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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
No. 2.

No. 2
Twenty thousand persons last year
paid fine Of IS each for failure 70 ME
an income-tax return for 1918. although
their income for that year was not tax
able
The revenue act provides an exemp-
ton Of $1,000 for single persons. $4,000
for married persons and heads 81 farni-
lies. ami an additional exemption Of $500
for each person dependent upon the tax
payer. Il such person is under is years
Of age, or incapable ST self-support The
delinquents last year were persons whose
income exactly equaled the amount Of
the exemptions and who considered it
unnecessary Therefore. to nla a return.
and others whose income was nontaxa-
bic because OF dependents. ana who were
under similar mistaken impression
For example. a single man with net
income ~ $1,000 was supporting sis
ter for whom ne was allowed an exemp-
ton Of 5000. placing his income IN the
nonta1able list For this reason he did
not tile return. When his delinquency
vas discovered through a return filed by
MS employer. who is required 10 report
payments of $1,000 or more TO each em-
ploye. he was fined S.
MUST FILE A RETURN
To avoid penalty. every person whose
incomes for the last year equaled or
| exceeded $1,000. or $4,000. according to
their marital status. or their status
as tho head or a family. must file a re
| turn. The law makes no exceptions, the
penalty for failure being fine Of not
more than $1,000.
HEAD OF FAMILY
Whether a person Is the head Of q
| Family and entitled 90 q $4,000 ex-
| emption is a question to be determined
| largely by circumstances surrounding
| each individual case The fixing or his
status decides IN many instances. wheth
or his income IS taxable or nontaxs BILE.
A head Of a family is defined By
| Treasury regulation as "a person v,hQ
! actually supports and maintains ono o.
! more individuals who are closely con
nectcd with him by blood relationship.
| relationship by marriage. On hy adop-
ton. and whose right To exercise family
control and provide for these dependents
I IS based upon some moral or legal obli-
cation" A single person is the head Of
| a family II he is tho sole support Of
relatives living in the same house with
him and If he exercises control OF house
are used in the sense that there is n
ether persons - whom the dependents
may look for support. Income from 9th
( er sources. such az interest on bonds
stock dividends. pensions. etc. II mcagre
enough still 70 leave tho recipient de-
pendent does not preclude a claim for
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
Holds Same Position 80
Years Without a Raise

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvIcEI
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

Are you tezd'na The Tras.r
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
VoHey Into CrolUd
Ends Limerick Riot
~ oman Mortally Wound
ed, Man Killed and
Many Injured in Clash

LONDON, Feb. 3.-Serious riotine
occurred at Limerick last night, ac-
cording to dispatch to "The Star"
The military fired on the crowd of
demonstrators and Richard Dwyer was
killed.
woman also received shot in the
body and is believed to be mortallv
wounded. A number of other persons
were injured
The trouble arose in O'Connell
Street, where a crowd came into col
llslon with an armed military patrol
and constabulary. The crowd "booed''
the patrol; 1t Is reported that one of
the crowd fired a revolver at the
troops, who returned the fire.
DUBLIN, Feb. 3.-The Dublin cor
poratlon has adopted a resolution di-
recting the attention of the peoples of
other countries to "the intolerable con-
ditions under which the Irish people
labor, instanccd by arrests and depor-
tatlons without trial Of three MEM
bers of the council under acts passed
during the war"
A continuance of this state of af-
fairs, the resolution says, would not
be justified unless on the assumption
that state of war existed between
Ireland and England"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Special Care Is Taken to
Guard Wilson From Flu
DIR. Cravson Discloses That the
President Had Narrow Escape
Several Days Ago
NeW York Tribune
WASHINGTON Bureau
vxyACrrrNyrroN Wy

WASHINGTON, Feb. Especial 8. pre-
cautions against the President con-
tracing influenza are being taken by
Dl. Cary T. Grayson and members of
the White House family who are in
attendance upon Mr.. Wilson, it was
officially said day. DR.. Grayson dis
closed that the President had slight
cold several days ago and had a mar
row escape from Influenza.
The Presidents daily excursions TO
the open air in his wheel chair have
been abandoned temporarily, except on
the most moderate days, and special
care is being taken that no one with
even the slightest cold is permitted
near the patient. Only occasionally
is the President permitted to walk
about the upper portion of the White
House, and an even temperature is con-
stantly being kept in all the rooms
wnere The patient may walk.
White House attaches declared to-
day the President has no thought of
presiding at Cabinet meetings until he
is thoroughly we'll. The report that the
patient was soon to be removed to q
Southern winter resort also was said
to be unfopnded.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
British Bankers
In Conference
Orer Exchange
Hard York Called Best
Remedy for Lean Purse
in Europe; Recovery Is
Certain To Be SI0,U

LONDON, Feb. 3.-Austen Chamber
lain, the Chancellor Of the Exchecuer
discussed with leading bankers, politica
leaders and others this afternoon tn.
situation that has arisen from the ad
verse rate Of exchange The creates,
secrecy was maintained in connection
win the proceedings, but a statemcn,
was made public after the meeting, 4
report also was drawn up for presenta
ton to the Cabinet.
Great crowds witnessed tho arr;yo
of the conferees, who included Iore
Robert Cecil, Reginald McKenna. for
mer m Chancellor of the Excheouer,
Robert kindersley, chairman of tn,
War Savings Commission: ] n
Thomas. the labor leader; Walter Lea
chairman of the London County. West
Minister and Paris bank; Sir Auckland
Geddes, Minister of National Seryic,
ana Reconstruction; G. H. Stuart Bun
hlng, secretary of the Postmen's Fed
GRAFTON; Sir Richard Vassar- Smith
president and chairman of the Council
OF the Institute of Bankers. and Sil
Donald Maclean, NJ. P.
International Call Discussed
An official statement on the confer
ence, issued tonight, shows that
Chancellor Chamberlain convened the
conference for the purpose of discuss
ing the recent memorial of bankers
and others to the Premier in favor OF
calling an international finance con.
ference
The memorialists explained that the
memorial had not been prepared with
special reference to the exchange stu.
alton, but was the outcome of a series
of conferences held at Amsterdam a
month ago with view to finding
remedies for the economic collapse in
many parts of Europe In further ex-
PLANTATION of their views, they urged
the imperative need of European coun-
tries bringing their expenditure within
the compass of their revenue as the
first condition of obtaining assistance
through public or private channels
and pointed out that once this was ac-
complished private credits would i'm
mediately become available.
a general exchange of views fol.
lowed, and 1T was unanimously recog-
nlZed that there was no panacea fol
the existing financial and economic dis
orders, and that recovery was certain
to be slow and could only be achieved
by hard work, increased production ano
private and public retrenchment
Chamberlain to Report
Mr. Chamberlain promised to report
On the matter to the Cabinet council to-
morrow. He discussed the subject to-
night, with Premier Lloyd George, who
did not attend the conference.
The fact that this is the first occa
sion the Labor leaders have been called
into consultation with the government
on questions of high finance has at,
tracted considerable comment. 1t is
supposed that the ministers are seek.
ing their aid in the project of stimu.
lating the workers to increased pro
duction, the belief being that the United
States is clamoring for British goods
especially textiles, which, if they can
be produced in sufficient quantity
would provide a surplus after satisfy
ing home demands, and this surplus
could be exported to offset the adverse
trade balance.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Heat Strike Off:
W Orkers Given
Chief Demands
Employers Meet the Terms
of Unions at Conference
Called by DIR. Copeland;
3,629 New "Flu' Cases

The threatened strike of engineers,
nfemen and coal passers operating the
heating plants in hotels, apartment
houses and office buildings has been
averted. A conference of union repre-
sentatlves and employers held yester-
day IN the office of DR.. Royal S. Cope
land, Health commissioner, reached
agreement last evening by granting all
OF the workers demands save one.
Recognition of the union. the eight
hour day and the forty-eight-hour
week We're accepted with little arru-
ment. Chief discussion was over the
submitted wage schedule. In the end
TINS was approved, except in the case of
the fremen, who receive S31. so week
instead of the $33 for which thev
asked. Engineers get $39 and coal
passers $50.
DR.. Copeland announced the result
OF the conference at meeting held bv
tre union members in the Central Or
era err House. Sixtyseventh Street and
Ihlrd Avenue, last night There was
some grumbling over the reduction in
the firemen's demand A few hot
heads demanded that the strike be car
ried through Thew were outvoted
however.
Cheers for Copeland
The Health Commissioner, who had
been opposing the strike because of it's
possible effect on the influenza and
pneumonia epidemics, told the meeting
that he had accepted the post of arbi-
traitor between the union men and their
employers for the coming year. He re-
celved voclferous applause. The meet
ing ended with three cheers for "Dr.
Copeland. our next Mayor"
The death rate from Influenza and
y
and total of BAT deaths from the
two diseases marks the highest figure
reached so far. There was also an
increase of 956 in the number of new
influenza cases and ffty-six in pneu-
| monia cases over the figures of the
day preceding.
According to DR.. Copeland the high
death rate was not unexpected. He ex-
planned that where death from pneumo-
MIA occurs following Influenza it usually
takes place about seven or eight days
For that reason the comparatively
large number of deaths is an aftermath
of the large total of "hu" cases re-
ported a week ago yesterday. when the
figures were 1868
I'VE may expect to have three or four
days of high death rate of pneumonia y
said DR.. Copeland, because in the cor
responding days last week we had the
highest record of influenza cases. 1t
usually takes about three days for
influenza to develop into pneumonia
and three or four more days for the
pneumonia to reach the crisis"
Record of Epidemic by Boroughs
The statistics compiled by the Health
Department for the twenty -four-hour
period ended at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing show an increase of deaths from
influenza and pneumonia of l44 over
the day preceding. The figures are:
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
y. S. Said to Face Extinction

MONTREAL, Feb. Extinction
within 150 years is what the United
States faces if the doctrine OF birth
control continues in it's present ascend
ancy. according to DR.. W. A. L. Styles,
physician in connection with the Baby
Welfare Committee of this city, in an
address to-day before the Montreal
Catholic Women's League.
In support of his statement DR.: Styles
said the number Of children under the
age of five for each 1000 women of
child-bearing age, in the United States
has decreased SO per cent in the last
century. 1t was only immigration and
the birth rate of the foreign popula-
ton that kept births ahead of deaths,
he asserted
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Man Is Hydrophobia Victim
Bitten by Mad Dog Six Weeks
Ago While Defending Son

William Elliott, New York Central
locomotive engineer, is in the Ossining
Hospital with hydrophobia. The dis
ease resulted from the bite of mad
dog, from which Elliott saved his
little son about six weeks ago He took
the Pasteur treatment up to two weeks
ago. His case is one of the few on
record that have materialized after
that treatment. Elliott is th1rty-slx
wears old and lives in Ossining.
DR.. r. ]. Wren, who is attending
him. sought in New York vainly last
night for specialist who might know
some cure for the malady Elliott's
throat muscles are paralyzed and he
suffers excruciating pain.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Allies Demand 800 ssWar
Criminals of Germany:
Ex-kaiser's sSOnsHeadList
Paris Predicts
Dutch Blockade

PARIS, Feb. 3.-The petit
Parisien" says the Entente re-
joinder to the refusal of Holland
to surrender former Emperor
William will be generally concili-
atory, but it will consider, in
case of a new refusal by Holland,
measures going as far as the
breaking of diplomatic relations
or a naval blockade of Dutch
ports.
The journal des Debats," on
the other hand, says it's informa-
ton is that the powers are not
contemplating for the present
any such measures as the break
ing off of diplomatic relations or
a blockade.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
II Missing i'm Rail Wreck

SHREVEPORT, La, Feb. "a
Natchez Monroe passenger train on
the Missouri Pacific Railroad was de-
rallied at Clayton Junction early to-day,
the negro coach, baggage car and en-
CINE going into the Tensas River.
Fifteen negro passengers, Fireman
C. B. Castell and Expressman Sam Nc
Callum, both of Monroe ~ IKE re-
unrt4. MirMy>-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Danes Heckle s'Pussyfoot''
Prohibition Campaign Meets
Hostile ReceDtiOn

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 3.-William O..
("Pussyfoot") Johnson, of the Ameri-
can Anti-Saloon League, and the Rev.
David Oestlind today inaugurated pro-
hibition campaign at a public meeting
here. They met with mixed recep-
ton, but the hostile element prepon.
derated, and the heckling received by
the speakers was of a severe nature.
In an editorial to-day dealing with
the campaign, the National Tidende"
says that the meeting was by no means
"a successful start for the American
agitation" The "Kobenhaven" declares
the agitation has been started "for
American money" and asks "for what
purpose?"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04

ue!Ilic 1870 81 479 1886
The proprietors of fourteen more
motion picture theaters have been
warned by Health Department investi-
gators DR.. Frank j. Monaghan, Sani-
tary Superintendent, announced. He
said that three Brooklyn theaters and
one in Manhattan would probably
be closed shortly The crusade
against persons who expectorate in
public places continued, and 23s men
were summoned, while thirty one
mora were arraigned in court for
smoking in the subways. The Health
Department is investigating $50 COM
plants against landlords accused of
furnishing insufficient heat.
DR.. Copeland said that the "stag-
gered" hours system was not being
followed by some obscure establish
ments, but that in the main the larger
employers were adhering to the plan
He said Investigators were at work
and violators of the Health Depart
ment instructions would be severely
punished. DR.. Copeland also remarked
that any one interested in the purchase
of coffins could obtain them through
him, as he had received an offer Of
about sixty caskets, ranging in price
from $40 to $50. There have been
charges of excessive prices being ex-
acted for coffins
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Platform Contest

IN THE first ten days of The
l Tribune's National Republican
Platform Contest 1862 planks
have been submitted for considera-
ton in the award of prizes.
Read about the contest on
Page II.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
GOOD MORNING.:

GOOD MORNINGS:
Intelligent parents usually help decide q
boys first step In the Business World. In
telligent parents read The Tribune Call
up the Good Morning Girl-Beekman 1000
and give her your advertisement for to.
morrow's ,ssrA.--A.dvt
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04

Vi. .IEEEPING CARS TO PHILADELPHIA
dsy 'sew Jers-y Central beginning Wednes-
a. asx.s'f', Feb. 4th. on train leaving Lib
1916 A. M. Cars open 10 p. M.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04

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New-York tribune., 1920-02-04

Continued on page eight
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But child lost that day his ideal of
strength;
A weak man halted. faltered, at length
Followed him in the sin he had dared."s
A Church With Discipline.
Justice is the supreme concern of
heaven on earth,' said Daniel Web
ster. The swift and summary fate OF
these two offenders in the early
church may seem severe. Thereby we
know how awful is a. lie. By the flash
that brought death to Ananias and
his wife We glimpse the sacredness of
truth. In private life and in public
affairs, there cannot be built up a
safe structure on the basis OF deceit
and Misrepresentation.
The world feels deep resentment
against the old order of lying diplo-
macy which has brought such woe to
humanity. It has carried" discretion"
and self-advantage to such a point
that the tested integrities of life mean
nothing to 1t. 1t will sacrifice the
of a people for its own dishonest pur-
poses We shall never have a new
world until the contempt and wrath
of all honest people have exterminated
the present type of state department
and foreign office and diplomacy in
general.
CONSERVATION was created in the
early church by the fate of Ananias
and Sapphira The experience was
Christening and beneficial Is it not
clear that the first need of organized
Christianity today is a. spirit of dis
cipline, that will refuse to condone
known evil in the lives of members?
No revival can succeed that is not
a revival ~s righteousness. The most
spectacular evangelist of recent times
has become a spectacle OF failure pc
cause he trimmed his message to the
rich and powerful, and because the
element of thrift-to write euphe-
mistically-became paramount in his
ARRANGEMENTS. The favor of God can
not be with the church or the social
enterprise that closes even one eye 70
sin. our new times must have. IL
they are to be Christian, the sternness
of the Apostolic church toward false
hood. dishonesty and pretense.
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The railroads are to be returned to
their owners March with or without
additional railroad legislation. One of
the conditions incident to their pass
ing into the hands of the government
was that they should be returned in
as good condition as they were when
taken over.
The roads have been in the hands of
the government since December 81,
1917. Under government manage
ment they have failed to earn their
''rental" by Wen over half billion
dollars. The operating deficit, which
has been supplied from the public
funds. is estimated at Approximately
$3.50. 900, 900 for 1918 and 1919. The
ratio OF operating expense to gross
earnings, which was about TO per cent
in 1917, was in 1919 about IS per cent.
The railroad owe the government q
considerable sum of money for addi-
tons. betterment and equipment made
under government management with
reference mainly to war needs rather
than to anything else. Two-thirds of
the companies are at present short of
earning their fixed, charges-excluding
dividends-and in some notable cases.
chiefly in the east, the business of GER
tain roads has been in large part de-
stroyed by diversion Nf the traffic to
other roads.
The physical condition of roadbed
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Observation-Disclosures

O. How many ounces Of wool are there
In the average mans Suite. S. Y.
A. To manufacture a suit Of mans
clothing requires about sixty-two ounces
of wool, or a little less than four pounds.
This raw material for a suit can be bought
in Boston at the present time for about
s52s according to one of the country's
best known wool dealers.
0. How many Red Cross nurses nave
been decorated or cited for bravery M
A The war department says that 222
American members of the Red cross anS
organization served on every battle Iront
in the war, have been decorated or cited
governments for courageous service under
fire Twenty. Eight American nurses wear
the Croix de Guerre of the French govern
q. What is the total world population
Of the negro race:-T. D K;
in the he Werl are l Negroes Constitute one
sixteenth of the worlds population.
O. Is the suez Canal longer than the
A The Suez, Canal. which was opened
in 1869. is ninety miles long. while the
eost 6ons to ss The
Suez Canal while the cost Of building the
Panama Canal was almost four times that
q. What was the name of the first
steam driven vessel to cross the Atlantiet =
" A. The Savannah. an Americas vessel.
sailed from Savannah to Liverpool in 1878
in twenty-five days. This was about one
third. the length of time 1t took Columbus
to san from Spain to America. and Is about
five times greater than the time U takes
a modern steamship to make the trip from
America to England.
q. why is an east wind along the At
lantic Coast sign of rain FL. E B.
A An east wind IS a sign Of rain be-
cause 1t comes from the ocean and is com
sequently laden with moisture. Winds
along the Atlantic SO converge as to force
these moisture-laden breezes to rise to
higher attitudes. This cooIs them Cooling
winds deposit moisture and thus rain re-
suits.
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A subscriber to a Tennessee news
paper. in giving a reason for not re-
newing his subscription, is quoted as
saying: THE government has so
governed my business that I cont
know who owns it. 1 am inspected.
suspected, examined, and re-exam-
ined. informed, required and COM
manded. SO 1 don't know who 1 am,
where I am or why am here. All
that know is that I am supposed to
be an inexhaustible supply of money
for every known need, desire or hope
of the human race, and because I will
not sell all I have and go out and
beg, borrow and steal money to give
away I am cussed. discussed, boy
cotted, held up, hung up, robbed and
nearly ruined, and the only reason I
am clinging to life is to see what is
coming next"