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ESTADLISIIED 1855 - YORK. S. C.? FRIDAY, MARCH 251931. ;___j - -" .-... . | jj
' VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED DP BY ENQUIRER REPORTEflS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some of Which You 'Know *and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading. ^
"I saw a couple of wild goose flying
west of Yorkville and in a northerly
direction Sunday night," said one this
morning. "It was Sunday night and I j
. was Fording towards Sharon when
just after crossing the 'Overhead' I
tiridgc out of YoTkviHe T noticed the
'geese. They were flying low and. were
easily to be distinguished."
Fertilizer Moving.
"Well," observed a wag as he noticed
a wagonload of fertiliser going out of
Yorkville into the country the other
day, "there is that old familiar fertilizer
smell. Mighty late this year and
I notice that there is a long time between
smells. I've been here a long
time and there is less of It this year
than in many a year.','
Few Tax Payments.
Tax payments arc, coming into the
office of the county treasurer very'
slowly since the time for the payment
of taxes was extended and officials of
the treasurer's office do not expect any
great vush of work until the few days
just preceding the expiration of the
time for payment. Only a few receipts
are being issued daily and. some days
.
none at all are issued.
Affecting the Schools.
"Some of the school districts are
getting- pretty short of funds because
of the fact that so few people are paying
their taxes,;' remarked Superintendent
of Education John E. Carroll
the other day. "The?iluation is really
becoming serious and at the present
rate it will only be a short while uh>il
some of the. districts are without
funds at all."
Business Picking Up.
"Business in mairiage licenses has
been picking up here of late," observed
. Probate Judge J. L. Houston the other
day. "It is just like any other business
to a great extent," the judge went
on to say. "It kind of comes by fits
e..rK. Snmn week** there are a
good many licenses issued and then
jigain the business drags. Hard times
<loesn't interfere witii' the marrying
business for long."
" Caught Lot cf Carp..
"Wenf. seining in the big creeks just
off Catawba river up in Bethel township.
Tuesday," said Wednesday Mr.
Tom J. Nichols, well.known citizen of
York No. G. "We had pretty good luck.
Caught about 70 pounds of fish, most of
them carp. Some weighed around ten
pounds eueh." Mr. Nichols is about 72
years of age; but cold water and the
strenuous work of fishing holds no terrors
for him. He likes it just as well ;.s
lie did fifty years ago. i
Givina Him Instructions.
Some fellow from V.'nlhaliu, which |
is in Oconee county, wrote a Yorkville
citizen the other day. asking to
know if there was a veterinarian practicing
here. i-Je wanted to know right
away. Tlio Vorkvllie man replhd:j
"There is one in Yorkvillc and a good I
one too and there are others} in towns |
close around. Uy the way, for your information
and future practice 1 would
inform you that in this .section of. the
state it' is customary for chic .who asks
information of another, .to enclose
stamped envelope for reply. This custom
evidently hasn't reached younaecr
tiou; hut you might inaugurate if with
this tip.",
Fads, Fashion and Foo'.ishmcr.t.
"If you want to print this, all-right:
hut please don't print my name." said a
man who handed Views-and Interviews
four sheets of paper containing this
verse Wednesday morning:
Oh. how good folks lament the change
From fashion into folly.
We used to have our clothes to fit:
Hut now they squeeze, by golly.
Men call themselves free agent here;
And wear the title sadly.
They're not allowed to make a bow.
They're trammeled down so loudly.
They once could dross in decent clothes;
A ltd wore what they called coats.
Hut now they are split up so high,
Hold weather gets their goals.
Oirls' skirts, like cur-dogs now be wa I
The loss of ml-mbers "justly" theirs.
For what; we urjed to terui skirt-tails,
The tyrant Ifashipn.ipcanly pans.
They t'sod to hide their spindle shniiks.
F.ut oli. this late invention.
Compels thery to adopt the skirts .
That show'their small dinunsions.
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They used itn think il very male
To ride astride and tumble.
Jtut now thpy.ean go almost moV,
And noiitt'-'of them ever g'rtiinh.e.
Cut if the limp, should crime pgain.
When we will all be free
. To sit or stand or move at will
We'll have a jubilee:
Thou all good folks cannot deride
Our want of ease and grace.
We'll lake our places anywhere
Without a sheepish face.
\ Jog On, Jehocaphal.
i W. II. Stark, in the Manufacturers*
I leeord).
I load gets rougher every mile: tt'lueki
Jog oil. Jehosaphat. an' show soni"
Style.
Mule's gone lame an' the liens won't
lay; '
Corn's 'way down an' wheal d>>n'i psy:
I logs no better, steers too cheap;
Cows quit milking, meat won't keep;
Oats all I Milled. spuds a I
I-1*11 it crop's trusted. uiiidjslill blows: *
Sheep srein P^n.V* an' I'JJ hp dm pod.
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Rye field's flooded an' the, haystack's
burned.
Looks some gloomy, I'll admit?
(Cluck). \
Joy on, Jehosaphnt, we ain't down yit.
Coal's in high an' crops in lew;
Rail rates doubled, got nb show;
Money's tighter, morals loose;-'
Round to git us?what^j the use!
Sun's not shinin* as it should;
Moon ain't lightin' like it could;
Aii- seems heavy, water punk;
Tests yer mettle;- shows yer spunk:
No use stoppin' to debate?(Cluck)
Jog on, Jehosaphat, it's gettin' late.
Wheels all wobble; axlo'(s bent;
Dashboard's broken, top all rent;
One shaft's splintered, t'other sags;
Seat's all busied, end-gate drugs;
May bang t'gothc.r?bel'eve it will;
Careful drivin'll make it still;
Trot?gosh ding ye?that's the stuff,
'Old trap's rnovin' right good speed?
(Cluck) Jog on, Jehosapat.
You're some steed.
Road's .smoothed out 'til it don't seem
true?(Cluck)
Jog on, Jclio.suphat, you pulled us
through.
WORST IS OVER.
According to James H. Craig, Stat?
Bank Examiner.
"There never was a time in the history
of South Carolina when there was
greater need for the solid business men
of the slsite to keep their heads, look
ahead with optimism and help each
other than at present," said Stale Rank
Examiner James H. Craig, in an interview
with August Ko(hn, Columbia
newspaper man. If folks will onlyjtcep 1
their heads level and work together the i
financial situation will readjust itself,
is his firm conviction. , Other and 1
neighboring states have within the past
few months had scores of bank failures,
and perhaps no state lias had fewer '
failures than South Carolina. Condi- i
lions in this state have been largely the '
same as in oilier cotton-growing states, i
Mr. Craig thinks the worst is now <
over, as the banks and people have an
Uppi ui:i;i nun ?>i i u>iiu?uvm.i
that prospective borrowers appreciate
thai when some banks advise that they (
arc not making*new loans that does not .
mean trouble. Mr. Craig thinks'the rc- i
adjustment is in sigiit and lias great .
hopes of the undertaking that Governor
Cooper and former Governor Manning
have in mind with Mr. Bar itch to bring <
new money into the state on a strictly :
business basis. i
Mr. Craig has been in the. hank ex- |
amincr's department for seven years, i
first in actual charge. Deflation, as it ]
is called came all of a sudden and. folks j
gol panicky and his chief undertaking c
has been to keep things in good shape.
The record of only three failures in a
year's time in these times, is the highest
to t of results. The most effective
work of Mr. Craig has been in nursing I
back to real life and usefulness sick
chickens. Sometimes this sickness has |
v..,, 1,1 ,
IjoOII .ITnaginar.v?niUftV inH.u, ...
speak?hut after it has been by persua- I
sinn or even coercion that hchrs made (
some oflleiaIs realize their obligations
<in<l rehabilitate the banks. In sonic;
few ins! a noes consolidations or community
bank help lias been used, bits i
always tin* central idea has been to |
keep the banks going, 'sifrve I lie communities
and work "hings out. In only I
one bank in the stale during the past
year does Mr. Craig think the depositors
will actually lose deposits, and w.tli :
309 active and going, state banks in i
I hose days of "deflation." that means
more than anything e'se, perhap.", is !
careful nursing and the extension of
optimism, because unless there be I
tvoiikediu sx the. hanks of South Cam- i
linn, national as well as state, are In
good shape. The state banks now haVr i
actual les'uurecs of about two hundred j
million dollars.. Thj;: does not include i
the large national banking institutions.
.Mr. Craig visits every part of the
state and he is satisfied there is a better
understanding of real conditions
and that things will move along more i
" """ 1 ?lii? ligation <
normally inuiua. ??4.
that llicrc.lia.s ?-??t to l?c a spirit of toleration
ami cooperation. With fresh
money cumin;? into this state with
which to finance cotton ami close sailing
.Mr. Craig sees no reason why conditions
should not actually improve.
aged woman
Rii.Ics Life to Save That of Negro
Girl.
.Mrs. I'online Dennis, seventy years
old. of pi West North avenue risked
her life early Monday afternoon in an
Ifotl tu save Minnie (iohor. :1 negro
maid whose clothing had caught, lire
from an exploded kerosene can.
Mrs. Dennis was in lite front yard
of her home at the time of the accident.
Attracted by the screams of
the maid, she rushed to the rear of
the house, and ^Vith great presence of
mind threw the woman upon' a pot
md smoihered-the flames. The maid
was taken to (Irady hospital, hut died
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The maid - was working in the
kitchen ill' III'1 time of the .'icelrlcnl.
Sin* had hern heating irons over a
olmrc'ial hrtckei. ::ii;l poured oil upon
lIn* coals in order In increase the Ileal.
Tin* can exploded in Iter hand and tin
flaming (dl i;;nitcd her clothing',
j She screamed and ran through Hi"
j hall, passing little .Marv Trammell,
i uraiiddalighter of Airs. Dennis. The
j little girl tried to heat out the flames,
hut hurned h<*rself and then ran to the
kitchen to draw water to put out the
j hla/.e. Meanwhile Mrs. Dennis ran
i into i he house, thrcv. the woman upon
|a eol and smothered the fire with a
I blanket.
The injured woman was placed in
I. an iiU'luohilo and- taken Jo (irroly
| ho.ipil.vi.- hut died ?:i>: hours later |jnii>
I |;ie liurril.Tc l.iirns '.\hc I::i i receive h.
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THE NEWS OF ROCK- HILL
Cotton Storage Charges to Farmers
Have Been Reduced.
FRANK ROACH GUARDS INSPECTED
City Will Be Rid of Rats?Well Known
Woman Drtes Suddenly?Other News
and Notes of Metropolis of York
County.
?j(By'a Staff Correspondent).
Rock Hiil.^Iurch 24.?Cotton storage
rates in Rock I-Iill are coming down.
rtrt U [IIUUL1 UL lUIJl, lIlL'i IlilVC ancau;
come down. At a meeting of farmers
held in the Chamber of Commerce hall
here last Saturday afternoon, the matter
was taken up for discussion. It was
made plain that the warehousemen are '
charging the same rate for storage on
cotton now that they charged, when
cotton was selling for 40 cents a pound.
A committee was appointed to see the
warehousemen. The committee did,
with the result .that one of the
warehouse companies immediately announced
a reduction of from 40 cents to
30 cents per bale per month. The others
will fall into line. It is estimated
that there are in the neighborhood of
15,000 bales of cotton in storage here.
Company Passes Inspection.
Company I, the Frank Roach Guards
of Rock Hill, passed a good inspection
at. the armory Monday night when
lined up before Major Ristinc of North
Carolina who is making the Federal ijisiioctinn
in Smith Carolina. There
were 91 men present for inspection in
iddilion to the officers. There are 93
unlisted men on the company roll. A
supper was served by the business woman's
circle of the First Presbyterian
diurch, following the inspection. Short
talks were made by Major Ristine.
Major Glenn of Columbia, Col. T. D.
Spruit of Fort Mill, T. A. Moore, John
Barnwell, J. T. Fain, O. K. Williams,
John G. Barnwell, Major Lindsay MeFadden
and Rev. W. E. MeCord. Capt.
>
lames C. Dozier presided.
May Go to Liverpool.
"President J. li. Johnson of the York <
county branch of the American Cotton
issociation, is undecided whether or
lot to attend the World's Cotton Con"erencc
in Liverpool, June 13-23: He
ecently received hia commission from
President J. S. Wannamaker of the
Vmerican Cotton association, as a del
gate. to the conference.
To Rid the Town of Rats.
While the., famous Pied:' Piper: ; of
ITnmlin is not coming to do it, n campaign
is being inn 113:11 ratotl here to rid
die city of rats. Such a campaign is
needed badly, according to those in
liusiliun to know because the rat population
is great and the damage that
I hey do totals a big sum in the course
if a year.
Death of Former Rock Hillian.
Information was received in Rock
Hill, Monday of the death in Atlanta,
in., of James A. (.'.lies, who until about
fifteen years ago was a resident of
Rock inn. The deceased is survived
by bis widow and four children.
Expecting Good Baseball Team.
Rock Hill Hi expects to put out a
Ijcod baseball team this spring and already
there are about thirty candidates
nut for Hi liino places on the ter.m
Lo he filled. It is announced that
l.tike ltivers, well known semi-pro
lias hern engaged as coach, l.tikie
an l>e depended upon lo bring out all
I hat is in the hoys and ho is going to
Jo just that. A heavy schedule of
games will he arranged by the business
manager of the team.
Mrs. George Anderson Dead.
Mrs. (Jeorge II. Anderson, (IS, a well
known and highly esteemed lady of
I took Mill, died Wednesday morning
about 11.30 on a train en route from
Charlotte. She was coming to her
home in lloek Mill from llulfport.
Miss., where, accompanied hy her
daughter she had hcen spending the
winter. The deceased has been a resident
of lloek Hill about 25 years,
coming here about the time Winthrop
College was established. She was a
native of Spartanburg county, the
daughter of the late Cnpt. David Anderson
of Spartanburg county. She
is survived hy her husbaiul. Goo. B.
Anderson, a son ,D. I*. Anderson of
Birminghom, Ala., and three daughters,
Mrs. W. A. Douglas and Misses
Helen and Emma Anderson of Itock
Hill. Interment was in Danrohvood
oemclcry here this afternoon.
Winthrop Not Treated Fairly.
Dr. D. B. Johnson president of WinOn
op College, who was the principal
speaker at the joint luncheon of the
Kiwnnis and I lota ry Clubs here Tues
uay uetMareu uiai \\ ininrop imu not
receive a fair (toil at the hands of the
recent South Carolina general assembly.
The general assembly lie charged
failed m provide funds for the college
that are absolutely essential to its
welfare and progress.
Although Winl limp's property is
valued at $2,255,000 according to figures
presented by the college president, the
entire investment of the state since
flu; cflj^lege was established has been
only 1.117.. The balance of the sum
has been secured from other sources,
lie appealed to the Kiwnnians and
I lota i ia us and to friends of cdnenlion
generally to rally to the support of
Win! lirop.
BUFFALOES WENT QU.CK.
Lois of Perp'o War.t;d Anirr.als Offered
by Forest Service.
, .The .forestry service d recently
if anybody wanted a buffalo, having a
score on hand to dispose of. Apparently
the answer was "everybody doer,"
for the service has been deluged with
requests. One little girl sent a two
cent stamp, expecting a ba*by buffalo
return mail for her backyard zoo. A
farmer with 160 acres and five children,
wanted a family playfellow. Stock men
wanted to try cross breeding.
Wild wesfshows rushed in applications
by mail and telegraph and the:
supply was quickly exhausted despite
the warning that a lusty bull buffalo'
eats two tons of hay a year. ,
Wo?
FIXING NITRATE PRICES
Association of Chile Will Guarantee
Its Figures.
(Consul Dana G. Munro, Valparaiso.)
At a special session of the directorate
of the Nitrate Association, held
on January 26, 1921, the prices of nitrate
for May and June were set at
17s? the figure now ruling for April.
The directorate also announced that
it would guarantee the prices for the
first 10 months of the coming nitrate
year from July 1, 1921, to March 31,
1922?would not be less than 14s per
Spanish quintal (1 quintal?101.4
pounds.Definite prices will be fixed
in May or'June of this year.
The maintenance of the present high
prices during the last two months of
the nitrate year will virtually make
impossible any sales by the association
for delivery within that period.
The association' apparently intends to
make no serious effort to effect fur- '
tlier sales for the current year. A
large part of this year's exports is
iitii uiiiujjHUEiieu anu win ue leu, un
the hands of the dealers In Europe and 1
the United States.. The maintenance
of the April price through May and
June, and the annoucement that the
price for the ten months after July 1
would not be less than 14s, was intended
to protect the interests of these
dealers, who have purchased their
stocks at the high prices flxpd by the 1
association for this year, and also to
give the banks financing the purchases 1
definite assurance wtiich would enable
them to continue', their assistance
to the tracfe. J' . '
The decision of the Association is on '
the whole regarded as wise, in view of
the close connection between the interests
of the producers:'and those of the '
large distributions. The disorganlza- 1
tion of the market by^.the safe of ni- '
tiate at low prices when there were
in existence large stocks purchased, at
much higher prices would react unfavorable
unon the entire industrv. '
On the other hand the fear has been
expressed that the maintenance of :
comparatively high. prices might stimulate
the competition of other fertilizers
and curtail the consumption ot"
Chilean nitrate. The current price is 1
at least 2s 6d. below the figure of114s. 1
announced by the association, but '
there are no very large quantities on 1
the market. The probable effect of the
association's announcement will be a
postponement of the hopes for an improvement-in
the nitrate market until
a considerable part of the large stocks
now existing have been disposed of. 1
it seems improbable that there will be '
any further sales until the beginning
of the coining nitrate year of July 1.
and the improvement of conditions
may be delayed even longer, unless '
business conditions in the United '
Slates and Europe improve consider
ably before tliat time.
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BATHTUB OF BOOZE
Lots of Moonshine Goes In the Sink ,
In Anderson County. ,
A lowly bathtub, white enameled, '
and perfectly pretty and clean tilled '
lipping, looping, level full of clear 1
corn whiskey was a sight to behold .
this morning when a "pouring" was
held at the jail to get rid of a quantity I
of whiskey which has accumulated at 1
the jail, the result of various cap- i
lures in the recent past. <
Public pourings are a thing of the I
past at the county jail, partly because
of the fact that a "pouring" attracts I
a great many people and heartache i
and anguish is caused by a sight such
as whiskey flowing in the gutter usually
makes. The whiskey may be i
poured in many ways, and the sheriff i
has decided that about the best means
of disposing of the liquor is to pour it
into the sewerage system of the city,
from which it. can hardly be reclaimed, i
The pouring this morning was a
very quiet affair, witnessed by one
lone newspaperman, and the sheriff i
and a deputy who did the pouring.
The liquor vvns poured mainly from i
ton gallon kegs irtto- the bath tub hnd ;
I hen. drained out.
A bathtub full of liquor might sound
like a glimpse of a "sot's paradise,"
but however strong a constitution the
"sot" might have, he would not have
lasted long in the bath which the
sheriff arranged. One plunge into
the clear, white liquor, and even, the
most hardy would surely have shriveled
into a mummy.
The fumes from the liquor, let it be
said, are almost as bad as drinking i
tin- real stuff, and if anyone doubts
this statement, let him be present
when a big quantity of liquor is poured
and see if he doesn't feel the effects
of it. A pronounced dizziness is
caused from merely being in the room,
whi'e those who actually poured the .
whiskey into the tub, holding the keys 1
as if ran out. were obliged at times i
to go lo the windows for a breath of
fresh air.? Anderson Dally .Mail.
, DEADLY, TYPHUS
I. i- mm? ,
Every Precaution Being Made to
Keejf Disease WW P$.
IT IS MORE DEADLY THAN BULLETS
i!! ?'h '< <] 'l*\4
Hundreds of Immigrants Held up Out'
dide New York Harbor Because of
' lnfectiori~Ofteri Do Not Understand
' i . y i r:.
and Make Trouble?Costly to Steamship
Companies?Dcfousing Plants
Established.
(By Frederick, J. Haskin).
New York City, March 24-^Th"fe Typhus
germ cannot be Americanized. It
is one European product that must be
kept out of the well-worn melting-pot;
one danger which cannot be accepted
and absorbed even by such an undiscriminating
nation as ours. Immigrants
may be compelled 'to suffer
hardship; travelers be Inconvenienced;
and steamship companies lose money,
but the typhus cootie must be pre-'
vented from entering this country.
Everybody is agreed as to tjiis; only
there are various disagreements as to
how it is to be done and the nation
as a whole seems to be painfully slow
in making up its mind.
Already 40 cases of typhus have occurred
in New York City and. its harbor,
with several deaths as a result.
Nearly every ship arriving from a
foreign port carries Infected I immigrants,
while thousands of'.others,
suspected of the same condition, will
continue to sail for this country as fast
as there is steerage space to accommodate
them.
Yet the New York City Health Department
has been severely criticized In
some quarters for adopting prompt and
rigorous measures to bar typhus vermin,
and only in the past few days
have the Federal health authorities
been given permisslpn tp act in the
matter.
"The importance of the typhus dan
crer cannot be overestimated," Dr.
Royal S. Copeland, Health Commissioner'of
New York City, told the reporter
in a brief interview the other
ifternoon. "Some people are inclined to
think that we have raised, a rather
needless scare, but that is because they
ire unacquainted with typhus. They
do not know that it is one of the deadliest
scourges to which mankind is victim.
They do not know that more, men
died' of typhus in" ' Serbia.. durliig the
war than were killed in battle. They
do not realize that one infected immigrant,
released in this city, might
spread a plague that would cause a
million deaths in the space of a few
weeks."
Dr. Copeland was the first person to
recognize the fact that a typhus emergency
existed. As soon as the first
:ases were discovered, he notified the
immigration authorities and stationed
fumigating squads at tne isanery uj
inspect immigrants arriving in the city
from Ellis Island. Many were found
to be vermin-infected and had to be
put through the delousing process. ,
Dthcrs carried bundles and suitcases
containing infected clothing.
Chaos at Port.
This caused a great deal of consternation
at both Ellis Island and Hoffman's
Island, the quarantine station,
where the Immigrants ?.-d been passed
without question. The health authorities
at both of these places immediately
started making special inspections
for typhus Infection, which
caturally required much more time
than the ordinary health Inspections.
Ihey were delayed in their work by
the lack of pro. er facilities. Ships,
with steerage passengers who had to
be examined, began to pile up in the
liarbor, and thus arose the present
nnrvntafPfl condition.
The Federal authorities have recently
taken over the state quarantine station
at Hoffman's Island, but inasmuch
is the facilities have not been increased,
conditions are not noticeably
improved. Reporters are not permitted
to add to the general chaos at Hoffman's
Island, but from the stories of
returned travelers, one learns that the
immigrants have a sad time there.
"It was early morning and frightfully
cold when they came for the immigrants
on our ship In a small tug boat,"
narrated an American woman who arrived
on a French ship the other day.
"They began to transfer Vie infected or
suspected immigrants at once, but not
without a fight, because the French officials
objected, saying that the immigrants
were perfectly clean. The poor
1 T. - 1 -- I
people, naving come mum ilui> &jiu wc
south of France, were not prepared for
a cold climate. Their clothing was distressingly
scanty and they trembled,
with cold. Those who did not get typhus
probably got pneumonia later.
Mothers were dragged away from their ,
children and all bundled into the tug.
Many of them could not speak English
and did not understand what it was all
about. They kept them over there at
Hoffman's Island all day, waiting for.
examinations, and during all that time
they did not have a thing to eat. Of
course, I suppose the government cannot
help it, but I do think something
ought to be done."
This woman's ship was fortunate,
however, to be held up only 24 hours.
Others have had to lie-in the harbor
for two or three days while the quarantine
office caught up with its work.
On one of these detained ships, the immigrants
recently staged a rebellion,
threatening in the choicest words of
several different languages to do some
damage if they were not permitted to
leave the boat. Then, as they were not
released, they carried out their threat.
They broke some furniture and incidentally
the water pipes. Nevertheless,
they had to remain there the rest of
the dhy, and the ship's stewards got
even by charging them 50 cents per cup
for drinking water. '
Hard on Ship Companies.
The immigrants, moreover, are not
the only ones who are not enjoying the
present situation. The steamship, companies
find it equally difficult. Every
HflV tbov Qra ViolH nr? in tho Vi o rhnr
V itViVI ** f A A kl'v ilU>i wvt
means a large money loss, for not only
must they lose valuable time, but they
must continue feeding .their passengers.
One large steamship company has
placed one of Us vessels at the disposal
of the quarantine officials as a detention
ship for immigrants, who are
transferred to it for examination while
the ship that brought them continues :
on its way. Under the emergency ruling,
no craft from a foreign port can
approach within 300 yards a New ;
York pier without a permit, granted
only after the most rigid, inspections
One hears vague rumors that the
steamship companies are establishing
thei/ own delousing plants on- the European
side, but no definite information 1
seems to be available on this point. 1
Many people feel that It is up to the
foreign governments to take necessary !
precautions agaJnst the spread of ty- '
phus; and to prevent any but clean em- '
igrants from embarking for this country.
The foreign governments', however,
do not seem to agree with this
view. The Italian government, in fact,
has even resented the charge that any
infected immigrants could possibly
come from Italian shores, although the 1
fact remains that they have.i
To avoid congestion Jn New York 1
harbor, many steamship lines are now '
diverting their vessels to other ports,
notably Boston and Philadelphia. From '
these points the immigrants come , to
New York by rail, thus making It nec- 1
essary for the city health department
to keep inspection squads, also at the
railway s^tationS. Fortunately, hefe the J
New York Travelers' Aid society has. J
come to the rescue and is taking care of
family groups while their various mem-. '
bers are removed for examination and
fumigation.,
"Sometimes while a husband is sent
away to be freed from vermin," one of
the Travelers' Aids told the reporter, *
"the wife thinks he is beiiig dragged off
to Siberia; Then we have to rush our 1
interpreter to the scene tou explain the
matter to her. So matly of tlte peopW
are waf? refugees, wffb '" have already '
suffered so much that their anxieties
are easily aroused."
If the man is detained for any great '
length of time, the Aids see that the '
children, get food and that the family
obtains proper lodgings. Sometimes as 1
many as 25 such families must be taken
care of out of a group of a hundred, or
more who come tnrougn on one train.
While precautlonsjagainst the typhus
cootie are ever becoming more systematized,
the congestion remains unrelieved
at the port of New York. The
health authorities are putting; up a valiant
fight against tremendous handicaps.
They need more men and more
facilities. Congress they say, could
solve the whole typhus emergency at
once by ordering a cessation of immigration
until the disease has subsided
in Europe, but congress has its own
reasons for desiring immigration -to
continue. The -least, then, that it can
do is to authorize an increase in the
size of the force and workiftg materials
at Hoffman's and Ellis Island, and-thus
help to prevent the' spread of the
plague.
AMERICANS IN HOLLAND
?- Rarharv
oaiiors V/omc iu nuu<?ui?"> ?? j
Coast.
The growth of the American : .archant
marine has brought a new fac- (
tor, the white-collared, "snappily" (
dressed, debonair American sailor, to
the Schiedamsche dyke Rotterdam's
"Barbary Coast."
. While the French, Dutch, English (
and others who patronije these resorts
-usually are dressed in colored
flannel shirts, rough suits and unpolished
shoes, most of the Americans,
as soon as they get shore leave, don
suits smacking more of the college
boy than the sailor, white stiff collars,
belted overcoats, fashionable
shoes and the characteristically American
soft felt hat . '
American diplomatic and consular :
authorities in Holland are very much
interested in efforts to provide some
substitute for "the dyke." Dance hall, ^
saloon, dance hall, saloon, alternate
in almost unbroken monotony for several
blocks on Schiedamsche dyke. In
all of them, the chief spenders appear
to be American seamen, whose pay is '
larger than other seamen receive.
The officials who are seeking some '
sort oUfc. substitute for the dyke's attractions
say that most of the sailors
would go elsewhere if they had a '
chance. 1
"But it must not be a namby-pamby
resort," one official said. "Jack 1
wants music and dancing and beer, as 1
well as reading material and a place to '
loaf, when he gets ashore."
it was on the Schiedamsche dyke c
that a number of American seamen 1
were robbed of their identity cards
by Bolshevik agents who used them
to get into America. j
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? One million barrels of oikannaally
can readily be used by the United ,
States. " i
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TO SUFFER PENJiT
Government Will Get fiSHe^'fae 1
Failed (o:Hjl?%^|g|
ABE Tft tAKE
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Washington Haa Aftcaily
' to Got Out and"1 . -0
Who Are Liable Failed&,Payi',:!
^The following is f,rom the'New York
Times:. f.O- V.-V ..'.ifk
. Local collectors of internal, revenue,;
under orders from^Washlrigtvhi,'
preparing yesterday, white their for- "-' ^
ces were still trying to clean up ' the ' v .^"
final batch of income tax returns', and V
payments ..that arrived by.mall^- to/r^V;
proceed against . taxpayers .wno,>; in ^
preparing .their returns, qpaitted', from/ '
gross income all gains from'the saler'
of capital assets. ,\.|i **> .*
The taxpayers, In-. omitting ; -theme
items fiom their returns,, based *their?
action on thie decision of the 'distri^
court of the ytTnited-. States-for '., tlx'e
District of Connecticut'' in. tjie case of ' .
Brewster against Walsh. The court,;^
in this case, -held that gains from ,?lje- r;;^;V
sale of capital' -assets; were' riot faxa,-.
ble. The .Bureau of v-lriternil('BieV^
nue has not acquiesced Jn t6e;declflio?^.:^
and the United .^S^teejiXttpniey;'^
Connecticut has appealed"to tiTe Unit^i '//>:
States Supreme Court.' 'J . t/ *y-\
Hundreds; perhaps thousands, ,of Ujgk<
payers, on t&e advice / of
not" include in gross income> trains 'frpp^^^
the sale of capital assets.
"Three different courses. were.-tak^a-^fp'
by taxpayers with regard to-items airfected
by the Brewster 'decision,"-Dr. ^
Joseph J.* Klein, an authority on the. inf,
come tax, said last nlghtv/'Flr8t;.inany5_^'r'|
of them paid the tax under. .protee^c.,ti'^
They of course, are not afltectied'hy tha
r ' -yS < -wrac
commissioner's , order. : The second ?, 'v. \'~
class did not include gains - from ?h.e //vji
Bale of capital assets In,
but attached an explanation; tha^^^P>^?
were omitting such gains
the Brewster decision. A jthfr^
that many took was to forge^ii^lw^^.-^
3uch Items 'entirely anannot menao?>:
them In the returns.'.
< "Many lawyers advised (theIr.cJtM^ j-^;'
that in their opinion.
take advantage -of. the dccleipn at
The Bureau pf
ever,.has
that decisions- by,-minor- ppqrta dp nol^^fc
affect the a'dmtetotmtlw^otbut
that tife poict^rm^v b^^dfrcided* by: >
the t/iiited State*' Subramir^firi^ (tyfr >-".'3
'T-nvT#
An order dated irt^ed --'
by Commissioner Wllratn.M^'W-hili^tut:- ; ;
bf the Bureau of InterMr^^eM^p;jw^;^}?
been sent, to all Coli^fdrfr pf Internal
Revenue for- the ipa^^ttpn;
ceedlng against- taaj>ayet^;.^hp^^Klv- ". >:
their returns in accpi^a^'?;^]^.-^^;!:..^
Brewster decision. Th^.brtjpr /'! - : '
"This office has beeji";Jw^sed,-|ttia^).'
many taxpayers in prep^Ing^t^rSn^.r
some and profits , tax ^returns for 1820, y y"
have omitted'or intended ,tp omit, from
gross Income all gains frofii tfie sale/pf , i
capital 'assets. "The taxpayers in.fok^, "
Ing this action are evidSrttly relying- i'
jpon the decision or tne-jji^iricc-woun
of the United Statesv for-yttfe Djkifriet
)t Connecticut in the case-of Brewster
its. Walsh, 268 Fed .207..#J '.
"The bureau has not -acquiesced in
the decision of the District iCou t-in the
:ase of Brewster vrf,"";Hvklah.'i The *'/
United States Attorney ,for Connecticut - 'h
lias been authorized to perfect an appeal
to the Supreme Court'.pf-the Uait?d
States for a review of^he decision. :
The bureau will continue tp collect the
:ax' upon the gain froffl ithe sale of
japital assets unless the Supreme' '
Sourt should hold unconstitutional
:hose provisions of the law .taxing such1
gains.
"If the.taxpayer in preparing his income
tax return, omits^ from gross in* ' '
:ome the gain from . sale , of crnltal
issets, "^and fails to make .-a full dis-. ' '
closure of the facts, he wi}l be subject
to the additional tax plui Interest, on
this gain, and in addition thereto will
be liable to the penalties for negligence
or fraud. y ; ;. v . -
"The collector should examine the
returns as filed to discover .those cases
in which the taxpayer has. omitted;
from gross income the gain from the
sale of capital assets and. has made a
full,disclosure. In such cases the col-,
lector should immediately serve, upon
Form 17, notice and demand for the Additional
tax due, and aftjpr.tbe ten-day
period proceed to collect Ithe tax, plus'1interest
and the penalty for delinquent
:y, by distraint, if necessary."
As a result of Commissioner WU*.tiams's
instruction, collectors are. pre-' '!
paring to take action in the .cases otthose
who have made a "full' disclosure-,
of the facts." This meanh those tair. '
payers who have reported gains.from ' ,
:he sale of capital assets but'Abo Have
not paid the tax The "disclomirea/jus- < : '.
ually have been in the form .^fjjHder
ittached to the return in ^hich^e '$&.
olanation is made that the gain is hot
reported as gross income. : .*
Taxpayers who have. "made. A tuH:
iisclosure" may escape penalties If tWey
jay the additional sums due before the
jxplration of the ten-day peribd;v,'Aftej
that they afe liable to the pehilty foir
lelinquency, and distraint", proceedings
,vill be started If necessary.
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? A new poison gas for war purposes
in units small enough to be carrle'd by
;very soldier is a hew device, of the
Chemical Warfare service. The new
ras is so goadly that it was'"found' 1
necessary to strengthen the masks to
tiake them effective. v v,;r
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