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INCOME TAX FALL OFF J67, 451, 369 TOTAL FOR FIR8T QUARTER THIS YEAR 18 CONSIDERABLY LOWER. "Washington. ? Income tax receipts Were 167,461,369.41 less on the first quarter of 'this year than In the same three months of 1924, it was shown in the first official figures on quarterly receipts by which the revenue produc ing power of the present tax law was compared with the former rates. The comparative statement made public shows total income taxes of >679,238,820.98 for January, February and March, this year, against $586, 190.39 for the Bame three months of last year. Receipts for each of the three months of 1925 were: January, $33,054,831.92 ; February, $47,457. 051.34, and March. $438,726,937.72, and in 1924, the receipts were: January, $39,664,855.60; February. $57,179, 527.57, and March, $489,935,807.12. Officials ma:le no comment upon the statistics, explaining that the total for the quarter this year had been about $8,000,000 above the estimate which they had used from last summer as the basis for calculation of govern ment requirements. They probably will not be able to offer an analysis of the results until after the June quarterly payrrint Is in, when statis. tics will be available showing the num ber 6f persons who paid all of their taxes in the first installment. Studying Case of Irish Woman. Washington. ? The immigration bu reau began investigation of statements made by Miss Mary MacSwiney, Irish republican worker, to immigration authorities at Chicago that she came to this country about January 24 on a British passport. Officials at Ellis Island were asked to examine the records of all ships en tering the port during the latter part of January to determine whether Miss MacSwlney's name appeared either on the passenger lists, or in the lists of the ship's employes. Immigration officials said there was nothing in their records to indi cate that Miss MacSwiney was in this country illegally, and that unless their Investigation showed she entered in violation of the immigration law, they would make no effort to deport her. In event they find evidence that she entered by use of fraudulent passports, however, they said they would refer the case to the Department of Justice for prosecution under the passport act. 146 Million Check Is Drawn. New York. ? Formal completion of the deal by which the Dodge Brothers Automobile company was sold to Dil lon, Read & Co., New York bankers, was Bignalized when a single check for $146,000,000, tho largest cash amount ever transferred in an indus trial transaction, will be turned over by the bankers to the original Dodge Interests. The ceremony of payment will take place In the offices of thfe Central Union Trust company of New York, tho bank on which the huge check will be drawn. It will be payable to the order of Dodge Brothers, the old cor poration, which technically has sold its assets to the new company, Dodge Brothers, Inc. A member of Dillon, Reid & 'Co. will present tho check to Charles T. Spicer of the Detroit Trust company, representing Dodge Hros. Motoriat Under Burden of Taxes. . Washington. ? An n^gresslve stand against additional legislation propos- I ed in various states to tax motor ve hicles, was urged by speakers before a conference of secretaries of clubs j afflllAted with the American Automo bile association. Continued support of federal aid for road building was recommended and opposition was expressed to the use of motor tax revenues for othor pur poses than road maintenance. Thomas P. Henry of Detroit, presi dent of tho association, declared solu tion of problems confronting tho mo torists dependod largely on co-ordina tion of tho association's 700 clubs in a common program. Man Die# as Result of Bitn. , North Wilkosboro, N C. ? The body of Orovor Caudlll, of Roaring River, Is expected to arrive. Mr. Caudlll had been near Wilmington, N. C, Invest! gating some timber lands with tho view of operating a saw mill. Sunday afternono ho was bitten by a rattle snake and died ns the result. Mr. Caudlll waa> about 35 years of age. Ho is a son of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Caudlll, and Is survived by his widow and two children. Funnral and burial services will be hold at Roaring River. Collect Minerals For Exhibition. Raleigh. ? At tho request and In co operation with tho Asbevllle Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Jasper L. Rtuekey, geologist of tho State Department of Conservation and Development, Is In Western North Carolina aiding in tho collection of an exhibit of representa tive minerals for display at tho South ern Rxposltlon, to he held In New York the last two weeks of May. Rmphasla will be placed on minerals which are either now In commercial production or which promise to sup port new Industry. - CHARGE CON8TABLE WITH SLAYING TWO BOYS IN CAR. Humboldt. Tenn. ? After killing two youths with a single bullet on the main street of this city, Con stable Will T. Cox. was bound over under a charge of second degree murder at a preliminary hearing before Magistrate William Dunlap. Carl Ladd, 19, and Gaston Croom. 18, were riding along Main street and, according to the constable, re fused to stop when he hailed them. He declared the youthB were driv ing at a high rate of speed, and that their automobile .bore no license tag. When the automobile return ed along the street the constable declared the driver again ignored his order to stop. Constable Cox then fired his pistol, it is charged. The bullet passed through Ladd's body and entering that of Croom, killed him instantly. Ladd stopped the car, got out and staggered a few paces, falling dead in the street. FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL WITH BAIT! EXPERIMENTS LAID BEFORE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SHOW PROGRESS. "Washington. ? The results of experi ments which support the Einstein theory of relativity and promise of, success in beating the l>oll weevil with j an odor similar to that believed to j entice to the cotton plant, were laid before the session of the annual meet ing of the Nationu. Academy of Sciences. In the absence of Dr. A. A. Mien- j elson, head of the University of Chi- 1 cago's physics department, because ( of illness, his associate, Professor A. H. Compton, read bis paper entitled "The Latest Test of the Einstein Theory," which determined that when the atrto is going forwar din a straight line, the city of light is apparently affected, but that rotation has no ef fect on light velocity. Dr. Mlc.helson s experiments, con. ducted In conjunction with Prof. H. O. I Gale, dean of the graduate school of j science. University of Chicago, indicat- j ed' proof, Professor Hale said, of the theory that the ether does not go 1 along with the earth. The race be- 1 tween two beams of light, tralveling I In opposite directions, around a rec tangle, was used in his experiments by I Dr. Michelson, whose earlier work is ; credited with having set Einstein on the road to his Te\atlvlty theory. Preliminary experiments by Fred erick D Power and Victor K. Chest nut, bureau of chemistry, department of agriculture In the cotton belt In ^ analyzing Odorous constituents of the i cotton plant, the scientists were told, j havo disclosed that ammonia and trimethylamine were present In ap preciable amounts in the distillate, but the ammonia largely predominated. Both substances were also found to be emanations from the living plant, and although further tests remain to be conducted, it is considered possible that the odor attracting the boll weevil might be produced artificially for use aB a bait for the insect. The papers on a wide range of sub jects by American and foreign schol ars were read at the opening sessions during the day. Although the United States Is now the only nation possessing helium in commercial quantities. Dr. S. C. blind,! chief chemist of the bureau of mines, declared that when other countries, are drilling for oil and has to an equal extent, there is a possibility that the ! non-inflammable gas will he found to exist elsewhere. It takes some 20.000.-' 000 years for helim to leak up from minerals and rocks to the pools of natural gas, where It is now found. Henry Varner Dies. Lexington ?Henry Branson Varner.; president of the North ( arolina Motion j Picture Theater Owners association and former state commissioner of In- j bor and printing, died here of pneu , monla which developed 10 days ago , following a business trip to Charlotte. | Colonel Varner s condition had been exceedingly ({rave the last few days., but Sunday ho was thought to have , shown positive nlnns of Improvement, j There was a sudden turn for ihe worse and the patient soon sank into a state of coma. He did not regain conscious- ' ness before his death Upholds Segregation Law. New Orleans. The state supreme court ruled In effect upheld the New Orleans ordinance requiring that whites and negroes live in separate parts of the city by refusing to review ; the case. Explosion Wrecks Mine Orafton. W Va. The wheelhousn of the Fahey Coal company at Sand Lick, Taylor county, was wrecked by an explosion. The mine was to have resumed operations on a non-union basis after having been Idle for two years. Auto Manufacturer Burned. Cordoba. Argentine Eduarrio F.nro, wealthy Arg<?ntlno sportsman, was burned to death and his companion , killed when the car Luro wan driving In an automobile race crashed against a telegraph post Sunday. The race which Is one of the most Important automobile events In Arisen tine was suspended on account of the | accident. It is run over a course of j about 400 kilometers (248 f>f? miles). Twenty cars, n majority of them of : North American mnkA, were In motion when the accident occurred. ,\ AUTOS 29 PER CENT CHEAPER AVERAGE COST OF LIVING WA8 INCREASED SIXTY-SEVEN PER 'CENT. - New York. ? Automobiles on the average cost 29 per cent less today than in 1913, while the average cost of living was Increased 67 per cent during the same period, figures com piled by the National Chamber of Commerce reveal. The average retail price of a motor car is now set at $825. The analysis of car priceB is part of the annual study of the automobile industry made by the chamber, cover ing the year 1924. The automobile industry now ranks first among the manufacturers of the United States, the rating being on the basis of wholesale values. The steel industry is second and meat packing third, according to the report. Exports of motor vehicles in 1924 were larger than ever before in the history of the Industry. The 386,580 automobiles sold abroad established a record of 17 1-2 per cent larger than the figures for 1923, The federal taxes paid on motor ve hicles from 1917 to 1925 was $799,285, 399, or more than twice as much as was expended in Federal money to ward highways. Motor vehicles paid $461,400,000 In special taxes during 1924. About 65 per cent of automobiles in the United States are owned in com munities having than 25,000 pop ulation. while 4 per cent of the cars are owned in communities having loss than 5,000 population. Reign of Terror In Bulgaria. London. ? The two members and a former member of the British parlia ment who visited Sofia, Bulgaria, im mediately after the recent bomb explo sion in the cathedral there and re mained in Bulgaria to study the situa tion, again described conditions aB they found them. The description was given in a re port which asserted the existing Bul garian government had caused the deaths of many thousands of persons "and will surely ultimately arouse a volcanic upheaval." The report was signed by Josiah C. Wedgwood and W. Mackinder. lahor ite members of parliament, and Lieut. Col. Cecil L'Estrange Malon, a former coalition liberal member. They spent the recent parliamentary recess In Bulgaria where they met government officials, foreign diplomats and resi dents but were unable to see any of the leaders of the opposition to the government of Premier Tsankoff "as these al^ady had been executed or were in jail." "The country," said the report, "wan under martial law. General I>azaroff, commander of all the troops in Sofia was dictator of Bulgaria. "x x x x We saw prisoners taken along the street by armed civilians, receiving in some cases very rough treatment. "At night bursts of firing were of j frequent occurrence. From our hotel ! room we saw the huge prison building on a low hill outside the town brilliant ly lighted up The approaches were Illuminated by special lights all night. Wo were informed that throughout the night cars and lorries left the prison i taking batches of prisoners out into I the country to bo shot as fresh loads ! were being brought to the prison." j Mortgages on Liquor CarB Ignored. Atlanta. ? Automobiles seized as liquor carriers can be confiscated by the government, regardless of mort gages. lions or other claims, except ! when liquor on which tax has been i paid is being conveyed. Judge Samuel H. Sibley ruled in a decision handed down 1n United States district court. ] Dlsr upsing the decisions, which was ' handed down In the case of Goldsmith C.rant company vs. the United Stales, federal prohibition agents h?re point ed out thai the ruling, in effect, means all claims on automobiles seized as liquor carriers are forfeitod. Virtually all liquor sold and trans -| ported in the northern district of i Georgia, the Jurisdiction of Judge Sib j ley's court, is Illegally manufactured,! and therefore, no tax is paid on It, it i was s t a I ed . Heretofore stated, it was said In court circles, some courts have up held lions and other claims on auto mobiles seized as Whiskey carriers on the ground the illicit imp of machines was without knowledge of the party or parties holding the loins or other I claims. Gr'd Standard to Spur Trade. New York An early resumption of arbitrage trading between the securi ties market of I/ondon amLNew York Is In prospect as a result of Great Britain's restoration of the gold stan dard. One of the chief obstacles to this method of trading has been removed by the re establishment of the gold basis and the imminent return of ster ling exchange to parity, officials of the stock exchanges have asserted They look for an early revival of arbitrage dealing*. FIVE ROBBERS ROUTED BY CAFE PATRON8. New York. ? Wielding chaira, dishes and silverware, 75 men pat rons In the Cafe de L'Europe, In Second Avenue, routed Ave ifrmed robbera who fired six shots before making their escape. They left four Injured victims in fighting their way to freedom with black jacks and revolver butts. The rob bers escaped with money and jew elry estimated to total $3,000, in cluding approximately *2,500 from the cafe cash register. Two ambulances were called for the four men who bad been Injur ed. Police reserves were ordered out, but no trace of the robbers was found. HINDENBURG HEADS GERMANY FAMOUS TEUTONIC WAR LEADER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC. Berlin. ? The of Germany have rallied to the banner of Field Marshal von Hindenburg and elected him president of the republic. lie is the first president of Germany to be elected by popular ballot. He is the first president of Germany to be elect ed by popular ballot. He was nomi nated by the national conservative bloc to replace Dr Karl Jarres, who "failed of election in the first balloting on March 29. His opponent was Dr. Wllhelni Marx, candidate of the repub lican bloc, adherents of the Weimar coalition, composed of centralists, so cialists and democrats. The third candidate was Ernest Thaelmann, communist. Von Hindenburg triumphed in his race for the presidency with a major ity close to 845,000 votes. The unoffi cial final figures are: Von Hinden burg. 14,639,399; Marx. 13.762.640; Thaelmann, 1,931.591; votes declared invalid, 21,910. Total 30,345,540. Von Hindenburg comes to the chair once occupied by Friederich Ebert, who was chosen president by the na tional assembly at Weimar in Febru ary, 1919, and who died in Berlin in February, 1925. The women's vote and a heavy turnout of former stay at-home voters elected the field mar. shall. Not until the returns from 33 out of 35 election districts were re ceived and tabulated could the out-j come be determined, and from the close of polls at 6 o'clock it ( was any man's race, as the two chief candidates ran neck and neck in the official count. Pulitzer Prize Awards For 1924. New York.? The annual Pulitzer | prizes in journalism and in letters for j 1924 were announced by President i Nicholas Murray Butler for the school j of journalism of Columbia university. I Edna Ferber, for her novel "So. Big," was awarded the $1,000 prize j "for the best American novel publish ed during the year which shall present the wholesome atmosphere of Ameri can life and the highest standards of American manners and manhood." The, $500 prize for the "best cartoon pub lished in any American newspaper dur- \ ing the yenr " was given to Rollin Klr by, of The New York World, for his cartoon entitled "News From the Out- i side World." published October 5. j Sydney Howard, author of "They, Knew What They Wanted," was awarded the $1,000 prize for the "orlgl- j nal American play, performed In New j York, which shall best represent the j educational value and power of the; sttigo of raising the standard of good j morals, good taste and good mann> rs." I The play was one of 13 plays re cently Investigated by District Attor noy Banton on complain of citizens. Business Going Forward. New York- ? The process of season al readjustment In industry made fur-i (her headway last week but failed to lift general business from its present lassitude. The underlying position of trade continued satisfactory but re-' suits of spring operations in most lines proved disappointing to those who had expected a progressive expansion With th'1 exception of the automo-i bile industry, the trend of the prin-j cipal producing divisions has been low er. Wlhere Improvement has taken I place in the past fortnight as In car- j tain sections of the steel industry, the j gains have been limited and not well mainlined. Business, however, derived some encouragement from the fact that the current recession has been extremely' moderate In comparison with tho trade degression a year ago. and thai there appeared to be no sound basis for ex pecting a repetition of tho unsatlsfac. ? tory conditions which existed during I he summer of 1924 Last of Indian Wars Veterans Dies New York - Brigadier General On Jennlngton Borden. U. S. A , retired, said by army officers to be one of tho few survivors of the Indian wars that followed tho war between tho statos, died at his homo here at tho ago of 81. General Bordon, after 40 years of act ive military service retired. Born at Fort Wayne, Ind, he enlist ed as a private In 1862 In the 121st New York Volunloor Infantry, and was discharged In 1863 to accept an ftp polntment to the United States Mili tary acadamr. GOLD STANDARD IS REESTABLISHED BUDGET MESSAGE MADE BEFORE HOUSE, AFFECTS ENTIRE NATION. London ? Great Britain has return ed to the gold standard. This announ cement was made by Winston Spencer Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, in what is considered the most im portant budget statement of inodern j times. The resoration of the gold standard is put Into effect by a special I license to the Bank of England to ex I port bullion which will operate, pend ing formnl lapsing in December 31 next of the 1920 act prohibiting the ex port of gold bullion. . Chancellor Churchill faced a crowd led house of commons, his audienct? be I fitting the great occasion and includ ing no less than eight former chancel ! lors. Apart from its leading feature, the return to gold, the budget was of vast importance for it contained some thing for all classes? six pence of the income tax in eurned incomes under pound sterling 1,000 for the middle classes, alleviation in the super tax for the wealthy, and a big scheme of contributory insurance for the work ing classes, which next year, will give i the windows of insured men 10 shll I lings weekly for life, with five shillings | weekly for the eldest child and three shillings for each other child under (he age of 14. and also eventually old age pensions payable at 6 5 years, in stead of 70, as now, and without any test as to means. Doctor Killed in Plane Crash. Dunn, N. C.? Dr. H. C Roberts, i prominent Coats physician and air 1 plane fan, died at the Dunn Commun iity hospital of injuries received Sun day afternoon when his plane crashed to earth, a distance of 200 feet, near his home town. The left side of the unfortunate man I was crushed as a result of the fall, i several ribs being broken and one puncturing the left lung. He also re ! ceived numerous other bruises and j lacerations. Rut little hope was enter | tained for his recovery by attending i physicians after the seriousness of his [injuries were ascertained. The plane [-was demolished. Says Game Was Success. | Washington ? Regardless of wheth er a definite decision can be reached j as to which side won the Hawaiian war game, Secretary Wilbur said the maneuvers would be Justified if noth ing more was shown than that the Uni ted States fleet can function as a unit under approximate war conditions. Official advices on the outcome of the maneuvers were lacking and navy department officials thought several days might elapse before the umpires could reach conclusions as to the dif ferent passes of the war game on which to base a report. "While lessons of the utmost value to the country's defense will be learn ed from the joint maneuvers in Ha waiian waters," Mr. Wilbur said in a statement, "the outcome of any par ticular phase in itself is not the pri mary object for holding the maneu vers. The wnlding of the fleet into a homogenious unit, the training of per sonnel afloat and ashore under con ditions to be met with in actual war fare, and the severe tests to which material is put are made possible only under the conditions in peace time. Such exertions, stimulating the severe conditions of war, serve to disclose the weakness of deficiencies in the units of the fleet or in the defenses on shore." Former Kaiser Buds Into Activity. I>oorn. Holland. ? The former kaiser at his chateau here, expounded the significance and Importance of Von Hindenburg's election as related to the restoration of the monarchy and the Hohenzollern dynasty. Wllhelm, who seemed in excellent spirits, spoke to a home circle audience including his wife, the Princess Hermino. her two children, his court marshal. Von Moltke. and others of his former Im perial entourage, as well as two high officers from (lertminy and one Ger man ex ambassador. After the speech the audince brok" into enthusiastic cheers of "hoch der kaiser! " The servants were treated to a gen erous allowance of wine to celebrate the occasion. 3,000 Cases of Rum Seized. New York. New York's dry fleet recorded Its second Important capture off the New Jersey coast within two weeks when the coast guard cuttei C. (} 101 towed Into port the French schooner Mousmee with a cargo of 8,000 cases of liquor valued at IHiO.OOO A motor l>oat found near the schooner also was captured after several shots had been fired across her bow. ? T" Burglar* Blow Safe, Get $040. Ashevllle, N C. ? -For the second time within a few months, burglars broke Into the Mountain City laundry, broke opt?n the safe and secured $fi40 in cash The robbery was discovered by employees reporting for* work. The combination of the safe was smawhed off with heavy tools and the door opened In front, o? a large plate glass window on the fli^t floor. Tho robbery Is the most sensational In the city, since the opening of the safes at Denton'* and the Ron Marche. AILMENTS OF YOUNG 6IRI Relieved by Lydia E, Pi ham's Vegetable Compoi School Teacher's Experiei Evanston, Wvoming. ? "A few yfl Btfo I had troubles every month and girls often have, would suffer awf everv time. I teacning school it made it hard me as I had to to bed for two three days. One my motner aug ted that 1 take L E. 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