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EVASION OF INCOME TAX
I ON SALARIES ISNT HARD
Mil One Has to Do Is to
KS ---1 T1 J -L1--1
pai uou aim meonsuxuuon uoes
the Rest
fiald a Government otllclal stationed
hi tho Federal Building hero today:
' "The nverago man who wanted he
.United States to go to war to answer
"German Insults and to avenge German
iwrongs Is contributing to the rted Cross
'and buying Liberty Uonds thrift stamps
.and, like a good, honcBt and willing
JV11UW. lin.liu'B ', - ,.m.
come tax If his Incomo Is big enough
to bo subject to the tax.
! "The avcrago man who didn't want
tthe United States to go to war Is doing
the same thing Just as loyally, Just as
'-willingly, now that his country has
gone Into tho fight.
' "These averago men don't mind doing
(their bit, and they aro not yelping bo-
means sacrifices of comforts and lux
uries and money. Dut they are com
plaining a little as they prepare to pay
' their Income taxes because the salaries
of fat Jobholders of States and cities are
exempt from operation of the Income
tax.
"Tho avcrago man on tho street who
works "like the devil" for J2G00 to $5000
a year can't seo the Justice In tho ex
emption of salaries of olllccholders In
Cities and States. Neither can tho aver
age man In the united States Govern
ment employ, who Just like tho average
mn In civil life must oav an Inroma
5? If he I. "ot belmt married. reccliT
" J'.Jlf: '.,?Le'.nB...'"arr!.cdL "cclyes
more than 1000 a jxar or,- being the
had of a family, receives more than
J20OO a year.
"It Isn't a pretty fact and It isn't a
pleasant fact for tho average man to
contemplate, but It Is a hard, cold fact,
nonetheless, that the Incomes of State
and city employes are exempt.
NEITHER OVERWORKED NOIt
OVERTAXED
"It wouldn't seem quite fair, to tho
man who works for a prlvato Individual
or concern even If tho public Jobholders
j worked Just as hard for their money.
dui iiieiu Btreuio iu uo ii ruiucr ueep
atated conviction In tho mind of the
arerngo man that public Jobholders are
not given to overwork. The average man
has a notion there would not be so many
hospitals around If their only patients
sYwre public servants of State and city
Kyho suffered nervous collapse as a re
built of putting in extra hours for tho
benefit of the alleged 'dear peepul.'
r "City Jobs and State Jobs aro tra
ditionally 'soft' and 'easy'. They are
traditionally better than Jobs for private
corporations, which have .time clocks,
efficiency experts nnd all sorts of de
vices for Betting a full dav'H work nut
"for every man and woman that gets a
full day's pay. Under the Incomo tax
., law tho grand old tradition of the 'soft'
public Job Is magnificently sustained.
e. g., if you re a single man, working
RED CROSS INJUNCTION
', LAID TO FALSE IDEA
'I Writ Against Building of $100,000
Research Laboratory in
Franco
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Mlsunder-
' standing, pure ana simple, is me veruici
An official Rod Cross circles liero on tho
l;.wrlt of injunction which has been filed
i'ta New York to prevent the society froj
-building a laboratory for military mcdl-
I't.. . . ., .-- ... L
, researcn in f ranee. iie muuraiui y
was to have cost $100,000, and the ob-
I'jMtors contend that It was to be used
for vivisection purposes.
'The ofllclals of the society have re
'Mlved a statement from forty-one army
meaicai omciais, also irom urigaaier
General Alfred A-Dradley, chief sur-
feon of the American expeditionary
forces In France, and .all commend the
Idea of medical research abroad. These
statements will undoubtedly be used In
the case of the society.
.'iNo fears are felt among officials ot
the society here that the writ wilt pre
sent the 'construction of the laboratory,
ana, an are "hopeful that the members
responsible for the swearing out of tho
document will be glad to withdraw when
JJey are projerly Informed on the Bub-
Something More
:Than Ordinary
Banking
Believing that a g
banking connection g
should be more than 1
a mere convenience, g
this company hasin- g
structed its 100 g
trained employes to h
render a broad, inter- s
ested service to an
patrons. Behind this
organization is the
guiding .influence of
23 active directors.
This service is at
your disposal. .
JPVTAlEdUITABIJC
Title Trust Company
1 12th Street Above Chestnut
u
)A Sensible Cigarette
whose well-balanced
Turkish blend never
disturbs even though
a man may smoke more
often than usual.
the price
IS
Get and Hold a Munici-
...... T-x
all day long, Saturdays Included, for
J1500 a year and studying law at nigh'
you havo to pay 2 per cent on ?500:
but If you work along ea-slly In some
public Job, taking about all tho time
off you please, and spend your nights
mingling with 'tho boys.' Jollying them
along so they will vote for your leader
at the next election, then you don't
have to pay n red cent."
The bonlgrt feature of tho war Income
tax law, to which the Government of
flclal referred, Is found in tho section
on exempt Incomes. It exempts' "the
compensation of all ofllcers and em
ployes of n State or any political sub
division thereof, except when -men com
pensation Is paid by tho United States
Government"
BLAME TIIK CONSTITUTION
T-nll,ri tm T.A1ab TTnltA.l (Ilntan Tt
lArnal Itnv.inii- r'rtltA"",- fnf thn TUI?'
dclphla District, when asked what he
had to say about the exemption of In
comes of State and city employes and
odlcers, said today:
"Thero Is very llttlo that I can say.
Tho law exempts those Incomes and, of
course, ve must carry out the law. Wo
can't chango It. The law very clearly
exempts those Incomes and the depart
Iment has Instructed us to that effect
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becKus'o It was contended that lo t'-ix
those ofllclals and employes would be
In violation of the Constitution. Whether
It would be or not I don't know."
But Mr. Lederer had no hesitancy
about saying what ho thought about tho
Justice of the situation.
"Of course," ho said, "tho city and
Stato officeholders ought to pay Income
taxes Just as every one else docs. I
would not criticize tho Congress or the
Government or the Constitution, but It
seems to mo it ought to bo perfectly
clear to anybody that a man shouldn't
be exempt from taxation Just because
he. works for tho State or tho city In
stead of for a prlvato individual of
corporation. Tho Federal employes pay
If their Incomes ' nro large enough t'
come under tho law. Their Incomes aro
not exempt."
The exemption clause for officehold
ers nnd employes of States and political
subdivisions thereof was presumably
placed In the law because tho United
States Supreme Court about forty years
ago ruled against some sort of tax on
such employes and ofllcers. The court
wasn't. anoed on tho question at the
time nnd the Supreme Court today might
hold contrarlly, but that Is small Bolaco
for tho man who pays nn Income tax
and knows that tho Blcek, fat and pom
pous political Jobholder Isn't paying
any.
To Sue Coal Company for $1,000,000
SCRANTON. Pa.. Jan. 14. Former
Sheriff A. 13. Stevens will start proceed
ings to recover royalties worth $1,
000,000 from the People's Coal Com
pany. The basis of the suit1 will bo
that property controlled by Mr. Stevens
had been mined by tho company Willi
no legal authority.
BA1
Special Sale at Half Price
Two Hundred Electric Lamps
Three Hundred China Vases
Down Stairs Show
Monday, January
fca.na.Emsu
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EVENING -PTJBLIO-:EEBHILAPELPHIA, MONDAY,
"FRENZIED LIBERTY"
FATAL, SAYS KAHN
"Freedom Not Foolproof," De
clnres Banker in Wis
consin Speech
MERITS, OF S 0 C I A L I S M
Warns University Student Against
"Militant Holshevlki in
Our Midst"
MADJSON. Wis., Jan. 14. Otto 11.
Kahn, of the bnnklnR firm of Kulin.
Losb &. Co., New York, made a vlKorous
address to the students of tho Unlv-r-slty
of Wisconsin on "Krenzlfil 'lib
erty." In which ho paid:
"Tho deadliest foo of democracy Is
not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Mb-M-tv
l no foolproof. For Its Jicnofl-
cent working It demands self-rcsiraim,
n sano and clear recognition of the Iir.ic- position and who has had a splendid up
I ..... ... nni,u nn.t nf the fnct thnt ' Portunlty to study tho present transit
""" u,m " I",. ..u . .,.
.thero
aro laws 01 namm mum
yond our power to change.
"Pome there nro who havo been
blinded by the glare of liberty and they
1.1 r to nplro to force their guldancn
upon Americans, who for generations
nave walkid In tho light of liberty. They
havo become drunk with tho strong
wine of freedom, these men who until
they landed on America's coasts had
nstrd nothing but the bitter wnte- of
tyranny. Drunk, they presume to Im
pose their reeling gait uiwn Ameri
cans. In ialUOUS purouwij mw "-;
to graft the growth of their stunted i
vision upon the splendid and ancient i
tree of Amerlcnti institutions.
"We will not havo it so. we who in u
merlcans by birth or adoption, Vv
rel-ct thes Impudent preten,!.,,.. The
time I, rlpo and overripe to call a halt
upon these spreaders or ouuanuisn mm
pernicious uocirnos. .,...,. . ,,
"Let the
mldstbc wnrned in u e. "" ' '"
When I refer
to rellect upon those who. while deter-
mined Soclnl'sts. nro na none Amcr,.
wrongs to be rlghtc.I, lcteo s i oe
striven for, It Is a force distinct!) for
B0, , .,,
"Still less do I mean to reflect upon I
he labor union movement, which I re-
gard as an absolutely necessary element I
In tho scheme of our economic life Its
leaders have acted with admirable pa-,
trlotlsm In th's crisis of thu nation
nnd on the whole havo been a factor
against extreme tendencies and Irra.
. . . i.
tional aspirations.
"Hut this is not the time for settling
complex social iiue-iions. wnen your
house Is being lnvnd-d liv burglars you
'"""''"""""""" " ... ....... ,....
'....no. '"ff' t?.mlly?.s P"..?C' ..
win tho war first. Nothing else must
cans, to the cxicni xnai '""" emergency with the equipment that It
an antidote and a check on exce vc haM.rala lnan who was !,,,. the
Individualism and holds up to a 'itisj , Kn .uomfo-tH a3 the reporter, "but
and Felf-cetitered and far from "err-ct , , fft. .Q (.(u w, . R .,.,,,. .,. ror.
world grievances to be remedied, 1)0rat,0., F10uld allow Its equipment te
now bo permitted to occuwv our .,,. ,..r.r-,.vc. utu., t
thoughts and divert our alms. . OTHER CONDITIONS SIMILAR
"When wo shall have attained victory ' "Hog Island Is not tho only consldera
nnd peace, then will bo tho time for us lion, either," he continued.. "There la .
to sit down nnd reason together nnd the Westlnghouso plant nt Lester and j
mako such changes In political and so- .Ilaldwin's and Kddystone below. Thou
clat conditions as, after full and fair I sands of the men employed at these '
discussion, free from heat and passion,
tho enlightened public opinion of tho j
country deems requisite." ,
MOTHER SAVES CHILDREN '
Dares Danger to Carry Offspring to
Safety When Home Burns
The two children of Abraham Lel
bowltz, of 1342 North Twenty-ninth
street were rescued through the heroism
of their mother, Mrs. Hannah Lelbowltz,
when their dwelling caught fire.
Just as she was putting tho children
to be,d Mrs. Lelbowitz detected the odor
of smoke In tho house and discovered
that tho building was on (Ire. Seizing
tho children In her arms nnd heedless
of tho danger to herself, she carried
them safely outside tho building. Her
hu-band was not at home at the time.
Tho flro was a difficult one for the
firemen to handlo and a loss of about
$1200 resulted.
URRYfor
ERAS
DEVELOPING C PRINTING I
'THE BETTER KIND" 1
FRANK J.CURRY
THE CAMERA SPECIALIST '
812 CHESTNUT STREET 812
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Jt SINCE 1832 UTHS J
Room
Fourteenth
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TROLLEY ILLS HINDER
WORK AT HOG ISLAND
Wartime Emergencies Demand
Improved Service on
Route 37
EMPLOYES ARE DELAYED
Some Forced to Quit Jobs at Ship
Plant Because of Inconven
iences Suffered
"If tho Kreat Industrial wenimn of
war which Is bclnp forped at IIor Islam
Is to be delivered on schedule somethfnK
must be dono and done at onco to Ret
tho men employed thero to and from
their work. To accomplish this the I'
It. T. must do Its bit, and speeding things
up at IIor Island means speedlnw up
their trolleys."
This statement was made to an Kvk-
nmloJ.e(i nt HoK i8l!,ml n n responsible
facilities.
I use ltoute ST." ho staled, "and I
tell you snmo days It Is most discourag
ing. I live in the heart of the city and
have to get to work by 7 o'clock In the
morning. I have to leave home long
before I should In order to get there on
time, and on many occasions I h.ic
not been there on time, ('inning homo
It la tho samo way, Thero are not
enough ears to meet tho demands on
this line."
A reporter has made the trip to ling
Island by this routn on two occasions,
and If his experience on these trips nro
tho dally experiences of those who uso
this line, ho Is convlifeed that a great
neai comet uo uonc to ne p toe summon,
xi:i:i III3AT AND 11KPAIUS
u,Vdn the car at Thirteenth and
,, J" 'l,0.n7 wt h "r "l
; w ts and 1 ft t n ca r
- . , ,.
t,,0 ,i tyn,. of jellow oar and tho.u
on which ho rodo both going and returii-
,nK Kere i,ailly n need of repair and
. . ,
itsnower to meet the
I'UiaLiui
, ,n ucI. R ,,,.,,,,..,,,!,. (.mtitiun "
. ,iavu ,C(jn tol(1 tmt th. c0,n,,any
does not pay enough wages to mechanics
to .ttri,.t mell who arc capable of tak-l
. h . car0 ot equipment," said
(h ,..,,,,(,,.!
..Tllat. just lt .. vM tllM man, "I
wai, tl)M b ono , .,, mc1 1)n XMa Iln
,hat (h. onI . al,out -13 n Wl.,,
to mpll for tllls work. ,Iow ran t)loy
vxrcl , , nlcn whp ft ,-ommon la-
hnrA. r, mili,. i,.ir(, f j,nt much at the
various shipyards? I tell you they ought
to .vake ,, tl) tllP fact that wo ar0 at
, hn,lM not let the matter
wnr nnil t hey should not let the matter,
of wages tie up their system ar.d hnndl-i
,,, ,,, .,..Hr. ,, ,,f tho war.
plants depend on this line, and you can
seo for yourself how bad tho conditions
are. Many a night I stand In the cold
from half an hour to an hour before
I can get a car back to tho city, and
then I have to tight my way on or I
would not get back,"
This was Just tho experience of tho
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reporter! On one trip he waited for
more than an hour before ho was able
to get on n car, and on another day ho
was compelled to hang on the back part
of the car until he reached Forty-ninth
street, where he caught a car across
Klfty-second street and finished Ills rldo
to City Hall on tho elevated.
On these trips tho reporter Inter
viewed many men employed at these
various plants, men who lled In various
sections of I'hlladelphla. Almost every
one complained of tho service.
"It Is not only ltoute 37," said one
man, "but tho various other lines which
tho workmen have to uso In order to
get to the center of tho city and take
this Chester short line. I cannot under
stand how tho traction people ever al
lowed their equipment to get In such
shape, They make statements about
weather conditions, equipment conditions,
labor conditions and what not, but I
wish they would stop making statements I
uiil do something, vcrybody Is com
plaining, and Ui employes seem to do
as much of It as nnybody else."
The reporter talked to a man wh
lad Just given np n position at Hog
Island becAUse of tho dllllculty to get
to nnd from the plant, "It Is enough
lo work ten hours a day without hav
ing to spend three or four more getting
lo nnd from the Job. I feel sure that
the 1' It, T. Is making an effort to lm
pruo conditions, but It certainly was
a long time getting stirred up and eve
now It does not seem to havo grasped
tho situation."
START "STA Y-AT-HOM E"I)KI VE
Lancaster Feels Exodus of People to
Munition Centers
I-ANCY.STNIl, l'a., Jan, II Aroused
by the exodus of n lar egpart of the
city lHjpulatlon to munition-making cen
ters and cities where wngo scales are
higher, local civic associations havei
lllTnned to nllpn Mil ntilmiil "uUv.nl
honiu" campa'gn. .
While no dellnlto policy has been do-1
emeu on, a committee lias been np.
pointed ny the Chamber of Commerce
"vestlitate tho situation n;d nio n
':rl ,,M.'ton'' "" '""lh' '""1 te manu.
factum notation will take some c
iini.iueM.ay nigiit Tho I.incMslcr re.i
lion Tuesday night.
etato board has joined the mi.vni,,i
Scores of skilled mechanics and hun
dreiN i.t laborers have in'grated to Hog
Island. Carney's Point and other big
Industrial centers nnd the elfect on local I
business Is being keenly felt.
UiUiLJJiLliLm.illl.lilLIIII
Speeding Up at the Arcadia
to Meet the Motor Influx
The Mecca, during Auto Show Week for exhib
itors, sightseers and friends.
SPECIAL LUNCHEONS
DINNERS and SUPPERS
(Handsome automobile decorations with a
beautiful Franklin Brougham as their center.)
Amcbahdia Cafi
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THIS FLAG MEANS
AN AGENCY THAT SELLS
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
AND THRIFT STAMPS
This Space Contributed by
the National and State
Qanka of Philadelphia.
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JOTTTABY' 14, 1018-
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NATION BEGINS ATTACK
ON PILED-UP FREIGHT
Business Aids in Week of Or
ganized Effort to Solve
Railroad Congestion
WASHINGTON'. Jan. H.
Tho national railroad, aided by bus
iness organliallons all over the land, bo
Tan today an assault on piled-tip freight.
With opening of "freight: moving week"
unusual efforts were mado to clear con
gestion at terminals. The nbnormnl pres-
suio of recent weeks was enhanced by
the tled-up trallto of the Middle West,
but through tho Kast considerable relief
Is anticipated.
Snow plows nro working on tho west
sin lines to open way for the most lm
nortunt trafllc, but It will be several
days before normal conditions ore
restored.
Meanwhile steps lo niter tho coal
transportation problem In the Kast arc i
......... .... .!. ....1 n.tn.lnlB.nllnn
"ilVUl.-tl H.MII 1,1.1 ,M-1 tlMIIUIHC! . ,V...
The least essential Industrial establish
ments will probably bo barred from get
ting coal shipments in order to supply
other more pressing needs. This Is ex
pected to result In periods of closed
theatres and other place's of nmusement
ns well us manufacturing plants not vital
to the war.
In clearing up congestion resulting
If you sell
War
Savings
Stamps
display a
w. s. s.
Banner
llll.l. lXlli lll'NTINO
.1 H SI.IHI
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Louis Fink & Suns : : Good Flags
so MiKTii ;m ktr:i:t
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Where
This Flag's
Unfurled
there's a patriotic representative
of Uncle Sam, ready to sell you
War, Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps.
This big blue and white flag
stands for the easiest way to save
and the simplest way to help our
Nation to win this war.
Stop where the flag flies or anywhere that you see
a War Stamp poster and buy a War Savings
Stamp (in January $4.12) or buy Thrift Stamps,
25c each any time. Paste your Thrift Stamps on
a Thrift card and when you get 16 Thrift Stamps
on it, pay 12c more (in January) and exchange it
for a War Savings Stamp. Every War Savings
Stamp pays you back in five years, $5.00 cash.
Look for an agency and buy a Stamp today.
The National War Savings Committee.
1431 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Bell 'Phone, Locutt 4670. Keystone, Race 5180
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from the storm, McAdoo Is getting val-l
(.. nl.l awM 1.1a ...lal.nl rfl.An.n-. Inl
whom he wired "I should like you to use
every possible means to overcome the
situation and reatoie railroad service at
the earliest posslblo moment."
FRIENDS MAY ENLIST
"Fighting Quakers" No Longer In
cur Censure, Says Havcrford
President
Members of tho Socletv of Friends
who cnllsl for service In the present war'
no longer nro censured by tho organiza
tion, according to n statement made by
President Comfort, of Haverford Col
lego, In nn address. This Is a"depr turo
from the custom of tho society h ex
communicating members who take part
In hostilities.
Unusual conditions. President Comfort
said, were responsible for tho change of
policy on the part of the society. He
added that no records of the past or
present would Justify tho assertion that
Friends were afraid to die for their
principles.
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Winter Skin Health
nn l.n mnlntnlnptl. drm-ttn Bpvprmt
pathfr, l' rerulHr ue of our Skin M
o(Ki n harmifus ei raiiy mc
lvi clpanT. ioftnrr and nourlihor.
V romptrxlnn nfpj th yar 'rouml.
ftnn'ty tubca fl.'c. Artistic Jar. $1
ronUuiM thruout U. H.
LLEWELLYN'S
I'lillailelphln's Klnndaril Drue Store
1518 Chestnut St.
Ibro-rormal-ts for huiMn-ss 2Sc.
VwY-' .i':'-:-"''l -"
FOUNDED 1865
The
Provident
Life and Trust Company
of Philadelphia
The question of insur
ance can no longer be
passed by without seri
ous thought. It is as
necessary to be well in
sured as it is to be well
clothed.
FOURTH AND CHESTNUT
STREETS
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Perry's
Reduction
Sale
of
Overcoats
and Suits
V
affords every
man a chance to
economize on his
Clothes!
f& In learning the les
son of Thrift, we
must remember the
lesson of Efficiency.
It won't do to let
yourself pun down at
the heel, if you want
to keep your toe on
the threshold of New
Business the Big
gest and Greatest
Business you have
ever done! And
that's what every
man who keeps fit
and in-fighting trim
is due for in the new
leaps in progress the
world over!
CJ Well, then!
jineres your
Chance, in this Big,
Comprehensive Re
duction Sale of Perry'1
Suits, Overc, oats,.
Dress Clothes, Fur-
trimmed Overcoats,
separate Trousers,
Dress and Fancy
Vests, your Chance
to stock up, and save
at the same time!
I SAVE because
neither we nor any
one else can give as
rnuch Clothes Value
for your money next
season as we have
given you this!
qin addition, re
member that we kept
our regular prices
down to about nor
"Jfe
mal by our fore
handed purchases
and it's those already
low prices we have
now reduced in this
Sale!
t
CI $60 Overcoats. SRft
j, T n.v, of-ww ,
Overcoats, $40 Over- f
A i . A'
coais on aown to
$15 and $18 Over-"1
A ...J 1, U
coats, reaucea : ;;
VH
q $45, $43, $40, $38,S
$do, and on down t; '
$18 and $20 Suits J
this sale!
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Get Busy and
stock up!
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Philadelphia
UfiOOflOb Capital
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