The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 17, 1913, Image 5
THEY ARE IjUN DOWN
FOUR ALLEGED cjlOKS ARREST|
ED AT .AST
THREE SLICB ARTISTS
Said to Ifuvo Swindid Different Men
Out Two Hundnj Thousand l>ol
lars Since Last October anil Was |
Trailed by Iletictives Through
Many States and Cities.
Three men, accusal of being members
of a gang of >reteuded wiretappers.,
who have leaned up moro
than $1100,000 sino last October,
were arrested in Charleston Friday
night. They were (trailed through
seven or eight stated and a part of
Canada by two New f ork detectives,
before their arrest llailly was accomplished
with the assistance of the
Charleston police.
The arrests wore nade on bench
warrants from New pork city, issued
t the instance of (paries S. Whitman,
assistant district attorney, and
countersigned by U. E. Williams,
makistrate of ChaiiJeston, and Edward
It. Carroll, secxnd assistant police
commissioner. 7he men arrested
are:
Frank Tarbeaux, ilias F. It. IIomans,
alias F. E. M;tnez.
Albert Carter, alia-* Albert Thompson.
James Dowsing, tlias Henry Darling.
i no isews- and uourier says all or
these men have confessed their identit'ies
to Chief Cantwell, and, on telegraphic
instruction^ from New York,
a requisition is being made on Governor
lllease to have them extradited.
Representations to the Governor
will be made particularly strong, it is
said, because the New York police
department, acknowledging the cleverness
of the men wanted, has anticipated
a big fight against extradition.
The prisoners are raid to have been
members of "the GOndorf gang", of
wire tappers. The (Jondorf gang was
rounded up, incidentally to a cleanup
of the metropolis, following the
Rosenthal murder. The chief of the
crooks fell into the toils, with many
of his lieutenants, last October, and
are now awaiting trial. Three of the
members of the gang escaped, after
having been arrested. The men arrested
in Charleston are said to be
the three fugitives.
After the escape of the three fugitives
from New York, two of the
brightest sleuths in the employ of the
city were placed on the trail. They
were Lieuts. Richard McKenna and
James Gegan, who found the end of
their long quest in Charleston Friday.
day. During their special duty, in
quest of the fugitives, the two New
York detectives claim they have collected
evidences to convict the three
men arrested of subsequent crimes
which amount to thousands.
The three men now under arrest
have been in Charelston since the
lirst of the week. They have been
under constant surveillance sinco
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ii hi i. tunc. i ? u v > i i in? in ni'i f
together, and the other alone. According
to the best information the
police have, the gang generated at
Wilmington and made this city a
meeting place. Carter left Tampa on
April 1.
According to the best advices the
police have, supplemented by the
story of the New York detectives, the
men under arrest were after no small
game. From one of them was taken
a list of wealthy citizens from many
Southern states, including sonic
Charlostonians, which was marked
characteristically, "N. O.," or "A-1,"
from which the police assume that
scouts were sent out to fell out
wealthy citizens who might be used
as victims in a confidence game.
The method pursued in Wilmington,
where a "wealthy dentist" was
mulcted of $23,000, was substantially
this, according to Police Chief
Cant well:
A sumptuous cottage was taken in
tne neighborhood or the intended victim.
A home being established, the
wife of the newcomer sought the confidence
of the wife of the victim. "Inadvertently"
she let slip in her conversation
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 dentist",
caught by the inevitable confidences
of his wife, sought the acquaintanceship
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 established,
confession was in order. Another
"Wiling" in sight; a trip to New
York; an introduction to a fako pool
room, where the wires are grounded
in the walls; a few futile sneee?soH.
and then a "mistake" completes the
story.
While the detectives were trailing
the gang through New York, the
Now England States, Illinois, Pennsylvania
and Canada, Carter met another
mishap In St. Augustine, Fla.,
it is said. There released on a writ
of habeas corpus he jumped $5,00C
bail again, after an extradition reI
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PLAN FOR COTTON TEST |
SENATOR SMITH'S lM Iil, TO HE
CARRIED OUT. !
Southern Factory and Well Known
Textile Institute to Invostigftt* |
Tensile Strength of Staple. '
The Washington correspondent of
The State says at the last session of <
congress an item was carried In fchn
agricultural appropriat'on bill at the I
request of Senator 10. 1>. Smith, providing
for testing the tensile
strength of cotton. Friday Senator
Smith was in receipt of the following
communication from N. A. Cobb
agricultural technologist of the do- r
partment of agriculture, bearing on
the subject, in which ho says:
"Preliminary negotiations have
been practically completed with one
of the best equipped textile schools
and also one of the leading mills of
the South for making the waste tensile
strength and bleaching tests of
the different grades of cotton as
standardized by the government.
"About ten balos of each of the
full grades will be used from oneinch
upland and one-inch gulf cotton
respectively, an aggregate of
about 100 bales (or as much thereof
as the present appropriation will provide
for). A portion of each bale 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 conditions
will be utilized in the two
runs, as far as post,. ">le. Part of tho
raw stock from each grade mixing
will bo bleached, and yarn made
from each mixing to ascertain if
there is any difference in the cost of
bleaching, or in the way the resultant
stock behaves in the manufac- ,
turing processes. HJoachlng tests ,
will also be made in the laboratory ,
on the finished yarns. I
"In addition to the various mini- ]
hers of yarns ordinarily made by the <
trade from the respective grades, the j
same number of yarn will be made ]
from each grade. Tensile strength 1
tests of all varus will be made in a 1
variety of ways, and by a variety of i
agencies. I
"Samples of the yarn and other 5
products manufactured will be sib- '
mitted to commission merchants, '
buyers and sellers of yarn to ascer- 1
tain the true commercial value of all I
samples.
"Quotations will also be obtained 1
from waste dealers and mills that
manufacture waste to determine the
relative commercial value of the v:i- 1
rious types of waste made from the
respective grades.
"The relative cost of manufacture
will be taken carefully into consideration.
Data secured In this way
should aid in determining the intrinsic
value of the various otllcial
grades of cotton, and should assist 1
in adjusting tho premiums and penalties
on and otT the basis grade,
middling."
HAVOC IS HAKIlttH SHOI\
*
Explosion of a llomb Causes a Series
of Accidents.
When a bomb exploded in an East
side tenement in New York Thursday
night a razor in the band of a barber
slashed a mail's throat and a ninefoot
mirror fell from the wall and
landed on the head of another customer.
The barber fell to the floor
stunned. Twenty families fled 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 streets since
the first of the year. Joseph Miuo
was shaving Peter Itealmuto, when
the concussion caused him to jerk up
the hand containing the razor. The
blade cut open the flesh of the chia
and throat. Roalmuto will live, however.
Carmello Call was tlio man injured
by the mirror's fall.
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Nominates Postmasters.
Congressman Ragsdale has endorsed
the following for postmasterships:
E. C. Rethea, at Eatta; Col. F. M.
Ward, at Georgetown; Eewis Stackley,
at Kingstree, and J. R. Montgomery,
at Marion.
quisition had been granted by the
Governor, it is said.
The arrest in Charleston was conducted
quietly. All three men were
in ino 1011h oerore iney were aware
that they were under suspicion. As
the New York detectives told the police:
"They are all here now, The
time is ripe." The New York detectives
declare they never had as quiet
and effective action as the Charleston
department pave them.
Dowsing and Tarbeaux were arrested
at the Villa Margharieta, on
South Battery, and Carter, who took
apartments with his wife and two
children, at No. 202 King street.
Tarbeaux is a white-haired, distinguished
looking man. In his cell
Friday night he pleaded that the
place and time of his arrest bo not
i published. Dowsing is gray haired
with mustache and goatee. They are
; called familiarly by the police, "the
i 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
: care of. He, with the others, refused
to discuss himself or hie troubles Fri-J
- day night
GIVES MORE FACTS
REGARDING AFFAIRS OF THE VETERAN'S
HOME.
SOME VERY PLAIN TALK
Colonel Dlckort, n Member of tlio c
t
Confederate Home at Columbia. ?
Hiscus.sos the Conditions There, j
and PrcsenUi Some Facts That Are t
i]
Hard to Explain Away. c
Po the Editor of The State:
Ah was to bo expected, the new 1
)oard of the old soldiers' home found 1
ho books all (). K. and the old man- 1
igement la kept in the servico. If r
ifter all that has been dono and said, a
he taxpayers and old soldiers aro
lavished, no one else has a right to v
complain. However, it is a known .
act that men have been known to
jo stealing and grafting for a life 1
ime, yet their books showed up all
dglit. Not meaning that such was 11
he case with the books at the homo, '
jut merely as a possibility. We will 1
ippeal from one of the board (
'drunk" as the majority claim to a
\i
hat same member "sober and let
he public judge. (|
1 always contended that the books, jf
any were kept, would be found (
straight. Nothing was ever thought
)r said about the system of bookkeeping;
it is a solid, uncontroverted
'act. The people want an itemized 1
iccounting of the disbursement of f
that $-o,000 appropriation. Tliey
would like to know, too, why the vast !
iifferences in the sworn testimony 1
>f those in charge, it would be rather
far fetched to contend that be- N
auso an old soldier is mi imnnti* '
:ho home he would not tell the truth.
Wither would it bo just to say bo- 11
2ause Maj. Richardson was an ofllcer 1
n tho army all his assertions should 1
u;o unchallenged. Some of his stato- '
inonts have been very careless, to say ^
the least. The taxpayers are entitled *
to the whole truth and let the blaiuo $
fall where it may. Let us look at
tome of the discrepancy in tho state- C
inont made by the two men in con- n
trol. You will find them in a pain- t
phlet in which the legislative invest!- t
gating committee published their I
proceedings. On page ?, I Maj. Rich- i
[irdson stated that the home had 110 1
hogs and they killed half. Capt. 1
Caldwell says three. 'Maj. Richardson
said before he took charge there (
were complaints as to feeding. Now, t
the old soldiers get three substan- t
Lial meals and a lunch every day. A
Capt. Caldwell and the inmates deny (
this. N
On page ft a Maj. Richardson says, r
"I went before the board of regents c
of the asylum and got 12 more acres ;
(the home is on the asylum land) *
making 17 acres in all. I fenced that i
with new cedar post, etc., etc. Capt. i
Caldwell, who superintended all
work on the place says "no such a (
fence was ever built". If Maj. Rich- ,
ardson included that fence in his ,
contract, and paid for it out of the j
appropriation, the State simply
?lt(t n't I?nt it fnr it iu tltana 11
v. % * v v iv, * w i 11, 10 iiv/l inn w. 11*:
claims to liavo done many other
things, such as "repairing the whole
roof". Capt. Caldwell says it was
only patched in a few places. Many
other of Ma'. Richardson cnumera(
tions, Capt. Caldwell seems to know '
nothing of. Maj. Richardson claims '
to have fed 7 0 inmates daily and
sometimes 80 or 90. Capt. Caldwell,
who kept an account, says there
were only 59 as tin average. If provisions
were bought for 70 and 80,
when only 59 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
from the home for 24 hours. Capt.
Caldwell and the inmates, on the other
hand, stated that he was 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 accounted
for, allowing, of course, it is
possible for the commandant and the
inmates to tell the truth occasionally.
To show that Maj. Richardson's
statement should not be taken too
seriously, 1 refer the curious to page
27 of the testimony. Now listen to
the major: "I worked there (in the
home) four years, without any compensation
at all." As a matter of
fact Maj. Richardson has not been
connected with the hoard r?r heme
only for a littlo more than two years.
During those two years he had resigned
and gone to Htarnwell for several
months. With the exception of
t.Maj. Mixon's encumbency (six or seven
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 ho
has failed to do so. "I worked there
four years for nothing at all." This
is perhaps what the court had in
view, when it said In effect: "Iloys,
you placed against the old soldiers,
with the oarde stacked; you held a
loo loo hand and won, but remem
SLAIN BY THE POLICE j
XMEIIKWN SAILOKS KlUIdvI) AT
(il AVMAS, MKXI(X). B
The Affair May ('?uso Trouble IUvtween
tlie United States and the |
Mexicans.
Two sailors of the United States
rulser California were killed and 1
lireo others wounded in a street fight
t Guayinas, Mexico, Wednesday
norning. Two or threo Mexican poiceinen
wore wounded in attempting
o arrest the American sailors Ad..
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iiirai \ uwius is investigating tne 111ident.
Investigation or the tight between
he blue jackets and Mexican gond- r<
rmes discloses that at an early hour V
ho police attempted to quiet a ca- *
ousing party. Their action was re- o
ented by the American seamen and a tl
ight ensued. So far it is not certain o
.'liich side tired tlie tlrst shots. The c<
ailors were on shorb leave. The n
odies of the two killed Americans 0
ave been removed to the cruiser. n
The attention of tho state depart- $
nent which lately lias been given to g
, vexatious problem arising l'rom the o
epeated wounding of American solliers
and other American citizens r;
niong the Mexican border, Friday p
vixa directed to the serious conse- o
uences that may ariso from tho slay- [i
ng of the petty odicer and a sailor ;1
rom tho battleship California at $
iuaymas. o
Chas. D. Taylor, consular agent at
iuaymas, in reporting the deaths to n
he department, said a strict lnvestl- p
;ation was being made. The shoot- tl
ng was done by the chief of police of (
iuaymas and as American sailors go- 0i
ng ashore in a foreign country in- (>,
ariably go unarmed, ollieials there {.(
vill insist that the circumstances of ;i
he slaying be probed to the bottom. a
If the Mexican authorities are un- vi
ible to show that there was provoca- o
ion for the attack by the armed po- T
ice, serious consequences may ensue. 0
t was pointed out that the double p
tilling might ho taken as an iiulica- <>
ion of the inadquacy of the present $
government. b
William Corrie, seaman, and John **
'hase Kloslow, first class master at r
inns, were the two men killed in the
ight, Hear Admiral Cowles reported '
o the navy department by wireless. *
loth men had excellent records. Ad- (l
niral Cowles reports they were not
ikely to be aggressors in a street l>
ight. ii
Recently there have been repeated 11
lispluys of anti-American feeling at 11
lomo of the Pacific port of Mexico. ''
\ few weeks ago when talk of intervention
was at its height, two otlicers 11
>f the cruiser Denver were assaulted 11
vhile ashore at Guaymas and on an- '
)ther occasion when the navy had or- (
lered the Denver to another port, *
mti-American feeling was running so '
itrong that her orders were counter- v
nanded and sho remained to protect '
Vinericans and other foreigners. a
A full report of the investigation
if the affair by Admiral Cowles will v
each the navy department shortly 1
ind what is to be done about the
atest attack then will be decided.
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r ivo * iiuurt'ii hi u mriii.
A quintette of infants was born rocently
to iMtrst Chiles Smith, of
Dauby, N. Y. Mrs. Smith writes her H
nephew, Robert Wafer, an Ithaca
street railway official, that the live
ire well anil healthy and the attending
physician expects them to live.
It. is said that the birth of quintuplets
has been recorded in this country
only three times.
her, a loo loo hand is not good twice
in the same sitting."
As to the $.1,000 appropriated for
repairs, has there ever been an itemized
account rendered? That would
be interesting reading. The only
items of any consequence are four
rooms and a stable. Any carpenter
would be glad to build such size
rooms for $2 5 0 a piece and the stable
should not have exceedoil $4 00 or
$500. This would only bo $1,500
How 1s the other $ 1,500 accounted
for?
If any contractor got more than
$2,000 or $2,500 for the work in
sight, I can only say, he got the better
of the major in a trade or he had
not studied his figures, or his calculations
were at fault when the major
stated he fed, the old soldiers for Z;>
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 he claims he fed daily,
4 1 .1 ~ 1 - ? A ? -i /V A A
limit; wuiiiu ytrt ui* uuiWtH'Il $ 1 I ,OUU ,
and $1 2,000 to be accounted for. Give
us an itemized statement, please. ,
Tell us, too, about how the appro- ,
priation is managed. Twenty thouHand,
deposited in a bank, Hhould ,
draw 4 or 5 per cent. There would
he at least $8,500 lying idle for six
months and more; does the hank allow
no rake-off? If not, why not?
If they allaw interest, who gets it?
One-half of the $17,000 allowed last
year was not all used till the end of
the year. One-hnlf remains untouch
od for six months; then who gets the
rake-off, if there 1b any?
When all these matters are explained,
let us hope the old home will
run smoothly. With Todd ruling the
board, Richardson ruling Todd, all
will be lovely and the goose hangs
high. D. A. Dlckert.
[HE INCOME TAX
?
ILL TO PROVIDE FOR IT BEFORE
THE HOUSE
? <
VILL RAISE LARGE SUM
'ho Act Provides for a (Graduated
Tax on All Incomes Over and
Above Four Thousand Dollars Per
i
Annum l>erlv?Ml From Salaries or ,
Money Tluit is Invested.
Included in the Democratic tariff 1
oviuion bill introduced in congress i
loiulay in an income tax section, i
hlcli would require every resideut
f the United States who earns more i
inn $4,000 a year to pay a tax of i
no per cent, on his earnings in ex- <
:'ss of tho exemption. This would i
ot require the man who earns $4,- i
00 to pay a tax, but it would do- j
land that the individual who earned (
4,100, for example, pay into the ;
overnment treasury an annual tax <
f one per ce?t on $ 1, or $ 1. I
The Will also would provide higher
ites of taxation for persons with i
irger incomes, adding a sur-tax of <
ne per cent, additional on earnings ]
1 excess of $20,000, two per cent. 1
dditianal on earnings in excess of
50,000, and five per cent, additional 1
n earnings in excess of $100,000.
Under the sur-tax provisions the i
inn who earns only $20,000 would I
ay to the government each year at I
to rate of one per cent, an $10,000
$4,000 exempt), or $100. if he I
urns $20,000 ho would pay one per ?
ont. of $10,000 still and two per :
t?nt. on $10,000, thus making his
nnaual tax $3(50. Tho person with i
$ ft 0,000 income would pay one per <
out. on $10,000, and two per cent,
n $30,000? a total tax of $700. .
he man with an income of $100,- 0
0 would be required to pay one 1
er cent, on $10,000, two per cent,
n $30,000, and three per cent, on
50,000, which would be $1)500,
ringing his total income tax to $2,- 1
00. The individual with a net in01110
of $1,(100,000 would pay $2,00
on his first 100,000, and in addiion
he would pay four per cent, on
000,000, which would bring his
it.il tax to $38,280.
Tho bill also would re-enact the
resent corporation tax law, iinposng
a one per cent., tax on the cartings
of corporations, stock coinpaios,
insurance companies and the
ike, but it would exempt partnerhips.
This is a flat rate, there bong
no graduated scale as the earnings
increase. Tho few changes from
he present corporation tax act conern
chiefly the time of making reurns
and the time for collection,
'he bill also includes under its proisions
tho property and earnings
ii thin country or persons who live
broad.
It is estimated by members of the
ays and means committee that aproximately
$100,000,000 In revenue
nay ho derived from this new tax,
Deluding tho corporation tax, that
.mount making up for the deficit in
( venues to he derived from imports
>r virtue of the greatly reduced tariff
ates and the transfer to the free list
>f articles that are classed as necesaries
of living.
Incomes of taxable persons shall
nelude gains, profits and incomes delved
from salaries, wages or com>ensation
for personal service or
compensation for personal service of
vhatever kind and in whatever form
>aid, from professions, vocations,
)usinesses, trade commerce or sales,
>r dealings in property, also from inerest,
rent, dividends, securities, including
income from property, income
rom but not the value of preprty ac1
uired by bequest, and also proceeds
>f life insurance policies paid upon
loath of persons insured.
Tho bill allows as deductions In
computing net incomes all necessary
xpenses actually incurred in carryngonany
business, not including personal
living or family expenses; Interest
accrued and payable within
ho year by a taxable person or iniebtedness;
all national, State, coun:y,
school and municipal taxes, not
including local benefit taxes; losses
Incurred in trades or from fires,
dorms or shipwrecks not compensated
by insurance or otherwise; debts,
ictually ascertained as worthless and
barged off; also reasonable allowmce
for wear and tear on property,
hut no deduction will be allowed for
expense of restoration or improvement
made to Increase property
value.
It expects also, in computing incomes,
amounts received as dividends
upon the stock of any corporation,
joint stock company, association
or insurance company which is
taxable upon its net income under
the corporation tax provision of the
hill. The bill excludes the compensation
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 employees of a State
or any political subdivision thereof.
It establishes a system of collection
of tho tax at its source, requiring
all persons, firms corporations,
co-partnership companies, joint stock
companies, associations or insurance
companies and all trustees, executors,
administrators, receivers, etc.,
I
SHAKE UP IS COMING
? - UKPmiilOAN
OFFICIALS IS ASK- ,
KI> TO RESIGN.
?
Reorganization of tho (hwtonis Sorvlco
IIiim llecn lU'Kun by the Democrats.
A dispatch from Washington says j
a reorganization of tho personnel of
tho Democratic administration was
begun Wednesday when Secretary
McAdoo of the treasury department,
took steps to displace all the high
customs officials at tho port of Phll,
,1 /> 1 K I T ? 1 . ? - *
in ciiiiiuuiiniiK me action,
tho secretary said, "it is considered
vital in the interest of tho public that
new blood shall bo brought Into tho
service."
Mr. McAdoo asked for tho resignation
of Chester Hill, collector; Perry
M. Idttle, surveyor; Fred P. Vincent.
appraiser, and Walter T. Merrick,
naval ofllcer, all of Philadelphia,
lie officially announced that the resignations
wero requested "not bemuse
charges havo been preferred
against them, but because it is deem- J
3d essential that these places shall bo
filled by persons who are in sympathy
with the purpose and policies of tho
administration and also because it is
considered vital in the interest of tho
public that new blood shall bo
brought Into service."
Treasury officials contented themselves
with that brief statement,
which was the first indication that a
sweeping reorganization of the customs
service was about to begin. Ofilcials
were reticent as to possible
future moves in this direction but it
Is known that the secretary has his
eyes on tho Boston office, where an
alleged customs scandal is being unearthed.
Close attention is being
given to tho general question of reorganization
in connection with tho
radical redistricting of tho service on
July i.
and officers and employees of tho
(jnlted States having tlie control or
disposal of salaries, wages, interest
unci other profits and income of another
person to withhold and pay to
the collector of internal revenue the
amount of in come tax duo from
such persons. All such persons or
firms are made personally liable for
such taxes.
Persons or corporations liable to
make return on Incomes who fail to
do so at. a specified time, are made
liable to a fine not exceeding $F>00
and the penalty for false or fraudulent
returns is fixed at $1,000 imprisonment
not exceeding ono year,
or both.
"In formulating this additional Impost,"
said Chairman Underwood, in
liis report, "the attempt has been
made to provide; not only a source of
revenue, but also a means of redressI
ing in some measure the unequal tax
burdens which result from the practice
of placing the federal income entirely
upon customs and internal revenue
duties. This is a system of taxation
which inevitably throws tho
burden of supporting tho government
upon the shoulders of tho consumers.
It correspondingly exempts tho
mfn of larger incomes, whose consumption
of the ordinary necessaries
of life is subject to tariff taxation in
a far less aggregate degree than is
that of smaller income earners who
expend the greater proportion o-f
, * . *
un'ir resources ior tne ordinary ne- <
cessities of life."
Speaking cf the principle of taxation
laid down and the graduated
system proposed, Mr. Underwood declared:
"The principle already has
been sustained by the supreme court
in tho 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 he called into
question. Owing to the defects in
I ersonal property taxation the larger
incomes in the United States have for
many years been ablo to escape with \
less than their share of general burden
of taxation and this inequality
will be, it Is believed, in part overcome
by tho plan proposed."
The bill provides that all taxable
persons shall be notified of the
amount for which they are liable under
the law on or before tho first day
of Juno of each year and assessments
be paid on or before June 3 0.
For delay in making payments, and
10 days after notice, there shall bo
added the sum of five per cent, ou
the amount of tax unpaid and interest
at the rate of one per cent.
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The corporation tax provision, it i. !
declared, wluxll bo computed on the
income for (ho year ending December
j? 1, 19 13, and for each calendar year
thereafter. It is provided, however,
that corporations may designate tho
last day of any month as the day of
the closing of the fiscal year and ^
nlay have the tax computed on the
basis of a net income ending on its
designated day. All labor, agricultural,
horticultural, fraternal, religious
and mutual benefit soclties are
made exempt from this proposed tax.
Drowned in CJermany.
At Ilernburg, Germany, a soldier *
and five children who had asked him
to take them for a sail on the river
Saate were drowned by the upsetting
of the .boat. The soldier was a good
swimmer, but. exhausted himself in
trying to rescue the children.
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