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The Washington times., 1911-01-04
BOARD OF TRADE
TO BOOST ROLLS
Organization Decides to In
crease Membership In
stead of Dues.

The dues of the Board of Trade are
not to be increased from $40 to so q
year: but an effort will be made to in
crease the membership instead.
This action was determined on at tht
monthly meeting OF the directors held
yesterday afternoon.
The announcement was made by Gen
eral Harries 10 rthe committee which
had the matter In charge. He said
many members declared they preferred
to bring in a new member to paying
double dues.
The resignation OF Gen. John M. VIII
son from the Board of Trade was read.
The board refused to accept II. d. j.
Callahan was named as chairman Of a
committee to call on General Wilson
ana urge him to recall his resignation.
General Wilson'S reason for resigning
was stated as advanced age and de-
sire to be relieved Of further duties.
No other business came before the
meeting. Before adjournment General
Harries referred to the publication in
The Times yesterday of the crisis be-
fore the Chamber of Commerce in the
candidacy of D. ]. Callahan for first
vice president. He said he did not
think 1t necessary TO make any defense
OF the Board Of Trade or himself, but
referred to the allegations in that re-
spect as lies
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
TAFT WILL IGNORE
ADVICE OFLEADERS
President Makes New Year Resolution to Hoe Own Row
in Future, as He Finds His Own Judgment Better
Than That of Politicians.

President Taft made a New Yea
resolution on January ] which Ii cafcu
lated to make certain Of the Republi
can leaders in Congress feel that they
are being slighted.
The President, after calm reflection
of the first two years of his Administra.
ton, has come to the conclusion that
during the next two years It would be
good idea 10 be President Of the Uni
ted States without the advice Of nu-
| merous members of the party who
forced themselves on him with a view
to shaping his course and his policy so
that it would be in accord with their
own. In other words, Mr.. Taft is going
to run the job Of President as he
thinks II ought to be run, and without
regard to the wishes of any one else.
President Taft, it can be stated on
the best of authority, has decided that
he has been badly advised, and that
much of the criticism which has been
beaped on his Administration has been
due to the fact that he needed the ad-
vice of Republican leaders who con-
WINGED him that this. that and the other
thing ought to be done because of po-
litical expediency.
Tariff Advice Unsound.
The President traces this unsound ad-
vice back to the early days Of his Ad-
mintstration, when he accepted the
judgment of such men as Aldrich,
Payne, Dalzell. and other standpatters
on the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill as
against his own judgment.
That he accepted this advice at its
face value was indicated by his speech
at winona, Mimi. when he declared the
bill to be the best tariff law put on the
statute books. The President has been
forced to modify his vews on that SUBJ
ject very materially.
His New Year resolution also was
prompted by the advice of the stand
patters at a time when the insurgents In
both branches of Congress were ready
to line up with the President in favor
of popular progressive legislation. The
President was induced to cut loose from
this element In the Republican party
and even to go so far as to deprive
them of patronage In their districts IN
an attempt to make them act IN mar
mony with the views of the regulars.
Has Seen Error.
The President has since seen the error
of that move, and acknowledged it when
he restored the patronage in the closing
days of the Congressional campaign.
He has given further evidence Of his
confidence in the progressive Republi-
cans since the beginning Of the present
session by consulting with them at fire.
quent intervals. These are but a few
Of the incidents which led the President
to believe that the advice given by
few of his self-appointed advisers, for
rurely selfish purposes, was unsound,
lmpolitic, and Of a nature not calculated
10 meet with popular approval.
Perhaps the one thing more than all
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
GIVES HER DANCES
Of ANCIENT EGYPT
Ruth St. Denis and Russian
Orchestra Appear at
Columbia.

Overcoming numerous obstacles, Miss
Ruth st. Denis and the Imperial Rus
sian Court Balalaika Orchestra finally
made their appearance at the Columbia
Theater last night.
night, because the scenery and property
trunks got lost on the way. and 1t was
not until time for the orchestra to start
the overture that the baggage arrived
last night.
Miss st. Denis was billed for several
dances symbolic of the customs and re-
ligion Of ancient Egypt" After delay
of more than an hour the curtain went
I'D On the Ealalaika Orchestra, and the
audience, after the first number, felt
that 1t had been well rewarded for the
long wait.
Orchestra Numbers.
Playing mandolin-like Russian instru-
ments. the orchestra PLAYED "The Song
of the Mowers" followed by THE Chill
drens Christmas Comic Street Song"
and two other Russian folk songs.
Miss st. Denis, whose dances are ia
miliar 10 almost all Washingtonians, ap-
pears first in the Invocation to the
Nile" The scene is laid on the banks
of the River Nile, near the Temple Of
Hapi. Miss St. Denis, with arms and
body swaying to the weird music, danced
the Prayer to the Nile Gods"
Miss st. Denis is unique, to say the
least. She has conceived an individual
style of dance that is all her own and
that has not been initiated, and the per-
formance holds the audience in rapt
attention.
Feast of Eternity.
Miss st. Denis second number, THE
Feast OF Eternity created something
OF a sensation. 1t was impossible for
the audience to understand why the de-
lay in the arrival of the wardrobe
trunks had delayed this number. The
scene is laid in the Banquet hall Of the
place of the Pharaohs.''
The dance itself is called 1.-THE Tam
boura." A large company Of performers
take part. All are barefooted, and
dressed according to Miss st. Denis
idea OF the costumes OF ancient Egypt,
which doesn't seem to be very elabo-
rate or extensive.
The other numbers were the Veil Of
Isis" and "The Festival of Ra." The
first represents the sanctuary of the
and the second the dance of
day, typifying the rise and fall of
Egypt"
The orchestra numbers between the
dances were enthusiastically applauded,
and a balalaika solo by Mr.. Tropanow-
ski was especially pleasing.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04

I else which convinced the President oi
the advisability of cutting loose from
tina Republicans who have, heretofore
had his ear on all occasions. and on ali
matters of party policy, was his review
OF his actions, which were free from
suggestion and advice, particularly In
the matter of his judicial appointments.
Appointments Satisfactory.
The President early made 1t known
to all members of Congress that his
judicial appointments would be made
without regard to party politics, and
that ability would be the sole considera-
ton. The President never has deviated
from that policy. and the result has
been that his judicial appointments have
been uniformly we'll received throughout
the country. Each and every one of
these appointments was made on the
Presidents own judgment and with sat-
isfaction to himself and apparently to
the country.
In reviewing the first half of his Ad-
ministration, the President reached the
conclusion that had he followed his own
judgment in all matters of party policy,
as was the case in appointing judges,
he would have escaped much OF the
criticism directed at him, and that his
Administration would be far more popu-
lar throughout the country that it is
today.
Assuming that President Taft's New
Year resolution Is on a more solid
foundation than most New Year resolu-
tions. the Republican regulars who have
bringing the President over to their
side on most matters of Importance, will
shortly discover that their influence at
the White House is thing of the past;
hot flnxy in hn AZ nd
give advice, but that the President will
proceed in the future on his own de-
liberate judgment. He has come to the
conclusion that he is not trained poll
tician and that it is poor policy to
permit Republican leaders to shape his
course from the point OF view Of a
politician.
Light on Lorimer Case.
One evidence OF the Presidents deter
mination to cut loose from the ''Old
Guard in the Senate is to be found in
his determination to have the light
thrown on the Lorimer case.
The leaders in the Senate were
anxious to hush up the Lorimer scan
dal. and for a time 1t seemed that they
were in fair way to succeed, counting
on President Taft to keep his hands Off
1t developed today. however. that a con-
siderable portion OF the correspondence
between President Taft and Colonel
Roosevelt had to do with the Lorimer
case.
In one Of his letters Colonel Roosevelt
is known to have declared that It would
be an outrage for the Senate to accept
the report of the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections, and he urged the
President to use his influence to have
the matter threshed out on the floor of
the Senate. That the President has
finally decided to do so is the first visi-
BILE evidence of his determination to act
quite independently of the wishes OF
the Senate leaders.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Illinois Senate
Gusts Bribe Taker

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. 4.-SenatoI
Holtslaw, of Iuka, will leave town to-
day. an expelled member of the Illinois
State senate.
The new senate steering committee,
at a midnight session, following the
determined finally that Holtslaw cannot
remain in its membership as a confessed
bribe-taker of $500, for his vote for
William Lorimer for United States SEN
ator.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Colored Woman
Killed BY Motor Car

The body of the colored woman who
was killed by an automobile at Massa-
chusetts avenue and Second street
northwest was identified at the morgue
this morning as that of Mary Talbert,
thirty years old, Of 13 Dingman place
northwest.
TIE machineswas driven by Leonard
Henderson, coored, of 1926 First street
southwest. She died an hour after
reaching Casualty Hospital.
Henderson was arrested by police of
the Sixth precinct. An inquest will be
held tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Consul General Carroll ;.
Better After Operation

The condition of William 8. Carroll,
consul general at Dresden, Germany,
during President Cleveland's Admins
tration, was much improved today, and
hope is entertained for his recovery.
Mr. Carroll was operated upon at his
home, 1900 Massachusetts, avenue. yes
terday for malignant stomach trouble.
1t was said today he passed satisfac-
tory night, and is improving.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Homeopathic Society
Elects New Officers

A new corps of officers today will
take up its duties IN the Washington
Homeopathic Society.
A meeting Of the society was held
last night at the Shoreham Hotel, and
the following officers were elected:
G. c. Birdsell, president; W. r.
Buchanan, vice president; J. r. Sharp,
secretary; ]. H. Blanson. treasurer;
Julian NJ. Greene, librarian; L. d. Will
son and F. A Swartout, advisory
board; R. Munson and Martha Burritt,
board of cenSors.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Goodyear Company Cuts
Automobile Tire Prices

AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 4.-Made possible
by a decline in the cost of pure para
rubber gum, the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company has announced a re-
duction of 10 per cent in price of cas-.
ings and Is per cent in price of tubes.
other manufacturers Of automobile
tires, it Is expected, will make similar
reductions
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Business Leaders Coming

One thousand leaders of the COM
mercial life of the United States will
meet here January II, when the forty
first annual session of the National
Board of Trade convenes at the New
Willard Hotel. Since its organization
in Philadelphia during the early part
OF 1868, this organization has been a
power in the country.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
To Address Confederates

All Confederate societies of Washing
ton will gather tonight at the Confed-
crate Memorial Home, 1922 Vermont
avenue, when DR.. Clarence ]. Owens,
commander-in-chiefo of the Sons of Con-
Sederate Veterans i'll spea. At the
meeting plans will be perfected for the
society play which will be given by
the home during the latter part of the
month.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Pastor Dead At 50.

PROVIDENCE, r. /, Jan. 4.-The
Rev. Daniel Worcester Faunce, father
of William H. P. Faunce, president of
Brown University, Is dead at his home
here. Mr.. Faunce was eighty-two
years old.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
NORfOK 8 WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT 90.
ADJUSTMENTS

Modern Steel Palace Steamers.
Ola Point CemfOrt-Norf0l
And All Points South.
Leave Washington Daily 0s45 p. M.
City Ticket 0faces Bond DuildsnE,
New York Ave. and 18th 80.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Heaviest Office Holder
Dies; Weighed 500 Lbs.

ELIZABETH. N. J.. Jan. 4-william
Eckerson, who was probably the
heaviest office holder in the country,
weighing over 500 pounds, Is dead at
his home here. Pneumonia was the
cause.
The Washington times., 1911-01-04
Wins With Her Hatpin
In Duel With Burglar

GREENWOOD. S. c., Jan. 4.-In
struggle with burglar who attempted
TO stab her. and in doing so cut off her
psyche knot, Miss Ruth Pinson drew a
hatpin and put the man to fight.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
As To PardOns.

In the ancient days, W h II
Christ in person taught the chill
dren of men. he SAID, blessed
are the merciful Tor they shall oh
tain mercy"
"Not So" says the scorner, sit
ting in high scorn. Its a mis-
take. a misprint, and should be
corrected at once. Strike it out
and write, Cursed is he who
showeth mercy, for verify he shal
catch hell-and we will help ad
minister it,"
So the scorner sits in his scOrn-
cry and deals damnation round
the land" but a double share he
gives to the one found guilty OF
mercy.-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
Kill More Than Wild Bears.

The number of people kill year
ly by wild beasts don't approach
the vast number killed by disease
germs No life IS safe from their at
tack. They're in air, water, dust,
even food. But grand protection is
offered by Electric Bitters, which
destroy and expel there deadly dis
ease germs from the system. That's
why chills, fever and ague, all ma
larial and many blood diseases yield
promptly to this wonderful blood
purifier. Try them, and enjoy the
wonderful health and new streagth
they'll give you. Money back, it
not satisfied. Only soc. at all drug
gists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
The Little Things TAat Count.

When q people get lax in ths
little things, it is not a long step
to laxity in the big things. We
Americans are already criminal
l.y lax in smaller things, and are
getting more 80 every day. One
hears on every side the CONS
plaint OF the failure OF the small
courtesies. Notes are left unac.
-knowledged; engagements are
not kept nor the reason explain.
ed; courtesies extended receive
no recognition. 1t has even got
to the point where presents fail
Of proper and just thanks. Too
much is being taken for grated.
Our conditions are so prosper.
Gus: our pace is so fast; relatiye
values are getting muddled up,
and the little courtesies t h al
sweeten life either are lost sight
OF or lack proper and courteous,
recognition 1t 1s not that We
do not know our manners. We
do. But our lives are too rush
ed, and rush always means care.
lessness. Our thoughts, too, are
are keyed to the superlative; to
the big; to the imposing; to the
thing that is sizable. And t he
whole trend is not only uniortn.
nate but disastrous as well; for
life is not made OF the big things
it is q fabric woven Of the little
things, of the little courtesies, OF
the little thoughts: and the mo.
ment we lose our true relation
that these hold to the sehsme OF
living, we lose the essence that
makes for sweet, happy, and sat-
isfed living. We cannot afford to
make our lives so busy as to ren.
der ourselves insensible tojthe lit.
tie thoughts that come to us
from another, from the seeming
ly small courtesy, from the appa.
rently insignificant present. With
these and in these are sometimes
found the deepest thoughts, the
truest friendship, and the only
true thing that, after all is said
and done, is worth holding on to
in llfe.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
Plsyentat,ves Of Typhoid.

'tNtH 0sS"VSuS"sAVCSv " yp"vM' ~
The Union county physicians
have published the following in
Monroe Journal.
August. September, and Octo.
ber and the typhoid months.
September is the month ofgreat-
est susceptibility to the disease.
II you wish to escape the fall
epidemic, take the following pre-
cautions: o
1. Keep your premises rid Of
all d4caying organic m a t t er,
weeds, watermelon rinds, slops,
fruits, chips, etz. Give your pre-
misses throught drainage and
keep them dry.
2. Clean out your privies, sta
bles, and hog pens once a week.
Keep the surface privy ground
covered with lime.
y B.. Screen your windows and
doors, Kill flies with tanglefoot,
fly powder, etc. Chase every fly
that comes in; kill him as you
would q rattlesnake. If any OF
your neighbors have typhoid,
don't let a fly come in at all. !,
4. Be sure that your drinking
water is pure and the source not
contaminated.
s. 1fyou are helping with Q
typhoid patient, disenfect all &C.
cretions promptly with lime, car.
bolic acid, or bichloride of mer.
curry. Always wash your hands
after handling a patient. Be
sure your food and water are
neither fly nor hand infected,
Don't fail to h"lp yonr typhoid
neighhor in time Of need, but du
these things intelligently and in
a safe, sanitary way. Is fre-
quently happens that those who
steer clearest OF typhoid get it
first.
6. If you begin to have that
characteristic tired feeling with
headache, general aching, chill.
uess, loss o' appetite, coated ton.
que, call your doctar at once,
don't wait. The earlier you be
gin the fight, the better and
more quickly you win.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
A Pcer Into His Pockel

would Show the box OF Bucklen's
Arnica Salve that z. 5. Loper. u
carpenter of Marilla, N. Y. always
carries" l have never had cut,
wound or bruise, it would not soon
heal" he writes. Greatest healer OF
burns, boils, scalds, chapped hands,
ane lips fever sores, skin eruption,
eczema. corns and piles. s5c at all
dealers. 4
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
Good Roads What They Mean.

/ 0Oou hOads-- what They Mean.
Wilkes boro Chronicle.
One hundred million dollars for
good roads! One hundred million
times as much money as the gov
ernment ever spent to make the
country roads a little easier for
traffic! That is what a prominent
United States senator recently
advocated. Think OF it. just to
ill up the ruts and the holes to
make pulling trifle easier for
q lew tired farmers horses!
Why? because the people of the
United States has atlast come to
zee that there is but little else in
this country 80 fundamentally
necessary to the welfare, OF each
citizen as are good roads. That
is the answer. 1t appears, on the
face OF it, a perfectly simple an.
swer, and one that at a r 8 t
thought does not provoke. much
interest and arouse no astonish.
ment. and ypt theg ospel otgood
roads has come to mean saliva.
tion for the dying towns and the
sick communities as well as for
thntgreater evil-the high cost
OF living.
Never before in the history of
this country has there been such
an awakening as that which has
resulted recently from the scien.
t,flc study of the economic con.
ditions now in existence. The
citizens physicians who made
the diagnosis have stated that
bad roads are at the bottom of
the existing high prices ofnecess-
itirs. Why? There are several
answers. One Of them IL best i'll.
ustrated by the story OF the wo-
man in a small town who recpn.
tly went into a grocery store and
asked the price OF eggs. The
storekeeper quoted his price.
"Why!" she exclaimed, "That
is more than they ought to be at
this time Of the year-6 cents
more than | ever paid before"
II know that" replied the Mer
chant, "but it cant be helped.
The roads have been 80 had lat
ely that the farmers won't bring
in their products.''
That is the Whole story in u
nutshell. There are many 9th
ers like it, some more important
than Others. That same woman
probably placed her order with a
mail order grocery house, leo
wing the express company to de-
liver the goods irrespective OF the
condition of the roads. The mer
chant in the story lost q custo-
mer, the farmer lost q chance to
market his products, and the wo
man finally found that she had
paid a big price for her goods al
ter all and all of this because
the roads were bad.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
Right in your busiest season when

Right in your busiest season when
you have the least time to spare yon
are most likely to take diarrhoea
and lose several days time, unless
you have Chamberlain's Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand
and take dose OH the first appear
ance of the disease. For sale by all
dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17

ponsible because it is responsive,
and representative because it re-
fleets the will Of the people them.
selves or not at all, is at hand.
The stigma will be re moved from
party mechanism because the
cogs, wheels and leavers OF mec
hanlsm without which no party
can be run, will be composed of
the people, The people are bonnd
to have their own way, and they
are gett'rn IL
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17

For Summer diarrhoea IN chill.
dren always give Chamberlain s
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and castor oil, and speedy
cure is certain. For sale by all deal.
ers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
SKgDNEYpIILS
4 " M sees se.,s H.s.s.ptc 1so 2llposs
F'urniture

Having purchased all thestock
sin the business of the Boone Fur
iSgii1pre Co.,l am prepared to sell
SOU >anything in nv line at a
Ssery reasonable figure. Dreseers,
bureaus, Chairs, Bed Steads, Bed
sS9inas, Mattresses, etc. Give
lhA \ a call when in need Of any.
rbing in he line OF. furniture.
eT Store in Watauga County
ssnt Building. ~
Respectfully,
JESSE F. ROBBINS.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17

Never leave home on a journey
without bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoer Rem.
edy at hand and take a dose on the
first appearance of the disease.
For sale by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
{, S,C0|FFEY,
ffORNEk Al la W

DUDNU, n. C.- f
rrompt attention given to
U matters Of a legal nature.
Abstracting titles and
1 oli4ctien ii claims. a special
~ .
&. /. 1-1,11.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-08-17
s!SIo,NAL
VETERINARY SURGERY

a / have been putting much study
on this subject; have received my
Sdiploma, and am now we'll equipped
for the practice OF Veteri ary Sur.
gerry in all It's branches, and am the
4 only one in the county. Call on or
address me at Villas, N. G. X. F. D. 1.
G.. H. HAYES,
- Veterinary Surgeon.
5.17.r1.