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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
BUSINESS TIPS
By Albert Apple

NEW YORK. May 17-Soft coal
production is gradually increasing,
now is close TO 4.5OO.OO0 tons
week. or about 60 per cent as big
as a year ago. Plenty OF coal 10
be had by buyers. but mostly the
expensive grades.
Some miners reason ike this:"We
might as well be idle several more
months and then have steady work
10 build up coal reserves 10 nor
nal. as drag along steadily at a few
days a week In the long run, just
so much coal has to be mined"
Many striking anthracite miners
are vacationing In the "Old Coun-
try"
Steel Mills Busy
Steel industry continues turning
out three times as much tonnage as
last July, when production hit bot
tom and started elm bling The gem
eral industry is running 20 per cent
capacity Iron mining operations
are increasing in Lake Superior dis
tr.ct
Average selling price Of leading
steel products has advanced s2-3o
ton since March l. The mills
claim this is largely due to necessity
Of using high-priced coal instead Of
Connellsville supply, shut off by
strike
Steel exports mounting The big
buying has shifted from Japan to
South America.
Wheat Export slump
Wheat exports are huctuating
from a half 10 two-thirds less than
year ago. though averaging about
the same as corresponding time OF
1920.
Corn exports averaging nearly
third more than year ago
Wall Street
About 100000 now IS tied
up in Wall Street brokers loans. It's
about the same amount as in Octo-
Der. 1919. when speculation was
nearing its height.
Public utilities. so far this year,
have sold about s210.000,O0O Of
bonds and notes
Moneys Travels
The country's total bank clearings
now are, roughly. a sixth bigger
than a year ago, an eighth less than
two years ago. and averag ing high
er than during corresponding weeks
of the 1919 boom.
Big Cotton Exports
Exports Of cotton, in week ended
May II. totaled 1928 bales.
against 63,796 bales in correspond
ing week a year ago and 101.S25
two years ago.
Total exports for the season that
began last August 1 have passed the
5000, 600 Lbsles mark.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
HAY sTRAW Am MN

corrected Daily by the Wesley Millet
Flour and Feed Co.. 42O :. Michigan ST
Phone Main SS5l
NV HAI-Paying, S1Cd1S; selling
s24M2G per ton
oATS-Paying. 4Oc; selling. 5Oa6Oc
CORS-Paying, soc. selling 60I70c
CLOVER SEED-Paying, S14; selling
S16d1s.
ALSIKE CLOvER-SeIlinE S1431a
ALFALFA-Northern grown. Sl4
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK.

INUIANAFULIS, MAY 1I.-HOGS-Re-
ceipts. 1900; market steady, Sc lower /:
best heav1es, 1065d 10.S5; medium mix
ii bulk OF sales. S10S5d1095
HEEP-Receipts, 200; market weak !;
CALVES-Receipts, 500; market strong,
top. S1l.
CATTLE-Receipts 1000: market slow.
steady steers S5.5Od7.S5; cows and heif-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
SOUTH RENn MARKETS

Corrected Daily by ID. 4. Rowe 60e =
Michigan st. Phone Lincoln 52S0l
TlMOIHA-Selling. $3.50 per bu
tLONER-Medium red. selling SIT.
mammoth red. SIS: sweet clover, S.
ALFALFA-Selling, S14
SUDAN GRASS-Seung 50 cvvt
AILLET-Common selling, SI75 cut
ALSIkE-Selling. SI4
cow pEAS-S}M4.5
SOY BEAN@S2TA
SEED CORN-S2
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
CHICAGO PRonrCF.

CHICAGO May 17-BUTTER-Re-
ceipts, 10,1s4 tubs; creamery extra, Csc
standard, 34d34Ac: frsts. 31G34c pack
ing stock, 1S019c.
laneous. 312d24C: ordinary firsts. 226
22l2c frsts, e5cd 291zc: checks. 2O1b621c
dirtieS. 20ihM2oc
CHEFS E--Twins new, 15bd154kc
daisies 1884 al 6c: young Americas. 17c
lCnghorns, 162d16stc; brick, 1511c.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys. sc: chick
ems. 25c; broilers. 4Od4Sc; ROSTERS, 14i5c:
geese. lac ducks. 22c
OTATOES-Receipts. Al cars; north
ern white. 81. 25G1.4O; Idaho rurals, 81 N
n lJ0
NEAL-JO 70 ca lbs. sdGc: 20 20 50
lbs, lO911c; 90 to 100 lbs, pa fancy.
14c.
PITTSBURG LIVE STOCK.
PlTTSBURG. Pa, MAY 17-HOGS-
Receipts, 10 doub!edecks; market slow I;
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18

Due 10 typographical error
the item of boomers appearing in
the Ward q Lewis ad in the Thurs
day issue of The News-Times read
two for sc Tn s was incorrect and
should have read sec. or two pair
for 500.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18

wHEAT-May or /. July or is sept
CoRN-Mdy OF "a. July of y; Sept
.oATs-Nay or 3 July Of g, sept
PFOvisfons-Trr re uuIar
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
You
Can't
Afford to
Neglect
Your
Personal
Appearance

Aud Holmes Dental Service Makes Il
Possible Fer All To Enjoy the
Best At More Than Reason
able Prices.
There are many who because they feel
they cant afford 20 hsve their teeth
properly cared for are being caused no
little suffering and feel ashamed Of their
appearance.
No matter the nature OF the case Or
Holmes Is prepared 20 care for t. In.
vestigate our Bridge Work. Irrespective
OF price yvd II md no equal for IL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
HIDES AND TATIOyy

Corrected Daily by :. w. Lippman 2ls
y. Main 1T. Phone Main 26ID
HIDES-5c; calfskins, 1Oc
ALLOW--Rendered. SC. rough. ease
BEESWAX-25G3 5c per 10.
LARD-122c 10.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
WHEAT. CORN OATS Etc

NWNNH'T u
corrected Daily by ID. n. Morgan. star
NILS, Hydraulic Phone I.-5O97D
CORN-Paying SOC per bu
OATS-paying. &c.
SGS-Selling. S1.6O cwt-
SEED OATS-Selling T5c bu.
BRAN-Selling. $50 cwt.
RYE-Paying SOC.
SCRATCH FEED-SeIling. - 90 cWt
WHEAT-No 1. paying $3.50 blu
Corrected Daily by Brotherhood CrOo~rs
go y. Main It. Phone M-175e.J
BUTTER-Paying, 36c; selling. 42c.
FRESH EGGS-Paying. o4c; selling,
2Sc doz
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES - CsU.
fornia navel oranges. 40c doz
POTATOES-Se Selling, S175 bu
CABBAGE-Selling. 1Oc 10.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
CHICAGO GRAIN RFvrE

CHICAGO, May 17-Wheat prices were
lower at the close OF the Chicago hoard
OF trade today. May wheat was slightly
hlgher az the opening and other grains
lower. Heavy selling developed later and
local interests bought OF the decline
large deliveries on May contracts were
made.
Corn was lower. Commission housas
bought on unfavorable weather reporf-
put selling by local traders was slow
was dull
Provisions were irregular
WhEAI-May opened up a. at 46I5
and closed of / July off &. 12sK and
s clos c, on IL September off *. 121l5
CoRN-May opened unchanged. s1&
closed of y September of z. 67Z aud
oATS-May opened unchanged at 1914
ana ana closed .,o on July unchanged, 4Oss
shd crossed on - September Ala UNI
changed and closed of 4.
~ CHICAGO CASH GRAIN.
- e. t~ seIS' May 17.-WHEAT-No. ?
Te aa,l N46@l46A; No. hard. $3.50
. C0RN-NSao2, l yellow, s2a4 aesKc; No.
Mo<c; No. 1 yellow. Gle: No / mira9
6532c; No mixed. 621zc; No. 3 miTed
oi1I gdol &c No. 4 mixed, COS. d61c: No
ml55ed, oo15e; No. 2 white. 62Ih662s. g !:
no; White, 61h462c-
M HAIS soSN.oo;,, 3 white, S95d43c; No. 4
BARLEY-65d7Oc.
TIMOTHY-S4 50G6
CLOVER-S12G22
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-18
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE
CHICAGO, May IL
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
DARTMOUTH ALUMNI
PLAN $50, 900 N. Y. CLUB
President Hopkins Speaks at
Annual Dinner.

More than 400 Dartmouth men at
tended the thirteenth annual reunion OF
the New York Alumni held last night IN
the Hotel Commodore. Or. +. NJ Hop
kins. presider. of the Hanover IN. Fl. }
institution. was the principal speaker.
Addresses we're made also by Justin II.
Smith. Owen a. Hovan and Clarke Tobin.
member of the football rules advisory
committee.
With "A bit of Hanover in New York
the slogan. the alumni broached plans
for $4,000 Dartmouth clubhouse for
the 1899 alumni within fifty miles OF
this city. Malcom -s5tearns was made
chairman OF the temporary Commits.
and n. G. Lenfesty of 65 Wall street.
treasurer. The clubhouse. II Is proposed
Will be in the Murray Hill district
Forty-two per cent. of the Dartmouth
enrolment. President Hopkins said. IL
representative of New England. The
university has applications from two and
half times as many new students as
L has room TO admit.
President Hopkins told OF a recent
experiment in readmitting "flunkers'
which showed that OF the 2i9 so admitted
only fraction finally managed To
squeezc through the four years course in
five years. and not even one made a
reasonably good record
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
PRETTY FLAPPER GHOST
HARASSES A FAMILY MAN
Spook With Bobbed Hair and Painted Eyebrows Ap-
pears at Night Only at Mr. Miller's Window,
Though Youths Tempt Her With Gifts.

Special Dispatch TO THE NEw YosK HERALD.
MrLLERToN, y. Y, April 5.--There Is
a lot of talk going on here about the
1apper ghost which for some time now
has been visiting the home of Theron
Snyder at night and peerrrg into q
second story window Mr.. Snyder pro-
fesses only nodding acquaintance with
the ghost, but says that SO far az he
has been able TO see II through the
glass it has bobbed hair and is addicted
to the use of eyebrow pencils and lip
sticks. Also 1T is pretty
Mr.. Snyder is middle aged, the father
of family and an employee of the
Central New England Railroad. He
takes no stock In ghosts and has no
time for them; neither does he take
stock in or have time for fappers In
the flesh. But the fact remains that
almost every night there Is a tapping,
AS OF some one gently rapping on the
glass of second story window. and
then through the glass can be dmly
seen the head OF a flapper. aapping
about without much very visible means
OF support as are shown by the fiappcr
in real life.
Every effort has been made to solve
the mystery. but to no avail. 1t has
been suggested that perhaps Mary Ellen
has come down from Antlgonish on u
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
CITY RETIRES FROM
GAS RATE SESSIONS
p. S. Board and Companies to
Seek Agreement.

cornoration Counsel OBrlen in behalf
Of the CITY withdrew yesterday from the
Informal conferences initiated BY the
Public Service Commission to reach
decision on gas rates without formal
hearings.
He renewed his attacks on the Con-
solidatcd Gas Company for refusai 70
per,nit his experts to go into their plants
and books. and asked the commission 10
direct the company to give him such
access. 80
The gas company made public letter
In regard to the proposed conferences
written by George B. Corteiyou. lts
nresidert. TO William a. Prendergast.
chairman OF the commission, on March =.
He expressed willingness TO work IN
harmony with the commission. but op-
iected strenuously to what ne declared
we're obstructive tactics of the city
repregentativcs. He favored the "'round
the table conferences, but added that
the conference plan seemed unworkable
ard a futile ste of time III II Is TO
proceed like town meeting with a
steno9raphic record, press reports and
the like"
When Corporation Counsel o'Brien
had road his statement Chairman Prem
derpast thanked him and said:
I'VE will excuse you from furtner
attendance at these conferences and will
now proceed TO confer with representa-
tives OF The gas companies.
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
SUIT MAKES COTTON
BROKER A BANKRUPT
Peers of N. Y. Exchange Suf-
fers From American Con-
GERMS Action.
ACT LAID TO SPITE WORK
Lawyer for Complainant Lays
Failure to Bucketing
of Trades.
ACT LAID TO SPITE WORK

Henry NJ. Peers a cotton broker OF
the New York Cotton Exchange. OF so
Broadway, was thrown into involuntary
bankruptcy yesterday upon a petition
filed by Albert Massey. attorney for J.
>. Oliver, cotton broker of the Amer
lean Cotton Exchange, who claimed
Sl0434.S6, representing investment and
profit In cotton transaction
Later. Mr.. Oliver laid before Donald
F. Baldwin. Assistant District ATTORNEY.
an oral complaint that the amount OF
the bankruptcy claim was lost through
bucketing. Though Baldwin said last
night that he did not regard the COM
piaint as technically formal L. f.
Schlechter. attorney for Peers. said he
WOULD take his client before the District
Attorney to-day.
Mr. Schlechter termed the charge by
Oliver as Ridiculous He said there
was no ground for action. and that the
charge was made to bring the New
York Cotton Exchange into disrepute
Albert Massey, counsel for the Amer
lean Cotton Exchange will appear to.
morrow before Judge Rosalsky in Gen.
eral Sessions to move that the Ex-
change be tried separately from the six
directors under indictment and that its
case be placed on the preferred list of
the trial calendar.
District Attorney Banton cannot pre-
vent, he said yesterday. the Exchange
from obtaining a separate trial. He will
fight. however. against an early trial
for the Exchange IL he considers the
State has weaker case against 1t than
against the individual directors. lie
wishes to try hiS strongest case first.
Smauel NJ. Small, aged 49, member
Of the stock brokerage firm OF Fried
man. Markelson g. Co. IS Beaver
street. was released yesterday from
Tombs Prison, where he was being held
on larceny indictment. and turned
over to Canadian authorities. Small is
charged with Fleeing customers OF a
branch office OF the company in
Montreal.
George W. Post. aged 70. nicknamcd
by the police Get Rich Quick Waling-
ford" and big Frank" Allen e5.
charged with having operated large
swindle schemes I'm DunEirk. n. y.
were held in $4,000 bail each yesterday
by Magistrate Fl. Stanley Renaud for
{, further hearing tomorrow.
An involuntary petition In bank
,uptcy was filed In the United States
District Court yesterday against the
stock brokerage firm OF F. ID. kinnaly
& Co.. of 160 Pearl street. The petit
tioning creditor is the Peerless Quality
Company, Inc. which claim Ss12 for
painting and supplies. Liabilities arc
estimated at $4,000. and assets at
f5o,0co. Henry B. Singer was appointed
receiver.
Word reached the city from Chicago
last night that the creditors OF the
bankrupt firm OF Kardos & Burke. stock
brokerage Mouse with Offices here. had
agreed unanimously to accept the COM
painy's offer OF settlement This con-
s.sts Of e. 10 per cent. cash payment at
once. 10 per cent. at the end OF each Of
Three six-month periods. and 20 per
cent. at the end OF each of three aldI-
tional six-month periods
The New York herald., 1922-04-06

visit, but there are no signs OF numai'
footprints on the ground under the win
dow. and nothing 10 indicate that the
fiapoeT climbed up a ladder and peeked
into Mi. Snyders window. In9estiga-
tions are being made by all the anna
teur ghost hunters of this vicinity, ana
il is these Investigations that are caus-
ing the talk.
Some OF these investigators are very
young men and they seem to be trying
to steal Mr.. Snyder's ghost rather than
solve the mystery. Two of them are
known to have placed a box OF bonoons
on their window sills at night ami I'm
gered hopefully within their rooms
dressed in their Sunday suits, but {" no
avail. A third put small bottle Of sln
on the window sill. but even this do
not attract the flapper ghost, which re-
mains true to the household OF Mr.
Snyder.
Several members OF the Snyder fam.
ily have seen the face with its peri
bobbed hair peeking in at the winJow'
They have tried to catch 1t but have
failed. They have not, however, ac-
cepted the offer of certain OF the youns
amateur investigators, who volunteer 70
catch the flapper ghost or die IN inc
attempt The ghost. SO far. has cone
nothing to the members Of the snyder
family but look at them.
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
SUIT NEVER SUITED; PAYS
50 ON $8 DUE ~ YEARS
Man Who Demanded Bill
Hedged When 1t Came.

Special Dispatch 70 THE New YosK HERAIp D.
WINsTEp, Conn, AgTs; Six weeks
ago James McAlpine. retired merchant,
got letter fror. sonn Langdon. who
lives near Walla Walla, Wash. which
said;
DEAR SIR Forty years ago you
made a Prince Albert suit for me. ]
was to go West TO Michigan the next
week. ! did not have money enough
to pay you in full. but was to send the
balance. I hope to hear from you ana
settle if you are alive. You have the
account on your old books. but prooaply
dropped as bad years ago. II was
September. 1881"
Mr.. McAlplne looked it up and found
So was due on the Prince Albert SUIT
He sent the bill 10 Langdon. a letter
came yesterday from Lansdon "nic"
said:
I'm sending 50. The suit never iitteo
very we'll and think this is enough
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
HUMANN GIRL FOUND
GUILTY OF PERJURY
Justice Lewis Praises Jury for
Courage in Aftermath Of
Garbc Murder.

Miss Gussic Human OF ?2e Hatch
avenue. Woodhaven. Queens, charger
with perjury in the trial OF Joseph LII
base for the murder OF Harry Dewey
C;arbe at Woodhaven last October, was
found guilty yesterday by jury before
Justice Lewis in tho Supreme Court
at Long Island City. The specific ALE
CATION against the girl. who is is. was
that she had testified that shc was not
with I.ibasci when Garbe was killed
The Jurors deliberated only forty-seven
minutes.
handed up. Justice Nevis made this
statement to the jury
want to compliment You on your
verdict. which IS a courageous ana
just one. Few juries in this country
have the courage to bring In ver-
dict Of guilty against q woman, and
it IL to the credit OF Queens county
that they have citizens on turies who
will bring in such verdict when the
woman is actually guilty.
The CIR, showed no emotion when the
foreman announced the verdict. but
walked calmly to the clerks desk end
gave her pedigree. Justice Lewis ther
sen. her TO the Queens County jail ir
tho custody OF Mrs. Florence Koch
deputy sheriff. She will be sentenced
next Monday. The penalty for perjury
IL an indeterminate sentence OF from
three to twenty years in prison.
The girls attorney, Mortimer J. Wohi
will argue before Justice Lewis within
the next three days motions for settinf
aside the verdict There is another In
dictment pending against the girl, charG
ing her with being an accessory afte'
the fact of the shooting of Garbe, bu
District Attorney Dana Wallace sale
nothing would be done about prosecut
ing her until Justice Lewis had disposed
OF WohIs motions.
John IIumann. father OF tho girl, sale
he would not ALLOW his daughter Il
marry Libasci. who is now serving il
Dannemora Prison for Garbe's murder
He asserted that Justice Lewis had ad
vised him that the only reason for sucl
a marriage would be to legitimatize th'
girls unborn child. This. the justice
said. would give 1t the name of con
fessed murderer. The warden of Dan
nemora telephoned to the District AT
tornoy that Libasci was his prisone
and that he would not permit the mar
riagc.
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
PEGGY DAVIS WIFE
NO. 2, GIRL SWEARS
Tells Grand Jury She Wed
Grafton IL Days Before
FOllies Dancer.

Bigamy complaint against Joseph
Donald Grafton. son OF wealthy Pitts
burgh manufacturer. was filed yesterday
with the District Attorney BY tho
mother OF Peggy Davis, former 'f'ollies"
dancer. said TO be his present wife. and
by Ellen Curley Mcintyre. who says she
was married to Grafton seventeen days
before he Joined his fortlnes with the
seventeen. ycar-old show girl.
The case was presented to the Grand
Jury yesterday by Richard c. Murphy.
Assistant District Attorney. Mrs. Capi-
tola +. Laird. mother OF .ne Davis girl.
and Mrs. Mcintyre Grafton both tod
the jury OF the alleged two MARRIAGES.
The dancer was not prescnt because OF
illness.
Mrs. Mcintyre Grafton said sne met
Grafton when she was employed BY his
brother in Pittsburgh and he had swept
her Off her feet by his "whirlwin1 love
making" She said they were married
in Youngstown, Ohio, November % OF
last year and came to New York. where
they had lived In an East Fortic.h street
hotel.
Grafton soon left her. she said. and
she had to move to a furnished room In
156 West Fortlcth street. where she is
now living. Much OF her personal be-
longings shc claimed. we're held by the
hotel because Grafton failed to pay
their bills
Mrs. Laird talked freely of the we'd
ding of Grafton and her daughter on
December 10 OF last year, in Union
Methodist Episcopal Church, s47 Madi-
son avenue. The pair, the mother said.
went TO Troy and lived in a $40 month
apartment. She said tn. bride was
deeply In love with her husband and had
given UP promising career on tne
screen for marriage to him.
Mrs. Mcintyre No. ] intinsated there
were other marital ramific atons In the
Young mans life and mentioned the
name of another actress and said she
was anxious to learn II Graifon had ever
married this woman.
Mrs. I.aird's story of the wedding In
This city was corroborated by Albert
A. Shepard, vice-president of the Car
,neut Neus, who vas present at the ccre-
mony.
Peggy Davis Is known to the District
Attorney as she appeared before MN
last fall to complain Of aoduction
agains. two wealthy young oil oper-
ators. She alleged she and another eIr'
had been taken by the men to an mn
in Westchester county The case was
not pressed.
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
FORD CONFERS CURSE
ON WORKERS, HE SAYS
Labor Leader Calls High
Specialization a Crime.

CHICAGO, April 5.-Henry Ford was
declared responsible for advancing
specialization in factories and accused
to-day before tho Railroad Labor Board
wage hearing of "conferring a curse on
his workers.
Edward J. Evans, vice-president OF
the International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, attacked the railroads
which. he said, were tending toward too
great specialization in shop work.
Henry Ford may have conferred q
blessing on many people. those who
own automobiles. but he conferred a
curse on his workers. They sit ut their
benches. half dead. doing their bits OF
work mechanically over and over" the
union leader declared.
High specialization was asserted by
Mr. Evans to be the worst crime
against humanity"
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
INCOME PAYMENTS
DROP 35 PER CENT.
First Quarter $+7,461,985
Less Than i'm 1921 in
Manhattan Alone.
HUGE LOSS FOR YEAR
BOWers's Estimate for the
Borough Puts It at
S178,339,9O2.
RETURNS TOTAL 476,252
OF These. 253.206 Pay No
Taxes and 217,O0O Pay on
Less Than So, 900.
RETURNS TOTAL 476,252

Official figures made public yester-
day by Frank *. Bowers. Collector OF
Internal Revenue, show that Manllat-
ianites fell off Just s4f,461,9S ir
what they paid Uncle Sam for income
taxes at the first installment of 1872.
as compared with what they paid a
year ago. This Is a falling off of 3o.s
per cent-inside The deficit of 81 pei
cent prophesied by Andrew w. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury, some time
ago. The taxes paid in the first quar-
ter OF last year amounted to $134,-
4as,e4i.3s. This year they are $685..
9S495sS7.
Mr.. Bowers said he expected the
ratio of 1929 collections TO those OF
1921, as indicated in the receipts fol
the first quarter. to stand up during
the rest Of the year Mr.. Bowers's dis
trict, the Second New York, includes
only Manhattan Island.
On the basis of the 1922 tex receipts
being 6i.7 per cent OF the collections
for 1921 the Collector has estimated
total for the year Of s326,SS3.34S.S7. az
ageinst s505,17s.25101 In 1922. divided
over the four quarters as follows:
1891. ia.2.
First quarter Si3f, 446, ,a44Ss sss.9s4 ,aJs 81
Second quarter. f35, ,56f .39I.Si .Sl,i0i .95, ~
Third quarter. 10. .0S3. .0S+ii 1850. .o.c 0t
Fourta quarter. 1fJ, ioi .ss4.6s 'I4,A60.3tI ot
ESTIMATED.
"O-r estimate of recei.ts for the bal
ance of the year." said xr. Bowers yes.
terday, has been very close. The re-
ceipts will show falling off of $t7S.'
339, ,9o2.14."
The total tax collection in the Second
New York district up to March 81 last
aggregated $127.7S9.599.57, the miscel'
laneoas taxes amounting to S40,S04.'
64e1o 1t was estimated by Mr.
Bowers's staff that the miscellaneous
taxes will drop 3s.3 per cent. and thai
the combined total of income and mis-
cellaneous taxes will drop 36.3 per cent
this year from tne total of 1921.
A comparison of the number OF re
turns filed this year with the figure:
for 1921 shows an increase in the mum.
Der of non-taxape returns, due lergel.
to the increased exemption allowed bl
the Federal Government. The tota
numb,r of returns filed by indlvid "a
and corporation taxpayers since Januar.
was AT9.252. but upward Of 95 PEI
cent. OF these were filed In the firs
fifteen days of March. or this tots
253.206 were not accompanied by ta'
payment acd more than $4,000 wer'
returns OF individuals with incomes o
less than $4,000.