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Tft-BAY Page 6 Devoted to Dally New? of fte Towns of tlie County. VOL. 98 FREDERICK. MARYLAND. SATURDAY.

APRIL 5. 1913. PRICE ONECEKT. RENOS. HARP FOR A STATE TAX BOARD POINTS OUT $24,000 LOSS TO COUNTY BEADTIFDL RECEPTION TO MASONS Properly Constituted He Says Senator Goslin Says Frederick It Would Solve Tax.

hr- ation Problem In a communication to The Evening Post, Reno S. Harp declares that tho question of equalizing taxes is simple and he suggests a State board of assessment for the purpose. He "I was to atrend the meeting of the State Tax Commission, held at the court house in this city on Thursday. I have read the opinions eicpressect by the various gentlemen who were present on this occasion, fte questions of good roads and equitable taxation are interrelated. I do not agree with the speakers who addressed the meeting that the work of the State Tax Commission is a "tremendous undertaking." The Declaration of Rights provides that, 'Every person holding property in this State ought to contribute his proportion of public taxes for the support of the government, according to his actual in real or personal "If the idea thus embodied in our Declaration of Rights is constantly kept in mind by the Tax Commissioners, and the concentrate their efforts upon the ascertainment of each man's actual worth as the basis for assessment, their work will not only be simplified but the great desideratum, equality of taxation, will be realized.

gather from the newspaper accounts of the meeting held oa Thursday that Mr. Etchison said 'He was ashamed to have it known that Frederick county was tased on a basis of $30,000,000, when it should be 000.000.' I do not know whether or no Mr. Etchison's figures are accurate, bat assuming, v. ithout admitting. the correctness cf iiis assertion, the great danger about ttis proposition becomes at once obrious when we consider that in all the other counties of this state the worth" basis is not adopted and, therefore, if the Should Change Policy As To Roads Urging that Frederick county claim, its apportionment of the State Aid Fund for the construction of roads in this county Senator E.

E. Goslin, of Caroline county, this afternoon spoke to the Frederick County Farmers' Association and explained the project. The County Commissioners were present at the meeting- Senator Goslin explained that Frederick county is entitled to about $24,000, yet the county is not getting the use of this amount- The residents of the county pay a state tax toward this sum which is allowed by the state for the improvement of roads but do not'receive any benefits from it. Twenty-two counties of the state have taken up the proposition upon the advice of Senator Goslin and as Frederick county is the only one that has not adopted the proposition, this county's apportionment is used by the other counties. Senator Goslin is one of the fathers of the Caroline county engineers" law.

He was one of the advocates of the Public Utilities bill. He is intensely interested in the State roads and Is making a tour of the state for the cause. Andrew Eamsey Aliegany county, a member of the commission, was loan 375 Gnests at En. terfainment By Colombia Ledge One of the largest and most beautiful receptions ever given by the Masons of this city was given last night by Coalmbia Lodge. Xo.

58. A. F. and A. M.

The large banquet hall on the top fioor was artistically decorated with the insignia of the lodge, carnations and smilax, furnished by C. Herman Son. and palms from the greenhouses of David GroJf. The guests were receive 1 Uy Mr. Adolphus Fearhake.

Mr. and William D. Zimmerman, Dr. and Mrs. "Atlee Radcliff, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred W. Cramer. Carnations were pinned on each guest by the Misses Barbara Mullinix and Lucy Thomas. The serving committee was composed of Mrs.

G. Waring Tyson, chairman, assisted by Mrs. Ira L. Miller, Mrs. Lillian Anders, Mrs.

H. C. Zacharias. Mrs. S.

Hedges and Mrs. W. C. Birely. The cake and ice cream tables were very attractive, the former being decorated with pink carnations and silver PCHO SCTF The Evening Port will be glad to receive and acknowledge all contributions for the flood aur- ferers.

giving full that they will reach the proper authorities and afford the utmost relief. received follow Cash A Friend J-00 Cash 2.00 Boy Scouts, Troop 1 60 HOTORMAN HURT WHEN GARS MEET Piece of Iron Pierces Right Thigh of Charles Jones as Result of Collision also present and spoke. Jesse 3. King, president cf the farmers' association, had the speakers' platform at the Y. M.

C. A. decorated with carnations and sweet peas, which were raised in his own hothouse. The flowers were beautiful and consisted of some rare varieties. candelabra and the latter with red carnations and crystal candelabra, holding red candles.

Mrs. D. V. Stauffer was chairman of the cake table, assisted by Mrs. Ralph D.

Bowers, Mrs. John L. Johnson, Mrs. Grayson Staley and Mrs. C.

H. Remsburg. The ice cream table presided over by Mrs. Elias B. Ramsbure, assisted by Mrs.

3. G. Lrnvati. Mrs. C.

S. Howard, Mrs. H. J. Fromfce, Mrs.

S. Toms and Mrs. A. W. Condon.

The young ladies-in-waiting were the Misses Mary and Rebecca Myers, Elizabeth Hermann, Blanche and Mary and Louise POLITICS BARRED FROM BREAKFAST TO MRS. WILSON "Debit" President's fife One of the Host Agreeable Functions in History Washington, April the first real official society function of the administration--the "debut" of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson--swung into being shortly after noon today, there was not one soupcon of politics to be found. Mrs. Wilson hates politics and however harmless and purely social, had refused to be a party to any event, that had any political leaning.

So. when the introductory breakfast by the women of Washington was arranged, the real opening of the White House season, the affair was as thoroughly representative of all factions that you couldn't say which or who was predominant The berakfast. with, thirty-five tables at Rancher's, was PEAR CROP BADLY HIT IN COUNTY Cold Waie Following Warm Weather Virtually Killed Off the Kiefer Variety DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS WILL MAKE TARIFF Will Reach Final Decision Oi Sugar and Wool at Meet ing On Tuesday Y. 31. C.

A. DEFEAT MARYLAND SCHOOL TEAM. The Y. M. C.

A. baseball- team this morning defeated the Mary- designed to outshine the famous Dolly Madison breakfast of last year and it The brakes refusing to work and the reversal of the motor failing to stop it. a small passenger cur yesterday afternoon about 2.45 o'clock crashed into a standing freight car at smashing the front platform of the passenger car. The motorman. Charles Jones, who would not desert his post, was injured severely by a piece of iron which pierced through his right thigh.

The passengers were only slightly shaken. The passenger car was in charge of Conductor Frank Hoffman, and was coming toward Frederick from Middletown. In coming down the grade at the East Middletown station they were signaled to go into the switch. Jones attempted to apply the brakes but they would not work. As the next best thing he reversed the motor but the car was too close to the freight to be stopped by this means and crashed into the standing car.

Jones was taken to (he station which was nearby and Dr. E. L. Bowlus was called Dr. T.

B. Johnson with Dispatcher Eugene Willard. were taken to the scene of tho collision in a special car. The injured man was brought to the Frederick City Hospital for treatment. The examination by Dr.

Johnson showed that the iron had only pierced the fleshy part of the thigh and had not severed aay ligaments. The bone would be almost did not. Politics Entirely Excluded. Great care had to be employed heresy to say it was not injured. to keep the tabooed political situation off the menu because Mrs.

Wilson had Georgia Gittinger, Sappington. Mary Xewman, Pauline Suman. Mabel and Helen Dertzbaugh, Station to be chief guest at a break- declined with polite firmness any in- tasable basis of Frederick county Hand School Junior team by a score were increased to the extent indicated bf Mr. Etchison, without a corresponding advance in the basis in other counties, the taxpayers of this 3 to 6 on the Maryland Schcol ciamond. The battery for the Y.

M. C. A. team Lipps and Xotnagle: for the Maryland School, Domes and Hetzier. double play by Wren and Rinehart.

of the Y. M. C. A. team.

Lipps pitched a county would be carrying an enor- jaoas burden, an unequal yoke. Urges Central Board. the tax dodger on account of politi- Margaret, Rachel and Serena Motter. Mary and Harriett Ramsburgh. Bettie Stauffer, Anna Brown, Flo Biser.

Miss Wiiiiams, Ruth Worthington. the Missc-s Coblentz. of Middletown: the Misses Ratnsburg, of Middletown; Hilda Zacharias, Dorothy Filler and Mabel King. The punch bowls were in charge of fast of the Woman's Democratic Club. So it remained for Mrs.

Stephen B. Ayres to initiate a breakfast that would thrust all such entanglements far away. The front paltfonn of the car was smashed, but the car was not damaged otherwise and was brought to this city under its own power. HEADS HONOR ROLL. f.

P. Hiteshew Top Man In Eight Wc-stern Maryland Districts. C. P. Hiteshew.

salesman for the local telephone office heads the honor roll of the eight districts of Western Maryland for the greatest number of Tho Kiefer pear crop is virtually ruined in this county and in some sections is wiped out. owing to the exceedingly cold wave that followed the warm days in February aiitl March. Cherries have been injured a great deal and peaches have been nipped slightly by the cold. Apples have not been damaged at all. William Wolfe, of Yellow Springs, who is ono of the most extensive fruit growers in the county, reports that his cherry crop is practically gone and he has no hope Of realizing anything at all from it.

His neighbors have cherry trees report the same thing Warm Weather Hurt Crop. During tho winter, which was one of the mildest in the history of the county, the fruit growers were concerned about the crop. They say the warm weather early in the winter forced the trees to bud and when the cold spell came the buds froze. Even in March pc.ir trees were in blossom and some of the peach trees were pushing forth their buds. These were all ruined.

It is not thought that the sudden change in the weather which followed the first severe thunder storm of the season last evening, will affect the fruit to any great extent. Other crops Well With the exception of the fruit trees the crops in the county are exception ally well advanced this spring. Wheat is reported to be developed more than it has for many years at this time. Farmers are now completing their plowing for the planting of spring corn, and in all probability tho first corn will be put into the ground about the middle of this month. Spring gardens are progressing HOT F1G11T ON SUGAR.

The feature of the game was the Miss Rose Birely. assisted by the csil pall or other-wise, would be compelled to cease his dodging. The speaker to illustrate his point said, 'The County Commissioners assessed a. national bank building at about $36.000. while it really cost nearly $580.000." "It would be an easy proposition far the centra! board, if they agree upon a certain basis of valuation, for instance, 7-10 to asses this property MEMPHIS FLOODED WILES LEVEE LETS IS THE WATER.

at Xo doubt every bank in the city enjoys lie same ad- Misses Ruth Muliinix and Jane Birely and Mrs. A. L. Pearre, assisted by the Misses Xannie Potts. Ella Johnson.

Dorothy Warehime and Miss Motter. Chicken salad, oysters, potato chips, rolls, olives, pickles, ices, cake, mints, salted nuts and coffee were served. The music was furnished by the Frederick Select Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Oscar Rboads. After the reception, which was attended by about 375 Masons and their friends, dancing was enjoyed.

The committee in charge, Dr. Atlee other! the exception of the section contain-1 Radcliff. Dr. E. L.

Beckley, of Middle- the lighting and water plants, town; Messrs. Guy K. Motter, Reefer (By United Press.) Memphis. April 5--Levees confining swollen back waters of Bay- oa Gayso. on south side, broke here this morning, flooding about five city blocks.

Xo lives were lost. The break will flood all that section cf Memphis inundated last year, with month. In February he headed the honor roll- In March he secured 62 new subscribers and in February 5- Paul Payne of the local office, is a close second to Mr. Bite- Officially backing the breakfast; telephone contracts signed in the past were such organizations of women as the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Colonial Dames, the Washington Club, the Southern Relief Society and the Congressional Club, besides scores of individual women of official and social Washington. tfce Toastmistress.

Mrs. John W. Kern, wife of the senior Senator from Indiana, was desig- (Continued on Page Six.) Washington. Apr. 5--The tar- iff situation became decidedly complicated this afternoon.

President Wilson has been an- officially informed he must re- from his attitude on SUE- ar duty or flght the Senate. No official word reach him but the intimation is none the less certain and be has issued to sugar men what practically amounts to an Either they accept a reduc- tion in sugar tariff to an almost nominal figure with free sugar at the end of three years or the administration wil lopenly de- clare for immediate free sugar, The sugar schedule now looms bigger than ever in the tariff discussion. 3 Senator Thomas, of Colorado. I who wants present duty retain- ed, is to make a final appeal on, behalf of the sugar men to the President within the next 24 hours. Washington, April 5--Tariff legislation by caucus is to bo the program of the Democrats, regardless of President Wilson's protests.

As chairman of the- house Representative Palmer, of Pennsylvania, has issued a call for that body to assemble at 11 o'clock next Tuesday morning to consider the tariff measure framed by the ways and means committee. The committee will make public its-' bill on Monday and will cease to responsible for it after that date. country will see just what the committee has loue and will be assuredt that the committee will stand solidly which means that local spring vegetables will be placed on the market a great deal earlier than they were last oc i the measure as framed. If any year or in many years before. Many hanKes arc made by the caucus they shew.

Tte honor roll is issued every month for the districts of Western Maryland and contains the list of some of the best salesmen in the State. vantages as does the Citizens' Bank. These backs shcald be assessed accordingly by ihs central beard. Every poor man's property, if he pays for it $1.000. the central board could easily assess him for 7-10 of its value.

"In other wards all the discrimina- ins which are safe. AITO BANDIT KILLED IN ATTESPT TO ESCAPE. eaped from his cell in prison here and when guards trapped him en the roof he leaped to the courtyard acd was instantly kiMed. (By United Press.) April tions aad inequalities which now 'notorious automobile ist could be corrected and eliminated a aili3! execution oa the by She actual worrh basis. This idea; to reai estate would be in confer-; njity with tee Declaration of Rights above quoted.

i "The condition as to the underval- w.Uoa of the bank property suggested by Mr. Etclnscn, 5s attributable to the of the "actual standard. Once the central board gets a man's actual worth their task is easy. Both the poor and the rich real estate owner would then be (Continued on Page Five.) cne bandits S. Toms, Grayson H.

Staley and F. B. Sappington, arranged a most delightful evening. I'fctnre of High School Oadets. An enlarged picture of the student oody of the Boys' High School their uniforms has been placed display in the window of Harner's drug store.

The picture about 3 TOPAFS CLOSING GRAIS QCOTATTOSB. Wheat May 91 July Sept. 90 Con. May 56 in on feet in length and 2 in width. work was done by J.

F. Kreh. The Balkans Want Cash Indemnity. (By United Press.) Sofia, April Balkan allies replying to the peace proposal of the Great Powers today stated formally they would insist on demands for cash Indemnity and for cession ol the Aegean Isles to Greece. GOUCHER COLLEGE MILLION BOLL.VR FOTD At 10.20 o'clock last night the million-dollar fund for Goucher College completed, thus ending a campaign which has had few equals in the intfcusiasm with which it was conducted and the hard, unflagging ef- "orts of the workers.

At 10.15 o'clock the fund was wsth- SS.OOO of the goal and every confidence was expressed that the needed subscriptions would be forthcoming by midnight- -The leaders in the campaign went into conference to consider ways and means of completing the amount, and it was but a few moments later that the announcement was made that the fight had reached its triumphant conclusion. NOTICE i The White Cross Milk Company, Incorporated, now doing business in Frederick, Maryland, and Washington, D. a new corporation which has been organized within the past four months, and those interested in it were not in any way associated with the Baltimore and Washington White Cross Milk Company. J. SELWIN TAIT, Crass Milk truckers have already finished their spring transplanting of vegetables which in former years was not done until about the middle of the month.

STRIKERS AGAIN STOXE WORKERS (P.y United Press.) Auburn, X. April two companies of State militia and the city police were on duty about thejtative and final. will be caucus changes, for which caucus will be responsible. It is announced by the members oC the conimitt'-e that no effort will made to re-strict either discussion or action in the caucus beyond those ot argument. say the caucus can accept the bill as it stands, tear it to pieces or construct a new cne if it- wants to.

The committee will accept the decision of the caucus as authori- Internatior.al Harvester Twine Mill and Columbian Rope Company's plant today, trouble again broke out between striking employes of the two companies and workers who have continued working in the mills. About 309 strikers gathered the plr.nt threw at machinists entering the mill. None were in- Tbis statement sounds well, but as a. fact that the house bosses have doubt, or very little, that the caucus, will approve the committee bill, make this'more likely the is lettins it be known that, as It on the near is also the Democratic committee on committees, tho house members who- want chairmanships and good com- The drove! mlttec assignments. viil not aid tbem- the strikers back.

No shots were fired, helves in getting them by jgg jrork of the committee tariff. It is presumed that on Monday, or possibly before. President Wilson will Adjutant-General Charles F. Mack- also inform the Democrats of the lin and the encampment ri how he stands tee of the Maryland National Guard the ways and means commutes will be 'n Frederick next On the very important quesUon to inspect the two siies So be offered by caucus there WILL COME HERE WEDXESUAT TO VIEW THE CAMP SITES. bv Lloyd T.

MacGlIl, secretary of the per Board of Trade, set the date for the ther visit, but gave no word of who would harmony is a single a break in the and Democratic inde- constitute the party of visitors. THE WEATHER Fair toaiffct asaT Snday; eoUer in east famigfct; ligH front ta ex- pcsed places. ALBERT S. BROWS ELECTED YICE-PRESIDEXT r. S.

F. E. CO. At a meeting of the board of directors of the United Steam Fire Engine Company, held last evening, Albert S. Brown was elected vice-president of the company, to fill the vacancy made by the death of John H.

Frazier. SCOTCH SUFFRAGETTES FIRE RACE TRACK BOLDIXGS (By United Press.) Ayr, Scotland, April Militant suffragettes set flre to the race course here today and grandstand, stables and all buildings were totally consumed, entailing a loss of $150,000. Two Killed in a B. and O. Wreck.

(By United Press.) Hoytville, April men killed and 11 persons seriously were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio flyer, running 60 miles an hour, plunged through nn open switch at midnight and into the station here. The train after leaving the track turned over on its side. pendent and The caucus will also decide finallr ikf questions of free wool and I sugar. The committee's bill is with the exception of a final decision upon the sugar tariff. It has meats and many other foodstuffs, a Bewspaper tab aai Vbrgtala Brnswfek Merali.

clothing materials on the free list; NEWSPAPER! with low duties upon all agricultural products and foodstuffs that are not free, and with tariff on steel and other commercial cut below the present rates. (Continued on Six.) NEWSPAPER!.