anaheim-gazette 1923-12-13

EXPENDING HUGH SUMS FOR IMPROVEMENTS Approving the 1924 budget authorizing $26,288,000, the board of directors of the Southern California Edison Company this morning arranged the financing of the company's electric development construction and extension program for the ensuing year, which brings the amount expended for this purpose up to $118,000,000 since the Armistice. This year's budget is the largest single annual appropriation ever made for any purpose in the state, and is said to be one of the largest ever made in the United States. It is nearly twice as much as the annual appropriation for the government reclamation service, and approaches the maximum annual appropriation for the construction of the Panama Canal. This is part of the $375,000,000 financing of the Edison Big Creek-San Joaquin River project. It includes the 1924 expenditures for transmission and distribution lines and additional apparatus for meeting the demands of the city of Los Angeles and 312 cities, towns and intervening rural communities in which the Edison Company supplies electricity for light, heat, manufacture, irrigation and transportation. Since the Armistice the Edison Company has made enormous expenditures for these purposes, the annual figures being as follows: In 1919, $9,471,000; in 1920, $15,031,000; in 1921, $13,275,000; in 1922, $24,527,000; and in 1923, $29,517,000; making a total of $91,821,000 which does not include the $26,288,000 appropriated for next year. Completing the Florence Lake tunnel in the High Sierras of Fresno Co., the longest tunnel in the world, is one of the big items provided for in appropriation for next year's expenditure if taxpayers will write their first names in full, and set down their addresses plainly. "Up to July 1st of this year, $500,000 in unidentified collections was carried on our books. These funds for the most part were in the shape of checks the signatures of which were illegible. It required a force of special Federal auditors to run down and properly credit this immense sum. Taxpayers are urged to write their names plainly and to specify the tax they are paying." Collector Goodcell calls attention to the fact that the mailing of a bill to a taxpayer at his last given address constitutes legal notice and not the delivery of the letter. He urges taxpayers to notify the Internal Revenue office of changes in address as they are still liable to taxes and penalties even though they do not receive notice of their indebtedness. Tourists who are visiting in Southern California should send remittances on their income tax to the office at which they filed their original returns. Collector Goodcell pointed out that although Washington assesses the tax, the payment of it must be made to the Collector of Internal Revenue in whose District the taxpayer resides. Payments should never be sent to Washington. "Prompt payment of the final income tax installment will enable Los Angeles to maintain its standing as the champion collection district in the United States," said Collector Goodcell. LEGION NEWS Testimony offered in the investigation of the U.S. Veteran's Bureau concerning the purchase of a site that the new inventor capable of extension denial is consulting but the fact remains machines of the Fram line which were developed their same spot in Bavaria. As was inevitable orities are already counter-invention aircraft and auto effects of this my this should not be ed the effect of t would be revolutious armies are forced d power, not only and munitions, but the heavy guns and Without unimpeded fare as it is at would be impossibly. SUIT FOR SEPARATION Claiming to have last October 24, Anaheim has instituted the superior court maintenance from band, Ben Baxter. Not only did Baxter she alleged, but he to be published in paper to the effect longer be respond she claims. Declaring that b session of all th perty, which she with the exception sidence, which sh Baxter asks the c "reasonable sum" property, she asses income of $7,500. Completing the Florence Lake tunnel in the High Sierras of Fresno Co., the longest tunnel in the world, is one of the big items provided for in appropriation for next year's expenditures. It also provides for making the necessary extensions, improvements and betterments to increase the capacity necessary for supplying electric power to the counties of Las Angeles, Fresno, Kern, Tulare, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino, Kings and Riverside. SATURDAY, LAST DAY Forty thousand taxpayers in Southern California were notified by Collector Rex Goodcell that the fourth and final payment on their income tax will be due on December 15. Taxpayers who fail to meet this final installment will be classed as "delinquent" and the unpaid balance of the tax will be subject to immediate demand upon which penalties and interest will apply. Income tax receipts for the Los Angeles district from January 1 to December 1 reached the staggering total of $82,215,840, compared with $27,289,564 for the same period of 1922. Of 230,000 personal returns filed this year, approximately 40,000 elected to pay their taxes on the installment plan. It is this brigade of 40,000 that must make the fourth and final payment by December 15. Sweeping investigation of 15,000 so-called doubtful returns is now being made by the field force of Collector Goodcell's office, reinforced by special investigators sent here from Washington. This probe will extend into February and thousands of dollars will be collected from increased assessments. Every return showing an apparent discrepancy will be probed. Collector Goodcell declared that experience proved that tre faulty returns filed were due in the majority of cases to the taxpayer's misconstruction of the law and that increased assessments were promptly paid when the taxpayers had been intelligently advised as to their legal tax liability. The widespread drive of the field deputies will be devoted entirely to the verification of doubtful returns. LEGION NEWS Testimony offered in the investigation of the U. S. Veteran's Bureau concerning the purchase of a site for the government hospital at Livermore, California, was corrobative of an investigation conducted by A. E. Graupner, chairman of the rehabilitation committee in this state. According to the Legion report, Col. Forbes was bluntly told by American Legion men that the Livermore action was filled with graft, and if Forbes was not participating in, he was conniving therewith. The report goes on to state that Forbes failed to deny the accusation and contented himself with the observation that the circumstances surrounding the purchase of the Livermore site were none of the American Legion's business. Judge Graupner reports to the senate committee that Director Forbes was in San Francisco on June 28, 1922. Stopping at the Fairmont hotel. The American Legion was not satisfied with the transactions relating to the Livermore purchase so Captain John R. Quinn, now national commander of the legion, and then head of the California department. Judge Graupner and others called upon Forbes to discuss the matter with the reply as indicated. Under provisions of a new eligibility class in the American Legion, hundreds of allied soldiers, heretofore unable to join the veteran's organization are becoming members, according to word received from National Headquarters. Morgan Keaton, State Adjutant of the Legion for California, said yesterday that men who served with the allied forces, whether at the time of entry, American citizens or later becoming naturalized, are now eligible to the Legion because of a change made in the constitution at the recent San Francisco convention. The new provision particularly applied to Canadian veterans who have taken up American citizenship since the world war, and scores of such men are affiliating with the Legion, Keaton says, as well as making eligible the thousands of Americans who enlisted in the armed forces of other nations. Every return showing an apparent discrepancy will be probed. Collector Goodcell declared that experience proved that tre faulty returns filed were due in the majority of cases to the taxpayer's misconstruction of the law and that increased assessments were promptly paid when the taxpayers had been intelligently advised as to their legal tax liability. The widespread drive of the field deputies will be devoted entirely to the verification of doubtful returns and to the checking of returns made by corporations of dividends made to individuals, and of returns by corporations and partnerships showing salaries of $1000 or more paid to individuals. When those are checked the list of persons who failed income returns will be scrutinized to see if the dividends and salaries paid by corporations to individuals have been listed by the latter for taxation. Transcripts will be made of all real estate transfers and checks made to verify returns filed as to profit or loss on such transactions. While Collector Goodcell is acting under direct instructions from Washington, which govern the drive now on, he has directed field deputies to make their investigations with a minimum of annoyance to the taxpayer. "Where income tax remittances are made by mail, it is advisable to purchase a money order or draw a check payable to Collector of Internal Revenue," said Collector Goodcell. "Cash sent in is always at the owner's risk," he continued, "and if stolen, the taxpayer may find himself facing penalty for failure to pay his tax on time. "Owing to the fact that there are hundreds of persons in this District with the same name and initials, it will greatly expedite the work of this..." ANAHBM GAZETTE that the new invention might prove capable of extension to airplanes. His denial is consoling as far as it goes, but the fact remains that the eight machines of the Franco-Roumanian air line which were forced to descend, all developed their motor trouble at the same spot in Bavaria. As was inevitable the French authorities are already in search of a counter-invention which will protect aircraft and automobiles against the effects of this mysterious power. If this should not be promptly discovered the effect of the arresting power would be revolutionary. All modern armies are forced to depend on motor power, not only for conveying food and munitions, but also for drawing the heavy guns and working the tanks Without unimpeded motor power, warfare as it is at present practiced would be impossible. SUIT FOR SEPARATE SUPPORT IS PENDING Claiming to have been abandoned last October 24, Mrs. Mae Baxter of Anaheim has instituted proceedings in the superior court here for separate maintenance from her well-to-do husband, Ben Baxter. Not only did Baxter desert his wife, she alleged, but he also caused notice to be published in an Anaheim newspaper to the effect that he would no longer be responsible for her debts, she claims. Declaring that her husband has possession of all their communiaty property, which she values at $60,000, with the exception of their former residence, which she is occupying, Mrs. Baxter asks the court to award her a "reasonable sum" for her support. The property, she asserts, yields an annual income of $7,500. ing such civic events as elections, council meetings, court proceedings, and even the legislature. A BANNER MONTH That October was a banner month in the various manufacturing and retail lines in Southern California was indicated by Federal taxes paid in November which showed increased sales ranging from 25 to 207 per cent. In a report to Washington yesterday, by Collector of Internal Revenue Rex Goodcell the remarkable gain in virtually every line of commercial life in the ten Counties centering around Los Angeles was vividly portrayed. In the manufacturing line automobile tires and accessories made in Southern California registered gains over October 1922, of 54 per cent. The tax paid by the manufacturers represents sales of $1,921,840 for October, 1923, as against $1,248,580 for the same month of last year, an increase in sales by the manufacturer of $673,-260. Manufacturers of candy, made here, paid tax on sales of $747,366 compared with $432,822 in October of last year, an increase of $314,544, or 72 per cent. Manufacturers of carpets, trunks, valises, purses, paid taxes that indicated increased sales over last October of 186 per cent. Sales of documentary stamps developed an increase over October, 1922, of 57 per cent. Transferers of real estate amounting to $117,000,000 were indicated by the stamp sales, as compared with $73,000,000 for October, a gain in transfers of $44,000,000. Retail jewelers had sales of $1,169,-940, as against $766,140 for October, 1922, a gain in transfers of $44,000,000. Crease was 53 per cent. Manufacturers of oleomargarine put a selective service act into force to provide man power. However, in the case of resources the President feels that the application of the principal would be somewhat difficult inasmuch as war always means more work and production with rising wages and higher prices. At the same time he believes a clear realization of the power of the government to conscript resources would do much to check the tendency to profiteer. President Coolidge's view is in line with the "mobilization of national resources" as the scheme has been worked out by the War department. With this scheme as a part of a national defense program and with all resources tabulated it is thought the application of the principle would be much easier and to that extent facilitate the solution o the problem of national defense in the future. COMMUNITY SINGING FOR POLITICAL MEETINGS Some of the Republican clubs are adding to their political programs the fine feature—community singing. If we can set America to singing we can add to the wholesomeness, the efficiency of this country. There is nothing which so conduces to neigh-nothing which so conduces to neighborliness and the flow of genial good will. It inspires us with hope, softens sorrow and rivals sleep in knitting up "the unraveled sleeve of care." As a curtain raiser, it helps to draw the crowds, and one Republican woman found an entirely new advantage for it. "I get the women to sing," she says, "at every political meeting, for I find that after they have gotten used to the sound of their voices in song, they are less afraid to raise them in political discussion." It is a good plan to have for distribution a sheet with the words of a number of good sads on it, or, better yet, Community Service, 315 Fourth Avenue, New York City, has a little booklet which it sells for a few cents. Community Service, by the way, can refer you to many snappy side lines of entertainment which will help make the social-political meeting more attractive. Since women have come into politics the old-time formal discussion type of meeting has given place to pink-tea methods, as far as the fair sex is concerned, but with serious purpose and effort back of it. Massachusetts has a happy habit of giving "demonstrations," dramatiz- Sales of documentary stamps developed an increase over October, 1922, of 57 per cent. Transfers of real estate amounting to $117,000,000 were indicated by the stamp sales, as compared with $73,000,000 for October, a gain in transfers of $44,000,000. Retail jewelers had sales of $1,169,940, as against $766,140 for October, 1922, a gain in trapfers of $44,000,000. Crease was 53 per cent. Manufacturers of oleomargarine paid tax on 468,000 pounds of the butter substitute. The increase was 151 per cent. The influx of visitors has increased not only the theater attendance which advanced 30 per cent but the cabaret admission tax showed a gain of 200 per cent. Increases in other lines were as follows: Telephone and telegraph messages 14 per cent; Sales tax as a whole 35.6 per cent; Manufacturer's Excise 40 per cent; Soft drinks 51 per cent; Manufacturers' tax on yachts and pleasure boats 1029 per cent; Retail dealers' tax on sales of sculpture and painting 207 per cent. "The tax paid indicates that October, from the standpoint of increased business in Southern California, was the best month of the present year," declared Collector Goodcell. WAR-TIME CONSCRIPTION SHOULD BE UNIVERSAL President Coolidge is in entire sympathy with the principle enunciated by President Harding to the effect that in an emergency involving the defense of the nation the government has the right to take over property and resources at a fair compensation. The statement of the President's attitude was an indorsement of the idea that an emergency in the future would find the government prepared to stop profiteering at the cusset by appraising everything necessary to conduct a successful defense of the national interests at reasonable pre-war prices. It is realized that the principle must be accepted as a fundamental tenet of national defense in the same way as it was accepted that Congress could A Christmas Ideal—A New Year Resolution A Christmas Ideal—A New Year Resolution Build a New Home That those you love and cherish may enjoy more of real bright home life. Will you join us in the Ideal and resolve to carry it through? GIBBS LUMBER California Theatre ANAHEIM Thursday, Dec. 13 FIVE BIG ACTS OF VAUDEVILLE ROAD SHOW And on the Screen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in his first great success, "Stephen Steps Out." Friday and Sat., Dec. 14-15 BUSTER KEATON in ‘The Balloonatic’ Sunday and Monday, Dec. 16-17 Leslie Barry in “Unseeing Eyes” Kinograms Cameo Comedy Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 18-19 The big Goldwyn special Leslie Barry in "Unseeing Eyes" Kinograms Cameo Comedy Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 18-19 The big Goldwyn special "In the Palace of the Kings" Topics Pathe Comedy THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE $1.50 Per Year Card isn't the only one that goes inside your Gift Package ere, on the box or on the gift, there'll be a trademark. Be worthy of you. Men know our name; it marks a gift as the sort of thing they'd choose if buying for themselves. Now the worth, too, of the names we associate with ours—Schaffner & Marx, for example. By All Means Get a Fit A. Yungbluth Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes