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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
Commissions Do Little Good.

For man OF the presidents COM
mon sense and sagacity this conf
dence of his in the convincing quality
Of the conclusions of the tariff board
will come to is quite Incompetent
sible. Twenty-Five years ago there
was tariff commissioned protec-
tionists, although some of them were
Democrats. The commission recon-
mended a reduction Of 20 per cent,
and congress paid no attention to IT.
II has paid no attention to the work
OF the Industrial commission or the
conclusions of the postal commission
headed by Senator Penrose. 1t is no
torious that congress does not take it's
conclusions from commissions, and the
information obtained by commissions
is seldom better than the information
any careful investigator may get from
existing sources.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

With regard to tariff revision, l Will
be guided by the reports of the tariff
board on the different schedules. ISor
want of such information no intelli-
gent revision can now be made
Senator oliver OF Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Oliver stanchly supported and
cheerfully voted 'or the Payne bill,
being under the impression II not
holding the conviction that It offered
an intelligent revision OF the tariff.
lie seems to have lost faith in the
wisdom of tho ways and means com
mittee that drew up the bill and to
have become a convert to the omnis-
cence OF the new tariff board.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
"SURPLUS" NOT A SURPLUS
Truth About the Money With Which
II Is Claimed the Treasury Is
Overlooking.

The surplus which the treasury is
showing at the close of the fiscal year
is evidently affected by the sale of $50.
100000 of Panama bonds. At the
time the bonds were issued the treas
ury had a surplus for the fiscal year
OF about S11,000,000 against deficit
last year Of the same amount. This
seemed to make the present situation
100000 or S23.000000 better than
n year ago. But the treasury has
been making special efforts to get In
the corporation tax. and has got in
eight or ten millions more before July
l than IL got in last year at the same
time, but of course '5hatever amount
was collected bef,>~e July 1 cannot be
collected afterward; the process of ar
ticipating receipts is similar to that OF
deferring payments by means of which
a favorable showing at the end of the
fiscal year has frequently been Sc
cured. This administration has
stopped issuing the monthly state.
ments of receipts and expenditures
which had been published for many
years, and it has introduced a distinc-
ton between ordinary and ex-
traordinary receipts and expenses
which is purely arbitrary and serves
to facilitate favorable showings for
the ordinary receipts and expendi-
lures. In the past year the increased
internal revenue about offset the de-
creased customs. and there was a
gain of about $12 900 900 in miscellane-
GUS receipts.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

In 1910. we bought from Canada
HG333.14S worth OF goods which are
mentioned I'm the reciprocity agree
nent Part Of these goods would be
put on the free list by that agreement
and part would have the duty consid
erably reduced.
Oue-third OF this $4,000 900 affected
by reciprocity is lumber.
Does that, perchance, throw any
light on the wild gyrations OF the
lumber trust I'm IT'S effort 70 pack the
United States senate. and defeat the
reciprocity agreement?
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

The attitude of Secretaries Knox
and Root indicate that a former chief
clerk OF the department OF state did
not pocket the difference between the
$3.50 that Albert Rosenthal got for
his painting OF Justice Day and the
s2,450 he had to receipt for. But
why should the department have re-
quired him to receipt 'Or the larger
sum? IL has an emergency fund. the
application Of which 1t Is not obliged
to disclose; why. then. should IL have
struggled an item of $1,000 into the
payment for a portrait?
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
Trusts' Benevolenee.

While having no fear OF foreign
competition with the steel trust. Judge
Gary's sole concern is for the indie.
pendent manufacturers Of steel, who.
he says, could not resist this rivalry
IN the home market In the same
benevolent spirit, the managers OF the
sugar trust fear that reduction Of tho
duties would ruin the producers OF
beet Who could have imagined that
there is so much altruism IN the great
combinations 20 monopolize the cpsn
try's tradei
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
An Eight Years Walk,

Hiram Davis OF Newburg went for q
walk with his father eight years ago.
The father stopped to talk with a
friend. and Hiram, then about ten years
old, walked on. He was never seen
after that until he walked in to his
parents home recently.
The police all over the east were
on the lookout for him, the Hudson
river was searched and finally he was
given up for dead. When he greeted
his mother 1t was some hours before
she could be Gained.
Davis had been out west-New York
Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
washlnaton and Roosevelt.

With the present complications
growing out of the conditions in Mo-
rocco, 1t remains to be seen how far
our government may be involved. ulti-
mately, in the difficulties.
Among the wisest bits of advice
given the American people by George
Washington was his injunction in OPP
position to becoming involved in en-
tangling alliances in foreign affairs.
Among the most unwise acts of
Theodore Roosevelt was making our
nation a party to the controversy in
which England Spain, Germany and
France were engaged over Moroccan
affairs.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

the venturesome colored boy who pokes his head
through hole in a sheet. The timehonored side
show" carnival is there with its snake charm
and giants and dwarfs and the fortune tellers
and popcorn vendors have the old elusive way of
inducing you to part with your coin Even the
fans and badges and tiny flags and gold" medals
or yesteryear look and cost the same they did
as far back as memory can carry you. About
the only new things at the county fair in fact are
the moving picture shows in their somber black
tents and the ice cream cones that have sup
planted the onetime "fvecent dish with two
spoons"
The men who have been conducting county fairs
long enough TO make comparisons will tell you
that all in all, it costs just about as much to
hold fair nowadays as 1t did decade or two
ago, presumin2, that is. that you hang up about
as much in prizes for the show and speed classes
Some items have been cut over the expenses in
the old days, whereas other outlays have in.
creased, owing to the increased cost of living or
some other new influence. For one thing the
fair managers save some money in heraldng the
fair. For the sentiment of the thing they still
have to make use Of some of those gaudy posters
in blue and red and yellow that from time out Of
mind have filled childish dreams every autumn
but they don't spend money to plaster these
posters on every barn and fence and covered
bridge In the county, they were wont to do in
the old days. AS the number of country news.
papers has increased they have provided a better
and cheaper way OF telling the people of the de-.
hghts OF the coming fair. On the other hand,
lne star attraction, III the fair management
wants to be right up to date and have an airshiu
flight each day, will cost more than in the old
days A parachute jumper an acrobat who
aid the thrilling slide for life" did not demand
half as much money usually, as the expert aero
pianist who wants a fee of $500 and upward.
feature of the county fair that hasn't changed
with the lapse Of time is the season for holding
the event The conclusion of the harvest which
leaves the farmer comparatively care-free and,
let us hope with money in his pocket dictates the
date OF this annual festival. In some parts Of
the country September is the favorite month for
fairs. but elsewhere October has the call and
quite few Of these agricultural shows and trot.
ting meets are held in early November Active
preparations at the fair grounds begin a month
or SIX weeks earlier for the upto-date fair asso.
citation repaints its buildings each summer and has
everything spick and span for the three or four
day attraction.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
Preliminary Revision Now.

Nobody need fear that Injustice VIII
be done by tariff slashing before the
tariff board is ready TO report detailed
Information The worst Ut the injus.
ices can be topped off with the aid Of
the Information already at hand Then.
later. when the board can furnish ex-
act date. O scientific revision can 10
completed
No legitimate interest Is TO be
harmed by reducing the average duty
on woolens. Tor instance. FROM 100
Ger cent. N 80 per cent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

J. Winkler in Vienna Is from 17t4
ard is worth upward Of $4,000. The
Strad owned by the French virtuoso
Alard is from 1715 ard is offered for
sale by his family in Glasgow. Tho
violin owned by Vieu4temps was sold
from Hamma's in Stuttgart for $40.
900 John Lauterbach's from i7ig
was sold to Vuillaume. the famous
violin maker OF Paris. for $4,000
Those owned by Hugo Hermann OF
Frankfort on the Main and August
Wilhelmj are both dated 1920 and
are worth from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

Wilma Ncruda Halle cost Charles
Halle $4,000. Frans Ries had one
from ITO which cost $16,700.
One in the possession OF sarasate
is dated 1913 and Is owned by the
Spanish crown, which has loaned IL
to Sarasate for life This Is the one
he usually plays upon. The other he
owns himself and is from the year
1924 and Is a gift from Queen Isabel
Ia OF Spain. The value is not less
than 1900.
Joseph Joachim has three. The
most famous 10 the one called pes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
Time fer Prudence

The trend is democratic. and only
Democratic folly can prevent It from
continuing that way until a Democrat
&c president shall be elected The
Republicans, unsssisted. cannot elect
their national ticket in 1912. But an
overdose OF Populism in the Demo
cratic platform or standard-bearer
might enable them to continue I'm
power. An early word to Democrats
anxious to win should be stimulative
OF prudence.-Troy IN. " Times
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will be sent free TO anyone on re-
quest. Address Professor Munyon, SD &
Jefferson SITS, Philadelphia. Pa. If you are
in need of medical advice, dc not fail 10
write Professor Munyon. Your communi.
cation will be treated in strict confidence.
and your case will be diagnosed as care
fully as though you had a personal inter
view
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike
all other laXatives or cathartlcs. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods. They do not scour. they do
not grippe, they DO not weaken. but they
do start all the secretions OF the liver
and stomach in a way that soon puts
these organs in a healthy condition and
corrects constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most alb
meuts. There are % feet of human
bowels, which is really a sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes clogged the
whole system becomes poisoned caua-
ing bihousness. indigestion and impure
blood. which often produce rheumatism
and kidney ailments No woman who
suffers with constipation or any liver
ailment can EXPECT to have q clear
complexion or enjoy good health. IL
] had my way I would prohibit the sale
OF ulue ltulhb OF tue caJnartIcs tnat are
now being sold for the reason that they
soon destroy the lining Of the stomach.
setting up serious forms Of Indigestion,
and so paralyze the bowels that they 70
fuse to act unless forced BY strong
pureatives.
Munyon's Paw Paw PILE are a tonic
20 The stomach. liver and nerves They
invigoratc instead Of weaken; they en-
rich tho blood instead OF impoverish
it they enable The stomach TO get all
the nourishmcnt from food chat is put
into IL.
These pills contain no calomel. no
dope; they are soothing healing and
stimulating. They scnool the bowels
70 act without physic.
Regular size bottle. contsiniDg IS pins,
70 cents. Munyon's Laboratory. SD q
jefferson Sts.. Philadolphis
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

tergeige," which the master uses
most frequently It is from 17f4 and
cost $4,000. Another one from the
same year was given to Joachim by
friends I'm England. who paid $4,000
The third Is played by Carl Hair. II
Is from the seventeenth century and
has a small but brilliant tone. Joa-
chin has loaned Il to Hallg for an in.
definite time.
f. Kneisols violin was formerly
owned by Professor Grun OF Vienna
and Is also from TIA. The famous
Rudolph Kreutzer's now belonging to
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

It was cruel on the part of Senator
John Sharp Williams to bark back to
Governor Albert Baird Cummins I'm
order to humiliate Senator Albert
Baird Cummins by proving his incon.
sistency. It is very human to say
things in corner one does not care
to make good in the open.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
Prudential Reasons.

so you are going to send your
cook Off. But isn't her name Ara
bella Gunn?"
whats that got to do with our
getting rid of herr"
But. my dear boy, isn't there an
ordinance against discharging A.
Gum within the city limits?"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
An Artist

you had to refuse the request OF
these men?"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum.
Were they angry?"
Not at all. / showed so much
grief at not being able to oblige
them that they went away sympathiz-
ing with me-"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
NoLINS WORTH MUCH MONEY
Some Of tho Most Famous Range In
Value From $4,000 90 $4,000
Apiece.

stradivarius fashioned his best IN
struments between the years 100 and
1920. while the choicest were made
between 1909 and 1915. Viottrs VIC
TN Is from 1904 and IL valued at
$4,000.
The violin owned By the virtuoso II.
". Ernst. but now the property Of
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
The Grandest Old Bore.

Methusalah chuckled.
Il remember a summer just like
this 700 years ago." he cried.
Abashed. the others skunk away.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

Love, which is the essence of God,
Is not for levity, but for the total
worth of man.-Emerson.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

ticipate almost from the time the snow is of the
ground.
Indeed. IL person is ambitious for success In
the competitions at the county fair 1t is abso
lutely necessary to be forehanded in preparation
This applies with equal force whether 1t is
of John seeking blue ribbons for his sheep and
cattle or Mary seeking the grand prizes for her
cakes and pies and preserves And of course it
Is truo in yet greater measure Of Cousin Sue
who has plot to capture the diploma for the
handsomest silk quilt the most beautiful pillow
top--for, be 1t known no riZewinning piece of
fancy work. no more than Rome. built in
day.
1t is matter OF congratulation that the old
fashioned county fair has remained unchanged in
its main features, since the days of our grand
fathers. 1t is one of the most cherished memories
of every man whose boyhood was spent within
lure Of its magic-one of the memories that after
residence In the city he half fears to rekinde
by renewed association, lest the twentieth century
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15
Hoods
rsapariIIa

Acts directly and peculiarly
on the blood; purihes, enriches
and revitalizes it, and in this
way builds up the whole sys-
tenn. Take it. Get it TODAY.
In usual liquid form or in chocolats
coated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-15

T is a trifle early perhaps
you are saying to begin
talking about the county
fair. Maybe so, If you are
looking forward to the
autumn event merely from
the standpoint of a cold.
calm. casually interested
spectator. But just remem-
Der, please. that there are
thousands upon thousands
of people all over the coun-
try for whom the annual
neighborhood fair means
much more. They are the
prospective exhibitors. and
no wonder they begin to
nlan ana cDppttIafa and nm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
FORCED UPWARD,
Wheat Prices Subjected to
Strong Bull Influences.
Heavy Selling Follows and the
Close Is Lower.
CORN PIT SENTIMENT.
Also Leaned Toward an Ad-
vancing Market.
Firmness of Hogs Gives Strength
to Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 24.-WHEAT-Signs of a
liberal decrease in the European visible
supply forced the price of wheat upward
here today. Buying was encouraged
through unfavoraDle reports from the
Argentine as a result of firmness on the
part of holders in Australia and Manitoba
Shipments to the United Kingdom were
small. The yield in parts OF Southern
Buenos Ayres was said to be disappoint-
were shade to A@3sc higher. May start
ed at 99asc to 99Ssc, covering the full range
of the market and rose to 9934 assoc.
A reaction resulted because of large
receipts northwest. SlowneSS of cash de-
mand increased the selling and led to de-
cided weakness. The close was at $3.50
$3.50 for May, net loss of Sc.
CORN-Sentiment in the corn pit leaned
to the bull side on account of the coun-
try not offering much for sale. May open
ed sc to 1sGd4c UP at 50lsc to 501s@5Ul4c,
touched SOC and rallied to 50Ac.
The fact that eastern and export call
were a trifle improved kept the feeling
firm. The close was at 50lsc for May, a
net gain of 1sc.
OATs-A little buying for leading
house sufficed to lift oats. May started
5ssM354c and advanced to 342zc.
PKONISIONS-Commi house buy
ing in sympathy with the firmness of the
hog market strengthened provisions. First
sales were 212c to SC dearer with May OPP
tions at $3.50 for pork; $sS21z for lard and
$9.S5 for ribs.
RYE-Cash: No. 2 soc.
BARLEY-Cash: 65@J3c.
TIMOTHY-Cash: sS.25@10. %; March,
$40 SGd11.co.
CLoVER-Cash: $1oOo@1S.5O; March,
$1475,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
twelve ARE EXECUTED.
Japanese Anarchists Pay Penalty for
Plot Against Mikado.

Toxic, Jan. 24-Twelve anarchists
convicted of conspiracy against the
throne and the lives of the imperial
family were executed in the prison
here today. Those put to death in
cluded the alleged ring leader. Den
jiro Kotoku. and his wife. Kotoku
was a newspaper man who. because of
his radical writing was obliged to
leave Japan some years ago. He went
TO San Francisco where he conducted
a Socialist publication for time.
Later he returned to Toxic and is
credited with having originated the
plot which led to the death today of
twelve of the twenty-six conspirators.
Twenty-four were condemned to
death but the sentences of one-half the
number were committed to life i'm
prisonment.
Two others were given terms of i'm
Drisoume0t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
GOES BACK TO JAIL.
Porter Charlton, Denied Habeas Cor
pus Writ, VIII Appeal.

Trenton, n. J. Jan. 24.-Judge Rell-
stab in the United States circuit court,
alter argument lasting all day, refused
to grant a writ of habeas corpus for
Porter Charlton, whose extradition has
been requested by the Italian govern
ment to answer to a charge of having
murdered his wife, Mary Scott Castle
Charlton, in Italy last summer.
Charltons counsel announced the
case would be carried to the supreme
court.
Young Charlton was in court and
after the decision was taken back to
the Hudson county Jail. where he has
been confined since his arrest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
LIQUOR men FINED.
Judge Lands Imposes Penalties Ag-
grcgating $51 800.

Chicago, Jan. 24.-Fines aggregat-
ing $51.5O0 and prison sentences
ranging from Is months to two and
one-half years have been imposed on
liquor dealers by Judge Lands in the
United States district court today. The
defendants are charged with violating
the internal revenue law. Those on
whom the heaviest penalties were i'm
posed were Simon F'rindel, head of
Illinois Distilling company, thirty
months in prison, fine $4,000.
David Shapiro, wholesaler and recti-
fer, two years imprisonment, fine
$4,000.
Harry Rosenstein, wholesaler and
rectifier, two. years imprisonment. fine
$4,000.
Philip Blum. retailer two years i'm
prisonment, fine $1,000.
Lyman Levenkind, wholesaler, two
years imprisonment. fine $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
New York Produce Market.

New York, Jan. 24.-BUTTER-Marke
weak Creamery specials, 27c; extras, $50
251zc; third to first. 1SG24c; held cream
cry third to special, 1s@21c; state dairy,
common to finest, 1S@25c; process. second
to special, 1Sd21c; imitation creamery,
first, 1S@19c; factory held, 171k@1Sc; ditto
current make, 17@1Sc.
CHEESE-Market barely steady. State
white. 15c.
EGGS-Market easy. State Pennsyl-
vania and nearby kennery brown, fancy.
&c; ditto gathered brown and mixed, A1AG
Zee; fresh gathered, first, 24G241sc; ditto
second. 22G23c.
POULTRY = Dressed easy; western
chickens. 14@191sc; fowls, 1315G161ac; tur-
keys 1SG25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
Kansas city produce Market.

kansas City, Jan. 2-WHEAT-Cash
Market unchanged. No. 2 hard, $4,000
81. 90; No. 8. 96d9Sc; No red, $1.02d1.O212
No. 8, $1.O0d1.02.
CORN-Market unchanged. No. 2 mixed
45c; No. 8, Ad44zc; No. white, 451zc; No.
OATsMarket unchanged. No. white,
32ll03311e; No. mixed, 31@32c.
RYENo. ,, 7417Sc.
HAY-Market unchanged Choice tim
othy. s14.OOd14.5O; choice prairie, $500
BUTTER-Creamery, 24c; firsts, 2lc; sec
onds, 19c; packing stock, BE.
EGGS-Extras, re; firsts, 29c; seconds
WHEAT-Receipts. 70 cars.
OSE-WHEAT-May. $3.50 sellers;
ca; 4sA@4sssc bid; July, 1910
4q5kc sellers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
xhicoro Profluce Market.

Chicago Jan. A-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creameries, 17G25c; diaries. $50
PC.
EGGS-Market weak. Receipts, 1851
cases: at mark. cases included. 17G19c;
firsts. 2Oc: prime firsts. .21c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 143z
l5lLc; Twins, 13@13Ac; Young Americas,
15ib01Sc; Long Horns, 151a616c.
Market steady. Choice to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
Was Once BIaine's Partner.

Denver, JAN 24.-John Walker died
yesterday at Morrison. Colo, at the
home of his son, John Brisben Walker
formerly editor of the Cosmopolitan
magazine. Mr. Walker, who was 95
years old. was prominent in Pennsyl-
vania politics in the decade following
the Civil war. He was formerly a
business partner of James G. Blaine in
the Pennsylvania coal fields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
New york Money Market.

New York, Jan. ACCOMMODATIONS on
call steady. 214@21z percent ruling rate
~ per cent, closing bid "a per cent, Of
fered at 21a per cent; time loans easy, go
days 8 per cent and 80 days 81 per cent
six months A@3S4 per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 4 to
AZ per cent
Sterling exchange heav with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at 81 50. 1901. S. 20 for
go day bills and at 81. S6.O5 for demand.
Commercial bills S4.S2G4. S21z.
SILVER-Bar silver, 5314c; Mexican dol
lars, 45c.-
BONDS bonds steady, rail-
road bonds firm.
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Macyeaeh on Committee.

Washington, Jan. 24.-Seeretary
MacVeagh has been elected chairman
of a commission which is to select
site for a monument to Alexander
Hamilton Charles D. Hilles, assistant
secretary of the treasury. was elected
secretary of the commission.