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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Knotty Problem in Income Tax

One of the knottiest problems that has been submitted to me in a long time relates to the income tax" said Hugh A. Powell. aThe federal rate is per cent and the state rate per cent. Suppose A has a net income of s1000S including taxes. How is he go- ing to arrive at the exact amount to deduct in his state report for federal taxes and xiee versa? If he deducts the statestax and pays the federal tax on the difference, ssS0. that would seem to settle it. But how is>he going to arrive st the exact amount upon which he must pay me state? If he pays on the total net income tax, 5000. then is he taking credit. for fed eral taxes paid? In other words. how is going to arrive at the amount deductable for taxes paid? Clearly he does not pay either state or federal tax on the full amount of 5000, but on that sum less the tax paid to the other government.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

day" answered NIT. Blobbs. "Congratula tionsg' Yes. I had a wrecking crew pulling it'
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
A Cold Church Today

T am exceedingly sorry to have to announce that there will be no preach ing at the Woodlawn Baptist Church today" said Dr. Ross C. Baker, the pastor. ''as the furnace is out of com mission and it was thought wise, on account of weather conditions and the possibility of the return of the flu to call off both the morning and night services. There will be. however, the usual Sunday school. ss the rooms are so arranged as to make it possible to heat them with stoves Having served many churches in various parts of the United states I can bear witness that the heating arrangements cannot be depended upon. although I know when they are installed that everything good is claimed for them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
A PITY, INDEED.

Say, how much longer have I got to wait for them beans2' asked the angry patron.
 Only few minutes" replied the fair waitress, sweetly. What pfty you can't employ the time in studying the ele- mentary rules of grammar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Last Week to Pay Poll Tax

This is the last week in which to pay poll tax" stated Tax Collector James Hawkins yesterday. and there will necessarily be great number of nen who will come to tn:s office dur ing the next six days. As the last day to pay poll tax, February i. comes on Sunday. the office of the tax col But to accommodate those who come in late l will keep the office open Sat urday night as long as there is a per son to pay poll tax Nevertheless. it would be a good idea for all to come as carly in the week as possible Tn order to prevent long waits and un- necessary crowding during the last few days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

MAKING IT WHILE THEY CAN. Smoke wreaths are curling upward. Tn the everlasting hills; And methinks they are ascending From some temporary stills"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Promote. Community Spirit

''The banquet gwen al the Barrett School at East Lake for the boys and girls going to the nigh school this term was very deligirtul affair and greatly enjoyed by all who attended" said Dr. ]. H Phillips superintendent of the BiIiningham public scnoois The parents of tne bows and girls were among the quests and l think this was a splendid sssray to promote the community spirit and I am heartily in favor of such gatherings in the school.
 'The building was beautifully adorned and the young people seated in a body presented splendid pie lure. This class of S2 will go on Mon day to the Central High School and wilf doubtless prove a credit 10 the school they have lusr ieft''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Walker Likes Rirminsham

Birmingham is one of the mos' promising cities | have ever visited" said Dan O'I.eary. said to be the cham pion walker of the world "and bi6e fair to be the Chicago of the south It's wonderful iron and coal resources give it an advantage over Chicago and in my opinion. Birm.nsham will have a population of 100000 in 1880. In my travels I have visited many cities and have had experience io real estate values. but I believe this city has them all heat and it :s wise man who locates in the metropolis of Ala bams. which is soon to be the me- tonolis of the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

Entered at the Birmingham, Als'' postoffice as second-class matter, uh- der act of Congress. March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

Remittances can be made at currenI rate pf exchange. The Age-Herald It Wlit not be responsible for money seH' through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 -.-..-l.n r., Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

SURRENDER. "Tm afraid poor Jagsby has bowed to the inevitable" What do you mean?" "He tied piece of crepe around his favorite corkscrew and hung it just out side his door
 FETCHED ON BEHIND. "How are you getting along with your new carr" q got along with it first rate yester-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Washington Bureau. 500 Davidson


TELEPHONE Hell (private exchange connecting all departmental Main 1900.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18
Taken Down Elevator

The District Attorney summoned his
chief of detectives. Lieutenant Ray
ems, when Owens still hestitated, and
ordered him to put Owens out "and
see that he never enters this build
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18
Devoy Lays Defeat
OF Irish Plank at
Chicago to Valera
Editor Says the So-Called
President Created False
Impression of Disunion;
Alleges Misuse of Funds

Growing out of an internal quarrel
which has split the proponents of the
Irish Republic" into two factions,
charges of mismanagement maladmin-
istration and misuse of funds were
launched yesterday against Eamonn De
Valera, the so-called "Presdent of the
Irish Republic" by John Dewey, editor
of "The Gaelic American"
In an article published yesterday in
his paper Dewey alleges that De Valera
spent $4,000 Of the money subscribed
by American-Irish sympathizers for
Irish Republic bonds in an effort to in
fuence the Chicago convention. He
declares that De Valera was responsible
for the appearance in Chicago of "a
nondescript aggregation of individuals"
which constituted rival committee to
that Of the Friends of Irish Freedom.
These, the article alleges, "pre-
sented before the convention a most
deplorable spectacle of disunion" and
undid the work already accomplished
by the Cohalan Committee.
The supporters of an Irish plank
in the Republican platform split
finally, according to Dewey, when De
Valera refused to accept a plank
drafted by Committee of the Friends
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18

ing again" Owens went down in the
elevator with Rayens.
McCloy said later that Owens had
obtained his permission to repeat the
conversation between McCloy and
Smith.
Il met Jim Smith on the street Sun
day morning." explained Mr.. McCloy,
"and we were discussing the Henry
case. That directly led to a general
survey of the police situation and in
this discussion Owens name came up.
Mr.. Smith said to me: i suppose you
know Owens is strongly suspected of
Lahey.' 1 said: Owens never was a
stool pigeon for anybody. Any person
that says Marty Owens is q stool
pigeon is liar Smith said: That is
the report and that is the suspicion !"
Swami Issues Statement
Mr.. Swami lsued the following pre-
pared statement at the Manhattan
Club last night:
detective Owens called to see me
to-day. He came in great wrath and
told me that he had been told that
Jim Smith had said to a theater man
and Broadway. a couple of weeks ago,
that he, Owens, was stool pigeon.
told him that that was impossible;
that everybody in the District Attor-
ney's oce had the highest regard for
Owen. We then went in to see Mr.
Smith and Mr.. Smith said he didn't
say anything like it, but, on the con-
trary, that he has always had very
high regard for Owens.
"Owens wouldn't take Mr.. Smiths
word for it and said he believed Mr..
Smith did say it. He raised his voice
to high pitch and evidently was de-
termined to get into a personal en-
counter with Mr.. Smith.
at was evident to me that the cor
rupt police coterie sent him there to
get into a personal alteration with
Mr.. Smith. For two years they have
attempted to eliminate Jim Smith from
the District Attorneys office, and now,
as last resort, ! told Owens they
sent him, a splendid fellow like him,
to get into an alteration with Mr..
Smith. l told him that, much as
regretted it, l would have to ask hin. to
leave the office under the circum-
stance. He refused to leave when l
asked him to do so and insisted on
attempting to pick personal quarrel
with Mr.. Smith.
81 called an officer to put him out
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18
Girls Headless Body, Tied
10 Rail, Is Found in Lake

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, June 1.-THE
nude body of young woman who had
peen decapitated with blunt instru-
ment was discovered late yesterday in
Lake Contrary by fisherman. All at
ttempts to identify her have failed. The
head has not been found.
A blood stained motor car contain
ing stained clothing was discovered d
early this week near Armour, sixteen
miles south of St. Joseph Detectives
and deputy sherlffs have gone there in
search Of possible clue
Parts Of twisted wire clothes line
and two iron bed rails to which the
body was fastened are the only pieces
OF evidence now in the hands of the
Investigators
DR.. j. J. Wishar, acting coroner. be-
ileves the victim was between twenty
tve and thirty years old. She was
about five feet four inches in height
and weighed about 1876 pounds. 1t is
thought the body had been in the wa
ter four or five days
Men worked for hours yesterday in
an unsuccessful attempt to find the
head. The lake was dragged and hun
dreds of feet of ground near where
the body was found was dug up.
One theory is that the murder was
committed at some distant point and
the body brought to Lake Contrary to
be disposed of, Counteracting that
theory in degree are fresh blood
stains on the flooring of the bridge
on one side, and other stains on the
railing where the body may have been
pushed over to water beneath.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18


of Irish Freedom headed by Justice
Cohalan affirming the right Of the
Irish people to decide their own gov
ernmental institutions and interna-
tional relations
The Cohalan committee, Dewey says,
secured the adoption of this plank 'by
the subcommittee of the Committee on
Platform and was given assurance that
the full committee would report it to
the convention. The committee had the
further assurance that some Of the
ablest men in the convention would
back it on the floor, in case there
should be opposition, so that its adop-
tlon by the convention was assured.
"President de aVlera, however, the
article continues, rejected the plank.
insisting that formal recognition of
the Irish republic stated in those ex-
act words. should be substituted He
further denied that the committee
headed by Judge Cohalan had any right
to act in the matter, and that he alone
was authorized to speak for Ireland
and the Irish race
This action of Mr.. De Valera was
most unwise and wholly unjustifiable,
and he and his advisers incurred
responsibility from the consequences
OF which they can never escape.
But they did worse than that. At
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18
All-Irish Meeting
Bla1nes British
Policy for Chaos
Inevitable Result of Stand
Against Peoples Wishes,
Say Rail Delegates and
National Union Board

BRISTOL, England. June IT, A
resolution reproving the government
for it's Irish policy was adopted by the
conference here between Irish railway
delegates and the executive committee
of the National Union of Railwaymen.
"The present murders ard outrages
in Ireland are the inevitable result of
the governments policy in not govern
ing Ireland in accordance with the
wishes of the people," says the resolu-
ton.
1t was also resolved to request
James Henry eThomas, general secre-
tary of the railwaymen's union, to ar
range an interview with Premier Lloyd
George and to appoint a deputation
composed of an equal number of men,
bers of the union from North and
South Ireland, to endeavor to create an
atmosphere enabling real and perma- :
nent solution to be found. Mr.. Thomas
SAID the Premier would meet deputa-
ton of railway men Tomorrow
COOKSTOWN, Ireland, June IA
hundred Sim Feiners today attacked
the police barracks here and drove the
police to the upper part of the build
ing. They captured two police con-
stables and withdrew after two hours
fighting.
Cookstown is a strong Tyrone Union
1st center. Webster Volunteers were
aroused by the gunfre and modified
but were not asked to assist. They
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18

when he refused to go. He was prob
ably sent there unknown to himself by
the corrupt police coterie that is bent
on protecting gambling l told him
they had sent him to my office as a
last resort to avenge themselves on
Mr.. Smith, because Mr.. Smith had pre-
vented their keeping in touch with and
protecting gamblers
"It is evident, l said to him, that
they are using you, probably without
your knowledge, to avenge themselves
on Mr.. Smith
"Unable to shake Mr.. Smith off the
trail, they have now sent Owens to
have a physical encounter with him in
the District Attorneys Office. 1t was
with many regrets | had to ask Mr..
Owens to leave the Office.
Said He Warned Owens
~ had previously told Mr. Owens he
must not lend himself to their scheme.
do not charge that the police are cor
rupt as a body, but there's a certain
inner ring bent on making money out
of colluson with gamblers. And it is
this combination in the Police Depart
ment that has been making every effort
Tor nearly two years to get rid Of Mr..
Smith.
He is stumbling block-a lion in
their path. Domlnlck Henry's aftida-
Wits were part Of the scheme by which
they hoped to get Mr.. Smith out of
the District Attorneys office. 1t is an
unscrupulous ring.
"Owens's persistence in refusing to
accept Mr.. Smiths word seems to show
that they are getting a clean fellow
like Owens to come to my Office for the
purpose Of engaging Mr.. Smith in
personal encounter. The purpose was
to get him to resort to physical vio-
lence. Which is the acme of stupidity
and which have always maintained is
the attribute of that small corrupt CO.
terie in the department which seeks
to make money out of the gambling
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18


an expense Of fully $4,000. tsk.S.:>..,-s
OF the money subscribed for Ir;sa OUT
public bonds, and for exped;.nn. Ne
Ireland alone, a nondescript az IN
ton of individuals was hronas ns,ess.
Chicago from many parts of ,hs AZ to-
try to constitute rival cornm;,,aan .oan-'
that of the Friends of Irish Frs.sst' 70,
and contest the authority of the sisoomf
representatives of the Irish n..s:esed
movement in America. ""'ohal
Almost as unfortunate as tho H. =
blow dealt to the Irish RennhraGy rseaGy : !.
It's President in rejecting a reso,'.. eyh
that would give the next PrssSssiNoa :
authority to formally recoeniZ. i s'oent
the undisguised attempt to 6jcs,s was
control the political actions of ann sad
lean citizens from outside the I-n;.as, I-,,iss
States" eH''ed
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18
Swami Elects
Owens inPOlice
Scandal Row
Calls Detective ''Instrument
of Dirty, Rotten, Unprin.
cipled SYSTEM; Puts
Him Out of Building
Had Accused ]. E. Smith
Former Army Captain De.
manded Retraction of
''Stool Pigeon" .Epithet

Detective Martin Owens, who drove
French army and enlisted in the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces, where he
was promoted to captain, was ordered
out of the Criminal Courts Building
yesterday by District Attorney Swami.
He called Owens "the instrument of
the dirty, rotten. unprincipled police
system"
~ Owens went to the District Attor-
ney's Office because friend had told
him that James Z. Smith, Assistant
District Attorney was passing the
word,' that Owens was Deputy Police
Commissioner Lahey's "stool pigeon"
1t was his intention to demand an ex-
PLANTATION and a retraction. He went
first to Mr. Swami to inform him of his
intention. The District Attorney and
the detective went to Mr.. Smiths office.
Now" said Mr.. Swami. "you tell Mr..
Smith what you told. me-
Certain 1 will" replied Owens, ad-
ding as he turned toward Mr.. Smith:
"You told Fred McCloy, manager of the
Columbia Theater, that was the stool
pigeon for Commissioner Lahey. Tha.
is lie
THAT isn't true" said Mr.. Smith.
81 never told McCloy or anybody else
any such thing"
Dispute Grows Heated
The conversation became loud and
h,,} e1
ing the difficulty, and Mr.. Swami took
charge of the situation.
That's enough" he said curtly to
Owens. Come with me-"
AS they reached the elevator, oppo-
site the Office of the District Attorneys
detective bureau, Mr.. Swami delivered
enis ultimatum with vague gesture
toward an open window:
"You get out of this building and
never enter it again. You are the in
pied police system that is trying to get
ching on my assistant, Mr. Smith.
Get ont of this building"
Owens didn't get out. He wanted to
have Mr. Smith repeat to McCloy the
statements he had just made. He Of
fered to bring McCloy to the District
Attorneys office
You get OUT of here" Mr. Swami in
terrupted, "ors j shall be compelled to
subject you to thu indignity of being
thrown out::1--
Taken Down Elevator
The District Attorney summoned his
chief of detectives. Lieutenant Ray
ems, when Owens still hestitated, and
ordered him to put Owens out "and
see that he never enters this build
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18

watched the siege of the barracks. One
constable was severely wounded by
tusillades by the raiders from the
ground floors into the police above
Dungannon police later intercepted a
motor lorry in which there was a man
suffering from dangerous gunsho
wounds. 1t was ascertained that he
received them during the day.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-18
Custodian Holds S7.OOO.OOO

Seven million dollars, par value, in
stocks and bonds of leading indus
trials, we're turned over to Alien Prop
erty Custodian Francis P. Garvan yes
terday by United States Marshal T. D.
Mccarthy under a stipulation that the
property should be held by Garvan in
tact until the Untedl States Supreme
Court passes on the claims of the sew
eral owners and trustees under the
Alien Property act.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-12
RESERVATIONS BY
LODGE NULL|E|ERs
THE PRESIDENT is STRONGLY
OPPOSED TO CHANGE IN
COVENANT Of LEAGUE.
VERY HEART IS THREATENED
No Escaping the Moral Obligations
Which Are Expressed In Positive
Terms In Article Ten.

Washington. President Wilson re.
stated for democratic senator's his
opposition TO any peace treaty reser
vations which would weaken the full
force of article 10 or otherwise mate
rally impair the provisions OF the
league covenant.
Without saying specifically what
qualification he would or would not
accept, he wrote a letter TO Senator
Hitchcock, the administration leader,
that almost all OF the reservations he
had heard suggested were "in effect
virtual notifications OF the treaty ar,
ticles to which they applied.
Il hear OF reserationists and mild
reseryationists," the letter added. but
| cannot understand the difference be-
tween nullifer and a mild nullifer"
Discussing article 10 particularly
the President wrote that there was
no escaping the neral obligations
which are expressed in positive terms
in this article" though there could
be no objection to explaining in an
Interpretation the constitutional meth
DDS by which such an obligation would
have to be fulfilled The very heart"
OF the covenant, he reiterated, would
he imperilled by weakening article
10
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-12
WANTS GOVERNMENT
TO BUY UP LIQUOR
6o,00o,0 900 GALLONS WHlskEY ARE
STILL IN GOVERNMENT BOND
ED WAREHOUSES.
II WOULD AVOID TEMPTATION
After Purchase, the STUFF Should be at
Once Converted into Denatured
Alcohol to Supply Demand.

Westerville, Ohio.-Purchase by the
federal government OF all liquor
stocks in bond is urged by the Anti
Saloon league In statement issued
here at the leagues national headquar-
ters by Ernest H. Cherrington, secre-
tary OF the leagues executive com
mittee. The statement says:
Now that prohibition has gone into
effect everything which the govern
ment can do to make it easy to en-.
force the law should be done.
with over 6O,O0OOO0 gallons Of
whiske" Ia bonded warehouses there
Is constant temptation to devise
ways and means Of utilizing that H.
quor In spite Of the law.
The government Of the United
States should purchase that whiskey
at a price to be fixed by federal com.
mission. which price should represent
the actual cost OF producing H. Upon
purchasing the whiskey the govern.
ment should convert promptly into de.
natured alcohol for which there is an
ever increasing demand
by such an arrangement the dis
tillers will get all they actually have
invested in the whiskey. The great
est temptation to break the prohibitory
law will be removed. The inventive
to spend vast sums OF money to Sc
cure repeal of prohibition or a seri-
Gus modification Of the law will be
eliminated"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-12
RESERVATIONS By
LODGE NULUH|ERS.
THE PRESIDENT Is STRONGLY
OPPOSED TO CHANGE IN
COVENANT OF LEAGUE.
VERY HEART IS THREATENED
No Escaping the Moral Obligations
Which Are Expressed In Positive
Terms In Article Ten.

Washington. --Presiden Wilson re-
stated for democratic senators his
opposition to any peace treaty reser.
vations which would weaken the full
force Of article 10 or otherwise mate
rally impair the provisions Of the
league covenant.
Without saying specifically what
qualification he would or would not
accept, he wrote letter to Senator
Hitchcock, the administration leader,
that almost all Of the reservations he
had heard suggested were "in effect
virtual qualifications" OF the treaty ar.
ticles to which they applied.
81 hear of reservationists and mild
reservationists," the letter added, but
cannot understand the difference be.
tween a nullifer and mild nulliher"
Discussing article 10 particularly
the President wrote that there was
mo escaping the moral obligations
which are expressed in positive terms
in this article" though there could
be no objection to explaining in an
Interpretation the constitutional meth.
DDS by which such an obligation would
have to be fulfilled. The very heart"
OF the covenant, he reiterated. would
be imperilled by weakening article
10.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-12
Meeting for Women

A Womaas Conference, to which
will be invited the women from all
denominations in the State, will be
held in Charlotte on March s. 9, and
10, in connection with the pastors
conference which is scheduled under
the auspices of the Interchurch World
Movement.
At the annual meeting OF the Coun-
ell OF Women held in New York city
In January the tremendous import
ance Of the Interchurch Movement
was so evident that 1t was decided to
ask the movement to call a national
conference Of church women in order
that the aims and objects Of the move.
ment might be placed before the
women Of the church. In response to
this suggestion the conference was
held In Washington on January 10
and 1t was at this meeting that plans
were perfected for putting on the Sc.
ries Of women's conference in the
forty-eisht states in connection or at
least parallel to the conference Of the
Protestant pastors.
The North Carolina conference for
pastors will meet in the Second Pres.
byterian church and the ladies' will
use the Tryon Street Methodist.