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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09

The standard candle. by which light
Is measured, differs in various coun-
tries and an international standard Is
proposed which is practically that
used in Great Britain. about l.6 per
cent less powerful than the American
standard.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
LIVE STOCK
Fast urFrALo-openips.

FAST BUFFALO. June s:-tspeciai,)
l-Dunning Il stevens livestock report:
Cattle-Receipts cars. steady. Hogs
Receipts 10 cars: steady heavy 20
40. Sheep-Reccipts cars; slow;
best spring lambs, ss.60q9; yearlings.
s7BOms: wethers, ss46.25; ewes. 1915
u $50 Calves--fi5Q8A
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
VESSEL PASSAGES.


Detroit.
DETROIT. June Up: Oades, 1910
y. m. Tuesday. Adriatic. i2:i5: II. III.
Brown, 1909 Simla, bermuda. l'4oi
Harlow, S. Cort. .; William Living
stone. $40, Beaverton, ego Altoona and
barge $3.50. Toltec, Godfrey. $40;
Wyandotte, 9.B0.
Down; Auburn. $50 p. m. Tuesday;
Wilder. 2:20: Orinoco. 2:3O; Goodyear.
$40. w. O. Mathcr. 8. Northern Wave.
s.sO: A. II. Hayward, \; r. G. Ball. SEQ.
Scguin, s:45, Linden. =; Mt. Clemens.
10.
Amc-scnn 500.
SAULT STE MARIE. Mich. June a.
Up: Charles Charles :. Mem. l:i5 D. IN.
Tuesday; Myron \. Noble. Delaware. 5;
NJ w. Page, 5.05.
Down: William II Mack. 6;15 p. m.
Tuesday: T.. II. Squire. Z.
The requisite $2oO.0O0 has been sub.
scribed 10 enable party OF Scotch
scientists To carry on extensive ocean.
ographical work I'm the South Atlantic.
and TO AT least partially explore the
Antarctic continent.
job Printing zone right. Times Prfnt-
ing Co.. Is John R.-st. Phone 1lol
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
TOLEDO GRAIN

81 5s1: July, si2ih September. 81 10;
bccember. 81 i3t.. corn-Cash. u Ac;
July. 75Hc, september: 7sci pecemS b r:
Sentember, 44l1c. December. 45h. Rye
&So l. elnc. No. 2, Gle; No. 3, Csc.
overseed-October.. 500; Noveme nn
and December, $50: March: 'see'
oil unchanged Butter = Creamery.
27ikc: dairy. 22c,- Eggs; ne Hay
No. timothy. SIS; No. 2 W. mixed
40
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
BUTTER AND EGGS

Butter-Board prices: Creamery. ex-
tras. 6hc. hrsts. 25Isc dairy, zoe;
packing stock. lsisc per 10.
EGGs-Current receipts. case count
cases included 20 per dox. Receipts
Monday. l.257 cases.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09

What is said to be the largest can.
die ever made will be enshrined at the
birthplace OF Joseph Petrosino, the
New York detective who was murder
ed In Italy. II weighs 17S pounds. and
Is expected to burn nearly FIVE years,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
LOCAL STOCKS

The following quotations, furnished
by Lewis c. Gorton. No 1413 Majestic
building, June 7. 1909:
FINANCIAL
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
CHICAGO GRAIN LETTER.

Reported for The Times by Carson.
Craig a. Co. Wheat-Outside buyers
naturally did not take hold on the open
swell In wheat. Local traders who
bought have since sold on the reaction.
Market likely TO rule narrow until Of
fetal crop figures are received at
O'Clock. Northwest receipts very light,
stocks at Minneapolis 100000 bu de-
crease for three days; 270 cars taken
out OF elevators there since yesterday
morning. Whether Washington crop
figures are bullish or bearish at first
flash we believe facts in end will show
short winter wheat harvest and the
spring wheat condition II likely TO be
much higher now than at any time un-
til the crop Is harvested.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
q. & GOVERNMENT BONDS.
NEW YORK COTTON.
PRODUCE.

The strawberry and fresh fruit deal
is OF course. taking up most Of the
time OF commission men Just now. Con-
ditions and prices IN that line were
morning, and the market for old pota-
toes IL making a bid for attention.
Farmers and holders generally seem to
be sweeping their bins now. and IN the
cIean-tIp n lot OF very poor stun In COM
ing on the market. This, of course.
hurts the sale OF good stock TO some
extent and car-lot prices have taken n
drop OF l0c within a week Poultry Is
slow. Butter was sharply higher, fol-
lowing Elgin. and the market other
wise was steady.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09

CHICAGO, June s.-The grain mar
ket opened strong after the three day
respite. July wheat opened at 81 .l9&
and almost Immediately jumped TO
si2Oh Oats and corn also .sho wed
an upward tendency during the first
few minutes. Oats for July opened at
53Ac and corn at T2&c.
The market soon lost it's early
strength and by noon July wheat had
lost more than point, dropping TO
ylIeX Corn and oats shared the de-
cline In a less degree. losing from one
quarter TO one-half.
The weakness of wheat after the
opening was due principally TO the
nearness OF the harvest and the desire
OF the longs TO prepare for a possible
bea IRISH government crop report July
closed &C higher. Corn and oats ooth
rose slightly at the close.
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Appl..-Taney; ,Te;.sc, per ssI

"e casnas SoH si.tS per crate. ~
CeIery-I'lorida. $3.50 per crate.
Cheese-Mioh igan. ,.h cream. 13h q
1tc. new, l2i1 q13c: York sra,e. new.
lac. Limburger. old. fancy. ia iSc;
new. 1fc: Schweitzer. fancy. old. 200
2ic. brick cream. lsc per III
Cherrie--Southern. s375mi per "a
at case; California, 81 a $50 per box.
tonec-PacKage coffee. sIt2bQ 1850
per 100 lbs
Dre..ed Csive.-Fancy. soioc. COM
mon. 1850 III.
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BOSTON COPPER

Reported for The Times by Hayden.
Stone a Co. ll6-lls Griswold-st.:
Open. High. Low. Close.
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Job Printing rome right. Times Print
ing Co.. Is John R.-st. Phone 1874
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Markets and Finance
Yesterdays n. 4. STOCKS

Reported for The Times by Hayde
stone q Co. il6-lls Griswold-st.:
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26

volumes of his life to be seen in the
Carnegie library. Alameda. and possibly
In the Oakland free library. This de-
partment is thankful to the correspond
ent for the information given.
PURPLE-N.. City We have had discus.
sion as to what purple is. One contends that
the vioets are purple. Now, what is purple 2
Purple is of various shades pro-
duced by mixture OF pure red and
pure blue. When red predominates it
is called violet and when blue is the
dominant color it is hyacinth. Royal
purple is an intense violet color verg-
ing toward blue
UMoNIA--Subscriber City rs II fact
that vaccine has been found that will cure
pneumonia, typhoid fever and blood poisoning, !,
There was. some time since, a re-
port to that effect, but in the recent
past nothing has been heard from DR..
I. Leary. who claimed to have made
the discovery
FARMERs UNIoN-D. s., City. where
farmers union formed in this state?
Address a letter to the secretary OF
the farmers union. Fresno, Cal, and
you VIII be fully advised.
NO DIFFERENCE-Sub Virginia City
Nev. ls there any difference between one
lncn square and one square inch7
There is none
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
:: ANSWERS TO QUERIES ::

CHESTNUT. n s., Oakland, Cal. Motto
ing that you sometimes answer questions ms TO
the origin of phrases and customs would like
to have you publish the origin of the saying
that is chestnut
The term applied to old jokes, oft
told stories, ETC., originated in Phila-
delphia. Pa, in connection with the
Chestnut street theater of that city. If
the remark, witticism or story was
musty with age it was said to be old
enough to be got off at that thea
ter, as 1t was said in bygone days that
nothing new or young was want
ed there. The characteristics of the
entertainments at that theater were
SO well known that the word
Chestnut readily came to have its
characteristic meaning in that city and
from there 1t worked itself out until 1t
became national.
SINGLE TAx-S. E.. Oakland, Cal. What
is meant by single tax?
Single tax in political economy is a
tax levied upon land alone, irrespective
OF improvements. For fuller expla-
nation go TO the Oakland free library
and read the views of Henry George
and others on this subject.
OLD TIME SPEECH-M. D., Oakland,
Cal E. D. P. of Alameda writes that
the speech of Prentiss on behalf of the
starving Irish during the famine of
-1&4z Is to be found in one Of the two
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
AMERICAN MACARONI is
CLEANEST IN WORLD
Drying Trays Are Automatical-
ly busted

American manufacturers of maca-
roni. vermicelii. spaghetti and the like
boast of the cleanest factories in the
world. One of the largest factories in
this vicinity is cleaned thoroughly three
times each day. Instead of scraps be-
ing allowed to accumulate they are
caught by belt conveyor and carried
to waste bin. Trays to hold the foods
in drying are automatically busted be-
fore and after being used.
The products are covered the entire
time sin the drying room. Afterward
they are packed in sealed alright
boxes, which are proof against damp
ness and keep the contents brittle. 1t
is almost possible to manufacture the
products without the workers hands
coming in contact directly with the
foods. The mixing and kneading. in
fact the salient processes. are mechani-
cal and are worked out with the aid of
machinery.
Considerably more than half the
macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelH and re-
lated foods consumed in this country
last year was of home manufacture.
Ten years ago only S per cent of it
was made in the United States. Mac
aroni is in the biggest demand here.
and we are ranked possibly fourth
among Its eaters. Macaroni eating has
doubled in the last eight years in Ger
many, and possibly the same might he
said OF this country. Demand for the
other of the paste products has in
creased almost the same.
Pure macaroni is made solely of
farina and water, with a slight season
ing of salt. Its eaters here demand fha
highest grade, and In most cases the
above is what they get. That was
proved when the pure food law went
into effect. Few macaroni makers got
into trouble.-New York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
ClubwoInen and Their Work
By MARY ASHE MILLER

A LII manner of tag ends" OF busi-
a ness are filling up these last few
4 weeks of the club year. and many
of the organizations are omitting
programs entirely from their meetings.
There are elections. installations.
auditing of bills, appointing Of dele
perhaps new quarters to be selected or
moved into and other details of like
material nature necessary to the main
tenance of the clubs.
Preparations are also going forward
for the annual convention at Del Monte
next month, and many of the local
clubwomen will take part in the pro-
gram or in discussions or conferences.
Apropos of the convention it may be
well to quote bits from an editorial
in the Federation Bulletin recently Is
sued in regard to the ever. important
question to womankind, whether she
have an intellect or not-clothes.
1t is in part as follows: Advising
a clubwoman to go to the forthcoming
convention of the California Federation
of Women's Clubs brought out the OBJ
lection that Del Monte meant new
gowns-she could not afford a lot Of
new clothes, so would have to stay at
home and forego the pleasure and the
profit. The spirit of the federation is
foreign to that of fashionable resort,
and we are not going to Del Monte
for summer outing. We shall meet
together in council, not to rival each
other in the display of clothes. Mrs.
Sarah Platt Decker advised the club
women of the country, before the Bos-
ton biennial, that it was not the time,
place or occasion for fine attire. 1t is
not what we have on, but what we have
in our heads that will most interest
our fellow clubwomen."
The California club will hold its
meeting tomorrow as a social day. and
also as the Presidents day" The
feature of the afternoons program will
be an address by President Benjamin
fornia on The New University Idea. .
and the music will be selections by
the choral section of the club under
the leadership of Mrs. John L. Taylor.
the head of that section. The program
for May shows nothing save the most
businessHke meetings. beginning with
the one on May 4. when the annual
election is to take place. The polls
are to be open from to D. m, the
election to be by ballot and no member
can vote by proxy.
1t is also announced that no member
who is six months delinquent in the
payment of her dues. or who has not
been in the club more than six months.
may vote for these officers.
The Tuesday following. May IL, will
be department council day, and the
annual reports of the departments Will
be made as follows: Civics, Mrs. Louis
Hertz: education, Miss Juliet Greninger:
social science, Mrs. Jacob Brandt; Out
door Art league. Mrs. Lowell White.
Tuesday, May Is, will be devoted to
listening to the annual reports Of
officers and standing committees
The new officers will be installed
Tuesday May 25. and there win be an
address by Mrs. Francis Squire Potter.
professor of English, University Of
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
SahitaD
Efficiency in
San Francisco

brought with the
recital of the sanitary strategy involved Mr. Todd
Francisco of earthquake and fire life
the
the accessible food
with the
of ood fifth the wholesale produce
eighth of the dangerous of all yards
probably the alley
floor planking wherever
these danger points had be attacked and conquered In addition
supports regulations requiring
the png lumber clear of the ground The
cerihcaion basis
How the general results of the campaign regarded
American communities may be learned from the following
in the Springfield CMass) Republican,
In summing the benefits the
received by the entire
plague Everybody
smallest children
building being
the world
The for all that much
the of by construction by
the infected suddenly
of whatever cline
The thing lot of money first and last and
trouble and annoyance but the results all
great deal The city has established unsurpassed
efficiency sanitary work and the history of this fight points
way that other cities follow they similarly attacked
With the constantly increasing travel the Pacific all seaport
cities of North and South America will be constantly liable
infection from Asia
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26

Minnesota. on Some Men and Women
or the English UniversitiesY Mrs.
Potter is to be one OF the leading
speakers at the annual convention.
The Forum club viii hold It's annual
election at the regular meeting Wednes-
day afternoon. the polls to close at
o'clock in the afternoon. The read
ing OF the annual reports will be heard
well.
The annual breakfast OF the club will
be held Saturday. May I, at the Fair
mont hotel, and as the members are
privileged to invite guests. it is ex-
peeted that 200 or 500 women win be
IN attendance Members may secure
cards from Mrs. o. T. Weber or at the
clubrOoms.
The Susan B. Anthony club has re-
Gently received handsomely framed
portrait OF Mrs. Clarence Mackay. with
her autograph Mrs Mackay has re-
Gently become deeply interested in
equal suffrage, and is, it is said. SPEND
Ing much of her time and money in
promoting the cause A meeting Of the
club was held at suffrage headouarterz
MONDAY last, when Mrs. Moore led in a
civil government discussion Mrs.
Sperry asked that all who could do so
would attend the flower festival TO ba
held at Los Gatos May 1. The Equal
Suffrage league is TO have a float in
the parade.
A suggestion was made by Miss Gen.
evleve Cook. editor Of the Nurses
Journal Of the Pacific Coast. that the
suffragists make an effort TO secure
MISS Christabel Pankhurst of England
TO speak at the suffrage convention TO
be held In Seattle July to Z.
To Kalon postponed the Gentle
mans night" which was to have been
held Thursday evening last. n viii
instead take place Thursday evening
IN Calvary church parlors. A program
or interest has been prepared and a
large attendance OF members ana ths,r
friends is expected.
The Votes for Women CIubs2- or
canned recently at Pelo Alto. OF which
Mrs Alice L. Park is the preSiSent aoS
Miss Valance Arnott the secrefa-~,-
treasurer, has agreed that its first d1Itr
IS that each member shall Uaar q
badge with the words. wore for
women The platform OF the club is
as follows:
We demand votes for women
Eor the long work day.
FOR the taxes we paw
For the laws we obey.
we want something to say
We are living under a gover,rs,t
Iaisely called a democracy govern-
hent under which only half the peopie
the men-have anything to sa1 w.
want our share in a xovernrnent ~
men and women people, by men and
women people, for men and wome1
people. "Hsh
We believe it to be our duty 70 vo,a
ana since the present laws prevent onr
voting we believe il to be our d1,fv ~
oemand our share in self government
we declare the time has zone - ez,
= tumble petition Two million Ave hun
ored thousand of our children are now
child laborers and the number is in
creasing steadily In the face OF pro
tests While child labor Continues ns-
thence ceases to be a virtue
We demand votes for women.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26

donons the matter would be
condition OF the Balkan southeastern region
may preciptate European conflict Dillon the
famous correspondent Russia of Daily Telegraph
takes this of the authority in such matters
IS undisputed.
One thing to be certain and that the Abdul
Iiard IS ended and fact the thing is that the Young
Turks did understand change
even than constitution organic
BIT better than the who administer
constitution had scarcely Hamd began
intrigue for its notification 1t strange
rule could have been effectively kept up
the of his soldiers The army sided with the
last summer because the soldiers months
The perfection of modern makes revolution almost
impossible where the faithful the ruling
The difficulties that lie IN the of bringing
the Turkish chaos pointed by
IN the Quarterly Review, from which quote:
The principle nationality prove regnerate
Turkey and there to be remedy available The
The principle of nationality must parliamentary
Doubtless all these contradictions
shake
vigorous political
The Turks have during
months and they the
by far the difficult Of ALL still
ethhic discord in
attempted similar but task and failed Will
successful?
The absence of this cohesive spirit nationality
what makes the whole southeastern question difficult and
made the Balkan region storm from time
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
POSTAL SYSTEM GIVES
POOR SERVICE IN PARIS
Employees Expect Tips and Tel
ephOnes Are Unsatisfactory

A more deplorable postal and tel
egraph system than that OF Paris it
would be hard to find, so says the By
stander. Two men do the work of one
and get the salary of half man. and
are consequently forced to rely on
tips to make living. For every tele-
gram or registered letter brought to
the house. the employe expects I'd. and
by not giving 1t one runs the risk of
not receiving ones kilograms. 1t is
often quicker to walk, or at least 20
on foot. than to rely on the telephone.
means money find 1t to their advan-
tage to send a very substantial Christ
mas box to the ladies at the tele-
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
MANS QUALITIES
| IN THE GERM CELL
Life From Biologists Stand
point the Subject of Prof.
Ritter's Farewell
Lecture

n E-~
his ignorance can not see the quail
ties of man in the germ cell, and
that this fact has hindered the
scientist in his search for the germ of
life. was the explanation given for the
lack of deeper research in this line of
investigation, which has made Prof.
Jacques Loeb famous. by Prof.
". E. Ritter, head of the department
of zoology of the university, in his
farewell lecture on Life from the
Biologists Standpoint before the Phil
osophical union this week
Professor Ritter will assume charge
of the biological station at La Joffa
this summer. and will not again teach
on the campus.
In the course of his lecture he de-
clared that the properties Of salt, one
of the basic elements of mans physical
and mental makeup, were thought to be
ments which have been found in the
germ cell, but mans limited knowledge
had not as yet made this discovery.
He said
While we can not see how the prop
critics of salt are potentially in the
chlorine and sodium. or the qualities
OF man in the germ cells, we still
have no reason to believe that they
are not there. If our knowledge of the
chemical elements of the salt and of
the germ cells of a man were full
enough. we should see. So far as our
knowledge allows us to answer. only
unlimited knowledge would be full
enough. If we are privileged to be-
lieve that we shall some time be pos
sessed of infinite knowledge; shall be,
in other words, infinite beings, then,
but not till then. shall we understand
how chloride and sodium produce COM
a common man."
That life appeared simultaneously
all over the earth and that the original
germ did not necessarily mean the
beginning is the belief of the eminent
biologist and physicologist. Mans
hHOWit ituB0y lie Sdlus COulu Oilly ISdClt
its perfection when he realized that he
knew nothing. He continued:
The moment a living being ap-
peared on earth that could respond
more than once in the same way to
the same stimulus, at that moment ap-
peared simultaneously the germs of all
human knowledge and faith. The mo-
ment a human being comes to know
that his experimental knowledge must
be incomplete knowledge, from the
very conditions of its being knowledge
at all, at that moment does he touch
the highest level of knowledge and
faith attainable by human beings. Ag-
Mysticism, mere not knowing can not
be the highest reach of knowledge.
Nor, indeed, can knowledge that you
do not know be that highest reach.
This must consist OF knowing, partly
at least. how and why your highest
knowledge is limited and seemingly
must ever remain so.
In conclusion, life from the stand
point of the biologist is the sum total
of the phenomena exhibiten by
myriads of natural objects called liv-
ing because they present these phe-
nomena. To understand any organ
ism it must be studied as a whole and
in all its relations. Taking as a type
his life must be studied throughout
the whole cycle of its existence on
earth and it's relation to all other lives
and things"
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
lmpertinent Question No. 100
What's a Bargain?

For the original wttest answer to this ouestonb.
bnefer the better-The Call will pay FIVE DOLL ARS
For the next FIVE The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH. Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once Make
your answer short and SEND 1T ON 4 POSTAL
CARD to
IMPERTiNENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26

RAPHAEL WE'LL (Standing), Merchant, and
of the Old Guard of the Bohemian Club.
From a photograph taken in Paris in 1854 CCkon Mr.
Veil 1Cas II years old. The man sitting is the late John
M DaOds0n, 0cho Cas of the founders of the Sstab-
hshment aol0 knoCn as the Whas House. of 10hck Mr.
Veil for many years has been the head :
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
appropriations being


unused is great
of
dispensing
If the prohibitve duties of the Dngey tariff insisted
and there be downward of
e there be from the alternative
Mr. Taft favors either inheritance
and most OF the already taking inherit
taxes the logic the situation the
Ot the interests opposed but if
they will reduce the producing
basis they will be compelled find substitute The
the tariff downward demanded for the great
people moderate oppressed
the increased of living prohbv
sar1es of life. This is the dilemma that Adrch
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26

and it was frontier courtesy that local sports
should make way for the passing stranger
No man with a proper Reno spirit would
stand in the way of bringing new money
into the game All this happened, of course
in the unconverted period OF nnlitical euolr-
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26

ment in every part of the civilized world. The
history OF that campaign, written by Frank
Morton Todd, shows how thoroughly the field
was covered. Indeed, the wide ramihcations of
the work are not even appreciated by the
people of this city who were not directly