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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
HOuses
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
Senates

The democratic steering COM
mittee selected Senator Phelan Of
California to succeed Senator
Kern Of Indiana on the District
committee, the latter having re-
signed.
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British Cargo Boat Sunk.

sALONIKI. January %, via Paris,
January "A German submarine has
sunk a British cargo boat Tho crew
was saved.
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DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senator
Met at noon.

Met at noon.
Brig. Gems. Crozier and Macomb
discussed army reorganization
before military affairs committee.
Action on proposed railroad leg
islation investigation deferred UNI
til tomorrow.
Resumed debate on Philippines
self-government bill.
House,
Met at noon.
Resumed debate on the Shackle-
ford $25,000.ooo good roads bill.
Military and naval affairs COM
mittees continued hearings on
the national defense.
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Senator Phelan of California was to-
day selected by the democratic steering
committee Of the Senate to succeed SEN
ator Kern of Indiana as a member of
the District committee. The action of
the steering committee was unanimous.
Senator PhsIan was formerly mayor
of San Francisco and his wide knowl-
edge of municipal government is ex-
pected to be of great benefit not only to
the committee, but also to the District
of Columbia.
Authorization Victory.
The selection of Senator Phelan is
considered a victory for the anti-pro-
has before it bills for prohibition In
the District Of Columbia and this i'm
portant question must be passed upon
by the committee before long. Senator
Kern withdrew from the District con-
mittee because as chairman of the
caucus and leader of his
party in the Senate he felt that he did
not have time to give to the long hear
ings on prohibition that must be held
before the committee acts. Senator
Kern was chairman of the subcommit
tee to which the prohibition matters
have been referred.
Backed Senator Vardaman.
The supporters of prohibition today
made some efforts, it was learned. to
have Senator Vardaman of Mississippi
selected for appointment to the Dis
trict committee He is a strong pro-
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Five Suits Challenging Validity.

I Frank r. Bushaber. stockholder of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Eeeking in the New York federal courts
10 enjoin the company from paying the
tex.
John F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge.
manufacturers. Of Detroit. Mich. in
the Michigan federal courts. TO enjoin
the internal revenue collector from col
kctiHg the tax. largely on the ground
hat it Disseminated against co-part-
nerships in favor of corporations
John X stanton. stakeholder of the
Baltic Mining Company, in the Massa-
chusetts federal courts, to enjoin the
company and others from paying the
tax, largely because of the per cent
annual deduction from income allowed
pining companies for ore depletion.
]. .Tyree Realty Company. in the New
Work federal court, to enjoin the COL
tector of internal revenue.
II Edwin Thorne, in the New York fed
eral court. TO enjoin the collector.
largely on the ground that the addi-
tional or surtax imposed on incomes
lover 100000 was unconstitutional
':;In each instance the lower court held
the tax constitutional. and the case was
brought TO the Supreme Court on APP
peal. The cases were advanced for
early hearing. and were submitted to
the court for decision on October IS
1915. twenty years after the nrst great
Income tax decisions.
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Not Cut and Dried Affair.

Chairman Charles d. Hilles said no
selection of a temporary chairma n
would be made now.
The convention will be open-miud-
ed" said Mr.. Hilles. THE candidate
will be born in the convention. There
will be no arrangement in advance"
Former Senator Theodore E. Burton
of Ohio, who was here on his way to
Michigan, where he is to speak tomor-
row, said there was no significance in
his presence here at the time of the
subcommittee meeting.
MY friends have decided not to make
campaign for me in favorite son
states" said Mr. Burton. MY judgment
is that the delegates will pick the can
didate"
The committeeman were the guests
OF the Hamilton Club at luncheon
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Silent About Col. Roosevelt.

None of the committeeman would saw
that the harmony plans would extend
to the nomination of Col Roosevelt as
the republican standard bearer, and
none of the committee would permit
himself to be quoted as saying that
such nomination should not be made.
Franklin Murphy of New Jersey was
one of those most hopeful of harmony
II find there is great disposition to-
bring about harmony, if the progress
ives are not nasty" he said. 81 think
the convention will be able to select a
candidate satisfactory to all the ele-
ments of the party"
believe continued Mr. Murphy.
that any strong man the republicans
nominate can defeat Mr.. Wilson it is
republican year and we are certain
of victory. The convention is going
to be free, open minded, deliberative
body. No person can tell at this time
who the candidate will be-
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MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
FOR c. 0.P. CONVENTION
Republican Subcommitteemen, Meet
ing in Chicago, Postpone Election
of the Temporary Chairman.

CHICAGO. January 24-Republican
leaders. members Of the national COM
mittee. subcommittee on convention ar
rangements met here today and dis
cussed plans for the party convention
which is set for June in the Chicago
Coliseum.
Though empowered by the national
committee to select temporary chair
man for the national gathering. the
committee members here declared that
no such step would be taken at this
meeting.
When the subcommitteemen went in
to executive session Fred Cpham,
chairman of the Chicago convention
committee; Julius Floto, architect, and
c. r. Hawley, manager of the building,
met with them. Informal conferences
OF committeeman preceded the execu-
tive session and there appeared to be
genera disposition to forecast that
all reasonable concessions would be
made to insure harmony in the ranks
of the party, which was divided after
the 1872 convention.
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Decision Ends Contest
for Nearly Fifty Years
in Courts of the Country

Five separate suits to test the con-
stitutionality of the new income tax
were brought in the federal courts
throughout the country soon after the
law became effective. and all found
their way to the Supreme Court of the
United States soon afterward.
For nearly fifty years the fight for
aud against a federal income tax has
been somewhere in the courts.
The income tax imposed during the
civil war and the years Immediately fol-
lowing was not attacked with the
seriousness of later cases. 1t was not
until the Cleveland administration
placed an income tax in the Wilson
tariff act that the fight became serious.
The contest over the validity of the
tax in 1894 and 1895 before the United
States Supreme Court was one of the
,;ost bitter ever fought out before tina I
asurt. One of the lawyers. James c.
C.,-ter, warned the court against set
J.lrZ up its Judgment to thwart the will
10 8" 100000 people. Joseph H. Choate,
. PC~'rr- called upon the court to exer-
Z -" judicial power regardless of
AZ first the court decided that the
{ was unconstitutional as to rents
:"om land because it was a direct tax
not apportioned according to popula
interest on municipal bonds. Only
eight judges participated and they
were evenly divided as to the validity
Of other features of the law.
A rehearing was granted and Justice
jackson. then dying. took his place on
the bench to listen to the last argu-
ments in his lifetime. Justice jackson
voted to sustain the law.
Justice Changes His Mind.
. Justice Harlan created a sensation by
announcing from the bench that an
other justice had changed his mind
overnight on the question. and the en-
tire tax. both as TO realty and as to
income from personally. was set aside
on the ground that il was direct tax
and not apportioned according to pop
ulation. as was required by the Consti-
futon of direct taxes.
An agitation for an amendment 10
the Constitution then began. 1t came
to nothing until President Taft recon-
rlended the enactment of an excise tax
their income and an amendment TO the
Constitution to permit the Levying of
an income tax on all income. The
amendment was submitted to the states
1T once and was proclaimed as the six
teenth amendment to the CONSTITUTE on
On March I. 1913.
!: IT provided:
!. The Congress shall have power to
lay and collect taxes on incomes from
Whatever source derived. without APP
portionment among the several states
and without regard to any census or
enumeration
/. Congress awaited itself of the first
opportunity to exercise the new power
by incorporating into the tariff act
which became effective October 3. 1918.
the present income tax. Five suits. all
challenging the validity of certain
features of the tax. We're:
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stenographer, in the famous storey cot-
ton swindle. These two defendants were
released on the payment OF small,fines
He also succossfullv defepdcl Adolnb
seeaI. of tho pepnsvlvania Suoar ne.
finng Company, in the celebrated "su-
gar Trust suit. securing an ncouittal
for his client.
Mr.. Shields wac ono Of ,bo co,,rs,i g.,
the suit OF u / NIcNicboi g ~ norl
tractors against the city in ,o,; after
Mayor Weaver onnullco tho contr.,cts for.
the filtration plant The verdict ,Nns fot.
s2.Oi9 S26.1O the largest single check oyer
drawn by contractor N the city after
suit
SECURED s9ocO ron pov
r. AZ. e,,to,,.
VI SnIeius goeS also the honor %
procuring Ior a client the LARGEST verdict
~ c,a,s ySo,,a. @ '',Ns'S eve' rcturn'd IN
ine Sta,e courts CHARLES Orbaun. news
off a trolley car hy ,ora,,,,,, ,.
awarded sISOcO domagoe Is, ,Ss- ti,,
amount later being radnc,J h,. ~ c,,',n,
to s12.OOe When the rrnctto, sSo,,na,,,.
refused to pay the case wos tal,sr ,I, tt,o
Supreme Court which n, isSo ra,,,r,,o,i
verdict for t2OOJO. with interest t2arn,rJ
Cutillo. the Italian musician ,,.iti, Wr
Shields as counsel secured n varJic, for
$4,000 against the philadeinhIa Hand
Transit Company i'm 1919
l., tt,,.i,.. ,,,-,.
~ hueltS " fIelnlnE VS.. The PennSNl-
limited statos Su,,ra,,, ,",,. "I.,.' wc't 70 tne
as couns"t Co.. ,,,. s,''e Sourt Mr' snlelIs'
Iished vaIuobio lo,,ai s's'i. osscu.'3l'' cstan-
Tho cass -. raste"e,' a,,t' .n Wihn.Ils
Ynrls tbroueh Na,, ,'lP,u i'VI' 4New
ynnia lled or rn,,,, ,ots,s, ~ W l.n'lSs u.,.. !
as 10 which sta,uto, ,!li ".S..I .,e vusS''pn y,
Johnson ran,oss,,oi H. ~ 'o'" ~,
case Annibcr ,e,o .' "''u w Il, 'u'S
1--WE times beforo tbo t!,,i.a VI U,, a. @uv" s..
premc Cot,rt ,,o, tt,, ns -, .'s.'Vs go
VS. keck. n famo,,. st,,,,,,,,,.. - teu
T.. Al, -,
o,ooiinS IL VI WV nllRaton MT. Shields
oss pato. ,,i,i, ,ooh p",l IN 'ne WIN cases
the William NJ. Singerly estate and the
,,,,s VII case tie represented the
Tn,,..a ,.eIH w the sun against the city
,,i,,s W o''"'n more th"h N2'Ooo'OOO sur
pu''
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libel suit against newspaper brought
by Thomas Ordway Partridge sculptor
who received a verdict for 81 damages IN
q case that attracted considerable atten-
ton Mr.. Shields was for years the at
torncy for the on Leon Tong during cases
of varied nature which resulted from the
tong wars Of philudolphia's Chinatown.
"I'll get Al Shields was a by-word 1.
years ago among persons accused; and
1t was said with an air OF finality, for his
power over juries was recognised and
feared by his opponents.
MIR. Shields always refused political
honors, with the exception Of the Republi-
can City Committee chairmanship I'm
1SSi-S2 and the Office OF delegate TO state
and national conventions. Several times
his Cc,ion as Congressman or District
Attorney was assured him. but he always
declined the nomination. he took an early
interest IN politics and was for years the
legal advisor Of the City Committee.
WAS GREAT HORSEMAN.
Air Shields was always great horse
man and maintained .3rgc stable Until
the summer OF 1915 when, convinced that
the day OF the horse WAS over, he sold
his stables aud invested in automobiles.
He was q member OF the Cedar Park
Driving club
Mr. Shields was one OF the founders
club, and was one OF its guiding spirits
as vice president. lie was one Of the or
ganiEers of the Pen and Pencil CLUB and
a life member OF the Manufacturers
Club. He was a Mason and a knight
Tcmplar
Like all noted men. Mr.. Shields in his
long career collected fund of humorous
anecdoteS one which he was fond OF
telling was yarn concerning a Con
spiracy' Iva which he took part to play
joke on Harry Nunea. for years treas
urcr of tho Glover Club. Mr.. Shields
Simon Muir wealthy jeweler, aid Gov
ernor Bum, president of the club. bought
n cheap watch with n fancy case to pre-
sent to Nunez for his long and faithful
services.
At n club dinner the fiasco was at
tempted, but the "consprators" were
horrined to see Nuaez break down and
weep with emotion under the fire of Mr.
Shields oratorical powers. as he made the
presentation speech. The difficulty was
overcome by securing the watch.
ostensibly TO have 1t engraved. and the
three practical Jokers. with the tables
turned on them. had to dig down into
their pockets and buy real watch
Another story told of Mr. Shields
warm-heartcdness is about Russian
woman, A newcomer in this country. ac-
cused OF assault and battery, whose re-
lease he secured by a wonderful appeal
to the Jury. The woman conscientiously
scraped and saved the amount named by
Mr. Shields as his fee but when she
came to pay several weeks later he
ordered her 10 buy a good dinner with
the money.
The funeral arrangements have not
been made
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SPIT NOT PLUS KISS NOT,
GRIP DECREE in CAMDEN
Health Officials Take New Step
to Prevent Spread of
Disease

Eypectorating on the sidewalks of Cam
den must be stopped, even il some one has
to be arrested as an example. DR.. Henry
II. Davis. president OF the Camden Board
Of Health. says so, and he is going to
start an Investigation this week to find
out how 1t can be Gone.
Camden, like Philadelphia, has been
suffering from the grip, pneumonia and
various other diseases and the death rate
has been abnormally high. Some weeks
ago Doctor Davis dccreed that the only
way to prevent disease In Camden was to
stop kissing. This form of salutation, he
declared, was one of the prime factors In
The spread of disease. Now he comes
doan TO splitting and declares that to be
worse even than kissing, and he wants
the Camden police force to aid In the
work of preventing It,
Doctor Davis says that people can be
prevented from using the sidewalks and
ferry slips and other public places as
euspidors and that the way to do it is
to have the Camden Councils provide the
funds necessary to add few more in
spectors to the Health Department or by
having the Police Department arrest
every person who is caught violating the
law. tr.
Yes. there is a law against splitting in
Camden. The ordinance was passed De-
eember 97 A. d. 1897, but after it was
passed IL was given place on the
shelves OF the Health Department and Is
now obsolete
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too. only he Is going 10 be left watch
fury waitIng. IT'S a tariff we are going
to have"
Evangelist slough in Atlantic city
last night built his whole sermon on
Mayor Riddle. lie said;
"pontius Pnate was straddler a
vacillator.
"prate shot crap in his office Some
Of the best things Piete ever did were
done when he had couple of highbails
under his belt He said so (Riddle made
this declaration In wei onng the New
Jersey Liquor Dealers Association. He
boasted also that he shot crap with negro
constituents at city 1lali)
"Pilate would sell his soul for votes
and that is just Wha. some men in At-
lantic city arc doing, Some OF them
play for the negro vote. PLATE could not
have been Q Chrstian in Atlantic City
and hold his Job"
Ii might be difficult to find an uupreju-
diced Jury. ior Stoueh made the assertion
that threc-fourths OF tine men in Atlantic
city have not the courage 10 stand for
the right
They're afraid something win hurt
their pocketbools,'' he shouted. They re
afraid III hurt Atlantic City. Why. IL
/ could bring 5oo,OOO people to fatten their
purses, they'd all be up here shouting my
praises"
Before starting his most sensational SER
mon slough told the crowd he had been
Informed officials had sent spoilers" TO
the tabernacle to get n line on him"
I'D rather have them here to hear first
hand what / say" he shouted failing
the air, "beCaa they are = ng TO help
me clean up this town whether they want
TO or not.
I'm glad to hear they have made a
beginning"
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lay DOWN YOUR ARMS,
CRY u. OF P. PACIFTSTS
nofense Advocates, However,
push Campaign for Course
in Military Training

or no guns" is the question
~ threatens to rock the University
nic,n..,nsvIvania to its very foundations
Of fenmi Already 1900 students have
ths ,he petition for the introduction
nsneu< <onrse in military training at the
o. .. ,'-orsitv and new names are being al
Vnt Vl Inc preparedness advocates assert.
TN petition calls tor course AT tne
lns lnspD.t,,, similar to the system already
unlNo.s a. Penn state. Cornell and many
IN Nosq 1ersc universities. where the stu
o'nsi ars obliged to go through the reg
oen,S sapuai of arms, drills and other
,n,lltsry tactics 49,. ..,..., +.
ir,.d in as soon as possible. The move
inss.', 10 expected to reach its climax on
nIren.s,,n's birthday. when Major General
LIZA will address the student oody IN
M.Hs,rnan Hall at 1920 o'clock He Is
W@s.s 20 make : strong plea for pre-
sApessass and will advocate the training
pe s,,a,e men so that in case of war
o. M iii, be fit to command. The Pre-
NV sansss Committee is planning to make
pa,s,',,,tn.,, after this meeting and claim
= M have enough names to make mill
s.aining assured at the University.
w. leader of the movement Is ROBERT
rnrehsrt manager of the baseball team
"a EDITOR of the Red and Blue. lie was
ha plattSnutE lIdlihuS camp u"N
~ ~ his followers are quite number
n1o an'o yere also there. Captain j. Frank
WI addsn. 'S2. of the list City Troop. is
s.,a,ne to work up the interest, and 1t
ns ar through his efforts that General
wood consented to come.
the "apostles of peace however are
..t,ne lust as vigorous stand and al
~ 's claim an overwhelming victory.
,rhsy argue that in view of the 5000 stu
s.n,s nj the university and the inabil-
~ NJ the preparedness squad" to sign
~ w more than 1900 men, there is no ques-
,,rn hut that guns at Penn will be
banned. l., -.,.. ...,--,
No. The polity Club, its .mightlest blow
iii no struck, members say, when Nor-
man Angel, author of "Thc Great Illus
I'M" will speak in Houston Hail on Feb
uary lS
FOO late too late" the preparedness
sdyocates say. by that time we will
he marching by fours' all around them,
and they'll be in line too"
Al present the main efforts OF the
rpeace bacNers" Is spent on posters.
which advise the students to be sure
az what they are doing before they sign
The petition of the enemy" and in solicit
Ing all who come across their path to
b. 'peaceable and lay down his arm"
Their slogan Is "kamerad."
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7. NJ. FERRIS LEFT $S8,000
ESTATE TO RELATIVES
Nieces and Nephews Chief Beneficial
ries-Other Wills Probated

The will Of Thomas NJ Ferris, who died
recently at the Hahnemann Hospital
saving effects valued at sSS,00O, was ad-
|. mitted to probate today. The estate goes
10 neces and nephewg and other relatives
" the testator.
Other wills probated were those of
CHARLES A. Stringfellow, who died at At
ishue City, which dlsposes of property
Valued at s2l.9OO in private bequests
tharles Lindhorst, 1905 Girard avenue,
to.ovo; Charles Rotbmiller 2Oi9 Howard
street. s13.5OO; Sarah w. Pearson, 1856
wilmington street, So go; Katharine Ian
eenoerger. $500; Jennie c. Woodley, 30OS
aorth Broad street, $500: jon l.. Hall,
~ Beach street, 5000: Patrick p. Ca
MI lll Manton street. 1900; William II.
:. Vandergrift, 1856 Ash street, $500;
.aary A. Rogers, 1914 East Ontario street.
sl sol Charles II. Baker, 1925 Beach street.
ss0; Sarah Schwatz, 1909 Wallace street,
se"' Samuel s. Barnes, 3l0l Rhawn
saeet, s2SOO. and Richard f. Clay. sOi6
eaitca avenue. 5000.
letters OF administration were granted
y 'ne estate OF Rebecca Waugh, who died
Inc Friends Hospital on November
-, :. valued at $4,000; Margaret Ii. Stoyer.
- - fine street, S37, 400; Francis b. Me
ssalsS 1870 Green street, sl3, i25; Mar
go. Galbraith, 1922 North Maseher
es.' $500 and Rosalie Braun, slst
-" and Gibson avenue, $500.
81 ne personal effects OF the estate of
ssss .ss siloerstein have been appraised at
-ssnGi j. Marx Etting, $94. 46s. "a; An
sas., rs n Barry, 33.s63.32; Mary j. Murphy,
'''s'a-' and Matilda L. Kechor. s3606, 80.
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CONE KISS PONTfUS,"
RIDDLE TELLS WIFE
Continued from rage One


OF us and so much bad in the best OF us
that 1t little behoovcs." etcl
Why on'y last night woman was In
my house, woman so poor that under
g her ccat she had on on,v a .henise ne
went on. My wife nave this woman
the dress she wore yesterday. and | am
going TO take care OF her until she can
get on her feet sCme way. This visitor
told me she had been put out of her
house because she couldn't pay the rent.
and the house she was put out of IS
owned by one OF the chief hackers OF
Henry slough. Give that story a namc!'
The Mayor stoppcd-he was Sowing
nnd set himself to Jhink up one OF E's
stock OF epigrams. lie brought forth
this
&c. rnnd that Yivc'h Is moro TO be
blessed than the one that prays."
Tua made him smile.
YOU know" he said. these people
ba,k os this campaign rcmnd me OF the
Mr HenncsseN described by MIR. Doolcy.
When some ~ lserahc person came to
Hennessey's back door seeking charity
HcnncsseN iaNC Diblc. ono can't eat
a Bible"
STOUGH NO SECOND CHRIST.
Nov. as for stoueh, I'm not going to
say whether or not he even means well.
But | may make II a. emphatic as
please when I assert that he isn't sec
ond Chwat. ia like to meet ANYBODY
who thinks he Is Certainly, he isn't my
Judge"
"Why. then Mir. Mayor" he was asked.
"do YOU always let yourself he pictured
as just the man he calls yoti--the wicked
est man In Atlantic City?"
That's right" the Mayor returned;
that's just what am-the wckedest
man In Atlantic City" Then he quoted!
Hes truly valiant that can wisely
suffer the worst men con say"
~ like" he continued, that part of
The Scarlet Letter where II says, BE
true. he true. If YOU have a falling let
tho world know It; IL YOU have no failing
that YOU know of, assume that you have
one in order that the world may size
YOU up for worse than you are
About that time Mayor Riddle de-
cded he had talked enough about Mr..
Slough and kindred topics. There
are much moro important things he
said. zone is the Republican party.
You watch New Jersey next time.
Woodrow Wilson'S going to watch 1t.
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FNDs wIFE ANp NOME aoNE
Woman and Man Arrested and Hei.
Under Bail

Fred sayooid, an emp,oye OF the dtt
Pont Powder Company. whose home is
in Clementon. N. j., only goes home once
a week-on Saturday night.
Last Saturday, on his arrival home, no
found he had no wife. no furniture and
no ccrpets-in fact, he had no iIoTne He
had suspicious that his wife, who had
been paying considerable attention. to
william Chesseman, might have Depart
ed with him and the proceeds from the
sale Of the household goods.
As n result or this suspicion his wife.
Nancy Seybold 50 years old. and Chesse-
man. SO years old, were arrested last
night at the atters home, 70S Tulip
street, Camden.
Mrs Soybod and Chesseman were
taken before Justice Sheridan, in Cam
den. today and were held under $500 bail
each for a further hearing before Re
cordcr Stackhouse.