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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
EVERYONE PAYING
TO CRUSH ENEMY
New War Tax Squeezes Purse
of Wage Garner, but All
Must Help.
KAISER TO BLAME FOR COST
Mad Prussia Must Be Broken Before
Conflict Can End-Good Patriots
Steel Selves for Sacrifice
and Then Victory.

Postage.-Three cents an ounce
or fraction thereof on letters for
other than local delivery; two
cents on all postal cards.
Admissions-Ten per cent tax
on tickets to theaters, cabarets,
and other amusement places.
Dues-Ten per cent tax on
dues of clubs exceeding $12 a
year.
Observation-Disclosures taxes on
cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, cigar
ette papers and snuff.
Express-Five per cent tax on
amounts paid for express trans
portation.
Passengers-Eight per cent of
the cost of railroad tickets, ex-
cept local.
Berths-Ten per cent of the
cost of berths, staterooms, and
parlOr car seats.
OiI-Five per cent tax on
amounts paid for transportation
of oil by pipe lines.
Messages-Five cents tax on
each telegraph, telephone, or ra-
dio message costing Is cents or
more.
lnsurance-Eight cents tax ON
each $100 or fractional part
thereof of each life insurance
policy; one per cent of the pre-
MUM on fire, marine, inland,
and casualty insurance policies.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Typesetier Made a Guess

In the getting out of the first num-
Der Of a new English magazine in To
kyo a proofreader discovered that the
number 10000 had been printed $4,000.
On inquiring through an interpreter
how such an odd mistake could have
occurred, the proofreader said: 81 can
imagine a mistake of 10000 or 10000
being made, but how could he get 3d.
900 instead of 40,OOOT" The typeset-
ter's reply was: 81 had no a at the
moment, so 1 calculated that $4,000
would be nearer the right amount than
any other figure"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09

Washington.-Uncle Sam is rather
pleasantly surprised at the way the
nation is standing the war tax gaff.
The grouching, such as there is. has
been growled in a minor key. and most
of it comes from the trouble-makers,
the whining pacifsts, those of a sick
ly cast of loyalty.
Nobody really enjoys paying excess
taxes, Such as three cents postage for
letters, extra charge for freight, ex-
press and passenger transportation,
telephone and telegraph messages and
| amusements. But all true Americans
who realize that the kaiser is to blame
for the trouble, stand ready and will
ing to pay their share of the cost of
exterminating the worlds greatest
menace.
By the way, do you know that If
you are single and earn more than
$1,000 yearly, you must pay two per
cent tax on what you make over 81 900.
And If you are married, you must pay
two per cent on what you make over
$4,000. The tax for all of 1917 must
be paid by June l, 1918.
All of the new taxes fall upon the
average man. They have nothing to
do with the "conscription of wealth"
They are a part of the program of
| taxation to make each man, woman
| and child in the United States feel
direct personal part in the war. They
apply to freight, passenger aud ex-
press transportation, pipe lines, Pull
man seats and berths, telegraph and
telephone messages, insurance poll
cieS, admissions to theaters and
movies" and to club dues. The eff
feet of most of them is felt, therefore,
in a slight rise in the high cost of
living
The taxes are expected to net the
federal government the following rev.
enueS:
Freight transportation. -. SIT, 800, 900
Express transportation. 100000
Passenger transportation. 100000 900
Pipe lines. s................ 4,500,O0O
Seats and berths. .... 100000
Telegraph and telephone
messages ............ 100000
Insurance policies ........ 100000
Club dues ............... 100000
Admissions ........ 50,000,00C
The war tax on facilities furnished
by public utilities is now levied as
follows:
Three per cent of the amount pait
for transportation by rail or water ol
by any form of mechanical motor pow
er in competition with carriers by raj
or water, on freight consigned from
one point in the United States to an
other.
One cent for each twenty cents o.
fraction charged by express compa
MES for transportation from one poin
in the United States to another.
Eight per cent of the amount paiC
for the transportation of persons b,
rail or water or by any form of me
chanical motor power on regula
established line in competition witt
common carriers, from one point il
the United States to any point in tn
United States, Canada or Mexic
where the ticket is issued in the Unit
, ed States. No tax is imposed on CON
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Indian Summer

The term Indian summer" is ap-
piled to a period of mild, open weather
that comes in the fall, embracing the
most of October and sometimes ex-
tending into November, and character
lied by a sort of dry mist or haziness
that differentiates it from other sea-
sons of the year. What causes the dis
tinctive features of the season, espe-
cially the hazy atmosphere, is un-
known, and the origin of the term
equally so. Different explanations
have been given of both, but they seem
to be largely fanciful.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Boi,ino Canned VeoetabIe-

The intermittent method of sterilf-
zation calls for boiling vegetables in
the water bath after they have been
placed in the jars an hour each day
for three days. This allows alternate
periods of rest, in which the dormant
resistance spores may lay off their
heavy protective wall and begin active
growths. In the growing state the
bacteria are easily destroyed by the
next period of boiling. For quart and
two-quart jars a daily boiling of one
and a half to two hours is recon-
mended.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Cultivate Some Hobbv

You need not fear that retirement
will shorten your life" if you only
arrange to keep body and brain en-
ployed, writes a scientist. If you have
no hobbies, cultivate them-hobbies
that will interest you out of doors for
a few hours daily, such as golf and
gardening; and others that will give
your brain employment indoors, such
as chess, reading, music, writing, and
so on. If you thus occupy your time
agreeably and healthily you will add
happy years to your life and be able
to snap your fingers at the doctor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Amethyst's CoIors.

A man recently brought back to
jewelry store three rings set with anne
thysts which had faded to a pale yell
low within a few months after he had
bought them. He then discovered that
instead of amethysts the gems were
topazes. The latter vary in color from
pale yellow to deep violet and purple.
Under high temperatures amethysts
change color, becoming first yellow,
then green, and finally entirely color
less. Under ordinary temperatures,
however, genuine amethysts 90 not
change color.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
lust Missed 1t

An old gentleman from the coun-
try, tremulous with fear after hearing
bombs and gunfire, in an air raid,
emerged from his hotel with his wife,
relates the London Chronicle. In the
street they inquired of an imperturb-
able police constable if it was "all
over" The policeman, imagining they
were eager sightseers, said, "Well, Tn
afraid, sir, it is all over; but they may
return in 'alf an our" Rapid depart.
ure of the "sigfatseers."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
The "Rain Tree "

For many years even scientists be-
lieved that there actually was mar
velous tree called the 'rain tree"
which had the power of collecting the
dampness of the atmosphere and of
,condensing it into a continuous and
copious fall of rain. To this power
was ascribed the trees ability to with
stand long droughts. 1t is true, how
ever, that the leaf of the "rain tree"
or, as it is sometimes called, tine
travellers tree"-has large sheaf at
the base, in which water collects, bur
it is only q mouthful or so.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Gained Fame While Dying.

Antoine Vatican, one of Frances
foremost artists, painted his celebrated
decorative panels while dying OF the
white mans scourge. He sprang from.
humble and poverty-stricken surround
ings, and was forced to work on the
brink of starvation for the greater
part of his thirty-seven years. JUST
as his fame rose to national proper
tions his tubercular condition became
worse and he worked desperately dur
ing his last few years to complete as
much work as possible before he died.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Greatest Thina in the World.

Love has been called the greatest
thing in the world, but the greatest
thing in the world is not thing at
all; the greatest thing is person.
Personality is the greatest thing IN
the world. The greatest thing in per-
sonality is not strength of body nor
strength of mind. 1t is strength OF
heart. "Clever people are as common
as blackberries, the rare things to
find a good one" 1t is not Daniel
Webster's brain, but Lincoln's heart,
that wins a nations love-Exchange.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
An Evergreen Shrub.

One always associates heather with.
Scotland, and it is one of the chief
glories of that land of colors; but
heather, or ling, is an evergreen shrub
which grows all over northern Europe.
certain species even being found in
Africa, where it reaches the height of
large bushes.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Next LARGEST Island.

The island of Haiti-Santo Domingo
Is, after Cuba, the largest of the West
Indies. The total area of the island is
90, ,525 square miles, of which 10000,
or approximately one-third, are IN the
western section, or Haiti; 1925, or
the remaining two-thirds, are in the
eastern portion, or the Dominican Re
public.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Cats Back Was Scared.

Jack was observant of all drama
enacted In the back yard. One day he
said: Mamma, at cat an dog got
into a fight, an, mamma, at cats
back got so scared she looked jest
like q camel"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
II II OnIV aSts

Hubby-For heavens sake, what
kind of a rig is that?
Wifey (haughtily)-That's a muff1er.
Hubby-GOod. You should have
worn one years ago.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
Scientific AnricuIture.

Good farming consists in taking
large crops from the land, and at the
same time leaving the soil in better
condition for more crops.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09
PaIestine's Deep Valley.

The deepest valley is believed to be
In Palestine; it is at least 1900 feet
below the level of the sea.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-09

Demonstrate thrift in your home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
GIRL SAVES FAMILY
FROM DEATH BY GAS
Awakened When Brother Stag
gers to Her Bed, She
ArouSeS Others

The heroic efforts OF Miss Tussie
DuEan, of 77S North Thirty-cightll
street, today saved her mother, In f-bro-
ther, sister and nephew from death by
Illuminating gas. She was awakened
when her half-brother, Joseph Tobin.
fell across her bed unconscious. She
managed to open the windows in her
own room and that OF the others OF the
family In spite Of the fact that she was
nearing Inconsistencies herself.
Miss Dugan sent "a complaint 10 the
United Gas improvement Company yes
terday. she said cf leak, and a serv-
ice man from tho company came and
made an inspection and on leaving as
sured her that everything was fixed.
About daybreak this morning her brother
awakened, i'll from gas. He staggered
into her room. where she slept with
her mother, Mrs. Della Tobin, fifty-seven
years old. and fell upon the bed. Both
Miss Dugan and Mrs. Tobin were
awakened. Miss Dugan dragged herself
&c the window and opened It. After n
few breaths of fresh air she staggered
to the front OF the house. where she
found her married sister, Mrs. Anna
Hnckle, thirty-three years old uncon-
rcious on the floor. Mrs. Hnckie's ten
year-old son was unconscious in bed.
After Miss Dugan raised the window
here, she called the police of the Thirty.
ninth street and Lancaster avenue DO.
lice station. and DR.. Joseph Hily. of 72a
North Fortieth street Mrs Tobin, tho
young boy and Joseph Tobn were re.
vived and are confined to their beds at
home. Miss Dugan is able to be about
the house. but Mrs. IIinckle is in n seri-
Gus condition at the Presbyterian Hos.
pital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
CALLS DEMOCRATS CHIEF
FOES OF SUFFRAGE
Miss Mary H. Ingham Says Fate of
Constitutional Amendment Rests
in Their Hands

Should the suffrage amendment be de-
feated II will be due to the lack Of sup
port of Democratic Congressmen. ac-
cording TO Miss Mary IT. Inghan. state
chairman Of the National Woman's
party, who spoke this afternoon at the
monthly meeting of that organization.
Tho meeting took place in Room 213.
Penfeld Building, 1888 Chestnut street.
Prominent members and leaders of the
National Woman's party attended the
meeting. Miss Ingham was recently
reelected as State chairman and pre-
sided at this afternoons meeting.
Should the amendment measure fan
II will be perfectly apparent that the
failure is due TO lack Of support Of the
Democratic Congressman" said Miss
Ingham. "inasmuch as two-thirds of the
Republican Congressman have pledged
themselves in favor Of that measure"
Reports from different parts OF the
state and city were read, These reports
showed that the suffrage amendment was
receiving new recruits everywhere. Miss
Caroline Katzenstein. acting secretary.
and Miss Rebecca n. Ernest also spoke.
1t was decided to hold monthly lunch
cons in this city. at which leaders of the
National woman's party will be invited
to speak.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
JEWISH RELIEF FUND
MOUNTS TO S375,0OO
Generous Contributions Augment
Totals in Drive Which Is to
Continue Until December 81

At a meeting OF the Philadelphia
branch of the American Jewish Relief
Society II. the Chamber OF Commerce
offices today at noon subscriptions total
ing s375,000 were announced. The sub
scriptions announced yesterday were
100000 The total subscription as
signed 10 Philadelphia in the present
drive, which ends on December 81, is
100000. The national drive of the or
gaEization is for slo,000,000.
Workers acting under the direction Of
two main committees are reaching every
class and element of Jewish society IL
this city. The central committee works
among the professional ard mercantile
classes and the peoples committee Is
working amcag the factory operatives
and the unions of the city.
The money to be spent is by no mear.s
confined strictly 10 the relief of Hebrew
sufferers in the war zone, but Is used In
the humanitarian work among all races
ard nationaities in Russia, Palestine.
Poland, Rumania, France and Belgium.
Last month In Palestine 55 per cent of
l. / money expended there by the Jewish
commission weLt for relief of Jews, while
the Mohammedan and Christian popula-
tlno.
In several Of the large business estab-
lishments the employers have to double
the contribution OF that the employees and
operatives raise. Members of the COM
mittee will visit every synagogue In tho
city and appeal for funds.
Among the contributions announced
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
BABY HOSPITAL FUND
AATTAINS SUM OF $72,323
Champion Banner for Day
Won by Women's Team With
$13OS Subscription

Make the world safe for the babies
and the cause OF world democracy will
take care of itself" Ellis Ames Ballard,
lawyer and grandfather, declared today
at the rally luncheon Of the Babies Hos
pital campaign held at the Bellevue
Stratford roof garden.
zone good thing at least this war
has taught us--thats the lesson of CIV
ing,Is Mr.. Ballard pointed out to the 800
volunteer workers gathered to report
the third days innings in their great ten
day drive for $4,000. Don't go TO
your prospects with an apology on your
lips. Go with head aloft, consumed with
pride at your privilege of teaching them
to give"
The grand champion banner for the
day returned to the women's camp in
passing TO Mrs. g. T.. Jenkins, captain of
Team No. 4, who announced subscrip-
tions for the day of sl30s, The mems
banner went to Captain Sydney jenkins,
of Team No, II, on a showing OF S1Gi0
for the day.
The grand total up to date has reached
s72.323. leaving slightly over 100000 to
be collected
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
SNOWFALL FIGHT RACES
ON u. OF p. CAMPUS
Photographer Fails to Arrive to
Take Picture, but Students En-
gage in Annual Battle

The "Ail University" picture did not
take place today, but the annual snow
ball fight did and n result the stu
dents a. the University of Pennsylva MIA
are nursing some bruised noses and faces
this afternoon.
IL mas been the custom Of the students
TO assemble annually before Christmas
In the Quadrangle and have a photog.
rapher shoot them. Today was the
day set and more than 1000 students, in.
Guiding the co-eds. were on hand. But
the Official photographer, alas failed to
put in an appearance. The newspaper
and movie" men were present, however.
Then some one remembered that the
annual ssowball fight was included with
the picture. In a moment the air was
filled with the white bullets" and co..
eds were running for cover.
ono fellow stuck his head out OF a
window in tho Wilson dormitory one
side OF his face was clean. the other
flled with lather. In an instant n
hundred snowballs were flying in his di
rection. lie Immediately retreated.
| a few moments later he appeared
again, the shave completed, and a huge
ball Of snow in his hands II was pushed
out of the window and a dozen scurried
10 get out Of the road. Two were caught
however, and pinned
For more than twenty minutes the
fight kept up and then II was announced
'fa. che "Ticial nho' ogr0 pho la' "los'
his nerve The students dispersed with
a few final parting rNots and the picture
viii ha''o to be taken 10 Ter NJ window
! were broken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
SHOLLAR HELD FOR TRIAL
IN ARSENAL INQUIRY
Placed Under $500 Bond to Answer
Charge of Turning Out De-
fec.ive Shells

George n. Shollar. r-34 Cambridge
street an American born citizen. TO-DAY
was held IN $500 hail for the District
Court by United States Commissioner
Long charged with being implicated in
the improper plugging and roaming of
time fuses at the Frankford arsenal.
His arrest followed information given
the department Of Justice by William
Lepkowski. 26ii orthodox street, who
Is under s2500 bail TO appear in court
on March 10 on the same charge. Lep-
xowski is of German descent.
II was brought out in the testimony
that these two men omitted using oil and
paratiin paper in the loading of these
fuses. BY this omission the shells are
rendered useless. the powder deteriorat- l.
ing. j. is thought that this omission
may have been responsible for the de-
fec.!ve shells shipped 20 Pershing's force
in France.
The average man can load approNi-
mately ninety OF these fuses in day
and are paid piecework. 1t was shown
that these two men had been loading
more than 100 a day, The arrest was
made by John S. Read, special agent of
the Department of Justice, who Is sta
toned at the arsenal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
THRIFT STAMP DRIVE
STARTED IN SCHOOLS
Teachers Appeal to Thousands
of Pupils to Buy "Baby
Bonds"

Every boy and girl in the public
schools today was urged 10 buy baby
bond" 70 help Uncle Sam. Schoorooms
were placarded with war-saving posters
and teachers explained to the thousands
of pupils in every nook and corner OF
Philadelphia the necessity Of doing their
bit and thus be little soldiers of the
Government
As hundreds Of the youngsters have
big brothers and daddies who have re-
sponded to the clll to the colors. they
li'tcned eagerly and ran home enthusiast
t!cally TO tell of the new opportunity to
help the country.
In very simple language. the teachers
explained how the war-thrlft stamps or
baby bonds could be bought They
urged each child 20 buy at least one
twenty-iive-cent certificate every week
Tho very first session OF the campaign
bore fruit. and this afternoon hundreds
Of children came to school with their
quarters TO give the work flying start
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
TRIPLE CRIME TOLD
OVER THE TELEPHONE
Estranged Husband Shoots
Down Wife, Mother-in-Law
and Himself
TINToN FALLS, N. j.. Dec. IA.

TINTON FALLS, n. j.. Dec. IA.
Two people have been shot dead. My
daughter and her husband are both
dead am dying"
Such was the message received by the
telephone operator at Long Branch early
;oday. AS the message ended the opera
tor heard a crash, as that of n falling
body.
officers were notified and when they
arrived at small hotel they found Paul
Walsh and his wife lying dead together
on the floor in the hallway and near the
telephone was Mrs. Francis Smock,
Walsh's mother-in-law.
Mrs. Smock lived long enough to cx-
plain that walsh and his wife had been
eparated for ten days. She declared
lc entered the hotel and began firing
The mother-in-law declared she sent the
message over the telephone. Then she
fell back, dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
Havana Entries for Tomorrow

First race. 5h furlonss. ,twSo-year r.olds.
100: Rsdli,a Y" 100: Pnsason,, 100; LA. LaHa.-
tion, liz; Laburnum III. lia;
Ia9shttssr. es; Rscordsrs 100; Dora, Collins,
Nelson, III; BARNARD III; skeets, II Bis
iumSN. III; Brown Prince. Ill: Baby Cole.
ia: Dash. ia.
loS: Gsnesls, 100; :vagds y: 100; Mj9ney.
III; Eveiina, Ill cSl9rs % II; Frank Pat P;t
Fourth ra:ssoo furons all 1Ses ,S. cEuess
Maker. Maker loo; Hack. BAY ito; Old Miss. iiQ:
Mu,ao,k NgrS2Ss sonDisd, iai 'oid Miss and j. j.
"IHthN Firth cs race. furiorEs. three .year.olds.
claiming, purse s400--'Arrow "a: sneau-
mont Lady- 100; Beauty Spot, :los: PoYsh-
los; Frank coleman, los sargon II, iii.
,,Ss Nah and faGr np nlamina oyr.e s,oow.Rrook
field. %: Dental NJ Treppod lO7; Black
Frost. 1O2: Chief Brown. 105: Schemer, 105; {;
'Rcdpost, 1OG; 'NIontressor, iO8.
Weather, clear; track fast.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
CHILDREN RESCUE WOMEN
Asleep on Burning Couch When
Timely Discovery Saves Her

Children rescued Mrs. Mary Baxter.
of 2635 Mercer street, today when fire
was discovered under the coach on which
she slept.
Mrs. Baxter. partially crippled by
rheumatism. was sleeping on couch In
her kitchen which she had drawn close
to the coal range to keep warm. In some
manner the ticking under the couch
caught fire and began to smolder.
Children passing the house In the rear
saw smoke and rushed in. Mrs. Baxter
had managed to escape the flames. and
they assisted her TO the home of q neigh
Dor. The damage was slight.
Children playing with matches caused
a fire CT: the second floor OF the house
occupied by Charles Gale, 1850 East Le-
high avenue. today. Two ropms were
gutted and the damage will amount to
about $500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
BIG RUSH OF ALIENS
TO BECOME CITIZENS

a special squad Of policemen had to
be called into service today to handle
the crowd of aliens applying for nat.
uralization TO Judge Dickinson. of the
United States District Court. One hun
dred applications were granted. There
were about 500 persons on hand.
Annie Jane Crosby. hfty.four years
old. l541 North Sixteenth street. a teach
er of the Philadelphia public schools,
applied for naturalization papers She
testified that she had been born in Can
ada coming to this country as an IN
FAINT She thought that she was an
American citizen until the Board Of Ed
ucation examined all employees, and re-
quired all teachers to be citizens. She
was threatened with dismissal unless
she Immediately applied for her papers.
Her request was granted.