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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21
King Herod Lived Too Soon
Nowadays He Would Be Quite Respectable Citizen.

Light has been cast on the deceitful
employer who works little children n
MS factory or shop. by the National
Child Labor committee OF New York.
This modern variety of lawbIeaker,
figures show, takes more children )
lives out OF their bodies and JOY out
OF the lives of those who survive than
did King Herod when he ruled IL
Syria with his corps of associate child
butchers.
Herod used to kill children with
sharp swords We are told. Death
came To them suddenly.
Suppose kiIs Herod were Living t)-
day. Would he shoot down children
with gatling guns? Coating guns
weren't invented in Herod'c day, or
he PROBABLY would have used themD
No, VIC don't think that this would
appeal 10 herod, who was consum-
mate in his cruelty. He rather would
own a planning mill. glass factory or
a chain OF bookblack stands where
he could set parents to send their
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21
Paying for His Little Fad

It's nice to have fads. but one must
always bear in mind that they had to
be paid for. For instance: A party
OF high-browed gentlemen In Philadel-
phi have accepted the notion that II Is
right and proper and an excellent way
OF relieving the monotony of city life.
to freely speak to strangers on the
street or wherever one Is met.
These reformers declare that our
conventionality is responsible for the
unacquaintance OF many people who
should know each other. They con
tend that an unattached man upon
seeing a lady who appears TO be un-
married should have the privilege of
addressing her. and, IL mutually
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21

children TO work for him. II he was
sufficiently slick-and history shows
that he was slick as we'll as sdrSrsti-
tious-FIorod would probably bil0e a
factory INSPECTOR or two, kick alInight-
lily II child labor laws were oNnsiGer-
ed in the state where he lived. and Sc
cretly send his lobbyists and lawyers
TO fight the child labor laws.
Then Herod. being i'm the chilG-kill
ing business on a wholesale scale.
would get itch fast, for that Is why
children are worked in factories and
On the streets at night. Eventually
Herod would become a plutocr1t. get
his name in the society columns ard
go down to- Washington on vacation
TO help revise" the tariff.
We hear a lot about cheap labor
and high protection nowadays. out
mighty little about cheap cA.ld LABOR
by the big employers.
King Herod lived in a day of swift
retribution. Nowadays employers
seem to be luckier.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21
THE Man
Who Stole
The Earth"
CHAPTER Lxx..-(Continued.)
By W. Holt Whit.

CHAPTER !.-(Continued.)
To Strong. indeed. the complete
overthrow OF the kaiser was alreads'
an accomplished fact and therefore
the way lay clear for him TO complete
his plans for the total subjugatton o:
the world Russia. by his possession
OF the cZarewlch, he practically held In
the hollow of his hand; Germany ON
the morrow would be his willing ally
France could not afford 10 stand alone
and the strict neutrality OF Great Brit
ain was at least assured.
That lef. only the United states 10
be considered and Strong. for the
time. ruled them out of the question.
wien he had enforced Oh Europe the
general regime OF peace and reform
which he was slowly evolving. l.
would be tine to see that America
fell into lile with the rest OF the civ
iliZed world.
Nv o'clock in the afternoon he
had practically completed all his ar
rangements. and toward o'clock NJ.
Stalvin, Gen. Martel and Arbuthnot
gathered in his room for : briet cor
sultation before each man went to MS
post.
Even at that busy time Strong ala
not forget his debt of gratitude TO the
editor OF the Daily Wireless. and, send
ing for Miss Hunt, he gave her the
outline OF his campaign, with full per
mission TO use II as she chose.
He knew that il could not be cabled
back 10 Germany until too late 70
serve any useful purpose there. Long
before StronPs final announcement on
the affairs OF the world could reach
the kaiser the kaiser would be at
grips with him above Bomberg.
There was certain uneasiness
about the town. for rumors had got
about as 20 the approach OF the Ger
mans. To allay as far as possible al
public anxiety, Strong toward nightfail
issued a proclamation calling on the
people To put their trust in him ana
to remain tranquil during the coming
conflict.
He explained that the coming en-
gagement would be short. sharp AMI
decisive. and that at the close OF the
coming battle Bahama would under
his dictatorship. be at the head al inc
affairs OF the world.
lie even lUDuEHt ~ dS wei w NN'-~
the people into his confidence TO the
extent OF telling them that the battle
could we'll be watched from the Morn
ing hills.
This he lid. partly with the desire
10 drain the city of its population az
much as he could in the morning. for
the reason that the fewer people there
were I'm Bomberg the easiar he would
be able to deal with them from dis
ciplnary point Of view.
As dark set in he sent 10 the prin-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21

dipping and rising motion suggestive
of the flight OF swallow.
Strong signalled 1900 feet. and the
Victor" the State" the Bahama"
and the Princess" rose like rockets
And so great was the pace of the on.
coming areoplanes that they shot past
beneath them.
There had been no time to steer so
that the airships could be Unanswered
above the aeroplanes. and they passed
each other harmlessly by without so
much as an exchange OF shots.
AS the aeroplanes rushed past be-
meath him Strong ordered his own air
ships to stop dead. Through the glass
es he took rapid survey OF the foe.
The aeroplanes were of a descrip-
ton which he had never expected To
see. Each o; them had three sets OF
wings fashioned like the wings of q
swift, which apparently worked easily
backward and forward and up and
down from slots placed in the body.
The bodies were of immense length
Strong guessed about 200 feet
while the wings, from tip to tip, must
have been 300 feet across.
Strong watched their fight keeniy
TO ascertain the best means of meet
ing them, and he saw at once that his
own forces were Fat any rate superior
! in mobility.
But though the kaisers aeroplanes
were steady and turned about, they
turned cumbrously and heavily. where
as Strong could turn his airships in
! their own length.
But what followed the turning Oi
the aeroplanes was so sudden and 81
astonishing that Strong was for the
moment disarmed. The aeroplanes De
gan to climb swiftly into the sky until
/ they had reached some $4,000 feet.
Strong decided not to put up his
own airships until he had been able &c
grasp the motive OF the extraordinary
Aelevatiou of the enemy for he recog
nized that to have put his own air
ships up would be TO challenge the
germans TO a trial of endurance. II
would simply have been a question OF
whether he or the kaiser could reach
the greater elevation.
Perplexed and momentarily anxious
Strong watched and waited for the ces
sation OF the aeroplanes' ascent.
The enemy's aeroplanes were about
dots only i'm the sky. Then they were
quickly tilted to an obtuse angle, and
descended toward Strong. who was
then at an elevation of about 10000
feet
They then came hurtling down
through space like boats on a water
chute. only at velocity which made
Strong hold his own breath to think
in wonderment that mortal man could
dive at such speed through space.
There was little time. however. for
establishment: for scarcely before he
understood their intention the aero
planes were upon him.
Strong ordered the airships TO dive
i'm the opposite direction TO the oncom
! ing aeroplanes. And just in the Mica
of time the Victor and her siste.
airships swept beneath the hurtlina
iaeroplahes. IL was an exceedingly mar
row squeak.
ITO re ContInuedD
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21

agreed. becoming her friend upon such
acquaintance.
This is interesting and may have
some Justification, but. as has been
said, fads must be paid for. One or
the reformers tried the fad upon a
pretty girl at Atlantic City within the
week The girls brother. big Of mus
Gle If small OF mind seized said re-
former, stretched his body prostrate
upon the walk and polished his shoes
on the seat OF the Philadelphia gen.
tlemans trousers.
The reformer felt outraged. and
thought the brother stupid and bru-
tai fellow A cop came alone to de-
eide the argument. The faddist spent
a night in Jail. and paid SIS fine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21

Anyone will throw drownin' man
life preserver--in case one don't
need il oneself"
Some PEOPLE are confusing the tariff
hill with the Taft Bill.
Mary had a little lamb.
It's wool was long and kinky,
And when twas sheared the lamb APP
peared
In size Just twice as dinky.
Not few persons consider Aldrich
the greatest statesman OF the age.
But not everybody lives in Rhode Is
land
Chicago woman paid 1925 for dog
in London. which doesn't at all prove
chat dogs are scarce In Chicago.
Said he: Young Smythe and Miss
Browne are evidently in love with
each other
Said she: Judging by the way they
look IT each other?
Said he No; judging by the way
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21
Fine Flood in Missouri

oghu Way whlns Away summer Afternoon at Homer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21

everybody by announcing young would live because she
had taken so MUCH of the laudanum
She had taken than her could absorb with the result
that most of it had to be dspeled by the stomach
The poison remaining her gotten out by OF stomach
and the young lady think the matter before trying
again silver chord.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21
From Another Point of View

The Electric park roller
&
m is
OF several night riders t
Mark Twain is losing his humo Just possible it
been necessary Of late for him to buy loaf of bread
Harry Thaw wanted 20 ice
. with a verdict that he nsane
Philadelphia woman carried out the of her husband
X finest point
Philadelphia attempted suicide be-
order
& cad postmasterA
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21
lTo re ContInuedD

one knot equals a mile and AL
eighth
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-21
The Truth. No Matter
Whom II Helps or Hurts.

Following a quarrel with her
lover, a Detroit young woman at
tempted suicide by swallowing four
drains of laudanum.
A doctor was summoned, but little
hope of saving the young womans
life was entertained as she had taken
a big dose of the poison.
When the doctor arrived he
cheered everybody and surprised
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
MI. Taft Leaves Colon.

Colon, BY Cable.-President-elect
William H. Taft and party left here
at 6 O'Clock Sunday evening on board
the cruiser North Carolina for New
Orleans accompanied by the cruiser
Montana. Just previous to embark
:;ng Mr.. Taft gave out the following:
Il an rot prepared to make a
state emf as to the results of the trip
to the isthmus, except to say that we
have found the work progressing in
a most satisfactory way; the organi-
cation better than ever before, the
esprit de corps excellent and the de-
termination Of all, even the humblest
laborer, directed to the building of
the canal. I am sure that this has
impressed itself upon every one Of the
board Of visiting engineers as it has
upon me.
"With reference to the type Of the
canal and the continuance Of the
present plans. the engineers promise
that they will be able to hand me
their report by the time we land al
New Orleans"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
TORNADO IN SOUTH
Storms Reach from Texas to
Kentucky.
SOUTHERN TOWNS AREN'T HARD.
Severe Rain, Hail, Wind and Electro
cal Storms Sweep Over South Cen
tral States, Killing and Injuring
Many and Destroying Property
Valued at Hundreds of Thousands
OF Dollars.

Louisville, KY, Special-Death for
probably a score Of persons, losses Of
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
property and the crippling of many
telegraph wires resulted between
noon and dusk Friday from a series
of small tornadoes which swept the
south central States from the Ten
nessee line to the Texas Panhandle.
The storms were accompanied in most
eases by hail, darkness, terrific light
ming flashes and sheets of rain.
Most Of the towns where loss of
life occurred are off the railroads, so
that news from them has been COM
ing slowly. known casualties, are !:
Stuttgart, Ark.-Mrs. Gerfeld and
a child of Will Story. Mrs. Story is
reported fatally injured.
Sulphur Springs, Texas.-Mrs.
James Ards and Mrs. C. Caldwell,
from Rolling Fork, Miss, just before
the telephone wires broke word came
that four had been killed.
Booth, Miss, reported to Birming.
ham that six had met death there.
In other towns such as Ennis and
Waxahatchie, Tex, and Boscoe, La,
many dwellings are said to have been
demolished by the wind.
Arkansas and upper Louisiana rice
fields were injured to the extent of
many thousands Ct dollars, while the
larger cities experienced rains and
darkness and lightning bolts that
made large buildings culver.
At Chattanooga there was a terri
fc storm Of hail.
Reports from Birmingham state
that several persons were killed by a
tornado at Cullman, Ala. Friday
afternoon.
The home Of George Stewart, seven
miles east Of H%anesville, Ala, was
totally destroyed. His 2-days-old
child was blown half mile and killed
His 2-year-old child was blown into
a CRATE and probably fatally burned
Mrs. Stewart was caught under some
rafters in the house and so badly in.
Jured that she will die. Mrs. Tor
Bowner and a child who were in the
house were fatally hurt.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
THE LARGEST WARSHIP
The Battleship Delaware Launched ct
. Newport, News Saturday--Descrip-
ton Of the Great Sea-Fighter.

Newport News, Va, Specialize
great battleship Delaware was sue
cessfully launched from the yards OF
her builders, the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company
Saturday. The LAUGHING was witness
ed by 5000 people.
Compared with the battleships,
completed or under construction, OF
the navy of any foreign country, the
Delaware surpasses all. She is one
Of four sister ships authorized by
Congress which will form an indomi-
table squadron. The other vessels are
the North Dekota, being built at
Quincy, Mass; the Florida, which
viii be built at the New York navy
yard, and the Utah, to be built at
Camden, N. j.
The Delaware is to carry as heavy
armor and as powerful armament as
any known vessel-of its class; will
have a speed Of q knots, which is
believed to be the highest practicable
for a vessel Of this type and class,
and will have the highest practicable
radius Of action. The arrangements
Of her main. battery guns is such. assto
permit a broadside fire Is per cent
H greater than that OF the broadside
Of any battleship now built, or, so far
rs is known, under construction. iHeg
defensive qualities, other than those
dependent upon armor protection, are
such as to give the maximum degree
of protection to all the vital portions
by means of unusually effective COM
partmental subdivision, so that in
conjunction with her armor protection
the defensive qualities Of this vessel
are believed to be distinctly superior
to those. Of any b~attleship hereto de-
signed. The hull is protected by a
water line belt of armor 8 feet in
width, whose maximum thickness is II
inches. This armor belt gives effec-
tive protection TO the boilers. machin-
cry and magazine spaces. The side
above the main armor belt is protect
ed by armor 7 feet 3 inches wide and
Of a maximum thickness of 10 inches
Above the main easement armor amid.
ships the side is protected by armol
of 5 inches thickness. which effords
| protection to the smoke pipes, the ma
| ior portion Of the secondary batter.
| les of of 5-iach guns and the hui
structure.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
Haskell Memorial Home Burned:
Three Missing. q

Battle Greek, Mich, Specialize
Haskell Memorial Home was destroy
ed by fire Friday morning. Three Of
the thirty-seven members of the or
phanage are missing. Seven little
girls jumped from a third story win
dow, but i. is not thought any Of
them are fatally hurt. James Arm
strong, IL years old, standing on a
shed under the window from which
the girls had to jump, directed them
how to make their fall as easy as
possible and caught two Of the small.
er girls in his arms.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
General News in Brief.

Charlottesville, Va, suffered from
a disastrous fire on Friday, the 4th.
The loss is estimated at $250,000.
Subpoenas have. been issued by
Judge Lands for a new trial Of the
Standard. Oil Co. Judge Lands be-
fore imposed a fine Of $29,24O,O00 on
the company which succeeded in get
ting a new trial.
It is proposed at this late day to
gather the ashes Of Major Pierre
Charles L. Enfant, the French engi-
neer, and bury them at Arlington and
to have a suitable monument in rec
IGNITION Of his services to Gen. Wash.
ington in planning the Capital City
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
Seven Dead in Alabama.

Birmingham, Ala, Special.-Mayor
George Fl. Brier, of Cullum, Ala,
wires that seven people are known
to have been killed in that county
Friday afternoon by the cyclone
which passed over this section Of the
State but that wire communication is
impossible with the stricken locality.
At Kayosa, a mining camp west Of
Birmingham on the Southern Rail.
way, five houses were blown down but
only one man was injured, a Mr..
Logan. The property loss in the ter
ritory north Of Birmingham appears
to have been very large.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
Razor For Suicide.

Asheville, N. c.. Special.-Telling
wife that he was going downstairs to
shave, James M. Hyatt a prominent
business man Of this place, Sunday
morning shortly after 8 o'clock pick
ed up his razor. and other shaving ma
t~erial, went down stairs, locking the
doors and slashed his throat with the
razor, dying soon after the act was
discovered by Mrs. Hyatt. No cause
other than i'll health can be assigned
for the rash act.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
Night firing tests al Fort Caswcll
Satisfactory.

Washington, Spc2ial.-In tests
made at Fort Caswcll, N. c., Febru-
ary LIST and I'd of tie new system of
fine control for rap;d-frc guns, the
coast artillery corps made an aver
s=age Of so per cent of hits in night
hiring at a moving target at range
from 1,7OO to 2,O0O yards. The pro-
...sleet1fes were provided with lighted
Kacers, and the target, which was 10
feet by "a feet was illuminated by
searchlights. The test was conducted
by a 3-inch gun battery ard was very
satisfactory.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
It VIOLATES TREATY.
The California 'AatiJap Bill
Conflicts.
ROOSEVELT SOUNDS A WARNING
Fearing the Result Of Anti Japanese
School Legislation the President
Sets Forth the Federal Govern
ment's Sido Of the Case.

Washington, Special.-ssThe policy
Of the administration is to combine
the maximum Of efficiency in achiev-
ing the real object which the people
Of the Pacific slope have at heart,
with the minimum of friction and
trouble. while the misguided men who
advocate such action as this against
which l protest, are following 2 policy
which combines the very minipum Of
efficiency with the maximum of insult,
and which, while totally failing to
achieve any real result for good, yet
might accomplish IN infinlty Of
HARM"
In this language President Roose-
velt Monday in a long telegram to
Speaker Philip A. Station, of the Cali
fornia Assembly, set forth the govern
ment's view of the anti-Japanese
school legislation now before that
body.
The President said in part:
IT trust ,there will be no misunder-
standing of the Federal governments
attitude. We are jealousy endeavor-
ing to guard the interest Of Califor-
MIA and of the entire West in accord
ance with the desires of our Western
people. By friendly agreement with
Japan we are now carrying out a pol
icy which, while meeting the interests
and desires of the Pacific slope, is yet
compatible not merely with mutual
self-respect, but with mutual esteem
and admiration between the Amerl-
cans and Japanese.
"The japanese government is 10y
ally and in good faith doing its part
to carry out this policy, precisely as
the American government is doing.
This policy aims at mutually of obi
cation and behaviour. In accordance
with it the purpose is that the Japan
ese shall come here axactly as Ameri-
cans so to Japan, which is in effect
that travellers, students. persons en-
g ged in international business, men
who s%ojourn for pleasure or study,
and the like, shall have. the frecst ac-
cess frcn enc. country to the other,
and shall be sure Of the best treat
tment, but that there shall be nj set
Element in mass by the people of eth
ar country in The other.
"During the last six months under
this policy rore japanese have left
the country than Rave come into 1t,
and the total number in the United
States has diminished by over 1000.
These figures are absolutely accurate
and cannot be i%mpeached. In other
words. if the present policy is con-
sistently followed and. works as well
in the future as it is now working,
all difficulties and causes Of friction
will disappear, while at the same time
each nation will retain it's self-re-
spect and the good will Of the other
But such a bill as this school bill
accomplishes literally nothing what.
ever in the line of the object aimed
at and gives Just and grave cause fol
irritation; while in addition the Unit.
ed States government would be oblig.
ed Immediately to take action in the
Federal courts to test such Legislation
as we hold it to be clearly a violation
Of the treaty.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
Dies Protesting Innocence.

Spartanburg, S. c., Special.-Wil
Foster, .colored, who was twice con-
victed on the charge of muredering
John Young, a well-known white man
Of the country, in November, 1907,
was hanged in the county jail Friday
morning. Foster went to his death
declaring his innocence. After the
black cap had been adjusted he was
asked if he desired to makesany state.
ment, ard he replied that all he had
to say was that he was innocent.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
Woman Brutally Murdered.

Winston-Salem, Special.-Charles
Terrell, a negro about "a years old,
brutally murdered his wife, Chrissie,
Friday afternoon as she sat in her
home on Highland avenue He fired
four shots from a revolver, killing
her instantly. An eyewitness says
Terrell began firing after his~wife
told him she was afraid to live with
him longer, she having left him after
a fight Christmas week.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
Nevada Senate Will Back Anti-Alien
RiT

Carson, New. Specialize Assem-
bly, bill prohibiting japanese and Chi
ncse from acquiring lands or acting
as corporation agents, reached the
Senate Monday. Instead OF referring
the measure to the Federal relations
committee, as was done in the Assem-
bly,, the Senate sent it to the judiciary
committee along with the anti-Japa-
nese resolution.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
Bryan Denies the Story.

Jacksonville, Fla, Special.-Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan reached Jackson
vile at Z o'clock Sunday morning
from Deland and emphatically denies
the story sent out regarding the
alleged automobile accident near Tar
pom Springs, in which it was said that
ne was badly injured and under treat
ment in a. Tampa hotel.