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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1918)
(WEEKLY EDITION.) - - ' " - - T:: .... . , U : .. MOTHERS' DAY LETTER COLIES ) J. her an rlo . m h - 1 rute It ire-, af-iced-icia ully ure and e lo in l J mo able for .'"did rail' In Home Furnishing. Our Stock Has Never Before Been So Com plete in all lines. We are Salem agents for the following lines : Victrolas and Victor Records, Brunswick Home Billiard Tables. Frantz Premier Vacuum Cleaners, White Rotary Sewing Machines, Cellars Kitchen Cabinets, Hucro Hand Vacuum Cleaners, Quaker Curtains and Laces, h Everything for the Home. ' It gives us Pleas ure to show our goods and assure you of the Very Lowest Prices. J ' Give us your. Second HaiiH Furniture; etc., in exchange. We need them. PLAPlUBERTir DRIVES r F0H YEAR'S WAR COST l:f (Continued from page 1). vs possible. Officials would -much rath ,er bate only one more bis solicit , lion . in addition to the fourth cam paign to .start late next month than before the end of the fiscal year next ,June SO. The treasury wishes to avoid float ing loans In the Christmas holidays. 'tnfii tbe weeks of commercial inactiv ely following. Another. bad time for 'loans is the spring planting season. when farmers are busy and business . men hsre less time than usual to de- ; vste to campaigning- The third per ,iod to be avoided is- June, when war t cent. of . the amount of the net Income i mn o paia. i in excess or the credits provided In : Att example Of. the fluctuations ofi Section 216:.rovided that noon the first $4000 of this amount the rate shall be , 5. per centum. "(B) In the case-of a. non-resident alien" ten -per cent i of the amount or tne.net income In excess of the' creuTli provided in Section 21 64 1 : to women's hats at $15 instead of $2SI Motorboats and canoes were added to the 10 per cent tax on yachts and pleasure boats, but ex empted motorboats and canoes cost ing $20. or less, the exemption being to protect homebuiTt craft. Considerable interest has been manifested In tbe normal tax on per sonal 'incomes, and the . committee announced. the text a follows:, V "Normal taxes: Section 210 That there shall be levied, collected and -paid for eachrtaxable year upon the net income of -every Individual, a normal tax as follows: "(A) :ln case of a citizen or res ident or the United States, ten per expenditures is the fact, that , with rAagust more than half gone the' al jlles have called for only 171,000,06 (loan payments, a, little more" than I one third the -.usual rate of borrow-? ' 3 BILLIOIJS NEEDED NOW ' Section 216 as Agreed to reads PUT IN REVENUE BILL (Continued' from page 1) .It was said. In that event the eom i taittfe may resort to a customs tax and a floor tax on tea, coffee and t similar products. , . : , : ' Changing conditions also -may af fect the amount of revenue to be ob : talned. The committee is watching the outcome .of the effort to .pass a national war. time prohibition mea ' sure, which the senate -'s to 'take np August 24. If .a prohibition mea 1 sure is enacted revenues to be ob tained under the bill will be de , creased considerably. ; ' The new tax on liquors Is - under-" ' etood to provide a substantial in crease on whiskey and qther liquors find soft drinks, a total revenue of, ! 11.000,000.000 or more. The liquor , tax rates are being withheld forjub : Illation to guard against withdrawals . of whiskey from bond. " . " t. The committee finally approved the tobacco schedule unchanged from ratA heretofore announced. ; la taeiten per. cent tajc of articles lA '.deemed luxuries above a certain price it made the tax apply fl. women's waists isf excess of $15, .Instead of ? $ 1 0, as previously '.agreed - to, and lowed th-following credits: (AH::.The Amount received f erred Its decision .in favor of excess profits tax of ,10 to 60 per cent after 13000 exemption and eight per cent deduction to the treasury for its ap proval. He said the committee also had communicated to .the treasury its action In dividing business Into three classes forpre-war eartiings deduction.' normal tax only, there shall be ftl as dividends 'from a corporation which is taxable under the corporation in come tax upon Its net Income. ,' ; "(B) Amount received as Inter est upon -obligations of the United States, any state,'-territory or poli tical sub-division, or .the District of Columbia. - .' -J'C : "(C) In the aw of a single per. son -a-personal exemption or $1000. or in the case of a,head of a family, or a married personal vine with hus band or -wife, a personal exemption1 of .$2000. A .husband and wife living- together shall receive but one personal exemption of $2000 against their aggregate net Income, and in case -they make separate returns the personal exeption of $2000 may be taken ,hy either or divided between them, v - -'fD) $200 for each person (oth er than-husband and wife) depend ing upon rand receiving his chief support fron-the taxpayer if such dependant persons Is under 18 years old. or is Incapable of self-support. because mentally or physically de fective.': Chairman - iKitchin tonight ex- TO AMI'S E G1IUJ. FARIS. Aug. 17. Providing for tbe recreation of ..thousands of .A- erican girls. In the labor, bureau of the American expeditionary forces. for hundreds of French girls .and host of British women the Young Women's . Christian , association has obtained the use of an Island lying between two arms of the river Loirs. located at Toure, where the most extensive activities of the labor bu reau are congregated. The iBland has already .been open ed for the women and the activities have been placed In charge of Miss Esther Sleight, who before coming to France directed a woman's recre ation ground in Charleston. S. C. The Y.M.C.A. Is arranging for recreation centers for the.-women of the army In Lyon ' Bourges, St. Etlenne and other cities. MARRIAGE MADE CHEAPER . FAIRBANKS. Alaska. July 17. By Mall) Beginning with October 1. this year, one can -get married more cheaply In Alaska than ever be fore. . Fees set for United States commissioners In Alaska to perform the wedding ceremony have been re duced to $3 for the first division and $5.50 for tbe other divisions. The new fee supersedes any fees heretofore provided by the Territor. ial legislature or the U. S. attorney general, according to an opinion from Attorney-General T. W. Gregory. . AUStarBcUJtcmio Play on Front in France PARIS. Aug. 17. It is announced that arrangements have been com pleted for bringing an all-star base ball team from the United States under the supervision of John J. Mc Graw to play through a season at the American centers in France against a -team selected from former league players -now In the army, under the management of "Hank" Gowdy. Dig i , -. - Today 3 HIPPODROMF VAUDEVILLE ACTS Each Act a Headliner" UEEIS OF REAL TICTURES Each One a Feature, Look MY WILES WINTER in Powers That Prey CHARLIE CHAPLIN In The Jazz Waiter A New One Full of Pep "THE FIGHTING TRAIL" More Exciting Than Ever Come Early, for This Is a Great Show 3 to Michigan Newspaper Con tains Soldier s. Letter That ' Is Worth Reading S. E. Wolfe has lived In Salem for twelve years. Tbe Wolfe home i at 101 Lincoln street. The Wolfe family came from Woodlawn, Mich., and during all these years, they have taken tbe weekly paper from their old home towiv. the Woodlawn News. It i not a great newspaper, but It tell about the doings of the old home folks, and so it is a welcome visitor week after week. The members of the Wolfe house hold are especially tender these day on matters that pertain to the boys "over there" In France; especlallr so on account of the fact that they have a son -who. though he Is only about 21 now. is In his third year of service with the United State marines. He is Ward Wolfe, now on the Pueblo, with the i battle fleet doing convoy work. ,Var! has trav eled about 125,000 miles in this ser vice. He has helped in the safe land Inr of troops In France. England Ireland and Italy. Every minute of the day there are ninety-eight mar. Ines on gun watch, while tbe Pueblo if doing convoy work, and Ward takes his turn woth the faithful sea- fighters who are ready at all .times to do their utmost to. safeguard the Sarnies .going to the fields of war. Well, the last copy of the wooa- lawn News comlag to tbe vtoue home contained a Mother's. Day let ter from a Woodlawn. Mich, boy that Is worthy to be reproduced In any newspaer, . The Stateman Is pleased to repro duce It. as follows: ' Somewhere In France Sunday. May 12. 11. Dearest Mother: This is Mother's Day, rand dot finds me In a place where .no one but soldiers enter and am unable to attend the Mother's day services held bv our beloved chaplain, but -never t he-less my 'thoughts are at home with vou. althoueht thousands of miles lie, between us. While . I am writing, you are yet sleeping or perhaps you are awake In the wee small hours of the morn ing thinking of me. You . can still pUture me the same hoy who kissed you good-by when we parted, you to go home .to fight the. real battle, end I go to fight my country's battle. I know you trust your boy. as all rood mothers do and he is fighting for iiimself as well as hU country so that he can return home agala without a moral. JlemUhand not bring ,pain and terror. Into the Jlfe of thonea wh4 suffered that he might live. I cao) stand tbe sight of my comrades "lying still' those who have .paid the price for -their count- try's, sake, and fox humanity, .but tbe thought of mother way back home fighting .the real battle, the silent struggle way down deep l her heart, that brings sorrow to my heart. It is the thought of mother that keeps my course true to the .reading of the compass, it is the thought of mother thst helps me through tne dark hours in the trenches. It's the the thought of mother which brings me through the seemly dark oars be hind the lines amongst the trials and temptations of this .land. In fact th verv word, mother, is like anio heaven to me. Although .the Germans are our enemies, and we are destroying them with all the means available. I can not -halo . but think of the sorrow hlch relsns in the hearts of thou sands of mothers in that land, an yet our mothers, through their sac rifice, are making thia worm a piac in which no such sorrow shall relga azaln. '. Eaeh of the sons of .Germany, wae hM.filln before the hall of steel in h hattle which is vow racing marched iwiT from a mother as "1 did. They marched away to try obtain the ereedy ends of a few flog in human -form, who are condemned before th throne of Cod. W marched away to suppress this wrons hrin Hm th comfort for each mother's heart. I have a little booklet which one of tbe fellows gave me ana in u i this fine Jlttle poem: Arttbon weary, tender -Heart lie glad of pain; In sweetest sorrow things will grow As flowers In the rain. God watches and wilt have sun When clouds their perfects work have done. Isn't that a beautiful verse? The little booklet Is full of aueh as this. My letter Is about loag enough as there wU be thousands of other mother's letters to be censored and I do not want to cheat any mother out of her letter yritten on this day Some time all will be well, and yon can scold me for dirtying your kit chen floor with my wireless, or teas in sia Ttcmembxer that? ' And when 1 eome back more man any honor that may eome to me for duty alone, will be that you will find me with clean blood, clear-eyed, and I can look Into your face and see the greatest of all satisfaction that can come to a mother, the peace that says within her mother heart. Thank Cod. my boy has kept the Faith." Tour loving son, Norman Hood. UGH THEATRE TO HELL WITH THE KAISER OUR NEW FAL L SHOES Are now coming in hy express almost daily. Freights are too slow. We want the very latest things in shoes and ihey are now arriTing. We are showing them. as soon as they come in. We are also (in spite of rising shoe costs) MOLDING THE PRICES DOWN So as to saxe yontrom $l.to J2nr more on the pair under what credit stores ask yon.' fioffliltjolt and You'll Be Convinced THESE ARE BRAND NEW -1 New Koko Tan Liberty Boot, 9-lndi top, ililitary Heel and style pointed toe, imi tation tip, they are only The Latest Titld Howe Kid, zyrlnth cloth top to match, welt sole, French heels. Bed Cross noiseless, only $8.00 $9.00 Kew Shade Dark Grey Kid, 8Vinch cloth lop to &xatcV !Welt sole, French Heels, 4hq Cross, noiseless shoes for only A Very Beantifal Jhxk Brown All JUd Xaoe Shoe, welt sole, Trench heeL In deed, .a Tery .line shoe that yoa will be aked $12.00 to li-C0 lor no betVer. .We price it at S9.00 $9.50 An EeantlUch New Dark Grey All Sid .9-inch top, welt, French heels, -non snore smart, nor attractive, yet serriceahle. Not ?15.00 for this Hlh Grade Shoe, only $10 IT'S A BEAUTY Then we hare in too, plenty of standard serriceahle Black Kids, Black and Grey or Tan Combinations. Also Browns with cloth tops in French or Mili tary Heels, all t CASH SYSTELI U0IIEY SAVING Prices loo. re ADD BITS 9 ... General Diss appears to be wring ing both the necks of the Austrian double eagle. w fSave the fats." yells the kaiser. Well, there Is that fat-head, the erown prince. The .six lnsty sons of ' the .kaiser are losing no weight on account of Shortage ef Homes ts Troubling Danish Cities LONDON. July , X. -(Coirespoa-denee of The Associated Press) A shortage of homes Is adding to the woes of residents of Danlta eltl. Many brickyards, according to a Dane who has Just returned here from Copenhagen, have had to close, with the result that building virtu ally has ceased and fist banting hsd developed Into what night b called flat auctions. If a flat was advertised for rent 4n the papers, probably jl hundred persons would assemble thst day out side the building. No ne was ad mitted to the flat, but the caretaker, when he thought a large enough crowd had collected, would throw open his window and say something like this: "The rent of this flat, ladles and gentlemen. Is so much a year. Which of yon will psy me most for arrang ing matters?" Then a kind of auction would be held, and whoever made the largest bid for tbe services of th caretaker would secure the flat. Now the flat famine has developed to .such an extent that the .diligent flat seeker studies tbe death anr aoaacemeata. proceeds Immedlatrly to the resloVaew and assails tbe mourners with euesUoas sbout their plaas with regard to th flat. TO NELL WITH THE KAISER EXTRA PANT With Each Suit Order This is aa opportunity -jxm cannot afford to miss. 'The salts are made to your measure. They art strictly all-wool suits and everyone knows by this time that it will soon be impossible to gtt a wool suit for civilian wear at any price. The fOTemmcnt needs the wool for the army and nary. , SUITS $25.00 UP Hundreds of Suitings to Select from r. :r Scotch Woolen Mills 23Xtaie Street 8ALELX, 0BXG0I7