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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
CORPORATIONS IN
TROUBLE; FAILED
TO FILE REPORTS
1900 New Jersey Concerns
Liable to Fine by United
States.
FIFTY PER CENT. is
PENALTY PROVIDED
Bankrupt Concerns and Those
I Without income Not Ex-
empt from Act.

About 1900 New Jersey corporations
are in trouble with the Federal govern
ment over the special excise tax col
lected by the internal revenue officers
in this city. The local office received
scores of letters explaining matters
and from those who think it injustice
for the government to impose a fine of
so per cent. of the total tax for not fl-
ing their returns in time.
According to an act recently enforced
by Congress, corporations are obliged
to file reports OF their net incomes by
March /. IL this is not done the so per
cent. penalty is imposed. Some unique
situations arise every day in the local
internal revenue office, where the col
lector tries to be as lenient as possible
and still see that the letter of the law
is obeyed.
Some of the concerns declare they
did not file their returns because they
are either bankrupt or in the hands
of receivers. They imagine this ex-
empts them not only from taxation,
but from the obligation Of filing re-
turns. Instead, there is "a separate
clause in the law insisting that the
iincome, no matter what it is, should
be filed in a report to the internal
revenue office by March l Of each year.
While the defunct corporations, or
those bordering on the verge of bank
ruptcy, declare they have no income
to file reports Of they are, neverthe-
less liable for the fine imposed be-
cause they did not send in their re-
ports.
Several corporations declare they filed
their reports in other States, because
their main offices are not in New Jer-
sey. This exempts them from the fine,
but it complicates matters i'm the local
Office. because they registered here the
previous year.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
Mrs. MilIard Identified
by Name on Her
Watch.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
ARE NOW UNDER WAY
Two More Members of Ill-Fated
Yachting Party Still
Missing. +

New York bay today yielded UP the
body of Mrs. Louise NJ. Millard, of this
city, the third of the five victims who
perished in the wreck of Lemuel e.
Smiths sloop yacht vayu in the fierce
storm last, Saturday night.
The body was found at the foot OF
Eighty-eighth street, Bay Ridge, Brook
lyn, and taken to the morgue in Brook
| lyn The spot where the body was
picked up is not far from Robbins
Reef, where the bodies of Lem Smith
and George c. Schultz were found yes
terday.
identification of Mrs. Millard was
on which the name "Millard' was en-
graved The body will probably be
brought to Newark today by the New
ark Burial Company.
With the third finding there remains
yet to be recovered the bodies Of Mr..
and Mrs. Lemuel Smith, father and
mother of the owner of the yacht. 1t
may be that they are imprisoned IN the
craft at the bottom of the bay. Mrs
Millard lived at 80 Emmett street, whore
she conducted a dressmaking business.
She was an aunt of the younger Mr..
Smith.
Two Stricken Homes.
Subdued sounds Of weeping echoed
today through the Schultz home in
West Orange, where a mother, widow
and three children clung to each other
in grief over their mutual loss. In the
Smith home in Irvington deathlike
silence, never again TO be broken by
the former occupants, father mother
and son, reigned, as the bodies of Mr..
Schultz and the younger Mr.. Smith were
taken to undertaking establishments in
this city and West Orange this after
noon.
Since Schultz went away last Satur-
day his mother has been with Mrs.
Schultz and the three children, Mary,
8; Clara, g. and Gertrude, l, trying to
restrain her own grief to cheer up the
family. Mr.. and Mrs Schultz had been
married six years and celebrated their
last anniversary only a month ago.
Schutz's body was taken today from
William ConneHs undertaking estab-
lishment in West Brighton, Staten
Island to that of W. Nelson Knapp, OF
$50 Main street. East Orange. Gustavs
A. Schultz, a brother of Schultz, will
make arrangements for the funeral.
Under directions from Mrs. j. III.
Hecken. of 250 Academy street, Jersey
City, sister of the elder Mr. Smith,
whose body has not been recovered.
Mr. Connell, the West Brighton UNDER
taker. today turned the body of the
Younger Mr.. Smith over to the Newark
Burial Company The body arrived
here this afternoon. Plans have not
yet been completed for his funeral.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
STRICKEN WHILE
!. LEAVING GRAVES
OF HER CHILDREN
Mrs. George Sherwin Dies of
Heart Disease When Flee
ing from Storm.

Frightened from the graves of her
two children in Fairmount Cemetery
by the approaching storm yesterday
afternoon, Mrs. George Sherwin, 30
years old, started to run home and
was stricken with heart disease before
she reached the gate of the cemetery.
She died before help could reach her
She was the wife of George e. Sherwin.
and lived at 1862 Orange street
Mrs. Sherwin had apparently been in
the best of health when she left the
house to go to the family plot in which
her two sons, Orren and George, are
buried and on her way she stopped at
the store of a relative. When the
storm arose she was seen to run toward
the lodge ON Central avenue and then
collapse.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday
afternoon, and she viii be buried in the
family plot in Fairmount. She is sur
viNed by her husband and three chill
dren, Louise, Walter and Frank Sher-
win
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
WANDERING WILL.
ONCE Lost, NOW
PR0BATEO HERE
Travelled Across Country, Dis
appeared in California, Found
in Mayors Desk. :

Sixteen months after 1t was first
offered the will of Jay A. Frink, who
died in thisc ity on February 10, 1910,
was today admitted to probate by
County Surrogate Isaac Shoenthal.
Back of the story of the admission of
the will lies a tale of travel that has
once carried the will clear across the
continent and back and twice taken 1t
half way across in an effort that was
finally successful to find one of the
witnesses to the signature of Mr.. Frink
ON the document
The entire estate, the value of which
is not stated is left to Mrs. Moiie
Frink, widow Of the deceased. who Is
also named as sole eXeeutrix.
The story of the travels of the will In
search of Edward G. Strohm, the only
surviving witness to the signature of
Mr. Frinlz is interesting. When Mr..
Frink died, in February, 1910, the will
was offered for probate in the surro-
gates office. The document was made
in Cairo, ILL., on August %, 1906, and
Mr.. Strohm and Robert Sheehan were
the witnesses.
The will was at first sent to an at
torney in Cairo. who was commissioned
to have the signatures of the witnesses
attested. He reported back that Mr..
Sheehan was dead while Strohm. who
was an insurance agent, was some
place on the Pacific coast"
Lost In Mayors Office.
Strohm was finally located in Bakers
field Cal, and the Will was sent to the
mayor of that city That official mis-
laid It on his desk, and in response to
repeated queries from the surrogate's
officie said 1t had been lost. Six months
later it turned up in pigeon-hole in
the desk, but in the meantime Strohm
had left Bakersville.
Back came the will to the surro-
gates Office and another search for
Strohm started, He was located in
Quincy, ILL.,, on June /, and the much
travelled will took another journey, this
time to Mayor John F. Garner, of
Quincy who had the necessary attes-
tation of Mr.. Strohm made and at
tached to the will, which then came
back to the surrogate's Office, and after
journeying nearly 10000 miles was adj
mitted to probate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
East Orange Woman Welded to
Brooklyn Regimental
Commander.
BRIDE is BUT THIRTY.
BRIDEGROOM OVER SIXTY
Couple Engaged for the Past
Two Years-Married
at Arlington.

Miss Emma Louise Meyer, of East
Orange, became the third bride Of
Colonel William Archer Stokes, of
Brooklyn, yesterday. Colonel Stokes is
81 years old, while his bride is 30. At
one time the bridegroom was commSn-
der of the Twenty-third Regiment, in
Brooklyn. and his friends regard him
as the gallant survivor of many a
military dance.
The ceremony was performed in East
Orange at the home of the Rev. Robert
Russell Wicks, pastor of the Arling-
ton Avenue Presbyterian Church, and
the grlzzled veteran, yearning for peace
and quiet, asked his friends and the
minister to speak no word of the event
to the newspapers.
Wealthy Manufacturer.
Colonel Stokes, who is a wealthy
manufacturer of wooden ware and has
beautiful home at 1440 Pacific street,
Brooklyn, where his daughter lives,
celebrated his inaugural entrance into
Z
first wife died in 1903. Then, in Janu-
airy, 1905, he married Mrs John Hitch
ings. The marriage was annulled on
February u last, the court finding that
his wife's first husband was still on
earth.
With this passage at arms safely
over, the sturdy fighter went forth
again. He had known Miss Meyer for
j
her for two years. She is the daughter
of William Meyer. who lives in New
York
Colonl Stokes and Miss Meyer OBJ
tanned the marriage license on June 8.
Miss Meyer. it is said, wanted a big
church wedding. but the colonel de-
sired a quiet ceremony and he won. On
Thursday afternoon they went, with
out attendants. TO the Rev Mr.. Wicks' $
home. Putting his finger to his lips,
Colonel Stokes led his bride away, and
none of their friends know the direction
they took.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
SOLDIER BROKER PRIEST"
GETS g YEARS SENTENCE

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Six years
in the penitentiary was the sentence
imposed in Criminal Court No. yes
terday upon Hume H. West, who, pos
ing as Lieutenant Commander Henry
w Knowlson, L. S. NJ had swinde |
the local jewelers. and brokers',
West formerly was a broker of De-
troit He fed that city a year or 50
ago. In Baltimore he masqueraded as
priest. Arrested, he stoutly main
tanned that he was priest and was
not unfrocked until taken before Car
dlnal Gibbons, who repudiated him
He broke jail in Baltimore, but sprain-
ed an ankle in scaling a high wall and
was recaptured.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
TWELVE-DAY AIR RACE
OVER FOUR COUNTRIES.
Sixty Expected to Start from
Paris Tomorrow.

PARIS, June 17-An aeroplane race
to last twelve DAYS and cover four
countries will start in the morning
from here. Prizes win aggregate S100
900. Sixty flyers are entered.
The first leg will be TO Liege. Bel
GUM; the second to Utrecht, Holland
the third TO Brussels, the fourth to
Calais, the fifth to London. the sixth
back to Calais and the final stage from
Calais to Xincennes
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
DAZED WOMAN FOUND IN
STREET NOT IDENTIFIED.

No identification has at yet been
made of the woman who is at the City
Hospital in a dazed condition. She
was picked up last night shortly after
8 o'clock at South Thirteenth street,
near Clinton avenue, and Immediately
taken to the City Hospital, but there
she refused TO give any information
concerning herself.
a pass-book of the German. Savings
Bank was found in her possession
bearing the name Katherine Rlemm.
The woman is apparently 40 Jears cid
and ware a black skirt and shirtwaist
and black straw hat.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
But Adam Must Reform His Cos.
tune, Since Neighbors
Are Squeamish.

NEW YORK, June 17-Before Mag
istrate Marsh yesterday in the Staple
ton Is. - Court Detective Edward
Conboy stood leveling a forefinger at
a man of fine appearance.
This man is Louis c. GerlSen, of
Eltingvile Beach," said Conboy, ''and
he has put the Garden of Eden in his
back yard and he's been playing Adam
in it. l saw him there dressed only in
piece of cloth. He cuts the grass
and sprinkles the lawn in it, and the
neighbors are tired twisting their necks
to look the other way"
Gerken explained that he had rheu-
matism and was taking the sun cure
with the consent of his wife, whom he
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
Stewards Of Steamship
kOInuS Go Out, Others
to Follow.
AMERICAN LINERS ARE
HELD UP IN ENGLAND
Minnewaska Cannot Sail and St.
PauPs Crew Gives Strike
Notice.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE first move
in the seamens s strike in this port be-
came manifest today when fifty stew
ards of the steamship Momus, plying
between New York and New Orleans,
in the marine department of the South
ern Pacific railroad, went out. They
said they would take forty others with
them and that 1870 seamen stolkers and
coal-passers would follow them. The
men quit without disorder.
LONDON, June 1.-THE steamer
Minnewaska, of the Atlantic Transport
line, was unable to sail for New York
today, the crew refusing to sign on the
grant an increase. The ship-owners al
Liverpool are meeting the strike situa-
tion by importing foreign seamen, many
Of whom are taking the places formerly
filled by Britishers. The men who re-
fused to join the transatlantic liners
sailing from Glasgow today were re-
placed by outsiders. The mail steamer
Britain, for Capetown, which the strik-
ers thought they had tied up at South
ampton, got away this afternoon, pick
ing I'D the crew in the Solent.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, June IL.
THE stS ards of the ST. Paul, which
is due to sail on June 81, replacing the
steamer Majestic, have notified the
owners of their intention to quit.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
BULL-FIGHT PLANS IN
FLORIDA NIPPED In BUD.

TAMPA, Fla, June 17.-Preparations
for bull-fight here in regulation Span
ish style We're halted last night, when
announcement was made that the au-
thorities would not permit the exhibit
tion. Governor Gilchrist was appealed
to and will take the necessary steps
to see that the law is not violated. A
regulation ring had been completed,
and the toreadors from Cuba had been
imported for the event. ss
The fight viii be suppressed, under
the law preventing cruelty tosanimals.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
WAVED ADlEU; COUPLE DROWNED.

DAYTON, o., June 17.-Paul Steffon,
e2I, and Christine Nicholas, II, sweet
hearts. were drowned while boating on
the Great Miami river yesterday. The
couple, with Gladys Thirkield, H. in
passing under a bridge, waved to
friends above, upsetting the boat. Miss
Thirkield caught hold of scaffolding
around a new pier and saved her life.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
COOKE, OF BIG FOUR CLEARED.

CINCINNATI, June 17.-Edgar S.
Cooke, charged with embezzling $4,000
from the Big Four railway, was ac-
quilted today by the jury which for
five days listened to the sensational
testimony presented by the different
witnesses
Judge Charl IS ]. Hunt delivered his
charge at the o)ening of this morn
ings session.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
GROWS WHEAT FROM SEED
OVER 1000 YEARS OLD.

GREELEY. Colo. June 11.--After
lying in the tomb of an Egyptian
mummy for probably more than a
thousand years, ten grains fwheat.
sent to a Greely farmer and planted
west of here. terminated. From 1t
eight stalks of wheat have grown, and
this promises a variety of wheat SUI
perior to any growing in this locality.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
DEATHS FROM PLAGUE.

Annoy, China, June -Eighty-three
deaths from the bubonic plague and
seven deaths from smallpox were re-
ported in this vicinity during the two
weeks ending yesterday,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
AMBASSADOR TRANSFERRED.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 17.-Em.
peror Nicholas today received Ameri-
can Ambassador Rockhill, who pre-
sented his letters of recall. Mr. Rock
hill has been transferred to CONSTANT
nople
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
KILLS SELF IN CENTRAL PARK.

NEW YORK, June IA man sup
nosed to be s. 3. Price, of College
Street, Winchester, Ky, committed
suicide today in Central Park. Let
ters were found in his pockets bearing
tbis name. He shot himself through
the head
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
KILLED BY JUMPING ROPE.

pITTSBURG, June 17.-Otillis Dan
ner, aged g. died yesterday at her home
in st. Clair borough, the result OF a
ruptured blood vessel, caused by too
much jumping rope.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17
Fishermen. Ahox.!

On Sunday, June %, special New Jersey
Central train to Lake Hopatcong viii
leave Broad ST. Station at 2;2O Ferry st
2:22. e. Ferry st. 2:24 a. M Round trip
tickets $500 Allows II hours at the Lake.
ADV
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-17

Ice TOOLS.
1sscknst 4 porenus Co. Sas-7ss Broad hs-Adn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-23
FORT STEVENS FIGHT
HISTORICAL EVENT

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
When all the old veterans Of the civil
war have passed away and historians
feel free to write up the features of
that great struggle. the battle Of Fort
Stevens, District Of Columbia, will be
treated upon as the sensational event
Of the war; the appropriate place for
the memorial to President Lincoln, 1t
will be historical.
The selection Of the site for the me-
mortal should be left to a committee of
historians; the Hon. Hannis Taylor for
one and as many more as considered
competent.
That President Lincoln was under fire
In the heat Of an engagement, the OBJ
iect Of which was to capture Washing.
ton; that an officer was wounded by a
sharpshooter while standing by his Side
Oh q parapet of Fort Stevens; that
President Lincoln ordered the demol.
ltion Of the house from which the shot
was fired. and, furthermore, that in the
history of the United States this UNIQUE
position of a President Of the United
States makes this (Fort Stevens) a
Of the city meant recognition by Eu-
rope.
The Fine Arts Commission is compe-
tent to decide what the memorial is to
be, but historians should select the site
The feature that anyone can make
the round trip to Fort Stevens for a
dime to view the memorial has no bear.
ing on the selection, but seems provi.
Dental; the ground Is prominent. the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-23

ings of all Champ Clark's constituents,
and the Louisiana purchase took most
of that away from him. These were
,orces over which he had no control,
which the same could not be said OF
Jefferson's failure to hold on to his
own estate of Monticello.
So the baronial honors should at
least be regarded as even.
But the real humor of IL all lies
in the fact that these claimants OF
ancestral greatness are the descend
ants of those whose chief claim to
greatness was contempt for titles OF
nobility and all that they implied.
What pity that some one could
not have sent them as wedding gifts
faithful copies of the Chesterfield
family Portraits" to the originals OF
which they are as closely allied, for
all practical purposes, as they were to
Boone and Jefferson. Indeed, it would
be hobler lineage, since the English
Boones would hardly 60 further back
than Norman William and the Welsh
line would fade away beyond Cad.
wallader and his goats.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-23
THINKS DIR. KENT BELONGS
TO BLUE LAW" PERIOD

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
notice our friend. Kent, is ''smok-
ing up" again. In YOUR issue of Decent
Der 81 he says the tobacco habit keeps
people out of heaven. Will Mr.. Kent
please cite such an instance that has
come under his observation" People
who smoke. says he. know nothing of
chemistry or botany. Let DIR. Kent go
over to the Bureau Of Plant Industry
and prove the truth of his statement
The brainiest OF our botanists and chem
lists do smoke. he will find. however
strange that fact may APPEAR to him.
DR. Kent Is wont TO make some very
rash statements. He would do well TO
60 slowly before he allows his remarks
to get into cold type. Moderation In all
things Is WHIST we want. / daresay DR..
Kent might be consider ed by some folks
to be somewhat Incorporate In his views
and his language. Go put on the man
tie OF charity. DR.. Kent. during this
Yuletide season. and take a VOW to
overcome your Feasibility. You can do
It II you but try. II the doctor does not
caro- to smoke. no one. I fancy. will at
tempt to force him to do so against his
wish. On the other hand, doubt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-23

heir manifestly cannot inherit, since
to do so would be TO encourage homi.
eide, but the case is different where,
as in the instance of McCue, he took
out a policy of insurance for the benc.
fit of his children. Death on the scat
fold is quite as definite as the most
respectable folding of the hands in
bed, and such a method of collect
ing insurance is in no danger of be-
coming popular. Who shall say that
because the law hastens the maturity
of the policy the innocent beneficiaries
shall be made to suffer?
Again, while death is certain, even
the Judgments of the courts and the
verdicts of juries are by no means in.
fallible. Every now and then some
deathbed confession turns out into the
light man unjustly imprisoned, OF
comes to haunt the jury which has
sent some innocent man to die for
another's crime. In such case the
execution would still be bar, the chil-
dren would still suffer, the irreparable
mistake would be rendered even more
bitter and unjust.
Insurance companies now carry a
clause whereunder one may, after a
certain time, complete the contract by
gunshot or cyanide. Since it is not
conceivable that one should take the
gallows or chair as the roundabout
means of self.destruction, why not put
in similar clause to comfort the muir.
derer as he partakes of his last "hearty
breakfast?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-23
RESENTS CALLING
ITALY UNCIVILIZED
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
In reply to the communication Of
"l776' In your issue Of the fifteenth in
slant. I desire to say that the only
thing took seriously in his previous
communication was his unwarranted
and offensive reference to italy as a
three-eighths civilized country striking.
in the name of civilization. q cowardly
blow at a brave. struggling. and REFORM
ing pcople-the Turks
Webster's unabridged dictionary de-
fines the word "ciy iljzed" as follows:
Reclaimed from savage life and man
ner, instructed in arts, learning. and
civil manners; refined, cultivated"
Now. if Italy does not come under this
definition. then surely no other nation
does / think that in my previous COM
munication have clearly demonstrated
even a highly civilized country. and has
been such for ages. AS '1716'' does not
reaffirm his offensive statements with
rega ,.doo to her her trust that hay"
or, II We must admit his arbitrary
ratings, that she Is half-civilized
which is the highest rating he is dis
posed to allow to any nation. or course,
"Civilized' ioes not r1ean perfectly civ
ilized. us he seems TO think
Mr.. Cor Mrs. '1776" means well. no
doubt, but he carries his ideas too far
and evidently lacks that eminent char
acteristic of the American people (un-
fortunately only half-civilized, accord
ing TO him), practical hard sense. I
quite agree, with him that there Is too
much war, and / am heartily In favor
of universal peace and universal broth
erhood but unfortunately mankind is
not yet ready for it. However. times
have improved and are still improving
in that respect, and '1776." whoever lie
is. takes an entirely too gloomy view OF
the matter. He cannot expect to hasten
| the Improvement any by the use of such
lied. three-eighths civilized. or quarter.
| civilized over an assumed name. one
using such bold words should be bold
enough 10 do IL over his signat ure AM
This closes the correspondence so faI
as am concerned. y. c. GALLUP.