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Bl ' a J i( 1 ) i I CTEDFORD TttAIL TRIBTTNE MEDFORT5, ORE?TONT. THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1917. FA7TE THREE STIFF TAXES ON BIG INCOMES TO PAY FOR WAR Publicity Plan to Make Taxation Effective Inheritance Also to Pay Heavy Taxes Upon Luxuries Probable $ 1 ,600,000,000 Needed in Year. of r1 p BL gilson bahdner. " WASHINGTON, liny 3. Taxing I the incomes ot tho rich, then getting k tlic tuxes by publicity these are f tlie two lneans at hand for rais ing Huge 1 mills to meet war expenses. The bond issue gives ready money, but taxation must he devised to meet interest and pay the bonds. Credit cannot be maintained un less there is nn umplc income and leaders in congress arc coming rap idly to the conclusion that inheri tance and income taxes afford the readiest methods for financing the war. Oilier methods suggested nre not popular. Uevision of the tariff is not strongly favored, even by republicans. The tariff is a com plicated and controversial subject and any attempt to tinker with it would produce more speech-making than money. Taxation Favored. Slump taxes produce little money in proportion to the inconvenience they entail and the difficulty of en forcing hem. Doubling the postage rate has been suggested by the na tional chamber of commerce, which suggests that an increase of 50 per cent in first class postage rates would yield $100,000,000. The secretary of the treasury rec ojinends a tax on sugar, but this is not much favored by members of congress who point out that sugar is now 9 cents a pound, having more than doubled in the last two years, and that this tax would increase the cost of living to the poor man by in creasing not only the cost of sugar directly consumed, but making higher ' all preserved fruits. ', It is estimated an increase of jl $.150,000,000 may be had by taxing SI beer, whiskey and cigars. 1 Should ll'.c president decide to suspend the conversion of grain into spiiitous liquors during the war pe riod by executive order, as he may lido under the war-making power, the 'nbeer and whiskey tax would be lost. Vln order to meet this deficit some iJax such as an inheritance tax would necessarily ne sunstitutcn. Tax on Inheritance. 1 The tax on inheritance affords one of the simplest ways of raising war revenues. The field is entirely j i uncxploited by the federal govern ' (men), and there nre only a few states !"(ivliich have inheritance taxes, and . these arc light. I An inheritance tax is easy to col lect. .11 estates of any considerable size must pass through the probate court where they are appraised and administered. The money in silch cases goes lo persons who have not earned it, and ll is easy for the government to take for public use any per cent which seems necessary. The court records afford complete uiblicity since title to the property nnnot pass without court nction. The chamber of commerce of the I'nited States has submitted a ref- rlrcndum to its members rccommend- bnnvier taxes on luxuries and in jieascd rales on individual incomes cloned during 1017. The chamber is anxious to avoid any retroactive tax applying to 1916 earnings. AVnrfar Is Costly. The estimates of the treasury de partment show it is necessary to ' raise by new taxation of various sorts aproximately $1,000,000,000 during the next 12 months. "Modern warfare is extremely costly,' says, the committee's report, "and in order to meet any appreci able portion of th expenses during its progress heavy taxation must necessarily be impiV-d. ' "In Kuropenn couliries it is now generally admitted llKt far heavier taxes should have lulX imposed at nn earlier stage of the "War borrowing lenflN0 extravn- ennce. War taxation len to econo my." Granville Barker Tells Mate of Eight Years He Cannot Return to Her Since Another Has Entered His Life. K1 I A K VESSEL lORPEKED Staff Soecial.. LONDON, May 3. Dramatic and social circles here nre amazed at the sudden and unexpected break in the happy, romantic life of II. Granville Marker, the famous playwright and producer, and his wife, who was Lil lah McCarty, actress. . "Another woman," whose identity is being kept secret, is said to be the barrier that came between the couple married happily for eight years and associated in several suc cessful plays in England and America. When the English courts here granted Mrs. Barker a "decree of restitution of conjugal rights," which is the first step toward divorce, friends of the famous couple showed surprise, for all the differences be tween the two had been kept quiet. The couple was married in 190G and until 1914 lived apparently a happy and enviable married life. They appeared together as stars in pro motions here and in America anil gained fame wherever they went. But m 1914 Mrs. Bnrkcr told the court "the oilier woman" stepped between them, although no one else except the three concerned knew. Barker wrote his wife in England he had met the woman while in Amer ica and loved her, but thought the affection would not last. January, 1916, Barker wrote again and this time, Mrs. Barker testified, he told his wife he still loved the other woman and would not see his wife when h"! returned to Eng- land. In a letter Mrs. nBrker offered as evidence she urged her husband to return to her. "After our wonderful ten years of married happiness and partnership in work," the letter read, 'I can scarce ly believe you have definitely made up your mind to cast it all aside. Come back and let us live together again. , I will do all in my power to help you in the future ns I al ways have done in the past." To this, Mrs. Barker says, she received this reply : "It is generous of you, after our estrangement, to ask me, but as I see it, I should do wrong to come. There is much I have to thank you for, and do thank you, and always shall ; hut things change. I have quite made up my mind that I can not come back to you." ; NOTED STAGE COUPLE ARE SEPARATED fll jiS- lil GRANVILLE T tl;lAik wil CAMPAIGN TO JAPS GRATIFIED OUST HOLLWEG BY ENTRANCE OF U-BOAT KILLS Tl NEW YORK, Miiy 3. Two mem bers of the crew of the American steamship Rockingham were killed when that ship was torpedoed by a Gorman submarine, according to a mesnge received here today by the Garland Steamship corporation from Charles Edwards. The message dated today at Lon don, read: "Rockingham torpedoed, two 'men killed. One boat missing, thirteen men not yet landed. (Signed,) EDWARDS, Chief Engineer. F. C. Yurdoll is among the sur vivors ns a cablegram from him was received here today by his brother. BALTIMORE, May 3 Chief Mate Carver of the American stenmship Rockingham, reported yesterday as having been sunk by a German sub marine, was saved. His wife today received the following cablegram from Carver, dated London, May 2: "Ship sunk; am well." COPENHAGEN, May 3. Such German newspapers nre now permit ted to reach here, although evidently carefully selected tor the absence of military news or any information in regard to the strike movement, incil- jcate that the campaign against Chan cellor von Bethmaan Hollweg is again In full swing The conservatives have adopted resolutions attacking the chancellor and censuring the govern ment for weakness and vacillation of the peace question and dealing with the strike agitation. The resolutions express concern at the growing Influ ence of the Socialists whose peaccy making efforts are declared to be leading Germany to the brink of ruin. The premier is accused of sailing a course prescribed by the Socialists. The Berlin correspondent of the Hamburg Frenidenblatt In a long survey of the situation, declares thut the political life of Germany Is now passing through an era of strife and differences of opinion on external and internal questions, which daily grow more lively and ot broader dimen sions. The correspondent says that dissat isfaction with government's policy Is growing In all directions and that its reticence on peace terms Is being used to sharpen mutual suspicions and the aatagonlsm of the party. The Social ist leaders, he continues, do not hesi tate to explain and juistlfy the latest strike movement on the ground of the delay In reforming the Prussian fran chise. On the other hand the Pan-German reactionaries stop at nothing to pre vent the formation of a majority par ty, capable, or realizing the needed re forms In the body politic. 10 GO TO FRONT WASHINGTON, May 3. It is re garded highly probable that the first lighting men of the army to reach the front in France will be commis sions of officers sent over to live with French and British regiments i: i l I. 1. i on ine line una unxiru iiie jtuoi 3. V, developments of warfare at first MargnK bond. This has been suggested by WASHINGTON, May ilinir vessel was destroyed off the Irish coast dd both French and British olfeers and April 27 by a submarine, being siV,roved by staff officials, as, on on fire. No mention of loss of lifc,Mr return, the American officers is made. There are several sniliiip uM contribute much to the business vessels of that name. iarmy training at home NEW YORK, May 3. For the en tente allies to "Main ultimate suc cess in die war with Germany the Cnitcd States may have to put .1110. 000 men on the tiring line, INmicioy Burton, of the London Daily Mail, today told the Merchants' aofiii tion. Crgintr that America must 1him her policy for a long conflict, Mr. Hurtou made a pica against censor ship. "I trust the Washington authori ties will begin riv lit and take the people into their full confidence. Cou ple an open censorship policy with nn energetic publicity campaign de signed to bring home to the people the full signitiennce of the situa tion nnd this country will soon be shaping its war plans on n grand scale." TOKIO, May 3. The entrance of the United States into the ranks of the entente allies has been greeted with satisfaction by the Japanese. The prompt action of the United States In mobilizing Its navy and the measures taken for Increasing its sea strength have given renewed Impetus to the movement to strengthen tho Japanese navy. The naval authori ties as well as many publicists arc gravely concerned over the rapid fall ing off in the strength of the Japan ese navy. They are urging an In crease In Japan's sea power for the purpose of consolidating the national defense and not necessarily for an ag gressive purpose. The new proposals to this end will probably be intro duced at the next session of the diet. The foreign office Informed a rep resentative of the Assocruted Press that Japan was not interfering in any way In China's decision over entering the war. It Is understood that China, if she joins the allies, wishes to do so free of conditions. At the samo time she has Informed Japan that she de sires an Increase In customs duties and a postponement of the Hoxer in demnity. The tariff question Is a vital one for Japan, hut It Is believed the matter will bo settled by a compromise. BAVARIANS ASK FALL OF KAISER TO SAVE NATION Pamphlets In Circulation Call for Dethronement of Hohenzollerns Evidence of Misery ani Suffering Everywhere Bulgars Conscripting Mere Boys. ATHENS, Greece, April 1. (Cor respondence) Bavaria is seething with unrest against the kaiser. Pamphlets in circulation there call for the fall of the llohcnr.ollcriis as the only way of iiverting catastrophe for Germany. Censors bnvo tried to destroy all these, pamphlets, but some have reached Bulgaria, where they were seen by a traveler, who told your correspondent about his travels to day after reaching Athens. The pamphlet's author signs him self, "Henry the Conqueror," and de clares the victories of Wilhelm llolien zollern will bring their own defeat. He declares neither for a republic nor for the accession of the Bava rian king (o the imperial throne, as did a former Bavarian tract' but de votes his energies to combatting the Ilohcnzollern house. Conditions In Empire. The traveler who brought the news of these pumphlcfs discloses many other interesting facts about the con ditions within Sernibia, Bulgaria and the Teutonic empires. The Austrians have made a double lino of railway running to Budapest from the Serbian frontier, which is choked with continually passing trains containing wnr materials, ho says. At an intermediate station he saw many wagons full of old iron, barbed wire popper fragments nnd coition. These were going from Constantinople lo Germany. The only express train he encountered was the "Balkan hospital train." The condition of Budapest, so far as the population was concerned was piteous. In Hohemia he saw some Turkish troops who had come from Anatolia and were in a wretched condition. These have by now prob ably been recalled lo Turkey. The Turkish troops at the lime of his journey were much in evidence. Vienna itself was one vast hos pilal. The celebrnled forests of Sem mering had been almost cut down nnd the position was being fortified by gangs of Italian and Serbian pris oners. In another town notices were posted up summoning youths of 1(1 to present themselves for service in hospitals. At niiother place two Aus trian regiments of ' Riimaiiiam race were practically imprisoned because of their unsatisfactory conduct lit the front. Ivvideiico of Misery. Traveling from Vienna to Munich this informant saw everywhere, es pecially in the Austrian portion, 3e Tesi jodjSalitie fS'rowermilece Medium Boiling Ibhris Ypt quick a smooth acceleration IovBpiliiIbinis r.ii.. im.-H laMWous BOILING w points;::- li: ! , hi ii.i i .i. .. STAN DAR.D L COMPANY i mm a is iitftf si - i 71 a mi vx. lbiixbj' - m juaw mm nan. v. 'si czr m .aw evidenco of misery nnd want of food. Munich station was one vast bay of military trains, nnd many hospital trains were arriving. He saw heavy artillery on tho way to Serbia. In Bulgaria practically all who are able to walk, have been pressed into service, including bovs of 10. Thoso of 15 had just recently been summoned to present themselves at recruiting, centers. In mountainous regions west of N'egotin, near the Serbian, Iiuuinnlan and Bulgarian . boundaries large bands of Serbian regulars nre ope rating. These are the troops who ' took to the mountains when the Ati trians occupied the country. They managed to keep their rifles and" a supply of ammunition. In Albania the Austrians have executed mom than 100 Albanian chiefs who showed themselves hostile to Austro-Bulga-rian intrigues. ; , . "A run for your money'' wk Mm wmm Gurnvtt-Cureu Udwe, Co. "Wo l.avo used up tvo hours tima and a gocd dispo sition selling a man his first Dia na on d tire. He didn't know the tire very well and wasn't quite suro of us. But there is no money in that kind of business unless they come back for more. There's the point We can sell "But what's the use ? "We want to be your regular tire dealers now and lor a long time to come. "We have the tires, we have tho prices, we have the inclina tion, too." Every Diamond Tire mast deliver lull value in service. 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