fuehtng public Seiiget ' H '1 1 EXTRA K' i J. .. Ej v j a u. IKL w r VOL. IV. NO. 93 D A f mnii7 1 1 in ! AilUWUU HLIIU!. (PAGEANTHAILS! WLBUI W 1918 Kaleidoscopic Array of Mummers Pa- ' rades Broad Street lRT AND COMEDY MINGLE IN ARRAY pectaeular Effects and Jorgeous Costumes Min gle With Things at Foibles .UBS IN KEEN RIVALRY THE SCARLET YEAR (1917) ' The Senate of the Year.i holds, ses sion, high, sublime, l'or cotfies the hour Uihen tt.iii.st welcome floieeth out. Toward that T'loeltc-moittt who latel'j Xct the mundane rout, Tu don for aye the august cere- ments of Time. (.1 Seraph song sounds plain, but f seems Unbodied, a3 the licath of dreams.) A Coliseum mcaaurclcaa to moilal CSJC 0 It vastly fashioned in the shades of cream and blue. The first Ls'as the daicn) a faint lj sun-touched hue. The other is the axurc of an tin tolled sky. (Prom many a mystic minaret The music sweeps but softly yet.) I'omcs forth the latter fear before that ancient hoide, Ills robe is rid; blood radiance burns Ills upturned fact; Lnlll a kind of llamlng fills Ills stalidlng place, nd high above lie holds a cruel, unquenched sicord. (.Voio chant the Seraphim, "lie seen One Half a. Score and Xlno Sev enteen.) JkerYtais panelong with rounded orb and heavy sigh, Wl h terrible mle I They rise and slowly file away, And Night, s ot through iclth fire, supplants the perfect Day, Xs In Their hearts those wisest welcomes suicly ale. (And Doom rolls down from by the Throne "Stand Seal let Year alone atone.") - DON CA2IPBDLV. January I, 101S. Picture a wild rainbow wriggling up Uroad street, chasad by Inhabitants from I all parts of tho world ihls might give jou a faint idea of tho big mummeri' I parade-, Phlllj'a .own creation. which started oH this morning Just a littlo after 8:30 o'cloclc.from Uroad and Por ter ttreots In a blaze of tplendor. All words seem helpless when ono at tempts to describe It. There was Just i.vo miiea 01 cninuwnn ""J-""""" 1 ttrongs rooted for nearly bOOO merry shooters" as they danced along from , Porter ttrtet to Olrard avenue Count- less thousands packed tho ElcawaiKs. while hundred- and hundreds oiced I their approval from windows and house. tr t. .rn nlrt. hut tha mummer I .. --- M ...lt. !... .. rfliAAttlMIt I . Tnd the nonuTace" teemed to forget It. ' The parade wa3 a grapnic worm " torv of 1917. but lt didn't ctop at tha'. 1 A hint concerning tho future was give In scores of candid exhibits. No end of methods 'were ruggestcd fbr bettllng " thn ifalser and the present world strug gle was given much spaco in tho big review .... Many fling"! were taken at tho crepo-1 hangers who deslro Am'rlcans to hoard ... - a ..l1 AtntViitlAn their money ana boo. vjuiciv iumuuv was suggested for tno pacmsts ara otner ."iuts" whotry tOfUIck tho world with adlectlves and Eoap6xe3. There were airships guaranteed to call under water "Just as well an through flio atmosphere, and guns that could Bhqot In several d'rectlons at once. Sev. ural floats Indicated that a soldier's llfo Is not as hard as It Is supposed to be und ono was led to believe that war was oily a littlo more terlous than an excursion. It was evident that most of tha mum mrp wera not overly enthusiastic about woman euff-ngo. Soveral floats and ona or two brlgudes prophesied what w'ald happen If wo w-ro to lme a woman Mayor or President They showed briefly that mrre man would never hope to bo much more .than lanltor ofthe town hall iMuch attention was also gtven to "liQoverlxIng " It was shown that too many eatress' day W6ld MsUlt In sleene&s nights. and .Jobless mca.. That coal would bo sold In Jewelry ttores and adirllsstoh charged to ceo It in repose were. soma lOf .tho pred'ctlons concerning tho fuel tltuatlon. . One , big. tloat Indicated that tempraturo was only u mntter of imoilnatlon,' und -It 'was Explained that" U.w.as ,Jvst .as .easy, to ,bfl warm, all over as hot under the collar, Tho terrible future thatrwlll como to tho egg was pictured with emplnrls. If we are to, placo. any fa.lth,Jn prophecies In this airectlon, then we cUn loo' for wrd ,to having an omelette as thr piece '' do reMitanca of the Christmas dinner, wpue ch'cken and turkey will bb dainty W Mnoraels'exciuaiveiy tor muitimunon-'ires. sri''HMt Island was. not forgotten, amtlt Btiawn In one lntereatlns float how ' "' " 'i. ". L j . .t , IH amp my;pe aurvcu iri'e rawmwi uAd comDletei Ou.tho eve of tho same "f.iAuv Th 'railroad situation and our nn ranid i transit wrre tho subjects of touch speculation. It wax' predicted on tot Vsry wfflMBMft lim wdmhi'vii weiiinn wr n STRIKING COSTUMES AGAIN MARK PHILADELPHIA'S MUMMERS' PARADE MljHriMMHHMHMH -T Vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nHaT" M .:-; K. ' - J7 'JHIIIIH A , TF-mHm: &v X . . V ' -diif?. Mb . k. , -io- . mMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm s a .. . w t . kv x mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmW ' mjtnrmr-m vsr MS SwB Piis, ; '&&$. ? . -. a?a?a?a?a?aW-eaaw rvJaYarr .k ' ?v saaM Wat. ?t . "7 i if . t ' ' ...r-r'-K rt TMiTS'B kXlk. v ' V .. il-i'5 .-v HM vlKn? '0tlBlw H t!255 r -n Xfc- ? P ?. ' - U:- Svg f'A M . SEEKS HIGHEfe PAY FOR ARMY CHIEFS League Cites Injustice and i Inadequacy in Sal aries of Officers SCARCELY I'J a blaSf Corrcapondii.t WAPHINOTQX. JJtl. 1. An apue.il for an Inoreaio lnfpay for oTUcrs of tho United ht.itcs army, wlioio i jlarioa aro bcarcely tnougli to Uvo en I ami h.io btood all! while tho pey ot tin. i er.llstrd men hau been doubled In the ast yiari tr. madj by Josi ph Letter, pret dent of tho Army Lea sue. In a. ttau- i nent Issued today. Tho former- Chleago 'wheat Unc," who has taken a deep lntorest In army natters, aayj that whllo tho pay of the enlisted men has been doubled and tho wages or all other worl.eru Increased, tho pay of army otllotrs has actually been reduced through' tho failure of the j Gocrnment to furniih quarters or al- i lowuncea tor hom. This matter has beer, 'tho aubjopt of I much adcrs,a crltl.Uii In rocent tponths. I i uu uwu cn.irrfeu mat men wjjo liao entered ho olllceru' leeerve corps bau Nstnjea tu JjcIIcw Ury would revelvnn allowano for unlforn.3 anfl equipment and for QuartOre, but later hao dlscov e cd they would rtcelvo nono of theto allowances. Many well-educated. canabKi ar..l n. -.u, jvuiit uusiu-E-j mon nao cone SSSU,?? I cessful joung buslnes mon hao pone tains only to And that after they nav for their food, uniforms atd equipment, vhlch they haa believed the Government would pay for, tluy uro much foro oft than tho corporals and sergeant. Tho rates of pay of tho noncommis sioned offlcers and the llcuteiantu and captains aro such that many so-gcants and coiporala fUal!fled for CommlssIorE prefer to tay in the ranks becauso they cannot stand tho financial cacrlnca. have been IneVea.ed a hundred Tper St for tho duration of tho war. but Tho pay ' -very juiuy, the pay of enlisted men w omcera cnouw uot bo reduced," ia;s iur. seller. " Taktnj into contlderitlon ulut t r. quired to qualify a man to commnTi I troops In tho Held, army officers aro tho poorest paid employes of tha Goern mo t." no na'U. "As Indicated In tho cables General Perilling Is demanding tho highest phjs'cal and mental ttandard for offleers in hh command. Hundrnds ,f efflc!ent omccrs wt, , t 3orv(co , tho , areroln rom UlQ . in, ....... .,t eVaS and rl "orous reaulrcmems " ?hVtnchM The hchen ol Kn c( ." n ireneiws. i ne ingneEt tTP PftyBteai an.i intellectual roan- hood will bo required for offlcers In tho European conflict. , "There appears to be a popular misap prehension as to tho pay for-oflleers In the army. From the dlscilsMan of mili tary legislation members of, Congress soem to aEs'unid that tho Government furnishes ofllcois with uu'fonri and equipment, as lt does tho enlisted man. I An anue.il for an Inoreaio In nav for I ! wlMHr" HBh VJPJT IPWPar- t TEUTON TIG' VS. U. S. 'DOG'; KESULTI LOUD SQUEALS New York Patriots' Show Little.Mercy to Loud Mouthed Hun Who Still Believes in the Kaiser's Prowess NEW VORIv. Jan. 1. Felix Hanu Lohr, a German of pronounced and ob noxious type, welcomed tho Now Year from his narrow quarters on Kills Island where ho will remain until sent to como Southern prison camp, where l'o will be compelled to work for his bvard .ajid While seated In the waiting' foom'fff the Grand Central Station. Lohr .saw ,...oi er,i,urM mo nast. uiannc at PV I . -- -T .. 1.J (.lulnMI them wiui a sumu ui u mv. to tho porton seated next to mmi IThero go a joi 01 mru ujo. ? will get Jfll that la coming 10 mem. THeyir learn that wo will fix theni bo- lore fciiwj .. w . .. Tho person who overheard his re mark was Mrs. Frank OI., WUUvrd Jbt 1000 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn. Mfs. wriiijiTd wasted no word j On. Lohr. but r".r.J"!R?5u!!fma4SS: ii?nr enioriiijt vi.w ww., ... -- r nVir h&d said. "Show him to me." the Irato. stranjer said. I nave a son n rtu m ,i.mnl' Qerman ' .shall Pak dls roinactfully of tha uniform.'" i Walking up to Lohr the stranger landed a straight, arm punca.to the Jaw, . ii.a nrmun and lom mm rcemir to tho floor, Another person who haf Idlara 'Ul HMMW W-V WTi' YHaKMIkL urn m.iw-i"" "i-'W"" I -lMfcSy If-J. 'A r Mt 4 'v.. ' ,.4 t i -Jit- LIVE, .SMifci5 X ,Ax 'KrSNiLi'r..' jmw . Although somewhat curtailed in drain on tho memberships of tho era, today's New lears paraclo retameu many ot tno unusual features which have made it noteworthy in the past. FRENCH ROUT FOEfOAL IS SCARCER ON ITALIAN LINE! AS PRICE GOES UP , Admitting Defeat, Aus-I trians Seek to Restore Old Positions 1400 CAPTIVES TAKEN PARIS, Jan. 1. Tho lon- expected Entento blow In Italy finally has been fwT n 7 gsonnB, " that' bpth Bcrl,n ? V,e.nna adm,.t lt IB u" ""Poruuii iaeior inopeiauoiio fhpr. tho oirensivn una launenea in l',e SIonte Tomba region and tho i'rench :uK"c?- "hlfh mado tho a.ttac!t. took .jjjit.ona between Osterla dl Monferena pd MaranSlno. They captured 1,100 men, cocn cannon and itxty machine guns. Th6 War Oflico at Vionna announces that counter measures agalnft tho Freich uro In jiroparatiun. Berlin ad mits penctrr tlon of tlio Austro-German potltionB on Monto Tomba. m Earlyieports to tno tnect mat tna attacks upon Tauua by enemy airplanes damaged no historic monuments weie In error. Tho facade of the Cathed al was ijtstrojed and the ibabclllca of th Sahto was daaroged. The Muncipal Mu seum also suffered. The Santo Is the church which holds the tomb of Saint Anthony of Padua. Tho anilent Carmlnt Church, contain lrg frescoes by Titian and other mas ters, buffered soverely. Tho church was Continued on rase Two. Co umn riie Lohr arose from the fio6r, witli hand preescd to his aching Jaw, teveral of tho" eoldlersi landed blows on his face and head that again floored him. By this tlmo tho waiting room was In an uproar. A ttatlon attendant ran qut.wd3notlfied.tlio railroad police A squad of these huskies rushed Into the waiting 'room "and after battling their way through , tho .Infuriated crowd seized Lohr and dragged him from the room, thV crowd following and landing b!6ws and kicks on tho whimpering German until they wcro beaten bjcU by 'the police. Lohr was linally wuued and locked up at the Grand Central Station until Captain Frank Burko, of the eecret ser vice was summoned from the Custom House. He-took, the prisoner down town and kept him there tintll yesterday, when tho order for his Internment was signed -y Robert P. Stevenson. A slstant United "Hi.tea Attorney Burke said that Lohr rmerlyvwas In the export-business, but ocently was employed by a meui house v.. .M th rtrlflnnAf elftlmAri hA liflri seetT'4r!nklnr and that be had intended o disrespect to tho uniform When ho ddre'srd hl3 remarks to the soldier. s'urkt declined to reveal Lohr's place of 6'aldence saylrof that the JnYestigatlon PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1918 ; magnitude by the w various 'rira' - or aim its v.n. . , ,. . , -, . -, . i Only bB35 Tons Received in Two Days Despite U. S. Orders INTENSE SUFFERING Domestic coal In Philadelphia today Jumped from thirty to fifty ccnt3 per ton In price, as tho new groi,s margin if profits to dealers of J2.C0 became cftecthc. t As tho coal print; boated receipts of ! tho prcelous fuel dropped to an alarming I esUnt. cautli g Intense suiEerlng in all ectlons of tho city as tho thcrriiomcter 'lovered but a few degree j abovo tho zero mark. In the last two days only C13J tons o .imilv-s'zo coal have reached Phlladft . ih'.a, as against tho 30.000 ton promised 'o city by tho national fuel admlnistra- tlon ' With tho coal shlpmentb falling ott announcement mado by oflicluls of the United Mlro Workers of Amer'ca that few liard coal minors will vork today i d that many will tako advantage of tho Greek Orthodox Christmas as a holi day, tha situation la regarded as any thing but promising. New prices of coal, ,as announced by 'e Araoiican Ico and Coal Company 'an ftecttvo today under tho now tchedul. are: Uss. $9.20. an udvai.ca or torty nve cents: novo, JS 70, an advance ' "''V ccnts chestnut, $a.70 rlso of and p;a. 7.S0t an Inevcato n l niriy cent' of forty cents. FINISH FIGHT ON GOUGE Officials of .the "United Business Men's Association, iv'.o huve been fighting tho new prices tUco lt was announced that they would becomo eff ctlve today, will e deavor to ho.vo,the now prices abol ished. Tho association Is, framing a set of rebolutlons'that will bring tho Phlla d Iphta "eltuatlon directly beforo Presi dent Wilson. Edwin M. Abbott, chair mar, of tho legal committee of tho asso ciation, who has been a leader In the light agaln3t what Is termed by tho as isoelatlon as tho lnfst coal gouge, eald that the tight would bo u "finish light" Tho surplus coal stock of lho city.) has been exhausted by thu uema-ds made In tho last few- days of zero weath er, dealers say.. Unless the 15,000 tons promised the city dally starts arriving today tho suffcrinc will bo more Intense thin cve-r, Tho shortage of fuel has caused offi. clals of many of thi bit macufacturlna plants In ahd near Philadelphia to. ex - press fears tliat unlew ti much-nded unk, Consholckcn and Franklin ave relief beglps today" the heretofore busy ue (Norrlstown), running through to Unvylll-ng to dfwjo.e tho perilous on- . wuthbound weekday train lleav tent tgp, which 'their esfbllshmenu a ins EadInsot;2a a..m will make ad affected by tho fuel famine, heads of a , dltlohal stops at Ivr Rock, Spring Mill, number umber of large plant have closed vk the-NoV Year otnse!bly to give te armx oft skilled me.ch"nlca a holiday large plant have closed ov tne array, on sKllied mech-n ca a. lmiM.v rest When lt Is -remembered that th. Government peremptorily ordered ful steam, ahead ori their Important w-j contracts, and that h'gh-palo. ,arUina are anxious for all ovort'me the peHod of relaxftlon granted th'm bas ciuia much comment tin- the part of the'- Idle workers. ( ' v , BALDWINS TAKES HOLIDAY Foremost among Uib big Induatrtal Plants that ha-e temnorariio .-.. ovUtwlWy U,tlii BaUMn "iZJ READING ANNULS 68 MORE TRAINS Pennsylvania R. R. Also Cuts Out Fifteen on Schuylkill Division MANY CHANGES IN TIME hi.ti-ejKiit patiscnKor trains on the l'lilludclphU and HcudliiK Rallwuv. in addition to litty-four Lllmlnattd Sun div. have Uttil withdrawn. Tho ordor euttliiK thebo trains Irom tho bched uks wont Into Lftect one minute after midnight todaj ISeM Sunday lour trains on tho At lantic City division will bo withdrawn,' making a tout of 126 trains eliminated within lHo das. This in about 1C per cent of the paiienoEi- torvlco of the road. Coincident with thft acllun .if tlir Philadelphia and Reading road cam. tho announcement of tho annulment i ot llftecn trains on tho Pennsylvania Railroad. Tho curtailment ot" the pas senger tcheduks has been eftected un ,dor the plan of the roads to conserve UCmtn-th?) PT'fr-nd njen, andtQ4 nto f?J ha.baa"nB - Opvornmeut materials and troops. Although the enanges art sweeping, commuters an. I virtually umftected, nono but illicit I changes having bean mado in tho sub-1 uibin tialnr. The annulment of trains on the Reading comprised those accepted by I the company as "non-essential." Thi:, was pointed out by Edwin L. Lew assistant general passenger agent. IIu I said that particular care was exercised ' In tho suburban service not to with. draw traina in tho rush hours. lie added that tho rcarraniement was te bring the Reading Into tho plan adop't. cd by tho lallroad heads at Wash i.igtun, of getting tho maximum berv. tengcr Tocomotlvcs and train cicws, "or moving irelght. Tho purpose of the Pums lvanU hi .naUing lit, cut on tho Scliujlklll dlvl oion was to ellminato f-ervlco of a :ompetltlo nature, tho Heading equal .. . i-.- .l.i.. . i. , . ..( r 'm6 una iiiuiy. mm to avom ipllcatlon aiisini I ITI1 I In addition to reducing thu number ot trains on the Schuylkill division, the Pennsylvania has. ordered a chanco In the tlmo tiaius aro to leave and pro - vlded for additional stops, as follows 'Tho weekday train leaving Broad Street Station at t':25 p. ra, and run ning through to Phoenlwlllc, will bo fhanged to leavo at 10:20 p. m., and will run onjy to Franklin uvenuo (Nor Istown). wliero lt will arrlvo at 11:12 p. m Tho northbound train leaving I Broad Street Station at C:08 p. in. will """" ""' o.uio ai uuia aim ,j-ii- mnlA 1r1.11tfn.ini L.'.,e T...1 . ., ., ' 'u; "ut 'luw i"v"" ior. anu me nophbounii train ltTivIn MmnA C(.aA northbound train leavln, Station at 11:50 p. m. will bo changed to leavo at 11:37 p. m. and will run as an accommodation to Reading. 'Trio northbound Sunday train leaving at 7:5S p. in. will bo changed to leave at 8:07 p. .m.. and will run through to I'hocnlxvtllo as at present, arriving at 0-23 p. in "Tho northbound Sunday -rain leav ng Bioad Stro-t Station at 8:33 p ip.., umiing as a seml-acconimodatlon to Roadlng. will bo changed to leavo at 1 55 p. m. Tho btops at Manajunl., Conshohocken, Franklin nvenue (N'orrls own). Betzw'ood and Oaks will bo ellml latiSJ. and tho jtrajn will arrive at Read--g at' 11;:;, Instead of 11:32 as at n-esent "The" northbound ' Sunday tialu leav- g aU 10:31 p. m. will be chinked to ?eavo at 10:40. and Win make adlltlona' , actuaUy'.w m fct under way with the dls tops at Fifty-second street. Wynnefield ,.,.. of b,ndMdual income-tax re- 1 avenue, Bala, Cynwyd, Barmouth, Mana i uyetto ana Kannouth. The weekday trfcjn leaving Reading, at, '(;20U. m will mako additional 'stops at Mont Care. Port ProYifh-noe. QaJa, v Protectory, Betswood andbrndlan.'' TTho weeltday traJp1 leaving Phoenix vllfo at 10:18 . in. will too changed to Jeave at 0)21 p.m., making all stops to Broad Street Station, arriving at 10: 12 p. m. The weekday train leaving Phoen lxvllli at IMG P. m. will start Instead from .Franklin , avenue (Norrlstown), leavln. as' at preeent. at 11;37 p. ne, nd running onvtw present Nchedii'o 'lo Broad WMt'iMM KikiBg IU stopa." CemiouT. RUSSIAN PEACE DEMANDS BROADCAST BY HUNS REACH LIMIT, SAYU. S. CHIEFS WASHINGTON', Jun. 1. GK.VKKA1. stutV oiliccrs hi-io aro understood to attach great bIb n'licanuu to iliu iirebent attempt rf tho Central Towers to force the Ente"lo Powers into peace uegol'utiotu. To th"lr mir.U it L a clear indication that tiio Gcrniau military lender), liave now actompl'shtd all that hey i'eel capable of doing 'n tho field. Tiiey (.an "hold on" for a long time yet, it is suguedted, hut they .a mot extend fields of oecupat'on witliaut, an enormous loss of men and fmc at the risk of a terrible defeat. The.ifi;o the Teuton diploma' ists beck to lealize everything w xihle worn wliat the Go-man unnk'& hu"o done, and the Dre3t-Litovsk nepotic' iont ate the iirtt ftepy toward that end. QUICK INCENDIARY BLAZE DAMAGES WAR PLANT BALTIMORE, Jan. 1. File Believed to have been of iuceuJ:' ori' in truly today damaged a blanch plant of the Amcrlcnn Frcpelln and Mamuactming Company on Light street near Gros.3 street. T.u." concern is engaged In making paitfc of aetopnnes for theGoveinr.i u. Accoiding to a watchman theie had been no fire in the pirt m '.' ' building in which the bla,e started and no one had been working1 iter' foi hcvtial bonis. No estimate of the damage tould be had at thai houi. Thoiough investigation is bclg- madeby police oiul TcJcral ou- thlllitKb. SUFFRAGE MAJORITY IN NEW YORK 102,34 1 ALDAN V. Jan. 1. Tho oflicial majority In favor of tho suffrage amcnd meat at tho November election wai lOI.Slt, according to tho report or tno Stato Board of Canvassers. Tho total tutfrago vote-, including all tho eoldlcr and tallur ballotf, was 1,303,S9C: For, TOS.U'O; agaltitt, C00.770. Tho 915 , voto on woman tuifrago wass: l'or, r.53,34S; agalntt, 713,33.'. Tho vote j at tho last To ember election was 119,731 more than that in 101u. START ROUND-UP OF INCOME TAXPAYERS Tho greatest war tax drive in tho history of tho nation began today. S.KK fnnv ilnniitv lifcrim.i tax collectors took their ttatlons in tho e'pht counties comprising tho Philadelphia Collector, in Philadelphia County, - Wiii not be prepod to Imp peopk whcn lh6 Wanfcl wm b ready for .. RED CROSS DRIVE ENDS; The Ucd Cicis m mbershlp drivo camo to an end In Philadelphia at midnight and eonstrvatlvo estimates placo lho number of new "members gained hero uuilns tho two weeks' campaign at 7CO.-000, eurpajslnr; all anticipations of the committee In chargo of tho work. . 20,702 MARRIAGE LICENSES IN 1917; 204V GAIN A total of 20,70 marriage licenses ! Eureau during tho year 1917. this tho number for tho pre-:edlna year. tho unusually few months larse number of "war ANTHONY HOPE AND GALSWORTHY GET KNIGHTHOOD LONDON. Jan. l.-Almerlc Paget, William C. Whitney, died In 1S1C, has been created a baron. Other New, Year honors aie a baronetcy conferred on Sir Tiederlck E. Kmitli. tho Attorney General, and knighthood bt novelist: John Galsworthy, tho dramatist, and Aithur fcSiiurcoon. manncln-. . . , director of tho publlslilnt' house of Cassell. I STATR AITTO I.ir.RXSR w-. .w- ... IIARRISBUHG. Jan. 1. Tho i amounted to ?3 t'68,025.50, brealvlng Tho 1916 total was 52,323 056.50. Thero licensed by tho automobilo divlilon 19,132 tolld-tlrcd machines. Tho last UNCLE SAM STARTS OUT UPON NEW With Distribution of In come Tax Blanks Collec tor Ledere'r Begins As sessment of Latest Levy Upon Philadelphia Indi viduals and Corpora tions i Collection of Income and escess-prollts , taxes begins today, w 1th the Tederal law creating theso extra levies going int effect. Tho vast undertaking In tho Phila delphia district, in chargo of Uphralm Lcderer, Collector of Internal Revenue, trlbutlon of Individual Jncome-tax ro turn blanks. Tho number of persons subject to make returns will range from bo ween 1C0 000 and 180.000 and the number of eorporatlous abott lO.lOO, it was announced todaj. Uvery unmarried person earning more than $1000 lant year uud every mar ried person or head of family earning more than $000 last Vear must Ills the return blanlt beforo March 1, payment being due June-15 Responsibility for, distribution and. return of tho blanks rests not with the Government, but with thrf taxpayer; aa in the case of the selec tive draft. In which men of draft age wero required to come forward and re'glater Heavy penalties are trovlde4 for failure to 'make returns. , "t J , A corps of expert accountants has been engaged by Collector Lederer to aid perrons and firms wltliln the acopo tf the new tax law In tilling out thailntrl- kt7turoiarrfwU..,iUiaMttlN." out" 1013. st inn I'ctxto Ltscm coittiri NEWS district to round up income tax payers. however, Collector Ledercr announce!, nwko oottlielr blonky until tomorrow distribution. ' T -t " i ii.i i iit a. 750,000 INCREASE HERE woru Issued by tho Jin rr la go License flcuro bclns an increase of 047 The Increase is believed to be duo to weddings" celebrated durlns tho last whoso American wife, daughter of stowed on Anthony IIopo Hawkins, the' . . . al K. '. nKrRIPTS SS'WSnw 1V lOI? ..uuu. , V")-""-u " o.wx( .utomobllu Lcmm rncflntn fnr utT.Place between this Govera lact year's records by .!.. . . nr, ii.-u.ij .,vvu,wu wero 306,001 pneumatic tired machines of tho Stato Highway Department and tag issued was, 312.59S INCOME RAID,; How Moderate Incomes , Arc Affected by Tax ' Married peiaons, heads of faml- r!!il;rTwo,-pIer cont on that nnnni ,incoi?o excess of 2000, but less than 84000; 4 per ! mnnV c,fc m'm excess of. l4000, but less than ?5000. ' Unmnrried persons, not lieads of families Two per cent tax on net incomo in excess of S1000. ut ess tlian $3000; 4 'per cent on net incomo in excess of S3000. but lass than ?5000. ' Surtaxes a surtax- nmtno n.fi 'ncomes between $G000 and $760t ouujev.1. iu u je-r cenv tax; $vouu $10,000, C per pent, etc., until a $1,000,000 incomo is taxed 65 per cent and all over $2,000,000 67 per cent. Typical examples are: Incomo Married Single $1000 1000 2000 2500 $10 8000 20 3500 w. l!0 4000 40 4500 .....,..,,.... 60 5000. ........... .. SO $10 20 30 10 60 80 100 120 and big Industrial 'plants to facilitate ....... .. 4 . ,W! Tho Iritemalf vea'tte"ecel.'aiir rmiBl nnpvins , n 7, aw a naavajaaa; list of 20,000 ltvluaUjfanM oer toratione, subject ttbe uxlMt 1!ank will Do,mW.MM llately upon arrlvajpl new' Mwtwjreia,- PMCEjwa: ..... ,...! GERM Details of SlaVS posals Set)tAl World by i Radio Approximates Al 'Submissidn ofTfi ta to Allies ana ii'als M Received by U. b; GOi mittee on Public; formation Ex Entente Reply r ' m t.i'fc?V.l i STOCKHOLM, JAJ The I'ar'iament of Court ntfH in I'm or of ce: . mnnv. Hamaraiidu disDatclM i ...e4t JT.4rt1 "V are all instruments htii i b.inHu of CaA Alin'elitv to Xt peace," Kaiser Wilhclm teHpff 1 troops around Cuinhrnl Cfc ivi nrrnrdinir to delayed disMc received here today. V"Uf "You must nae wonucrea nA n1liiwiH n fmirih vear ' """ ... .. 7.Z.. d still at war," lie saw. "We.i t.ninrH ni'iirt' nearly half a 'CM i t ,t J!.t..-U..J Si Qa lif wniie oincra uisiuiuvu uw vj , ... W! we must bring peace back.' German newspapers which' the Kaiser's address aro alstft; ri'uruuonn iif a irreat offensive on the west freuju-! Socialist organ A'orwacrts ' Germany will "use cone forces on one front in order toj ince her enemies of tho He of peace" '(& v:rj;M NEW YORK!, JaarJJ .. . ,. . I--.. i-.vis 1110 ew orii vniEiitau vvui tho follolns dlroatch from w ton: 'lho German Government has b&& liv wireless to all tho world th .1 J .... U l?Mlal.v11 ttrms propoEeu "jr mo """'". irgz ' gates at the Brtst-Litlvtlt conffi - !,. Tho meofaco was toii w ..nLHi ,n cfnl il if n3ft.tlrtni Government staltail at-WaUen,jC nnflu-t! wfclMd'urbyttho ...1 ,lr.t nn n SnVHlA. Ij. "1. tl ,U vmhllfl last nleht by tho-c tpn on uubllc uuormauon, w ... . e .. -., is iriiiun nounced lt has eomc fromO German sources. JIAUli Irt uiuwum j Germany's action In spreaaiarejM can these nroporals through Hmi, rnmonr tireless station Is accept r.u further nroof the Bolshevik! ucm "mado ii Germany." 1M nearest approach et mado (MM submission of torms to too numi German Government. ?M"' rhpro la every reason, to ne having sent out Uio proposals thu Bolslievn.i e.overnraem..j vj- officials wlirscxt scna out u MiitiM.ila mndo bv Count CsT .. l.l.1. 1A .nantAtl th lirlnlolfl ' anneVtlons and no Indemnttt- ""i "utrn, fo.mal proposals that aro expecti from or.o of the Central Powers; lho do facto Government of ' wll'ch has pledged Itself to nht.ihi nn ntrrfeniftnr or tno.'JL mtasures for a general peacft-' cONUDCNTIAIi lyeCHA. I Conlldentlal exchanges ure trance ar.a ingianu on uw qv ill.. hnt mv of iniltiir tll.v noscd by the BolehevikW i . . . aii i e.zernin, jr-n ''if&A it is admitted some ozu ' Germun-Ru'islan proposals , a naturo Uiey cannot, light); aside. , rfijjQ5 to i eject tnem witnouc sy examination and an adequ m'ght lead to tho very many is seexmg to acco r'lcnatlQii.of somo of tho we I beta of the allied group. ' There is Jio doubt at thej" partment that tho object-. 1 Llod George's vlrit to discuss this matter tn,:pofoL, ....... .-..... , .. , w."nr. Tne wnoia atutucjo, or 1 p-rtment and of the rlcs has undergone a rem; i .!. w'lMn th laat'M lis now admitted that , greatest lmportanco were ! the conferences begun 'at '' I and that the peace propeaala i icqulre a scrloua, answer;, 'Cfl' The German version t.;' encMrf proposals ference received man Goverum 'nuen differs version received. and Amsterdam Dei It contains also an ment, obviously, of i. which the Bolshevik! ' war simply for tlMft .,W nww. '( annexations.-; xne. .'ng Count Csernlo; garlan MtnltTa "Th'ev (thtMMW alliance) share the delegation, which tion ot toe-war pn . . . . . f . i . . auest." v .,.,- Folio wlkg -is tti i celved yesterday i "In th4).tt1 1carlt xprearMi or ,IOB?llWtt ltWAT'' -V?. jperday-r or.iw w fTrlM'4 tW SM In ItsMaw ,1 ,3K V by .waar I'li'vl1 S5S i r' tJP il'CWA' m mi It" '.. I ( ftSfp Viji v PXh .!.' w && mmW,:: m 1' 5 fu-Vi.S' ii'J 'jj&mm l .. i . bring cJBcea or van avHTwo -Milt&t.iJ. ESMM awivaaaas H a .4j- ... , u t ' 1
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