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m !^,£fevtJl j-1*: ii THE MoHEKBT PLAI3 XSBV Mel mu PRESIDENTSEKDS IN HIS MESSRGE i,-^'A'"i": " CHIEF MAGISTRATE CALLS ON CONQRES8 TO JUSTIFY DEMOCRACY BEFORE WOlltA SETS FORTH NATION'S DUTY 8*ys It I* the Manifest Destiny of United States' to Lead in Making Spirit of "Right Makee Might" Prevail. Washington, Dec. 7.--Abandoning his Intention to deliver his message to congress in person, President Wilson sent it in and the clerks of both houses read It Pol) owing is the full text of the message: Gentlemen of the congress: . . When I addressed myself to performing the duty laid upon the President by the Constitution to present to yon an annual report of the state of die Union, I found my thought dominated by an Immortal sentence of Abraham Lincoln's, "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand It;" a sentence Immortal because it embodies in a form of utter simplicity and purity the essential faith of the nation, the faith in which It was conceived, and the faith In which it has grown to glory and power. With that faith and the birth of a nation founded upon it came the hope Into .the world that a new order would prevail throughout the affairs of mankind, an order In which reason and right would take precedence of covetousness and force, and I believe that I express the wish and purpose of every thoughtful American when I say that this sentence marks for us in the plainest manner the part we should play alike in the arrangement of our domestic affaire and In our exercise of Influence upon the affairs of the world. By this faith, and by this faith alone, can the world be lifted out of Its present confusion and despair. It was this faith which prevailed over the wicked force of Germany. You will remember that the beginning of the end of the war came when the German people found themselves face to face with the conscience of the world, and Realized that right was everywhere arrayed against the wrong that their government was attempting to perpetrate. I think, therefore, that it Is true to say that this was the faith which won the war. Certainly this Is the faith with which our gal- * lant men went into the field and out upon the seas to make sure of victory. This is the mission upon which democracy came Into the world. Democracy Is an assertion of the right of the Individual to live and to be treated Justly as against any attempt on the part of any combination of individuals to make laws which will overburden him or which will destroy his equality among his fellows in the matter of right or privilege, and I think we all realize that the day has come when democracy is being put upon Its final test. The old world is Just now suffering from a wanton rejection oflthe principle of democracy and a substitution of the principle of autocracy as1 asserted In the name but without the authority and sanction of the multitude. This Is the time of all others when democracy should prove its purity and its spiritual power to prevail. It Is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt to make this spirit prevail. Two Thinge for Us to Do. There are two ways In which the United States can assist to accomplish tills great object. First, by offering tfte example within her own borders of the will power of democracy to make and enforce laws which are unques - tlonably just and which are equal In their administration--laws which secure Its full right to labor and yet at the same time safeguard the integrity Of property, and particularly of that property which Is devoted to the deifeflopment of industry and the Increase of the necessary wealth of the • irorld. Second, by standing for right and Justice as towards individual na- »tlons. The law of democracy Is for the protection of the weak and the Influence of every democracy In the world should be for the protection of the weak nation, the nation which Is struggling toward Its right and toward its proper recognition and priv 'Mlege In the family of nations. > The United States cannot refuse tWs role of champion without putting the stigma of rejection upon the great and devoted men who brought its jrovernraent Into existence and established It in the fttce of almost universal opposition and Intrigue, even in face . of wanton force, as, for example, against the order In council of Great Britain and the arbitrary Napoleonic PW decrees which Involved us la wbstws know as the war of 1812. Sample Democracy of World, I urge you to consider that the display of an immediate disposition on the part of congress to remedy any injustices or evils that may have shown themselves in our national life will afford the most effectual offset to the forces of chaoe and tyranny which are playing so disastrous a part In the fortunes of the free peoples erf more than one part of the world. The United States Is of necessity the sample democracy of the world, and the triumph of den^ocracy depends upon Its success. Recovery from the disturbing and sometimes disastrous effects of the late war has been exceedingly slow on the other side of the water, and has given promise. I venture to say, of early completion only In our own fortunate country; but even with us the recovery halts and Is Impeded at times, and there are Immediate serviceable acts of legislation which, 1J seems to me, we ought to attempt to assist that recovery and prove the indestructible recuperative force of a great government of the people. One of these Is to prove that a great democracy can keep hope as successfully and In as business-like a fashion as any other government It seems to me that the first step toward proving this is to supply ourselves with a method of handling our estimates and expenditures, and bringing them to the point where they will not be an unnecessary strain upon our Income or necessitate unreasonable taxation; In other words, a workable budget system, and I suggest that two elements are essential to such a system--namely, not only that the proposal of appropriations should be in the hands of a single body, such as a single appropriations committee In each house of the congress, but also that this body should be brought into such co-operation with the departments of the government and with the treasury of the United States as would enable It to act upon a complete conspectus of the needs of the government and the resources from which it must draw its income. I reluctantly vetoed the budget bill passed by the last session of the congress because of a constitutional objection. The house of representatives subsequently modified the bill In order to meet this^objection. In the revised form I believe that the bill, coupled with action already taken by the congress to revise its rules and procedure, furnishes the foundations for an effective national budget system. I earnestly hope, therefore, that one of the first steps taken by the present session of the congress will be to pass the budget bill. Marked Gain In Finance* tanee ef nwktac direct as. The ratal The nation's finances have shown marked improvement during the past year. The total ordinary receipts of (6,694.000,000 for the fiscal year 1920 exceeded those for 1919 by $1,642,000,- 000, while the total net ordinary expenditures decreased from $18,514,000.- 000 to $6,403,000,000. The gross public debt, which reached its highest point on Aug. 31. 1919, when it was $26,596,- 000.000, had dropped on Nov. 30,. 1920, to $24,175,000,000. There also has been a marked decrease in holdings of government war securities by the banking institutions of the country, as well as the amount of bills held by the federal reserve banks secured by government war obligations. This fortunate result has relieved the banks and left them freer to finance the needs of agriculture. Industry and commerce. It has been due In large part to the reduction of the public debt, especially of the floating debt, but more particularly to the Improved distribution of government securities among permanent Investors. The cessation of the government's borrowings except through short term certificates of indebtedness has been a matter of great consequence to the'people of the country at large, as well as to the holders of Liberty bonds and Victory notes, and has had an Important bearing on the matter of effective credit control. The year has been characterised by the progressive withdrawal of the treasury from the domestic credit market and from a position of dominant influence in that market. The future course will necessarily depend upon the extent to which economies are. practiced and upon the burdens placed upon the treasury, as well as upon industrial development and the maintenance of t&i receipts at a sufficiently high level. Big Bond Issue to Mature. The fundamental fact which at present dominates the government's financial situation is that $7,500,000,000 of its war indebtedness matures within the next two and a half years. Of this amount $2,600,- 000,000 are floating debt and $5,000,000,000 victory notes and war savings certificates. The fiscal program of the government must be determined with reference to these maturities. Sound policy demands that the government expenditures be reduced to the lowest amount which will permit the various services to operate efficiently and that government receipts from taxes and salvage be maintained sufficiently high to provide for current requirements, including interest and sinking fund charges on the public debt, and at the same time retire the floating debt and part of the victory loan before ma turlty. "With rigid economy, vigorous salvage operations and adequate revenues from taxation, a surplus of current receipts over current expenditures can be realized and should be applied to the floating debt. All branches of the government should co-operate to see that this program Is realised. I cannot overemphasise the necessity of economy In government appropriations and expenditures and the avoidance by the congress of practices which take money from the treasury by Indefinite or revolving-fund appropriations. The estimates for the present year show that over a billion dollars of expenditures were authorised by the last congress In addition to the amounts shown in the usual compiled statement of appropriations. Specific Appropriations Urged. This strikingly Illustrates the lmporriition ketweaa current receipts Mt<Smsl expenditure* of the government during the preeeut fecal rear, as well a* darta* the laat ball of the .last ftscAl TSSr, has been disturbed by the extraordinary burdens throw* upon the treasury hy the transportation act, in connection wlU* ttae return ef the railroads to private control. Over $$0&- 000,000 has already been paid to the railroads under this act--$3(0,000,000 during the present fiscal year--and It Is estlinatM that further payments aggregating POS' slbly $650,000,000 must still be made to the railroads during the current year. It la obvious that these large payments have already seriously limited the government's progress In retiring the floating debt. Closely connected with this, it seems to me. Is the necessity for an Immediate consideration of the revision of our tax laws. Simplification of the income out profits taxes has become an Immediate necessity. These taxes performed an Indispensable service during the war. The need for their simplification, however. Is very great in order to save the taxpayer Inconvenience and expense and In order to make his liability more certain and definite. Other and more detailed recommendations with regard to taxes will no doubt be laid before you by the secretary of the treasury and the commissi oner of Internal revenue. Wouid Aid War Heroes. Tt Is my privilege to draw to the attention of congress for every symp " tic consideration the problem of providing adequate facilities for the care and treat-' ment of former members of the military and naval forces who are sick or disabled aa the result of their participation in the war. These heroic men can never be paid In money for the service they patriotically rendered the nation. Their Reward will lie rather In realisation of the fact that they vindicated the rights of their country and aided in safeguarding civilization. The nation's grautude must be effectively revealed to them by the most ample provision for their medical care and treatment as wall as for their vocational training and placement. The time has come when a more complete program can be formulated and more satisfactorily administered for their treatment and training, and I earnestly urge that the congress give the matter its early consideration. The secretary of the treasury and the board for vocational education will outline In their annual reports proposals covering medical care and rehabilitation which I am sure will engage your earnest study and command your most generous support. Permit me to emphasize once more the nee for action upon certain matters upon which I dwelt at some length In my message to the second session of the 6Sth congress: The necessity, for example, of encouraging the manufacture of dyestufls and related chemicals; the importance of doing everything possible to promote agricultural production along economic lines, to Improve agricultural marketing p.nd to make rural life more attractive and healthful; the need for a liw regulating cold storage in such a way as to limit the time during which goods may be kept In storage, prescribing the method of disposing of them If kept beyond the permitted period, wand requiring goods released from storage In all cases to bear the date of their receipt. Would Mark Storage Goods. It would also be most serviceable If It were provided that all goods released from cold storage for Interstate shipment should have plainly marked upon each package the selling or market prices at which they went into storage, in order that the purchaser might be able to learn what profits stood between him and the producer or the wholesale dealer. Indeed, It would be very serviceable to the public If all goods destined for Interstate commerce were made to carry upon every package case whose form made It possible a plain statement of the price at which they left the hamls of the producer. I respectfully call your Attention, also, t t the recommendations of the message referred to with regard to a federal license for all corporations epgaged In Interstate commerce. In brief the Immediate legislative need of the time is the removal of all obstacles to the realization of the best ambitions of our people In their several classes of employment and the strengthening of all instrumentalities by which difficulties are to be met and removed and Justice dealt out, whether by law or by some form of mediation and conciliation.- I do not feel it to be my privilege at present to suggest the detailed and particular methods by which these objects may be attained, but I have faith that the Inquiries of your several committees will discover the way an£ the method. Asks for Loan to Armenia. In response to what I believe to be the Impulse of sympathy and opinion throughout the United States, I earnestly BUggest that the congress authorise the treasury of the United States to make to the struggling government of Armenia auch a loan as was made to several of the allied governments during the war, and I would also suggest that it would be desirable to provide In the legislation Itself that the expenditure of the money thus loaned shoUld be under the supervision of a commission, or at least a commissioner, from the United States, In order that revolutionary tendencies within Armenia itself might not be afforded by the loan a further tempting opportunity. Allow me to call your attention to the fact that the people of the Philippine islands have succeeded in maintaining a stable government since the last action of the congress In their behalf and have thus fulfilled the condition set by the congress as precedent to a consideration of granting independence to the islands. I respectfully submit that this condition precedent having been fulfilled. It la now our liberty and our duty to keep our promise to the people of those Islands by granting them the Independence which they so honorably covet. I have not so much laid before you a series of reommendatlons, gentleman, as sought to utter a confession of faith, of the faith in which I was bred and to which it Is my solemn purpose to stand by until my last fighting day. J believe this to be the faith of America, the faith ef the nation, and of all the victories which await national action in the days to come, whether In America or elsewhere. •RTtKEIMII-UW ^v"' ' "••v*. - BUT-a--. ! > ' v . *** 'a- * iWtE.i I 07,. -.i JOHNSON BILL AMENDED Change Would Bap Alieris for On® Year Instead of Two* ^ n . Governnynts Charged by Rep. Knutson With 8endirig Radi- - cats to the United States. - Washington, Dec. IS.-1--An amendment to the Johnson Immigration bill limiting the embargo on immigration to one year instead of two was adopted by the house, 87 to 25. It was offered by Representative Mann (Rep.) of Illinois. Charges that foreign governments "are financing the movement of radicals from several countries in Europe to the United States," were made by Representative Knutson (Rep.), Minnesota, who opened debate In the house on the Johnson bill. "Spain Is a seething mas* of anarchy," Mr. Knutson declared, "and its government is dumping it on the United States. We have more now than we know what to do wltjhf^We ought to deport them." ' \ He added that if tonnage were available from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 Europeans would migrate to America within a year. U. & WEEKLY MARKET REPORT V" BMNWC CHK SEE REVIVAL OF TRADE SOON Cotton Prices Back to Previous Low Levels--Decreased Public Pur- • chasing Power Noticeable. New York, Dec. 11.--Dun's review of business for week ending December 10: While a general turn for the better In business is still delayed expressions of confidence are rather more numerous. Inasmuch as sentiment is an important factor in any commercial movement, the increased feeling manifest In various quarters Is obviously an encouraging indication. With the progress of the economic readjustment future is being viewed with less apprehension and hopes of some revival after the end of the year are growing stronger. The changed situation In the iron and steel Industry finds partial reflection In the November statistics of pig iron production. With demands falling off, a reduction In output was foreshadowed. The general hide market, which failed to respond to the recent large clearance movement of domestic packer stock, continues without new business of moment Maintenance of the recent active buying of gray cotton goods has not been witnessed and prices have shown a tendency to fall back to previous low levels upon the abatement of demand. Recognition of a decreased public purchasing power Is becoming more general and the lessened consumption Is as noticeable In the agricultural sections as in the In dustrlal centers. Unemployment meanwhile Is increasing, further curtailment appearing at New England points and elsewhere Wheat Closes at Chicago at $1.57%-- Butter, Cheeee and Potato Prices 3 Continue Downward. r:.^?>^iiEEK^T MARKETGRAM. (By U. S. BUREAU OF SlARKETS.) Washington, Dec. 13.--Week ended Dec. IOj--GRAIN--wide fluctuations and a weak undertone have dominated the week's grain markets. A decided downward movement took -place on the 10th as a result of federal reserve bank report stating that a beginning of liquidation or reduction of tmnk loans Is imperative. Trade in corn particularly was very heavy on the 10th and corn futures are decidedly weaker,. Cash wheat conditions continue strong at big premiums over futures. No. 2 soft red winter at Chicago, 36c over December. For the week Chicago March wheat lost 7c, closing at $1.67%; May corn, 5c, at 71^c. Minneapolis March wheat down 7c, at $1.53%. Kansas City, 9Cj at 11.62%; Winnipeg May, 6 cents, at $l.il%. Minneapolis reports poor milling demand contlnuea. Chicago December wheat closed at $1.60%; December corn, 68%c. HAT--Market remains very dull with but little demand, which is mostly local. Prices of better grades have been well maintained because of lighter receipts. Lower grades easier In several markets. Embargo placed at Cincinnati a few daya ago has been . lifted. FEED--No improvement of any consequence is noted in the demand for feeds. Hominy and gluten feed remain etrong. Wheat mill feeds dull and easier In many markets. Bran quoted Minneapolis, $25.50; Cincinnati, $33, which are lowest quotations this year. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter trading has ahown some Improvement during the week. Prices fairly flpAj at 1 to 2c below market prices a week ago. Storage hard ,to move on account low prices of fresh. Closing prices, 92 score: New York, 63%c; Chicago, 4S%c; Philadelphia, 53Vsc; Boston, 52c. Cheese markets showing weakness, December 6, prices at Wisconsin primary markets averaging 4c below last Week. - Usual light demand this season of year and weakness In butter markets are given as factors causing weakness. Fresh cheese prices In Wisconsin now average around 21c, Twin** 22%c, Daisies; 22V&C, Double Daisies; 23%c Young Americas and Longhorns; 24%c Square Prints. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Potato priceB continued to decline at northern e. b. markets, losing about 16c per 100 lbs sacked, at $1.26 to $1.48. Chicago car lot market declined 26 to 30c, closing at ltl.35 to $1.45. Apple prices steady; A SH Baldwins, $4 to $4.25 per brL LIVE 8TOCK AND MEATS--Chicago live stock: Hogs, fat lambs and most classes of cattle at Chicago showed moderate declines during the week. The depreciation in hogs averaged 55c per 100 lbs. Beef steers lost 25c to 50c; cows and heifers, 25c to 75c; feeding steers, 40c to 60c. Despite numerous fluctuations fat lambs closed at a net decline of $1. Feeding lambs and ewes practically un« changed. December 10 top Chicago prices: Hogs, $9.76; yearling steers, $15.25; good beef steers, $13 to $13.25; heifers, $11.26; cows, $9.75; feeder steers, $9.50; westerns, $10.50; veal calves, |10.50; fat lombs, $11.76; An American Indian In California owns a bee ranch of 900 stands that produced thirty-three tons of hotkey this season. ALL AROUND THE GLOBE a Hifigeless dob hi that * are" mounted* oo pivots have been Invented for auto- *>ttoblles. . Georgia and Aserbaldjan are reportifi to have made an agreement with ' regard to transit trade. | , Gasoline cars on an Australian rallx Atay have wedge-shaped ends, it hav- 's»g been found that the air resistance t & the oid-type cars caused the use 1 Cf 40 per cent more fuel. 1 The lord mayor of London Is called i on to make an average of nearly a * thousand public speeches during his ^jpar in office. . • In the British museum Is an alma- ^•»ac which was Issued during the reign * Rameses the Great, about 8,000 Hears ago. Y It costs $30,000,000 a year for Amer- * lean manufacturers to exchange em floyees with each other. It costs anywhere from $42 In a hand tool factory <X> $250 In a tobacco factory to replace t m experienced workman with a new I I •; * Grasshoppers*' Is Sou?fT TCrnerica "attain a length of five inches and their wings spread out ten Inches. The practice of pensioning or insuring sick and wounded soldiers is said to have been started in England by Oliver Cromwell. Sweden Is thinking of spending $2,- 500,000 to establish wireless communication with the outside world, and especially with the United States. Alaska Is to have a large pulp mill, the first In that section of the country. Water power will be used exclusively. Lena Ashwell, the Bngllsh actress, has a plan to give the outlying suburbs and towns about London good drama at reasonable prices. Japan has an annual poetry contest, and this year it had the average numbe* of contestants--30,000. The subject Is selected by the mikado. • At what is now 41 Broadway, the first houses of the Dutch settlers were erected In the year 1618 by Adrian Block, Iffjf lork-s toat boUde^ Greeks Originated Ostracism. Ostracism was a ceremony and a political move, as well as a banish* ment In Its original workings. The word comes from the Greek "ostreo," meaning the shell of an oypter. The shells were used as ballots. Ostracism was rather a compliment, as It took 6,000 votes to remove a man by ostracism, and anyone being important enough to arouse the desire of that many to having him expelled for a period of 10 years must have bean of more than usual importance; INDICTS 29 MORE BUILDERS Stone Contractors Named by New York Grand Jury in Building Trust Quiz. New York, Dec. 13.--TJwenty-nine members of the Cut Stone Contractors' association were Indicted by the ex traordinary grand jury In connection with the Investigating of the "build lag trust" Ameriea'e First Street Railroad. November 26, 1832, the first street railway In America began operation. It was the ^ew York St. Harlem road. The line's only car was drawn by one horse and ran from the city hall to Fourteenth street, a distance at a mite and three-quarters. Make it Productive. "It's Just an idle rumor." "Well, my wife's bridge club if in session. If those ladies get hold of that idle rumor, they'll soon put It to work-"-- LoulsvtUe'Courier-JoamaL • C - V, • Morgenthau for Mediate# - Washington, Dec. 13.--The appointment of Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, as President Wilson's personal representative to mediate between Armenia and the Turkish nationalists Is expected. Roosevelt Confers With Gov. Cox. Columbus, O., Dec. 13.--Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for •Ice president at the recent election, conferred with Gov. Cox, at the executive office for several hours. It was their first meeting since election. Haywood Plea Denied. Chicago, Dec. 11. -- The Circuit Court of Appeals denied a rehearing to "Big Bill" Haywood, le&der of the L W. W., and 93 co-defendants, convicted some time ago In the District court for violation of the espionage act. Close Door to .Tax Revision. Washington, Dec. 11.--Income tax relief legislation requested by business interests is Impracticable at this session of congress. Republican members Of the senate finance committee decld- Wl at an informal conference Dm Hundred and Thirty-Nine r # Buttdinoe Deetroyed > l* | Reprisal Raid. > * WIPE OUT BUSINESS SECTION Bombs Wreck Great Structures Cow. flagration Follows an Ambush of ^ Military at Piilons Cross, Where ! Four Soldiers Are Killed. r-. Dublin, Dec. 14.--The central poP»" tlon of Cork has burned to the ground. Other portions are ablaze. The conflagration followed an ambush of the military at Piilons Cross Saturday night, In which four persons were killed and wounded. Three citizens were tdken from their houses and shot dead after the ambush of the military. Then the fires started. There were bomb explosions. Firing also was heard. The populace is panic-stricken. The municipal buildings, the Carnegie library and the Corn exchange, which cover a large area, have been consumed by the flames, which are so hot at places that passing tramcars have been set on fire. With at least eighteen fires in the heart of the city charged to the police, new fires are breaking out In many places. The destruction Is unbelievable. One hundred and thirty-nine buildings have been destroyed. Although fires of incendiary origin have been breaking out In Cork for more than two weeks, Sunday saw a determined, concentrated effort to destroy the beautiful and valuable municipal and neighboring buildings, together with many private residences and business places. Grsat blocks of buildings are now ablaze and frequent bombs and explosions are heard. The people are In a panic and expect shooting and arrests to follow the fires. The excitement and panic throughout the city are Indescribable. Newspaper men who witnessed many of the fires agree that the city has passed through one of the most terrible ordeals in history. About eight o'clock Saturday night a party of "black and tans," In semiarmored automobiles, were attacked by Sinn Felners who hurled bombs at the machine, wounding twelve, three of them seriously, and themselves escaped without casualties. When citizens were hurrying home to escape the ten o'clock curfew the "black and tans" appeared and immediately began to attack pedestrians. The people were beaten with butts of rifles and fled, panic-stricken. Calls were sent for city ambulances and the Injured were sent to hospitals In such large numbers that the ambulances were unable to cope with the situation and many men had to be left lying In the street. The electric light, the gas and power stations were ordered to cease working, and the whole city Was plunged into darkness until it was lit by the frightful conflagration when the orgy of property destruction began. A large dry goods store, employing hundreds in the great building, was set alight Owing to the repeated attacks that had been made upon the five brigades when they had attempted to extinguish such outbreaW^ the firemen did not dare to venture Into thfl streets and the flames were allowed to consume building after building. Urges Increase of Two Per Cent ^on $5,000 and Four m^ J $10,000 incomes. v feeding lambs, $11. 25: ewes, $5.60. HORACE E. DODGE IS DEAD WIRT 2-GENT 6AS0LHE TU Repeal of Exceee Profit Tax aind El ' (nation of Certain Luxury Ti la Proposed to Congress ^ by Treaeury Head. • „ Washington, Dec. 10.--Immedlatst i** vision of the nation's tax laws on thai basis of an annual levy of $4,000,000^- 000 for a period of four years, and'lah eluding an Increase of 2 per cent ini the tates on Incomes up to $5,000^ la urged by Secretary Houston in hi* annual report sent to congress. Repeal of the excess profits elimination of certain of the so-called luxury taxes, including ths levy on soda fountain and similar beverages* and a readjustment of the rates la the higher groups of income taxes^ la proposed by the treasury chief. To meet the losses brought about by thee* changes, Mr. Houston recommends revised and new taxes to yield about $2,000,000,000 as follows: A tax of 20 per cent on corporation profits, distributed or undisttllH uted, In addition to application of M higher surtax rate to yield $690,000,-. 000. An additional tax of 6 per cent art corporation Incomes to yield $468yi 000,000. Readjustment of surtax rate* on Mh comes to yield an additional $230,000^ 000. Abolishment of the $2,000 exemption allowed corporations on incomes to yield $58,000,000. An increase from the present 4 per cent to 6 per cent In the tax on ineomes of $5,000 or. less and from 8 per cent to 12 per cent In the tax on incomes between $5,000 and $10,000, the whole estimated to yield $150,940,- 000 annually. A tax of 2 cents a gallon oh. gasoline for motorcars and all other pur* poses, to yield $90,000,000. A federal license tax of 50 cents per horse-power on the use of motorcars to yield $100,000,000. An additional sales tax on automobiles (other than trucks and wagonsX and motorcycles and motorcar accessories, to yield $100,000,000. A 10 per cent additional tax on theatrical admissions to yield $70,000,000. An additional tax of 25 cents per thousand on cigars to yield $5,000,000. An additional tax of >6 cents per pound on tobacco and snuff to yield $8,000,000. An addltlrnal tax of 5 per^eent>4Mk candy to yield $20,000,000. An additional tax of 7 per cent on chewing gum to yield $2,000,000. An additional tax of 7 per cent oni toilet soap and toilet-soap powders to yield $4,000,000. A 10 per cent tax on the sale b|f manufacturers, producers or Importers of perfumes, cosmetics and medicinal articles, in lieu of the present tax on the consumer, to yield $10,000,- 000. An additional 6 per cent tax *eo jewelry and precious metals to yield $25,000,000. An additional tax of 6 per cent on musical Instruments to yield $13,000,- 000. An additional tax of 5 per cent on motion-picture films to yield $4,000,0001 HOGS SUFFER BIG SLUMP Waa the Sole Head of Dodge Broe.' Intereete Since Death of His Bntther-- WM Associated With FOnKf Palm Beach. Fla., Dec. IS.--Ito'rac E. Dodge, automobile manufacturer, died here at his winter home. He had been in poor health since he suffered an attack of influenza a year ago at the time his older brother, John Dodge, died in New York. Mr. Dodge recently came here with Mrs. Dodge and their son, Horace E. Dodge, Jr., accompanied by a Detroit specialist. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 13.--Horace E. Dodge had been sole head of the Dodge Bros.' automobile interests since the sudden death of his brother. The brothers founded the automobile business that bore their name here eight years ago following long association with Henry Ford. Their first manufacturing Venture was the building of bicycles at Niies, Mich. Later they came to Detroit and opened a small machine shop. Their Ford Interest from $5,000 to $12,000,000. Lowest Point Since 1916 Reported In ' Chicago Market--Prime Butchers Sell at $9.9$ a Hundredweight. Chicago, Dec. 13.--The lowest i>olnt since 1916 was reported In the hog market when prime butchers sold at $9.60 and the average cost gave Indication of falling below $9.35 a hundredweight Killers took no active part In the opening trade, but preferred to wait until the minor traders had completed their operations, for It was apparent that there would be more than enough hogs to go around. d81,280 in French Army. Paris, Dec. 14.--France's standing army actually consists of 40,580 officers and 840,700 men, according to a report presented by the army commission to the chamber of deputies by Deputy Colonel Fahry. Ex-Representative Lewie Ends Life. Montezuma, Qa., Dec. 14.--Former Congressman E. B. Lewis, president of the First National bank of Montezuma, and also of the Lewis Banking company of this city, committed suicide by shooting himself. Harding to Rush Peaoa. -New York, Dec. 13.--One of the first acts of the new administration will be to make peace with Germany and repeal the war-time powers of the President, Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin declared here In an address. Sugar Company Cuts Pay 10 Per Cent. New York, Dec. 13.--The American Sugar Refining company announces a general reduction of 10 per cent In wages, which affects more than 2,500 laborers In Its northern refineries Is effective from December ft. ' . Chicago, Dec. 10.--The Cubs bought George Malsel, Portland outfleldet who hit .320 last season. He is said to be the cream of the coast out fielders. Manila, P. L, Dec. 10.--Thirty Moras were killed In the Sulu Islands In battle with the Philippine constabulary growing out of efforts to encourage education of children, It was learned here In official advices from the governor of Jolo. U. S. REDS III RUSSIAN JAIL Try to Blow Up Building Occupied tV* the General Executive Committee. Washington, Dec. 14.--Members the party deported nearly, a year ago on the "Soivet Ark" Buford with Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman have attempted to blow up officials of the Russian soviet government, according to information received at the Department of Justice. The advices said Marcos Orodwosky and Arthur Katjes were in Jail at Moscow for attempting to plant bombs In a building occupied by the general executive committee of the aaytet gov* ernment there. TWO MAIL BANDITS TO PRISON Holds "Middle** for Haxinf. Annapolis, Md., Dec. 14.--Ten midshipmen are held on the station ship, Aetna Mercedes, at the naval academy here, In connection with alleged hazing, according to Rear Admiral Scales, superintendent of the Institution. Hoover 8eee Harding. Marlon, O., Dec. 14.--Herbert CL Hoover arrived In Marlon and went directly to President-elect Harding's home. Mr. Hoover gave the Presidentelect first-hand information concerning economic conditions In Europe. Seize 400 Hungarians. Rome, Dec. 13.--Four hundred Hungarian subjects against whom the police have sufficient evidence to show they have been conspiring against public order in Italy have been arrested at Bologna. Texas Bank Closes. Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 18,--Th« farmers and Merchants' bank at Paducah, Tex., posted a notice on the door, saying It had suspended on account of general conditions, according Is a nvort her*. Fred Ppffenbarger and Orvllle Phty|^g> of Council Bluffs Sentenced After Pleading Guilty. Des Moines, Ia„ Dec. 0.--Fred Poffenbarger and Orvllle Phillips of Council Bluffs, two of the participants in the big mall robbery there recently, were sentenced to 18 and 13 years In prison at Leavenworth by Judge Maptin J. Wade of the United States Dittrlct court. They pleaded guilty. 1 fc. i' 200 Killed in Quake. $7^ : "Itemg, Dec. 14.--All the villages the Tepeleni district, southern Albania, have been destroyed by a violent earthquake, according to an Avlona message. Two hundred persons are. reported killed. t Christmas for German Kids. Berlin, Dec. 14.--American soldiers In the occupied area have contributed 1,000,000 marks toward a fund for Christmas cheer to poor German children. The money Is to be used In : sharing and distributing presents. y Italian Sailors in Mutiny. London, Dec. 11.--Officers of tbo Italian submarine chaser No. 68-PN were treacherously attacked, -bound and gagged by their crew and then placed in the boat, which took Into the harbor of Flume. $250,000 Reverts to State. Sioux Falls, S. D„ Dec. 1L--Circuit Judge Fleeger awarded the state of South Dakota the estate of Louis Nelson, valued at $250,000, deciding that none of the claimants were the legal r. 'm