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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
COMMITTEE TO REPORT
ON PLAN TO AID CLERKS
Commerce Chamber to Further
Movement in Behalf of
Government Employees.

The committee appointed by Capt
James F. Oyster, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce, to investigate the
movement inaugurated by P. B. Chase to
aid government clerks in obtaining In
creased salaries Is ready to submit .
favorable report to the chamber at its
meeting tomorrow night. 1t Is under
stood the chamber will Immediately ap-
point a permanent committee Of twenty
members, which will form the nucleus
of a committee Of 100 to collect and ad-
minister a fund Of 100000 to wage q
nationwide campaign for the underpaid
government employees.
States to Be Represented.
In addition to the twenty Washington
mer the committee Of 100 will contain
representatives of every governor Of the
forty-six states and representative OF
each of the mayors of forty-four large
cities.
Mr.. Chase. who has already been
designated as the representative OF
Gov. Harmon of Ohio, Is confident that
subscriptions will begin to pour in
just as soon as the Washington sub
committee is named tomorrow night.
Bureau Contemplated.
With the local subcommittee formed.
plans will Immediately be perfected
for the establishment Of a bureau In
this city. This bureau will be head
quarters for the crusade 10 improve
the conditions Of clerks in the employ
of the federal government and of the
District OF Columbia government.
Literature will be circulated through
out the United States and voters will
be urged to impress upon their con-
gressmen the necessity Of increasing
the compensation Of the $4,000 gov
eminent clerks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
STRANGE CRAFT AT NEW YORK.
Arrival of Scotch Steam Trawler
Blown Out of Her Course.

NEW YORK, March ia fishing
boat like those which the Russian war
ships fred upon off the Dogger bank
is at anchor in New York harbor to-
day. a surprising sight to the old salts
along the water front. She is the steam
trawler Coquet of Aberdeen. Scotland.
brought across the Atlantic as the re-
suit of q series Of accidents.
While on her regular station she was
temperature 20 degrees below zero.
which froze UP her wet gear By the
time she had been thawed out and got
under control she was SO far out OF her
course that Capt. Craig decided to head
for New York She is the first Of her
kind ever seen here, and her high
bows, strange gear. lofty pilot house
amidships and long engine house drew
q continual crowd Of longshoremen and
seamen to her dock. She has big
catch aboard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
ACTIVE SEARCH FOR BODIES.
Victims of Mine Disaster Probably
Number Fourteen.

VIRGINIA. Mimi, March 13.-All last
night the search for the remaining VIC
tins Of Saturdays cavern at the Nor
man mine was prosecuted by a small
army of men. and today the work Of
removing the immense mass of ore and
debris received new impetus.
1t is thought by President w. j. Oh
colt Of the Oliver Iron Mining Com
pany that it may be two weeks before
the last of the bodies will have been
recovered.
1t is believed the death list will not
exceed fourteen or fifteen. In addition,
from four to six were injured.
President Olcott said that particular
body Of ore had been considered the
safest part Of the mine, and he is at
a loss to understand the cause Of the
accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
REBELS TAKE Town;
0UTNUMBER FEDERALS
Government Forces Rally and
Are Awaiting the Arrival of
Reinforcements.

Ell PASO. Tex. March ia special
dispatch to the Herald this morning
from Navojoa. Sonora. states that there
was a spirited engagement at that
place Saturday between $50 insurrectos
and fifty federals. The insurrectos
succeeded in capturing the town, with
a loss Of one killed and two wounded.
The federals rallied near the town
and are waiting reinforcements. 1t is
said. however. that the insurrectos had
burned the railroad bridge to prevent
the arrival Of more federals
One Killed in Battle.
DOUGLAS, Ariz, March 13.-Ameri-
cans gained entrance to the camp of
tie across from Douglas. Gen. Blanco
said, through an interpreter. that the
rebels could account for only one killed
and two missing and the loss of two
horses. Blanco was especially eager
for news regarding the action of the
United States troops.
When informed that many federal
troops were advancing toward Aqua
Prieta, Blanco said: "All the better; there
will be many more guns for us to cap
ture.'
Commssario Garcia of Ell Tigre camp,
whom Blanco took prisoner when he cap
tured that place, and who ACCOMPANIED
Blanco's force to act as secretary to the
general, made sensational escape from
the rebel ranks in the midst Of the bat
tie by galloping across the field to Ameri-
can soil. He was permitted to remain in
the United States
one-Third Engaged.
According to Capt. Harry Wheeler,
about one-third of Blanco's force Of
525 men were engaged in the battle
Blanco led the sortie in person
Blanco expected Red Lopez and $50
men to join him at once, and it is
thought that they are now in his camp
This force will increase Blanco's
army" TO more than 700 fighting men,
Lopez himself joined Blanco, and was
In the lead with the squad which was
surprised by the federals when the bat
tie began.
Gen. Chiapa, with 500 men, is report
ed rapidly moving from Montezuma to
Nacozari. intending to entrain there and
come on to Aqua Prieta, while 800
troops are coming from Cananea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
Invitations to Gallinger Dinner.

Invitations to the dinner which will
be given in honor of Senator Gallinger.
chairman of the Senate District commit
tee. March %. at the New Willard Hotel.
are being sent out today by the commit
tee in charge. It is expected that q
ton will attend the dinner. which is to
be q token of the esteem in which the
veteran senator from New Hampshire u
held by the citizens Of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
Funeral Of DR.. B. w. Talbot.

Funeral services for DR.. Robert
Weston Talbot. one Of the Oldest
practicing dental surgeons In the city
In point Of service. who died at his
r west last Friday Were held az rt his
late home at o'clock this afternoon
The interment was private. Members
Of the District of Columbia Dental So
ciety. Of which DR.. Talbot was q
member for many years, attended the
funeral In a body. DR.. Talbot prac-
ticed dentistry in Washington for more
than thirty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
GERMAN PRESS DOUBTS
FAITH OF WASHINGTON
Calls on United States for I'm.
equivocaI Statement as
to Mexico.

BERLIN. March 13.-Some uneuuivocal,
Enthusiastically official statement of Ameri.
cas- intentions in regard to Mexico il ur-
gently necessary. unless the United States
Is to continue to be the target OF indefinite
abuse, Islander and ridicule at the hands
OF the German press.
For seventy-two hours the newspapers
Of the fatherland have teemed with sar-
castle sneering references TO the duplicity
OF Americas action and the absence of
an authoritative exclamation of II from the
Washington government.
The Cologne Gazette. in an inspired Of
fetal statement in one edition, disavons
hostility to Monroeism. but I'm later edi-
ton expressed disbelief in the incredi
ble' contention that Americas procedure
is due to desire to enforce neutrality on
the Mexican frontier. If that be so the
Gazette asks:
why is naval demonstration taking
place in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pa
ciffc?"
Ambition of Gen. Wood.
The semi-oficial Wolff Telegraph Agen-
cy circulates a long Washington telegram
alleging that Americas military opera
tons are due primarily to the ambition
Of Gen. Wood, who fears never to have
another opportunity of disporting himself
as q field marshal" and who "has easily
induced President Taft to consent to a
mobilization on so unprecedented
scale"
This telegram is published practically
in every newspaper in Germany. II Is
bound to precipitate a fresh flood of anti
American comment. The Berliner Tsse-
blatt already exploits the message as
inCfi n Ia
cas- action is a mere bluff. designed 10
inaugurate a new imperalistic era
Another semi-ofiicial agency teie ram
from New York gives a report that Presi-
dent Taft and Secretary Knox are quar-
reling over the Mexican action.
For Independent Republic.
The conservative Post publishes a .Sev
York special cablegram declaring that the
underlying object OF Americas action is
the establishment OF an independent re-
public i'm Lower California. The Post
states that it is the intention of the
United States to incite Mexico into de-
livering an ultimatum, which will be
scornfully rejected. with war and the es.
tablishment of the republic of Lower
California as the inevitable result.
The new republic is to be a vassal OF
the United States. the real object of its
creation being Americas ambition TO con-
troll the peninsula and the Gulf Of Cali.
fornia on account of the facilities they
offer for Japanese naval bases.
This is the sort of matter with which
German-Austria opinion is being fed,
and II will continue, so long aU
thoritative statement from WASHINGTON is
lacking The German forei Office has
the press OF the fatherland thoroughly in
hand. The imputations cast upon Amer.c "a
will promptly be repudiated, once the
kaiser's government is supplied with Ri
unambiguous statement of tie facts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
Dies of Self-Inficted Wound.

CRAWFORD. Conn.,. March 1s.-Mrs
Cora Wood. who, it is alleged. shot and
killed her husband. Christopher G. Wood.
her eleven-year-old son vardemond, and
then fired bullet into her own breast
near the heart, last week, died today
from the effects of the wound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
REAR OF 18TH INFANTRY WAGON
TRAIN.

toriiy. thanks to the enforcement Of neu-
trality laws
There is no martial law in Mexico.
says Senior Pereyra. in the proper sense
of the term. He points out that martaai
law is a provision that affects every
citizen of a community governed under
It. The right to assemble on the streets
is denied, the delivery of mail is only
permitted after military scrutiny, ana
other functions exercised by free citi-
zenship are suspended under martial law,
he indicates.
Only Lawless Menaced.
Under the measure adopted by the Mex
lean government, withdrawing guaran-
tees. he says. only those who commit
lawless acts that are menacing to the
community. such as wracking trains,
cutting telegraph wires. shooting up
towns. are disturbed by its operations.
Law-abiding citizens and offenders
class are guaranteed the same protection
of the civil laws as they have always
been, he says.
Ambassador de la Barra, who will at
tend a dinner tonight at the home of
the banker. James Speyer, and afterward
be the guest of Mr.. Speyer at the opera
In New York city. will return to Wash
ington tomorrow morning
Any statement that President DiaZ
has shown resentment against the gov
eminent of the United States for the
navy of the United States. says Senior
Pereyra, emanates from a source that is
in no wise I'm the councils or confidence
Of the Mexican administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13

1.-THE Managers Wife," by Amelie
Rives princess Troubetzkoy), in our
next Sunday Magazine. strong candi-
date for one Of the prizes in our ten
thousand-dollar contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
The Stone Tracy Case.

When the Stone Tracy case came up for
wise raising the validity Of the law and
decisions likewise sustaining the con-
stitutionality Of the tax, had reached the
court. They were advanced and heard
ably, of vacancies on the bench the cases
were restored to the docket for reargu-
ment. This reargument occurred in Janu-
cry, 1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
Must Lay Down Arms.
How Fort Myer ArtiIIerymen
Were Dumped at San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March 13.-s.v.n
barefooted Mexicans perched like scare
crows on the top rail of the fence sur-
rounding the property Of the San Antonio
Brick Company and saw what there was
to see in the cactus-strewn and mud
splattered yards Of the railroad compa-
MES spurs. Under their steeple hats the
Mexicans' faces were immobile as those
OF wooden Aztec gods. only their eyes
roved and from their lips came contin-
uous thin streams of cigarette smoke.
What those passive Mexicans saw was
'El Gringo" on the hustle.
Ell Gringo" In this instance waxa
great parcel OF cavalrymen artilleryfnen
and horse wranglers, switchmen, roust-
ebouts and mounted officers OF the
United States Army shaking stores,
To the sad-eyed brothers from over the
Rio Grande this was an incomprehensi-
BILE expenditure Of energy-things were
being done in a most remarkable man
ner: the wheels were moving today in
stead of manana.
Cars, Cars Everywhere.
There from the fence where the Mexi-
cans perched away over to the thin
bridge that lifted above the network of
tracks half mile away was nothing but
trains and more trains standing side by
side on brother spurs awaiting to be un-
loaded Every hour or so restless little
switch engine would sputter down from
the wilderness of tracks somewhere up
the line. take a grip on a string Of cars
that had been emptied and go snorting
OF. to return like a retrieving dog with
a full string pushing ahead Of it's nose
The half hours were punctuated by the
arrival OF troop trains from the north
and east. out of which infantrymen and
cavalry troopers piled pellmell and
marched of TO the signal Of the bugle.
The downpour Of rain had converted
the detraining yards into a contour map
OF Dogs and small seas. Everywhere the
thick adobe mud like nothing so niue |,
phaitum. stood up in menacing ruts and
trimmed the banks OF wallows with treach-
erous pitfalls. When work had first be.
gun Capt. Normoyle Of the quartermas-
who is the overworked officer having ali
the details Of the detraining in char e.
had put q double score of Mexicans and
negroes at work filing the bog holes with
mesquite brush and draining of the wors,
Of the standing pools. Even at that the
widest range of army vocabulary had to
be invoked all day long by the mule
wranglers before the adobe was com.
pletely conquered by the plunging ami.
mails.
Fort Myer Arrivals.
There into the midst Of the flooded
yards came the I'd Battalion of the 81
Field Artillery. comprising Batteries D
e and F. all the way from Fort Myer
Va In three sections they came. eact
train composed Of stock cars for TIT
horses, long links of nat cars WHEREOF
the guns were blocked and strapped. ant
49,. at th> ana the tourist PullmouS fo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
Fight Against the Tax
Long and Hard Fought

The fight against the constitutionality
Of the corporation tax began almost i'm
mediately after the enactment of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law Of 1903. OF which
1t is a part. During the long days OF
wrangling in Congress over that measure.
President Taft originated a plan to raise
part Of the revenue necessary for the
running Of the government by imposing q
corporation tax. He is said to have made
the first rough draft OF the proposed law
and to have asked the Department Of
Justice to perfect 1t.
Scarcely fifteen years before the SUI
preme Court of the United States had
declared unconstitutional the income tax
measure enacted by Congress. In order
to have a valid tax. the errors of that
law had to be avoided. Finally the at
tention OF members OF the House and
Senate were called to the proposed cor
poration tax as constitutional measure.
1t was urged as preferable to another in
come tax which. it was argued. probably
would be declared unconstitutional, and so
under the circumstances better legislation
than an Inheritance tax. When the tariff
bill was in the Senate the corporation tax
provisions were inserted as an amendment
to the Payne bill passed by the House.
They remained there and became q part
of the tariff act.
Called especial Excise Tax."
The provisions Of the law stated that
the tax was a special excise tax with
respect to the carrying on or doing busi-
ness" It was to be paid by every
corporation, joint stock company or as
ISOLATION. organized for profit and hav-
ing a capital stock represented by shares.
and every insurance company" organized
under the laws Of the United States or of
any state or territory. 1t was provided
that the tax should be equivalent to
per centum upon the entire net income
over and above 5000 received from all
sources" exclusive of amounts received
as dividends upon stock Of other corpora
tons, joint stock companies or associa-
lions, or insurance companies, subject to
the tax.
The law provided also that returns
should be made By those taxed to the
Treasury Department, to be used as q
basis for assessing the tax. These were
open to inspection. but in 1910 Congress
enacted legislation providing that the re-
turns should be open to inspection only
upon rules and regulations approved by
the President
The first action in the courts To test
the constitutionality Of he law was be-
gun in the United States circuit court for
the District Of Vermont. A woman began
1t. Stalla p. Flint. guardian Of the prop
erty of Samuel ". Stone, jr., a stock
holder in the Stone Tracy Company Of
Windsor. VT, began an action to have
the company restrained from paying the
tax. She claimed that the tax was un-
Her attorney. Maxwell
Evars, brought the case to the Supreme
Court, after the circuit court had declin-
ed to hold the tax unconstitutional.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13

tackled from all points from which any
tax possible OF enactment by Congress
could be attacked. Prominent among thu
objections to the law was the argumene
that the tax was a direct tax. not appor-
toned according TO the Constitution.
Some dubbed the tax "a corporation in-
come tax and invalid for the same rea-
sons that the income tax was declared
in 1875. Others claimed
that IL was a tax on state franchises and
hence was an unconstitutional interior.
ence with the sovereignty OF the ststes.
Another line OF objections was based N
the argument that as on excise taS 10
was not uniform. but contained uncosti-
tutional classifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
CORPORATION TAX
unconstitutional

CONTINUED From First Pase.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
Publicity Features Attacked.

The publicity features OF the returns
were attacked as taking private prop
erty without compensation. To all OF
these objections the Department OF JUS
tice. through the late Solicitor General
Lloyd w. Bowers. at the first hearing,
and through his successor Frederick w.
Lehman. at the second hearing, MADE
answer.
After the argument of the fifteen cases
the court took up three other cases in
volving the tax. In these the principal
controversy was over the Interpretation
Of the law. The leading point was
whether the tax was TO be imposed on
Boston trusts" organized to hold real
estate. but not incorporated. The Boston
concerns contended that the tax should
be assessed only on concerns organized
under the statutes OF the United States.
states or territories The government ar
gued that business concerns organic 4
within those meant to be taxed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
No Conference With Rebels
Held by Senior limantour

NEW YORK. March 1S.-JoSe Liman-
tour. Mexican minister Of finance, made
q positive denial today of the reports
that he had been comforting with the
Maderos and their associates here with
the view OF bringing about a cessation
of hostilties. Mr.. Limantour was ap-
prised Of reports that the United States
government is preparing to send an addi-
tional 10000 troops to the southwest. The
minister said:
Il have not received any Official in
formation that such decision has been
reached by the United States govern
ment. The reports may be true, but
there have been no developments in my
country during the last few days to war
rant doubling the forces which the United
States government originally announced
1t was its intention to mobilize in the
southwest for military maneuvers.
Thinks Force Sufficient.
right to send as many troops as 1t pleases
to that section Of the United States. but
i quite agree with Prof. Wheeler of Yale
University, who, by the way, has given a
very clear idea Of Mexicos prerogatives
as a sovereign state, both with respect to
the direction of her international policy
and the management OF her internal af-
fairs. that not even 2OOOO troops will be
needed to stop the insurrectionists from
smuggling arms and other supplies across
the Texas border.
My attention has been called to vague
rumors that since arriving In New York
i have had conferences with the Maderos
and their associates with a view to
bringing about a cessation of hostilities
in Mexico.
Must Lay Down Arms.
There can be no negotiations with in
surrectionists or consideration of their
alleged grievances except that they first
lay down their arms
therefore i can only emphatically
deny that there have been such nego-
uations in New York in behalf of my
government in which l or any other
representative has taken part. As I
nave previously stated, also, il the
1nsurrectfonfsts were to surrender all
soiutely my government would then
undertake to study the broad questions
involved In the all grievances Of
the insurrectionists."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13

state authority 10 thus impair and
limit the exertion Of authority which
may be essential to national exist
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-10-05
Embalning
Hotel Lawrence.

FoXwell d Johnson, proprietors
OF Hotel Lawrence, Leonardtown.
are prepared to look after the com
forts OF their friends and the public
in general. Give US a call when in
our town and we will do our best 10
make you happy. Special rates per
week.
FOxwELL IL JOHNSON,
LeOnardtOwn, Nd.