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The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
ENGLAND DID NOT
SEND PROXY To
JUBILEE
ENORMOUS CROWD IS PRESENT
AT PoPE's PRIESTHOOD cELe.
BRATioN-U. 8. DiGNlTARIEs
TAKE IMPORTANT PARTS.

ROME, Nov. 17.-Seventy Thousand
persons damned their way into st.
Peters today to celebrate the priest
hood jubilee OF the pope.
Many women tainted In the terrific
crush, several were injured and
gowns were torn to shreds. Despite
great EFFORTS by an extra force OF po-
lice to preserve order, there were sew
eral times when the vast throng was in
danger OF panic.
England was conspicuous by reason
OF Its not having special mission al
the celebration.
Archbishop j. J. Glenn, OF St Louis,
and Bishop K. p. Allen, OF Mobile,
were present and took part In the pro-
cession through the Basilica as at
tendants on the pope.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
AUTO is BURNED;
FIVE ARE SAVED

NEW, YORK. Nov l6.-Five per
sons, two OF them girls, narrowly es-
capped serious injury early today when
an automobile In which they were 60
ing through Coney island became UNI
manageable and, running into the
sidewalk overturned All the occu.
pants were thrown out and the auto
mobile caught fire and was destroyed,
Tie automobile was owned and driy-
rcn By Nelson w. Jenkins, of No. 2l22
'Ditmar-ave.. Flatbush.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
7aDo- Year-Old Boy
accidentally Kills
His Infant Sister

PITTSBURG, Nov. 16.-As. a result
OF a blow on the head with a table
knife inflicted by its two-year-old
brother while playing. the one-month-
old infant girl Of Leonard Palmer died
today. The baby was the idol OF the
household and was much admired by
the boy. The boy. In play. threw a
table knife, striking his little sister
on the head. The infant was seized
with commissions and suffered until
death resulted.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16

SAGINAW, Mich, Nov. 16.-That
The liquor interests controlled the re-
cent election in Michigan. and secur-
ed the defeat OF Lawton T. Hemans.
the Democratic gubernatorial candi-
date. Is the declaration OF Wellington
II. Burt. multimillionaire. and lead
ing figure In the Democratic party. To-
cal and state. He says anarchy Is
threatened because the liquor men re-
fuse to obey the laws.
Mr.. Burt declares the people OF
Michigan will soon. overthrow the
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
TAMPERS WITH A
GAS METER AND DIES

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 16.-The
entire family Of George Sprague, con-
sisttng OF himself. hisw ife and three
children. we're found overcome by gas
by neighbour 1t their home, Ala West
yhlxty-seccud-st.. 1t $40 o'clock this
morning. Mr.. 6prague died within a
few minutes. HIS wife and three chill
drsn were hurried to the hospital. All
are expected to recover. sprague had
evidently tempered with the gas meter
IN the cellar because that was where
h1o hody was found,
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
.GLAz|ER'S CASE
SET FOR DEG. "A

LANSING, Mich, Nov. l6.-tSpe-
ciai The states case against ex-
State Treasurer Glazier was set for
Dec. IA by Judge West. OF the Ingham
circuit court. this morning. All EFFORTS
for postponement over the term were
abandoned
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16

LANSING, Mich, Nov. TO-
(SpeciaI.)-The election situa-
ton, az stated In the secretary
Of states office this morning,
shows that tho state official can
vass Is a long way off yet. Not
half the county clerks Of the
state have so far reported the
official vote In their respective
precincts. More than half those
reported the secretary finds
necessary to return for correc-
ton, SO It's believed that the
official canvass can not start
much before the fifteenth Of De-
cember.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
HUNTER IS SHOT;
MAY NOT LIVE

HOUGHrON, Mich, Nov. 10
Especial --Leonard Johnson while
hunting bear at Beacon Hill. south
Of here. was shot by companion,
Jake sofmonen. through right shout
der. Because Of loss OF blood, be-
fore physician could be reached. II is
believed Johnson will die. Johnson
wore eealskin hat and his companion.
who was trailing wounded bear. mis-
took him for the animal.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
PETITION Of A. 7.
PATRICK DENIED

WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.-The su-
preme court today denied the petition
of Albert T. Patrick. now serving life
sentence in Sing Sing for the murder
OF william Marsh Rice. for new
trial
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
ILL-HEALTH DRIVES
FARMER TO SUICIDE

LANSING. Mich.,- Nov. 16.-(Spe-
cial.) David Huffman. farmer Nv
Ing near Dewitt. hung himself In his
barn. this morning with a halter
Sickness caused the suicide. Hum.
man was sixty years OF age and leaves
q widow and one son.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16

power of the liquor interests in poll
tics. Mr.. Burt charges that the ga
looms not only we're responsible for
the defeat OF Mr.. Hemans, but also
for the defeat Of Prosecutor Purcell
and Mr.. Burt, for state senator.
Mr. Burt's denunciation of the IL
quor interests follows:
1t IL well known that nearly every
liquor man n Democrat. The Dem
ocratic party IL unfortunate in having
this class Of men In II. The brewers,
(Continued ON Page ssven.)
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
Paper Mllla Resume.

BERLIN, ~. H.. Nov. 1.-THE In
ternational Paper Company's mills ir
this city. which were closed three
months ago by strike among It's EN-
ployes. re-opened for business today
with a full force.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
Sion of Prosperity,

PLAINFIELD. Conn, Nov. 10
Every cotton mill in Windham and
New London counties went upon full
time this morning Some of them have
been running short handed for year.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
ANT|-L|QU0R WAVE
IS SWEEP ING
THE State
EXPRESSIONS FROM MANY
PLACES SHOW STRONG sENTl-
MENT-W. r. sURT's cAUSTIc
ARRANGEMENT OF SALOONS.

A temperance wave 10 sweep
(. inc over Michigan. This 10
shown very plainly by reports
received by The Times. After
the recent election The limos
requested Its correspondents
through the state to give an
expression, after a careful can
vass, Of the liquor situation In
their sections. The s,orles
printed herewith speak for
themselves.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16
THE WEATHER.

Detroft and vicfnifyi Monday night
and Tuesday, partly cloudy, probably
snow aurrfes, fresh westerly winds.
Lower Michigan Probably snow
nurries tonight and Tuesday.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16

One year ago today Maximum tenn
perature. 20, mfnimum. 2sB mess, al
NO precipftstfont clear skies.
THE sun rose ne 6i23 y. m- and sets
ne l10 u. nm.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16

Burns Hotel Cafe.
Table Ahote dinnsrA Q TO .. SOC; music,
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16

Commercial Credit co. Collections.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-16

Job Printing done right. Time. Print
lnx Co.. is John R-st Phone 1tss.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
The Aldrich Currency Bill.

The Aldrich-A llison currency bill
may be an admirable measure. 1t will
give to the currency an elasticity
which it does not now possess and in
sures the soundness of any circulating
notes which may be issued against
security other than that now required
of the national banks.
But there is no reason for hurrying
it's passage. The country does not
want congress to swallow any Aldrich
bill, bait, hook, and sinker. The sena-
tor from Rhode Island said that the
finance committee would be glad to
have suggestions, amendments, or
ether currency bills from his col
leagues in the senate
1t has not come to our notice that
Senator Aldrich has undertaken to
consult the middle western bankers.
1t may be that while his bill is salts
factory to his own financial friends
it will not suit Chicago, or Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Iowa or Minnesota. At first glance
it would seem that while the bill, if en-
acted into law, may benefit the
country as a whole, it will serve east
ern interests and eastern banks rather
than the banks and general business
of the interior. The bankers of the
interior should be heard. Congress
should consult them as to the effect
of the proposed measure before it
reaches a conclusion as to the charac-
ter of the law which it is to enact
The speaker Of the house is from
the middle west, and can serve his
constituents by seeing to it that be-
fore there is any currency legislation
their interests shall have been con-
suited.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
That Handy Surplus.

Silly free trade writer's are harping
on the treasury surplus as one of the
causes of the existing situation. They
never stop to think that because Of
this very surplus the government was
able to rush $25, 100000 of currency to
the relief of banks which would other
wise have been compelled to suspend
payment and close their doors. That
treasury surplus has proved an anchor
of safety, a fortress of financial
strength. The government had no
surplus with which to help out the
banks in the free trade regime of
1S93-97. 1t was, instead, issuing bonds
to the extent of $260,000,000 to cover
treasury deficits. Protection SURPRISES
are sometimes handy things to have.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
Army Paw.

Secretary Taft in his annual report
urges congress to grant higher pay to
the enlisted men OF the army. He
to be given to men who have received
a specialized training in the service
which enables them to earn higher
wages outside after their terms of
enlistment expire. Such men ought to
be kept in the army, and the only way
to keep them is by giving them in
ducements to re-enlist, among which
better pay holds chief place
The pay given the men was fixed so
long ago that it has no proper rela-
ton to present economic conditions.
Even the pay for men in their first
enlistment should be somewhat raised.
But the chief raises should go to the
skilled men who repeatedly re-enlist
and to the noncommissioned officers
who make the army their life work.
1t has been suggested that grade
equivalent to that of the warrant Off
Ger in the navy should be created in
the army, and that material privileges,
allowances and increased dignity
should accompany appointment to it..
We do not have large army, and
yet we find it very difficult to keep
it, ranks full. The decrease in the
number of enlisted men last year was
4,42S. despite the best efforts of the
enlistment officers.
Under such conditions judicious
increase in the pay of the men is de-
sirable, even though congress should
be in its most economical mood.
There are plenty of varieties of petty
graft and waste which might be elm
mated elsewhere if economy is in the
air
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
WARFlELD'S STYLISH HAT.
Actor Claims Honor of Having Been
First to Wear Green Headgear.

David Warfield claims "the" honor
of having led the styles in one partic-
ular at least. But he says it waspt
his fault. He entered hat shop rot
long ago and dissatisfiedly turned
from one shape to another until his
eye fell on one that pleased him.
What about this?" he asked.
"Oh, that" automatically hesitated
the clerk, who did not wish to lose a
customer, but who had fears of con-
equences-"why, that-do you think
you would like that, Mr.. Warfield?"
Il do like it," said the actor why
not? l like the shape. 1t is such a
nice dull shade, too--so soft in tone. "
The clerk said no more, and the ac-
tor took the hat.
When he looked at it the next day
his teeth met in a way that BODIED no
good for the bashful clerk. The hat
was green. However, he determined
to make no complaint. He recalled
the hesitation of the man in the
store, and so in the daytime the green
hat hung in the closet. At night, Mr..
Warfield did not hesitate to wear it to
and from the scene of his labors. His
friends all asked: "Where'd you get
the hat, Dave?" But Dave" never
would tell, for he knew the joke was
on him.
Each morning he would gaze long
ingly at his favorite hat, and then with
a shake of his head would hang it
back on it's hook.
II haven't got the nerve" he would
mutter. "The shapes all right, but,
oh, the color!"
One day last week member of his
family, who was reading newspaper,
suddenly looked up and exclaimed:
why, what do you suppose"
Il don't know" answered Warfield.
Somebody dead or married. l guess.
l give up
THE king of England's wearing a
green hat like yours"
"No, really?" said the actor. "The
king can do no wrong. Hand me that
hat. I'm going to wear it. Wonder
full how great heads fit in the same
hatS-What?"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
The Country Editor.

If conscientious effort and merit
mean anything, there is no good rea-
son why the country editor should
not expect to wear golden crown
and a diamond-studded harp in the
good world to come. His sphere is
surely one in which his usefulness is
limited only by his ability to work.
1t may be debatable question wheth-
er the average editor of a small town
paper does more for the town than
the town does for the editor. It may
be true that one Of the greatest sins
that can be laid at his door is that OF
poverty-not poverty of brain but OF
pocket. He may labor for the enlight-
eminent of an unappreciative people,
but is there not compensation in
knowing that duty is faithfully per-
formed? His efforts to boom the town
may not always meet with an encour-
aging response in the way of good
advertising patronage from the local
business interests. His work OF
showing up his town as a live and
progressive place sometimes falls fat
because of a lack of good snappy adj
vertising of the stores. There are few
things that are better criterion OF
the life of place than the advertising
pages of the local paper. BY it a
stranger is impressed either favorably
or otherwise. If the paper is bright,
newsy, we'll filled with advertising,
there are in it indications that the town
is progressive, the merchants prosper
GUS, and that the people are of the
class that make excellent neighbors.
On the other hand, if there are only
few lines Of local r2Ws, half a dozen
small cards and announcements, and a
few large advertisements of depart
ment stores and mail order houses in
other cities, the impression is given
to the reader that the town is a good
place to steer clear OF, and not the
kind of place where one would care
to build home. d. M. CARR.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
EVIL IN LITTLE JEALoUsiEs.
Snobbishness on Part OF Merchpnts'
Wives Sometimes Injuries Trade.

Since the time of Eve woman has
been accredited with being a jealous
creature, and in history are recorded
numerous cases where this element
has had its influence in building up
and tearing down nations. In the av.
erage rural town, among the little
evils noticed, is that often merchants
wives do not consider the wives of the
farmers their equals socially or other
wise. One woman in town can cast
the stigma OF snobbishness upon quite
few others who are known as her
associates. and sometimes to- the det-
riment of the place. 1t may be that
wives OF merchants dress better than
do the wives and daughters of farm
ers. Possibly the children of the town
tradesman may wear better clothes
Envy is knife that cuts deep, and
perhaps without apparent reason
some woman concludes that the wife
OF a certain merchant thinks herself
better than the wives of the people
who give her husband means of liv-
ing. 1t is the women of the farm
household who have the greatest in
huence in the matter of buying. A
word from the wife will often turn
trade from the usual channel, and
this word may be caused by the atti-
tude of the merchants wife who,
through some neglect or discourtesy.
unfavorably impresses the wife of the
farmer. There is nothing like a
friendly feeling as trade stimulator.
If the wife of the merchant would
only cultivate more closely the &C
quaintance and the friendship of the
women residing in the farming dis
tricts which give the town support,
it would work wonders in the way of
bringing additional trade to the town.
Snobbishness. never pays. The sturdy
women who reside on farms are quite
often the superiors of those who reside
in the towns and are perhaps the
wives of the merchants. The boys
and girls reared on the farm average
well with those of the towns. These
facts should be realized. Petty jeal-
ousies should be done away with
when they exist between the people
who reside in the towns and those
who reside in the country. 1t is best
for the community.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
NO WAR WITH JAPAN
ALL SPECULATION AS TO CON.
FLICT is IDLE.
That Country in No Financial Con-
dition to Join Issue with SO
Powerful a Foe as the
United States.

Highly significant dispatches from
Japan contain matter that should help
to put quietus on jingoes and alarm
lists here and in Europe. No sane per-
son surely would see anything but a
sign of lack of warlike intentions in
government which introduces bud
get calling for immense reductions in
army and navy appropriations. The
total proposed retrenchment program
involves 100,000.000 yen, and two
thirds Of this would dock the army
and navy expenditures formerly laid
out for 190S-09.
Retrenchmenu is a case of sheer
necessity for Japan. National in
solvency is the alternative. The limit
of the taxable capacity of the people
has been reached, and the failure to
float the last loan in London shows
ominously for the national credit
abroad, even at period of wide
spread stringency.
Japans foreign debt now is some
2,3O0,000,000 yen, bearing high rate
VI ihtSlcnC INA, 10 SdliuS iiiIo tiS hoi
row resources of the people annually.
The immense burden of the late war,
felt in inordinate taxation of an i'm
poverished people, dims the glory of
military achievement, and a series of
bank failures, strikes and dangerous
social demonstrations indicates a
looming domestic crisis that must be
prepared against. Hence this sudden
calling halt on a program of army
and navy expansion that Japan simply
can not pay for 1t is growing evident
that the peace of Portsmouth came
none too soon for Japan, and that the
surrender of the money indemnity was
a heavy sacrifice.
The seat of Japan's anxiety is at
home, and the anxiety is primarily
financial The question of comparative
fighting ability aside, the sheer finan-
cial burden of a war with the United
States would crush Japan within a
twelvemonth. A country facing a
problem of threatened national in
solvency. and with its foreign credit
for war purposes already eaten up, is
in no mood or condition to seek pre-
text for war.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
Educate Customers.

If local merchants would all follow
the example of the mail order houses
and educate their possible customers to
the fact that they have the same
goods, or better, at prices that
are as low or lower and guarantee
satisfaction or refund" the mail order
houses would be driven out of bust
ness, except in communities very re-
mote from sources of supply.
1t is within the power OF the adver-
Using man of every retail store to
build up the business of his house by
just such methods. The merchant
who does not see the possibilities OF
advertising properly done is square
peg in round hole and can offer no
good excuse for posing as a business
man.-Store News.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
THE LEVEL OF COST.
Prices Have Advanced Throughout
the World.

Many persons in our country who
have complained OF the increased cost
of the necessaries of life have talked
peculiar to the United States and af-
fected us alone. The fact, as is
known to students of broader view, Is
that high prices have been and are
worldwide. Increased cost here Is
coincident with increased cost abroad.
If prices had risen in the United States
only we might blame the tariff or the
trusts or anything else prominent In
the political discussions with better
show of reason, but since the foreigner
suffers with the American consumer
it ought to be clear that the things
most dwelt upon here as underlying
causes of greater cost are not the re-
sponsible ones.
A deputy speaking in the German
Reichstag recently on the increase in
the cost Of living in Berlin, said that
it amounted to SO 1-3 per cent. in the
last ten years; that the price OF
articles of general consumption had
III oOlllG luolduScS ONSi W"
per cent, as, for example, in the case
of rye, which had gone up 62.7 per
cent, while wheat had risen 45 per
cent. since 1901 and -four "a per cent.
since September, 1906; barley had
risen ten per cent. and potatoes II per
cent. since last year; in 1906 the price
of beef had risen So per cent, veal
Ais per cent, mutton so per cent, and
pork 40.6 per cent, compared with
what they had cost ten years before;
during the last IL months all these
prices, except in the case of pork, the
price OF which had slightly decreased,
had recorded further advances.
Prices of things which enter into
general consumption tend everywhere
to a common level. Special causes in
terfere TO make the price of some
article or some class of articles a lit
lie higher here or little lower there,
but in general when the price is high
or low in one country it is the same
in another and all. There is the i'm
portant difference always, however,
that the purchasing power of our own
people is greater than that of the peo-
pies of other nations.-Pittsburg Ca
zette-Times.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
He Had a Great Mind.

Rennold Wolf had been chatting
with David Warfield. When he was
leaving a Japanese butler approached
with his hat and coat.
That's a wonderful boy" remarked
Warfield. He knows moye about lb-
sen than / do He reads fbsen all the
time. He's got great mind, great
mind"
Whats his name?"
What is your full name?" de-
} manded Warfield, turning to the but
Ter.
"Imma Oura Hachimi," replied the
Jap, bashfully.
you see," exclaimed Mr. Warfield
exultantly. Didn't tell you he was
a wonderful boy? 1t takes great
mind to remember a name like that -
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
Protection Policy Defended.

During the campaign we shall hear
something about protection and fires
trade. Mr.. Bryan and his friends will
argue from the assertion that protec.
ton is the mother of trusts and that
the surest means OF dealing with
trusts is to destroy protection. The
Republicans should welcome that de-
bate-should welcome even the most
yelled attack on system which
stands so thoroughly justified by ex-
perlence. If protection cannot be de
Tended nothing can be. If was never
more deserving of the title "the
American policy" than it is to-day,
with America, under its application,
In the front rank of producing and
fiourishing misunderstanding Star.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
The Country Itself Again.

1t is certainly in order to congratu-
late the banking and business COM
munity on the disappearance of the
last signs of the recent stringency.
The New York banks have resumed
full cash payments and report a sub
stantial surplus over their legal re-
serves. In Chicago and other western
centers, where conditions were at no
time nearly SO bad as in the east,
clearing house certificates have not
been used for some time, and the
extra-legal emergency currency" is
rapidly being retired. The premium
on currency is thing of the past even
in Wall street, and country banks are
again sending their surplus cash to
the money markets.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-02-29
Is Worth the Cost.

Whether the canal costs 5000, 900
or S140,000,000 is a matter of more or
less Indifference in comparison with
the importance of the undertaking
and the relation il will have to the
welfare of this country. IL will easily
be worth the larger sum if it can be
built for no less, and the people have
so much confidence in the men now in
control of the work that they will not
question the wisdom of the expendi-
cures which circumstances may show
q be requisite.--Denver Republican.