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i. THEY ARE RUN DOWN ♦— - MUR ALLEGED CROOKS ARREST ED AT LAST PLAN FOR COHON TEST SKNATOH ft.MITH’H IUIJ. TO BK CARRIED OUT. THREE SUCK ARTISTS -—- ♦ Said to Have Swindled Different Men Out Two Hundred Thousand Dol lars Since I.aet October and Was Trailed by Detectives Through Many States and Cities. Tljree men, accused of being mem bers of a gang of pretended wire- tappers, who have cleaned up more than $200,000 since last October, were arrested in Charleston Friday night. They were trailed through seven or eight states, and a part of Canada by two New York detectives, before their arrest finally was accom plished with the assistance of the Charleston police. The arrests were made on bench warrants from New York city. Issued at the instance of Charles S. Whit man, assistant district attorney, and countersigned by L. E. - Williams, makistrate of Charleston, and Ed ward R. Carroll, second assistant po lice commissioner. The men arrested are: Frank Tarbeaux. alias F. R. Ho mans, alias F E. Mainez. Albert Carter, alias Albert Thomp son. James Dowsing, alias Henry Par- ling. The News and Courier says all of these men have confessed their iden tities to Chief Cantwell, and, on tel egraphic instructions from New York, a requisition is being made on Gov ernor Hlease to have them extradit ed Repre-. ntationa to the Governor will he made particularly strong, it Is said, lice a u f •• th** NY* York ;»ol ;c’»‘ •*• rs <!*'part ment. a< know bulging the eNv • rad»- «'rtlf*r* of tilt men wanted, has antul Maine pa ted a b i ^ ! '.gilt against •■\t rail t loti from Tli** pr •» ■ i**r* are ! Y ha'* b«- n t. H'fc in t*iiib**rs ■ ' ' t he 1 >o[;d orf gang", cf \ .r • m ’ n- ' i ;>, • ’ ■> The i .on lurf gat. hi * A" ag.-n. mu: Yd ; V 1 1* t.t a ' fo a !« i:i tip of . * t f 11 [ M d . « fO 1 Y A It rh. ; p.d- Go-, i • .rd< r Id.*- i h '• f ' *:*. -.. .• t. < P ! Y •, '• : .? m * !.»• t < > * w • h T!. *t n > * \- « f i.i* ; . • : i ' " i ** t (>. • ,d'* r . an 1 t.»;n arf ti"* , ':; a ' r .i! Thr.-. uf : i.. t*.t u p n.•■ft. ’ • r ♦* k .>!'-■ ■*■ ap. d a '* • ' t art.n !• .t r r» *•. * The ' r o: i. ! • f ' ■ . . 1 4 r h .t r» k a. ! " t- man ttl*' tflfr* fUK't '•* relat A ft*r th*- ••*. ape of t tie It. Te* fug. r to u - t from N*-» York two ( f the r*-*pe bright.-*: ti, u' h* m the r m: 10 y of t tie • T tity Wf*r* placed <>h the trail The* will Southern Factory and Well Known Textile Institute to Investigate Tensile Strength of Staple. The Washington correspondent of The State says at the last session of congress an item was carried in the agricultural appropriation bill at the request of Senator E. D. Smith, pro viding for testing the tensile strength of cotton. Friday Senator Smith was in receipt of the follow ing communication from N. A. Cobb agricultural technologist of the de partment of agriculture, bearing on the subject, In which he says: “Preliminary negotiations have been practically completed with one of the best equipped textile schools and also one of the leading millp of the South for making the waste ten sile strength and bleaching tests of the different grades of cotton as standardized by the government. “About ten bales of each of the full grades will be used from one- inch upland and one-inch gulf cot ton respectively, an aggregate of about lou bales (or as much thereof as the present appropriation will pro vide for). Apportion of each kale is to be sent to the textile school and the remainder to the mill, thus giving idential cotton for the two runs. The same speeds, organization, and con ditions will be utilized in the two runs, as far as possible. Part of the raw stock from each grade mixing will be bleached, and yarn made from eanh mixing to ascertain if there Is any difference in the cost of bleaching, or in the way the resul tant stock behaves In the manufac turing proc-ss.-s Pleaching tests will also be made In the laboratory on the finished y arns In addition to the various num '•arns ordinarily made by the from tl.e respective grades, the number of yarn will be made • ti h grade Tensile strength •' all ya-ns will be made In a ■>f *.i;. * ated by a variety o( GIVES MORE FACTS REGARDING AFFAIRS OF TIE VET ERAN’S HOME. SLAIN BY THE POUCE AMERICAN NAILORH KILLED AT (JUAYMAS, MEXICO. TOE INCOME TAX » . .. . DILL TO FR0T1DE FOR IT BEFORE THE IRUSE SHAKE UP IS Ll. . V ’ l ' .1 rn .in ’i '.ii t u r* d • :nml-» o! ► • « r * ie < -.n.in w . 11 n no \ i r n 1 i ti d Other II te- ».b r- ban's ■ 1 asi er- of all Lieut* Richard McKenna and Jam** G* g*n who found the end of their long que*t in Charleston Frl day <!«' loi- ng their *po<-i»l duty In «) lent o' t ’. e fug live* the two New > org defective* cla III they haw ( ol lecte.t cvlhriie* 10 iOHVlC' 'tie thr-'t men arr<'t.-d of *u bt-eq iient i rime* which amount to thousand* The three men now under arr-M have been Iti Charelston wince the first of the wck Th*-> have ’••••■n tinder constant surveillance since that time Two of them came here together and the o’her alone Ac cording to the best information the . • a' ci.s w i!; a!-" be obtained wa ’e dealer* and mills tha' i fa. ' ir• **»••• to ije -ermine t n<-1 > *• ton.mere.ai >a; ,r of the .a • * pe* f waste made from ■ctive grad** tie relative co»t of manufacture be taken carefully into con*:d eratlon Data **-<ured In this way should aid in determining the tnfrin *lr value of the various official grad** of cotton, and should aastat tn adjust.ng ft.*- premium* and pen alt'*-* on and off the laaa.s grad*- midll*. ng police h.iv*> W liming'on meeting plat A p r. I 1. According to th* police liav the gang geto-ratel at aipl made this city a Carter h ft Tampa on •-f advices thf cupplemett I by t lie story of the New York iletectives, th*- men under arrest were after no small game From one of them was taken a list of wealthy citizens from many Southern states, Including some Charlestonians, which was marked characteristically. “N. (5 or "A-T,” from which the police assume that scouts were sent out to fell out wealthy ettizena who might be used aa victims in a confidence game. The method pursued In Wilming ton, where a “wealthy dentist” was mulcted of $23,000, was substantial ly this, according to Police Chief Cantwell: A sumptuous cottage was taken in the neighborhood of the imtended vic tim. A home being established, the wife of the newcomer sought the con fidence of the wife of the victim. “In advertently” she let slip in her con versation that her husband made a great deal of money through the race tracks. Then she would beg that her confident keep silent and “not tell”, lest the neighbors ask favors. Eventually the "prominent dent ist”, caught by the inevitable confi dences of his wife, sought the ac quaintanceship of his neighbor. The neighbor denied the taint of race track association, until cornered by the fact that his wife had “given the snap away”. Mutual confidence being establish ed, confession was in order. Anoth er “killing” in sight; a trip to New York; an introduction to a fake pool room, where the wires are grounded In the walls; a few futile successes, and then a “mlatake’’ completes the story. While the detectives were trailing the gang through New York, the Now England States, Illinois, Penn sylvania and Canada, Carter met an other mishap in 8L Angnstlne, Fla., It is said. There released on a writ of habeas corpus hs Jamped $6.0*0 ball agala, after as extradition re- » IV 11AIIRKK SHOD. Kiplowiun <>f • Bomb ('wu-.*** • Svrl**** of Aochb-nt*. Whim a bomb upluiird In an East •*M*- t* ti*-m**tit In NYw York Thursday night a razor In the haul of a barber s!a*!;*-d a man's throat and a nine- foot mirror Ml from the wall an 1 landed on the head of another cus- tom* r The barber fell to the floor stunned Twenty families (led from the house by way of fire escapes when the front lower stairway was demolished Nearly sixty bombs have been set off in New York s'reets since the first of the year. Joseph Mino was shaving Peter Realmuto, when the concussion caused him to jerk up the hand containing the razor. The blade cut open the flesh of the chis and throat. Realmuto will live, how ever. Carmello Cali was the man in jured by the mirror’s fall. NominAtefl Postmasters. Congressman Ragsdale has endors ed the following for poatmaatershipa: E. C. Bethea, at Latta; Col. F. M. Ward, at Georgetown; Lewis Stack- ley, at Kingatree, and J. R. Mont gomery, at Marlon. quisition had been granted by the Governor, It is said. The arrest in Charleston was con ducted quietly. All three men were in the tolls before they were aware that they were under suspicion. As the New York detectives told the po lice: “They are all here now. The time is ripe.” The New York detec tives declare they never had as quiet and effective action as the Charles ton department gave them. Dowsing and Tarbeaux were ar rested at the Villa Margharieta, on South Battery, and Carter, who took apartments with his wife and two children, at No. 2 02 King street. Tarbeaux is a white-haired, distin guished looking man. In his cell Friday night he pleaded that the place and time of his arrest be not published. Dowsing is gray haired with mustache and goatee. They are called familiarly by the police, “the French count and the English duke". Carter, who is a young man, plead ed with the police that his wife and children should be properly taken of. He. with the others, refused SOME VERY PLAIN TALK Colonel Dlckert, a Member of the Confederate Home at Columbia, Discusses the Conditions There, and Presents Some Facts That Are Hard to Explain Away. To the Editor of The State: As was to be expected, the new board of the old soldiers’ home found the books all O. K. and the old man agement is kept in the service. If after all that has been done and said, the taxpayers and old soldiers are satisfied, no one else has a right to complain. However, it is a known fact that msn have been known to be stealing and grafting for a life time, yet their books showed up all right. Not meaning that such was the case with the books at the home, but merely as a possibility. We will appeal from one of the board “drunk” as the majority claim to that same member "sober” and let the public judge. I always contended that the books, if any were kept, would be found straight. Nothing was ever thought or said about the system of book keeping; it is a solid, uncontroverted fact. The people want an itemized accounting of the disbursement of that ♦ _ o .000 appropriation. They would like to know, too, why the vast differences in the sworn testimony of those in charge. It would be rath er far fetched to contend that be cause an old soldier is an inmate of the home he would not tell the truth Neither would it be Just to say be cause MaJ Richardson was an ofTicer in the army all bis assertions should go unchallenged Some of his *:ate riients have been very careless, to say the least Th*- taxpayers are entitled to the whole truth and let the M.une fall where it may Let u* look at some of th** discrepant') m ’he state merit niiid** by the two a.* n In ion 'to! You w . 11 fl ml t hern In a pi m pl.ie' in Wli.il. the om-l la! \f ; ti v i st! y at ilk <ui:t.n: ••• •• p u th is! • d t !.* ■ r p-oieiii li*. On p.tKe .! 1 Ml' Kith ari'.-'i ti ►’a'*-'! tf..i; ’ .e home had > to ks and t hey * ie.) half ( apt I t'aldw. :i *a>* thrie Ma. Kph.ir l •on s* ! before tie '.ink i h a r n •• t here w • re t I'tn pla'.n t s a* to f ■•* d; ng No w . the oil sold.ers g e * three Bllbststi tlal meal* and a lunch r \ err day ('apt »'ald»ell and the inmates deny t hi* <>n page r..'» MaJ Rlctiard*on *ay* "I went t»eJore the hoard of regents of the asylum and got 1.’ more acre* tths home Is on the a*ylum land i making 17 acres in all I fenced that wt'h new cedar post e'e . etc ('apt Caldwell. who superintended all work on the place -ays "no such a feme was ♦•xer built" If MaJ Rich ardson included that fence in hi* contract, and pall for It out of the appropriation. the State simply didn't get It, for It :s not tt.erw Hw claims to have done many other things, such as "repairing the whole roof" (’apt Caldwell savs it was only paletted in a few places Many other of M .* Richardson oiitiniera- tlotis. ('apt Caldwell seems to ku >■% nothing of Maj Richardson cla ms to have fed 7" Inmates daily and sometimes vo or «*tt (’apt Cald well. who kept an account, says tin re were only as ..n average. If pro visions were bought for 7'* and vo, when only a'.* ate, why was there a complaint of not enough to eat or "plates for eight, with food for four". On oath Maj. Richardson told the Investigating committee that since March. 1912, he had not been absent front the home for 24 hours. Capt. Caldwell and the inmatee, on the oth er hand, stated that he waa, absent two-thirds of the time, and when he did come to the-'home it was only for a few hours. Upon that hypothesis can these discrepancies In the testimony be ac counted for, allowing, of courser it is possibie-for^heTttmTnandairt and thr ‘ inmates to tell the truth occasionally. To show that Maj. Richardson’s statement should not be taken too seriously, I refer the curious to page 27 of the testimony. Now listen to the major: “I worked there (in the home) four years, without any com pensation at all.” As a matter of fact Maj. Richardson has not been connected with the board or home only for a little more than two years. During those two years he had re signed and gone to Barnwell for sev eral months. With the exception of •Maj. Nixon’s encumbency (six or sev en months) there never was a time that he was not issuing to himself payrolls for $100 per month. The record will show it. Now was this one of those simple things that George Washington never told, a slip up, or a typographical error? If the latter, he has had ample time to correct it, but so far as I know he has failed to do so. "I worked there four years for nothing st all." This is perhaps what the court had in view, when it said in effect: “Boys, yon plated against the old soldiers. The Affair May Clause Trouble Be tween the United States and the Mexicans. Two sailors of the United States cruiser California were killed and three others wounded in a street fight at Guaymas, Mexico, Wednesday morning. Two or three Mexican po licemen were wounded in attempting to arrest the American sailors Ad miral Cowles is investigating the in cident. Investigation of the fight between theJpon jackets and Mexican gend armes discloses that at an early hour the police attempted to quiet a ca rousing party. Their action waa re sented by the American seamen and a fight ensued. So far It is not certain which side fired the first shots. The sailors were on shore leave. The bodies of the two killed Americans have been removed to the cruiser. The attention of the state depart ment which lately has been given to a vexatious problem arising from the repeated wounding of American sol diers and other American citizens among the Mexican border, Friday was directed to the serious conse quences that may arise from the slay ing of the petty officer and a sailor from the battleship California at Guaymas. Chas. D. Taylor, consular agent at Guaymas, In reporting the deaths to the department, said a strict investi gation was being made. The shoot ing was done by the chief of police of Guaymas and as American sailors ing ashore in a foreign country in variably go unarmed, officials there will insist that the circumstances of the slaying be probed to the bottom. if the Mexican authorities are un able to show that there was provoca- ion for the attack by the armed po- Inf, s**rlous consequences may ensue. It was pointed out that the double killing might be taken as an Indica tion of the Inadquac) of the present gtivt-rn ment William Corrte, seaman, and John <'! a*e Klt-slow, first ( lass master at at ms. w.-re tfi,. two men killed In the t'c’i'. Rear Adin ral ( <iwle* reported t.i the navy department by wireless i .-'h in' n htd < \ cel lent record* Ad miral (Yu leg reports they w * re not 1 kely to be aggressor* In a street fight. Recently there have been repeatel displays of anti American feeling at some of the I’aeiflc port of Mexico A few weeks ago when talk of Inter vention was at It* height, two officer* of the rrutfer Dwnvwr were aaaaultwd while aahore at Guaymaa and on an other occasion when the navy had or dered the in-nver to another port, anti Americas feeling was running ao strong that her order* were counter- manded and she remained to protect Americana and other foreigner*. A full report of the Investigation of the affair by Admiral Cowle* will reach th*- navy department shortly and what 1* to be done about the latest attack then will be decided WILL RAISE URGE SUM REPimiJOAJf OFFICIALS ED TO RESIGN. •——— Roorg mi tuition of tbe ▼Ice Hm Been Begu by tlie acuta... - Lite ('hildreti at a Birth. A quintette of infants was born re cently to Mra C’bigrles Smith, of Dauby, N Y Mis Smith writes her nephew, Robert Wafer, an Ithaca street railway official, that the liv . re well and healthy ami the attend ing phys.cian expects them to livu If is said that the birth of quintuple!* has been recorded in this country onlv three times. her, a loo loo hand is not good twice in the sain*' sitting.~ As to tbe $7?,000 appropriated for repairs, has there ever been an item ized account rendered? That would be interesting reading. The only items of any consequence are four rooms aud a stable. Any carpenter would be glad to build such size rooms for $25 0 a piece and the stable should not^ltiave exceeded $400 tbr $500. This would only be $1,500 How Is the other $1,500 accounted for? If any contractor got more than $2,000 or $2,600 for the work in sfehL l sar. he ^ot-tYre-dret ter of the major in a trade or he had not studied his figures, or his calcu lations were at fault when the major stated he fed, the old soldiers for zo cents per day. Well, perhaps that is so, but it leaves too big a balance to be accounted for in the way of clothes and help hired. Allowing the 7 0 inmates, as lie claims he fed daily, there would yet be between $11,000 and $12,000 to be accounted for. Give us an itemized statement, please. Tell us, too, about how the appro priation is managed. Twenty thou sand, deposited in a bank, should draw 4 or 5 per cent. There would be at least $8,500 lying idle for six months and more; does the bank al low no rake-off? If not, why not? If fhey allaw interest, who gets it? One-half of the $17,000 allowed last year was not all used till the end o* the year. One-half remains untouch ed for six months; then who gets the rake-off, if there is any? When all these matters are ex plained, let us hope tbe old home wil rup smoothly. With Todd ruling the The Act Provides for a Graduated Tax on All Incomes Over mi Above Four Thousand Dollars Per Annum Derived From Salaries or Money That is Invented. 1 Included in the Democratic tariff revision bill introduced in congress Monday is an income tax section, which would require every resident of tbe United States who earns more than $4,000 a year to pay a tax of one per cent on his earnings in ex cess of the exemption. This would not require the man who earns $4,- 000 to pay a tax, but it would de mand that the individual who earned $4,100, for example, pay into the government treasury an annual tax of one per ceat on $1, or $1. The kill also would provide higher rates of taxation for persons with larger incomes, adding a sur-tax of one per cent, additional on earnlnga. in excess of $20,000, two per cent, aildttianal on earnings in excess of $50,000, and five per cent, additional on earnings in excess of $100,000. Under the sur-tax provisions the man who earns only $20,000 would pay to the government each year at the rate of one per cent, so $16,000 ($4,000 exempt), or $166. If he earns $30,000 he would pay one per c*nt. of $16,000 still and two per cent, on $10,000, thQs making his snnaual tax $360. The person with a $5 0,000 income would pay one per .-ent on $16,000, and two per cent, on $30,000 a total tax of $760. The man with an Income of $100,- oiii) would be required to pay one per cent on $16,000, two per cent. 'Mi $3",000, and three per cent, on $ 7, m . t* oh , which would be $1,500, bringing hi* total Income tax to $2.- The Individual with a net In- t omo of ) l .unn.noo would pay $2,- Jt:0 on tits first I on.onn, and In addl- Mon he would pay four per cent on which would bring his total tax to $'!*.2 < G> The bill also would re-enact the present corporation tax law. Impos ing a one per cent tax on the earn- ng» of corporations, stock compa nies. Insurance companies and the ike, but ll would exempt partner- shipa This la a flat rate, there be- ng no graduated scale as the earn- ng* increase The few change* from lie present corporation tax act con- •ern chiefly the time of making rw- urns and the time for colleetloa The bill also Include* under It* pro visions the property and earning* n this country or persona who llv* abroad It Is • stlmated by membera of th* vays and mean* committee that ap- r<'xlmately $1 00,000,000 In revenue n iy be derived from thl* new tax. minding the corporation tax. that imount making up for the deficit in t* venue* to be derived from Import* by virtue of the greatly reduced tariff rates and tbe transfer to the free Hat of articles that are classed as neces saries of living. Income* of taxable persons shall m hide K.tin.-t. profits and Income* de ns ed from salaries, wages or com pensation for personal service or compensation for personal service of whatever kind and In whatever form paid, from professions, vocations, businesses, trade commerce or sale*, or dealings In property, also from in terest, rent, dividends, securities, in cluding income from property, Income from but not the value of preprty ac quired by bequest, and also proceed* of life insurance policies paid upon death of persons insured. The bill allows as deduction* in computing net income* all necessary ^expense* actually Incurred la carry ing on any business, not Including per sonal living or family expenses; in terest accrued and payable within the year by a taxable person or in debtedness; all national, State' coun ty, school and municipal taxba, not IncTu3Tng~TocaPbenefit^iaxes: Tosses A dispatch from Washington says a reorganization of tbs psrsonnsl of the Democratic administration was begun Wednesday when Secretary iMcAdoo of the treasury department, took steps to displace all the high customs officials st the port of Phil adelphia. in announcing the action, the secretary said, “it is considered vital in the Interest of the public that new blood shall be brought into the service.” Mr. McAdoo asked for the resig nation of Chester Hill, collector; Per ry M. Little, surveyor; Fred P. Vin cent, appraiser, and Walter T. Mer rick, naval officer, ell of Philadelphia. Hs officially announced that the res ignations were requested “not be cause charges have been preferred against them, but because it is deem ed essential that these places shall be filled by persons who are in sympathy with the purpose and policies of the administration and also because it is considered vital jn the Interest of the public that new blood shall be brought into service.” Treasury officials contented them selves with that brief statement, which was the first indication that a sweeping reorganization of the cus toms service was about to begin. Of ficials were reticent as to possible future moves in this direction but It is known tbst the secretary has his eyes on the Boston offles, where an alleged custom* scandal is being ah- earthed. Close attention is being given to the general question of re organization In connection with the radical r«4t*irioting of (be July 1. and officer* and employees of the • ntted States having th# control or d'sposa! of salaries, wages, li and other preflts and income of other person to withhold sad pay to tYi«> collector of Internal revenue tbs amount of In come tax du* from *>urh person* All *uch person* or firm* are made personally liable for • .•rh taxes Person* or corporations liable to make return on Incomes who fall to do so at a sped fled lias, are made liable to a fine not exceeding $S60 • nd the penalty for false or fraudu lent return* is Died at 91.ktO im prisonment not excetdlag on# year, or both. ' In formulating this additional Im post,” said Chairman Underwood, In hi* report, "th* attempt has bean mad* to provide not osly s source of revenue, but a)uo u means of vu4ri»» Ing In some measure the unequal tax burdens which resell frou ties of placing the federal tirely upon customs end Internal rev enue duties. Thl* 1* a system of tax ation which inevitably throws tbs burd*n of supporting the government upon the shoulder* of the consum er* It correspondingly exempts tbs men of larger income*, whe sumption of the ordinary of life I* subject to tariff taxation in a far leaa aggregate degree than Is that of smaller Income earners who (ipend the greater proportion ot tnelr resources for the ordinary ne- (essitie* of life.” Speaking cf the principle of taxa tion laid down and the graduated system proposed, Mr. Underwood de clared: "The principle already has been sustained by tbe supreme court in the inheritance tax cases and there can be no doubt that the same principle applies to the income tax Included in this bill and will be fully upheld should it ever be called into question. Owing to tbs defects In I ersonal property taxation the larger incomes In the United States bars for many years been able to escape with lees than their share of general bur den of taxation and this inequality will be, it la "belieToi, in^firl ofsr- come by the plan proposed.” The bill provides that all taxable persons shall be notified of the amount for which they are liable un der the law on or before tbe first day of—Jtrne of each year and VS* saw* **•*•■ * - w — - — /vr*s |g*w/w*wa wswawv* v, to dlscnss Mmeslf or hie troubles Fri-1 with the cards stacked; you held a day night ' ’ loo loo hand and won, hut incurred in trades or from flree, storms or shipwrecks not compensat ed by insurance or otherwise; debts, actually ascertained as worthless and charged off; also reasonable allow ance for wear and tear on property, but no deduction will be allowed for expense of restoration or Improve ment made to increase property value. It expects also, in computing in comes, amounts received as divi dends upon the stock of any corpora tion, joint stock company, associa tion or insurance company which is taxable upon its net Income under the corporation tax provision of the bill. Tbe bill excludes the compen sation of the president of the United States during his term; judges of the supreme and inferior courts of the United States, and compensation of all officers and employee* of a State or any political subdivision thereof. It establishes a system of collec tion of the tax at Its source, requir ing sU persons. Arms corporations, co-partnership companies, Joint stock board, Richardson ruling Todd, all I companies, associations or lasuraaee will be lovely and tbs goose hang* I companies and all D. A. Dlckert. 1 tore, admlalstratora. merits be paid on or before June 30. For delay in making payments, and 10 days after notice, there shall be added the sum of five per cent, on the amount of tax unpaid and In terest at the rate of one per cent, a month from the time the tax fell due. The corporation tax provision, it is declared, shall be computed on the income for the year ending December 21, 1913, and for each calendar year thereafter. It is provided, however, that corporations may designate the last day of any month as the day of the closing of the fiscal year and may have the tax computed on the basis of a net income ending on its designated day. All labor, agricul tural, horticultural, fraternal, raU- gious and mutual benefit sod ties are made exempt from this proposed At Bern burg, and five chUdWQfJta to take then for '-A etc., trying te