• I
• • • COME TO SEWARD
• SEWARD THE PLACE * * OPPORTUNITIES
• FOR YOU TO • • HERE ARE MANY
• MAKE YOUR HOME * *
Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post _
—-- . ■ - SEWARD. ALASKA.SATURDAY, j7\NCARY If! 1020. TEN CENTS PER COPY
YOU ME MIL NUMBER ««. _ _;
SOME FACTS
ABOUT INCOME
TAX RETURNS
inquiries are being made concern
ing the 1919 income taxes which a:e
payable aiui upon which the first in
stallment must be paid on or befoi i
March 15. 1920. Blanks for the a
turns had not been received by the
Collector of Internal Revenue at
Tacoma when tho last mails left lh«
south. As soon as they are received
they will be mailed to all those a1)**
paid income taxes for 1918, and sup
plies will be sent to banks and other
places.
The Internal Revenue has givtn
out a summary of the taw with re •
erence to what must be included in
the income tax statements and what
is exempt.
The following items must be in
eluded under 1919 gross income:
Salaries, wages and commiss:ons
for personal services, including bo
nuses.
Interest received on notes and de
posits in bank3, including savings
banks.
Dividends on stock . Only dividends
paid out of ennvngs or profits ac
crued since March 1. 1913 are tax
able, but dividends are deemed to be
distributed out of the most recently
accumulated earmngs.
Profits received from the sn^e of
property, real or personal. If t«,r*
property was purchased,* prior to
March 1. 1913 the profit is b"sed on
the difference between the seM;ng
price and the fair market price or
value as uf March 1. 1913.
Profits on Stock 1 -rdes
Profits from stock market transr.
tions.
Income received from f'duciane*
that is amounts % received from in
comes of estates, trusts, etc., through
trustees, administrators or exeonto •$
Partnership profits; partnerships as
such are not subiect to the income
tax. but each individual partner must
pay n tax on the inccme from ?ucn
partnership.
Royalties from mines oil and Je
wells, patents, copyrights and fran
chises.
llems Not Taxible.
The following items are not taxab e
and need now Do included .n the rewu»n.
Property leceived a^ a gdft by v\u.
or by mhentanco. Tne mcome iron®
auch pioperwy, however, is taxable.
Pioceeds of life insurance pouciea.
Returns of premiums on life inst
ance. endowment, or annuity con
tracts.
Amounts received through accident
or health insuiance or under work
men's compensation acts, plus th^
amount of uamages received , whether
by suit or agreement.
interest on obiigairons oi un.v
state, or any city, town, county, o
Tillage and the District of Columb t.
Interest on obligations of the Un.tt l
States is exempt from tax, except
that interest on obligations issu
after September 1, 1917, is exempt
only to the extent provided in the
Liberty Loan act
Interest on the securities issued
nndcr the provisions of the federal
trjrsn ban act of July 17, 1916.
Amounts received during the war
SEATTLE. Jan.. 31— A spcvi.nl
dispatch to the Post- Intelligencer
from Washington says Governor
Riggs, Maurice Leehey and Chairman
McPherson of the Alaska Bureau of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerc*-,
have arrived in Washington leadir.
Alaska's annual invasion of the capi
tal
Chairman McPherson hrs been sum
moned to Wash:ngton by Secretary of
the Interior Lane to assist in prepar
ing facts regarding the governmert
railroad in Alaska, he being the bos:
posted man on the project. McPhers ' i
will represent the Department of the
Interior before the PubTIc Appropria
tions committee.
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS
William Gerig, assistant chief en
gineer of the Alaskan Engineering
commiss:on. is a passenger to Seward
on the Alaska now enroure north.
Christian Science services will he
held at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning
and Sunday School at 12:05 o’clock.
C. Verne Marshall and wife are
coming north on the Alaska. Mr. Mar
shall is connected with the A. E. C.
anti has successfully gone through an
orerat;on at the Mayo brothers, Ro
chester, M;nn., hospital.
Services will be held tomorrow at
the Sacred H°art church at 8:30 and
10:30 o'clock in the forenoon.
Holly Ashby, formerly with the
comm:ss;on on the Seward division, is
»rturning north on the steamer Alas
ka.
Robert Romip returned to Anchor
ape on the tram this mom'np after a
weeks v;sit m Seward.
Emett Kreftinp went out on th;s
mo*ninps* t**ain to mile 52 where he
will be employed by the commission.
Everybody can now po to the M. E.
Church and have no further excuse
that the church is not warm. A new
heMt:np system. th^ Cnlorc system
has Von instated hv Rrown & Hawk
ins. Even T. W. Hawkins vouches for
the pood heat by the new pfant and he
’’q to sAt an example to others
and be in attendance at services.
Edward M’chiVson. who went south
to snend the holidays is returning on
the Alaska.
Cok H. P. Wamen is expected to
return to h:s hoadq”artrr« at Seward
on tram iAovin(r Anchorape next
>!onday morpinp.
rpv*'» qtrpn'A** ap po day**
mail from thn states for Seward.
R^h^a^so^s n”e bA;niy hebl now for
tho cnAo^a1 n«mhftrs to hA <*N»ap J\t t>»A
aod danre of ^h^ WAMAr'?
club of Seward on St. Valentine’s day.
. _A_
SEVEN KILLED IN FIRE
PITTSBURGH, Jan., 31— Fire de
stroyed fifteen temporary residences
this morning and killed seven persons
at the Carnegie Steel plant at Clac
ton. The office building of the plant
was also destroyed.
___* '
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE TO
play U. OF W. THIS YEAH
SEATTLE, Jan., 31— The Dart
mouth College, of Andover Mars., s
to nl 'v the Vmvtrs’ty of Washinjftou
football on November 27th, two davs
after Thanksgiving. All arrangements
have been completed by letter.
<• _
ISSl’E evu FOU NUUSES
LOS ANGELES. Jan.. 31— Nava'
wr*g**ns t°d^v apimaV* trough *rr
newspapers for nurses to take cave o
victims at San Diego and
Mar* TsLnnd as the hospitals are short
handed.
a ___
WATER FROM MYSTERIOfTS
SOURER FLOOPS TRANSPORT
INVESTIGATION TO BE MAPE
S\M FRANCISCO. Jan 31— Ar
rests and prosecutions may fo ion
invest’frat’on abovd thA rr ant trans
port Mo’rnt Vernon which was fo*-'"
to abandon her voyapre to Vnldivo
sto?k and return here in a leak*nr?
condition. Mechan:cal exnerts of the
Mart; Island navy yard are to examine
the t-nnsn'vt. The fi*^ rooms were
Pood^d with freshwater from a mys
terious source.
-* —*
SEATTLE J°n.. 31— Five wooden
hulls moored in Lake Un'on and own
ed bv the Shippi^e* Board "-ere soM to
4-v.o OR Comnanv of New
York. Thp roes;de’at;en was $775 0™’.
The nrire includes erpdD'"en«: an* w»
./»h:n''^? n^ded to complete **—* -
5^lr. xVtrt eoTnnanv oa;d $70,000 for
each hull as now moored.
FAIRBANKS, Jan.. 61— The phmt
and building of the Da/y A a ka »J t
izen, the mun.ng newspaper c't -he
Davis Machine shop, and Davis /evi
dence; small cigar store and a rcsta -
rant, were destroyed by fire late
terday afternoon, the total loss beint:
approximately $60,000, with little f re
insurance.
The hdlf block of business hous
destroyed, were located across Che* a
river from the main port on or ' *
city. F’anrs swept into the city bi:l
the town proper was not touched.
The loss to the Citizen is /.ho t
$40,000. Other stores and lesld'uues
in the same tvock were saved by Ih
firemen who worked ?n weather fa .
degrees bMow zero. The o ig n of th*1
fire is unknown. It started in the V’.*m
ness office of the Cit’zen. For *ht,
present the Citizen will be ;ssued f* /»»;
the p’ent of the Fa'rbanks News-M’n
er. J. Harmon Caskey owned the C‘*
izen and the p’ant was one of .he
most up-to-date in Alaska.
BOY BANDITS BEAT MAN
SEATTLE, Jan., 31— Two boy
bandits entered the grocery store th s
noon, of A Fillman ageo F7, at Sev
enth and Pine street, near the down
• town section, and. beat him with re
volvers. The boys escaped with $15.
Sensat;onal movie p:ctures like Will
iam S. Hart and others have been re
sponsible for many boy crimes here
within the past year.
___ A_-_
GENERAL KOLCHAK HAS
BAYONETS ON SHOULDERS
London, Jan , 31— General Kolch ok
a coming to a Moscow despatch, Ires
bayonets ho;st?d on h s shoulders. It
is feared Kolchak has been surrender
ed to the insurgent revolutionists by
the Czech commonder.
According to this repo-t, thos'' from
other sources given out yesterday hat
the General was supposed to be hid
irg in Manchuria, seem to be untru-'.
--❖-=—
SOME FACTS
FROM WATER BOY TO TFIE
MANAGER OF A RAILROAD
DENVER Jam, 31— H. U. Mm’g •
who was gradoa’lv nromoted from
water boy until he became general
manage'* of the Atch’^on; Topeka.
Santa Fo system, d'ed her* yesterday.
__*__
SEATTLE DEFEATS VICTORI \
VICTORIA, Jan. 3L-r- The Sentt'e
hookey p’Aycrs pnt it over the loci'
hockey p'aycrs last n'ght by a score
of 4 to 2.
A
SEATTLE’S CRACK PITCHER
IS SOLD TO THE BROWNS
SE ATTLE .Tan., 31— C’aude Thom
as crack pitcher of the Seatt’e base
ball nine has been sold to the St. Lou.3
Nationals.
_•__
N. Y. BANKER IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE. Jan., 31— John Clausen
has arrived from New York to b^corm
vice-president of the Union National
Bank here.
FLU INCREASES IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, Jan., 31— Flu dent’ s
aits increasing but new cares are d '
creasing. There have been 123 dc.iths
within the past 24 hours .
OPERATE ON OPEN SHOP
VANCOUVER, B C. Jan.. 31— Ow
ing to constant v*rnng’es with laho'*
un’ons, the British Cohimb’a logg-ng
t amps u**e to bn ooenited on the oprTt
shop policy beginning next Monday.
. -*
I
DEADLOCK BROKEN ON
OIL LEASING BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan, 31—The
House and Senate conferees on
the oil land leasing hill have vir
tually reached an agreement thus
break'ng the dead o:k over the
House and Senate amendments to
the so ca'led radical provisiors
of the oil section.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 31— The
final settlement of royalties from o*
\veps is now the only po’nt unsettle* 1
in the oil land lcas’n^ bill. Its settle
ment is left to Representative S nant',
of O’e«ron and Senator Smoot. An
agreement will probably be reach
tli s afternoon.
A__
I
IN BCX
MONTES ANO, Jan. 31 — Twelve
temporary ju.ors are in the box in
the Wobblics trial. This cocs not mean
that evidence will bc^in early next
week as the attorneys say all are sub
ject to chancnf?cs of which the prose
cution has s:x and the da.-cn.se rwc»vc.
It is author'tativc'y announced to
day that the American LAg:on has dA
c;ded not to have a mock jury JistAn
to the tr;al and give a verdict through
out the co mtrv.
The court adjourn Ad at four oVW’:
t' ;s afternoon to penrt of the Jude'
and counsel go;rg home for Sunday.
M'V’TF^yo. dJtn?• .»
Eui;ly Pr fct’son and Onon G,Ann tem
v 1-o-a v>"»nn excused leav
ing t» n in the box. Two more are to bA
selected.
LUMBER TO GO HIGHER
w”’MTPrr; jnyi.. di— The West
ern retail lumbermen's nssowat;on i*
now >r: '•ovrent’on hA,,e. !fneaxA,s sav
t^nt v: rv p' Abably lumber pr—es .1 o
like\r to <*o higher and will not rcced?
for son*; time.
_ A_
UNCOMMON SENSE
SEATTLE. Jrn., 31— Stnto He>'th
Commirs’oner Anderson has issue l a
statement decVing that th®r® is only
miM c®s»s of f’u. nerhans only sever®
coMp. He urges the n®opie to use com
mon sense ' methods and n®t to he
stnmp«d®d. T1'® stat®ment snys for
the people of the state to keen til'd"
> Ins cl®an and make them ahh; to
r*s:st the d’S^ase The Health Ho^rd
also ;ns*sts the restaurants sterliza
their d>shes and ero’';n<r utersds.
__*_
XEWRTCRRY JTTRY COMPLEfFD
GRAND P-APTDS. Jan.. 31 — The
jurv ^ the Neivherrv noi't^al rra id
case has be®u completed. The jury cn*
b^es s;x fanners one m*a:n d v*h» .
one cattle buver, t'”o produce dealer:
on® g~o®er and one manage of j*
Farmers’ Co-Operative Selling comp
any. -v &‘‘d 'A
JUNEAU. Jan., 31— John C. Mc
Bride, head of Juneau’s largest hard
ware company and for more than
twenty yea s a bus'ness man ?*cre,
with the leading business men of tne
city , has formed another Juneau «• •
publican club.
McBride this morning also filed
w‘th the Secretary of Alaska, his can
dhl y’v for Ropnb’ican national com
mitteeman. McBride will go boro re tin
n *op'e in oppos't:on to Charles C.
He »i«, as Heckman and Milo Kelly
have both withdrawn from the »*aco.
Arrong the signers for McBride ai •
Earl Hunter, p^sident of the Repub
lican club wh'ch ousted the majority
of the Republicans, who favored Heck
man for national committeemen; John
Rock, treasurer and .Tames Barrager,
secretary of the Wickcrsham faction
repub1 ;cnn club.
MrB»*;de also filed at the earnest
solicitation personal and telegvaph'c
reou' sts. of nume*ous RepubPcan*,
n^t n*dv in this section but those of
Ketchikan, Cordova, Anchorage and
other phnceQ.
In a public statement, MoIHdo
snvs he belongs to no fn.ct’on, favo-s
Alaskans for A’askan offices and
the sr’ocUou of th^go of th^ir divis
ions for the lepVatiire and «enato.\
McB-ide al^o favors territorial con
trol of the fisheries.
A
HAYWOOD
INDICTED
CHICAGO, Jan., 31— A spec.a*
grand juiy lias indicted 37 Indu t iai
Workers of the World including Will
iam D. Haywood and Thomas Wh't>
he°d. The latter succeeded Kaywoou
as secretary of the I . W. W.
SEATTLE’S WATER TRADE
SEATTLE, Jan., 31— Port Warden
Pay sea reports that Seattle’s 1C 19
water trade totalled over v‘J,ooooon
da;ly. Most of the trade was carried
in American ships.
■ ■■ ■ —' ♦ • ♦ 1 ■ ■ ' - - -
T O MILLION DOLLAR PAPER
MILL TO P>E STARTED VERY
SHORTLY NEAR PORT ANGELES
PORT ANGELES, Wash , Jan., ?1
— \ t"*o m'l,;on do’laf paper mill will
be* started here within a fortnight. The
offVa’s of the mill predict news pr'nt
will b'* ivodnced with:n s;x months.
The ZePerbech Paper Company is in
terested in the project.
_«
WIRELESS WITH MARS, MAYBE
NEW YORK. Jan.. 31— Dr. Chu 1
es P. Steinmotz, invented s-'ys wife
loss con hi re"ch Mers hv consol'dat
• nnr aM electee po^r in the country
into one pr°at send;n~ station.
_•_
MAY CO^'TRTTrT HIGH DAM
AND MOVE ENTIRE TOWN
WASWGTON, Jan. 31— S^cra
t*’rv Lane has apnroved tentatively of
the contrect between the prove’'nm *nt
and th« ca^n1 e<vn*'a’';**s i"tew'st'vl ;n
th« nt;,u,'tJon of Snake R»vor at Am
erican Fa^S on-» of ip"°*
f%cf. **o”ntrv. The hwn
of Fa'ls will be moved to
higher land.
I
ELECTED
TO POST
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 31— The Mil
waukee post of the Ai lerican Legion
has He* Jack I empsey to lif*
membership and made him hor.o ary
commun 'tr. The memljow of tlm p> t
say the slacker charges are unfair to
the prize fighter.
-4
HOOVER FOR PRESIDENT
LANSING MICH, Jan. 31— P* ti
tions are being circulated in this sir.:,
to place Herbcit Hcover’s name on the
pres'dential primary ballot as a Dem
ocrat
-»
MAYOR OF WENATCHEE IS
OUT FOR GOVERNOR’S SEAT''
SEATTLE. Jan., 31— John Gcllatly,
mayor of Wenatchee, today formally
announced his cadidacy for the Repub
lican nominat’on for governor. M.\
Gellatly has been four t mes a memb
er of the state legis’ature.
IiOLSHEVIKI NOW WANT TO
MAKE PEACE WITH RUMANIA
» . .
VIENNA. Jan., 31— A d’spat'h
from Bucharest says the Bolsheviki
forces are waiting at the frontier to
offer peace to Rumania. The Bolshi
viki will advance if the terms arc re
fused.
_<•_
_
by persons in the active military or
naval forces up to $3,500, in add?
tion to personal exemption.
Interest on I/berty Bonds to th**
rar value of $5 000 is exempt from a>’
taxatMn. HoMers of la^e amounts
of T/iv'rtv Bonds are advised to 2o~
sidt their 1 ankers or codectors if
?nt«real revenue as to their exemp
tions.
The law exnrers?v nroh;h:ts the de
duction of personal or living ex
penses. These include rent, wp^s ef
»*r/anf*. roct of food and cioth;r*e>
fo** farr;iy. unkeep of automobiles
ustd for nVas»ire o»* conven?enc''.
education of chiMren and simib'*
iter«<5. Tneorne s»ent dnr;nc the v«»j •
1010 for any of these items is subject
to the tax.
-«