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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
The Prohibition Vote.

In American politics none OF the
minor parties has enjoyed so long n
life as the Prohibition party. For
more than 50 years Prohibition ma
tional ticket has been in the field at
every presidential election, says the
Boston Globe.
Although in 1872 the Prohibition
candidate for president polled only
about $500 votes. the party made Its
nominations again four years later and
it's candidate received in round num-
bers $500 votes. In 1880. however.
even Neal Dow. celebrated leader In
the successful Prohibition movement
in his own state OF Maine, obtained
as the candidate for president only
10.305 votes.
Nothing daunted by this apparent
want OF progress In period or -FOUR
years the prohibitionists in 1884 put
forward ex-Gov. John p. st. John OF
Kansas, Prohibition state. as their
standard bearer, who polled the as
tonishing vote OF 15l,S09. Four years
later the Prohibition candidate recelv-
ed nearly $50. 900 votes, but the vote In
1892 showed only the slight Increase
represented by total OF 264,lS3.
In 1896 the vote showed railing
off of almost exactly one-half, and Ii
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
From Another Point of View

Hay s dust
The attendance Of crooks was never larger either
Dan Patch had the advantage OF rec0oOreaNns crowd 700
" no more than right should qualify Their subjects
the fair u.s. understand It. side
n campau couldn't he had tackled
mule
10 steel wooden did
off a
by the the the %
ward the drectoire seems to be divided
bav in in
10, n,s false andnow
Under that policeman sleep
whistle will have the
~
- Candidate politics should
good could
Having sworn solemny m New
will
oath.
cannon Record" a
naper holding Speaker Joe
Union objects
drectoie
probably covering the hose cart in the fire station
ordinance
drunk dsordery? loot
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10

has not since reached the figures of
10 years ago.
There has been an impression that
the Prohibition vote In the national
election this year will show surprising
strength. The leaders OF the party
appear TO be confident that the Pro
hibition candidate will draw large
numbers OF votes from both of the ma.
jor parties because Of the unsettled
state Of partisan lines.
The Prohibition party made It's firsi
great gain in 1884. when party lines
were considerably broken, and suffer
Led its most notable loss in 1896, when
the presidential contest was the fierc
est between the Republican and Dem
ocratic candidates.
AS a third party the Prohibiuonists
have seen rivals rise and fall. The
Greenback party in 1880 polled over
3O7 600. lost about two-thirds OF this
In 1884, and disappeared in 1883. the
year In which the union labor party
polled nearly 10000 votes. The peo
ple's party In 1892, with James b.
Weaver, who had led the greenback
ers ~ years before. polled over l.
O4O 900, and was the only third-party
candidate since 1860 TO win any cleo
toral votes. Four years ago the so
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
Taft's Tariff Views Unsatisfac-
tory; Sherman Standpatter.

Although the activities OF the pres
ent administration in other directions
have no doubt had much TO do with
making the tariff secondary Issue
in the present campaign. and although
the confidence of the public Is so
much greater in Mr.. Taft than in Mr..
Bryan that the latter is not likely to
gain much by raising that issue. the
question of revision can not be ne
elected by the next administration. II
Is unfortunate, therefore, To have the
candidate on the Republican tick.
ct for vice-president the mouth
piece OF the standpatters and
reactionaries. Mr.. Tafts own views
on the tariff are by no means salts
factory, SO far as he has given them
expression. But his inclinations are
toward a greater rather than lesser
economic freedom, and the logic OF
events may conceivably lead him IN
the right direction. No such hope
can be entertained in the case of Mr.
Sherman. He represents the princi-
pies in the case OF Mr.. Sherman. He
represents the principles and express
es the ideas OF the Cannon school of
politics. Nothing in his speech OF ac-
ceptance is calculated TO modify the
take and that his name weakens
rather than strengthens the Republi-
can position before the independent
voters of the country .-Providence
Journal. Republican.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10

cialist candidate. Eugene V. Debs,
polled over 100000 votes. and this year
he Is again the nominee.
The prediction OF increased strength
In the national Prohibition movement
this year is based on the remarkable
gains that local prohibition has made
in large number of states. Al the
beginning OF the year there were SIX
Prohibition states in the union, Maine.
Georgia. North Dakota, Kansas, Okla
homa and Alabama. In all but eight
states some form OF local option has
prevailed. and in nearly all these local
option states the dry" territory has
been steadily increasing In the past
10 years.
| In a large number of southern and
western states the prohibition move
ment has had extraordinary activity
and success in recent years, and some
/ OF these states are practically dry.
/ But whereas formerly the Prohibition
movement found its first organized
support in states the political com
plexion of which was strongly Repub-
/ lican, many of the states which most
recently have adopted Prohibition are
strongly Democratic in political senti.
ment. and the two Prohibition states
of Maine and Georgia afford a striking
contrast in their politics
The Prohibition party has not chos-
en- its candidates for president, save
! i'm two elections. with much apparent
reference TO the Prohibition sentiment
/ in the states from which those candt-
dates came. In 1850 Neal Dow OF
I Maine. and in 1884 John +. 81. John,
OF Kansas, were nominated.
II Is interesting 10 note the extent
10 which the national Prohibition can
ddates have been supported by ne
typical Prohibition states OF Maine ana
Kansas. OF Neal Dow's 10000 votes IA
/ 1850 Maine cast 235. In 1884 John l..
ST. John polled about 152 600 votes,
and Kansas. his own state, gave MN
loss than 5000: Maine gave aim 2'lCo.
Clinton y. Fisk, of New Jersey receiv.
ed close 10 100000 votes in 1883. ot
which Kansas contributed 6,7i9 ana
Maine 2.6gi. In 1892 the vote OF John
RidweU OF California was rising .tf,
0oo Kansas casting 1889 and Maine
2 062. In 1896 the Prohibition cand!'
dahl received $4,000 votes, Kansas
casting 1921 and Maine Loo.
John G.. Woolley of Illinois poiled
pearly 909 600 in 1900, Maine contrib
ming 2.5S5 and Kansas 1903. rour
years agn Silas G. Swallow ~ Penn
sylyania received a total vote OF 25S''
5g6 Maine casting i.5lO and Kansas
.1.245.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
Plant.

Backward. turn backward. o TINE, in
thy flight!
Give us an autoless day and nighr.
Give Us yellow" Sans headlines %
scan,
A rustleless skirt, add a hustieless
man,
A babe teddy-bearless, a microbeless
kiss.
A fistic fight fakeless, a straight-front.
less miss.
A giggleless schoolgirl, and-better
than that
A summer.clad college man wearing q
hat!
know. Father Time. that I'm asking
too much,
But turn to day ere dinner was
lunch.
Swing back to an age peroxideless for
hair
An con ere rats" made their rem.
devious there
An old-fashioned breakfast without
Shredded Hay
A season when farmers went whine
less a day.
A burg moving pictureless-ah. what
a treat!
A gumless-girl town. and trolleyless
street;
I'm asking too much. but pray. Dad
dy Time.
For days when a song had both sub
stance and rhyme!
September Bohemian Magazine.
Paralysis OF conscience IS often mia.
taken for the peace OF God.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
Sad Story of
Bay State
Terrific Slump Of Stock the News
and Free Press Unloaded for
Lawson In Detroit.

The New York Evening Post says:
Bay State Gas broke to / 1915 to-
day on the curb and those who wanted
To take profits" or losses. found few
buyers at one time. VI sold at 23-S
yesterday. Later today there was
rally above 2. In the second week OF
August. when Lawson Was urging the
public 10 buy this stock, and promis-
Ing very high prices for IL II they held
II long enough, II sold up as high as
3 ga. II held around 3 liz and 3 3.S for
4 time and IL was about 3 IA on the
recent Saturday when there was the
extraordinary manipulation OF stocks
on the stock exchange. That day sup
port was withdrawn from Bay State
Gas and IL has been weak ever since.
Many OF those who bought have
been wondering what was the matter.
Probably the explanation was the
same as In the case OF Yukon Gold
according 10 brokers on the curb. Yu-
kon Gold, after all who would buy on
the advertisements. were filled up"
declined from above z to below 4.
The shrinkage in the cost price OF
Bay State Gas since tho second week
OF August has been enormous. II
man paid 3 for II. fall TO 2 would
mean a shrinkage of one third. or
80 IL per cent OF the purchase price.
According TO recent advertise
ments the demand for This stock was
so great that deliveries Of certificates
were greatly delayed Some were Won
derlng today what would be the effect
IL a man wanted TO sell who had not
yet received his certificates.
The News and Free Press were the
only Detroit newspapers who assisted
Lawson in hornsW oggl'ng the people
% thir rnrfInrn with pa, Sfafa stock
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
Cultured England.
ev JAMES ]. MONTAGUE.


England all IS
always hard and naughty stare.
highly polls
Is hootIng sunragettes dragging 'em to jail,
Andro the
ebaiin O a a delightful joke.
In gand VIII nobility born and loaf
who brains Is held a clownsh
Who ad to awful \
for his fin accomplishment OF
ned ON on hon and
Your cultivated ritonl leads a
In gland wher wholly meath the
frowne Engishman,
who galongth the the hands
opocket a haughtiness. CORVALLIS did,
nd ageod family anything
gland wher traits
they're o character their
nd irons o
nd ours
imp and hurdle
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
IT, su,nntest sonaster.

over breakfast. Miss Dorothy, the
.nthueiasfic ornithologist Of the board
ing house. discussed the merits of th'
lark. thrush and so forth
EAnd which. Mr.. bunker, eX-
Gained Miss Dorothy. which Of all
r. eonpsters are YOU fondest OFF,
Il prefer the hen. Miss Dorothy"
"Rut the hen isn't q ng-bird at all %
objected Miss Dorothy
well" replied Hunker. tapping an.
other hard-bolled egg. its the only
bird whose lay care for."--Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
Not Altogether Bad.

A policeman saw man acting
rather suspiciously near a jeweler 3
one evening. and going over TO him he
demanded TO know who the man was
and what he wanted. ~
I'm thinking OF opening jewelers.
shop In this neighborhood," replied
the man, land I'm watching TO see II
there Is mitch trade. :, ----
whereupon the policeman went on
his way satisfied.
Next morning word was received
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10

at the station that the shop had been
entered and robbed during the night
The policeman who had accosted the
mysterious stranger said reflective.
~:
He may be a thafe, but he's no
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Inquirer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10

D'Aubist- you think my battle
picture eXpfCssCs.2 us ! nave meant II
TO, all the poignant horrors OF war?
Krittick--Oh. yes; it's the awfulest
thing | ever saw!-Cleveland Leader.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
The Wisdom of Husbands

Wife-What would you like for your
birthday, dear?
misunderstanding at all. | haven't
any money Megendorfer Batter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10

When William Jennings Bryan
heard that Judge Taft was to go
on a speech-making tour he an
nounced himself as pleased.
In proof of his sincerity we
need only to point to the speech
of the Republican nominee Tues
day in Columbus.
And we need only TO refer to
this effort again in substantiatior
of the view Of The Times as ex'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10
Open for Business

Open for Business
hate to make EXCUSES
Let me sell you fine line OF
ready-made ones."-Nashville Ameti.
can.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10

The News and Free Press were the
only Detroit newspapers who assisted
Lawson in hornsW oggl'ng the people
Of this section with Bag State stock.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10

Paralysis OF conscience is often mia
taken for the peace OF God.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-10

England is OF apervading
American boundesWatson Sewage
speech.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-09
LOOKS RED
TO FRENCH
The Relation Between Japan
and the United States
Partisan Newspapers Are
of the Opinion That War
is Probable.

Paris. Jan. s.-The sensational sec
tion OF the French press continues TO
dwell upon the probabilities of clash
between Japan and the United States.
La Press today publishes a long inter-
view with JACQUES Flasch the historian
and a professor of the College of
France who declares his belief is that
a conflict is certain for the reason that
Japan seeks war.
He advises the American fleet to be
on the watch for a sudden Japanese
descent as asks: WHO knows if the
attacks made by the japanese on the
Russian ships at Chemulpo will not be
repeated upon the American ships? ?'
Continuing Flasch advises Great Brit
ain and France to intervene and put
an end to the trouble before 1t is too
late.
Journal des Debats a more conserva-
tive paper prefaces a long editorial ar
ticle with the remark tina a conflict
Is improbable but then proceeds to out
line the circumstances which appear 10
favor a rupture. In the event of a
clash the paper believes that Japan
will try to seize Hawaii as a territorial
key TO the situation.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-09
WHOLESALE BUTCHERY
BY COLORADO ITALIAN
Scraps of Human Bodies Found in the
Arkansas River Near His Hut.

Florence. Colo, Jan. S.-Anton
Bavieri, an Italian truck farmer is
under arrest on suspicion of killing
three persons and perhaps four. Mrs.
Frank Palmetto. DOminick and Joseph
Minichiello. brothers. and Ercola Baf-
fett. are missing. Portions OF human
bodies were found today near the Ar
kansas river and it is feared that all
four of the missing have been mur-
dered and their bodies cut up and
thrown into the river. An axe covered
with blood was found in Bavieri's hut
and the statement of a Mexican wash
erwoman that she yesterday washed
for Bavieri a suit of clothes which
were literally covered with blood are
some of the clues that point to Bavieri.
Robbery and revenge are believed to be
the motives for the suspected murders.
There is talk of violence but the sher-
iff says he will protect the prisoner.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-09
hE MEANT WELL
DID BANKER WALSH
But He Admitted the Various Charges
of lrresularity Preferred Against
Him.

Chicago. Jan. s.-John r. Walsh in
his first public explanation of affairs
of the Chicago National Bank since its
closing. took the witness stand today
in the United States district court to
defend himself against the charge of
miSapplying funds. He admitted that
he personally engineered loans of mil
lions of dollars to railroads and other
enterprises in which he held large
blocks of stock. He acknowledged
that the system of memorandum notes
used in the bank was his. He denied
however. that he undertook these
transactions with any thought of per-
sonal gain. claiming that the interests
of the bank. with its allied institu-
tions. the Equitable Trust So. and the
Home Savings Bank We're his chief
concern. Walsh was on the stand four
hours. The direct examination of the
witness was still in progress when
court adjourned until tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-09
ABE RUFF IN JAIL
LIKE COMMON FfL0N
The influence of His Friends and the
Prosecution AvaIed Nothing Against
Judge Dunno.

San Francisco. Jan. S.-After being
a prisoner of the state for ten months.
kept in a private prison in the custo-
dy of an elisor appointed by the court.
with private guards, his own cook and
his own automobile, Abraham Ruef.
the former political boss. was tonight
taken from his comfortable quarters
in Fillmore street and placed in a cell
at the branch county Jail at Ingleside
The sending of Ruef to the county Jail
was done despite the influence of the
prosecution and the desperate efforts
of Ruef's friends to prevent that ac-
tion. The district attorneys office was
opposed to sending the boss to the Jail
where Schmitz is confined. being ap-
prehensive it is said, that the contact
and comforting of the confederates
may result in placing further obsta-
cles in the way of the bribery graft
cases.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-09
SEARCnLlGHT BURGLARS
CAUGHT IN The ACT
They Had Fixed a Safe so the Owners
Were Afraid of it,.

Searchlight, New. Jan. S.-Caught in
the act of blowing the safe of Brown
GoSney &c Cos. stores at 2:30 this
morning. VIM. McVey. Thos. Nolan
and VIM. Kellogg. the latter two.
miners from Goldfield. engaged i'm a
running pistol fight with Deputy
Sheriff Otto Bodie and John Conault.
employees of the store. Bodie and
Conault discovered the burglars work
ing on the safe. They called to the
men to surrender and for an answer
the burglars began firing their revOl-
vers. Many shots were exchanged in
a running fight
Bodie and Conault accompanied by
Deputy Sheriffs Howe and Howell
traced the men to a room in a lodging
house. The officers forced open the
door and found all three prisoners, full
ly dressed, pretending drunkenness. A
search of the room revealed a complete
outfit of burglary tools, files, cold
chisel and a bottle of nitro glycerine
When caught, the robbers had al
ready blown open the outer door of the
safe and secured $3.50. They were pre-
pairing to blow open the door of the
strong box which contained over $4,000.
The owners are afraid to open the
strong box as charge of nitro glyc-
crime had been placed inside the brok-
en- dial. Until this has been removed.
no attempt will be made to open the
door.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IN THE STOCK MARKET
Most Of the Predictions Of the Day
Before, Good and Bad, Were Not
Sustained.

New York. Jan. S.-Events today
confirmed the doubts which began TO
manifest themselves yesterday over
the operations of professionals in
stocks. They We're practically aban-
doned. The Northern Pacific directors
declaring only the regular quarterly
dividend proved practically discon-
certing TO the bull party of specula-
tors. which advanced very bold claims
of inside information of an intended
distribution of 10 per cent Yester-
days rumors Of an intended receiver
ship for the Chicago and Great West
ern caused misgivings of further
damage 10 sufferers from the financial
crisis. resulting in reaction. Reports
became current of offerings at a dis
count on the curb market of Erie one
year notes of which $5.500.0O0 We're
issued TO mature the coming April.
Coalers were sustained to some extent
today by reports of probable congress
sional relief from the requirement of
the divertment of ownership of coal
properties. Renewed intimations of
the shaping of the governments suits
for the dissolution of the Hartman
merger weighed on those stocks. There
was turn against the short interests
in American Sugar but after the
stockholders meeting the market en-
jOyed a rally of sympathy with the
upturn of that stock Bonds were ir-
regular.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-09
On One Side is the Wall of Insanity. On
the Other, Conviction
A Surprise Sprung On the Prosecution by the An
nOuncement That the Defense Has SubpOenaed Its
Former Expert Witnesses

New York. Jan. S.-The work of Sc
curing a jury to try Thaw a second
time was half completed when court
adjourned tonight. The original We
nire of 300 jurors has been exhausted
and the customary night sitting was
not held. Two hundred additional
talesmen have been ordered to appear
tomorrow.
The oath of service was administer
ed to three men, making six in all. who
have been finally accepted Three
provisional jurors We're also in the box
at the close. Another series of arbi-
trary removals reduced the chairs that
had been filled when the court assem-
bled. and they were still vacant when
it adjourned. The defense has now
used eleven of its thirty challenges.
and the prosecution eight.
The sworn jurors are: Charles E
Grammells. ship broker. foreman: Ar
thur Naething. baker; George w. Cary
dry goods; George w Rupprecht.
salesman; John H. Holbert. mineral
waters; David Arrowsmith, manager.
In the selection of the jury. Martin
w. Littletown, Thaw's senior counsel
is so conducting the examination of
talesmen as to impress upon them that
should the defense introduce evidence
tending to show that Thaw was in
sane at the time the roof garden trag-
edy. the burden of proof will fall up
on the shoulders of the district attOr-
ney and he must prove beyond all rea-
sOnable doubt that the defendant was
legally sane. This principle of law was
not so clearly enunciated at the former
trial.
Thaw's attorneys today furnished the
first big surprise of the trial by ad-
mittihg that several experts who were
retained by the district attorney for
the first trial and who declared when
/ Jerome made plea for a lunacy COM
mission. that in their opinion Thaw
was so insane as not to know the na-
ture of the proceedings against him
and was entirely incapable of intefli-
gently advising with counsel, are now
under subpoena.
This move it is said. is intended by
the defense to block the prosecutions
putting the doctors on the stand. and
II is taken by some as showing a de-
termination of not having Thaw con-
victed, even with the danger of a stay
in the asylum for the criminal insane
at Matteawan as an alternative. The
defense at the present trial is insanity
at the time White was killed. In
making out its case the defense will
need to exercise delicate handling to
Arizona republican., 1908-01-09
M ETALS.

New York. Jan. S.-London tin was
CO lower at e121 5s for spot and e122
5s for futures. Locally the market
was easy and lower in sympathy.
ranging from $26.5OG27.OO. London
copper was lower with spot at e6i
15s and futures e62 5s. Locally il
was quiet. with lake at Si3.62Iz a
IS.S71z. electrolytic Sl3.50G1375 and
casting $1S.25a13.50. Lead was a lit
tie lower in London. The local mar
ket was quiet and a shade lower at
$2.60m3.70. Spelter declined % Sd To
GIG IS Cd in the London market. II
was unchanged locally at S4.3OG435.
Iron was unchanged. Silver 57Is /:
Mexicans 44h.