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The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
INSURGENTS ARE HALTED.
Missouri Republicans Stand by Tart
Also Indorse Roosevelt.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. ID
Missouri insurgency met defeat early
today In the resolutions committee OF
the Republican platform convention
The platform, as il will be adopted BY
the convention today, Endorses both
President Taft and Col. Roosevelt and
contains plank recommending the
conservation policies OF both the pres
ident and the former president, there.
by effectually straddling the issue. II
also contains an Endorsement OF the
tariff law, while the Hadley state adj
ministration is commended.
Gov. Hadley and Homer B. Mann,
Of Kansas City, led the insurgent wing
in the confess; over the platform.
Both Republicans and Democrats
have their platforms complete, but
are given until tonight to adopt and
file them.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15

County Road Commissioner John 8.
| Haggerty: "Our office Is receiving
many INQUIRIES from commissioners
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
Campaign Contributions Exposed.

NEW YORK. Sept. 14.-Corpora-
ton contributions to the Republican
campaign fund during the state cam
paign OF 1900. when Benz. B. Odell, Jr.,
was elected governor. were brought
to light by the legislative investiga-
ton committee here today. Former
State Senator Louis F. Goodsell. who
was chairman OF the senate railroad
COMMITTEES for a number OF years.
told of having paid $4,000 TO Reuben
l.. Fox, secretary OF the Republican
state committee. This money was a
direct contribution from the Associa-
ton of Street Railways OF the state
and was given TO Goodsell by G..
Tracy Rogers, the legislative agent of
the street railways at Albany.
Goodsell explained that Rogers
asked him to ray the money To Fox.
promising later to repay him, which
he did
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15

and others interested In the road.mak'
ing exhibit at the coming state fair.
and FOR the information OF inquirers
and others anxious 90 learn something
of our methods, 1 would state that we
are LAYING concrete on River-rd., be-
twee Sibley and Trenton. ana on
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
Graft in WelahIna Also.

NEW YORK, Sept. l4.-That gov
eminent weighers on the various
steamship docks in this city. on a
salary of 81 day. were able to de-
post from 81 500 10 s2500 month
in savings banks was the amazing
revelation developed in the United
States circuit court, where three
weighers are on trial today The
lid" was taken of the import graft
system and the manner in which gov
eminent officials solicited and accept
ed brides and the extent TO which
the entire import weighing division
OF the federal government was honey
combed with graft was shown. eclips-
ing in sordid detail even the develop
ments of the sugar graft cases.
As the result there is TO be a gen.
eral grand jury investigation. and
while il is admitted the statute Of
limitations will probably prevent, as
il did In the sugar cases, prosecution
OF all of the criminals, the federal
authorities believe they will be able
to send some well-known merchants
TO prison
Witnesses today swore positively
that for many years there was not a
single cargo OF imports unloaded at
the port of New York that was hon.
estly weighed. The importers and
their agents openly trafficked with
the government agents, and the latter,
in return for cash paid them made
the returns on which customs duties
were exacted, many pounds lighter
than they actually were, thus defraud-
ing the government out Of millions OF
dollars.
The revelations were part OF the
evidence produced by the government
In the trials OF George +. Bedell. for
merly chief clerk In the Office OF for
mer Deputy Surveyor of the Port
Vail; Charles d. Drew. and c. II.
wardell, weighers who were attached
10 Wallis staff They were indicted
for fraudulent weighing of cargoes of
fruit, figs and macaroni from Mediter.
ranean points.
A former government weigher
James p. Hyland. who admitted that
he was active In the grating from
1891 to 1909, swore that one of the
accused, wardell. complained in De
cember. 1907. that he was not get
ting enough money. To keep peace
In the graft family" he was per
mitted to collect the graft for one
month at the dock in South Brooklyn
and turned in $500 OF which he re-
ceived $500 as his share.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
HANSEN CLAIMS VICTORY.
Democrats says He Has 20 Majority
--- ---- Over GueFHeeyr--.--.a--

PORTLAND, Me-. Sept. 14-Claim-
ing plurality of 26 votes. George M.
Hansen, Democrat. today issued a
statement that he has defeated Con-
gresham +. r. Guernsey for re-elec-
ton. Guernsey. however, claims a
plurality OF nearly 200. An official
count will be demanded.
The official count will also be de.
manded in the First district, where
Ascher c. Kinds, Republican, has an
apparent plurality OF 324 over his
Democratic opponent. William Pen
Fell.
In the Second district, ID. J. Nc
Gillicuddy, Democrat has plurality
over Congressman John Sway OF g..
Al and In the Third Samuel w
Gould was returned over Congress
man William Burleigh, by 1000.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
MONTREAL EXCURSION.
Grand Trunk Railway Systematic.
count Of international Eueharlstio
N Congress-.

Tickets on sale from Detroit, Sep
tember Ord 10 10th, inclusive, valid TO
return until September 18th. Round
trip fares s15.25. In addition. tickets
with thirty-day limit $1,000 spe.
cial attention is called TO the Eastern
Flyer leaving Detroit at 2:45 D n.
and arriving Montreal 7:40 the follow.
ing morning. Returning. the Interns.
ticnal Limited leaves Montreal at 90
q IN. and arrives in Detroit al 10 20
D. m. same day. These extra fast
trains are In addition to the regular
service.
CITY Ticket Once, l24 Woodward.
ave. Phone Main SO.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
II Saved His Leo.

"All thought I'd lose my leg" writes
J. A. Swensen, OF Warertown. Wis.
Ten years of eczema, that Is doctors
could net cure, had at last laid me up.
Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it,
sound end we'll" Infallible for skin
EruptiCns. Eczema, Salt Rheum, Bells,
Fever SCres. Burns, Scalds. Cuts and
Piles. AT K. c. Kinsel. Central Drug
Co. Gray a Worcester
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
THINKS CARS SANK BOAT.

LUDINGTON, Mich, Sept. Nv
L. Mercereau, superintendent OF the
Pere Marquette railway, has a new
theory for the suddenness of the
final plunge Of car ferry Pere Mar
quette No. Is. He thinks that the
freight cars. running suddenly aft
submerged the ferry's stern by their
great weight and caused her to sink
instantly.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15

not believe me- How could you?
when this reaches you | VIII be
at rest. Please write my dear old
father and tell him ] loved him.
am afraid I cannot bear e.
note for him, for | might lose my
courage. Goodbye. Jim. and think
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15

Gratlot-rd. out near the 0rotto. We
are building rock asphalt macadam
on Jeferson-rd. between Weir and
vernierrds. To any one Interested
In road construction. We believe our
work will be OF interest and We invite
the fullest inspection possible"
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
SICK FARMER ENDS LIFE.
Charles Webb Sends Charge From
Shotgun Into Head.

COLDWATER, Mich. Sept. IA
Charles Webb committed suicide yes
terday while respondent from poor
health. He placed loaded shotgun
against his head with his left hand
and discharged 1t with lath. Tho
lath was still In his right hand when
he was discovered. Webb was 10
years OF age, a veteran OF the civil
war and a prominent and prosperous
farmer. He resided west of this city.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
PREssYTERIANs IN SESSION.

SAGINAW. Mich, Sept l4.-(Spe-
cial)-The annual meeting OF the
Presbyterian churches in This section
OF Michigan began last evening anu
will continue two days.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-15
bIRL ELOP[R ENDS
|[EE WHEN CAUGHT
Ethel Pierce, Aged IS, Runs Away
With Married Man-Pens
Love Verse.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Sept li.-Ap'
parently unaffected and Indifferent
William Firth, Jr., a married man OF
family, stood today beside the bier
Ut Ethel May Pierce, ~, of Chester
Z. Pa, who committed suicide in prefer
\ ence to being captured after eloping
with him, and calmly offered 10 testify
at the coroner's inquest.
Firth and the child arrived at the
Hotel Rainmel here yesterday from
+ Chester, where he was Pennsylvania
railroad ticket agent. Police dispatch
Is followed and when Chief Goods
forced the door OF their room. a pis-
\ toll shot rang out. Behind the door
he found the crumpled form OF the
little girl with a fatal bullet wound
In her brain. The man looked ON,
bewildered
The coroner found a slip OF paper
in the girls handbag, on which she
had scrubbed:
Dearest Dear:
The shades of night are slowly fall-
falling.
The golden sun is sinking In the
west
ITS then for you my heart is yearn'
ing, calling, calling,
For I'm dreaming OF the one |
love the best"
Couple Bound for China.
when / met this girl told her
that some day / would steal her, and
about week ago We framed up this
elopement,' said Firth. II got a pass
to Jacksonville, where | expected 10
get a job for short while. We just
happened to come here. Then We
were going to Mexico, from there to
Frisco and from there We were go
ing to China.
Monday night the girl called me
up and said she was ready TO go, and
then she left the receiver of the hook
TO keep central from tipping her
father OF. In twenty minutes the girl
was at the station and 10 keep the
Negro porter from giving the alarm.
locked him In the cellar where he
had fallen asleep.
when we left Chester. the girl
said she would never go home alive,
but I thought that was blum. She
knew / had the pistol in my overcoat
pocket and she must have slipped II
out and jumped behind the door when
I opened il for the officer"
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
TERRITORIAL NEWS
Interesting Items Condensed
From the Columns of
Our Exchanges

E. j. Stoval or Stowell, died,
Wednesday evening, May 18th, in
the Orient saloon in Lowell, after
taking an overdose of morphine.
1t is thought he took the drug for
the purpose Of killing himself.
Several carloads of wool were
shipped from Holbrook last week.
The largest shippers were Juan and
Manuel Candelaria and George
Scott. The wool was shipped to
eastern markets.
j. r. Hampton, of Clifton, a
member of the Arizona Territorial
Council, and author of the famous
educational qualification bill, was
the speaker of the day at the Ell
Paso business mems luncheon at the
chamber of commerce Thursday,
May 10Th.
Four petitions, containing the
signatures of over 500 residents of
Tucson, are now in evidence asking
Governor Sloan to pardon R. d.
Woddell, convicted at the last term
of the Pima County district court
on the charge of embezzling and
sentenced to two and one-half years
in the Territorial penitentiary.
John Bryant, of Arkansas, for
thirty years a resident of Yavapai
County, convicted of murder in the
second degree May 18th, for the
killing of S. H. Anderson, and con-
fined in the Prescott Jail, is dead, a
suicide by hanging. When Deputy
Sheriff George Heisler went to the
cell Bryant occupied in the county
Jail, pending the action of his at
torneys relative to a new trial for
him, he found Bryant's lifeless body
leaning against the bars of the win
dow of his cell. He had strangled
himself with a towel.
1t is said that about thirty thou
sand acres of land have been taken
up in the Wallapai Valley, aside
from that located some time ago by
the jacobson syndicate, below Hack
berry. The lands recently located
by intending settlers lie about two
miles from Kingman, along the rim
of the valley and into one of the
richest parts. The locators are get
ting together on a plan to dig wells
for domestic and agricultural pur-
poses, although the lands, as a whole,
will be farmed by the dry method.
1t has been demonstrated that fif-
teen inches of rain falls in this val
ley annually, which is sufficient to
insure good crops of grain if prop
erly conserved.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
Benefits of Fatness

What is called a physiological
appreciation of fat has just been
contributed to the periodical litera-
ture of the day by DR.. George M.
Niles, of Atlanta. He maintains
that fat provides man with seven
distinct benefits: 1t concentrates
fuel power, it preserves the tissues,
it forms reserve force for emerg.
encies, it saves a waste of protein,
it is store house of energy, it is a
cushion against injury to bone OF
muscle, it is protecting cover
against cold.
Taken in the aggregate, these ad.
vantages are as beneficial to a man
physically as is good bank accoun,
in a financial sense. They afford
him stock Of substantial wealth
that he can draw against in time OF
need. The doctrine is the more
gratifying because for some time
past there has been going on ar
anti-fat crusade of extreme severity
The leaders of the crusade, not con,
tent with raising the cry, mo one
loves fat man. have even assailed
the loveliness of buxom ladies'
They have asserted that nothing il
graceful unless it is lean; the skele.
ton girl has become the type OF
beauty. Useful and delectable tc
the community, therefore, is the
physician who says fat means health
hope and happiness.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
Rubber In History

Although known to commerce only
for some $50 years, india rubber
was first heard of in the second
voyage of Columbus, when Herrera
observed that the natives of Haiti
played game with balls made of
the gum of a tree" and remarked
that the balls, although large, were
lighter and bounced better than the
wind balls of CASTLE. The first
time the tree yielding it was men,
toned by name was in 1915, when
Torquemada wrote of the "ulequa-
hintl tree, which yields a white
milky substance, thick and gum
N.Y." and he stated that one way
the Indians had of coagulating it
was to smear it over the body and
rub it off when sufficiently dry.
Strange to say, this antiquated
method of collecting the rubber is
still in use among the natives Of
some parts of the world-that is,
so far as allowing the juice to dry
on the arms and afterward rolling
the rubber off in the shape of a
ring.
Even in Torquemada's time the
Spaniards in America used the juice
of the tree to waterproof their
cloaks, though the fact did not ap-
parently attract attention in the old
world, and no rubber seems to have
reached Europe until long after
ward. The first accurate informa-
ton concerning any of the caout-
chouc trees was furnished by La
Condamine, who was sent by the
French Government in 1875, for
other purposes, to Quote. The
next researches on the subject were
also made by a Frenchman, M.
Fresnau, an engineer living in
Guiana, l751, and published by the
French Academy in 1855. Not
withstanding this, india rubber re-
mained for some time unknown in
England, except as a curiosity.
India rubber as a product of Asia
was not known until 1898, and soon
after Borneo and Assam rubber was
traced to an Indian tree, the fcus
elastica. The industry in india rub
bur did not really begin until the
early part of the nineteenth century.
BY 1870, however, there were, it is
computed, in Europe and America
more than $50 manufactures, each
employing from 400 to 500 opera
tives shd consuming morelthan 1O,-
100000 pounds Of eaoutchouc. .-
Chicago News.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27

SALE OF TIMBER, District No.
3, Stafford, Arizona, May IL, 1910.
Sealed bids marked outside, Bid,
Timber Sale. General Notice, May
II, 1910, Crook National Forest, "
and addressed to the Forest Super
visor, Stafford, Arizona, will be re-
ceived up to and including the 9th
day of June, 1910, for all or any
part of the merchantable dead tim
Der, standing or down, and all or
any part of the live timber marked
for cutting on a designated area of
about 80 acres located in approxi-
mately Sections 20 and 81, T. 8 S.,
r. "a E., within the Crook National
Forest, Territory of Arizona, esti-
mated to be 250,000 feet B. M. of
Douglas fir, white fir, western yell
low pine, timber pine and Engleman
spruce, saw timber more or less.
No bid for less than $500 per M
feet B. M. will be considered, and a
deposit of $4,000 must he sent to
the first National Bank of Albu-
querque, New Mexico, for each bid
submitted to the Forest Supervisor.
Timber upon valid claims is exempt
from sale. The right to reject any
and all bids is reserved. For fur
ther information and regulations
governing sales, address T. T. Swift,
Forest Supervisor, Stafford, Arizona
14-5t
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
A Woman and a Queen

The touch of nature that makes
the whole world kin is felt in every
word of this remarkable letter from
the widowed Queen Alexandra, adj
dressed to the British people.
From the depth of my poor brok-
en- heart | wish to express to the
whole nation and our own kind peo-
pie we love so well, my deep thanks
for all their touching sympathy in
my overwhelming sorrow and un-
speakable anguish. Not alone have
| lost everything in him, my be-
loved husband, but the nation, too,
has suffered an irreparable loss by
the death of their best friend, faith
er, and sovereign, thus suddenly
called away. May God give us all
His divine help to bear this heaviest
of all crosses, which He has seen fit
to lay upon us. His will be done.
Give me a thought in your prayers,
which will comfort and sustain me
in all have to go through.
Let me take this opportunity of
expressing my heartfelt thanks for
the touching letters and tokens of
sympathy have received from all
classes, high and low, rich and poor,
which are so numerous that | fear
it will be impossible for me to ever
thank everybody individually.
l confide my dear son into your
care, who, | know, will follow.in his
dear fathers footsteps, begging
you to show him the same loyalty
and devotion you showed his dear
father. l know both my dear son
and daughter .in-law will do their
utmost to merit and keep it,"
Alexandra, eldest daughter of
the good King Christian XI of Den
mark, was born December /, 1874,
and on March 10, 1868, was married
to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
The arrival of Alexandra in England
was an occasion of public rejoicing,
and was celebrated by Tennyson in
a poetic tribute remarkable for it's
beauty. From that day to this,
Alexandra has held peculiar place
in the affections of the English peo-
pie. She has lent grace to royalty
itself by her purity, her womanli-
ness, and by her modest dignity.
AS princess and as queen over a
people alien in blood, her position
must have been delicate at times,
but with unerring tact she won all
hearts. Now, from the gloom of
her greatest bereavement, comes
the voice of a heartbroken woman,
whose thought is for others, even
in her own anguish.
What mighty power for good is
a good woman! And how we'll does
simple goodness become the mighty!
The example of goodness furnished
by Queen Alexandra must be an in
spiration to womankind. The length
ening roll of England's queens will
not bear name more deserving of
praise than that of Alexandria
Washington Post.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
RECEIPTS ARE TAXED
Telephone, Telegraph and Ex.
press Receipts, $366,597.23

The Territorial auditor hasY re
ceived the returns from all the
telephone, telegraph and express
companies in Arizona, showing their
gross receipts for the year 1909, as
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
AN ASTRONOMICAL FIZZLE

| NOW CndC I1dlley comet mas llZ-
zled out, the sooner it is forgotten
the better it will be for the credi.
bility of science. This comet failed
utterly to live up to its advance no.
tees. 1t gave the earth a short
period of uneasiness and did not
even have the grace to show itself
at convenient hours to those it af-
frighted. Therefore we have moth
ing to say in commendation of this
celestial vagrant save and except
that it did not fold it's tail around
us and bear us captive to the chilly
wastes of space. Even if it be seen
in the evenings for few weeks yet
of which there is considerable
doubt-it is a disappearing body,
getting farther from us every hour.
With renewed feelings of safety we
have time to contemplate the result
of the scare"
The human family has been panic
stricken many times by unusual phe-
nomena of the elements, usually in
the heavens. But comet is the
thing that causes more widespread
fear than any other sky demonstra-
ton. And it made little difference,
apparently, in the case of Halley's
comet, that it's coming was foretold
many months before it actually ap-
peared to the unaided eye. The
comet scare was world wide and,
strangely enough, was not confined
to the ignorant and ordinarily super
stitious. There were several cases
of suicide because of fear that the
earth was about to be destroyed,
victims only object being to escape
the final crash at any cost. Com
ct pills. were purveyed among the
negroes af the South, and comet
insurance was taken out at dollar
head without consideration as to
the benefciaries in case of death.
Minnesota farmers quit their fields
and congregated for the dreaded
cataclysm. Some took down their
lightning rods and sought their
cyclone cellars. In Oklahoma a
sheriff's posse prevented a human
sacrifice, and coal miners refused to
go into the ground, Notwithstanding
assurances that if the earth was to
be destroyed it would not make a
particle of difference whether they
were above or beneath the surface.
1t is well that Halley's poor old
comet has come and gone, and we
can all get down to business once
more with steady nerves. 1t was a
mighty poor show, and the joke
seems to be on the astronomers.
With the comet almost in their very
hands they allowed it to escape into
boundless space and now the tele-
scopes of the earth are pointed in all
directions trying to pick up some
heavenly clew to explain why and
how it disappeared. The whole af-
fair may be properly labeled Much
Ado About Nothing" and pigeon
holed for another seventy-five years.
Kansas City Journal.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
Practical Experience

The old farmer, equipped with
the tools of his trade, was busy near
the road.
What have you growing in that
feld?" asked the innocent passer-
W"
Weeds answered the granger.
But why are you cultivating
weeds?" quered the other.
Because" replied the man be-
hind the hoe, : after years of ex-
peF,euae am convinced that is the
'only way to extefminate them"
Chicago News.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
ARIZONA Is SEVENTH
In the Census List of States
that Have Made Greatest
Gains in Population

While the census figures have not
been completed, data to make a
very creditable estimate has been
secured. In the matter of increase
of population during the past ten
years, Oklahoma leads the country
with an increase of 1921 per cent.
The following table shows the
states making the greatest gain in
population, Arizona occupying sew
enth position:
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27

When a boy of ten asks what a
bedbug looks like, adding that he
has never seen one, his mother
beams with as great pride as if he
had Grated in Latin.
1t is one indication a young man
is in love with a strict church going
girl when he stops saying Damn
and tries to ease himself by
"Shucks" and Law me-"
Everything is fair in weather.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
Per cent gain

During the past twenty years
Arizona has made gain of 1862
per cent in population. only ex-
ceeded by one other state In the
Union--Oklahoma. The population
of the United States during the past
ten years has increased 1913 per
cent.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27

This paper is kept on file at f. G, Dakes Ad-
vertising Agency. 779 Market St., san Francisco,
California, where contracts for advertising can
be made With 1t.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27

The splendid work of Chamber.
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Is
daily coming to light. No such
grand remedy for liver and bowel
troubles was ever known before.
Thousands bless them for curing
constipation, sick headache, bilious
ness, jaundies aud Indigestion. Sold
by Stafford Drug Go. &l.4i
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27
STAY OF SIXTY DAYS
Granted to William D. Robert
son by Supreme Court

Last Saturday the Supreme Court
granted a stay of judgment for six
ty days to William d. Robertson,
convicted of the murder of Wayne
Pursley.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27

matter and will be upheld by the
people.
The suit brought by Attorney
General Wright will be fought to
the last ditch.
Graham guardian., 1910-05-27

When a man becomes engaged,
or buys a grand piano, he doesn't
want the papers to say anything
about it.
Every man should at least be
truthful enough to admit that at
times he is a liar.