INCOME TAX LAW ADMITTEDLY VAGUE
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ON ISSUE OF NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION
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AND GOVERNMENT WOULD CLEAR POINT
Act Full of Conflicts and Only Courts Can Decide—The
Attorney General Does Not Seek Punishment—
Treasury Opened Books to the Public
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Attorney General Stone was at the White
House early today and informally discussed with local newspaper men
some of the pending cases being brought by the government to test
whether the law was violated when the income tax returns were publish
ed.
Mr. Stone is not given to curbstone opinions and would venture no
conclusion as to the construction of the statute, but indicated clearly
that the law is so full of conflicts that only the courts can straighten
out what congress intended should be1**
the scope of the act.
One of the interesting questions
which will be raised by the govern
ment is whether the provisions under
which income tax returns were made
available for public inspection should
apply to any returns except those
for the year 1024.
It so happens th^t the treasury
department permitted the public to
look at returns for the yer 1923 j
though these returns were made un
der the terms of the law of previous
years in which publication was strict
ly forbidden. If congress intended;
that the public should be allowed to
gaze at the 1923 returns did congress j
not mean also that all returns for pre- j
vious years extending, indeed, back •
to the very beginning of the income
tax law’s operation were to be thrown
open V One congress cannot bind an
other to secrecy and old records are
frequently made public long after the
law originally requiring secrecy is
considered out of date and repealed.
The newspapers that are defend- !
ants in the government suits will nat
urally reply that the treasury de
paitment itself furnished the 1923 re
turns to the public which, of course,
will mitigate the offense. The whole
thing, however, is not a prosecution
for punishment but a test. Indict
ment will be brought by grand juries
in at least six instances and then the
trials will be expedited with the hope
of getting a clear ruling from the
lower courts which might exonerate
the newspapers from blame and the
case would be appealed by the gov
ernment to the supreme court of the
United States for final decision.
Meanwhile the newspapers which
have looked into the legal aspect
of the controversy thoroughly know
that to publish returns for years pre
ceding 1923 means a greater risk
and liability to punishment than for
the alleged offenses committed by the
scores of newspapers printing the
i eturns made available recently by
the treasury department itself. It
is not likely that any returns will
be published for years preceding
1923, even though there is grave
doubt dmong some governmental
lawyers that a prosecution even for
that could stick.
LOGGER FATALLY STABBED
SPOKANE, Dec. 11.—Gust Hoffman
was fatally stabbed yesterday in a
lumber camp near Noxon, Mont,, by '
Wm. Farnum, an Indian-negro half
breed, who is being held in jail pend
ing Hoffman’s recovery. Other em
ployes of the camp said the stabbing
occurred in the course of a rough and
tumble fight which followed an argu
ment over a logging chain.
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VESSEL TO BE SOLD TO
SATISFY CLAIM CAPTAIN
VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 12.—An
other incident in the career of the
three-masted schooner Speedaway oc
curred Wednesday when Justice Mar
tin in Admiralty court ordered the
vessel sold to satisfy a claim of Capt.
Robert Sinclair for §2,925 wages. The
judgment was rendered in that sum
in favor of Capt. Sinclair. Marshal
Chas. MacDonald will conduct the
sale. There was no appearance on
behalf of the vessel’s owners.
LOOT VALUED AT HALF
A MILLION IS RECOVERED
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Dec. 12.—
Bonds and stocks valued at half a
million dollars, said to have been sto
len from Bentley’s bank as Spring
boro, Pa., were found in a city park
here and have been returned to the
postal authorities.
The men who found Ihe bonds, all
foreigners, were not aware of the val
ue of their find until a man who
worked in a steel mill nearby told
them. One of the men was wearing
two $1000 Liberty bonds for an apron
to protect his body from heat.
STARTLING CLAIM
ROBBER LEADER CHARGED WITH
KILLING ACCOMPLICE
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—A startling
move was made by the defense in the
trial of Wm. Fahy, former postoffice
inspector, and two others, charged
with conspiracy in connection with the
train robbery at Roundout, in June. I
in offering to prove that Brant Glass- j
cock, leader of the actual robbery, de- !
liberately killed Wm. Newton, one of ■
the bandits and planned to kill Her
bert Holiday, another.
Defense attorneys after Federal
Judge Clift’e had excluded the jury |
from the courtroom, moved to be per- I
mitted to produce evidence that Glass- !
cock planned to do away with both
Newton and Holliday to provide a
larger distribution of loot to himself
and the others. Judge Cliffe denied j
the request.
On cross examination yesterday
Glasscock refused to answer a de- j
fense question as to whether he shot j
Willie Newton. He declined to an
swer on the ground that to do so
might incriminate him.
STOCK SALES APPROACH
THREE MILLION RECORD
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Breaking all
records for volume of business tran
sacted in the past year the stock mar
ket yesterday swept upward to new
high levels under leadership of the
railroad speculators. Sales totaled
2,934,300 shares, the heaviest day’s
trading since December, 1916, when
was declared.
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GRANGE AGAINST CHILD
LABOD AMENDMENT TO
FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
7 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 12—
By an overwhelming vote, the Na
tional Grange today put itself on re
cord against the child labor amend
ment to the Federal constitution. The
organization pledged its most vigor
ous efforts to prevent ratification of
the movement.
This decision was reached after a
long discussion and was supported by
the votes of every state in the body
except Washington, Oregon, and Mis
souri. The convention will meet next
year at Sacramento, Calif.
Mrs. Sam Godfrey, of Brooks, who
was reported seriously ill, has recov
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Haviing purchased the interest of
John Morrison in the Seward Plumb
ing Company, I will be responsible
for all debts owed by the concern,
and all bills due the company should
be paid to me.
HENRY RICHARDS.
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Christmas Excursions to Sweden
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S. S. STOCKHOLM—From New
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December 4.
S. S. DROTTNINGHOLM—From
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Also Earlier Sailings
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Agent for Seward, Alaska
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ROUTE SCHEDULE
Vessel
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Scheduled
Arr. Seward
Dec. 6th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 2Cth
Dec. 27th
Jan. 3rd
Scheduled
Sail fm Seward
Dec. 6th
Dec. 13th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 27th
Jan. 3rc
Northwestern.Nov. 29th
Alaska.Dec. 6th
Alameda.Dec. 13th
Northwestern. Dec. 20th
Alaska.Dec. 27th
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Cordova, Valdez, Latouche and Seward, both north and southbound.
Northwestern and Alameda will also call at Petersburg both ways.
Steamers leave Seward at MIDNIGHT on sailing dates shown.
Steamer Redondo is scheduled to saial from Seward December 6
and 13 for S&ldovia and Halibut Cove.
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