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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
POINTED QUESTION.
Virginia Speculates Concerning Sister
 Southern State.

From the Richmond News Leader.
 How many of those Georgia citizens who have held up the Georgia Railway and stoned and otherwise assaulted ne- gro firemen and nonunion white firemen have united enthusiastically in protest ing against the prosecutions of Armen- iars in Turkey, the Jews in Russia, and even the Chinese in California? It IS safe to say that the eloquent voice or Governor Hoke Smith has been heard not infrequently denomcing the sultan and czar for failure to protect their subjects. Yet if he has done anything to restrain the rioters and strikers With in his own state and to defend the cit izens of both colors who were trying to work at lawful occupations, his per formancs does not appear on the sur face. He has called for arbitration, but that action does not impress us as especially aggressive or courageous.
 We know little or nothing of the causes or history of the troubles. Alp parently the white firemen on the rail road have determined that negro iremen shall not be employed. So far as we are informed this is in direct violation of the laws of labor unions, which us- ually recognize no color line. However that may be the white firemen had full right to stop work. They did not have the right to. beat or threaten or other wise injure men who were willing to work, to incite or encourage others to do so, or to prevent traffic with force and weapons. Nor did the governor or Georeia nor the local authorities hava the right to permit such crimes to be done.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
THE TIPPING NUISANCE

| This is an age of shattered illusions. Not even the best of us has pretended to take de- | light ill the growth of the tipping nuisance. It has been necessary evil of the day to which we have submitted; sort of daily highway robbery to which we all had to submit. But there was just one crumb of comfort in it all,
 and that was the thought that the sum in ex- cess of the amount of our check which we left in the waiter hands might after all be going
 toward the support of his deserving family; or,
 at any rate, was being invested by him so that l 1t might prove the foundation of his fortune.
 Have we not all heard of that phenomenal wait
 CT in a New York cafe who saved his tips, bet
 the money on the races, and is now the proprie- tor of cafe of his own!
 Alas! that story must pass into the limbo of forgotten things; passed, too, is the fattering
 unction that the tips we relinquished with un- willing smiles were an act of generosity. The state superintendent of employment agencies in Chicago has discovered that change left with
 employees in hotel and theater cloakrooms does them no good at all. They are not allowed even
 moiety of it. The whole sum must be turned
 over to the boss who gets them the job. It is found that these cloakroom boys get from $5 to $7 a week, and all they get in tips goes lo tHe OoSS, tue tlppulS sum amounting to considerably more than their wages. Should the tips fall below certain amount the tip e. ceiver is dismissed
 The same thing was discovered to be true in New York during the hotel porters' strike Ev
 cry hotel porter worked not for the hotel, but for contractor who employed him. and to whom all the tips went
 We imagine that if these facts were more generally known, the generous impulse that has brought the practice of tipping to what it is today would be considerably checked. It is one thing to reward a servant who has taken pains to make you comfortable; quite another matter to hand him your money to turn over to a tip monopolist. In every great emergency, it is said, the man who is needed arrives. Where
 is the hero who will lead the van against the tipping evil?
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

which settled upon Great Britain, while tariff protected Germany continued to forge ahead.
 While the United States has also gained in international commerce, it does not present the same parallel, be- cause this country is not dependent upon outsiders for raw material to the extent that obains in Great Britain. Ths point which challenges attention to the headway the protection idea is making is that if Great Britain is look ing more favorably to protection, 1t would be the height of folly for us to depart from 1t here. There may bs and doubtless is, honest difference of opin- ion among protec tionists in the United States as to just how much protection particular industries require to keep them on secure footing but the logic of world events makes it necessary for us to hold fast to the protection idea. It is significant that in all the discussion of the pending tariff bill there has been little talk of free trade even from those who loudly demanded 1t few years ago.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON
rRANsLATED BY MAUD MARIE
(Being the Confessions of the Seven

virgins m
  pointeth great moral Now foolish cried Lo the spirit of the lovechase must be doing For the shall be hunting ground there the and shall buy pink paso and work stock ings that I may bring down the victim at sight, And she rejoicing, armed teeth with trunks and powder supply and grded with lingerie 8 bathing
  beach with caow
  the girls of the hotel waltzed
  ton buy 
 when all bored and make themselves comfortable her piazza. herds they simple  bachelor sweetheart abroad And iced gadly-and consoed And h before the had she the harvest plentiful Moral: Verify verify, place where
  a a bathing beach, Rather let light before easy a long distance.
  deth, but the one who is nearest at hand selah!
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
FEW FREE TRADERS NOW
Protectionists Differ but Principle o
 Protection Prevails.

From the Omaha Bee.
 The tariff agitation now going on in England furnishes forceful example of the widespread distribution ana growth of the protection idea. With the single exception of Great Britain, every great nation of the world, including some of the British colonies, are among the protectionists. The most notable move for protection in Great Britain centered around Joseph Chamberlain during tho last parliamentary campaign and attracted attention, not 50 much for the actual number of voters which 1t rallied, as for the character Of those who espoused 1t. Since that time the protection idea has been taking root among the masses, and, while there is no probability that the next election will find it dominant, 1t is certain to be much greater factor than at any time since Great Britain took up free trade. Not only has this been brought about by persistent advocacy by the men who originally headed the move ment, but 1t has found impetus through tho long period of industrial depression
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
OUR OLDEST PIPER
His Ancient and Honorable Record Is
 Quito Unique.


 From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 It is true that Pan is the oldest Piper of whom the writers make mention, however mythical his performance may have been. But there is fesh-and. blood fifer in Massachusetts-his name is Partridge-whose musical efforts be- gan long way back in the late century and who still lives to tell his noisy experiences.
 A year before Cleveland became a city this veteran was playing his wry- necked instrument in an ancient Bay State militia company. In 1843, seven years before Cleveland was put into railway communication with the out side world, the musical old-timer was at the head of brass band. There were no comets in thise days and ths leading was done with post horn. He played in the church choir, too, for provincial Massachusetts churches had no organs. In the early '50's he was member of the famous American band of Provi- dence. When ths war broke out he played at the front for fighting regi- ment. He played in many bands; he played for the Barnum show, and at the age of eighty-seven he is still a band leader.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

An enterprising and thoughtful New Yorker proposed heroic statue to the North Ameri- can Indian as companion piece to the Statue of Liberty in the harbor The noble white man having reduced his red brother to nothing more than memory and song, this would seem to be eminently in order. Some day, perhaps, the standard Oil company will erect beautiful monument to the ancient independent dealer.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
Jerusha put the kettle on, And we'll all take tea.

Now, the only Jerusha that we remember walking about and breathing the germ laden ozone on the face of the earth was buxom country lass way back in Ohio She was as plump as a partridge, unhampered by Cos sards, Kabos or the Warner Rust Proof vari- ety-a suggestion of rivalry between the lass and some of the barnyard bovines who stood for her palings and presumptuousy famed the flies from her red tresses with a straggly, stringy, appendage-her cheek was deep rose-hue with a sprinking of freckles to break the monotony of the crimson sunset coloring and to add relief and variety. Her feet were little too excessive to even approach the Tril- by variety and it would be stretching the imagi- nation to point of collapse to allude to them as tootsy- -wootsies. They were gorgeous and they meandered southward to stove-pipe con nection lost in the folds of calico skirt frag- rant in its lacteal fluid aroma.
 But witha Jerusha was good old girl, and if the Baconian element in this controversy could produce trihe stronger evidence we would permit the kettle incident to stand as a monument to the memory of Jerusha and cease to introduce evidence in rebuttal.
 The Silver Belt in recent issue, stated flat ly that Polly put the kettle on and the pa )er's reputation for truth and veracity, reliability and familiarity with heroines in general aust be maintained even at the cost of this space. With Grover Cleveland we hold right abov,- well, the justiceship in any old precinct in Gila county; and the Silver Belt is going to .ake good on this proposition by more clear cut majority than it did in the recent waterworks bond election-and that was going some
 Unquestionaby some person has furnished the Denver News with a near-version of the song as it really should run. As it appears it is few lines shy, and it must certainly substi- tute for Polly, who really put the kettle on, one Jerusha, an alleged party to the performance hereto unknown beyond the confines of the here tofore mentioned barnyard in Ohio.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

With Miss Tarbell telling us that the duty on crude oil enriches Mr. Rockefeller's trust, :,nd Miss Tarbell's brother demanding the duty in the interest of the independent producers, we are more than ever convinced of the need If a tariff commission
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

There is still some uncertainty, however, whether the outcome of the Hlionis senatorial mix-up is vindication of or black eye to the popular election of senators.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

We think, however, we shall have small diff culty in convincing the older and wiser heads that it was Polly who put the kettle on, if we can intelligently refresh their memories Taking the last two stanzas as supplied by the Denver pa per, rearranging them as they should go, we submit as the true version this:
 Cousin Obadiah, Hezekiah
 Jeremiah, Aunts Maria and Sapphira
 And Cousin
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

The man who wrote "Floradora "'is said to be bankrupt. The original sextet" should chip in dime each and put him well on his feet again.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
Morning Smiles
DAD ADVISES.

''So you want to be a peet?''
 ''Yes; the English capital Is my working capital"
 'Well, you can string words together and make poetry of 'em or you can utilize lem in other directions. They'll pay heap bigger dividends, for in- stance, punched together in legal opin- ion.''
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

Go to the Indian Hot Springs. Take the uaths and drink the mineral waters It will do you good.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
Jede
 all 1!
All coming here to tea!

All coming here to tea! That is properly chanted in the key of c natural perhaps it might more seemingly be described as rectative, with the accent on the "ta," and very broad "a,'' moreover. The Jedediah is rendered so: Begin on C--third space from the bottom of the staff--half note each, "Je-de;" then go up to F, hold and en, tire whole note, "di;" then drop an entire oc- tave, "ah," and slur this emphatically. Thus:
 ,Jede
 ah! Having proceeded to this point, we burst into all sorts of happy notes and render liltingy:
 Won't we have jolly time!
 Won't we have jolly times
 Polly put the kettle on-n-nn-n.
 We'll all take tea-a-a-a-a-a. Recognize it9
 Of course you do. It was Polly who put the kettle on. No getting away from it!
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

PUT NOTHING ON PAPER "Why are you always sounding these notes of warning?"
 ''It's safer to sound notes than to write 'em," explained the practical statesman.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

HUMAN NATURE Everybody feels that he ought to sec Shakespeare" 'Well?'
 ''I suspect that is one of the reasons why Shakespeare doesn't draw better. V
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON


 O. chestnuts! Antiquated chestnuts!
 The kind with whiskers, wreaking in their mi crobic accumulation!
 To the city garbage collector with Ann al may last years almanac reveal her age.
 There is another question of vastly greate import; Anns are being born every day; bu the great problem now confronting the news paper world is
 Who put the kettle on?
 The other day an eastern newspaper ven tured the assertion that Polly put the kettle on A wise man on the Philadelphia Record took oc casion to challenge the statement, declaring that Johnny put the kettle on; the New Yorl Sun says it was Molly; the Chicago RecorC Herald ayers it was Jenny, and the Denve News thinks it cinches the matter by submittin! the following to prove it was Jerusha:
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03

Tell Jose to get the COWS home And put them in the pen, Our cousins are a-cOming To see us all again. The dough is in the pan,
 The turkeys on the fire An l guess we'll astonish
 Our cousin Jedediah Cousins Jedediah, Obadiah, Hezekiah, Jeremiah, And old Aunt Sapphira,
 All are coming here to tea. Jerusha put the kettle on,
 And we'll all take tea.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-08
FIRE AT SHIP DOCKS
CAUSES $Ioo, 900 DAMAGE

NEW LONDON, Conn, Feb. s.
Flames burst forth in the docks OF
the Norwich line here at 1870 o'clock
this morning, and, spreading 10 pile
OF cotton bales, then to 10 loaded
freight cars and then TO the Sound
steam boat Maine, for time threaten
ed the entire dock front.
Just how the fire started Is not
known. but ii is believed some one
dropped a lighted cigar stump among
the bales Of cotton.
The cotton on the pier was hard to
fight. 1t caught the loaded freight cars
before they could be drawn of the
switch by an engine.
The cars burned like SO much finder
and the engine drawing them was
forced TO desert them or else carry
the flames 10 other parts Of the freight
yards.
The entire pier was destroyed, and
the only parts left OF the feight cars
were wheels and axles. The damage
is estimated at about $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-08
TODAY'S ENTRIES.
AT TAMPA.

First Race-Five furlongs; purse; j.
year-olds and up: Joe Fallert, liz +;
Foxy Grandma, lO7; bona Marie, 1872;
Brown jug, l04; Colma, 100; Allesra'
10Y; Redemption. 107; Clifford, 20,
Pocotaligo, 100; o. u. Kid, 100; VII
low Plume, %; Lizzie Flat, lO1.
Second Race-Seven furlongs; sell
ing. 3.year-olds and up: Dene, lO4;
Melino. lO4; Gambler. 104: Gowango'
SO; Fox Mead, l09 Ora Sudduth, 80;
Catherine Cardwell. 81. Batsman,
1O4; Canada, 106; Purant, lO4.
Third Race-Mile; purse; 4-year'
olds and up Miss Perigord. 1903,
Spunky, 1903; Tamme, SO; Bate Axe
1l0; Hooray, l0l; Oriental Queen, "a:
Rose F., 1903; Washakie, 105.
Fourth Race-Three quarters OF d
mile and sixty yards. selling; 4-year
olds and up: Trey OF Spades, 100;
Panique, IS; Anna Smith. 1903; Judge
Treen, ~; Elder, III: Plat. 100;
Miss Vigilant, l0l; Judge Dundon, l02;
Select, 1903: Malediction, Ill: Una
SO.
Fifth Race-Seven furlongs; selling
3-year-olds and up: Arawaka, lO4;
Precedence, so; Reinette, 81; Jack
McKeon, H.; Dew of Dawn, 80; CHI
ton Forge. liz; Minnehaha, 102; Rex
all. 1O4; Wine Merchant, l01; Male
con. 81.
Sixth Race-Fiye furlongs; purse;
3-year-olds and up: Wheat Bread. 95;
Gordon Lee. 109; Donna H., l07; Hay
market. 100: Prince Alert, Zoe; Lady
Carolina H.. 107; Don Hamilton, l09;
Guarda, l07: Elsa f., 50; Gov. FOLK
l09
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-08
TAFT SAILS FOR u. S.;
LOCK CANAL APPROVED

PANAMA. Feb S.-President-elect
Taft and Mrs Taft sailed for New Or
leans yesterday afternoon. They were
accompanied by Col. Goethals. the
chief engineer, and his assistants. The
party sailed ON the cruiser North Car
DINA. Mr.. Taft said that he found
the work on the canal progressing In
a very satisfactory manner. AS TO
the type OF the canal and the contin-
uonce of the present plans. he said.
the engineers had promised To hand
him a report before the party reaches
the United States. The report OF the
experts will recommend that the work
of the lock type be pushed and Will be
very favorable TO the present admin
lstration
An official announcement Is made
of the widening OF - miles OF the
Culebra cut from Bias ObispO 10 Pedro
Miguel from 200 TO 900 feet This Will
cost l4.000.000 and Will mean an ex-
ira excavation OF i2.0000OO cubic
yards The widening was recently or
derod by President Roosevelt. The
minimum width of the canal will be
300 feet
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-08
Blames Mosquito
For Decay Of Greece
And Fall of Rome

NEW YORK, Feb. Sit was the
mosquito not graft. that brought dis
aster upon the French project to build
canal across the isthmus OF Panama
The malaria breeding pest has been
u menace 10 public health for many
centuries, and indirectly, through the
spread OF the fever, caused the decay
OF Greece and the fall OF Rome.
These remarks were included in a
lecture delivered by DR.. j. George
Adami. OF McGill university, at the Col
lege OF Physicians and Surgeons, No.
49, West Fifty ninth-st.
DR.. Adaui paid high tribute to the
work or the American medical scien-
lists in stamping out malaria, and the
successful experiments which had
been made 10 get rid of the mosquito
There is no more noble act in his
tory" he said, than the work OF the
mosquito brigade which practically
stamped out yellow fever In Cuba. In
Havana, In 1900. there were 500 deaths
from the fever. In 1902 there was
none.
Half the population OF the world
die" continued the doctor. from
malaria in most instances spread By
the mCduito. Out of six millions who
died In India, five millions died from
fever. But now pathological research
has led TO practical means Of proven
ton, and the death rate has greatly
diminished
DR.. Adami told some interesting
facts about tuberculosis.
Every one has bit or tubercu-
lcsis." he said 1t Is an infectious
disease. Sophocles told OF this cen
turtles ago, and 1t was fact well
known in the eighteenth century. as
shown by the sanitary laws OF Naples
In those days But since the discovery
by Dr. Koch. there has been a revo-
luton in the prevention and cure OF
the disease"
According to Dr.. Adami, the average
life In the sixteenth century was from
eighteen 10 twenty years. Today IL Is
! forty years BY proper sanitation
hygienic methods and pathological re
search, in New York. he said, the
death rate has decreased 6 per cent
! IN the last twenty-five years.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-08
SPECIAL NOTICE TO
CONTESTANTS IN THE
LINCOLN ESSAY CONTEST

Several submitted essays the lie
Abraham Lincoln have neglected conform to the cond
of The Times and particularly the most inn
portant condition THE APPLICATION OF HIS POLL
CIES no PRESENT DAY CONDITIONS In other words.
WHAT WOULD LINCOLN DO WERE HE PRESIDENT
TODAY IN COMBATING THE EVILS OF THIS
TIME?
As prizes viii be awarded those who most inte-
genty conform this of the contest those who
entirely overlooked this condition VIII that their
tibutios be thrown and this notice IS give them
opportunity rerite their essays conformity with the
rules which appear below and which MUST be followed
The following the conditions Essay Contest:
SUBJECT: Abraham Lncon's and the applica-
ton of his methods and ideas problems OF
the present day.
PRIZES: First prize. Sa5; second prize. Sra: third
prize So: fourth prize s.; four prizes Of 81 each
ELIGIBLE 10 COMPETITION: Pupils Of all Detroit
schools public parochial and private
Essays be In by Feb
Essays must not exceed words and must be written
in ink side of the paper only
composition be accompanied by slip paper
giving age and address of writer school he
she attends number of grade and the signature OF his her
teacher.
Essays conforming these rules win receive
sideration)
Winning essays properly credited win be published in
this paper.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-08
MORTGAGE BILL IS
UP TO THE TAX
COMMISSION
APPROVAL WILL BE SECURED
AND THEN MEASURE GOES TO
LEolsLATURE-P BILLS
ARE LENGTHY.
from q STAFF Correspondent

LANSING. Feb 6.-The revamped
mortgage tax bill Is now in the hanos
Of the state tax commission for no
view. Rep. Maxey. of L'Anse. deemed
Il best TO secure the 20. X" mark OF
these state officials before delivering
1t over to the Legislature He expects
suggestions for changes but thinks
the per cent tax plan Will be favored
but the rate may be altered. No way
has yet been devised that seems per
feet, to make the money ioaner stand
the mortgage tax. The person who
borrows cash seems doomed to pay
the whole expense.
The two house primary election
bills are now printed and contain a
formidable array Of words. The one
by Rep. Chambers, OF Gratiot. covers
81 printed pages totaling 5,512 words.
but the one by Rep. Colby, Of Detroit.
consists OF 81 pages and an aggregate
OF S,976 words. The bill by Senator
Dickinson, OF Eaton, has AZ pages and
1858 words, but the first primary bill
introduced by Senator Collins. Of Bay
City. is short with only % pages and
4,04S words.
The senate may kick up a little dust
this week as the Dickinson primary
election bill is the special order for
Wednesday at o'clock.
Collins will probably stir up the
lions" with attempts to delay with
a hope to push his primary bill A
peace may be desired ON the eve OF a
Republican state convention the
chances look like no fight al present.
The anti-lobby bill is also on tap
as well as the advalorem tax on tele-
graph and telephone companies.
1t is expected that Sidney A. Hall,
OF Saginaw, the present bill clerk or
the house, will be promoted TO juvenal
clerk, succeeding Alex II. Smith, OF
Pennington. deceased. Mr. Han was
assistant secretary OF the con-con, has
worked in the auditor-generals Office
and has proven efficient In every place
os trust. There is no one picked out
yet for the new bill clerk.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-08
Chas. L. Freer. OF
Detroit. Gives Rare
Papers to Institute

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-The most
valuable ancient Biblical manuscripts
in the United States are 10 be given
to The Smithsonian institute by Chas
l.. Freer, of Detroit. according To
statement made by Francis w. Kelsey.
professor OF archaeology in the Univer-
sity Of Michigan. prof. Kelsey and
Prof. Sanders. a famous Greek scnol-
ar. have been working fOr year trans
lating the manuscripts and pnoto'
graphing the pages.
IT would not be possible 10 fix the
value OF the manuscripts in terms OF
money" said Prof. KELSEY, yet they
were bought by Mr.. Freer for the RI
diculous sum OF $l5. He found The m
in the shop OF small dealer in Egypt,
being attracted by their very apparent
antiquity and exquisite binding The
dealer. Of course. did noC know what
they were nor their value. and neither
did Mr.. Freer, who is not student ~
Greek