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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-13
Fire Destroy. leroy store.

Leroy, July 11.-Ffre OF unknown
origin early Monday destroyed the
general store Of Lewis Bros. In this
city The large stock worth over $10,-
900 was insured to the amount Of
$4,000. while the substantial frame
10 lunome eql o. palnsuI sun 2uIplInq
$1,000. The adjacent buildings were
not in danger though the general store
was completely destroyed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-13
Farm Notes
Not Written Tor Farmers.
BY II. 1. RANN.

Some farmers are inclined To show
in weaving pigs. This causes
trouble In the family and frequently
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
TROUBLE FOR
LORDS
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Liberal
ministry today faces peculiar
trouble over the new peerages 1t
may have to create to deprive the
house of lords of its veto power.
II the lords refuse to pass the
"veto BILL" the ministry will ask
the king to create enough new
peers to outvote the lords pres
ent conservative majority. About
500 will be needed. II the king
complies the trouble will begin.
The Liberal dukes, marQuises,
earls and viscounts want the new
creations all to be barons, the
lowest title which carries a seat
in the upper house. The creation
of barons will save the wearers
of high titles from being socially
swamped by a ridiculously large
number of new noblemen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
FORMER TACOMAN
TO TALK HERE

|. John Barrett, once a Tacoma
reporter, who has managed to
keep on the government payroll
and in the limelight for going on
to 20 years. will speak here Mon
day night before the Chamber of
Commerce and Commercial club
on 1.-THE Relation of the Panama
Canal to the Northwest"
Barrett went to Siam from here,
drifted around the Orient q
while, then landed as director of
the bureau Of American Republics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
WILL YOU HELP

Have enlisted In a Alaska?
The Guggenheims. hacked Wall power
by the Taft Banger Kirby
Dick to Dick postscript roofs making tremendous
fort to grab off the 2oooo0oo lands that belong
They do belong the people of of Rochester
Atlanta, of Centrala-to 10 ALL
The Times everybody petitions
Washington
block Guggenhea
two
printing a copy o petition daily addi
blanks
signing Of the
Get petition friends 1t. Send 1t In
The Editor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
SUSPECT HERMIT
OF STARTING
FOREST FIRE
(By United Press Leased Wire. J

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2.-Having
forgotten all but the rudiments
of the English language through
years of solitude, Edward Putze,
who declares that he is more than
107 years old, is in the county
Jail charged with having started
the recent forest fire on the west
slope of Palomar mountain near
Escondido. 1t required an entire
posse of forest rangers to capture
the agile old hermit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
THOMAS A. EDISON.

(Dy United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Thomas
A. Edison sailed today to Join his
wife and daughter in England and
with whom he will tour England
and the continent. Edison said
that he had solved the problem of
living and expected to live to be
$50 years old. He predicted that
many more discoveries In electri-
city soon will be made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
.ELLERYS BAND
COMING BACK
TO TACOMA

Music-loving Tacomans will get
another chance to hear Charming
Ellery's band which was so well
received here last week. The Ro-
tary club has induced him to re-
turn and a series of three con-
certs, beginning next Monday and
lasting for three days, will be
given in the Stadium. A ticket
for the series can be purchased
for fifty cents. The regular prices
will be 20 cents for adults and 10
cents for children. The proceeds
are to go toward the betterment
Of the lighting system in the
Stadium.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
DEATH
SENTENCE
TWICE

PORTLAND, Aug. Though
Jesse P. Webb, the trunk muir
derer, for the second time has
heard the sentence of death pass
ed upon him, it is gnerally be-
lieved here today that an appeal
will be taken to the supreme
court again and that William
Johnson's slayer will not hang
September s.
Before Judge Morrow re-
sentenced him, Webb made q
strong plea for life, contending
he killed in self-defense.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
FOR
BANKER WILDE
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug. g.
Declaring that the reputation of
Louis j. Wilde, the banker, for
truth, veracity, honesty and integ-
rity is good, almost 1000 San
Diegans have signed petitions to
be sent to Portland, where Wilde
is accused of embezzlement.
1t is expected that thousands of
other signatures will be secured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02

Archbishop Edmund Francis
Prendergast, who succeeded the
late Archbishop Patrick Jol n
Ryan as head of the archdiocese
of Philadelphia, is IS, but still a
vigorous man.
He was born in Clonmel, Ire
land, May 8, 1913, and came to
the United States when he was 16,
at that age he consecrated his life
to the church. He has labored
increasingly ever since and has
risen steadily from priest to arch
bishop, acquiring thorough
knowledge of administrative af-
fairs of his profession and devel-
oping a broad knowledge of hui
man nature so necessary to sue
cess in his work.
At the Ecclesiastical seminary
in Philadelphia, Archbishop Prem
dergast was educated and was or
dained a priest, in 1868. His SER
vice in the church has always
been in Pennsylvania at Philadel-
phia, Allentown and Bristol. He
was made auxiliary bishop of
philadelphia in 1897 and was
vicar general of the archdiocese.
When Archbishop Ryan died,
Rome did not hesitate a moment
in choosing his successor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02

There's many a woman-hater
that we never hear Of, because
they are married and feel that it's
best to be discreet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
TO
SAVE THE BIG
TIMBER

Complete telephone service is
being installed on the mountain
reserve by the forestry department
to assist in protecting the forest
from fire. The foresters also
have cut many trails through the
woods, and it is believed the work
of protection will soon be in such
shape that fires will be unable to
get much start.
Campers are still careless, how
ever, about not putting out their
fires when they leave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
Will Oppose
Bourne For
Reelection
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

PORTLAND, Aug. 2.-Ex-Con-
gresham w. r. Ellis, of Pendle-
ton, who was beaten for re-elec-
ton by A. w. Lafferty at the last
general election, will be candi-
date for the republican nomina-
ton for United States senator in
the April primaries to succeed Sem
ator Bourne, 1t was learned to-
day.
Judge Stephen Lowell, also of
Pendleton. has been in the field
for the nomination for a year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
Picknickers
DroWned

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MESSENA, N. Y, Aug. a.
Search for the bodies of three
victims of the wreck of the steam
err Sirius, which struck rock and
capsized with a party Of picnickers
on board was continued here to-
day. The bodies of four persons
drowned in the disaster have been
recovered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
City Briefs

The county board of equiliza-
tion will hold a three weeks ses-
sion in the offices of Assessor
Miller. The board consists of
County Commissioners Peterson,
Martin and Libby, Mayor Seymour,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02

Der of forest fires with the view
of being paid 25 cents an hour by
the state to fight them.
Elliott stated that the forest
fire situation In Southern Oregon
had been greatly exaggerated in
several news dispatches. Practi-
cally no green timber had been de-
stroyed, he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02

Ida NJ. Browning was granted a
divorce from George w. Brown
ing by Judge yesterday yesterday
on the grounds of non-support and
desertion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02

City Commissioners Petit and
Woods, Auditor Stewart and AS
SCISSOR Miller. 1t will probably be
a quiet session, as there are not
many complaints.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-02
Iramps Start Fires
So They Can Get Pay

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SALEM, Ore, Aug. 2.-No
more tramps will be employed to
fight forest fires in Oregon, ac-
cording to State Forester Elliott
today.
Elliott, who has Just returned
from Douglas county, declared
that tramps have started a num-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23
ONLY ONE BEST"
Johnson City People Give Credit
Where Credit is Due.

People of Johnson City who suffer with
sick kidneys and bad backs want a kidney
remedy that can be depended upon. The
best is Doan's Kidney Pills, medicine for
the kidneys only, made from pure roots and
herbs, and one that is backed by cures in
Johnson City. Here's Johnson City's tes-
timony:
Mrs. M. c. Mumpower, 3r4 w. Poplar
ST., Johnson City, Tenn, says: Doan's
Kidney Pills are splendid kidney medicine
and have no hesitation in saying that they
are the best ones to be had for weak back
and kidney trouble. l was subject to at
tacks of dizziness and nervousness aud
was also made miserable by backache.
Mornings when arose l felt all tired out,
and although tried one medicine after an
other, did not seem to improve. Finally
| got supply of Doan's Kidney Pills from
the Whitehouse Drug Co. and they soon
made me strong and well. :"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the c-Doan's-and
take no other.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23

Washington college, the $21, 900 given
TO this school by Andrew Carnegi and
a $4,000 farm were placed in com
mon fund to the credit of Washington
Tusculum college
While the union was in force, DR.. C..
0. Gray, president of Washington -Tus-
culum college, secured $4,000 endow-
ment funds, and the trustees of Wash
ington college claim that one half of
this ammount should now be transfer
red to Washington college.
The trustees of Tusculum college
have already used one-half of the
Carnegie donation, $4,000 in TIE erec-
tion of dormitory at that place. 1t
is claimed that the trustee of Tusculum
college violated the plan of union when
they did not put all the academic
students at Washington college, and
keep only collegiate students at Tus-
culum.
When at a meeting of the combined
board of trustees of Washington-Tuscu-
lum college last spring, by the aid of
two members who were chosen from
the board of Washington college, it was
granted that academic students should
continue to attend the TuSculum school
during an indefinite PERIOD revolt
came from the board of trustees of
Washington college Then this suit
for comylete disolGtion was begun.
Attorneys Robert Burrow, of Bristol,
and Isaac Harr, of this city, represent
the complainants; Attorneys Susong &
Biddle, of Greenville, and Epps &
Baxter, of Jonesboro, are the represen-
tatives for Tusculum college. The
attorneys were here Tuesday taking
in the case.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23
HOW TO GET THINp
USE SURGEONS KNIFE.

Philadelphia, Nov. 20.-Surgery as
the solution of the fat PERSONS prob
lem, "How to get thin," succeeded
when DR.. Wayne Babock cut from the
abdomen of woman twelve pounds
of fat Physicians say the patient suf-
fered no loss of strength and was left
with absolutely no ill effects. The op-
Grafton consisted simply of making a
long incision on the abdomen, turning
back the flesh, cutting out the fat, turn
ing the flesh back and sewing up the
incision. The only element of danger
was that in the cutting a muscle might
be severed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23
SAYS ASSISTANT
ATTY..GEN. FAW
CHAT TANOOGA DEALERS
May Go to Workhouse Supreme
Court Decides Term OF Suspen-
sion Of Sentence Ended.

KNOXVILLE, Nov. 18.-The supreme
court today acted on the noted whisky
selling cases brought up from Hamilton
county on writ of error filed by Atty.
Gen. Charles L. Gates, jr, in the cases
against Carl White, John H. Connor,
Thomas p. Hagen and J. w. Kelley Il
Co., the latter corporation, in which
a joint fine Of 500 was assessed against
all the defendants. The court ordered
that the judgment be corrected, and
that the minimum fine fixed by statute
for violating the four-mile law, $50, be
assessed against each of them. The
court held that joint fine could not
be assessed.
AS regards the suspension of the inn
prisonment term, fixed by the statute,
the court, speaking through Chief JUS
tice Shields, held that since the term
of suspension had expired, that was
not live question with the court.
The chief justice cited an opinion in
similar case handed down week
ago, in which the supreme court held
that court did not have the right to
suspend sentence fixed by statute,
that authority being vested only in the
governor.
The Chattanooga cases came up in
the Hamilton county court last Janua-
ry. The defendants plead guilty, were
fined and sentenced, but the imprison-
ment was suspendent until the next
term of court, in May. In May they
were again suspended until September,
when the term of suspension ended.
Tonight Assistant Attorney General
Faw, speaking of the case, said that it
was now clearly the duty of the court
or officers TO impose those sentences,
since the time of suspension had expir-
ed He said that if the trial judge did
not act, the clerk might issue mitti-
mus and have the defendants taken in
to custody. Under the opinion deliver
ed in a similar case week ago, which
Chief Justice Shields, cited today as a
parallel case, the defendants were to be
treated as escaped prisoners.
In the case of G. E. Phillips and +.
M. Catron, similar cases brought up at
the same time, the writ of error were
dismissed. These were individual cases
in which the minimum fine fixed by
the statute was assessed, and there was
nothing about the judgment to correct.
The court, through Chief Justice
Shields, affirmed the death sentence of
G. w. Rose, from McMinn county,
convicted of killing j. l.. Miller near
Etowah last August. Miller was the
father of Attorney w. b. Miller, of
Chattanooga. Rose compelled Miller's
son to aid him in staying his father.
The date of execution was fixed for
January II.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23
Saved Many from Death.

w. L. Mock, of Mock, Ark, believes he
has saved many lives in his IS yearssof ex-
perience in the drug business "What al
ways like to do" he writes, is to recon-
mend DR.. Kings New Discovery for weak,
sore lungs, hard colds, hoarseness, obstinate
coughs, la grippe, Group, asthma or other
bronchial affection, for | feel sure that
number Of my neighbors are alive and well
today because they took my advice to use
it. honestly believe it's the best throat
and lung medicine that's made" Easy to
prove he's right. Get trial bottle free, or
regular soc or ST bottle. Guaranteed by
H. c. Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23
SENATOR JOHN |. COX REVIEWS
BACK TAXING IN TENNESSEE.

Some fifteen years since the legisla-
ture repealed the delinquent tax law of
! the state, known as the "back tax law, ="
and made no provision for the enforce
ment of back tax collections in the law
passed at that time. Under the new
law property on which taxes were not
paid was sold by the trustee and If not
purchased by an individual was bid
in" for the state by the trustee and a
record of the sale made in the Office of
the clerk of the circuit court.
There it remained subject to redemp-
tion by the original owner.
If the owner did not redeem il for six
years the states lien was barred by its
own statute barring the collection of
state, county and municipal taxes after
lapse of six years.
All this time the property thus sold
for taxes and purchased by the state,
remained in the hands of the original
owner.
Many large taxpayers seeing this
method of collecting delinquent taxes
which was wholly voluntary on the
part of the delinquent, and that all one
had to do was TO wait six years and
then plead the statute of limitation and
thus dodge all tax burdens were taking
advantage of this loose system. One
estate in Memphis is said to owe over
$50, 900 in delinquent taxes.
To remedy this evil the comptroller
in 1909 asked the Hon. Chas. It. Gates,
Encouragement for the state, to draft
bill under which these delinquent
taxes might be collected without work.
ing hardship on any one.
Gen. Gates prepared bill which be-
came law, authorizing the comptrol-
Ter to compromise and settle all delin-
quent taxes. Feeling that atifinducements
were offered delinquents would pay,
the comptroller set his agents and at
torney to work TO settle delinquent
taxes, but few paid under most liberal
offers of compromise and there was no
power to enforce collections. During
the sitting of the last legislature the
comptroller requested the joint finance
ways and means committee, composed
of members from both houses, to pre-
pare a hill that would enable him 10
enforce the collection of these delin-
quent taxes. This committee requested |
the attoTney-g general to prepare bill
to enforce the collection of delinquent
taxes. He did SO and the bill was en-
acted into law just as he drafted it,
After the bill was prepared by Gen. |
Gates it was submitted to the full COM
mittee, was approved and | was direct
ed to introduce it in the senate.
Under this new law no bill can be
filed to enforce the payment of delin-
quent taxes until the end of two whole
years after the sale of the property by
the trustee. During this two years the
delinquent taxpayer can go to the office
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23

LITIGATION NOT ENDED

On Monday, December IL, at Jones
boro, the case of Trustees of Washing
ton college VS.. Trustees of Tusculum
college will be heard in the chancery
court by Judge III. III. Haynes.
This case involves the complete sep
aration of the two colleges, and a
money consideration of more than
$4,000. About three years ago these
colleges united under the name Wash
ington- -Tusculum college
The plan upon which the union was
effected was that after one year the
Washington division should be purely
academic and the Tusculum should be
collegiate.
The $4,000 endowment ,ead of
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23

the people pay taxes voluntarily and a
part do not, and those who do not are
made to pay, it is inevitable that the
burdens of taxation must be increased
the willing taxpayer. 1t is the
legislator in preparing the tax laws to
give some consideration to the willing
taxpayer, and not all consideration to
the man who must be made to pay.
Most Of the delinquent taxes are to be
found in the cities, and if the news.
paper reporters who have found at
Nashville such large fees awaiting the
revenve agent and his attorneys will
follow these cases to final settlement
at the end of years hard labor, they
will find that from one-half to three
fourths of these old cases, accumulat-
ing for fifteen years, are s'double assess
ments, 'erroneous assessments" mo
such property" or will see the plea of
the statute of limitations sustained or
the comptroller will compromise, and
that those who do the thankless Job
will have their compensation reduced
to this extent.
In the rural counties, in my opinion,
the compensation of the revenue agent
and his attorney Will not average $3.50
to the county. The Nashville report
ers estimated the compensation to the
revenue agent and attorney in David
son county to be the sum of $4,000. 1t
is wellknown fact that all county Of
ficials in the counties containing our
large cities receive large compensation
for their official duties as compared
with the rural or small counties. The
supreme court has said that this can.
not be remedied so long as the state
remains on the fee system. If the fee
for performing a certain official act
were regulated by the aggregate of
total fees in the big counties no one
could be found to hold official position
in the small counties where the COM
pensation was contingent upon fees.
Tho supreme court has held that the
for doing an official act
must be the same in all counties, hence
under our system we cannot have one
scale of fees for the big counties and a
different and larger fee for doing the
same act in small county. For these
reasons, the fees for collecting taxes in
the big counties and in the small coun-
ties had to be the same.
As an humble member of our legisa-
ture, / have tried to correct our tax
laws, only to find that it was diff
ficult task to change the laws of q
people that were the result of legisla-
tion and court decisions for over 100
years, and I am convinced that to
change The present system is an srdu-
ous task, and must be the resusla of a
strenuous state campaign, in which all
the business interests of the state must
be advanced in the selection Of legis-
lature to do the work.
JOHN l. COX,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-11-23

of the circuit court clerk and redeem
his property without paying one cent
to the revenue agent or his attorney
and the sale is not made by the trustee
until every opportunity is given the
the tax payer to pay the taxes and ev-
cry effort is made to collect the taxes
due the state and county by distress
warrants. Under the old back tax law
repeal some fifteen years since, the
back tax attorneys fled bills immedi.
ately after the trustees sale and no
time was given in which to redeem. If
the property of an ordinary debtor is
sold to pay debt to an individual the
debtor has only two years in which to
redeem, and if he should let this time
expire his property is gone forever; but
under this tax law for the collection of
taxes for the support of the state gov
eminent and for the protection of the
lives and property of its citizens, after
the expiration of the two years redemp-
tion period the taxpayer still has his
day in court and during the period of a
suit in chancery, with ali its delays,
the taxpayer may at and time pay the
taxes and ask and still retain the prop
erty.
Moreover the compromise act prepar-
ed by Gen. Gates and enacted into law
in 1909 is still in full force and effect,
and if hardship is entailed on any one
in the collection of delinquent taxes,
under the new back tax law, that is
being condemned by certain individals
and newspapers, the comptroller can
compromise the case and do equity or
extend mercy.
If the estate of widow, or orphan or
helpless person is involved, the comp
troller, big hearted Frank Dibrell, can
compromise the case, and if the exigen-
cies of the case demand it he can remit
all taxes, costs, fees and penalties and
let the unfortunate go to his property
without the payment of cent.
The two laws drawn by Gen. Gates
give delinquent taxpayer every possi-
BILE consideration consistent with pol
icy of enforcing the payment of delin-
quent taxes. II public sentiment will
not sustain this system of collecting
delinquent taxes, with its long delays,
many opportunities to pay and author
ity to compromise, then it will not
sustain any system that enforces the
collection of taxes, and the payment of
taxes must hereafter be voluntary.
If the payment of taxes is to become
entirely voluntary, then it must follow
that those who contribute to the sup
port of government will see many as
able themselves to pay taxes declining
to do so. 1t is much easier to criticise
a tax law than to frame perfect one.
No statement in the history of gov
eminent has been able to enact a tax
law that has met the approval of all
subject to its provisions. If part of