THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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INCOME TAX PAYERS.
Plumbers who pay income taxe.
are no longer the “aristocrats of
labor,’ 'according to William H. Ed
wards, United States internal rev
enue collector for the Second and
Third districts of New York, in
whose districts this year more than
$1,500,000,000 will be gathered for
Uncle Sam.
High wages and profitable over
time, says Mr. Edwards, have raised
to the income tax paying list such
workers a? longshoremen, garment
makers, paperhangers, chauffeurs,
railroad brakemen, sailors, truck
drivers, and piano movers. “And
don’t forget the chorus girls, the
movie stars, and the hotel waiters,”
declared the collector, adding that
some of the latter are malting more
than $5,000 a year in tips alone.
Street car conductors and motor
men in Brooklyn, for instance, he
said, have made as much a.s $60
a week and. if their yearly income
exceeds $1,000 for a single man or
$2,000 for the head of a family,
they will be required to contribute
their share toward the cost of run
ning the government. Mr. Edwards
cited a few instances without, o’’
course, mentioning any names, of
bootblacks milk wagon drivers and
bellboys who in 1010 earned in ex
cess of their exemption and who
will be required to file returns.
Payment oi tne income v.\ oegan
on January 1 and will continue un
til midnight of March 15, at which
time all returns must be in. to es
cape the possibility of a maximum
$1,000 fine for delinquency. While
Collector Edwards was opening his
mail the other day, out. fell a check
for §2,883,515.39. representing the
payment of a corporation tax with
penalty and interest. The next
letter he opened was from Mont
clair. X. J., which is also in his
district. It had been registered to
pay an income tax of $1.37.
A recent caller at the collector'^
office was a woman whose net in
come was 65 cents. Her tax am
ounted to four cents. She wanted
to know if she would be permitted
to make the payments “quarterly."
When told she could, she smiled and
said she guessed she would pay it
all at once, handed over four shin
ing pennies and took her receipt.
Another patriotic citizen—foreign
bom—filed a careful return show
ing that he had no income which
was subject to taxation. At the
bottom of his return was the follow
ing notation: “No tax due, but would
like to pay some tax and enclose
for $100.’’
Collector Edwards said that, unde:
the law, he was not permitted to ac
cept the check, but that he forward
ed it to Commissioner Roper in
Washington to dispose of as he saw
fit This year the income tax rate
is less than last, the normal rate
1 e>n" 4 oercert on th» first $4,00(1
of net income above the exemption,
and 8 percent on the remaining net
income, instead of 6 and 12 percent
as in 1918.
“Offhand,” said the collector, “one
would hardly think that a long
shoreman came within the require
ments of the income tax law. Cer
' Mainly he did nor a few years ago,'
when many of them found it hard
jto make a living. In the past vear1
!
or two, however, many longshore
men have been making from $3,000
|to $5,000 a year.
“The income tax also hits some J
members of the theatrical profes- i
sion pretty hard. Some of these ac-1
tors, including motion picture stars.!
! perhaps make as high as $200 and :
! $300 a week for six months in the '
i :
■year. They live well, and bv the
*
i time their income tax payment is
: due may be out of an engagement.
They are confronted with a good-!
sized tax without any immediate
I means. It is then up to them to
!get it.
“Last year my investigators found
many diamond merchants had beer. !
' doing business in this country four
or live years without paying taxes.'
We got after them and increased
our returns by more than $1,00,000.'
Some of the actresses who were de
linquent last year said they did not!
pay because they could not figure
lout just how much they were ex-:
. empt because of the cost of their:
^ gowns, taxicabs and other luxuries.
IA 50 percent penalty was imposed :
■because of their failure to pay when
the taxes were due.
! I
•‘Income taxes,” said the collector,
■ “should be figured as a liability just
as insurance, interest on a murt- ;
| gage, or your winter’s coal bill.
Then when tne time comes for pay
.
ment it will not be a hardship. !
Nearly 20,000 persons were lined
last year for failure to file returns.
A certain stock broker made $200,
000. He filed his return showing a
tax of $40,000. He defaulted in
his payment, however, and in a per
sonal interview with me, said he !
didn’t have the money. A 5 percent
penalty'was imposed and he hustled
around and got the money. His !
failure to provide for the tax cost
him just $2,000.”
The Second and Third New York
districts. Mr. Edwards said, raise
more than one-quarter of the total
amount collected throughout the en
tire United States.
MONEY PROFITEERING.
Ten thousand men, chiefly Chi
nese, are piling: up moderate for
tunes, it is said, by dealing in mon
■ey of :he several nations contigu
ous to Siberia. Block after block
in the Chinese quarter of Harbin
are given over to the money chang
ers, some of whom have quite elab
orate establishments employing six
or eight men to wait upon custom
< Cl'S.
Not the least!* source of revenue
; is the wide fluctuation of the ruble ;
of the Omsk government—“Siber
■skvs” in relation to the “Keren
jskys,” or the issue of the former
Kerensky government. The ratio
j recently has been about 20 of the
former to one of the latter. A Chi
: nese dollar, silver or paper, brought
j from 430 to 480 of the “Siberskys.”
j One having money to exchange
goes from door to door offering his
stock in hand, until he determines
which dealer makes the best propo
sition, and is fortunate upon return
ing to close the trade if the rate
has not changed in his absence.
AUSTRIAN BROKER
LOSES LARGE SUM
IN SWINDLE GAME
-T
VIENNA.—A Vienna money brok
er was robbed of 2,000,000 rubles
^he other day in a political plot to
obtain control of the Ukrainian le
gation here. The story as worked ;
iout by the police is as good as a|
' play.
' The scheme was the familiar con
fidence game of inducing the broker.
i
’to violate the law and of seizure of:
the money by criminals disguised as J
i gendarmes.
A supposed Ukrainian general re ;
centlv arrived in Vienna and en- j
gaged with a money broker to buy |
up to 2,000,000 rubles. It is illegal
'in Austria to deal in foreign money
,or to hate it in private possession,;
and all foreign exchange is done.
I through authorized banks. The
■ broker agreed to have the amount
in hand on a certain day. He lived
and conducted his business in a
hotel.
On the appointed afternoon, but
a little ahead of time, a man in the
uniform of’ a Ukrainian colonel call
ed on the broker and said he had
come for General X’s money. They
sat down to a table to check the
money, when the door was opened
and two gendarmes walked in and
placed both under arrest on the
charge of possessing and dealing in
foreign money.
The broker begged and protested,
and finally was told to appear in
court on the following day. his rec
ord being taken with the greatest
care and particulars. But the col
onel’s protests were unavailing. He
stormed and invoked his nationality
in vain. The two policemen gath
ered up the money, counted it and,
giving a receipt, told the broker to
appear promptly before the authori
ties.
Then, taking the colonel, they
left. An hour later the broker woke
up to the fact that the colonel and
the two gendarmes were fakers and
he had been robbed of some 2.000.
000 rubles.
The Vienna police are efficient in
this kind of thing, and in a day !
or two had gathered in two of the
swindlers, but not the one with the
money. Working on the case, they
finally ascertained that the money
was to be used for political ends.
The plan, according' to the police
reports, was a plot to seize the I
Ukrainian legation here by an op-]
posing political faction, get posse
sion of the records and seals ar 1
defy the existing government, a plot
characteristic of the present unset
tled state of affairs in Eastern Eu
rope. The legation, however, had
wind of it and was prepared for
whatever might happen. The police 1
say this is the second plot to the ^
same end frustrated.
Board of School Directors
Nenana Public School
N'enana, March 8, 1920.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka, notice is hereby given that the
regular annual election will be held
in the town of Nenana,
Tuesday, April 6, 1920,
Tor the purpose of electing three
jschool directors to serve two years,
to fill the vacancies caused by the
expiration of the terms of Robert
Joseph Diven, J. A. Slippern, and J.
iH. Scott.
The names of candidates must be
j in the hands of the Clerk of the
I School Board not later than 5 p. m.,
I March 22, 1920.
The polling place will be located
in the fire hall, adjoining the towr.
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on the day
and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT,
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
ROBERT JOSEPH DIVEN,
President.
Nenana. Alaska’s Interior Fnel Depot
WANT ADS
TWO TEXTS FOR SALE—One 10*
12. and one 12x14. Inquire News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
TWO GOOD DOGS for sale. Inquire
for S. E. Gardner, at Cooneys.
, WELL-FURNISHED two-room cabin,
with good water ami large cache,
i for sale cheap. Inquire News;
| office. tf i
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: cook in camp. Inquire at News;
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Stood dogs. Must be cheap. In- j
quire at Terminal.
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! FOUND—Bunch of keys. Inquire:
at Central Cafe.
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms.!
suitable for light housekeeping,:
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also j
office rooms, at The Arctic.
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j ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
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I ■
j equipped and with established in
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS
OF MONTH, AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
SUPREME COUNCIL GOES;
OLD CUSTOMS RETURN
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Dissolu- ;
tion of the supreme council at Paris!
marks a return to the old meth- •
| ods of conducting international ex-;
I changes through the regularly ac- i
I credited ambassadors and ministers)
| and their foreigns offices. Officials :
'here do not regard as necessary any j
formal council of ambassadors in
Paris, but there will be frequent ;
conferences between those now in;
the French capital and American j
Ambassador Hugh Wallace will re
port to the state department any ;
new propositions that may be ad- J
ivanced regardinz the important is- j
;sues left unsettled by the supreme j
council, such as the Adriatic ques- ;
tion and the Turkish treaty.
Ambassador Wallace will be fruid- j
ed in his treatment of these sub- j
jects by express instructions from •
| the state department.
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BROAD PASS
ROADHOUSE !
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42 Mile* from End of Steel.
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
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NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EAS TERLY, Proprietress.
Dr. J, R, BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable v
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
—
NOTICE
j Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
1 the employment office, on the ground
floor of the Genera! Office Building,
.Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
'at Camp 415 (North N'enana).
I
| Tickets will be on sale at i.ny
: time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
| the departure of the trains.
' Regular trains for the south leave
I the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
* Camp 415 (North N’enana), for
j Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
! 1 p. m.
The following is the schedule bp
1 tween North N’enana and Fairbanks,
j subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m ;
: arrive North N'enana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North N'enana 1:00 p. m .
j arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
sthe river. Those intending to trav
i el to Fairbanks must make their
i own arrangements for reaching
i North N'enana.
Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you. the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA