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FOR CONGRESS TO DECIDE
Readjustment Of Tax on Circulation
Suggested.
WOULD AVERT DEPRECIATION
Feared That a Considerable Issue
Of Three Per Cents Might Send
Twos Even Below Par.

How 10 protect from serious deprecia
ton outstanding United States bonds l:
the intricate problem which confronts
Congress in connection with the authori
zation Of a new issue. and it is thoush
that it's solution can be effected only
through some equitable adjustment of the
the tax on circulation. According t
present plans the Secretary Of the Treas
ury will be authorized to issue from time
to time additional Panama canal bonds
5 per cent interest.
The governments interest-bearing debt
at this time aggregates, approximately
1913, 10000. of which nearly $731 .0on,0x
is In . per cent bonds.
OF this total the national banks of the
country have on deposit in the Treasury
as security for circulation about $63U,OO
600. F'our-fifths of the entire nationa
debt, therefore. is in these two classes OF
. per cent bonds.
Under existing laws national bank notes
when secured By per cent bonds are
subject to a tax Of one.haH of 1 per cent
per annum, while circulation based or
bonds bearing a higher rate OF interest
pays a tax OF / per cent.
Depreciation in Bonds.
1t has been estimated tha. at the pres
ent market price Of both per cent con
soils and Panamas there already has beer
on the whole amount outstanding a de-
probation from the price at which the
government sold them to the public o,
about S1s.O00,OOO. and 1t is believed ir
rfQ
erable portion of 3s. which 1t is proposed
to authorize, with circulation privileges
not materially inferior to those accorded
the IS, probably would result In the fur
ther depreciation OF the latter, which
might reach a point even below par, thus
impairing he public credit.
There are, ronndly speaking. $G4. .O00.OOt
in 8 per cent bonds and approximat tely
Sis. 5000 OOO in A. now outstanding. The
latter, however, are mostly held for in
yestment and are little used as a basis
for circulation and therefore need not be
the subject of any special concern in this
connection.
The 3s, however, to the amount Of
$13, sS7, $40, are on deposit in the Treasury
to secure national bank circulation. and
any increase or decrease in the circulation
privileges accorded any class OF bonds
would have an important bearing on their
market value.
Problem Before Congress.
The question. therefore, before Con-
gress is how not to discredit the and
per cent bonds now up for circula-
ton and at the same time make the
proposed issue Of 3 per cents attractive
to investors. A number of suggestions
OF possible solutions of the problem are
known to be under consideration. One
of them is to reduce the circulation tax
on . per cents to something below nc.
half per cent now collected under the
existing law.
Another proposition is to decrease the
rate on IS with or without increa sing
the rate on 3s. and still another is TO
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Killed scoffer With Base Ball Bat

SELMA, Ala. July 19.-At Massilon,
near Selma. during ball game, a
young white man named Hendricks
struck out. VIII Whitley, a negro spec
tator, made a scoffing remark on the play
ing Of Hendricks, who walked to where
the negro stood and striking him on
the head with a base ball bat, killed
him instantly.
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Mr. Cpllom,s Attitude.
Tampa saloonkeeper Assassinated

TAMPA. Fla, Jnly 1e.-Aifredo Alive
rez. proprietor Of West Tampa saloon.
was assassinated at an early hour yes
terday morning, just as he was entering
the gate of his home by an unknown
person who made his escape. Near the
scene of the crime was found single
barrel shotgun marked II. v. K One
peculiar feature Of the murder rs that
Alvcrez is the man from whom IL is Sald
check for 500 was obtained which
figured in the alleged offcr TO pay state
Witness Hur,nudez in the CaStegne-Fi-
csarratta murder case, TO lesYc the city.
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Fugitive Caught After a Long Chase

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, July 19.-After
being pursued from ocean to ocean. Pres
ton I.abaw. wanted by the New York
police on charges of forgery. Is In the
city prison here He will be taken east
by Detective Fitzsimmons OF New York.
who working in conjunction with the
police OF this city and Los Angeles.
caused his arrest
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Proposed Memorial to the Indian.

The proposition Of ROdman Wana-
maker for the erection on the island in
New York harbor on which stands old
Fort Lafayette Of heroic statue of an
Indian az lasting memorial OF a fast
vanishing race is now before President
Taft and may be submitted TO Congress
for action. The old fort has been dis
nlantled. 1t was last used as maga-
zine. Mr.. Wanamaker has received a
letter from Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
retired, heartily indorsinG the PROPOSE
tion.
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front were black with people when the
torpedo boat destroyer entered tho harbor
at $40 with NM. Latham and Lcbe-
vasseur aboard. The daring aviator re-
ceived tremendous ovation, and on land
ing II was with difficulty that he made
his way through the cheering throngs.
Dozens of times he was compelled to kiss
girls who threw their arms about his
neck
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Killed Himself InhaIing Gas.

ST. LOUIS. July 18.-SamueI 8. SPELL
man, whose wife is millinery store pro-
prietor in Cleveland. killed himself by In
halng gas here today because he did not
have money to give to srandchiid.
Speliman had changed his name from
Speelman. His brother Jacob was for
merly mayor of Fall River. Mass, and
another brother, Manuel. Is a wholesale
iiuuor dealer in New York city.
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Veteran Nashville Banker Dies.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. July lo--Samuel
I. Keith. for the past tpenty-seven
years president of the Fourth National
Bank OF this city. died of heart trouble
yesterday afternoon At his summer
home at Ridgetop, near here Mr.. Keith
was seyenty-nine years old.
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Murderer Makes Second Getaway.

MAUCH CHUNK. Pa. July 19.-Martin
Leskouski Of Lansford. near here, known
as big Martini under sentence OF death
for murder. escaped today from the Car
bon county Jail here. Leskouski escaped
two years ago and was captured last
spring at Butte. Mont where he abused
his wife to such an extent that her sis
ter informed the Carbon county authori-
ties Of his wherea bouts.
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Widow Of War Governor Dies.

TUSCALOOSA. Ala. july 19.-Mrs.
Susan II. Pettus died suddenly here at
the age OF eighty-three. Mrs. Pettus
was the widow OF j. j. Pettus. war gov
ernor of Mississippi.
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conferees Accept Senate's
Corporation Tax.
MANY CHANGES ARE MADE
Provision Redrafted by the At.
torney General.
EXPLAINS THE ALTERATIONS
House Inheritance Tax to Be Drop
ped-Mr. cullom Thinks Commit
tee Will Finish This Week.

Al ltS forenoon session IOUay tne con-
ference committee of the two Houses on
the tariff bill agreed to accept the Sem
ate's corporation tax amendment, but
the agreement was not reached until
after the provision had been redrafted
by the Attorney General and many
changes had been made.
The most important of the changes
was the reduction Of the tax from =
per cent on the net earnings of corpora
tions to per cent. Attorney General
Wickersham appeared before the com
mittee toward the close Of the forenoon
sitting and explained all the new pro-
visions at length, apparently to the
satisfaction Of all the conferees, who
lost little time in signifying their ac-
ceptance Of the provision after hearing
his statement concerning II.
1t appeared that much difficulty had
been found in the matter of the eXemp-
ton OF the earnings Of such corporations
as all felt should be excepted, but there
was general feeling that the new draft
had accomplished as much as language
could accomplish in that direction.
The corporation tax amendment Will
take the place Of the House provision for
an inheritance tax, which, according to
today's agreement. will go out of the
bill.
May Finish This Week.
Senator Cullom, who is one OF the con-
ferees on the tariff bill in behalf of the
Senate. today expressed confidence in the
ability OF the conferees to finish their
labors before the end of the present
week.
There is really very little left to do,
said the senator. land as matters now
look there is no reason in the world why
We should not get through with the bill
by Thursday or friday. Both the Senate
and House members Of the conferences
are hopeful as to the outlook, and as all
are working tremendously toward the
early conclusion there is every reason to
believe that the labor will be finished
within the next few days"
Mr. Cullom's Attitude.
Before leaving, Mr.. Cullom left instruc-
tions with Senator Aldrich to cast his
vote In favor of free hides, for the Senate
duty on gloves and hosiery. for free coal
or for reciprocity arrangement, and for
the Senate provision for countervailfng
duty on petroleum.
III We can't get free coal" he said. i
am willing to have reciprocity in coal,
which would give us a proper arrange
ment with Canada. / should like to have
q duty on crude oil, as my state Is very
much interested In the oil industry.
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Weather:

Fair and continued cool to-
night and Tuesday, with mod
crate northerly winds.
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Departs Amid Cheers.

Throngs Simply Go Wild.
The docks and streets along the water
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illustrates Sutton's Death.

Later, when Adams came to the story
Of Sutton's death he illustrated his fight
with Sutton.
Stretched out on the floor of the
courtroom, with his head within a few
inches Of Mrs Parkers feet and right
under her STEADY gaze, he showed the
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
The Hyacinth

The sweet scented hyacinth had its
birth in the death Of the Spartan
youth Hyacinthus. who was very much
liked by Apollo. the god Of the sun.
The wind god Zephyrus. however. be-
came jealous that Apollo should pay so
much attention TO a mortal. and he
determined to injure the youth. Ac
cordingly. when the sun god and the
Spartan were playing quoits on fes
tai day, Zephyrus blew so violently
that he made the disk. which Apollo
had thrown. strike Hyacinthus so hard
that it caused his death. Zephyrus
was contented with his work. but
Apollo was extremely sad. Being
unable TO restore his companion TO life,
the god created from his drops OF blood
the bell shaped flower we see in the
spring.
To commemorate the death OF Hya-
cinthus, there was an annual festival
in Greece in his honor. 1t lasted for
three days. during which time the
people ate no bread (but fed on sweet
meats) and refrained from binding
their hair with garlands. as was the
custom on such occasions.
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However. it seemed hopeless task.
for there sat Red" making faces at
him behind the back of the pupil in
front.
Strive as he might Bobby could not
collect his thoughts and he mumbled:
Five trout
The other members of the class all
suppressed giggles, but Red laughed
outright. The teacher raped for or
der and remarked:
Robert will stay in after school this
afternoon. And Fred Grifin also"
When the lessons were over and the
pupils had gone Robert sat quietly in
his seat.
Across from him was Red" scowling
at the ceiling.
Fred. don't you know it is wrong
to laugh as you did in school?" asked
the teacher
law, how could L help it? 1t was
such a bum answer I had to-" said
Red" sullenly.
Well, it doesn't seem so funny now"
unused teacher. Robert, you may go
now; please see tomorrow that you are
not star gazing during lessons" with
which advice Bobby apo1ogized and
went home.
Fred, you may clean the black
board erasers and then dust out your
desk. which I notice is sadly in need
of attention, said teacher.
Red" could hear the boys on the lot
shouting and laughing as they played
baseball and it was hard task that
the teacher had assigned to him He
hurried as fast as he could. but haste
does not permit of good work and he
had TO clean the erasers the second
time before teacher was satisfied.
The game was nearly finished when
Red was through with his onerous
duties, and he slowly made his way
Bobby for it all, like bad boys do.
Bobby had done for him and that he
himself was to blame for the teachers
censure.
'9'Il make him pay for it," said
Red clenching his fists tightly.
The next day was Saturday and the
team was to play rival school a game
of ball.
Little Helen Easton was one of
Bobby's stanch admirers. When she
was near things always seemed bright
er and her blue eyes watched his every
move when he played baseball. Helen
was present at every game and this
morning Bobby was trying to pitch his
very best, as his mother was to take
him over TO Mrs. Easton'S that after
noon. and what a fine time Helen and
he would have in their large yard.
Red" Griffin did not play on the
team and during the game took oc-
casion to vent his feelings on Bobby
for what had happened the preceding
day. Also Red did not like the idea
of Helen looking with favor on the
smiles of Bobby while his own ad-
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Story of a Rolling Stone
By F1orencc A. Ives. Aged NJ Years

nee there was little stone. Now,
I lit was not young. It was hundreds
of years old. 1t had belonged to a
very large rock. But that day cham
ois. while running along the mountain,
broke a little piece of stone off; so now,
you see. it was independent.
But this large rock was on the top of
a steep mountain, so when our little
stone broke off it began to roll down,
down
1t kept rolling. rolling, rolling. On
it's way down it saw many beautiful
things. 1t saw lovely. cool running
brooks, with shining pebbles on the
bottom.
4 1t saw lovely birds with bright plum
age and, oh, so many other lovely
things.
But what it admired most of all were
lots of other little stones just like it
self but with lovely coats of green on
them. Their coats were so soft and
pretty that the little stone wished with
all its heart that it had such coat
also.
As ii was rolling down the mountain
and signing for green coat a tree said
to it. Little friend, why are you so
sad?"
Because" answered the little stone,
Il want green coat so much"
Well" said the big tress-'if l should
stop you, you would have to wait a long
time before YOU could gain one"
sWhy?' asked the wondering stone
Because" answered the wise old
tree. "a rolling stone gathers no moss
DO you call the green coat moss?"
the stone asked.
Yes" answered the big tree.
Very WE'LL said the stone. Then
the tree shook its branches and a large
leaf fell plump on the rolling stone.
The stone stopped. for it could not
move with such heavy weight on IT.
Then the willing wind, lent a hand
and away went the big leaf, but the lit
tie stone was still there.
Let as look again at this little stone.
The years have passed and it has its
hearts desire, and it says to other roll
ing stones that sometimes pass It: "a
rolling stone gathers no moss"
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nOBBY sat at his desk. moodily
looking out of the window. Va
cstion was over and the fall term
of schaol had inst commenced
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
By ELLA NEIL

nOBBY sat at his desk. moodily
looking out of the window. Va
Dcation was over and the fall term
of school had just commenced.
Although the view from the school
house disclosed busy street, with
many people hurrying to and fro, and
through the open window came the
merry changing OF streetcar bells, the
rumbling of heavy wagons and the
many other sounds of a busy city.
Bobby was conscious of none OF those
details OF sight or sound. Rather was
his mental vision bounded by the hills
and fields and streams in the country
where he had spent the summer
Every year since Bobby was a small
boy Of years his father had sent him
10 Uncle Johns farm 10 spend his va
cation. Each succeeding year had been
better than the last The vacation just
past was the best Of all, for had not
aad presented him with a brand new
sun as he was getting on the train?
And it was no play gun either,
How proudly he shouldered that gun
The morning after arriving at uncle's
and started on his first real hunt. He
walked many miles that day and how
disappointed he was to have to wearily
trudge home without a trace Of game.
At supper Uncle John slyly asked
him which field he had hunted in dur
ing the day and when Bobby sighed
and told him II was the pasture Uncle
Johns eyes twinkled merrily, but he
only said. Wait till Sunday morning;
weIl get the rabbits. but not in the
open pasture. The bunnies are too
cunning for that: they feed in the or
ohard and away up where the wild
=. srries grow"
The next day was Saturday. so Bobby
had 10 let his prize lie idle for day,
hut not until he had cleaned it thor
oughly and placed it carefully in its
case.
sunday came. and walking rapidly
beside his uncle. Bobby eagerly antici-
pated his first shot II was not long
before they saw cottontail jump up
quickly and make dive into his hole.
Uncle John shot at it, but Bunny was
TOO quick for him. and uncle muttered
something about his old rife shooting
better and surer than the new ones.
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Soon Bobby spied big cottontail
sitting on his hind legs. looking almost
too cute to kill. But when Bunny
saw them away he started.
"Bang~
Bunny leaped high in the air, fell to
the ground and lay quite still. Bobby
had killed his first rabbit And it was
a good shot, too, uncle said.
Then Uncle John took Bobby down to
the creek and they went in swimming.
Long ago Bobby had taken his first
swimming lessons. and his long, sure
strokes were his fathers particular
pride
And so it was every day. How
quickly the Vacation weeks had
passed until all too soon it was time
to return to the city. All these things
flashed over Bobby's mind just as the
scenes in the moving picture show
fash on the canvas. Next year, dad
said, he would be big enough to shoot
deer. And father was to take him
along with Uncle John when they went
up in the mountains, and
~Robertg
The teachers voice broke rudely in
upon Bobby's thoughts
Robert" the teacher said reproach-
fully. 4 have spoken to you twice,
and you have not replied Answer the
question: How many cubic feet OF
water are there in space feet wide,
10 feet long and 8 feet deep?"
Now. mathematics is a very essen
tial study. as every good boy knows,
but who wants to bother about cube
root when he is thinking about the
roots Of that old tree which lie across
the creek where ne has caught many
a trout.
Bobby looked at the teacher sheep
ishly. I'll beg your pardon, teach
er. 1 did not hear the question:, he
said. He was striving manfully to COL
lect his scattered thoughts. but how
could he when Red" Griffin sat across
the aisle grinning at his confusion.
Red" was the bully of the class.
and his nickname was bestowed upon
him by the pupils in honor of the fiery
color of his hair. On account of his
size he could whip any boy in the
class, but, like ali bullies, he did not
have the courage to faunt his strength
in the face of the larger boys.
Many times had Robert helped Red. .
who was very poor scholar, but when
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SHORT ARTICLES By JUNIOR READERS

walking about mile and a half, as it
was almost lunch time. they found a
clear. cool spot under a Iall oak and
ate the tarts. sandwiches, homemade
cookies. peaches and apricots which
they found neatly packed in the basket.
When they had finished Alice said:
Let's go on farther and see where
this road ends"
''Oh. won't that be fun" exclaimed
Betty. but we'd better not go too
far. because grandpa often warned me
about the marshes. But we'll know one
If we come to it, and, anyway, they're
dry in summer"
They followed the road for a short
distance, when they saw before them
a large. grassy, open space. They no.
ticed brilliantly colored lizards darting'
in and out of the tall grass, and
watched their rapid movements. fol-
lowing them as well as they could.
Suddenly Nero barked furiously. 1t
was a marsh, and he knew it,
What's the matter, Nero? Hush,
There must be some one near" said
Betty. But they heard nobody, and no.
body came. Not paying attention to
Neros barks they went on and on.
Suddenly Betty cried, The marsh!
The marsh! Help! Help! I'm sinking
Alice tried to help Betty out, but in
stead began 10 Sink, neTSeH.
What shall we do? Won't somebody
come and help us? Even Nero's de-
serted u.s.
Meanwhile Nero ran as quickly as
he could in the direction of the farm
house. but met Betty's grandfather on
the crossroads coming home from the
village.
Hello. Nero, What's the matter?'
he cried, as Nero began barking and
pulling him in the direction of the
marsh. He realized at once that some
thing must have happened to the chill
dren, as he saw them leave in the
morning for a day in the woods.
After pulling Betty and Alice out
and praising Nero, he and the dog
started home with two dripping and
frightened children. Nero was praised
a the hero of the day. Betty and Alice
didn't go near the swamp again.
A week later they started home,
having had a most delightful vacation.
but they were both glad to see their
mothers and to return to school again
Their trip was as enjoyable as IL they
had planned for it months ahead. They
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The Rose

As you look around YOU and see the
flowers in Your home garden. in the
parks, the woods, and the florists win
dows, you must not think that these
flowers always existed Today the
scientists have way of mixing seeds
and plants to create new blossoms.
Thousands of years ago, when the gods
and Eoddesses walked the earth, they
had a different method of making pret-
ty flowers that we find about us. We
are told that the rose sprang from the
drops of blood of Adonis, who was and
is considered the handsomest man who
ever lived. He was very much beloved
by Venus, the goddess OF love and
beauty and one day while out hunting &
he was wounded by wild boar and
died from the effects of it Venus
wept bitterly when she saw Adonis
dying, and as each drop of Blood fell
from the wound a red rose suddenly
appeared on the ground So was born
the rose, which was highly treasured
by Venus.
At the same time another flower
came into existence from the falling
tears of the goddess, and that is the
anemone, the little white blossom
which is gathered in the early spring.
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SOME POETIC FABLES OF FLOWERS

ceedingly happy so long as he never
saw his face. So it happened that all
mirrors were kept from him, and Mar
cissus grew to be young man in per-
feet contentment and in utter ignOr-
ance of his beauty. One time while he
was out hunting he became overheated
and bathed his brow in a cool spring to
refresh himself. OF course, his hand
some face was reflected in the water,
and Narcissus knew not what it meant.
He at once fell in love with his own
image and pined away at the waters
edge for what he believed to be an OBJ
stinate water spirit, who would not
listen TO his pleadings. When the Naiads
came for his body TO prepare 1T for
burial they found in its stead simply a
white flower with a golden center The
gods were unwilling that this hand
some young man should leave the earth
entirely, and so they changed his dead
body into the flower we call narcissus-