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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
WHEAT KINGS
| WILL Be DECIDED I
| MAY 81
Never Has Any Man Passed Settle
ment Day a Winner-Will James
A. Patten Wini Some Persons
Think He Will.
History of Wheat Corners Is Story
OF Ruin, Dishonor, Suicide and
Financial Wreckage.
THERE I'm the middle OF the Pit.

THERE I'm the middle OF the Pit.
surrounded land assaulted by
nerd after herd OF wolves Yielding
Tor his destruction. he stood. braced.
rigid, his head up. his bOny hand.
that had once held the whole Pit I'm
It's grip, nung high In air. while his
voice, like the clangor OF buglcs
sounding 10 the charge or the for
Torn hope. rang out again and again
over the din OF his enemies:
Give a dollar for July-give
dollar for July"
Then the avalanche. the undiked
ocean or Wheat. leaplng TO the lash
or the hurricane. struck him fairly
I'm the face.
He heard II now. he heard nothing
else, The Wheat had broken from
his control And then something
snapped Ia his brain. Blind and In
sensate, he strove against the tor
rent OF the Wheat. One function
only remained active. and that vi
brated with terrible rapidity, it's
rhythm beating out the old and ter
rible cadence.
Wheat wheat wheat. Wheat
whe at wheat. Frank Norris. in
The Pit"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
AZ SHIPS SINK.

Storm Sweeps Whole Malabar Coast
Heavy Loss OF Life.
BOMBAY, May 10.-Reports OF the
sinking OF AZ native vessels in hur-
ricane In the Calicut roadsted reach
ed here today. The storm has swept
the whole Malabar coast and the loss
of life is heavy.
Many vessels have gone down at
other points along the coast. The
damage INLAND is said to be as heavy
as on the water.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10

F'ab ootU 0~UtuH Sstktothiys
For weeks he has been quietly SELL
ing. cautiously. so as not to inter-
fere with the upward march OF prices,
realizing money for the supreme
struggle. He has shipped his wheat
all over the world-anything to get
II away from Chicago. so that 1t can't
come back and be used by his enem-
les.
But 1t isn't enough II the bears
win. The shorts can buy and the
wheat they want and deliver IL to
Patten at the price he set And he
will have to pay.
Another broken corner will have
gone down In history.
And Jas. A. Patten will join the
ranks OF Letter and Gates and Old
Hutch and the rest who deied the
lightning.
They are beginning TO think that
Patten will win. He aid from the
outset that there would be a wheat
shortage this year. His information
seems TO have been right.
In Letters corner In 1898. cash
wheat could be had for sl.4O, while
the wheat pit price was s1S5.
But In 1909 cash wheat is soaring
20 cents higher than the wheat pit
price. The short, Patterns enemies
can't get the wheat unless something
breaks.
May 81 will tell the tale.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
90 DIE IN EXPLOSION.
Big Factory Of Promote Co. at Genoa
Is Destroyed.

GENOA, Italy, May 10.-Tne big
factory Of the Promote Manufactur'
ing company, makers of explosives,
which Is located in the village OF Sont
Euseblo. a short distance from this
place, was destroyed by an explosion
today. Twenty workmen are buried
in the debris and the latest word from
the scene is that they are probably
dead.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
SCHMITT FINED AND JAILED.
Juror Convicted Of Soliciting 5rlbe
Sent Up for 80 Days.

John II. Schmitt, OF No. $40 Han.
cock-ave. east, the circuit court juror
charged with soliciting bride from
Frank Govensky. was Saturday after
noon found guilty by Judge Murphy
and fined 800 and sentenced TO 80
days in TAIL.
Tie testimony in the case will be
submitted TO Prosecuting Attorney Van
Zlle, and charges OF perjury may be
made.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
The parent. Of Arthur Lsmeke; a run
THE WEATHER.

Detroit and vicinityi Monday night
and Tuesday. partly cloudy cool to-
night with frostt Tuesday, warmers
moderate nortberiy winds, becoming
variable and shifting to soutberiy.
Lower MtchiRnni Fair tonight with
frostt Tuesday, partly cloudy aud
warmer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
LUMBER JACK Is SHOT.

BOYNE CITY. Mich, May 10
Charles Brown. a young man, was shot
In the body and probably fatally In.
jured In a drunken brawl a. Headquar-
tiers, small lumber camp near, here.
John Carroll Is charged with having
fred the shot. Carroll. IL 10 said. ac-
cused Brow nof slandering him and a
quarrel followed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
v M. c, A. SUMMER CAMP.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, May lO.-L.
F. Buell., state secretary of the execu-
tive committee Of the Y NJ. c. A.. has
sent out circulars announcing that
the summer camp this year Of the
different branches OF the Y. NJ. {. A.
will be held at "Hayo-Went-Ha.' a
perfect camping spot. located east OF
Grand Traverse bay. The boys have
the opportunity OF spending their va
cations in healthy atmosphere un.
der the guidance or trained secretar-
les
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
ELoPlNo COUPLE JAILED.

OWOSSO. Mich. May AO.--A mes
sage received from Pocatello, Idaho
says Alva Vert, 81 years old, formerly
a jeweler OF Laingsburg. who disar-
feared four months ago, has been ar
rested there. He left his wife and
several children destitute. Mrs.
Grace Calkins left also when Vert dis.
appeared. A woman with Vert is also
under arrest. but no charge is TO be
made against her. She claims TO be
werts wife. If this is the case a war.
rant for bigamy will be Issued.
The parents OF Arthur Lembke. a run
away boy, of Lock Berlin, y. ", have
asked the local police TO try TO find
him and send him home. He has been
I'm Detroit, having applied at the Y.
NJ. G.. A. employment bureau for 4
Job. Arthur. who Is 10 years old.
took his store OF savings, and left for
the west" To fight Indians.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
commercial credlt 90. coIlectionA

Job Printing done right. Times Print
ting Co..I5 John R.-st Phone 149S.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10

BusIness-lfke PrInting. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain, neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing CO., No.
Is John R.-st. Phone 149S.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10

CALL DETROIT TAxICAB CO.,
Main s620. City $3.50. Park -.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10

With Patten fighting losing battle
|the price Will be beaten down and
blown. He has contracted to pay. say
|s129. In the open market the shorts
|can buy for $1.25, for $lSs, for 81.
land Patten will have to pay.
To realize ready money he will
have to throw some OF the wheat he
has already bought back into the pit.
he will get the money. but that
wheat will have pushed down the
|price another notch. A minute later
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
Has Been SELLING cautIousIy.

that wheat will rise up to help smash
him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10

Alexander. Umbrellas. 20 Mosro>
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
How do you explain the fact that

GLOW do you explain the fact that
Cook only turned up a year or more
after he claims to have discovered the
pole 2" was asked of one of the men.
Jewell. sa,lppoHfns that we -fnoW
nothing but the fact that sae lett the
pole onstheE 21st lof3 April, how WIS he
to get over ali these hundreds oil
miles OF ice-bound country down tc
the outposts $of civi1izatinn?i,iHe mad
no vessel and no prairie trail you may
bio sure. 3,st' ..5.
!595c.sWhy5 should Cook not reach the
pole? He was physically as tit as
any man who ever went north he
knew parctlc conditions ls Thoroughly
as sPeary or any other man; he had
dogs. game. plenty OF supplies, and
more than that, he had t9e pluck OF
a man to- make the dash. q; =
ftIf Peary's story OF the no1t hern
Ice Is true there can be no doubt 81
Cooks story. Why. II lPenry. had gone
north and found impossible acondi'
lions then he might ne ltroubled bout
Cooks story; but .Peary proves Cook.
at least that Is the way we who have
been north with Cook and Peary
look at it, Jsa 4. 4; Il
(which OF the two do you conslle r
the moro competent mar ~" x
t.ss.In q way they. are no. comparable
Both are equal to nythils thnt cnn he
Aone by man on polar icp. Both? have
pluck, endurance and tAe sta1nilay to
resist the awful depression OF North
ern solitudes. But in disposition! and
temperament the two mare centre
Cook i54Eenial and open.
hearted und err all conditions. He is
always the same. affable. genial and
FExa- a
carries theFhabit of;lisclpllne and con-
anests with him. When we were with
| him we could mot Ia Ike "a picture. con:
verse with The natives or pick up
wa1rus tooth without his permission.
In his mind he owned the road to the
Pole: 5he appeared to own 1.-THE ma
tive5, the dogs, the game the whole
horizon was his land all for his own q
glory. ~ Il, I
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
LET NOT SENTIMENT.

\ From what is now going on In Ma
rion county. It looks very much as
though there was on foot an effort to
free about nine convicted "back
handlers" says the! Huntington Herald
Dispatch. An appeal has been made
on the ground tnat certain evidence
to the courts to give, them new trial
in favor ofi the men who have already
BEEN sentenced to prison for ten
years each. had been omitted at the
first trial. Marion county snouldt con
slider this thing serlously-justlyiA
course. but let mo mock ehflmentality
throw aside the decisions of her
courts nor send .nstray+ the retns OF
her reason. The Sintroduction4of,. the
foreign element into our Gland of the
free and nome of the brave" has done
much to cast upon our hard won
reputation as a liberty. loving people.
an dispersion that rye lack the power
OF government. Marion county, should
establish no precedent in giving lib
.erty to the representatives OF an or.
ganization, K! tine basic principle " OF
which Is founded on murder, araon
and robbery. ,55 . lF5tys
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
COOK A 4 I GENIAL I: I.t, GENTLEMAN.

The principal evening 5sepaper OF
ssydney Monday devoted six columns
to DR. Cook and hon to; Peary. not;
Withstand Ing Peary was expected the
next day Us % dtstinguished visitor.
It'll contained sal cp1nposite interview
with three Cape Bretoners who were
twice the n rc fict with Cook md
once with Peary. The names oil. the
men quoted are witnheld by request:
All three. N however. believe Cook
reached tie Pole. # 1leI are eloqueht-
lyon Cool, IS aide as the following ex-
tract; from their stat ementsS shows:
t'Dr.s Cook is a splendid fharac ter.
iHe lis d GENT Gnian clean through,
brave. generous to m fault always
%thintdng of the comic OF others. and
never for one NONE emit slparing1 him:
self. (; Never for one moment ! dia he
ever lose his temper /: & nc. circumsta nee.
however trying. ever seemed to rpifl
lie mis- genial Espir He was an Arc
tic enthusiast aud studied every
Z thing. When he went North. with the
Hnpnln Expedl ton IN Il sg4 was the
tsplfit ~ the yorth that enthusedy'
tastAi-J ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
GETTING cLosERffTo THE PEG

fs AT few days ago a news item con;
cerf1inr the state University mention
ca the naanesto about Ii dozen OF, Inc,
v Professors q AZ tia t. institution who
/ Ind aspent considerable time during
the summer as ms ructors at teach.
ars.E Sfnsti tltesS Tho University eacl
ynnt. Furnishes from tts faculty sew.
Sern1 1inEfffnts Instructors but this year;
nnzsnIiii4naIIyf large number went out.
Z Z n,nnnr Et1le peod1ie In that capacity
slsfis IA a feature }of the Uniyersity,s:
work that I'M our 4 Judgment ought to
\ hfl Z am1IIIl hs Iana 81 The pnpple OF 1i1e
Stare AWAY from Iorgantown deserve
10 zee and hear the trained and schol-
nriy inen who have charge OF various
l ENDS of Sprofessional work at tie;
Observation-Disclosures. IN this. way the In
sfluence al the #Uniy ersity Is attended
and tsiexcellen work among the peo-
PIE more clearly shown 50 We nave
g fa1tf Fnrl "a Il that The. University and
ina snnassesJfoti the people have been
100 I'M snpar, .sTh cir aims IN the long
q RIM are Gpracticallyt the same and they
n1IehE L III work nEharnon and toseth-
ar IN far az tipo SSH bic. n THE depart
ment al aErtrult tsaou be especial
w ayminafi tic WITH the fnrmersi OF
4 The state and with such men as Prof
SNnlanssPorf,f working ana Or. sheldon
going out over the State md coming
I, IN actual Z rltactsS with 4 farmers and
leading business men more good can
be accomplish In TIL 3 past few
weeks we5 have seen. a q numb OF ref
serencas to, the exceli ent work Director.
staWnrtR 81 theSExperlment Station IL
doing IN sspaak king to people in yari-
ons parts of the State about the,
Sprodncts West Virginta goes away
from hnrIla To blly.fdall OF w-1icil ought
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
5UNcLE'.sAMEH As:PREss. AGENT

hUNcLE':sAMHHAs'P PRESS AGENT
EiWAsHTNGToN. Sent. % 2 Lex llow-
Ing, the decision to widen the scope :Of
the division OF information OF the State
pepartment.:9 Secretary P. C. Knox has
appointed Philip Patchen. a newspa-
per correspondent here and formerly
OF Iowa., rs Its head. sey
This division as -reorgani2ed will he
charged with the: duty of collecting I'M
portant diplomatic correspondence to
be printed and circulated exclusively
In the foreign service. 1t willsexlmine
the forelgnl press to obtain the reflect
,Ing'.pninion and governmental policy
abroad ,Inon questions with which the
United. States Is concerned. n =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
q Method lnI HIS Madness. 4

b Louise. Bob's ED err sister. had be!
come quite interested In having a
garden Of her own. end, as an encour-
|agement to- keep It in order. ner
mother had brought her a small set!
Of garden imp dement's consisting Of
a rake, a hoe and a slittle spade: On
their arrival from the store little Bob
Immediately became much interested
end, noticing this. his sister was pa s
tIcular to hide them carefully away
Early the next morning Bob crawled:
out, of his own cot and Into his sis
ter's bed. After some wiggling about
the. little fellow remarked earnestly.
u lub you,s 10 Il. Do you, Bob 2" she
asked. rather pleased, though sur;
prlsed Sat. the sudden a lection. "Yes;3
A slight pause and then, in a wheel
ling voice, Where you keep your lit
tie ohubble The Delineator2 for sOc-
tober. ,i 81 81 s. s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22

y It now turns out. according to let
ters from State Tax Commissions
Townsend and former Tax Commits
sioner Dillon, just unpublished, lin ia
Grafton paper. that. the Grafton Brew
ing Company has been DUNG business
illegally for two years. i It seems hard
to find a right or even legal waytto
do wrong thing. Tle owners OF the
Grafton brewery stand q chance ! to
get into n;.perk of trouble? saSWhat
about cthef F'aiImont ;hrewery?j Is tthe
title sclear k;toi the ;license fats has re-
celved2 r. 1T is time to- investigate be-
fore any more risks ARE run by Its
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
SHE'S Al MINE. OF HER OWN HAS
Z .'55 JOSIE. 81 s., go ssif.z

There's little girl called Josie
md most sensitive IL she. and you
couldn't help but like her, though
YOU couldn't both agree; she has a
mind that's clever and ssne's some,
wha t of q wi and II she ID oesn't like.
you, why sle,ll tell you when to quilt.
Now J osie ssone day went into "a store
for Spartan stain, the dealer didn't.
have. 1t. but he'd heard abou its fame !:
.tnow here is something else. he
said, Y {" that's really Just as good.
.".cut 1t; out" said Josie. SPARTAN
Stain is best for wood. ~ SPARTAN
Stain Is the best known wood finish.
male for floors, furniture or wood
word. Manuractu led by The 'MarIet-
tn Paint and Color Co. Mari eta.
Ohio. Sold sby M. D.. Christie, Drug
The "price-wise eople" are; the read
arg and answarers Of the 5ad a To- fl=5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
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!iNVENToRlG GETS 5tiARD FALL.
Flying M acEfne Fails to Rlse but Falls
B y y or, II ia uilder. 80

sisNHWs.cAsrLFl.i pa. Sept. ~. Jas.
Daley. Of this ,citya drought home!
from Wilmingto township. where he
met with severe injnrie last evening:
while attampting3to oIerate "a Ting
machine she i had asbuilt rf1ei eyicet
which, nsmnnntedt on bicycle w esls,i
nsadeslgnedst ito lash ID own a runway
and obtain simoman tum TO start its
flight. AfterSlea wing the runway hoN WI
ever. the ma chine tai lied to go into the
air. sInste ail Il IL turned turtle. failing.
;tlDcng Daley, The rnnc chime was wreck
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22

The driver on the Clnrlsburg track
who wils fined fifty dollars yesterday
for S"holding la 81" will. likely get IN
the running in proper form next time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22

yss The question arises how much 'steel
and excitement are needed to. erect
a. SO 900 900 -sbnildlng ? See; the week
old story In IA morning Jpn per. q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
,KENNEL.-CLuB+SHOW.

~ NniHH sAAAnfs'HteH f-EtsH+
81 SOUTH TA1lMINGTON.M Mass, Sept
22.-T hr7seyesi of the dog fanciers of
Massac husetts are turned this way to-
day owing to the second annual show;
OF the South Farming ton District Ken
mel Club. Il K Nj
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
FRESHMEN CELEBRATE.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.-The Irish
men of Washing ton are having great
time 1t the BenninEs race trad 1t today.
Through tomorrow; will be held. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22

Il II the sort OF tenant You waht.
wants the sort OF npartment yont have.
the rest Is 'work FOR q wanti ad K
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-22
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RACES TstALLENTOWN.S
!. Clinton Associntel Press,

X g57t.yt Un1On sAssocIhteu -Frtss.J 49,
i5ALlIENTOWN.itS Sept. q 222.:--s5ome 4 u
the best racing material In the country
has been entered for the SIX running
races. ana the various harness events
comprising the .three.day meet COM;
menced here today. e ~ q: :: q, ss
Y no double your volume of business
begin by doubling the volume of your.
advertising. It's a pretty sure meth
I'D. KY ~ ( 8 ss q
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-06-04
THE EDITORS SURPRISE

One day last week, while sad and
dreary, weak and weary, across the
unswept floor, we heard at first a
gentle tapping, then it became an ear
nest rapping, at our sanctum door.
Come I'M" we said, while We ponder
ed. and in silence still We wondered,
what for us could be in store; then
the door-bolt softly turning, in he
walked, our cheek was burning
though of crimson gore! Are you
the man what does the writing?
what will rhyme with this but fight
ing? quickly thought we o'er). Sir,
we are" we gently told him, if he
tried to beat us sore. Then you
will please give credit opposite that
little debt for a dollar more; | Ike
your paper and will take it as long
as YOU strive to make it as good as
it has been before" We jmuped; he
lodged: thus we missed him, or we
surely would have kissed him, 2ven
if the boys did roar; so seldom treat
ed in this manner, we. felt inclined to
shout hozanna-only this and nothing
more Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-06-04
SOLVING THE PROBLEM

Considerable credit is due Senator
J. H. HUMPHREYS of the Bradentown
Journal for securing the third read
ing by the senate of the bill appro
priating $4,000 for the purchase and
equipment of state prison farm. 1t
is conceded that if the bill is finally
passed, it will mark the first step to-
ward the abolishing of the present
convict lease system. 1t must be only
a question of time until the system is
abolished and the convicts put to work
in the building of good roads. Geor-
gia's example is having its influence
on all of the surrounding states. From
Virginia through the CarOlinas and
westward to Alabama and Tennessee,
there has developed a wonderfully
strong campaign for good roads and
it is now becoming popular theory
that one of the best methods of OBJ
tanning these roads is by having them
built by the county cOnYicts. The
present farm or farms will go a long
way toward solving the problem of
taking care of the convicts and make
them practically self-sustaining-
Augustine Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-06-04
A SCOUT OF THE SKY

In sailing his dirigible balloon from
Arlington, N. j., ever Manhattan and
back. Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin VIII
not merely give the people OF New
York something curious to look at. He
is a military balloonist. He has built
and sailed for the government war
balloon whose type has been accept
ed. He desires to give an illustration
of the ease with which an aerial air
shin might bomba d the city.
The filmy object so far in the air.
its sides almost rejecting the rose
tints of the sun, might seem less beau
tiful if it left in it's wheeling flight a
trail of observation-disclosures bursting
through the roofs of sky scrapers,
fires following their explosion, blazing
gas from broken mains, the corpses OF
the stricken in the streets. What II
instead of one such messenger of de-
struction there were a hundred?-
World