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pie he represents stands as one in op- position to this tax. Jefferson county in 1918 paid into the state school fund $246. .S79.09 more than her schools re- ceived.
 Geneva county paid in s16sS5.92 and received s31. .3s2.2s, or s15.056.36 more than paid in.
 Houston county paid in s245547S and received sS5,17S5o, or s1o.623.22 rlore than paid in.
 Where did it come from ?" he asked How much more do you want of us?-
 He stated that the state auditors re- port showed ad valorum taxes collected by the state last year amounted to $4,175, ,2S5.52. of which Jefferson county paid S1,006,06401, and that one indus try in that district is now singled out from which to collect a sum greater than the county's ad valorum tax In closing Mir. Arnold begged the members to be fair to the industrial district, that the people of that district asked no more
 WON'T HURT INDUSTRY
 Mir. Green of Dallas. in demanding that the tonnage tax be retained in the bill, stated that he had been informed by the governor that the profit on min ing coal is from one dollar to one and a half dollars a ton and that the in- dustry would not be crippled in the least by the tax.
 Mir. Cilett of Talladega, a member of the budget committee contended that every item in the appropriations schedule was absolutely essential and that the additional revenues would have to be raised and that the coal and iron tonnage tax was just and should not be eliminated.
 MT Benners declared that if the tax is not right it should not be collected no matter who pays it, whether the op orator. the minister or the consumer, that the tax on coal and iron ore is not tax on those commodities but upon industry and on the products of manufactures, license on the occupation of mining. He said that the schedule of licenses prepared by the budget comm ttee pro- vides for collecting only s400, 900 in the whole state and yet they propose to col lect three times that amount from one l industry He declared that every rail-
 road and every big corporation in the state should pay four per cent income tax and that this would amount to 8. .0o0,0o0 a year or more than sl,Ooo.0oo in excess of the increased revenues de- manded by the administration MT. Longshore of Shelby. said the mining companies paid tax on land and machinery. and a franchise tax and un- der this bill would have to pay income and excess profits tax. that it would be burdensome and many of the com panies would have to elose down if the tonnage tax were levied upon them. Mir Milford of Walker denounced the tonnage tax as class legislation. The committee went back into a session of the house and adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning.
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AFTER YOUR
 VACATION Remove Tan and Skra-Freckles By Using the Filack ard White Beauty ! Treat
 ment. x

The outdoor vacation, ,wheth9r in city or country the beach, tans. sunburns and freckles the hands, face, neck F d arns
 To restore the skin to it's nJ J4turaI state a popular beauty preparation is- recommended that is simple to and as delightful as the many lotions. creams. 1907 ders and sim liar cosmetics. which at the>JJest only cover or hide the discolorations.
 In addition to clearing, the complexion Black and White will pimples liver spots and other skin blen11Ihes.
 Black and White ointn, ent can be bought at all good drug stores 5or 25 cents. Write Black and White. Box hJo. 913, Memphis, Tenn. for free sample 1ad literature.
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the license schedule. It is expected that the entire schedule will be agreed upon within a short time tomorrow morning and that the house will be able to reconvene before noon.
 The workmens compensation is the special order for tomorrow and the revenue bill follows it. Unless the o2- position to the former bill is dropped 1t is not likely that the revenue bill will be reached before next week.
 There was a reduction in teh excess profits tax from 6 to 8 cents on the first S10,000 and from 10 to ! cents on all in excess of that amount. The fight of the druggists, hardwaremen and other merchants to exempt mutual and reciprocal insurance companies from the payment of license taxes re- qufred of insurance companies was suc- cessful. though bitterly opposed by a number of members.
 After roll call MT. Green of Dallas moved that the house resolve itself into a committee of the whole to finish consider ation on the revenue bill.
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MIR. ROSS DIRECTS


 MT. Ross of Jeffreson moved to table the motion. stating that there is plenty of business for the house to do, and that another legislative day should not be thrown away.
 MT Tunstall of Hale insisted in going ahead with the revenue bill, saving the committee could dispose of the revenue bill by noon, and the house could prob- ably pass it or defeated by night
 MT. Van de Graff of Tuscaloosa, SUD- porting the motion to table, said it would be impossible to finish Up the revenue bill in committee of the whole in a day. He said the members of the house were here to represent their people and not to do as somebody dictates. He in- sisted on going ahead with the legsla- tive day, and then adjourn until such time as the committee of the whole is able to report the bill
 Other arguments against the motion to table were made by MT. Lynne and MT. Brindley of Morgan, MT Truss of Jeff ferson and MT. Green of Dallas.
 MOTION IS LOST
 The motion to table lost, and the house thereupon went into committee of the whole. t Consideration of the excess profits tax was resumed. Before adjournment yes- terday MT. Waddell of Russell had moved that this part of the bill be stricken out and MT. Lynne of Morgan moved to table the motion. Mir. Lynne renewed his motion to table, and it carried by vote of 46 to 3S, and thereupon excess profits tax was retained a feature of the bill. MT. Carnley of Coffee offered an amendment adding life insurance com panies to the exempted list, and the committee promptly voted it down.
 MT. Van de Graft of Tuscaloosa offered an amendment reducing the rate from to per cent and from 10 to per sent, and speaking to this counseled req son and justice in the enactment of reve- nue laws. Repeating his argument that valua tions, now on a basis of about 2 per cent. be raised to the prescribed 60 per cent valuation
 PLEADS FOR FAIRNESS
 'Tf you are not laying a tax on your self be fair and do not put a burden on others" he said. Be just, be fair,
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Which Way Are You Travelling
Backward or forward?

You change your direction if you to- You know your weaknesses and you remedy them if you will Your future lies with yourself You the architect of your fortune the shaper of your destiny.
 But to succeed must be FIT to win must be too heavily handicapped Everyone is entitled to fair and start in the race
 If you are all rundown and impoverished in blood and energy then you have lost before you begin the you would be played favorite, you must believe first yourself and you cannot have econfdence unless you strong and physically fit
 If you eliminate sluggish and impoverished blood take pep and energy acquire mental and physical courage and determination you will be ready to be off when the begins.
 Just to be that you hunting the "ab of bad health for not having succeeded begin today prepare yourself to be strong free from indigestion and it's facilitating effects; learn the joy of being MANS man and the impulse of RED, RED BLOOD.
 FERRAIINE is NATURES own gift to those who hesi- tae and taken according to directions will relieve all stomach troubles overcome rheumatism relieve those who have weak kidneys restore those who weak and down. and-out and will make you believe that all men have equal chance for success just as they apply themselves FERRALINE is NOT s'patent" medicine. Its only pat ent' is NATURES Stamp of Approval and mans appre- citation for its wonderful results
 FERRAINE is sold by ALL GOOD druggists and mer- chants. Distributed by yDOSTER-NORTHINGTON DRUG co. and COLLIER DRUG co.
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RATE IS CUT TO
 TWO CENTS A TON
 AND PROSPECT OF / REMOVAL BRIGHT

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y WOULD TAX EVERYTHING

H'Jf you start in taxing coal, he said.
 the next thing will be tax on brick and on the shoes you wear, and the clothes on your back. on your cotton and your grain. Are you going to put this 1 tax on grand old Jefferson because na- : ture has lavished riches on her?
 "Too much money makes us reckless. We will be like the boy who inherits i fortune, spends it reckessly and wakes up to find himself broke
 i "The state auditors report shows rev enue receipts last year exceeded expen-
 ditures by over s7OO,00O. How many of you would be here today If your people ! had had any ie'a you were going to increase taxes. and here you propose to
 almost double the states income. Figures ] presented to this committee show that sr5, 900 Oo0, probably s16'0o0,0o0 will be raised under this bill It's an imposition
 to put on such a tax as this
 FAULK DEMANDING TAX MT. Farlk, of Geneva, demanded that
 the tax be imposed, claiming that the | rich minerals ought to be taxed.
 MT Hart, of Monroe, stated that he ! had at one time held in favor of the |, tax, but going further into the bill he ] discovered a tax on turpentine which l brought it home to him, as there is a | big turpentine industry in his xection of
 the state He opposed the tax.
 ] MT. Van de Graff, of Tuscaloosa, op- l posed the tax in a vigorous speech in l which he denounced it as tax on n- {, dustry
 1 MT. Stewart of Blob. farmer, said he had served several terms as county l comrnssio oner and had inside nforma- 1 tion on taxes He said the coal lands
 in his county did not pay as much taxes as they ought to- but that they pay ] more in proportion than the farmers of , Alabama He said the tax was wrong to begin with; that tax that did not
 apply to all was not right
 l TOMPKINS SCORES OPERATORS | MT TomplSins of Houston charged that in their effort to defeat the coal tax the operators had reached out and brought every interest in the state here to help them, and finally they had i brought the Warwick of Alabama pol itics here to do his might, brought here 1 the man who set them up to knock them i down. He declared that the mineral lands were not paying enough tax. Asserting that the coal operators made more money during the war than ever before in their his <ty, he argued that they should now be required to pabs the tonnage tax.
 Mr. Arnold of Jefferson said the peo-
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WOULD TAX CASES FILED
TONNAGE TAX REACHED

On reconvening at 2;30, the committee took up the coal and iron tonnage tax sections. MT. Benners of Jefferson moved to strike out both sections.
 MT Harrison of Jefferson, speaking on the motion. said he did not oppose this tax as an insurgent against the admins tration's constructive programme, that he realized the necessity of raising more
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ITS a funny thing about the Look outs. Recently they were in the depths of despair. scrapping over final posi- tion with the Vols. But they started a drive. and have won five out of their
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PLEADS FOR FAIRNESS

'Tf you are not laying a tax on your self be fair and do, not put a burden on others" he said. Be just, be fair, measure up to the Biblical injunction,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
SAYS BAKER ORDER
AIDS ARMY JOBLESS
But Kirchwey Thinks 1t Does
Not Go Far Enough to
Solve Problem.


head of the New York State branch OF
the United States Employment Service.
the recent order OF Secretary OF War
Baker permitting returned soldiers to
remain in camp and in the service OF the
army n they so oesire until jobs are
found for them Is not going to help
much In the unemployment problem.
1T is a step In the right direction
he said yesterday. land is hopeful in
that it shows that Secretary Baker
realizes tina. rehabilitation is a social
as well as military problem. but It
does not go far enough. Remembering
the psychology OF the soldier know
that his first desire Is to get away from
camp and home. or to the nearest big
city, or wherever he wants TO go. And
there is nothing In the order to show
that the soldier would be free TO leave
camp when he wished 10 seek job,
and Il is the man who r. right on the
spot 10 answer the demand OF the en-
ployer who has the best chance OF
work.
The employment problem. Or. Kirch-
wey said, WAS fast becoming serious.
and might easily get 70 be crisis.
When building and other industries
start up again. which will be perhaps
the middle OF next summer. relief will
come. but We are IN for some months OF
suffering and great poverty he said.
"A week ago there were 10000 men out
OF Jobs in Buffalo yesterday there were
200. Many people will have to take
much smaller wages than they have been
getting.
The 5000 women who were thrown
ont OF work BY the shutting down of the
Long Island CITY gas defence plant had
been getting from SIS TO S25 a week We
were able to find Jobs for such as wanted
them, but only in department stores al
$3.50 a week.
AS for the returning soldiers, en-.
ployers could help the situation very
much II they would show some OF the
patriotism which led so many of thor'
to release their mon. Almost any busl.
ness can expand a little. take on a few
more men, and II the employers would
do this generally during this period ~
= repOnatrtirt iou u Would holm very ,r1,,rl, q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Y. M. H. A. TO AID PATRIOTS.
Free Memberhip for ex-soldiers,
Tars and Marines.

Free membership in the Y. NJ. II. A.
OF Greater New York Is offered to all
men discharged from the United States
Army. Navy and marines. This invita-
ton Is new feature of the patriotic SER
vice programme which has been carried
out by the Y. NJ ". A. in conjunction
with the Jewish Welfare Board. The
offer of free membership was made to-
day by Rabbi Aaron q. Robson. execu-
tive director of the Manhattan Y. NJ. II.
A.. Ninety-eecond street and Lexington
avenue
Employment bureaus. gymnasiums
game rooms. libraries, lecture and study
classes and legal advice bureaus are
among the Y. NJ. II. A. facilities placed
at the disposal Of the discharged service
men. The Y. NJ. II. A. buildings are 10
Gated as follows: Bronx. 1851 Frank
lin avenue; Washington Heights, 975 81
Nicholas avenue; Brooklyn. 345A Ninth
street: Williamsburg. 1874 Clymer street
Bath Beach, Cropsey avenue and TWEEN
tleth street: Rdgewood. ia Linden
street; Borough Park, 1910 Fourteenth
avenue; Mount Vernon, 80 North Tenth
avenue: New Rochelle. III Winyah ave-
nue..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
MEMORIAL FOR WAR DEAD.
MRnhattRn Republican Club TO
Honor Heights Heroes.

The Manhattan Republican club 81
the Twenty-first Assembly distric, has
taken steps toward the esta biishmcnt of
permanent memorial in honor OF the
soldiers from the lower end Of Washing
to Heights who have lost their lives In
the great war
II has been planned % hold an open
air memorial service in the vicinity OF
18TH street and Broadway and 20 re-
ceive subscriptions from patriotic citi-
zens iIi the vicinity and to place the
memorial in the public square or park at
the junction OF Broadway. Hamilton
place and 18Th street
The committee consists of John w.
Remer. chairman of Local Board No.
al, with headquarters at the College Of
the city of New York; Robert :. Conk-
| lin, Deputy Attorney-Gcneral John T.
Mcneil Deputy Excise Commissioner:
Justice John Il. Davies OF the Municipal
| Court, Sidney GoodaCre, Hugo Levy,
Nicholas Pinto, George Fenherg, Oscar
| lgstaedter. Florence W. Remer. Harriet
| Porrit, Harriet Kennedy and William V.
| Goldie.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Y. M. C. A. MEN DIE ABROAD.
Harry Y. Richardson One of Two
10 succumb In service

4 cable message to the Y. ". Z. A.
War Work Council yesterday announced
the death OF two "Y' workers overseas
Harry !. Richardson of Elmira and the
Rev. William II Howe % Citionelle, Ala
Mr., Howe. who was 50 wears old. -
wed In France in November. lie died
from pneumonia in a camp hospital.
Mr. Richardson. who was circulation
manager Of the Elmira Advertiser when
he went overseas last August, died IN
Florence, Italy. Death was caused by
Spanish fever. Reports from italy say
that under extreme war conditions hs
was notable for his energy and cheerful
ness. and that so successfu had he heer
IN his work among the Italians that they
had insisted on having a memorial ser
vice for him He was born In Holl day
Pa. but had lived FOR several years II
Elmira, where his wife Is. He was g.
years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
MURPHY ABSENT
AT "PEACE DINNER"
Leader Sends Regrets to
Cleveland Democracy.

Tammany tribe Smen will pick up their
morning papers to-day and peruse them
10 their disappointment. For wasn't
last night the night that the big chief
was to smoke the pipe OF peace with the
enemy In neutral wigwam? II was,
but he didn't,
Charles +. Murphy was consricuously
among those absent when Toastmaster
William II. Sclden arose TO open ora
torical festivities at the annual dinner
of the Cleveland Democracy at the Ho-
tel Savoy. at which, according 10 the
advance notices, Charles Francis him
self was TO sit In amity with those with
whom a Tammany man has never Off
cially broken bread before A letter
from, Mr.. Murphy expressing regret that
pressing business prevented his at
tendance, and placing the stamp Of ap-
prevail upon one Thomas jefferson was
read by the chairman,
Seated at the speakers table were L
J. OReilly OF the Independence League
William Schneider of the Cleveland De
mocracy, Supreme Court Justice Edward
]. Gavegan, Corporation Counsel VIII
lam +. Burr and others. Mention o.
Woodrow Wilson got n hand tho name
OF "Ar' Smith got couple of them, II
was not until an orator sounded tn,
name OF William Randolph Hearst thai
he got the kind OF recognition that q
Democratic orator at "A Democratic func
tlon has a right to expect The utter
, most heights Of the evenings applaus,
were reached when County Clerk Schnei
der called attention to the quicksand
Of disaster the nation was walking Int
| in not granting general increases In tn,
salaries Of Democracy's servants.
Look at McAdoo Look al Greg
| ory!" was the invitation. followed by
| few well chosen words respecting tn
| services OF public servants nearer hoin
l and the need OF general ealary boostin,
| action all along the line.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
EXONERATES ASSESSORS.
Commissioner HirshheId Dismisses
Clerk Spitxer's Charges.

In report TO Mayor Hylan yesterday
on charges made against the Board OF
Assessors by Ernest Splitter. formerly a
clerk In that office, that they had over
assessed private property and made II
easy for lawyers to get fees, David
Hirshteld, Commissioner OF Accounts,
wrote to Mayor Hylan yesterday:
II will report that after eifting all the
verblage In these letters whlrh Mr.
Splitter wrote to the Mayor and to me,
and hearing Mr., Splitter under oath,
there IL absolutely nothing which casts
any reflection upon the Board Of Asses
sors or or any Of its members. They
are performing their duties honestly
and well and in the interest OF the tax
payers"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
O'DONNELL FREED OF
RIDDELL MURDER
NeW York Police Establish
Abb for Him.

Patrick O'Donnell, the twenty eight
year-old epileptic who made confession
to Yonkers police that he killed Marie
Riddell near her home in Glen Morris
Queens, was set at liberty in the
jamaica police court yesterday upon
motion of District Attorney Denis
O'Leary. The remarkable confession.
which seemed at first to the authorities
10 leave no doubt that O'Donnell com
mitted the murder, was set aside after
New York police had investigated and
established an alibi.
O'Donnell was In normal health at
his arraignment and admitted gravely
that he was hysterical when he made
the statement to the Yonkers authori-
ties. After his discharge he held an
irpromptu reception and with his
father, sister and attorneys shook hands
with every one connected with the case.
He would make no answer to reporters
who sought to get detailed account OF
his wanderings the night of the murder.
In asking for O'Donnelrs release Mr..
OLeary said
I'VE have gone into the case deeply
and we cannot find anything except
this mans own statement to substantlate
a charge being made against him. We
have aifdavits to prove that 1t was u
physical impossibility for him to have
been at the scene of the crime al or
about the time II was said to have
taken place. The only thing left for
me TO do is to ask for a dismissal OF the
charge"
O'Donnell formally thanked Magis-
trate Doyle when his discharge was
ordered. William A. Dempsey Of Brook
lyn counsel for O'Donnell. thanked the
District Attorney for his fairness in the
case. O'Donnell at once returned to his
home at 60 Lexington avenue. Manhat-
tan. on his way out of the court room
he was asked directly II he had killed
Miss Riddell.
II did not" he answered in a manner
OF fact voice and left the building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
SEEKS EX-SOLDIERs AS COPS.
Deputy Wanamaker VIII Help
Them Meet Examinations.

Rodman Wanamaker. Special Deputy
Police Commissioner. offers the oppor-
tunities of the police force to soldiers
and sailors honorably discharged from
the service. He stated yesterday that
he will organize a battalion of ex-service
men who are eligible for appointment as
policemen with a view to training and
equipping them so they will be able to
pass the coming civil service examina-
tons.
Mr.. wanamaker pointed out that po-
lice pay continues during Illness and ser
vice OF twenty-five years Is rewarded
with pension. Applicants will be re-
ceived at room 215. Police Headquarters.
Manhattan. Mr.. Wanamaker is eager
TO get men on the force who have had
the benefit OF military training.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
PAULIsTS OBSERVE FOUNDING.
stxttrth Anniversary OF the order
Is Celebrated.

The siNtieth anniversary of the found
ing % the Paulist Fathers in the Arch
diocese OF New York in 1855 was cele-
brated yesterday in the Roman Catholic
Church Of st. Paul the Apostle, Column
bus avenue and SiNtieth street, with a
solemn high mass Of Thanksgiving. The
Rev Thomas +, Burke preached the
sermon.
The huge church was crowded with
priests and laymen from all parts OF
the United States. who came to cele-
brate the anniversary Of the pstronal
saint. Representatives of tho Paullst
Order from California, Tennessee I'LL
nois. Texas, Oregon, Minneapolis. Dis
trict OF Columbia and Canada were
present. The boys choir furnished the
singing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
SAILOR RESCUES FOUR BOYS.
Had Broken Through the Ice in
UronX River.

The Bronx River yawned a hole ia
it's coating OF zee yesterday and into it
fell four brooklyn boys who were cross
ing from the Bronx Geological Gardens.
Rertram Reed, sailor from Pelham
Bay. plunged in and Nanked out TWO
Of the youngsters first and then rescued
the other two. They were Ralph Lou
mice. II, Of 265 Atlantic avenue; Rastus
Boxtale, 300 Atlantic avenue, and his
brother Edward. IL, and otto Studhal-
ter, 10. OF 3O2 Atlantic avenue.