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New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
E. w. Bliss Co. Must
Keep Torpedo Secrets
Injunction Issued for Govern
ment on Claim of Certain
improvements
improvements

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Injunctions
obtained by the government restrain
ing the Z. w. Bliss Company, of
Brooklyn, n. Y, from manufacturing
except for the United States, torpedoes
containing certain improvements per-
fected by naval officers. were made per
manent, with notifications, to-day by
the Supreme Court.
The proceedings were brought at the
instance of the Navy Department,
which alleged that despite an agree
ment made in 1905 and subsequent
contracts specifying that certain i'm
provements were not to be divulged,
the company in 1913 gave notice of
its intention to communicate methods
of construction and operation of the
existing type of torpedo to Whitehead
& Co., British manufacturers.
The Bliss company contended the
efficiency and value of the torpedoes
were not due to the improvements
claimed by the government, and that
these features had been used prior to
the time the Navy Departmnt claimed
they had perfected them.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Canada to Resume
Welland Canal Work
Returning Soldiers to Find
Hundreds of Places Open on
Construction Job

The Canadian government will re-
sumo work on the construction of the
fifty million dollar Welland Ship Canal
next spring. This will mean the re-
employment of hundreds who laid down
their tools to enter the armed service of
Canada.
The new Welland Canal will be free
to the United States by treaty, and
through it the largest ships on the
Great Lakes will be able to deliver
grain cargoes to 1,5O0-ton barges at
Oswego for transportation over the New
York State barge canal for New York,
instead of to 200 and 300-ton barges
as at present. The waterway will per-
nit competition with the large Ca
madam ships now discharging into
2,0OO-ton barges at Prescott and Kings
ton for Montreal
The canal will extend from Port Col
borne, on Lake Erie, to ~Allanburg, on
Lake Ontario Its total length will be
twenty-five miles.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10

one as in the nature of equity rather
tnan OF alteration in revenue. The
HouSe Dill surtaX rates start at 2 per
cent and advance by steps varying from
10 per cent, until the maximum Of
90 per cent is reached upon incomes
IN excess of $5000,0O0. these steps bear
ing no relation to each other, whereas
1ne I surtax rates proposed by the
finance Committee begin with 1 per
cent on income between $4,000 and So
ooo and advances at the rate of l per
cent Tor each 50 600 of income until
an income of 100000 is attained.
From that point the rate of increase
is reduced so as to reach the maximum
rate of IS per cent after passing ST.
100000
Corporation Taxes
concerning the corporation income
tax rates the report says:
The committee has provided for a
uniform tax upon the net incomes of
corporations, this rate being 12 per
cent for the 1918 taxable year and 8
per cent for succeeding years. Under
the House bill the 12 per cent rate
applied only to so much of the net in
come as was distributed in dividends
or paid in the discharge of interest
bearing obligations, or in the purchase
o. Liberty bonds issued after Septem-
Der l, 1918, and on the balance the rate
was IS per cent"
Special attention is called to the fact
that the Finance Committee thought it
rnwlse to retain the House provision
imposing a discriminatory tax of
per cent upon undistributed net in
ctme of corporations, but had met the
problem of tax dodging by withholding
OF distribution of income through spe-
clal amendment designed to prevent
the formation of subsidiary corpora
tlons for the purpose of normally alb
scrblng the profits of the parent cor
poration.
After speaking of the amendments
regarding the determination of loss
and gain and the special consideration
gwen to business of prospecting, ex-
ploratlon or discovering of oils and
other natural deposits, attention is
called to the following changes:
The committee amended Section
2l3A so as to require that any gains,
profits and income derived from sal
aries, wages or compensation for per-
sonal service. of whatever kind and in
whatever form paid. and so on, be sub
Ject to income tax, leaving the consti-
tutlonal question as to the authority
OF Congress to tax certain salaries to
be settled by the courts in any case
IN which the question may be raised.
The proceeds Of life insurance poll
cles paid upon the death of the insured
are under this bill exempt from taxa
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10

tion only when paid to individual bene-
hclaries or to the estate of the insured.
ms limitation has been removed so as
10 place all beneticiaries (individual,
corporate or otherwise) on the same
footing.
THE exemption of soldiers and sail
ors' salaries has been modified bv re-
moving the $4,000 limitation, but it's
operation has been restricted to the
duration of the war, and it is made to
apply only to those in active service.
~Ihe provision subjecting the in
terest on new issues of state and
municipal bonds to taxation as in
come was also stricken out. Apart
from the constitutional question, it
seemed unwise for Congress to attempt
to impose this tax upon the obligations
OF states and municipalities as long as
the states are not free to tax in a
similar manner the obligations of the
United States,
Bonds issued by the War Finance
Corporation have been added to the
list of obligations, the interest on
which is exempt from the tax These
bonds were issued under the same
terms as the Liberty bonds issued un-
der the original act of September "a.
1917. with respect to exemption from
taxation, and it is felt that no dis
elimination ought to be made in the
income ta-i law
Net Loss Deducted
The committee speaks approvingly
of the charge whereby a taxpayer's
net loss in business, 1917 or 1918
may be deducted in computing the net
income for the following taxable year
This is an entirely new feature in
American income taxation laws 1t
does likewise with it's amendment re-
moving the 25 per cent limit on the
amortization feature and also with the
one that permits a revision consequent
upon shrinkage of inventories
Attention is directed to the brand
new basis of taxation of life insurance
companies. Roughly the plan con
sists Of deducting from the gross in
come made up of interests, rents, and
dividends the items of tax free in =.
terest investment expenses, taxes and
other real estate expenses, in order to
determine the taxable income. The
tax on this "true income" takes the
place of all other Federal taxes.
The Senate bill provides for the
payment of taxes in four installments
at intervals of three months, instead
of three instalments at intervals of
two months.
Explains War Excess Profits
In discussing the war excess profits tax,
the committee explains why it holds it
good policy to exclude individuals and
partnerships from its provisions, as
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
New York Ensign Drowned
In Tangier Harbor Accident

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.--Ensign Will
lam E. Bingham, of New York City,
was the naval officer who was drowned
with six members of the crew of the
American destroyer Lansdale when a
small boat capsized in Tangier Harbor
the Navy Department was advised to-
day by Admiral Sims.
Ensign Bingham lived with his moth
er and his bride of two months at SO
Mornngside Avenue. He was thirty
four yeaors old, Il graduate of Uni
tartan seminary in Ohio and, when was
was declared, was studying for a de-
gree at Cornell and teaching philos-
ophy. He was born in England, but
had been in the United States since he
was fifteen years old and was a citizen.
sister lost her life when the Lusi-
tania was torpedoed; and that, and the
observation he frequently made that
it was impossible to teach philosophy
and be a Stacker" impelled him to err
list. Six months ago, his brother, a
British soldier, was killed. Ensign
Bingham was married October to
Miss Florence Beatrice Dieter, and two
days later was assigned to active duty
at sea.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10

also personal service corporations
that is, corporations in whose opera
tions capital is not an important ele-
ment.
Regarding the doing away with the
alternative of taxation by the excess
profits method or by the war profits
method, as favored by the House, the
report says:
"ln place of this alternative scheme
the committee recommends a single
war excess profits tax, which is mathe-
matically equivalent to an alternative
plan at the same rates. 1t unities the
two taxes by the simple device of in
cludlng the war profits tax as an addi-
tlonal provision of the rate schedule.
Excess Rates Simplified
"The committee has also simplified
and reduced the rates of the excess
profits tax adopted by the House. The
rates imposed in the House bill were
50 per cent of the net income in ex-
ccss of the excess profits credit ($3,-
900 plus per cent of the invested
capitaD, and not in excess Of Is per
cent of the invested capital; so per
cent of the net income in excess of
Is per cent and not in excess of 20
Der cent of the invested capital; and
70 per cent of the net income in ex-
cess of 20 per cent of the invested
capital.
THE committee proposes in lieu of
the House provisions Of IS, so and 20
per cent, two substitutes of 80 and so
per cent, with no change in the deduc-
tion or excess profits credits
"The third provision of the COM
mittee plan is, as stated before, simply
the war profit tax of 80 per cent.
Applicable in 1919
"The preceding rates are applicable
only to taxes payable in 1919 covering
income for the year 1918. For the
year 1920 and thereafter the war profits
tax is repeated and the excess profits
rates are reduced from 80 and 60 per
cent to 20 and 40 per cent"
The substitution of All inheritance
tax IN place of the estate tax proposed
by the House is defended at length
The committee explains why it favors
S2.20 a gallon tax on non-beverage
alcohol and why it reduced the bev-
crage tax from SO to S6.4O a gallon.
Other changes noted are the decision
to retain the theatrical admission tax
of 10 per cent in the present law in
stead of the 20 per cent desired by the
House, the changes in the excise taxes,
notably The elimination Of the tax on
alcohol; the introduction of an amend
ment pcnalizing child labor and the re-
peal of the postal zone law to the eX-
tent that second class matter will pay
one cent pound up TO $50 miles and
one and onehalf cents beyond.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
amount of about $500, 100000 should
be sufficient for this purpose
Request Discussed on Floor


Request Discussed on Floor
81 cannot feel that victory has been
really won in the war if at it's conclu-
sion the countries which have side by
side with US borne the stress Of the
conflict are not supplied by some avail
able means with credits to the extent
that they may be able to provide their
own finances so that they may procure
in this country the supplies needed for
their people and for the reconstruction
of their economic life.
From the standpoint of enlightened
policy, the United States should put
itself in position to provide the credits
necessary to sell its surplus products
until the establishment of normal peace
conditions"
Later Mr. McAdoo's request was dis
cussed on the floor of the House by
Representative Moore, of Pennsylvania,
Republican member of the Ways and
Means Committee, who said:
There seems to be nothing any other
nation may ask that the United States
will not give. Some seem to think
there is no limit to what we may give.
but there will be an accounting by all
of US, from the President down, to the
American people"
WI AhoOic Sdiu propaganda lS DelflS
spread through the country "to teach
us that the Panama Canal should be
given over to the nations of the world
as a peace offering, particularly to
those who are stronger on the high
seas than we."
Speeches of Chairman Hurley of the
Shipping Board were said by Mr.. Moore
to give the impression that 1--WE are not
building ships for our own use, but so
that other nations who are our COM
petitors may profit"
Representative Moore referred to
President Wilson's trip abroad, and
said many people see Objectionable
features in it. He added that the Pres
ident's peace principle calling for re-
moval of economic barriers means free
trade, which he criticised as unwise,
declaring "the people will turn the Re-
pubicans out of office if they submit to
removal of all tariff BARRIERS
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Baron Astor Settles Suit
Court Permits Father to Accept
$4,000 for Sons Injury

Justice Pendleton, in the Supreme
Court, yesterday signed an order per-
mitting Alexander Devlin to accept
from Baron William Waldorf Astor
$4,000 IN settlement Of suit for $1O,-
600 damages, brought in behalf of Alex
ander Devlin, jr, sixteen years old.
The Devlin boy, who was messen-
ger, lost his right leg as a result of
an accident on February 18, 1917, in an
elevator of the Apthorpe apartments.
owned by Baron Astor Mr.. Devlin. the
boys father, suing as guardian, has al
ready received $4,000 from the distin-
guished landlord, and decided to ac
cept the offer of further $4,000 as a
compromise Of the claim for $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Body in Skeels Murder Case
In Jersey To BE Exh,,r,e<

Prosecutor Pierre P. Garven, of Hud
son county, n. j. arranged yesterday
"l,h Fassalc County authorities for the
eNhumation Of the body of Mrs. Nellie
Wilkins that an autopsy might be mr.
formed. Mrs. wilkins died in Bayonne.
N. D., July 5. She was nursed bv her
sister-ln-law, Mrs. Bessie May wilkins
Skeels, as was her husband. Albert
wilkins, who died July 7. His bodv
has been exhumed and found, it was
sald, to contain'a a quantity of sugar of
lead.
Mrs. Skeels has been indicted on a
charge of murder, and at present is
awaiting trial in Andover, Mass, on a
similar charge, her alleged victim there
being Miss Florence r. Gay.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Oppose Catalonian Rule

MADRID, Dec. (by The Associated
Press "A great demonstration, in
which it is estimated that 100000 per
sons took part, occurred in Madrid to-
day in opposition to the demands of
Catalonia for autonomy. Similar dem
onstrations will take place in other
cities throughout Spain
Senior Cambo. former Minister of
Public Works, and the Catalonist lead
ere, purposes to bring up before Con-
gress the details of the demands upon
the government by Catalonia. 1t is
said that the government will answer
The Interpolation.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
X. of c. Seeking Places
For All Returned Troops

from the service will be the first phase
Of the Knights of Columbus "recon-
struction plan" according to William
P. Larkin director of Knights Of Co.
lumbus overseas activities.
"For the present the welfare of the
American soldier abroad is our chief
concern" he said. This reconstruct
ton work will not interfere with our
present duties. The first phase of our
work will be to find employment for
every man discharged from the SER
vice"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Northcliffe Message Delayed

Several messages which arrived too
late to be read at the Britain Day
celebration Sunday were made public
yesterday by the National Britain Day
Committee. They include two cables
from London, one from Lord North
clitfe, the other from Doctor H. Jowett
and kilograms from w. b. Wilson, Sec
retary of Labor; Newton D. Baker
Secretary of War; and Major Gene raj
wired
alas, owing to our cast iron censor
ship, our American friends know little
of our part in war. Forty thousand
land and sea officers and nine hundred
thousand men dead"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Wilson Made Member of
University of Cracovia

WASHINGTON. Dec. o. President
Wilson has been made an honorary
member of the University of Cracovia,
according to a report from the Polish
Press Bureau received here to-day
through official channels Former
President Pulaski, of the State Council
of Poland has created Polish-Ameri-
can League to tighten the bonds Of
friendship between Poland and the
United States
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Baker to Carry Out All
Scheduled Army Promotions
NeW York Tribune
WdShingtOn Bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The War
Department to- day lifted the ban on
promotions of men already in the SER
vice who have been recommended for
increased rank, and will soon authorize
the commissioning of all those whose
appointments were in the process of
passing through the adjutant generals
department at the time the armistice
was signed. The increased rank and
appointments will not come, however,
until the time of the discharge of the
men and will be in the reserve corps
Of the army
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Enemy Property Increased
$3OO,OOO.OOO in Value

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Enemy-
owned property in the United States
valued at S505, 900 will be increased
IN value to approximately $500, ,OOO,-
600 through adjustments now pro
ceeding,' according to A. Mitchell
Palmer, Alien Property Custodian, who
to-day asked Congress for $125 600
additional appropriation for his office.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Enemy-Owned Stock
Is Sold for $l,66l,476
German Interests i'm Garfield
Worsted Mills Bough: by
American Stockholders
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


GARFIELD. N. j.. Dec. 9.-John b
Love, of the firm of Graupner, Love e.
Lamprecht, of 230 Fifth Avenue, New
York City, bought in the enemy owned
stock of the Garfield Worsted Mills to-
day for $1,661,476 at an auction sale
conducted by Alien Property Custodian
Palmer Mr.. Love is one Of the prn-
cipal stockholders in the concern, and
bought the stock as representative Of
the majority interests.
The 125 shares of preferred stock
brought 800 per share, the 6,027 of
second preferred brought $50, and the
5,S34 shares of common 5000 per share.
The Garfield Worsted Mills was in
corporated under the laws of New
Jersey, in 1902, with an initial paid in
capitalization of s125000. which was
subsequently increased by issues Of
stock to $2,50O.oO0. The stock auc-
toned off by Mr.. Palmer represents
AZ per cent of the total stock of the
concern, the majority being owned by
American citizens
Mr.. Palmer will to-day auction off
H., 142 shares of the common stock and
5000 shares of the preferred stock of
the Gera Mills, at Passaic, N. j., 1926
shares of stock of the Passaic Worsted
Spinning Company, and 1929 shares Of
the common, and 375 shares of the pre-
ferred stock Of the New Jersey Worsted
Spinning Company of Garfield n j.
The sale of the entire stock of the
Bayer Company, Inc, and the Synthetic
Patents Company, of Rensselaer,, n. Y,
| will take place Thursday at Rensselaer,
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Senator Moses Recovering

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 Senator
Moses, of New Hampshire, who has
been a victim of influenza since Friday,
was to-day reported to have passed the
crisis successfully and to be much inn
proved. The Senator expects to return
to his Capitol duties late this week.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Preliminary Conference to Fix
World League Formation Date

PARIS, Dec. 9.-During the prelimi-
nary conversations to fix the pro-
gramme for the peace conference it
is probable that the Allied delegates
viii decide # the organization of
league of nations will be elaborated at
the peace congress or left to a further
conference. the "Petit Journal" saws.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
The Luxury
of q Coat
Lined u,ith Fur

1t warns a man men
tally as well as physi-
cally. 1t gives one a
sense of exclusiveness
which (no matter how
much we may decry
the thought) is ever
present with us.
We talk glibly of dernoc-
racy, of liberty, equality
and fraternity, but still
whenever the c h ance
comes we take pride in
being singled out of the
crowd.
A fur-lined coat is not a
democratic garment. 1t
looks distinctive and it
makes a man feel dis
tlnguished.
The coat pictured is Storm
fitting, fashioned in fancy
mixtures in gray or
brown and is lined with
marmot fur with a col
lar of Hudson seal dyed
muskrat) or other. It's
price, $84.50, is not the
least of its good qualities.
MlagyS Fifth Floor. Broad
WaN
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Blankets
Which Defy
Arctic Weather

The "Amana" Blanket is
made by a Society of
Shakers away out in Iowa.
Nothing but the choicest
wool enters into the
weaving of those blank
cts. Considering their
durability they are re-
markably low priced:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
I eakzUood
Vase Bases

The priced porcelain,
cloisonne, or crystal vases
or ornaments will show
to better advantage when
displayed on the artistic
ally carved black base.
Our collection includes
practically every size,
from the very tiny ones
for worries, etc, to the
very large ones for mon
ster vases, bowls, incense
burners, etc.
Priced 24c to S4.69.
CgSr7T.s Far East Dent. First
Floor Rear
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Sterling SiIUer
Tablewore for
Holiday Gifts

A special purchase and
sale of Sterling Silver
Tableware is scheduled
to begin to-day.
Any of the sets or pieces
offeredwill make an ideal
gift. The prices are most
reasonable. The design
is Colonial, of patrician
simplicity.
There are sets of tea
spoons, dessert SPOONS,
soup spoons, dessert
l.nives, table forks. etc,
together with ladies. pie
crvers and snany other
'ngle pieces.
.r2S,rHrS floor. Broad
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
A House Coat
at S8.Z5

WADE OF a Strong, '1ura-
be fabric in a variety of
serviceable colorings with
fancy stripe or plaid Dacll
which lends distinction
to the garment.
If the man of the house
is particular, he'll be
grateful for one Of these
coats as a Christmas
present.
E5AanW8 Fifth Floor. Front.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10

3GlrV,H -Basement. 34th Street,
Rear
New-York tribune., 1918-12-10

AH~OhhCo Nhu ohtS W oJ
The main outline OF the programme
proposed by the committee thus be-
comes clear. For the fiscal year 1919
1t is planned to raise nearly $4,000, ,000,-
coo from income and profits taxes, and
something like 81, 400 600 900 from other
sources; for the fiscal year 1920 it is
planned to raise somewhat less than
$3,o00,o 100000 from income and profits
taxes. and about $1,000, 100000 from
ether sources.
About the general wisdom of such
programme we entertain no serious
doubt. 1t is imperative that profits
and income for the year 1918 be heav-
lily taxed. This is not only necessary,
but it is equitable and in accordance
with sound public policy. The profits
realized during the year 1918 are in
large part war profits; they are now in
the pocket of the taxpayer; they
should contribute heavily before they
have been dissipated or reinvested
toward the payment of the expenses
OF the war. to which in large measure
they are attributable"
Taking up the principal amendments
che committee proposes to the House
bill, the change in the surtax on indi-
sidual incomes is explained as being
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-09
LINE OF RETREAT CLOSED.
.Tranco-American Forces Block the
Setany Gap.

With the French Army in France
Nov. 4.-(By the Associated Press).-
The operation which the Franco
American forces are engaged in car
rytng out north Of the Argonne for
ests now has resulted in definitely
closing the Setany gap, one of the
main lines Of retreat for the German
Southern army.
The operation was developed and
progressing favorably at the last ac-
counts.
The Franco-American advance west
of the Meuse gradually is cutting
the roads over which enemy troops
may retreat to the frontiers Of Lux
emburg and Lorraine.
The railroad from Mezieres to
Montmedy also has been cut by the
fire Of the allied guns, which means
that there is no direct line OF commu-
nication with Germany for the enc
by troops in France west Of the
Meuse and that thereafter they must
pass through Luxembourg ard Bel
gium.
Indications are that the Germans
have accelerated their retreat toward
the frontiers of those two countries
since yesterday morning.