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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02

subsidiary companies, as we'll as the
personal tax schedules of John D.
Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., were delivered to Collector Ed
wards just before the Standard Oil
ofhces, at 26 Broadway, closed for the
day.
Nnanciers Send in Returns
j. P. Morgan, George F. Baker, Harry
Payne Whitney, George Gould and Ber-
nard M. Baruch also sent their returns
IN yesterday. and SO avoided the pen
altles prescribed by the law for tax
"slackers."
"The ma ority of the great fnanciers
IN my district are waving their right
20 personal exemption of $4,000" said
the collector, land also their charita-
pie contributions. In some cases which
nave come to my attention the tax
payers net income was considerably
over 100000, and this means that
he Is paying GO per cent on the total
amount of huge contributions, plus the
amount of personal exemption. This
Is PATRIOTISM indeed"
An International problem of con-
siderable difficulty was encountered by
the tax officials yesterday when several W. I
thlnese merchants and chop suey en-
porium proprietors appeared to make
thelr income tax returns. Under close
questioning the divulged the informa-
ton that most of the capital required
tor the operation Of Chine restaurants.
laundries and other establishments in
this city is raised in China by assoc
Citations. the membership of which num-
bers thousands of subscribers. These
subscribers, the tax officials learned to
their CONSERVATION, are all "partners"
to some extent in the New York es-
adjustments and as such are liable to
tax.
The collection Of these dues is the
most difficult problem Collector Ed
wards has yet encountered. To solve
it interpreters will have to go THROUGH
hundreds of Chinese ledgers and also
go to China and examine the account
books of the associations involved.
Chinese Promise to Aid
The Chinese reporting to Collector
Edwards yesterday offered to assist his
Investigations in every possible wav
Yung Sing Ling, who has forty partners
here and in Hong Kong, said he would
notify them to fulfil their obligations
to Uncle Sam, and Hip Sing Ming. who
"divvies up" with twenty-five Shanghai
co,npatriots. promised to do likewise
No estimate Of the amount which
new YORK Will turn over to the gov
eminent under the income tax law was
obtainable yesterday. Collector Ed
wards said the Second District figures
would be nearer $60O,o0o,OcO than $500
100000. @0'
About half tina; amount is expected
to be reported from the Third District.
with headquarters at 1850 Broadway
Collector Mark Eisner said more than
100000 returns had been filed before
the close of business last night. and
that between 5000 and 10000 returns
would be filed during April, extensions
h0Vipu hoap crror+oJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
New York Incomes Amaze
Edwards as Tax Rush Ends
Thirty Thousand File Their Returns in Local Office on Last
Day; Pedler Janitress and Financier in Line; LAS
Much Money as Ever, Says Collector

among the many complexities of
the income tax regulations one fact
stands out clearly" said William H.
Edwards, Collector of Internal Rev.
enue for the Second District of New
York, in substance, as he wiped his
brow and closed his desk in the Gus
tom House at l o'clock this morning,
there's just as much money in town
as there ever was"
The observation summed up the i'm
pressions of the last day of the gov
ernment's income tax return drive, dur
ing which not less than 10000 persons
pored over the puzzle of subtax and
surtax in an effort to report the gains
Of what despite the war is believed bv
Collector Edwards to have been the
most prosperous year for the average
New Yorker in his (the average New
Yorker's) history.
The days rush of business began at
8 a. M, when besieging line of eager
taxpayers was admitted to specially
prepared reception trenches" on the
The first taxpayer was wholesale
druggist from West Broadway, who
signed check of five figures to def-av
his obligation to the government. The
war, he said, had made business look
up"
Then came a janitress, beaming be-
meath her Easter millinery, to nav
5000, and "glad to 90 it, gentlemen. .
she said.
A pushcart pedler from Chrystie
Street and an PETERBOROUGH train d;s-
patcher followed, and then the ind;.
vidual was lost sight of in the tide Of
scrambllng men and women.
Caruso Pays $4,000 Tax
Business was momentarily sus-
pended, however, when Enrico Caruso
"Big Bill" that "the German drive is
finish," that "evervthing" was ESQ
So" and laid down a check for $685.
0oo. lie was in hurry to get M
town, he said but stopped to draw a
cartoon of himself for the collector
and to inscribe it: Every glad to pay
my tax"
Later on, at more theatrically an
propriate hour, Marie Dressler drove
up in her automobile with her return
II am going to work so hard this year
that my 1918 income tax will be so
big that III be glad to announce it.
III unuer cover, now, though" she
said.
George NJ Cohan was equally mod
est about his income. and Al Jolson,
who arrived with Kitty Dorner lead
ing lady in "Sinbad," at the Winter
Garden, said he had given so much
away that his check to the government
would not have more than five figures
on it. John Mccormack, the singer,
paid $4,000 in taxes on his income
from his concerts and photograph ra>-
ord royalties.
Two large envelopes, containing the
tax returns of the Standard Oil and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
Rush for Coal
Finds Dealers
Without Prices
Official Figures Probably
Will Be Announced by
Fuel Board To-day
BY BRIGGS

Hundreds of apartment house owners
and other large users of domestic coal
obeyng the fuel administration in
structions to order coal as soon as pos
sble after April /, were unable to get
price quotations from their coal dealers
yesterday.
The coincidence of an official 80 cent
drop in the price of coal, probable Is
cent increase in the freight rate from
the mines to New York. and the fuel
boards announced reduction of rs cents
ton in the dealers margin caused
confusion, and dealers were waiting for
the fuel board to announce just how
much cheaper coal is to be than it was
before April /.
The announcement was not made last
night. At the fuet boards office it was
/ stated that the new price probably
would be made public to-day.
1t appeared fairly certain last night
that the net result will be reduction
of 40 cents in the price of domestic
coal, making the average price for egg
coal about $780, stove coal $3.50 and
nut coal $8.4O.
Most of the dealers had supplied
their customers days ago with official
blanks, and these, filled out, began to
returne to the dealers yesterday. The
coal will be. delivered in the order in
which the blanks are received.
"The number of orders we are receiv-
ing is not phenomenal for this time of
the year." said Frank Burns, of Burns
Brothers. There is always large de-
mand for coal for summer storage. We
can take care of our orders We have
1000 horses and 400 of them are idle
now"
Other dealers said they did not ex-
pect the drop in price would cause
more than the usual demand They
pointed out that hitherto the drop has
been about SO cents on April /, the price
increasing 10 cents each month until
September 1.
The orders now being received can
not be filled with the stock now on
hand in New York." said Arthur F.
Rice, commissioner for the Coal Mer-
chants Association.
Harry 7. Peters, chairman of the
State Fuel Conservation Committee
said he understood that the Interstate
Commerce Commission had granted the
Is cent ton increase in the freight
rate in order to allow the railroads to
replenish their coal carrying rolling
stock.
The administration coal order.
which went into effect Yesterday. is
aimed to encourage the storage of coal
during the summer, but to limit the
amount, and thus prevent boarding.
One OF its provisions is that no domes-
tic consumer may receive more than
two-thlrds of his annual supply of coal
until his dealer has supplied all Gus
customers with their two-thirds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
Divorce Is Revealed
By Spiers Wedding

CHICAGO, April Announcement
from Paris through private cable mes
sages Of the marriage there Saturday
of Mary Borden Turner, of Chicago
and New York, to General Edward
Louis SDiers, of the British army,
brought to light to-day the information
that "some time ago" the bride had OBJ
tanned divorce from her first hus-
band. George Douglas Turner, Y. M.
c. A. worker, whom she met at Lahore,
India, in 1908.
Mrs. Spiers inherited million dol
lars from her father, William Borden,
who, like his father, made large
fortune as a manufacturer of con-
densed milk. Her New York home
was 13 West Fifty-seventh Street.
Since the war Mrs. Spiers has been
conducting a hospital for aviators
on the French front. and she has
received the Cross of the Legion of
Honor from the French government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

If Over Here were Over There per-
haps we'd learn how much we care for
every fragrant newborn thing that fol-
lows on the trail Of spring.
If all the JOY of waking life were
blasted by resurgent strife; If winds
that softly pace the earth could find
no lips to wake to mirth. but touched
still things that row on row lay where
the violets used to grow; il dawn came
gladly from the east and only reused
the browsing Beast; if green, cool
woods where thrushes dwell became in
stead withered hell, ten million men
with gun and blade would hasten to
their country's aid.
The sun is bright and warm to-day
and war is half the world away. No
birds can sing, no blossoms blow, to
grace the spring our brethren know.
They hold, for ali we hold most dear.
lest Over There come Over Here.
Now that Mr.. Shonts is putting
shades on the lamps IN his subway
cars and decorating their windows
with a new motto each week, we need
about seventy less persons per car to
make rs all feel quite at home.
Mayor Samuel Beskin of Beacon, N
Y, has brought suit for S1,100 against
Frank Yardle, Of Ossining. Part of
this is for the loss of Jake, his mule,
that got in the way Of Mr.. Yardle's
motor truck few weeks ago, and the
| remainder is for the injured feelings
of Lilly, Jake's team mate, who, it is
said. has been inconsolable since his
demise.
Lily, Mayor Beskin asserts, has been
overcome by her bereavement. She
only rouses from her melancholy to
that her owner tries to hitch up with
her. When it comes to grieving, Lily
has turtle dove beaten without draw
ing a card. His honor says he has
tried everything to cheer her up, even
going so far as to tie a bit of Grape
on her collar, but Lily still mourns-
hence the amount demanded in his
suit.
Sing Sing approves the daylight saw
ing scheme. Those who are doing time
and get out before October do an hour
less than they would otherwise.
"If them darned Germans keep pick
ing on Paris with their long range
gun" says Uncle Abimelech Bogardus
Of Preakness, N. j., 81 wonder that the
Parasites don't take action. Why don't
they surrender and tell the Kaiser
they'll run the town for him until he
gets there?"
Chicago is going to put Liberty Loan
posters on her fire engines, because
the loan committee says. they attract q
lot of attention. Which impels us to
suggest the following Liberty Loan
rules for New York:
Men whose hats blow off will i'm.
medlately hoist loan posters before
starting in pursuit.
Women passing the Woodwork
Building on blustery days must carry
loan placards.
Those wrestling with Italian spa.
ghettl for the first time in public
SHOULD use loan signs for napkins.
Those who cook wheat cakes in the
front windows of restaurants mus
nave Liberty Loan" on their cans
Men sneezing thunderously durine
tense tense moments in plays must wave
Liberty Loan banners at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
Milk Prices Fall
Dealers Act on Federal

The price of milk in New oYrk fe,,
yesterday, in accord with the recent
sion. -''''
The New prices, which dealers have
agreed to maintain during the month
of April. follow: Grade A milk. deliv.
cred. Is cents quart and cents =
pint; Grade milk, delivered, IA cents
quart and cents pint; Grade B
bottled. but carried by customer, ~
cents a quart and 71s cents a pint.
Grade b. loose, 10 cents a quart.
The reduction is in most cases half
cent quart on bottled milk and one
cent quart on loose milk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02

years he was a figure in the Bohemian
section of lower Second Avenue and
was rated as one of the luckiest stuss
ana crap players in New York. He
was going through apartment houses
His number in the Rogues' Gallery ;s
4,733. A''e'S IS
Mrs. Cohen was bordering on hys-
terics when she was brought to fhe
District Attorneys Office after the mur-
der. When the Rogues' Gallery like
ness OF Cohen was shown to her She
sobbed. o'e
II knew Harry was a gambler, but I
ala not dream that he was thief,
Please don't tell my mother about
that" she sobbed. '"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
Better Cuts of Meat
Rise p Cents a Pound

CHICAGO, April 1.-Prices of the
better cuts of meat were increased
about 212 cents all over the country
to-day, it was announced by representa-
tive> of packing concerns.
The increase was due to the light
ness of cattle receipts, it was said and
is customary at this time of wear
Adjustment of meatless days had moth
ing to do with the increase, it was said,
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
ONLY ROUTINE BUSINESS
 TRANSACTED BY COUNCIL

The city council met in regular session last night but transacted only routine business. During the present dry spell the fire committee recon mended that the roofs of all buildings be wet down twice week, and the police committee was instructed to employ a special watchman to be on the alert for fires.
 The request of the Red Cross for the use of the city hall as a work room was approved by the Cordova fire department, with the proviso that the baths remain available for Its mem bers, and the probability is that the baths will be removed to the lower floor.
 An amended fire ordinance, regard ing the construction of brick flues in the fire limit, was introduced by Councilman Brock and discussed,
 It was decided to anchor the float at the city dock until such time as the necessary piling can be driven.
 The council then went into executive session re police matters.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP |S
 SUNK IN COLLISION

AN ATLANTIC PORT, July l6.-A Swedish steamship which reached here today reported the sinking of the American steamship Osterdik steamship San Jacinto on July II.
 The San Jacinto. although hadly terdik
 The vessels were manned by naval crews and carried army supplies The collision took place in North Atlantic waters.
 The Osterdik was one of the req ulsitiOned Dutch ships.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
FUR EXCHANGING OF
 WAR PRISONERS

LONDON, July l6.-The Exchange Telegraps reports that a BritishGer- man agreement for the exchange of prisoners was signed Sunday at The Hague. It includes provisions regard ing the treatment of prisoners, and settles the lot of interned prisoners in Holland and Switzerland.
 How Russia Aids the Huns
 AMSTERDAM July l6-The Aus tro.Hungarian war minister announced yesterday that five hundred thousand war prisoners had been returned from Russia.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
SETTLED
 BY DRASTIC ACT
 OF GOVERNMENT

OTTAWA. July l6-The Dominion government by it's intervention has settled the threatened strike of the Great Northwestern Telegraph Com pany's operators. The company has been ordered to reinstate two oper- ators whose dismissal was the cause Of the trouble and pay them for the time lost. Failing to do this, the gov ernment threatens to take over the system.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
WESTERN PAPER |S CLAIMED TO
 BE TRA!TROUS

NEW YORK, July 16-It has been learned authoritatively that an Ameri- can newspaper published in the far West entered German control prior to the entry of the United States into the war in similar manner to that followed in the case of the New York Evening Mail.
 Action against the ostensihle own CTS in the near future is predicted.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
HEROIC DOCTORS CONTINUE WORK
 AMID CARNAGE

PARIS. July l6-Two soldiers were in the American Red Cross hospital at Jouy, which was bombed yesterday by German aviators.
 The hospital was bombed deliber- ately. It was full of wounded at the operations despite the explosion of three bombs which were dropped on three tents, destroying them com pletely.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
SO[DIERSFRON
 PACIFIC COAST
 MAKE: SACR|F F|CE

WASHINGTON, July lG.-Privatc Fred W. McEnany of Vancouver is re ported missing in action in today's army casualty list. which numbers 1o2 names.
 Sergeant Fred Belchcr of Pc Ell, Wash, and Private John D. Fehr of Seattle have been killed in action, according to the marine corps casual ties report, which includes the names of S7 men.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
More than Three Quarters of Million Germans Engaged Are Held at Trifling Distances from Start
 ing Points--Driven Across
 Marne in Confusion

Today summary issued by the Associated Press says that t" German "ngln" has been decidedly slow in comparison with former oft"siNcs. If has been held up in three villages mile and Lrec-qualt"rs south of the Manc To the northeast was stopped on the southern side of fouQuc4ly Wood
 The deepest penetration of the allied line was three, and
 r" Iourt mI4, in h" l'o'na wood, northeast of Chal- lon, where it checked hy the. French
 East of Rheims the Germans held the woods 15Iarn2 the main highway from Rheims
 The enemy k twenty four hours behind schedule, The commanders believe that h" supreme their ,cfcl~i i've has been met. Between and eight hundred thousand Ger m;n troops are engaged in the fighting
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
Spirit of Germans Broken

G The splendid allied defense has broken the enemy spirit American gunner, of Rheims have worked havoc in the irnnun ranks.
 Late reports show that the entire German offensive has been complete failure, except in few minor localities.
 During the shell bombar,mcnt preceding attack, the American troops sought shelter wherever aVaabr When the German infantry appeared, the Americans wearing masks SWarmcd and the attackers with rain ct machine gun bullets.
 Strong American attacks south of the bend completely upset the Germans, who retreaed with the loss of than 400 prisoners, ncIulngs major and Ians The Americans also drove the Germans back all along the railway skrtng the Mane in the region of au gonne. The French general commanding this sector sent message congatuating the Americans the magnificent showing they have made.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
GERMANS MOST M|SERAbLY
 TO REACH GOALS

ON THE FRENCH FRONT. July 1G Orders found on German prisoners announced that the first days objeC- tive in the drive started yesterday was twenty kilometers. yet penetration by the enemy nowhere exceeded 4,000 yards. and that only in q small sector southwest of Rheims. East of Rheims the enemy was held before reaching the advanCd line.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
OPINIONS SFR0M OFFICIALS { 0N
 NEW OFFENSIVE

LONDON. July 16.-The British press editorally praises the brilliant work of the American troops in the allied defense.
 It is generally believed that the present assault may be a diversion to draw the allied reserves from Flanders to prepare the way for an attack in that region.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
WASHINGTON MURDERER
 ID PAY DEATH PENALTY

SANTA F'E. x. NJ. July 16.-The sprreme court has upheld the convic- ton of Ebert w. Blanchett, arrested at Friday Harbor, Wash. for the mur- der of Clyde Armour of Sioux City, in New Mexico. last year. and he will suffer the penalty of his crime. He was sentenced to be banged August i5.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
AUSTRIA UPSTAIRS
 DESPERATE PEACE

AMSTERDAM, July 16-Baron Von Burian, the Austro- Hungarian minister of foreign affairs quoted in Vienna dispatch saying that there hardly difference between the general principles enuncated by the statesmen o both bcigelent alliances He approves the four points el phaszed in President Wilson's Fourth of July speech and says Austria has been ready to upon negotiations with all her opponents
 Buran concluded by saying that "the enemys obsn acv regarding demands with relation to Asce orrane Trest the Trentino and the German colonies seemed to be nsur mountable''
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
TWO AMERICAN AVIAT0RS
 DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES

WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARINE, July I6.-P. J. Abersphy of Maine and George Robertson of Kan sas City shot down German air plane each in the Dormans sector dur ing one of dozen combats yesterday
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
ACTION ON LEASING BILL
 POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST

WASHINGTON, July 16.-A congres. sional conference has decided to post pone action til August 26 on the pend ing oilland leasing legislation. in solving the disposition of the lands reserved in California for naval pur- poses.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
Strew Death Among Confused Germans

DN THE FRENCH FRONT, July G.-The American coun- attack last night with the cooperation of the British atcd confusion i'll the German ranks and drove them pc mcl o the Marne French alanes played havoc with the Ger mans who constructing bridges, dropping bombs while the troops crossing. The bridges broken and the German, thrown into the river The of the the CmIlnImrntS o the moved down.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
sCkWAB VISITS
 SH|PYARDS WITH
 OTHER OFFICERS

SEATTLE. July 16-Dlrector Gen eral Schwab of the United States ship president of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration, together with their stalls. have arrived here for an inspection of the shipyards They will stay until Thursday afternoon.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
Thousands of Germans Captured

PARIS, July (Official)-The battle especially yo- lent south of the Malne the region of ChalIon The Americans and French concrng ma4niticentIv. r"@"n the French hav" taken a thousand prisoners.
 The enemy has been unable to penetrate the French , telSc east of Rheims.
 The Germans losses in prisoners in the first day of their offensive extremely heavy.
 The Paris a Echo de Paris, says the Germans will continue h" offensive, having concentrated strong reserves i'll tlr Bethel region. northeast of Rheims.
 The French military leaders forcS;w closely the date ana locality of the German effort
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
 JAPANESE STATESMEN

TOXIC. July l6-A special meet ing of the Japanese cabinet is being held today. It is believed an Ameri, can communication has been received touching intervention in Russia
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
GOVERNMENT IN CONTROL
 OF TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS

WASHINGTON. July President Wilson today signed the resolution for government control of the tele- graph. cable, radio and telephone sys- tems of the country.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
Warning Against Surprise

WASHINGTON, July 16.-Ofticials of the war department announced this morning that the general situation on the western front in France is re garded as satisfactory
 Warming is given, however, that great pressure from the enemy's re- serves is yet to be expected.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
ONLY SLIGHT GAINS MADE BY TEUT0NS
AMERICANS TAKE LEADING PART IN HEROIC DEFENSE
REGIS TRAVIS ARE CALLED
 FUR SPECIAL TRAINING

WASHINGTON. July 16.-Seven thousand draft registrants for special training have been called 10 report on August 15. They are to be drawn from fifteen states.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-16
FORMER MINISTER TRIED
 ON CHARGE OF TREASON

PARIS, July l6.-Thc trial of Louis W. w. Walvy, former minister of the interior, charged with high treason, was commenced today before the sen ate, sitting as a high court of justice.