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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

Mr.. Lloyd George expresses the hope that
victory will come in 1918, but any astute
German can read in his statement the dis
couraging resolve to keep right on yictory's
tail, whether the bird alights in 1918, 1919
or 1920
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

The introduction of an airplane postal SER
vice will produce qualms in the breasts of
at least one class of employees If it proves
wholly satisfactory the government NAV re-
quire rural carriers to provide themselves
with airplanes and pay mechanic out of
their salary of $1,000 or so a year
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

Prussian militarism, it should be remem-
bered, is condition, not a theory, and is
not to be argued away by fine spun phrases.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

While Hindenburg is set on dining in Pa
ris, good many Germans would be satisfied
merely to eat in Berlin.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05
SPECTACULAR PATRIOTISM.
From the Irwinton Bulletin.

From the Irwinton Bulletin.
We saw very patriotic lady the other
day wearing short skirt, boots that didn't
quite reach, two boxes of talcum powder
and gorgeous knitting bag, as she was go
ing to the city to knit pair of ten-cent
socks for the soldiers. AS she left the front
door the cook went out the back door with
two bushels of rations, easily worth $685.
Spectacular patriotism comes too high. Self
sacrifice is what counts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

Dawson welcomes the opportunity to en-
terrain the teachers of the Third district in
April and that the city will sustain a we'll
deserved reputation for cordial hospitality
goes without saying.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

Bolo Pasha is said to be perfectly "tran-
quill" Nevertheless, an unblemished repu-
tation is better than thousand grounds for
appeal
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

The Savannah Press prints lengthy ed
itorial on "The Delicious Snail" Ugh! But
maybe editors can get to the point of eat
ing and liking anything.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

There is printed on this page of The News
verses written by Major A. Lewis which will
be read with interest and tender sympathy
by hundreds of friends of this venerable
man. To have lived so as to enable one to
calmly and serenely, yea with eager happi-
ness, await the landing ION the other shore"
is life's supreme glory. Friends throughout
this section join with us in the hope that the
Great Physician will renew the health and
strength of this good man. and spare him
for long time yet to come.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

The old grist mill on streams in the rural
districts is coming into its own again 1t is
not so long ago since these mills furnished
flour and meal for all the people. The new
process of milling came into vogue some
thirty or forty years ago, and then the old
fashioned mill held out stoutly against the
roller mill. Gradually, however, the new
method prevailed. The objection to the new
process was that the most nutritious and
health-giving parts of the grain did not go
into the meal. The old grist mill was excel
lent in many respects, and now demonstrates
that good thing is not apt to be lost.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

In these bootlegging days the c1oven hoof
is often revealed by the cloven breath
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

Spain is to have the worlds fourth larp-
est concrete dam, which will impound about
23o,OoO,OOO cubic yards of water for hydro
electric power
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

A headline asks "Was George Washing
Ton bled to death?" If he had to pay the
prices we do, there's no doubt about it
Macon News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

We are told that no less than forty men
are required to properly handle and care
for each flying machine used for war pur-
poses. Those figures tell how impossible it
would be to put hundred thousand aero
planes in the air for war purposes. But
if we can send three thousand or even two
thousand planes and the needed compile
ment of men to France we shall convince
Fritz that there is something doing in the
air as we'll as on the earth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

The kilograms that are coming from Eu-
rope indicate that Germany may be prepar-
ing for the much talked of movement in
France, the drive that Hindenburg is quot
ed as saying will eventuate In placing him
in Paris by April 1st. After all, the advance
advertising of this reputed movement may
be just piece of Teuton subtlety meant to
draw attention from movements that are
planned to develop in other localities. The
enemy is not to be trusted in these matters
Evening star., 1918-01-07
PLAN ANOTHER CAMPAIGN
TO REPLENISH TREASURY
Red Cross Officials to Make Nation
Wide Canvass in the Spring.
Activities Recounted.

With nearly half of the one-hundred-
million dollar fund subscribed last
summer used UP in appropriations. the
Red Cross has announced that another
nationwide campaign to replenish it's
treasury will be held in the spring.
The date has not yet been set. but it
will be announced in the near future.
Various accomplishments of the or
ganization are detailed in statement.
which gives announcement of the fact
that the new year started with a vast
number of new members. Sixteen thou
sand graduates are enrolled with the
Red Cross. according to the statement,
and 1t is estimated that 10000 of the
so, 900 trained nurses of the country
will be needed by the end of next year.
Through the organization American
women have taken part in other activ-
tiles beside nursing. They are making
in Red Cross workrooms and in their
homes surgical dressings. knit goods.
hospital garments and comfort kits to
an estimated value for the year of
$50. 100000.
Evening star., 1918-01-07
U. S. MARINES ABROAD
BEING REASSEMBLED
Fighters to Go Into Training and
Expected to Be Ready in
Months Time.

CaDlegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918,
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. January 3.-America's heht-
ing marines, who have been scattered
on provost duty in the cities of France
and England and along the lines of
communication since the expedition
landed are being reassembled to re-
sumo training. On account of their ex-
cellent condition they are expected to
be in top shape in less than a month.
The regiment of marines formed a
part of the frst contingent. and sew
eral companies because Of their mill
tary appearance and superior disci-
pline were Immediately detached on
provost work in cities where larse
bodies of American soldiers were sta
toned. The remaining companies con-
tinued training but were detached from
the first contingent and attached to
another on the eve of the cup contests,
and had no part in the subsequent top
training OF actual trench warfare,
Even now Gen. Pershing considers 1t
inadvisable to bring back the two
companies doing provost duty in Paris
anu tue CITY where tHo general mead
quarters are located.
With these exceptions all the ma
rines, including subsequent arrivals,
will be concentrated In the training
area under brigadier general OF their
own. The failure to get a taste Of
trench flghting has been q source Of
great disappointment to the soldiera Of
the sea. Eventually these men will form
large unit of the expeditionary
forces.
Evening star., 1918-01-07
WAR DIVISION IS CREATED,
freideat Gives 0Meial Recognition
Of Foreign Film Service.

oAAeial recognition Of the meWng picture
campaign which has been carried en- by
the committee on public information to
stimulate interest in the war has been
given by President Wilson. BY executive
order, he has created . diviaien Of foreigR
picture service under the jurisaictien Of
the eemmittee.
Fer some menths the eammittea has bean
RQttiAa out mettan nleture Alms tor The
hNlPese q fuFrishiFG entertainment end
instruction to American saldisrs at hame
MSch q this work has been carried "a
through the T. NJ g. A. and similar or
EsnisatieRS and tie RFedaent's eFeeE
ganizations for fhsir pgoportionass ShsTs
q sibaatpeI aa Isa ssa s.sss aaaass 6 50 s AZ
Evening star., 1918-01-07
WILL DISCUSS ACTIVITIES.
Meeting, Of Various Community As.
seciations to Be Held.

Meetings of community associations
in Washington will be held In scheol
buildings this week. The initial gath
ering Of the Powell Community Associ-
alton has been called by the president.
John De La Mater. fer tonight at 8
o'clock at the Powell School. A COM
munity center committee will be ap-
pointed to carry on the activities in
the center.
Tomerrew night at 8 o'clock a meet
ing of the Peshody Community Associ-
alton will be held at the Peabody
School. Mrs. William Wolnt Smith will
speak on Possibilities Of the commu-
nifty Center in War Time." with regard
to cooperative buying.
DR.. Lyman B. Kebler Of the Dspart-
ment Of Agriculture will lecture en-
'Food and Thrift" at 4 meeting of the
Wilson Normsl School Community cen-
ter at the scheol tomerrew night. Fur-
this week.
Evening star., 1918-01-07
French to Create Luxury List.

PARIS, January 7.-Louis Kletz.
French minister Of finance. yesterday
appointed q eommissien composed Of
the presidents at the chambers of eom-
meFee. representatives Of the different
|liRes Of business. the mayers Of leading
cities and elAcisls Of the departments
|eoAeeTned. to make UP list Of articles
Ito be considered as iuxuries liable to
the 10 per esnt tar provided fer Ia the
revenue Law passed in December. The
|eamsaiselen IL asked to present Q com-
Rlste list - be auhNitteA fer the ap-
lnroyal ef parliament beginning With
February.
Evening star., 1918-01-07
Principles Which Govern.


cost by the number of years it has to
sun.
Principles Which Govern.
In claiming depreciation the following
cardinal principles govern:
Only such depreciation results from
exhaustion. wear and tear of property,
due to its use in business or trade can
be claimed.
Depreciation of home automobile or
any article used for personal conven-
ience or pleasure cannot be claimed
only depreciation on property used for
the purpose of producing income.
Depreciation other than that arising
from ordinary wear and tear of prop
erty, such as decreased valuation due
to changed social or business conditions
in a neighborhood in which property is
tuations in market values. cannot be
made: this in the event Of sale or trade
Depreciation of land. improved or
otherwise. due to anv cause, cannot
If depreciation of property has been
claimed in deductions to full value, no
further depreciation will be allowed.
Contributions to individuals cannot
be deductea-only to organized chari-
ties. etc.
Domestic partnerships - American
business firms-are taxable as stated
before, each partner making q dn6 returns.
for the Arm. plus the agreed salaries.
No payment made to partnership ts
subject to withholding.
Penalty for Fraud and Neglect.
Specific penalties are provided for
neglect or refusal to make returns as
due March !. unless time Is extended
for cause by permission Of internal
revenue commissioner. not less than $40
or more than $1,000.
For a false or fraudulent return or
statement with intent to defeat or
evade the assessment Of the tax. not to
exceed $4,000 fine or Imprisonment for
one year, or both. with costs of prose-
eution. In the jud Fment of the court.
Under both statutes 10o per cent is
added to the tax where the return as
fled by the taxpayer is determined to
have been willfully false or fraudulent.
regardless of when the return was
filed; where taxpayers file no return
and where the evidence establishes the
fact that 1t was the purpose Of the
taxpayer to evade or defeat the tax.
(To be continued.)
Evening star., 1918-01-07
Msllieps Of Surgical Dressinss.

ship in the Navy and to 1000 war hos
pitfalls behind the lines in France. The
Red Cross has promised to ship to
France 100000 dressings a month for
the next six months. More than
IS, ,0OO, 900 worth Of yarn has been pur-
chased or ordered for the Red Cross.
to be knitted into sweaters and muf-
More than 10000 French children are
Hs ssss sas fnt y sha ssea
Tuberculosis hospital near Paris and
twenty civilian dispensaries in the
American Army zene are being OPP
Grated. Fifty base hospitals have been
|arGanised In America, and more than
Ia dexen Of them have already been
sent to France. FoFty-fve ambulance
companies. q total of $500 men. have
heeR mustered iRte the Array medical
service.
Evening star., 1918-01-07
Demand for Domestics.

"There Is a great demand for do
mestio workers. in Washington. The
pay offered ranges from $26 to 80 .
menth. We Investigate each home
listed with us and we can assure girls
who will do this sort Of work that we
can ind them desirable places. A girl
who goes into q private home in Wash
ington for 3a5 q month will have much
more In the end than the girl who
works in an office for SIS a month"
The room placement bureau Of the
Y. w, C. A. reports that between the
first week In June and the middle Of
December 1t found rooms for $500
women. all new to Washington and all
federal employees. 6eme OF them were
placed in the Elizabeth Semers Home,
maintained by the association. and 9TH
ers were housed in places known to
the association.
Evening star., 1918-01-07
Fail to Notify Of Occupancy.

Failure of housekeepers to notify
the room bureau when the rooms they
have listed are occupied has caused
the bureau to send many persons to
two and three houses, only to find that
the rooms have been occupied for sew
eFal days.
To help prevent this in future. Mr..
Thomas Is having post cards printed.
which will be given to persons when
they start out to look at a room. II
they find the room occupied they will
be requested to drop the card in a mail
box, SO that the bureau will not send
route.
A woman, signing herself House
keeper" wrote to The Star today criti-
cising the attitude Of strangers In the
city who refuse to take rooms which
require a car ride to and from the
government departments.
Evening star., 1918-01-07
GIRLS ARE ADVISED
NOT TO COME HERE
Y. W. C. A. Urges Them to Hold
Jobs in Home Towns Be-
cause of Costly Living.
ROOMS STILL ARE SOUGHT

Girls residing In towns near Wash
ington are urged by the employment
department of the Young Women's
Christian Association to keep their
jobs in their home towns and stay away
from Washington in a report recently
issued by the department.
There is q large demand by private
employees in Washington for stenog-
raphers and typists." says the depart
ment, but the best pay offered in the
majority of cases Is only SIS month.
The present cost Of living in WASH
ington makes SIS a month just enough
to get along on. We have desirable
homes listed where girls may get room
and board for S35 month. but this
does not include lunches. After a girl
has paid her car fare and paid for her
lunches anl laundry and met other ex-
penses she has little Of her $75 left
at the eng of the month.
Evening star., 1918-01-07

Assessments paid on stock cannot be
claimed as a deduction; while interest
paid during the year is deductible, no
deduction can be made for interest paid
on money borrowed for the purchase of
securities.
All expenses necessary in carrying
on a business or trade-not including
living expenses-are deductible.
Premiums paid on the life of an Of
ficer, employe or other party financially
interested in a partnership, corpora
ton or business conducted by an indi-
vidual shall not be deducted in COM
putting net income, All interest paid
within the year on Indebtedness other
than that which may have been in
CURED by reason of the purchase of se-
curities or obligations, is deductible.
Taxes paid within the year imposed
by the autherity of the United States
except income or excess war profits
or its territories or its possessions, or
any foreign country, or by the author
ity of state, county, school district OF
municipality. OF other taxing subdivi-
sion Of any state, not including those
assessed against local BENEFITS, may be
deducted.
Taxes for local benefits include such
items as assessments for sprinkling OF
oiltng streets. paving Of q street con-
tiguous to the taxpayers property, dig
gtng of bitches or construction of a
sidewalk.
Law as to Bad Debts.
Bad debts. definitely aseertained as
worthless and uncollectible for the
year in which deduction Is cliamed may
be claimed. II a corporation is the
debtor and 10 absolutely unable to pay,
then deduction may be made; money
loaned as q personal favor in friend
ship cannot be Offset In scheduling in
| come tax. Any payment on account of
a bad debt must be included in the
next years income. A reasonable allow
anee for the depreciation of property
may be claimed when said property is
used for business or trade purposes, but
In the event Of claiming depreciation,
he will not be permitted to claim re-
pairs at the same time. A store or
other building has eutlived its useful
ness and 10 pulled down. no deduction
being allowable: but II destroyed prior
to the close of it's usefulness, its value
may be considered part Of the cost Of
a new building. No deduction for the
Evening star., 1918-01-07

Tho arst seheof for the training ef shir.
builders. who will be employed to aid IN
shippana Aeet nov under construction az
authorized, WaS opened today at Riehs
mond, Staten Island, under the anspicea
of the department Of education af ths ttate
Of New York
Evening star., 1918-01-07
Still to Seek Rooms.

Tho room resa.t<atiea bureau of the
District Council Of f.fense win endeavor
to find quarters for a. many new govern
ment workers in the cit, AZ possible. re-
Sardless Of the movement e.arted in Con-
Gress to obtain an apprenri.. lion for the
erectien Of large dornaitories to house
these new Worksra
William H. Baldwin. chairman IT tho
District council said teday there has saen
. noticeable inereaaa in the influx of NJ
workers since January !. Mr.. Baldwin
made 1t clear that the establishment Of the
room registration bureau will in no way
interfere with the efficient cooperation
the Y. NJ. C. A. and the Y. w. C. A. have
been giving the council for months in find
Ing rooms for visiting clerks.
The room renting bureau, Of which Le-
roy Thomas is in charge. is still tempo
rarily located at the Chamber Of Com
merce. Gil 12th street. while its Office at
sno.b has
at Union station, in charge Of the Travel
ers' Aid Society. at which the incoming
clerks will be directed to the room bureau
as soon aS they arrive.
Evening star., 1918-01-07
The INCOME TAX and THE INDIVIDUAL
BY l. A. FLEMING,
Fifth Article.

loss of a building destroyed as unsafe
by order of authorities.
The cost of patent furnishes the
basis of annual depreciation-divide the
cost by the number of years it has to
run.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-25
The Decline in Coppers.

Selling of the copper shares Nester-
dav was attributed 10 the announcement
made on the news tickers that leading
producers had agreed on a price OF 23
cents a pound for the metal. II was
augmented afterward by the reduction
Of the dividend on Anaconda Copper
from an SIS TO a Sc share annual basis.
None OF the copper shares escaped the
depression, but It was most prominent
in Anaconda and American Smelling.
the former suffering net decline or
~ and the latter of pa points on
turnover in either issue OF more than
81 600 shares. Inspiration Consolidated,
the dividend for which will he cons'd-
cred Thursday. declined nearly two
points on much lighter transactions
The whole decline. il was judged by
students Of speculation. was contin-
nance Of the movement to discount lower
commodity prices and their effect on
earnings. What happened yesterday,
"A .oord;nS to excellent authority, was
that in the morning the leading copper
producers held a meeting regarding
prices at the beginning of the year
one leading producer announced that
his price would be ,23 cents. When the
directors OF the Anaconda Copper Min
ing Company met after noon, domi-
nant interest declared that there was
Only one thing for the company to do
and that was to cut the dividend.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-25
The Automobile outIoo~.

II was estimated Yesterday. from the
past output of the pierce-Arrow plants
in 1918 under the war urgency, that the
company turned out about 200. 900
trucks In 1915 the companys output
was $4,000, and in 1917 10000 trucks
Whatever the construction OF motor
trucks by the whole industry, the manu-
facturers are confronted with a serious
problem in the falling off OF war de-
mand. In just one item, the disposition
OF $4,000 motor trucks in the hands of
the United States Government. lies an
instance OF the cause OF their anxiety as
viewed by a man In touch with the in
dnstry, II was expected that a large
demand would develop in France and
other European countries, but, II was
pointed out Yesterday, the msnufac-
turers Of those lands have been rushing
heavy orders OF trucks and have a sup
ply Of them on hand, which with slight
repairs and renewal would Ill by far
the greater part of that demand. on
the other hand, II was believed pas
scnger car stocks throughout this COIN
try and Europe were relatively low In
1917 the output Of passenger vehicles
was about 100000, and II was figured
that In 1918 the production was some
thing around 900 cars less Rough
estimates placed the total number Of
passenger automobiles in service
throughout the United States AZ 5.On0,-
coo and the normal life Of car at FIVE
years This led 10 the conclusion that
normal annual demand would come 10
about % per cont Of THAI total or
! 900, 0C0 cars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-25
Pierce rroN .

Tie upward reaction in P,erce-Arrow
rcsterday was due to the covering or
short commitments on tho part of in
s'ders The stock had heeu weak for
several days. and the talk that accom-
panied the movemen, was that the DIM
dcnd would be cut. This talk was based
generally on the belief that the eNtraor-
binary supply OF motor trucks, taken in
conjunction with the known expansion
OF this business by the Pierce Arrow
concern. would reduce earnings sharply
II was by no means predicated on past
earnings Of the company. Conservative
men in the Street were inclined To place
that talk. up to yesterday. on par with
recent attacks made against the financial
position OF the Studehaker corporation.
In both stocks the direct cause OF the
de line was short ceiling. The gossip
aneut Pierce Arrows dividend was
founded more Immediately on the refusal
~ officials to say that the disbursement
would not be reduced II was under
stood yesterday. however, tGat there had
developed a division OF opinion in tho
board of directors that might, when the
board meets Thursday. result in the
declaration OF the usual dividend
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-25
Ich' Prr & OIL
COFFEE MARKET.

The feature OF the market Yesterday
was the Improvement expected to ma
terialize shortly in the freight situation,
II being said that some Of the 500, 600
tons OF SHIPPING allotted to South Amer
lea was now en- route. which promises
increased shipments from Brazil. The
supplies of coffee In this country con-
tinue to decrease daily and have ALREADY
reached an alarmingly low point. being
54i,6l: bags, against l.7lO.39s year
ago The situation is still in the hands
of the producing countries and holders
in the primary markets fall to show
inclination TO reduce prices, which have
been advanced gradually until they are
at the high point OF the crop. The early
cable to the exchange reported an adj
vance OF 200 reis in the Rio spot market.
Santos unchanged with a decline in flu
lures Of 25 to 100 refs.
Receipts at the ports were $4,000 bags,
against $4,000 last year and 81 900 two
years ago. Sac Pauio had 10000,
against $4,000 and $1,000. and Jundiahy
$4,000. against $4,000 and $4,000 bags