Evening star., 1914-03-01
WILSON TOPAY TAX
IN BALTIMORE CITY
President and Cabinet Filing
Income Returns With
Collector There.
TUMULTY BUSY COUNTING
HOW MUCH CHIEF OWES
Late President Cleveland Also Sent
Check to the Monu-
mental City.

DALI IMohE. Md., FeDruary cS.-
President Woodrow Wilson is among
those whose income tax returns will be
filed with Collector John B. Hanna in
the internal revenue office here.
Secretary Joseph F. Tumulty was busily
employed today in Washington in ferret
ing out all sources of income of the ma
tional executive aside from the regular
$4,000 annual salary of Mr. Wilson as
President
The regular salary of the President was
especially exempted in the final income
tax legislation. but all successors of
President Wilson will be forced to pay
the regular rates on the basis of their
salary checks.
President Wilson is gen, .Aally credited
with being poor man, as wealth Is
calculated in this day of fabulous for
tunes. but he will undoubtedly reach to
the So, 800 333 which is the exemption al
lowed married men for the period begin
ming March l and terminating December
81. 1918.
The bulk of President Wilson's private
income. aside from his official salary,
is from the returns on his books of his
torical or politiacl-historical subjects
His History of the American People,
public libraries, and it is generally be-
lieved that their recent sale has been
very large.
Wrote to Tumulty.
Collector Hanna wrote to Secretary
Tumulty early in the week, offering to
be on hand to make any explanations
desired and inclosing the necessary
blanks. AS Secretary Tumulty took up
the matter only this morning there will
remain but Monday on which to file the
needful papers.
Many distinguished leaders of American
thought and activities will file their state
ments here.
Beginning with the head of the nation.
Collector Hanna is entitled to income tax
returns from senators and representa-
tives and from numerous members of
President Wilson's official family. includ
ing the Secretary of the Treasury him.
SELF For Secretary McAdoo. who must
receive the money from this new system
Of income taxation, has already filed his
report in this city.
In filing his papers in Baltimore. Presi-
dent Wilson will follow the example of
his democratic predecessor. Grover Cleve-
land, For under the income tax 1egisla-
ton afterward decided unconstitutional
by the United States Supreme Court
his income tax returns with Gen. Murray
Vandiver. at that time internal revenue
collector for this district.
Would Avoid Penalties.
With only one more working day before
the final returns must all be in to avoid
fines ranging from $50 to $4,000, both in
dividuals and corporations hustled early
and late yesterday in an endeavor to
avoid the penalties. More than 1900 in
dividuals and 800 corporations filed their
statements yesterday. and today's mail
brought in a veritable avalanche of min
gled declarations and requests for the
thirty days delay permissible under the
law on the ground of either absence or
sickness.
The office was closed at 4:3O o'clock this
afternoon and no more pleas for delay
were accepted after that hour. Declara
tions may, however. still be filed until
4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon.
The office employees were hard at work
explaining and excusing this morning and
have found out regretfully that they will
certainly be forced to remain hard at
work until midnight to keep the thou
sands Of accounts up to date.