IMPOSTS ARE PLACED ON DEEDS
AND OTHER LEGAL PAPERS
AND SHARES.
CHECKS AND DRAFTS ASSESSED
All Sorts of Insurance Is Affected by
Law Going Into Effect Today and
Also Are Parcel Post Packages,
Jewelry and Atheltic Goods.
Stamp taxes, to provide funds for
the conduct of the war, become effect
ive Nov. 1. They will be particularly
noticeable here because of the imposts
on deeds, and other legal papers,
shares of stock, bank checks and
drafts, life, tire and marine insurance,
and parcel post packages. In addition
the war tax stamps must be attached
to many other things.
All bonds, representing indebtedness
of any kind, must bear stamps of 5
cents each on each $100 or fraction
thereof; indemnity or surety bonds, 50
cents; if the bonds are paid for then
the tax shall be one per cent of the
amount of the premium; there is no
charge for a reisuance of an indemnity
or surety bond.
All parcels post packages must bear
a war stamp tax equaling one cenL for
each 25 cents of the postage charge or
fraction thereof.
Capital stock in any corporation or
association must bear a stamp, of 5
cents fo reach $100 or fraction there
of: if there is no par value to the
stock, then it must bear a stamp of 5
cents for each $100 or fraction there
stock the same conditions exist except
*ihe tax must be 2 cents instead of 5
cents.
Sale of Produce.
ine sale oi produce on excnange
must pay a tax at he rate of 2 cents
for each $100 involved.
Darfts, checks and other bank paper
not payable at sight and all promis
sory notes must pay 2 cents for each
$100 or fraction thereof.
Deeds of conveyance or conveying
and sort of interest in real estate
where the value is over $100 and not
over $500, $0 cents, and for each ad
dition $500 or fraction thereof, 50
cents.
For the entry of goods from foreign
port for $100 or less, 25 cents; for
goods valued at from $100 to $500, 50
cents; over $500, $1.
Tickets to Foreign Ports. ,
*
For any ticket or passage from any
port in the United States to a port not
in the United States, Canada or Mex
ico, where the cost is over $10 and not
exceeding $30, the tax is $1; where
the cost does not exceed $60, the tax
is $3; costing more than $60, $5. No
tax is imposed on tickets that cost less
than $10.
Proxies to any one to vote one’s
shares at a corporation meeting, or to
represent a director or trustee in any
corporation, or association bear a tax
of 10 cents.
Powers of attorney are taxed 25
cents.
Playing cards are taxed 5 cents a
pack.
Insurance Taxes.
A tax of 8 cents on each $1§0 of any
character of life insurance levied, pro
vided where the insurance is on the
life of a person and payment for the
£ same is in weekly installments for
" $500 or less the tax shall be 40 per
cent of the first payment thereon only.
■ On fire or marine insurance the tax
■ shall be one cent for each dollar of
r the premium; on casualty insurance
the tax shall be one cent on each $1 of
the premium.
Excise Tax.
A tax of 3 per cent on the cost price
in the sale of automobiles is levied;
on phonographs, piano players or the
records or other equipment used in
connection with the same, 3 per cent
of the cost; on moving pictures M of
1 per cent per lineal foot; on jewelry
3 per cent of the sale price; on yachts
or pleasure boats 5 per cent of the
price at which sold; for each year’s
> use of a yacht or pleasure boat of five
tons or more, up to 50 feet in length,
I
50 cents a foot; over 50 feet in length
and not over 100 feet in length, $1 a
foot; for each foot over 100 feet in
length $2 per foot; on baseball bats
and balls, tennis rackets, billiard para
phernalia and other sporting goods, 8
per cent of the sale price; toilet wat
ers, powders and other toilet drugs, 2
per cent of the sale price; drugs of
various kind#,. 2 per cent of the sale
price; cameras, 2 per cent; chewing
gum, 2 per cent.
On all estates of $50,00 or less Vi of
1 per cent; over $50,000 and not over
$150,000, 1 per cent; over $150,000 and
not over $250,000, 1 Ya per cent; over
$250,000 and not over $450,000, 2 per
cent; over $450,000 and not over $1,
000,000, 2Va per cent; over $1,000,000
and not over $2,000,000, 3 per cent;
over $2,000,000 and not over $3,000,- i
; 000, 3% per cent; over $3,000,000 and
| not over $4,000,000, 4 per cent; over
! $4,000,000 and not over $5,000,000, 4Vs
\ per cent; over $5,000,000 and not over
: $8,000,000, 5 per cent; over $8,000,000,
| and not over $10,000,000, 7 per cent; J
all estates over $10,000,000, 1 per cent.!
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TAX ON CORPORATIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 1.—
I The tax on corporations, which was 1
| per cent, on the net income before 1916
was raised to 2 per cent of the in
come last year. Now 4 per cent has
been added to this making the total
war tax effective today on corporation
incomes 6 per cent or just 6 times as
high as it was before the war.
In addition to this tax there has i
i been levied an excess profit tax on in
comes. This permits a corporation to
make a profit of $3,000 and 7 per cent
j of the capital used in the business
without addition tax.
If it is shown that before the war
the coi'poration was making 9 per cent
profit or more it is permitted to make
that now in addtiion to $3,000 without
excessive income taxes applying. How
ever, a company making a profit in ex
cess of 9 per cent and $3,000 must pay
[ 20 cents on the excess up to 15 per
cent of the invested capital. An income
in excess of 15 per cent and under 20
per cent must pay 25 per cent; in ex
cess of 20 per cent and under 25 per
cent pays 35 per cent; in excess of 25
per cent and under 33 per cent pays
45 per cent; in excess of 33 per cent
profit the tax is 60 per cent of the in
come.
FLOOD DROWNS
U.MGENS RIVER, SWOLLEN BY
FOUR MONTHS’ UNPRECEDENT
ED RAIN, BREAKS ITS BANKS.
CITY COMPLETELY INUNDATED
Great Damage Is Occasioned to Rail
road Property by Washing Away of
Stretches of Track—Stream Strayed
Out of Its Banks for Two Days.
LONDON, Nov. 1.—The Umgens
river in South Africa, swollen by four
I months’ of an abnormal rainfall, has
overflowed and submerged the thickly
populated settlemetn of Durban.
One despatch sa'yes 1,000 natives
| have been drowned.
Great damage was occasioned to
j railroads by the washing out of
; stretches of track.
j The river overflowed its banks last
Saturday and did not subside within
its own banks until Sunday night.
COSSACKS WILL BE
ON KORNILOFF JURY
ARMY OFFICER WHO LED ABOR
TIVE REVOLT FORMERLY WAS
CHIEF OF SIBERIAN MEN.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 1.—The re
quest of Siberian cossacks that they be
given representation on the jury which
will try General Korniloff, the leader
of the recnt abortive revolution, has
been granted by the government.
Korniloff, before he was made com
mander of all the armies of Russia,
which position he occupied when he re
belled, was commander of the Siberian
cossacks.
.. AlUlOtVA. MUVEMBI
EMPRESS WILL CHARGE 30 CENTS
ADMISSION; HARMONY STAYS AT 25
WAR TAX WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT WILL CAUSE ONE
HOUSE TO RAISE PRICE OF TICKETS AND OTHER
TO CUT OUT ITS PERFORMANCE EVERY MONDAY
NIGHT.
The Empress theatre today received
a telegram from Captain A. E. Lath
rop, who is the owner of the play
house, and who is a passenger on the
steamship Alaska en route to Anchor
age, giving notice that on account of
the added expense because of the war
tax, the admission to the theatre will
be fixed at 30 cents for adults and 10
cents for children.
The tax calls for 1 cent on every 10
cent admission or fraction there of as
well as a tax on the films every time
they are shown. The film tax will be
very heavy hei'e on account of the fre
quent change of programs, which has
been the custom in Anchorage show
houses.
R. E. MacDonald, of the Harmony
theatre, feels that he will be able to
continue to show pictures at the same
price of twenty-five cents by having
no show on Monday, thus avoiding the
reel tax for one night. In this way he
figures that the expense will be cut
down and than he can yet get by on
the same admission as now is in force.
Captain Lathrop has notified the
Empress here that he is bringing with
him Charles Glaze, an organist of ex
ceptional ability who hereafter will
play the Empress pipe organ. Mis
Nina Richmond Nichols, who now is
playing the instrument, has found the
work too heavy for her and will go to
Cordova, where she will play at the
| Empress in that city. Mr. Glaze has
| played in theatres in Portland and
! Seattle and is said to be a musician of
; great ability. He is accompanied by
his wife and child.
TWO ANCHORGE MEN ARE INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY ON LIQUOR CHARGES
JOSEPH MORRIS AND WILLIAM PETERSON MUST
FACE TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT; CASES AGAINST
EDWARD KRAUSE AND W. A. GOODMAN ARE NOW
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
VALDEZ, Nov. 1.—Joseph Morris
and William Peterson were indicted
by the federal grand jury her today
on the charge of dealing illegally in
intoxicating liquor in Anchorage. They
will be arraigned to plead next Friday.
The grand jury is now investigat
ing the charges of illegally trafficing
in liquor against Edward Kruse and
W. A. Goodman ,of Wenatchee.
BERLIN CLAIMS THAT TOTAL OF
PRISONERS NOW NUM
BERS 180,000.
BIG GUNS EXCEED 1,500
Report from Rome Is to Effect that
Deefated Army Is Being Re-Organ- j
ized and Is Now Managing to Hold i
Its Opponents.
BERLIN, Nov. 1.—Austro-Germam j
invading Italy have captured mor? j
than 180,000 Italian soldiers and more'
htna 1500 Italian guns, according to
the official statement of the German
war office.
The Austro-German army yesterday
gained another great victory. Portions
of the Italian army made stands at,
the Tagliamento river. The Austro-!
Germans penetrated the Italians’ rear!
guard positions east of the lower Tag- j
liamento and they cut off 6,000 troops j
and captured them.
The Italian campaign is being de- j
veloped in accordance with the >nten-j
tion of the German and Austrian!
leaders. ,
No British Guns Lost.
LONDON, Nov. 1.—The British cor
respondent at Italian headquarters re
ports that all British guns with the
Italian forces were saved. The corres
pondent accompanied the retreat and
says the Italian troops are cheerful
and good tempered and that firmness
of command could re-organize them
into a fighting force.
Are Holding Teutons.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS,
Rome, Nov. 1.—The Italians are per- j
fecting their re-organization and arej
holding the Teutons seven miles west
of Udine.
NORWAY’S SHIPPING LOSSES.
CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 3.—Norway’s
total shipping losses since the begin
ning of the war no,w stands as follows:
479 steamers of 777,000 tons; 160 sail
ing ships of 155,000 tons; number of
lives lose, 698. The net redaction in
the Norwegian mercantile marine this
year is 319 ships aggregating 515,000
tons.
AUTOMOBILE MAKER MUST DIS
TRIBUTE PROFITS AMONG
STOCKHOLDERS IN COMPANY.
SUM OF $60,000,000 INVOLVED
President of Motor Car Corporation
Wanted to Use Money to Acquire
Mines and Erect Mills to Produce
Metal Required in Machines.
DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 1.—By a de
cision handed own late yesterday in
court here, the Dodge Brothers wor
their suit against Henry Ford to com
pel him to dishnrcp the accumulated
dividends of the Ford Motor company
among the stockholders instead of us
ing the money to increase the compa
ny’s business.
The Dodge Brothers are minority
stockholders in the Ford company.
They sued to compel Ford to disbuse
$60,000,000 accumulated dividends.
Ford intended to use the money to
acquire iron mines and erect steel
mills to produce the metal necessary
to the manufacture of the Ford
automobile.
TO TRAIN FOR ARMY.
Washington University Students Will
Be Instructed as Officers.
SEATTLE, Nov. 3.—Every under
graduate of the University of Wash
ington will be a member of the re
serve officers training camp courses to
be given at the university this year.
Even conscientous objectors must
serve in some way, asserts Dr. Henry
Suzzallo, president of the university.
If they are not made to drill they will
be given courses in an ambulance
squad.
Dr. Suzzallo has been quoted as say
ing the conscientous objector “is often
a coward who is translating his cow
ardice into intellectual language,” and,
as a result, they will be compelled to
serve.
BULGARIANS DECEIVED.
Germans Tell Balkan Allies That Brit
ish Kill Prisoners.
LONDON, Nov. 1. — As evidence
that the Germans have taught the Bui
!R 8, 1917.
garians that their lives will be for
feited if they are taken prisoner byj
the British, the following, extract from j
a letter by a British officer on the
fialoniki front is published by the
Daily Telegraph:
‘When we rounded up sixty Bulgar
ians in an attack recently the poor
wretches were utterly terrified. Two
or three tried to drown themselves in
a pool, while others knelt on the
ground making the signs of the cross
and waiting an assassin’s bayonet
thrust or worse.
“Qne who was a real sportsman
kept his head and made a desperate
effort to escape, very nearly getting
shot, until he saw it was unless, and
! flinging down his rifle, surrendered to
an officer. Beside this officer a Tom
my stood watchfully in case the Bul
gar was up to any nasty tricks, and
the latter seeing this attitude and tak
ing him for his appointed murder
with a dramatic gesture threw bacl
l;s head and biirej. his chest. tU
opened his shirt with both hands, the.
faced the soldier with the bayone
whom he supposed to be waiting foi
the officers word to run him through
“Tommy’s method of easing the ten
si on was rapid. He brought out hi.
packet of cigarettes and offered on<
to the Bulgar.
“Up to this moment the Bulgar had
been as brave as a lion, but the offei
of the cigarette in place of the end of
the bayonet was too sudden a change
| in his outlook. He gave a gasp and
sat down trembling, unable to light
the cigarette at the match which the
soldier was holding ready for him.”
FINLAND IS REPORTED TO HAVE
RETURNED TO EUROPEAN
PORT UNDER OWN STEAM.
NO DETAILS GIVEN OF DAMAGE
American Troop Ship Was Recently
Attacked in European Waters b;
German Submarines While She War
, on Her Way Home Under Convoj
of Warships.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 2.—
; The United States transport Finland
! which recently was hit by a torpedc
i
| fired by a German submarine, while
| returning to the United States, wat
able to go back to a foreign port undei
her own steam, the United States navy
| department announced today.
The Finland was under convoy oi
I warships when she was attacked in
European waters by German submar
ines which were not seen. The Fin
land is one of the largest steamers fly
ing the American flag. Before entering
| the transport sei*vice she plied between
New York and European ports. She
was built in Philadelphia in 1902, and
is 12,000 gross tonnage. When she
was in trade she was operated by the
i Red Star and other lines.
Normally, she carries a crew of 257
| men.
NAVY HIRES AMAZONS.
BREMERTON, Wash., Nov. 1.—
“Miss Susie Smith, blacksmith’s help
er.”
Sounds like the days of the Ama
zons, but it’s merely the commonplace
twentieth-century in the Puget sound
navy yard.
Women are now being listed at the
navy yard with the rating of “black
smith’s helper,” “machinist’s helper,”
“general helper,” etc., titles that
formerly were borne only by men un
der civil service rulings.
The rating of helper in various
trades is given to women who are as
signed to the various shops as time
keepers, stenographers and clerks.
These places, formerly held by men,
are now exclusively occupied by wo
men.
“The navy yard has become ‘cuss
less,’” commented one of the mascu
line employes. “When we want to
swear now we write it down on a
piece of paper and throw it in the
waste basket.”
HIS COUNTRY
MUST If E1 •
PREMIED DECLARES MUSCOVIT
ES HAVE FOUGHT 18 MONTHS
LONGER THAN ENGLAND.
DO NOT INTEND TO QUTT
Lack of Transportation Facilities Pre
vents Sending of American Troops*.
But Boot sand Iron Are Asked ia
Preference to “Money.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 2.—Premier
Kerensky, of Russia, today told the
Associated Press that Russia was
worn out by the war’s strain and must
have help. He declared that her other
allies should shoudler more of her bur
den. Russia he said has had eighteen
months more of real fighting than.
England. His country, he asserts had
:ought all her battles alone and still
was fighting alone. He stated that
Russia was not out of the war, despite
reports to the contrary and said that
America can help Russia most effect
ively by sending her boots and iron,
rather than money.
The world, insisted the premier,
must not lose faith in the Russian rev
olution because it is an economic rev
olution and will take years to develop
a stable government.
in answer io a question tne premier
said that an American army in Russia
would be useful but that the lack of
railroad and steamship facilities make
the transportation of an American
army impossible.
He declares that while Russia had
been fighting alone, she has had Eng
land’s financial help. The common peo
ple of Russia he admitted are worn
out economically and disorganized in
general.
The premier, during the interview,
was pale and earnest. He wore a
brown undecorated uniform. He ap
peared fatigued from his trips to and
from the front and his constant audi
ences with Russian government offi
cials and foreign representatives.
Have Faith in Russia.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 2.—
Premier Kerensky’s statement creat
ed a profound sensation here. Govern
ment officials, however, noted with
confidence his emphatic statement that
Russia was not out of the conflict.
Secretary of State Robert Lansing
authorized the statement that nothing
indicated that Russia was about to
quit the war. He said the government
deplored constructions to the contrary.
SPAIN IS UNABLE
TO OBTAIN CABINET
FORMER PRESIDENT OF SENATE,
WHOM KING ASKED TO FORM
MINISTRY, ABANDONS T ASK.
MADRID, Spain, Nov. 1.—Joainquin
Sancheztoca, former president of the
Spanish senate last night abandoned
his attempt to form a new Spanish
cabinet. He was charged with the
task early in the day by King Alfonso.
The old cabinet resigned because it
lacked the confidence of the legislative
branch of the government.
High prices of food aroused the op
position of the people to the cabinet.
CAMP TO BE PERMANENT.
Officers’ Training Station at Honolulu
Will Be Bomb School.
HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. Z—The
resrve officers’ training camp at Scho
field barracks on this island, at which
101 “rookies” are now beginning the
second month of their training, is to
be made a permanent institution, ac
cording to a general order just issued
by Brigadier-General John P. Wisser,
commanding the Hawaiian depart
ment.
INDICTED FOR MURDER.
CONCORD, N. C., Nov. 2.—Gaston
B. Means, was indicted today for Hie
murder of Mrs. Maude A. King; a
wealthy widow here, last August.