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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-01-10
SEEK CHANGE IN
EXCESS PROFITS TAX
Basing Deductions on Capital
Stock Instead of Invested
Capital Is a Hardship
to Many

Washington, D. c., Dec. 81
Through the failure of Congress to
recognize the depicting character OF
mining, oil and gas properties in the
Excess Profits Tax Act, the mining
and oil men Of the United States are
urging a brief amendment to Section
207 of the Act to remedy what they
consider q very serious mistake. Min
ing and oil men from east and west
have been in Washington since Con
gress assembled and they have sue
ceeded in convincing members Of the
Advisory Board Of the Revenue Com
missioner that an oversight occurred
in the framing of the law.
One of the serious blunders Of the
Revenue Tax Act, according to the
mine operators, is that the deductions
which corporations are permitted to
make are based upon capital stock
instead of invested capital. This pro-
vision of the law creates very seri-
GUS inequalities of taxation between
mine and oil wells which possess
practically the same status OF pro-
duction.
For example, two neighboring min
ing companies in a western state
earning about $1,500,0OO each. Ono
of these possesses a capital stock OF
$1s 100000 and the other $25O,OOO
The deduction of nine per cent eX'
tinguishes the taxable income Of the
$l8 100000 company and leaves it
tax-free under the law, while the 9TH
err company is entitled to deduction
of only $22,50O from its earnings Of
81 100000. The company possessing
the large capital is entirely willing to
submit to a tax equal to that Of it,
neighbor, and is assisting in the work
of changing the law.
In the case of two contiguous oil
companies in Oklahoma, each posses
sing 100 acres and producing about
equal amounts of oil, one is capital
lied at $4,000 and the other at $780,
100000. The company Of small cap
italization must pay q burdensome
tax, while the other is exempt.
Numerous instances Of such in
Qualities have been brought to pub
lie attention.
The law provides for the deduction
of not less than z per cent nor more
than 9 per cent of the invested cap
ital as q basis upon which the pro-
0ressive assessment of excess profits
is determined. The higher conserva-
tive mining company with its low
capitalization is required to pay q
much higher tax upon its excess in
come.
The common interest mentioned
has already welded together a great
number of mining men into an effect
i've organization which is co-Opera-
ting with the American Mining Con-
gress to secure the attention Of the
Treasury Department and the nation
al lawmakers. Repeated conferences
have been held and the appointment
of a committee Of sixteen to advise
with the Commissioner Of Revenue
has taken place. This committee was
created in response to a resolution
asking each Of the carious branches
of the ~exhausting" industries to ap-
point two members.
The ObjsetiOnS raised by the mining
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-01-10

in the country districts, through a
mistaken policy which permitted the
destruction of hawks and other ami
mails, the natural enemies of the rO-
dents. AS Il matter of fact the harm
done by these creatures was much
less than that done by the rats and
mice. Premises may be "rat-proof"
at comparatively little expense.
Traps also greatly decrease the num-
Der of these pests, despite the fact
that rats are clever in recognizing
the danger Of traps.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-01-10
BAXTER ASTONISHED BY MER.
CHANTS STORY

A merchant relates the following:
"For years / could not sleep with
out turning every hour. Whatever
/ ate caused gas and sourness. Also
had stomach catarrh. ONE SPOON
Full buckthorn bark, glycerin, ETC.,
as mixed in Adler-i-ka relieved me
INSTANTLY" Because .Adler-i-ka
flushes the ENTIRE alimentary
tract it relieves ANY CASE consti-
patton, sour stomach or gas and
prevents appendicitis. It has
QUICKEST action of anything we
ever sold. Jas. C. Page, druggist.
No. 2
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-01-10
ELLSWORTH MAPES DRAFTED

Ellsworth Mapes received his or
ders to get ready to leave tomorrow
for Camp Funston. Mr.. Mapes is en-
ployed by the Frisco railway as a
fireman, and his draft was received
by Mrs. Mapes, but she doesn't know
where to notify Mr.. Mapes SO he may
be here in time to leave with the 9TH
er men who were called today. He
was examined 0ctObd 10.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-01-10
Stomach Troubles

If you have trouble with your
stomach you should try Chamber
lain's Tablets. So many have been
restored to health by the use of these
tablets and their cost is so little, rs
cents, that il Is worth while to give
them q trial.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05

searchlights at their disposal on them,
hunting the armament for the flying
foe. The whirling OF the propeilers
Of the airships stopped suddenly. In
stead, high in the air brilliant light
appeared, the searchlight Of the Yep
pelin, which, for a moment. illuminat-
ed the entire landscape.
Suddenly all became dark again. A
few moments later powerful detona-
tons revealed the fact that the Yep
pelin had thrown of ballast" That
went on a long while. Explosion fol-
lowed explosion. These were followed
by clouds Of fire. In the air, exploding
shrapnel which the Belgian artillery
fired ut the airships could be observed.
The whirling Of the propellers started
up again, directly above our heads 1t
became quieter and quieter, until the
powerful ships Of the air disappeared
from our vicinity.
Thus the forts were leveled. Thou
sands OF Belgians lay behind the walls
and under the Notifications. dead and
buried A general storming attack
followed. Liege was in the hands OF
the Germans, who had paid, in dead
alone in this battle, 2S,00o men.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05
Gro BE CONTINUED
BfIqht Eton soys.

The schoolboy "howler' Is quite COM
monty amusing, but its very frequen-
cy is apt TO make ii something Of a
bore. 1t is doubtful. however, II q
more representative collection of the
genus has ever been got together than
that recently given TO the public. out
of his own experience, by the vice
provost of Elton. First there was the
exquisite, though not absolutely new
one of the boy who explained that
Homer was not written by Homer,
but by another man Of the same name.
Then there was dissertation en- beads
in the terms that, "A bede is very
old man known as a venerable bede,
and sometimes called Adam Bede."
But the gem OF the whole collection
was undoubtedly the definition OF
vacuum as "the place where the pope
lives" After this to be told that grav-
Ity is "a limit of ten miles an hour is
In the nature of an snti-climaL.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05

l went to Aix-la-Chappelle to a hos
pital. met many more wounded men
who had fought in Belgium. All were
of the opinion that the Belgian dead
numbered as many civilians as sol
diers. Even If the German soldiers
who fought in Belgium do not admit
the cruelties committed against the
Belgians, it cannot be denied that at
least so per cent Of the cruelties
known to the world to have been COM
mitted in Belgium were only too true
A young soldier who lag next to me
in the hospital told me that his COM
pany, during a street fight in Liege,
was given orders to kill everybody
without discrimination. Systematical-
ly, one house after another was set on
fire. The inhabitants either fell IN the
flames or became the victims in the
streets 70 the gun barrels Of the Ger
man kultur-bearers.
At the time l doubted the words Of
my neighbor, even though l had seen
what German warfare meant After
a few days l was released from the
hospital and again restored to my de-
tachment. Partly by auto, partly by
foot, reached my detachment by ten
o'clock in the evening Our transport
moved this time over Trier to Luxem-
burg. The little grand duchy OF Lux
emburg was overrun entirely by Ger
man soldiers. The Germans who had
made their homes in Luxembourg had
everything taken away from them, es-
pecially the farmers, all food, without
thought OF payment, so that in Luxem-
burg at this time there was a shortage
of food The people here as well as
in Belgium were very friendly, yet they
harbored a terrible bitterness against
the German government, which had
loosed its troops like band of robbers
and murderers over their peaceful
country.
Belgium and Luxembourg, the two
first unhappy victims of the damnable
German politics and its drunkenness
with powerl
That the Luxembourg citizens detest-
ed Germany an incident showed me
which happened in the village of Mar |
moth. We were in friendly CONVEX
sation with Luxembourg farmer. Two |
officers approached and listened. One I
officer, a captain. asked the Luxem-
burger, what do you think Of the |
war, and of the quickness of Germanyl /
There is only one Germany, isn't
there?"
"Yes." replied the farmer. *Thank
the Lord"
For those four words the farmer
was arrested at once and transported
10 Germany as a court prisoner.
could never learn what became Of
him.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05

nous losses. The reports we received
were contradictory. 1t was impossible
to get a clear picture. In the mean
time the artillery bombardment had
become so intense that it Mortified
even the German soldiers. The heavi-
est artillery was brought into action
against the steel and concrete de-
lenses.
No soldier so far knew anything Of
the existence of the 42-centimeter NOR
tars. Long after Liege was In Ger
man hands these soldiers could not
understand how 1t was possible that
the defenses, which consisted OF dou-
bic six-meter walls of steel and con-
crete, were reduced after only few
hours bombsrdment.
myself could not take part in these
operations, being wounded, but my
comrades told me later how the cap
ture OF the several forts came about.
the forts. but it was the 21-centimeter
mortars and the 42s which performed
the real work.
From a distance the 42-centimeter
projectiies were heard to arrive, to the
accompaniment of a fearful kissing
that sounded like a long drawn-out
screech which filed the whole at
mosphere. Wherever it fell, every
thing was destroyed within radius
Of several hundred meters. The air
pressure which the bursting of the pro-
jectile- produced was so terrible that it'd
made breathing difficult for those of
US who were holding the advanced po-
sitions-
To make this witches holiday COM |
plete, the Zeppeiins appeared during
the night to participate in the work of |
destruction. The soldiers suddenly
heard above their heads the whirling
Of propellers and the noise OF the mo-
tors. The zeppelins came nearer.
They were not discovered by the enc
my until they were close to the forts,
which Immediately played all the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05

bic. He released my comrade and ran
away with an insane cry Of pain.
Everything developed by seconds
The blood of the Belgian ran out Of
my friends mouth; terrible nausea
and indescribable loathing seized him.
The taste of warm human blood
brought him almost TO the verge Of in
sanity. In the course Of this night
battle l came In contact for the first
time with the butt Of Belgian gun.
During a hand-to-hand fight with
Belgian, a second enemy soldier
struck me on the back OF the head
with the butt of his gun so hard that
my helmet was forced down over my
ears. The pain was fearful and l
tainted.
When I revived, l was lying in a
barn, with my head bandaged, among
not severe. l only had a feeling as If
my head was twice its normal size.
The other wounded soldiers and the
ambulance men said the Belgians had
been forced back within the forts and
that hard fighting was still in prog
ress.
Wounded men were brought in con-
tinuously and they told US that the
Germans had already stormed several
forts and had taken number of main
and auxiliary defenses, but could not
hold them because they had not been
sufficiently supported by artillery. The
defenses inside the forts and their gar
risons were still intact. The situation
was not ripe for storming attack, so
the Germans had to retire with enOr-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05
ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE
Small Girls Efforts to "Fudge" On IN
fortunate Remark Could Not Be
Called Successful.

A number of women were discussing
Liberty bonds one afternoon IN q neigh
boris house. Almost unnoticed a little
neighbor girl had entered. At this
point In the discussion she exclaimed:
well. my aunt says she might just
as well buy a Liberty bond as to be
taxed ~
Her remark caused a good bit Of
comment. One guest. who has a son in
the service, became very indignant.
and exclaimed:
1.-The idea Buying a bond to es-
cape taxationl That's patriotism for
you'll That makes me tired-anybody
as able as she is to buy bonds, or any-
thing"
With that last remark the speakes
"lew" out OF the house.
The little girl, beholding the strifd
and bad feeling she had stirred up
tried to fudge" on her remark, ex-
planning that IL wasn't her aunt who
made the rerark, but some other womr
an. The neighbor women held her To
her first remark, and were making ID
pretty warm" for the little girl, when
she finally burst out with:
swell, you don't know how much II
costs my aunt to live; and how much
its costs her to take that trip to Nj
agars Falisl"
The laugh with which the women
greeted this innocent remark was sufs
ficient to send the loyal and innocent
girl running from the room Truly, her
''lines had not fallen In pleasant
places that afternoon.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05
BOY HAD SPIRIT OF HIS RACE
How the Captains Boy. msckinnon,
of the cameronls Helped to
b. AlIsy Panic

In. the report OF the torpedolng of
the Anchor liner Cameronia with
troops in the Mediterranean last sum-
mer. mention was made of the splen-
did conduct Of the captains boy, Mack
innon. This youngster was on the
bridge with the captain when the ship
was struck. and he did much to allay
the excitement by shouting through
the megaphone TO the troops, keep
Jour heads, men. Dinna get excited.
It's g. RIGHT. Nae hurry" and so on.
The sight OF the small boy with a
megaphone as big as himself advising
the soldiers TO keep cool made many
laugh and quieted many nerves. The
boy did many other things, and at the
end the captain found he had dis
obeyed orders and was still on ths
bridge when everyone else had left the
ship. When the captain told him to
"clear out" he said, '.Ill no go till you
60, sir" The captain then caught him
by the coat and sIung him overheard
into the destroyer before jumping him
self. An eyewitness on the destroyer
described seeing the captain and this
boy on the bridge Of the sinking ship.
I hear now that Mackinnon went
down in the Tuscania. Probably he
behaved there as he did on the Cam
eronia, and the death ne just missed
IN the Mediterranean came to him OF
the Scottish coast In the list Of heroes
OF our mercantile marine there ought
to be a place for this gallant wee
Glasgow lsd.-LOndon Correspondence
Of the Manchester Guardian.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05

Almost overhead in the early eveS
ming are some faint stars, constituting
the constellation Coma Berenices, on
"Berenice's Hair" 1t commemorates
Queen Berenice, wife of Ptolemy III,
who offered her hair to Venus TO sci
cure his safe return from war The
queens hair was sacrificed, but dis1
appeared from the temple. Hence ths
legend that her golden locks had
turned into a constellation.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05
THE ROLL OF HONOR

The following is a list of the
names Of the boys from Sho-
shone doing duty with the colors.
Nearly every branch of the serv-
ice is represented. 1t is the in
tention of the Journal to keep
this list complete as possible and
you will confer a favor on the
management if you will call at
tentiOn to errors or omissions.
A free copy of the Journal will
be sent each member of the Roll
of Honor whose correct address
may be obtained.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05

ibid you feel the psychic thrill tina,
goes between speaker and an au,
dienceg'
Yes" replied Mr.. Spuffes- There
was a mutual understanding at once
Inside of ten seconds it was perfectly
evident that l was scared and the au-
dience was worried"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05

Streets, sidewalks, houses in
the town of Neuve Chateau are
heaped with dead and wound
ed-civiIians and soldiers-after
the town is taken by the Ger q
mans in a hand-to-hand encoun-
ter. The next instaiIment tells
how the German soldiers car
rled out the orders of their off
GERS to show no mercy.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05
To aenant the cxclist.

A Canadian has invented pnep
matte hub for bicycles which, he be-
lieves. win permit the extensive use
OF solid rubber or rope tires
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-07-05
KAISER'S TERRIBLE ENGINES OF WAR RAIN DEATH UPON
THE CITIES OF BELGIUM

SynopssThe author these
the German the
engineers corps army
Belgium invading country
Of their destination the their actions the Ger
soldiers
their
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-15
billion dollar
APPROPRIATION
O.K'D. IN HOUSE
Deficiency Bill for Greater E.x-
pansion of the Army and
its Various Branches APP
proved By Cognmittee.

WASHINGTON. Feo- l4--PrinciQal
items for the army in the billion dol
lars urgent deficiency appropriation
bill favorably reported 10 the house 10
day included S277.7Ss. 900 for bombs
for airplanes. SI00. 900. 600 for quarter
masters storage plants On the SeaCOaSt
and at interior points. and $4,000
for mountain. field, siege and other ~
tillery in addition TO the billion dos
lars already spent for ordnance ana
contract authorization for S.0ea tp-
additional
In asking for an appropriation o.
500. 600 000 for storage and shipping
facilities with an authorization OF 500,
100000 more. Major General GOethals
acting ousrtermaster general. dIselOs
ed that il is proposed 10 spend from
$50. eco. 900 TO SIS, o00.0Oo eniarsing the
Bush terminals at Brooklyn New
storage plants al Atlantic coast points
viii cost S6s.000.000. and interior
plants. the locations Of which were moi
given. viii cost $56.o00,eoe.
Medical Corp Needs
The bill also reveals that the army
medical corps cOntemplaJeS an aggre-
gate of loo. 900 square feet for It's
stOrehOuses at New York, Philadelphia
Chicago. St. Loais, san Francisco.
Louisville. Washington. WstertOSn,
san Antonio and Atlanta
The ordnance department cOntem-
plates storage al Newport News,
Charleston. Baltimore. Chicago. Phila-
delphia. Patterson. WetertOWn. Spring
field. Ills. Cleveland. Springfield,
Mass: Rock Island. San Francisco and
Boston with storage for explosives on
Raritan river, y. J. The signal corps
wants storage AZ Dayton. Cincinnati,
Buffalo and Mireola-
Agreement With France
The report OF the appropriations com
mittee diselOses an agreement between
the United States and French govern
ments for France 10 take over afteT
the war the railroad system which the
United States army is constructing n
France. The war department has ca
pended SI50.O00. 0c0 for the materials
for this system
In discussing before the committee
the work Of the engineer corps. Major
General Black. chief OF engineers. said
construction OF the ports Of deharka-
ton in France is going forward SIS rap
idly as trans-shipment VIII permit,
but not as rapidly IS he would like
Hoover Wants Money
In asking S5.515.0o0 for the food ad-
ministration. Food Administrator
Hoover told the committee his admin
istratiOn is directing the purchase OF
slot. 00O. 000 worth of fOOdstuffs a
month for the allies alone. besides its
work for home conservation and hold
ing down domestic prices.
Although the navy department has
asked for $4,000 Tor Improvement
and equipment of navy yards for ship
construction. the bill allows only
SI.570.0 600 in addition 10 SlS.e6e.eoo
heretofore appropriated for that pur-
pose A total of half 4 billion was
eliminated from the recommendations
Of the various departments so as 70
cOnfine the appropriations TO immedi
ate needs
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-15
FIVE PEOPLE IN ONE
FAMILY benefited
Finest Thing I've Ever Seen, y
Says Compton-Gains Ten
Pounds On Tanlac.

There are five Of Us AZ home who
have taken Tanl2c and IL hasn't failed
10 bring good results in \ single case.
said Arthur NJ. Compton. a popular
clerk At the Oriental Hotel and living
al 1896 Wood street. Dallas. Texas. re
Gently.
As 10 my own case" Mr.. Compton
continued. ~Tanlae has increased my
weight ten pounds in the past three
weeks and has certainly relieved me
OF an awful lot OF suffering When 7
began taking il nv stomach was al
out Of order and I had no appetite
was 50 nervous I could hardly sleep
was all run down and had that tired
sluggish feeling all the time ] haC
fallen off in weight and was awfClly
sick and discouraged
Finally my uncle from Terrell. Tex.
as. persuaded me TO Try Tanlac and i
has been a wonderful thing for me
NV appetite is fine now and I eat like
a shoat. Nv nervousness is entirely
gone. sleep like a log and all my
sluggish. depressed feelings have lef'
me. I recommend Tlnlac every chancs
I have because il has done me so lOucf
good. Il has helped our whole family
and We are boosting il. Il certainly
Is the finest medicine We ever had il
the house
Tsnlac is sold in Bishee by J. II
Bal. in Douglas by Douglas Drug Co
IN Paradise nv c. A. Walker, in Bowie
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]. b Cooke, in Wilcox by A. a Nicho,
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Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department OF the Interior

Z. s. Land Office AT Phoenix. Arizona.
February >. 1918.
NOTICE is hereby given that Cornell
ius y. DriscOn. of Hereford. Arizona.
who. on April =. 1914. made Home
stead Entry, No. O345sS. for NWis
Sec. . and on February Is. 1915. made
additional Hd. entry No. 0es74l for the
NWis SWis. Sec. =. NleSEL and
SWls Sci, Section IS. Township 2S-S.
Range 22-E. C. & 5. r. B. 4 Meridian.
has flied notice OF intention 20 make
three year Proof. 10 establish claim 10
the land above described. before Jared
y. Taylor. Z. s. Commissioners. N Bis
bee. Arizona, on the 18th day Of March
1918.
Claimant names as Witnesses,
Frank Cobhe. Of Hereford. Arizona
George L. Dunn. OF stark. Arizona.
Jacob c. Baker. Robert ArhOrn. both
OF Hereford. Arizona.
JOHN I. IRWIN. Register.
First publication. February 9. 1915.
LAST publication. March II. 1879
Adv.-1oO
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-15
FINE FOR RHEUMATISM!
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