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Evening star., 1915-11-29
ARRESTED AS AUTHOR
OF INSULTING LETTERS
Samuel White Charged With Pen
ming Objectionable Missives to
Mrs. Gait and Her Mother.

NEW YORK, November ga man
describing himself as Samuel White,
twenty seven. an inventor, was arrest
ed here today by police and secret
service agents. charged with having
written insulting letters to Mrs. Edith
B. Calf. President Wilson's fiance, and
her mother. Mrs. Boiling.
White. according to the police, ad-
mitted having written to Mrs. Gait and
Mrs. Boiling concerning a patent egg
carrier to be used in the mails and two
musical Instruments. The prisoner
said. the police added. that he wrote
the first letter for a Samuel Osborne of
Chicago who had invented one of the
musical instruments.
White told the police he met Mrs.
Gait and her mother at the Grand Gen.
tral Palace here in 1913.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
RETIRED OIL MAN DIES.
Peter Care Heydrick Succumbs at
Home of Daughter.

Peter Care Heydrick, eighty-one years
old, retired oil man OF Pennsylvania.
one of the incorporators OF Oil City.
Pa. died yesterday at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. William f. Harvey. 1744
Lamont street northwest. Funeral
services are to be held at the residence
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. The
body will be taken to MeadvIlIe, Pa.
for interment.
Mr.. Heydrick was born in Venanso
county, Pa. For many years he en-
gagged in the opening up of the oil
fields Of hts native state, retiring about
twenty-five years ago. He came to
Washington ten years ago.
Besides his daughter, Mrs. Harvey,
one son. James d. Heydrick of Erie,
Pa, and brother. william c. Heydrick
OF Neadville, are living.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
LEWIS MUNDHEIM DIES IN
BROOKLYN SANATORIUM
q. A. r. Veteran Formerly Resided
Here and Was Eighty-Three
Years of Age.

Lewis Mundheim. former resident Of
Washington for many years, and
Grand Army veteran, died at the Ben
sonhurst sanatorium in Brooklyn, N.
2. early yesterday morning. He was
eighty-three years old
The body was brought to Washing
ton early today and taken to Geiers
chapel, where the funeral services will
be held tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. Drs. Simon and Stern will be
the officiating rabbis. Interment will
be in the Washington Hebrew ceme-
terry.
Col Mundheim was born in Germany
November 81. 1882, and came to the
United States when he was a boy.
When the civil war began he enlisted
in Company c. sth Battalion, Dis
trict of Columbia Volunteers, and
served throughout the war
Membership in Local Organizations.
Col. Mundheim removed to Brooklyn
about nine years ago. and since then
has paid frequent visits to the city,
having retained his membership In
both the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
tants Of the District and Lafayette
Post. No. 1s. Department of the Poto-
mac, 6. A. T. OF which he was for
rner commander, and which recently
gave a banquet in his honor. a func-
tion ne was unable to attend on ac-
count Of Illness.
Mrs. Mundheim. who was formerly
Miss Augusta Hilberth of Philadelphia,
survives her husband. with four chill
dren, Reuben and Simon Mundheim of
Brooklyn, Samuel Mundheim of Pitts
burgh and Mrs. William Elkin of Phil
adelphia.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
GERMANY TO GET HALF
!. OF WAR PROFIT AS TAX
Enormous Levy Is Ordered Under
the Provisions of the Bill
a. of 1918.

BERLIN, via London. November 20
The text of the preliminary law paw
ing the way for taxing the war profits
of joint stock companies and corpora
tions has been printed officially The
project was drafted by the federal
council and is. as explained in previous
dispatches, a bill compelling stock COM
panies and other juridical persons to
carry as reserve 80 per cent of the ad-
ditional profits made during the period
of the war, thus Holding them as re-
serve for taxation under the ultimate
bill.
Explanatory matter accompanying the
preliminary draft shows that the gov
ernment does not intend to collect this
tax during the war. but to levy II after
the close of the war in connection with
an Increment tax on property foreseen
in connection with the famous war levy
hill of 1913
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Main Objects Stated.

The main object Of the American De-
fense Society on this line Is educa-
tional and to take the rising genera
ton off the milk -and-water diet of ab-
ject and submissive pacifism and give
1t the strong meat of preparedness tc
discourage or repulse any enemy.
Nothing is further from our
thoughts than to ask the Boy Scouts
to abandon or submerge the individual
identity of their organization" said
C. S. Thompson, chairman of the board
of trustees of the society. I'VE wan,
them to help in this patriotic move
ment for adequate national prepared.
ness against war. Patriotism is the
foundation Of the Boy Scouts organi.
zation, and the defending OF ones
country is just as patriotic as fight
ing for 1t in a war of aggression
which 1t has initiated itself"
Evening star., 1915-11-29
All Must Make Report.

Under the plans then contemplated all
persons in the empire would be requir-
ed to make a return on property and
income. as on January !. 1917. and to
pay taxes on the increase over SINH
lar statement returned in January.
1914 This period could not be better
selected for obtaining estimates on war
property.
The preliminary bill tas been drafted
so as to prevent any evasion of its intent
on the part of the companies and corpora
tions by concealing their profits through
bookkeeping or distribution. Before the
law goes into effect those companies seek
ing to eyade its provisions will be com
PEELED to take from their surplus profits
IN succeeding years to bring the reserved
up to the required figure. The measure
prescribes as war years the business
year wherein January 10. 1914. falls. and
the two succeeding years The normal
profit Of company or corporation is
figured on the basis of the average profits
Of the three years preceding the war, and
half of all profits above that must go in
the special reserve fund
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Foreign Concerns Affected.

Foreign companies, including Ameri-
can corporations doing business in
Germany, come within the operation of
the law. but only to the extent of
their profits made on German busi-
ness.
The law gives no intimation on how
much of the war profits the state will
demand in taxation beyond indicating
that they will not exceed so per cent.
Even this percentage is not enough
to satisfy certain ardent advocates of
this tax, who have been demanding 6
that the government appropriate all
war profits. The general expectation.
however. is that the ultimate German
measure will cut very deeply into such
profits within the limits of the so per
cent maximum
Evening star., 1915-11-29
AVALON HIT HARD BY FIRE.
More Than Half of California Town
Is Destroyed-Loss. 100000.

Los ANGELES, Cal. November 90
More than half the town of Avalon. on
Santa Catalina Island. was destroyed
by fre today, Estimates of the loss
run as high as 100000.
The FIRE destroyed the two principal
hotels. a number OF business blocks
the bathhouse and clubs. and damaged
the pier and freighthouses before II
was brought under control
Practically all OF Avalon was owned
by the Banning company. which also
owns Santa Catalina Island.
Evening star., 1915-11-29

The defendant pleaded in bar that
the equity proceedings had been auto
matfcally terminated by the award of
the arbitrators. The lower court held
against this view, and required the
accounting, which resulted in a decree
for James w. Campbell for s14s,746
against his brother.
The appellate court holds this was
error, and that the arbitration award
was final and determinative,
Attorneys John Ridout and E. H.
Thomas appeared for Charles NJ. Camp
bell, and Attorney William Henry
White for the plaintiff.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Rev. ]. A. Ryan to Speak.

Rev. John A. Ryan, S. T. D.. of the
Catholic University faculty, is sched-
uled to speak on war and Christian
ity' this evening under the auspices OF
the Leo XIII Lyceum, a student or
ganization of the university, at
0 clock, at Mcmahon Hall, Catholic Uni
versity. DIR. Ryan received his doc
torate from the Catholic University
but until recently was connected with
St PauFs Seminary, st. Paul, Mimi, as
professor of moral theology. At the
opening of the present year he assum-
ed the duties of head of the depart
ment of political science.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
More Enter for Auto Parade.

Among the additional entries in the
automobile parade tomorrow evening.
in addition to the list printed in yes
terday's Star. are: Navy Yard, ten cars,
several brilliantly illuminat-
ed floats, Federal Taxicab Company.
two cars; Thompson's dairy, one car;
Excide Battery Company. one car;
GUIDE Brothers, one car: Frazee -Poto-
mac Laundry. two cars. and Post Office
Department, one car.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Kitchener Arrives in Paris.

PARIS, November 20. 4:20 p.m.-Field
Marshal Earl Kitchener. British secre-
tary Of state for war. arrived in Paris
from Italy today. He was given an
ovation by soldiers and travellers at
the station when he stepped from the
train.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Theme of Miss Falk's Lecture,

Minimum Wage for Working Women
in the District of Columbia" will be the
subject of an address by Miss z. FaIk
of the Consumers League Wednesday
evening at s o'clock at the Douglas NJ
Z. Church.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Cruiser to Be Overhauled.

The cruiser Saratoga. which will be
relieved as flagship of the Asiatic fleet
by the cruiser Brooklyn. will start for
home about December Is, and will pro-
ceed to the Puget Sound yard for ex-
tensive overhaul
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Curious" Man Is Detained.

Outside the hotel man who pushed
forward toward the President was
seized by city detectives and detained
until Mr.. Wilson had entered his auto
mobile. The detectives were convinced
that the man was merely curious.
The President left New York for
Washington at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Leaves for Market Conference.

Grosvenor Dave left Washington Sat-
urday night to attend the third annual
conference on marketing and farm
credits at Chicago. which began today.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Attends Church With Mrs. Gait.

The President went with Mrs. Gait to
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
in the morning Secretary Lansing and
Secretary Daniels were also in the con
gregation.
The clergyman prayed that the Pres
ident be given divine guidance in di-
recting the affairs of the nation in the
present perilous times.
The President had lunch with Mrs.
Gait, Miss Bones and DR.. Cary T. Gray
son, his naval aid. and afterward called
on his sister, Mrs. Anne Howe. at her
hotel.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
PRESIDENT RETURNS
AND RESUMES DUTIES
Spent Sunday in New York Quietly
Visiting With His Fiancee,
Mrs. Gait.

The President got back from New
York at o'clock this morning, and
shortly after breakfast proceeded to
work upon his message.
President Wilson spent yesterday
quietly in New York, visiting with his
fiancee Mrs. Norman Gait, who decided
to remain in New York to complete
her trousseau for her wedding next
month. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones,
the Presidents cousin. remained with
her and they will be guests of Miss
Gertrude Gordon. Mrs. Galt's intimate
friend, for several days.
Evening star., 1915-11-29
Plea Of Defendant.

to renew proceedings in the accounting
Suif
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

" GACJI Wheny buy q you aIw We OlAC1l-seIf for cas you money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
Cleverness of Foxes

From the Washington Star.
 Foxes have been known to combine their efforts and by their team work" outwt a whole pack of hounds ard field of hunters.
 One spring in North Carolina, four fox hunters with a pack of 40 dogs were chasing a fox. The chase had been on for two hours or more the fox running ir a circle not more than three miles in diameter, when the hunters assembled on a knoll near the center of the circle which the fox appeared to have de- scribed for himself
 The knoll overlooked ravine about. 100 yards distant from where the hunters had taken their stand Across the ravine, which was about 75 feet wide, had fallen a giant chestnut tree which time and the elements had stripped of it's bark. One of the hunters saw the fox coming into sight with the dogs four or five hundred yards behind. The fox ran straight to the chestnut tree and disappeared therein Up to this time it was not known that the log was hollow.
 In a few seconds the fox emerged from the other end of the log on the opposite side of the ravine and made eff through the forest. The dogs ran to the log and there stopped. The hunters watched them for a few minutes, and then the master of the hunt called them
 
 and away they went again in full cry. In about 30 minutes Reynard once more came into sight with his tail up and show ing no signs of weariness The dogs were somewhat further behind than before. i'he hunters watched the fox Again he ran intoithe log and out again on the op- posite side. The dogs halted and were again put on the trai rhs time, also, the fox was gone about 30 minutes and came back and repeated his perform ance with the log for the third time. Then one of the hunters remarked that every time the fox came out of the log he looked fresh, although the chase had been going on for five hours. The dogs, on the contrary, were becoming wearied
 To make long story short, after the fox had made his fourth entrance into and his fourth exit from the log one of the hunters securely stopped up the exit. In about 90 minutes the fox ran into the log for the fifth time. The entrance was quickly stopped up, the hunters cut into the log and extracted three ful-grown foxes.
 By taking turns the foxss had worn cut the dogs without tiring themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
PROCLAMATION

The city commission hereby gives notice that all owners and remnants of property will be required to immediately cut and keep free from weeds and tall grass the sidewalks abutting their premises. Where property is rented, the law requires weed cut ting to be done by the ten ants.
 Arrests will be made for violation of sections 496 and GOA of the city code, which cover the matter of cutting weeds. on and after the Fist day of June, 1915.
 GEORGE B. WARD, President Board of Con-
 nissionera
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
Type of Citizen Soldier

our citizen-soldier is as rule clean, descent, upstanding young American' with plenty of youthful animal spirits and an enormous appetite for excitement and adventure T is this high spirit that leads him to enlist. Your Miss Nancy
Tonopah daily bonanza., 1915-12-17

yVTHETER I IL cents the fact that Nye county
Wv should have had necessity to borrow this fall
of the fact that there had been need for heavy outlay
of public money while the receipts from had increased Yet
the board of county commissioners and their legal adviser the
l4th day of September passed resolution unanimously recng
that great necessity has arisen the and conduct
of the business of the county, Another whereas reads in
follows he general fund is exhausted and oyerdrawn
now therefore, authorized negotiate
a temporary loan of $17,50
The legal adviser Carson City and the 18th of
September received from the board
on proceed incur the Indebtedness On the strength of this
permit the commissioners borrowed $4,000 from local bank
BY their words form of public the
of Ne admit that they have conducted
the business of the county exhaust and oyeraw the general
fund What benefit has the public reaped except
cation that addition having their
million dollars they pay this additional fifteen
cents for the general fund This respects analogous
the administration tax when the country is peace.
Tonopah daily bonanza., 1915-12-17
LET US HAVE A NEW CODE

MEN and mote be Secretary Lanes recommendation
that the United States mining laws
in his report made public today that 1.-The old
elaborate and complicated brains cannot tell
what the law is.
Nor the code merely complicated it is unjust 1t gives
rights that unamed and takes away those justice
common ene These laws made for the benefit of
mining the Comstock and drawn
by Nevada senator who counsel for that company Through
the operation of this code the Virginia City mining company
question took the property OF egbor through extraaera
''rights."
No company or individual owning claim in which apex
be blamed for exercising privileges given him under
the law, for if conditions reversed sufferer
So long the law exists it complications niusces will
continue and heavy will pile up stock
holders will suffer.
By all the code and let vertical lines
and fewer complications 1t would result justice to all and
would vastly stimulate mining industry and give greater
security and stability mining stocks
Tonopah daily bonanza., 1915-12-17
UNITED STATES PRODUCES
EVERY NEEDFUL MINERAL

The United States produces every
mineral that is needed in industry
and this can be said of no other coun'
try. We produce Sc per cent of the
worlds output of petroleum, so per
cent Of its copper, 40 per cent of its
coal and iron, and 80 per cent of its
lead and zinc Tin in small quantities
is produced in Alaska and platinum
in Oregon. Nevada and California; !;
manganese in Virginia, Georgia, Ar
Tonopah daily bonanza., 1915-12-17
CLIPPED AND CREDITED

May be Mr. Ford will distribute lot of Christmas presents
for in the trenches That at least help the peace
of mind of some of them--Birmingham Ledger
The British refused permit discovery of new
to be reported the outside world was so
he mistook it for Zeppelin.-ndianapois Star
A Chicago magistrate that he is going to try to
lazy husbands work Nothing lazy magistrate who
will undertake such job.--Albany Argus.
If mysterious fires and explosions in American munitions plants
frequency they will and become
Observation-Disclosures News.
Probably the reported board Ford shin
the question whether the delegates coming or
Boston Journal.
headline Royal Family viii Back King Constantine
Sure And it's fine to have family hold your ground
Atlanta Constitution.
Tonopah daily bonanza., 1915-12-17
EVEN REDF1ELD SEES THE MENACE

CECRETARY REDFIELD in his report congress today makes
~ unexpected admission He favos legislation protect
the industrial and markets of
destructive type of struggle and unfair competition
end of the
Yet persal OF his voumnous report advance copy of
which the privilege of the Bonanza before the
evidences that the secretary endavong destep the main
ISSUE and that that this protection only through
protective tariff 1t be that the cretary report merely
paving the for change of faith part Democracy
would be just well for the party voluntary admission
at this me for otherwise it would be forced upon later
Tonopah daily bonanza., 1915-12-17

kansas and California; but of these
latter minerals, as of nickel and some
others of less importance, our supply
is altogether inadequate for our con
sumption. We can build a battleship,
or an automobile excepting the tires),
a railroad or a factory entirely from
the products of American mines and
forests.
Tonopah daily bonanza., 1915-12-17
NYE WAS NOT FIRST

HE published statement by district attorney was
the first county the state take precautions against hydro
phoba somewhat inaccurate the records Humboldt Eo
White Pine and possibly other counties will 1t is rather
unjust to the district attorneys of commissioners of
these counties for such claim to be made by Nye
tion might feeling of arising
Tonopah daily bonanza., 1915-12-17

KEITH SHEPARD and George AL
len arrived this morning from Rio
Vista academy and will spend the hol-
idays with their relatives here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-12
WAR CLAIM REACHES BARRE.
II Should Have Been Sent to Borre
France, at Seat of Fighting.

Far off in northern France four resi-.
| dents are probably worrying because
their claims for damages done by Brit
sh troops engaged in the great European
war have not been adjusted. At least
( that might be the inference, because
I their claims, together with the report OF
the official British inspection OF them
found their way to Barre. Vt, instead OF
Bore commune Ha2ebrouck. France,
as intended The several papers were
received in Barre to-day by the mayor.
Just how the letter happened to be
sent across the ocean instead of TO the
intended destination at the seat of war
Is not. of course. known, but Siasmuch
as the original address, written in pen
ell. was "The Mayor. Borre." mis-
reading Of the location might have
been made in the hurry of transmission
at the front The remainder OF the adj
dress to the destination in Barre, Vt,
was supplied at intervals along the
route. il would seem. as It. s. A." was
written in blue pencil and at another
time "Nt" in red ink. When mailed,
the letter bore no postage and the deic-
iency was made up at the Barre post
office at cost of 10 cents At the top
Of the envelope were the words "On His
aiesty's Service" and there were no less
than eight postmarks or marks Of the
censor. The letter was mailed at the
Field Postoilice" April u. 1918, and
was received at New York May $ The
PASSED by Censor mark was triangular
in shape and bore the number 26i The
letter had heen opened. OF course
No less than seven sheets Of paper
compose the queer document Ono Of
them Is request from c. +. Farmer.
lieutenant colonel. A. Q. VI. G.. u army.
that the attached claim for straw and
wood b. cnquired into and. ii accepted.
settled The claimants were: Jerome
Dccouvplaere for use Of kitchen aud
straw for bedding Charles Huyghc for
straw. wood and damage 60 pasture. De.
Iassus Louis. for straw, hay. wood and
to hedge. and Charles Nave for
straw and damage to pasture. II was
pointed out in the report on the claims 4
hat each mans ~billet' Of straw TO sleep
IN i three pounds per man each day 4
md that tho battery was there only six 4
lays. the Inspector finding that TN.
.laim vas too large Altogether. the lct 4
.er makes an interesting sidelight on
De relations bctwecn civilians and the
Irmy
Berre i n commune in tho department
II Nord in the extreme northern part
II France. ncxt 10 Relgium Not many
niie. away are Lille and Arras. where
nuch ~ the lighting has taken place
nd is siill taking place.