The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-02
THAN GOSSIP
i the deputy comptroller yestsr-

said the deputy comptroller yestsr-
day.
IT shall recommend TO the comptrol-
! Ter that a bill be introduced which
win put q stop upon these efforts TO
defraud the state. believe that q le-
/ gal enactment can be 50 drawn that
the renegade New York millionaires
cannot escape its provisions"
| 1t also became known that the New
/ York State Safe Deposit Association
has elected special committee to de-
termine how far the Inheritance tax
has driven wealth out Of the state.
| Twenty or thirty OF the most promi-
nent millionairss in town have for
years evaded the enforcement of a
personal tax here by claiming resi-
dence in other states, principally
/ Rhode Island. Connecticut and New
Jersey. Andrew Carnegie and John
d. Rockefeller, whose enormous for
tunes are invested principally in stocks
and bonds susceptible of a personal
tax. consent to retain a legal resi-
dence In New York only ON condition
that they pay a nominal sum each
year. Carnegie, whose wealth is esti-
mated at 500. 600. 900, is taxed on but
| IS, 900, 900, which represents about one
4 QUARTET Oh his LOE1A 4uLAuet AuCOAAAC 1n0
a tribe more than one per cent OF his
total wealth on the basis Of which the
/ tax Is supposed to be computed.
Rockefeller, who Is believed to be
worth at least $500. 1000. 900. pays on
even less Commanding the largest de-
gree Of protection from the authorities
Of the city. the millionaires Of New
York pay less taxes per capita than
many OF the smaller realty owners Of
the city.
Jane Adams, Of Chicago, who has
been here Tor several weeks. the othag
day made q strong appeal In behalf OF
the ch1ldran OF the country, who. she
said, were IN danger OF being made
duiiards by the narrow-minded re-
stricttnns with which many foolish
parents surround them.
IF we would not see our children
become criminals or billiards we must
givs them chance TO play she said.
Nor must such vitality important
duty be left any longer to individual
initiative. The state. the municipality.
must make IL their business to give
the young the joy that youth de-
maDds.
~Givs them a chance to exercise
their imagination freely and heaithfly
and joyousiy. Give them place where
they can play, other than the street
corner. which, indeed, is legally barred
against them
II think every large city should
have it's department Of recreation, to
, serve the desire OF the young to live
their own lives in power and Joy. The
wisest and ablest people In the COM
I ~ t., -. -
department.
We should have model dance halls.
under municipal control. We should
have more parks, properly polfced. We
, should have good and cheap theatres,
, where the best in dramatic literature
could be seen at prices within the
) reach of everyone. We should make
our finest pictures and music accessi-
Bile TO all, instead OF virtually shutting
. them away, as we so often do, in the
taoit assumption that only the few can
! appreciate them"
, Returning from q six years study
/ OF the rains OF Palestine and Egypt
the other day, Professor George A
Reisner, Of the department Of Egypt
I oiogy Of Harvard, brought back with
! him what he believes are the oldest
| Hebrew writings IN existence. He
found them In the ruins OF the palace
Of some of the IsraeIite kings who
reigned about the time the Bible was
I written The writings are all In He
, brew and represent receipts for taxes
paid by the original holders thereof to
! the king. Pure carbon, mixed with
. water, was used for making the In
scr1ptions on the pieces of pottery
. which served the place Of paper In
J those times.
During the six years the professor
} who was accompanied by G. s. Fisher
!, and o. Bates. dug up nine pieces OF
: statuary of the fourth Egyptian dy-
!, nasty. One Of the statues was OF
' King Myarnias, and was remarkably
ed out OF blocks Of alabaster and black
> slate
With the nling Of the WIN Of John
Lsahey, a truck gardner. on the city's
9 outskirts. New York discovered this
week another of its army of unlist-
( ed mfllionaires who, because they avoid
: the glitter Of Fifth avenue. pass unno-
: ticed in the swirltng tide of q bis
city. Lahey came here In 1883 from
. Ireland and until his death could
d neither read nor write. Investing his
a savings in real estate in the path OF
9 the ctty,s natural growth, he saw II
n grow daily In value and lay for him
d the foundation OF his big fortune.
For the past fifteen years he had q
a farm adjoining the estate of William
e J. Vanderbilt, Jr., at Lakeville, I. l..
y and sold its produce to the big hotels
e and restaurants Of the city. Although
: believing him wealthy. none OF his
a nstghbors suspected that he wal
o worth as much as an inventory Of hii
estate disclosed after his death
Scat Ye yeoman of the guard
4 Mrs. Harriette tombstone Wood, q
!. lawyer, who practices her profession
4 with her husband. likewise a disciple
: of Blackstone. says the customs law:
b of the country are an abomination o.
II man and should be evaded by every
a woman of the land until the sect inn
a mortal is given a voice in the conduc
: OF government. The philippe was pro-
voked by the conviction OF Mrs Rober-
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