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Dates Set V?y Excuiiv? Coun
cil of* tir. West Virginia
Hankers Association
Hl<; HE( KPTION WILL
HE GIVEN KINANC1SKS
This Piace Selected At Lnr.t Annual
Meeting of Association, 3ut l\!o
Datee Fixec!?Council Reorganized
By Re-eiccr. ny W. VV. Bcall Prcsi
dent?H. H. Emmert Attended.
At a meeting oL' I he executive
council or t.lio \7<>st Virginia Ranker*
Association 11 (? 1?t : ? t. Rarkersbur;.;
Tuesday, the date-, of .hum l!o and 1M
v.eie select < 1 as the time for hold
ing the in :<t annual m et of tin- :>y
social ion. Martinshurg is in t^r< m?
S in the li n itnrial s/ib-divisions <>?
the state a . v aj.jiorj wjMfd i ?v this
board.
Local bank* : ; ? nd bus'nesj men
wi'.l FO(i!l ]?.:? ? 1.?i* ^ i v 11 s;:
this great, body <>'' financiers a royal
reception.
When the s::? 1 nice, in.": Mi
association w,"s Ij; hi .in: t -i.
Elkins, the Ma. ?.din bur;-', Roard <:
Trade, through Attorn";.' Howard !!.
Einmert, president of tin1 Old Na
tional Rank, extended an invitation
to the bankers to meet here tier
year in annual < onv Mii ion. which
was agreed upon, but the (hilts wnv
not fixed. At a ree( n! i v c*.i;;;' o
the Clearing House Association
dates were asked for in the month
of June.
The meeting n 1'::v".; r \\
quite generally attended h 11,f? inm:
bers of tlie council from tin- various
sections of the state. The counci'
reorganised by re-electiM", W. \V i'<
' Beall, of Wol^'burg, ;v' idon! c" th
Commercial Xa!.';;n;;l Ran;: o. th;*>
city, chainn :n and J. S. i:iil, o!
Charleston, of the; National City
Dank, secretary.
Mailers pertaining r.i !!;,> annua'
convention or the association to b<'
held at M^rJ"n? ? I>i I]! ';- ye ar wove
gene ? and the jji *iixi" am for t.liu
occasion part 1 y a. ranged. > ;iir
man ! :ea'l s-tr. !<?>'! 15 t I"1::. ?]?:. Tshur;
luri sent an invl ? ;!? ?( '.<> ?h?? Coune'
a skin;; t !i n 1 i 'c < or veil! O'l bo !'.? 1 1
there, but. that as t!i" association ha'i
fixed the pi 'co of meeting it. would
be impossible to change this. The
organization 7nay be prevailed upon
at the coming meeting to consider
the invitation of that city.
Tile state is arranged in groups,
each of them being organized and
represented .at the meeting Tuesday
night. in addition to the members
of the council Glenn F\ Barnes, of
Fairmont, president of the state or
ganization and II, 71. .Emmet't. presi
dent of the OU1 National Hank of
Martinsburg, were in attendance <at
the meeting.
Members of the council in attend
ance were as follows:
Hon. W. Wylie BealJ, Wellsburg,
group No. 1. chairman.
Edward Nelly, Park^rsburg, grou.>
No. 2.
S. F. Hoard, Cere do, rrcup No. ??
and If. O Aleshire, JJuntington, sec
retary, group No. 3.
John T i. "Dickinson, Charleston,
group No. 4; T. H. IToop; r, secretary.
Oak Hill.
B. II. Barger, T?*atoakn. group
No. ?>.
H. W. Chadduek, Grafton, grour
No. 6.
* W. W. Woods. Thomas, group No.
7. ,/?
Frank E. Wilson. Marl In: burg,
group No. S,
Bl izzard Da macron Pcr.ch Crop.
BERKELEY SPRTXC". - Peach
buds in this vicinity were practical
ly ruined by the blizzard of Sunday
night and Monday. Elbe rias are a
complete loss and only well-protect
ed spots with hardier varieties are
thought to have survived.
ARE piillD
Hon. A. Wilkinson Names
Chief Features of the New
Federal Suit isle
STATE AGENT TALKS
Wi'iH THE TAXPAYERS
i What Is ExpciCd of Pcrsons Who
j Arc Required to Make Fie ports
I Concerning The r incomes, and
How Tht ;e r\cc;jircrncnts Must Be
Complied With and Many Other
j "i hi rigs.
lion. A. .1. Wilkin m, of Hunting
ton, i.M't nn.' la \ agent for Vir
ginia, is in tin; city holding oonfor
< w i.. nn siy Mar' in Mil"* men
I Who Ul'e interested in I. lie i> ?*v > v iIons
i of I ho new law. Mr. Wilkinson lias
? L>.? i? visiting I he rnt>i *' important
? ; ??? n J:??. of ihc .viiio. endeavoring to
I . cquain: ;i. peoph? generally wilh
j tii*? provisions <,? the federal statute.
To a World :? porter, Mr. \Yilkinson
explained ? wine of I lie important
provisions of the law. lie said:
"Kvery citizen of the United
Slates, living in the Unite I States
or abroad, and ? very alien living in
the I tiii I 'hales, man or woman,
married or :'uglo, having a net in
c'liiic from a U sonrce s. in excess of
ipJ,T?(io for i) last ten months of tin
year 1 ii 1is required to make a re
Mr:. t:> i! e govern uent bo fore March
i, next. Th s r; poll must he iv.aih
i(> the. collector of int. mai n veni:
L i'.:rk sb*:rg, V\ . Va., and can no
be mailed to Wa hington.
"!!' reaft? r, i:ie 4>sri v: .1 be
,'u:i year, v ?d .11 \vi?n h %me
than $o,0l'n n > ? i. in'.'oiiH; Iroai al
M.areos, must. report before the liri
.1' e;.c!i Mar.h. The bl:.nks for this
r ?;:().? t may he cb'ained from the col
lector of internal revenue at Park
ers burg. The fact that the blanks
are not roccived without making ap
'? n f-r the-a is no excuse. The
; malts for failure to make the; re
is fu fine of not less than $2.0
nor more t'nan I.?; >r?. Tin penaiiv
. r making a i:; ;? lulont return is a
line not exce nlmy; ^2,00Qi<jir ;? year 9
?.j;- .t1ri5 .. !' i: ill In ' l:tion
' hi; , ? i' uV,- . o ma ^ J U- adds
filly per cent to Hie tax, ami making}
a fraudulent return, adds 100 per
cent.
"In (lft.crunning 1 lie not income,
the following deductions are allow
ed:
'First?All expenses necesarily
incurred in conducting the business
which produces the income, but not
including .any living, personal, or
family expenses.
"Second?All taxes paid within the
year, national, state, county or dis
I tr'ct.
[ "Third?All interest accrued dur
ing the year or any outstanding 'in
debtedness of the taxpayer.
"Fourth?Any loss sustained dur'.hg
the year in trade, or by lire, ship
wreck or storm, not covered by in
surance or otherwise.
"Fifth Any i;> sustained by bad
debts contrac led during 1 lie year, and
actually clia- ;ed during the yenr. and
actually charged off the books, but;
no such deb!:*> :;ro allowed to be:
charged oft' and deducted unless the 1
person owi.sg is c';e u'ly ijisqj.yeut, .or,
'
an effort has Ik'oii made to collec'
,hem by process of law.
"Sixth ?A rer. .enable amount fori
depreciation on account of wear and
tear of proo.rty, provided such de
preciation has not been restored by
repairs, and tho cost of these repairs
included '.v. the first deduction named
above. Xo deduction will be allowed',
on the ros. of improvements, better- j
ments, or additions to property..
"Seventh All income of the tax
payer upon wh'ch the tax hap been ,
paid or withheld for payment, at the
'source.'
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Ex-Convict Wants Hunt for
Poison Penman Ended?"No
Hero," He Declares.
"Hank" has been found?or at
least .hoard from?and there is gen
eral rejoicing in Cumberland that he
is safe and sound. w
"Hunk," who is really. Harry S.
?Ilayvyard, formerly, a member of the
ditorial stall' of the * CumOfcrlaiid
Sewn, and before that well known
in Baltimore, left suddenly a month
ago, when he learned that some ot
his enemies were about to expose t/j
the public the fact that he had serv
* J
ed a term in the Maryland peniten
Liary seven years before.
Lie left a note, to Editor W. VV.
Drown, explaining that rather than
bring the paper into bad repute, he
was going to leave town. The man
had led a law-abiding, faithful life
since he loft, prison, and when Mr.
i'rown made ' known the facts con
nected with the case the' whole town
was aroused, and every effort was
made to find "Hank" and bring him
1 >a~Ck to the city.
Also steps have been, taken to se
cure the punishrfient of the person
who wrote letters to Ilayward,
threatening to expose his past if lie
did not suspend his attacks in the
proper 011 certain political interests.
Hay ward writes that he wants these
si'-p;; abandoned.
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TTakes Nap 'and Then Carries
(Jff the Cash in Pressing
Shop
H. 1>. Adams, who conducts a press
?i Lhcp on Queen street, poorer
none th0 wiser, through leaving a
nnal] savings bank in wnich lie was
nutting coins to form a fund1 in a
public place.
Seme one who was likely famil'.ar
v ?!?"! !!? premises, ente.'el the up
:? irs rooms ol his, workshop, and
i-'d away his . treasure box while
;><> v :: ? in (hc^wpQ hour slumbers. The
' ij> ?!:? i?,ue.-:t. h.i-'i used a scouring
'??! '?> (sue cf the.,rooms 011 which
j:e a ,oap. How, long he remain
:?-) 'nown nr>?thor doos Mr.
.... know how- much money he
had :? the savings bank, located so
conspicuously 011 liis desk.
r- r. 5 fi , ? ,
L
l)kS till Ul'i
Oh
V> t '
jects to Being Treated With
<. Terence as a Convict and
Wishes are Granted
St;-.to Senator Ben A. Smith, one
or the five convicted legislators serv
ing time in the stato prison at
loundijviilo for 'bribery, in connec
tion with ilie United States senator
ial race last winter, has requested
tb(? guar !s in tiio pants shop at the
pc;i: .-n: iary, where he is engaged
y ? on buttons, to forget that he
iyhing other than an ordinary
v,ic;, answering,, only, to a nura
ber.
()..e of the guards had occasion to
j ? ..!*".?* recently, -Approach.
;n. the convict-legislator, the guard
' ???Mid himself in a quandary whether
t-) Mesi.unnt.e him as "Senator," "Mis
" or just plain "Smith." Finally
he ma do i-t "Air./(Smith."
Senator Smith looked quickly up.
4 i1 call me that," ho said. "I'm
a c n . ?! and am entitled to no more
^iici'lrratipii than the other boys in
i.- .4.1st cafl me by my mfmber or
Nth* I don't want the others to
think 1 am any hotter than they.are,,
b c use I'm not."
Tims it is that Senator Smith has
become plain Ben Smith, or Convict
A-1126.
m TO GREET
Hig League Magnates Gather ii
New York to Welcome the
Players
NIvW YORK, March 5.?The blj
men of base bull are all here in readi
ness for the welcome demonstratlor
in honor of the Comiskey-McGra*
world tourists. A committee repre
seining the two major leagues hai
chartered a tug to meet the Lusi
tania when she comes up the bay
Among the big league magnates wh(
will extend the glad hand to the re
turning globe-trotters will be Ban B
Johnson, president of the America!
league; Harry N. Hempstead, presi
dent of the New York Nationals;
Frank barrel I, president of the New
York Americans; Hen F. Shibe, pres
ident of the Philadelphia Athletics;
Joseph J. Lannin, president of the
Boston Americans, and W. F. Baker
president of the Philadelphia Nation
aJs. ,-|
Murder and Suicide
XfO II CROSS, Ga., March 5.?An
gered because he was called several
times, Luther Martin jumped from
bed, grabbed a revolver, shot and
mortally wounded his wife, serious
ly injured his mother-in-law, Mrs. Al
bert McKinney, missed his daughter
and then committed suncide by shoot
ing himself through the head and
cutting his throat with a razor.
More Engines for W. M.
HjAGERSTOWIN, Md., March 5.?
The Western Maryland Railway re
ceived Monday another consignment
of three heavy-type superheater en
gines from the American Locomotive
Company, being part of an order for
25 locomotives. They will be used on
the western and eastern divisions of
the road, where steep mountain
grades have to be climbed.
ATTORNEY CAMPBELL
WILL ASK FOR APPEAL
In the Qase of E. Graham Wilson.
Will Not Know for Thirty Days
or More
C. N. Campbell, one of the attor
neys in the case of the state against
E. Graham Wilson, who was convict
ed of criminal assault in November,
and who is now und^r sentence of
fourteen years to the penitentiary,
ho'j gone to Charleston to present the
sNiiior. for an appeal.
' he record covers a large mass of
testimony, and ,'t is said should a
new trial be granted by the court it
will not be known for possibly thirty
days or more on account of the large
testimony the court will have to go
over.
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Attorney-General McReynolds
Declines Proffered Aid of
Railroad Head
WASHINGTON, March 5?Offers
of President Rea, of the Pennsylvan
ia Railroad to assist the Department
of Justice in litigation concerning
the control of his company over the
Norfolk and Western Railroad will
? spurned by the Attorney General.
When President Rea's recent utter
ances, in which he declared a will
ingness to help the Department of
Justice in any investigation of the
Pennsylvania's affairs, were report
ed to Attorney General McReynolds,
Mr. McReynolds merely smiled.
The Attorney General has taken
the stand that the Department of
Justice is able to transact its own
business without outside help. "We
believe the Pennsylvania Railroad
?
'actively controls the Norfolk and
Western and that the latter road 13
a competitive line," said the Attorney
General. An investigation to show
that this is being done in violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law will soon
be started, it *3 said.
MEM
::: tn.K.-.- A Vr.pHUQpZtt
.... ~L"? jjjurcijj
, Diaz Sympathize*^ jji-Washing
ton Who Seek to Complicate
. v -;t Matters
jj s ;; uoovs
. VVjA^IUN^TON, r 5.?Pedro
Del Villar aud-~?>aselB6 Oean, who
.said... they, represented* <7<<Feiix Diaz,
talked .in private with the Se-iate
Foreign. Relatipns ; committee yester
day about . t^e;;Me<IO>at MWiation. It
ad-learned afterward^ tK&t they told
the senators', that' Felix ,'P Diaz was
thinking ;of some' mfittafy>'3activity in
Mexico > and they '-Wanted:^ to know
what would be. the positftih of the
United States' \towufcdC^Recognizing
Diaz if he should 'Start W-P^volution.
The senator^ tdld';thetfi,*t'he United
States would giv? n& efc^'i'&hce what
ever to any prospective' Evolution.
The Mexicans w?r&'taken before the
committee by Serifrttfr FaH::,*rhe com
mittee al&o heard lioaz'W. Long, chief
of- the bureau of L?atin American Af
faire of the' state ' department who
brought man^ conifriUnic&tiahs of the
department regarding' Mexico.
"We feel that f the;< entfafe matter
should be withheld from publication,"
said Senator' &hiiv&iy.;C *wWf wish to
get all the'first hand infortriation of
Mexican conditions that we can. The.
only thing we' can' say is /that we
were inquiring into thie actual condi
, . 7 , ??? r * *- '/ 4 ?
tions existing iii Mexico and that fur
ther meetings of the coffiiniitee prob
ably will 'be 'held ^'^6n'tftiTi?^ the in
quiries/ None -of ' the :tnfe nidi's of the
committee'; would* tffscUSS "tfrfe confer
ence except to 'say 'tltat ft Was very
interesting/' 's->
or.: -:;y st.GtC :/*??<*
Jr'Mo1
...... y_0/r ;0'~Y
Horses, Cattl^ and Other-..Liv? Stock
Go Well
Dolj^rs ooAOiOQ
On WednesdayDodd, auc
, v <.-!e "jO/Ii
tioneered ' the-sale 'of the personal
property of W:' V:' ?eib6r?*ih' Vailing
Waters district, and' good prices gen
, -Ttj'fc y^H
erally was the net result".
The sum:' total - wa's , Cows
ranged up to ' $90 each ^'horses,!, up to
$274 ana a Nov'e mbe^**^llbrt-Jticlyp. calf
brought $38.'' Farming' * imptepients
brought equally' good prices. No feed
?2U0/A.
was sold. . "
?//-: V.ZZZ
Income Tax Wbfks a Hardship
on Down-Trodden Through
.Misunde* standing
Through a'--rulingN?f 'Internal
Revenue ? Burpa^sran
nounced that extension of time
would be granted those liable for the
payment ot the 'income"" tsSc ? during
the remainder-of tfrls /m^th^rfpvid
ed the raiiuest^was ^snfeiflierlfe Anting.
He pointed out that JLhis has been
done largely through?1^ eff0^fcvof the
bureau to thoroughly*'" edu<&fe the
public to the li^w'taw. It was appar
ent that several-individuals and cor
porations were at 4 l&sS to compre
hend certain prOjisjq^;$]id by this
arrangement they will all have am
pleTTme in which to make the return#
in case 'they/faijed Jo get extensions
of time. - ?
The income tax officials are at
present getting their reports in shape
to haVe in the hands of the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue by March
10. The bureau will then IXTClttn mall
out statements to all taxpayers sub
ject to tlie ney tafc,- ghowing ?what is
due and/turthef Instructions as to
what is required of them.
The lfttllt of &me fixed In which
payment of the tax may be made I?
June 30. Some have already sent In
payment with their returns, but *
large part have not. _