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ki Secretary Daniels's new 345,O0O,U00 de
stroyer project will be built In the port of
Philadelphia, according to an ofllclal an
nouncement mado today.
Contracts for the building of the de
stroyers today were awarded to tho William
Cramp ft Son Ship and Kttelne Hullrflng
Compinj, of Philadelphia; to the Now York
Shipbuilding Compan, In Camden and to
ceveral other shlplmlldlng coinptnles both
Jfc on Alio Atlantic ai d Pacific coast-"
i nuni ii 10 niqri vinuaii nt oner ine
destroyers aro to bu of tho Intent and mot
powerful tjpo. Th" will be lined to run
the Kaiser's t"-boat i from the sea!"
Other shipbuilding iMinlunlei awarded
contracts were liWa Hlvrr .shipbuilding
Company. Union Iron Work. Mali Pran
Cisco; Uath Iron Works und tho Newport
News Shipbuilding Compan
No olllclal aiinounccnient of the awarding
of the contracts has been received rt either
at, Cramps or at the New York Shipbuilding
Compvny.
Officials at Cramps said they vvrro not
permitted to cIIbcubh the toutraeti In any
way. The same answer vvuh iccelved from
the oftlces of tho New ork fchlpbulldlng
Company.
BRITISH PLAN FOR REAL
WEALTH CONSCRIPTION
MOVING PICTURES TO AID
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
Five-Reel Film Here Tomorrow.
Wilson, McAdoo nnd Regular
Stars Shown
STANLEY V MASTBAUM
IJA.,A1m.nnt- . ..4 . . r 1 I . I ln.il 1 nci rn
UU CI UU1UIII VULUtlM WtUUI-'O Ull
Direct Levy Upon Capital
After War Ends
MARINES ANXIOUS
TO GO 'OVER THERE'
Trained to the Minute and
Full of 'Pep They Chafe
at Delay
KNOW WHY WE'RE AT WAR
BEST -OUT OF CRISIS
I.ONUON. Oct D
England Is preparing to conscript capital
literally.
There has been a great deal of talk about
conscription of wealth In connection with
tho war, but It has meant mly high lncomo
taxes, excess profits taxes and levies of that
ort. The British Oov eminent today has
virtually decided to take the next slip nnd
levy directly on capital Harrlng a change
of opinion In tho meantime on the part of
those responsible for the British financial
policy, such a le will be made stun after
the war ends
This, possibly the most radical flnnnclnl
lnnoatlon that has resulted from the war
Is due to the conviction that It If, If not
the one way out, at leait the best way out,
from under the terrific financial burden the
war will leave the empire
At the end of the war lircat Britain will
face the necessity of providing two and
one-halt billion dollars or more annual
revenue. It will cost half that to meet
the running expenses of the Government,
and the greater part of the other half to
meet the Interest on war loans Tho esti
mate for pensions Is now 1250,000.000 a
year.
If the present revenue of the Govern
ment could continue after the war and tho
war ended now- It would meet the ex
penses outlined Last year close to $3,000,
000,000 was raised by taxation But $700
000,000 of that was raised by the excess
profits tax, which expires with tho war.
Other large additions were from taxes not
expected to produce In the same ratio after
tho war. It Is roughly figured that taxa
tion can produce $1,750,000,000 after the
xvar, when $2,600,000,000 will be needed
A levy on capital w 111 do It, In the opin
ion of Government oft'clals The estimate
capital In private ownership has Increased
In Great Brltan from $80 000.000,000 to
J100.000.000.000 since the war began Ono
pUn 's for a levy of 10 per cent of thts
wiping out half the war debt
The strongest argument for the plan Is
that It would not actually diminish the na
tion's capital, according to Its proponents
Jt would simply transfer ownership of part
of It to the State The State would become
a partner In Industries
From the standpoint of the social reor
ganization which the Government agrees is
coming after the war, one conservative offi
cial said:
"Nothing would go farther to remove the
danger of discontent "
The five-part feature n m production
which the motion picture Interests of the
United States will offer to advanco the
second I.lbertj Loan campaign will have Its
first showing In Philadelphia motion picture
theatres tomorrow according to arrange
ments made toda at a. special meeting of
tho Philadelphia comtnlllco which has
ihargo nf the production
The committee planned distribution of th
five parts of the production, each of whlcn
In. 300 feet long, ninong all Ihe motion
pli turo theatres of the cil nnd Issued In
striirtinnn and explanations to nil exhibitors
to the end that the films may be displayed
to the largest possible number of person)
In the Khortcst possible time nnd with a
minimum of confusion
Local distribution of the finished pro
duction, in which President Wilson, Secre
tary of tho Treasury McAdoo, and many of
the brightest stars of the screen and tho
legitimate stage appear, will bo supervised
by a specKl committee, of which Stanley
V Mastbaum, managing director of the
Stanley Compan , is chairman and the fol
low Ing nre members llarr W Schwalbe,
of the l'lrst National exhibitors' Circuit;
John Carl of the Paramount-Artcraft
Compni , Ueorge Ames, of the Goldwyn
Compan Joseph Hebrew of the Vitagraph
Compan J Hobert Lnch, of tho Metro
Compan , Max Milder of the Select Corn
pan , James Klnn of the Peerless Com
p in , V It Priest, of the World Corn-
pan , George Dembu of the Fox rihn Cor
poration, W S Scmour, of the Triangle
l'ihn Corporation, William Sachsemeer, of
tho Universal Compan , It M Osborne,
of the I'athe Compan, and A L UlnstUn,
of the Stanle Compin
To facilitate the distribution of tho dims
the handling of each of the live has been
placed In the hands of two companies, as
follows First episode, Universal and Vita
gnph, second Metro and Paramount: third,
Fox and Goldw n , fourth Pathe and Tri
angle; fifth. World and Select.
Inhibitors desiring to run any or all of
the episodes should communlcato with the
companies named above or with Mr Mast
baum There Is no charge for the use of
the films, and therefore exhibitors are urged
to arrange for their use as soon as possible,
use them and send them on to the next
exhibitors JJac h episode is complete in
Itself. They ale numbered for Identifica
tion and rcferenco on! They need not be
run In numerical order and the running of
one does not necessitate the running of any
others The fifth can bo run flrst as well
as In numerical order
The theatres In which the films will be
shown tomorrow are- Stanley, Palace,
Arcadia, Victoria, Regent, Alhambra, Rialto,
Broadwa, Great Northern, impress. Im
perial, I'tiby Savoy, Cross Kejs, Family,
Princess, Market Street
Patted li the Commute on Vublie normulfou
A MAIUNB CANTONMBNT IN' AMEIUCA.
Oct. 9.
The marines are waiting the word to go
"over there " Thousands of them the
number cannot be rovealcd are trained to
the minute. All they need Is the order to
embark. And It Is plain, from watching
theso "soldlors of the tea" on review and
In action, that not much time will bo re
quired after thev get to tho battlcfront to
show they nre ready for front-line trench
dut
As the period of training of company
after company of marines approaches Its
close this great cantonment Is fairly vibrant
with cxpcctancv Almost unbelievable
strides have been mado In whipping Into
shape tho thousands of recruits In this pop
ular arm of the service Tho earning for
the great advenluro thrills officers nnd men
nllko Humors that "certain companlos"
soon will be on their wa aro eagerly dis
cussed, hut none could bav Just when, and
so the exc Itement from commander to pri
vate remains at well nigh fever heat
"lleidv to go9 Sure we aro icadv to
go'" exclaimed u major "We ro ready to
get off the boat shooting"
The prospect of tweor three more months
of training on the other sldo Is not looked
forward to with pleasure by the mirlnes
They believe thev are resdy to go Into tho
trenches todav So do their cifllcers
The marine corps cii duty here from
general to hecond lieutenant, believe their
men form the llnrst army the world has
ever been J hejr fine spirit is but one of
tho ciuiilltles of which their commanders
nro prutid More than B0 per cent of the
men ut prevent In the marine corps It was
pointed out tochtv, nro liicu with at least a
high school education Among tho enlisted
men nio tnanv college gradu ites
Marine) lotps ottlcers nro proud too of
the fact that every marine knows what the
war Is about, why tho United States Is in
tho war and what we hope to get out of
It In tho ranks nro some born flghtors
who dr not caro what tho fight Is about
so long as there Is a light Many of them
nro Irish Tho vast majority of the men
enlisted five or six months ago because of
a firm conviction that the Kaiser must be
whipped If the world Is to bo made ,i lit
place to live In
"Do ou mean to remain In tho marine
corps after tho war Is over?"
The question Invariably brings this answer
Certainly not I vo got a wlfo (or busl
nesa or oungster) at home that must be
taken care of All I enlisted for was to help
settle this thing right After that there
wont be any more wurs What uso would
I be In the marine corps'"
"GULF OIL" LOSES
INCOME TAX SUIT
U. S.. Court Reverses Lower
Court's Ruling Made Against
Revenue Collector
Appeals From Movie Censors' Decision
The Peerless Film Exchange, of this
clt, today filed an appeal in Common Pleas
Court No 4 from the decision of fet-ito
Board of Moving Picture Censors In re
fusing to permit the photoplay, "Where
Aro My Children," to be displayed In Penn
slvanla The exchange denies tho con
tention of the Board of Censors that the
picture contains various features detri
mental to public morals No action was
taken on the appeal of the exchange.
LIEUTENANT IS SHOT
SPArtTANSBUrtG, S C. Oct 0 While
leading a raid on an alleged speakeasy,
Lieutenant Itandall M Mattson, of the
York National Guard, was thot and badl
wounded
Mrs. Keet Collapses at Kidnapping Trial
MARSIIPIULD, Mo Oct 9. Mrs J Hol
land Keet became historical while lawjers
were reviewing the kidnapping and murder
of her bab In the crowded courtroom here
today. She wept throughout the ordeal and
finally collapsed
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Reversing a decision by the Federal Court
at Pittsburgh, Judge McPherson. of the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals, In
an onlnlon today upheld Collector of Inter
nal Ilevenue Lew ell n In Imposing Income
taxes amounting to $114,244 40, against ir.a
Gulf Oil Corporation, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
This sum. however. Is Increased to nearly
$140,000 through Interest accruing while Un
case was awaiting a decision
One of tho main points upon which the
case hinged was whether dividends earned
by corporations prior to tho passage of the
Income tax law of 1913. but declared and
paid subsequently to that date, were tax
able. The present case presented such an
Issue. Dividends amounting to $11,424,440
earned by five subsidiaries of the Gulf Com.
t pany during several years prior to the In
come tax law of 1913 were declared and
pild tcy the parent company In 1914,
Judge Orr, of the Federal court at Pitts
burgh, upheld tho contention of the Gulf
Oil Corporation that the dividends, were
,not subject to the Income tax because they
'ppaa peen eamea yrior 10 un, manage, u.nu
U. iti.MP.M 4t,n naf.nl f-nmnnnv Tinri nn Br,
irrucu jmcrcoi III liicni. jtn m iwuu vi
'Judge Orr'a decision the Government was
S rderrd to refund the taxes collected, with
Interest, to the total amount of $1:5,524.05.
'C-VfX; Through United States District Attorney
v w'-K. Lowry Humes, of Pittsburgh, the Gov-
' Ljfnmnt took, an appeal, and Mr, Humes's
f contention that the dividends are subject
to the Income tax is sustained by Judge Mc-
IJPbereon In his opinion. In reaching this
conclusion. Judge McPherson directs atten-
' ' tlon to the Important fact that the levy by
w fth Collector for the taxes was not upon the
', jiifllrirlr-i of the Gulf Company but upon
' rJdM principal stockholder, the Gulf OH Cor
11 ?IEratkn itself.
,i7' Cawsreea, declared Judge McPherson, has
iSMin inaL aiviuenua ftro iiicumq, tnu as
i dividends In the present case are in that
the tact mai ipey na ueen earned
the Income act went into effect, but
subsequent) did not relieve the Quit
ration 01 me payment, at me ux.
iB WONEV FOR WAR BONDS
tSon Endowjed by Roosevelt
Subscribes to Liberty Loan
WAdHrNQTOK. Oct 9 Secretary of
.tCtmnirroe B4Ald and John Mitchell, la-
bo, lender, tHif as a committee of the
Irdusulfci Tsftejl rWnlatles. today invested
ST0K0WSKI ADVOCATES
FINE ARTS MINISTRY
Orchestra Leader Believes Presi
dent's Cabinet Should Have
Additional Member
Dy M'LISS
Leopold btokowskl, looking as brown as
an Indian, has come back from his summer
vacation in Seal Harbor, Me , with his
blond head chock full of Ideas enough to
last him alt winter
After the rehearsal of his men today, the
leader of the Philadelphia Orchestra sat
down and expounded some of them with
enthusiasm
In tho first place Mr Stokonskl has de
cided that President Wilson ought to havo
another member In his Cablnot a Min
ister of Flno Arte whoso one concern would
be to foster tho talent of oung and Impe
cunious musicians and nrtlsts. who would
put art Into politics, If necessary an thing
to give It a hearing In America
'The do It In Tranre,' Mr Stokowikl
said, "why not hero?" And even tho
ribald suggestion that a Chicago pork
packer or a gang leader of tho ' Blond
fifth" typo might be slipped In as a Mln
Ister did not dampen his enthusiasm
Hut ono of the plans most Interesting to
those who look for musical innovitloni Is
the smphonv leaders determination to give
as much Impetus to American music as hW
patrons, in his Judgment will Mand
' hlllo I was nn mv vacation." ho snld
"I went over the works of some 200 oung
American composers I was looking for
material and I sifted and I sifted until I
found that the'-e wero nhotit clglitpon that
I could uie Of theso worki of Stlllman
Kclly, Philip Goepp nnd Arthur Foots wilt
bo given ver soon
"I found among thii American music some
verv decided talent, real musical Ideas
Often It was badl expressed IJut thr
svmphony composer docs not have u re.il
chance That Im whj we should have n
minister of flno arts and n national con
servntorv where theFo voting men could hear
their workf placd and could nee their
eirors Tint Is tho oniy wnv we shall
develop music In America
A new sjstcm of hiring sololifc his also
engaged the attention of ths yount lm
prearlo. "The soloist Is but u means to an end,"
ho explained, "and he or she will be en
gaged hereafter to express the meaning of
tho composer, not as a distraction, as a
feature to bo heard for himself or herself
alone. When we engage a soloist we want
a fine arttst to express a fine piece of muslo
that wo are giving and nothing else. Tho
best artists will agree that this Is the right
way."
Tart of his vacation, Mr. Stokowskl said,
was spent In orchestrating muslo that the
soloists will sing The works of Schubert,
Ilrahms, Beethoven, Liszt, Cesare Tranclc
nnd Duparc were arranged by him for the
8mphony.
In addition to nn all-American program
there will be nn all-French, nn all-Russia
nil-Scandinavian and an all-British evening
"Rut not nn nll-Germnn," he said humor
ously, "an nll-nccthoven one, jes, for there
Is no nationality In nrt '
Tho Intricacies of Japanese and Chinese
muslo occupied him, Mr Stokowskl de
clared, when he was not otherwise busy In
Maine
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new form of mileage ticket which ma
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telegrams, baggage charges and other
traveling colli has Just been Issued by the
Ililtlmoro and Uhlo Itullrmil
Ihi nen form of ticket lc equivalent to
a letter of credit nnd will undoubtedly
prove it great convenience to the traveling
juibllc The tickets are lucd In hook
of 1000 miles each nnd sold at $22 50 Tho
will be arrc tiled for n p.OMige of one or
more persnnx and In pavnient for the
kpi vices mentioned to such persons within
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nlilo River and west of Philadelphia
GERMANS NOW FACING
COAL AND GAS SHORTAGE
Labor Shortngo and Transportation
Congestion in Central
Empires
WASHINGTON', Oct 9 Germanv. facing
a coal nnd gas shortage, plans to trowd
school children Into fewer rooms, limit heat
ing water for bathing purposes nnd urge
housewives to use flreless cookers. Hague
consular uim uraay, which er,ij
Information, declared coal inT."iT
the central empires had deeMaVM
portallon congestion. Jleserve'.Klilj?
been exhausted. "loelt k. i
Tommy Elm Adds Anoih.,
NKW YORK, Oct 9 Tommy p.' .
Dutch Brandt In ten furious wunJhTlJ1"!
Military A. C. It was one of is.1
sensational bouta seen here In som n
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Potsdam Gang
Pan-Germanism! Think it over!
A so-called Kultur, forced upon an unwilling world! A Kultur backed
by wanton steel, by men who know no law or honor! A Kultur, mind you,
that stables horses in cathedral sanctuaries; enslaves defenseless people,
violates the every decency on which civilization is founded, and stands
white-haired men against their homestead walls to face the firing squad!
The War Lord does not deny his plot, but boasts of it! He tells his
poor, deluded people that he, the Hohenzollern, has been ordained by the
same God we worship to spread the word (Scrmmtia over the entire globe
and teach the free nations of the earth how sweet is the mercy of the
mailed fist.
Kultur? The foul scheming of a madman who says: "Where Alexander
and Napoleon failed, will not fail!"
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