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Show WOMAN REFUSES TO PAY HER TAX Chicago, Jan .21. Mrs." Belle Squire, exponent of the "No vote no tax, " doctrine, will be sued by the county taxing officials unless she pays a personal property tax of $28.20 notice of which was sent to her yesterday. As her taxes were less than the cost of a suit would have been, "Mrs." Squire has escaped payment of the personal property tax during the last five years. Despite the recent enfranchisement of Illinois women, she made another "declaration of independence today-She today-She announced she will not pay this year's tax because it "was levied by officials for whom no woman was allowed al-lowed to cast a vote " This year the board of assessors placed her assessment high enough to bring her into the class w here s'ult follows delinquency, Although unmarried un-married she assumes the right to be known as "Mrs Belle Squire " She l.s a music teacher, and her piano represents the bulk of her personal property. |