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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-30
CHAPTER 2l.

AN ACT authorizing the Governor to de-
clare successive legal holidays, dur
ing the period of the present war
whenever he deems that the public
interests so require, and declaring
the effect thereof
WHEREAS, 1t is possible that exigeneies
or emergencies incident to the present
war may make it necessary or desirable
that successive legal holidays be de.
elared throughout the State OF Mary
land, or in one or more counties, cities,
towns or villages thereof; therefore,
SECTION l. Be It enacted BY the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That the
Governor of this State is hereby author
lied, during the period of the present
war, whenever he deems that the pub
lie interests so require, to declare, by
proclamation to that effect, successive
legal holidays throughout the State, or
in any one or more counties, cities,
towns or villages thereof, such success
i've legal holidays to extend over such
period of time as the exigeney or emer-
gency caling for the same shall, in the
Judgment of the Governor, require.
SEC. 2. And be Il further enacted,
That such days so proclaimed shall, in
the locality or localities in which the
same are proclaimed, be legal holidays,
and shall be duly observed therein as
such, and shall for all purposes whatso-
ever as regards the presenting for pay
ment or acceptance and the protesting
and giving notice of dishonor of bills
of exchange, bank checks, drafts and
promissory notes, be treated and con-
sidered as the first day of the week,
commonly called Sunday, and all such
bills, drafts, checks and notes present
able for payment or acceptance on such
days, or any of them, shall be deemed
presentable on the secular or business
day following the last day so named in
such proclamation.
SEC 3. ARd be IL further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon yea
and nay vote supported by three-ffths
of all the members elected to each of
the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly,, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
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CHAPTER 40.

AN Acr to add two additional sections
to Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title 'Elec-
tions, subtitle Registration,
said additional sections to follow
Immediately after Section 80 of
said Article and subtitle, and to be
numbered, respectively, Sections
30A and BOB; said Section 30A pro-
viding that the name of any voter
upon the registration books shall
not be stricken therefrom during
his absence in the military or naval
service of the United States, and
said Section BOB providing for the
entry, when new general registra
tions are held, of the names of duly
registered voters, absent as above
mentioned, upon the registration
books.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Gen
erdI assembly of Maryland. That two ad
ditional sections be and the same here
by are added to Article 33 of the Ammo
tated Code of Maryland, title "Elec
tions, subtitle Registration, said
additional sections to follow immedi
ately after Section 80 of said Article
and subtitle, to be numbered, respect
ively, BOA and BOB, and to read as fol
lows:
BOA. The name of no voter upon the
registration books of any precinct, ward
or election district of this State shall
be stricken therefrom during his alb
sence in the military or naval service
of the United States.
BOB. Whenever any new general
registration is held in any of the conn
ties or Baltimore City, it shall be the
duty of the several Boards of Registry
to ascertain from every possible source
the names of duly registered voters of
this State absent in the military or nav
al service of the United States. The
names of such persons shall be entered
upon the new registration books by the
several Boards of Registry with the
same entries appearing upon the regis
tration books as last prepared or revis-
ed. In the space where the voter is re-
quired to sign his name, the Board of
Registry shall write the words Green
tered During Military Service" with
the date of such re-entry. The several
Boards of Supervisors of Elections shall
furnish to the several Boards of Regis
try the registration books as last pre-
pared or revised for their precincts,
wards or election districts, for the pur
pose of making such re-entries and such
registration books shall be returned to
the Boards of Supervisors of Elections
with the new books after the new regis
tration is completed.
Sec 2. Ind be It further enacted, That
this Act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon yea
and nay vote supported by three-ffths
of all the members elected to each of
the two Houses of the General Assem-
blv, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved June 2Sth, 1917.
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CHAPTER %.

" ACT to authorize volunteer fire COM
panies and associations, subject to
the approval of the Governor and
the Adjutant General of the State,
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
Dutch Alton Buys
 Apperson Garage
(From Fridays Daily Press)

(From Fridays Daily Press)
 A deal that has been pending for several weeks between Dutch" AL ton and J. A. Apperson, was closed yesterday when Mr. Alton purchas- ed the auto repair shop and garage owned and operated by J. A. Apper- son and his son, Ollie, the consid- eration being $3,500. MT. Alton takes over the entire stock of au- tomobile accessories for all kinds of cars, the stock of oils, gasoline, and the well-equipped shop which em- braces modern machines for auto repair work. Ollie Apperson who is an expert mechanic, will be cm- ployed by Mir Alton and it is the intention of the new proprietor to engage the services of another eX- pert. The garage was established two years ago by Mr. Apperson. For more than one year MT. Alton has been associated with the busi- ness, mastering the many details of the garage Mr Alton states his purpose is to increase the eff ciency of the shop, serve his GUS toners with standard varieties of oils, gasoline and accessories and turn out the best grade of repair work. Service of the highest or der will be given. The new name for the business will be the Alton Garage. It's location is on High land street, immediately west of J. B. kirchoff's grocery store.
 Mir. Alton will not assume control of the business until Feb. l.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
TO OFFER BILL TO
 REGULATE LODGES

It is expected that the New York conference bill, the successor to what is known in fraternal circles as the Mobile bill" will be intro duced in the senate early this week, says the Arkansas. It is a bill for the regulation and control of all fra recommended by joint conference of representatives of the Associated
 Fraternities of America, the Nation al Fraternal Congress and the Fed
 erated F'raternities, and approved
 by the national convention of insur-
 ance commissioners in New York
 in 1912. It was recommended as a uniform statute for enactment by the legislatures of the various
 states, and is now law in 36 states lit was offered during the last days |of the 1915 session of the Arkan- sas legislature, but too late for con- sderation.
 LODGES FAVOR MEASURE.
 The bill was originally adopted by the Insurance Commissioners Association convention at Mobile,
 Ala, September 28, 1910, and has since been revised and amended un- til it is said by fraternalists to be an ideal law. 1t has the support Iof practically all the fraternities operating in the state. The act does not apply to grand or subor- dinate lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows [or Knights of Pythias (exclusive of the insurance department of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias)
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debate over it when it comes up in the house.
 The Hardage bill (H. B. No. 32) seeking to tax intangible property | of corporations, is one of the many pending tax measures that is not being permitted to sleep in the | hands of the ways and means com mittee. The people are interested lin it, as it provides system oi taxation for every association, com pany or corporation organized N | life, fire live stock, accident or other kind of insurance buSiness, or in any kind of security, guaranty, | bonding or indemnity business, or | any kind of investments, loan or trust business.
 ASSESS SHARES OF STOCK. | The assessment shall be made againct the company, association
 or corporation as the agent of its
 shareE olders, in other words, against | the SUdItS Ol .SlOCh Huu llot stooiA'''' | the capital stock. It is the purpose i to recognize the shares of stock as
 the property to be taxed, and to require the officers of the associa- tion to assess the shares for the owners The taxes shall be deduct ed from any dividends paid the shareholders. Shares of stock in
 building and loan associations shall be assessed at their true and full value in money, eXempting pledged stock.
 All corporations in the state, ex- cept those whose property is assess ed by the Arkansas tax commission and the corporations required to make and file special returns pro vided for in this bill, shall in ad- dition to the list prescribed by sec
 tion G91O of Kirby's Digest, make
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and file with the assessor or the
 county where it's principal office IS
 situated a statement which shall distinctly set forth: | First. the name of the corpora
 tion and the locations of it's prlnci- pal office.
 Second. the number of shares of stock of said corporation outstand-
 ing. ant the face value of each
 share.
 Third. the market value of each share, and if not market value the actual value of each share of stock, l and the net income of the corpora ttion shall be considered in determin- | ing the actual value of the shares
 of stock, if they have no market
 value.
 Fourth, the aggregate market.
 value or actual value, as the case may be, of all outstanding stock. Fifth. the total bonds of the cor Fporation secured by mortgage or deed of trust on property belonging
 to the company, and the aggregate
 market value, or actual value of such bonds.
 | Sixth, the assessed value of all
 real estate owned by the corpora
 tion.
 Seventh, the assessed value of all tangible personal property owned by | the company and assessed under section G910 of Kirby's Digest.
 The sum of items four and five, | less the sum of items six and seven shall be held to be the value of the intangible property of the corpora
 tion, and shall be listed and assess
 ed by the corporation, as agent for
 it's shareholders, under the heading Intangible property"
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
THREE, KILLED
 IN R. R. WRECK
St. Louis Southwestern En- zine Collides With Rear
 Of Rock Island Train.

Memphis. Jan. 2S.-Three per sons were killed and more than score injured. two probably fatally, when a St. Louis Southwestern rail- road engine collided with the rear car of a Rock Island passenger train, eastbound from Little Rock, to Memphis late last night in dense fog at Mounds, Ark, near this city.
 R. l.. Leanord, planter of Mem phis; A. H. Williams, an employe of a lumber concern at Hubert, Ark, and Benjamin Owens of Mem phis were killed. Morris F. Watson of Hubert and E. l.. Madden of Memphis may die. Several others were seriously hurt, but it is be- lived they will recover. None of the train was seriously injured. Responsibility for the accident has not been determined. Railroad officials said that statement prob ably will be made after an investi gation to be held at the division headquarters of the Rock Island lines in Little Rock Monday. According to presons who were on board the wrecked train, the engine, running as an extra, bore down on the passenger train while it was standing at Mounds, a flag station, and plowed it's way into the rear coach, causing it to tele- scope the car ahead, splintering the timbers and twisting the steel work of the two cars into tangled mass. Several passengers were pinioned under the wreckage, but with the assistance of the uninjured passen- gres and farmers, attracted to the scene by the crash and the cries of the injured, all were released with bert, where they were placed aboard a relief train, and brought to this city early today.
 THE INJURED.
 w. B. Dtnldp anu .. plliliH, lil- tie Rock, and Clarence A. Ream Oklahoma City. are among those in jured, but not believed to be seri- ously hurt.
 The list of injured also includes:
 s. H. Blackwell, Edmondson, Ark
 R. T. Byrnes, Round Pond, Ark.
 l.. A. Sureshire, Palestine, Ark
 G. l.. Hauptman, Marianne, Ark,
 s. s. Cathey, Proctor, Ark.
 r. l.. Holland. Pelter, Ark.
 w. F. Wolfe, Proctor, Ark.
 o. Jordan, Goodwin, Ark.
 John Woodland, Heth, Ark.
 Benjamin Owens, a merchant of Forrest City, Ark, who was killed, was enroute to this city to be with his wife, who is visiting relatives here, on the anniversary of their marriage.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
|MEXICANS IN RIOT WHEN ' THEY ARE TOLD TO WASH
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 |. Fl Paso Jan. 29.-As result of misunderstanding Hover quarantine regulations riots the international bridge spanning the Rio Grande between Juarez and LEI Paso occurred yesterday Energetic taken by the Carranza garrison at Juarez and conference be- litween the American and Mexican immigration officials ..later restored order.
 :ss The rioters, who were Mexican women employed as in Fl Paso resented the placing in effect of an American quarantine order that all persons of clean appearance seeking the bridge be given shower bath and their clothing be dsnfected to kill typhus .'bearing vermin.
 N Women stopped by the authorities returned to
 uarez and circulated stories that all to receive bath in gasoline mixture similar to that which resulted .n fire in the El Paso jail last March, in which more .shan of persons burned to death Stories vere also circulated that American soldiers photo ,graphng the women while bathing and making the pie ,,tures public.
 V, Excited women thronged the Mexican side of the bridge held up street and completely blocked raf fife for several hours.
 .s They shouted defianty waved controller bars at the helpless manager of the street system and Tried against the shade of the bridge walls when Hing picture tried take their picture Some of the American roughly handled and several iiiNindoWs broken Mexican who attempted to cross Fl Paso had their hats snached off and thrown ,nto the Rio Grande Andres Garcia, inspector general Ibf Carranza consuates and Sorano Bravo the consul .genera advanced in motor that was showed back .by the women, of whom later shouted, 'Viva V M when they tried to address the mob but the garrison odiery appeared and pressed the back from the .brdge.
 4: Several shots were heard in succession at this tme but Carranza officers and government investigators say .ho one was hurt, despite detailed story that spread hrough E Paso that peon had been killed for shouting ::ANIong live Villa; death to Caranza.' i At an international conference held at yester day it arranged that the Amreican authorities would recognize bath and sterilization certificates issued by the Mexicans, who have effective quarantine plant.
 This morning at seven o'clock serious rioting was resumed at the bridge. crowd numbering 800 men and women ncensed at not being permitted to cross over to the American side without being bathed and dsnec ed began throwing bottles and stones at American SOL diers who were acting customs guards Two guards we're injured by flying missiles As the mob advanced toward the bridge U. s. trooper charged them with dubbed weapons forcing them back upon Mexican soil All race horses the Juarez tracks today being brought to the American side and the Mexican track has been ordered cose Shouts of "Kl the Gringoes con-
 nue to float the river today Street service has not been resumed
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
Arkansas Troops Start Home Feb. l

si San Antonio. Tex, Jan. 26.-The sschedules for departure of several national guard organizations were lhnnounced yesterday The first movement will be that of the Third s1llinois infantry and brigade head ihuarters from Camp Wilson Satur- Hay. Brigade headquarters and the f6econd Indiana infantry will leave sLlano Grande Feb. l, and the Fifth
 sNebraska infantry and Company A lSignal Corps will start from the Ikame point Feb. 3.
 v The First Arkansas infantry al
 6-Daming and the First Oklahoma a
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
ARKANSAS SENATE APPROVES BILL ! PROVIDING FOR NEW CONSTITUTION

!. Little Rock Jan. 30-Al the morning the senate .ebated the bill authorizing the calling of constitution
 al convention Senators Smith, Carter and Ruff arguing flor the measure and Senators Rush, Caldwell and Great house against it. The bill finally passed by vote of stwenty-one to eighteen Senator Caldwell raised the pueson that requires two-thrds vote to pass bill
 tarryng an appropriation for the maintenance of the tonvention which expense is not necessary part of the Governmental expense President Davenport reserved his decision this question until this afternoon asking each side to produce the citation of authorities
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

Semaphores to be erected in city streets to regulate traffic, but
 which can be operated from build ings by electric buttons. have been invented.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

Can Benito< will get away Feb. 1.
 Other Oklahoma troops in the Brownsville district, Troops A and B, cavalry, a field hospital and Company A engineers probably will leave the same day. Iowa brigade headquarters and the Third infan- try will leave Brownsville between Feb. 1 and 3.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics (exclusive of the beneficiary degree or insurance branch of the National Council Jul nior Order United American Me chanics), or societies which limit their membership to any one haz- ardous occupation, nor to similar societies which do not issue insur- ance certificates, nor to an associa- tion of local lodges of a society now doing business in this state which provides death benefits not exceed ing $500 to any one person, or dis ability benefits not exceeding $500 in any one year to any one person or both, nor to any contracts of re- insurance business on such plan in this state, nor to domestic lodges, orders or associations of a purely religious, charitable and benevolent description, which do not provide for a death benefit of more than $100, or for disability benefits of more than $150 to any one person in any one year.
 The bill seeks to provide a basis |of absolute security for the mem Der of any order writing fraternal insurance.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

A stand to which an automobile engine of any size can be beltcd and turned to any desired position has been invented to facilitate the
 work of repair men.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

Encircling and pivoted to new comb is loop of wire which, when drawn over the teeth, removes all hair that they may hold.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

A Frenchman has mounted a bi- cycle frame on sled to drive it over ice or snow with an aerial propeller.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01

Some spiders in Java make webs so strong that it requires knife to sever them.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-01
TO REDUCE INTEREST RATE.

TO REDUCE INTEREST RATE.
 Few bills have attracted more general attention than that of Rep resentative Buchanan to reduce the contract rate of interest from 10 to 8 per cent. The bill is Q copy of the present statute on interest, with the exception of the substitIl- tion of "S" for "10" wherever it occurs. The many inquiries that have been made concerning it in dicate that there will be spirited
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that w. G..
McCarty, administrator Of the Estate
OF Jane McCarty, deceased, has filed
his final account of his administra-
tion of said estate, and that the Coun-
ty Court has ordered that June 8,
1917 at the hour of 2:30 o'clock P.
NJ. be set as the day and the County
Court room in Heppner, Morrow
County, Oregon, be set as the place
for the hearing Of objections to and
the settlement Of said final account.
All persons having objections to said
final account must file the same on or
before June 8, 1917 at the hour of
2:3O 2. NJ. w. G. MCCARTHY.
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NOTICE OF ESTRAY.

Notice is hereby given that | have
taken UP and now hold at my place,
formerly the Roberts ranch, in the
mountains, one coal black stud colt
branded "cx'" on left shoulder. Com
ing two years old this spring. Own
er can have same by paying for all
cost including pasturage and cost
of this advertisement.
FRED ASHBAUGH, Hardman.
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Tie Federated Church

Sunday School at 945.
The Anti-Saloon League will be
represented at the morning service
by Hon. B. N. Hicks of Portland. The
United States should be dry during
the war. Come out and hear him.
Mrs. Sims will sing. Theme of the
evening sermon by the pastor, Faint
Yet Pursuing"
Christian Endeavor 700. Topic:
'Is 1t Easier to be Good When Poor?'
Leader, Melba Griffiths.
H. A. MOVES, Pastor.
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Thoroughbred s. G. White Leg.
horns. Famous O. A. C. strain
Seventy-fve cents for thirteen; five
dollars per hundred.
s. H. DOAK, Lexington, Ore.
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G.. A. Robbins, former UmatilIa
county newspaper man, was in Hepp-
ner the first of the week on business.
MIR. Robbins is now engaged in the
selling of automobiles in Pendleton.
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Memorial Day.

Union Memorial Services will be
held In the Federated Church Sun
day morning, May 27, at 11:OO a. m.
The Grand Army Relief Corps, Span
ish War Veterans, Red Cross and all
patriotic orders will be represented.
NEWTON MILESTONE,
Commander.
j. c. BALL, Adjutant.
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Gets Bad Cut on Lip.

Emery Gentry was the victim of
very severe and painful accident last
Saturday. Returning horse he was
riding to the barn Of Henry Schwarz,
butcher, he struck meat hook that
had eben temporarily placed on the
wall. The point of the hook Clipped
corner off of one of his upper front
teeth and was DETECTED to his lower
lip, cutting a deep cash through to
the outside. 1t necessitated 10
stitches to bring the severed parts
together and though the operation
was very severe, the lad was plucky
and went through 1t without flinching
and waived the use of an anesthetic.
County school superintendent Lena
Smell Shurte has received notice
from State Superintendent Churchill
to all county school superintendents
to the effect that after May 81 no
alien who has not been admitted to
full citizenship can vote at any school
meeting. This was overlooked In
preparing the synopsis of the new
school legislation, but 1t is desirable
to get this information before every
school district before the annual
school meetings are held.
Henry, "Ole" Peterson, we'll known
high school student, has purchased
NEovti,, ID aid,u Cha m oru COR
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LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior. U. S
Land Office at The Dalles. Oregon
April 9th, 1917. NOTICE Is here
by given that Ernest Arbeldon Hart
we'll, of lone, Oregon, who, on March
4th, 1914, made Homestead Entry
No. 012606, for EkNEA, SWA
NEA, and SEA, Section 1S, Town
ship / South, Range "a East, Will
lamette Meridian, has filed notice Of
intention to make Final three-year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before c. c. Patter-
son, U. s. Commissioner, at Hepp-
ner, Oregon, on the 9th day of June
1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Joseph T. Knappenberg, Charles l.
O'Neil, Rufus Cochran, and Paul G
Balsiger, all of lone, Oregon.
H. FRANK WOODCOCK, Register