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The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
NORTH END TAFT CLUB NOW
NUMBERS 1000 MEMBERS
Informally Opens Fall Campaign
When Executive Listens to Ad-
dresses by Aldermanic Candidates

Informally Opens Fall Campaign
When Executive Listens to Ad-
dresses by Aldermanic Candidates
The local Republican campaign for
1910 was informally opened by the
North End Taft Republican club, We'd
nesday night, in meeting OF the ex-
ecutive committee of the club In kies-
ling's hall, No. l67 Milwaukeeave.
east The meeting was addressed by
George Brown and Arthur f. Wood,
aldermanic candidates In the First
ward, and Derrick s. Brown. son
of George Brown, made his debut as
campaign orator.
Members OF the club are jubilant
over the fact that they are now more
than 1000 strong, this mark being
lassed Wednesday night. when 81 new
members were enrolled.
The clubs big tent is already in
place In the old location, Milwaukee
ave. and Beaubien-st. and plans are
practically complete for the formal
opening OF It's campaign with big
Republican rally on the night OF June
so. when Chase S. Osborne, OF Sault
Ste. Marie, will be the principal
speaker The club has put a quietus
on the rumor that 1t is pledged to sup
port George Codd for the mayoral
nomination by inviting Mayor Brett
meyer to preside at this meeting. and
fl is fully expected that the mayor
win accept.
Arrangements were completed at
Wednesday nights meeting for the
Taft clubs annual excursion TO fash
moo park. The reports OF the various
committees insures a large atten-
dance
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
POSTPONED TILL FALL
President Taft Asks That II Be De
layed-Much Speculation as
to Cause.

10 Cduse.
NEW YORK. June 1.-the annual
convention OF the National League OF
Republican clubs which was 10 have
beeen held in this city next week has
been called on until next Septembe-.
Some weeks ago II was announced
that former President Roosevelt would
deliver a Keynote" speech TO the
gathering but this he officially denied
through the United Press last week.
President Taft. Vice-President She.-
mar. Speaker Cannon and other big
Republicans were down on the pro-
gram TO speak but word came today
direct from President Taft that he
wanted the convention called of UNI
til next fall The reason assigned is
that congress is preparing TO adjourn
and that the president and the lead
ers could not spare the time TO come
here. Friends OF former President
Roosevelt intimate that the real rea-
son was that. he had refused to attend
and that to hold the convention while
Roosevelt was in the country and but
few miles away and not in attend
ance would give currency 10 a theory
that an actual breach exists between
the president and his successor.
The deferred convention will De-
held on Sept II and II will probably
meeC in this city.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
lad" MEN ELECT OFFICERS.
Several Michigan Men Chosen at
Meeting in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. June 10
Smith b. O'Neal, Chicago, member
OF the Cincinnati club. was reelected
president of the central division AS
ISOLATED Advertising clubs. of Ameri-
ca. Wednesday afternoon. Other OF.
ficers elected
First vice-president. l.. C. Covell
Grand Rapids; second yice-president
r. r. Johnson. Milwaukee; secretary,
A. NJ Candee. Milwaukee; treasurer
William W. Hudson. Indianapolis Di-
rectors: George b. Hitchie. Chicago;
L. H. Martin, Cincinnati; J. c. Peter
son. Traverse City, Mich; G. Adams.
Dayton, Ohio; A. Fl. Vanderburg.
Grand Rapids. Mich.
Grand Rapids was chosen as the
meeting place In 1911.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
IS BRUTALLY ATTACKED.
Girl is Found Half Dead on Porch BY
Her Brother.

OAKLAND. Cal. June 16.-Bound
and gagged and with her feet. arms
and legs burned and horribly mutt
lated. Miss Mary Delgado, II. was
found half dead yesterday on the front
porch of her home. unconscious from
some drug The victim was discov-
cred by her brother Frank. who stun
bled over the body.
Blood from wounds on her arms and
feet covered her nightgown, and a
sheet snatched from her own bed by
unknown assailants was wound around
the lower part of her body. Her hands
we're tied behind her with one OF her
own stockings, while the mate OF the
stocking, bound around her throat. pre-
vented her from regaining conscious
ness. The family can furnish no ex-
PLANTATION OF the attack.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16

An attachment for an alarm clock
has been patented by Missouri man
py which the clock turns on and lights
cas- Jet at the time for which 1t is
set.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
GRocERs' COMBINE SUED.
Action Against Southern Wholesalers
Ordered BY Acknowledgement,

WASHINGTON. June 16.-Another
action under the Sherman antitrust
law was started by the department OF
Justice yesterday. when Oliver ID.
Street, United States attorney for the
northern district Of Alabama. was In.
strnctcd TO file in Birmingham a petl
tion against the Southern Wholesale
jrccers association. it's officers and
members, alleging that the association
constitutes q combination and con.
spiracy In restraint OF trade and ask
ing that II be dissolved.
The suit Is one OF the results Of the
Investigations which the government
has been smaking with reference 10
combinations that seek to eliminate
competition, maintain high scale
OF profit and increase the cost OF liy.
ing
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
HISTORIAN SAYS FIRST
FLAG STORY is MYTH
Dr.. 0fifhs Tells G. A. r. Veterans
Dutch Made First American Ban
ner-Betsy Ross Not Beautiful.

uer-betsy MOSS MOI oeeee"S
ITHACA, n. ~. June 16.-That the
Betty Ross story IL myth and that
NE essential part of the American
sanner came from the Dutch, were
declarations o. Or. William Elio'
Cribs. the historiah and lecturer
of this city. In an address TO the t.
A. n. BE said that Betsy mace nass'
all right, but they were made auer
he FIST banner bearing the stars anu
stripes had appeared. and the fiags she
made were pretty largely the Don
Tread on Me-" rattlesnake fiags, popu
lar With certain OF the revolutionary
regiments. There is no documentary
evidence that Betsy had anything 10
do with the first flag, or that she sus'
gested the fiye-pointed star. lie at
taches importance 10 the fact that Goa
eress did not decide upon a dag or
stars and stripes until year after
Washington is said 10 have paid his
visit 10 BetGy 10 consult her in regard
To the national coloTs.
Or. Griffis stated further that Betsy
was probably neither so young nor so
good looking as she is credited with
being. Also. during her career. Betsy
had three husbands, and the well
known picture showing her making
the flag was painted for a brewer 10
advertise his beer. He stated that the
Betsy Ross house for the purchase OF
which for memorial American
school children are donating their
money. is OF more than doubtful au-
thenticity.
Dr. Grifns contended that the ID
bars came from the Dutch. He cites
as evidence the strong Dutch influ-
ence, especially In the middle colonies.
He compares the mo taxation with
out representation" of the Americans
with the no taxation without consent"
If the Dutch and cites a number OF
other comparisons TO show that the
colonies themselves recognized the
strong similarity between their strug-
gle and that OF the Dutch.
DIR. Grifiis finds no ground for be-
lieying the story that We had our flag
from the coat of arms of the Wash
iEgton family. He attaches further
significance TO the fact that not until
late in the war did regimental flag
appear that had field OF stars. The
first flag having the stars and stripes
was made at Fort Schuyler, now
Rome, N. ". from a woman's red pet
ticoat. an officers white shirt, and a
blue coat. This was after action had
been taken by congress making the
stars and stripes the official flag.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
Slayer Of Deputy Captured.

MUNROE BRIDGE, Mass. June 16.
-Silas Phelps. who killed Deputy
Sheriff Haskins, OF Charlemont. early
Sunday morning. was captured yester-
day in the woods on Munroe noun
tain. Hunger, thirst and exposure
took the starch out OF Phelps and he
made no resistance when B. F. Shea,
OF Ware a deputy game warden. crept
through the brushes and jumped on
linn.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
HUMMEL IN QUARANTINE,
CALLS IT A REST CURE"
Former New York Lawyer Says Over
Phone He viii Tour West Before
Returning Home.

fnOOC ne VIII TOUT WEST 6ClOAG
Returning Home.
SAN FRANCISCO. June Ia
weeks rest cure" Is Abraham Ham
mels description OF the enforced stay
OF the Nippon Maru's passengers IN
quarantine on Angel Island. The
former New York lawyer. who served
a year on Blackwells Island. New
York. for his part In the Dodge Morse
divorce conspiracy, is taking a prom
inent part IN the tournaments and les
Invites which are enlivening the
weeks sojourn OF the voyagers on the
island. and when he is not acting as
chairman OF the finance committee
and distributing prizes among the vic
torious contestants he is strollins
about the wooded grounds of the quar-
antine station and making the best Oh
Or. Trotter's hospitality.
1T seems strange that this first Visit
OF mine 10 California should begin
with a week in quarantine. remarked
Hummel over the telephone today.
My sister and ! have had world ;
tour that is beyond description. Now
we are 10 make long stay In Cal'
fornia / am anxious TO see San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, and later VIII
20 10 Seattle. Yellowstone Park amt
other places, taking my time TO get
back To New York.
About myself. well now. will
speak about anything but that Yes,
4 am in very good health and spirits,
but cannot say word about what
expect TO do when | return TO the
east. | don't want TO talk about any
thing but the fun We are having and
the good time in store for Us while
taking in the sights OF California and
the other interesting parts of the
west"
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
MAY NOMINATE KNOX.
Secretary Of States Name is Suggest
ed for Governor.

PITTSBURG, June l6.--The name
OF Secretary of State p. G. Knox will
be presented to the Republican state
convention next Wednesday as a can
didate for governor.
In statement issued last night
Mayor w A. Magee, of this city, said
that Mr.. Knox's name has been sug-
gested from so many sources within
few days that the Allegheny dele
gates to the convention have crystal
lied on the secretary as a candidate.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16

Is sight essential 10 success?
yes" answers Joseph Pulitzer. III
my eyes had been spared could have
done so many more and greater
things
But he has made his ears and other
senses do the things denied to his
sightless eyes.
The editor OF the New York World
was. perhaps. the bitterest enemy of
Theodore Roosevelt He is said TO be
critically i'll. and may not long sur
vive.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
A Dreadful Wound

from a knife. gun. tin can. rusty nail.
fireworks. or OF any other nature. de-
mands prompt treatment with Buck
lens Arnica Salve TO prevent blood
poison or gangrene. It's the quickest.
surest healer for all such wounds, as
also for Burns, Boils, Sores, Skin
Eczema. Chapped Hands.
Corns or Piles. AT E. G. Kinsei. Gen.
trail Drug Co. Gray & Worcester
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
Shoot Burglar at Work.

VERONA, y. Y. June 1.-THE gen
eral store OF Joseph K. Felts was bur
glarized The proprietor and others
surrounded the building and fired at
the robber He was struck in the back
of the head with a charge OF buck
shot, but not seriously hurt. He gives
his name as Harry Johnson, a son
of George Johnson of Hamilton. ~ Y.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
BEARS CHASE HUNTERS.
Three Nlmrods Run at First, But Re-
cover in Time to XIII Bruins.

SARANAC LAKE. n. Y. June 10
While Clarke Hayes. Homer Hayes
and Byron Reed were eating their din
ner on the side OF Moose Mountain,
four miles from here. yesterday, three
black bears broke through the bushes
and came at them The men are all
experienced bear hunters, but they
ran.
The only one TO think OF his gun
was Clarke Hayes. He grabbed his "A
Winchester turned, and shot the larg-
est bear in the head.
The other hunters recovered from
fright and bagged the other two bears.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
Kaiser Incapacitated Again.

BERLIN. June 1.-THE kaiser is
again partially invalided today as the
result of bad sore just beneath his
right knee. The physicians say the
sore is due TO the rubbing OF his rid
ing boot and hat 1t has no connection
with the abscess on his right hand
that recently incapacitated him.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16

When Samuel Saltman, No. 1i2 Di.
>fsion-st. went TO his back yard Wed.
'nesday night to lock up the barn. two
b,x Negroes jumped on him. He
struRried with them and managed TO
bont them on. They were frightened
81 his outcries and ran down the alley.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-16
DAILY SERVICE TO CHICAGO
via
GRAND HAVEN

Effective June 10th the Goodrich
Transit Co. will AFFORD daily service
10 Chicago in connection with Grand
Trunk Railway System, Steamboat Ex-
press Trains. Boats leave Grand Haven
at 1000 D. m. daily and arrive Chicago
900 a. m. City Ticket once, l24
Woodward-ave. Phone NJ. 80.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-13
A Chance for Croesus.

One of the unfortunate omissions
of history is the failure to record the
subsequent conduct of Croesus after
his dumb son had spoken. The
miracle of the gift of speech to the
boy in time to save his kingly father
from the Persian myrmidon was suf-
ficiently remarkable to warrant pres
ervation in record for all time But
it would have been quite as important
to have set down what Croesus did
afterward. Did he reform his con-
duct, or did he pursue the same policy
of greed and rapacity for conquest
thai has marked him as IT'S object for
all time?
Mr. George A. Post very ably and
| adroitly presents the case of the rail-
roads, and with apparent frankness
admits that he and his associates have
a selfish interest in bringing abo1t the
the people that they deal more
patiently with the railroads; that the
legislators of the country be more
considerate in their enactments, and
that restrictions placed on railroad
management be made lighter and less
binding. On the other hand, he sug-
sests that railroad managers pay more
attention to public cutlery
The general tone of Mr.. Posts ad-
dress is pacificatory, but it lacks the
one essential assurance that the rail
roads themselves will undertake to
correct the abuses the public has suf-
fered from. 1t is unworthy of Mr..
Post, or of any other thinking man,
to suggest that the restrictive laws
that have been passed were enacted
in retaliatory spirit. Mistakes have
been made, but they have been made
through ignorance rather than through
intention. The people, have always
dealt more than fairly with the rail-
roads, and they have borne with un-
worthy patience many outrageous bur-
dens placed upon them by the trans
portation companies. The experience
of the west especially has been that
the railroads have always exploited
the country. Nebraskans were as.
sured on one occasion by the general
manager of a great railroad system
that his efforts were in the interest of
| his stockholders Within a fortnight
a general advance in rates has been
made by the great railroad systems OF
the country, and further advances are
threatened. The privilege of levying
a tax on the people has long been en-
joyed by the railroads and is now being
worked to its utmost.
Croesus has a fine opportunity to
show that he, too, has heard what his
dumb son has to say
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-13
Our Debt to the Foreigner

In their eloquent tributes to Pulaski
and Kosciusko at the unwilling Of
their monuments, President Taft and
Secretary Dickinson drew back the cur
tain of history and exposed to Ameri-
cans a lesson which they all should
thoroughly appreciate, the. lesson of
their obligation to the foreigner. 1t
is this lesson to which we should turn
when the motive of selfishness or one
sided craftsmanship prompts a restric-
icy.
II is idle to speculate what might have
been the success OF American arms i'm the
war OF the revolution had we not been
assisted by foreign nations and subjects
Of foreign countries.
These words of the president lay
the matter of Americas debt to Eu-
ropean people squarely before us. If
our nation is to continue in a con-
sistent and righteous course toward
the citizens or subjects of these coun-
tries who may want to come and cast
their fortunes in the United States, it
can never AFFORD TO turn its back upon
the solemn fact that its independence
was not all of its own making, but that
volunteers from other lands had a
very large share in procuring its bless
ings. History has already accorded to
Lafayette. Pulaski, Kosciusko, Roch-
ambeau. Won Steuben and De Kalb
their ST tions in the ranks of the army
of tn, American revolution and the
world ays emphasis upon the fact that
thes mems love for the cause of hui
MAJ cedom was great because It led
them % ay from their own homes afar
to distant shores to offer their lives
in an effort to help win liberty for an
Cther people.
1t is not ours, therefore, to say that
the descendants of these patriots and
heroes, martyrs, indeed, shall not come
to America to share in the enjoyment
of the blessings of republic that owes
ropean soldiers. They offered the
price of their lives for what we now
have today.
In the main the United States has
always maintained fair immigration
policy, but now and then some senti-
ment arises against the so-called flood
of foreigners" and it is this sentiment
that needs the restraining and enlight-
ening influence of such speeches as the
president and secretary of war made.
Aside from the moral obligation,
however, the United States owes it to
It's commercial and Industrial develop
ment to bid these people come.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-13

erful navy a deterrent instead of an
irritant force cannot see the central
truth.
As to dishonesty, il there is more
today than ever before it probably is
because the world is so much larger
and the aggregate of humanity is so
much greater than It ever was, but as
a matter of fact unless our combined
resources of moral uplift form one
gigantic fraud, dishonesty, too, is on
the decline. in private life and public.
Drunkenness is not more general, no
more than is dishonesty but far less
common. The temperance of this age
is one of its dominant characteristics.
Righteousness, If one may rely upon
so practical a thing as Statistics is
very much more general today than ii
ever was. The fact is the world looks
better. is better to men and women
who are better and who are trying to
make it better. 1t may not be possible
to get an accurate view of this age
now, for no age can draw a true pic
ture of itself, but it is possible to see,
if one will look with undimmed faith
in humanity and the clear vision of an
optimist, that the trend of the present
day is toward higher goal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-13
The Lesson of the Airshin.

Paulhan sailed safely across the
English channel, but his British con-
testant ANONYMOUSLY failed. Two
American aeronauts make a thrilling
fight of 400 miles at a maximum alti-
tude of more than 10000 feet, but
come to the earth at last in helpless
heap. We applaud the navigator
when by dint of propitious circum-
stances he manages to scale the invis,
ible walls Of space and jump to the
conclusion that at last 1t has come
practical air traffic. Occasional tenn
porary successes wa call scientific tri-
umphs, forgetting in our zeal the
thousands of failures.
The forces of nature are still SUI
preme and unconQuered, though the
war for conquest RACES. Man, though
he perceives in these fruitless at
tempts his puerility as against the ma
iesty of nature, is not giving up, but
matching an indomitable will in a
ceaseless struggle with natures un-
seen powers to solve her mysteries
and harness the solution with the in
genuity of his success, just as he has
done already In so many other fields
of scientific research, to some slight
extent, anyway. Infinity never un.
folds it's secrets to the finite, but man
by patient perseverance comes al
times to understand what to him
seems to be some of the occult mys
teries of nature and turn them to prac
tical use. So every life sacrificed to
the attempt at aerial navigation ii
spent in righteous cause, the cause
of human progress and intellectual
emancipation. 1t is only wnen we
look upon this series or efforts at fly
ing through space that 1t will be posi-
BILE for us fully to appreciate the mean
ing to mankind and to the world
Along with the object lesson of the
comparative weakness of man we are
discovering, too, his undying devotion
to science, his Unsuitable thirst fol-
knowledge and his spirit of conquest
Nature with all her might and mys
terry daunts him rot bit it only in
spires him with nobler aim. What 1:
the peril of the air to him If in the
wake of his futile effort another cal
| grope his Way 10 success7
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-13

Many a merchant carries superior
goods and charges fair prices, but he
guards his secret 80 closely that no one
but himself ever finds it out,
The public respects and believes in
the merchant who is sure enough of
his goods to talk about them, to tell
the truth about them.
In the face of rising prices, in
creased cost of living, the people must
have quality, are demanding value for
their money.
The times are propitious for the
merchant of broad principles, integ-
rity, intelligence; never before has
there been a time when a little gen
eral publicity on honest merchandise
will pay so we'll.
Mr.. Merchant. advertise your SUI
perior goods; advertise your fair prices
TO these interested people who are
willing and anxious TO listen to you.
Make your advertising personal. Let
the people know what you stand for,
an ever-increasing following will very
soon convince you that the people
want good goods, and will give their
trade TO the merchant who is alive to
their wants,
A four-inch space in The Bee three
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-13
Save the Tariff Board.

The house is now completing it's
action on the civil sundry appropria-
lions bill, which carries the item of
$250,000 to enable the tariff board to
pursue it's work investigating tariff sit
uations abroad, and the hope of every
man who is seriously interested in a
final and fruitful adjustment of the
tariff must be that the house will let
this provision remain in the bill The
tariff board needs no further evidence
or experiment to justify it's existence
and defend the request for this or
other reasonable appropriation. 1t is
enough to repeat that under its infiu-
ence from so to 60 per cent of the
American goods shipped abroad are be-
ing admitted to foreign markets free
of duty and that nine-tenths of those
paying a tax are being admitted under
the minimum. This was brought
about through the agency of, the tariff
board. backed by the power of the max
imum and minimum clause OF the
tariff law, which President Taft forced
into it,
Chairman II. C. Emery of the tariff
board has Just left for Europe and
other members will follow soon to
study the work of similar boards in
foreign countries as a means of en-
abling the American board to perfect
its usefulness. If by any move con
gress should fail to approve of this
item in the civil sundry appropriations
measure, the action would have a very
disastrous effect upon the future bene-
fts to he derived under this tariff
board The appropriation is made by
the president and. as he has evidently
obtained promises OF enough support
to carry through his legislative pro
gram. there is substantial hope that
this item will not be defeated.