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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
new YORK BANK
MADE ~S8o,00O,o00
GEO. F. BAKER TELLS OF INSTITU.
TOMS ENORMOUS PROFITS.
262 PER CENT DIVIDEND
Financial Triumvir Declares There Is Nc
Improperly in One Man Holding
Directorships in Competitive
Institutions.

Observation-Disclosures profits by
the First National Bank of New York
City were recounted by George +. Baker,
chairman of the board of directors OF
the bank, as a witness before the house
money trust committee. Mr.. Baker fur
nished the committee with records show
ing that since its organization in 1868,
with a capitalization of 100000, the
bank has made profits amounting to
more than $780, 900.
In the four years since 1908, Mr.. Ba.
ker told the committee, the bank had
paid dividends of 226 per cent, or more
than twice the total capitalization,
which is now 100000 600. When the
capital was increased to that amount in
1901 a special dividend of SO, $780, 900
was declared, Mr.. Baker said, to enable
the stockholders to take up the addi-
tional investment. In 1908, in order to
provide $~10,000,000 of capital for the
organization of the First Securities Com.
pany, to take over the business which
the bank could not do under the law"
Mr.. Baker said a special dividend Of
$10,000,000 was declared. This was in
addition to the regular yearly dividends
Samuel Cntermyer, counsel for the
committee, from the figures supplied by
Mr.. Baker, calculated that since he as.
sumed the presidency of the First Ma.
%tional, in 1878, that institution has paid
dividends of 1850 per cent on its orig.
nal capitalization.
Mr.. Baker flatly opposed the sugges-
ton made by Mr.. Untermyer that ma
tional banks be required to make public
their assets, in order that depositors
and stockholders might know the nature
of securities held by the banks, the wit
ness declaring that he saw no possible
good that could come of such a pro
vision.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
100000 FOR e
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
APPROPRIATION IMPROVEMENT OF
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
ALABAMA GETS $1,439,5 500
Total Appropriation Amounts to s4o,.
so0.0o0-Arkansas, Mississippi and
Tennessee Rivers Are Va
riously Remembered.

Washington.-The first pork barrel'
measure of the present session of con-
gress was reported to the house when tho
house rivers and harbors committee
brought In its annual appropriation bill,
providing $40, 300 1000 for the improve
ment of rivers and harbors throughout
the country. The committee agreed on
the measure after a stormy session that
lasted several hours.
The largest single appropriation in the
bill provides &c. O0 900 for the improve
ment of the Mississippi river from the
head of the passes to the mouth of the
Ohio. Other Mississippi river a~ppropria-
tions are:
One million dollars for improvement
from the mouth Of the Ohio to the mouth
of the Missouri to Minneapolis, and
$1s5,00o from st. Paul to Minneapolis.
For work on the Missouri river, $780,
600 is provided; 100000 to be ex.
pended from Kansas City to the mouth
of the river, $4,000 from Kansas City
to Sioux City, and $15O,OOO from Sioux
City to Fort Benton.
Improvements on the Black Warrior,
Warrior and Tombigbee rivers in Ala.
bama call for 81, o3s500.
Mississippi-Gulfport harbor and Ship
Island pass, $1,000; Big Sunflower river,
$4,000; Pascagoula and Dog rivers,
$4,000; Yazoo river and connected
projects, $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures river, South.
west Pass, $500 1000; Mermentau river to
the Sabine river, 100000.
Arkansas-Ouachita river, $500, 500;
Arkansas river, $4,000; Red river,
$4,000.
Tennessee - Tennessee river, above
Chattanooga, $4,000; between Chatta-
nooga and Browns Island, $685., 900; be.
low Florence and Riverton, 500, 900;
below Riverton, $4,000.
Arkansas-Cache river, $4,000; St.
Francis and L'Anguille rivers, 1000;
Saline rvier, Arkansas, $1,000; White
river, $4,000; Black and Current riv.
ers, $4,000.
Tennessee-Between Fulton and the
mouth of Wachita, $4,000; Cumberland
river, above Nashville, $4,000; Cumber-
land river, below Nashville. $1,000;
French Broad river and Little Pigeon
rivers, $4,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
MANUFACTURERS
EXPRESS FEAR
AFRAID FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS
WILL INVADE COUNTRY.
UNDERWOOD MAKES REPLY
Says Committee Not Legislating on Fear
or Imagination-Gcrman Manufac-
facturers Most Dreaded by
Americans.

Neutrality-suspicious. that foreign prod.
ucts would invade and injure the Amer
lean market were expressed in the tes-
timony on the metal schedule of the
tariff before the house committee on
ways and means. The committee heard
arguments from representatives of manu-
featuring and producing intcrests-print-
ing presses, the zinc industry of the
Rocky mountains and the Joplin fields,
the wooden screw manufacturers, of
which the American Screw Company con.
trolled 40 or As per cent, and the $40,-
100000 output of machine tools and
numerous other products-presenting a
virtually solid front against revision of
the present tariff rates.
Keep on the tariff as 1t stands or it
will work a hardship to American in
dustry," was the consensus of the senti-
ment of witnesses, all under oath, pre-
scribed by the chairman.
Chairman Underwood pointed out that
the committee was legislating for reve
nue. for the present and not figuring Oh
what might happen in the future.
This committee" said Mr.. Under
wood, Cannot legislate on your fears
and on the conditions that you say you
expect. The committee ought to legis-
late to meet conditions when they arise"
Germany's constant lowering near the
customs line as a serious competitor Of
the American industry was the constant
source of complaint in testimony. Rep
resentatives of the printing press, ma
chine tools, tinsel wire and other articles
told of the menace of German competi-
ton, and several manufacturers COM
planned that foreign competitors were
quick to copy in detail all American
improved methods.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
MADER0 MUST STEP DOWN
He Will Not Serve After Wilson Is
Named, Says Arkansan.

Fort Smith, Ark.-President Madero
of Mexico will not serve after Gov. Will
son is inaugurated as president of the
United States, according to DR.. C. S.
Bungari, who returned from a six weeks
business trip to the former country.
Americans in Mexico, he says, generally
understand that Madero's reign of power
is rapidly waning. Frightful scenes of
desolation, ruin and famine are reported
by DR.. Bungari.
The rebels are destroying everything
they can lay their hands on, he says.
Their destruction will ultimately cut off
their own food supply. He believes the
rebels have destroyed much American
property and are now threatening to
coniscate belongings of European sub
jects.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
FLEE
RAGING WATERS
OHIO OUT OF ITS BANKS, LOW.
LANDS INUNDATED.
RAILROADS ARE HAMPERED
Seven Hundred Families Abandon Homes
at Louisville-2,500 Homeless in
River District of Cincinnati

Louisville, Ky.-Between seven hun
dred and a thousand families have been
driven from their homes along the water
front here in the past "a hours by the
rising waters of the Ohio. A stage of
40 feet is predicted.
The homeless families are being moved
to vacant houses with the assistance of
fire and police departments. The cellars
and first floors of. a number of store
houses and business houses along the
river front have been flooded.
The weather bureau predicts that the
water will go over the %"cutoff" east of
the city, in which event an area of sew
eral square miles will be flooded and
about four hundred families rendered
homeless.
Railroad service throughout the state
is %impeded, not suspended.
Dispatches from many points in the
state tell of damage in homes and other
property.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17

Napoleon was the greatest egotist of
history. He was not disposed to give
credit unduly to other people. Yet he
wrote OF his mother: 1T is to nv
mother, to her good principles, that
! owe my success and all l have that
Ia worth while. l do not hesitate to
say that the future OF the child de-
ponds on the mother" All through life
ne ordered his brothers and sisters
around, and paid slight heed to rela.
Oves of any sort. Yet he always treat
ed his mother with respect, and she
IN her turn never lost her head, but
thriftily laid aside for the
days Of adversely which she saw were
bound to come. This influence of
mothers Is inevitable, says the Kansas
City Star. The father is away from
home a large share OF the time. 1t is
70 the mother that the child turns. She
h his closest companion for the first
Few years Of his life. In all the period
when his habits are forming he is con
stantly in association with her.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17

1t is astonishing how prosperous we
should he II there were no waste and
losses. We are now told that cattle
ticks cost the country 500, 0OO, 900 a
year. If we remember Alright, the de-
partment of agriculture has told US
that rats cost us as much as that, and
several other varieties Of vermin and
Injurious insects rob US of as much or
larger sums. The underwriters tell US
that nearly all the s24O, 900, 900 a year
We lose in CONGREGATIONS is prevent
able, and the doctors tell us that the
greater part of the sickness, which is
. tremendous drain on individual and
national resources. is p%reventable
Some time we may stop these leaks.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
Will Fortify Guantanamo,

Misunderstanding Meyer of the
navy department told the house com
mites on naval affairs that Guantanamo,
Cuba, was to be fortified to protect the
eastern entrance to the Panama canal.
He said that a recent treaty had been
entered into between this country and
Cuba under which Cuba grants the right
to the United States government to pur-
chase the hifl land back Of the Guam
tanamo naval station and In these hills
the government proposes to place the
Assyisst 1ortifcstions possible.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
Wireless Men Sentenced.

New York.-The three men found
guilty of a 100000 wireless telephone
and telegraph stock swindle were sen.
fenced the federal p~enjtentiary at At
lanta. Cameron Spear, the promoter,
must serve five years and pay a $500
fine; A. Frederick Collins, the inventor,
three years and a fine of $4,000, and
Charles L. Vaughan, two years. The
defendants were convicted of using the
mails to defraud in selling stock Of the
Collins Wireless Telephone Company ana
the Continental Wireless Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
HOLD UP TAFT APPOINTMENTS
Republican and Democratic Leaders FAN
to Agree.

Washington.-Eforts by Democratic
senate leaders to make an agreement
with the Republican forces for a Joint
committee to 60 over President Taft's
recent appointments and select certain
acts that should be confirmed by the
senate met with failure.
Attempt at a compromise was the re-
suit of a meeting OF the special commit
tee appointed by the Democratic caucus
in December to evolve a method of han.
ding the hundreds of appointments that
have been sent in by the president since
December IS. Leaders informally pro-
posed to the Republicans that five men,
bers be selected by each party to take
up the task of "weeding out" the pend
ing nominations. A number of Repub-
licans were called together to consider
the proposal and promptly rejected it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
OKLAHOMA ASKS S11,767,9 $50
Seeks Compensation for Schools and
Other Purposes.

Washington.-An appropriation Of
$ll,767,99o, to equalize the grant Of
lands to the state of Oklahoma for COM
mon schools and other purposes, is asked
in a bill introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Morgan of Oklahoma. Much
OF the proposed appropriation would be
used to compensate the people of Okla
homa for the loss of the public school
fund, brought about, according to Rep
resentative Morgan, by the refusal Of
congress to grant to Oklahoma, when
that territory was admitted as a state,
the land then known as Indian Terri
tory.
An appropriation of IS, 100000 was
made to the state in lieu of granting
the land.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
$780, 900 Mailed Parcels.

Washington.-Nearly two million par.
eel post packages were sent through the
p~ostoffice Of the so leading cities of the
country during the first week Of the
operation of the new service. As these
cities handle about one-half of the postal
business of the country, postal officials
estimate that between three and four
million parcel post packages were mailed
from January 1 to the 7th.
New York City led with a record of
44s,o0o, Chicago followed with 4ss DOC
and Boston mas third with $4,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
PESnLENCE is FEARED
Health Authorities Will Take Precau.
tons Against Spread of Meningitis.

Washington.-Surgeon General Rupcr.
Blue of the public health service fears
that flood conditions may increase the
danger of the cerebro-spinal meningitis
epidemic in certain counties of Arkansas.
Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. Rising
waters, the surgeon general expects,
may drive large numbers of people to.
gether under ~unsanitary conditions. Sur
gcon Won Ezdorf, the service expert on
cerebro-spinal meningitis, has been or.
dered to the affected district, and other
officers are being held in readiness to 20
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17

A baby laughs, an aged per.
son very rarely. But the smile, like
the pleasures of the palate, according
to Brillat Savarin, belongs to all the
ages of man and with normal
persons 1t is universal. Imagine a nev-
er-smiling human being, and you must
Assum that he is either a physical or
. psychological eccentricity, or both.
The ~Greenpoint youngster who shot
himself in Central park, Manhattan,
and died a few hours later, is said to
nave been known among his school
mates as the boy that never smiled"
He could work, he could study, he
could think. He appears not to have
been without affection. Yet suicide at
the age Of sixteen was the climax of a
sort OF a~bnormality which science new
er had an opportunity to analyze or
classify. The child that never smiles
demands scientific attention. In this
rather tumbled up universe occasions
FOR smiling are everywhere. Breaks
In symmetry are everywhere. An eye
that does not see, a mind that does not
comprehend such breaks, is unusual
enough to be made a study of for the
ultimate benefit Of the rest of the race.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
THE CHILD BEHIND.

Look about as you walk along the
street and see how many children you
. count chasing after or riding on
me ends of wagons In the streets. The
odds are heavy that you cannot fail to
. such a sight every time you take
NE trouble to look. Everybody sees
The sight and nobody does anything
about it. Would you believe that it is
gust as much against the law for a
child to catch behind as 1t is for a
stranger from out Of town to stop his
vehicle within ten feet of a hydrant.
Let the stranger try 1t on and he soon
nnds himself In the clutches Of the
law, says the Hartford Courant. But
let a child try 1t on and there he is.
Now the inevitable result of this utter
neglect to enforce a law that makes
Tor safety Is simply to invite peril.
Pretty soon, possibly on another page
Of the paper In which this article ap-
pears, there will be an account of an.
other automobile accident. Some ex-
citable observers will likely call it an
automobile outrage. 1t will be the
story OF how an automobile ran over
. child that had been playing catch
behind and had jumped off the vehicle
1t was stealing a ride on. The one
way to prevent these killings for
which drivers are not to blame is to
impress on the children and their par
ents that this business, which the law
forbids, must stop.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
1850 HOMELESS.
School Houses and Churches Thrown
Open to Refugees.

Cincinnati.-In the lower parts of the
city and in Dayton, Newport and Gov
ington, suburbs across the river in Ken
lucky, 1880 persons have been made
temporarily homeless by the invading
waters. In the Kentucky towns school
houses and churches have been thrown
open and are filled with refugees.
Cincinnati commission merchants and
warehouse owners whose places of bust.
ness are along the river front, have suf-
fered heavy loss. In some buildings fac
ing the wharves the water is up to the
second story.
Steamboat traffic on the river has been
practically abandoned.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17

There Is one district in China which
b going to reform the opium scandal
of the nation without any sentimental
nonsense. Opium fends under forty
are to be executed and those over that
age will be imprisoned for life, which
II rather reversing the Oslerian meth
ID So the habit IL bound to be cured
without tiresome educational bro
oesses.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
DREADED TO EAT.
4 Quaker Couples Experience

How many persons dread to -
0sir meals. although actually hunsx3
nearly al the timei
Nature never intended this shoul1
b -, for We are given = thing called
appsdts that should guide US a. y
what the system needs at any tina
and can digest
But W get In . hurry. swallow on
bod vary much ~ We shovel coal int
he furnace, and our sense OF appetite
becomes unnatural and perverted,
Then We eat the wrong kind Of food
Or eat too much, and there you sre-
Indigestion and its accompanying mio
cries.
A Phila. lady said:
NY husband and I have been sic1
and nervous for Is or 30 years from
drinking coffes-feverish, indigestion.
totally unht . good part of the time
for work or pleasure. We actually
dreaded to eat our meals. (Tsa u
bust - injurious, because II contains
caffeine, the same drug found In CO..
49,
We tried doctors and patent msm
slnss that counted MP into hundreds
& dollars. with little II any benefit
Accidentally, . small package a
Postum came Into my hands. I made
rome according to directions, with
G1rDristns results. We both liked 4
and havs not used any coftss since.
~TAe dun fesling after mealb haa
M ~ and No fssl better every way.
We ars - ven satisfied with Postuu
dat W rscommenA It toeour friends
who have been made sick and nervous
and miserable by coffee" Name gi~
- upoa request Read the little book
The Read to Wealville." In DkcsL
Postum now comes IN concentrated
powder form. called Instant Postum
II b prepared BY stirring . level ~.
spoonful IN = CUP Of hot water, ADDING
sugar = taste, and enough cream -
bring the color - golden brown
Instant Postum II conven1anhs
there's NO wasts: and the flavor 4
always Uniform. Sold By groosrs
socuD tin 20 cts.. looLcup tin 80 otA
A EcuD trial TN mailed for grooert
name and 1osnt stamp for postagA
Postum osesal O, La, Battle CrsGh
M. M
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
suffer From Plague Of Rats,

A pied piper Of Hamerlin" II neeA
I'd At Santa Paula, Cal. Thousands a
rats, and all big wood rats, have b
vaded the place, and the situation h
such that women are afraid to 80 b
church. The rats seem to have Z
preference for churches and on several
occasions have forced the feminine
attendance at services to take to the
high benches. The city authorities
are seeking means to abate the pssG
The rats are believed to have beer.
driven out Of the woods BY recent nyss
n the forests.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
WOMEN ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Let Themselves Down Wall During
Binding ~Snowstorm.

Ogden, Utah.-Swinging on a rope
made of braided strips of blankets, two
m prisoners, during a binding
snowstorm, let themselves down from y
high second-story window of the city
jail and escaped.
Mrs. Mary McGill, convicted of aiding
her husband in robbing a man, and Mabel
Wilson, sentenced for vagrancy, are the
women. McGill broke Jail in a similar
manner. He t%elephoned from Salt Lake
City and asked what 1t would cost to
get his wife out of jail.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
Groom u. Bride IL.

P~aragould, Ark.-W. d. Toler, aged
II, Of Goreyille, H., and Mrs. Elizabeth
Bright, aged II, were united in marriage
in this city. The contracting parties
had known each other from early child.
hood, the bride being a cousin of a for
mer wife of Mr.. Toler.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
ceueetlna Antloultlsa

CoIIectIn0 AntIqult100.
6lopay received . card on wNioA
was engraved: Professor BruoA
Antiquarian"
He knew NO such person, 20 his cuzA
ostty led him to receive him.
What II your business, professorf
he asked politely.
Il Am Z collector Of antiquities" -
swsred he old man.
20 I imagined. And how caA !
serve youf"
BY paying = deposit on this littls
BIN yeu have owed for more tAAs
three years"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
Army Officer Mustn't Umpire,

Army officer Mustn't Umpire.
It IL found In the army that 1t VA
not do to let officers act az umpirSe
fn ball games and orders have been
issued to forbid 1t. It seems that the
players take advantage of the great
American baseball players right T.
abuse the umpire. and it is found that
It destroys tho army discipline. vhsa
the umpire ID IN o%ficer, to have pFt
Yates call him such names a. "mut4ys
"bonehead." etc,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
STAY WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Mussulmans Pillage and Burn 100 Houses
in Keramissea,

Athens, Greece.-Mussulmans massa-
cred 80 women and children and pillaged
and burned 100 houses in. Keramissea.
in the Turkish province of Epirus, a
short distance from the Greek frontier.
The victims were driven out of their
flaming homes and took refuge in a
cavern. They were pursued by the Mus.
sulmans, who first tortured and then
slaughtered them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
Translated What Boiling Pot Said.

New York.-Favorable reports of a
midnight reading of the whims of fate
in a boiling pot of herbs brought from
a witch's cavern on an island in the
West Indies induced Mrs. Isabelle v.
Adams, widow of AL Adams, policy
king" to sign a note for 800, 900 in ia
vor of Mrs. Marguerite Gilbert, a profes.
sional medium, according to testimony in
a trial OF unusual interest in the su.
preme court. Mrs. Gilbert recognized
in her own mystic world a. "Mme. De
Bran," is seeking to recover the amount
OF the note from Mrs. Adams,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17

A California girl has given up a mil.
12nery business worth $25. 900 a year to
90 on the stage az q chorus girl at
e26 a week. says a theatrical ex.
change. Perhaps she figures that with
that income and the stage, a title u
assured her.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
Boat Races March 81,

st. Augustine, Fla.-TAs Suothsrr
championship motor boat races, the frat
to be held under the new power boat
association commission, will be run
March 81, April 2 and I. The races
will be a feature of the celebration Of
the 4ooth anniversary Of the landing Of
Ponce de Leon,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17

Among the victims Of the de luxe
nook statesmen was q blind woman.
One has long suspected that many
purchasers OF do luxe books make no
more intelligent use Of them than the
hlind would.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
Following Orders,

Following Orders.
Doctor ito Mrs. j.. whose husban1
h very iW--Has he had any lucid
intervalsf
Mrs. J.-'Ns 'Ad nothink excepo
what you ordered, doctor.-Lippin
oott'A
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-17
Will Vote for Hadley,

Salt Lake Gty.JUtah's four slsstoral
votes for vice.president will Be- east for
Gov. Hadley Of Missouri. This was ths
agreement reached by the electors.