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The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-24

on the astounding discovery of an
Italian engineer. Of a powerful elo-
mental destructive force which has
created sensation in the scientific
world.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-24

the company scored such a pro
nounced success the week of its first
engagement in October.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
SUMMARY OF YEAR.

Tho fiscal year 1914 witnessed" he
said. "a large falling off in production
and withdrawal of distilled spirits. a
substantial increase in production Of
fermented liquors. decrease IN snuff
manufactured, also in the number OF
large cigars. an increase in chewing and
smoking tobacco manufactured, and a
phenomenal increase in small ciga-
rettes"
Despite q decrease in consumption Of
whisky and other distilled spirits and a
decrease in the number OF distilleries
operated during the year. distilled
spirits. paid more revenue tax, exclu-
sive of special taxes. than any other
subject of revenue taxation. The total
tax collected was s15S.052.351.3S.
Fermented liquors. mostly eer, exclu-
sive Of special taxes, paid s66.105.-
444.65: manufactured tobacco, s79,sS6,-
$685., including s170.17s.51 from sale
OF internal revenue stamps affixed to
Philippine products; corporation excise
tax, s10.671. 077.22; corporation income
tax, s32,456, 66267, and individual in
come tax. s2S. 3.534.s5.
Details OF the returns received I'M
der the income tax. the corporation tax,
and the new war tax" are given IN
the report.
Commissioner Osborn makes recon-
mendations for changes in the oleo-
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
BELASCO.

In view of the raw Scotch highland
weather that has chilled all Washington
to the marrow for the past week. anu
caused the sidewalk shiver TO momeh-
tarily displace the tango and other 1orii's
of anatomical twitching, it is entirety
lifting that Harry Lauder should nav
selected yesterday afternoon LOT
single display of his peculiar nor''
country destinations this season az - .
special matinee at the Belasco IL
Lauder felt very much at nome -
told a theater damned TO the uo
with people that he was WuCh a. ~
and before he was through WIZ 18th
half a dozen songs he inter oeutos he
interlarded with songs. he maze a.,
person in the audience feel equaly 81
home That Is possibly the seer
the Lauder success. Khere is ho he
remarkable about the entertalh,.ut onJ
gives. IT couldn't be called musicaI as a.
II couldn't be called dramatic. II
simply Lauderish. and the tninss n
are told or sung are IauderlsIls-
would be very difficult Tor he 49,. is
person to tell exactly why DAu tCisI.,Iv
so entirely. wholesorneS' go, the
entertaining But he Is. And even IL. r,,o
three or four persons In the nous IL
came there on business ana resl't,.7
having to come, were thorouS my ,ury in
ing themselves and 1olDlnS .bn
the CONGREGATIONAL singing DeloIS yas
Lauder section of the performance
half completed. AZ
The Scotch miner-entertalner 49,,
his best The six songs seiecteo .rStb
his repertoire seemed to De eus Ssre
more of a glIsto than he has even ,,.t,s
before and his stories all had the ns
touch of individuality this one per IL.
OF all the story telling world seenlS su a ths
10 give them. Starting with Sne III
Lass For me-" he gave same e. "a 30
Father Did Before Him. 1T ~ 80
Get JJp in the Morning, But Nlcei ~
lie in Bed" "Roamin' in the Si0aili,
.aTa-Ta. My Bonnie Maggie Darn -
and "a Wee Deoch-an-Dorls IN ~
order named. and left the stage 70 u.
nipers and drummers OF the Hlgnia ~
Band. who closed the program VIII .i.e
audience clamoring for more Inc niS ma,
Inee yesterday afternoon was inc on" =,
engagement Harry Lauder VIII piay
Washington this season ne
tour around the world ana Is pay s
the large cities OF this country Ior III
performance each. Supporting bau H.
1, a vaudeville bill of varied characleI
arc Albert Donnelly. a shadowSrap
Alfred Lattell and Norma boa Boar
Irene Bercsenw, the Gypsy clmoanst;
assisted by p. Yoska; Martinettl aii1
Sylvester and Jed and Ethel DooIey, VI
whom the last named with modern oan-
cling and bicycle and lariat trlchs. were
the most pleasing. ,ru
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Burnside Post, g. A. K,
Elects Convis Parker

Convis Parker is now performing
duties as commander OF the BURNSIDE
Post, No. s. OF the G. A. r Inc otnel
officers chosen last night, were: senior
vice commander. o. s. Wiley; Junior
vice commander. N. T. Saunders s,,r Sear
n- lanes Mckee; chaplain. DR.. n. ii.
Holmes; otiicer,Of-theIdayf H. M 1: Pes
Jnan,ber of department relief commit
tee. o. S. Wiley. and member oil DE.
partment memorial committee William
Emerson. .-.,,o,+ en-
campment-James Mckee. ID; %. Sny
Chris storm, J. II. Blodgett. II. J; Dc
Pue. f. j. Young. A. W. Barber; .. .
wiley. +. ". Foster. G.. a. Louns-
berry c. f. Carter. and W. Hilton
Aiternates-H. c. MACON. y w
Trvon \. T. Saunders. e. w; Wood
run. George W. Lewton. B. II. warner
J. W. Palmer. =. r; McGregor' W. II.
sherwood, J. q. Greenawalt, III. u.
NouIton. william A. Moore, J. G. Nor
gan, and D. NJ. Goodacre.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

this type OF liquor there is nothing
to do but to take samples CONTINUES
ally for analysis.
Telling OF the difficulties OF enforce
nient of the revenue laws the report de-
elares:
Illicit distilling. during the past
fiscal yea. increased slightly over
the preceding year. During the past
nscal year 0913-1D there were seized
and destroyed 504 Illicit distilleries.
as against $50 during the preceding
year. Bootlegging is principally car
RED on IN States operating under
local prohibition laws, and appears
to be one of the hardest PROPOSE
tons that revenue officers are called
upon to solve. This class OF vio-
lstors Of the internal revenue laws
are at no time stationary. but move
from place to place, offering and
selling then Illicit wares. 1t Is I'M
possible. owing to the limited num-
y Der of revenue officers in the field.
TO break up this practice entirely
and. without the hearty cooporea-
ton of the local and State authori-
ties. 1t Is believed that the condi-
tons VIII grow no better. As the
various States vote dry the opera
tions Of the bootlegger grow larger.
There were 516. 500 corporations doing
business in the United States during
the fiscal year. These corporations in
making returns under the income tax
law reported capital stock aggregating
ss4. on. 319. 1s5, an increase over the prev
ious year of about s., 30. OoO, 900 reported
by 3S,336 corporations The net income
of the corporations for the year was
n. g. BOO. oo8, or nearly per cent on
their capital. with bonded and other
Indebtedness amounting to 81, 10. as. 0eS
The net income reported for the year,
showed an increase of more than 800
900 900.
Total receipts, Of the bureau for the
year. the commissioner reported. were
the greatest in Its history, amounting tc
$3.50. COS, sS4. of which sos. 627. 6l9 came
from ordinary sources. He estimated
collections for the fiscal year ending
next June at s439 600 00O OF which "a
00o. 900 is to come from the war revenue
tax and $50 100000 from the income tax.
The commissioner pointed out that
'bootlegging" had increased to q mark
ed degree In States with prohibition
laws.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Cigarettes Gripping
Nation, Report Says
Whisk consumption Decreases and "Bootleggers
Operations Increase as States Grow Dry" Says
Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Americans generally are becoming greater cigarette
smokers tobacco users and beer drinkers according to
tie showing of the annual report of Internal Revenue
Commissioner w. H. Osborn, made public today
An enormous increase in the number of cigarettes
used, decrease in the amount of whisky and distilled
spirits consumed and increased beer consumption are
shown
The report gives many sdeights the effect of pro-
hbton and the commissioner declares that as the States
vote dry the operations of the booegger grow larger
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

between $4,000 and 10000: sS.sS5. 94s from
those between $4,000 and $50. 90; 81
S34,5S3 from those between $4,000 and
S5O0,00O. and s., ISL. so from those over
$4,000.
Cost of Collection.
Commissioner Osborn asks for the
additional Appropriation for authorized
increase OF the force OF his office TO
care for the corporation and income tax
laws.
The cost of collecting the internal
revenue for the fiscal year was SI5.25
per $1,000. or I52 per cent The cost
of collection the previous year. I'm
which the largest sum was collected
prior to fiscal year 1914. was 1854
per S1.OO0. or L59 per cent.
The average cost OF collection since
the establishment of the bureau Is
approximately Sz5.14 per N,0o. or 2.5l
per cent
With reference to denatured alcohol,
for use in manufacture the report says:
In my annual report for the year
1919, attention was called to the fact
that the greater portion OF the spir-
its 50 denatured Is used In the man
ufacture OF a class of articles and
preparations as to which little II
any reduction is made IN the retail
from tax of the alcohol so used. As
IL Is obvious that the manufacturer
in such cases. and not the public, Is
getting the benegt OF this tax eN-
emption, and as no Uncomfortable
expense is annually incurred b. the
Government in supervising the man
uracture and use OF such alcohol.
I have to renew my rcccmmenda-
ton and that made by my prede-
cessor, on page Il OF his report for
tax OF. say. per cent per proof
gallon, sufficient to cover the ex-
pense OF such supervision. be i'm
posed on this class OF spirits.
Production of oleomarsarine during
the year showed a heavy decline. but
owing to Withdrawals. there was an
increase in revenue from 81, 25s.s S7.67 to
s.. S25. 219.13.
There was also a heavy decline in
the amount of renovated butter pro-
duced. and the amount withdrawn dur
Ing the year. with a consequent de-
crease IN the tax.
Commissioner Osborn asks an IN
crease in the chemical laboratory force
OF his bureau, saying that such an IN
crease Is necessary to handle the work
Of frequent analysis for collectors.
Analysis of Beers.
With respect to the analysis of beers,
the commissioner declares that his Of
flee has much trouble with beverages
OF the near beer type. He says:
Most of these samples analysed
are Of the so-called 'near-beer"
type. The labels on these products
being no guaranty that the beverage
contained less than 0.5 per cent.
elcohol. For example. cases have
been found where two bottles bore
similar labels, except that one had
a green cap and one a yellow cap,
the green-cap bottle belonging to the
true 0.5 per cent untaxable pre-
paration; the one distinguished by
the yellow cap being a standard
beer OF 3.5 per cent alcohol For
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Dies With 500, 600, 900 in
Claims in His Hands

New York. Dec. 12-Death today end
ed a fight which Emery o. Edwards.
forty-three. OF Colvflle. Wash. had
launched for property in New York
city. the total value Of which 10 esti-
mated at 100000. Edwards. who
came here about three weeks ago, was
found dead In his bed.
Papers and deeds representing claims
OF a number of individuals to an es-
tate comprising the most valuable sites
In Manhattan were found in Edwards
effects. The deeds purported to be for
ground on which the postofrice now
stands. the old Astor House site. and
considerable property belonging 20
Trinity Corporation.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Will Talk on China.

A. P. Davis will discuss My Expert
ences in China before the Women's
Single Tax Club and Tax Reform As
ISOLATION Of the District, at the Public
Library, Monday evening. Mr.. Davis,
who is chief engineer Of the reclama-
tiop service. returned recently from a
SiN-month stay in China.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
ToDAY'S BEST FILMS.
By GARDNER MACK.

Gerda Holmes and Bryant wash
burn, in Mrs. Trenwith Comes
Home. CEsSan1yD, the Princess
Twelfth snd ii streets northeast
blanche sweet. Wallace Reid. and
RIlIIe West. in "FOr Her Fathers
Sins by Anita Loos IMaJeslcD'
the Niagara. 5I9 seventh street.
Claire whitney and stuart
Holmes, in 'Lifc's shop window
GWIIIIan Fox, Crandall's. Ninth
and r. streets.
aIreInnd Nation" from the story
by Walter Macpamars, the Garden
423 Ninth street.
Edward AheIeS. in "Bobby Buzz
nit" the strand, Ninth and ID
streets.
a.Thr Locked Door INitaErhPhD,
the savoy, Fourteenth, near irving
street.
Wary Pickford. in "Such Little
Queen" by Claiming Pollock tFH-
nous Players. the Lyric. fOur-
teeHth. near Irving street.
ReatriI MicheIena, in "Salomy
lane" from the novel by Bret
Harte CAIcol, the Olympic 1881
street.
ThurIou Bergen. in "T'he Fire
,,ap and the Girl (Pnthcb. the
LroIIo. ga II street northwest.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Net income

Returns were made by 1855 married
single women. The normal tax OF per
cent on all taxable incomes produced
s12. rs. 03s. Incomes over $4,000 year
and subject to surtax produced xi5.52j.
497. or this latter amount S2.e34.SS4 came
fro mincomes Of between $4,000 and
$50 900; 81, 645 $50 from those between
$4,000 and $500; s1.33.02 from those
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

margarine law, reducing the tax on
the colored product. for the control of
Illicit sitting. which is on the increase
and in the denatured alcohol act. pla-
cling tax on the product used in man
NJ a "fI'r-o
An income tax totaling yIS.255. e36 was
paid by 5o7,59s individuals. as follows:
Net income Number returns
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

always. and he will have no just cause
for comploint.
Gloomy.-Why don't you write the one
who has found your diary a formal
note asking him to return it2 / don't
see how he could use this against you
in any way IL you wrote your letter
very formally and showed him you
We're in earnest about getting your
book. If he will not return 1t under
these circumstances. ask some male
member OF your family to go TO HIS
house and ask him for it. He surely
has no grounds for refusal.
s. ]. +, ir.-Your fiancee is acting
exactly right. Every one does not en-
joy being mauled. Your engagement to
her does not give you the right to kiss
her IL she is unwilling. kiss refused
is not necessarily a sign of waning af-
lection. 1t may be that all-too-rare re-
serve!
Sweety-If the man likes you as a
friend can't you be satisfied with that
for a while without wanting him love.
toO2 So few men care to make real
friends Of women that you should be
glad to let matters stay as they are
for the present. Not that there is any
thing wrong in your love for him. but
you must never let him know IL until he
asks for IL.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
Do YOU believe il is wrong TO
withhold a secret from the man TO
whom one is engaged? am now
twenty-three years old, and have
been engaged for over q year, but
several years ago. being a weak and
foolish girl. ] made a mistake
stepped from the path-and i dare
not tell him. / feel that would
rather give him I'D entirely than to
lose his respect by giving him
knowledge of this fact. Ought l or
0Oe"' HELEN.
~ DOR girl! Poor. little frightened.
- heart-broken girl! You stepped
from the straight path when you
were very little and very fool
ish, and now you see where your step
ping has led You.
don't wonder that you are anxious
and that You are sad.
of course. you will never be as happy
as YOU would have been If this dreadful
thing had not happened.
OF course, you have never been the
same girl since, and never Will be the
same woman again, but YOU can be a
good woman and a useful woman, and
q compare lively happy woman If you
try, and try as hard as you can.
FORGET all that ever happened peIore
YOU knew this man that you love now.
Don't tell him a word about IL.
II wouldn't do the least bit OF good.
II he loves you he will forgive you and
marry you. but ne will never be quite
happy again
Men do not forgive as women do.
If he does not love you enough he
will cast you off, and then what VIII
you dc?
He will not tell you what has hap
rened in his life. Why should you tell
him your secrets?
They belong TO you, not TO him.
BE true and honest and good. now and
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
0~-e>>.

Miss Laurie will welcome letters Of
inquiry on subjects OF feminine inter
est from young women readers of this
paper and will reply to them in these
columns. They should be addressed to
her. care of this office
Copyright bv Newspaper Feature Service }
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

Note: These selections arc based
on the personality OF the players ana
the producing company ana hoJ per-
cascs.-G. Nj
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
SCRIBNER HOLIDAY BOOKS

has proved his rare versatility in IN
DICKENs's LONDON, in which he
has not only described the haunts OF
the great author and of his charac-
ters in words, but illustrated them
as we'll in the perfect medium OF
charcoal
With "a full-page illustrations. $3.50
net; postage extra.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
* Advice to Girls x
Ru ANNIE LAURIE.
By ANNIE LAURIE,

always. and he will have no just cause
for comploint.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

in THE END OF THE TRAIL writes
OF the Great West from New Mexico
10 tho Alaskan border, and reveals the
existence of the pioneer in 1.-THE un-
explored and unexpected portions of
the Last West" He tells how TO See
America First" in n new way.
Profusely illustrated from remark
able photographs. $500 nett postage
extra.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

. DOR girl, Poor, little frightened.
heart-broken girl! You stepped
from the straight path when you
fopI-
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

between $4,000 and 800. 900; 94s from
those between 10000 and $50. 90; s.
S34,SS3 from those between S2500o0 and
S5O0,000. and s3.4SI. so from those over
S5Op 90
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
PIMPLES ON FACE AND ARMS

al Howard St, Dayton. Ohio
About year ago my face, neck, arms
and back we're beginning to become
afflicted with plmples and blackheads.
My pimples would get very large and
appear to come to head. II tried
to open them the pain would be terri
BILE, but nothing could be taken from
them. They itched very badly; suf-
fered terribly from itching. After
scratching. the pimples would swell
and after the swelling was gone my
face would become very red and re-
main so for some time. My clothing
caused the itching to be worse. When
1t was warm 1t was utterly impossible
to sleep.
Il used q cream and the more
used the worse they got. Shortly after,
read the advertisement Of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and determined to
use them. The itching stopped almost
Immediately. This was about three
months ago and | am entirely cured
now" (Signed) Miss Marguerite E.
Jacobs. Jan. 10, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with S2-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cutlcura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
Half and Half.

Hon. Horace E. Stanton, apropos Of
the mismanagement OF a railroad that
had gone into receivers hands, said
THE calm and bland excuses offered
for their Encouragement by the road s
various heads remind me of Smith.
Smith, last Sabbath, put In a siren
uous day cleaning up his garden for
the spring planting.
But Jones. his next door nelghbor,
tackled him Indignantly In the smoker
the following morning and said:
Look here, Smith, do you think l
want all your tin cans and bones and
old shoes thrown over into my gar
denr
You haven't got 'em all. old man.
You've only got half, said Smith
calmly. Brown. on the other side.
got the other half"
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
"B0UND FOR
WESTERN CANADA"
A PRAIRIE SCHOONER SLOGAN,
THAT STARTED FROM
NEBRASKA.

Four horses abreast attached to q
red painted prairie schooner, with
windows and a protrudlng stovepipe.
with the words, Bound for Canada"
on the schooner's side, was the object
of considerable interest az 1t passed
on the way northward from Nebraska
q short time ago through the towns
in Nebraska, South and North Dakota
After some weeks of strenuous travel
ing in this way, Mr.. ]. F. Jensen made
the overland trip from Jameson, Ne
braska, and with his little family made
the regular customs entry at North
Portal, In the province Of Saskatche-
wan. Their destination was Willow
Bunch, a district that Mr.. Jensen
had selected as one in which It was
possible for him to work out his for
tune. He located on a good half sec
ton of land, and intended putting on
It some cattle that would fatten on
the wild prairie grass that grows so
luxuriously in that district. In addi-
ton to this his purpose was to cult
vate a portion OF 1t and raise wheat,
oats, barley or fax. In short, a life
dew ted to mixed farming was what
he had in view and It is easy to I'M
derstand that he will make a success
of 1t, and in a year or so will attach
some more land holdings.
Although his beginning may be
small, 1t may safely be said that Mr..
Jensen. like thousands of others who
have begun life in western Canada on
no more and with probably much less,
will prosper. He will not be far from
line OF railway. Schools will be close
at hand and other social conditions so
necessary in new country are avail
observation-disclosures
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
A Blow at Women.

Mrs. Church, see under the new
German rules, no local telephone con-
vorsatlon may last longer than six
minutes and no long distance CONVEX
sation longer than nine.
Mrs. Gotham-Why, the idea? I
think 1t time the women insisted on
their rights over there.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
Believed in Daylight Saving.

The late King Edward practiced day
light saving on lines similar to those
proposed in the daylight saving par
liamentary bill. For many years at
Sandringham he caused his clocks to
be advanced 30 minutes during the
simmer months. and in the last two
years of his life he caused the same
rule to be observed at Windsor and
Balmoral, and said that he was favor
ably disposed towards the bill.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
WANTED TO KNOW
Tho Truth About Grape-Nuts Food.

II doesn't matter so much what 20,
hear about a thing. it's what you know
that counts. And correct knowledge
is most likely to come from personal
experience.
About a year ago." writes N. Y
man, Il was bothered by indigestion
especially during the forenoon. tried
several remedies without any perma
nent improvement
MY breakfast usually consisted OF
oatmeal. steak or chops, bread, coffee
and some fruit.
Hearing 80 much about Grape-Nuts,
! concluded to give It trial and find
out If all had heard OF Il was true.
80 l began with Grape-Nuts and
cream. soft boiled eggs. toast, a cup OF
Postum and some fruit. Before the
end OF the first week l was rid OF the
acidity OF the stomach and felt much
relieved.
by the end OF the second week all
traces OF indigestion had disappeared
and l was in first rate health once
more. Before beginning this course OF
diet. ! never had any appetite for
lunch. but now l can enjoy the mea
at noon time"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read Tue Road 70
MELVILLE" In Pkgs. There's a Rea
son"
nvss read .As ass,. letter, a ss~
are Eesuins. true. and fsn u dumas
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
Knew the Game.

How did you ever get papa's con.
sent to our marriage, George?" asked
the sweet young thing
why, Grace. you seem TO forget
aat | took medals at college in the
hurdle events and am a crack-a-jack
at getting over obstacles"
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
Locating a Quarrel.

And when you were abroad on
your honeymoon trip did you visit
the Palace of Peace at The Hague?"
asked the girl friend of the bride
just home from abroad
lob, yes" was the reply I'VE had
our first quarrel there"
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
Style.

Mrs. Styles-To be in style the PC,
pers say one must have something
slim about them.
Mr.. Styles-Well. I'm in style, all
right, then.
How sou
why, my pocketbook looks that
way all right"
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-03-27
Spellbinders.

Professionally do college men mis-.
spell so often?
Student-Probably because they pay
more attention to the miss than they
do to the spell.-Ohio Sun Dial.