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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-05
SOME TAX ANGLES

: SOME- IAN ANOLES
Frank W. Koralesh, secretary
board of assessors, states he does not
believe in the Illinois law that capital
stock shall be taxed. Because the
law is there make the assessment"
he says. Several different ways of
making assessments came out yes
terday Koraleski assesses one
fourth of capital stock; David M.
Pfaelzer, another member of the
board, assess one-ffth; clerks in the
Office subtract the full real estate and
tangible, property valuations from the
full capital stock value and assess at
one-fourth. =
No separate account of taxes paid
on capital stock has been kept by the
county treasurer or clerk. To get at
how much slipped by since 1911, it
will be necessary. to overhaul all
books and tax bills ~.
Pfaelzer said: Il believe the state
ment that $500,000,0O0 escapes taxa
ton on capital stock value. l have
never made any effort to assess such
stock at full value
All the officials concerned say that
the Supreme Court decisions call for
full value assessment. The habit of
assessing at less than full value or
not at. all, loses Cook county $9,166,-
166 year and hits the small tax
payer right where he lives.
Among the taxdodgers named at
the board of assessors meeting yes
terday we're David R. Forgan. banker,
James Hamilton Lewis, United States
senator; James A. Pugh, Augustus
Peabody, Mrs. John R. Winter
botham, Edward 1. Cudahy and Mrs.
John Worthy.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-05
"J. r. R.".IS CLAIMEplaf !

The mysterious j.. R. R.,ffss5tthe
speechless man, who has been inHhe
care of the" county at Oak Forest
since November was ssYesterday
claimed by Mrs. He aRitkin, $3.50
Groveland Park, asher son. Earl w.
lies, who has been missing Since 1896.
She took him home with her, al
though her other SON and daughter
declare she. is mistaken in her identi-
fication. IL
The mans case has created nation
al interest. In June, 1907, he was
found on railroad tracks at Waseca,
Mimi; unconscious An operation
was performed and it was found part
of his brain was gone. He cannot
speak He merely makes strange
motions. 'f---e .. sz.' -a-
Mrs. Pitkin says she last heard
from her son in 1906. He.was in Me-
vada then. ---- ,.-,.---
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-05

Tampico harbor, expects Commodore
Azueta, with the HueFta fleet, COM
prising the Progrezo, Bravo and Ear
agoza, to attempt blockade before
the AntiIla reaches that port.
Mayo's instructions, up to the
presen, unmodifedt are to prevent
any blockade,
Torreon, MeKaJuneg 5.--GpRstitu-
tionalst officials in the confidence of
Gen. Venustiano Carranza tedaNEde-
clared the new con constituencies
cabinet hadsbeen selected, and would
be announced. by the first chief
himself whenghe reaches Saltille.f
The portfolios of public instruction
and agriculture have not yet beeMas-
signed, although Carranzasl has in
mind men for the positions. + sos, e
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
INTENSE INTEREST is DISPLAY.
ED VOTERS SWAMP CON- I
GRESSMEN WITHLETTERS. IL
SENTIMENT DIVIDED ON THE
MEASURE BUT IT is Ma
TON WIDE.
lcharles Drooks Smiths

WASHINGTON, DC, March 2O.-.
On unconditional question which has
confronted thet administra.
ton have the voters back home dis.
k'ayed such an intense interest in and
bias for or against, as in the Panama
canal tolls issue. This seems strange
or the face of it.. since the issue Il
hardly to be classed as a domestic
one, but rather foreign in its char
Iacter. 1t has aroused a nation-widc
sentiment, brought down torrent
| Of letters upon senators and repre-.
tsentatiyes from their constitutes
which they did net expect, and bids
fair to be the Invest kind Of an issue
before congress settles it one way Of
the other, and in the fall campaign
and who can say how long there.
after.
The tariff bill when It was pend.
ing caused not sucii excitement OF
the public mind. That was due prob,
ably to very general acquiescenct
30, the belief that the tariff was going
TO be revised downward. that the
Democratic party leaders regarded
their party's success at the polls a.
q Ieommand from the voters te. dp: that
very thing. and there was no use try.
Ing to oppose it. It was knownydur.
Ing the presidential campaign, and
better known when the election re.
turns were footed up, that the tarin
plank in the Democratic partyGplat-
form would be carried out Ii WOOD.
row Wilson had his way, and it was
shortly made apparent after his In.
anguration that he would most Ger.
tainly have his way. So the country
settled back and said to the tariff re-
risionists, .'go to It." we are Will
ing to stand the consequences OF the
application of your low tariff theo-
rles, income tax and all. Seeing that
You are bent on doing 1t SCOOTER or Ia
ter, Just make. 1T sooner, and cut
loose. Then the country settled
hack. folded its hands and awaited
the outcome Of thu job. Aud IT is
still waiting to see how II all pans
ant. haea.aN s.;,1, - . -. SIS - 75l51
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
Personals ll,l

4 Mrs. J, Harvey steele, Of Little
Falls. is spending "a few days with,
relatives here. Il, Z, q .{ilss
Miss Mabel stoneking isyfll of ty.
phoid fever at her blhome in State,
street. 40 " f.sa.s,,
Mr.. William Holland. sof Guffey
street. went TO Little Falls yester.
day for a short stay. 5ss ga
Mr.! !. b. Crow. of a street, has
been quite Sick for several days. &
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25


ars OF congress assembled In Joint
'ession. than everybody. or almost
iyerybody who Is anybody back home
tand in the eyes of congressman nm
Tor reelection everybody back home
Who has q vote is. indeed, somebody
ot busy at tlis pleasant and patriot
g duty o. writing his respective sem
Itor or representative and telling
him what position he should take on
he tolls subject Il has swept over
he country with a eontag ipns US pro:
aounced as the tango craze or the
lge5of- Ann connundrnni, and letters.
are pouring In on the men who have
the votes TO decide the question by.
load: lit has
peen raining letters ever since tlia
Question was sprung by the distinE
|suished resident OF the White House,
and It Is still sra5ning letters. No
member OF congress, when h q comes
10 vote for or against free tolls for.
American ships In the coastwisei
trade, will lack any information as,
\ to how his constituents stand on It..
He will have all the Information he
neds, and whole lot more than nc
needs, which g viii no doubt be glad
to pass around 10 somebody who
lacks, or thinks he does. a sufficient
supply.to meet hisswants. X
Interview the com ressipnaI$re
ents about the general tenor OF THIS,
avalanche of correspondence, that has,
Islidi down upon, them, andgisstilllslid-
ing, ELECTS the breezy Information,
shat either a few E.men like crest
dent Wilson and Ills Premier; are
right on the tolls 8 proposition and
some hundreds of thousands Tor: isit
millions?); intelligent American citi-
zens who have different convictions
End the courage, time, patience and
ability2toiset them down on letter-pa-
|pers rStlie, guidance ofstheir. senator's
land representatives, ARE fhopelessly
land patheticallys; wrong, or the army
of.letter writer's are beautifully right
labout tsandl the ;presiden and his Of
acial5 family are iagloriously III tie
wrong Thesd Difference Is so great as
TO be out Of alEproportion. Farybe 1t
from swiseSand conservative cilronizz
cler to say which side is right and
which isiwrong. Far5befit from the
careful and prudent historian Of
eyentssasst TREY pass q! even guess. z
But, nevertheless. the yfact IS that,
SO far as the American people are
concerned, there will'have to be a;lot
iofiedueattonalIw work done by theLm:sL
|sionartes OF the dominant party to
bring around "a sufficientipart OF the
mass of theSpublic to serve as a back.
ground of formidable sentiment to
the presidents position as TO canal
polls. In view OF ,theSvise-like hold
he has had on. the members: ofhis par:
,ty in congressfint the matters of stariff
and other past paN performances.
the campaign fseducation should not
be "a hard nor and unsuccessful enc
among the Democratic members
They long ago signed away their in
dependence, heirright to,think and
act for themselves. and their votes.
Outside of congressional Halls it may
not be so easy. itRut may be it Ii
thought that the voters don't figure
in much as an important factor in
dealing with foreign nations as to
policies to be pursued. 4. i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
February Charters.

CHARLESTON -According to the
report Of the secretary Of tile state
.slxty-four charters were issued during
the month of February to resident
and nonresident corporations. The
report shows the receipts to- have
been s4,322.0o: Among the large
resident corporations chartered were
the King Pocahontas Coal company
Niyians4 v. Vac capitalized at. $7,s
900, 000;s Oil Fields OF West Virginia.
Charleston, s2,oOO.OOO, and Imperial
Oil and Petrol Company, Charleston.
100000: 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
The Toll Question VIII Be
The Liuest Kind OF An Issue

/ process OF making, and the members
Of congress didn't receive anything
like the numbers of letters they might
have expected to get. Nothing like
what they got in previous tariif-mak-
ing years. There must have been,
indeed there was "a fine spirit of self
abnegation praeticed by tile sturdy
,eonlanry during that particularspe-
Rod in not taking pen in hand and
writing their senators and represen-
tatives their tariff views, advice, and
telling them in general and specific
terms where to head in on the tariff;
lquestion or what to expectsthe next
time they bobbed their craniums
above the surface and asked fora
vindication at the hands or the isover-
eign and mighty voters. in the shape
Of reelection. AS the American peo-
pie are more addicted to the letter
writing habit. when 1t comes toad
dressing their congressional servants,
than any other people In tile civilized
world, their failurel TO adhere to the
practice when the Underwood bill
was formulated Is entitled to be set
down as another one Of the worlds
wonders.
When the currency bt.l, was pend
ing the selfsame, abstemin business
from the quill apd the inkpot was no.
ticeable to even a greater degree.
The bankers did correspond, but not
until they.were urgenuyrequested to
10 so. And it is admittd on, all sides
that IL was u very good thing that
they did SO. The general verdict now
is thatsthe bill in its original form
was u bad one. even thought 1t was
satisfactory to President Wilson, and
hesso announced at the. time, as was
the taritfs billswhen it. passed through
theihouse The senate, Il Is agreed.
saved the day for both tariff and cur.
rehcy from the Democratic stands
point, providing. that the day, oraany
particularly important part OF 1t
thereof was saved which time and
events will have TO prove. The same
indifference on the part Of the pa
triots back lone who can. write and
Iiave the price of postage, and the
Iaypically American characteristic of
telling their senator or representative
In congress what TO do and what nor
to- do, and'what they may look for to
Happen to them If they vote. such and
such way, or fail SO to register
their formal opinion-the same In
difference has attended the journey
ofthe Five brothers so far as they
have gone, which hasn't been yer,
far, nor in very. straight or definite
course. The Five prothersr being
the --latest addition to the. antitrust
family (which; originated lin New Jer-,
seyi with the seven sisters legisla-
ton Of the Governor Wilson regime.
The grand army Of American letter
writers held aloof from the battle
field during these; three skifniishes.
But now the. canal tolls ID question.
AHA, that Is different. Just why
and how let the reader figure 81 out
for him or herself. Sat any rate. ST
Is different all right. For mo- sooner
had the president 1tsped his 237sword,
message entitled $40 sitf Now.=righti
or wrong. meaning the repeal or
that part Of the canal law swfichlp pro-
vides for free tolls, into The startled
- 80 - glr-T
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
Class Will Have Bannnet

Mrs. j. B. Levelle's rclass OF the
First N. P. Sunday school will en-
JOY banquet at the church. Thurs
day evening. A contest was. held re-
Gently by the class in which the
Reds Won, and the banquet is giy=
en- in their honor by the. Blues.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
Reception for Ladies.

FgA reception for the ladies OF the
church will be given Friday evening
at the Diamond Street NJ. E. church
by the Ladies' Aid society. A short
program will be given at 7:solo'clock
followed by refreshments and a So
,ciel hour, 1t is desired that all la
dies connected With the church in
any way will attend this reception.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25

~ = II t4A8s NitstH M NbA- - ~ ~
Mrs.. fAaa gfdy. Coz. of. Beafon
CIV, Mo- ) Retat g. sdpf: Sit q
With pleasure ! write to expreas my
thanks for the benefi I hayetrn.
eetycd from the tiac o. your med.
eirts, namely, Dr.. Pierce,4' @ oldcn
Mndleal Discover. Fayotite Pre-
fefipton land Pleasant Pellet. I
was q gtcat sufferer from stomach
and neryc trouble far,nearly sigh.
Teen months Was eoniitet "a bcd
,fos six months with inflammation %
stomach caused from indigestion.
hadaix doctors, IN nli treating fne
but. grew worse all the tine none
Of them could do mo nny:Yoodl III.
nahy 1wfoteto you for advice which
u thank folly received. and Shaso
taken eighteen ebottiea Of Golden
Medical Discpvcfy,f and 2 Fayorite
Prescription, and seyefal yialS OF
shavef felt for several months-can
do my tworl which I'neyrrpspceted
.slsi &c, z shs Inc t,n r.ss.amsed seur
uon aud neftoe. ~ 4Ae5i gali = 1Illlii ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
Purchased Lot.

Mr.. Forney Pride has purchased a
lot in Diamond sstret of Mr.. Lutte
Brown and expects to erect modern
residence in the near future.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
NewT Seats

New seats will be placed in the
Sunday school room at the First NJ.
P. clurchsin the near future.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25
5FelllD,eaald.

a Fell Dead. IA ~
PARkERsBuRG orrin H. Bar,
her, a well SknownEoils man. sfell dead
in his home ut 1906 st. Marys ave-
nue., about nine O'clock Tuesday
morning. Mr.SBarber lad arisen for
the dayand was fully clothed! Mem:
bers 81 the family found lin lying
dead in the bath room he having
been stricken while there and fell
Ioyersd dead. Mr.. Barber had: been com:
planning for. some time and he was
suffering with heart trouble and 9TH
er! complications which caused his
death. Whileshe had been able to be
out and about, his condition was
known to be bad. s 3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-25

Initiatiolnls.

Invitations will be, held Friday
evening at the regular meeting Of
Waneta Council No. 6, D. Of P. A.
full attendance Is desired.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18
LOVE LAUGHS AT LAWS"

The old adage, Love laughs at
locksmiths.' will have to be revised.
in the light of modern developments,
to Love laughs at eugenic marriage
laws" For over in Wisconsin,
where they have a brand new Gu
genie law, couples are laughing at
the sages who passed it, and the of
ficials who are trying in a half-heart-
ed way to enforce it. All they must
do Is to slip over into Michigan,
have the knot tied, and then return
triumphant to their homes. 1t seems
to make no difference to the couples
that they are liable to Indictment,
even if married in another state, un-
less they conform to the eugene re-
quirements of the act. AS the wife
in one of the clipping couples said.
%defiantly: We're married; what can
they do to us?" What, indeed, can
the authorities do? Residents of
other states will watch with breath
less interest this experiment i'll
guaranteeing the purity of the race.
Thus far the law has had a stormy
career and a disastrous one, and
with the doctors and intending eou-
pies leagued together with the full
purpose of defeating it, the celebrat-
ed engenic marriage law of Wiscon-
sin can hardly be anything but a joke
and a dead letter on the statute
ere the year runs its course.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18
VIEWS ON TANGO.

The vicomtesse de Rancougne. a
sister-in-law of the Count de la
Cree. who married Miss Nancy
Steele, daughter Of Charles Steele. OF
J. p. Morgan & Co, returned recent
ly to New York with her husband
after a honeymoon through Costa
Rica and other Central American
States.
over the teacups at the Plaza no
tel, she gave her opinion on the much
tangled tango question, or better, the
tango crusade.
THE question is a very simple
one" she explained. The tango is
essentially a Latin product. II is
slow and II not danced correctly,
sensual"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18

trio power section will be delivered
by the Hon. II. f. Bartine, chairman
State Public Service Commission
This will be followed by a discussion
by representatives of the state and
this discussion will be followed by
a talk by R. NJ. Alvord, manager of
the supply department of the General
Electric company.
Labor Leaders.
The president and secretary of all
labor unions in the state of Nevada
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18
RATTLESNAKES AN
INDUSTRIAL HAZARD.

Rattlesnakes infesting a country
where road work is goin on constitute
an industrial hazard" and a work
mar bitten by a snake is entitled to
compensation from the state indus
trial insurance fund, according to
a ruling contained in the report OF
the state industrial insurance COM
mission made public at Olympic,
Washington. this week. The COM
mission granted a claim for injury
benefits.
Other peculiar Incidents are re-
corded in the report. A boy shot a
workmen in the eye with an air gun.
The commission accepted the gun as
an Industrial hazard and the claim
for injury was paid.
A brutal boss does not constitute
a hazard within the meaning of the
law as interpreted by the commission,
however. and a man who was whipped
by his employer was denied a COM
p~ensation. A similar ruling was
made in the case of a workman who
was sought ont by an enemy and kill
ed. the commission refusing to grant
a pension to the workman's depend
ents. Another man went in search
of fruit during the noon hour and
fell out of a tree, receiving injury.
lie was not allowed compensation.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18

have been invited to this Industrial
Safety Conference.
Letter From Mr.. Dunn.
Prof. j. G. Serugham,
University of Nevada.
Reno, Nevada.
Dear Mr.. Scrugham
acknowledging receipt of yours
dated the LIST instance, the Oregon
Short Line will be very glad TO CO.
operate with you and have one or
more representatives at your indus
trial conference on the 26th and 9th
instant, and If practical for me TO
reach there will surely do SO.
wishing you and yours the COM
pliments of the season,
Very truly yours.
j. G. DUNN.
General Manager"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18

The program for the convention OF
railroad apprentice instructions will
consist of formal papers by the fol-
lowing apprentice supervisors: Thos.
G. Gray, Sacramento; Z. II. Gillette,
West Oakland; II. Van Wiebe, Los
Angeles; c.. w. Andrews Santa Fe
Co, at Richmond: l.. e. Abbott Com
missioner OF Safety of the Oregon
Short Line.
Electric Power Section.
The chief address of the cleo
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18
NEyADA's MINING PROGRESS.

The Engineering and Mining
Journal for January 10, in review
OF mining in the United States for
1913, states that during the year Ne
vada's progress has been at a rate
consistent with its best traditions"
Following are extracts from the re-
view of the industry in this state:
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18
Mason Valley.

Among the producing mines of
the Mason Valley mining district in
1913 were the Nevada Douglas Cop
per Co., the Mason Valley Mines Co..
Mcconnell Mines Co., Ma1aehite. En-
pire Nevada, Blue Jay, New Yering-
ton, Montana Yerington, Yerington
Mountain. Yerington Copper, Smith
Valley Mines Co., and others of less
er Importance. The district produc-
ed approximately 100000 tons of ore
containing Is, 900 pounds of copper,
$500 ounces gold and 40 ounces
silver.
The entire production was treated
by the Mason Valley Mines Co., at its
Pompton, Nevada. smelling plant,
which was improved by the installa-
ton of a converting plant. Here
after the company will ship blister
copper to eastern ~refineries. In con-
sequence of this installation the plant
will be able to treat more siliceous
ores. The company's own mines OPP
steadily in 1913 and shippe d
about lis, 900 tons of ore. Develop
ment work was vigorously pushed
and satisfactory results we're obtain
ed in diamond drill prospecting.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18
BARTHOLDT'S

Congressman Bartholdt, of Mis-
souri,, has given grape juice a setback
by declaring that it contains a great
er percentage of alcohol than beer.
1t will now be guessed that our
great secretary of state made a SINH
lar discovery when he switched from
grape puice to the juice of the pine
apple; but perhaps the latter has not
yet been Observation-Disclosures
Press.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18

"If we are good we will come back
to earth a number of times"
Some people prefer to take no
chances on that possibility"
"How's that
They prefer to lead double lives
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18

arrive about January 16. This
is the fist time that this exhibit has
be taken outside of New York. IL
will be used In the Industrial Safety
Conference"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18

tons monthly in its ~120-stamp mill
and cyanide plant at Blair. There
we're one or two small "excitementsa
during the year. but nothing of i'm
portance was opened.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18
Exhibit shipped.

Advices received from julius krutt-
schnit, head of the Hartman sys-
TEN in New York City, are to the eff
feet that the exhibit of the American
Exhibit of Safety has been sent to
Nevada in charge of A. Weigandt to
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18

When a man becomes famous all
the knockers in his neighborhood be-
gin to sit up and look around.-New
York American.