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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
BURROWS MAKES OFFICIAL
STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY
Praises Taft Administration and Re.
pests His Views on Leading
Issues Of the Day.

ISSUES OF the Day.
KALAMAZOO. Mich, May 30.-Sen-
ator Burrows today made official an
uouncement Of his candidacy to suc-
coed himself.
He made known his views through
the Burrows Club OF Kalamazoo
county. He says he shall adhere to
the principles aud policies OF the Re-
publican party and stand for tariff
duties TO yield sufficient revenue to
support the government and at the
same time TO protect American ill.,
dustries.
He favors a navy TO safeguard the
American interests at home and
abroad, the settlement of interna
tional disputes by arbitration, a
merchant marine commensurate with
the commercial needs, a currency and
banking system TO meet the demands
OF the trade, the regulation OF the In
terstate commerce commission TO safe.
guard the rights OF the shippers and
carriers alike, and the redemption or
all pledges Of the Chicago platform
Of 1908.
Senator Burrows, in conclusion,
praises the Taft administration.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
FUMES KILL HIM
As He sees RICHES
Charles Courtier Dickinson, Founder
of Carnegie Trust Co., Breathes
Deadly Draught.

SCRANTON, Pa, May 27.--Was
Charles Courier Dickinson, financier,
founder OF the Carnegie Trust Co., OF
New York, disciple OF Hermes Iris
uegistus, the father OF Alchemy?
Dickinson died suddenly and mys-
teriously shortly after a visit to a
local chemical laboratory. 1t now de-
.velops that his death was due to his
having breathed certain noxious fumes
exhaled by a retort during the pro
cess OF an experiment In metallurgy.
There Is reason to believe that this
experiment, first described vaguely AS
bearing on a commercial process" in
vented by DR.. F. w. Lange, OF Scran-
ton, was really an experiment In Al
chemy, and that DR.. Lang, Charles
Dickinson and Stanton Dickinson, a
brother OF the deceased, were asso-
ciated In pushing a scheme for the
transmutation of the baser metals
into gold or silver.
The Dickinson brothers came to
Scranton on May 16. They were taken
to the LANCE laboratory to witness
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30

try Is utterly devoid OF statesmen OF
the rank that Germany once boasted.
None Of her ofiiceholders or prominent
politicians today exceeds in states
lnanship what would have been con-
sidefed mediocrity quarter OF a CEN
fury ago.
The principal reason for this condi-
ton is that the government service
from which the ministers are mostly
drawn is filed with members OF the
aristOcracy. Blood rather than brains
gains admission to the government
service and should, by some mis-
chance. really competent man out
side the aristocracy enter the service
no would be hopelessly left in the
race for promotion by the preference
given to the nobility. The anti-govern-
ment press bluntly declares that the
government service Is filed with
"brainless aristocrats" and recent
events practically warrant the charge.
The reichstag under the recent semi
abBolutism exercised by the kaiser.
played too important part In govern
mert affairs to attract the best men
and the mental quality Of its member.
Rhip 10 now probably lower than ever.
On every hand the cry Is heard with
increasing insistercy that both the
bureaucracy and politics need an in
fusion Of new blood drawn from the
ranks OF the business world.
Yesterdays defeat OF the franchise
bill seems to have conferred the atten-
ltion OF the whole empire on the crying
need Of reform and the hope is ex-
pressed. that the agitation will con-
tinne until a new order Of things IL
'inaugurated.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
JAPANESE ARE NEEDED
TO WORK FARMS IN WEST
California Labor Commissioner Makes
Report After investigation Which
Covers Year.

California Labor Commissioner Makes
Report After Investigation Which
Covers Year.
SACRAMENTO. Cal, May 30
Some form OF unskilled labor, such
as Is now represented by the Japanese
is essential for the continuance and
development OF the specialized agri-
cultural industries OF California"
This Is the broad conclusion OF the
report OF the state labor commits
sioner, just submitted TO the governor
on the japanese in California. which
was prepared after over q year OF
careful field work by corps Of spe-
cial agents among the farms employ
ing Japanese. The investigation was
authorized by act OF legislature just
after the anti-Japanese agitation In
California In l90S-09 and the report
consists OF over 100000 words, ex-
elusive OF a mass of tabulated stats
tics.
The so-called oriental problem In
this state Is thoroughly discussed In
the report and after searching inquiry
into all economic and social condl-
lions, find that some form OF farm
labor capable of independent sub
Sistence, quick mobilization and en-
failing no responsibility upon the EN-.
ployer for continuous employment, Is
absolutely necessary to CALIFORNIA;
field, orchard and vineyard industries
II these vast enterprises are to be
perpetuated and developed. The re-
port, Is OF the opinion that the Jap
anese, who now compose slightly
more than so per cent Of this labor,
are second only to the Chinese in
meeting these requirements.
Regarding complaints heard against
japanese in districts In which they
are largely employed, the report
suites they arise from attempts to
secure higher wages. II is pointed
out, however. that there are few COM
plants OF this character except in
such districts as are dominated by
the Japanese through their numbers
and the almost absolute dependence
OF the growers upon them for the har'
vesting OF crops in the short time they
have
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
newspapers HURL
SCORMATP PREMIER
Openly Accused Chanceller Beth
mann-HoIweg Of inoOmpetenCy-
Capable Statesmen Scarce.
eY HERBERT A. WHITE.
(esrIin. Correspondent Of the on''ed
Press.)

BERLIN. May 2S.-Chancellor 6e'h'
mann Hollweg remains in ONCE To-Day
following yesterdays rejection by the
Prussian house OF deputies OF the GOV
ernments Prussian franchise biil'
simply because OF the scarcity OF Ger
man statesmen OF sufficient caliber 10
serve as chancellor.
The chancellor's withdrawal OF the
franchise bill after its rejection VAS
one Of the worst defeats the govern
ment has sustained In years and UNDER
ordinary circumstances would result IN
the immediate overthrow OF the chan
cellor. The press OF all parties Ii To-
day showerIng scorn and ridicuit upon
Bettmann-H openly accusing
him OF incompetency and lack OF all
the qualities OF leadership.
Yet the chancellor retains his post
because despite his defect. the kaiser
is unable TO find one whom he can
trust with the successorship.
Germany has developed her war
spirit, the sciences and commerce or
late years at the expense OF her states
men. Conspicuous for her maxim or
eflciency In these branches, the coun'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30

tested and tested. Finally one day |
subjected a matrix OF silver to heat
OF 1000 degrees. One hundred times
as much silver came out OF the fur
mace as had gone In"
Charles c. Dickinson was brilliant
young flnancier. His career In Wall
ST. has been a somewhat spectacular
one, and he was on the road 10 sue
cess, as the street" defines success.
II seems that he was not content
with the tombstone OF finance, how
ever. He must needs seek the touch
stone OF the alchemist. Now, like
Paraclesus, who poisoned himself with
draft OF his elixir OF life. and like
many another who has sought for the
Master Draft or the Philosophers
stone, he has paid with his life the
penalty for prying too curiously into
the yelled secrets Of nature.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
p O. a N. REDUCES FARE

LANSING, Mich, Nav 3O.--The
state railway commission received
notice Saturday from the Grand Trunk
lines that the rate Of fare on the r.,
%. q ~. railway has been reduced
from three cents To two cents per
mile. Six months ago the commits.
sion received numerous complaints
from residents along the line between
Pontiac and Caseville. 100 miles. who
complained that passenger rates were
excessive The commission notified
the Grand Trunk. calling their atten-
ton to the state law requiring a rate
OF two cents per mile
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30

by keeping in the limelight, began to
see their glories fade. How To get
hold OF the aeroplane racing game
was their problem. Vanderbilt told
his troubles TO Andy Friedman. VINO
used to be- an aid TO Dick Croker, and
told him what he wanted.
Easy TO get that said Friedman.
You Just offer TO help the Wrights
out with their patent fight. II they
win, YOU can form a company to
make the Wright aeroplanes. Then
you can get control OF the Aero club,
and you'll nave the aeroplane racing
game in America i'm the palm OF your
hand
THAT was Just exactly what was
done" declares Hhl The Wrights
fell into the trap and won the patent
fight. Then Vanderbilt got August
Belmont and young Thos. r. Ryan and
Delaney Nichols and the gang that
once formed the traction trust Of New
York to go into a company with him.
They made .ilbur Wright president.
they Joined the Aero Club of America
and II wasn't long before the Wright
company controlled the Aero club
The the Aero Club OF America de-
Cided 20 hold an International meet
some time between oct. - and Nov.
- OF this year. But the Wright com.
pany began TO complain that IL could
not permit aeroplanes In which their
patents were infringed TO Nv In this
country unless they were paid a roy.
atty.
so the Aero club made a contract
with the Wright company, saying
that the club would not grant a
license for q meet TO any aero club
in America that did not first make
terms with the Wright company. In
other words. Vanderbilt Belmont,
Ryan and the other millionaires de.
cided to take toll on every flying
machine meet In this country"
Hills fight against the trust has
been long one. but on June % there
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30

The victory OF the Labor party In
the general election just held in Aus
tralia was more pronounced than at
first reported. The Labor party Will
have a majority OF l3 seats In the low
er house over both old parties and 10
to the good In the senate. The vote
was large and the Conservative and
Liberal parties seem completely de-
moralized. The two old parties may
form a new alignment. although this
will prove rather difficult, as one
stands for protection and the other
for free trade.
The Labor party espouses moderate
tariff, or what Is termed new pro
lection" The party promises TO pro-
tect the workers from the competition
OF Asiatic labor. II will be made more
and more difficult for Chinese, Jap
anese, Koreans, Hindus and other
orientals to enter the country.
"A White Australia" was one of the
catchwordsl of the campaign.
An important result OF the election
was the carrying OF referendum
proposition that the national govern
ment assume the debts OF the various
states. This means that the principle
OF Capitalization has tTtumphed, that
states rights" Will be confined within
narrow limits, and that the general
government will become allpowerful
in Australian affairs.
The labor men VINO have gained
control of Milwaukee are losing no
time in making good" Union wages
will be paid on all city work, all
printed matter issued by the city must
bear the union label. and mechanics
and laborers employed by the munich
pality must join the unions OF their
trades where eligible.
All city employees must put In full
eight hours per day. Sinecures Great
ed In the past to pay political debts
are being abolished. Public school
auditoriums are thrown open to the
people for holding dances, parties,
etc. The health department is be-
ginning a rigid inspection Of work
shops and homes. the city prison Is
10 be reconstructed, and a general
cleaning up" instituted.
general purchasing agent for all
city departments will be appointed
and a cost unit system adopted and
thousands OF dollars will be saved. A
municipal coal and wood yard will be
established to sell fuel at cost the
coming winter. Seven ordinances
dealing with street cars are being put
through the council The cars must
be provided with jackscrews and air
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30

the crucial experiment in the LANCE
process. Certain materials-said to
have been the baser metals. lead. tin,
antimony, etc.-were fused in a cru
chile heated 20 a temperature OF 1000
degrees Fahrenheit.
When the reduction Of the mate
rails in the Crucible had been accom-
plished. aud before the molten mass
had thoroughly cooled. the door OF the
furnace was opened and a blast OF hot
gases gushed into the room. Charles
Dickinson VAS directly In line with
the open furnace door. He Coughed
and swooned. Victor Hedgepeth. who
was another witness OF the expert
ment. was also affected. hut less seri-
Ously than Mr. Dickinson Dr. LANCE
and stanton Dickinson. who werc
near an open window. were not
affected.
The Frustrated man was hurried
back TO New York. In a week he was
dead. There was rumor I'm Wal-sf.
to the effect that he had committed
suicide. The Dickinson family physi
clan however SAYS he died OF "pneu.
monia'
DR. LANCE has given out the fol-.
lowing statement relative TO the eN.
periments he has been making In
fermentation:
-Four years ago" while experiment.
ing with process for the reduction
In the cost OF making silver chlorides.
ran across a secret that has been
sought for ages and which is so far
reaching I'm its effect that Il Will
revolutionize the world. discovered
the means OF increasing an atom OF
pure silver 10 100 times it's size and
weight. and OF equal, ~ not greater.
fneness. For months and months |
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
FIRE DESTROYS MILL.

HOLLAND, Mich, May Go. l..
King q Co.5s large sawmill, located
on Macatawa bay, was consumed by
Are during the night. causing loss Of
about $4,000, covered by insurance,
Forty men are thrown out OF employ
ment. Through hard work the flames
we're kept from spreading through the
adjoining lumber yards. Ten streams
we're poured upon the doomed struc'
ture and Il was fully five hours before
the fire was under control. IL is not
Known whether the company will lie
build. The Are was OF unknown
origin,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
SINGS IN PRISON.
Mime. sehumann-Fielnk Entertains Con.
victs In Marquette.

Nine. schumann-Iielnk Entertsins Con.
yicts In Marquette.
MARQUETTE, Mich. May 3O.--For
the first time in her career Mime. Schu.
manu.Heink yesterday sang in a
prison. She gave the convicts at the
Marquette penitentiary a program OF
seven Of her favorite numbers, and
between them addressed those assem-.
bled IN the chapel, in most friendly
fashion. She was presented by the
convicts with tremendous bouquet
Of roses and letter OF thanks.
The concert was free offering q
the copyicts by the great contraltO. II
was followed by an inspection by her
Of the prison In the course Of which
she talked with a number or the men
carrying ma spirited conversation
with Raymond Holzhay In German
They discovered that they came from
the same place I'm Saxony. After her
Inspection Nine. Schumann- Heink con,
trnsted American and foreign prisons
and expressed approval of the Amer.
cacn institution
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
TWO DROWN IN LAKE.

Washtenaw Farmers Try To Lift
Anchor and Are Thrown Into Water.
ANN ARBOR. May 3O.-In attempt.
ing TO lift their anchor while fishing In
Pleasant lake, Louis Happier, 81; Carl
Haeb, 80, and Henry Burns, wealthy
farmers OF Scio township, were
plunged into the water when the boat
capsized. Burns alone escaped with
his life The victims sank in lG feet
OF water All day Sunday farmer
and the coroner and Deputy Sheriff
Stark dragged the lake and searched
for the bodies, but they have not yet
been recovered.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
E,.mavor OF Boston Dead.

BOSTON, May 3O.--Former Mayor
George A. Hibbard died Sunday al his
home In the Ashemont district, OF
tuberculosis. Il was at the close OF
mis- unsuccessful campaign for re-elec.
ton as chief magistrate Of the city
last December that the former mayor
found himself sunering from the
disease which caused his death. His
successful opponent. Mayor John Fitz
gerald. recently appointed Mr.. Hib.
bard city collector. but the appoint
ment failed Of approval by the civil
service commission.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
KILLS WIFE AND PRIEST.
ST. Paul Man Declares Woman Named
Clergyman in Confession.

ST. PAUL, MINI. May 3O.-Because
he believed his wife was unfaithful, p.
J. Gibbons, live stock commission
mar of South ST. Paul, yesterday shot
and killed her. Shortly afterward he
rang the door bell at the residence
OF Father +. J. Walsh. pastor OF 81.
Augustines Roman Catholic church.
and killed the priest instantly.
Gibbons was arrested He said his
wife named Father Walsh in her con.
fession Not one OF scores Of South
ST. Paul residents who discussed the
tragedy brCathed word against Mrs
Gibbons All agreed she was model
wife and mother.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, May 2S.
celebrated her majority
recently. An empire has sprung up
where II years ago there was nothing
to make a shadow save an occasional
yawning tepee, jack rabbit, or
coyote.
The coming Of statehood less than
three years ago gave a great impetus
to the growth of the cities. In Okla
homa City, declared TO be the mos
rapidly growing town in the world,
great skyscrapers have sprung up Ike
In a spring rain.
Where a year ago there were frame
structures OF the early boom town
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
.nuLL NAV succEEp nlRn.

LANSING. Mich. May 3O.-N. p.
Hull, Of Dimondale. has been men
tioncd as 4 possible successor to the
late Arthur c. Bird as state dairy and
food commissioner. In an Interview
Gov Warner refused TO confirm the
rCnor that Mr.. Hull will be his
choice. but remarked that Mr. Hull is
n competent man, thoroughly familiar
With the AFFAIRS OF the Office. and
would make an excellent man for the
position
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
KILLED 6Y WAGON RACK.

CINEMA, Mich. May 30.--While no.
tie Harold Parsons was playing about
the barnyard at the Leelanau hotel
farm yesterday a wagon rack fell upon
him and killed him The Parsons fam.
ily moved here recently from Hart
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
AGED MAN HANGS SELF.
John Widleman, Of Upper Peninsula,
Ends Life Near His Home.

CALUMET. Mich. May 3O.-tS9e.
cialJ --Desp pendent because Of domes-
tic troubles. John Wiileman. aged 81.
hung himself near his home at Cen.
tennial Nights last night He leaves
a wife and several children, one OF
whom Is Lydia. 90 years old. and
weighing 400 pounds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
SAYS SHE PAWNED GEMS.
Mrs. 6artheIl Says That's Why She
Returned To Ann Arbor.

Returned To Ann Arbor.
ANN ARBOR. Mich, May 30.-Ac'
cording to a story she told friend
Mrs. Anna Barthell pawned her jew
eIry. so she could assist her husband
G e Barthell. Mrs. Barthell said she
feared her husband was in acute finan
cial difficulties and she came here 10
help him more II possible.
When she arrived she found BarthelI
had married another. Barthell says
he has letters from his discarded wife
showing that. she never expected Io
come back TO Ann Arbor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30

The United States leads the world
n Ire length OF telegraph lines with
a Ieo.s65 miles. more than twice the
mileage OF Russla's. in which Is In.
t'eded that empires Siberian system.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30

will be a convention In New York,
called By Hill. OF 90 OF the 80 aero
clubs id the United States. All OF
these clubs have decided to vote
against the power Of the mlllionaires'
club and TO endeavor to take over the
control OF aeronautics in America.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-30
PETER POWERWRITEC


brakes. must be kept clean, and more
seats must be provided
Heretofore banks In Milwaukee
have paid no real estate taxes, claim
ing that as the stock was taxed the
building should be exempt. The new
officials have ruled that the banks
must pay real estate taxes like all
other realty owners. .s .. o., sg-
Certain bankers also threatened TO
refuse TO purchase municipal bonds.
Then the national unions OF brew
ers. bakers and other trades got busy
and offered TO purchase over mil
lion dollars worth OF those bonds,
Everybody seems TO be hustling To
make Milwaukee famous.
Although given up for lost this ses.
sion, congress has passed the bill
establishing a bureau OF mines. The
officials of the union miners say that
recent disasters in Ohio. Alabama
and other states caused the powers
that be at Washington to Withdraw
their opposition and permit the bill tc
60 through.
In the last 10 years. miners officials
declare, over 10000 men lost theit
lives in the mines. The death rate In
Great Britain has been 80 per cent
less, although there are 100000 more
neil employed In the mines in tnat
country than in the United States. In
Belgium only a fraction over one per-
son In 1000 is killed in the mines.
Here the death rate is 3,46.
The new bureau will have to deal
with the problems of machinery, cleo
tricity. gases and dust, explosives,
rescue appliances, etc. II Is probable
that the outlines OF the model bureaus
In England. Germany and France VIII
be closely followed That is, II the
men who work in the mines instead
OF the politicians will have the most
TO say about 1t. ~' ..-
Iron and steel workers are studying
with interest the announcement In
trade Journals that the United States
Steel corporation has entered into an
ARRANGEMENT with the Hanyang steel
works in China to deliver pig iron In
this country at a price under ST.
ton. The American trust Is to operate
through the Western Steel corpora
ton al Seattle.
The problem that Is bothering the
iron and steel workers Is whether the
steel trust will use It's Chinese-made
product to beat down wages and force
the men in the American mills to the
Chinese level They have already hit
the European level. E.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-27
NEEDS MAYOR; ADvERTISES.
Masdeburs, Germany, Views 1t as Pure
Business Proposition,


German cities are claimed to be the
best governed in the world. How far
apart + the ideas Of Germans and
Americans on the subject of city gov
eminent may be e from reading an
advertisement which lately appeared
in q number Of German papers:
The place OF mayor of Magdeburg
is vacant. The salary is p 900 marks
&5,GW a year. including the rental of
a dwelling in the city hall. Besides
his salary the Incumbent will receive
1900 marks Isl 600 for his official eX-
pe1ses. Candidates should apply be-
fore Sept. l..
Can any Il imagine IN American
city advertising for Il mayor: The
German idea is that a municipality is
a business, to be conducted on bust,
ness lines. The Office of mayor is one
requiring knowledge and skill of 4
technical, professional character. \
man who has proved himself Il good
mayor i'll Il German town is fire.
quently invited to another.
The larger towns look to the smaller
towns to train municipal officers for
them. 1t frequently happens that two
cities bid in competition for Il particu-
larly expert man. so when their chief
burgomaster, DR.. LentZ. was appointed
Prussian minister Of finance the good
people of Magdeburg gave public no
tice of their need of a capable