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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1919
Page
7
The 38th and last installment in a Daily and Sunday Post series by Thomas H. Ray covers customs duties as a deductible item under federal income tax. It lists prior topics from Feb. and March installments and notes guidance for individuals and corporations.
The question asks whether a corporation that applied for a charter but had not received it by December 31, 1918 must file a return. The answer is no. A corporation that has received a charter but has not organized or engaged in business must prove that fact to avoid filing a return with the collector.
Washington March 14 about four million people and businesses must file income or profits tax returns and pay the first 25 percent installment, with estimates of 800 million to 1 billion dollars. Officials outline retroactive rules, deductions, and a tentative payment method if blanks are unavailable.
Taxpayers face midnight deadline for estimated income tax statements despite a blank shortage. Collector John F. Malley warns penalties for delinquency and offers a tentative return via letter with at least one fourth of the estimate, granting a 45 day extension to file the official form.
Mrs. Lester W. Bradbury, wife of a local baseball figure, files for divorce in Superior Court claiming extreme cruelty by her husband. She cites incidents over nine years of marriage including striking over a cat, being kicked from bed, being carried from the house, denied carfare, and a dispute over funds for a Willard Beach home. No children. The suit seeks alimony. the case remains in hearing.
Mrs Hannah Pitt of Cambridge marked her 99th birthday at her son Dr Charles P Pitt’s Cambridge street home. Born in St John New Brunswick she moved to Cambridge 35 years ago and remains active in the First Presbyterian Church. She has five children three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
A victory jubilee for about 200 Melrose veterans took place at Memorial Hall with over 100 school children singing. The First Corps Cadets Band provided music as Melrose plans further celebrations when more men return home. A 40 page programme lists 1000 Melrose men who enlisted.
Paris March 14 Emile Cottin the anarchist who attempted to kill Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau was sentenced to death by a unanimous court martial.
The court-martial heard that Cottin formed the shooting plan in May 1918 during aviation factory strikes. He fired five times at Premier Clemenceau from close range, rear of a car, with two holes nearly touching. The report lauds his premeditation and design while describing him as vain and self confident. Medical opinion holds him fully responsible.
The Boston Central Labor Union announces a new Trade Union College with 12 April courses led by professors such as H W L Dana Herbert Feis Irving Fisher Horace Kallen James MacKaye A O D Shef field and Horace Taylor. August offerings include Felix Frankfurter Z Chafee Roscoe Pound Samuel Eliot Morrison and Francis B Sayre. The college opens in April in a city school building with P Harry Jennings coordinating with the school board.
Viscount Ishii the Japanese ambassador urged the peace conference to abolish race prejudice saying it fuels discontent among nations. He told the Japan Society in New York that eradicating bias would lay a foundation for permanent peace and is timely to correct international discord.
Viscount Ishii argues for a race justice clause in the League of Nations charter to address Western immigration discrimination. He warns Japan would honor only a prudent provision and rely on gradual evolution, citing its fixed immigration policy and past records. The ambassador insists on remedying conspicuous racial injustice as essential to durable world peace.
The Japanese ambassador argues that despite a treaty granting entry rights, Japan will maintain strict limits on emigrants to the United States. He cites labor questions as an exceptional case, pledges adherence to a gentlemen’s agreement, and calls for united action against Bolshevism.
Olin Downes with Mrs Laura Littlefield soprano will present a free public lecture on The Music of Russia tomorrow at 3 30 in the Boston Public Library. Littlefield will sing The Steppe Gretchaninov The Goldfish Balakirev The Rocking Horse from Chansons Enfantines Moussorgsky The Songs of Russia Rachmaninoff Pastorale Stravinsky and The Siren Rimsky Korsakov.
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