The Washington herald., 1913-01-23
CITIZENS TO MAKE
INCOME STATEMENTS
Commissioners Of Revenue viii Soon
Distribute Personal Interroga-
tories to Residents.


Distribute Personal Interroga-
tories to Residents.
Alexandria, Va, Jan. s2-The personal
interrogatories of the state, requiring
citizens to furnish a sworn statement of
their incomes, have been received by
Commissioner of Revenue Charles H.
Under the law, taxpayers are required
to furnish list Of all property, money,
credits or other subjects of taxation.
and the value thereof.
Failure to furnish sworn answers to
these interrogatories means that the tax
payer shall forfeit mot less than $50 or
more than 1900 and will be fined not
less than $50 or more than 800 IL he re-
fuses to exhibit TO the commissioner of
the revenue or his deputy, the property
mentioned.
Under the law a property owner who
makes a false list Of personal property
must be proceeded against by the at
torney for the Commonwealth. trial TO be
by jury. and IL n verdict be rendered.
establishing q false list, the court shall
render judgment for double the amount
OF the taxes. for the costs, and for s.
fee for the attorney for the Common
wealth, and the court shall direct the
treasurer of the county or city, upon
ten days notice, to sell for cash the
property of the taxpayer.
These sheets were sent out in this city
last year and among many there seemed
to be a general misunderstanding over
them.
1t is thought, however, that this time
the taxpayers will be more familiar with
the sheets and be more speedy in making
their returns
The Reliance Fire Company No. s, has
elected these officers to serve for the
year: L. Z. Uhler. president; ]. Sid
ney Douglas, first vice president; W. P.
Taylor, second vice president; H. Brooke
Arnold, treasurer: Frank Glasgow. sec
retary; Eugene Rogers, assistant secre-
tary; A. 7. Sullivan, recorder; W. II.
Bontz. sr., W. II. Bontz, Jr.. and John
W. Schofield, executive committee: A. d.
Grimes. captain; X. W. Ogden. first lieu
tenant: w. NJ. Glasgow, second Heuten-
ant; Conrad Schwab. commander of
hose.
Arrangements are being made by the
company for an oyster roast which will
be given the officers of the two other
fire companies. together with the men,
bers OF the fire committee. mayor and
others.
The Anti-Tuberculosis Society of this
city realized a total of S1l6.25 from the
play recently presented for its benefit
by the Associated Players. Red Cross
stamps amounting to f3i2.i0 were sold
here during Christmas time. Fifty per
cent of this amount went to the local
organization. OF this number of stamps
500 were sold by Albert Bryan. and
he was awarded a cash prize of s. for
having sold the largest number. The
treasurer reported there was available
ON hand January ! the sum Of s3p.S.
William Bailey. colored. who was ar
rested Saturday on capias was yester-
day released following orders from Judge
Edmund Waddill. OF the United States
Court for the Eastern District OF Vir-
ginia- Bailey gave bail bond in the sum
of 500 furnished by J. NJ. Hill. He Is
charged with retailing liquor without a
government license.
Eugene E. Fisher. of Falmouth. Va.
was arrested on a capias and brought
here early this morning by Deputy United
States Marshal William Schoene and
committed TO jail. He is charged with
sending improper matter through the
mails. Fisher expects TO give bond very
shortly.
All of the clerical force employed at
the Potomac transfer Potomac railroad
yards. AIexand ndria County with the ex-
ception of four. have now been vaccinated
owing to the development of a case dag
nosed as smallpox by one of the
clerks, whose home is in Washington.
The clerks are being kept under observa-
tiOn by the District and county health
nrff ola
that there will be a spread Of the epi-
demic The four who were not vaccin-
ated showed that they have been vac
cinated before.
The local musical organization known
as ''Sharps and Flats" which recently
presented the opera entitled The
Mikado.' will hold a banquet within al
short time at Lee Camp Hall. At thisI
banquet the question of deciding whether
or not The Mikado' will be repeated
and also what play will be presented
next Will be determined upon.
The funeral OF William f. Grady, Who'll
dIed at the Alexandria Hospital, took
place this afternoon from wheatIey's un-
dertaking chapel The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Father l.. r. Kelly, Cri
st. Mary's Catholic Church. Those serv-
ing as pallbearers were: NJ. Downey, B. |
+. Belts, NJ. r. Norris, James u. Martin. |
In the Corporation Court to-day In the |
case of the Baltimore Bargain House |
against Jacob Rose for s-l3, a dispute
over bill of goods, the jury awarded
d verdict for Sl72. A verdict for the |
plaintiff was given for Sl4s,5s. amount
sued for. in the case OF Leroy Beach
against the Mourt Vernon and Marshall
Han Steamboat Company.
Plans for the opening of the West
minister Building. for the Second Presby-
terrain Church, will be made by the
deacons and elders OF that church. which
will be held Sunday next. following the
church services. 1t is expected that the
building, now nearing completion. will be
formally opened about March 1 next.
The building is located at the north
east corner Of Prince and st. Asaph |
Streets.
Henry Stevens, colored. who recently |
a plea of guilty to feloniously
stabbing Peter Snellings, of this city,
and was sentenced to serve a term of |
two years in the penitentiary, was this
afternoon taken to that institution by
Guard r. NJ. johnson.