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The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03

Lansing.-In a message to the legis-
lature relative TO amending the pres
ent primary law, Gov. Warner favors
the enactment of law requiring can.
didates to file itemized statements of
expenses in connection with the pri.
maries. Speaking OF the use of mon
ey, Gov Warner said:
There is nothing more essential to
the welfare of our people than to pre-
serve the purity of our elections and
our primaries. The use of money to-
day in politics, especially in securing
nomination for Office, Is serious ques-
ton and, in my judgment, the time has
come when all good citizens must
stand together against it. There can
be no middle ground. The spending
of money to secure political prefer
ment must be curtailed. ] would es'
pecially urge upon the legislature the
| necessity of passing most stringent
| laws against the use of money by can
didates or by corporations or individu-
ais in their interest in paying for po-
litical services performed either at or
before the primaries. The hired polit-
ical worker should be driven out of
employment. The business OF selling
political influence should be made so
hazardous that few will have the
tcmerity to offer il for sale. The legis-
lature should enact law defining the
| legitimate purposes for which money
may be spent and limiting the scope
for which money may be used either
at or before the primaries. / would
also urge upon the legislature TO con
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of requiring car.
didates, especially for such high OF
fees as governor, lieutenant governor,
| United States senators and members
OF congress, to file with some proper
official authority itemiZed statements,
made under oath, of all expenditures
incurred in connection with primary
elections, said statement showing to
whom and in what sums money has
been paid, by whom and for what pur'
pose. In my judgment it is time that
the legislature enacts such laws as
will make the corruption of the voters
of our state a dangerous business. Let
us encourage all honest men who de
sire to make a fair and clean contest
for any Office TO do so, and the fact
that they may or may not have large
fortune should nor be factor in the
contest"
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
Protecting Copper Men.

Senator Whitney had bill on gen
eral order amending the tax law so as
10 allow the state tax commission to
review assessments on complaint Of
any person. Before IL was passed Sen
ator Smith had 1t amended to provide
that the complainant must be a resi-
dent OF the township in which the
property complained of is assessed. In
doing this he was simply looking after
the interests OF the copper mines Of
Houghton county to prevent outside
interference.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03

San Francisco.-William ]. Burns,
the United States secret service agent
who trapped every member OF San
Francisco's corrupt board of supervis-
ors into a full confession of their
guilt, is called the king of detec-
tives."
Although Burns has this interna-
tional reputation as detective, 1t is
hard for his intimates to remember
always that Burns is a detective.
Thus Francis J. Heney, the prosecu-
tor with whom Burns has worked
through the land fraud cases in Ore
gon and in the San Francisco Doodle
cnses, finds his associate a source OF
continual surprise.
Burns amuses me-" said Heney
one day recently, as he looked out the
window OF his Office in the unburnt
western Addition" of San Francisco,
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
Attorney General Takes Stand.

Attorney General Bird has reached
stage where he will tolerate no non.
sense regarding his decision that the
Michigan Agricultural college has no
right to fur ,ish water to outsiders. He
has notified the sponsors of the pro.
posed enabling act that he will not
only test the matter in the courts, but
will take steps to have his opinion en-
forced if the persons who are now fur
nished with water do not secure other
water facilities within a reasonable
time. Representative Montgomery
sounded the attorney general as to
whether he would let an enabling act
stand il the legislature censured A. c.
Bird and Attorney General Bird told
him that he had no personal interest
for or against Bird, but would enforce
the rights of the state, no matter who
is concerned.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03

while Burns was whirling by in his
automobile
Look at him." he exclaimed. "He
is as placid and dignified as a lord
in his carriage"
Burns was leaning back at his ease
in the rear seat of the big tonneau,
Immediately groomed. with a look
of imperturbable boredom on his face
The lawyers associated with Heney
In the prosecution of Abe Ruef and
Mayor Schmitz were in the room at
the time, and they fell into a discus
sion of the man.
Methodiesl in Everything.
What interests me most about
Burns is that he never misses a
meal" said Cobb, Heney's partner.
81 never saw him in too much of a
hurry to take his hour for dinner at
the regular time. He is methodical
in everything. 1t is all in a days
work with Burns. and when he turns
IN at night he sleeps like a top"
Yet he never procrastinates," put
in District Attorney Langdon. Il
asked him the other night il he
thought he could get man we want.
ed and bring him to the Office in the
morning"
What's the matter with getting
him now? said Burns. Taking down
the receiver from the phone he call
ed up a saloon. His man was there.
Burns told him it would be better for
his health to surrender himself at
our Office without delay. The man
came at once
What interests me about Burns"
put In j. Dryer, another of the at.
torneys of the graft prosecution. lis
his personality. He gets the men he
Is after TO like him. Ruef likes him
now better than any of his own men.
Those two swap stories to each other
until you can't believe Burns Is work
ing all the time to land Ruef in San
Quentin prison.
He can mimic Frenchman, an
Englishman. a Dutchman to perfec-
ton, and the stories he tells sound
like good fiction. | believe IL is his
ence that wins for him"
His First important Case.
This is the story OF Burns FIRST
important case, as told by himself
1T was Ia 1890, in ST. Louis. num-
Der OF firebugs had been burning
down houses for insurance money.
They rented these houses; then they
put In velvet carpets, elegant furni-
ture, pianos and SO forth, which they
insured. A soon as they had their
policies, they would move out the
furniture. Then they would light a
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
May Not Go to LANSING.

There is doubt as to whether the law
graduates of the university will come
to Lansing this year to be admitted
to the bar in the supreme court. Usu.
ally several hundred graduates hire a
special train and come to Lansing to
get their sheepskins, but this year It
is claimed the Washtenaw circuit
judge and county clerk have convinced
a number of tGc graduates that it is
cheaper and Just as effective to be ad.
mitted to the bar in the circuit court
at Ann Arbcr.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
Hold Bliss Memorial.

The legislative memorial exercises
for the late former Gov. Bliss took
place in the house Wednesday after
noon. Rev. Luther Ellsworth Love
10y, ID. d., of Saginaw. pronounced the
invocation and addresses we're made
by Congressman Gardner. Rev. An.
gust Gardner. ID. D.. president of Alma
college: Arthur HILL Gov. Warner.
former Gov. Rich. State Senators
Smith. Moriarity and Fuller. Legisla.
tors and visitors filled the hall to its
capacity.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
New System OF sesIsteri,, Autos.

The secretary of states Office wants
to inaugurate a new system of regis
tering automobiles compelling com
prehensive certificate to be issued for
each machine. the original TO cost FIVE
dollars and $3.50 for a yearly renewal
There is also provision for register
ing chauffeurs annually and providing
them with badges at no additional
cost, but their competency must be
vouched for by two reliable persons.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03

and then branched out into making
hundred dollar bills.
I'm the letter opened found three
OF the bills which were being sent to
Taylor and Briddell by Kendig &
Jacobs, cigar merchants in Lancas-
ter, Pa, with whom they operated. ]
marked the bills. replaced them in
the envelopes and remailed the let
ter.
Later, when Chief Wilkie and
went TO search Tayler and Biddell's
place and put them under arrest ]
pried open a drawer in their desk. /
found two of the three bills | had
taken from the letter and marked.
"Wilkie was standing beside me
at the time, and l said to him. loud
enough for the two men under arr est
10 hear:
That's funny. Jacobs told us
there were three of these bills
"Briddell bit at the bait.
Burns, ne said how many men
have YOU got under arrest in this
case?'
II named every man who was con-
nected with the case. None of them
was under arrest at the time.
That's enough for me, said Bird
dell. We don't make any more trou-
bic for YOU
He gave me his full confession on
the spot. Il was opening the letter
that did the trick. or course Jacobs
had told US nothing"
Counterfeiters Caught.
An illustration OF careful detective
work is Burns method in running
down two couuterfeiters from Cen.
trail America. They were Gen. Freder-
leo Mora and Ricardo de Requisens.
These two men had been making
counterfeits in the United States OF
the 100 peso notes OF Costa Rico. Our
government was asked TO apprehend
the counterfeiters, and Burns was en-
trusted with the job. Others had
worked at it before. but all Burns had
to start with was sofa wrapped w
in burlap in which $3,000,000 of the
counterfeit notes had been stuffed for
shipment to Costa RIGA. On the bur
| lap was the mark, Xxx 1894"
Starting from this, Burns found that
the burlap had been originally used
in packing a shipment of overalls from
factory in Newburg. 1t was the
shipping number In Newburg Burns
went over the books of the factory
and found that those particular over
alls had been shipped to dry goods
store liz Long Island City. There they
piece of burlap to an old lady by
the name of Mrs. Chevins. 1t did not
look promising.
But, when Burns learned that Mrs
Chevins had a son-in-law, one Ricar
do de Requisens, who hailed from Cos
ia RIGA, he thought the trail was get
| ting warm.
De Requisens was living with o
! young widow from Pittsburg at the
! house of his mother, Mrs. Chevins
Burns placed De Requisens and the
widow under arrest. Then he sent
one of his men to the Jail with an al
legged message 10 the effect that if he
would produce the plates of the coun
I terfeit notes the government would
abandon his prosecution.
After the messenger left, De Requis
ems was visited by his mother-in-law
When she left him Burns followed hel
to her home in Long Island City
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
New Primary Bill.

Senator Allen and Senator Fyfe in.
troduced the new primary bill OF the
senate, which is essentially the Dick.
inson bill with the amendments al.
ready described. The progressive
members Of the house. instead of pre-
senting formal amendments to the
Dickinson bill when it comes up for
consideration, will present the print.
ed Fyfe-Allen bill. which eInlodies the
needed amendments.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
MAN WHO TRAPPED
FRISCO BOODLERS
HAS FINE RECORD
CALLED KING OF DETECTIVES

William, j. Burns, Most Clever of the Secret Service
Agents Employed by Uncle Sam, Has Earned Proud
Title by HIS Many Successes in Running DoWn Offen-
ders Against the Law-His Methods Are ShreWd, d.
rect and Straight Forward and He Has Yet TO Record
Failure in Any Case in Which He Has BEN Employed
Land Graders, Bocdlers Counterfei,ers All One
to Him.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03

disguised In false whiskers and wear
ing blue goggles. / never use dis
guise, except change OF clothes. But
| can take one of my men and let
you talk with him; then bring him in
tomorrow and let you see him and
you would not believe him the same
man. Here in San Francisco every
one knows meat least all the graft
ers do-so it would be useless to
try a disguise"
Burns methods all through the
Ruef case have been surprisingly open.
When he started out 20 capture Ruef
after his friends the sheriff and the
coroner, had been pretending to
search for him in vain for a week,
Burns assembled his posse in half a
dozen automobiles in front of Heney's
Office; with Ruefs lawyers Offices but
half block away. He had ten men
with him, but the open way with
which he went about the job made
the attorneys for the CRATER think II
must be all ruse, and no effort was
made to follow the party. They went
straight TO the resort at the Troca-
dero in the outskirts of San Francis
co, where Burns knew that Ruef was
in hiding. Burns had the house sur
rounded; then he walked in and sur
prised Ruef at dinner. He had his
man back at Heney's Office within
three hours.
Surprising a Bribe.Taker.
OF his present work Burns himself
says: This San Francisco case is one
uf the most interesting | have ever
had. OF course municipal graft cases
are all somewhat alike. You know
who the men are who have got Official
favors. The first thing to do is to
single out the official who you Think
will accept a bribe. and then get
at him by inducing him to accept what
he thinks is a bribe or course your
money is marked. Then you surprise
him in the act After that you have
him cold. Through him you get at the
bribe- givers.
When ! started in on this work
in San Francisco | expected to get
after each of the supervisors singly,
but one of the newspapers got wind
of it and published the story how we
were working on one man. That spoil.
ed things for us, and had to resort
to other methods"
What Burns had done was to induce
the proprietor of a skating rink who
had fallen ont with MaVor SchmitZ To
have an ordinance in his favor intro
duced in the board of supervisors.
Then he arranged to buy the vote of
one of them-Lonergan by name-for
$500. Burns was concealed in the
room when the marked money was
passed He bounced forth at the psy-
Geological moment when Lonergan
was taking the bride.
Take the money" said the trap
ped boodler, pale as sheet. Il am
done for"
I'll take the money, and TT take
you, too" said Burns. With that he
scared his man into a complete con-
fession. Previous to this he had Sc
cured another confession from one of
Lonergan's colleagues who was Ill and
thought he was about to die.
A 6oodler Trapped.
With the inside information of these
two confessions Burns got to work on
all the other supervisors. They were
so scared that the whole IS came
| through with a rush. When Heney
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
Fix Control of Schools.

The most important school bill OF
the session was passed with the mere
II votes necessary to get it to the
house. The bill was introduced by
Senator Cady. and is one of the four
bills advocated by the State Teachers
association at its October meeting,
and places schools in other cities on
much the same basis as Detroit. 1t
provides that superintendent OF
schools in all cities except where the
schools are organized under the
graded school laws of the state, shall
be appointed by the board Of educa-
ton for a term not longer than five
years, but shall be removable by a
four-fifths vote of the board. The SUI
discretionary executive officer of the
board He shall recommend and sus-
pend teachers and text books alike,
under the boards approval. He con-
trolls grading, chasing and promotion
of pupils he supervises schools and
teachers and pupils. But according to
This plan the superintendent shall not
have to do with janitors and school
buildings. These shall be under a
business manager, who shall have the
same supervision of them that the
superintendent has of teachers and
text books. The business manager
shall be the business agent and rep
resentative of the board, and his care
of buildings shall extend even to
| those in course of erection.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
oI.rIer's Bill Held uu.

Glaciers Bill Held Gv.
The house failed to pass the Chel-
sea excise bill OF State Treasurer Gla-
zier. Suspension 81 the rules for its
immediate passage could not be Sc
cured, so 1t went 10 a committee.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
Stands for Sunday Ball.

Stands for Sunday Ball.
The Sunday ball and prize fight"
bill which the house passed on motion
of Representative Scott, of Detroit,
was not recalled, though Represents
tive l.. =. Kelley, of Glare. made mo-
ton for the recall. Representative
Scott promptly moved that the recall
be tabled, and this was done by a
vote of 35 to 80. j. s. Monroe, who is
the legislative expert Of city charter
law, says the bill would allow prize
Sunday baseball In the city OF De-
troit. About 10 members of the house,
present tO vote on other matters, did
not vote at all on the motion TO table.
Representative Lord was one of these.
Representative Colby voted against
tabling and in favor of recall. Il had
no idea that the bill meant anything
but the regulation of petty theaters at
Belle Isle bridge" said Mr.. Colby. The
remaining members OF the Wayne del
egation present voted for tabling the
Kelley motion. This means, IL the In
depreciation of the bill made by Mr..
Monroe is correct, that the Detroit
delegation to Lansing has majority
of members in favor of prize fighting
and Sunday ball in the city of Detroit.
The Sunday ball question has for a
long time been one of legalism and
debate-but the prize fighting ques-
ton is a matter which has had discus
a.. 4
and Gov. Bliss once, and Gov. Warner
another time, interviewed to prevent
boxing matches within Wayne county.
The Yale expositor., 1907-05-03
Never Wore a pIsauIse.

Never Wore a Disguise.
Burns himself has this to say about
his work as a detective:
People seem TO think that there is
something uncanny about detective
work. They imagine we go around
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-09

moulds of the new $40 gold coin, which
was done by Augustus st. Gaudens at
the invitation of President Roosevelt
the motto In God We Trust" was
omitted. The new coin on the diverse
eight bears the date surmounted by "a
girls head. The reverse side shows IN
American eagle rampant with its
talons full of arrows, and above the
usual words, &c Pluribus Unum.'
1t would have been in keeping with
the recent record of republican leaders
and machines if they had substituted
for I'm God We Trust the words an
the Dollar We Trust" as it has been
demonstrated by recent disclosures
that money does the talking in their
political campaigns. Perhaps the adj
ministration, while recognizing the ap-
| propriatenesS of the substitution of the
/ latter for the original legend, con-
cluded that so sudden an entire chang ,
would be too suggestive and cause too
much embarrassment.
People will not be slow, however, in
| fixing the responsibility for the omia-
| sion of the time-honored reverentia!
| legend, "In God We Trust" just {
| they should be in placing the blam2
| for discarding the time honored blue
in the uniform of the army for the i'm
perialistic ''yaller.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-09
Roosevelt and JEFF Davis.

Tempora mutanter, ct Roosevelt
mutat in ills.
If you don't believe it look in the
book and see.
In his Life of Benton" written in
1886, and revised in 1898, page 145,
Mr. Roosevelt gives his views on JEFF
ferson Davis as follows:
The moral difference between Ben
edict Arnold on the one hand and
Aaron Burr or jefferson Davis on the
other is precisely the difference that
obtains between the politician who
sells his vote for money and one who
supports a bad measure in consideri-
ton of being given some high political
position
And in the same work, page 149, he
further writes:
Before jefferson Davis took his
place among the arch-traitors in on:
annals he had already long been
known as one of the chief regulators !;
it was not unnatural that to dishones Y
toward the public he afterwards added
treachery toward the public itself
In his speech at Vicksburg, Miss
Oct. 81, 1907, Mr.. Roosevelt proceeded
to tackle the Mississippians by refer
ring in a complimentary way to the
favOrite son of the state, the late JEFF
ferson Davis, as follows:
81 am glad to be here in this his
toric city, this city memorable because
of the scenes in which victor and van
pushed alike showed such splendid
courage. such splendid loyalty to the
light as it was given to each and all
before the civil war. MissisSippi's sons
had shown that they knew how to fight
1t was from Vicksburg that a com
pany of Mississippians marched which
won undying renown in the Mexican
war under the gallant leadership of its
colonel, who afterwards became tbs
favorite son, not only of Mississippi.
but of all the south-Jcfferson Davis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-09
Taking a Rest.

The general assembly. which has
been in session two or three DAYS =,
week since Oct. s, adjourned
by joint resolution to Nov. &c.
two days before Thanksgiving. Just
why an adjournment was taken for
three weeks is hard to explain salts
factorily. Probably there is no good
reason. The house was certainly in
shape to hold the fort" and dcman. /
or the senate acquiescence in the direct
primary law as it was sent to the sen.
ate. 1t may be that the senators felt
that they needed a rest. and that they
VIII return refreshed and ready to do
their duty. The job they undertook;
certainly is bad enough to have made
them very tired and as, there is ~
rest for the wicked, unless they repent
and decide to give the people wha,
they want instead of giving the bosse,
what they want. they will return a;
tired as when they departed for home
The senators might as well make
up theiE, minds that the people of Hi
nois will not be satisfied with any
halfway measure. They want a di
rect primary law that will eliminate
bossism and all that it implies. The
bosses must go! There is no partic
ular objection to taking a rest if the
senators do it with the purpose of gain
ing strength to get rid of the bosses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-09

l. "a! e. =. E.in,s g: -: 0Tcr | VIII sit
down here fc! 4 minute"
Certainly, ana I'm so glad 10 have
you meet Mis- Merriam. Ruth. this is
ono of rly Oldest friends. Marta
Blaine"
You wont mind his g9ing over To
the o.hcr table, will you:" Marta ask
ed as she sat down.
"Ch. ne" and Miss Merriam turned
CT hc:' Il brilliant glance. mot If you
Will stay with me. 7 have heard so
much about You, Miss Blaine
oh, dear" Marta questioned. what
has Eiliy tcen saying?'
such nice things" the other girl
told heT. And nov that l have seen
you l don't believe they are any too
nice"
Marta waved the fattery aside.
Dear child" she said, Billy will
say anything when he is out of my
sight. ! can keep him straight when
am with him.
Il just love Cousin Billy said Miss
Merriam. Hes the dearest thing"
Marta stared. Cousin she said
cousin. Are you Billy's cousin?"
YES"
well, | might have known" Marta
| murmured. 'De3r cid Billy" Then
she went on: Il am with my cousin
| too. He wants TO paint you. He is an
| artist. you know. You won't mird?"
Il should love it," said Ruth.
ITS about your hair" Marta told
| her. that | sent Billy over. Archie
| said it WAS gold, and | said it was rcd
You mustn't mind my saying it. be
cause really was jealous of you. But
now that know you are Billy's cousin
| | think your hair is beautiful. | was
afraid | should have to send you tea
| spoons"
| "Tcaspoons?' was Ruth's puzzled
| question.
Yes. for n wedding present, you
know"
Ruth blushed.
"The idea she said "Why every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-09
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AT the Other Tab!e'-By Virginia Blair.
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not come back, BUT now he win mar
~ the wrong girl, And l shall be an
old maid"
Not if can help it." Archie stat
ed valiantly We may be cousins,
Marta, but il the worst comes to
worst we can save each other from
single DlcsseilreSs."
Il don't want to be saved" Marta
informed him succinctly. Il always
said that if I didn't marry Billy I
shouldn't marry any one. But of
course | expected Billy TO come back
"Of course" sympathizcd Archie. "a
man ought never to take a girls mo-
in earnest"
"Well. Billy has" and MARTA APP
piled herself to the salad in anything
but lovclorn manner land l feel it
in my bones that | shall have to send
teaspoons to that red haired girl"
Her hair isn't red. It's gold with
red lights in it,"
at isn't" Marta contradicted.
at is
ITS red" said Marta.
ITS gold said Archie.
There's only one way to settle it,