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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24

DeCduSe Oh ulleS-
ed petty annoyances and personal Cos
sip and prosecutions directed against
himself by the people of Dayton. Mr..
Patterson has taken up his residence
In New York hotel attended by his
faithful $4,000 secretary. Charles
Palmer. who rose to his present station
from position as valet and rubber. II
was through the medium of Palmer
that Patterson told the rep orters that
he had decided to quit 1.-THE mean little
town of Dayton" forever.
One Of the complaints of the employ
ees Is that this man Palmer had been
given sole authority over men who
were his seniors in age and experience
Participation in the improvement
courses was made compulsory and so
became irksome and an object of ridi-
cule. Lectures and concerts were
given in the great "Welfare hail." and
dances were permitted. There were a
fine gymnasium. a reading room. q H.
brary. etc. But all this so called Fin
dustrial welfare work" failed to win
love and respect for its creator. who
draws a salary Of $144,000 from the
company. and now with one stroke of
his pen he has abolished 1t all and
characterized 1t as "hell fire work."
The scheme included the better feeding
and housing of the workers as well as
their recreation. President Patterson
for some reason made enemies and
was compelled to surround himself
with armed guards all the time and to
allow no one to enter his great estate
without written credentials.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24

Gompers Bows to the Law.

The April number Of the American
Federationist does not contain the
usual list of firms defined as unfair"
because Of their failure to recognize
the union of their employees. This
omission follows the decision of the
supreme court relating to the illegality
of the boycott under the Sherman anti.
trust law. President Gompers of the
federation explains that. while organ
lied labor must obey the law as inter-
preted by the highest court, he is sure
that congress will soon change the law
so as to relieve labor. Anyway. he be-
lieves that not the supreme court nor
any other power can compel a unionist
or friend of labor to buy boycotted
article He prophesies dire things for
congressman who dare to oppose the
demands of labor in this regard.
Police Prevent Socialist Meeting.
Organs Of the Socialist party have
found another propaganda weapon in
the latest attempt of the Philadelphia
police authorities to suppress public
meetings. In one case entrance to the
hall engaged by the local Socialists
was prevented by platoon of police
men, end in another case where a
meeting had begun the police entered
and forcibly expelled the speakers and
the entire audience, using clubs freely.
Would Change Socialist Tactics.
Edmund Kelly. former legal adviser
Of the American legation at Paris and
now one of the prominent members of
the New York branch Of the Socialist
party, has a signed article in the Inter
national Socialist Review. entitled 1.-THE
Confusion of Tongues" proposing rad
ical change in the tactics of his party
in America. He holds that the policy
Of revolution" while consistent and
logical in a country like Germany,
where the party has the throne. the
nobility and the church to overcome,
is utterly untenable and unnecessary
in this country, where the machinery
Of democratic government exists and
where the real enemies Of socialism
"are on the inside-in the fierce indi-
vidualism of American character" He
believes that the word reform" is the
one on which to align the various rad
ical elements here and urges the ad-
vantage of making working arrange
ments with a labor party, as the So
cialists Of England have done with
success. He charges that American
Socialists lack faith In their own prin-
ciples and stand in fear of being cap
tured by somebody All that is neces-
sary, he contends, Is that Socialists
have hand in the organization Of the
"auxiliaries."
Roosevelt to Hunt Abroad.
A remark having an important bear
ing on the contest for the Republican
nomination is that attributed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the recent dinner Of
the Boone and Crockett club-namely.
that after his term of office expires he
intends to visit foreign lands to hunt
big game. He said that in the event
Of the nomination and election Of Taft
he wished to leave the country so 1t
could not be said that he was infu-
encing Taft's administration or that he
was being turned down in attempts to
do 30.
New York Names Favorite.
The New York state Republican con-
vention, April IL, carried out the pro-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24
Zramme agreed upon by the friends of

gramme agreed upon by the friends Of
President Roosevelt. who were in COM
plete control at all times. 1t directed
the delegates at large to use all honor
able means to bring about the nominal
ton Of Governor Hughes for the presi-
dency. All the enthusiasm and cheers
were reserved for the president and
his lieutenants. and Hughes received
only a mild handclapping. The plat
form indorses Roosevelt in the strong
est terms possible and favors a re-
vision of the tariff and currency re-
form.
Massachusetts, Favors Taft.
Although the Republican state con-
vention at Boston. April 10. elected
four delegates at large to the Chicago
convention without giving explicit in
structions for Taft, a resolution was
adopted declaring that majority of
the state convention was in favor of
the nomination Of the war secretary.
Delaware Democrats For Gray.
The Democratic state convention at
Dover, April H. directed its delegates
to seek the nomination of Judge George
Gray for the presidency notwithstand-
Ing that letter from the judge asking
that this be not done was read to the
convention. The letter had been kept
secret up to the last moment.
Tammany Rules State Convention.
After hot fight over the seating OF
the Brooklyn delegates headed by State
Senator McCarren. resulting in their
defeat at the hands Of Leader Murphy
threats that never again would New
York have Democratic mayor the
New York state convention Of Demo-
Gratis April Is resolved to send unin-
structed delegates to the national con-
vention and that the unit rule should
prevail The small Bryan minority
led by Walker and Thomas withdrew
without making minority report. The
unseating Of McCarren was part of q
design to extend the sway Of Tam
many Hall across the bridge into Kings
county. McCarren said that he would
carry the fight to Denver.
Minnesota In Taft Column.
Delegates at large were instructed to
vote for Taft for president by the Re-
publican state convention at St Paul
as the man to carry on the policies of
President Roosevelt.
Pennsylvania Direct Primaries.
The chief result of the first full test
Of the uniform primary law in the
state Of Pennsylvania was division
on the question Of local option. the
liquor interests holding the cities of
Philadelphia and Pittsburg, while the
optionists captured most of the rural
counties. NOW, however, begins the
real fight Of the temperance forces.
which will end at the polls in Novem-
Der.
Livingston Wants Negro Votes.
Congressman Livingston Of Georgia
has taken the unusual course in his
fight for denomination of urging
Democrats to oppose the disfranchis-
ing amendment to the constitution on
the ground that the votes of the me-
groes will be needed to defeat Tom
Watson, the Populist.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24
SOCIOLOGICAL
To Care For the "Drunks."

o care For the OrunkS.
Mayor Ezra S. Meals of Harrisburg.
Pa. has ordered the police department
to see that drunken men are helped to
their homes instead of being arrested
and to compel the saloon proprietors to
take care of the men found drunk in
or near their saloons. Mayor Meals
holds that it is not right to send these
men to the lookup so long as they are
not troubling any one. OF course the
criminal DRINKS will be dealt with
summarily. and the habitual drunkards
will be sent to Jail to sober up. after
which the mayor will take them in
hand personally and give them a
chance to get hold of themselves. He
goes on the theory that drunkenness Is
a disease.
Was Jesus a Socialist
A writer in the Chicago Interior
takes issue with those radical members
Of the church who are propagating
Christian socialism on the strength of
Christs sayings. He asserts that mel
Their socialism nor any other economic
doctrine ever entered into the teach
ings of Jesus Of Nazareth and that
"his principal teaching business was to
spread a doctrine Of life that made
mans economic condition q secondary
matter" This. the writer argues, is the
opposite Of the Socialist teaching that
poverty is the worst thing that can
happen to man." He holds that Jesus
Ntot1oht nninhhAr al ~
as incident but as an essential of reli.
gion." and that he never so much as
limited at a social programme for dem
onstrating that aspect of religion"
Say Old Parties Are Dead.
Organs Of the Socialist party through
out the country are reprinting with
much glee the recent editorial from the
Washington Post approving the state
ment made by John S. Wise of Vir-
ginia that American politics is now
chaotic and that nobody knows what
Democrat or Republican is. 1t con-
cludes with the remark: "All that is
certain is that socialism has become q
powerful political factor, and no man
can imagine what will be written on
the page Of our political future in tho
next decade. All we know is that the
old parties are dead"
Patterson's Welfare Plan Fails.
The announcement that the works of
the National Cash Register company
are to be removed from Dayton, O..
where they have given employment to
about 2,700 workers for number of
years. is news Of more than passing
interest to the nation and to the world
aside from the immediate concern of
the people of Dayton from an indus
trial standpoint. This general interest
arises from the fact that Joseph II.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24

chief OF the fleet.
Great Gro W d s Of
people on shore
cheered and waved
flags and handker-
chiefs, and soon
many of the people
who had chartered
boats were making
calls of welcome.
Chief among these
were Governor Gil
lette of California
and members Of the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24
AL-CRIMINAL
Tennessee Gusts Oil Trust.

Tennessee Gusts Oil Trust.
The supreme court of Tennessee has
decided that the Standard Oil company
may engage only in interstate COM
nerce in that state, affirming the de-
cision of Chancellor Stout at Gallatin
based upon acts held to be in restraint
Of trade. The company has appealed
to the United States supreme court.
Blood Oath Of Night Riders.
The hearing Of three alleged men,
bers Of the Kentucky Night Riders,
ellis, Duncan and Thompson, at MUIR
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24
KEEPING TAB
ON THE WORLD


House Votes Down Hobson's
Four BattIeship Amendment
Despite the Presidents Spe-
ciaI Message For the Increase.
Senate Hears Foraker's Negro
Defense New York Demo-
Gratis Uninstructed; Republic
ans For Hughes on First Bal
lot CaIifornians Entertain
FIeet-Strike Riots at Ches-
ter, Pa.-Great Fire Sweeps
Chelsea, Mass.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24

debate on the
naval bill he
stirred the house
with the predic-
ton of a great
war between the
yellow and white
races, for which
the United States
m ust prepare
mot only to do
its duty In the
w orld, but to
preserve its own
existence" New
ertheless he in
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24
Patterson's Welfare Plan Fails.

Patterson. presi-
dent and chief
owner of the
company. admits
that the move
is made because
t b e w e ] "A re
schemes which
he has put into
practice for his
EN- ployees at
great expense
have not been
properly appre-
ciated and also
N a.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24

Lemon Chocolate and Custard Pies.
1t does not require en- experienced
cook to make good pies from OUR
PIES" Just the proper proportions Of
all ingredients are in the package ready
for immediate use. At grocers, 10ceuts
per package. Order a few packages
TODAY.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24
CONGRESSIONAL

Hobson Champions Big Navy.
The foremost advocate Of the big
navy programme in the house is Hob
son of Alabama, famed as the ex-naval
officer who played heroic part in the
siege. of Santiago. During the general
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24

man and a claim agent, and the se-
tempt to operate the line was ss,axr-
doned for the time.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24
e X e C u TIV E
The Fleet Reaches San Dieao.

The American battleship fleet arrived
at San Diego, Cal. April IA and drop
ped anchors for the rest of the week.
The Connecticut led the way, with
Admiral Thomas as commander in
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10

to tell who was against whom. The
sound Of heavy breathing, dull blows,
the tear of cloth and grunts of punish
ment received; the swirl of the sand,
the heave of struggling bodies, all riv-
eted my attention, so that I did not
see Captain Ezra Selover until he stood
almost at my elbow.
"Stop! he shrieked In his high.
falsetto voice.
And would you believe it. even
through the blood haze Of their CON-
bat the men heard him and needed?
They drew reluctantly apart, got to
their feet stood looking at him through
reeking brows half submissive and
half defiant. The bullheaded Thrackles
even took a half step forward, but
froze In his tracks when Old Scrubs
looked at him.
Il hire you men to fight when tell
you to and only then" said the captain
sternly. What does this mean?"
He menaced them one after another
with his eyes, and one after another
they quailed. And their plottines.
their threats, their dangerousness dis
sipated like mist before the command
of this one resolute man. These pirates
who had seemed SO dreadful to me
now were nothing more than cringing
schoolboys before their master.
And then suddenly to my horror l.
watching closely, saw the captains
eye turn blank. am sure the men
must have felt the change, though GER
tainly they We're too far away to see
1t, for they shifted by ever SO little
from their first frozen attitude. The
captains hand sought his pocket, and
they froze again, but instead Of the
expected revolver he produced half
full brandy bottle.
The change in his eyes had crept into
his features. They had turned foolish
~ amiable, vacant. confiding.
"'Llo, boys" said he appealingly.
you good fellows, amt you? Have
drink. S good stuff. Good OIL bottl'."
He lurched, caught himself and ad-
yanced toward them, still with the
empty smile.
They stared at him for ten seconds,
quite at loss. Then:
Hes drunk" Handy Solomon
breathed, scarcely louder than whis-
per.
There was no other signal given.
They sprang Us with single impulse.
One instant saw clear against the
waning daylight the bulky, foolish
swaying form of Captain Selover, the
next 1T had disappeared. carried down
and obltterated by the rush Of attack
Ing bodies. Knives cleaned ruddy in
the sunset. There was no struggle.
heard deep groan Then the murder
ers rose slowly to their feet.
ITO be continued)
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10

tentng for his irregular recurrence with
every nerve on the culver. If he de-
layed by ever SO little, it was an agony,
yet when he did pipe up his feeble
strain struck to my heart cold and
'paralyzing like dagger. And with
every advancing minute Of the night
became broader awake, more tense,
fairly sweating with nervousness. One
night-good God, was it only last
week? 1t seems ages ago, another ex-
istence, state cut of from this by
the wonder Of a TRANSPORTATION at
least. Last weeki
I did not sleep at all. The moon had
risen, had mounted the heavens and
now was sailing overhead. By tho
fretwork Of Its radiance through the
chinks of our rudely built cabin / had
marked off the hours. A thunderstorm
rumbled and flashed, hull down over
the horizon. 1t was many miles dis
tant, and yet do not doubt that Its
electrical influence had dried the mois-
ture of our equanimity, leaving us rat
ting husks for the winds of destiny to
Po5 upoA. Vel ldlhiy y Gun IeileuUeI
no other time in rather wide expe-
rience when have felt myself more
on edge, more choked with the rest
less, purposeless nervous energy that
leaves mans tongue parched and his
eyes staring. And still that Internal
cricket or whatever it was chirped.
I had thought myself alone in my
vigil, but when finally 1 could stand
1t no longer and kicked aside my COW
ering, with an oath of protest, was
surprised to hear it echoed from all
about me.
d that cricketv' cried.
And the dead shadows stirred from
the hunks, and the hollow eyed vic,
tins Of insomnia crept out to curse
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10
CHAPTER XIX.


fTlHE Inevitable happened. One
noon Pull looked up from his
labor of pulling the whiskers
~ from the evil smelling masks.
"How many Of these things we got?'
he inquired.
"About three hunder' and fifty
Thrackles replied.
well, we've got enough for me.
I'm sick of this job. It stinks."
They looked at each other. 1 could
see the disgust rising in their eyes, the
reek of rotten blubber expanding their
nostrils. With one accord they cast
aside the masks.
ut amt such fortune" grcwled
Pull, his evil little white face thrust
forward. There's other things worth
all the seal trimmin's Of the islands,"
"Diamon's," gloomed the niger.
you've hit 1t, doctor" cut in Solo
mon.
There we were again, back to the
old difficulty, only worse Idleness de.
scended on US again. We grew touch.-
on little things, as misplaced plate,
shortage Of drewood, too deep a
draft at the nearly empty bucket The
noise of pickering became rs constant
as the noise Of the surf. If we valued
peace, we kept our mouths shut The
way man spat or ate or slept or even
breathed became cause of irritation
to every other member of the company.
We stood the outrage as long as we
could; then we objected in wild and
ridiculous explosion which communi.
Gated its heat to the object of our
wrath. Then there was fight. II
needed only liquor to complete the de-
plorable state Of affairs.
Gradually the smaller things came to
worry us more and more. A certain
harmless singer Of the cricket or per
haps of the tree toad variety used to
chirp his innocent note short distance
from our cabin. For all know he
had done so from the moment of our
installation, but had never noticed
him before. Now caught myself lis
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10
WANTS PAPER TRUST FACTS
SPEAKER CANNON INTRODUCES A
RESOLUTION ON SUBJECT.
Move Calls for Transmission Of Evil
dence In Attorney Generals
Hands to the House.

Washington, Apr BIN his capacity
rs a member of the house Speaker
Cannon Thursday introduced resolu-
ton directing the attorney general to
transmit to the house the PAPERS bear
ing upon the investigation into the
affairs of the print paper trust" The
resolution follows:
Resolved, That the attorney gen.
eral be directed to transmit to the
house, II not incompatible with the
public service, such papers and in
formation as may be in possession Of
the department showing what steps, II
any, have been taken to investigate
the action of the International Paper
company OF New York, and other cor
porations, joint stock companies or
corporate combinations engaged in
the manufacture Of wood pulp,
OF print paper, or the sale
thereof, and what steps have been
taken to prosecute the said corpora
ton or corporations, joint stock COM
panies or combinations, for violation
OF the law, in case reasons for such
prosecutions may have appeared from
investigation, information from the de-
partment Of commerce and labor, or
otherwise"
A resolution giving similar instruc-
tons to the secretary of the depart
ment of commerce and labor also was
introduced by the speaker as follows:
Resolved, That the secretary Of
commerce and labor be directed, II
not incompatible with the public serv-
ice. to transmit to the house all pa
rers and information which may be in
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10
black tunnel to the boat.

black tunnel to the boat.
After long interval little three
months pup waddled down to the wa
ter's edge, caught sight Of me and,
with a squeal of fright, dived IA:
Poor little devil! l would not have
hurt him for worlds. AS far as |
know, this was the only survivor of
all that herd.
The men soon appeared, one by one,
tired. sleepy eyed, glutted, walking in
catlike trance of safety. They were
blood and tatters from head to foot,
and from drying red masks peered
their bloodshot eyes. Not word said
they, but tumbled into the boat, push
ed off, and in a moment we were float
ing in the full sunshine again.
We rowed home in an abstraction.
For the moment Berserker rage had
burned itself out. Handy Solomon
continually wetted his lips, like an AMI
NAL licking it's chops. Thrackles stared
into space through eyes drugged with
killing. No one spoke.
We landed in the cove and were sur
prised to find 1t in shadow. The after
noon was far advanced. Over the hill
we dragged ourselves and down to the
spring. There the men threw them
selves fat and drank in great gulps
until they could drink no more. We
built FIRE, but the niger refused to
cook.
"Some one else turn" he growled.
II cook aboard Ship
Perdosa. who had hewed the fuel, at
once became angry.
II cut heem de wood" he said. 81
do my share. Eef cut heem de wood
you mus cook heem de grubw
But the niger shook his head, and
Perdosa went into an ecstacy of rage.
He kicked the fire to pieces. He scat
tered the unburned wood up and down
the beach. He even threw some of 1t
into the sea.
"Eef you no cook heem de grub you
no hab my wood!" he shrieked, with
enough oaths to sink his soul.
Finally Pull interfered.
Here. you foreigners" said he,
quit 1t! Let up, say! We got to
eat. You let that wood alone or you'll
pick it up again"
Perdosa sprang at him with a
screech. Pull was small, but nimble
and understood rough and tumble
fighting. He met Perdosa's rush with
two swift blows, short arm jab and
an uppercut. Then they clinched and
in a moment were rolling over and
over just beyond the wash of the surf.
The row walked the niger from his
sullen abstraction. He seemed to come
to himself with start; his eye fell
supposedly on the combatants, then lit
up with an unholy joy. He drew his
knife and crept down on the fighters.
It was too good an opportunity to pay
off the Mexican.
But Thrackles interfered sharply.
Come OFF, he commanded. None
O. tkat!"
Go to hill" growled the niger.
A great rage fell on them all, blind
and terrible, like that leading to the
slaughter of the seals. They fought
Unfortunately, hitting at each other
with fists and knives. It was difficult