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The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
The Corrupt Judge and
the Poor Immigrant
Why Not LesIslate So the Root Of
the undesirable Citizen EVIL
Will BE kilIed7

especial paid the investigation
AZ suspected anarchists.
Now again immigrants who make undesirable citizens
pobably slip the country That generally conceded
'$ BUT QUITE APART FROM THIS SPECIAL MATTER, 1T
IT'S OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT THE REQUIRE
MENTS FOR NATURALIZATION SHOULD BE ADMIN
feTERED PROPERLY.
always been in themselves inadequate
An New York Times conservative about handling matters
|<M this kind declares in a candid editorial
M There is nothing about the requirements
practically the of George Wash
)neton The Times points
M THIS CRIMINAL METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN UNIFORMLY DUE TO THE OUTRAGEOUS BE-
FRAYAL OF TRUST BY JUDGES STATE AND FEDERAL.
n WHO is THE TRULY UNDESIRABLE-THE POOR I'M
MIGRANT OR THE CORRUPT JUDGE7
It LAIN The Times in the discretion of judge
Jurisdiction naturalization evidence salts
factory of applicant for citizenship
evidence the fault has been his
5pwn.
AT the last session of bill passed amending and
relating naturalization One of the
useful of provisions authorized the United States
appear when application for naturalization made
through attorneys who authorized make special
qaon of the anecedents Of the applicants and of the
who certify the character Of the applicant This
u the chief change in the letter of the law
The change spirit good immigration laws should
be to SEE THAT THE JUDGES ARE DESIRABLE.
Then the undesirable citizen would be quickly eliminated
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08

pie have not mental balance enough
10 read of crime without becoming
criminals. they wound be better OF
without newspapers--yetter of In san
itariums and asylums perhaps. But
most OF MS have faith that we are
comparatively sane. and are not afraid
10 read about crime when described in
the realistic style for the press. News.
papers do not make crime attractive.
hence there Is no temptation for the
sane reader to initiate Il. When We
read OF the murder in the press, ne
read of police and detectives anu
bloodhounds and clues. and IN the end
usually. OF prison sentence or m
execution: in short we read Of plenty
of trouble for the. murderer. for such
Is life. When we reaG about an "af-
Unity case I'm the newspapers we
read OF dishonor and tears. OF the COL
tempt or threats of neighbors. OF figh
OF assumed names. of jealousy or re-
venge. perhaps, and sometimes even
of murder; for such IS life. We ven
tire that an affinity Is less attrac,
tive proposition to an invetcrate
newspaper reader than to any ot1es
type OF person, p
Z What some might call unsavo,y
news Is always on tap. FOR human
folly never tets up.-cummercfzi tT
ion fntr1Ko-
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
CHAPTER x.-(continued.)
Romance NXlll Out.

"a Hiss NINETY went through the
IMl missives with trembling
ii III aands. picked cat a pink pink e !,
sigh ana continued:
III yOu knew NY history. ~ the
hands Of prince, \ Russian, No,
ne wasn't Russian. he was French
no, what | am talking about. he was
Austrian, | think, or Italian And
she gave Mrs. Herriard a look tnst
challenged her 10 try To 80 one bet
ter on such Il vague but terrible ro'
nance.
Il know case" said Laura. a
friend Of mine--a charming woman,
no money. bat attractive. Yes. very
pretty" and she glanced confidently
~ the mirror. She is widow, and
has been obliged 10 MARI. again. and
has chosen the very young man who
Was--thet is--a very young man VINO
has money, but not much else. anu
meanwhile she has a terribly roman
tic attachment enthusiastically
misplaced"
1T il as 4 you were telling me
my own story. ma'am," moaned MISS
Ninety. THAT is TO say, while It's
quite different. it's almost Identical.
you see. the man is maCSfed, pur-
saed Laura. He is most unhappily
u arried- and 10 such q woman. Oh
course. am civil 10 her--i mean my
friend is civil to her-but'--
AT this moment the double doors
os the room were flung open, and In
strobe Jane Hammond. FLUFFY and un'
suspectlng lamb that she was, she had
swished into the very teeth OF a
hungry wolf
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
The united states of the Worid--a
Dream of Cooperation


Dream of Cooperation.
To the Editor OF the Times: Talk
OF the equality OF man. when God mace
one weIl-nigh divinity, and one a soul
less clad' However. l never heard
that God has any objection 70 equai
opportunitles for all men; furthermore.
believe that He intended ~ Tor All
humanity not for any individual or
class. OF course, ! am no soSiaiis' y,
merely applying common sense 70
every day life. Half OF our institutions
now are sociaiist--our public SCHOOLS,
postal delivery. municipal water trt'
light and street car systems or cities
Under cooperative. system we wou,u
great national industries as we now
have in the postal department, eaSu
would receive the same service Tor the
same COMPENSATION and vice versa.
III the present administration wishes
TO Danish the spectrc of socialism which
IL has been said 70 dreaa Even W. ~
than the black buccaneers or finance. ~
might make a law abolishing all eN-
isting forms OF taxation. and establish
the single direct tax. This would ell
fectualiy destroy land monopoly when
IS the foundation OF all monopoly. Thtn
establish a uniform and uniNersal scare is
81 wages: then. as the Dutchman would
say make the commerce commission
for n board of directors, and instruct
them to find uniform equitable price
for each commodity OF national import
ance--the same to be established Oy
law. establish postal savings banks;
the same to be operated under federal
supervision. give us direct nomination.
real primary elections. the Initiative
and referendum and recall. Would not
this have tendency to check the tide
OF wealth which now flows TO the cor
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08

! Il can sympathize with your
friend" added the romantic empioye
as Mrs. Herriard was leaving the
room. Mine was married, too. They
always are"
After she had been mistaken for
| her sister by Laura Herriard. Jane
paid no further attention TO the wo-
man. She went over tn desk which
was used by Miss Ninety. and stood
fumbling at a stack OF papers there'
During this time Eleanor Anderson
was sitting in her private apartments
I thinking over the thrilling events OF
the morning. notwithstanding Erh'
tests contemplate statement 10 ms
mother that Isis" had pracucaiiy
! forced him into making a deelar2tion
7 OF ioye. the Girl had not entertained
an idea that heintended proposing on
such a short acquaintance.
He mad telephoned her the eyenlns
! before aud asked her TO take an early
morning walk with him. They started
/ out. and Ernest began his protesla'
lions ~ affections. Eleanor was in
/ clined TO lest with him at first. rms
1 was why she told him she inferred
J that marriage was what he meant.
( When he declared IL was and per-
Z sisted that he loved her dearly she
I began to look upon the situation more
seriously. There is not n doubt but
I that Ernest's words came straight
| from the heart
ftfr -fssieater- he-eet4A ~. y %h:t- he
/ felt, and say 1t passionately. Alone
with his mother. however. and his un-
cla Arnold who waS inclined 10 Chaff
/ him for being In love with fortune
\ teller. he felt that Il devolved upon
him. as a young man with pride.
money and social aspirations. TO JUS
tify- himself for his strange attach,
ment, So he had placed the blame
for his proposal partly on Eleanor.
Truly. Ernest was of that vacillat.
/ ing type OF the masculine gender
which could only be described by a
! transposition OF Hamlet's words TO-
"Fraity. thy name is man."
Therein lay his one crying defeat
as a matrimonial gem--a defect that
! Eleanor might have discovered had
she taken the trouble 90 turn the mag
nifying glass of woman's intuition
upon him.
Well she finally siEhed. now
must give ND looking into my des.
! tines and tell others or the good and
evil that is. 10 happen TO them. must
go into tiYat Ttsffy consulting room
ami play I hee role OF Weird Sister
Ringing bell to notify Miss Ninety
that she would soon be ready for her
clients. Eleanor started downstairs
She looked radiantly happy and un
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08

u
porations and divert IL TO the Golfers
OF the commonwealth and et tIN sAIne
time chop OF all this tom fOo,ishncSs
about dividing I'D; thus, IL we so
straight ahead. II is but step from
competition TO cooperation.
or course. we have 4 very high waGl
OF prejudice which we must eitiit r
climb ever or tear down. yet would Il
not be worth the effort2 Imagine a
country supplied through it's entire
length and breadth with cooperative
laundrfCs, bakeries. butter factories,
all public utilities. and systematic.
scientific distribution or goods. When
we adopt all these good LAings--of
course l mean universally nation
allze the banks. railroads, mines, mills
and factories. we VIII eliminate a lot
OF undesirable things The billions that
are annually wasted IN war and litiSa-
ton. would 20 far toward aCceleratins
the wheels of progress, then there
would be no millionatres. 40 trAmps.
no criminals, no Idiots, no paupocs, no
fool lawyers, no Sissy preachers, no
east. no west no north. no south, no
England no Germany. no France, no
Spain---JDst the international Co-uSera-
tive commonwealth. the United states
OF the world the ideal republic
Yours for evolution,
JAMES SMITH.
Montrose. Mich. April J. 1905.
T. S--I arr NJ politician ] am q
candidate for no office. and ] am IN the
pay OF no one who Is. Yet l think the
best policy .of the United states is TO
keep on tinkering the tariff and max
ing antt-rebate laws TIL the crack Of
doom. ,.
How a man does hate to be grateful
for an ill-timed favor.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
NEWSPAPERS
DO NOT MAKE CRIME
ATTRACTIVE

y The newspaper IS frequently spoken
~ cs 4 degrading Influence. because
|5f me publicity II rives 70 crime, Inn
morality. sensation. end the like
omc theorists claim that many per
IONA who might otherwise be iaw-abia
He citizens are prompted to crime
.roueh TIE suggestive influence OF
NJ prces One shonsd never read o.
<IIne o. tragedy. Say some. because
ne alleged viti4sing effect upon
Is mind; but What Is the real Truth
onf the efree, OF such reading DO
n<on boineS have a spark OF reason
nfe they merely nervous. sensitive
I1noIo ready 20 hara brsin-storm'
>e1,excr they think OF other brain
rn1s n TIE newss,per reader the
90 ~ H1o(6r>H or a creature prompt
"a 1<re1 - ~ inzanc or sane7
&ef ~ 5n<lucnct Of newspapers
rs 1|111 81 e1Il Q<penda up0n how
= IJd6x AZ xzkXEznd II peu
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
ToDAY's BEST STORY.
The Ready Auroran.

"Alertg'' said Senator Hopkins OF a
colleague the other day. why. he "a
as alert and clever as the Aurora bride.
groom.
You know how bridegrooms. set.
ting on on the honeymoon, forget
their brides, and buy tickets only fo-
themselves? Well. that Is what this
bridegroom did in Aurora, and when
his wife said to him. Why, you only
bough: one ticket, dear" he an
swered readily:
BY tove. never thought OF my
SELF
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
\ --DY--
J. NJ. LoUoHBoROUGu.
Her Sister

Usually beautiful as she stepped into
the consulting room, Once The door
was closed behind her she became
brisk and buslness-like. Jane turned
toward her with an exclamation OF
JOY.
Jane. am surprised" said Elean-
or after they had embraced. You
haven't been near me for two months.
Is IL a new beau--or a new Dill this
timc?"
Jane kissed her sister with dis
play OF Intense devotion,
And affectionate. too" exclaimed
Eleanor. ITS n bill! Jane. you're
hard up"
"As IL happens. am not and de-
test being called Jane" said the
Younger sister petulantly. Eleanor
seated herself at the ''shut.up" dress
ing table. and. as she began preparing
10 transform herself into Madame
Isis, she asked Miss Ninety whether
any one was waiting TO see her.
eyes" replied the faithful but ro-
mantle employee. lit was
mo-" said Eleanor laughing. That
Is Amusing"
IT'S the lady who had an appoint
ment for four. wants 10 see you now
Instead" explained Miss Ninety.
II don't remember her." said Elean-
Of. and With mischievous expression
| she asked: Easy"
"Oh. yes" replied Miss Ninety.
TrJusr ter her go t,H- asd- she Mill tell
you everything she wants TO know.
HAS a lady friend. suppose, who
| is in trouble?"
eyes, madame" responded Miss
Ninety as she took James hat and
| gloves. Very bad case
"Ahem, Class r, Always a steady
customer" remarked Eleanor with
I pseudo-serious expression,
This one" pursued Miss Ninety,
calls herself LOVE.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
Nature Hints.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Expert on RattIeshira.

Sir Two years ago was in New
York and saw a number of vessels
crossing and re-crosslng the river be
tween Jersey and New York. A man
whom | asked for information told me
they were United States battleships
and looked at them very carefully.
believe the critics OF our navy de
partment are right. The battleships
appeared top-heavy. and the great
number OF windows In the sides would
Gauge grave danger from broken glass,
The ships looked clumsy. although the
admirals manoeuyred them neatly into
the slips. az the docks are called.
J. |. GIGGLE.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
EDITORIALS BY THE PEOPLE


ox
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08

Coal. both hard and soft, Is altered
and hardened vegetable matter. form.
ed out Of the remains of anciep.
plants. Roughly speaking. coal con.
sists OF from 80 to Sc per cent car
bon mixed with a small proportion OF
various mineral substances. which re.
main as ash when the coal is burnes
In addition to- these constituents coal
contains, locked up within itself. n
certain amount OF gas. varying IN
quantity according TO the kind Of coal
the anthracite containing more ard
the b'tuminous less gas.
In after years a courtship may b
converted into a battleshin
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08

Between I,aoo and 1900 sa-
looms were voted out of business
in the Illinois election yesterday.
Twenty-Five counties in Illinois
voted to become absolutely dry,
thus increasing the number OF
dry" counties TO 81 out OF a
total OF 100.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08

On the twentieth of this month
there will be held in Washington
a conference OF the assistant dis
trict ittorneys representing the
bureau of immigration and natu-
ralization.
These gentlemen are charged
with organizing systematic and
effectual inquiry as to immigrants
seeking naturalization. 1t is un-
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
CHAPTER XII.
Her Sister.

Eleanor's brief career on the stage
stood her in good stead when she
became crystal gazer." IL must be
inferred that n girlish-looking young
person. with inEocent blue eyes. nice
fluffy hair and a complexion as fair
as pure. fresh lily. does not inspire
confidence rs fortune-teller.
Like tho witches In Macbeth"
.soothsayers are generally sappQsed TO
De- harsh creatures, who don't enjoy
ittS ss ali. but who xit, around q besa.
Ing pot or crystal globe. or go into
frances and make themselves weird
and unattractive.
,tTo he CoptInucd.D
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
ADVERTISEMENTS.

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ply OF 8,750,000 tons Of white paper
Z suitable for writing presidential mes.
sages upon. Specifications may be
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FOUND-Bundle of essays on adyis-
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Marked y. b.. Oregon" Owner
can have property as quick as he
likes. G.. w. Fairbanks.
DAYS WORK-Fences repaired by
competent man, Frank Hitchcock,
Gazette.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
An Apology.

Sir-In my absence from headquar-
tiers some OF my supporters sent out
campaign literature which said tina,
! wouldn't carry out your policies IL
elected. What do you think of that ?
WIN. RI. TAFT.
fWhst do We thing OF itgii..i'f Male
factors.,, Shorter and uglier!.'
Should all be hanged.'. 5afy should
be banged,ll Hung jurors should be
hanged,ll don't care..,--EdD
3 -, -
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
THE
White House Gazette.
WEEK JONES. EDITOR.

sailed in a submarine, but never
again, No one can see person who's
below water, except the mermaids--
and they have no votes. Further.
there's no crowd To see us shake hands
with the engineer. IL doesn't gair
a single vote to shake hands with
thousand founders. and. besides. their
fine are damp.
.pattleships are much superior To
submarines. and We should have more
of them. The commander-in-chief OF
the navy can be photographed with
good effect on the bridge OF battle
ship.
My feet has communicated with me
and" my people by wireless. II Is In
good condition. and am glad my eff
forts have resulted SO well
WILLIAM j. BRYAN,
Always on the Job.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
SUBMARINES UP IN AIR.
Coast Unprotected Through Miserable
Failure of Boats.

( Tests of the nations submarine
boats reveal terrible condition o:
weakncss'
y instead of sinking. the submarines
actually rise into the air.
/ Congress Is aroused and will investi-
gate Immediately!
/ Governor Hughes has appointed a
commission TO take evidence on the
subject OF New York's defences.
/ Naval officers conducting the tess
say that the first submarine. instead
OF slipping below the surface OF the
water, rose in the air and fioated over
the Alleghanies.
! Richmond Pearson Hobson declares
+ the country needs $500 submarines
To protect its harbors.
Representative Cushmnn, OF Wash
ington, says the present submarines
viii be used as airships. They will
be attached TO Mount Baker and will
be used TO defend Puget Sound.
Later advices indicate that the
tests proved the submarines TO be in
perfect condition.
The opposing stories are due to the
professional differences of opinion
among the officers In Washington.
In Society.
William j. Bryan and John A. John
son are thinking of renting a two-fam-
lily house.
The presidents yacht Maynower
stuck on the mud the other day. Ships
are more at home In the water.
Me and my people are not on such
friendly terms as they used to was.
The Undeslrables club Is charging
It's building in view OF the expected
admission Of both Thaw juries.
Nature Hints.
Sir-While crossing the Barren
Lands OF Long Island on my last
camping expedition the train ran over
and killed rare specimen Of the
arctic giraffe. What do you think OF
this?
fRev) VIM. J. LONG.
(Dcgwood wouldn't. willows do not
will Flypapers do not fly. Robins
do not rob. Crows do not crow.
CLANS are no, clamorous.-Ed)
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08
A Pill Protest.

A Pill Protest.
Sir-Are you Blue Pill?
VOTER.
Eve are not. We will never agree
that We are. Blue Pill for Azure
People.-Ed)
A Pill.
An alleged humorlst referred to US
as a Pill.
We are whole box of pills or moth
ing.
The choice OF "Me--and My People,
TAFT! TAFT, TAFT!
The Man with the Equator.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08

We hope that congress will inquire
into the submarine question. Weronce
The Detroit times., 1908-04-08

How a man does hate to be grateful
for an ill-timed favor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-14
THE Saith EXHIBITION
OF T0PSHAM FAIR.
Silk PatChen and Curth Win---The 2.35
Class Unfinished All the Features
Seen Including the Baby Show.

Torsham. Me. Oct 13-(SpeciaD.-.
The 54th annual exhibition of the Sag
adahoc Agricultural and Horticulture
az Society opened on the TopSham fair
what warmer weather than sometimes
greets, this fair, a good first day crowd
Of 1900 to 1900 gathered. The race WIN
ners We're Silk Patchen in the 2.1S
class and Gnrth in the colt race, the
2.35 class, with a field of 10, being I'M
finished at shutdown and postponed to
Wednesday. A baby show in the up
per hail was a feature of the after
non. With the good start which the
fair received today, it's success on
Wednesday and Thursday seems as
surc6
Every feature which goes to make up
a succ, ssful fair was found by the
hundreds of visitors to the fair
grou.IdS today. The cattle We're the
best that the old county of Sagadahoc
produces. and they are second to none
elsewhere in the broad State of Maine
OF for that matter, in New England.
There are also some good strings OF
horses at the fair speedy ones that can
take their drivers to the Wire in PIG
or better, ard beautiful show horses
that could scor" points anywhere in
thu world
In the sheep department there is
gathered together a large variety of
the best stock of southern Maine, and
not only are the animals we'll develop
ed, but they show all the ear-marks
OF excellent breeding. They are rails
ing good stock in this section Of the
State. and the place to learn the truth
is the Sagadahoc County fair.
For swine. there are some husky
specimens that make the specialists
eyes bulge. and bring many cxclama-
items OF wenderment and surprise to
the lips of the non-technical but APP
preciative visitor. They know how to
raise hogs in Sagadahoc county, as
well as cattle and horses.
The poultry fancier will spend long
hours in the poultry department,
which runs the entire length of the
grandstand. over 400 coops being
shown, and all of them full. The COM
mlttee in charge has done some good
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-14
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Fred G. Philpot. a Sanford phot"g-
rainier, was arrested Monday evening
%, 4 warrant sworn ont by Ed. II.
Emery, secretary of the Christian CIV
il. League, charging him with publish
ing obscene post cards. Mr.. Philpot
waived examination and appeared and
furnished sureties in the sum of 5000 for
his appearance at the January term
Of the supreme court. He claims that
the pictures published were post cards
such as We're commonly displayed in
public places Il year or two agOWbut
they are not 50 much in vogue now
and he has discontinued their sale.
His studio was searched last Friday
but nothing was found sufficient to
warrant his conviction in the munich
pal court and he was discharged.
With about $50 delegates present rep
resentinG the 262 lodges of the Order Of
the Shepherds of Bethlehem. the 18th
annual convention of the organization
was begun Tuesday at Hartford. CT
Az meeting of the Funeral Rencft
Association of the order Monday It
WAS voted to offer to incorporate with
tho supreme lodge The delegates are
also expected to pass an entirely rev
set of laws for the governing of TIC
supreme. state and subordinate lodges.
The order it is stated, has now about
81 GOO members in 10 states aid >elri
t. rieS.