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Remodeling Queen City Hotel.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, November Do
The work of remodeling the Queen City
Hotel. Cumberland's historic hosiery,
owned by the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. is progressing rapidly. The entire
north wing is being converted into a
modern station, with railroad offices. The
hotel lobby has been moved to the first
floor of the south wing of the building
The lobby has been handsomely fitted. A
third story is being added to the middle
portion of the building. The entire i'm
provement will cost $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26

expert in the employ OF the Consultations
Coal Company, with headquarters at
Frostburg, who died in Cumberland at
the Western Marylond Hospital. will be
inferred at Cincinnati. Ohio Mrs. Bailey
came here to claim the body. Mr.. Bailey
was formerly assistant general superin-
tendent OF the Consolidation Coal COM
pany OF the Fairmont division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
SMALL FIRES.
Two Houses in District Slightly
Damaged Last Evening.

Fire of unknown origin did about $50
damage at the home of John Schrivener.
1S 9th street northeast, shortly before 8
O clock last evening. The fire department
extinguished the flames. The house is
owned by William E. McCurdy of 3615
New Hampshire avenue
A defective fiue at the home of Bessie
Wilson, 431 Delaware avenue southwest,
last evening caused a fire which did $40
damage. No. 4 engine company extin-
guiShed the blaze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
Problem Hard to Solve

The property upon which the assess
ments Were made has been offered for
sale, but no bids We're received, and the
problem of how TO collect the money said
to be due the District has constantly be-
come a more perplexing one to Collector
Rogers.
Corporation Counsel Thomas, it IS un-
derstood, recommended reassessment
on the grounds that the taxes could not
be collected. the property assessed not
having been properly described. Mr.
Thomas, it is learned. advised against
the taking of the matter into court al
this time.
If the property were reassessed 1t prob
ably could be given a more detailed de-
scription. but that, in his opinion, the
matter is one which can be remedied
only by additional legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
URGE CHANGE IN DATE
FOR CORPORATION TAX
Members of Congress Being
Appealed to by Large
Companies.

General appeal by letter is being made
to members of Congress by corporations
throughout the country to change from
December 81 to the date of the fiscal
year of each corporation, the time of ac-
counting for purposes of the fedaral
corporation tax. Commercial bodies and
corporations urge the change, and set
forth the difficulties under the present
management.
lowing to the exigencies of the bust
ness the letters read, cit is practically
impossible for many firms and corpora
tons to conclude their fiscal years De-
cember 81 and you will readily under
stand that, in the case of such COM
panies, it is great hardship to be COM
PEELED to make accurate inventories and
furnish an accurate balance sheet at
period.
Objection of Government.
'The only objection which has been
raised by the government or it's officials
is that it would be inconvenient to make
another change now that the law fixing
December 81 of each year has been put
in effect. This objection by its weakness
shows that there is no valid reason,
from an administrative point of view,
why December 81 should be maintained
as the fixed termination of all fiscal
years.
Adoption of the natural fiscal years of
all corporations would spread the work
| of accounting more or less evenly
through the twelve months, and it would
work a considerable saving financially.
Surely the corporations which pay the tax
are entitled to as muchS consideration as
can be given them without injury to the
purposes of the government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
In Memoriam.

BOLGER. In sad but loving remembrance OF
my dear husband, WILLIAM BOLGER, who
departed this life year ago today, No
vember g. 1910.
BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE. MARIA ,BOLGER.
dear boy, MELVIN LEONARD CLEVELAND.
who left us five years ago today, November
26, 1906.
Warm summer sun. shine kindly:
Warm southern wind blow softly:
Green sod above, lie light lie light.
Good night, dear heart, GOODNIGHT.
FATHER, MOTHER AND GRANDMA.
HARDESTY. In sad but loving remembrance
Of my dear wife and mother. FRANCES
L. MASON HARDESTY, who departed this
life seven years ago. November 26, 1904.
God takes our loved ones from our homes
But never from hearts.
BY HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
MCINTYRE. In sad but loving remembrance Of
MCINTYRE, who departed this life four years
ago today, November &c. 1907
BY HIS WIFE, SON AND DAUGHTER (EI-
WOOD WARNER MCINTYRE AND MRS.
LILLE FRALEY MILLS.
THOMAS. In sad but loving remembrance Of
and brother. RICHARD THOMAS.
who departed this life six years ago today.
November 20, 1895.
BY the will OF God you were taken away
When to your life dear.
And we constantly mourn and our hearts so ache
On this day IL comes each year.
Some day well meet on that beautiful shore,
Where we never shall part any more.
BY THE FAMILY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
Mining Expert Dead.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, November d.
The body of William H. Bailey, mining
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DIED.

BECRAFT On Friday. November ~ 1911. at
pm, JENNIE E.. beloved daughter OF George
Notice OF funeral hereafter. %
COOK. On Friday. November "a. 1911. at 1870
PM pm. FKEDERIck L.. husband Of Jane oook.
Funeral to be held from his late residence. 1872
w street, Monday. November 81, at Pm.
Interment at Arlington cemetery. 2ss
Kit Carson Post No. 2 G. Ar
The death of Comrade FREDERICK COOK. on
the 24th instant, is announced TO the post. Flu
neral services, at which the attendance OF COM
dence. 1919 W street northwest, at o.cpock
pm. Monday. November 81
JOSEPH Mapp !; 3; s sS,TtsT. Commander.
DRYDEN. At his home 1910 Broad street, New.
JOHN F. DRYDEN. IN his seventy- tShrd
year.
Funeral services win be held at the Third Pres
byterian Church. Newark, N J., on Monday
November q. at pm. "a
iail at 5:15 am. after a lingering Illness.
her late residence. HOS LIST street northwest.
Rev. Gilmore. pastor. c5'
HICKEY. On Saturday. November .. 1911. at
JOHN W; HICKEY. beloved husband OF
Hannorah Hickey.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
JAMESON. On Friday. November "a, 1911.
JOHN ii. JAMESON. IA 18th street south
Funeral from his late residence Monday. Noyem-
Der "a. at ESQ pm. Interment private. 20
JOHNSON. Departed this life Friday Novem-
Der "a, 1911. nt $3.50 am. BrRRELL. he
loved husband OF Emma johnson and father
of Julia and Burrell johnson, jr
Funeral from Vermont Avenue Church Monday,
November q. at 100 pm. Friends invited.
JONES. On Friday. November "a. 1911 at 2:O3
an. GRIFFIN JONES. beloved husband OF
Willis Jones and son OF Elizabeth Griffin
Funeral from his late residence. 2205 9th street
northwest, Monday. November q. at pm.
Relatives and friends invited TO attend In
terment at Woodlawn cemetery 20
KING. On Wednesday. November -, 1911.
Mrs. MAGGIE NAY KING. aged twenty.
seven.
Oh; not in cruelty, not in wrath.
The reaper came that day;
Twas an angel visited the green EARTH
And took the flower away.
Funeral services at Baptist Church. Teney-
town. ID. c., 2:30 pm. Sunday.
NEWTON. Departed this life November "a.
1911, at the home of her daughter. Mrs.
French Payne. 1725 SD street, Mrs. MARY
aged seventy five years.
Funeral from Calvary N. z. Church South, Q
Monday, November %, at II O'Clock. Lou
doun papers please copy) 90
RYAN. On November "a, 1911. at 1890 am,
at his residence, 1101 Sd street southeast
MICHAEL. A. II. s. RYAN, beloved husband
OF Relic V. Ryan, In the sixty-sevcnth year
of his life.
Funeral services at 2:15 pm. Sunday, November
20. Interment (prfvate) Bethel cemetery,
Alexandria, Va. pc
STOKES. RUFUS B., beloved husband Of Mary
Ellen Stokes
| Funeral services will be held at his late resi-.
dence, 226 n street northwest, Monday. IL
am. Interment private. 20
TODD. On Friday, November a. 1911, at .
pm. at her residence, 1101 New Hampshire
avenue northwest, Mrs. FANNIE AMELIA
TODD
| Funeral services at Gswers chapel 1870 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, Monday, No
vember q. at 10 am. Interment private. De
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
TAXES DUE DISTRICT
B. & O. and Terminal CON-
panies Said to Owe $4,000.
IN ARREARS FOR TWO YEARS
Assessments on Property Acquired
by Closing Streets.
PUBLIC SALE TO BE ORDERED
Should Plan Fail to Realize Sum
Involved Appeal May Be Made
to Congress.
IN ARREARS FOR TWO YEARS
PUBLIC SALE TO BE ORDERED

Claiming that nearly $4,000 is due
the District from the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway Company and the Terminal
Company, through failure to pay certain
taxes for the years 1909 and 1910, and
that efforts to satisfy the Indebtedness
by offering at public sale property
owned by the corporations have failed,
Collector of Taxes Charles c. Rogers
has brought the matter to the attention
of the Commissioners, with the request
that he be advised as to what further
steps shall be taken.
1t was learned last night that Corpo-
ration Counsel Thomas, to whom the
question has been referred by the Com
missioners, has advised that the prop
erty on which the tax is levied be re-
assessed, and again put UP for sale,
should the companies refuse to make
a settlement.
May Require Legislation.
If this plan is carried out and fails
to meet the object contemplated, Con-
gress will be asked to enact legislation
that will remedy the situation, accord
ing to information obtained through au-
thoritative sources.
The taxes in question were levied upon
certain streets and highways that were
closed to the public by Congress and
surrendered to the railway and terminal
companies for their use. 1t was pro-
vided in an act of Congress, approved
February %, 1903, that these highways
should become subject to taxation in the
same manner and to the same extent
of other property in the District.
In accordance with the requirements,
all abandoned streets, where occupied or
used by the Terminal Company, which
owns Union station, or the railway COM
panies, were assessed and bills furnished
for the years 1909 and 1910.
The assessments, It is announced, have
been paid in so far as they affect the
Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washington
Railroad Company, but 1t is stated that
payments by the Terminal Company and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany have been neglected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17

PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
DIR. LYDIA A MUMA, 11o5 E 9Th st.
Chronicle diseases a speciality.
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LEGAL.
published in The Topeka state journal
August II, 1911
ORDINANCE no An74.

AN ORDINANCE apportioning and levy
ing a special assessment on certain lots
and pieces of ground IN the City Of To-
peka, Kansas, to pay the cost Of recurb-
ing and reguttering a certain avenue IN
said city
BE 1t Ordained by the Board Of Commits
siOners of the City of Topeka:
Section l. That for the purpose Of pay
ing the cost of recurbing and reguttering
Kansas avenue from south line Of First
avenue to north line of Tenth avenue in
the City of Topeka, Shawnee County,
Kansas, there is hereby levied and as
sessed a special assessment on all lots
and pieces of ground liable therefor &C
cording to the appraised value of the
same without regard to the building or
improvements thereon, said special as
sessment being based on the valuation
and appraisment OF said lots and pieces
of ground and the several amounts ap-
portioned, levied and assessed against
each Of said lots and pieces of ground &C
cordfng to the benefits to be derived by
reason OF the aforesaid improvements are
as follows, towit:
Section 2 Recurring and reguttering
Kansas avenue from First avenue to Sec
ond street.
LOTS ON FIRST AVENUE, e. South
Side.
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otClIOn II. SAID amounts shall be col
lected as one tax, in addition to the taxes
for other purposes, and it shall be the
duty of the City Clerk of said city to
transmit a duly certified copy of this
ordinance to the County Clerk of Shaw
nee County, Kansas, who shall place the
several amounts herein mentioned upon
the tax roll for collection, subject to the
same penalties and to be collected in
like manner as other taxes under exist
ing laws.
Section Il. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after it's
publication in the official city paper.
Passed the Board of Commissioners
August Is 1911.
Approved August Is, 1911.
J. B. BILLIARD,
Attest: Mayor.
c. B. BURGE,
TSeal,1 City Clerk
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AN ORDINANCE levying a special as
sessment upon certain lots and pieces
of ground In the City of Topeka, Kan
sas, to pay the cost Of cutting noxious
weeds by said City.
Be 1t Ordained by the Board of Commits
sioners Of the City of Topeka:
Section /. That there be- and is hereby,
levied a special assessment upon the fol-
lowing describe lots and pieces of ground
in the City of Topeka, Kansas, to pay for
the cutting OF noxious weeds by said city
to wit:
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DETECTrvE AGENCY.

PORTER'S
Detective Agency. strictly confidential;
shadow work a speciality: always ready.
reliable. 503-4 MuIvane Bldg Bell 40k
Ind. 1895.
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FRAMING, regilding. mat making mount
ing done by J. D. Sullivan. 122 W. Eighth
street. Packing. shipping, etc.
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FLORISTS.
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HAYES GROWS THEIR OWN fIowers.
Funeral designs q speciality. 1e7 W. stu.
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STRESSED

Beg. at a point 365 It. n. of NV. cor.
of 1st ave. E. and Harrison St; tn
W. at TT. angles to Harrison st. 800
#. to E. line of Topeka ave; tn. S. on E.
line of Topeka ave. to n. line of 1st
ave-; tn Ely. on N. line of 1st ave.
F. to w. line of Harrison St; tn. n.
along said ". line to place of be
ginning .-.--------.----.-- $4-'
Tract of land bet. Harrison and To-
peka on 1st ave e. G. Cage .......... 81
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LEGAL.


a.e Tss ~ ssz s ssss sF945 ss54 7aa.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4O75-

published in The Topeka State Journal
August II, 1911
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EsURRIER.
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JOHN PETRZILEK, the only practice
furr1er in Kansas 127 W. 7th, Topeka
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MONEY TO LOAN on personal property
and collateral security, on easy terms.
G. H. Fnntham, sos e. 4th st
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MACHINE SHOPS.

LAWN mowers ground on factory ma
Chimes" perfect job. 800. Free delivery
Ind sea- Bell 1871 H B. Howard
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BfONEY.

MONEY to loan on live stock, pianos. or
Sanss typewrtters, household goods and
personal security. L Bisooe. 523 Kan. ave
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TRANSFER AND STORAGE.
~~~~~~~-~-~--~~~~>~~~>----
MERCHANTS Transfer and Storage Co.
furnish expert packers; also look after
freight Phones 1s6. Skinner & Gayhart-
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~------~------~~~
Rugs made from old carpets; beautiful
effects Prices 500 and up. Carpets
cleaned, sewed, laid. D. Mccormick, Rug
Factory, 522 Van Buren,.
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COLLECTIONS.

N. COOvER, 5S2 Kansas ave-, viii collect
your old or bad account or win get you
a pension. Try him.
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have for special clients a large sum of
money ready to loan during August on
farms and city property In any amount
from $500 up to $50, 000-no delay. l. [.
Better manager Better Realty & Loan
Co. ground floor. New ENGLAND Bn1dg.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-01
FORMER SALT LAKE
MAN CONSPICUOUS
Ex-Chief of Police of Seattle Being
Tried on Charge of Accepting Bribe
From Clarence Gerald.

SEATTLE, Wash, May 3l.-The first
day s evidence in the trial of former
Chief of Police Charles w. Wappenstein
charged with accepting bribe of $1,000
from Clarence Gerald and Gideon Tup-
per for permitting them to operate crib
houses in the vice district, was to the
effect that Wappenstein obeyed the or
ders of the mayor and council relative
to the herdlDg of the women. A. A.
Bramer, secretary of the board of
health. testified that former Mayor Hi
ram &. Gill informed him that he (GilD
had created and established the vice
district himself,
Both Bramer and his superior officer,
DR.. j. n. Crichton, city health officer,
testified that they conferred harmonl.
ously with Gill, Wappenstein and com
mittee of the city council relative to
collecting tribute from the women, and
that the city collected nearly $24 900
from them for medical examination and
eXacted no fines from them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-01
Terrific Wind and Rain Storm
Sweeps Over Northern Por-
tion of Buckeye State.
PROPERTY LOSS is HEAVY
Buildings Wrecked in Cleveland
Trees Uprooted, Boats Over
turned on Lake Erie.

CLEVELAND o.. May 3I.-Four dead
and twenty injured was the toll OF the
terrific wind and rainstorm which swept
over Cleveland and vicinity today.
wrccking buildings. overturning boats in
Lake Erie, breaking down wire poles.
tearing up trees and smashing windows
and signs. The storm was general In
northern Ohio. Three lives were lost at
Loraiu. All OF the dead were In row.
boats which were capsized by a sudden
wind which sprang up out OF calm.
half dozen more rowboats were
caught In the storm on the lake. but their
occupants were rescued by life savers and
park policemen. Twenty bathers al Edge
water park who took shelter in the bath
house. were buried when the roof fell.
One man had both legs broken when a
wagon was blown on him. and another
was struck by piece OF cornce blown
off OF an eleven story building, His
skull was fractured. Several We're in
jured by failing signs. Three other men
were hurt when "A scaffold on which they
were working collapsed.
The Wind reached velocity of sixty
miles an hour. The property loss viii
reach hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
Several motorboats are reported To have
gone down during the storm T. b.
Zickes, who sunk in making q landing in
his motorboat at Rocky river. said he
saw motorbodt evidently disabled in
which were five men.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-01
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN By
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

Daily newspapers are pay
ing more attention to AD-
VERTISING now than they
ever did. The fact that it is
NECESSARY to do so does
not in the least detract from
the motive.
Time was when advertls-
ing revenue bought the
LUNURIES for newspapers
as buildings, new
presses, new typesetting ma
chimes, etc. Before the adj
vent of the penny paper the
profit on circulation repre-
scented the chief earnings OF
newspapers. Now the reve-
nue. from circulation barely
Continued on Page Seven.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-01
BEAUMONT REACHES
THE ETERNAL CITY
French Officer Again Leads in the
Great Aviation Race From
Paris to Turin.
MUCH EXCITEMENT IN ROME
Vast Crowds Cheer the Airman :;
Garros and Frey at Pisa, Both
Having Mishaps.
MUCH EXCITEMENT IN ROME

ROME. May 31.-Andre Beaumont. in
the face of many difficulties, made one
of the greatest flights today in the his.
tory of aviation. and is again the
leader in the great Paris Rome Turin
race. Frey, the German representative,
and Roland Garros, who was the first
to reach Genoa, are now left behind.
They are both AT Pisa, having met with
mishaps on the second stage of the Jour
Dey. Beaumont, who mado an early
start from Aassio. not far from the
French frontier, flew TO Rome, making
stops at Genoa and Pisa, in less than
seven hours. Coming down the coast.
he passed Givita Necchia at $3.50 p. m.
The hills about the city. the roofs, the
terraces. the balconies and domes, were
black with people. The vast crowds
cheered wildly. Troops of cavalry were
unable to restrain the spectators when
he landed,
Then The aviator was picked up bod
iiy and placed in an automobile beside
Mayor Nathan and the project of Rome,
amid frantic cries of " Viva Beau-
mont;'' ''Viva France to which he
answered, ''Viva Italie
Scores of people pushed the automo.
bile along, Beaumont weeping with emo
ton. He said he brought the first aerial
greetings from the French metropolis
to the Eternal City and delivered to
Mayor Nathan message from the pres,
ldent of the Paris municipality.
Beaumont was raised on The shoulders
of the crowd and was obliged to make
a speech He said he was happy to be
the first aerial messenger To Rome, as
it would bind Italy and France more
closely together. and he was more sat.
isfied over this because be himself was
French officer He ended by hoping
that the friendship between France and
Italy would be eternal. Beaumont is a
naval officer whose real name is Con-
neau.
Telling ot his experiences, he said the
most dangerous part Of his Journey was
at Freius. Then after leaving Leghorn
TO escape a storm he was forced to fly
20o miles over the sea.
Roland Garros, who left Pisa early TO.
day, WAS compelled TO return. and was
still there tonight. a short distance out
Of Pisa his monoplane, while going at
great speed, suddenly swooped down
ward. struck the earth with great vio-
lenco and was wrecked Garros es.
capped unhurt. but he was unable 10
complete repairs or obtain new ma.
chine.
Frey, the other most promising candi-
date, spent the night at Genoa, and
started today with high hopes Of over.
taking the leaders His monoplanc was
wrecked, however, Just outside the San
Rossoro landing place.
Both Garros and Frey hope to con
tinue on the flight TO Rome tomorrow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-01
UPRISING RUMORS
GAIN IMPORTANCE

NEW ORLEANS, May 3I-Rumors OF
impending uprisings in Nicaragua and
Honduras which have been heard for the
last week were given added Importance
by unconfirmed information brought to
this port today by persons from Central
America.
Talk was rife here today of plans In
Nicaragua against the government of DIR.
Adofo Daz, who recently succeeded
General Juan j. Estrada as president OF
Nicaragua. General Estrada and Cen
eral j. Nj. Mincado, Estrads's minister OF
government. ale expected TO arrive here
soon. II is said both will confer with
local Nicaraguans.
Poicarp Bonilla has been here several
weeks. and II is rumored he plans TO pre-
vent General Manuel Bonlla from be-
coming president Of that country.