THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAJVD, JANUARY 23, 1916.
f BIG TAX PROPOSED
FOR EXPATRIATES
I Senator Kenyon Would Assess
t American Holdings, Includ
1 . ng All Dowers.
t DISTINCTION
IS" FAVORED
Method Would Require William AYal-
p , dorf .Astor Alone to Contribute
J- 95,000,000 or More Others
J; l Affected in Proportion.
V (By a Washington staff Correspondent of
ths Chicago Tribune.)
t WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. A measure
T proposing- a high graduated tax on
; the incomes of American expatriates.
I derived from their American properties,
I will be introduced In the Senate by
T Senator Kenyon. of Iowa,
t The Kenyon bill would place an an-:-
nual tax of practically 30 per cent on
t the incomes of the wealthier expa-
triates. Also it would make the dowers
(riven to American sTirla who marry
i titled foreigners a source of consider
t bl revenue to the United States Gov
7 emment.
I With the steady augmentation of
T American fortunes abroad as a result of
! the expatriation of thousands of rich
Americans, chiefly heiresses, the move
r ment in favor of imposing heavy taxes
on incomes thus derived from the
j United States has) gained much strength
in Congress.
Advocates of the measure point out
that millions of dollars of income from
5 American Investments are being heav-
ily taxed for the support of the gov-
ernments of the adopted countries of
5 the American expatriates and at this
" time for the xinancinrj oi mo .uiwt:.
i. war.
f- Dlatlaetlon Moald Be Drawsu
At the present time no distinction
J Is drawn in the income tax law be-
tween the incomes of Americans who
' do business in the United States and of
foreigners who do business in the
United States and of foreigners who
T have interests here, or between Amer-
leans and expatriated Americana.
Senator Kenyon believes such a dls
tinction should be drawn now. He has
canvassed the Senate and he said today
i he believed a majority of the Senators
would favor the enactment of nls bin
. into law. .
J Under Its provisions a normal tax oi
7 I per cent instead of the existing 1 per
I cert tax on American Incomes would be
t levied on the incomes under Ja.00O of
t all expatriates and foreigners derived
t- from their investments In the United
I states. In addition, a supertax wou,d
." be levied as follows:
- t ono to sn.oon. 4if.'00.ooo to 400.ooo..ie
I 60 000 10$ 75:o0. OlMOO.000 to $.100.000.. 20
s ts'ooo to $100,000. 8,Over JSOo.ouO -a
y I1OO.000 to -00,000.12
Under the terms of the Kenyon law
Baron William Waldorf Astor. wealth
r ie,t of all American expatriates, would
be compelled to pay to the United
f- States Government each year 28 per
y cent of his entire income derived from
, Investments in this country.
1- At the present time Mr. Astor pays
T. only a tax of 7 per cent-' It is estt-
mated that the tax on the Astor for
" tune alone would net the. Government
jr. upwards of $5,000,000 annually.
Other Expatriate Affected.
it Other expatriated Americans who
v would pay a tax ranging from 11 to 28
V per cent of their income derived from
- properties in this country would be:
f Duchess of Roxburghe, daughter of Og
h den Ooelet.
r- Mrs. William B. Ieds.
V- The Ladle Curion, gTanddanghters or tne
T 1st. Levi Z. Letter, of Chicago.
Mrs. Algernon Burnaby. formerly Minna
Field, niece of Marshall Field.
Countess Craven, daughter ef Bradley
Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Con-Si-
suelo Vanderbllt.
Lady Granard, daughter of Ogden Mills.
IT Duchess of Manchester, daughter of the
late Eugene Zimmerman,
( Viscountess Maidstone, daughter of An-
thS.;e.?"f:,SuftoIlc, daughter of the late
t" 1Mrs?"LouUerHarcourt, niece of J. P. Mor-
"countess of Ancaster, formerly Elolse
Breese.
- Lady Waldstein.
t Lady Cheylesmere. daughter of F. O.
f Trench, of New York.
Princes Cautacusene, Julia, granddaugh-
ter of General Grant. .
1 ldy Duf7erln, Flora Davis, of New York.
Mrs Beatty, wife of Admiral Beatty and
f. daughter of the late Marshall Field, of Chl-
1 Cpr'Inceas Badxlwlll, Dorthy Deacon, of
Boston- chamberUln. Mary Endlcott.
? lE2"&M1. Clara Huntington, of
6an Francisco. . , , . v
f Duchess of Croy. Nancy Lelsbman, of
? Tprince Colonna. Eva Mackay, of New
TCountess of Eetnont, Kate Howell, of
1 South Carolina.
V Lady Oamoys. Mildred Sherman, of New
t TCountess Pxechenyl. Gladys Vanderbllt.
- Baroness Ramsey. Frances Whltehouse. of
ChHeifry James, the novelist, who recently
. took out British citizenship papers.
Idy Decles. daughter of George J.
Gould
- Marriage Fertnnea Estimates!.
.' The exact amount of property owned
by the above is not known to anyone
" in tha United States. In the following
table, however, the amount of the
fortune controlled by the expatriated
American girls at the time of marriage.
or given to them as dower, is set forth:
' l.ady Camoys (Mildred Sherman. .$12,000,000
Mrs. Ralph Vivian (Mn Marshall
. o. RoB.-rtsl 12.000.000
Lady William Harcourt tMrs. J.
i P. Ives)
The Hon. Mrs. A. H. Paget (Paul-
' In Whitney)
: Lady W illiam Cummlng (daughter
of Commodopa Garner)
, .La.iy Thomas Hesketh (Florence
E. Sharon) -
Ladv Bach Cunard (Maud
Burke)
I- Lady Charle Wolseley (Anita
T. Murphyi
lM.Ay Falkland (Mary Bead)
Lady Basot (Llliian May)
. Lady Vernon (Frances M. Law
rence) .'
Ijtdy James B'Jtler (Helen Stages)
t. Mr. Arthur Paget (Minnie fite-
veaa)
e . .! . .i ..j . .
4 ACCoruinB ig me tipw wi ocukiui
Kenyon. his measure, if enacted into
' law. would also serve to levy a tax
r of approximately 28 per cent on all
; dowers given American girls at the
', time of their marriage to foreigners.
"There will probably be some op
t position to the bill. said the Senator.
"As for the collection of the tax. that
is a comparatively simple matter. It
. would be paid to the Government as it
is now. at the source, and the agents
r of the expatriates in this country
- would be compelled to account for the
; entire Income of their employers- The
Treasury Department is now in an ex
. cellent position to judge the amount
of this income, because of prior re-
turns, and there is little question but
that the Government could get all of
" the money to which it is entitled."
FILIPINO DENIES RANCOR
: Commissioner Quezon Says Best
" Friends His Former Enemies.
OREGON1AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
'lngloo, Jan. 22. ilanuel L Qucson.
5,000.000
e. ooo. ooo
4,000.000
8.M0.0OO
2. 000. 000
2.000. 900
S OAO.OOO
l.oeo.ooo
l.ooo.opo
l.ooo.ooo
l.oco.ooo
1.000.000
'Commissioner from the -Philippine
Islands, with a voice but not a vote, is
the most enthusiastic advocate of Phil
ippine independence in the National
Congress, but, while advocating inde
pendence for his own peoepie, Mr.
Quezon disclaims hostility towards the
American people. He gave his personal
position briefly in a speech in the
House a few days ago, when he said:
"It is hinted that because I served in
the Philippine army I am holding ran
cor in my heart toward American vet
erans. My best American friends in the
Philippine Islands are men against
whom I' fought during the war.
have the greatest admiration for
Americans whs in answer to the call
of their country, have gone to the
Philippine Islands and fought us, just
as I believe at least, I hope that
those Americana admire the Filipinos
who had the courage to fight them.
There is no rancor in my heart. These
men were doing their duty as I knew I
was doing my duty; They tried to kill
me during the war. and I ried to kill
them. But men who have enough red
blood In their veins to come out and
fight for their country have big enough
hearts to respect those against whom
they are fighting."
1I6RAT10N BILL
Li ITS JAPANESE
CANAL OPENING WAITS
FUTURE DEPEXDS OJT ACTIO OF
TREACHEROUS GROUND.
Jan.
Coethals Advises That Fending Def
inite Prediction. Skippers De Sot .
Consider Route.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. Owing to
uncertainty regarding the movement of
slides in Gaillard Cut. the Panama
Canal is not ready to be reopened, nor
can a prediction as to its prospective
reopening be made, according to .a
statement Issued today by Major-General
Goethals, Governor of the Zone,
which reads as follows: .
"It is not intended to reopen the
Canal until a safe and practically per
manent channel is reasonably assured.
This cannot be assured at present, al
though the operations of the slides dur
ing the past four months have shown
that they are able, when not Inter
rupted in the work by passage of ships
or the clearing of the channel for nav
igation, to gain on the slides and it
is desired to have a reasoname as
surance that they can maintain this
gain.
"The large mass of rock at the base
of Gold Hill on the east bank is being
carefully observed. If the materials
behind it move northwardly, as Is not
unlikely, one danger of interruption to
navigation will bo removed.
"The other feature Is the rate of mo
tion that will result in the west slide
when the dredges attack its face, as
will shortly be done. It is believed that
the dredges can keep well ahead of any
possible motion in this mass, providing
the east bank is quiescent or nearly so.
"As soon as this, office feels that suf
ficient information on these points is
at hand to justify it a prediction will
be made. In the meantime it is rec
ommended that the Canal be not con
sidered in the routing of shipping."
Drastic Restrictions,. Subject
to Treaties, Are Agreed
. On by Committee,
HINDUS TO BE EXCLUDED
Measure-Meets Contentions of Pa
cific Coast Members Terms of
Root-Takahlra Agreement
" Fut in Ijegal Form.
PREFERENCE IS GIVEN
LAND-GRANT BILL WOULD PRE
SERVE APPLICANTS' RIGHTS.
Ur. Wilson, ef Illinois, Weald Give
First Titles te Those Who Pre
viously Sought Lands.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Jan. 22. Representative Wil
son, of Illinois, today introduced a bill
requiring the Oregon & California
Railroad Company, on demand of set
tlers, to sell the unsold portion of its
grant in Quarter section tracts at $2.60
an acre, giving preference right of pur
chase to first applicants and to appli
cants who have been erroneously lo
cated and who heretofore .have sought
to buy not more than 160 acres.
The bill as introduced was prepared
by the National Information Bureau
and is Intended to protect the inter
ests of thousands of applicants who
have tendered the purchase price to the
railroad company, but have been un
able to acquire title because of the rail
road's refusal to sell.
The bill recites the preference right
of prior applicants, requiring the com
pany to give a aeca witmn u oays oi
the application, free of all Incum
brances, except taxes due. Applicants
are required to support their claims to
preference right by certificate irom me
County Recorder or a bonded abstract
company, certifying that the applica
tion Is the first recorded application
for the lands described. Preference
right must be exercised within a year
from the approval of the act.
Similar requirement as to proof and
as to the one-year limitation is made
of applicants who have been errone
ously locatea.
After the expiration of the period of
the preferential rights, any person ap
plying for not more than 160 acres
shall have the right to obtain remain
ing lands at $2.50 an acre.
MISS M. A. CAVANAGH DIES
Oregon Pioneer of 183 Succumbs
at SUvcrton at Age of 64.
. aiuvniurti ui., iu. -- v ,
Miss M. A. Cavanagb. died at the
home of ner niece, aits. v,. , . xivcuo.
Friday at the age of 64. She was born
, i.. and
in iuh. Aweua- - .
came to Oregon with her father in 1862.
She made her home with her parents on
Howell Prairie until 25 years ago.
when she came to live at the home of
ner nieca Airs. w. rv.ccwo.
. . . .... r.. naliliii XI ..
a sister di mo iio.
Claine. of Silvertcn. She is survived
. . . . -1 -. T "I tfa T1 M fl
Dy xnree Drumem. j- v. o
r..n-cr. r.vsnBirh of Sslem. and J. H.
Cavanagh, of Pasadena, Cal.
Funeral services wiu do nem .rum
the Dr. Keene residence at 2 o"clock to
morrow.
Military Training to Be Topic.
GRAND VI EW, Wash.. Jan. 22. (Spe-clal.)-Military
training in the schools,
will be discussed here Tuesday even
ing at the first meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Drastic re
strictions would be thrown about the
Immigration of Japanese into the United
States and both Hindus and Chinese
virtually would, be barred from the
country by a provision that has been
written into the immigration bill to be
reported to the House next week by
the immigration committee.
The new features relating to immi
grants from Japan would have their
most far-reaching effect, in the ex
pectation of committee members, in
shafting off effectually the Influx of
Japanese laborers whose competition
with American labor on the Pacific
Coast has aroused a pronounced anti-
Asiatic sentiment.
As agreed on tentatively by the com
mittee, the exclusion section of the
bill includes a paragraph barring "Hin
dus and all persons of the Mongolian
or yellow race and the Malay or brown
race."
Treaties to Be Recognised.
Before a report is made to the House.
however, a proposed qualification prob
ably will be added, providing that there
shall be such exemptions as may be
set forth In any existing agreements
as to passports or by treaties, conven
tions or agreements that may hereafter
be entered into.
For several years Representatives
from the Pacific states have been fight-
Inir for legislation to exclude Japanese,
Chinese and Hindu laborers. Two
yers ago, after a stormy debate, the
House immigration committee agreed
that in order not to burden the pend
ing treneral Immigration bill with an
Asiatic exclusion Issue, there should
be a separate exclusion bill. The meas
ure later waa dropped, however, at
the suggestion of State Department of
ficials, who held that It would seri
ously complicate negotiations with
Japan over the California alien land
law.
Former Agreement Amplified.
Exclusion of Chinese and Japanese
students, business men, travelers and
certain other excepted classes is not
expected by members of the committee,
but the bill is expected to put into
legal form and amplify an informal
agreement entered into eight years ago
by Secretary Root add Baron Takahira,
under which immigration was re
stricted without definite legislation on
the subject, the Japanese government
promising to keep its laborers at home.
The bill, if passed, will accomplish
what Representative Johnson, of Wash
ington; Representative Raker, of Cali
fornia, and other Pacific Coast mem
bers have long.been striving for.
Head Tax Increased to t
Other provisions of the bill would
raise the head tax on Immigrants to $8
and would increase the penalties. Both
fines and .imprisonment would be au
thorized for offenders and any steam
boat company bringing an alien later
deported would be required to refund
the cost of his trip.
Both the Asiatic exclusion section
and the literacy test provisions of the
bill are expected to precipitate a vig
orous debate when the measure comes
up In the House. The requirement for
a literacy test has- caused the failure
of three previous immigration bills
through Presidential veto.
Fourth Brother on Way to War.
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 22. (Special.)
Perhaps the most interested person
In ROBeburg in the European war situ
ation is C. H. Arundel, a piano sales.
SEVERE RHEUMATIC
. PAINSJDISAPPEAR
Rheumatism depends on an add
which flows in the blood, affecting the
muscles and Joints, producing inflam
mation, stiffness and pain. This acid
gets into the blood through some de
fect in the digestive processes and re
mains there because the liver, kidneys
and skin are too torpid to carry it off.
Hood's Sarsaparilla. the old-time
blood tonic is very successful in the
treatment of rheumatism. It acts di
rectly, with purifying effect, on the
blood, and through the blood on -the
liver, kidneys and skin, which it stim
ulates, and at the same time it Im
proves the digestion.
Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today. Sold
by all druggists.
BABY WILL SLEEP WELL
IF ITS SEN IS HEALTHY
Host- of the eases of troublesome -bablsa
can be traced directly to physical discom
fort, due to Irrivatlon or chafrnic of the ten
der skin. A baby can only express its dis
tress by crying- out, it can't always traca toe
cause of the trouble, but it knows the trou
ble Is there and signifies the fact by lusty
lung- exercise. In such casea Immediate pe
llet can be brought to the little sufferer by
an application or two of Santiseptlo Lotion,
a new preparation with marked healing and
soothing properties. It Is primarily a toilet
preparation for beautifying and clearing the
skin, but it Is equally valuable for relieving
Insect bites, poison ivy poisoning-, wlndburn,
sunburn, chaps, chilblains, fever blisters, etc
Men find It delightful to use after shaving,
leaving the face smooth, soft and free of Irri
tation. Santiseptlo Lotion is on sale at most
drug stores for 60 cents. If your druggist
hasn't It. don't let him give you a substitute,
but send us 50 oents and we will ship you a
bottle, postage prepaid. Esbencott Chemical
Laboratories, Portland, Or.
BELOIT, Kansas. April 12. 115
Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Company,
Lincoln, Nebraska
Dear Sirs: I wish to acknowledge receipt
of settlement of my policy 35JI. taken in
your company. April 11. IS: the earns be
ing a full return premium twenty payment
policy. I have this day received from J. R.
Green. General Agent of the company, a
J1000.00 paid-up participating policy and
your check No. 2SS36 for S5S!.:i. surplus
earned on the above policy.
The settlement la very gratifying to me.
The policy has furnished the safest kind of
protection at a very low cost. I have paid
to you in premiums during the twenty years
TS.eO. and had twenty rears' protection
for $1004.00. plus all premiums paid, and
now I receive back in cash 85SS.SS. within
S305.75 of all premiums paid, and a paid-up
participating policy for (1000.00. I can
cheerfully recommend the Bankers Life for
good protection and a company paying to
its policy-holders the best earnings of any
that I know of. Results on maturing poli
cies should be a factor more carefully looked
after when buying insurance.
Very truly yours.
CORNELIA L. BROADBEXT.
TWENTY PAYMENT LIFE
POLICY
Matured in the
OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE IN
SURANCE COMPANY
' of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Name Cornelia L. Broadbent
Residence Jefferson, Kansas
Amount of Policy $1000.00
Total Premiums $ 789.00
SETTLEMENT
Cash paid Cornelia
Broadbent $ 583.25
And Paid-up .Participat
ing Policy $1000.00
man. Although his family formerly
liyed in one of the quietest villages of
England, they are now scattered
throughout the sone of action. In a
letter received today Irom tne nattie.
front, Mr, Arundel was informed that
his fourth brother was about to enter
the service of his country.
SUMPTER LOGGING HALTED
Snow Also Interferes With Work at
Some of Mills. "
BAKER. Or., Jan. 22. (Special.)
The deep, snow Is seriously Interfering
with logging: in the Sumpter Valley
district and may affect the work at
some of the mills. The Stoddard Log
ging camp at 'Whitney has closed down
for a short time on account of the
snow being too deep in the woods to
log with horses. v
The engine -and loading crew are at
Sumpter now, loading the logs from
the Bailey timber being cut by the
Anderson Robinson Company. When
they finish they will return to Whitney
and commence with a steam skidder.
They will be able to skid the logs
within a radius of 600 feet with this
machine.
Stevens Valued at $8,965,688.;
COIVTLLE. Wash.. Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) The total taxable property valu
ations of Stevens County on the rolls
of 1915, which includes railway, real
and personal property, according to the
rolls now being completed for the Coun
ty Treasurer of Stevens County, total
18,965,688. The total taxes for all pur
poses collected by the County Treas
urer for 1915 was 3115,700..-
Gold Beach Flans Incorporation. '
GOLD BEACH. Or.. Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) Much interest is being aroused
in Gold Beach over the election to be
held on .February 19 to determine
whether or not the town shall be in
corporated.. If the proposition-carries
Gold Beach will have the honor, of be
ing the only incorporated town in
Curry County. ; -
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"' Formerly sold at. ?
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, X. "J Formerly sold at . -
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Now 314.75
f A.' O Formerly sold at -J
v--"f . JLsOt O $25.00 and $27.50 4 ,4
Now $17.75
v 'a yf Formerly sold at
JLiOl. $30.00 and $35.00 -
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