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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.
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" 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.
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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
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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,
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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. ; , .
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