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The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
COMMISSION SHOULD FIX
TAXATION SYSTEM. HE SAYS
Amos 8. Musseiman Would Have
Board Of Leading Business Men
Alter Present Plan.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, June 10
Since writing his letter to the legis-
lative committee of the grange last
week. Amos g. Musselman, candidate
for governor, has had many inquiries
and there has been some editorial
discussion concerning just what he
had In mind when he suggested that
the state needed the services OF q
commission to make an investigation
OF the subject of taxation In Michigan.
When interviewed. Mr.. Musselman
outlined the following suggestions:
The tonnage tax Is not the only
taxation problem which must confront
the next governor Of Michigan and the
legislature which will convene In
January. The entire tax system OF
Michigan should be given thorough
overhauling in an effort TO find the
best system OF equalizing taxation In
all parts OF the state and on all kinds
OF property.
"One thing is certain. and that Is
taxation In Michigan has not yet
reached the highest stage OF perfec-
ton and only by careful consideration
by the right sort OF men can this be
brought about. In my recent letter
to the Changers, I touched on the
idea OF tax commission TO give this
matter thorough investigation. | can
now amplify that view little. | be-
lieve We should Immediately have such
q commission, which should be APP
pointed from among the most able
and careful men of the state. with
out regard to politics. and without any
political string attached to them.
Their work should be merely to in
vestigate the best systems now oper-
ating In the several states and to
formulate a plan applicable TO Michi-
gan without regard to whom II will
help or hurt.
Il should not favor legislative In
yestigation of the taxation system be-
cause IL is manifest such thing
could not be successful through the
political influences which would be
forced into the consideration. The
men who should form this commission
should be men representing neither
mines. railroads, farmers nor other
classes. but men who would seek
merely the best system for all classes
OF property, placing them on an equal
basis throughout the state"
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
MAINE MAY SWING INTO
DEMOCRATIC COLUMN
Payne-Aldrieh Tariff Law and Feeling
Against Standpatters To Be Fac
tore In Election.

AUGUSTA. Maine. June 1S.-The
Payne Aldrich tariff law and the feel
ing against the standpat Republican
organization in this state, coupled
with local conditions. including the
liquor question, may mean the turn
ing OF Maine into the Democratic col
umn in the biennial election In Sep
TENDER.
Thirty years ago Harris NJ. PIaisted,
of Bangor, was elected as a Demo
cratic-Greenbacker candidate for gov
ernor and since that time the state
has been safely Republican. the ma
jorities ranging from $4,000 In 1896 to
1000 In the election OF two years ago.
The Democratic state convention
will be held in this city on Wednes-
day with two candidates for the COVER
norship, Obidiah Gardner. OF Rockland,
for number OF years the master OF
the state grange and the nominee two
years ago, and Frederick w. Piaisted,
OF Augusta. who has for four terms
been elected mayor of the capital city,
long known as a Republican strong
mold.
United States Senator Eugene Hale.
WHIT has occupied a seat In the upper
branch Of congress since 1881, for his
stand on public questions, has In the
last few years lost his hold on the
people Of the state.
All of the six representatives from
Maine, including Senators Hale AMI
Frye. and the four congressman stood
with the administration in the pas
sage OF the tariff bill. and today there
is strong opposition TO these men
among the insurgent element. These
open and bitter dissessions in the
ranks OF the Republicans over the
state, as we'll as over national issues
are believed TO make II quite posi-
bile that Gov. Fernalds 1000 majority
got In a presidential year will be over.
turned and Gov. Fernald, who will bs
renominated this year. will be sue
ceedcd by a Democrat
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
AGED COUPLE HURLED TO
DEATH BY TROLLEY CAR
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Austin, Both
Past 20. Drive on Track as Car
Bears Down On Them.

ALBION, Mich, June 13.-Mr. ana
Mrs. Theodore Austin, who lived on
a farm northwest of this city, were
struck by west-bound NJ. U. r. lim-
tied car about . o'clock last evening
al Marengo crossing, six miles west
OF this city. Mrs. Austin was instant
ly killed and her husband died before
physician could arrive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin had been
spending the day visiting old neigh
bors at Rice Creek, where they for
merIy resided. and were driving home
when the accident occurred. They
were both past 20 years OF age and
Mr.. Austin was quite deaf.
Coming from the south toward the
crossing their view Of the track was
INSTRUCTED by deep cut and, not
hearing the cars whistle. Austin drove
on the track just as the car arrived
at the crossing. The horse had clear
ed at the crossing. The horse had
cleared the track. but the car caught
the rear end OF the buggy and threw
the aged occupants out and through
a fence beside the track.
Mrs. Austin was on the side next
to the car, receiving the full force OF
the impact, causing her death instant
ly. Her husband died without recog-
ering consciousness. They were about
a mile from their home when the ac-
cident occurred and the bodies were
carried TO the house.
The aged couple were the parents OF
former State Senator A. ID. Bang
hams first wife, deceased. They are
survived by one son, Frank Austin,
a travelling salesman. whose home is
in Cleveland
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
DIES FROM HIS BURNS.
War Veteran Is Pulled Out OF His
Room, But Too Late.

COLDWATER, Mich, June 13.-
Robert G. Chandler. a civil war vet
eran, aged II. was fatally burned in
his room over Roby's store. When
first seen he was trying to tear his
clothes of. His son.in-law. Herbert
Lee. finding the door locked, kicked it
aown. Crawling on his hands and
knees, he reached the unfortunate
man and dragged him down and into
the street. Chandler was unconscious
and remained so until death relieved
mis- sufferings. The cause OF the fire
Is unknown.
Chandler was born in Detroit. He
had lived here 20 years. and for years
was head OF the Chandler Hardware
company He went TO war with the
LOOMS battery in May 1861. and had
served as secretary OF the battery as
ISOLATION since the war One brother
A. F. Chandler, of this city. and three
sisters and two daughters, survive
him.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

down. or something OF that sort. Her
bert exhibited a childish petulence in
twining about Snyder's leg.
Snyder took this constructing pro-
cess as joke, for Herbert always
was a good-natured man eater, but at
the same time he suspected some
thing wrong. He and Curator Ditmars
looked the big ~ feet of constructor
over and found bum tooth.
Herbert held up his head, tears In
his eyes. and Ditmars ran for pair
CT tweezers And while Snyder held
ND the snake the curator pulled out
the tooth, and the big snake wagged
his tail in thankful expression.
The curator says he is not going 70
have false tooth made for Herbert,
as a new one will grow in two weeks.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
LAD SHOOTS SELF.
Accidental Discharge OF Revolver Is
Likely to Cause Death.

JACKSON. Mich. June 13.-Hiram
Morrison. 14-year-old son OF r. Morri-
son. Jr.. was shot and perhaps fatal
~ injured as a result OF an accident
at Michigan Center. four miles north
east OF Jackson, yesterday afternoon.
The lad, in company with two old
or boys, was shooting at a mark with
a revolver. Morrison, believing the
weapon was empty, started to reload
it. The gun was discharged. the bui-
let taking effect in the lads abdomen
An automobile was secured, and the
injured boy was rushed to this city.
At the hospital IL was found that the
bullet had plowed clear through the
lads abdomen.
The boys condition is critical. His
mother is seriously Ill in a Detroit
sanitarium
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

Even IN these matter-of.fact DAYS,
when mankind is too busy TO notice
anything hut the dollar mark, there
still remains in the heart OF AmerI-
cans a sentimental feeling for the
fag-the Stars and Stripes-whose
one hundred and thirty-third birthday
We celebrate tomorrow.
Besides Icing symbol inseparably
connected with the history OF this
country, the flag possesses an inter.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
APPLES FOR INJUNCTION.
oteckyards Company Alleged To Have
Violated Commerce Act.

n CHICAGO, June 1s.--United States
District Attorney Sims today fled In
the United States circuit court pc
ttion charging the Union Stockyards &
Transit Co. and allied corporations
with failing to comply with the re-
Quircments OF the Interstate commerce
act and asking an injunction restrain
Ing the operations of the defendants
until they comply with the federal
laws
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

Its a mouse" cried Miss Bowen.
becoming becomingly timorous.
Its a burglar" declared Bowes.
picking up a poker and assuming an
attractively courageous attitude.
Father told you TO go home an
hour ago" said Miss Bowen.
Il will defend his household with
my life" asserted Bowes.
Forthwith Bowes and the poker de-
scended to the cellar, where they cap
tured Louis Wyman, too drunk TO fight.
hut equipped with black mask and a
set OF skeleton keys which he was ap-
plying upside down. Bowes took
,wyman to the police station
How did I know there were lot
o. lovers in the house," demanded the
indignant Wyman. The court held
him in $500 bonds.
THE engagement will be announced
shortly said the enthusiastic Bowes.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
WIN unveI chIldren,s Fountain.

The unwilling OF the Children's
fountain on Belle Isle will take place
Tuesday afternoon. June Ia. with ap.
propriate ceremonies to which the
children OF the city are invited Supt.
Martindale having granted a half
holiday in the schools for the purpose
This was to have been one Of the fea-
lures OF Children's day program Satur.
day but the unfavorable weather pre-
vented
Children's services were held in the
majority OF the Protestant churches
of the city Sunday, special decorations,
music and programs being given.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

esting history Of its own. Though
We are the youngest OF the great ma.
tons. our flag is the Oldest. The
British union jack" was adopted in
its present form in 1901 The French
trioolor IN 1894 The German. Italian
and Spanish banners are all younger
than the stars and Stripes"
IL was on the I4th OF juno, i777.
that our dag was oficially born. FOR
upon that day the continental con-
gress passed It's memorable resJmtie1
that the dag Of the United States
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

be 1S stripes. alternating red and
white: that the union he IL stars,
white, in blue field. representing a
new constellation F"
George Washington took a rough
sketch Of the proposed design &c Mrs.
Betsy Ross. who kept a little upho'-
stery stOge on Arch-st., Phila 'elphia.
SHE m2do the first hag. Now, Mrs.
Ross had s6;ht ideas OF her own about
how "A nag should look. so when WASH
tngton drew some slx-pointed Stars
she promptly threw his suggestion In
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
The american Flag ~ Be 1873 Year, 7omov,ovh5 Flag Day

crease the number OF stars and stripes
whenever n new state was taken into
the rational family. but this was soon
found Ia be impossible, for the ban.
neT would have become unwieioiy anu
too large.
II was Capt Reid, the hero OF the
famous battle with British squat
ron at Fayal, who suggested way
out OF the difficulty. He urged THAT
there should be only IL stripes, rep.
resenting the original Is colonies: out
the stars should keep pace with the
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

'of bitterness among other hieh-mind.
"a citizens. especially in the north.
when II was passed the south was
|4otinx regularly In congress; when Il
HoH repealed . number OF the south
1ro conRressmen we're away from
Hell work. showing that even a con
ressmap loses out II he does not
1Ay on the Job.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
Kills His wife and Himself.

RICHMOND, Va. June 13.-After
an all-night quarrel. Allen q. Paul.
treasurer OF the Pine-st Baptist
church. shot and instantly killed his
wife yesterday and later blew out his
own brains. Mrs. Paul rushed in front
OF her husband as he was about to
shoot their eight-year old son, and
she received the bullet in her lung
The boy escaped from the house and
Paul then killed himself
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

the waste PAPER basket and made the
stars To suit pointed ones.
That is why the stars on our national
emblem have five points. while those
OF, all our coins have six.
Before 1877 there were more differ
cnt flags than there were colonies
There we're the Commodore Hopkins
rag. tile liberty flag. the Gadsden ban.
ner. Two different Bunker Hill flags,
minute mems" flag, Paul Jones
dag. and many others.
IL was the intention at irst to In.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
Duke Tell. How He Married Schoolgirl.

WASHINGTON. June 13.-"We are
going back to Durham and try to fight
out LIES battles together" said Brodie
l.. Duke. after his marriage to Miss
Wylanta Roschelle. the Washington
schoolgirl Asked n his relatives OPP
posed the wedding. Duke said he
didn't give a darn. He was capable
OF looking after his own affairs. He
said, after the minister In Washington
refused to marry them. he and his
hancee slipped over to Jersey and we're
married
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
OFFICER SEEKS Soy.

DEERF1ELD. Mich. June l3.-(Spe-
cial.) deputy Sheriff c. II. Flusher. OF
Dundee, Is In this vicinity today
searching for ll-year-old boy named
simmons, who, II is alleged, stole
Charles Downing's single rig in Dun
dee Saturday night.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
RAKEs INSURGENCY.
viee.Presldent Sherman Says Move
ment 10 On Wane.

UTICA. n. Y, June 13.-Vice-Presi-
Washington to attend the wedding OF
his niece. Miss Harriet Sherman and
Henry n. Cooper. has returned to the
national capital. In discussing the In
surgent movement In congress Mr..
Sherman said
This so-called insurgency among
the Republicans I'm the senate and
house is subsiding. We don't notice
the change so much In Washington,
where the insurgents are still insurg.
ing. despite their assertions that they
are standing by the president, but
from my observations on my recent
western trip. am convinced that tho
movement is on the wane."
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
prof. starr Returns From Far East.

NEW YORK, June IJ.-FrOI, Fred'
crick Starr, anthropologist for the
University OF Chicago, returned yes
terday from trip to northern Yazu.
" here he made another study OF the
Ainhu. the aboriginal Caucasian inhab-
itants OF Japan The professor sticks
20 his theory that the Ainhu Is a eau
casian. although there are theories to
the contrary
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
THE FLAG TO-DAY.

growing number OF American com.
monwea.tns In 1873 years the mum
Der OF stars In the field Of blue has
increased from 10 to as. The last
star vas added when Oklahoma was
admitted into the union Nov. Is. 1907
Recently q movement 10 rearrange
the stars has gained considerable
Roadway. II IL now suggested that
the stars be- placed in circles, follow
ing more closely the first flag than
does the present plan OF placing the
stars ia rows.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
TODAY IN HISTORY.

June IS. 1863,
the fugitive slave
law was repealed.
Like the Payne
Aldrich bill OF
more recent date
the Z. s. law was
III great favorite
with those who
had II passed. but
A stirred ND q lot
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
HOW'D YOU LIKE TO BE
DENTIST TO A SNAKE
Constructor Has Bad Tooth, But He's
In Fine Humor After ls
ls Pulled

In Fine Humor After 10
Is Pulled.
NEW YORK. June IA good-na'
tured snake by the name OF Herbert,
boa constructor. living in the Bronx
ZOO" demonstrated the fact that
snakes cannot only have the tooth
ache, but prove just as grouchy as
anybody else. under a trying condition
like that.
And Herbert certainly did have the
toothache. There was no denying
that. But II took Curator Ditmars sew
eral days TO find II out.
In fact. nothing wrong was even sus'
rected until one day Charley Snyder
the head keeper. went into Herbert's
cage to change his water, or bed him
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

The hat with the big broad-spread-
ing ribbon bow is quite popular
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13


Now they
Cupid. Bowes' !
for the Interrupt
Bowes and n
the crayon port
Tor talking sta
wax. souls and /
OF these until d,
they changed {
souls, sealing
and such like.
In the cellar I
noise.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13
HE TARRIED TO woo AND
CAPTURED A BURGLAR
Girls Pa Had Told Bowes To Go an
Hour 6efore-Parents Now
Strong For Cupid.

WATERBURY, Conn. June ll-Pat-
rick Bowes went wooing last night.
lie wooed Miss Julia Bowen. Miss
Bowen's parents. having reached an
age when romance seems TO them
neither as sensible nor as admirable
as sleep. have hitherto disapproved OF
The Detroit times., 1910-06-13

ChAal 3oeo
are< Athusiastic for
NJ q gas responsible
pit burglary.
Nd Men sat under
ri line front par
,at bathy. sealing
sd They talked
ryear n o'clock. Then
d Ubct to talk OF
~ 6mpathy, stars
they heard a suspicious
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-22
MORE LANDS
Government Offers Opportunities for
Homes in West.

Washington, Sept 22.-Lands in
Montana amounting to 29O,036 acres
are within the primary limits of the
grant Of the Northern Pacific Railway
company were today brought into the
taxable area when they were clear
listed by the department of the in
terror. The lands are in the Helena.
Lewiston and Miles City land dis
tricts.
The president has withdrawn from
entry approximately 7O,3S3 acres of
land in California and Colorado under
the provisions of the act of congress
of June 25, 1910, the California lands,
approximating 1928 acres, are situ-
ated along the east Walker river in
California. They are believed to be
valuable for power purposes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-22
WORLD WILL GO MAD
DR.. Forbes WinslOw Predicts Fearful
Fate for Nations.

London, Sept 22.-According to DR..
Forbes Winslow, who acquired inter-
national celebrity by his sedulous in
sistence OIL his theory that Jack the
Ripper" was homicidal maniac, the
world is going mad.
DR.. Winslow considers that the rate
of progress to that consummation is
shockingly rapid. In book Of REM
iniscences published this week, this
expert in criminal lunacy says:
by simple arithmetical calcula-
tion can be shown the exact year when
there will be more insane persons in
the world than sane. We, in England.
are gradually approaching with the
decadence of our youth a near prox-
unity to a nation of madmen. BY
comparing the lunacy statistics of
1869 with those of 1909. four decades
having intervened. my reflections are
sad indeed. A terrible but real curse
is in store, and an insane world is
looked forward to me with certainty
In the not far distant future.
In 1869. out of population of 22.-
1893, there were 53,177 registered
lunatics in England and Wales, there
being one lunatic in every 41S of the
total population, whereas in 1909, out
of population of 35.756.615, the num-
ber of registered lunatics was 1881
making on the average one lunatic in
every 27S of the population; so that
in forty years an enormous increase
in lunacy is seen-surely a dreadful
future for the nations still unborn to
have to cope with.
DIR. Forbes Winslow's phraseology
is sometimes unhappy. as when, for
instance, he writes: 81 have breathed
the atmosphere of lunacy for more
than sixty years, and the conclusions
l arrive at are pessimistic in the ex-
treme."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-22
WILD NIGHT ENDS
IN DOUBLE CRIME
Man Shot Woman and Later
Hanged Himself in Jail
Cell

Cleveland. Sept. ga man believ-
ed to be Burton w. Yates, a Detroit
business man. committed suicide by
hanging in the county Jail today an
hour after he had been lodged there
for shooting woman identified as
Mrs. Fred Singer of Cleveland, for
merly of Detroit, in road house at
Rocky River. Left alone while the
commitment papers We're being made
out, Yates hurried into the wash
room. tied his handkerchief around
his neck, attached it to an iron bar
and strangled himself. When the
guards returned they found him dead.
The woman was taken to the hospital.
1t is believed she will live. The
shooting followed day of automobile
rides and visits to wine rooms. The
couple arrived at the road house
shortly after midnight.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-22
LID OFF QUAKEs
British Scientific Body Goes Back to
A. D. 1.

London. Sept. 22.-Among the
most interesting features of the an
nual meeting OF the British associa-
ton at Sheffield is the report of the
committee on earthquake investiga-
tions. The committee has completed
down to 1900 a catalogue of all the
destructive earthquakes recorded in
history. They date from A. ID. l. and
they number more than 1000. The
record refers only to earthquakes
which have been accompanied by de-
struction or by changes of the
earth's surface, or which have ex-
tended over large areas. In many
instances these disturbances have re-
suited in adjustments in the earth's
crust of geological Importance. The
sources from which materials have
been drawn include Japanese and
Chinese catalogues.
The report says that although the
periods of seismic activity in Italy
and Japan were separated by irregu-
lar intervals of time in the years In
which there had been marked activity
in one of these countries closely cor
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-22
GOSSIP THE CAUSE
Physician, Brooding Over Calumny,
Takes His Life.

London, Sept. 22,v"1 cannot face
the disgrace of being charged. am
innocent" So wrote DIR. Anthony
Michael de Quadros,. who took poison
and killed himself two days after a
patient died.
Suspicion arose in the mind of
some relative of the Doctors patient.
Mr.. Prevett, an old, retired stationer,
who lived in Brownhill road, Catford,
owing to the circumstances that DR..
de Quadros, who lived in the same
road, was a relative Of Mr.. Prevett
by marriage, and was mentioned in
Mr.. Prevett's will.
This relative told Scotland Yard
officials that Mr.. Prevett was i'll in
Suspicious circumstances" and that
his only medical attendant was DIR.
de Quadros, who would benefit by his
will.
When a detective called on him the
day after Mr.. Prevett's death, DR.. de
Quadros said that in view of what
had happened he would refuse to
give certificate Of the cause of the
death, and thus an inquest would
have to be held. But although he
thus opened the door for inquiry, he
poisoned himself before the inquest,
and the coroner announced his death
to the Jury which inquired into the
death of Mr.. Prevett.
The detective said at the inquest
that he was satisfied that Mr.. Prevett
died from natural causes, and that
the information given to Scotland
Yard was incorrect.
"Will you give the name of your
informant who came to Scotland
Yard?" the coroner asked.
'No, sir" the inspector replied. 1T
is privilege cannot abuse. l acted
on the instructions Of superior ofi-
GERS, and what ] did was In the in
terest of DR.. de Quadros."
Nevertheless, DR.. de Quadros killed
himself.