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Evening star., 1907-11-19
LAND NOT CEDEO BY MEXICO
MISTAKEN IMPRESSION AS TO
MAGDALENA BAY.
This Country Granted Merely the
Privilege to Anchor Two Coal
Barges There.

1t is said at the State Depa rtment that
it is a mistake to suppose that the Mex
ican government has ceded any territory
at Magdalena bay to the United States
for coaling station or for any other pur-
poses. What Mexico has done, it is ex-
planned, is to grant to the United States
the privilege of keeping two barges or
hulks at anchor in the bay for the stor-
age of coal for the of United States
warships using those waters for target
practice. This privilege is granted for d
further period of three years with the un-
derstanding that Mexico shall be given a
similar privilege in the waters of the
United States in case she desires it.
Magdalena bay affords an ideal marine
target range. 1t is entirely landlocked
with the exception of the entrance from
the ocean about mile in width There
is practically no commerce there and not
more than a hundred inhabitants in the
vicinity. 1t has no railroad facilities and
no wharves for landing. The point is
made that the constitution of Mexico pro-
hlbits the cessiOn of territory to a foreign
country and that no such thing has oc-
CURED in the present instance.
This bay is TO be the rendezvous of the
battleships of Admiral Evans fleet on
their Pacific ocean trip prior to going to
San Francisco. They are scheduled to ar
rive there on the 18th of March and CON
siderable target practice will be had be-
fore they leave. Following them to Mag
dalena bay will be the torpedo boat de
stroyer f1Otilla which will arrive there
April q. That is made up of half a dozen
destroyers. Large quantities of the coal
for the Pacific will be sent to the bay on
colliers for transfer to the vessels of the
fleets. Warships of Germany and Italy
have had target practice in Magdalena
bay through the courtesy of the Mexican
government.
Evening star., 1907-11-19
ASAHEL WILSON DEAD.
Was Notable Figure in the Life
of Western MARYLAND

CUMBERLAND, Md. November 10
Mr.. Asahel Willson died Sunday night at
his home in this city from senility, after
having been bedfast since last February
In October, 1904. Mr. Wilison sustained
a slight fall. this starting a decline in
health. and for more than a year he was
unable to appear on the street. Since last
February he was unable to leave his
room. Mr.. Willison was eighty -four years
old. He was of stalwart physique, and
decidedly impressive appearance.
Mr.. Wilson was born in Flintstone dis
trict, Allegany county. April %, 1924. The
home place was called Warrior Mountain.
The Willisons were among the pioneer
settlers of the eastern end of Alegany
county. the family having gone there
about 17So Mr.. Wilson was son of
Jasper and Anne Hyatt Wilson.
At the age of sixteen years. after hard
work on the farm evoved from vir
gin wilderness. Mr.. Willison went in bust
ness for himself. He helped to make
the National pike. He drove the pos
later he drove the stage. He was the
last of the famous stage drivers of the
National pike. He came to Cumberland
in about 1874 and he inaugurated a stage
line between Cumberland and Bedford.
With him in the conduct of the line was
William o. Sprigg. Mr.. Wilson dealt
successfully in cattle. He was. also
merchant. He owned the mill now oper-
ated by the Cumberland Milling Com
pany. He built the mill and withdrew
from the ownership shortly after he
formed stock company for it's opera
tion
Mr.. Willison was an unswerving demo-
crat. and was d power in Allegany poll
tics.
Mr.. Willison is survived by the follow
ing sons and daughters: Charles e. Will
lison. Jasper n. Willison, chairman of
the democratic state central committee
for Allegany county; Miss Emma Will
lison and Miss Mary Wilson. They were
with him when he died.
His wife, Mrs. Amanda Wilson, died
in 1899. Mr.. Owen Wilson, of near Paw
Paw, w. Va. is a brother, and Mrs. Ann
Gross of Fostora, Ohio, is a sister. Mr..
Archibald c. Wilson, son of the late
Hanson WiIlison, and superintendent of
schools of Allegany county, is nephew.
Mr.. Charles O. Willison, city editor of the
Cumberland Evening Times. is also q
nephew. The Wilson family has long
beer identified with the life of western
Maryland.
Evening star., 1907-11-19
TRYING TO BEAT HUGHES.
Roosevelt Men Would Prevent Nom.
ination for President.

NEW YORK, November 19-The plans
of the republican leaders who are work
ing to hold the party in this state in .line
for the Roosevelt candidate for President
are said to include the nomination of
Speaker James w. Wadsworth, jr., for
governor next fall, the election of State
Chairman Timothy l.. Woodruff to be
United States senator, the election of
William Barnes. jr.. of Albany to be re-
publican state chairman, and the reten-
ton of William L. Ward of Westchester
as national committeeman.
Republican leaders from upstate coun-
ties who were in this city yesterday said
that they had heard much talk of such
a program, and admitted that it was part
and parcel of the campaign now under
way to keep the Presidents friends in
control of this state
This program. according to the visiting
republicans. follows logically on the plans
the leading Roosevelt men are underst ood
to have for the organization of the as
sembly of next year. AS has already been
stated, these plans include the reelection
OF Speaker Wadsworth. the election of
Ray B. Smith of Syracuse as clerk IN
place of Col Archie Baxter, and the Sc
lection of Jesse II. Philips of Alegany
for majority leader. Presumably. it is
SAID FnHlpps Is TO be the organization
candidate for speaker year hence.
1t IS generally understood in republi-
can organiza ton circles that Gov Hughes
will not be a candidate for denomination.
1t is sajd-and his personal friends are
quoted as authority-that he will refuse
to be drafted to head the state ticket
again, ard that unless he is nominated
for the presidency he will retire to the
practice of the law. Unless Gov Hughes
is nominated by the republican national
convention, an event which would en-
tirely change the political situation in this
state the Roosevelt men can apparently
count on a pretty clear field for Wads-
worth.
The plans outlined above are said to
have been approved by the Roosevelt ad-
ministration. and the republican county
leaders, whose political futures are to be
secured thereby, are expected to carry
out the Roosevelt ideas as to the proper
course for tie state organization to take
Evening star., 1907-11-19
EXPOSITION TO CONTINUE.
Show at Jamestown to Be Reopened
Next Summer

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Novem-
Der l3-'rhat the exposition will open in
some shape next summer II almost a GER
tainty, though whether it will be on a
large or small scale is yet to be deter
mined. That the national government
will do all il can to aid the enterprise
was evidenced yesterday when the OIL
cials in charge of the government ex-
hibit were notified not to begin packing
upon the last day of this month, as
per original Instructions, but to let the
exhibit remain intact until further no.
tiCe
Today there Will be conference of a
number of local hotel, transportation men
and capitalists, who will discuss the
feasibility of organizing a new company
to take over tne old concern and 10
operate the exposition next summer.
Many of the larg. business men of
Norfolk are much in favor OF the con-
tinuatiOn of the exposition. They de-
clare that. while not financial success
the exposition has attracted much at
tention, brought the city into greater
prominence, made more business. and
that, taking it as a whole, they consider
that the. exposition has not been nearly
much of a failure as is generally be-
lleYed.
Evening star., 1907-11-19
DECIDED AGAINST STATE
TAX CASES OF TWO GEORGIA
RAILWAYS.
Other Opinions Handed Down IN the
Supreme Court of the United
States.

The case of the Georgia Railroad COM
pany against the tax authorities of Geor-
p:a and of + ulton county in that state.
inv0tving the right of the state to collect
hack taxes on the stock of the Western
Railway of Alabama. a foreign corpora
fion has been decided by the Supreme
Court of the United States against the
state The taxes which it is sought to col
lecr run back to 1899, and the company
alleged not only that they were excessive
hui tuat they were diSCriminative, because
no slIch proceeding mad been undertaken
against any other railroad. the legal con-
tention being that this was a denial of
equal protection under the law. The opin-
ion was by Justice Day.
Justice Day also delivered the opinion
OF the court in the case OF the Central Of
Georgia Railway Company agt William
y. Wright, controller general of tine
Georgia. and John W. Aelms. sheriff OF
Fulton county, Georgia, in favor of the
company, thus reversing Al both cases the
decisions of the Supreme Court of Geor-
cia In the second suit the railroad com
1anv sought TO evade responsibility for
taxes on stock Of the We-terI Railway Of
Alabama The controversy WAS further
complicated by the circumstance that the
stock 5 in ia" possession of the Mercan-
tile Trust company OF New York, by
which it is n-!d to secure the payment of
sJ,tsabtstt worth OF bonds, but the Georgia
court held thai As the substantial and
beneficial ownership of the stock is in
Georgia it is liable to taxation in that
state"
Justice Days decision reversing the
Georgia court was 1ased upon the denial
TO the railroad company of the right TO be
heard which. he says denies due process
of law as required by the Constitution of
the United States The case was there
fore remanded TO the state court for fur
ther proceeding i'll accordance with the
decision.
Evening star., 1907-11-19
Auto Owner Not Liable.

PHILADELPHIA, November 19-The
state superior court yesterday. in revers-
ns a Philadelphia common pleas court
decision, held that when j chauffeur runs
Gown and kills person in an automo-
bile when not attending to the business
of its owner. the latter cannot be held
liable for damages. The case was de-
cided on the appeal of an owner of an
being driven by an employe who had
taken several of his friends for a ride in
opposition to the wishes of the owner.
Evening star., 1907-11-19

Maj. Sylvester has sent out circulars
offering reward of s100 for the arrest of
Andrew, alias 'Cuss" Walker colored.
who is wanted for having committed an
alleged assault upon Andrew Brown. also
colored. several days ago.
Evening star., 1907-11-19

The temperature of Cuba ranges
from o. degrees maximum to Is degrees
minimum, with an average of SO high and
81 low. Ocean breezes mingle with the
halmy atmosphere and keep the air fresh
and delightful the year round.
Cuba Is superior TO and far bet
ter for citrus fruits than Florida and
even better than California, because of
the absence of all danger of frost. In
Florida and sections of California frost
often occurs with great damage to fruit
trees; but in Cuba. which is located so
much farther south and in a tropical eli
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he got grip on the edge of the window
and yanked the woman back. He was
clinging TO the woman when two police
men came and broke her grip on the win
dow casing. Then they had little trouble
in getting her into the apartment. DR..
Ross who had been summoned from the
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mate. frost and the freezing of fruit trees
are unknown.
We have all the advantages of
shipment and transportation that can be
desired Being located the northern
coast of the Island of Cuba. and right
at the beautiful harbor and bay of
Mariel. only thrty-fve miles from the
city of Havana, with steam and electric
lines and short water route to Havana.
We also have much cheaper freight
rate to the fruit markets than Florida
and California, and several days shorter
time in getting fruit products to market
Evening star., 1907-11-19

on the presidential issue. That this
course will be designed to prevent the
nomination of Hughes for the presidency
appears to be unquestioned at this time.
Evening star., 1907-11-19
Cassie Chadwick's Jewelry.

Both the United States and oposing
counsel have united in a motion for the
advancement on the docket of the case
of the United States agt. Larkin. involv-
ing the disposal of quantity of jewelry
which belonged to the late Cassie l..
Chadwick. and which. it was charged by
the government officials at Cleveland.
Ohio. had been smuggied into the United
States. The court took the motion under
advisement but intimated its intention
IL ccr.n tirns,
Evening star., 1907-11-19

About 300 stone quarry empIoves or,.
work at Joliet ILL.,, yesterday on receivin,
notice that wages hereafter would be sI.1S
q day, instead of 81.
Evening star., 1907-11-19
Granted Right to Petition.

The Supreme Court has granted to Con-
rad and others the right to file petitions
for Writs of mandamus against the
United States circuit court for the south
ern district of New York, compelling the
dismissal of cases involving the receiver
ship of the Metropolitan Street Railroad
Company, and directed that d reply be
madc by The ID of December.
Evening star., 1907-11-19

Harlem Hospital. said that she was in
sane and took her to Bellevue
Evening star., 1907-11-19

Until each bondhOlder shall have received the
total cash sum OF 5000 upon each bond; then,
or as soon thereafter as practical, all bonds will
be retired, and redeemed by the company i>sr1-
ing to each bondholder. in lieu thereof SIX hun
dred $4,000 dollars worth of the capital stock
OF the company, full paid and worcestershire
Tor each bond. No dividends will be declared
or paid upon any OF the company capital stock
until all bonds have been so retired and re-
deemed, which will be done at the earliest date
possible.
TITO protect each and all of our bondholdcrs,
the bonds arc registered with the United
States Trust Company OF Washington. y.
C., so that every bondholder will be assured that
the bond issue is not more than 500 bonds OF
5000 each. as herelnbefore set forth
ID after planting will equal than sl0O
81 ftrF anting income will equal more than $500
4l after pa ng income will equal $500
I'd and Sd years come from pineapples only.
After the fourth year. the annual income will
materially increase each year until each tree will
produce anywhere from IS to 40 boxes of fruit
Evening star., 1907-11-19

The rebate case against the Great
Northern Railway Company in which
the company is under sentence to pay a
fine of $4,000, mas been set for hearing
January Is. This is the case in which the
company resists the Elkins law. under
which the fine Was imposed. on the
ground that it was repealed by the rail-
road rate law at the last session of Con-
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Sued in Wrong Jurisdiction.

In the case of Elizabeth NJ Chambers
agt the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, court holds that damages for
the death of ii citizen of Pennsylvania
caused by a railroad in Pennsylvania
cannot be recovered by citizen of that
state and under its laws through an
action brought III the Ohio state courts
Mrs. Chambers sought through a suit in
the Mahoning OhioI, circuit court to Sc
cure an award of damages under Penn
sylVania law for the accidental killing
of her husband a Baltimore and Ohio
train in Pennsylvania in 1902 and when
the OHIO supreme courts refused to sus-
tam her prayer, she appealed to the fed
eral Supreme Court. Justice Moody de-
IiEered the opinion of the court upholding
the position of the Ohio courts.
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nGramHs
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The Elkins Law Resisted.

officials in which he urged contribution
10 the cLmnaign fund of 1906.
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land better adapted for the culture of
citrus fruits can be found on the island
or elsewhere.
The climate of Cuba is better
adapted for the culture of citrus fruits
than any other land. Its balmy sunshine
climate the year round. with rains oc-
curing at the right time and season of
the year most beneficial to such as pine
apples, lemons, grapefruit and oranges.
The fruit from Cuba will command a
better price account of its superior
quality, and Cuba will become the great
fruit garden of the world.
Evening star., 1907-11-19

III tu or make any number OF payments III ad-
vance at any time before bonds are fully paid
for The earlier the bonds are paid for in full
the sooner will the holders thereof begin to re-
ceive the per cent annual interest and to par
ticipate in the profits OF the company
a Ii bonds have been issued and delivered
IN to the United States Trust Company OF
Washington, d. G., as trustee. who will,
when paid for in full, Immediately assign and
deliver to the purchaser purchasers, Said
bonds are secured by first mortgage, given to
the United States Trust Company upon all the
lands and property OF the company situated in
Cuba.
'TT7HE public are invited to join in the sub
scription for part of the 500 bonds. Our
officers and directors, along with their
personal friends, are subscribing for good part
of the bond issue on the same basis and terms
as YOU are offered.
T \ addition to the s per cent annual interest.
Il each bondholder will be paid, out of the net
profits OF the company from time to time,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-20
CALIFORNIA COMPLAINS
THE SAME AS OHIO

California's commission on revenue
and taxation, authorized to recon-
mend q modern and effective system
of taxation, finds conditions in that
state much like those of Ohio. The
commissions conclusions include the
statement that the present system Of
taxation does not meet the demands
made upon it; that it is antiQuated and
has not been revised to keep pace with
modern conditions. That it is full Of
inequalities, which impose handicap
on the growth of the state and that
these inequalities twist and distort the
industries of the state and prohibit a
symmetrical development of its re-
sources.
That identical statement could be
applied to Ohio's condition. California
wants just what Ohio is after, and the
commission of California emphasizes
its recommendations in these words:
THE taxes paid by farmers in Cal
ifornia are equivalent to an income
tax of 10 per cent; by manufacturers,
only per cent.
"Our chief tax, called a general
property tax, has in fact become real
estate tax.
Money and credits escape taxation
almost entirely.
Equalization, so-called, does not
equalize.
Under the present system it is i'm
possible to adjust the burden of tax
alton equitably between different
classes of corporations,
Our present system is school for
perjury puts a penalty on honesty
and pays high premiums for dis
honesty"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-20
STATE TAXATION PROBLEM.

The address of Hon. +. A. Derthick
at the meeting of the Fairfield oranges
last Saturday was devoted to discus
sion of the taxation question. 1t was
an off-hand speech delivered with
vigor and in clean-cut words. Mr..
Derthick has been doing great deal
of work in the grange of this state,
in intoxicating some new ideas on the
subject of taxation. He regards the
present system as full of fraud, injus-
tice and oppression, and is injuring
the state, morally and financially.
He opposes the old rule regarding
uniform taxation, which put all prop
erty upon a level, when, as a matter
OF fact, it could not be put upon a
level, and If it was, it wouldn't stay,
which fact has cheated the state out
of millions of dollars. taxed honesty
and filled the commonwealth with
perjury.
Mr.. Derthick plead for some clasifi-
cation of property that would yield
lust revenue. He did not state just
what the classification should be, but
limited that it would possibly be real
estate class and personal property
class, and the latter divided into tangi-
BILE and intangible property In this
way, we would derive large revenue
from a species of property that now
goes scot free; and scot free, bear in
mind, because a public sentiment
exists that justifies false swearing to
make it so. Was there ever a depth
of infamy pushed upon a community
equal to this? How can we wait with
patience till we are lifed from this
slough?
There is no man in Ohio doing a
more righteous service than Mr. F. A.
Derthick, master Of the Ohio grange.
We hope he will keep up his manly
contention, and win the whole grange
to his standard If he does, there VIII
be something done.-Edtorial, Ohio
State Journal, Sept. 2. 1907.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-20
CLASSIFIED TAXATION.

At meeting of the State Commits.
sion, Monday. ]. j. Brooks, counsel for
the Pennsylvania railroad, spoke at
some length. Here is paragraph from
his address:
Put the legislature where 1t can
classify. There is no reason for appre
hension. other states have It, In
Pennsylvania intangible property pays
one.fourth of per cent. The result is
surprisingly increasing volume Of
revenue to the state"
In this state we are hesitating to do
what in Pennsylvania the people are
glad they have done. They classify
property for taxation, so as to get the
best results In Ohio, we refuse to
classify and get nothing. over there
they classify and get surprisingly
increasing volume of revenue"
Taxation is both a moral and prac-
tical problem. but we are solving 1t In
Ohio so as to make it both immoral
and impracticable. We fill the state
with perjury and keep money out Of
the treasury both If this isn't clean
statement of the effect of the system,
we would like to have somebody crit
icize it.
And what is in the way? The preju-
dice against disturbing the uniform
rule. 1t is thought there would be an
ugly preference it cla ssifcation would
be substituted for uniformity. What
is the use Of keeping up system that
adds to the burdens of the people who
pay taxes?
We are glad to note there is good
deal of intelligence getting around
among the people up n this subject OF
taxation and if the Tax Commission
doesn't hurry up, it will get left. The
people are getting tired Of the perjury,
injustice and low revenues that the
present system indicts. They begin
TO see that the only uniformity that
the uniform rule secures is that in all
cases where people pay taxes their
burdens are increased. - Editorial,
Ohio State Journal, Oct. 10, 1907.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-20

all but loved the griZZled old man, and
marveled at him, for he knew the lake
bottom from Point Betsie to the great
log rollway that SCARED the bluffs
north of Waugoshance light, as most
men know dry land Billy Noonan,
however, also loved the old captains
daughter, Mary, and had hoped-how
he had hoped!-to bring in big catch
of whitefish when he was given the
big tug to lift the last nets of the year.
Now a lean Christmas, very lean
Christmas, seemed certain in the Riley
home-a home for all homeless lads
at Christmas time. Mary's laugh had
been infrequent of late and her merri-
ment had been forced
Here she was herself in the door
way as the crew clumped in. Billy
Noonan," she called, don't you know
you'll swamp the tug with the fish
jammed to the gunwalls, so?" There
was a note in her raillery that cut him
to the quick. How queenly she was,
this straight, blue-eyed brunette, wrap
ped In the captains oilskins, flushed
from facing the storm!
Billy Noonan lay awake that night,
Notwithstanding the long day at the
wheel of the lurching tug. Through
his window he stared out at the black
ness, and he listened to the wailing
wind; wailing it seemed to him, com
plant at the year of misfortunes ana
pitiful catches Of fish, wailing com
plant at the wages and price. OF fish
fixed by the union that made the lot
of Capt. Riley so hard in an off year.
Far out on the Charlevoix pier no
white light shone, up and down the
angry lake the lighthouses and light
ships were nowhere else on watch,
the fog signals were silent, although
belated barges still stumbled up and
down the lake. Suddenly a flash in
the north, and another and another,
the flash of rockets, brought him out
of bed.
This side O. Waugoshance, about
White Shoals" he calculated. BAD
place with this wind"
He shook his bedfellow, Kelly, the
fireman, and finally reused Kim.
Get out Kel, someone's In trouble
near the straits and maybe the Alice
Riley can get a line to her first"