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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

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BY r.. A. CONKEY
Question l9-What amount OF LIB
erty bonds a be held free from
sur-tax? b.
ANSWER (1) - Five thousand
dollars OF principal OF bonds of the
second, third and fourth Liberty
loans and all certificates of indebted
! ness and war saying certificates.
(2)-Thirty thousand dollars OF
first az per cent bonds converted at
time of issue of the fourth Liberty
loan.
(3)-One hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars Of 4 per cent n
An per cent Liberty bonds.
The first 8. per cent and victory
81 per cent bonds r exempt from
all normal and sur-tax. There is no
exemption from. sur-tax In case Oh
the victory An per cent bonds.
O.. 20-Are dividends from domes-
| tic corporations subject to both nor
NAL and sur-tax?
A.-No, they are only subject TO
sur-tax, as the corporation paying
tho dividends pays a normal tax on
its earnings which r later dis
| tributed as dividends.
O.. 21-When can one claim ex-
| emption as head of a family?
All you actually support and
maintain in one household one or
more persons who r closely con-
nected with you by blood relation,
marriage or adoption.
@. 22-What date governs the per-
sonal exemption? 80.
A.-Your marital status on the last
day of the year, or the taxable Pc
III srnxtn,1o TIM pYpm nttOn.
O.. 23-Are gains from gambling
taxable?
A.-Yes, all gambling gains and
illegal profits made in violation OF
| criminal law or public regulations
; are taxable. Losses from such sources
are not allowable deductions:
O.. 24-Does a taxpayer have 70
report TO the government
| Of income paid to individuals?
A.-Yes, If you pay to any person
| during the year salary, rent, interest,"
commission or other income
ing to $1,000 or more you are re.
quiredsto file a return of information
| showing the amount and the name
and address of the person to whom
paid, Proper forms for this return
can be secured from the collector for
your district.
@. 25-Svhat rate of depreciation
| can be claimed on buildings?
A.-The rate OF depreciation now
generally recognized by the govern
| ment is . pei cent on brick buildings
| and 8 per cent on frame buildings:
| This is an annual allowance based
| on the cost Of tho building only.
This deduction can only be claimed
on business or rented property n
Ia not allowed on a residence IN
which the taxpayer lives. 1t is al
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10
@. What percentage Of the mail
is carried on the railroads? +. A

@. What percentage Of the mail
is carried on the railroads? +. A
A. The Post Office Department
says that 90 per nj of the weight
of all the mails is carried on the
railroads, being handled by the
Railway Mail Service, enroute.
@. What gives radishes then
pungent taste and are radishes di-
A, The Department of Agriculture
says that the characteristic pun
gent flavor of radishes is due 10
sulphur, similar to the essential oil
in mustard; and that they are SO
%succulent and tender that they are
probably well assimilated.
. @. What are tonnage mem? IL
b. b.
A. In the steel industry workers
who are paid on a piece-work basis
are known as tonnage men.
@. Who is known as the Vol
taire of Greece? c. w. F.
A. Xenophanes, who as a free.
thinker did not reserve his opinions
for his disciples and immediate fol-
lowers but declared that "the truth
should be made known to ALL" has
been referred to al THE Voltaire of
Greece by some modern writer's.
@. Are the elephants of Africa
superior to those OF India? +. r.. l.
A. The Indian elephant is larger
than the African, ana Is generally
rated as the superior Of the two.
@. A contends that Christians
3 insists that they have been 80
designated. Which is right2 q. A.
M.
A. In ancient Rome the Chris
| tians were sometimes called atheists
| because they denied the Roman
gods. They were not, however,
atheists in the -modern acceptance
| of the term.
@. Was there such a thing as
| propaganda in connection with the
American Revolution?
A.. 1t is probable that there has
been what we now know as propa-
| ganda in connection with every inn
| portant movement ia human history.
| AS to the American Revolution, for
example, Thomas Paine is said to
| have made it his boast that ne
| brought about the revolution by his
| pamphlet, Common Sense"
@. Have cats ever been used asI
| hunting animals? r. D. w.
A. The ancient Egyptians are said
to have killed wild ducks with throw
| Sticks, to nave made Use OF decOyS,
and to have trained cats as retriev-
ers. They also hunted with trained
lions, which belong to the cat spe-
cies. There have been also hunting
leopards used as long ago as the
| reign of Kubla Kahn in China.
@. Please give a recipe for Hot
Water Gingerbread. f.. w. O..
A. Put IA cups flour, 1 teaspoon
full soda, Ia teaspoonful ginger, Vi
teaspoonful salt, in mixing bowl.
Add 1 u molasses combined with
y cup boiling water. Warm 4 ta-
| blespoonsful of fat in shallow bak-
ing tin. Add to mixture, beat vig-
orously, bake rs minutes. An egg
may be addict to the gingerbread.
Q. How high should a chimney
be built?
A. A chimney should extend at
least 35 feet above the CRATE. Forty
| feet is a more satisfactory height,
since a chimney of this height is not
| apt to produce an erratic draft. The
top of the chimney should extend at
least three feet above flat roofs and
two feet above the ridge of peak
roofs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10
THE GEORGETOWN BRIDGE
DESCRIBED BY HASkIN
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7-Ihe
bridge now under c~onstruclion
which will the Potomac river,
connecting Virginia with the ely
street was originally designed as a
memorial to Francis Scott Key. IL
thor of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner" and ofce a resident OF Old
Georsetown. The General Assem-
blv of Maryland made GEORGETOWN a
town in 1851, twenty-five years De,
fore that province ceased to be loyal
to the British Crown. The Sid Town
now port of Washington, evidently
was built on the ashes of the INDIAN
village Of Tohoge. e..
How surprised the old residents
| would have been to have aWakeneo
| some fine morning, to find ans sns,
! tenine white structure in place OF
| their little river ferry. Their only
! bridge was Little Falls. three miles
! above the present bridge site. ana
was made of timbers swung on
chains, In the charter of the george
town Corporation it was written that
the city should keep the a
bridge and the road leading to inc
bridge free and in repair forever.
The Georgetown ferry at n time
was in dispute. for Virginia claimed
| the river as hers. The ierfymail
was persuaded to row the sheriff 10
| the Virginia shore. He was arrested
when he stepped onto Virginia soil
to collect his fee and taken for trial
40 Fairfax Courthouse.
Many years ago. in the shadow
of this new structure, there came
and went the ships of the Dutch
East Indies bringing silks and jew
els. and returning down to the sea
with their argos of tobacco. There
also locked the Shenandoah, which
went regularly to Europe with her
hold full of Virginia weed, TO return
laden with salt. Sailing packets put
out for New York with flour: and
once on a Saturday night the schoon-
Ell Pearl slipped silently down the
river with most of the slaves of tho
town on board. causing a scarcity OF
Sunday morning breakfasts and
putting great CONSERVATION in the
hearts of the house wives.
Old Port OF Georgetown
Many tales were told of the boats
which put into port and it was sal,
that when Spilman sailed from
jamestown in the pinnace "Tiger'
many years before to trade with the
Indians for corn, that Captain Hen
ny Fleete, who was among those tc
land, was captured and held. He
learned the Indian language and al
most entirely forgot his OWE. Late:
he was ransomed and taken to Eng
land. There he told many wcnderfu'
stories, and in writing of the up
per Potomas said, sit abounds will
all of fish. The Indians il
one night will catch so surgeons L
a place of the river not above 1:
fathoms broad. And as Tor deer
buffaloes, bears, turkeys, the wood
do swarm with them and the soil |:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

Some of the fish caught last SUM
mer are now six feet long.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

Why don't some of the reformess
invent a shakeless shimmy?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

Drinking to excess is considered a
vice; access to drinking a virtue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

stay at home with your cold
saws a doctor. Many of us would
like to leave the thing there alone.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

Stamps are being counterfeited. A
new kind OF mail robbef..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10
Ouestions-Answer

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Directors
Washington, D. G. This onsr np-
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medicinal and ~ilnancial roubleA II
does not attempt to settle domostic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research ON any subject Write
your question plainly and briefly.
cloee two cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
10 b Inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

imprisonment gives me a chance
to find myself says Madalynne
Obenchain. She knows where n
is at. v.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10
YOUR INCOME TAX

Your income TX will be due. Don't fret about tread these
Inv r. j. Conkey, az consutant for the Central National Bank
and Trust Company, Cleveland. They tell you everything you
to know in language you can understand. This is Conkeys thro
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

If the years must have Is month
spring is the time to add one.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

lowable, however, on a
which he rents to another person.
@. 26--Jokn Smith conducts a
hardwai, store. On Dec. 81. 1920,
his inventory was 5000. During
the year he purchased $4,000 worth
of goods and his sales for the year
were $4,000 On Dec. 81, 1921, his
inventory was SIT, ZOO. How do these
items entcr into Smiths income tax
return?
A.-The inventory at the Begin
ming Of the year, $4,000, is added to
the purcnase. So goo, making $780,
900, from which the inventory at the
end Of the year, SIT 200. Is deducted.
lea ving $4,000, which represents n
cost of goods Sold" This. deducted
from the SAFES, $4,000. leaves $42,-
O0J, which Is the gross profit" from
the business In addition he can de-
duct his general expenses. losses, de-
probation, ETC., to determine his net
income.
O.. 27-An individual owns an
apartment. hous and lives in n OF
the apartments with his family. The
entire building is heated by n
furnace and owner furnishes heat,
light, water, and janitor for the
entire book. How should the apart
ment figure IN the owners return?
A.-The owner must determine
how m"ch Of the EOS of heating,
Iig Mtg, ete., is attributed to his
own apartment, and the balance of
such costs may be deducted from
gross income as an expense. Depre-
citation should be apportioned in the
same The rental value OF
his own apartment need not be in
cluded in gross income but the en-
tire amount of rem received from
the other apartments must be re-
turned.
@. 2S-An attorney supporting a
family owns an automobile used both
for business and pleasure. He en-
ploys an assistant and a stenog-
rapner in his Office. He pays club
dues, subscribes TO legal publica-
lions and books and donates to
charitable organizations. How
should these items be treated in his
return?
A. The part of the automobile ex-
pense appo,: toned t the time it is
| used for business is an allowable ex-
| pense. The salaries of the assistant
and st~enographer are a business ex-
pense. Clun dues are not allowable
| deductions unless a strictly business
| club such as a Chamber of Com
merce.
Legal publication and business
booHs as we'll as donations are al
Iowa BILE deductions.
more specimen cases will be de-
scribed in Conkey's fourth article in
tomorrow's Perth Amboy Evening
News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

Wonder if the siX-college-degree
can solve a railroad time table?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10
Bible Thought For Today

VI HOW TO GET ON:-Ask, and it shall be given
seek. and We shall fnd.-Matthew ~.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

any place in the world and to de-
velop this point that nature has done
SO much for and to make it 'accessf-
BILE not only to all the people OF our
city but to the millions of people in
North Jersey Is a real good business
proposition and will add millions to
the value of Perth Amboy real es-
tate. So providing at this time If the
gas plant can be purchased at a rea-
sonable price, it is a good PROPOSE
ton to buy and the day that the
purchase is made there will be ten
times the price paid added to the
value of Perth Amboy property.
Interested.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

and look down at the "Potomack'
mad he seen this majestic structure
bridging the river? Would he
have written his survey, rs he did,
that from 'those heights the view
was commendable2 z"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

~TOM SIMS

SW ~ZLH
stay at home with your cold,.
saws a doctor. Many of us would
like to leave the thing there alone.
Some of the fish caught last sum-
mer are now six feet long.
Drinking to excess is considered a
vice; access to drinking a virtue.
Why don't some of the reformecs
invent a shakeless shimmy?
Stamps are being counterfeited. A
new kind OF mail robbei.
imprisonment gives me a chance
to find myself" says Madalynne
Obenchain. She knows where
is at. ".
If the years must have Is months
spring is the time to add enc.
Wonder if the six-college-degree
man a solve a railroad time able?
style hints for the future have pre-
dicted that women Will go without
everything except money.
Making friends with a policeman
will help you in a pinch. 49,,
H~ome-Saised girls don't grow WIG.
- -H-
Ourpostal service estimates 1t lost
s~25,252,613 in three months. This
| does not include Will Hays.
Men never brag about their pay
, around income tax time.
Happiness is not being particular
We are shipping Argentina a 1000
| 900 pounds of powder for hunting
| Wonder if it Is trouble hunting?
Lots Of men who yea old clothes
DON owe anybody.
All the world is a stage: makins
love is the overture and when yor
marry the curtain goes up.
lJ1G IIldil WOIlI Willi0 l. ~ Aip
who can smile when his daughter
is learning a song.
All men needing haircuts are moi
in Russia.
The only fool like an old fool is E
young one.
"Yeast Company Expands"-head'
line. Yeast will raise the dough.
Cuss and the world cusses at you
and look down at the 'Potomack'
mad he seen this majestic structure
bridging the river? Would he
have written his survey, rs he did
that from ''those heights the view
was commendable2"
Mrs. Southworth's Home
1t was from those same heights
that Mrs. e.. ID. Il N Southworts
viewed the winding Potomac AM
watched the Virginia Palisade.
change from young and shiverins
green, through russell gold, to sill
yer white as the seasons passed
There, Is Prospect Cottage, which
still stands she watched the growtl
| of Georgetown and Washington
writing her many vivid storie.
around their historic personalities
and points of interest.
During the early days in George
town it was necessary to take TIM
ferry if one was of a mind to cross
! to the neighboring state, or else rid
to the Chain bridge at Little Fall
land there cross three miles abov
Later the Aqueduct Bridge was bull
on tho old foundation which wa
| CONSTRUCTED to carry q canal across
to Virginia.
Those times are passed now ant
the old residents of Georgetown ar
but memories: homes have gone y
ruin and gardens struggled OFT Il
weeds: still as always the Potomac
must be bridged and now. in plac'
Of the old and patient ferry. tn
swinging Chain Bridge and the nov
condemned Aqueduct, is being erect
ed this state white concrete struc
ture. The grand and solemn process
sion which carry u hero dead t
their last resting place ut Airing
ton will pass over this new George
town Bridge. the Western Gatewa'
TO the South
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

Style hints for the future nave pre-
dicted that women will go without
everything except money.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

Making friends with a policeman
will help you in a pinch.
HomeNxaised girls don't grow WHO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-22
RUSSIAN POLITICAL
LINEUP is SHIFTED

THE HAGUE, June 22.-Telegrams
from Riga announcing Maxim Livin-
off and NJ Sakolnikov are enroute to
The Hague without Nm. Krassin and
Rakovsky, who are delayed in Mos
COW, are causing much speculation in
conference circles here as to what the
political situation may be in Moscow
now that Premier Lenine has been
forced to retire temporarily because Of
illness.
NJ. Livinoff, who is head of the dele
cation to the conference, is credited
with being in favor with, the extreme
left wing of the communists and the
Third International. NJ. Krassin has
never been in high favor with the
communists, but has held office large
ly through Premier Lenine's support,
Russian authorities declare. He is
much in the same class as Foreign
Minister Tchitcherin. Both of these
officials were converts to communism
after the bolsheviki took over the gov
eminent at Petrograd, both having
been members Of the aristocratic class
under the imperial regime.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-22
TO BEGIN SUMMER
SESSION OF "W CLASS

Jesus AS the Model Group Leader"
will be the main topic for the discus
sion in the Saturday Evening Bible
Study classes to be held for the re-
mairder OF the summer at the Y. M.
c. A, under the direction of Safer
Horn. The first of the new session of
Bible teachings will be held on Sat
urday evening of this week, the sub
stance OF the lesson to be taken from
John So: 81
The lessons which will be conducted
by Mr.. Horn are the same as was
taught to the Bible class at Lake
Geneva last year by Mr.. Buell., relig-
ious state secretary of the Michigan
Y. NJ. c. A. The series is divided into
II lessons.
The classes are being resumed at
the request of the boys who have been
engaged in Bible study during the past
winter and spring months. At the
time of the closing of the class for
the summer when the Billy Sunday
campaign opened there were 25 boys
in the class. Mr.. Horn says he ex-
poets large class this summer from
the enthusiasm shown to have the
class resumed. All boys under the
age of IA are welcome to attend. The
Saturday night meeting starts ct 6 Is
o'clock
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-22
113 ENROLLED FOR
Bible INSTRUCTION

Enrollments for 113 children have
been received to date by those in
charge of the Vacation Bible school to
be opened on June &c, at Morton high
school
A meeting was held in the Y. NJ. G.
A. Wednesday evening at which the
returns from the enrollments in the
schools from over the city were tabu-
lated with the following results: First
Christian church, %; West Richmond
Friends, "a; Grace NJ. E, 16; St. Pauls
Lutheran, Is; Third Methodist, 8; East
Main STREET Friends, 9; First English
Lutheran, Z; South Eighth Street
Friends, 5; United Presbyterian, 1.
These results are only the number
enrolled by the various churches up to
Wednesday evening and it should be
understood that the enrollments do not
close with this tabulation. There are
many Sunday schools who participated
in the Bible school last year who have
not, as yet, sent in any returns this
year, but the directors of the move
ment feel that these schools can be
counted upon to furnish a generous
quota of students
Some Sunday schools. It Is under
stood, are not financially able to defray
the expenses of the students who de
sire to enroll. 1t is urged that the par.
ents of such children enroll them and
assume the expense which will be
about $3.50 for the three weeks
course.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-22
KIWANIANS DECIDE
TO AID new CAMP

Members of the Kiwanis club voted
at the meeting Thursday, that each
member should at some time at his
earliest convenience, visit Camp XII
Ro and work on the various things
which need to be- done At first it
was the desire to have the club go in
a body, but date could not be Sc
lected which would suit all.
The speaker of the day, who was to
be furnished by Walt Engle and Earl
Dafler. was late in getting into the
city and did not arrive in time to
speak to the club.
Robert Weichman presided over the
meeting in the absence of President
Move, vice President Holland and Sec
rotary Keck. Move and Keck are at
tending the kiwanis convention at
Toronto and Holland was out of the
city for the day
Open discussion was held on the
Kiwanace, weekly paper of the XII
wants club. Advertising. is to be
solicited more extensively than ever
before in ordsr to make the paper a
real kiwanis venture.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-22
DUFFIN CONDEMNS
GROWING OF WEEDS

Carelessness of some citizens in al
lowing weeds to grow on their prem
ises, in defiance of the laws of health
as we'll as the rules of good citizen
ship, was condemned by DR.. c. E.
Duffin, secretary of the board of
health, in a statement issued Thurs
day.
ANY condition allowed by a private
citizen which affects the health of the
community is one which should not be
allowed to exist by the authorities, .
he said. "The practice of some cit
liens who allow rank growth of
weeds on vacant lots, open spaces and
back of buildings is one which cannot
be too severely condemned This is
condition which affects the health
OF the people. The hay fever season
is here and the influence of weeds in
adding to the misery of these people
is well known.
1--WE will expect the people to CO
operate in keeping alleys Clean he
added THE question of garbage and
trash accomplishing in alleys is one
which must be solved by the people.
It cannot be handled by the city adj
ministration alone. We expect to put
into force shortly a new set of rules
and regulations concerning this mat
Ter. Alleys should be kept as clean
as the streets and only the citizens
can keep them that way"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-22
Holland Takes Advantage
Of Conference to Describe
Charms of Netherlands
(BY Associated Press)

THE HAGUE, June 22.-Dutch
officialdom in general is showing lit
tie disposition to follow Foreign Min
lister VanKarnbeek's conference slo-
gan upholding "a wise and well regu-
lated publicity" and Holland is tax
ing advantage of the presence here OF
scores of foreign newspapermen in
hopes that the charms of The Neither.
lands may be described to the world.
1t is hoped especially to reach the
United States, so that Americas thou
sands who are now pouring into Eu-
rope will include Holland in their
itinerary Municipal and town coun-
ellis are extending countless invita-
tions to the correspondents. Train,
steamer, canal and sea yachting trips
figure in the alluring programs offered
the writers.
There are two dominating notes in
the comment of the Dutch press on
The Hague conference The first re-
fleets the view that another confer
ence will have to follow perhaps at
Washington, if The Hague meeting
proves fruitful and constructive. The
second emphasizes the youthfulness
of the majority of the delegates here
men who are not of the old regime
and who are able to see the world as
it is, bringing fresh viewpoint to the
difficult negotiations