Waterloo Times-Tribune, The (Newspaper) - February 4, 1913, Waterloo, Iowa ESTABLISHED 1879 WATERLOO IOWA TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 1913 PRICE THREE CENTS States tures Have Endorsed the Innovation HULL LIKELY TO DRAFT May Adopt English Idea of By Next Congress Press Telegram Washington Feb taxes upon the incomes of citizens of the United States whether derived from idle capital or from the conduct of business wag made possible today by the ratification of the sixteenth amendment to the federal tion Delaware Wyoming and New Mexico endorsing the income tax amendment through their respective legislatures completed a list of 38 states that have approved it two more than tie three-fourths sary for its final adoption In Extra Session Leaders in congress predicted night that through this authorization the law which will be passed to levy the tax upon American incomes will be introduced as soon as an extra sion opens Its exact terms have not been decided upon but it is ed it will exempt all incomes below or and will provide a tas of one per cent upon the ity of personal incomes that do not run to an excessive figure Brown Cave Notice Informal notice of the final adopt of the new amendment was to the senate by Senator Brown of- Nebraska who introduced the sion la 1909 upon which the proposal for am Income tax was submitted to The drafting of the to put tax into effect it is expected will lall to the lot of Representative Cor- dell Hull of Tennessee a member of the house ways and means tee who drew the excise tax hill proposed last year by the Democratic house of representatives but which did not become law Supplants Corporation Tax The income tax will be- designed to supplant the present corporation tax and will apply to the incomes of in- firms and corporations In a statement tonight ative Hull declared he favored making the new tax an integral part of the financial system of the United States to remain in full force without regard to the change of tariff bills that con- gress may enact from time to time Collect at Source One feature which it is believed will be included in the law will he vision for collecting at the source of the income This feature now in operation in England would require firms to certify amounts paid in salaries and fees and pay the tax direct to the government It is believed this would remove much complaint that might be made if the government had to investigate every individual citizen's income and would prevent evasion of the law Annual Amount The annual amount that the ment may realize under the income tax is estimated by Democratic ers in congress at approximately This would include the collected under the ent corporation tas One of the important results of an income Representative Hull said will be the curbing of essary federal expenditures When a great part of the government's in- come is derived by a direct tax upon the citizens of the nation they scrutinize more carefully the made by Official By Wilson Probably it will remain for Wilson official an- of the income tax amendment to the constitution Up to date the state department has received notices of approval by the legislatures of only 34 states West Virginia Delaware Wyoming and New Mexico not ing reported on their action The de- cannot act upon anything less than the official certificate of the governors and secretaries of state Will Se Slow and Sure Even when all the certificates are at hand the executive will not be in a position formally to announce that fact In a matter of this importance it is necessary to move with extreme caution and Secretary Knox the of the certificates will refer them to the solicitor of the ment of state for examination as to their sufficiency Challenge Returns Already some questions have been raised as to the legality of the re- turns One was in the case of the state of Kentucky where the lature initially adopted the ment in advance of the receipt from Secretary Knox of the formal com- which should serve as a basis for a state's action In of this haste and the use of a newspaper clipping the language of the enacting resolution was slightly erroneous A Correction and As soon as the error was MELE CONSPIRACY Minneapolis Milk Co arid President Found Guilty of Forcing Up Price Associated Press Telegram Minneapolis Minn Feb verdict of guilty was returned night by the jury in district court against the Minneapolis Milt com- pany and A B president of the corporation charged with con- to raise the price of milk The case which has been on trial for several days was prosecuted un- der a state law prohibiting combines for the purpose of controlling the price of commodities Attorneys for the defense said the case would be appealed to the court DECISION SELECTS ME SECT Jos P Tumulty His Present Confidential Man is Chosen NO OTHERS SLATED Gov is Sticking Close to Legislature To Be ily Accessible Press Telegram Trenton N J Feb Woodrow Wilson today announce the selection of Joseph Patrick ulty his present private secretary to continue as secretary when he be- comes president of the United States but declared very emphatically that he had arrived at no other decisions as to shoTO a published story ing flatly that William J Bryan A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania and R Henry been de- upon by him for cabinet folios the governor It is not true because I haven't decided upon anybody I have made no offers as yet There was a procession of callers at the state today mostly on state business and the governor remained In his office until late tonight so as to be accessible to the legislature which was in sion Representatives Stanley of Goodwin of Arkansas way of Texas Gribble of Georgia and Russell of Missouri urged the ernor to appoint C S- Barrett of Georgia president of the national farmers to the secretaryship of agriculture Charles G Heifner of Seattle former chairman of committee of Washington talked over the Alaskan situation and conservation policies with the j Supreme Court Decides That Mere Combining of Non- Competitors Legal NOT FORBIDDEN BY LAW Will Prevent Criminal Suits From Being Prosecuted on Paje Two Found Need of Increasing Land Plat To Secure Safe Naval Base Associated Press Telegram Washington Feb and navy officers who went to to gather data to be used in devising a plan for the of the tanamo naval station as an of the Panama canal returned today on the yacht Mayflower The work of the board was ed to an inspection of the large tract of land la the rear of the existing naval station arrangements for the acquisition of which are now being completed While the naval officials were to find a solution of the problem of an adequate ural water supply for the naval tion it was discovered by the that through an oversight in the original plans of defense it would be possible for an army advancing on the station from the rear to occupy a position on Cuban soil by artillery that would completely dominate the naval base ft was declared while engaged in the acquirement of a right of way across Cuban territory to one of the rivers in the rear of the tion to enlarge the tract to be chased so as to include this ular hill where an enemy might op- erate to advantage This joint has been engaged In relocating the rear defenses of the station as a con- sequence of this enlargement ANN WARNER FRENCH DEAD Associates press St Paul Feb Warner French aged 44 novelist short story writer and essayist died Saturday in the South of England according to a cablegram received here today Her father William P Warner was at her bedside at the time The mother is prostrated with grief at the ily residence here One of the principal stories ten by Mrs French was The venation of Aunt which has been dramatized Press Washington Feb the first time the supreme court of the United States today held in effect in the shoe machinery trust case that the Sherman law does not for- bid the mere combining ot in an Industry Solicitor General Bullitt for the government contended that if the combination brought into one hand an undue Portion of the trade it was den by the law Disintegration Not to Units The disintegration aimed at by the statute does not extend to reducing all manufacture to isolated units of the lowest declared Justice Holmes in announcing the unanimous decision of the court that the mere organization of the United Shoe chinery company by the heads of eral groups of shoe manufacturers had not been a tion of the law In Explanation The justice continued to say that it is as lawful corporation to make every part of a steam engine and to put the machine together as it be for one to make the ers and another to make the wheels In explanation of this concise law he referred to the court's Minnesota creamery decision and the older Swift Co decision m It was held that an intent is necessary as an element of at- tempting to monopolize The ing of branches of a trade into juxtaposition alone by means of a corporation he said in did not furnish sufficient intent to raise the conduct to the dignity of an attempt to monopolize Prosecution Continue Despite today's decision officials of the department of justice declared that the United Shoe machinery com- pany be prosecuted for the criminal violation of the man law under the one remaining count of the indictments returned against the company the validity of which was sustained by the lower court That count which was not be- fore the supreme court charged in lat the company was the industry by combination by tying the various shoe machines together by the destruction of com- petition and by the acquisition of competitors business Officials maintained that the decision did not affect the government's case on this count Some Questions Left Out The strongest feature of the effort to show an unlawful combination in restraint of trade said Solicitor General Bullitt was the tying clause of the agreements by which it is alleged that the company sought to compel shoe manufacturers to buy machines from It and none other That question he declared not considered by the court be- cause the lower court had ted the indictments Involved in day's decision as referring solely to the organization of the United Shoe Machinery company I Attorneys of department said the decision would not affect any other pending suits DOES NOT AFFECT CASE Boston Feb States District Attorney A P French who has charge of the government's case against the United Shoe Machinery company said tonight that today's ad- verse decision of the U S supreme court sustained Federal District Judge Putnam of Boston in ing out two of the five counts in the two Indictments against the company did not affect the merits of the con- WILL NOT CHANGE Chemical Schedule Yielding Four Per Cent of Customs Continued Press Washington Feb cal schedule of the tariff law ducing four per cent of the total revenue from customs was considered In executive session by the democrats house tee on ways and means today The schedule wilt not be materially altered from the democratic which passed the house last session by a vote of 179 to 127 when the Hanna of North Dakota was the republican who voted with the democrats for the measure The revenue of 000 gained from the chemical dule last year will not be materially disturbed Inaugural Parade Promises To Be Sensation of the Century BEAR Indian Whose Head Adorns Five Dollar to Head Chiefs Group HOPE MARTIN INJURED Hope Martin who is spending the winter in Los sustained a broken arm on Wednesday of last week The accident occurred while Mr Martin was attempting to crank his Jn writing to Joe Schiel of this city j J Owens who is also In Los Angeles states that Mr Martin think he is a victim of hard luck According to Mr Owens lie and his party are enjoying the California weather and having a grand time He enclosed a photo of himself taken beside a sea bass weighing 410 pounds RECALL OF JUDGES REJECTED Olympia Wash Feb posed constitutional amendment viding for the recall of judges was rejected twice today by the lower house of the Washington legislature Oh the first vote it was defeated 60 to 32 and on reconsideration was lost again 53 to 40 Sixty-five votes were required to pass the proposition f Associated Pi 1 Washington Feb of South am Indian chief and the origin of the picture of the Indian on the uve treasury has written inaugural committee Senator Gamble of South Dakota expressing a desire to attend the inaugurations The chief desires to present to the new dent a great peace which he de- clares is the highest the In- dians of South can confer on the great If Wilson is agreeable to the plan will bring with him a group of chiefs ana the sift will with tribal ceremony The pipe Bear would present is similar to those pre- sented by the Indians to their own chieftains For the first time women will in the inaugural parade These women 200 strong wearing uniforms and representing the tional Peace congress will form a section of their own ana march in the inaugural parade Plans are completed by suffrage leaders to hold daily street meetings beginning tomorrow and to continue through March 3 when the suffragist parade will take place Most of the meetings will be held near the departments with a view of interesting government employes in the suffrage cause Suffragists of tional prominence will address the meeting Mrs Kimte Nelson wife of the senator from Minnesota today agreed to represent Norway on the gian float in the section of the parade devoted to countries where women vote The American Federation of Labor through President Gompers has sent invitations to labor unions throughout the country urging union men to have their women relatives take an active part in the suffrage parade NO DECISIONS IN RATE CASES Washington Feb court took a recess until Monday Feb 24 without ing any decision in the state rate cases or the rate case Some of the Ablest Speakers in the Country Will Be Present ROUND OF BANQUETS TO BE A FEATURE Winter Really Beginning and the Snow King's Innings Come Temperatures Cur 34 30 Buffalo 32 24 New York 32 38 26 New Orleans 58 72 56 Chicago ifi 34 Detroit 26 32 20 Omaha 20 24 14 St Paul -2 2 -4 Helena -6 4 4 San Francisco 54 56 44 Winnipeg -18 -10 -22 Iowa and colder Tuesday probably fair and colder Tuesday Wednesday fair moderate northwest winds North Dakota and continued cold Tuesday and day South Dakota Fair east probably snow ions Tuesday colder Wednesday fair and Tuesday Wednesday fair i and probably Wednesday Commercial Bodies and Also Our Guests The third annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of loiva starts in this city today and with the forecast of fair Tuesday one of the largest conventions in the tory of the club will us the result of the gathering Nearly ery business man of Waterloo lias entered the spirit of the convention and that nothing will be left undone to make the meeting i great success has already assured Today the officers of the tion will meet in their con- ference and at this evening Ice j Mitchell Chappie publisher of the National Magazine of Boston Mass and formerly a resident of Black Hawk county will give one of famous speeches Flashlights of Famous Advertisers Mr Chappie is one of the best known speakers in the country in obtaining vices at the convention the officers of the Town Criers club of this city have a treat in store for those who attend the meeting All day yesterday and until late in the evening telephone calls were coming in to the different hotels in this city requesting that rooms be reserved tonight The Irving hotel received a wire from Davenport asking that 20 rooms be re- served for Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday nights At first it was ex- that the delegation from Des Moines would arrive here today but yesterday afternoon word was re- in this that they had chartered a special car and would arrive here early tomorrow morning Arrangements were made last ening for those wio rooms they could spare during the next three days to call up the Irving Smoke shop No 901 and leave their ad- dress so that the officials of the con- vention keep track of where rooms could be obtained It is ex- that every room in town will be taken by tomorrow evening Delegates Arriving Delegates from Fort Dodge Iowa City aud Davenport are expected this These are the three towns that will put up the hardest light for the meeting place of the convention in 1914 Neither Des Moines or Cedar Rapids the two previous ing places of the ad men will bid for the 1914 convention saying that they prefer to keep out and give the other towns a chance for tile next convention The convention will be formally ROCKEFELLER'S BIT Special Dividend Standard Oil Result of Dissolution Decree Millions Associated Press New York Feb 3 feller is richer than he was yesterday Of a special dend declared today by the Oil company of Xew Jersey this amount approximately represents his share of a total distribution of 332.000 on the company's capital stock at the rate of a share The huge melon came as a result it was indicated in a statement giren out by the company of court's dissolution decree This the payment to the company of vast sums owed to it uy sum TO BE Ml Legislature to Find Out How It Is In the State Allies Firmly Determined To Drive Turk From Eu- Soil NO ARMISTICE NOW TA I O Boast of Army Now in Field The two London Feb Balkan war has been resumed The ment of Adrianople began at 7 o'clock tonight and a small skirmish curred at the lines armistice had exactly months Bulgars Hear Only Guns Bulgaria has turned a deaf ear to the remonstrances of the powers and unless Turkey yields to the Balkan demands the armies will now attempt to drive her out of 7 Scutari Ready to Fall According to a irom grade tonight is already on the point of falling It Is reported that the Turkish commander has sent two representatives to the vian commander to propose the tulation of that town No More Diplomacy Dr Daneff head of the Bulgarian delegation in an interview in Paris tonight said be liad promised Sir Edward Grey the British foreign that if the Turks immediately accepted the allies conditions they would conclude peace but whatever there would be no further armistice Ambassadors Waiting Sir Edward Grey had a long inter- view with the king today after which he attended a brief meeting of the ambassadorial conference but ing of importance transacted there being no new developments since Saturday Turkey's Full Power Osman Pasha the second Turkish delegate leave London tomorrow to resume his opened tomorrow morning when I dorial duties at Berlin He said this Mayor Thompson will give an address of welcome to all the visitors This will be followed by talks by some of the foremost advertising men in the country All visitors will also be re- quested to register in the morning This it much more handy for the local committee in keeping track of the many delegates Handshake For No doubt the meeting will prove the largest and most successful of its kind ever held in this state If not the whole country Hospitality shall rule the convention and a smile and hearty handshake shall be ing from every parson la Waterloo should the circumstances demand The business men will throw their doors open and welcome such visitors as who are inclined to enter On Wednesday noon the publishers of the Corn and Kimball's Dairy Farmer will tender a luncheon to the advertising men while on Thursday the Waterloo jobbing houses will feed the admen during the noon hour The Town Criers will put a climax to the domestication of food by the admen with one of their real dinners at p m Other features of the convention which will be introduced at this meeting will be illustrated lectures the most Interesting of which will be What Iowa Has to by H M Harwood publicity director Iowa State university Iowa City Moving pictures and slides will also be shown on the Panama canal and the great San Francisco earthquake in 1906 evening that from information re- from military sources he be- the allies the condition of the Turkish array and would find themselves confronted by a redoubtable best sulman warriors veterans from bia who had fought under Izzet Bey and tried soldiers and good men lately engaged in Tripoli under Enver Bey and Bey He That ambassador was right who pre- that if driven to despair the Turks would fight like animals JOE SCHIEL HAS TROUBLE Toe Schiel the veteran hardware lealer who was seriously injured weeks ago in an automobile accident is experiencing able trouble with his broken limb Although Joe is able to be at his store with the aid of a pair of crutches he states that the broken leg is not mending rapidly X-Ray photos of he injured Member show that the ione is properly and Joe becoming impatient over ibe arm which was also broken in the accident is now quite as good as new although it shows of the bresk RINK NOW LIGHTED Big Arc Lights Installed For ers Benefit on Cedar River The promised arc lights from the city made au appearance on the river above the Fourth street bridge yesterday afternoon poles with large lights attached were set oil ice about fifty feet apart to give light to the skaters who wished to perform their stunts after the light ot day bad fled Several hundred skaters took advantage of the generosity of the city even though slow in coming and went skating last evening FUTURITY FOALS NUMEROUS CAssoeiatert Press Telegram Lexington Ky Feb hundred and seven Weanlings are resented as having had the second payment made on them for Kentucky futurity foals of 1912 This eclipses all previous records In point of bers The foals are owned in 35 ferent states and Canada Kentucky heads the list with 386 WASHINGTON AUTO SHOW By Union Washington Feb finest show in the history of Washington auto exhibitions opened here today in Convention hall under the tion Oliver president of the Michigan Motor Car company It is the first show that has had for two years and a attendance ia Indicated FRIENDS REJOICING AT PROGRESS MADE Assessors Next Year Will Gather Expressions the Women Special To Des Moines la Feb cates of equal suffrage are not ing much stir about it but they rejoicing over what they say will he the effect of the recent suffrage referendum at Grinnell namely that it has put a complete quietus on the stock argument which become frequently the last trench of the retracting anti to the effect that women don't want the ballot anyhow One of the managers of the suffrage amendment stated Saturday that in her opinion what wag done at nell by the women will dispose of both the bills that have been providing for a vote of tile women and they will cut no in the fight Tie Trumbauer introduced by the member from provides that the assessors shall next year while attending to their other duties secure an expression from all women on blanks especially provided as to whether they desire to ballot They shall be asked to sign up blanks stating they do or do not desire the ballot The returns shall be Bed by the county auditor and be re- turned to the secretary of state prior to Aug 1 1914 and the latter official shall report to the general sembly Then it is provided If the majority of the women ified ag In this act provided their desire for or in of equals then it Is recommended that the submit the Question to the voters of the state ror their ratification As is said about mending anything to the general assembly it is presumed that it is to be ignored for the could not sub mit anything unless the the first step Chase in the senate vides for a vote as a sort of informal count of noses at the next state tion as to whether it is expedient that suffrage be granted to women in this state But in addition to me added squares on the long ballots there must also lie separate small ballots printed for women voters that shall be distributed and furnish ed to voters and the returns from which shall be made separately Just who are referred to as women ers entitled to consideration is not apparent These bills have been regarded as measures to afford members excuse for getting around the main question The The black-white will rest on the house calendar a few days it is called tip for passage The rate to turn down the which unanimously he for Indefinite postponement was a mixture of politics but the vote of 47 with so many absentees indu the will be passed by the louse over to the senate to with as may seem hest it is not anywhere any such drastic iaw on the subject so far as penalties are concerned and only about a dozen states have laws making marriages between persons of null Cure For Scribes A local newspaper has given to a demand for having a woman named as a member of the of control for the reason it Is desired to have better of the college for the blind A waggish member of legislature suggested Saturday one thing needed is some cure for blindness in Des Moines newspaper offices Representative Kulp one or the leaders in good roads work in leg goes tomorrow to county to address a county roads con- vention Mr Kulp framed up the registration and taxation system and is working on plans to use the money in road ing School Board A canvass of the legislature by opponents of the state educational board is said to disclose that any proposal they may make will have easy sailing through house There are just 99 of the members either serving first or second terms and every one very desirous to do nothing that would turn any vutei against him for the in the senate where the pressure from home is not felt quite so strongly the ation Is reported to be still in doubt The committees will decide early his upon the dates for the and the conditions under the matter may be discussed State Affairs Probe Sweeping reforms in the moot of the state's business are ex- to result from a joint From Papt One
