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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-02-06
COMMITTEE STARTS
+. TARIFF BILL WORK
Measure Or Measures Will Be
Ready for Submission About
March Is.

Washington, Feb. 4.-Democratic
members OF the House committee on
Ways and means today began prepara-
ton or the bill for the revision of the
tariff, with the plan Of holding daily
executive sessions until the work is
completed. 1t is understood this result
will be effected about March Is.
Chairman Underwood will submit
the plan to a democratic eau
Gus Of the House, the first week of the
extra session Of congress. Upon the
anproyal by the caucus of the form in
which the revision shall be made
schedule by schedule or by single meas
ure+- he will call In the republicans
Of the committee for a perfunctory
formal vote and then be ready to re-
port to the House. The democratic ma
jority OF the committee which Is vested
with the duty OF framing the original
tariff Of the incoming congress consists
of Representatives Underwood, Randell,
of Texas; Harrison, New York; Brant-
ley, Georgia; Shackleford, Missouri:
Kitchen, North Carolina; James, OF
Kentucky: Rainey, OF Illinois: Dixon,
of Indiana; Hull, of Tennessee: Ham
mond, of Minnesota: Peters, of Massa-
chusetts; Palmer, of Pennsylvania, and
Ainsberry, of Ohio. Mr.. James has
been elected to the Senate n Repre-
sentatives Brantley and Randell will
not be in the next congress. A number
of new members will sit on both the
democratic and republican sides OF the
committee In the mex congress.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-02-06
CITY OWNERSHIP IS
ENDORSED BY dunno
New Governor of Illinois Also
Urges Adoption of Initiative
and Referendum.

Springfield, Ill, Feb. Immediate
enactment of the legislation giving all
cities the right to build or buy and TO
operate their public utilities and an
amendment to the constitution to OBJ
tain the initiative and referendum were
recommended among other things by
Gov. Edward p. Dunno in his inaugural
address to the legislature today.
Governor Dunno says that most cit
les may not be ready as yet to operate
other than water works. To carry out
the plan Of municipal ownership, cit
les should be empowered to issue bonds
subject to a referendum and reason
able safeguards.
The governor also recommends that
legislative steps be taken to amend
the article of the constitution which
provides hat the assembly shall have
no power to propose amendments to
more thar n article of the constitu-
ton at the same session. Another rec
concentration is the popular election
of United states senators. :
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-02-06
AUTOMOBILE
BANDITS ON TRIAL
Outlaw Gang, Three of Whom
Are Women, Accused of 20 .
Murders.

Paris, Feb. 4. - Parisians eag-
erly awaited today the beginning Of the
trial of the gang Of % automobile BAN
dts who terroriZed the French cap
ital and it's environs q ear ago. They
committed many murders and auda-
cious robberies, until their leader,
Jules Bonnet, the demon chauffeur"
was killed In April. after a fierce bat
tie against police and troops. The
crimes committed by this notorious
lang were often Of the most daring
character and frequently were carried
on in broad daylight. The first record
of their operations deals with the theft
of a large quantity of guns, reVolvers
and daggers from a shop in Paris in
November. 1911. Then, in rapid sue
cession, followed robberies and muir
ders. Several branch banks in the su-
burbs were raided and even the Bank
of France did not escape their efforts.
for they an attempt to rob it of
$500, 000 ~
The police were special marks for
their hatred. They murdered a police
man at midday, opposite The principal
railroad terminus in Paris. They also
the Paris detective department, and at
Colma.
The accusations against them include
20 murders.
or the accused brought up for trial
today, three were young women-Anne
M~atrejean, Maria Vullman and Barb
Lecleric, who were closely connected
with the bandits in their operations.
The trial is expected to last several
weeks.
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DEADLY RIVALS TO
MARCH IN PARADE
But "S'uthe'n'e'sg Of Mint
Julip and Temperance Schools
Won't Be Placed Together.

Washington, Feb. 4.-The Nose
Green club, of Louisville, KY, has IN
nounced h q 1t Is coming in force to
march in the Wilson inaugural parade,
and that IL intended to bring its Ken
lucky hospitality with it, At the same
time arrangements were made for a
place in the line for the Temperance
Pioneer Drill league. of Pittsburgh.
t'And see to 1t that you don't get the
two organizations mixed up" said
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, of
Fennsylvania, who told the inaugural
committee Of the coming of his tenn
perance constituents. The committee
agreed that a mixture OF Kentucky
hospitality" and temperance drills
might be incongruous IN the Louis
Vile and Pittsburgh marchers probably
will be separated by the length of the
procession. T
Fox Hounds the Feature.
Finely-bred, splendldly-trained and
keen-nosed fox hounds are going to
have a section all their own in the
Wilson inaugural parade. DR.. Lester
Jones, of Culpepper, Va, is gathering
together the finest pack Of fox hounds
In the world and viii place them ahead
OF the mounted band which will escort
the hunt club riders In the civic sec
ton of the parade. This unique fea-
ture of an inaugural parade is re-
of Virginia. DR.. Jones a informed
the inaugural committe that the fox
hounds he will select will be Of such
fine training hat they will stay putt
and will not break and scatter all
over the line OF march. Atcompetent
master Of hounds will be the grand
marshal OF the canine army
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FOURTHS UNION
RATlFY INCOME TAX
In Race With Jersey and New
Mexico Wyoming Wins Honor
Of Making It Law.

washington. Feb. 4.-An income tar
Is now one Of the provisions Of the con-
stitution. If.E a3
Mornings ratification Monday Of
the income tax amendment-the 18th
change IN the constitution, and the
nrst since the reconstruction--coIn-
pleted a list OF SO states. three fourths
Of b union. which have approved the
provision.
Congress will now enact a law to
levy the tax and 1t probably will be-
come effective during the extraordin-
airy session to be called by President
eIect Wilson in March. The tax itself,
Us provisions and Its limitations are
all left to congress. y
viii Raise Large Sum.
the new law probably will super
Tor a tax on all incomes above $4,000,
itnoug there has been some sentt-
nent In favor OF making the limit as
low as $4,000. Congressional leaders
Who have been preparing for the final
rauncatlon by the states. each year
stinat an income tax would bring in
about 500, 900, 900 a year. y
Now that the tax is provided by the
constitution. the proposed excise tax,
framed by the democratic leaders in
1917, to meet the supreme courts de-
clslon, which held a former income tax
unconstitutional, will be dropped. ahd
some of Its provisions may be included
In the new law. r.r. y
West Virginia ratified the amend
ment last week. One house in New
Jersey and n in New Mexico have
approved 1t. Wyoming's ratification
was wholly unexpected at this time.
What II Provides.
The provision authorizing an income
tax as now made a part of the federal
constitution will be known as the six
teenth amendment" and reads as fol-
lows: So -
Article xvI-Tbe Congress shall
nave power to lay and collect taxes on
ncomes from whatever source derived,
without apportfonment among the
states, n without regard TO any cen-
sus or enumeration" Oh
The change in the fundamental law
or the land marks a new epoch in the
american tax system. For the first
tlme,. congress is given specific author
lty by a provision of the federal con
TO levy an income tax. All
previous efforts for a tax of this kind
nave been without the explicit author
lty OF a constitutional provision. The
change also marks q broad develop
ment or the economic and fiscal system
VI the United states, permitting in
comes to be a basis for taxation. sim
liar to the systems now In. force in
Great Britain. Austria. Switzerland.
spain and various other countries.
|...Z New Revenue Source.
Probably the most important aspect
or an income tax, as now authorized
by the constitution, is that it adds a.
new source of Q for the govern
ment. At present the two great sources
or government revenue are customs du-
ties levied by tariff acts on goods i'm
ported from foreign countries; and in
tefDai revenue taxes on tobacco, spirits.
oleomargarine and certain other ar
tlcles. Each Of these sources at present
produces a little less than half OF the
total revenues of the government. In
LII the total government revenues
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MILITARY SERVICE TO
UNDERGO BIG CHANGE
New Scheme to Place Army In
Better Shape for Quick
p. Action.

Washington. D. G., Feb. 4.-Provision
for the tactical division of the United
States army into three infantry divis-
ions and n cavalry is made in an
order issued by direction of President
Taft and made public by Secretary of
War Stinson. This plan Of reorganiz-
ing will become effective February Is,
and includes the entire mobile army
within tho continental limit of the
United States. Hitherto there has been
no tactical army organized higher than
q regiment. There have been no bril-
gades no divisions existing in time of
peace. On the outbreak of war, when
an army was needed, 1t was necessary
to create such an army under all the
stress, hurry and excitement of such an
occasion. In order to carry out the
necessary administrative work con-
nected with the military of the United
States the country has been divided by
the order into four geographical de-
partments-with headquarters respec-
lively at Governors island. Chicago.
San Francisco and San Antonio. One
army division will be situated in each
of these departments, the cavalry d.
vision being in the southern depart
,nent, with an infantry division in each
OF the remaining departments. The
eastern and western departments are
yistually the same territOrial'y as the
present eastern and western divisions,
while the southern department Is
carved from the present central divis-
ion
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"SERVlCE OF LIGHTS"
-. Is W0RDLESS SERMON

New York, Feb. IA service Of
lights" was the unique form of worship
introduced al the Calvary Episcopal
church last night when music. lights
n shadows were used to tell the story
of Christ. Their was no sermon or
any spoken word. Just before the pro-
cessional OF the vested choir all the
lights were put out except some tall
candles which burned al the ends Of
the pews. Members of the choir car
ried candles, az we'll as hymnals, and
marched around the church. One by
one, even the candles on the pews were
put out. this being supposed to por-
tray the passing of Christ from the
epiphany to GcthsemGne, At last, when
all lights were out. 1t was said to be
Good Friday. There was Good Friday
music and then one light appeared in
the choir. Near 1t was a boy choris-
ter in white vestments. AS a solo, he
sang the familiar words: The strife
is Ger s~ignifying Easter dawn.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-02-06
NELSON SENTENCED TO
=. JAIL, IS GIVEN WRIT

Kansas City. Mo. Feb. 4.-The an
~nlication for the writ o: habeas corpus,
asked Saturday by Col. w. r. Nelson,
editor and owner of the Kansas City
Star, following his sentence by Judge
4 A. Guthrie to one day In Jail for
contempt, was this afternoon referred
direct to the Missouri supreme court.
This will act as an arrest of Judgment
and Colonel Nelson will remain at lib
erty until the supreme u acts.
The charge was that Nelson, through
his y had DETAINED the court IN
the publication of an article stating
that the judge, upon the advice Of a
divorce lawyer, had allowed attorneys
fees to take precedence over alimony
in a divorce suit that was dismissed
without heinR brought to trial.
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RECOMMENDATIONS BY
POSTMASTER GENERAL

Washington, Feb. 4.-Postmaster
General Hitchcock's annual report,
made public today. tentatively sug-
gests reduction Of some parcel post
rates and increasing the limit of weight
beyond II pounds, recommends civil
pensions for postal employees, an in
crease In rates on second class mail
which may pave the way for 1-cent let
ter postage, the consolidation of, the
third and fourth classes so books and
papers may be forwarded by parcel
post, and points out that during his
administration expense Of operating the
postal service has been cut down $45,-
OO0, 900.
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FOUR PERSONS PERISH
IN BLAZE

Sacramento Cal, Feb. 4.-Four per-
sons are known to be dead, another Is
dying. 10 are in hospitals suffering
from burns or broken bones and the
search for bodies continues in the ruins
Of the st. Nicholas apartment house,
which went up in flames while some
Of the guests were at breakfast Sun
day morning and others were In their
rooms.>
An explosion of fumes of oil, which
had escaped from a defective furnace
in the basement, started the fire, which
quickly enveloped the building.
The dead:
MISS NORA LAWRENCE, AZ years
old, clerk for the Wells Fargo Express
company; body found in ruins.
ALBERT FEHR. 60 years old: pen
stoned Southern. Pacific machinist;
body found in ruins.
w j. DUNN, 80 years old, local man
ager of Underwood Typewriter COM
pany.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, found in
ruins.
Fatally injured:
Harold Protzman. engineer; back
broken. internal injuries.
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EABYSSINIAN RULER
is REPORTED DEAD.
King Menelik Said to Have Been
Succeeded by IT. Year Old
Prince. "

London. Feb. 4.-King Menelik, oil
Abyssinia, is dead, according TO a dis
patch received from Addis-Abeda. to-
day. His successor, Prince Jeassu, n
OF his grandsons, entered the capital
on Sunday with great pomp.
London, Feb. 4.-No official confir-
nation has been received here OF the
death OF Menelik, who has on several
previous occasions been reported dead.
Prince Lid Jeassu, who is said TO
have entered the A~byssinian capital as
the new emperor, is only II years OF
age. He was selected one year ago by
Menelik as his successor. He Is a
youth OF great intelligence, son Of Ras
Michael, a powerful prince and govern
or of three provinces, whose wife was
Menelik's daughter. Jeassu speaks
English, French and. German and has
been instructed by European tutors.
Many Rumors IN Past.
There have been many rumors dur
ing the last five ear of Menelik's
death. 1t was reported at one time that
the fact was being suppressed and
that the empress was conducting the
affairs of the Abyssinian kingdom un-
til Jeassu was old enough to take the
government into his own hands. ID
This was denied today. At the be-
ginning Oh the last year, MeneIlk was
reported to be paralyzed below the
waist and uncertainty has since reigned
as to whether he was really dead or
alive. ..., "
The kingdom of Abyssinia has a pop
ulation of 5000, 900 n possesses q pow
erful army. The political institutions
are feudal in character. There is a
sort of state council which possesses
very little authority and a council of
ministers with all the usual nortfoIios
Menelik became the supreme ruler in
1899.
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CRAZED MAN WHO SHOT
MAYOR GAYNOR Is DEAD

Trenton. N. j.. Feb. flames J..
Gallagher. the man who shot Mayor
Gaynor, of New York. nearly two years
ago at Hoboken, N. j., died today at
the New Jersey state hospital for the
insane in this city. Death was due to
paresis. He had been at the state
hospital since January Is, 1912, having
been transferred there from the New
Jersey state prison where he had been
sentenced to serve IL years on a charge
of assault on Street Commissioner
William Edwards, OF New York city,
who was with Mayor Gaynor at the
time.
Gallagher was never prosecuted for
shooting Gaynor. This was at Mayor
Gaynor's request.
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ANOTHER BOMB PLOT
PUzzLING new YORK
Woman Killed and Two Persons
Hurt-Two Other Mysteries
Unsolved.

New York, Feb. 4~-The police today
made extraordinary efforts to find the
perpretator Of last nights bomb out
rage in the Bronx because they believe
if they succeeded they could solve the
mystery of the death of Mrs. Helen
Taylor, and of the attempt to kill Judge
Otto Hosalsky of the court Of special
sessions. They have discovered that
the internal machine which killed Mrs.
Madeline Herrera last night in a
Bronx apartment house and wounded
her husband and a woman boarder,
was like those sent to Mrs. Taylor and
Judge Rosalsky. All three bombs were
in boxes constructed so that raising the
lid closed an electric current and
caused the explosion.
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is THREATENED
WITH SERIOUS FLOODS
River Seine Rising Rapidly and
French Capital Is In
Danger

Paris, Feb. 4.-Fears of a repetition
N the disastrous foundations. which oc-
Eurred IN Paris during the winter of
esl0-ll have been aroused during the
|ast As hours by the rapid rising OF
|he River Seine. The level Of the wa
FER today is mounting about two inches
IN hour. In the low lying quarters OF
fhe city, especially In the southwest
frn district of Bercy, the water has al
Rue Watt, near the Tolbiac bridge. was
the first to be flooded. 1t is now UNI
FER water to a depth of several inches
md CONSERVATION reigns among the oc-
.upants of the adjacent houses. Rain
feased this morning In Paris itself, but
continues to fall heavily in the up
Der country regions.
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THOUSANDS DUPED BY
~ MAIL ORDER SCHOOLS

Washington, Feb. 4~.-Advertiss-
ments of correspondence schools to the
effect that thousands of appointments
would made to positions in the parcel
post system. have resulted in h civil
service commission being flooded with
letters of inquiry from all parts of the
country.
NO such increase in the service is
contemplated" says the commission
IN a statement issued today. AS the
duties required in connection with the
administration of the law will be per-
formed by the regular employees in the
postal service and If n additional
employees are required they will be ap-
pointed to positions in the regular ser
vice"
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PRODUCE CONCERNS
ARE BOUGHT BY SWIFTS

Chicago. Feb. 4.-Swift & Co, n
nounced today the purchase OF four
central states poultry and produce
companies.
The concerns taken over are:
The Clarinda Poultry. Butter and
Egg company, with Offices and farms
at Clarinda, Leon and Creston, Ia, and
Lincoln, Neb.
The Central Michigan Produce COM
pany, OF Alma, Mich.
Iowa Cold Storage company, of Clin-
ton, Ia.
s. P. Bond company. OF Keokuk and
Ottumwa, Ia.
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were $700. 100. 906 and of this customs
duties Yielded $313, SAC, 1859, while internal
revenue taxes yielded 1891, 1853, 375. The
remainder came from sales of public
lands, the corporation tax and various
miscellaneous sources. Under an in
come tax, however, a new and far
reaching source of revenue is provided
for tie government, and this will In.
turn reduce the amounts required from
the other sources of revenue. customs
and Internal revenues, in order to meet
the expenses OF the government. This
last phase is likely to have an impor-
tant bearing on tariff legislation as
hereafter enacted.
Sketch of BiIps History.
The first official step toward amend
ing the constitution so as to authorize
specifically an income tax was taken
by the senate on July Z, 1909. BY unan-
imons vote h a body adopted a reso-
luton, submitting this amendment to
the legislatures or the respective states
Only a few days later, on July IL. the
House passed the resolution by a vote
of 317 to IA.
Legislation must now be enacted nv
congress- before an income tax ma be
collected, the present amendment mere
Iy giving congress the power to lay
such q tax. Only the most general kind
or estimates are being INDUCED in ais
70 what the government may receive
under such a tax, as all will depend
upon the rates to be fixed by congress.
In 1865, under the civil war income tax
measures, $4,000, 900 was collected. The
income tax law of 1894 was estimated
to raise $4,000, 600 annually. Just pre-
ceding the passage Of the amendment
resolution by congress in 1909, Senator
Bailey a introduced an income tax
Dill, estimated to yield probably $50
DOC, 600, proposed under the Payne
Aldrich tariff act. Senator Cummins in
troduced a measure, estimated to yield
ure has yielded in the n~eighborhood OF
$500 0 900 a year.. Nf"'@ .G..
Long Asitated. .1
Tie amount OF the tax will depend
largely upon the style of income tax
levied. The 1894 law provided for a
fiat tax of 2 per cent on incomes over
$4,000. The Bailey bill authorized a
3 per cent tax on incomes over SIS, 900.
The Cumrnins bill provided a graded
tax, on incomes over $4,000, the highest
tax being 6 per cent on incomes Of over
500, 900. Massachusetts, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, North Carolina and
Virginia are states now possessing in
come tax systems of varying details.
Agitation over income taxes has ex-
listed in the United States since before
the civil war. The civil war measures
were allowed to stand among the sta
tutes without being stricken down by
the courts, largely on the ground of
being emergency measures. In 1870
a fierce debate occurred In congress
over the continuation of the income tax
measures inherited from the civil war.
Senator Sherman led the defense,
claiming the tax was the most just
and equitable "a levied by the United
States" The tax expired by it's own
limitations In 1872.
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NOT AFRAID
TO TACKLE HARD JOBS

New York, Feb. 4.-Jobs as sailors on
'oastwtse vessels. day laborers. sub
ay platform guards and factory work
rs We're. among those which students
Columbia resorted to during last
1mmer's vacation in their struggle for
aucation at the university, according
a committees report on the employ
&ent Of students, The report shows
flat over 200 men knuckled down to
ara work in the summer and earned
total Of S37.602. the best showing
nee a record has been kept of vaca-
on work. IT, | VI
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YOUNG CORN GROWERS
TO ENJOY BIG FEAST

Columbia. S. G., Feb. 4.-Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson and members of the
House of Representatives arrived here
today to attend the fifth annual corn
show. Mr.. Wilson will be a speaker
this afternoon at the celebration of
Boys day. The exercises will be pre-
coded by a banquet. at which 500 boys
and girls Of corn and tomato clubs viii
be guests OF the chamber Of commerce.
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WYOMING WHIPPED UP \...
AND CAPTURED HONOR

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. Mot a dis
senting vote was registered in either
house Of the Wyoming legislature this
forenoon on the joint resolution rati-
flying the income tax amendment to
the federal constitution. The resolu-
ton OF ratification was introduced in
the senate by Senator Kendrick and
was taking the usual course until the
Legislators learned that only one state
was needed to make the amendment
affective. Thereupon when the senate
met this morning. Mr.. Kendrick moved
the resolution be, taken up under q.
suspension of rules and voted upon.
This was done and Immediately for
warded to the house where it was ex-
pedited through, the vote being COM
rpleted1 at HIS. The resolution Is now
signature. r ..
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CHILDREN DECLARE
FATHER ABUSED THEM

Venture, Cal, Feb. Warmly de-
Tending their mother, Mrs. Sophie Nor
tino, who is in Jail here on a charge
Of kidnapping them from Galveston,
Tex, and accusing their father, former
Judge p. o. Saunders, OF not having
treated them properly. Consuelo and
Esperanza Saunders declared today
they had written to their mother. who
had remarked after her husband had
obtained a divorce, asking that she
take them from the school in which
they had been placed by Saunders.