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The Detroit times., 1910-02-28

posal Miss LEROY knows every
thing and | should not wonder II We
found her a valuable ally seeing that
she lives at No. Is. IL appears that
there is a secret door communicating
the two houses. but perhaps ! had
better tell you exactly how ! came 10
make Miss Lefro.'s acquaintance.
If YOU will Burles murmured. Il
came here tonight 70 test little
theory OF my own. But | hope YOU
have not been doing anything i'm
prudent Remember that you have
very clever foe 10 deal with. sui.
that discovery Of the secret passage
may be OF immense service To us.
should like 10 hear your story.
Grace related the story OF the eve
nings adventure in few words.
Then il was Ailsas turn TO speak. II
was clear that the two narratives
made a great impression on the de-
tective.
We'll. you have had rare stroke
OF luck tonight" he said In his gen
tlemanly voice. III Miss LEROY is dis
posed TO be your friend Thank you
very much Then Miss LEROY and
myself must map out a plan OF cam
paign together This looks Ike De
coming the most interesting case
ever Investigated and have had
many since | left the navy.
Allsa was beginning TO IKE the
speaker. perhaps because he was so
utterly unlike all the detectives she
had read about She wondered II
Mr. Burles had held commission III
the navy.
II did" Burles said with something
like a sikh. Il was very FOND OF my
nrofession. the rowing, exciting ne
appealed strongly to me. But IN
fortunately | could never get over
those awful bouts of sea-sickness. |
fought the trouble till II nearly kile'i
me. and then gave up. mao AZ
WAYS been interested in crime ana
criminals. so my friends got me INTO
scotland. ward. | found myself quite
~ home there. But this is rather a
curiously personal kind OF converse
rim In garden at midnight. Is IL
not9 Miss Wanless | mean 10 get
sight OF those people up yonder II
you will help me-.
II will do anything YOU desire the
o,rI said what IS the scheme2'
well ! am going 20 help you over
the trelIis work into No Ia garden.
II will then appear as II you hau
simply come out for the sake or iresh
air. You can give LOUD scream ",
help. and pretend that you nave hur,
your ankle If you scream louu
enough / feel quite sure that those
people will have the curiosity 70
raise the blind
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
EDITORIALS By TIT PEOPLE.
some Questions by a Socialist.

some QueStlOnS DJ
To the Editor Of The Times: WISH
10 put 10 the readers OF The Times
fer, questions which are affecting the
Ame rican people today. and request
them 10 reason them out:
II the Democratic or Republican
rartles. either or both. wanted 70 stop
the monopolization OF industries. graft
ing and robbery. why have they not
done IL?
with complete control Of the gov
eminent and every state. Is II because
they have not had. and do not nave
the power?
II they have the power. why is 1t not
done?
II they have not the power what ad-
ditional thing could be done TO give
them the power?
II they do not do It. having tho
power. Is It not proof that they do not
want to?
II they have not the power, then Il
must be that the trusts are greater
than the government. and We live un-
der rule OF the trusts and not OF the
people.
II We live under rule OF the trusts.
and not OF the people, then we live
not under a republican form OF go'-
eminent but under an oligarchy.
III W. live under an oligarchy, then
the Republican and Democratic par
ties have permitted. assisted. and
wanted an oligarchy.
II they wanted an oligarchy, then
are they not traitors 70 the republic
Are they any longer entitled 10 con
fidcnce and the votes OF the people
who do not believe in an oligarchy?
IL not the opposition OF these par
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28

would be willing to sit for the portrait
of the type
The Arab horse breeds true To type,
ibecause for ages there has been moth
ing in has heredity but JUST that ono.
tunifOrm. beautiful type. IL takes ages
To establish Ii In the physical body.
IL would take millenniums TO establish
IL in the brain the soul-even II uni
formity could be accepted as anything
but horror But the heredity of the
most uniform race of men runs into
SO many strains that the selection OF
the proper individuals from which III
develop the typical strain would be
harder than To select the type. Take
the best two individuals--a man and
woman-of whom you know. Let them
marry Can the result be counted on?
Not for a moment, Their children
have a heredity In which so many
sorts OF people are found that nothing
can be predicted. One may be
genius--its brother may be fool One
may be a saints sister may be
cypran.
When two people love each other.
God has said 10 them that their chill
dren. are demanded by the great sys-
ten OF "eugenics" which nature has
set up Romance may not be import
ant TO the PROFESSIONAL mind. but the
great peoples of the world are those
to whom children are born as the cul-
mination of romances
In breeding animals or plants the
unfit are destroyed. Does Prof
Thomas system provide for the de-
struction OF those declared unfit? And
who shall decide2 Some of uS would
/ like TO know,
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
CHAPTER vlI.-(continued.)

CHAPTER vli.-(Continued.)
But what makes you feel so sure
that the man is scoundrel. Miss
LEROY"
II judged IL by the tone OF their
conversation. III could not see | could
at any rate hear all that was going
on In the room. | should say that
the man was rascal OF the very
worst type. And yet be Was refusing
10 complete some act OF crime which
apparently he had undertaken cheer
fully enough some time before. lie
said that he had had d shock. or seen
vision or something Of that kind.
Then the police came and put an end
10 further conversation. That strange
mans repentance seems 10 nave been
very feeting"
II would seem so, Grace Wanless
thought. judging from the shadows on
the blind The man was drinking
champagne and smoking a cigarette.
his head was thrown back from time
10 time a. IL he were enjoying some
joke uttered by some unseen compan-
ion. There must have been some body
else in the room IL the mans gestures
meant anything.
"Ah. thought so. Ailsa exclaimed
few minutes later. "A woman is
there See how she comes forward.
Is not that a fan she carries in her
hand? | suppose there is no mystery
here. and she ia Lady Altamont?"
THAT she isn't" Grace said in an
excited whisper. Lady Altamont Is
taller and stouter, and she wears no
flowers in her hair. Yonder woman
has roses on her head. and she car
ries a fan. What an exquisite fan
IL is"
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
here Is an Argument
For Govt Ownership
Of the Railroads
Isn't u About Time Something
Wsro Done When Railroads
Can Make or Break Cities
At Their viii?

~ The government should the
saiways-as they do almost all nations
The Alton has fveyea City pack
ing houses haul City Chicago 1919
hundred
The other roads that the Alton the tOnngeand
bankrupt hauling it,
30 the other roads they Atoms by
INCREASING their 23la hundred
All the big packers have great Kansas City
81 1t will take three trains day carry the stuff.
Il At the rates mentioned the Alton will all.
the rate is not the Alton will find itself using
" viii be bankrupted
The Alton officials say your tonnage and that
they make money o the deal
As for that nothing point will
on other
Paul. City Omaha St Joseph great
packing
Three of them Missouri The them Chicago
win be 231 while City will be 1919
this discrimination points maintained these cities will
ruined while Kansas packing industry will like magic
Fort Worth otumw Des Mones Mason City Austin and other
packing points of less Importance will be profoundly affected
maintained this condition imperial decree that
city shall pack profit while shall quit
imperial cities
s shall be taken under mortgages
the shall able sell their goods
misery shall thousands of people
and perhaps half a
the the commission do say
k With what complaints
Omaha, Sioux City
AL the railways running those cities treating them with
uniformity with studied fairness appearance.
Che Alton competing that all and the people have been bowling
III these years for competition in rairoading.
Probably place
City, suggested
all likelihood railways will find their Mis-
souri, River termn but who can
The railways the packing business Chicago for 20
the laws and they decide transfer it Kansas
City, who shall say that they can't do it,
But point is this:
THIS STORY DSCL0sES THE FACT SHOULD LONG
ago HAVE REALIZED THE EXISTENCE OF THAT THE RAILWAYS
PRIVATE HANDS POSSESS POWERS THAT ARE MToLERABLE
y "a FREE NATION
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD OWN THE RAILWAYS!
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
THE "EUGENIC MARRIAGE"

The idea of the eugenist Is not
that the family should be destroyed,
but that marriage should take place
with reference To race development,
Sounds wise. doesn't IT, But here's
where ID leads MS
They marry I'm the orient without
romance. and learn to love each other
afterwards. our marriage is the end
OF romance. and We often learn 10
hate each other. The form OF marriage
Is not SO important But what is I'M
portant is the development and per
lection OF the race"
These are things said by Prof VIM.
/. Thomas OF the University OF Chi
cago:
"Eugenics' Is the new name Of an
old folly That folly is the theory
that men may be bred as animals are
bred. by rules adopted by men. II
is as silly AS IL il presumptuous. 1t Is
silly. because there is no established
strain from which TO breeds and no
power TO make us breed from II if
there were II is presumptuous. be
cause IL assumes on The part OF It's
advocates the wisdom To decide what
men and women are At TO have chill
dren
The Arab horse was an established
type thousands or years ago. To get
the type, horses were bred as nearly
alike as possible. All others were de
stroyed. or left without progeny. That
is how organisms are bred up. Shall
we breed men for uniformity? And
who shall select the type. and make
up the score-card giving the accepted
points" BY which men are to he
Judged? Probably Prof Thomas
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28

81 ssvVhen tn husbsn' OF a woman with
|otonty hair buys her huge tortoise
1hoIl comb, he 10 iayln' up bitterness
NJ sccrn fer tn rest o. his married
aNEw DOOR" PUZZLE.
4 Yesterday We asked you IL you could
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
NUMBER THIRTEEN
A Powerful New Serial Story.
BY F. n. WHITE.
GRADUAL Moth" The Weight


II was an exquisite fan. for the wo-
man had seated herself on the win
dow ledge with the fan held nigh
above her head II was a lace fan
with two angels in the middle hold
exaggerated shadow showed this
clearly.
Not an Englishwoman, should
say" Grace said with a quickness or
perception that excited Ailsa's silent
admiration. There is a strong sug-
gestion OF the Spaniard about her.
Look at the easy way In which she
holds her fan with the fingers out
side Most OF Us hold the thumb out
side The woman is in evening'dress,
too which points 70 the fact that she
is one OF Lady Altamonts guests.
should like 20 see into that room.
You can do the next best thing.
Miss Wanless." said slow, cutting
voice. so close to the speakers ell
bow that she started. You can en-
able me TO see"
Grace turned round suddenly. and a
sigh OF relief escaped her. Ailsa could
see that there was nothing wrong.
so that she, too. felt her courage re-
turning.
The speaker had all the air and
manners OF a gentleman: he was
dressed in dark REFER suit, he
wore soft hat and black tie. All
the same. he looked quite like one TO
the manner born.
Il had quite forgotten you. Mr..
Burles." Grace So i, though did
catch sight OF your face as we enter
ed the garden Miss LEROY, this is
Mr.. Burles. the gentleman whose ser
vices Scotland-yard placed al my dis
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
From Another Point of View

spring
live
a testimony
FOR it.
o
So he simply muttered -"
having granted Day
Wiley kept
It
and
he the
Z on fourth through with presidency
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
BACK FROM ELBA.

Down the Nile the proud white
launch cleayes its way with prov so
staunch. 4 Certain Person in il.
on the banks dark natives Turk,
awed and glad to lay of work. cheer
ing him a minute.
Standing forward. see the man
bronzed. but flushed beneath his tan.
in white cork helmet
Crossed upon his heaying chest both
his arms are closely pressed; eyes IN
gaze not well met.
Onward down the snaky Nile. past
the snag and crocodile. spurts this
Fastening figure.
Scarcely holding patience he grinds
his teeth ferociously nerved like some
hair-trigger.
over the hot Egyptian sands sing
the locusts in massed bands, high
pitched notes like Media.
All the wide Nile valley huns with
the tidings that here comes Teddy
Back From Elba
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28

a famous lawyer decided to start q
memorandum book and keep track OF
his personal expenditures. When he
died they found the book. 1t had one
entry.
ITO one diary, % cents
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
rHE STORY OLE YOUR FINGER NAILS

elastic and mod
nails
fourth OF that speed
The Detroit times., 1910-02-28
MOST ANYTHING

make one word out OF y T. W
d o o Il. and promised 10 tell you
how today. Here's the answer:
ONE WORD.
Fishing" inquired a man, as he
passed
Yes" answered the boy.
Nice dog you've got. What's his
nance"
Fish" replied the boy.
Fish? That's a queer name for a
dog What do you call him that for?'
. Cause he won't bite"
Scatterton is so impartial"
Yes. when | was hunting with him
he didn't seem TO care whether he hit
the rabbit, the dog or me"
You can't sell anything here to-
day said the girl who answered the
peddler's knock We're in great
trouble The-gentleman OF the house
has just been blown up in an explo-
sion?"
Nothing left but grease spot. You
say Inquired the salesman. Take
a bottle OF my eradicator. here. tn
remove any grease spot In two min
utes.'
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
SNAP SHOTS.

It takes a dreamer to fly over diff culties.
 Reputation is not character; but many seem to prefer it.
 When ones name is Dennis. the spelling thereof is of no consequence.
 No girl likes to be called a flirt, un- less she couldn't be one if she tried to.
 It has gotten so that. in order to keep mp, every one must read while he runs.
 Usually. it is after the rubberneck gets home that he begins stretching his imagination.
 If Mary had little lamb now she would probably be reduced to the ne cessity of eating it up.
 It has about gotten so in this coun- try that the average man cant stay on the cash basis long enough tO make tracks. When a large and important-lookinS woman's husband calls her Girlie. it is a sign that she has money in her own right.
 It is doubtful if there ever was a woman who lived in the kind of house she would have built if she could have had her way.-Dallas News.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
The State Fencibles.

Arms and the Man." a journal de- voted to the interests of the organized militia of the United States. wants il clearly understood that the State Fencibles." which made such a pitiful showing in the early days of the riot ing at Philadelphia. is in no way con- nected with the militia. It is de- scribed as one of many irregular volunteer social organizations. with a military designation. which should be either in the national guard or out of existence This country has had too much to do with play soldiers and military service from the spectacular standpoint" ';
 It may be added, in the case of the State Fencibles." if the individual members of that organization had ever contemplated the task in which they so miserably failed. that the militia and the state police have taken pains to show that the Fencibles are related to neither of them, that show military organization would never have been formed. These disclosures by the state police and the militia have been made necessary by the crass ignorance Of the newspaper re- pOrters." who described the Fencibles as militia" and again referred to them as state police Arms and the Man." pursuing the subject. fur ther says:
 Riot duty is q disagreeable. pain full. dreadful duty for national guardsman. All the more credit to him if he performs it we'll The Philadelphia incident, or the phase of it which through the mistake or care lessness of the newspapermen. al lowed the wrong impression to go abroad, is likely to result in the ne- cessty for killing somebody the next time troops are called out in Phila- delphia, or, for that matter, in any other locality where the dispatches have been read.
 A mob is essentially cowardly. If it knows the forces which have been ordered out to deal with it will stand no trifling, but will deliver blows. ef- fective to destroy armed opposition. then the mob fades away. A mob IS not armed from the principle of right or to do any just thing and it knows it. Its conscience is bad, and there fore its courage is poor. Show q de- termined force and a. disposition to do it harm if it persists in it's wrong purpose, and it melts away into in- dividuals. hang dog repentant and ashamed"
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
The Methods of Glavis.

The statement Of Clarence Cunning ham that l.. R. Glavis, former chief of the field division. dictated the affi- davit regarding the Alaskan coal claims would perhaps have greater weight il Cunningham himself were not enveloped in cloud.
 But the alleged action of Glavis is 50 consistent with his alleged con- duct in other matters and his known conduct in preferring his charges against Secretary Ballinger to Presi- dent Taft. that the statement of Cum ningham may easily be believed. The president. in his letter of September I3 to Mir. Ballnger, following the Glavis charges and authorizing the discharge of the chief. of the field division. gave as one of his reasons the fact that Glavis had purposely concealed facts that would have been favorable to the secretary.
 II was also testified by entrymen tl the AldShdl CldlfnS dt t1t StdIllc hearing that Glavis had advised them 10 do the very things which made up in part the case of the government They said that they regarded the ad- vice. coming from an official of the land office, as official, whereas it turned out that they were being trapped into the commission of un- lawful acts that the case of the claimants might be blackened. There is a general disposition to believe that Glavis was earnest in his service, that he had the conservation of the public lands at heart. but that his ideas of conservation were abnormal. and that in carrying them out he sought to involve all who were op- posed to him, in an appearance of wrongful acts: that with him the end justified the means, which were frequently culpable. if not criminal.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
A SUGGESTION.

FOwle & Barne. a printing firm or Buffalo. are suggested as the right peo- pie, to print the American edition Of "Chantecler. r."-Kansas City Times.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13

We still cannot see what that little Coney Island railroad was so crazy to be put on the corporation tax list for
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13

Dr Frederick A. Cook could save much embarrassment by sending its president his certified check for s340 This sum represents the amount of the bill for the illuminated address and keys presented tO him by the board as a slight token of its appre citation of his entertaining story of a visit to the north pole. The aldermen feel certain delicacy about using public funds to pay this bill, and the firm that supplied the address and keys threatens to sue.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13

present inquiry so strictly to the prices of meats in foreign countries, it would. no doubt, have given us some interesting comparative figures. It might even have told us why Ameri- can beef costs more at home than it does upon its arrival in London. after paving steamship fare and carriage. We must wait for the answer to this interesting and timely question; Sen ator Lodges inquiring mind may be depended upon to get at the facts. and presently the senator himself will tell us all about them.
 For the time being We must be con- tent with what the bureau of statis- tics gives us. The principal meat exporting countries are Australia, New Zealand. Argentina, Canada and the United States. The United Kingdom and Germany are the principal i'm porters Of meat All of the meat exporting countries show higher prices per pound in their exports in recent years than in those of a decade ago, and all Of the meat-importing coun- tries show higher rates in their i'm port figures and in the current mar ket quotations" Prices of fresh meats have advanced less rapidly than those Of salted and preserved meats, and the rise in beef prices has been less than that in pork and mutton prices.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
House Cleaning
 Activities
Are in Full Swing.

If springtime is spring with you, We can show you a time-tested Spring. full size. strong, comfortable and durable at $5.50. $6.0e. S7.OO and $500 If it's mattress time, we can surely please you. All manner of Bedsteads in brass. Iron and Enamel. All kinds of Wicker Rockers, just the thing for the porch. Always some thing new to show you. Just re- ceived a new lot of Rugs. Wool Fiber and Smiths Administer. Come in and see them. Ten minutes spent in our store will convince you that our prices are right We will buy your OLD FURNITURE at highest prices. and sell you NEW at the lowest.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13

Siias-why does thet there man in ther band run ther trombone down ms throat1
 Hiram-I reckon he has a taste fer music.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
The Price of Meat Abroad.

The last bulletin received from the bureau of statistics is entitled "In- crease in Prices of Meats in the Prin- cipal Foreign Countries" The bureau statisticians do not intend that Arneri- can meat-eaters shall suffer; needless pain through belief that they are the only ones who are Ip against high prices. Meat prices,H they say. have advanced in all the principal produc- ing and consuming sections of the world" An undisputed thing, and said in a way anything but flippant. If the bureau had not limited its