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every day; means of financing personal ventures
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QUESTION OF BOBBED HAiR
STILL KEEPS MEN ARGUING
LONDON, Feb. 4.—Arguments for
anti against bobbed bail" are proliiic,
and have agitated the minds even to
’■.'.’.hevl professors. Lecturing lo
members of the London College of
Physiology, Professor H. J. Harper
Roberts said bobbing had evidently
come to stay. Its advantages were
threefold; it was becoming to a cer
tain type of woman, it made lor free
dom and it was easy to dress and to
wash. The disadvantage was that it
exposed a sensitive part oi the neck
which often broke into a rash for
about a month afterwards.
A beauty specialist, Dr. Jacques
Brettman, takes exactly ihe opposite
view. He condemns the modern
oare for bobbed hair and says many
women lave told him they wish they,
had not been botibed.
“Man’s ideal woman is still the
ideal of the ages,” Dr. Brettman stat
ed, “a woman with flowing hair over
shoulders. When she bobs her hair
she cuts just so much from our con
ception of her. In our eyes it en
hances the beauty of very few wo
men.”
DEATH FINALLY COMES TO
SPEEDY IRISH SWIMMER
BELFAST, Feb. 4.—The death from
war wounds of Major George Shan,
non Doekrell, hailed as Ireland’s great
est swimmc-r, occurred recently. Maj.
Doekrell went as a boy to America
where he met C. M. Daniels, the great
Ameiican shimmer, whose style he
adopted. Although he was only 18
years old, he won third place in three
American championships.
On his return to Ireland in 1806 he
introduced the crawl stroke, made a
clean sweep of all British records
for the next six yeais ami was the
first Irish shimmer m make ihe 100
yards in 60 seconds. He was on the
British Olympic team in 1912 and li'£
<]uentl\ represented Ireland at water
polo.
Major Doekrell was the son of Sir
Maurice and Lady Doekrell of Monks
town, County Dublin.
HAWAII PLANS TO ENTERTAIN
MEN OF UNITED STATES SHiPS
HONOLULU, Feb. 4.—One of the
first measures to be considered by
the territorial legislature when it con
venes in February will provide an ap
propriation of $75,000 for the recep
tion and entertainment of men and
officers of the United States fleet and '
I he sixty newspaper editors expected
to* accompany them next spring.
The appropriation will be asked on
the ground that the fleet’s visit will
benefit all islands in the archipelago.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments plans concerted action to pre
vent any rate boosting by hotels, lodg
ing or aparment houses.
It is planned to entertain the visit
ing editors with a Hawaiian “huki
lau” or feast of. fish. This is a relic
of the ancient days when Hawaiian
fishermen made their catch and cook
ed and ate the fish on the beach.
Governor Farrington is expected to be
host at a grand ball in honor of the
naval men.
TOKIO, Feb. 4.—Under regulations
of the communications department
new telephone subscribers must bear
the cost of installation of telephones,
which in Tokio will amount to from
1,500 yen to 1,800 yen.
ARMY POWDER UNDAMAGED
BY STORAGE UNDER WATER
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.—Experi
ments conducted by the army have
demonstrated that smokeless powder
may be stored under water in cold
mountain lakes without deterioration,
it was announced here recently at
headquarters of the Ninth Corps area.
This, it was said, probably will pro
vide a method of storing powder with
out danger of lire or explosion. The
constant low temperature maintained
under water retards the decomposi
tion of the powder which normally
would take place if it were stored in
magazines and thus it is expected ac
tually to increase its life by probably
ten years.
“Powder which has been in storage
for several years under water,” said
the statement “can be given a simple
drying treatment and fired in the gun
for which it was originally designed
without appreciable variation in ve
locity and pressure. These condi
tions are maintained with little dif
ference whether the powder is stored
in sea water or fresh water.
“Three types of powder have been j
used in the under-water storage ex
periment. Powder for the 75mm,
155mm and 12-inch guns was placed
in specially prepared boxes provided
with numerous openings to allow the
free circulation of water, and immers
ed in the lake to a depth of about
three feet. For purposes of compar
ison an equal amount of each kind of
powder was stored in a magazine. At
the end of six months samples taken
from the lake were found to have un
dergone no appreciable change either
in stability or ballistic qualities.”
AUSTRALIAN ORDER AWAITS
SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
LONDON, Feb. 4.—In order to wait
for the second coming of Christ two
thousand members of the Order of
the Star in the East, have built an
amphitheatre at Balmoral Beach, near
Sydney, Australia, says the Express
correspondent.- So deep is their be
lief that this return is imminent prep
arations have been made at the cost
of $60,000 raised by enrolling mem
bers of the order who subscribe from
$50 to $500 per seat.
While the order's belief is that
Christ will return in liiman form, it is
expected he will arrive at the amphi
theatre by walking on the water from
South Head, at the entrance to the
harbor to Balmoral.
The amphitheatre will contain a
small model of a Greek theatre which
will be used for the staging of Greek
drama during the waiting period, as
even the most confident member of
the order will not say just when the
second coming is to take place.
Prof . Raymond, of Harvard, pre
dicts that 75,000 years *from now a
man will have fewer fingers, toes and
teeth and no hair.
Income Tax in a Nutshell
WHO? Single persons who had net
income of $1000 or more or gross
incomes of $5000 or more, and mar
ried couples who had net income
of $2500 or more or gross income of
$5000 or more must file returns.
WHEN? The filing period is from
January 1 to March 15, 1925.
WHERE? Collector of internal reve
nue, Tacoma, Wash.
HOW? Instructions on Form 1040A
and Form 1040; also the law and
regulations.
WHAT? Two per cent normal tax'
on the first $4000 of net income in
excess of personal exemptions and
credits. Four per cent normal tax
on the next $4000. Six per bent
normal tax on the balance of net
income. Surtax on net income in
excess of $10,000.
If you are single and support in
your homes one or more persons close
ly related to you and over whom you
exercise family control you are the
head of a family and entitled under
the revenue act of 1924 to the same
personal exemption allowed a mar
ried couple, $2500. In addition a tax
payer is entitled to a credit of $400
for each person dependant upon him
if such person is either under 18 or
incapable of self support because of
mental or physical defects. Such de
pendent need not be a member of the
taxpayer’s household.
An exemption as the head of a fam
ily can be claimed by only one mem
ber of a household.
The $400 credit does not apply to
the wife or husband of a taxpayer,
though one may be totally dependent
upon the other.
LEGISLATURE WILL HELP
TOWN TO QUIT BUSINESS
OLYMPIA. Feb. 4.—The plight of
the town of Cunningham in Adams
county, which wants to go out of busi
ness as a corporation, but can’t, caus
ed the introduction of house bill No.
28 in the Washington legislature.
Cunningham a decade ago boasted a
population of from 400 to 500, but a
succession of bad years and growth
of nearby towns has reduced it today
to 15 or 20 people. The mayor and
all other former officials except the
city clerk have moved.
Yet in spite of abandonment the
’corporation has a bank balance of
$900 and no debts.
Under the present laws a town de
siring to disincorporate can hold an
election for that purpose, but Cun
ningham has no officers to call an
election, so Representative Cross of
Adams county introduced a bill al
lowing the superior court to step in
and handle the disincorporation pro
cess.
An anti-weapon bill with new teeth
in it designed for bootleggers and
minor offenders, will be introduced.
This bill would render any person
guilty of crime who has a wreapon in
their possession and liable to ten
years imprisonment.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
SELLS 1,873,581 CARS IN 1924
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—The Ford
Motor Company made its greatest
sales record in 1924, domestic deliv
eries of cars and trucks aggregating
1,873,581, an increase of 87,736 over
the year before. The sale of Ford
trucks went over the 200,000 mark for
the first time.
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