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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER a®, 1®I7 NUMBER 2i»
TAXES WILL BE
EXTREMELY HIGH
Beginning With November I, Kvery
Han, Woman and Child Becomes
a Federal Taxpayer
With the passage of the federal
war revenue tax bill and its going in
to effect November 1, next month, ev
every man, woman, child in thfe Uni
ted States will become a sharer in the
expenses of the war. You cannot buy
any article, ride on any train, boat
send a telegram, visit a theatre, buy
a bottle of patent medicine, a tube
of tooth paste, or any toilet article,
own a motorboat, draw a time draft,
buy a bond or share of stock, send in
a proxy or smok6, chew, eat or drink
without paying tribute.
Over five million Americans who
have never donated a dollar to the
government will now have to come
across and learn to make out their
tax returns and master all the in
trciacies of calculating gross and net
income, capital invested, depreciation
and eemptions.
Every married man who has an in
come of $2000 or over and every un
married man or woman with an in
come of $1000 or over, will have to
pay a tax; every corporation with
a net income of over $3000 and ev
ery partnership and individual oper
ating a business which yields more
Ilian $0000 net must pay.
Every taxpayer should learn to fig
ure his taxes so as to be able to re
adjust his business to the new condi
tons, otherwise he will awake some
morning and find himself in the hands
of the receiver.
In addition to the above tax a mul
titude of taxes are imposed upon the
people by the new revenue bill. There
is a four per cent corporation tax
which must be paid by every corpora
tion upon the amount of its net in
come.
Then there are internal revenue
taxes of $1.10 and $2.10 a gallon on
distilled spirits, $1.50 a barrel on
beer, 5 to 20 cents a gallon on sirups
for soft drinks, 1 cent a gallon on
grape juice, soft drinks, “near beer,”
etc.
Cigars are taxed from 25 cents to
$7 per 1,000, depending on quality,
with a tax of one dollar per 1,000
on the tive-cent variety. Cigarettes are
taxed 8 to 12 cents per hundred.
Tobacco pays 5 cents a pound and
cigarette papers 1 cent a hundred.
Then there are the transportation
taxes, 3 per cent on all freight bills,
1 cent on each -20 cents of express
bills, 8 per cent on passenger tickets
and 10 per cent on Pullman car
charges, and 5 cents on each telegraph
or telephone message costing over 15
cents.
On all jewelry, autos, motorcycles,
piano-players, phonographs and rec
ords in future 3 per cent of the sale
price. New life insurance policies pay
S cents for every hundred dollars of
face value or if under $500, 40 per
cent of the first weekly premium, and
all other new insurance policies 1 cent
for each dollar of the annual prem
ium.
After 30 days the postal rate on
all letters, except drop letters will be
3 cents an ounce, and there will be
an extra charge of 1 cent for each 25
cents charged on parcel post pack
ages.
There are a new set of taxes on es
tates over $50,000, reaching 10 per
cent on $1,000,000.
Yachts pay 50 cents to $2 per lin
ear root, ana motor Boats 35 each.
Sporting goods and cameras pay 3
per cent, toilet articles, patent medi
cines and chewing gum, 2 per cent
of the wholesale price.
Tickets of admission to all kinds
of amusements pay 1 cent for each
10 cents of the price. Taxes do not
apply to movies where, charge is 5
cents or less, or to other 10-cent
shows. >
And to wind up, there are a host of
stamp taxes on all kinds of docu
ments, the mere enumeration of which
would occupy an entire column.
LAST BOAT FOR THE
OUTSIDE LEFT DAWSON
DAW80N, Y. T., Oct. 26.—The
first snowfall of the fall season oc
curred on Monday night and the last
hoet before the close of navigation
left that night for Whitehorse, carry
ing 1*60 passengers.
WKLL KNOWN VALDKZAN
DIRS IN CALIFORNIA
J. J. Cavanna, a well known resi
dent of Valdez, who left here a year
or so ago for Juneau, died recently
in Calfornia, according to word re
ceived on the last boat. Mr. Cavanna
had lived at many points in Alaska,
at one time being employed as an en
gineer on the Copper River Railway
and was a deputy marshal under Mar
shal Harvey Sullivan, stationed at
Naknek. Cavanna left Valdez In com
pany with his wife over a year ago
and Mrs. Cavanna later died at Ju
neau under suspicious circumstances.
He was about 50 years of age.
! Vessel Arrives in French Port Tills
Morning After Battling With
I German F-Boat
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PARIS, Oct. 26.—An American
: steamship arrived in a French port
| this morning with several of her crew
| wounded by submarine shell lire, her
j gunners having battled for hours with
| the German craft until a destroyer
j appeared and routed the sub. The of
! fleers state that despite the fact that
jthe American vessel carried guns and
I gunners, the sub attacked witli great
; ferocity, and was only beaten ofT after
j —-.oistance arrived.
Wireless Plants Destroyed
j SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26.—Two
amateur wireless plants wefe des
' troyed by a raiding party of United
| States deputy marshals under the
leadership of Lieut. H. D. Hayes of
the Goat Island naval radio station
here today. T«^r owners, ^eon Ment
zer, a 16-year old boy, and William
Scheppler, were not arrested, Ment
zer's receiving outfit was not con
nected up. He denied any intent to
get possession of government radio
messages. Scheppler, who conducts
a wholesale jewelry store, said he
maintained his outfit to receive the
official government radio time mes
sages for his establishment.
('all in Salesmen
MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 26.—John
Pillsbury. head of one of the largest
local mill companies, said today that
Minneapolis flour mills would with
draw their salesmen from the road
and decline to book further orders
untl those on hand have been filled,
because of yesterday’s decision by the
milling division of the food adminis
traton to curtail operations to 60 per
cent of capacity.
SEAM HAS
3BM PEOPLE
Census Bureau Bulletin Gives Sound
City Seventeenth in Size
In United States t
WASHINGTON, D. C. ,Oct. 26.—
The Census Bureau Bulletin gives Se
attle a population of 365,445 and
places her the seventeenth city in the
United States in point of size.
HOOVER SAYS WE
NEED HOGS AND WHEAT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 26.—
Food Commissioner Hoover today
stated that the country’s greatest
need is ships, hogs and wheat.
GERMANS VERY SHORT
OF LEATHER FOR SHOES
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 26.—The Ber
lin papers say that the government
will shortly prohibit the use of leath
er for the manufacture of shoes, re
serving the supplies for the manu
facture of footwear for minors, flsh
ermen and the military.
UNDECIDED AS TO
NEW CHANCELLOR
BERLIN, Oct. 26.—Emperor Wil
helm is still undecided w^om to ap
point to succeed Chancellor Mich
sells.
London < 'orrewpondent Hays Whole
Western Part of Island I'pon
Verge of Revolution
LONDON. Oct. 26.—The serious
ness of the Irish situation is insisted
upon by a correspondent of the Lon
don mail, who has been following the
movements of the Sinn Fein doings
for several weeks, and who is now
in Ireland, he says that the whole
western part of the country is on the
verge of armed rehellon against En
glish rule, and that the situation is
very grave.
EDISON STUDIES
MENACE
Returns from Ten Day Trip on High
Seas in Effort to Combat Energy
Of Oerman Submarines
ORANGE. N. J., Oct. 26.—Thomas
A. Edson, the electrical wizard, re
turned today to his work here, after
spending the past two weeks cruising
on the high seas striving to perfect
some means of defeating the activit
ies of the German submarines. The
result of his labors has not yet been
announced.
Short Butter Seized
i CENTRALIA, Oct. 26.—A quantity
of butter, made by a Portland firm,
was confiscated here on Saturday by
G. W. Meyers, deputy inspector of
weights and measures for the State
, of Washington.
The stock in question was marked
":{2 ounces” by the manufacturer,
but proved to be two ounces short for
each package. Especiall attention is
being paid to the marked weights on
the various dairy offerings by this de
partment of late.
Will Banish l■'rolll Island all Persons
Who Interfere in Any Way With
the Production of Sugar
HAVANA, Oct. 26—President Mar
io G. Menocal, today issued a procla
mation stating that any person who
interfered in any way with the pro
ducton of sugar would be expeHed
from the island, regardless of nation
ality.
GIRL CARRIES REVOLVER
SHOOTS SELF IN I.EG
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Ersel Jensen,
a 13-year-old girl, alarmed by reports
of sluggers, took her father's revolv
er with her to the store. Returning
home she became scared at a strange
noise, and starting to run tripped and
fell, shooting herself in the leg, mak
ing a painful though not a severe
wound.
Realty Dealer Arrested
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 26.—E. J. Fraz
ier. real estate dealer and bankrupt,
was arrested here today under an in
dictment voted by the Lane county
grand jury Thursday chargng for
gery. Frazier is alleged to have forg
ed canceled checks and to have pre
sented them before the referee in
bankruptcy as evdence that a claim
against him had been paid. The check
resulting in his indictment was en
dorsed by the signature of Dr. T. W.
Harris of Eugene and stamped and
perforated, appearing as though it
had passed through the bank in the
usual manner.
A1 Blair with one of Jim Wilson’s
teams, left Wortman this morning
for Beaver Dam, with a load of sap
plies for his trap line.
RIMS LEAVE
Most*Important Kortiflcaton Within
v* h
Might of Petrograd being Kvacn
ated by Civilians
PKTROGRAD. Oct. 26.—The civil
population today began evacuating
the naval base of Kronstadt, the chiel
fortress and military post of Russia,
twenty miles west of Petrograd.
President Kerensky made an urgent
appeal to the soldiers to defend the
fort at this hour of the nation's peril,
and not weaken the defensive by
leaving their posts.
The evacuation of Kronstadt leaves
the way to Petrograd open to the Ger
man fleet.
WILSON INDORSES
! WOMEN SUFFRAGE
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I
! Tells Leader Tliat It Is an Immediate
I
j Issue—Believed Next Session of
j
Congress Will I’ass
' WASHINGTON. D. Oct. 26.—
President Wilson addressed one hun
|dred women leaders of the suffrage
I movement here today. In the course
| of his remarks he strongly indorsed
i woman suffrage and stated that it was
, an immediate issue. It is believed
I that the President’s indorsement will
^ force the measure before the next ses
sion of Congress.
Withdraw Troops
ASTORIA. Ore., Oct. 26.—United
States troops guarding shipyards here
where strikes are in progress, receiv
| ed orders yesterday to entrain for
[ Portland, but a few hours later the
i order was countermanded. A few
more men returned to work in the
yards.
VESSELS GIVEN
_L0 ITALY
Twenty-live Steel Cargo Carriers are
Turned Over to Italian Govern
ment to Ship Supplies
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 26.—
The government today chartered
twenty-five steel cargo carrier to
Italy to be used to transport supplies
urgently needed.
SEAIHCOUNCIL
Chairman Moore Knocks Down Chair
man Hesketh When Latter Ac
cuses Him of Bribery
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Councilman
W. H. Moore, chairman of the streets
and sewers committee, and Council
man R. B. Heaketh, chairman of the
license committee, came to blows last
evening when Council Heaketh ac
cused Council Moore of being on the
payroll of the Puget Sound Light &
Power Company, during which Coun
cilman Hesketh was knocked down
by Moore. Other councilmen pulled
the belligerents apart and peace was
restored.
C. C. Titus, who arrived here on
the steamship Admiral Watson states
that he is not representing the Gug
genheim Interests, but that he is here
to look after his own personal inter
ests at Landlock Bay.
LIBERTY BOND SALE CLOSES
TONIGHT. HAVE YOU BOUGHT A
BOND?
POSTAL R\TES WILL GO
HIGHER ON NOVEMBER 2
Beginning November 2 the 1 cent
postcard will cost 2 cents and it will
cost 3 cents to send a letter from the
city. All drop letter, however—that
Is. letters mailed for delivery from
the office at which posted, including
those for delivery by city, rural or
other carrier of such office, are re
quired to have postage paid on them
at the rate of 2 cents an ounce or
fraction thereof. Postcards, therefore,
will cost the same as drop letters. In
cases where government stamped let
ters and postal cards are used it will
be necessary to add the additional
postage required by law.
During Battle of Aisue Fly Low Over
Enemy Lines and Use Machine
(inns With Deadly Effect
DAKIS. Oct. 26.—French airmen
(lurug the hattle of North Aisne yes
terday flew over the enemy lines at
an altitude of 300 feet, and showered
the Berman infantry wth machine gun
bullets with deadly effect. The Ber
man resisteuce was weak and inef
fectual.
MONTANA SENATOR VICTIM
DKKAD DISEASE LEI'ltOSV
HELENA. Mont. Oct. 26. —I)r. W.
F. Cogswell, secretary of the state
board of health, left here today for
Atherton, in Mineral county, where he
will take charge of the case of State
Senator O. C. Willett, who has in
formed the board that physicians have
pronounced him a hopeless leper. Sen
ator Willet has voluntarily placed
himself at the disposition of the state
authorities. He is thot to have con
tracted the disease in Hawaii, twelve
years ago, while serving in the Uni
ted States army.
Willett is married but has no chil
dren. He has been prominent in poli
I tics.
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lyUAKTEIi OF HUNDRED
VESSELS SUNK BY SUBS
LONDON. Oct. 26. -Twenty-five
vessels were sunk by Berman subma
rines during the week ending Wed
nesday night.
Charles Butcher, late of latouche,
Shoots Mrs. Bertha Volkman, of
Seattle, and Takes Own IJfe
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Crazed with
infatuation for the wife of John Volk
man, formerly a carpenter foreman
on the Alaska Northern railroad at
Seward, Charles Butcher, a late ar
rival from Latouche, Alaska, shot and
killed Mrs. Bertha Volkman in her
home in this city, and turning the
gun on himself died instantly. Prior
to the tragedy Butcher purchased
$500 worth of Liberty Bonds and left
a note stating that they should be
given to his sister.
Mrs. Volkman is a sister of Peter
Stanrldge,, a Coast League baseball
player.
Butcher became acquainted with
woman while residing in Anchorage
and it is stated annoyed her with his
attentions until she and her husband
departed for the south a month or
so ago on the Crook. Upon his arrival
here he sought out the Volkmans and
upon the woman asking‘him to cease
his attentions shot and killed her.
REWARD OFFERED FOR
CAPTURE FIRST GERMAN
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Ogt. 26.—
Citizens of Sweet Grass have pledg
ed a fund of $600 a* a reward for the
first Toole county soldier who cap
tures a German soldier, according to
E. R. Holderny of that town. He said
the offer provided that the German
must be taken alive, or must have
been killed In resisting capture.
RUSSIAN REVOLT .
[SPENDING
\(msp«)W< Publish Report* that the
Bolsheviki* Intend to Start Re
volt in November
I’ETROGRAD. Oct. 26.—The news
papers of this city published reports
today that the Russian Bolsheviki in
tend to spring a revolution on Nov
ember 20, with the intention of over
throwing the government and estab
lishing a social form of government.
The Bolsheviki are an off-shoot of
the social democratic party, led by
I-enne the radical, who was banished
from Russia for a time under the Ker
ensky regime. They compare with the
anarchists of this country in that
they are extremely radical in their
ideas and believe in armed resistance
lo the government.
IO EIREIU'G KCSPECTS
JAILED IN CALIFORNIA
MODESTO, Cal., Oct. 27.—Forty
men were arrested and a special force
of deputies who have been investigat
I ing a series of eight fires which oc
curred last night in various parts of
litis city and vicinity and are alleged
j to have been of incendiary origin,
j most of the property destroyed cou
j sisted of barns and hay. Sheriff Da
j vis asserted tonight phosphorus had
| been used to start the fires.
j WOMAN ItEl.lEVED TO
HAVE DROWNED HEItSELK
SEATTLE. Oct. 27.—Mrs. I*. E.
I McCormack. 5S years old. 4402 29th
avenue southwest, reported escaped
by tier daughter. Mrs. Parnell P. Mur
phy. from Providence hospital yester
day afternoon, is believed to have end
ed her life by jumping front the West
Seattle ferry last night.
Mrs. McCormack had been at the
hospital since Thursday afternoon for
treatment for a nervous trouble.
The woman’s gray coat, in the
pockets of which were a black purse
containing 9t> cents, a string of beads
and a rosary and note, was found on
the ferry. The note read:
"Dear husband and children: My
head and brain feel so bad that I can
not stand it any longer. Good-bye. I
think God will not blame me for it.
Surely 1 have no blame for it.”
Written at the side of the note was
“With kind thoughts.” The note was
unsigned.
A searclt of the bay by the police
patrol boat Patrol failed to locate the
body.
CIVILIANS ARE
LHFMERS
Population evacuating Menin Accord
ing to News Dispatches Received
Today in Holland
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 26.—The civil
ian population of Menin, Flanders, is
evacuating the city, accordng to dis
patches received here today. Menin
is in West Flanders and is a town of
considerable manufacturing import
ance.
REGAINS HIS MEMORY
AFTER TWO WEEKS
MEDFORD. Ore.. Oct. 26 —Edward
S. Keyes, of Newport Beach; Cal., re
gained his memory last night at a lo
cal hospital after wandering along the
coast in a dazed condition for nearly
two weeks.
Keyes, who is the son of Mrs. M.
H. De Turk, of Newport Beach, and
claims to be a relative of Mayor Wal
ter L. Keyes, of Salem, Ore., says the
last thing he remembers was being in
a street light in Vernon. Cal. He was
arrested in Ashland, Ore., last Sun
day when wandering about the street,
scantily clad and talking incoherent
ly. For a time it was supposed he was
s drafted soldier and had fallen from
a troop train in the Slsklyous and not
until tonight was hts identity estab
lished. Keyes was found to be suffer
ing from concussion of the brau and
complete less of memory. Physicians
expect a rapid recovery.