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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01
FLOODS MENACE
! CITIES IN OHIO.
Rains and Warmer Weather Have
Swollen Rivers and Loosened
Huge Ice GOrges.

TOLEDO, Ohio, reb ss~-Reports Of
flood conditions from northwest Ohio
I points indicate the approach OF an
royerflow more serious than any so tar
this winter. Rains ana warmer weather
have swollen the rivers and loosened
huge ice gorges that threaten To do
heavy damage and 10 drive many from
their homes
Two big gorges between Perrysburg
and Waterville are holding back Il
flood In the Maumee just above Toledo.
Water above the gorges Is very higa
and has put the Waterville line out of
|. commission.
Ii Is Droblematical whether the
georges will hold.
AT Defiance. the river has risen over
six feet since last night. and Is -FOUR
fleet above the danger mark. People
flVing in the fats are moving out m
anticipation of an inundation. Big
gorges In the Auglaize and the MAJ
NEE rivers are loosening up anu
threaten TO sweep u huge volume Oh
water upon the city.
= Napoleon reports the lowlands fiooc-
ed and the river eleven feet above no.
nal. Rain has fallen for period OF
"a hours. A big gorge at Florida
above the city, has dropped down the
river and is damming up the waters
iust above Napoleon. Indications are
that the worst floods OF years are
near.
Fremonts business section Is threat
ened by the breaking OF a gorge IN the
center of the city. The river is rising
swiftly.
Other points report rising water, but
less serious menace.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. NV GS Heavy
pnows ana rains in the past two weeks
haze set all the rivers in southern
Ohio and Indiana booming Flood con-
ditions prevail with the waters stil
rising.
The Ohio river rose here at the
Iete orSthree inches an hour Sunday
night and Monday the river was at 4
46-ioot stage. Smaller tributary rivers
In this yitinity are already out of barr
ana flooding Che lowlands. AT Day
ton the Miami is threatening the city
with heavy damage. Springfield is fac
ing one OF THE worst floods In its his
tory, Buck Crtek, Mill Run and other
small streams being out Of their banks
and the waterl sweeping through the
business portion of the city.
. Similar conditions prevail in south
Germ Indiana. At Anderson the police
!sre patrolling the lowlands rescuing
NJ agle whose hpases are flooded.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01
Elain Butter.

ELGIN. ill.,. March 1.--Buttsr firm
az 81 cents. Sales this district for
week. 4sS. 500 pounds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01

Seven European physicians have
laid down their lives In the warfare
against the South African sleeping
sicknesx.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01

\ Detroit, tonight nj y. Mat. saturday
|,nly. FRITZ Scheh. In Charles Dllling-
Donna" BY Henry Blossom and Victor
Herbert. March 7. !. e--Rose stahl
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01

club sold enough players TO cieaf ssS.-.
600 last season, and this I'm spite OF
the fact that In the American associay
tIon race the 81. Paul team fell dnto
the ditch last season.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01

Job Printing none right T1m:s
Printing Co, Is John R.-st Call Main
i4es or CITY 22sb.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01

Commercial cr-or r-. Collections
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01

eio &c. oThlRh tclnss. improved l11@
<.ff n lid on worth ~ bnll0ifH<4 -
~ 80 road 20 miles from petrottI /{|.|
~ .<re. INC cxchanVe ". A. De11<
io1t fiaibmont nuiidlng
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
IF PAXTON FOUND DEAD.

CHARLOTTE. y. @, Jan. Z3.-Joseah
r. Paxton, son OF q prominent mill ma
Chinery manufacturer of PhiIadeIDhfs
Pa was found dead IN The Corco~an
Hotel. IN Durham, -. c.
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
SNOWFALL BATTLE
LEADS TO ARREST
Son of Former Representa-
tive Powers Hailed TO
Prison.

HANOVER " Il. Jan 23-Leland
Powers. a senior at Dartmouth Col
lege. and son OF former Representative
Samuel L Powers OF Massachusetts,
was arrested late yesterday afternoon
for snow-ballinE on the street.
Powers vas one OF a hundred engaged
in a fierce snowfall battle and the en-
tire body called q truce when ne was
arrested and selected the police as a
mutual enemy. They sn0w-baIIed the
police al the way to the station house,
and then gathered outside. where they
were finally persuaded 70 20 home by
Clark Tobln. the football captain
Constable Ford when he emerged from
the station house after making the ar
rest. was discovered By about fifty stu
dents and was chased through the
streets until he found refuge IN his
hardware store. brandishiuE a red-hot
poker and threatening the first one that
dared cross his threshold
Powers was bdiIed out carly IN the
evening, and viii be arrafEned in court
tomorrow morning before Prof. ". 7.
Warden, OF the Dartmouth facr1r.-
who Is also the district judge He Is
one Of Powers Instructors
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
REVIVAL SUCCEEDS
Nearly 1000 Persons Pres
ent During Sunday
School Hours.

Because OF the campaign that has
been made in the northeast section
during the past week. the Ninth Street
Christian Church was packed today
during the Sunday school hours
The effort TO have ] 600 men, women,
and children present almost succeeded
Yesterday, the Rev. George a Miller
had fifty boys and girls at work deliv-
eEing invitations and urging attendance
Each night, during the progress Of the
revival meetings. the church members
have been urged 70 surely attend the
Sundsy school today The result was
the largest attendance in the history
Of the school.
T1e average attendance at this Sunday
school is about 450- Two weeks ago, the
Officers Of the school strOve for 90,
which they secured. Last week, they
tried for zoo which vas almost reach
Ell. the number actually attending D.
ing 619 The meetings throughout t-.s
week addressed by President r. III
CrOssield. OF TransylVania University D.
Lexington, KY. have been largely Il
tended
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
LEWIS IN CONTROL
OF NINE WORKERS
President Defeats Attempt to
Have His Election De-
Clared Illegal.

INDIANAPOLIS Ind, gan 22-when
the convention OF the United Nine
Workers OF America couvenes tomor-
row IL viii be with President Thomas
L Lewis IN full control The t1sur-
gents have made Z, 7ir attack upon his
admiuiE-Ta ton without effect
Lewis ruling that his election cannot
be invalidatsd simply because some Of
the locals voted Illegally + apparently
upheld oy the majority, ana even were
the Illegal votes thrown ont, the vote
for Lewis, which was 900 over his oO-
pOnent. William Green. would not lie
seriously affected.
a riot in the hall yesterday only v-as
averted by a good huuored delegate
whose hearty laugh relieved the stu
alton President Lewis had ordered
Francis Feehan. president OF the Pitts
DlrS district. removed, but he and his
followers gave evidence u an intention
70 resist and trouble seemed Imminent
until the huwOr OF the situation an
Dealed 70 a delegate, and through him.
10 all the rest
No effort was made when tho Z-7te l7v
districts vas called 20 have the election
declared Illegal, although Il s. believed
JhaL during the week the sEt{-I owls
-action VIII endeavor 10 have the votes
az certain Central Pennsylvania d.
tr1cts thrown ont.
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
F. S. LINCOLN SEES
PROSPEROUS YEAR
Excellent Prospects for Bust
ness World In 1910,
Says F. S. Lincoln.

Prophecy Of increasing business pros
perity for the ensuing year was made
this morning by Fred :. Lincoln, Wash
ingtOa agent OF the Macy COmpany's
fling devices, who returned yesterday
from the semi-anBUaI furniture mar
ket'' at Grand Rapids. Mich
Mr. Lincoln returned 10 Washington
not only with stories OF excellent pros-
poets for general business, but also
with tales Of one Of the most severe
Billiards in the history Of the middle
West He said that after going West
from Baltimore ne never saw a particle
Of clear ground except in the cities IN
til his return to- that point
In spite Of the severe weather, how
ever. the attendance at the furniture
market was a record ker, and in
every way a great success. BUYERS
from nearly every quarter Of the globe
attended lIr- Lincoln IS understood TO
have ordered for his washington estab-
hshment, at 6I2 Twelfth street. a COM
plete lne Of the most modern Office
furniture
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
.BRICKLAYERS SEEK
TO EXTEND UNION
Change In Constitution Will Allow
PlaSterers 70 Join Or
ganIZauOn.

BOSTON Jan 23--That The brick
layers and uiasols International union
VIII try 20 bring rhR pIasterers into It's
Organization through a constitutions I
change made IN secret session during
she closing hours o. fts convention II
Boston. was stated b. a large number
q delegates before leaving for their
homes IN different sections OF the cour-
Try late last night The officers OF th..
convention itself refused 10 make The
fact public
The pIasterers have ore OF the most
powerful trade unions in the cOunfrv
They also have 4 regular American
Federation o. labor charter, while tho
1riCElaveTs and mss0us always have
remained apart from she federation.
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
ATTEMPT TO POISON
WOMAN FOR ESTATE
Servant Tells of Scheme to
Kill MiStreSS-Owns
Property Here.

Los ANGELES. Cal. Jan. 23.-An
extraordinary case OF family difficulty,
in which charges of an attempt to poi
son a woman are made. and which is
additionally sensational because It in
wolves whole or part possession Of a
valuable estate in washington, D. G,
was called 10 the attention Of the po-
lice today by Mrs, Ester Marks, who
lives at go Heliotrope drive.
City Chemist Miller examined two
packages Mrs. Marks had submitted TO
him and found II one a quantity of
starch containing powdered glass In
the other was stIychnine IN sufficient
quantities TO XIII a number Of persons.
PatroIman J. d. Robinson told The
chief OF detectives and District Attor-
ney KeeCh that he believed an attempt
had been made to poison Mrs. Marks.
He said that Rilla Taylor, Mrs Marks
negro servant, had received the poison
from an aged woman last Friday. The
servant stated that she was told to
give the contents Of the package to Mrs
Marks The woman. according to the
servant. Is related TO Mrs. Marks. Her
identity, however. Is being concealed by
the police.
Through some fort mate circumstance
neither package was opened at the
Marks home, but PatrOlman Robinson
was called and requested to take both
TO the police station The servant de-
claTeS she was told to drop the con-
tents or one or both packa Ses into the
coffee served Marks at the breakfast
table. She was given s. TO do this
The servant gave the package TO Mrs.
Marks
Mrs. Marks believes II was q, scheme
70 poison her so that she cannot en-
JOY her snare or a large estate in
Washington, which was left a short
time ago By a relative. She IS thirty
hve years old; her husband Is thirty
six.
For a couple OF years Marks has been
IN the real estate business In this CITY
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
MUST PAY GRAVE RENT.

SAGINAW. Mich. Jan z5.-The board
Of park and cemetery commissioners Of
Saginaw has ordered the city comptroI-
Ter 70 notify all delinquent owners Of
cemetery lots tnar, unless payment is
made BY March J. bDdIes viii he dug
uD and placed in Efofes n the pauPer
section Of the cemetery
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
TRAIN HITS TWO,

ELKTON. Nd. Jan C3-James Duty
OF Baltimore, and John z Huddv, Of
Rochester, y. Y. employed IN rebuilding
a bridge along the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. near Elk Mills, Cecil county.
81 lille walking along the tracks were run
down by a. fTeiCht [rain- Hubby was
lE'lled. and Duffy was hurled some dis
tsnce, but escaped Serious injury,
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
IRISH HERO MAY DIE
IN HOUSE FOR POOR
A. P O'Neii, Who Fought for His
Country, An Inmate of
Dunnine.
CHICAGO. IA

CHICAGO, Jan 23--UuIess action IS
taken BY Irish societies. Arthur 7.
o'Neil, who served more than q ouarte-
or a century in English prison for his
effort to gain freedom for Ireland. wiz
end his days IN the DunniIE. p)orhouse.
The Washington times., 1910-01-23

les fighting for his life!
Do you think It will help his chances
10 realize that the wife and babies must
want for actual necessities because he has never
saved?
He'll take an oath to start bank account if he
ever "getS on his feet' again.
You'd better start one while Eou ARE or. vour.
feet
Put a few dollars in one Of our banks-add
every penny you can spare TheT'H be earning for
you-3%o interest-and perhaps save your life,
some time.
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
A continued story
In advertising

WTITHIN few days past the advertisements
w reproduced here have appeared in both
IN evening and a morning paper.
They make It plain that all the points we wish
to impress cannot Be presented IN a single lad"
Keep in touch with our announcements-rsad
every chapter Of our continued story-and as each
teaches ifs small part Of one big lesson, we'll Try
TO make the chapters interesting.
The Washington times., 1910-01-23
MARRIED TO NURSE
UPON DEATH BED

DENVER. Colo. Jan Za-aIarried In
his nurse on what his physicians In
formed him would be his death bed
William Garfield Jackson. who is the
owner Of valuable property in BROOKLYN.
y. Y, IS hourly expected 70 die
The bride was Miss Helen BuehIe-
or Chicago. who has been jackson. &
nurse for Seve.ai weeks. He fen IN
love with her and, desiring that Ers
have un6ispUtFd possession OF MS e.
tate decided 10 marry a. once
The Washington times., 1910-01-23

The Old mamie is past seventy-wzs
taken 10 the county institution TO-DAY
He was sick, homeless, and penniIess
when he staggered into the Harrison
street police station early this morning
nd asked for food and shelter He
was gent 10 the pOOrhouse-
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01
"BLUE BLOOD"

What color is your blood, mister?
You don't know?
Well, suppose you cut your finger
and see.
There are two kinds of blood in
this country.
One is blue Blood
And the other is just common red
blood.
All the rotten rich rapscallions
have "blue blood
The common poor devil has to wor-
nv along through life with the old
cheap red stuff playing leap-frog in
his veins.
Money changes the color of the
blood.
Strange, but true.
know dozens of men who used to
be poor, and they wore red blood in
their veins. But they happened to
get some money, and the color of
their blood was at once changed.
Blue-blooded people are too good
to work, and they are too fine for
common white people to associate
with.
All they are fit for is to splurge a.
round in automobiles and make fun
of the people they stole their money
from.
It is the red blood that does all
the work of the world, and the blue
blood dikes out in it's finery and en-
joys the blessings that labor pro-
duces.
! Blue blood was never known to
create anything useful or do any
| thing respectable.
And again l repeat:
! What color is your blood?
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01
notice.!

Brother, if l owe you letter, |
'lope you will wait for it just as pa
siently as you can. | am doing my
best and cent keep up with my cor
respondence. You will hear from
ne by personal letter at the earliest
possible moment, and in the mean
time let this notice serve as tenn
Dorary answer to your letter. | was
sure / would get this issue in the
mails before Christmas, but was un-
avoidably delayed. l am going to
work now with a determination to
catch up with old Father Time and
keep right at his heels-or ahead OF
lin during the coming year.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

In rounding out it's first year O.
existence, The Fool-killer feels rath-
er proud of what it has accomplished.
In one year it has become famous all
over the country, and it's circulation
is double what I expected it to be at
this time Hundreds of new subscrib-
ers are being added every month
end l expect the coming year to
bring still greater success.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

People glance over other papers
and throw them aside, but every fel-
low who gets his 'tater-grabblers
fastened onto The Fool-Killer reads
it from A to lizard before he turns
it loose That's the secret OF its
great popularity.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

The silk-hatted scion of society
will turn up his aristocratic nose at
the solid old farmer who drives into
town with a load of produce, and I'll
bet a dollar you could scrape enough
material from under the old farmers
toe-nails to make a dozen better men
than the stuck-up society sprout
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

One year of fool-killing is drawing
to a close. / have put the f1xins on
good many fools, rascals and hypo-
>rites since l started on the war
path, but the killing" I have done
this year is not grease-spot in the
skillet compared with what l am 60
ing to do next year. Jump on my
thunder wagon and go with me-
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01
Names Wanted.

Send us 80 cents and the names
and addresses of 80 of your friends
who can read and write. And we
will mail you for your trouble.
genuine high grade Masterman foun-
tain pen together with a filler fitted
in a neat pocket case. This pen
would cost $500 at any retail store.
Adress,
THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY.
Box 8 MOravian Falls n. C..
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01
Let Us Talk 1t
Over

Well, dear sinner friends, this is
The FOOL-KILLER.
How does it set on your stomach?
If you like it, you can get more at
headquarters.
THE FOOL-KILLER is not even a
forty Eleventh cousin to any other
paper ON earth.
It stands in class by itself, and
it's field is as broad as the. English
language.
This paper wears no bell, muzzle,
collar nor halter.
You can put that down to start with.
am the fellow who works at the
pump-handle OH this pungent period
ical of thrilling thought.
I print only what I write; ] write
only what think; and I think what
dOggOn please.
I own this entire establishment,
and Rockefeller isn't rich enough to
buy one share of it,
Does that sound strange?
Well, bless your soul, l am a great
deal richer than Old John.
never travelled any to speak of,
but have read great deal, and have
thunk some.
have also writ a few books which
I know are great, because they don't
sell worth a cent.
Great books never do.
And then I started THE Fool
KILLER, just to quiet my nerves anG
keep the old press from getting rusty
From the seclusion of these wooded
hills there will go forth each month a
hot old bundle of literary dynamite
that will shake the rotten foundations
of society and cause the Church of
MammOn to at least turn over in it's
sleep.
The FOOL-KILLER will be month
ly mustard-plaster for the blood-boils
of Society, Church and State.
1t will be salted with wit, peppered
with humor and seasoned with sar-
casm.
Every line will cut like whip, and
every word will raise blister.
If you are fool you had better not
subscribe for THE FOOL-KILLER.
If you are wise you will. And so that
settles it.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Writing the thunder" for The
Fool-Killer is sorter like milking a
COW. Each month / milk out all the
thoughts my old brain will give
down, but by next milking time there
try a few snacks of my literary milk,
just pass your silver cup.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

There comes to my desk a doggon
little old Free Thought paper about
the size of a half-grown rabbit skin.
1t just shakes it's little puny fist in
fun of everything that pertains to
religion, and then over on it's last
sge it prints a sermon from an en-
inent divine. That paper reminds
me of the dog that barked like he
would take your head off, but wag-
ged mis- tail like he was awful friend
ly, and you couldn't tell which end
to believe
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01


Praise the Lord and take a dram!
light here in one of my exchanges
ind a great long article headed,
Family Prayer" and it's so good
you can see angel tracks all over it
and solid puddles of religion between
every line. And on the very same
page, not a fingers length from
famlly Prayer" I find Corn Whis-
key advertisement about the size of
coon skin telling the thirsty read
ers where they can get the joyful
juice either by the gallon or the bar
rel~at SO much per. If the editor of
tnat paper ever had any conscience,
ne has surely dropped it in the barn
lot and let the COW eat it,
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Did you ever see an old sucking
SOW stretched out in the corner OF
the fence with eight or ten pigs pull
ing at her faucets? That's what l
I'm reminded of when | see a gang OF
lalf-grown boys huddled up some
where sucking old nasty cigarettes.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Horace Fletcher says that if you
want to get the full benefit of glass
Of milk you must chew it. Wonder
what kind of milk Horace is in the
habit of eating, anyhow?
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

1t beats II kinds of doubled and
twisted chain lightning to see this
old sin-spattered, hog-wallowing,
hellward-galloping wreck of a world
trying to celebrate the birth of the
Christ. There must be the Christ
mas likker and big drunken spree,
and Christmas is failure unless a
few men are killed in each neighbor-
hood. Our modern Christmas festiv-
tiles are a shame and disgrace. 1t
looks more like convention of
norny-headed demons celebrating
the birthday of the devil. +
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

The old two-legged brute of a man
who thinks more of his pigs and dogs
than he does of his wife and babies,
is the devils ideal of what husband
and father should be-
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

If any of your friends are in need
of a sure cure for the blues, persuade
them to try few doses OF The Fool
niller. 1t never fails to produce re-
suits. A cure guaranteed or your
money back.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

If Derwin's theory of evolution is
true, l suppose this flyingmachine
age will soon develop a race of spec
tators with eyes on top of their
heads
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

The motto OF some people seems to
De: 'If at first you don't succeed in
making a regular star-spangled jack
SIS OF yourself, try, try again"
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Why, yes, honey, there are other
papers published, but you will have
to hunt long time before you find
>nything else as rich and juicy as
The Fool-Killer 1t has them all
skinned a mile.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

That Kansas City woman who be-
lieves that she was once a cat has
very likely got her history straight,
And I'll bet a dollar she's a cat yvC.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

There are some men in this old
wolld SO tarnation mean that they
could teach the devil more meanness
than he ever heard tell Of
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Talk about the world growing bet
ter! Shucks in August! Just as we'll
argue to me that the moon is turning
to butter.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Not long ago some fellow offered
me thousand dollars for new cuss
word. Guess he had used all the old
ones till he had worn them out.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

More people will go to perdition on
account Of their Internal grippe gutteG
selfishness than for all other sins
put together.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

The editor of "The Big Pistol
gives himself away like this: 1T was
midnight, and l was boozy with in
3piration" Pretty time of night to
be in that sort of a fix Touch the
stuff lighter, Ben.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Executive ability" is the science
Of earning your bread by the sweat
of other peoples brows
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01
EDITORIALS.

This hell-scared brand of religion
is mighty cheap grade of stuff.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

The suffragettes are not half as
dangerous to society as the snuff
ragettes"
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Reckon why it is that a man new
er shows his temper until he loses
it?
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

The Spiritualists have given out
the word that Mr.. Roosevelt is con
trolled" by Abraham Lincoln and an
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

Irish Chief, with assistance from
Caesar and Napoleon. Here's betting
that they all have their hands full.
The fool-killer., 1910-12-01

One year to your heart, rs Gents.
In Clubs of Five or More, Is Cts.