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TWENTY-NINTH YEAR KANSAS CITY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 11, 1914 PRICE 3 CENTS PER WEEK- NEGROES TO CELEBRATE. THE FIRST STEP TOWARD HOUSTON'S TE A BOOH TO fflfi. H. CHfPd 1 SOCIETY NEWS and Mrs.

Barnhart and daughter Alice' are at Winter Park, Florida. ranoom BUILDING BUSINESS DISTRICT Agentine Stock Yard Line in Opera tion and Success Assured MORE NEW LINES TO COME Big Help in Building the Tenth and Central Better Cars Will Be Assured as Business -1 1 The people of Kansas City, Kansas, who have given only casual attention to the proposal to reroute the street cars, can have but slight conception of what it means to have a car system operated for the convenience of this community. This morning townspeople got aboard the new Argentine-Stock Yards line in the Argentine district, and in 22 minutes they were on Minnesota avenue. It is expected -that a 15-minute schedule will be practicable on this line when it gets in good working order, and that will be a sav- ing of one-half the time, to say nothing of waits at street corners and transfers that have heretofore been necessary. Among passengers who came over this morning on an early car were Mayor Green, Judge Hugh Smith, Jlenry Zlmraer, Dr.

Clopper and seventeen other south side citizens, and they were enthusiastic over the change. The street car has become one of the factors in the building of urban centers, and when Mayor Green's plans are fully matured and in operation the wonder will be that Kansas City," Kansas, did "not long ago take action to invoke this great unifying force. The fine civic spirit that has been shown in this city in recent years should feel special pride in the success of the Argentine car line and there should be general co-operation to extend the idea, because it means the building of a business center and a retail district, which every live city must possess to hold its position in the marching line of progress. The problem of future rerouting is not without difficulties, but they can be made easier if the people will have an eye to benefits that must result from the general improvement in trade and social conditions well as real estate values that are inevitable with the thorough mingling of the people and the growth of consciousness. The rerouting program ha3 long under consideration and nothing should now stand in the way of its full accomplishment.

KANSAS WILL RECEIVE $750,000 TO HELP ROADS USED FOR RURAL MAIL. Washington, Feb. 11 (Special) Congressman Jos. Taggart was asked to give his views "regarding the bill to improve roads used for rural mail which he has been instrumental in bringing to the front and said: "The good jroads act will be a boon to Wyandotte county. The twenty-five millions will be distributed sixty-five thousand to each state and the balance half in proportion to population and the other half in" proportion to the mileage of rural and stage routes in each state.

Kansas has just less than two per cent of the population but hag more than four "per cent of the rural star route mileage and will receive seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. If the state will distribute this fund In accordance with population or taxation Wyandotte county will' have substantial benefit from the fund. We are to get back" some of the money that left Kansas by means of the income tax." REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. M. S.

Swingley to F. D. Mercer; lot 1, block 1, Swingley place, $125. H. P.

Shirwin to L. M. Brougham, north 1-2 of lot 41, all of lot 42, block 2, Chelsea park. Winfield Sommans to B. C.

Howard north 12, lr2 feet of, lot all of lot 86, Oxford paik, $1. Inez C. Hamilton" to-John A. Swan-son; part of lots 1, 2and S. block 8, Fowler C.

F. Tompkins to John Dunaway et 4 ef. lots 26 and 27 block 2, Sylvan park, $400. Guy LJ Musser Terry; lots and 28 lot 20, Vbgel Heights N. Briscoe part lc.

block 1, Greystone heights, Emma N. to Frank A. Farris part of lot 15, block 1, Greystone heights $600. Louis Laliier to Louise Lallierj northwest 1-4 of southwest i-4 of section 10, township 10, range 23, $2,800. Louise Laliier to Louis Laliier; part of northeast 1-4 of southwest T-4 of section 10, township 10, range 23, Louis Laliier to Frank Laliier; south 1-2 of southwest 1-4 of section 10, township 10, range 23 and tract in sec tion 15, township 10, range 23, $7,200.

r. Louis Laliier to Frank Laliier; part of southeast 1-4 of section 10, township 10, range 23, $3,200. John v. Ross to Mary D. Stewart; lots 35 and 36, block 3Edgerton place, n.

C. Coykendall to Mary D. Stewart; lots 35 and 36, Mock 3, Edgerton place, $25.. BOWLING. 1 SYSTEM MAGICAL BUILDING INCREASED 55 PER CENT BY CHANGING THE TAX LAWS TO ENCOURAGE ENTERPRISE.

Hou ton, Texas, exempts personal property entirely and buildings partially from taxation. During the first six months of 1913 the building permits were $2,636,425, as against $1, 702,905 for the first six months of 1911, an increase of nearly 55 per cent, which is described as magical by citizens of that city. The following letter from the tax and finance commissioner of that city gives the official view of the Houston ty stem: Dear Sir: Reply 'ng to your letter of July 30th will state that 98 per cent of the taxpayers of Houston are satisfied jvith not only the Somers system, which we installed in the beginning of 1912, and which was continued for the assessment of 1913,. but they are satisfied with the Houston plan of taxation, which is an addition to the Somers system. The Somers avstATTi is nothinsr more or less than a system of equalization of realty values.

Under the Somers system property owners in a city assisted by the assessor or tax commissioner in- dicate what they believe is the true value of one foot of land fronting on a street running back 100 feet in the middle of the four sides of each block. In Houston, where all lots are 50x100 feet, and nearly everyone knows what a lot 50x100 feet in his neighborhood is worth it was a very easy matter for the assessor to get the price of one foot by simply dividing the price of a 50 foot lot by 50. This unit price is written upon a map of the city. When 'this done by the city assessor and property owners themselves, the map is turned over to the representatives of the Somers system and by that system he calculates the valtietof thether: lots in, tha block. This calculation inspires" to the owners of every other lot in the block a valuation wh'ch will result in a fair equalization of the commercial value of every lot in that block.

The value of the corner lot is the product Lof the blended values of two inter secting streets. This system has been worked out by Mr. Somers of New York by taking thousands of cases of actual bona fide sales and getting at, the average. The city of Houston, after applying the Somers system and getting the full value of every lot in the city and the full value of the cost of rcprodu6ing every building in the city, less depreciation, occasioned by age or utility, then decided to adopt what has been since known throughout the United States as the 'Houston. Plan of Taxation." The Houston Plan of Taxation has no connection whatever with the Somers system, except that it uses the Som ers system as a basis for the equaliza- i tion of values of both land and build-! lags.

The Houston Plan Taxation, 1 in a word; is as follows Land, to be assessed at its full value as ascertained by the Soniera system, buildings or any other im- provements, including machinery of manufactories, upon land, to be as-1 sessed for taxation at 25 per cent of their present value. Franchises of all Lincoln's Birthday ta Be Observed By Worthy Local Organization. To Gazette Globe: A Lincoln memorial, program will be given Thursday evening at the A. M. E.

church, corner Eighth and Nebraska' avenue. The Rev. IL C. Ransom will be the principal speaker. After the program a conference will be held on conditions concerning the Negroes in the corrective institutions of the two Kansas Citys, This meeting is being held under the auspices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

This is an organization which is composed of white and colored citizens throughout the United States who ask' for a fair and square deal for all peoples and who try to better conditions among the Colored people. Prominent white people all over" the country are becoming interested in this movement and many of them are active, in their efforts toward pleading for fair play and the giving. of adman's chance to all Negro Citizens. Some of these prominent people are: Jane Adams, Senators Oswald, Oswald Garrison Villard, Prof. Jeel Spingarn, Rabbi Hirsch, Moorefieid Story, Charles Edward Russell, Mary White Oving-ton, John E.

Milholland, Ray Stannard Baker and Mrs. Robert M. LaFollette. A number of citizens in the two Kansas Citys have become interested and at the present time the membership nmnbers one hundred people. Twenty five of this number are local white citizens cf the two-cities.

The president, Mr. Woody E. Jacobs, is very anxious to get more Kansas friends interested and several will be called on within the next few days. READHR. With Congressman Neeley a candidate for the seriate, it will be necessary for the Democrats to trot out their best man as his successor.

There is np reason why Pratt county1 ahould not get into the game. There is no better or more qualified man in the district than William Barrett Of course Mr. Barrett, on account of his characteristic would never think of his availability or claim for this honor, but there are plenty of people in this county who would be delighted to liave the Iftivilege, of -voting for "Billie Barrett for congressman or any other old thing. Pratt Independent. New Argentine Car Service.

The new Argentine car service just opened is a great boon for south side depositors with the Home State bank, which they can now reach without change, and get 3 per cent on time certificates and savings account ab-. sclutely guaranteed. SUITS CLEANED $1, GLOVES FREE. SUPERIOR CLEANERS AND DYERS, BOTH PHONES W. 92a WANTED SOLICITORS.

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In reply I wish to state that af ter two years trial I find that the plan of taxation having been by the previous administration value than his neighbors, because this office has explained the Somers sys tem to the taxpayer and he himself can discover whether there has been any favoritism shown or not The property owner whose taxes tc worry as to whether his neighbor or competitor is getting his property in for taxation at a less per cent than he is. This plan was adopted by the former- administration upon my recommendation and the present, administration has also approved of it, so that it appears to the writer that the system has been established permanently, to" be changed only. by a. referendum vote of the people themselves. We are adding to our charter a provision adtrting the initiative, referendum and recall, which places within the hands of the people the right to change any the city council has seen fit to adopt As far as' I am concerned, while I am wedded to the Houston Plan of Taxa tion, if a majority of the people decide to change it, "I would work under the change ordered by them.

Yours very J. J. PASTORIZA, Tax and Finance Commissioner for years 1311, -13, 14, GlFliED JO IE WATER COMMISSIONER WORKED FOR THIRTY-SIX HOURS AND BLOOD POISONING RE- TURNED. Overwork caused an old attack of blood poisoning to return to the left foot of Louis H. Chapman, commissioner of water and light.

The attack is considered by the attending physician as serious and will cause hint to be confined td his' bed for some time. A year ago Mr. Chapman received a bruise to his left foot. Blood poisoning set In but was not serious and little attention was paid to it Yesterday, after a thirty-six hour "watch" at the water plant Mr. Chapman limped considerably on the injured member.

In the afternoon it became so painful he went home. 4 Dr. H. L. Regier attended Mr.

Chapman and saw the seriousness of the poison. He ordered him to bed and lanced it. This morning Mr. Chapman was improved somewhat Dr. Regier considers it a dangerous case of blood poisoning arid said Mr.

Chapman would have to stay in bed for sev- eral days. Over-Work Did It Mr. Chapman is an incessant work er. Since his appointment as commissioner he has worked practically night and day in efforts to remedy ill conditions that prevailed at the water plant. A siphon pipe was stopped up in the river.

Mr. Chapman had tried everything imaginable to fix it but with no success. A diver was employed to go into the river Sunday but it was too cold and he did not go. Then Mr. Chapman, fearing the other pipe might become lame and thus shut oif the city's supply, got busy.

He rushed men tQ the plant Sunday morning and filled up the big tanks inside. Then he flushed the water back into the siphon pipes to force the refuse which had gathered in the mouth of the pipe, out again. Time and again this was done without success. The. day crew left at 7 o'clock Sun-, day night, but Mr.

Chapman stayed. All night Sunday he kept the. flushing process going and Monday morning found him still on the job. The day' 1 4 1 A trew leiuiutju aim siaiiu me piuct'ss- again. Engineers laughed at the idea and said it couldn't be done that way.

can, too. If it can't it means new one and it will cost $3000," said Mr. Chapman, and he again" started to flush the pipe. It continued all day Monday and Late Monday night there was a rumbling in the pipe, great waves rushed out from the water above the pip and Mr. Chapman ran at full speed the plant.

"3tart those pumps oh the east siphon and see what we he shouted to the pump man. And in a mo, ment a big stream of water came into the tanks. This time from the east Eiphon, His task accomplished, Mr. Chapman went home and went to, bed. Yesterday morning he was on the job, smiling and telling the other commissioners that no hew siphon pipe would be needed.

Democrats Win in Iowa. Davenport Feb. 11. Henry Voil-mcrfc Democratic candidate for Congress to succeed, the late I. S.

Pepper, was elected by about fifteen hundred plurality. Speaker Champ Clark was one of the campaigners in the and national, issues were in-, volved, Including the tariff, currency and trust Questions. REISING STINE. THE UNDERTAKERS415 N. 6th ST.

IC RnTU PMrtNPft 1AfM We dye to live We live to dye, And dye the clothes To please your eye. EMERALD CLEANERS DYER3. 714 Minnesota. Both Phones. We call and deliver.

byterian church, 'gave an entertainment at the church at which Mr. James T. Jackson, presented plan3 and pictures for the proposed new church. Before the stereoptican were shown Mrs. Geo.

McCar-ten sang a solo, Miss Beatrice Rine- thart played a violin selection and Miss Blanche Shute a piano solo.4 Miss Edith Dunlavy read "The Modification of Nathan, and Miss Wyler arid Mr. Wyle sang. About 175 people i attended the meeting and remained for the social hour. The marriage of Miss Jennie Erick ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Erick .421 Parallel avenue, to Mr. Casey Olson, will take place tomorrow in Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Olson will make their home ri Chicago, The Grandview W. C.

T. U. will meet with Mrs. Z. Nason tomorrow at 1300 Central avenue.

Mr. J. J. McElligott, 420 Greeley, was called to Delaware, Ohio, by the death of his mother last week. The Altai- Soicety, Blessed Sacrament parish, will give a card party at Red Men's hall.

Twenty-second and Wood avenue, tonight. Mr. "Edward Rieman of Booth, spent Monday and Tuesday with his sisters, 'Miss Hazel and M'ss Ruth Rieman, 1229 Georgia avenue. The Theta Delta Theta Sorority wTl give their reception and dance Wednesday evening, February 25, at Drexel hall, Hunter and Baltimore avenue, Missouri side. Miss 'Laura Shore and Miss Ruth Randall have issued 'nv'tations for a ValentirieVparty to be given next Friday evening at the home of Miss Shore, 1149 Tauromee avenue, for the Junior Philathea class.

The Women's Missionary Society of the Grandview Park Presbyterian church will be. entetrained Friday af- ternoon by Mrs. C. S. North Sixteenth 'street Wyeth, 231 Miss Inga Petterson.

the Swedish Baptist missionary, who has been the guest of Mrs. Eddy, dean of the Baptist Woinen's Training School, left last evening forChicago, where she spend a fewVdays before going to West Virginia Ho take up her The London Heights W. C. T. U.

and the Abbott "school Mothers club Will hold a joint meeting at Abbott school Friday afternoon. Mrs. Olive Bliss, district president of the W. C. T.

will be, one of the speakers, and Supervisor Jackson will present mothers. "MrftTWalter" Smith will give the. Reading, "Absolum.1 Miss Bertie, E. Thomas of this city and Mr. Milton M.

Thorne were married Thursday, January 29, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Dietz in Salt Lake City.

Mr. Dietz is superintendent of Indian irrigation for Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Mrs. Thorne for a number of years was a teacher in the public schools here and Mr. Throne was a clerk to Supervisor Peairs at Haskell university, Law- rence.

Mr. and Mrs. Thorne will make their home at Fort Hall, Idaho, where Mr. Thorne is special disbursing agent for the irrigation project Yesterday at the quarterly meeting of the Baptist Ladies Missionary Societies of Kansas City, Kansas, held at the Armourdale Baptist church, Miss Inga Petterson, a field missionary worker, was the principal speaker. She took as her subject "A Trip Around the World," and told of the conditions she had found in countries, cities and the under world.

Among the other speakers were Miss Nath-ana Clyde, Miss Scott Miss Pennoyer, Rev. Lee, Rev. Chuening, Rev. Rev. Wood, D.

E. Trowbridge and C. B. Hewlett all mis sionary workers. -One "hundred and seventy-five attended the meeting.

Plans are being riiade to hold a community mass meeting at the Western Highlands Presbyterian church on Tuesday night Feb. 17. Mayor Green will be one of the speakers. An in teresting program, provided partly byl the conservatory of music and by local talent will be given. Mr.

Fletcher Billings, treasurer of the Auditorium theatre leaves tonight for Des Mo'nes, Iowa, on a business trip. He expected to go as far east as Indianapolis, Ind. He is combining business with pleasure on this trip and is taking a little well earned rest i He expects to be absent from the city about a month. Hi smiling countenance and obliging manner has won him a great many friends and they will all miss him while he is out of box Tuesday evening at the home of the brde'sf brother, Mr. Homer D.

McCallum. 1818 Grandview boulevard, M'fcs Ruth P. McCallum and Mr. Gcmer D. Lloyd, of Speermoore, Oklahoma were united in marriage in the presence of immediate relatives and friends; Rer.

William Foulkes of the Grandview Park Presbyterian church officiating. Immediately after the wedding supper, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd left for their future home in Speer-laoore, Okia. Last evening the church Erection club of the Western Highlands Pres- Town New Transfer Point it by the old route, transfer; And without a rf A few of the wise ones frotti" IV "tae south part of the city did not go to the Missouri city via the old route.

They tried the new and transferred at Central avenue, making the Missouri town about fifteen minutes quicker than usual. The new line therefore promises to make Tenth and Central a big transfer point and will, of course, help wonderfully in keeping the local people at home to trade. Another feature of the new line is that it will go direct to the Stock 3 1 A-1 a i ui us, urn's rtiitjviug me ruugesieu traffic conditions met by citizens oi the north part of the city who work in that district. Tfcey may transfer at Minnesota avenue and go directly tc their work. "The new line will be a tremendous success both to the Metropolitan and the people, I am sure," said Mayo; Green this morning.

"I know it wili be a big help in. building up the' town and when we set other lines rerouted thp city will' be' ready for a great big business district, it is a fine thing. I know that from ray own experience and when the people try it they will use no other' from the south end of town. The cars they used today were not very good cars but are as good as could be expected. It is an experiment with the Metropolitan and I am sure, better care will be provided in the near future.

The service willbe bettered, too, when it is seen the line is to be a success." MARRIAGE LICENSES. Harry E. Price, K. K. .21 Leona H.

Pool, K. Iv. .18 John N. Backriick, Bonner Springs, Kas. 24 Anna H.

Radloff, Bonner Springs, Kas. 22 Nat Colich, K. Kl .21 Lubi Mikir, K. K. ..19 WEATHER FOR KANSAS.

Kansas City and vicinity mostly cloudy tonight, and Thursday; probably a flurry of snow; somewhat colder tonight m'niiriuEi temperature about 16 degrees. Gibson Pxjrter, runerai directors, have moved to their new building. Seventh. and State Phones 203 West PROFIT SHARING STORE. J.

Weiss and Son, 510 North1 Sixth street, can afford to sell staple and fancy groceries at the "prices quoted in today's -ad because they are "out of the high rent district and 'instead of pocketing that saving In rent are desirous of sharing them with their patrons. During the next two days they will give a pound can of baking powder free with every" $2 order. Gazette Globe, i cents a ureek. The first step in building up a sub-" ttantiai (local) business distriet was made this morning at 5 o'clock when' the Metropolitan Street Railway company sent a car from the south end of the Argentine line direct to Minnesota avenue, by way of Tenth street, and over the James street -viaduct to the gtock Yards. It is the first step of city administration in its working out of plans that will reroute the street cars of the city to the local business district and not to a business district of another city in another state.

And more are to come. Mayor Green, jubilant because of the success of the first first days trial of the new line, said this morning he was how-working out schemes that will route every line in the city into the business district. On One of the Cars. As an illustration of the benefit already derived from the new line. On one car alone at 8 o'clock this morning there were 21 cash fare rung up and as many more transfers.

That for the Metropolitan. Now for the benefit derived to the people. Mayor Green left his home at trifle later than usual. Instead of getting on a car at once, he went to his store at Twenty-first and Silver. A few minutes later he boarded a car TheAr-gentine-Stock Yards car and started lor the city hall.

The car picked up a good load (for that time of day) and carried the mayor to Sixth in exactely twenty-two minutes, ten minutes faster than he ever made Mr." H. McMain Dies. Mr. H. McMain of 190S Walnut boulevard, died Monday night in Dallas, Texas.

The body will be brought here for burial. Besides his wife, two children, Mrs. E. P. West, of Dallas, Texas, and Mr.

J. E. McMain of this city survive him. Mr. McMain has been a resident of this city for the past 40 years.

LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY TOMORROW Banks and Public Buildings Closed to Business. Tomorrow is the 105th anniversary of the birth of Abraham will be honored in this city as s. legal holiday, the banks, court house' and city hall being closed to business, A thing is not right because we do it But my double lead-coated steel caskets are right because they furnish protection after interment Is made. John Fairweather, Funeral Director. 913 North Seventh.

Both phones West 54. THERE'S A REASON Why so many people have iis look After their property. lticieny counts. WM. BLODGETT, i 43 Minnesota.

Avt Games at the Auditorium Bowling league. Butcher's club. st 23 2d Tot Doran 139 143 156 May 148 169 Eutcher .182 155 173 Bayless .....162 162 162 Bishop i 175 175 175 Handicap 22 2. "22 Total .784 805 857 M. C.

C. 3s 23. 3d. John 157 164 Joe Deitchman ...168 107 124 Sterbenz ......229 188 155 Lembke ...166 156 130 Siebers .156 188 176 public service corporations to be as-j having been indorsed by this ad-sessed at a price which would be rep-1 ministration is satisfactory to over 98 resented by the value of that portion per cent of the taxpayers. The real-of the streets or sidewalks which are Eon ''Why it is so satisfactory is that used by these public service corpora- the taxpayers realize that no matter tions, either for the laying of tracks, )how powerful or influential a prop-the planting beneath the earth's sur-! erty holder may be, that he cannot face of conduits, sewer or gas mains, get his real estate assesed at less or the installing upon the edge of sidewalks of telephone or telegraph poles.

The Houston Plan of Taxa- tion contemplates ana proviaes ror( the total exemption from taxation or an casn owned by mcuvittuais or cor porations deposited xn the banks or have been Increased is satisfied, be-Houston. In other words, there is not rausn hp dop tint future have Team score .....889 796 749 Butchers won two out three games from the Y. 31. C. C.

Ericksons. 1st 2d 3d Tot Reynolds .148 148 148 444 Erickson .156 156 156 McGraw ...172 154 151, Hackers ...167 185' 140; Brown 172 165 .166 Team score .....815 808 761, Keitz. Lt 2d 2d ToL Kolp 168 166 177 Anderson ...112 119 110 Barnes .184 189 153 Johnson .....133 180 145 Rothenburg .129 180 167 Handicap 20 20 20 Team score .....146 854 772 a dollar deposited in any bank of Houston which is taxed by the city. to nearly 40 million dollars. We have 1 further exempted from taxation other personal property owned by the Individual taxpayers, including household furniture and effects.

Notwithstanding all of these exemptions and the assessment of improvements upon land at only per cent of their cost we find that the assessment rolls of the city show an increase of 33 million dollars, and that the tax rate for 1912 was reduced from $1.70 to $1.50 per $100 valuation. And that is not all, owing to the equalization, of -values brought about by the adoption of the Somers system, we find that over taxpayers have had the'r taxes reduced for the year 1912, when compared to what they paid in 1911, previous to the adoption of the Somers system. You ask for our impression concerning- this system and its practical SEND YOUR HOUGH DRY LAUNDRY TO MILLER'S, 841 MINN. AVE. BOTH PHONES W.

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