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The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
HOME RULE WILL
NOT APPLY TO
SCHOOL BOARD
BODY, UNDER NEW cONSTITU-
TON, INDEPENDENT oRoANlzA-
TON, SUBJECT ONLY TO JuRIs.
OIcTICN OF LEGISLATURE.

While the people of Detroit will
in most particulars. or to vote on re
vision. the school board will still re-
main an independent body 10 be gov
erned by direct legislation from Lans-
ing. In this respect at least. the new
constitution does not give home rule
TO the people of the city.
Any plan for substituting a small
board elected at large for the present
ward representation must be decided
by the legislature and not by the peo-
pie of the city.
The Board OF Commerce has taken
an active interest in matters affect
ing education. and Secretary Sawyer.
in considering the plans for charter
amendment, discovered the fact that
educational matters had been express
ly reserved tc the Legislature. To
an opinion from Corporation Counsel
p. j. NJ. Hally, who was a member Of
the constitutional convention. The lat.
ter in his reply To Secretary Sawyer.
says in part:
For upwards OF hfty years the
board of education OF Detroit has been
an independent corporation. The &C.
prescribing its management Is no por-
ton OF the charter of the city OF De-
troit, and the section you quoted VIII
not cover educational matters unless
the general law, which provides for
the machinery for amending and
adopting charters. should include It..
I'm many of the cities throughout
the state, educational matters is a
part OF the charter OF the city. This
has never been the case in Detroit.
and whether IL will or not under the
new constitution depends entirely
upon the legislature.
Even should the Legislature at the
coming session include educational
matters ia the general act and permit
cities 10 frame and adopt their own
laws with respect to school matters, n
future legislature could change that
policy because II has always been re-
garded as a matter In which the peo-
pie OF the state at large have such
an interest as TO take IL out OF the do
main OF what we consider purely local
concern"
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
DECREASE IN
WINTER WHEAT

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1-The newly
seeded area OF winter wheat Is esti-
mated at Sc per cent less than the
revised estimated area shown in the
fall OF 1907, equivalent to a decrease
OF l,762. 900 acres and indicating d
total OF 29,SS4,O00 acres. The cond.-
ton OF winter wheat on Dec. was
$50 as compared with OIL on Dec. l.
1907: GAL on Dec. /. 1906. and ten.
year average OF 1922.
The newly seeded area OF rye Is es-
timated as being 4 per cent less than
the area sown in the fall OF 1907
equivalent to decrease OF $4,000
acres. and indicating total OF 1885,
coo acres. The condition Of rye on
Dec. / was $40. as compared with 9l.4
on Dec. /. 1907: 96.2 on Dec. l, 1906,
and a ten-year average OF $50.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
BOYS WILL NOT BE
PERMITTED INTO COURT

CLEVELAND, o.. Dec. Police
Judges McGannon end Levine have
decided that hereafter boys less than
eighteen years OF age shall not be al
lowed In police court while criminal
cases are on trial. Court officers have
been instructed TO keep them out OF
the courtrooms and prevent their
lettering in the halls at police head.
quarters.
Boys who are to appear as wit
resses will be detained in the jury
room till they are called Upon to tes-
t,fy. and after their testimony has
been given they will not he allowed To
remain In the courtroom. The pur.
nose OF the new regulation Is to keep
details of crime from the ears Of
youth.
Police Judges and prosecutors have
long had the matter of excluding boys
from the courtroom under considers
ton. They have watched the boys
who crowd into the courtroom and.
after two weeks OF observation. have
noted that the same faces appear day
after day, whether the boys have any
direct interest In the cases on trial
The boys take morbid interest N
cases Of crime being tried and crowd
the first seats in the courtroom. Pa
trolmen say that the bad boys" or
their beats are very otter those who
have frequeDted police court and that
many of their misdemeanors are d.
rectly inspired by testimony they have
heard there.
Police prosecutors are unanimous In
condemning the system of allowing
young boys to hear police cases tried.
II Is only another and even more vi
cious form OF the dime novel, they
say.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
AppIe.-Fancy. ssU+: common. $50

Butter-otneia, prices: Extra cream
cries. soc: frsts. Csc; crooks. GOO: pack
ing stock. l9c per 10
c."iiaSwesG,i.5 Se' per- do.
CeIery-25 u soc per dos
,Che..sIMIch,gan fun cream. new.
Caiifornis Fruits-Grapes. I.7ses
per crate: pears. $3.50 per box.
Conee1Package coffee. S27S0lsss
Cranberrie--Fancy. $3.50 per bu: sis
,I Dress; ssso C a., '0ioe' COM
Dressed H:..DLisht. 707nc; .eavy.
sQ6hc per Id.
E.s. N aan ,,s current nss so,r receipts:
orator extras. FAC per doc.
FlOur-M;chigan patents In wood
NIs: SEQ second patent ate t., s5'2S; straight.
Feed-Jobb{ng lots. bran. ss4: coarse
corn meal. S2b: corn and oat chop.
$3.50; coarse middlings. s25; fine mid
Finnan IIsddies-ioc per ID.
Fresh observation-disclosures hot
house. sI.5Oa1.75 per doz; lettuce. I2c
peg Grape 10; p rr"itD@.sss9 Be- per per box.
Gree. Peppers-ss.2S@s.So per g.
basket crate.
Malaga. asoSs per Dbl. 0A'' i'''
19011c; extracted. 646hc per Id.
Hypesros shippers drp are syins ths
So Sss No. 4.'fG1s Sc tlI eisSsyT
%hss, ana oas .ira sxs so
Hids.-No. l cured. lie; No. > cured.
h GD c S9 No. Soeer 81 No NO. riss si
no; i. iiMe; No. .. lse; sreeH. 10
iss No "a ian per bs is; s sSIn: n az e
Hsrdwarc-wire nails. $3.50; base
50 and per cent on pGSitry rstsinsd
ss,Sed wire saso; No: . snnsalsd vii wire.
cloth. S1.4o per 100 feet: lap and Zip
after weaving. so per cent on. wiro
Joint eavetrough. so and 10 per cent
OF: round and corrugated conductor
pipe. IS and { per cent on.
Limes-90c per 100.
Lemons-Caiifornia. S3750+So per
box.
Msple sssar-New, pure. $50 per ID.
n ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS @ soc per pei ID: ,,...
Michigan, $50 900 per bu.
box; California naveis. ss.a5as1o per
box.
seed. 4sc gal. less 1 per cent for cash
In 10 days: diamond headlight kero-
SIC per gal
Pop Corn-Ears. IN 9.c per ID.
.,PinenppIes-Florida $3.50 per crate;
IL 50q2 per doz.
Observation-Disclosures. 70975c Der pu:
car lots. Z. o, b. Detroit. s3@65c per bu.
Pouitry-Hens, 10Q11c. springs. IL
dl2c; geese, 10d lie; ducks. 11@12c;
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
FRESHMAN is
q BLACK HAND SUSPECT

A vagrant pen. describing a peculiar
little ccrlioue at the end of letter
n, furnished the one bit Of evidence
the police have obtained thus far
against Richard O'Bfen, held in the
central station on suspicion OF attempt.
ting IN extort money from Mrs. Abra-
ham Rangelo. OF No. 622 Riopelle-st,
by Black Hand methods.
Mrs. Rangelo has received a number
or letters lately threatening dire things
unless she came forward with various
sums OF money. The last letter. ra-
ceiyed Saturday. commanded her TO
be in the yard OF the Russell school,
Russell and Eliot-sts.. at IL o'clock
Sunday night with 500. which she
was to pay over to man with a
white mask. She notified the detec-
tives and Clare's little stunt was fran
ed up.
Clare visited Mrs. Rangelo's house
an hour or two before the appointed
time and logged up In the woman's
clothes. He went TO the school yard
and after waiting few minutes a man
cautiously approached.
Hello. woman" he finally ventured.
And just at that moment Detectives
Steinhebel and Sullivan. who had been
lurking in the shadow. grabbed him
from behind. while Clare threw off his
disguise.
O'Brien gave his address as No. As
Hale-st. A search OF his clothes re-
vealed $114. Capt. Mcdonnell. Monday
morning, took specimen of his hand
writing and compared IL with the
writing on the envelope addressed 10
Mrs. Rangelo. Although the two diff
fered vastly In style. the capital RS
were practically identical. both having
the peculiar curl at the end O'Brier.
however, wore no mask
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07

turkeys. lac per Id. Dressed hens, IL
glzhc; springs, l2QlSc; geese. LOO
aic' ducks. i2913c; turkeys. ib@lse
Sweet resase~s--virginias .taas per
SSSii: sJerssys. N:is per blu. Ss.2s per
Provs;isos:1Mss. pork. so: family
PORK; usgSdaSs:so; light. clear: us3ao:
dry sailed briskets, lie: shoulders. 30;
picnic hams. SC: bacon. l3c: lard In
uercSs. iohc; kettle rendered, i've
Rabbit.-sl.7s9s per dog.
"a ssiI sts domlpoes $3.50; eagle
$3.50; xxx powdered. sb.s0: granu-
lated. extra coarse. $685.: graduated.
In bulk. 35.26: graduated. In 25-lb cot
ton bags. $3.50; Michigan GRADUATED.
$si5; confectioners' A. $50: No. J..
siiss No. No. s. ss siS; No No. g. ;sesss No. No. 1.
S.; No. s. s4.s5: No. Q. 1850: No. 10.
sssss; No sS. u; $3.50; No: r. H7s; No 70
per 100 lbs.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
WHOEVER FEASTS Is
WIDOWS; SEEKS WIFE

PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 5.-W. c.
Brown. known in the little town W
Dallas. Ore, where he lives. as Uncle
Billy, entertained seventy-six widows
at banquet. The number included
all the widows in his town and the
vicinity.
Uncle Billy" Is widower and -
looking for a wife. He Is ga years
old and cele 5rated the event by invii-
ing possible candidates for that posi-
ton The Oldest OF his guests was 81.
and the youngest 25. He presided ri
the banquet and called upon many Of
the guests for toasts.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
MARKET IS HEAVY;
BEAR|SH OUTLOOK
THE CAUSE
MOST STOCKS WERE SUPPORTED
IN THE EARLY DEAllNGS-lON-
DON WAS HEAVY IN ALL DE-
PARTMENTs.
\. \. STOCK MARkEr-cLosE.

Am. c. * r. l6ia Am Loco, % :.
DC pfd. MAJ; Am Sugar. 1872, Am.
Smelt., s9% Anal Cop, s3is Ana
Cop. 49s A.. 4. X :. lie. ~ . Am.
Wool. 3is b o.. los. b r. TT.
5sS Cent. Leath.., 2sh: CHI. 4 o, 'S'
CHI. * Alt, 5OsA Can. Pac.. lI6: On. "
CT w. "a, Colo. 4. & /. Al; Cons.
Gas. l63A Distil. Sis. Den Rio
CIR, S54. Erie. Ss7s' do lists. ~: do
ends. asa Gen. Flee. l55' Ice. 2Sh
III Cent; lts. INT Pap, n% la
Tex, IS; do pfd. II, Mo. Pae;,,. 65's. Nat
Els. sl4 Nat. Lead. So. Nor. w.
81. North W. l73. Nor. Pac, l42: y.
\. G. H.. III: Ont w, 40; Fac.
PHI. Il Read. l397. Rep. ST, 26A. do
pfd, ssh Roc klsl,. 237s do pfd. So.
souih's !'n. ssa Sou Pse.. ii73. Sou.
Ry.. 25h; do pfd. IS y Tenn. Copper.
4iA Toll. ST. l.. 4 W. 3sIs Tex y
Pac;. 3tAs; Union Psc.. lsoN; L. :: >.
64h do pfd. ll2h vir. Chem, AZ y
Wabash. III do pfd. 49, w. Z. Tel,
6s% WIS. Cent. ala. do pfd, ca Is
Utah Cop. 4sA. west'house. 9OS
Newh:. 8: Ct North. liSh: do Nortfs
Ore I3A.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
BUSINESS GOOD
At STOCK YARDS

BUFFALO. N. Y, Dec. Slowly
but surely business Is getting back
10 its old condition at the East Buffalo
stock yards. The railroas-s have be-
come little more generous with dis
infected cars and the result Is that
cattle are coming in quantities once
more.
About ten cars OF stock came In last
night and another hundred have
either arrived or are expected today.
Ii Is the best Monday the stock yards
have had since the quarantine was i'm.
posed
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
THIS WOMAN SMOKES.
AT THE AGE OF 1907

OXFORD. Mass, Dec. 5.-Mrs. Cath
crime Snay passed the 10th anniver
cary OF her birth at her home In North
Oxford today. Propped up In bed
where she has lain for the last fouT
years. partly paralyzed. she receives
the congratulations OF many callers
come OF whom. though themselves ap.
preaching the sunset of life, knew he,
in their childhood as Granny" Snay
Beside her on a stand lay her smok
ing materials. for she has been a user
Of tobacco for 96 years. and OF late he
Tipe and tobacco have been her chief
solace
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
SENATORS TO
NAME RICH

WASHINGTON. Dec. Tt is stated
that both Senators Burrows and
Smith, OF Michigan. will present 10
the president today the name OF ex-
Coy, John T. Rich. of Lapeer. 10 be
collector OF customs at Port Huron, TO
succeed Lincoln Avery, who was re-
moved on political charges.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
PRODUCE.

Business on Woodbridge was
rat her more than usually quiet this
morning, even for Monday. There was
nc thing at all in the way OF receipts
to work on. and the consumption OF
both butter and eggs is restricted by
the high prices. Christmas green's are
beginning to show now. and dealers in
goods peculiar TO the holidays. report
trade as picking up very satisfactorily.
The general list today was unchanged
as TO prices and very quiet.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
BOSTON COPPER.
BOSTON COPPER LETTER.

Furnished by Hayden, stone Co:
There was fair demand for the Bos-
ton copper shares ut the opening and
some quite substantial gains were re-
corded. The tone is now somewhat ir-
regular, due largely to profit -taklng
Their. were large buying orders In lake.
which carried the price UP 10 24hc C.
Miami Is also In fair demand and Ari-
IONA Commercial. The undertone OF
the market Is GOOD and we believe
higher prices will be forthcoming and
therefore recommend purchases on all
reactions
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
REP. LOUD TO WORK
ON SAGINAW PLAN

WASHINGTON, Dec. REP. Loud.
OF Michigan. says he is going to try
TO get twenty-foot channel for the
Saginaw river. He also wants $4,000
TO improve the water front OF Rogers
City. The water over the bar, he
says, must be deepened.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07

Las. l5A: Lake, %: Mob. 7On: Mai.
sS; Mia. ~. Nip: ioh: Ney. Utah,
3: New Dom. so. y. Butte. seh; Old
20; Raven. 81: Rhode ISL. 6; Shan. rs;
Sup. Pitts, ls% Sup. Cop. SO; Sup *
Bos:. i7h Tam, So; Trim. Cop, l71s +;
Utah Cons. 46n It'd Cop. Com. i3+ /;
u, =. oil. ssh; Y. =. r.. As. do pfd.
Wet. 3h: wyan.. 3; Yo1kon. "a
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
NEw YORK METAL.

NEW YORK. Dec. AT the Metal
exchange today. business was virtually
at standstill with heavy tone
shown in tin which broke %c In SYM
pathy with sharp decline In foreign
market Other commodities unchanged.
Quotations: Lake. lIss N1ihc; cleo
l4tsc; spelter, 5.1oc: lead. 4.2J q
A 2oc. rim os756 2gc
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07

NEW YORK. Dec. THE cotton
market this morning opened steady
with the cables. but soon turned quite
weak and under heavy sales by several
of che room traders. broke about q
points.
Cotton prices furnished by Hayden.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
COPPER MARKET-CLosE.

Ariz. Com'l. 80: Apex, 6hs Aim. 100;
All. 2s%:, Adv. 10. Bay :. Gas. ~ ,
Black Min, az Bos. Cons, 1914. Bos
a Corb.. Gan. Butte Gin, 267s Copper
Con- siA; G. a. ilsH: Davis ID,
g. r.. Butte, sls Fr' ~ First Nat.
8: Hanc.. ll&; Relv.. 4; Isle Roy. "a;
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07

Prof Charles Head Weller, OF the
state university of Iowa. will deliver
an illustrated lecture on The excava.
tons OF the American school I'm
Athens" In the Detroit Museum OF
Art, Thursday evening. Dec. 10. at +
O'Clock. This lecture is given under
the auspices OF the Detroit Society %
the Archaeological institute OF Amer
lea.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07

Rusiness-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat kind. that
looks right. Times Printing Co., 10
Johr R.-st. Phone 14ee.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
LOCAL STOCKS.

Following quotations. furnished by
La wis q. Gorton. l4lS Majestic Bldg.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
LIVE STOCK.
EAST BUFFALO.

. EAST BUFFALO. n L.. Dec. Cat
t1e-Recepts 1850 head. active. 25c
higher on all grades: prime sters. $500
ds75: shipping steers, $3.50 a go; L.
O5O 10 l150-lb. steers. $5u6; heifers.
s45O45.iO: cows. s3.5044.75. bulls. 50
G425: no stockers and feeders. milch
cows and springers on sale. Veals-
Receipts geo head. active and firm; Gull
to choice $S.75Gl0. sheep and Lambs
Receipts 5000 head. active. 2jc
stronger: lambs, S5a775; yearlinGs.
s5.75m625 wethers. 35d525; ewes.
$3.50 AS: mixed sheep. S4.T5m5: Gull
sheep $25064.25. Hogs-Receipts TO-
200 head fairly active at decline OF 10
n zoe: workers.. $3.50 a so: pigs. 1926 ~
Z 40: mixed. S5.90d6: heavies. $685.
8 O5: roughs. s5.25 a $40; Atags. S4G $50.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07

Job Prfnting done right. Times Print
Ing Co., Is John R.-st. Phone 1895.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
. Us II'f V"' . q -. v ' 0tb"s
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO Dec. 7.-Hogs-Receipts
as 400, market slow. 10 to 15c lower.
light s5.O5d5.70; bulk. $3.50 n 5.75;
mixed. s525G5s0, pigs. s3.soa4.7o;
heavy SIS % $50: good to choice
heavy s5.5OG $50: rough. IS % n $50:
workers.. $3.50 a SOS. Cattle-Receipts
$4,000. market lO915c lower; beeves.
ss4OGf775: stockers and feeders. $3.50
al4.65; Texas steers. $35Og 40; cows
s33OG57O; calves. s5.5om7.75. Sheep
Receipts $4,000. market 10425c low
er; native, s2.i0G4.75; western, S2.6OI
40; yearlings. s4.15m5: lambs. natives,
s425M6.75. western, $425G6.70.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-07
Quotations by Hayden. Stone Il Co:
open. High. Low. Close.
u. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS

(b)Bid. (a)Asked. tx)splt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-23
A REJECTED TRIBUTE.

A member of the Oklahoma legisla-
ture, Senator Landrum, has introduced
a bill to prohibit the use of the wooden
Indian as a cigar store sign. The sem
ator regards the solemn statue of the
big chief as a rap at the red brother.
Inasmuch as the Indian vote in Okla
hOma is considerable, there is said to
be every probability that the bill will
be enacted into law. So in Oklahoma,
at least, the effigy viii be relegated to
the lumber room and the cigar man
must find some other device for attract
ing attention to his place. Now it seems
to us that Senator Landrum has acted
hastily. The man who devised the In
dian statue as a cigar store sign intend
ed no slight at all. He really thought
he was paying a tribute to the original
American. The significance of the sign
lies in the fact that. the Indians gave
tobacco to the world. Nobody would
ever have known the joys of worship at
the shrine of My Lady Nicotine" had
it not been for the Indians. They dis
covered the soothing qualities of the
weed and were first to grow and use it,
The pipe of peace was being passed
from Indian TO Indian centuries before
Columbus set sail with his squadron of
caravels from Genoa. The best known
story of Sir Walter Raleigh has to do
with his introduction of tobacco into
England. During the early struggles
of the American colenists tobacco was
d medium of exchange, and a very
helpful one. too. So when tobacco
stores sprang up in the country il was
natural and a graceful thing to give
the Indian some credit. 1t took the form
Of the statue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-23
WHERE is THE $500, 900 TO cor

since the city administration has de-
cided 10 ask the people to vote for an
additional bond issue of $500, 600 for wa
ter and sewer purposes, it is only right
that a statement should accompany the
submission showing the financial con-
dition of the city, its cash deficit, its
outstanding unpaid obligations, its debt
To property-owners for excessive as
sessments, as well as its probable rev.
enues and expenditures for the current
year. These facts should have been
made known before; why they should
have been concealed has not been ex-
planned. but there can be no longer
any excuse for keeping silent about
such Vita matters of municipal bust
ness.
Further, the people should demand
from the administration an explicit
pledge that none of the 100000 is de-
signed to meet bills now outstanding.
nor TO be covered into the water fund
for any present deficit: the pledge
should provide explicitly and in set
terms exactly what the $500, 900 is to be
used for, and an additional proviso
that no part OF it shall be applied to
any other purpose than is set forth in
the submission resolution.
This would be entirely reasonable and
proper, because the suspicion exists
that the administration is proposing
the bond issue TO pull itself out of a bad
financial hole. With $600O0O at its dis
pOsal. unhampered by any direct pledge
as 10 its expenditure, the financial EEK
perts" of the council would find no diff
ficulty in absorbing a large part of the
fund to cover existing overdrafts and
hide the true condition of the treasury
Likewise. an unpledged bond fund
would be very handy for campaign pur-
poses in the approaching election,
when 5000 intelligently spent among
the patriots would stimulate their pa
triotism considerably just before cleo
lion daV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-23
LOW MUCH OF A NAVY

If one were to take seriously Captain
HObsons picture of what the Japanese
are yearning to do to this country; if
what he says were true. not only four
more battleships and an extended ma
val program would be necessary, but it
would be i'm order to mobilize an army
of half a million men or more and go
into training for the yellow invasion
which keeps the eloquent naval expert
awake o nights on the bare prospect
of naturalization.
much greater man than Hobson ad-
Vised this country to prepare for war in
times of peace. and naval strength is
one of the big factors in preparedness.
But there are other factors which do
lie mentions the alliance of Britain and
Japan. and says its design ultimately
is the humiliation of the United States.
His statement is disingenuous or worse,
because that alliance is limited. and
under present conditions is almost as
much of a safeguard against attack
from either of those nations as if,the
United states were a party to the
agreement. Great Britain has engaged
30 assist Japan only if Japan is at
tackled; if Japan had any thought of
making war on this country its first OBJ
staele would be the unwillingness of
Great Britain to sanction such a war.
Another thing: war nowadays is
quite as much a matter of financial
strength as of naval or military re-
sources. The bare statement is almost
enough 10 indicate the unIikelihood of
Japan's venturing on a death struggle
with a nation of practically unlimited
means, of much greater population, a
nation containing within its own boun-
daries its own food supply and mate
rial for a war of indefinite length
Whatever may be thought OF the jap
anese. they are not fools. nor are their
statesmen feeble-minded. The ease with
which they whipped Russia may have
made the nation as a whole egotistic
enough TO believe themselves invinci-
bic. but il has not changed the knowl
edge of the nations leaders as to the
fighting ability of the United States or
of its readiness 10 fight if compelled to.
Hobson's obsession seems TO be
founded on the European theory that
nation TO be safe from aggression must
possess fighting strength in the iield
equal to any possible coalition that may
be Formed against it. Happily th.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-23
ANECDOTES CONCERNING
WELL-KN0WN PEOPLE
An Awkward Dodge.

Milton d. Purdy of the department Of
justice said in Washington of a rumor
brought to him for confirmation by re
porter;
This rumor springs from ignorance,
Grass ignorance of the law. l am sur
prised that you should have credited it.
THE originator of this rumor is as
plainly ignorant of the law as a certain
schoOlboy was of French
This boys father said to him one night
al dinner:
Well how are you getting along with
your French, my SON.?
- Very well. thank you, SIR the lad
replied
The father beamed with pleasure.
ASK politely in French for some peas,
he said.
There was an awkward pause. Then
But. father. said the boy. = don't
want any peas. "