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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-06-21
URGES SUBMARINE PROBE.

A resolution authorizing the Senate
naval committee to investigate the
types of submarines now under con-
struction and operation by the Navy,
and report on their suitability for
service and comparative efficiency as
compared to submarines of other ma
tions. was introduced yesterday by
Senator King, democrat, Utah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-06-21
SHOOTS UP TOWN FOR HOUR,

BUFFALO,, n. Y. June 21-Three
nersons were wounded today when
Frank Fisher. a farmer. held the main
street of Oakland, thirty miles east of
here. for an hour firing with rife at
pedestrians and storekeepers. He was
captured after he had used all his am
Fisher was released from a state hos
initial for the insane a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-06-21
SEESTARlFF BILL SOON.
Mr.. Mondell Predicts Permanent

Pressed by democrats for definite
information as to when the perma-
rent tariff bill would be ready for the
House Representative Mondell. the
republican leader. said yesterday II
probably would be reported by the
ways and means committee about
tie first of the month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-06-21
TAX RETURNS AS EXPECTED.

Early reports on collections of the
June is installment of income and
profits taxes indicate that the final
results will bear out Secretary Mel
Ions estimate of s5.!.ooo.oo0. Treas
ury officials report. With the outlying
Districts still to be heard from it was
said the total already accounted for
is in the neighborhood OF s500.00o.n00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-06-21
EARL OF BANDoN KIDNAPPED
Armed Men Capture Kings Lieu
tenant of County Cork.

CORK. June 21.-James Francis Ber-
nard, fourth Earl Of Bandon. was kid
mapped this morning from his residence
in Bantry. County Cork. by band of
armed men. Castle Bernard. his home.
was set afire, and early this afternoon
was still burning.
Earl Bandon's whereabouts are I'M
known.
Earl Bandon. who has been KING
lieutenant of County Cork since 1874,
was born September II, 1850, and sue
ceeded his father in the earidom in 1877.
He is the owner of about 900 acres OF
land.
The earl was kidnapped at O'Clock
this morning, after which the castle
was set afire and virtually destroyed
Meanwhile Lady Bandon and the
servants had been locked in room
adjoining the stables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-06-21

With view to reducing her weight
young woman of Cniontown. Pa,
hiked up three-mile mountain road
every morning-and gained thirty
pounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
nPEnINa RELIEF WORK

With reiterated claims that soviet au- thorites must somehow be kept in con tr0l of relief work for the starving mil lions Of Russia, Maxim Litvfnof con t.nue5 to impede American aid for his destitute countrymen. He summons that bugaooo of counter-revolution. which every bolshevist commissar pro- fezsas to be suspicious of in the inten- tions of emissaries of "capitalistic'' countries. In this foolish belief the so- riet authorities desire to retain in their own hands the absolute control of the feeding operations. They would exer- else a censorship over what Americans should be appointed to the task and would retain the right to banish from the. country any Uhc incurred their dis pleasure in the distribution of food SUD. piles. From all that We have been able to learn, graft has not been an unknown Ingredient of soviet rule, but with Amer. leans in control of the distribution there will be no graft. Stores intended fol sick women and babies will not be loot. ed by soviet rihemen. If Hoover. and not LitTinof is to say who shall dea put the supplies. the picking for the Dolshevist higher-ups will be distressing iy small, from bolshevist point ot view.
 By this time, after so many protract ed interviews with Litvinon, 1t must D, clear to Walter L. Brown. European di rector of the American Relief admins traton, that he is sitting in the gam over against an extremely cunning, al together ruthless and entirely seIfsl pzuedo-diplomat who has already with stood numberless applications and SUD plcations frorl those who have proffer ed aid of many sorts to Russia IF gives none credit for disinterested al truism md his resentment is particular ly strong against the United States whose persistent official aloofness is
 cause of acute annoyance to his col leagues as well as to himself
 Litvinof enjoys holding off Mir. Brow as long as he can, because he think that he thus presents to the world tn spectacle of himself n the heroic rol
 of defying the United States. It Is tn best chance Fe has ever had to make
 noise as though he were important.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING AUG. 18th, 1921
 11,203
THE TAX BILL

While it was recognized that the coun- try is faced with the necessity of raising large revenues this year. and indeed 10 carry a heavy burden of taxation for years to come, it was understood that tax bill to provide an adeqlate amount must be aimed at and that .he effort of congress would be to correct in the present law as many of the existing :n- eIuaities as possible and to secure a more scientific distribution of the tax burden. This meant release from burdens that have been born with con- siderable patience. The list of proposed reductions indicates that this relief has been fairly well provided for. The so- called nuisance taxes are to be repealed at once and in their place manufactur- CTS are to nay a fiat tax of per cent on sale price Clothing taxes and trans lortatiOn taxes are to cease at once and Inc excess profits tax ends on January is- The income tax exemption is to be raised from s2,0o0 to S2,5eO with S4O0 Instead of S200 additional for each de- pendent. The reduction of the indivd- uaI surtaxes to a basis of 32 per cent. for incomes exceeding $66.000 will lift a burden from those who have been bearing too large a share and which has been keeping those of more mod crate means from engaging in enter prises where their activities have been sorely neUded ,the corporation tax ot 12 1-2 per cent. cannot well be avoided if some of the minor taxes are to bt omitted. The general tendency has been to provide for indirect taxes rather than those bearing directly on the consumer.
 Congress has shown a willingness tc fall in with the administration econ omy programme by cutting down ex- penditure estimates, and while Secre- tary Mellon would have liked to see ap propriations large enough to pay all ou bills as we go, the idea of immediat relief has a strong public appeal ant # is has been felt, that some of thi burden could well be passed over to thu future. Of course the bi1l>that has beer presented is not final; there will be op portunity for amendments and improve nents But 1t has at least shown tha relief is on the way.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
TESTING OUT TALENT

OnU of the concerns givng photoplay instructions by mail has originated a creative test by which it expects to discover hidden talent and after such discoveries the only thing necessary to fame and fortune will be the course in instruction fcrnished by this school The ambitious student is to apply for a psychological questionnaIre, for the de termination of his creative ability and dramatice insight" The list of ques- tions it is said was prepared by a col iege professor and screen writer. "Ex- perts" go over the answers and decide the applicants future Then informa- ton will be sent "to tell you whether you possess that priceless mental asset known as creative imagination, un- questionably the most valuable power for success known to the human mind. |" where the family physicians formerly looked at the tongue and asked a, few questions, a new school seeks informa- tion about the "complex" and generally
 decides that the patient needs thorugh psycho-analYsis. The photoplay con- cern's scheme seems similar. At pres ent man does not know whether he can be a politician unless he tries. The day m;ly come when psycho-analysis will answer his question and if nega- tive answer is given 1t will save him considerable money.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18

fact that the wheat imports of the year have been larger than ever, az gregating nearly 60,000, 900 bushels as
 against the former high record of about 3O,00O,O0 bushels in 1918, but nevertheless the quantity of genuine United States wheat passing to the out side world is far in excess of any
 earlier year, and the proportion of
 the 1920 crop which we have sent
 abroad in the fiscal year.
 Europe, of course. took the bulk of
 this high record total of our wheat
 exports in the fiscal year just ended
 The quantity sent to the United King
 dom alone was slightly more than i00,-
 000,000 bushels as against about 6O,-
 000000 in the immediately preceding
 year, these figures also including the
 flour states in te. ms of wheat. Italy ranked next to Great Britain, the wheat
 sent to Italy in the fiscal year 1921
 aggregating nearly 50, GOO, 900 bushels as
 against approximately 30,000, 900 in the
 immediately preceding year; Germany
 34,OG0, 900 bushels exported in the fis-
 cal year 1920, Europe took slightly more than 3O0OOOQOO bushels the re-
 maider going to Canada, Latin America Asia, Africa, and the Pacific islands, but chiefly in the form of flour. The percentage of the wheat exports which
 went in the form of flour in 1921 is exceptionally low, as is usually the case when very large quantities of wheat are being exported, the propJction of the total exports which fur millers turn into flour before its distribution being smaller in years of heavy ex- i portations than in those in which the total quantity of wheat exported is | small. The proportion if this high re- | cord of wheat exports which went in ] the form of flour is little more than | 20 per cent as against over 70 per [ cent in the immediately preceding year when the total exports of wheat Cn- i cluding flour) were only 20,Q00,00 as against 65,00O,0 ,000 in the fiscaI year just ended.
 While the price per bushel at which | the exports of 1921 went abroad aver | aged less than in 1920 the total value i of our wheat exports in the year just
 ended far exceeds that of any earlier | year, totaling about sS46, 900, Cin- | clud;ng flour in terms of wheat) as i against s693. .O0O 00o in 1919 the former i high record year. During the actual | operations of the war the valuo ot wheat stood at S429,0O0,0O0. The price
 at which United States wheat has | been exported in recent years averac-
 ed 95c a bushel in 1914; s1.25 in 1915; ] and 1916; s1.p0 in 1917: S2.3T in 1918;
 and 1919; S2.5o in 1920, and in the fis-
 cal year 1921 ranged downward from | s2.69 per bushrel in July 1920 to S2.1s l in January 1921; s2.G0 per bushel ir 1 February; S1.92 in March; s1.67 in Ap- ! Til, and S1.60 in May. the latest month | for which official figures of price ex- | portation are available. Wheat exports ] in the years since the beginning of the war are 1-2 times as much as in the years preceding the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
A BRITISH TARIFF

A wide departure from established British principle and practice was taken last week by the passage of a tariff bill, designed as a protective measure. Denounced by Mir. Asquith, former prime minister, as "a half-hearted at tempt to introduce a tariff without call ing it one," the bill passed the house of commons on q third reading by vote of 176 to f. It includes only a few. ar ticles, which 1t subjects to duties, which in this country would almost be considered for revenue only, and 1t is understood that 1t will be temporary in operation.
 What will strike Americans Tn the bill which is called 'the safeguarding of industries bill," Is it's extreme modera- ton. Its application Is directly to a few articles in which before the war Germany had held the lead, such as op- ticaI glass optical instruments. mag netos. synthetic and organic chemicals except dyestuffs, which are otherwise provided for On these the duty is only 33 1-3 per cent, which is high for England, but very low in compari- son with what it is proposed to impose In this country under the American valuation plan. The bill also provides for customs duties on any articles no' mentioned above, which the board 0 trade will have power to specify, that are being sold, or offered for sale 1T the United Kingdom at prices below their cost of production, or below wha they can proftably be produced for II in Great Britain,
 Since it was reported several montht ago that some American manufacturer were underselling the British in thei' own market, it is possible that the bil may have some effect upon American trade. Whether the prices were lowe than those for which correspondini goods could be "proftably produced fin Great Britain, Is question. Thi was probably not the case The bill directly aimed at Germany. Apparentf we are in for war of tariffs, which
 very greatly to be regretter. From tn British point of view "the safeguard ing-of-inGhstries' bill is sufficiently
 evolutionary. It looks as though In pro portion as ornaments are reduced taril walls will be raised.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
Royal Letters cheab

Another striking indication of ths passing of the day of kings and their popularity, if it be needed by the way of emphasis, is reported from Phila- delphia. Letters and documents signed by royal personages of former centu- ries brought ridiculously small prices at an auction sale. Time was when the offer of one democratic dollar would be regarded as an aff-ont to that French king, punishable perhaps by death. Yet this is exactly what it brought, and all it brought. Lese Ma jeste in no less degree was the bid of S3.75 for another document bearing the signature of "Le Grand Monarque,' Louis XIV. James II was once upon a time a man of very social standing in England, if our recollection of his-ori- cal allusions 10 that regal gentleman serves us right. but nevertheless and notwithstanding, a letter of his to tho Earl of Tyrconnel brought no more than the price of. pair of shoes. But ever worse-just think of paper brief in Latin by Pope Clement I&. dated
 umbia, s. c. Record.
 Through the tinseled fiction of this dead and gone sovereignty the tarnish
 is showing all too plainly.
 The owners of this worthless junk selected an unfortunated place in which
 to dispose of it. for if the world in 1 general is now coming to sppraise
 royalty at its true value. America
 in particular is a connoisseur. Which is
 not to say that in America there is lack of appreciation of historic values. At the same sale an essay of plain
 Ben Franklin brought s27o and more ! substantial prices were paid for docu-
 ments concerning the American revol- | ution.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
READ YOUR CHARACTER
By DiEby Phillips, Copyrighted 1921
The Bump of Wit.

The pump Os w.t.
 Humor is one of the most important things in life, and most persons have it in some degree or other Those who haven't escape some handcaps to the efficiency of their efforts but on the whole they lose more than they gain, for with the ability to appreciate the humer of situation there generally goes the ability to maintain ones balance judi ciaIly.
 How often would we be led into the most ridiculous blunders. from which we would suffer not only embarrassment but also loss of respect, if we did not have a sense of humor to hold us back!
 But what is more tragic than the mating of two persons whose capabilities to appreciate wit and humor vary greatly in degree. The witty one is condemned to the loneliness of laughing without sympathy, and the serious one is never able to understand the apparent vagaries and little conceits of the other. Many marriages have broken over just this rock of difficulty
 All persons, however, are not outward ly humorous The faint smile of one may mean more than hearty laughter in an- other (and you must remember that ,, laughter sometimes only indicates that a person feels good'D. How, then. can you gauge humor?
 By the upper, outer angle of the fore head. Look at a person full in the face. Notice where the front of the forehead curves back to the side of the head above the temples. Is this curve a marked one If so, the sense of humor is normal or more. But is there a hattened space there? If so, the person you're looking at is more than likely one who can't see a joke. But these are the exceptions The vast majority of people have good bump of wit.
 1 Tomorrow; Wide Heads
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18

I'm right sorry I went to see Maria Pethnger." confessed the nice old lady from the small town downstate. as she packed her trunk with her daughter-in- laws assistance. My land P
 Wasn't she glad to see Tou?' inquired the daughter-in-law, hiding grand box of candy beneath a layer of flannel petti- coats for the nice old lady to discover later on. T thought you used to go to school together and everything v
 Never let Maria Petfnger hear you say thatw warned the other. And since I went over to her house I doubt it my self It doesn't seem possible at all When Maria walked into the room l shook hands and said. My dear, hope your grandmother isn't i'll and can't come down to see me herse1f--and she had to tell me who she was, and even then wouldn't believe it at first.
 Tt was a cold day and I had on proper things up to my neck underneath and down to my ankles, and why Maria Pet finger didn't come down with 5pneumonia that night puzzles me! When I saw her slippers I just couldn't help saying Maria, don't you ever try going down the cellar stairs in those shoes at your age With those awful French heels Maria was actually peeved.
 What did I mean, anyhow, by age? She felt as young as she had ever felt and then I interrupted her.
 T told Maria that when you got to b' 65 there wasn't a bit of use in trying tt deceive yourself with that sort of req soning, because your old bones jus ] creaked and groaned anyhow if you triet i to frisll, and, besides, no grandmothe ought to frisk.
 Maria sort of recovered herself an smiled at me. If she had laughed righ out she would have cracked the ename on her face She said that real progres sive women took grandmotherhood as mere incident and that at any gatherin I'd be surprised to see the beautifu young women who had grandchildren Why, to hear her talk you might hay thought that grandchildren were some thing which arrived iN your twenties She said nobody stopped to inquire
 woman's years nowadays, that you wer judged entirely by your appearance an that was why she had taken such pain
 to keep herself up.
 T agreed that there must have bee pains connected with the process becaus
 it was easy to see what lot of troub
 Maria had gone to. She said she had 1 permanent wave some time ago and ths
 it is such a comfort because it saves E
 much time getting dressed-but I'm SUI | three-quarters of her hair is false an
 goes on with two hairpius, at that.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
New and old Fashioned Manners.

NoW anu OId F aSnioned Manners.
 MT, Editor: What has become of the boys and girls when in replying to their elders would say, No. ma am," and .'Yes, ma'am"? Was it the spinster school teachers who started the fad of teaching their pupils to say Yes, Miss So and So," No. Miss So and So," or rather No, Miss Jones'" or Yes, Miss Jones" ? Does this not sound more monotonous than to give the more respectful reply that our George Washington and other great generals were taught when in re- plying to their elders. the terms Yes" and No. ma am? It is nothing very unusual to hear children on the streets reply in terms of Yep" or Nope D These children are scholars of the public schools and their parents before them. In these schools all children are supposed to be taught good manners and to give their teachers respectful answers. So if these teachers feel a whole lot younger in hay. ing the SMa'am" dropped, that is their business, but know it does not have the same effect upon us older ones to receive the replies of NO" or "Yes" drawled out to us, usually in very quick manner Give me the boys and girls. big and little who still retain the beautiful habit O.
 saying ''Yes, ma'am" ana NO, ma am. F. 8.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
U. s. WHEAT EXPORT

IN FlSCAE YEAR 1921
 The United States made it's highest record in supplying breadstuffs to the wheat, which the world must have, and world in the fiscal year just ended. Of will find some way of buying irres- peetive of other conditions, the exports were the biggest" ever, totaling in round terms, 365, ,000 bushels, an average of 100000 bushels a day for the full year, as against a former high record of 332,0OO,O0 in the fiscal year 1915. Of corn the export record of the year was far above the aver age of the past decade, and in rye, which we no longer use for distilla- tion purposes, and of which the worlds chief producing arears in Russia, Po- land, and Germany have been cut off from the worlds markets, our exports in 1921 far exceeded that of any earlier year.
 The United States has surprised it. self and certain of it's economists, says a statement by The National City Bank of New York, by supplying to the outside world more breadstuffs than in any earlier year, despite the current belief that with the growth of our own consuming population the quantity we should be able to spare for other parts of the world would de- cline. Wheat exports for the fiscal year 1921, in cluding flour in terms of wheat total approximately 3G5,OOO,O ,OOO bushel. corn over 6O,OOO, 900; rye nearly 50,0O,- GOO and rice of which we were unu i recent years very small producers ant l large importers, the exports of the year tribution of wheat by the United State. total over 400 ,OOO pounds, and ar, larger than those of any earlier year except 1920. Of course this large dis has been due in some degree to the