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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Total income and Profits Levy
Furnish Bulk of $5,4O7.5 $780,
PSI Collected for Year.
II MILLION ARE SPENT
Internal Revenue Department Submits
Report Of Work on Last Fiscal
Year-$2,o5s.774 Spent to
Enforce Prohibition.

Observation-Disclosures OF $5,407,
680.251 in taxes and efforts to control
the liquor traffic under the prohibition
act formed the principal work OF the
internal revenue bureau during the last
fiscal year. Commissioner Williams
said in his annual report made public
The tax collection was the greatest
in the history OF the nation, he added,
while In prohibition enforcement the
bureau was faced with the creation
OF an organization which embraced
all states and Hawaii, Porto Rico and
Alaska.
Total income and profits taxes made
up the bulk of the revenue obtained
by the government. with 1886, 936, 003,
tlnnal $29sS09, 255 came from tobacco
taxes. The levy on distilled and fer
ntented liquors produced $~t39,10l,1&
and miscellaneous and wal excise
taxes brought in $3.50, 8 63,S71. The re-
mainder OF the revenue was from
capital stock, stamp and special tar
alton.
Mr.. Williams noted the collection OF
~S13,117,78S from aliens who were de-
parting for their native lands after
a temporary residence in the United
States. Many Of these, he says, were
not inclined to comply with the rev.
enue regulations which require the
satisfaction OF all tax liabilities be-
fore passn0rts are issned
Total expenditure of the bureau was
$29,647.439, including s 2,059,7 TIA for en-
forcenient OF prohibition, s460,S27 to
enforce the Harrison narcotic law and
$780, 03 for enforcement of the Child
Labor Law. This made the actual cost
OF collecting the record tax bill $27
037,134, or so per cent per 500 as
compared with So cents per 500 for
the fiscal year of 1919.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Federal Law for Refunding of
Rural Debts Proposed; Com
mittee Appointed.
CALLS SITUATION ACUTE
Proposal to Finance Foreign Countries
for Purchase OF American Farm
Products Made by Governor
Harding Of Iowa.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Governors and
goyernors-elect representing more than
half the states OF the union voted, al
their annual conference here, to be,
gin an inquiry into what was vari,
ously called the acute" alarming
and tragic" situation facing farmers
of the country, with a view to recon.
mending Federal legislation to assist
them.
AS a first step toward carrying out
their plan, which was suggested by
Governor Harding Of Iowa, the con-
ference appointed a committee con-
sisting OF Governors Harding, Beckett
of North Carolina, Holcolmb of Con.
pecticut, Parker OF Louisiana, and
Goodrich Of Indiana to make a pre-
limfnary survey and report back be,
fore tie conclusion Of the conference.
After that, it is contemplated to send
the committee to Washington to urge
legislation before Congress.
Credit Extension Sought.
The object of the state executives,
which is said to be without parallel
IN the history Of American govern,
fient, is for the organization OF goy
ernors to suggest to Congress and
actively advocate, passage Of legis-
lation necessary to refund me debts
Of farmers who are pinosed by falling
markets. with heavy stocks Of surplus
products on hand so as to give them
a year or more In which to recoup
losses and wait for Strengthening mar
ket. It is proposed to do this through
Reserve system.
Would Finance Foreign Countries.
A second proposal, also scheduled
to receive consideration by the com
mittee, is another by Governor Hard.
ing that a foreign trade corporation
be formed to finance purchases Of
American farm products by foreign
countries unable, through present lack
of funds, to come into the American
market. Acting on Governor Hard
ing's suggestions, Governor Beckett
introduced a resolution providing for
appointment of the committee to act
under instructions of the conference
and take the propositions up with Con.
gress direct. This motion received a
second and was about to be voted on
when it was objected that the consti-
tuition of the governors conference
forbade formal resolutions or action
of the sort.
At this, Governor Sproul of Penn
sylvania. pointed out that no such for.
NAL action was necessary, and, at the
call OF Governor Bamberger OF Utah,
who presided, a vote was taken on the
suggestion to appoint the committee
informally. Appreciation of the gov
ernors was overwhelming.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
ROBBERS LOOT MAIL TRAIN
Bandits Bind Clerk, Take Registered
Mail, and Flee.

Observation-Disclosures mail of an
estimated value of from $4,000 to
$4,000 was stolen by three bandits
who held up the Mobridge-Minneapo-
lis train ON the Hastings & Dakota di-
vision Of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway between Minneapolis
and Hopkins and escaped.
The robbers left the, train at the
Humboldt avenue crossing, ran thru
the West high school grounds and d's-
appeared. City police, railroad g It's
and federal men are cooperating in
what is probably the most thorough
bandit hunt ever conducted in the
city, but have failed to find trace of
the trio.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
D'ANNUNzl0 DEFlES ITALY
Declaration of a State of War Made
by Poet-Aviator.

Trieste-Declaration of a state Of
wer with Italy, which was made by
Capt. Gabrielle d'Annunzio, is not re.
garded In a serious light by military
commanders here. There is warlike
activity in Fiume. however. and the
sound Of amor and rifle fire may be
heard along the gulf of Quarnero.
All travel in and out of Fiume has
been restricted and baggage is
searched for arms. While close watch
Is being kept on the operations Of
smugglers Of fire arms and ammuni-
lions into the city, propaganda let
tiers and money are also being sought.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
HOOVER TALKS FOR CHILDREN

Tells of Obligations of v. S. to Supply
Needs of Youthful Sufferers.
Boston-"I would rather have the
American flag implanted in the hearts
Of Europe's children than flying over
any citadel of victory" Herbert Hoov-
er said, in presenting to business men
and women here the obligation upon
this country to supply the needs OF
three and a half millions Of youthful
sufferers by the war in Europe. The
occasion marked the opening in New
England Of the nationwide campaign
for $23, 600, 0O0 estimated to be requir-
ed to keep the children alive until
next harvest.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
SCORES TRIAL UNDER Lands
Berger Says Judge Held Personal Dis
like for All Germans.

Washington-An attack on the eligib-
ility of Federal Judge Keneshaw Noun
tain Lands, who presided at their
trial. will form the basis Of the appeal
Ito the Supreme court Of Victor l.. Ber-
ger, editor Of the Milwaukee Leader,
and four other Socialist party leaders.
now under conviction of having violat.
ed the Espionage act. Judge Lands
was accused in the affidavit Of holding
"a personal. bias and prejudice against
Berger. Kruse and Germer," shown,
1t was asserted. by remarks attributed
to the Judge prior to the trial describ.
ing his personal dislike Of all Ger.
mans.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
TO FIGHT SUNDAY BLUE LAWS
Several Senators Join to Oppose New
Reform Movement.

Several Senators Join to Oppose New
Reform Movement.
Washington-Senator Reed Smoot o.
Utah put on his fighting clothes upon
arriving here. learning that certain re-
form organizations plan the passage
Of a drastic Sunday law. Senate
Smoot said he did not believe 1t woulc
be possible {. find any senator willing
to introduce the proposed measure OF
sponsor 1t in the Senate. Senators
Borah of Idaho. Reed OF Missouri. Cop
per OF Kansas and Ashurst of Arizona
joined the Blue Law opposition. A
delegation OF local clergymen has
asked for a hearing before the Dis
trict OF Columbia appropriation com
mittee to present a bill applying the
blue law" restriction to the district.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
STOCKYARD SALE ORDERED
U. s. Asks Court to Appoint Trustee
to Dispose Of Properties.

Washington government petit.
toned the district supreme court to ap.
point a trustee TO take possession of
and sell the stock-yards properties OF
the big five" packers.
The petition which accompanied the
governments objection to the various
plans Of the packers for disposing of
those properties declared that the
packers haid failed to present a suit
able plan to the court. although nine
months had elapsed since they under.
took to formulate such a plan.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
NO CHANGE IN DRY LAW

Washington-The prohibition IN.
forcement law probably will stand u
changed. Representative volstead. Re-
publican Of Minnesota. its author. said
he had no intention Of altering it In
any way. Prohibition enforcement Of
icials. Mr.. volstead added. have not
requested additional legislation or any
changes In the present law.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
MINNEAPOLIS GROCER KILLED
Storekeeper Failing to Hear "Hands
Up" Order Shot Dead.

MISUNDERSTANDING mis- chronic
deafness prevented him from hearing
a command Of Hands up!" from two
youthful bandits, James A. Borte, 81
years old. proprietor Of a grocery store
at 3145 Fourth ven south, was sho,
through the heart an6 instantly killed
while his wife and sister-in-law looked
on.
One Of the youths, the only one
armed. shot three times while Borte
stod two feet from him, one bullet
piercing the grocer's heart, the second
striking him in the hip and the third
missing him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
INCOME TAX IS SOON DUE
Fourth Installment Must Be Paid by
December rs Under Penalty.

Washington-The fourth installment
OF the 1919 income taxes must be paid
December Is to avoid penalty. accord.
ing to a warning given out by the In
ternal Revenue bureau. The ten days
grace period allowed in former years
was revoked by the last revenue act.
and payments must be in the Offices of
ven collectors by midnight on the
date stated. or the tax is declared
delinquent, the statement said.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Ask to Continue Inve.tIaation.

MISUNDERSTANDING to continue
It's investigation into campaign expeu-
ditures until next March 4. will be
asked to the Senate by the committee
headed by Senator Kenyon of Iowa.
which has been conducting such an
inquiry since last May.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Ponzl GUILTY; GETS 5 YEARS
pefrauded Thousands on "0et-Rich-
Quick" Scheme.

Boston-Charles ?onEi. "bushel bas-
ket millionaire" promoter of the get
rich quick" scheme in which thousands
Of persone invested millions of dollars
before II collapsed last August. pleaded
guilty to using the mails In q scheme
TO defraud. In federal district court.
Sentence Of Ave years In the Plymouth
county jail was imposed by Judge
Hale.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Gold shipment Arrlves.

New York-Gold valued at $5,000,-
900 arrived here on the steamship
Saxonia. consigned to j. p. Morgan
& Co.. from the British treasury. The
money will be used to meet current
maturities of the British government
In this country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
WILL GIVE U. S. FAIR PLAY
Mexico's New President Promises Just
Oil Settlement.

Mexico City-While Mexico will re.
fuse to abrogate Articles XIV and
XVII, which have been stumbling
blocks in the way of recognition of the
southern republic by the United
States. General Alvaro Obregon. presi-
dent-elect Of the republic, shortly be-
fore he assumed office, promised fair
and just treatment Of American and
other interests In the settlement of the
oil problem.
A commission, 500 to be ppointed,
he said. will regulate the application
of these articles. which affect oil lands
in Mexico now owned by outside inter.
ests. and which for a time were feared
would become retroactive and confls.
catory in their application.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
IS WARNED AGAINST Ex-KING
Allied Premlers Draft Note Declaring
Constantine UnfavorabIc.

London--The Allied premiers IN con.
ference agreed to send a note to the
Greek government declaring that res
toration OF Constantine to the throne
of Greece would be regarded as rati-
fication by that country OF Constan-
tines hostile acts. and would create a
new and unfavorable situation in the
relations between Greece and the Al
lies.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09

Harding offered Presidential Yacht
Washington-By direction Of Pres,
dent Wilson. Secretary Daniels placed
the presidential yacht Mayiower at
the disposal OF President-elsct Harding
to complete his trip from Panama to
Washington.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Auto Randlts Get $4,000

Columbus, Ohio-Five armed auto
mobile bandits obtained $4,000 IN
cash, bonds and notes at the First Ma
tional bank Of Grove City today and
escaped after locking occupants Of the
hank IN 4 rom.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Bandits Rob Bank MESSENGERS.

St Paul-Two bank messengers Of
the Capital National bank, were held
up and robbed of SIS, 900 in Liberty
Bonds as they were entering the st.
Paul ~postoffice, in the heart of the
downtown district, shortly before 6
o'clock Friday. The bandits escaped
In an automobile.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09

Windsor. Ont.-Rev. J. o. L. Sprack-
an. Methodist minister and Canadian
liquor license inspector. who shot and
killed Beverly Tumble. ian proprietor.
during : raid on Trumbie's hotel. was
bound ore 70 the court Of assizes ON
: charge Of killing and staying"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
palrympIe Barred From Court.

Dairympie Barred From Court.
Chicago-Announcement was made
BY District Attorney Clyne that Mai
A. v. Dalrymple, former CHI eff pro-
hibition agent, will not be allowed
II appear on behalf Of alleg d liquor
law violators arrested during the ma
tors regime
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09

Chinese MutIny, Fire, Loot City.
Shanghai. China-Messages received
BY business houses here report that
the troops In I-Chang. treaty port OF
Hu-Pen province, have mutined. seized
and set are to the city and are loot
ing e.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09

Alleged Madere Slayer Kills Self.
Guatemala City. Guatemala-Fran
cisco Cardenas. former general in the
Mexican army and accused Of the as-
sassjnation Of President Francisco
Madsro In February. 1913. killed him
self here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Unoovers Large Stock Of Arms.

UncoVers Large stock OF Arms.
London-A large stock of arms and
ammunition was uncovered in a ware
house in Central London. The supply
was believed the property Of Sim
Fem organization, said to have col.
lected II for use In an outbreak here
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
Public Debt increases.

Washington-An increase Of s112.-
646,571 in the public debt during the
month of November was announced
by the treasury.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
-Four Men Buried By CAVERN.

Four Men Buried BY Cave-in.
Quebec-Four men we're buried alive
In the Federal Asbestos mine at Rob-
ertson, Quebec. by a cave-in while
working in a well $50 feet deep. Eight
men were trapped when the earth slid
but four of them were rescued.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
-Four eandIta Rob rraIn.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Fnur masked
bandits held up and robbed PASSENGER
Trsni No. 8, on the Southern railway
at Oneida. Tenn. The mail and ex-
press cars were looted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
plymouth Rock 70 BE Lowe,ed.

Boston. Mass.-The lowering Of
Plymouth Rock Il shore level and re-
m>sAl Of the canopy owe 1t were pro
vided for In . contract awarded by
the Pilgrim Tescsntenary commission.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-09
FIVE FOUND DEAD IN HOME
Members Of Monroe, Wis, Family Are
Coal Gas Victims.

Rockford, m.-Word has been re-
ceived here from Monroe, Wisconsin,
OF the finding In their new home in that
city the bodies Of five people. who have
been dead. II is believed, since last
Wednesday. Death resulted from
asphyxiation due. probably to ignor-
ance in operating the furnace Of their
new home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
Told fhe SfnH

What I believe is the best headline ever printed in newspaper" said w.
 T. Edmondston of the Montgomery Journal, the last time he was in Bir-
 mingham, appeared in the Richmond
 News Leader, in December, 1905. T have heard that Bob Golden, then
 with the fine Virginia publication, was
 it's author, and that he wrote the two lines the night after Christmas of that year and used them on a post-Christmas
 story the day following.
 Without any reference to the lpro- l,ibition question, but just looking at this branch of newspaper work from the standpoint of the man who tries to get all the good work in that he is ca pablo of Goldens lines to me seem gol- den. 'He had seen and passed a number of men too full of Christmas cheer for their own good, some of them doing whimsically funny things so the next day MT. Golden headed his story with 'Derelict Jags Afloat
 On Bosom of Yuletide.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
Helpful Service

'The services at the First Baptist church on Sunday afternoon will long be remembered by all those who were present." said Dr. J. R. Hobbs, the pas tor, flor truly it was a remarkable gathering, not merely on account of it's size, as it filled the main auditorium. the gallery. the Sunday school room and it's balconies. and standing room was at a premium; but because it rep resented practically all of the churches in the district.
 '"rhe reports were most inspiring. There was an atmosphere of brotherly lcve pervading the meeting which was good to feel. The home board evangel- lists go away with the prayers of thou sands of church members. The ingath- ering of new members will add new life in each church in which services were held. I feel that the revival touched the life of the community in a most helpful way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

A man seldom runs into debt now adays. He usually motors his way into it.
 The woman whose husband stays home all the time wants as much sym rathy as the woman whose husband is never home.
 Why is it that a Hair Remover will produce a fuzzy growth on a woman s face when a Hair Restorer won't grow a blame thing on a mans head?
 When Lovey assumes a bossy atti- tude for the first time and asks Dovey what he did with that s bill he had last Monday, the Honeymoon drinks a quart of wood alcohol and kicks the bucket. N
 A wife is a person who will cheer fully pay $2O for an enlarged photo graph of her ten-cent husband.
 After a fellow has been engaged to be married to her. He'll never be any more henpecked than he is. A woman of 150 might not get ex- cited over . bargain sale. But nc woman lives to be that old. And what has become of the o. f man who was going to get rich quick ty raising ginseng? Another remarkable thing Is how long all women and most men can talk and say nothing. You may not believe 1t. but the man who wears side whiskers believes that he is just as handsome as other men. We once knew man who gained a reputation as Deep Thinker because he was too lazy to, talk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13

upright staggered about as aimlessly
 as if they were blind men blundering
 eternally into unseen obstacles Some.
 or them fell and lay immobile, and the
 rising sun set it's slanting rays upon
 their prostrate figures. These slantir3g
 rays searched out the dark interiors of
 the pox cars too, and well upon men
 supine al the doors. Their hands some
 times dangled over the stills. the arms
 Imp; and hands and arms were shriv-
 eled to knots and bones over which the
 meager, dry skin stretched taut; stiff
 and fleshless as claws of birds.
 Further back in the still dusky in-
 teriors, other men were sprawled upon
 the rough flooring as if they had fallen
 there-and, indeed, some of them had
 fallen. There were still other men on
 rude hunks of planking; two tiers of
 Dunks on each side of the doors; over
 the planking thin covering of straw
 some men had crept far back into cor
 ners, and lay with knees drawn up,
 limbs and body a-huddle. Some lay
 with arms outflung, faces to the roof. Some were clothed in the rags of gray overcoats dingy gray uniforms. or tat tered Hndergarments. Some were clothed in the remnants of blankets. The sun rose higher and higher; the heat grew steadily, and soon after dawn clouds of flies which had dotted the walls during the dark hours appeared in ceaseless, buzzing activity. They sWarmed thick and black as swarrns of
 Lees, settling upon the men, crawling
 upon hands and faces and upon cloth
 ing, crawling over the floors and walls;
 upon the ground outside. The air
 around the train was dotted with them
 like flights of midgets. Persistent vo- raciops and innumerable they gath cred about the train until their buzzing
 was audible dozen yards from the track. Some of the men fought feebly against these myriad pests; upon others
 they settled and crawled unmolested A few of the men, gathering twigs
 ande rubbish, built tiny fires. and over the fires placed tin cans, or small pan- nikins. Now and then one had ket- tie. They. brought from wrapping of foul rags bits of moldy bread, or de- caying meat, and they began to cook iE their inadequate vessels. ~ Four men, apparently some~ stronger than the others, but in rags scarcely less filthy, appeared from yhe passenger coach and went to one of the box cars. Two clambered inside, the others waited. The two who had gone in presently brought to the doorway a long, limp bundle wound in a gray overcoat, and then the four carried this bundle to car which had been closed. it's sliding door close shut, They opened the sliding door and heaved the bundle inside, where it lay with five others. The heat grew; the flies increased; the vermin necessarily tormented the
 men in rags; and the train sent forth
 an intolerable smell of putridity. The air was tainted with it. a mantle of contamination hung over the long line of box cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
Outlaw" Strikers Hurt
 Cause of Union Labor

7HHE "outlaw" strike of railroad
 N employees, which started in Chi cago and spread to various parts of the country, causing the worst tie-up of traffic in the east, is doing incal- tulable harm to the cause of union laror.
 The spectacle of business demoral- ized and millions of innocent people made to suffer by strike which was unauthorized by labor leaders and had it's beginning, as it appears, through the activities of one dis@untled yard man who was discharged for pro- German utterances during the war, concerns every citizen who believes in fair play.
 We have had a number of "outlaw" strikes recently, but none of such far