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Things Worth Knowing.
Work was resumed on Tutankha
men's tomb Wednesday morning after
the customary break for the weekly
market day, which also this time hap
pened to be Christmas.
An avalanche Wednesday carried
away a cottage between Roseland and
Beaufort, Frame, 30 miles northeast
of Chambery, killing nine of the 11
occupants of the building.
James Nlppert, 23, University of
Cincinnati football player, died Tues
day of blood poisoning which resulted
from a slight cut In the leg suffered
In-a football gamo Thanksgiving day.
Heavy snow storms and avalanches
are roported from several points in
Switzerland. One man was killed and
several cattle destroyed in the col
lapse of stables in Ringgeuborg, in
the Bernese oberland.
Cleo do Merode, French motion pic
ture actress, has lost her suit for 100,
000 francs against the owners of tin
film "Peacock Alley," which Sho
charged Injured her reputation by bur
lesquing incidents in her career.
Seventeen persons are known to
havo perished Wednesday night in a
flro which destroyed a part of one of
the frame structures of the Chicago
state hospital for tho Insano at Dun
ning, on the northwest edge of Chi
cago.
The ministry for Jowlsh affairs in
Lithuania is to bo discontinued, the
national assembly having rejected the
bill providing for its financial main
tenance. Tho ministry for the affairs
of tho whito Russian population was
accorded similar treatment.
Religious and civic organizations,
will be asked to join with officials of
tho Presbyterian church In n congress
to bo held at Washington February 13
and It. to plan a campaign for nation
al legislation to bring till motion pic
ture exhibitions under federal control.
Throo New York persons, two of
them women more than GO years old,
wore dead, two were in u critical con
dition ami more than a score of others
were In hospitals Tuesday night as a
result of drinking poisonous Christ
mas liquor. Some of tho victims were
in a serious condition.
Production of meat this year was
the greatest in history, exceeding last
year's figures by 1,000,000,000 pounds,
according to estimates by the Insti
tute of American Mint Packers. A
big Jump in pork production was law
ly responsible for the increase, 10,000,
000 more hogs being bought by the
packers than In 1922.
If tho American peoplo approve the
plans selected by the jury of tho J loo.
000 American peace award created by
Edward W. Hok, Mr. Bok will take a
second step toward the advancement
of world pence with n far wider scope
and intent and an award larger and
more Important in every respect, he
announces la the January issue of
tho Atlantic Monthly.
The veritable queen of tho boot
loggers will arrive In Now York short
ly from Nassau, capital of the lluha
mas and capital also of the West In
dies bootlegging Hade. She Is coming
to invest some of her wealth In Fifth
avenue finery and to "do" Broadway
as she has always longed to do It, but,
according to her few Intimates In
Nassau, her chief desire is marriage
with "tho right man" and a suburban
cottage, for which sho would gladly
forego the adventure and large In
come of her present post.
Lieutenant Osborne C. Wood, son of
Governor tumoral Leonard Wood of
the Philippines, who is reported to
have accumulated a fortune of be
tween $700,000 and 1800.000 In Wall
street, received the information on
which he acted through a Wall street
"tipster" service, which sent him
nightly cablegrams and for which he
Is reported to have paid $1000 a
month, Including cable charges. Ac
cording to tho Now York Times, the
war department investigated tho
young officer's transactions and found
no cause tor censure.
Washington, D. C Details of the
contemplated sale of surplus army
war materials to the Mexican govern
ment occupied war department of
ficials Sunday and it was indicated
that orders to depot commanders from
which the rifles and other equipment
are to be taken will go forward within
u day or two.
Final decision to grant the request
of the Obregon government and make
the sale direct by the Washington
government was not reached until Sat
urday, although the request is under
stood to have been before administra
lion officials practically all of last
week. Although there has been no
indication that the proposal was the
subject of extended discussion at the
cabinet meetings on last Tuesday and
Friday, it is unlikely that President
Coottdgs reached the decision to de
part from the policy of the Harding
administration in relation to tho sale
of surplus arms without laying the
matter before his advisors.
Presumably no publicity will be
given by the Washington government
to tho time or place where any of the
supplies are to be turned over to
Mexican forces. Reasons of military
prudence would require the Mexican
officials to conceal the route by which
the arms are to be taken into Mexico,
so far as that is possible. The de
liveries, however, will bo made from
the depots of the Eighth Army corps
area.
Difficulties of tho Obrogon govern
ment in transporting military supplies
to the active front between Vera Cruz
and Mexico City are increased by the
fad that the rebel stronghold at Vera
Cruz closest to the federal forces re
quires tho sea route of delivery.
There havo boon no large outbreaks
of revolutionary activity in northern
Mexico, however, and presumably of
ficials at Mexico City are satisfied
that they can safely transport arms
and ammunition from tho border to
tho Mexican government storehouses
in tho capital.
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A Debt of
Honor
Aid For Veterans Asked.
Washington, D. C. Assistance in
tho task of finding jobs for rehabili
tated former service men has been
asked by President Coolidge in letters
to the American Federation of Labor,
the United States chamber of com
merce and the chambers of commerce
of the larger citios.
Tho president, In letters addressed
to these organizations and made pub
lie by tho veterans' bureau, declared
that "wiiile much lias been achieved,
especially by the United States voter
una' bureau, in this very vital prob
lem, there is still much to he accom
plished for tho approximately 70,000
who nro still In training and who are
to become ready for employment at
tho rate of about 5000 per mouth."
Invents New Microphone.
New York. Perfection of nn elec
tric Ultra-audible microphone, invent
ed by Dr. Phillips Thomas, which, it
is claimed, will permit scientists to
record sound vibrations which now
are too faint for tho human ear to
catch, was announced Saturday by the
West Inghouso Electric & Manufactur
ing company.
In its experimental stage, accord
lag to S. II, Kintner, director of re
March for the Westinghouse company,
the microphone has been used success
fully to transmit by radio the highest
notes of the voice and of musical
Instruments, which the ordinary trans
miller and receiver reproduce as mere
noise,
Mr. Kintner declared the device
Unci been perfected and simplified to
a point Where it could be used by
Teasels at sea In picking up the warn
ings of fog horns or other sound warn
ings beyond the raugo of the human
ear; in studying the finer sound vibra
tions of organs of the human body,
such as the heart and the brnn, aud
In the realm of the entomologist who
has tried in vain to pick up sounds
known to ho made by tiny Insects,
but inaudible to humans.
Dauntless la Wrecked.
Seattle. Wash. Crowless and help
less in the grip of a do mile gale, the
steamer Dauntless, owned and oper
ated by the Paget Sound Freight line,
broke loose from Its moorings at
Kingston. Itainbridge island. Saturday
night, drifted across Puget sound and
was pounded to pieces on tho rocks
at Meadow point, Hour the town of
Richmond Reach, ten miles north of
Seattle. The boat, vulued at $00,000.
is a total loss.
Seeks 25 Per Cent Exemption
on "Earned Income."
PENALTIES LOWERED
Several Hundred Amendments
Existing- Revenue Law
Are Proposed.
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By JANE OSBORN
Washington, D. C. Tho complete
text of the new tax bill was made pub
lic Friday by Chairman Green of
the house ways and means committee,
which will meet again as soon as con
gress reassembles on January 3 to
continue its study of the sweeping re
visions proposed by the administra
tion. In all its features the bill follows
the recommendations previously made
public by Secretary Mellon. It pro
poses several hundred amendments of
the existing revenue law, many of
them of a highly technical nature and
designed to put an end to tax evasions,
and many others dealing with the
cliangos advocated by Mr. Mellon in
income and other tax schedules.
So far the bill has been the sub
ject of only a preliminary study by
the committee, which has made no
attempt to reach decisions as to what,
if any, changes it will make before
the measure is reported to the house,
it has been agreed, however, that the
administrative provisions shall be
passed upon first, before any attention
is given to Mr. Mellon's proposals for
changes in tax schedules.
One of the principal revisions pro
vided in the bill is a reduction of sur
tax rates so that the surtax would
begin at 1 per cent on not incomes
from $10,000 to $12,000; would pro
vide an additional 1 per cent for each
additional $2000 up to $30,000; 1 per
cent additional for the next $4000; and
would then add 1 per cent for each
$0000 up to a maximum of 25 per cent
on incomes of $100,000 or more.
Under the present law surtaxes be
gin at 1 per cent on net incomes be
tween $0000 and $10,000 and scale up
ward to a maximum of GO per cent
on net incomes exceeding $200,000.
Tho new bill also provides that the
normal tax on incomes shall be 3 per
cent where it now is 4 per cent, and
G per cent where it now Is 8 per cent
a reduction which the treasury esti
mates will result in a loss of revenue
of $91,000,000 a year.
Provisions also is made in the bill
that 25 per cent of "earned income"
which Is defined as wages, salaries
and professional fees, shall be count
ed as exempt in computing tax re
turns. The greater part of this ex
emption is oxpected to fall to those
having small incomes, which the re
sult that the treasury expects a reduc
tion of $97,500,000 from this section
alone.
The bill proposes tho outright re
peal of the present taxes on tele
grams, telephone and radio messages,
theater admissions and of certain
other nuisance taxes, Including the
levies on silver-plated flat silverware,
pencils and fountain pens selling for
not moro than $1, and clocks and
watches selling for not more than
$5.
The administrative features of the
bill includo a provision for creating
a board of tax appeals, composed of
not less than seven nor more than
18 members, appointed for ten-year
terms at salaries of $10,000 each by
the secretary of tho treasury and !
without senate confirmation. The!
board would hear and determine cases
involving the assessment of taxes, but
both tho government and tho taxpay
er would be privileged to appeal any
decision to the courts.
Uncle Sam Gets Blame
Purls. The United States was held
chiefly responsible for present condi
tions in Europe by Paul Raynaud,
speaking in the chamber of deputies
Saturday during interpellations on the
government's foreign policy.
M. Reynaud, referring to the inter
allied debts and their effect upon
Europe, said:
"America weighs upon England's
shoulders. England weighs on ours
and we are a burden to Germany. This
Is a strangely impressive pyramid.
Realistic.
In a school essay a child wroto that
s thrush said, "Mrs. Hewitt, Mrs.
Hewitt" so often and so clearly In
their village that at last Mrs Hewitt
came to bur door and said "Yes?"
Venizeloi on Wy Home.
Marseilles. The Andres, a Greek
steamer, flying the British flag, with
M. Veulrelos aboard, left Sunday for
tlreeee. notwithstanding the bad
weather prevailing. M. Ventzelos,
who is returning to his homeland iu
an endeavor to straighten out the po
litical situation, went abourd Saturday
night. He declined to see any per
sous but intimate friends.
Volcano Belches Lava.
Hilo, T. H. Superintendent Boles
'of tho Hawaii national park telephon
ed from Volcano house this morning
that the volcano Kiluuea had shown
unusual activity ever since dark last
night.
At least 10 to 15 feet of lava, he
said, has overflowed Into the main
pit of the crater, covering an area
of about 40 acres, and a number of
fountains of lava, were spurting from
openings in the pit.
ij. 1J23. by McClure Newapaper Syndicate.)
A depressing and unaccustomed si
lence hung over the supper table In
the Yates dining room. Occasionally
Mrs. Yates cast knowing looks at her
husband, with side glances at her
daughter, Dorothy, who was eating
valiantly In spite of her aching heart.
Her brother, Samuel Yates, was si
lent because the only thing he wanted
to talk about was the thing that his
father hud ordered him not to men
tion. Grandmother Yates, knowing
nothing about the situation, was won-'
dering whether she had grown so deaf
that she couldn't hear what people
said or whether the unusual silence
was real.
Finally Father Yates said, "Ahem,"
by way of beginning, and then after
a pause and with his eyes on his wife
to see that she approved he began: "I
suppose you have heard the news, Dor
othy. "Yes," was all she answered.
"And you don't know where he has
gone?"
"I do not," said Dorothy. "If he
wants to go, I suppose he has a right."
At least, reflected Mr. Yates,
thankfully, there had been no tears.
"Have you any idea what made him
leave?"
"No, father," she said, and then bit
her lip and looked down to stiile the
gob in her voice.
"Well, then, there Is something
crooked about It. He would have told
you, I guess, If there hadn't been."
Dorothy's eyes, now raised daringly,
were glowing with Indignation. "How
can you say that?" she asked. "You
know Tom Payson didn't take any
thing with him, I know what you've
been doing all day. You've tieen ask
ing down at the hank and all around
to see If he forged a cheek or any
thing, and you ami the men have been
looking all over the place to see If
he went off with anything."
"That's just what we have been do
ing," said the father. "So far every
thing Reems to be O. K. And the
funny thing about It Is that he went
off without even getting a cent of
what's due him for the work he has
dune."
"Why, papa," interjected Mrs.
Y'ates, "Tom has worked here nearly
three months. 'Why "in the world didn't
you pay him regularly, same as the
other hired men?"
" 'Cause lie asked me not to when lie
came," said Mr. Yates, with satisfac
tion at not being to blame, "lie said
he'd rattier have the money piling up,
or something of the sort. 1 suppose
he was afraid he'd spend it. I was
looking In the time book, and It ap
pears lie's worked a mite over ninety
eight days. His wages was four dol
lars a day which would make It that
I owed him 1802, to be perfectly ac
curate." "Well," put In Grandma Yates, who
was Just getting the drift of events,
"that's kinda queer." She paused to
laugh. "I've heard of having people
clear out owing you something, but I
never heard of having them clear out
when you owed them something."
"Yes," reflected Mr. Y'ates, "I've had
the other thing happen, but I don't
know as I ever heard of just this sort
of tiling. I remember the time Henry
Glover cleared out ow ing nie for horse
fodder I'd been supplying him all win
ter. It was his idea that the fodder
wasn't 0. K. He lost a horse and he
laid It to the fodder, though later he
admitted he was wrong; but we'd had
such a time over it by then that he
swore he'd never pay me that money
even if he was right. Henry was a
great hoy. My best friend until that
happened."
"How much did he owe you, dad?"
asked the practical Samuel.
"Just three hundred und ninety-two
dollars," said Mr. Yates. "I remem
ber " Then he stopped short and
looked around at the faces of mem
bers of his family round the supper
table. They had all been struck by
the same fact at the same time.
"Queer coincidence," reflected Mrs.
Yates, and Grandma Yates laughed
find said she wasn't sure It was a co
Incidence. "Did It ever strike you, Mr. Yates,"
asked his wife slowly, "that this fel
low looked a mite like Harry (Hover
like enough to be his son?"
"Hut how could he be his son when
his name la Payson?" asked Dorothy.
"Besides, I'm sure he isn't the son
of a man who would be so dishonor
able." Somehow supper progressed without
much further reference to the disap
pearance of the young man who had
come to the Yates furm four months
before asking for work. He had been
taken on as an extra hand to work for
the summer and had been housed
with the other hired men iu the old
farm house where a special house
keeper provided meals. The Y'uteses
were up-to-date farmers and one of
the points that Mr. Yates insisted on
for his wife's sake was that the hired
men should never have to he provided
for in their kitchen or dining room.
A week later Mr. Yates announced
at supper that he had had a letter
from "that fellow that disappeared."
'And I guess sis has been getting
letters from him right along." put In
Sam. "If that square envelope that
came to you was from him, why then
he has. because I've got the mail
every' day this week, and there has
'been a Tetter in one of these envelopes
with the same handwriting every day
from the one after he went away."
Dorothy tried to glower at her
brother, but was not eminently suc
cessful. It was not easy to blush and
to glower at the same time.
"What I was going to say," said
Mr. Yates, "is that this young fellow,
Tom Payson, Is Glover's nephew. He
went out West and so did his folks,
and seems like now old Glover has
died and Payson found out that he'd
left this debt. More'n likely the old
fellow wanted to pay it, but didn't
have a chance. He never was over
shrewd and the chances are he didn't
any more'n keep the wolf from the
door. Might have been a dying re
quest of the old man's. And so Pay
son comes on and pays the debt In the
only way he can, by working it out,
and he didn't tell us until It was all
worked out. He doesn't say It In just
that many words In his letter," Mr.
Yates continued, "but I judge that is
what happened. He says, though,
that he still owes the interest, but He'll
get around to paying that in cash.
Now, that's what I call being pretty
honest. I shouldn't say," added Mr.
Yates, talking for his daughter's
benefit, but not looking at her, "that
Tom Payson amounted to a whole lot.
Probably won't ever be anything but
a hired man, and not a real smart one
at that; but he earned his four dol
lars a day all right. A fellow that's
only a hired man at his age near
thirty, I should say won't probably
ever be anything but a hired man.'
Dorothy pouted.
"Maybe he's never had a chance,"
she defended.
After supper Dorothy went to her
father as he sat reading a magazine
in the family living room.
"I suppose you'd feel awfully dis
appointed if I was to marry a hired
man," she said.
"I'd rather you didn't," said Mr.
Yates. "Still, Tom Payson's a mighty
honest fellow, even If he Is a hired
man."
"But he isn't, dad," said Dorothy,
and then from the passageway be
tween the living room and the front
door appeared Tom Payson, only a
completely transformed Tom Payson.
Dorothy ushered him Into the pres
ence of Mr. Yates and, after rather
embnrrassed greetings, went on, "he's
a mining engineer, dad, and no more
a hired man than I am."
They all talked for a while, but
eventually Mr. Y'ates put the question
that puzzled him. "If you are an up
and coming mining engineer, then why
didn't you pay that debt In cash In
stead of giving up your time to It?"
he asked.
"Because," said Tom, "my uncle
told me about the difficulty between
you and him and said that though he
felt that he was probably to blame he
wouldn't pay it und made me prom
ise never to pny It, either. Y'ou see,
he had made quite a fortune, a mil
lion or so, and left me ns his only
heir. I couldn't take that money with
out paying his debts. I promised not
to pay money. I didn't promise not
to pay In work. But I didn't say any
thing about paying Interest. I'll fig
ure that out, Mr. Yates, and pay it
at once, and then we'll be square and
I hope you'll be willing to forget the
little difficulty with my uncle."
"A million or so," said Mr. Yates
stupefied. "I'm blessed! Well, I see
no reason why you shouldn't marry
Dorothy."
And so Mr. Yates gave his consent
before it was asked.
WAS REAL "DUTCH TREAT
Invited to Dinrwr and Theater by
Friend, He Has to Pay One-Half
the Bill.
At the, Insistence of his friend Sam
Jones, Bill Smith stayed In town for
dinner and a show the other night, al
though to do so he had to cancel a
pleasant engagement in Suburbia. But
Joues had said "You simply must, Bill.
I put that deal through today and I
want to celebrate."
They dined at an expensive restau
rant, Jones ordering elaborately and
without thought of cost. He paid the
check, tipped the waiter, and then do
ing a sum In mental arithmetic, turned
to Bill Smith. "You owe me," lie said,
"exactly " naming half the price of
the check. The same thing occurred at
the theater after Jones purchased the
tickets.
Smith felt properly angry. However,
he was too polite to say anything, hut
on the way to-the train after the the
ater he turned to Sam as they were
passing an ex-saloon. "Sam." said he,
"let's drop In for a glass of near beer."
Jones agreed, and with their drinks
before them Smith handed the bartend
er a quarter and received a nickel In
change. Pocketing this he raised his
glass and without a smile said to
Jones : "Sam. you owe me ten cents."
New York Sun and Globe.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Increase In Coffee Drinking.
Americans, always heavy users of
coffee, are drinking more than they
did last year, according to figures se
cured by the foreign commerce de
partment of the Chamber of Com
merce of the I'nited States.
In a pamphlet issued by them cov
ering the volume of the principal ex
ports and imports between the United
States and chief foreign markets for
the six-months period, January to
June, 1923, Importations of coffee for
the first six months of this year were
tSHl.088.(XXl pounds, as against 639,941,.
00O pounds for the same period In
test,
This shows an increase of 50,147,000
pound, or 9.2 per cent.
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