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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-03
Saves Woman From Drowning.

Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton Of this
city, whose summer home is at Chesa-
peake Beach, saved from drowning at
the long pier at the beach Miss Belle
Cohen Of st. Louis, a war. worker in
Washington, who overtaxed her
strength in an attempted swim from
the pier to the fishing boat landing.
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Exemptions Remain Same.

The individual income exemptions I'M
der the new bill are the same as under
the old: One thousand dollars for single
persons and $4,000 for married persons,
with 5000 additional allowed for each
dependent child under eighteen years Of
age An exemption of 5000 for each de-
pendent incapable of self-support be-
cause of mental or physical disability
also is allowed.
The estimated yield from sources
other than incomes and excess and
war profits include:
Transportation-Fre SIS. 900, 900;
express. $20.000.0O0; passenger fares,
$50, 200, 900; seats and berths. $5,000,-
600; oil by pipe lines, s4,5so'ooo;
SIT, 900, 900; insurance, $12,000.000: adj
missions (theaters, circuses, etc),
$100, 100000; club dues. 100000.
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No Reference to Prohibition.

There is no reference to the inn
minence Of prohibition Legislation IN
what the report said about the bev-
erage tax. Some new administrative
provisions are imposed on liquor, in
GLIDING elimination of every exemp-
ton, such as the present law pro.
vision that the retail liquor dealers
may hold fifty gallons of distilled
spirits and twenty-five gallons of
wines free from the floor tax.
The tobacco rates already made
public, the report said, are fixed at
approximately the highest revenue
producing rates that can safely be
levied without greatly reducing con-
sumption Of tobacco and consequent
reduction in revenue.
So far as practicable the committee
has placed the excise taxes upon the
manufacturer, producer or importer
In the second group of articles re-
garded as luxury when sold over
fixed price, the committee believed
that these taxes should be, paid by
the consumer and collected by the
retailer and by him returned to the
government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-03
Hits Those Most Able to Pay.

'The committee further adopted the
policy that as far as practicable the
$4,000. 100000 should be. raised from
taxes on incomes excess. and war
profits and Injuries and semi-lux-
uries. The committee has endeavored'
to distribute equitably the new tax
burden and to levy the taxes in such
way that the burden should be met
by those most able to pay. It has
endeavored to wipe out all inequali-
ties in the operation of existing law
and recommends the repeal of the
major portions Of the revenue acts
Of 1916 and 1917 in order that the
existing internal revenue laws so
far as deemed practicable will be in
one act and therefore more readily
accessible to the taxpayer"
The report said that the bill levied
on all citizens or residents of the
United States a normal tax of IL per
cent upon the amount of income in
excess of exemptions, except that on
the first $4,000 Of the taxable amount
the rate shall be per cent. The
measure also increases the surfaces
all along the line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-03

The rate continues to increase. but
on incomes Of over 100000 the in
crease is only from So per cent under
the present bill to Is, per cent.
While under the existing law only
persons of lawful age have to make
returns the new bill requires persons
under the lawful age having net in
come for the taxable year of $1,000 or
over, if single. or if married and not
living with husband or wife, and all
married persons living with husband
or wife having net income of $4,000
or over, make returns.
Variated Tax on Incomes.
The bill levies a corporation tax of
IS per cent upon the amount of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-03
NEW TAX MEASURE
REPORTED TOULOUSE
Chairman Kitchin to Call Up
Eight BiIfion Bill Next
Friday.
MAY PASS in TEN DAYS

The new war revenue bill was favor
ably reported to the House today by the
ways and means committee. Under 1t
the American people win pay in taxes
approximately $s,o12.7s2.ooo Of this
years estimated war expenditure of
s24, 000, 000, 900. The remainder Of nearly
$4,000, ooo, 1000 will be left to posterity in
the form Of bonds.
Most taxes provided in present revenue
measures were substantially increased
and new items were added, including
many Injuries, and a war profits tax.
recommended by President Wilson.
Nearly $5,500,000.000 Of the taxes will
come from excess and war profits and
individual and corporation incomes.
In presenting the bill Chairman
Kitchin read a detailed committee re-
port explaining each section of the
bill and also the general policy of the
committee in framing the measure.
To Take Up Bill Friday.
Agreement was reached by the
House to begin work on the bill next
Friday. Representative k1tchln Safd
his idea was not to have any general
debate, but to take the measure up for
amendment from the start, estimating
that it can be passed by the House
and sent to. the Senate within ten
days.
Hearings of the Senate finance
committee on the bill, Chairman Sim
mons announced today, will begin
next Friday instead of Thursday. as
had been previously announced. The
hearings, he stated, will continue only
until the measure is passed by the
House Senate leaders believe the
committee may be able to conclude
revision, Of the House draft much
sooner than has been expected.
That every effort will be made in
the Senate to complete the legislation
before the November elections was
stated most emphatically by Senator
Simmons.
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Luxuries Yield Big Sum.

Excise taxes-Automobiles, ETC.,
1923, 100000; jewelry, sporting goods.
ries, at 10 per cent, $sS,76O 900; other
taxes on Injuries (apparel, ETC., above
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More Than Doubles Figures.

The final committee estimate Of the
revenue to be yielded under the new
bill is $S,012, 10000, as against 3d.
941, 633 900 last year under the present
law. The largest source of estimated
revenue is from taxes on excess prof
its including war profits-$3, 100. 000,-
000-and the next is from taxes on
ncomes-$1.482,1 900 from individ-
uals and $828,000,000 from corpora
tons
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DO HEROIC WORK
TO HOLD. FISHES

(continued from First Paee.)
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Explains Provisions in Detail.

The report made public by Chairman
Kitchin, explained the provisions of
the bill in detail. 1t said the CON-
mfttee determined what proportion of
the cost Of the war this year should
be financed by taxation and by bonds,
not from previous experience. as there
was no analogy in, history, but upon
thorough consideration of the effect
on the morale of the people, upon
price imitation, upon production and
upon relative ability Of the people to
pay taxes now and after the war.
The committee explained that it had
decided upon the raising Of $780,
900, 600 by taxation because 1t had nc
cepted as sound fiscal policy the
recommendation of Secretary McAdoo
that one-third of the governments
estimated expenditures of $4,000
600; 900 this year be obtained from this
source and the remaining two-thirds
by bonds.
while the committee the report
added. makes this recomm endation
for the current year it realizes that
no fixed policy as to relation of taxes
to bonds for the future can be de-
termined at this time and that the
amount that should be raised by
taxation in any given year must
necessarily be determined after due
consideration is given business and
financial conditions existing in such
year
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Applies to Corporations Only.

The bill applies the war and excess
profits taxes to corporations only.
Provision is made to protect corpora
tions whose invested capital is less
than $4,000 and those corporations in
which invested capital is not a ma
terial producing factor.
Increases were also made in the es-
tate tax, which will range from 3 per
cent to 40 per cent. The increases, as
compared with the present bill, follow:
Not exceeding $50, 900, from to 3 per
cent; $4,000 to $150.000, A to s per cent;
$150,000 to $250.000, 6 to 8; $3.50, 1000 to
$450,000. 9 to IL; $4,000 to 100000,
10 to Is; s., 1000, 900 to $4,000, 900, II to IS;
81, 000. 900 to 5000, 900, II to 81; So. 900 600
to 100000 16 to "a; 100000 to S.
100000, Is to q; $5.000.o0 to $4,000, 900.
20 to 30; 81, 1000, 900 to SIC, 900, 900. % to
IS, and exceeding $4,000, 600, Is to 40.
The transportation and insurance
taxes, already made public, include
new war tax of 10 per cent upon the
amount paid to any telegraph or tele-
phone company for any special leased
wire or talking circuit; but does not
apply to collection and dissemination Of
news through the public press or in the
conduct by a common carrier or tele-
graph or telephone company Of Its busi-
ness as such.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-03
Comparisons With Old Law.

The advance by grades compared
with the percentage under existing law
from to 2 per cent; $500 to 10000,
from 2 to per cent; 1000 to $12,500,
from to per cent; s12.500 to $4,000,
4 to per cent; $4,000 to $4,000, to
10 per cent; $4,000 to $4,000 to Is
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net income in excess Of the credits
allowed, but provides that the rate
shall be 10 per cent upon 80 much OF
this amount as does not exceed the
dividends paid during the taxable
year plus the amount paid during the
taxable year out Of the earnings or prof.
its in discharge of bonds and other In
terest-bearing obligations outstanding
prior to the beginning Of that year.
This provision was under fire In the
committee yesterday. but was not
changed. Under 1t a corporation having
100000 net income in excess Of its
credits. which pays out during the
year $4,000 In dividends and dis
charges $4,000 worth Of bonds. would
then be taxed IL per cent on $4,000
and Is per cent on $4,000. The COM
mittee believes that this rebate of s
per cent on distributed profits will
stimulate payment OF dividends, which
will be subject to surtax tn the hands
Of the stockholders.
The bill makes no change in the
corporations exempt from income tax.
Partnerships are not liable to income
tax, but each partner will pay his in
come tax upon his share of the part
nership's profits, whether distributed
or not.
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certain prescribed prices) at 20 per
cent, $1S1.095,000.
Gasoline. $4,000. 900: yachts and
pleasure boats, 100000.
Beverages liquors and soft drinks).
81. 137. 100000: stamp taxes. $32,000.000
Tobacco-Cigars. So, 1000; cigar
cites, $165,240,000; tobacco, $104, 000.-
900; snuff. 100000; papers and
Special taxes-Capita1 stock. $780,
100000; brokers. $1,7s5.000; theaters,
etc. S2,14S,000; mail order sales. Sd
100000; bowling alleys, billiard and
pool tables, 100000; shooting gal
leries, 100000: riding academies. $50.-
GOO; business license tax, $4,000. 200;
manufacturers of tobacco, $50. 600:
manufacturers of cigars, $85O,000;
manufacturers Of cigarettes, $4,000;
use Of automobiles and motor cycles,
72,920,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
VIENNA INDIGNANT
 OVER WAR CONDUCT
Characterization National Assembly After Highest Austrian Military
 Commanders

Vienna, Thursday, December 19.-(Reu- ers)-Poplar indignation over the gen eral conduct of the war, especially the brutality, arrogance and incompetency," displayed by the highest Austrian mili- tary commanders. found expression in resolution adopted by the German Austrian national assembly today, de- manding the appointment of a commits sion to investigate the cause of Austria Hungary's military collapse
 In the course of a vigorous debate it was declared members of the imperial family, regardless of age or military capacity, had been given commands with the most disastrous results. A field mar shal who commanded an expedition against Serbia was denounced as respon- sible for the death of thousands whom he drove to slaughter, insufficiently mu- nitioned, fed and clothed. Some of the deputies declared he ought to be hanged
 The most intense hatred against the en- tire body of officers is developing among civilians. These officers are accused pub licly of wholesale thefts during the war, of living luxuriously and permitting their wives to wear costly jewelry. while the masses starved.
 The Vienna newspapers urge the inves- tigating committee to begin work before the commanders implicated are able to destroy the documentary proof of their guilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

road. If Belgium had given German troops right of way, there would have been no trouble"
 'Is the Sim Fein a Catholic organi- zation? Is the Catholic church in any way responsible for the present state of affairs In Ireland?
 No. Ireland Is three-fourths Catholic, and naturally the Sim Feiners are most ly Catholic as all other revolutionary movements have been. But 1t should be remembered that Wolf Tone, the great leader, was a Protestant. and so were most of his associates. Robert Emmett was Protestant: Parnell was Protest ant The division in Ireland today is rather geographical than denominational. Many protestants outside of Ulster are with us. Most Protestants in Ulster are against us, and doubtless many Catholics, The church follows, rather than leads. the political sentiment that prevails within it's environment.
 And so the debate ran on for hours. The Sim Feiners were earnest enthu- siastic and, it may be supposed, sincere. It is not the design here to say that they were visionary, misguided or mistaken; The climax of the day was reached when the question was asked:
 "Is a compromise with England not possible?'
 No; England has given us the worst government in the world. But if Eng land gave us the best government in the world, we shall still fight for our free- dom and independence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

Ihey say that any possible hope of con stitutional reform may as we'll be aban- doned, in view of the failure of all par Hamentary measures, and they openly fioutl home rule or colonial government, or any other proposal which would hold ireland as an integral unit of the Brit ish empire. They are not British, nor Scottish, they say They are Irish. Ire lano was distinct race with the full at tribute of nationhood before England was. and of right they should and must be free. Their chief present reliance for independence-or separation, as 1t is most commonly called here-is the forthcoming Ing peace conference, which is committed in advance, through acceptance by ali nations of the fourteen declarations, of the principle that small people have the right Of self-determination. It is the Will son idea. That is where the Sim Fein- CTS got It. If the peace conference re- jects their pleas-well, they will carry on the war in ways they are not ready to def1ne or divulge. And they will make, as their fathers made before them-so they say-al necessary sacrifices in life and blood until the great end shall be achieved. What matter few thousand lives of patriotic and jealous Irishmen now or later?
 SAW THEM IN DUBLIN
 'AtS 'isoieiAsS <AiliSiiCdD tullOIS odW tue Sinn Feiners in Dublin. They had an- nounced in passing through the Irish capital on their way to Belfast that they would return and they would be pleased to hear what the Sim Feiners and any others might have to say on the Irish question. The leaders of the Sim Fein- CTS were not slow to take advantage of the opportunity. They saw doubtless. a way to spread their propaganda in Amer ica and to correct what they thought were certain misapprehensions as to their methods and ultimate aims. A half dozen or more of them came at the appointed time, in a waiting room at a large Dublin hotel. Not any of them were probably more than 35 years of age They were collectively an alert-looking, keen minded and neatly dressed lot of Irish men, and individually they were edu- cated, fluent, aggressive and candid They did not appear to be the stuff of which martyrs are made, though they may be; and they were likewise far re- moved from the type of w-browed. rough-necked and quarresome hooligan that represents the doctine of force and terrorism which has it's opponents in Ireland. They were altogether A present. able group of men who knew exactly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Private Frank Wilson
 Victim of Pneumonia

Private Frank ?. Wilson, Company M, s24th infantry, Eighty-first division. died in France on October 12 from pneumonia, according to message re- ceiyed by his father A. B. Wilson, of Trussville from the war department a Young Wilson Joined the army in May, going overseas in July. He had seen active service on several fronts and was well known in this district He is survived by his parents, five brothers. w. J., J. w., D. M. W. T. and B. B. Wilson, and four sisters, Mrs J. R. Williams, Mrs. E. Fl. Smith, Miss Maud Wilson and Miss Roberta Will son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Flu" Got Its Flying
 Start in City of Boston

New York, December M.--Spanish influ- enza, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of victims throughout the country, entered the United States through the port of Boston, pr. w. c. health commissioner of that city, admitted in an address here today before the conference board of physi- clans engaged in industrial practice.
 The boards session, attended by repre- sentatives from all the eastern states. was devoted almost exclusively to dis cussions of measures for prevention of further spread of the disease in indus- trial establishments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

the greatest industries of their kind in the world-linen, tobacco, rope, shipbuilding, cotton--that il has three and one-half times more shipping than the rest of Ireland. From the time of the act of union (1Sooy until 1891, Belfast had multiplied its poulation lSh times-a record without a paral- Tel in the United Kingdom. Ulster claims that it produces AS per cent of all Irish oats, Al per cent of po- tatoes. 53 per cent of fruit and 99 per cent of flax, and pays in customs and revenue. nearly $25,00e,000, or more than twice the remainder of Ireland
 The editors found Belfast a busy place, with many evidences of civic pride and enterprise. They were en- tertained at luncheon by the corpora tfon and the usual addresses of well come, while cordial expressions of friendship for America were made by the lord mayor and others They vls- ited great linen manufactory now almost exclusively engaged in war work. and an immense tobacco fac tory, where were made cigarettes and Irish "roll' (chewing tobacco), enl- ploying many men and hundreds of yomen, and the vast shipbuilding con- cerh of Sir George Clark.
 TOO MANY CHILDREN EMPLOYED
 1t is not easy for the American to note with unconcern the employment anywhere or young boys and girls in great num- oers, at hard labor, and under condi- tions that do not appear to guarantee either their health or their proper edu- cation. In the munitions factories of England there are many thousand wom- en. It is unavoidable, and care seems to have been taken to safeguard them in every practical way. But 1t is not at all clear that child labor is justifia- ble, In the ways it is used at Belfast At the linen mills, young boys were used as the operatives of great machines; and in the tobacco works the majority of the workers were boys and girls mostly the latter. It is said that none under 14 are employed. There were many who appeared to be not much over that tender age. There were hundreds and even thousands who were too young to be kept out of school, and whose chances of an education, and therefore of a life worth while, were surely greatly ham pered by the exacting grind to which they were subjected. Probably 1t will be said that they are not required to work every day. Indeed. it was said at Belfast. But many of them unquestion- ably do;, and few of them looked as if they, had any opportunity for play, or
 tContinued on Page Ten)
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Broadly, Ulster represents imperial Britain; Sim Fein is now the voice and arms of militant Ireland. The Ulster movement, four years or more ago, was a protest against home rule It was outright secession against the proposed constitutional separation of Ireland It was threatened war upon England having as it's provocation and basis the proposal that there be a political secession from Great Britain Altogether it was an anomaly, an an achronism. Just think, for example of sovereign state in the American republic resorting to arms in defiance of federal project to exclude 1t from the union. Yet Ulster planned to fight the British empire to preserve its sov- ereign rights to be and remain an integral part of the British empire
 ESSENTIALLY BRITISH
 Ulster is Protestant and essentially British; while the rest of Ireland is Catholic and intrinsically Irish. It is not intended to say that the contro- versy is religious or sectarian; but eer- tainly the church furnishes the back ground of the entire trouble. You will hear in Ireland, from Irish and Cath olfc witnesses. that the greatest of Irish patriots have been Protestants and that the Irish revolution of 17oS had its origin with Protestants. Un- questionably many of the supporters of the empire. foes of separation and home rule are Catholics. But Ire- land. outside of Ulster, is overwhelm- ingly Catholic. and Ulster strongly Protestant; and the geographical cleavage is very nearly identical with the sectarian line. Whether or not It Is a coincidence may be a matter of opinion That 1t is fact will be ev- anywhere in Great Britain conceded But that the church as an organization IS responsible for the constant agita- ton of the Irish question Is not gem orally charged, I believe, even in Ul- ster. A reasonable explanation is that 1t follows rather than leads. in politi- cal affairs. Its faithful adherence to such a policy may be one secret of it's powerful hold on the majority of the Irish people.
 The case of Ulster is substantially that it has prospered under, British laws and British rule, and that it has no confidence in an Independent Ire- Hand controlled from Dublin. It is op-. posed to home rule-unless. indeed Ulster shall be excluded from its op- eration-and 1t Is opposed to separa- ton, It wants <o be let alone. Bell fast is the most active, popuious and prosperous city of the island. It points proudly to the fact that it has five of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Captain Carpenter of
 British Navy to Speak
 Here Next Thursday

Capt. Alfred Carpenter of the British navy, will speak in this city on Thurs day, December 26, under the auspices of the American Red Cross. Captain Car penter was in command of the British battleship Vindictive, which was sunk at Zeebrugge to block the U,boat base of the Germans.
 This was a daring feat and was exc cuted brilliantly and was one of the greatest exploits in naval history. Cap tain Carpenter is a talented speaker and the people of Birmingham should avail themselves of this opportunity of hear ing him. The place of the speaking will be announced later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Veteran Oregon Editor Presents Dublin And
 Belfast NeWs Of Mooted Irish Problem
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
The Sim Fein Attitude

n London November (Edtoria Correspondence )-The
 teners are the dominant political force Ireland today IL IS the newest phase of the everchangng cycle public events nere It mans with fire and of youth has set aside the old leaders absorbed he!r following and embarked boldly which is oeSgned to lead to absolute separation the empire
 ndependence and distinct national existence is the Sim en goal There IS no disguise about it. there
 ent or helr scheme of outright rebellion is to be the final alternative, if other plans fail - " " ''e