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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
PROMOTERS SHOWN UP
FACTS REVEALED az STEEL
TRusT INVESTIGATION.
That the Public Has Been Robbed Of
Hundreds OF Millions OF Dollars
Is One Point Made Very
Clear.

There are excellent reasons why OBJ.
serving citizens have not regarded the
Stanley street trust investigation with
confidence. Belief even has obtained
In well-informed quarters that Con.
gresham Stanley is ''four-fiushing."
NO opportunity was overlooked to
call before the committee men whose
prominence in politics or business was
certain TO insure wide publicity.
whether the facts to which they testi-
hed were equally important seemed to
De a secondary consideration.
AT the same time, Congressman
Stanley carefully has refrained from
lnterrogating witnesses who might
nave given definite and discriminating
information in regard TO habitual use
OF the huge capital OF the trust TO ma
nipulate the stock market and to plum
der honest investors.
inadvertently. however, sufficient
facts have been elected to convict the
steel trust of wanton violation Of the
law. as well as ethics OF decent bust.
ness.
Ii has been shown that the trust
was overcapitalized by more than
S'OO.OOO,OO0. which practically repre-
sents profit to insiders by selling stock
which had no tangible value behind it,
1t has been shown that ]. p. Morgan
q Co. received $4,000. 900 for their
part In this gigantic stock-promoting
scheme. and that another scheme to
get S50.000.000 for nothing" was at
tempted and failed.
The testimony showed that the
panic OF 1907 was accelerated and
used as lever to obtain control OF the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company,
thus giving the trust monopoly OF
high-grade ore.
That President Roosevelt was pre-
vailed on to assist in this reprehen-
sible transaction was admitted by the
former president himself.
These startling facts crept into the
record in spite Of obvious efforts to
steer the investigation away from the
real crux Of The evil. They are sufl-
Client to justify the government in TAX
Ing vigorous steps to put stop to
swindling operations by which greedy
promoters have stripped hundreds OF
millions from the investing public.
Whether the committee will make a
serious effort to get to the bottom OF
these transactions when 1t reconvenes
this month remains to be seen. If II
fails to do so, a commission should be
appointed which has a more adequate
conception OF it's duty.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
MUNY0N breaches
HOPE PHILOSOPHY
New Association Gaining Many
Members.
FAITHS CURATIVE POWER
NOTED HEALTH EXPERT
GIVES REASON FOR BIG
SUCCESS IN MEDICINE
TREMENDOUS success !

Tremendous success has attended tho
oorSanization of the new Nunyon Hope
has secured more converts than he even
a6nIt.cipated. and says that his Hope
Is sald mat the total membership OF the
association throughout the United states
Is now well over the half million mark.
No. statsment for publication Prof.
Il want to talk to every sick. aiiing and
respondent person In this city. 1 want
want to tell them about my new phiioso-
Phy or health. which is the fruit OF n
i ig'' mn, o, STUDY and experience In deal
want to expound the Great Truth
that 1 have learned that there is more
SuratlNe power In an ounce OF Hope than
should not take medicine EXCEPT p as n
tive power OF Hope may be made e eSee-
I'VE Medicines are necessary I'm the
present state of the worlds progress be-
cause they give patient physical sup
port and strength and renewed vigor
With which TO brace up the will power.
medicines. that he or she is feeling bet
ter by this inspired hope and faith.
winch complete the cure.
Il think that probably n million per-
sons at least in the United States have
declared themselves cured by my medi-
cines. and I know that these people have
nad 10 oner. L have always contended
mat II there Is any virtue I'm medicine
verify believe that more than one-half
OF those who have been lifted to health
from the bondage OF chronic illness
through taking my medicines. have been
really cured by the knowledge that they
mad the utmost In medical lore at their
IT am not in env pen s.ns inSp1red:
physician. I employ at my laboratories
In Philadelphia a large stan of expert
many other physicians I'm various cities
or the United States detailed to give free
ADVICE to the sick and afflicted. Ny
tories. SD and Jefferson SITS. Phila. Pa.
and | have there n staff of duly register
ed physicians and consulting experts
and to all who desire Il / offer the best
charge"
Write today. addressing Prof j. M.
Munyon personally and your letter Will
have u special care.
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Stenographic Work Is Good Developer


The demand for strictly hrst-class stenogra
piers" said a man acquainted with the business
is greater than the supply. In this profession as
In every other. while there is apt to be an over
supply OF those less well equipped, there is al
ways room at the top But a man should not be
satisfied there.
There are stenographers who look on stenogra-
ply as an end, who are content If they can get
on In that; where as Il should be looked on as a
means to an end. The stenographer can't know
too much, no study reading comes amiss to
him; u he were possessed of all knowledge he
would some day find It all useful to him I'm his
profession; but he doesn't want to stop at that.
IF he has the knowledge and If he also has
tact and good sense and downright ability as
well as really expert knowledge Of stenography
he Will some day find himself in the employ OF
man OF affairs and getting not only good pay but
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
Millhand Must Wait.

In 1881 James G.. Blaine was the
foremost American champion OF high
protection. In June of that year he
as secretary of state sent to congress
report on the cotton goods industry.
In this document he submitted a mass
of statistics on which he based this
statement:
Undoubtedly the inequalities in the
wages of English and American oper-
atives are more than equalized by
their greater efficiency and their
longer hours of labor. In the
two prime factors which may be said
to form the basis of our cotton manu-
featuring industry-namely. raw ma
terial and labor, we hold the ad-
vantage over England in the first, and
stand upon an equality In the second"
That meant that thirty years ago
we could beat the world in the cheap
production of cotton goods, for Eng
land could easily beat any other com
turers could hold Che home market
without tariff help.
Yet they are still getting this help
Just as they were thirty years ago.
and the national labor bureau finds
that precious little OF it gets past their
stockholders and their treasury into
the pay envelopes OF their hired men
and women and children.
These beloved wards OF the stand
pat guardians must wait-how much
longer?-for a commission report.
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getting besides knowledge Of business that s
sure to be vastly more profitable to him
stenographer In the employ of such man
soon comes to have more real knowledge OF the
business than the bookkeeper or the cashier or
the manager. lie knows 1t from the inside and
from the top and If he proves to be a man of die.
erection and sound judgment well as ability he
Is more and more trusted; and as his ability
comes to be more and more clearly shown he
hnds himself In due time partner or a manager.
promoted to a higher post because at such post
his ability can be employed to still greater ad.
vantage.
1t Is fine thing to be a really expert stenogra.
pher' but the man with the brains and ability for
tnat should nave an ideal. an ambition for higher
worth still. as in fact many such sfenogranbors
DO nave. an ambition that sooner or later they
realize Some of the biggest mci IN business be.
gan life as stenographers"
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Chinese minister at Washington. Mr.. Chang
brought with him TO Washington his wife. Mad
anne Chang and three daughters. His son. Mr..
Henry Chang, sent to this country years In
advance of the coming of his parents in order to
perfect himself in American ways and to acquire
American education. He is at present study
ing at the George Washington university Not
long ago there wedding at the Chinese
legation the groom being Mr.. Henry X. Chang
and the bride Miss Isabel Tong. Miss Tong. now
Mrs. Chang, is the daughter of Ton Shoa vi. who
was sent as a special ambassador by China to
this country two years ago to thank the United
States for the remission of the Boxer indemnity.
When Minister Chang came to Washington, h0
brought with him in addition to his family two
daughters OF his friend Mr.. Tong Young Mr..
Chang promptly fell in love with Miss Tong and
as has been said they recently welded at
the legation and the wedding is declared by those
who were hidden to it to have been one OF
the most picturesque and sumptuous ceremonies
ever performed IN America
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
Rising Prices.

II may be that reciprocity would
not have lowered prices. but the de-
feat Of reciprocity is at least made
the pretext for raising them. SO we
must have been enjoying the result OF
reciprocity ever since congress ratI-
fed the agreement. In such cases as
this the effects Of legislation are. as
we know. often discounted. II may
have been so here. At any rate there
is general advance in the price Of
foodstufRs. We know what has hap
pened to sugar and coffee Now II is
said that we shall have TO pay more
for -four and bread and breakfast
foods.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
More LIeht Needed.

The spectacle of such earnest advo-
Gates OF tariff reform as Root. Pen.
rose. Crane and the other distin.
guished guests felicitating the presi.
dent upon taking their advice to veto
any "tinkering" with the sacred tariff
schedules must have been both an
imposing and inspiring sight. but the
Importance OF that scene will suffer
somewhat because OF the burning Gu.
riosity that will be aroused to know
what assurances were given the presi
dent as TO the next campaign.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
Flv In the Ointment

Presidents and members OF Con.
gress who disclaim authority and re-
fer us to the tariff board as an oracle
that must speak before they can act
remind us OF certain characters in the
comic supplements OF the Sunday
newspapers. Our SENSE OF humor ia
keen and the joke Is very amusing
but somehow Il has a flavor Of solemn.
ity and hint OF sorrow II never
ends agreeabiy. We know that, the
fun will not last and that the next
thing on the program will be some
thing serious. II not unpleasant.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
The speonlator.

The average Spectator is a man OF
~ iberant spirits. or mercurial tenn.
permanent. and does some unique turns.
tie can take on a larger supply or en-.
thusiasm on more limited provocation
than any other class OF individuals.
and rush to extremes with greater
disregard OF consequences than the
man IN any other trade or profession.
And when the consequences hit him
we'll. he shifts sail and runs Just as
cheerily ia the opposite direction
sometimes.
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Life surely Serious Problem

The only things that are falling arc
stocks-notably steel-but the people
cannot eat these. What with tariffs
that limit the supply. and controlled
market conditions. Ifs is becoming a
rather serious problem. Even our
friends to the north OF us may find
that their great victory" will entail
unpleasant consequences. They may
have saved themselves from the awful
peril OF annexation" only TO find that
they have robbed themselves Of many
OF the good Things Of life.
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country's Needs Not suppIied.

The country feels a general deIres.
sion OF energy. II feels that the times
are lean and growing leaner. 1t is not
plunged in adversely. but It feels a de.
pressing slackness OF prosperity. The
cause Is plainly the confusion OF poll.
tics and public affairs. The need OF
definite policies, OF constructive con.
victtons. OF firm leadership, is felt
everywhere. And # is difficult to see
how Mr.. Taft's campaign plans are
going to supply that demand.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
Real Takers.

What do mean by the real talk.
crs? Why. the people with fresh
ideas, OF course. and plenty OF GOOD
warm words to dress them in. Facts
always yield the place OF honor IN
conversation. to thoughts about facts
but n false note IS uttered. down
comes the finger on the key and the
man OF facts asserts his truo dignity
| have known three OF these men OF
facts. at least. who we're always
formidable, and one OF them was
tyranDical--Hoimes
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beyond recovery. | had lost over 20
pounds and was but shadow of my
former self. used one box OF Doan's
Kidney Pills and soon felt better. Con-
tinuing, l was cured and have not had
the slightest trouble since"
When Your Back is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S."
For sale Ivy druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price 500.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14

sense OF humor. 1t was
not long ago that Amer
lean generosity and
patriotism moved some
citizens to present to
France a statute OF
George Washington.
This statute, erected I'm
a city of France, con.
fronts a statute of the
Grand Monarch" Louis
XIV. Now Louis, as
the world knows. was
a great believer in the
divine right of kings.
while George Washing
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II is never wise to disappoint the
reasonable expectations of the people.
II is always foolish by mockery and
insincerity to exasperate them. The
tariff board, therefore. tSscomeb the
worst joke OF the season. for. though
IL "a nndeniably funny. II involves dis.
appointment insincerity and exaspera,
ton.
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ney secretions were
in terrible condition.
If left standing they
thickened like glu-
cose and had to be
removed with a
knife. My own doc
tor gave me up. L
then called in a spe-
cialist who said I was
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
What Mlqht Have Been Expeeted

There will be no honest enforce
ment OF the pure-food law until all
the upstairs like McCabe and all the
unlawful boards like that headed by
Prof. Remsen are excluded from the
bureau OF chemistry. II is highly
characteristic of a president who sur.
rendered to the standpatters to pat
DR.. Wiley on the back and yet leave
him practically bound and gagged in
the hands OF his enemies.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14

y find that my husband has been
having the Office boy call me up every
day and humble terms OF endearment.
That's a nice way to fool his wife.
He's been going to the bali game"
How is 1t that you didn't catch on
TO the voice."
We'll, I'm busy at bridge every day.
and I've been having the cook answer
the telephone"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14

plays some kind of musical in
strument. They have a family
orchestra with the father leading
at the almost daily performance.
The violin. the violoncello, the harp.
guitar, the flute. the flageolet. the
drum. the piano. and the mandolin.
all working together manage TO get
into a harmony like unto that
which marks the Calvo relations.
Every one OF the Calvo progeny
either has had or is getting an
American public school education.
one OF the boys by special permits
sion of the United States govern
ment. having been given an oppor-
tunity to perfect himself in mill
tary science at West Point.
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Aptly peaerIbed.

An Italian woman was asked in
court II she had any musical instru
ments In her home. NO. signor," she
replied, nothing bnt racko,e .
WhatY" queriod the lawyer. Rack
cts-the things they put In graphic
phones"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
Tho Noisy Woman.

One unhappy, notoriety-seeking wo-
man. In search OF real mate" Will
make more noise than 10000 mis-
tresses OF happy homes who would not
severaily exchange places with tho
queen OF the lndies.--St Louis RepuD.
Tic.
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Modern inventions. says Mr. Taft.
are fast making farm life very desir-
able. True; but think how much
more desirable II would have been II
that free list bill had not been vetoed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14

Why is 10 that so many people suffer
with lame Back? Hamlins Wizard OIL
will cure it and for Aches. Sprains,
bruises. Cuts. Burns. etc, there is moth.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14
IndestruotlbIe VIA sIlk

Chinese wild silk Is said to be
practically indestrucuble. II can be-
buried for over a year without great
IN effect
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The Beef Trust. like the rest of
them. is never without an excuse for
a rise In prices --Atlapts Constitu
ton.
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II yca have built castles in the air.
your work need not be lost: that is
where they should be- now put
foundations under tbem.-T horeaa.
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A tasn never gets too old 70 remem.
Der some Of the things that never 90
CURED when no was a boy.
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II the average man has occasion To
generate a good, hearty laugh once a
month. he Is playing fl great luck.
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LOST 20 POUNDS.
In Bed Seven Weeks With Terrible
Kidney Trouble.

A. Dearth. Main ST., Camden, o..
says: Il was in bed seven weeks with
kidney trouble and grew worse in
spite Of all the doctor could do KID
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14

hr~. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup tor Children
teeihinz' soitens the gums, reduces innamDn-
tlon, nllhys peln, ourea Wind cole. 2sc q hotiln.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-11-14

A woman's idea Of mans RESPONSE
bility depends on how be IL dressed
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a Paranhrare

You take close notice OF the places
to which people are invited"
Yes" replied Mrs. Cumrox: in
our circle invitations are the SINGER
est hattery"
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Joaquin Ber-
II a + d o Calvo.
He has a big
family which.
with the min
lister himself.
represents a
small country.
thriving how
ever II is said.
ev e n though
lIS geographic
al limits are
not widely eX.
tended. T b c
Calvo family
is one aft
err Theodore
r o o s @ V elt's
heart. L h ere
n r G I W g | v e
children in II.
From father
and IN O [ h g T
down to the
youngest child.
a little girl
four years old,
every member
OF this Costa
Rican family
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time OF his marriage was, II he will forgive the
expression. underng in his countrys ega.
ton. He left here with his wife to accept higher
post abroad and finally he made the Spanish
minister to France. Now he is back in the native
city OF his wife the head OF embassy in
which once he was subordinate
The American spirit seems to take hold OF for
eigners soon they reach this country The
ambassadors. ministers and attaches who have
young children, almost invariably send them TO
the public schools. to the dsmay OF the preceptors
and preceptresses OF the private schools which
are attended by the children OF many rich Amer
leans. who for some reason seem to prefer the
private institutions OF learning to those which are
equipped and managed by the public.
The minister from Costa RIGA is Senior Don
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The Parson-Rastus, eff de Lord ON
Judgment day should say to yo', What
yo' done do wifi all dose chickens yo-
stole?" What would yo say?
Rastus-Parson. might say dat NAH
wife done cooked 'em, but yo' know
man amt. compelled to testify agin'
his wife
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matte corps, or, as someone has put 1t.
through the medium OF marriage. for
an astonishingly great number OF the
foreigners accredited to Uncle Sans
capital arc the happy husbands OF
American wives
In one or two cases in which the
wives OF the diplomats are not OF
American birth. they are OF American
education, and this has been true ia
many instances of the helpmeets OF
the men who have come from the
Orient to represent their newly awak-
ened countries in land where liberty
has lived for something over CEN
fury
Take It all I'm all the foreign colony
In Washington is interesting, not only
In its work. but I'm its personnel. OFF,
cial and family. Baron Uchida. the
japanese ambassador, was chosen
Tor his post in part at least because
once upon time he had served I'm n
Junior capacity as an attache OF his
governments legation in the Ameri-
can capital. Moreover, his wife. the
baroness Uchida, received her entire
education In the United States. She
is a graduate of Bryn Mawr. and IT f.
rather the usual thing for her tn Leave
Washington and society and diplo
matte demands behind her to spend a
lew days each month under the hos
pitable roof of her alma mater.
There are seven members OF the
japanese embassy in Washington. but
only one besides the ambassador has
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T needs no intimate
knowledge OF state
craft TO let one know
that foreign govern
ments. when other
t h ings are equal
among candidates. are
careful to select as
their ministers or am
b a s s doris to the
United States men
who know something
about conditions in
this great democracy.
either through previ-
Gus subordinate serv-
fna hove q, thA lS-tA
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With CUT IN HEART
Man IS Still ALIVE
He Waited 10 Hours Before
Treatment

Berlin, Feb. "A young Bavarian
mason has had a magic recovery from
"a knife wound Some time ago lie
was stabbed to the heart in a brawl,
and the nature of his wound was 50
serious that he was not expected ID
survive. After simply bandging the
wound, the young man, prior to seek
ing attendance at the hospital, went
about for sixteen hours.
AT first the doctors were inclined to
think that the heart was not pierced,
but an operation proved that wound
2 centermeters in length had been in
flicted upon that vital organ. The
blood gushed out profusely, and the
most stringent styptics had to be en-
ployed before the wound was stitched.
In few days time the normal pulsa-
ton Of the heart was resumed, and
the fever abated, Within a month
from the date of the ARRAY the patient
was released, completely cured.