The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 16, 1918, Page 4

STAR—SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1918. PAGE 4 MANLY TELLS MARRIED MEN HOW TO FILL OUT INCOME TAX FORM Editor's Note—This surance policies, gifts or bequests,{amount of trouble m making your third of four articles ww, Bact interest on the obligations of any|return, unless your income presents M. Manly, the noted economist, | tate, county or city, or on bonds of |nome of the complex questions that on the income tax. the United States (except as provided will be covered later in the act authorizing the issue), or| The only point of difference be wilaries or wagen paid by a state,|tween the tax on single men and county or municipality he last | married men is in the amount of ex exempts lets out public achoot | « © taxed on hers, firemen, | ¢ one walarien are not taxable, It |r must be understood, however, that any income derived from the invest ment of life insurance proceeds or from legacies or gifts in taxable, and must be reported. If thin general definition of how to determine net income is n wut | ficiently detailed to cover your case, you should either go to the internal revenue office and get a clerk to help | you out or wait for the special article | exceeded $2,600 which will appear in The Star Mon ie day on that question. agrees Te Ne een It used to be the case, under fore | ——£ — ———__________ mer revenue acts, that employers | - — deducted the amount of income tax ||| from the compensation of all their mployes and turned the to the treasury; but under nt law this “withholding at ce in not done. The em .. E. D. K.'s.". COLYUM Only three more months of work must be Gone to finish New York state's $166,000,000 barge canal, but not one barge has been bullt to ply It and #o far aa can be loarned, work has not been started on a single barge. Otherwise the canal in & great success. eee An army colonel tn Ban Franciaco han sued for divorce on the ground that his wife has nagged him for 20 years, One war at @ time for him S LIFE | HE SEATTLE STAR 8807 Seventh Ave Near Usten 6. ' COMEDIES OF CAMP LEWI 4 | Batered at Seattin Wash, Posteffice as Becond-Clase Matter © [By malt out of city BY BASIL M. MANLY ‘The Star's Economie Expert Married men f familien are no n income tax return uniess ined net Ines e of the and de pendent children under 1% years of oge exconds $2,000. You may figure that on account of exemptions you are not liable to pay © cent of tax, but If your net in- come exceeds $2,000, you must make 4 return before March 1 or be Mable to @ fine of not leas than $29. For the average in sufficiently a net income in the amount that in left after you deduct from your total re- colpts from all sources the sum of the following items: Business ex- penses, interest on indebtedness (ex- cept loans made to purchase Liberty bonds or other tax exempt securt- u taxes (except federal income excons profits taxes), losses in. a Fred in business or trade, bad debts | th uy charged off, reasonable al-| ploye himself is responsible both for jowance for exhaustion and wear and| ‘aking bis return and paying his tear of property used in business or| tx. But the employer is required trade, and contributions to religious, |'0 report the amounts paid to em-| charitable, educational or scientific | ployes, so that Uncle Sam has a organizations, not exceeding 18 per | complete check, and can round up) cent of net income. | the tax slackers, Exemptions Allowed If you read yenterdny’s article in| You need not include, however, in| The Star telling single men exactly your calculation of income the fol. how to fill out an income tax form. t requir Hoemen exemption of lowed $200 exemption for each de pendent child under 18, or over that |age If incapable of self-support be cause mentally or physically detec tive. For example, 4 married man, widow or widower with two children under 18 and one older half-witted or crippled child would not have to pay an income tax unless the net income REEDOM Ow ANL FOREVER The Professor Should Complain to the Landlord Weas Lowe and Foster Holt have! resumed thetr inatrumental studies undpr Professor Louls Von Bebren, ~talem (lL) Republican, eee A Denver man found tn a roost- ers crop two diamonds worth $200. A good crop of diamonds, wot? ° A quarter buys a thrift stamp. The investment | 42 absolutely safe, and, moreover, a patriotic lift for | Unele Sam. ther to save coal, Imitation | Baker’ r A Comforts the Kaiser The “willful” part of the U. S. senate, aided and abetted democratic senators who would swallow their in terror, if an honest conception of democracy were d upon them, is horrified over the Overman bill, which ‘ to empower the president to co-ordinate and man- the war functions of government after the most tion of higher education? What Janitors need in @ course in burning coal eee We read that General March may micceed General Bliss, We'd much |rather read that he has succeeded | “These eggs won't do nothin’ but scramble as long as those big) Were! Feb | autocratic style. The Overman measure is undem- Prussian, and all that. The Chamberlain proposition In ret, there’s no difference worth fighting over be-| |* the two bills. Both are, in the final analysis, auto- The Chamberlain bill provides for munitions director . eer ce nes, t he nominated by the president and to do under his authority. is i ible to imagine a director or cabinet continuing | office under dis- wre of the president. The autocracy in the thing could ily be avoided by —— (ee EY a uJ peeeeets more e it and com- , and the whole country would rise against would the senate do, if, with the Chamberiain bill President Wilson Prog 7 Stettinus munitions direct- Daniels and Hoover as the war cabinet? ee refuse to confirm? Huh! that would leave things tl a, ve and as the aoe ge cag pom net possi practical product of the jamberlain- € racket is notification to the kaiser that we're among ourselves. It isn’t statecraft that the sen- us. It's wind-pudding. Remember the boys in the Lorraine sector. To- wy is porkless day. Problem H "Uncle Sam will be asked to loan $3,000,000 to shipyard rs here to build homes with, a TRIE ae Becht alias ob 0 Weety loan, if it is granted, may help rt Just what kind of a home a worker 20 get for a0 much money will be easier to determine the government a hand. Only war workers will permitted to borrow from the The others who build here must not be victimized. The government pawl will help protect them against boom prices and camouflage construction. Don’t forget to buy a war savings stamp when man calls nezt time. Up to Them There's a streak of shrewdness in the president on his enemies in congress hadn’t coun He replies ) the yell for co-ordination by presenting a bill authoriz- him to co-ordinate any bureaus, commissions and de- » with himself as boss, and suspending any law fering with the desired autocracy. " _ His critics must feel that they’ve been hit below the or thereabouts. But it’s now their move. A $15-a-week clerk almost swindled J. P. Morgan €Co. Boy, page P. T. Barnum. ji Detectives have located 79 stolen reels of 4 drama in an opium joint. “Mystery of the ' Tezas legislature convenes to prohibit sale of | booze within 10 miles of army camps. War works ‘wonders. hoto- ‘issing Uncle Sam undertook a big contract last April. Help him put it across. Buy thrift stamps. If B. Skohieloff can eliminate kaisers for $100,000 |, he’ll save the allies a lot of worry and expense. Income taz returns must be in the hands of the in- ternal revenue collector by March 1. guns keep shootin’ off around here.” __ 'TUSCANIA ) ene, BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE. Till their piracy is fended, Till their lunacy is ended, Till their leprosy is mended, There is just Yer thing to do; We have passed all wi wor and whether, And with faces tow: the weather, Each for all and all together, There is no way out but thru. Till the Prussian sword is shattered, Till the Prussian horde is scattered, Till the Prussian flag is tattered And its shameful cause is curst, Till they learn there is no laurel For a nation all unmoral, We shall carry on the quarrel, Come the best or come the worst. Till their counterfeited “Culture,” With its ethics of a vulture, Finds a deep and dark sepulture With no resurrection dawn, Till this cruel kite is kited, Till his blighting beak is blighted, Till his frightfulness is frighted, Forward still! and “carry on!” Forward still to win the Vision, Forward to the Great Decision Which shall blast the last derision Of the Prussian citadel, Till the Prussian crest is crumbled, Till the Prussian head is humbled, And the Prussian creed is mumbled Only in the deeps of hell. Copyright, 1918, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association MRS. ASTOR-DICK ILL AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL Mrs. William K. Dick is a patient at Johns Hopkins hospital, in Balti more, under the care of Dr. Lewellyn F Barker, Her condition is not sertous, it is stated. Mra. Dick was formerly Mrs, John Jacob Astor (Madeline Force), wife of Col. Astor, who perished on the Titanic. The boy, who is so interested in mi a's wrist watch, is John Jacob Astor Ill, posthumous son of Col _Axstor. \ | der. ‘| went up in the air the way his old lowing itema:;- Proceeds of life tn: lyou ought not to have any great /} Richard Mansfield has joined the aviation corp, If he inherited his father’s talent he should be a won- We know o nobody who jman did eee Government officials have given jout statistics showing $1 would buy in 1918 what $1.29 would buy| in 1917, They fail to tell ual | whether or not we had the extra 29 conte. “Income Taz” editor. The Star. $5.50 per day every day in the week. I have no income, only my wage. A--An earning of $5.50 per day would be leas than $2,000 per year required to render an income tax | otatement. Q—I was married the tnd of Oc | tober, 1917. My income was a little more than $1,000. Do I have to pay tax’ AAs you were a married man, living with your wife, on Dec. 41, you will not be required to make a statement unless your combined in- comes equaled $2,000 net. |, MISTER "| KIN | WAVE Some WOIBYS For cuz cart? Q—I am a citisen of the U. B., was born in a foreign country. I have money in banks back there I deposited before I came to the U 8. that have been drawing interest, which has been added to the prin cipal sum back there ever since. I suppose it in exempt from taxes here, or will I have to give a state ment of it if I have to make a re turn? A—As a citizen of the United States, you are required to return all income received from every source, foreign included. Interest added to the principal is income, and there fore should be included in your in- come tax statement, if you are re quired to make one. THE WAR NEWS IN AN EARFUL ‘There has been quite a little pow going ap between the spaghetti jugglers and the combined Aus\ Teut sausage inhalers. The garlic virtuonointe very neatly did the oust on the Austria gang and switched the Teut to boot on t kraut company. The olive boys have a funny way of retres ing. Thoy hike back 20 miles, then turn around and use the 20 miles to get a start, then sweep full speed on the strafers and the wind going thru the tron double crosns- ers’ mouth organs, headed Vienna way, renders chords for the banana| | peddlers to warble grand opera| to, that epidemic of Eetaly. The! Vienna roll in the chief food for|| thought of the Austria ostriches. | Any day now, the whole swab of| ‘em may pick up and / roll Vienna. The grind organ | all being equipped with dust gog- glen and flivvers #0 it won't be so! hard to follow up the Austria bunch. Like the Russians, when the Aus- trians start hoofing it there ain't no rear gang. They're all away ahead of themselves, retreating. Editor's Mail ! The Star is glad to publish let. | | ters on current topics of interest, | | | | | I am a married man with one My income for 1917 was $1,203 thereof for labor and I am exempt from paying income ‘ax, but please tell me, will I have to make out a return to the tax col) lector anyhow? A-—No. Net un- lena your net income is $2,000. Q—Am a married man. I i> | if no personalities are indulged in. These must be written on typewriter or with pen and ink, and on only one side of the sheet. Letters more than 200 words in length generally are | NOT acceptable. Every woman should have at hand a reliable means of checking colds, coughs and grip. It is her duty to protect oe cers of the pry al pegs the rved tom experience toe value the ok Semvanpuslenartae weber ef ee a of an 2 to overcome its frequent appearance, and to use a reliable old reliable Peruna in such cases. Many of them tell their experiences for your benefit. eak. There are many thousand housewives in this country who For all Catarrhal Indications take Peruna. Mrs. Elin brs yi 133 Freaerick St. “Every spring and fall for eleven years, Ihave been troubled with catarrh in my throat and nose and hoarseness, and I am very pleased to state that at last I found @ medicine, Peruna, from which I received great benefit, and I will hereafter use and recommend it. I always keep it in my house in case of sickness, 1 recommend your medicine to a!) my friends and every sufferer, a6 an excellent medicine for | the public sn —te| @ PER CENT RENT RAISE i Editor The Star: 1 take pleasure |} |in writing you a line about the |way the landiords are boosting rents without any just cause. You will find inclosed two letters ||] | notifying us of an increase in rents |—A raise of $4 per month to take | effect the ninth of this month and | | | * another increase of $2 to take ¢ fect the ninth of next month. increase of 60 per cent months, There haven't been any improve-| ments made in the past two years and we haven't even a woodsh T.C. BE. in two RENTS BOOSTED Editor The Star: We tenants of the Windsor apartments would like! to know that in two! months’ time the rents have gone up |in the building at the rate of $10 per | month, and in some instances $12.60. A INANT. OPPOSES BOND | Faitor The Star: I want to may to || the city councilmen and any others |} who may be interested that the pro- posed bonding of donation busses is not the proper thing, It will not give any relief worth mentioning to traffic congestion. It will not per- mit the ordinary car owner to help himself, or any one elne, because he will not take the trouble of bonding || himself for that purpose, and it will benefit only a few, who have not yet learned that there is no money im the jitney business. 4 TOILER. ‘ | {I «roms, Therefore you would not be_ ‘ from other sources, Of course) | Masonic club Monday evening INCOME TAX PUZZLES Is there something you would like to know about the income tax? Mail your question to The Star's Answers will be printed in The genuine| always have} this trade-| mark on th package and law and that of 1917. ing 1s @ general statement of my earnings: Salary $3,500, interest re- ceived $520, side earnings $230, div- Sdenda from stock held $3,100; total | $7,350. Deductions: Interest paid} $560, taxen paid $120, subscription ||) to Red Cros $100, building wrecked by wind and flood $800, bad accounts and loss $1,500. Net income Would you give me the amount of tax due from me on —Net earnings $4, 5 nd specifi exempUon $2,000. Total $5,100. Ner- mal war tax due, none. Normal tn- come tax due, |tax. Total | Therefore no super-tax. Q—My salary is $1,270 per year. TI am « single woman and have a mother dependent upen me for sup- port. Must I register? A.—Yea, make a statement if your net in- come equals $1,000. Net income does not mean that personal family or living expenses are deductible. COWAN TO SPEAK HERE George H. Cowan, K. C., a former member of the Canadian parliament. and now judge advocate general for | British Columbia, will address the| Canadian club of Seattle at the) = club's annual informal dinner in the An Eminent Journalist Early showing of Spring materials for Suits, Coats Other speakers include Superior Judge King Dykeman and Henry/| | Blackwood. Our boys in the Navy enjoy their Bevo. The Navy De- partment has put its official seal of endorsement on this triumph in soft drinks, by allowing it to be sold and served Ashore or afloat, you will find Bevo a palate-pleasing, refreshing and nutritious beverage. | Just the thing to take along for sail or cruise—auto trip 4 or camp and for the ice-box at home, Have you bought » thrift stamp|| The Hippodrome yet? Today is the day. all Naval Vessels. caution 33%" e Bevo—the all-year-’round soft drink Bevo is sold in bottles only, and is bottled exclusively by ANHEUSER-BUSCH—ST. LOUIS Schwabacher Bros. Co., Inc. Dealers SEATTLE, WASH.