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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
REPORT MADE ON
MICH. TAXATION
USUAL TREND. FROM AD vALoR-
EN- TO EARNINGS METHODS.
Is REVERSED IN THIS
STATE.

washington, ID. c., July 31.-In a re-
port made public today by the com
missioner OF corporations, Herbert
Knox Smith. on the system of taxing
manufacturing, mercantile, transpor-
tation and Transmission corporations
In the states of Ohio, Indiana, nli-
nois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, the fol-
lowing concerning Michigan appears:
The totAl state revenue In Michigan
from taxation in 1919 was nearly s12,-
100000. " this amount as per cent.
was from@corporations.
The important corporation tax In
Michigan is the ate-administered ad
valorem tax. 1t is levied at the aver
age rate OF taxation and applies To
railroads, telegraph, telephone, ex-
press and car companies. other state
taxes on corporations, though compar-
atively uhimportant. are levied at spe-
cified rates upon the paid-up capital
stock of canal and river Improvement
companies and upon the net profits of
plank and gravel road companies.
Taxation by any of these methods is,
in Michigan. denomlnated by statute
Specific taxation Revenue there
from is. by constitutional provision,
applied 10 the primary school fund on
ly.. Revenue for support of the state
Is from the general property tax.
Double taxation has been judicially
declared Unconstitutional. Where the
corporate property is taxed shares are
exempt. Specific taxation is in lieu of
other taxes on property used In the
operation of corporate franchises.
Administration in Michigan was for
. short period as highly centralized as
II now Is In Ohio. From 1899 to 1905
the state Board OF Tax Commissioners
had power To change of its own mo-
tfon any and ali local assessments not
made at true cash value. 1t can do
so now only upon appeal.
The trend. elsewhere almost univer-
sal, from the al valorem TO the earn
ings method was reversed by Michi-
gan. Corporations which formerly
paid on gross earnings are now taxed
on. the al valorem basis Wisconsin
has followed this change.
Michigan S.ss the first to value al
railroad property within the state ac-
cording to the Inventory method sup
plemented by a consideration of the
effective earning capacity" Probably
the physical valuation of railroad pro-
perty for taxation purposes had never
before been attempted on so large a
scale.
Taxes collected from railroads In
1910 amounted to about $4,400,000 (37
per cent. of the total state revenue
from taxation tnsurance companies
over $4S0.OOO, telephone companies
s324,OO other corporations about s1S3,-
900. and the general property tax some
thing over $6OOO,Oo0.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
GREAT VICTORY
FOR RAILROADS
HIGHER COMPUTATION RATES
ON ROADS IN AND OUT OF
N. ". HELD TO BE REA-
SONABlE.

Washington, ID. c., July 31.-Tht
proposed increases I'm commutatior
passenger fares by leading railways
operating I'm and out of New Yorb
city were today held by the Interstate
commerce commission to be reason
able. generally, except in the case o
the Pennsylvania railroad whose com
mutation rates were declared excessive
and ordered reduced.
Commissioners Harlan prepared the
opinion for the commission. What IL
regarded as the most important hold
ing from the viewpoint of the railways
is that IL takes full jurisdiction ovel
all communication rates and assumes
under the existing law the power tc
regulate those rates precisely as II
regulates straight passenger fares and
freight rates.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
BUT FEW FATALITIES.
Good Record Shown by Steam and
Electric Roads in 1910.

Lansing, Mich, July 31.-According
to the report of the state railroad COM
mission, the business of transporting
people over the steam and the electric
lines of the state during the year 1910
shows good increase over the pre-
ceding year.
There were 219.66,O02 passengers
carried on steam and electric lines
during the year ending June 80, 1910,
of which the steam roads carried 21,-
93S,992 and the electric lines-which
includes municipal street railways
total of 1877, ,O1O passengers, an in
crease i'm business for the steam roads
of 1881 ,294 passengers and 26.S70,44i
for the electric lines over the previous
fiscal year.
Electric lines killed one passenger
out of every 9,415,572 carried. while
the steam roads killed one to every
1,s2s.249 carried, the. number killed on
electric lines being twenty-one, and
twelve being killed on the steam lines
Only FIVE electric railways employees
were killed, while eighty-six steam
road employees met death in the course
OF their occupation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
GREATEST MICHIGAN CROP.
Wheat and Beans Beat All Records
Much Fruit Also.

Detroit, Mich. July 3i.-Thc great
est crop of farm products in the his
tory of the state will be harvested In
Michigan this year
The fruit crop will be exceptionally
large. the absence of late frosts Civ
ing the trees chance to blossom
early. The wheat crop will be 2,OOO,-
900 bushels larger than In 1910. and
will approximate 100000 bushels.
Beans, first reported dead because of
the dry and hot weather. will show
a yield of 100000 bushels, or 1.5O0.-
900 bushels greater than the 1910
record of 6,5OO,O00 bushels. Late po-
tntoes are showing good. state author
tiles estimating a 24.000.00O bushcl
yield. The early potato crop was a
failure, because of the drouth. The
sugar beet crop will be worth $1,000
600 or 100000 more than last year.
or $4,000, 600 more than In 1909.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
Hearing on Coal Trimming.

Boston, Mass, July 31,-COmmis-
sioner McChord of the Interstate Com
merce Commission held n hearing in
Boston today on the complaint Of the
against the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road. The New England company
complains that the railroad is charg-
ing for trimming coal in barges at Nor
folk and other points and claims that
the charge is no longer justified as the
trimming or levelling is done without
extra charge since machines supplant-
ed manual labor i'm the work.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
Twenty Millions in Concern.
PEOPLE WITH GOVERNOR.
Hartford Attorney Says Sentiment i
For Second Term.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, July a.
Governor Osborn. I'm justice to MIN
self and his friends, should make an
other run for governor" was the en-
phatic statement today of Attorney c
NJ. Van Ripper OF Hartford, who is In
the 500 on business, with Attorney r
B. stark Of the same place.
Attorney Van Ripper discussed the
situation at some length and declar-
ed that while the republicans i'm Hart
ford and other parts of the county did
not ask Mr.. Osborn to express himself
they would. insist that he be a can
didate in the primaries
Insist is exactly the right word,
declared Mr.. Van Ripper. "for tnat Is
what it will and does amount to now
I'm my district we. have felt that
Governor Osborn has not been given
square deal for a fair shake by the
legislature. / have travelled about my
county considerably and know the sit
uation. From what l can learn from
others about the state, the people arc
with the governor even if the legisla
ture is not.
at is the opinion OF Hartford re-
publicans that Governor Osborn. In
view of this fact. should accept Sec
ond term and perhaps changes then
will enable him to accomplish some
of the things tnat the people want and
that the governor advocated ano
would have gotten through If he had
not been antagonized by some un-
friendly members of the last legisla-
ture.
IF the expression Of my county Is
any criterion of wnat other counties
feel In the lower part OF the state. they
will insist that Governor Osborn gt
back for a second term and carry out
the policies he has In mind and which
the people of the state want. To entel
tne primaries as candidate agair
will only be fair to the hundreds o
old and new friends that he has made
during his term i'm office as chief ex'
ecutive of the state"
Attorney Van Ripper IL well knowr
I'm the southwestern part OF the state
His father, Judge Jacob J. Van Ripper
was attorney general OF the state be
tween 1881 and 1885, and for six years
was regent of the U. of N.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
1T WILL DESTROY AIRsHiPs.
New Gun Of American Bureau of Ord :
nance Solves Problem.


Washington. ID. c., July 31.-A gun
with an instantaneously acting sight
which will scatter projectiles that In
turn will explode and scatter more
oJectiles-fanwise- speeding
aeroplane has been perfected by the
war department officials at the Water
vliet IN. W arsenal. Ordnance ex-
perts of all the great armies of the
world have been coping with this
problem. They say they will prove at
Sandy Hook In the very near future
that the danger from aeroplanes load
ed with destructive material has been
met and obviated by American skill
and ingenuity All previous models
were rejected as faulty. The new gun
Is entirely the work of the bureau OF
ordnance of the war department, at
the head OF fhich is Gen. William Gro
zier.
The American gun is based on q
series of secrets. one of the most i'm
portant Is the projectile itself An ex
pert who described It said that perhaps
the best comparison of the effect of
such shot mt night would be the well
Known shower uf stars i'm pyrotechnic
displays. The space covered. however.
would be infinitely larger.
Experts say, too, very confidently,
that unless the secret OF the explosive
should be discovered. this effect canno :,
be initiated by any other nation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
IN THE JUSTICE COURTS.
Several Assault Cases and One of Non
Support.

Peter Klinkert was brought before
Justice Jackola Saturday afternoon to
asnwer to a charge of nom support. Al
ter hearing the evidence the case was
dismissed. IL being contended th9re
was no ground for action.
Nick Butkovich was arrested and
brought before Justice Jackoia this
morning, charged with assault and
battery. Complaint was made by Bolas
Horvath. The defendant was found
guilty and fined SIS and costs. 1t ap-
pears that both the complainant and
the defendant are partner trammers
at the South Kearsarge mine. The al
legged assault is said TO have taken
place last Friday evening underground
while the men were pushing a tram
car to the shaft.
A dispute over chicken trespassing
resulted in Mrs. Joseph RACE, of Cop
per City. being brought before Justice
Jackola this morning to answer to
charge of assault and battery. the
complaining witness being Mrs. Ida
Koski The defendant alleged that the
complainant killed a number OF her
chickens with stones, and that she re-
tallated. The court reprimanded the
woman, and ordered her to pay the
costs of the case.
George Koistunen will be brought be-
fore Justice Fisher today to answer 10
a complaint of simple assault prefer
red against him by Leonard Wiiimahn'
sausage maker for Baer Bros. MT
whitman alleges that the defendant ad-
vanced toward him at Bear Lake one
day last week with a knife and gun In
each hand. and threatened to XIII him'
II the evidence warrants. the charge
of simple assault may be changed 10
one of a more serious nature.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
War Over Morocco Very Unlikely,
IT Is Believed, but Kaiseris
looking for Many
Conce ssions
DIFFERS FROM .ALCfRICAS
Germany Will Not Be FeoIed Again
Wants Important Naval Base
And is Likely to Get it,
France Fooled Also.

London, July 31.-War over north
west Africa will be averted; but Ger
many. in the opinion of astute OBJ
servers in all the capitals, will not
be foiled now as she was by the out
come of the Algeclras conference. She
will succeed In driving an extremely
hard bargain with the, members OF
the triple entente. That she will Sc
cure immensely valuable territorial adj
vantages-possibly not all Of them In
Africa--is regarded in Berlin as a NOR
al certainty Her chances of an Afri-
can naval base are the subject of
much interesting speculation.
William III. the most brilliant mon
arch I'm Europe since Napoleon Is play
ing the greatest game the last eighty
years have witnessed. and cool -headed
Brltons and Frenchmen concede that
he is bound to score heavily In the
matter of "compensatlons."
Two of the controlling considerations
in the present activity OF the German
foreign office, according to the sug-
gestive theory uf a London publicist
in close touch with Sir Frederick Pol
lock- have an American end. First
comes the desire of the emperor and
his advisers to find somewhere sure
future arena for Germany's expanding
commerce and colunizlng enterprise
Ten or fifteen years ago the kaiser
believed II could be found I'm South
America, but the revised Monroe doc
trine smashed the idea. What was lost
in Brazil is sought In Africa. The
pressure of tho financial interests ON
the Berlin foreign Office is continuous.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
new CIBRALTER
FOR GERMANS
ISLAND OF HELIooLAND WILL BE
CONVERTED INTO FORTRESS
RIvALINe THAT OF
ENGLISH.

berlin. July 31.-What is regarded
as one OF the most important steps
yet taken toward strengthening Ger
man sea powers will be accomplished
tomorrow when the entire Island of
Heligoland, which commands. the en-
trance to the great ports OF Hamburg
ana Bremen, will be taken over by mil
itary authorities and converted into an
independent fortress rivaling Gibraltar
I'm completeness of defense. 1t will be
manned by u separate force Of troops
and officers and will be constantly
equipped with a supply of ammunition
sufficient for all emergencies.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
Committee Investigating Steel
Trust Is Anxious to Learn
About tennessee Coal
& Iron Deal
HIS STORY IS OF GREAT VALUE
II is Hoped His European Engage.
ments Will Not Deter Him From
! Appearing Before Inquiry is
Conc l u Q d.

New York, July Silt was made
known here last night at the head
quarters OF the house of representa-.
tives committee of inquiry into tn,
United States Steel corporation tina
the committee Is now deslrous OF hear.
gan with regard To tn absorption OF
the Tennessee Coal a Iron company by
the Steel corporation I'm 1907. Tha
a subpoena will be issued within a few
days for Charles NJ. Schwab, former
president of the United States Steel
corporation. also was revealed. MIR
Schwab has just returned from Eu-
rope.
Since so many important witnesses
have defended Mr.. Morgan for his par
in the negotiations which led to the
consummation OF the Tennessee Goal
& Iron requirement by the Steel cor
poration, the desire of Chairman Stan
lev and other members OF the com
mittee to hear Mr.. Morgan have In
creased. Lewis Case Ledyard, attor-
ney for oliver Payne, who first sug-
gested that Mr.. Morgan be called i'm 10
suggest the Tennessee purchase by
the steel trust. calmly defended Mr..
Morgan before the committee yester-
day and denounced the intimatiOns
that n conspiracy existed at that time.
Mr.. Ledyard also intimated i'm his tes-
timony that an effort was being made
In the Investigation to manufacture
political capital.
''rhe best man to defend J. Picrpont
Morgan for his act In the Tennessee
Coal a. Iron transastion," Chairman
Stanley said today. 'is Mr.. Morgan
himself. sincerely hope that Mr..
Morean's engagements In Europe viii
not deter him from appearing before
the committees investigation is con-
cIuded Mr. Morgan's own story Of
that transaction and the momentous
event nj the time of that financial pam
ic and the effect of the steel trust
transfer In the midst of II are certain
to he of great value"
Mr.. Schwab will be asked particular
ly about steel prices and the Steel cor
noration's power In steadylng the mar
ket prices of steel products through
out the country. Mr.. Schwab VIII he
a willing witness. the members of the
committee and representatives of the
Steel corporation say.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
U. p. MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Menomince is Selected as the Next
Place of<Meetinq

At the concluding session of the an
nual meeting of the Upper Peninsula
Medical association at Escanaba tho
following officers were elected for tho
coming year
President-Dr c. L. Glrard. Escana-
ba.
First Vice President-Dr. Edward
Sawbridge. Stephenson.
Second Vice President-Dr. A. w
Hornbogen, Marquette.
Secretary--Dr. c. r. Elwood. Me-
nominee.
Menominee was selected as the place
for holding the next convention. which
will be held on dates TO be decided
later
All of the papers that were pre-
pared for the Escanaba meeting were
read at the sessions Thursday. so that
there was nothing to do at the last
session but to elect officers and select
Delta County Medical association.
the next meeting place.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
BEER INDUSTRY PROBE.
Government to Find Out What In
gredients Are Used.

Washington, d. c.. July 31.--with a
view to ascertaining just what ingredi-
ents the brewers of the United States
use in the manufacture of beer. ale,
porter and stout. a series of important
hearings was commenced in this city
today by the board of food and drug
inspection of the Department of Agri-
culture. One OF the points upon which
the board desires light is the meaning
of the terms lager and ."bock" as
applied to beer. The hearings are al :
so likely to determine whether any
domestic brews are masqueraded under
the names of foreign products. Mas
ter brewers from many parts of the
country have been summoned to tes-
tify.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
DIED AT RockLAND.
Mrs. Ellie Chynoweth Passes Away at
Homo Sunday Evening.

News of the death at Rockland last
evening of Mrs. Eliza Chynowetn. Wild
ow of the late Richard Chynoweth,
was received in Houghton this morn
Ing. Mrs. Chynoweth was about 76
years of age and was well known
throughout the copper county. Sne
had been Ill for several Weeks past.
Mrs Chynoweth was born In Eng
land and came to America in the ear
ly sixties with her husband, the late
Captain Richard Cnynoweth, who was
brother OF James Chynoweth OF CAL
umet. She Is survived by five daugh-
ters, Mrs Frank Chynoweth of Cen
tennial, Mrs. A. +. Campbell of Chica-
go. Mrs. Joseph wiessen OF Rockland.
Mrs. E. Miller of Baltic and Miss
Emma at home. She also leaves n
brother, Joseph Bascombe of Rock
land.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
TOSS OF COIN DECIDES.
Upper Peninsular Miner Starts on
25th Trip Across Ocean.

Marquette. Mich, July 31.-w J.
Pryor. miner at Ishpeming, Topped
coin to determine whether he would
cross the ocean for the twenty-fifth
time or remain in Ishpeming for an
other year. Before tossing the coin.
Pryor said that II IL landed on tho
ground face upward he would leave
for his old home in England. to remain
until spring. The coin fell face up, and
In less than ton hours was on his
way to New York He usually has
made his ocean trips at intervals of
one TO twp years. but Il is now three
years since his last visit to mis- native
land. Besides crossing the Atlantic
twenty -four times. he has made two
round trips from England 70 South
Africa. He Is 50 years of age and he
expects 10 spend several more years
on the Marquette iron range
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR.

Dannemorany. N. Y, july Si,-
Charles L. Green. an Albany county
mrmcr was eioctr cuted today at Clin-
ton prison for the murder of his four
teen-yea old daughter near New
Scotland a year ago. The electrocu-
tlon had been twice stayed by Cover
nor Dix against the wishes OF the con-
demned man. who told the counsel he
wanted TO die. A confession by Greens
wife That her unfaithfulness had led
60 the shooting failed to save him.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
COLORADO SPRINGS CELEBRATES

Colorado Springs, Colo, July 81
with the city gayly decorated and
thronged with visitors Colorado
Springs today entered upon a week of
gaiety i'm celebration of her fSrtieth an
niversary Aeroplane flights, wild
West exhibitions, Indian dances. street
pageants and numerous other attrac-
tlons have been arranged for the en-
tertainment of the visitors.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

This decision dispUses OF the cases
in the lower courts against the mer-
ger. the issue remaining to be fought
out in the higher courts. The injunc-
tion proceedings I'm the circuit court
of Hougnton county were decided in
favor of the Calumet 4 Hecla, and am
appeal to the supreme court has been
taken in this case. The proceedings
in the federal court at Detroit also
were decided in favor of the G. a.. H.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
NAT GOODWIN IN STOCK.

Los Angeles. Cal. July 31.-Nat
Goodwin appeared in a stock company
for the first time in his career on the
stage of the Auditorium here this af-
ternoon. playing his old part i'm Aug
ustus Thomas's play. "In Mizzoura."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
WEST DECIDES
AGAINST C. & Il.
INGHAM CO. CIRCUIT JUDGE
GRANTS TEMPORARY INJUNc-
TIoN TO PREVENT PRO-
POSED MERGER.

Lansing Mich. July 31.-(SpeciaD-
Judge Weist of the Ingham county
circuit court has granted a temporary
injunction restraining the Calumet 4
Hecla from proceeding with the pros
posed merger of copper companies.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
KNIGHTS coLUMBus MEET.

petroit. Micn. July 3t.-KniShts of
Columbus from all parts of the United
States. from Canada. Mexico. Porto
Rico and the Philippines Islands are
arriving in Detroit for the first event
of the long programme to be carried
out at the national convention of the
order. which is to be held here this
week.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
GATES STILL VERY ILL.

Paris. July 31.--The condition Of
John w Gates this afternoon was still
considered grave. The pneumonia has
not gained any headway but neither
has Il receded.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31

When broom is beyond use for
sweeping purposes, cut the broom
straws straight across about five or
six inches below the stitching and II
will be found excellent for scrubbins
porches, walks, etc.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-31
Largest Canada n Navigation
Firms on Great Lakes Are
Entering Into Large
Combine
CAPITAL OF TWENTY MILLIONS
Proposed Consolidation Probably Will
Control Greater Portion Of Cana
dian Shipping Trade on
the Lakes.

Duluth. Minn., July 31.-Plans have
been completed for the consolidation
or half "A dozen or more of the largest
shipping corporations of the Canadian
side OF the great lakes. II is said that
the greater portion of Canadian trade
ON the lakes will be controlled by the
combined companies and will take I'm
all OF the larger Canadian lines now
operating on the inland seas. Several
of these compaies operate large pas
senger and freight lines TO ports on
Lake Superior and nearly all of them
trade with American ports. Such a
corporation. IL is said, will enter into
strong competition with some OF the
largest American steamship lines i'm
bidding for Lake Superior and upper
lake trade. especially that of the Can
adlan ports.
Twenty Millions in Concern.
The new combination will represent
capital of $2O,OOO,OOO. mostly invest
ed By Canadians, IL is said. Included
In the companies which are going in
to the consolidation. II is reported, are
the. Northern Navigation Co, the
Richeieu q ontario International
Transportation Co, the Niagara Navi-
CATION Co, the Hamilton Steamboat
Co, and the Peoples Mutual OF To-
ronto.