Ten Per Cent Increase Added to All Existing Duties and Articles the new war revenue bill: $100 each $100 face value «2 CONS 1 per cent of premium charge Casualty policy premiums Freight bills Passenger tickets 50 cents 8 cents on each $100 1 per cent 1 per cent 3 per cent 10 per cent ceeding $60, $5. Express rates Automobiles and motorcycles Light, heat and telephone bills Telephone (long distance)..... Mucical instruments Talking machines . Jewelry Cosmetics and proprietary medicines Amusement tickets (charity excepted) 5 per cent 5 per cent 5 cents on each toll message over 15¢ 5 per cent on those costing over $10 5 per cent on those costing over $10 wide ..5 per cent 5 per cent on wholesale price | cents for each 10 cents of ad- The bill the hou and rej is esthx Wasl war agreed on the produce ington. - revenue upon by and means orted ways house Wednesday, nated to S1.800.000 (XX) a year. tan- ible ers overlook i any » upon which it is tax. it POSS was not because of any % f Incomes, business profi auto } sel heritances, 1oLACCO, ha games, medicines, letter posiage, portati : g some of the things v i vill feel the den of taxation. Tariff Will Yield $200,000,000. The comm go to the something done by an agreement per cent upon all articles now free list 10 per cent upon all articles now upon the dutiable list, Income-tax increases as made public by Chalrman Kitchin follow: its, amusements, liquors, n mobiles, moving au trans ittee found it necessary to ff to make up a deficit of like $200.000,000, to a 10 tax of on the 31, one-third. June, Exemption limits have been reduced to $1,000 for single men and $2,000 for married men, The normal incomes to be taxed, 1916, have been These taxes are due tax on new classes of men, has been fixed at 2 per cent, Increases in All Surtaxes. The lows: $ 5000tc$ 7,500 7,500 to 10,000... 10,000 to 12,500 12,500 to 15,000 15,000 to 20,000 20000t0 40,000... 40,000 to 60,000 60,000 to 80,000. . 80,000 to 100,000 100,000 to 150,000 150,000 to 200,000 200,000 to 250,000. . 250,000 tee 300,000. . 300,000 to per per per per per per per per per per per per per per per cent cent cent cent cent cent The Inheritance tax starts with one-half of 1 per cent as the basic tax on all estates of $50,000 or less, The remainder of the schedule is ap- plied to the various excesses in grad- uation as follows: Inheritance Tax Scale. On excess of more than $50,000, but not excealing $150,000, 1 per cent. On excess of more than $150,000, but not exceeding $250,000, 13% per cent, On excess of more than $250,000, but not exceeding $450,000, 2 per cent. On excess of more than $450,000, but not exceedimg $1,000,000, 214 per cent. On excess of more than $1,000,000, but not exceeding $2,000,000, 3 per cent. On excess of more than $2,000,000, but not exceeding $3,000,000, 3% per cent. On excess of more than $3,000,000, but not exceeding $4,000,000, 4 per cent, On excess of more than $4,000,000, but pot exceeding $5,000,000, 4% per Lodging-House Geometry. Learning is one thing and wit Is an- other, but that does not prevent them from meeting at times In the same brain. One of the most amusing of those Jests, which It takes a certain amount of scholarship to make or en- Joy, was the collection of Euclidean axioms that Prof. Stephen Leacock of McGill university wrote some years ago for Truth. Here is one of the cleverest of them: If there be two boarders on the same flat and the amount of side of the one be equal to {mn but excess of more not « than £5.000 000 xceeding $5.000000, 5 per cent. Un excess of more than SR 000.000 but not exceeding $11.000000 7 per cent, Un excess of more than $£11.000.000. $15,000,000, 10 per Un excess of more t i 15 per cent | The incor changed e 15,000,000, | to place an I intelis HOGS thelr incor December Ive another o: their taxes agair nd t} 1G LA se y have not paid will h to pay one! 1 | pay. The tax on more when the) EXC profits was not changed and ited previ at 16 per cent on profits over 8 | per cent and £5,000 stands as pri: | ously Liquor Touched Up. The tax on spirits, llar bev | $2.20 per gallon. Si to whisky and erages hus been increased The tax on beer is $2.75 per barrel. The tax on rectifiers is 15 « gallon, | The bled. The | vanced from 50 retail I The bill shall pay | amusement, ents per tax on tobacco has been dou- taxes on cigars have been ad to a schedule $10 per new ranging cents to thousand that per specifies purchasers fax on theater, and baseball tick- the 10 cent els, new tax.of 0 per cent on heat, ight, and telephone bills was inserted n the bill. Under this section the householder goes to pay his month- when { ly bills for these articles he will have to pay an additional 5 per cent of the amount of the bills for the support of | the govermmnent, The tax telephone and telegraph messages fixed at § | cents on each message the toll of which stamp on wns than 15 cents, tichets exempt from thie passenger ticket tax of 10 per cent tax the way fare is less than 25 cents, Mail Rate Increases The second-class mail rate increase was decided on according to the zone system. On motion of Representative Dixon of Indiana, this was reduced to the following: Two cents a pound on second-class mail in first and second zones, Three cents a pound on second-class mail in the third and fourth zones, Five cents a pound on second-class mail in the fifth and sixth zones. Six cents a pound on second-class mail in the seventh and eighth zones, Religious, fraternal, labor and agri- cultural papers not operated for profit more Commuters’ were where one half-cent-a-pound basis. The old regulations concerning the in the county were unchanged. A tax of § per cent was Inserted in the bill on pleasure boats. Musical Instruments costing than $10 each, were exempted from the provisions of the 5 per cent tax on these articles. A motion was made In committee to reduce the automobile tax to 8 per cent, but failed by a large margin. the amount of side of the other, each to each, and the wrangle between one boarder and the landlady be equal to the wrangle between the landlady and the other boarder, then shall the week- ly bills of the two boarders be equal, each to each. For, If not, let one bill be the greater. Then the other bill 1s less than it might have been, which is absurd.--Youth's Companion. On the Job. The Sphinx knew how to keep her mouth shut and is still io business. of Noted Men. ROUTE TO BE KEPT SECRET Chairman To Have Powers Of Spe- cial Ambassador Associates Chosen With Special Regard To Conditions. Official announcement the Ame Russi: 1 wd a Wilson's intrigues Washington. of the on personnel of rican Com forward effort {0 mis step in President to for a sep thwart Germany’ 1 arate wee with the new democracy and t ho the ‘rovisional Govern- ment fast to the \ { the world Men On Comn taff, United 8 Rear-Admir S:N Bliss Temporary Chief Of Staff, General and wi tailed to ti to General i Scott's absence formal BOS 8 Fd people of Secret Baker, in gtate. Ary clared General Scott to ment, de Russia “in Russia may re he full order that the ylize from 4 moliment 2 compliment and he dignits the qdignit ignity cordi- at mis them Eres Three Officers As Aides. Three 1 sion as aides to General Scott t E. 1. Michie, Lieut. Col. T retired, former military American Embasay at Petro- grad. and Lieut. Col. William V. Jud son, of Engineer military observer with the Russian Army dur ing Russo-Japan war. Colonel Judson previously had been assigned to organize and command one of the nine army engineer regiments to be sent to France for work on mil itary communication lines ion to mis- They the officers will go with the of Bentley are Col. Rober General Staff; Mott, to the attache { the Corps the WAR ON U-BOATS MORE TELLING. Fact Shown In Secretary Of Navy's Speech To Reichstag. The Washington increasing effec. OfMeial accounts of the speech reaching here report the German Secretary as say- had achieved far greater results than marines had been lost as the result of improved means of destruction de. vised by the Allies. MERGENTHALER IN BRONZE. Printers. Chicago.—A bronze bust of Otimar Mergenthaler, inventor of the linotype third saniversary of the birth of the inventor, The presentation and un. veiling were under the auspices of the Old-Time Printers’ Association. ” = FR Ri you wi ing up to y ever pos are not ounEtLr prod ightied w pins ir £2 Second Hand Bargains We have a large stock od hand and » ght pianos of a ira fier ple bargain Steinway. . $175.00 Knabe.... 165.00 Emerson .. 100.00 Kimball... 70.00 . 195.00 list i our i catalog of fre t kn are to 11 stan ef ale & fow sais r for our latest i bargains a lustrats You are not asked to tis up your money in soy way, All you do is to us ship you the plano for 30 days free trial in ¥ Lome where you test it and try e end of 30 days you decide t. If it in.» ents to suit you whether the plano is § 1 keep it. paying our low facior If for any way r expectations in ev end the fncet for the & you may send it beck and in tha The Sweet Toned Starck nt in & good piano is tone quali Fe separate | i. pwe srt of the plane performs its ness, purity and power a Lote Quality of the Blark a ion f marve © Nall The Celebrated Starck Player-Piano who are not mous r the Starck Plas to suit you 1 & reas ® 5 . dare snd $ Lis BO KES PU Wil Dot miss Lhe Sey 3 RIBOG ‘3 Saves s we do, direct fre $150.00 m our factory to your } Ve and sen IlArs oo ring our iactorylo-om tied to re ne of Lhe hems ould yor of 8 Rtarck plano fs ent free uve irghone 12 a wi schools In (hiosg 1 tooame iG your own hotse si your own » y st the one ne prioss ve to be Lt event we ArcK pia own work ia er-plano any The Pret Piano srw besy Book Fre FreeCata ome. We P.A§ ard 1967 B+ i i to-Cay mn n Man ob New 14 ¢ i 1.74 ¢ i { New andard, 77@78¢c highe r than Oats Butter Creamer 41% G42c;: creams 41: frets, 30@ 40%; Spot easy’ extras ry extras (82 score), seconds, 3T@oR% FEggs—F fresh resh gathered extras, 36%¢ storage packed, firats gathered firsts, 346 : Pennsylvania and nearb) Western hennery whites Bue i to fancy, 36@136%; 8 Ivania and nearby hennery browns, 36@36% Cheese freeh. specials, D a am @2%¢; gathered, 35% @36; fresh 30: Stats tate, Penns) State, 11 do, average ru Live Poultry Fowles keys, 15@ 17. Dresse 31; fowls, 20% @27.: turkeys, Wheat — No. 2 No 2 Southern steamer, No. 2 red, red, $2.51@2.96; re rejected B, $2.83 PHILADEILFHIA red, spot, $2.85@°2 red, $2.93@ 2.98; $291G2.96; No. 3, jected A, $28792.92; @ 2.88. Ryve-—No. 2 Western, in export ele vator, $2@2.05 per bushel; small lots of nearby rve in bags, quoted at $1.60 @1.70, as to quality, Corn—Western, No. 3 yellow, $1.69 @1.70: do, No. 4 yellow, 31.67@168; do do, No. § yellow, $1.65@ 1.66; South- ern, No. 3 vellow, $1.85@ 1.67. Oate~No. 2 white, 7T8G580¢; ard white, 78@79; No. 3 white, 78; No. 4 white, 16@77. 00 stand 77@ creamery, fancy, specials, 44c; extras, 426043; do, extra firsts, 41; firsts 40; seconds, 39%. nearby 45: do, average extra, 43@44; do, firsts, 41@42; do, seconds, 40@40%; special fancy brands of prints were jobbing at 48@51. Eggs — Nearby, firsta, $10.50 per standard case; nearby current re ceipts, $10.20 per case; Western extra firsts, $10.85 per case; do firsts, $10.20 per case; fancy selected carefully Cheese — New York, full new, 2TY@27%ec; cream, specials, 27¢c; part skims, 1422. ’ Live Poultry-—Fowls, as to quality, plump, white Leghorns, weighing 3, @1% 1bs apiece, 37@40; ducks, Peking, 20022; , Western No. 4, 0 quality 1A $2.15 ROG 1.95 timothy, $20 185019; No. 3 do, $316@18 $I1IS@1850; No. 1 do do, $13@ 15 0 Gg No. 24d No. 1 . a 1 clover, mixed, $17.50G18;: No. 2 do 1 clover, $16.50@17.56; 16: No. 3 do, $8@ Straw--Nao, 1 16; No. 2 tangled rye $10 50@ 11.50 No. 2 do, $R@ (0; No. 1 oat No. 2 Butter 10 $15.50@ No. 1 straight $14 50@15; rye, f£10@11 do. choice, 3R@G29: do, good, IEG 37 do, prints, 40@ 413%; do, blocks, 40@ 41: Marviand and Pennsylvania rolls 2820: Ohio rolls, West Vir ginia 28@30;: storepacked, 28@ 30; Marvland, Virginia and vania dairy prints, 209@3L Cheese—Dairy, 28¢; flats, horn, 28 Eggs nearby, ginia, 32; 2R@ 30; rolls, Pennsyl 28; long Maryland, Pennsylvania and Western, 32; West Vir | Southern, 21 ! Live Poultry—Chickens, old hens, 4! Ihe and over, 23¢; do, small to me dium, 23: do, white leghorns, 22; do, old roosters, 12@13; do, spring, 1 1b | and over, 40@42; do, winter, 2 Ibs and | under 32@33; do, young, large, | smooth, fat, 26@28; do, poor, rough | and stagey, 22@23 Ducks—Young! Pekings, 3 Ibs and over, 19¢; do, pud- | dle, do, 18; do, Muscovy, do, 18; do, | amaller, 17. Pigeons-—-Young, per pr, | 30c; do, old, do, 30. Guinea fowls, as to size, each, 35@46c. Live Stock Aon « 32¢: | 13.25. Hogn—Prime heavies, $1605@16.10; mediums, $15.90@16;: heavy Yorkers {$15.50@16; light Yorkers, $14@14.75 | ples, $13@13.50; roughs, $14G15. G69 $9¢ ’ Sheet Shent I ks ¥ - do, old bur The report of the Liverpool Tram- Ways past is especially interesting. The striking features are that 13.500,000.000 more passengers were carried in 1916 than in the pre vious record year, which was the vear before the war, and that, even with the enormous traffic handled, not one serious accident occurred. for the year Messina is the market of Eastern Sicily for essential oils, of which five, on request of the consulate, have been quoted dally for the past 10 months. These are the essences of lemon, orange (sweet), orange (bitter), ber gamot (38 per cent) and mandarin The million-dollar. insurance fad didn’t last long among Gotham’s gold kings. It's the two-million-dollar habit now. J. P. Morgan took out $2,500,000 Lachnite, mounted and cut in the approved fashion, can searcely be dis tinguished from the real diamond. | stand every diamond test—fire, acid | The Chilean Congress has authorized | the sale of certain nitrate lands be longing to the government of Chile The exact method of sale, whether by | public auction or in private, has not | yet been announced. {15.95; light, $14.80@15.85; | $15.30@ 15.50; pigs, $10G13.90. Cattle~~Native beef cattle, $8900 A blow on the jaw by his cousin, | match at Newcastle, Pa, brought Mike | Liskas’ volee back to him after he had
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