DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET PLEDGED FOR WILSON LIEUT.-GOVERNOR,i "~ CON6RESS-AT-LAR6E CONGRESS-AT-LAROE JOSEPH F. GORMAN fREDJKELER I'f jasß\ IcilHn MsiSMm HnbSLar*' ' ' CONGRESS-AT-LAR6E CONGRESS- AT-L A RGE ' V ER SAMUEL R.TARNER j ASHftR R.JOHNSON APRIL 1 LAST DM FOR FEDERAL RETURNS Penalties for Income Dodgers Are Severe— Get Your Return in if You Are Liable. April 1, 1918, Is the final day al lowed under the federal income tax law for the tiling of federal income tax returns. Persons who are requir ed to file returns under the provisions of law and who fail to get their re turns in on time are subject to se yere penalties, as follows: For making false or fraudulent re turn, not exceeding $2,000 or not ex ceeding one year's imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court, and, in addition, 100 per cent, of the tax evaded. For falling to make return on time, not less than $2O nor more than $l,- 'OOO, and, in addition, 50 per cent, of the amount of tax due. If on account of illness or absence from home you are unable to render your return within the time prescribed by law you may obtain an extension £f 30 days if a request therefor is filed WILL Remain At Old STAND j! — ________ „ •; When we announced our quitting il business, we thought we could not re- • lease the building we are now occupy ing, but we have just made a satisfac tory lease, hence will remain at the old ; stand where 1 will be pleased to have all my old customers and new ones. THE GEM STUDIO 730 Phila. St. OCP. MOOf6 HOIEI Indiana, Pa. i i rim rmnim TUTU HO—■ I in I■ I N ■ ■ » , ".U_UIL-.11 HI " - I -"j ■■ • i with thb collector of your district be fore the due date of the return. In this request you must state the rea son why the return cannot be filed within the time prescribed by law. Collectors of internal revenue are not authorized to grant extensions of more than 30 days, but the commis sioner of internal revenue has author ity to grant a reasonable extension beyond 30 days in meritorious cases. If you desire an extension of more than 30 days your request should be addressed to the commissioner and should contain a detailed statement covering the reasons which make it Impossible foi" you to file your return on or before April 1. The internal revenue men are now completing their tour of the country, during which they were in touch with the people of every city and town. If you failed to get in touch with the deputy which visited your section it is not too late to get advice. Consult your postmaster as to where the near est deputy is now. Get your blank form, study the directions and the re quirements as shown thereon and make your return without fail if your income was sufficient to come within the bounds named in the law. It is pointed out by Commissioner Roper that it is important that the people comply with the federal laws as fully as they are complying with the drafts for men and the conserva- tion of foods and fuel. "The war must be paid for," says Commissioner Roper. "Congress has as much right to con script a just portion of income as it has to conscript our boys. The tax for 1917 is designed to reach moder ate as well as large incomes, so that all persons who are in financial posi- i tion to bear a portion of the heavy' government expenses can be assessed j in proportion to their ability to pay. 1 "The man who is barely makfhg a living or barely supporting a family is not affected by the 1917 law. But the man who is able to bear a share of the burden has been reached by the new law, and he should accept his responsibility in the same patriotic spirit that our young men have shown In offering themselves for this great purpose of the country to make the world safe for people of all kinds to live In and to govern themselves." This tax Is one which recognizes women as on an equal basis with men. The unmarried woman or the married woman with a salary must make tax return just the same as any man. Only the woman supporting her mother or other members of her family may take out $2,000 exemption. Under the law the head of the fami ly is the one whose earning power con tributes to the family's support Similarly a widow with small chil- * dren to support can take out $2,000 exemption and $2OO additional exemp tion for each of her children under eighteen. Thus it is intended that the law shall work no hardship to wo men having to struggle to get along. But each must tile return if her in come is $l,OOO. A man whose wife dies and who is left with small children to support upon a moderate income may also take full exemption under the new tax law and also claim $2OO exemption for er.ch of his children under eighteen. The widower under the law is a single man and must make tax re turn accordingly. Married men need not file returns unless they are earn ing $2,000 or more. "This is as much a national obliga tion as the reporting for duty of a man drafted for service with the colors," says D. C. Roper, commissioner of in ternal revenue. "As it stands, it is much a matter of the man or wo man's own conscience. It is for him or for her to determine just how far he is liable to the tax He must figure his own income and if it reaches tha figures named in the law must make faithful report upon it to the proper authority "This tax is distinctly a war meas ure and will be in effect during the war. "This is a people's tax —it reaches right down into the pockets of the small wage earner; it makes him a partner in the job of winning the war " CUT OUT WASTE, SAYS UNCLE SAM F. Lawrence Fell Heads Organ ization in Pennsylvania to Lend Assistance. PLEA TO BUSINESS MEN Co-operation Sought in Avoiding Ex cessive Deliveries by Grocers and Other Merchants. • E. LAWRENCE FELL. Philadelphia. May 7. —Mr. E. Law rence Fell, of Philadelphia, has been appointed director of the Commercial Economy Board for Pennsylvania, j This board is a branch of the Council of National Defence. Mr. Fell has i | entered upon his duties, working in ! close co-operation with Howard Heinz, U. S. Food Administrator for Pennsyl vania and chairman of the Food Sup ply Division of the Committee of Pub lic Safety. In setting forth the scope of his i work, Mr. Fell made this statement: "It must be evident to merchants i and business men that in order to win this war we will have to put every available man into the army or into the government's service produc ing for that army. The purpose of the economy board is to encourage and assist in the elimination of all waste. "One of the first of our serious en deavors will he to eliminate excessive deliveries. We look forward, in the grocery trade, for example, to not more than one delivery a day to any one household and over any one route and probably it will be necessary to reduce suburban deliveries of large grocery stores and department stores to two or three per week. "Where this reduction has already been accomplished merchants have been surprised and gratified at the hearty co-operation of the public and have received practically no criticism for so doing. Department stores in a number of our large cities have cur tailed deliveries to one a day and have eliminated special deliveries and spe cial service, or have made a satisfac tory charge for this service, sufficient ly large to discourage it. "From time to time this office will put forth various concrete proposi tions looking toward the carrying out of the general policy of saving waste and when it is possible will inaugurate local campaigns to carry out these propositions." Mr. Fell makes an appeal to public officers, chambers of commerce, mer chants' associations and other civic bodies of the state, to co-operate with him in bringing about the reforms which are in his care. Mr. Fell is a graduate of Swarthmore College in the class of ISBS and is president of the Franklin Printing Company. He is on the membership committee of the Union League and three years as president of the United Typo the tae of America —the printers national organ ization. Mr. Fell has devoted himself to the education of his craft in fac tory management and cost-accounting. He has spent fifteen years in lecturing and writing on these subjects through out the United States. He was select ed by the Commercial Economy Beard because of his experience in the elim ination of waste and the study he has made of efficiency methods. What Food Control Does. Congressman A. W. Overmyer, speak ing in the House of the Food Adminis tration a few days ago, said: "What the Food Administration has done is to regulate the world's food supply so that America and her allies may be fed at as reasonable prices as it is possible to obtain. Reasonable prices are not necessarily low prices. They are the best that can be obtain ed under all conditions of the situation. "And whatever may be said, no one is heard to complain that our armies are not being fed, and that is almighty important. Nothing else matters much at Jhis.moment. .It' they are fed " win lioal out unm we can get more men and airships and canuon and am munition to them. "What if our population is calle upon to forego and sacrifice and prac tice self-denal. s > as our uruiier and allied ariu.e> are red?" Pigeons as Carriers. Pigeons have been used as messen gers for many thousands of years. Dove is the Anglo-Saxon name; pigeon the Norman name. During the fifth Egyptian dynasty, 3,000 years before Christ, it was the fashion to domesti cate pigeons and to train them as car riers and messengers. The promptness with which Caesar was informed of the rebellion in Caul, and thereby en abled to cross the Alps before those uprising could possess the entire prov ince, was due to the use of carrier pigeons. In the Crusades, these birds were skillful and faithful messengers. To Insure Pleasant Dreams. The bedroom should be the snn nlest and best room in the house. It should be rounded, with no corners for holding "dead air." The bed should be in the middle of the room, and the bedclothes light and warm in winter, but never exerting pressure on the sleeper. The bed should be aired all day, and made up just before retir ing. Sleep in the most comfortable position, avoiding all theories against special positions. Must Develop Higher Tendencies. • Every evil tendency in childhood must finally be conquered, not by force or punishment, but through the culti vation of a higher tendency. The good man or woman Is one whose life has been slowly organized to act upon his good impulses and to restrain his evil ones. There is a thief or a robber in us all, but fortunately for the major ity of us, he has become too weak through inaction to be able to do us any harm. —Chicago American. Holland's Windmills. It was at one time stated that there were in Holland at least 9,000 large windmills, of which the sails ranged from 60 to 100 feet long. At that time their yearly cost was reported to be nearly $10,000,000. The mills are used for many purposes—for sawing timber, beating hemp, grinding, but their prin cipal use has always been to pump wa ter from the lowlands into the canals, to protect the little country from be ing inundated. The First Garment. Come to think of it, Eve must have worn a coat of tan even before the apple episode.—New Haven Register. 2 iIriEORùHU EYBlC, direttore di pompe fsnsbri FEMÌITUKE \ APERTO NOTTE E CIORNO ft< f»ì j! Telefoni: Loca(-Be(( i; 732 Ptiiladelphia St. INDIANA, PA. Si eseguono ordini Lavoro garentito K Soli Agenti degli Automobili IBAXWELL and ALLEN Nel nostro Garage abbiamo mac chine usate che vendiamo a prez zi di sacrificio. Venite da noi per accessori; camere d'aria, gomme, e tutto quello ohe e' necessario ai * propretari di automobili. RICORDATE IL NOSTRO GARACE I 521 Philadelphia Street Di fronte al Central Hotel Indiana, Penna.
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