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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
mILLI0NAIRES OF US.
STEAL $780, 900, 900
EvADING IMC0MET
immense Sum Is Fraudulently
Withheld Every Year; Basil
Manly, the Noted Investigator,
Reveals Situation for The Star

three volumes. u 10 everywhere known today as the
authoritative work the steel Industry. and quoted
. such by all authors on economic subjects.
In 1919 Manly made for the United states labor
bureau the famous Inquiry into the rise Of prices
In anthracite coal, reporting TO congress that min
ers wages had increased but cents per ton. while
the Wholesale price OF coal had increased Is cents
per ton. with the result that the operators were net
ting an Increased yearly profit Of Noooo.ooo
The nest year Manly became the director os pub
lie hearings and director o. the department OF re-
search and investigation for the United states COM
mission on Industrial relations and wrote his 10
rou. Manly report. presented 10 the public BY
Chairman Frank p. Walsh This report 10 the
greatest analysis Of the relations Of capital and is
Dor IN the United states In all its varying phases
ever made. and Immediately has placed Manly In
the supreme Sisss sconorie and social cs-
pert.
The United States government tried TO secure
hIs services again, but the Newspaper Enterprise
Association. Of which this paper 10 . member. per
suaded him TO undertake for them this searching
Investigation OF the workings Of the United States
income tar.
He has done so. having now worked on ths In
ouiry for over six months. The first of his find
inas are presented here today Others viii follow
In daily suceesson.-EDiToR.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
FIGHT BLAZE IN
HOLD OF LINER

Firemen wearing oxygen hei-
NETS fought for three hours be-
meath the decks OF TemIya Maru
Tuesday TO put down shoulder
ing flames that threatened the
big liner as she lay alongside
tho West Seattle coal bunkers.
At 9 a. m. the flames were un.
der control. altho the forward
hold was ehoked with smoke,
a J II was feared new fires
might break out.
City firemen were called aboard
ship at 635 a. m. and fought under
difficulties.
II Is believed the fire started in
mating and planks used between
layers of cargo. when the ship was
being fumigated Monday.
Representatives of Frank Water.
house a. Co. who have chartered the
steamer. said they would not know
whether or not much damage had
been done until the smoke cleared
out OF the hold.
This would take hours. they said.
The hull was not damaged.
The Temiya Maru Is scheduled to
clear Monday. with a cargo of war
supplies for Russia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

English east counties. inluring
one man. according to the Of
fieiai announcement.
simultaneously German
fleet OF aeropianes raided oun-
kirk. hurting ak bombs and
killing one woman. Three men
were wounded.
The public Immediately connected
sir Roger Easement with these at.
tacks.
Sir Roger. a former member OF the
British consular service. now a Ger.
man sympathizer, was apprehended
aboard q German gun runner which
was destroyed while attempting TO
land arms in Ireland.
Whether the naval raiders came
from Zeebrugge or Heligoland Ia not
known. All we're exceptionally
speedy craft.
Twenty hours before the German
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

profitable American corporations.
THE INCOME TAX SHOULD HAVE PRO
DUCED AT LEAST FOUR HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS REVENUE. THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS
WERE ONLY EIGHTY MILLIONS.
Two hundred and fifty thousand American citizens
and resident Aliens who should have paid income tax,
failed to file return or proper return.
AT least TEN BILLION DOLLARS OF annual in
come, upon which the tax should have been paid sue
ceeded in evading the law.
The United States income tax is failure, both as
revenue producer and a a means OF making the rich
nav their Just share of the nations burdens.
The income tax law deliberately drafted to per-
nit just such frauds and to render their perpetrators
practically secure from detection and punishment
These the big facts that stand out as the result
of the first exhaustive investigation of the workings of
the income tax law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

Harry c. Hammond. inmate ol
Mcneil Island federal prison, has
written letter to Capt. Thomas
B. Foster. OF the u. $. secret serV'
ice here. asking his Influence In Sc
curing pardon.
Hammond declares he wishes to
reform his ways and lead a
STRAIGHTFORWARD Christian life
Foster. in answer to his appeal,
has turned the letter over Tuesday
TO Deputy Prosecutor Helsell with
recommendation that steps be
taken To send Hammond to prison
for the rest OF his life as an habit
ual criminal.
Helsell is preparing the neces'
sary papers for such n prosecution.
In his letter. Hammond made a
clean breast" of his life history
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

PORTLAND. April 25.--Harry
Davis. an official of the freight de-
partment of the Southern Pacific,
was subpoenaed today to so to At
lanta, Ca, to testify for the prose-
cution against Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
+. lnnes.
The Inneses are accused of mab<l
ing away with the property Of NH.
Eloise Nelms Dennis.
Davis will testify about a ship
ment OF freight for the Inneses.
which he handled when they came
to Oregon after leaving San An
tonic.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
Defeat DALE PLAN

Councilman Dale's resolution call
ing upon the port commission to
ask for another belt line franchise
that would be beneficial for the
city and the port" was defeated by
vote of 6 to 3 at Mondays council
meeting.
Dale. Thomson and Moore voted
for H.
The others opposed II.
Councilman Erickson pointed out
that It was not the place OF the
council to ask the commission to
request a franchise.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
OHIO VOTING TODAY

COLUMBUS, o., April 25.--Ohio's
preparedness for the national po-
lltical conventions next June viii
rest in the outcome of the primaries
today.
Republicans are pledged solidly
for Theodore H. Burton OF Cleve-
land. and democrats are affixing
the name OF Woodrow Wilson to
their ballots.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
ASKS OFFICER TO HELP HIM;
NOW FACES LIFE SENTENCE

II is this confession which will
be used by the state in its effort
to send Hammond TO the peniten'
tiary for the rest of his days.
Hammond is serving three years
for impersonating a federal officer
here I'm 1914, when he walked into
the Oregon.Washington ticket Of
flee and obtained tickets for him
self and a party of friends to chi
cago, giving a spurious check.
He represented that the friends
we're government prisoners whom
he was transporting.
His letter states that he has
served time in various prisons
since 1881 for forgery and other
crimes.
II is this statement which the
state will use against him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25


He's Just school kid In
knickerboekers-and he admito
he fired the shot which killed
Frank 6eaier, aged mlIImsn,
Sunday evening.
Twelve years old, Joe Burke
lived In an imaginative world
OF Indians, cowboys and
pirates. When the detectives
arrested him he proudly said:
"l'm gonna take my medicine
like a man."
But the officers Of the law
are not so prepared to give him
the medicine"
They are frankly puzzled BY
his case.
There was a considerable gath
ering In Capt. Tenants offtce
Monday afternoon when the boy
was examined.
He had flopped into a chair-jue(
a kid In a red sweater. fumbling his
zap in his hands. He told his story
and answered questions without
hesitation.
He had obtained the revolver by
'swiping" IL from Red" Gleason'l
Continued on page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
DISCOVER
BIGCACHE
OFWHISKY
Find Secret Walls in Stewart
St. Pharmacy; Much
Booze Destroyed
BUSY DAY FOR POLICE

Tuesdays developments In
the police war against boot
logging revealed false walls
containing bot,ifd whisky IN
the Stewart street pharmacy.
and uneovered the smuggling
cf booze In soiled laundry from
California boats onto laundry
wagons
Al noon. Police Chief Beck.
inohsr ordered the fixtures
and stock Of the Sherwood bar.
SIP Second ave. seized and
brought TO headquarters James
Je~ett. proprietor. had been
arrested Tuesday morning for
the second time since Saturday
for violating the liquor law.
The trucks 8nd pia!n.clothes Of
ficsrs Immediately mobilized Tor
the drive.
AZ III. same time six city jail
TRUSTEES Rt F1fth ave. and Ter
race at poured a quantity OF Hdnor
into the sewer iniets IL had been
seired at John BoydE drug store
and the Stewart Street pharmacy.
Find False Walls
Police Chief Buckingham worked
with five officers In the Stewart
Street pharmacy al 2 a. m. Tues-
day. Before morning they tapped
false walls. and on ripping them
open. found shelves of bottled
liquor.
They showed back a solid coun.
ter. and found under n n hole cut
out OF tho concrete floor Il con.
fsined bottled goods Loose
boards we're found In the floor. and
liquor was found under them
The place Was still locked a,
noon Tuesday. because the officers
had no, completed their search.
They were to return Tuesday aft.
trnoon and look for more trick
caches. Fred Billingsiey. manager
Of the place, was arrested before
the raid when officer Petersen
caught him loading an automobile
with whisky In the rear Of the
place.
Officers we're detailed 10 watch
the laundry wagons st Pier ID.
! ntN HNOIrH 10 nf1VuAsFiffh NJ
1880 a. m. Tuesday that 10 quarts
OF whisky had been found in the
bundles OF one wagon. The driver
had not been booked M noon.
lundin for viaiisntes
Prosecutor Lundin. In an address
on Enforcing tho Dry Law" de-
llvered before the Municipal league
at the Washington Annex at noon
TUESDAY. urged that Seattle citi.
zens in the form of vigilance com
miitees band together TO go out
and go, the evidence and aid In the
prosecution OF blind .piggers and
boot.leggers.
The prohibition Law" he said.
'is misnomer II does not pro-
hlbit There are many violations.
The county auditors records show
that one druggist between Febru.
airy % and April Z, got permits TO
ship into the state i50 barrels OF
whisky and 247 barrels OF beer"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
N0NPARTISAN MEET

A meeting for the purpose OF
Initiating a new nonpsrtisan
bill Will be held Thursday
evening at the Good Eats cafe.
teria. The new bill will con-
tain nothing but the nonpartl.
san idea. Objection to Init
alive No. has been raised
because Il burdens the prin-
ciple OF nonpartisanshlp with
lot Of other matters that have
nothing to do with II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
ARREST JAPANESE;
FIND FORT PLANS

WASHINGTON. April 25.--Books
containing plans OF Pacific Coast
forts and San Francisco harbor,
and a plan for Japanese invasion
OF California. were reported today
TO have been found In the posses
sion OF Sho Shiato. arrested in
Brooklyn.
New York agents OF the depart.
,ment OF justice are examining the
books.
Chief Bielaski OF the secret serv.
ice expects the books 10 be for.
warded to him II they prove i'm.
portant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
German Fleet Shells Town on East Coast
Of England; Driven Off After Brief Battle

raid. British warsnips raided Zee
brugge and Belgian coast towns
which the Germans are ,olcing. ac-
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch.
They bombarded Zeebrugge for
some time. damaging the harbor
and docks and sinking some small
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

II ASH NJ MANLY. the foremost economic In
n vestigstor in America. who great fame
az the director Of the Investigations conduct
ed by the United States commission on Industrial
relations under the ehairmanship OF Frank p.
Walsh. and who wrote the famous Manly report.
has just completed for the newspapers which
members Of the Newspaper Enterprise association.
deep and sweeping investigation Of the workings
Of the United States income tar.
The work has taken Manly and corps OF news
paper and statistical experts. six FULL
MONTHS. and the revelations he 10 about to mako
- the people Of America REPRESENT THE FINAL
WORD on thIs subject. Msniys irreprosehsble rep
utston social Investigator stands behind them.
Msniy's academic training economist was
gained ~ Washington and Lee university, from
Nhich he graduated. and at the University Of Chi
Gags, whore Ne specialized she sseiset for two
years under Professor J. Lawrence lsuohin. thu
most famous economist In the United States.
In 1907 he became attached 10 the United States
bureau of labor and was connected with that gov
ernrsntsi departments Investigation into the sub
Ieet Of and child labor In the United States.
largely writing the Report Women and Children
IN the Giass Industry"
For this bureau he next had complete charge of
its Investigations into the steel Industry. This
finished in 1912. signed BY Manly and published In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

now busy deyising new taxes 20
meet the impending deficit. These
new taxes will rest either upon the
common people or upon those OF
the rich who are honestly paying
their income taxes.
DO you WANT TO PAY
MORE TAxES7
N not, insist on immediate
action by the president and
congress TO recover these
stolen millions and runish the
thieves.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

A alobuiar lifeboat which can
carry 16 persons safely thru the
toughest water has been invented
by a Dane.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25
@--h-~A1

MsnIy's second article expos
Ing the fraudulent attempts 70
defeat the Income tax law by
the very rich will appear In
The Star tomorrow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

Forty-flve per cent OF American
income is spent for food, 20 per
cent for rent
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: Three hundred and twenty million dollars
stolen frauds and evaslons
wealthy citizens and thousands OF The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

Having got the shower habit, Forecaster
Salisbury apparently cannot shake il off
Today he wigwags us this message:
Showers tonight and Wednesday"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-25

Well. there's one thing sure; this Bas
Manly isn't going to hit OUR pocketboo
with his expose on the income tax theft
We're certainly safe THERE.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-12

fancy creations of lace and tissue pa
per, and pert round-faced little girls
Uttered whenever one. of the boys
across the aisle tramped in smiling
consciously with a queer.shaped pack
age. under his coat. :.
/ The arrival Of Happy Finnegan.. his
coat having a mysterious square ef-
feet in front, was the climax of the
morning. Coradell and Clara Jane,
their arms about each other, smiled
knowingly, each confident in her own
mind that his smile, his blush and his
square-shaped box were for her. Hap
Ply hadn't decided yet himself. H..
Al last, finding that Billy Everett
was sending ain expensive winged Gu
pid to .Coradell, he sent his gem to
the same shrine. ':~"':.
The dread of the box opening had
grown upon Dorcas all day. 1t was bad
enough to sit. for forty-ive minutes
while everybody was being showered
with valentines. But facing her moth
er afterwards-her blonde, dimpling
mother who would come running to
meet her and whose face would TALL
like:that of a disappointed child. when
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-12
WQr, the
Valentine
.)Aiir1t1@
Remembered

N ORCAS dreaded Valentines
day the most of all. Pink eel.
luloid hearts and blue-rib-
boned gewgaws that other lit.
tie girls received with bushes and
giggles from the boys across the aisle
were not in her line
Dorcas did not take after her moth
er, Mrs. Carter always explained when
apologizing for her daughters wall
flower tendencies: .... :. ...
Dorcas was like her father-thin,
brown, serious-eyed~ and. sensitive. Her
fathers side of the house also was to
blame for. her name, which the school
children derisiyely shortened Dor
ky. The name belonged to- Mr.. Car
ter's aunt a killjoy sort OF person,
who sent Dorcas union suits and nit
tens at Christmas time.
=. Although Dorcas, being eleven years
old, had undergone five ordeals of the
Valentine box Mrs. Carter never was
able to understand why her daughter
came home each time without any
trophies of masculine alteration.
Sometimes Dorcas 'fancied her moth
er.had been like Clara Jane, a freckled.
tomboy girl. When. Clara Jane was
winked at she Immediately waved: her
HAND in the air Indignantly and blurt-
ed out; That old Happy Finnegans
winkin, at me-, and If you don't make
him stop III slap his face" 49,.
Miss stanton. interrupted, sentenc-
ing the impetuous Clara Jane to fif-
teen minutes stay after school for her
.rudeness. T..
But at Ans Clara Jane found the
same .freckled urchin who had winked
his blue eyes at her waiting outside to
carry home her books.
And 50 it came February 49, Mrs
Carter made the discovery at the din
ner table. ~"
why, honey" she exclaimed de-
lightedly to Dorcas, and speaking in
the confidential tone of one girl to
another, honey. tomorrow's Valen-
tine day. Have you laid in yours yet
for the box ." 49,: a..
: II got them this Afternoon" the child
replied. trying to speak naturally,
. You did? Why didn't you tell me-?
Who are you going to send them to?"
Dorcas replied with her eyes. still
on her plate
Miss Stanton, Ably Morgan, Gene
We've, and I've got little one for
Nose. the janitor. He never gets any
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-12

and he always fixes our box up in the
morning and.
oh, but dearie.". interrupted her
mother. what about the boys? Twas
hoping they'd send you some this year.
and if they do you'd feel cheap not re-
Numbering them. Why don't you send
Happy Finnegan one. anyway? Why,
when was in school
My dear. would you mind getting
me another cup of Coffee"
MIR. Carter had. seen Dorcas sudden
ly cram bread between her quivering.
lips and vision Of his own sensitive,
bashful boyhood came before him.
AS quickly as she. safely could. Dor
cas- slipped away. to bed.
T. IF I could Just get one valentine
from "a boy. she pleaded in her pray
ers, Il wouldn't ask for anything else
for a long long time. It's not for my.
self, but fer mother. Icant disap-
point her again tomorrow"
Below in the sitting room Mr.. Carter
suddenly lost interest in the embroi-
derry. club.
u believe III go down to the. drug
store. and get a cigar" he. told his
wife, banding her the evening paper.
its pages neatly turned to the dry
goods advertisements H.. ..'..'
How long it took to get the cigar,
Mrs. Carter. did not know She was
asleep when her husband came. home,
and he never explained to her that he
had visited five: drug stores and ended
up with a call at the back door of the
little shanty belonging to Nose. the
schoSl Janitor. =. -,
A spirit Of Santa Claus anticipation
filled Miss Stanton's. room the next
morning Little girls with bobbed hair
took little girls with braids and big
bows IN corners and showed them
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-12
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels. -"

/ d. Every mother realizes. after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love it's pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feyerish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour. look at
the tongue. mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless. fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste. sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow.
els and you have a well. playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion. colic-remem-
Der. a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy, they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tome row. Ask at. the store for a So
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs, which has directions for babies.
children OF all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-12
'CASCARETs' ACT
. ON LIVER; BOWELS.
No sick headache, blIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a E10-cent BOX.

i
- Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and: stomach clean. pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor. Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets. thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In: the bowels. ..
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great. by morning They work
while you sleep-never grippe. sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now. and then and never
have Headache, Riliousness, Coated
Tongue. Indigestion. Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv:
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-12
TRAGEDY THAT !.
ENEH HkFH EEW
SHOCKED WORLD
Details of the Assassination Of
abraham Lincoln by
= L.. Wilkes Booth.
April "a, 1866, VIII Long Be Remem-.
bered as one Of the saddest Days
IN American History--How. "a.
Murderer Of Great Presl-
dent Met His Death. 4 ~

- became TACT. :. on April a.
1865. the man. who had been the.
head of the Union during the struggle.
was shot by an assassin. The worla
today realizes the tragedy OF .'hia as
sassination but>not SO wen: the shock
it caused at the time. The shock was
the: greater. because 1t came without
warning. =. ...: IT,
on the afternoon OF April IA, 1865,
President Lincolr. accompanied by.his
wife. went for u long drive AS arecre-.
alton he had planned that night to see
the famous actress, Laura Keene. in
"'|Our American Cousin" which was be-
ing played. in. what was then Ford's
theatcr on Tenth street northwest, be
=. tween e and streets
General Grants Marrow Escape.
General. Grant. was to have been
one.of the thcater party. and the fact
that he:was unexpectedly called away
probably saved his life, as there is:
no doubt that his murder was also
contemplated: - -
The presidents box had been draped
with two flags. a silk one borrowed
from the treasury department being
placed in the center 1t was in this
that Booths spur caught when he
leaped from the box after shooting
Lincoln: Within the box was placed
Il rocking chair for the use of the
president At $3.50 Mr. Lincoln, Major
.Rathbone and. Miss Harris: entered the.
box to witness. play Of which they
were destined never to see the end
As the president sat quietly in his
box for ain hour and a: half. John
Wilkes Booth. the ASSASSIN, was hoy
cling near. waiting for a favorable
opportunity to fire the fatal shot.
Booth was handsome. gay, romantic
young actor of the famous family.'o1
actors Edwin Booth was his brother
and Junius Brut0s booth his father
:: Ardent Southern Sympathizer. 49,.
Young Wilkes. Booth--.he was com
monty called by his middle name
was an ardent Southern sympathlzer.
and his frequent visits to Washington
brought him in. contact with people
Of similar sentiments, and gave him
the opportunity to put into effect the
plan which he imagined would be that
of patriot.
For some months he had been liv-
ing in Washington. where he.had dis
cussed plans with a band OF conspira-
tors. These plans al first looked TO
the capture of the president by tax
ing him bodily. concealing. him in one
OF the cellars Of tho old Van Ness
mansion till a chance offered to get