 per return.
South Carolina: Returns filed, 37,-
206, or 2.21 per cent of the state’s pop
ulation; net income reported, $142,-
088,832, an average of $84.75 per capita
and $3,826 per return; total tax $5.-
192,020, an average of $3.08 per capita
and $139.21 per return.
Tennessee: Returns filed, 50,789, or
2.17 per cent of the state’s population:
net income reported, $193,909,353, an
average of $82,94 per capita and $3,-
818 per return; total tax, $9,082,054, an
average of $3,88 per capita and $178.82
per return.
Virginia: Returns filed, 75966, or
3.29 per cent of the state’s population;
net income reported, $247,658,373, an
average of $10?.27 per capita and $3,-
260 per return; total tax, £9,020.237, an
average of $3.91 per capita and $118.74
per return.
Reduction in Cotton
Acreage Reported Large
Cut of More Than Ten Million Acres
In the Principal States.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The ten
leading cotton states—North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia Alabama,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, OQk
lahoma, Texas and Arkansas—have re- =
duced their cotton lands 10,194,000
acres, or 28 per cent, from last year,
according to figures compiled and
made public Thursday by the bureau
of markets and crop estimates of the
department of agriculture.
Rice was reduced 450,000 acres, or
39 per cent, and tobacco 262,000 acres,
or 32 per cent, a total crop reduction
of 10,906,000 acres. ; :
The bureau says these reductions
are due to the unsatisfactory prices for
last year’s crops, coupled with heavy
stocks and ‘lessening buying, and are
partly offset by increasess; in the acre
ages of staple food mfis;eql crops in
these ststes. o