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The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
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BUT DID OWENS
WRITE IT?
Cruel Gossip Has II That Others -
Hand in Framing Campaign @xsy-
note,' But Proctor says
Tain't So.
Facts Seem To Be That Hess u
Author, But That Address Was
Touched Up Bit.

who wrote Proctor Ovens
speech?"
That's the big question around thoI
city hall today. The gossip names!
as many authors as the Hydra ha6f
heads. Charles Culver. editor of "Ihot
Little Stick" who introduced Mr.<
owens. Thursday evening, at tho{
Eighth ward meeting, where the{
speech was delivered; Attorney Frank,
+. Lodge, who was loud In praise oel
Proctor's keynote effort. and Deputy!
Controller Milton Palmer, are ALI
given credit, for having helped tq
frame II. But It's untrue. Procto4
Gays. and he deeply rcsents this at4
tempt to cast reflections on his abtk
ity as q statesman and scholar
IL wrote that speech myself h(
said. Anyone who says l kain'(
make a speech don't know what he'4
talking about What's more, that II
not the first speech I ever wrote.
could show you one OF 1900 worda
that delivered once down In Mis-
souri,. and nobody helped me write
that either"
As a matter OF fact, 1t is learned
on good authority, Mr.. Owens did
write the speech. and, while It may
have been revised somewhat. before
he delivered It, the ideas and the lam
guage, for the most part, were hiD
own. He is receiving many complis
ments, too, from those who do not
question his authorship, but he has
been obliged to stand for lot Of
joshing.
THAT was fine speech, Mr.. Owens.
Who wrote it?" was the greeting Of =
Democratic office holder whom the
mayoral candidate met in the city
hall. And Proctor, for the 'steenth
time, reiterated his declaration that
he alone was the author BY noon
he was becoming trifie ''peeved.v
All Thursday forenoon. Mr.. Owens
was grinding away In his headQuar.
ters In the Ford building, putting HIS
ideas on paper and arranging them
In logical order The Times Is ablo
to vouch for this. Certain 1t Is that
the speech voices the sentiments that
Mr.. Owens has been preaching ever
since he set out to capture the mayor
atty and Is regarded In Republican
circles as forceful document In every
way.
Maybe Owens will be able to pull
DENLY through" said q Republican
after reading Owens speech.
Willis p. Rand. chief clerk In the
department of public works, will have
charge OF owens headquarters I'm the
Ford building from now on. This
will neccssitate his resignation from
the ID. p. w. job, and 1t Is under
stood he has already taken the mat
ter no with Commissioner Haarer.
This does not mean that he will BE-
campaign manager.
Il will be my own campaign mans
ager," says Owens.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
SLEEPING" PRISONERS
MAKE DASH TO LIBERTY
Turnkey Thinks They Are Snoozlng,
But When He Leaves Door Open
They Beat IL to Canada.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Sept.
23.-(Special. while Turnkey Barr
was serving breakfast this morning In
the county jail. John Hochstein and
Ed Irwin made good their escape via
the front door.
The turnkey stepped into the
kitchen for a moment. leaving the cell
door open. The prisoners walked out
into the ONCE where an aged prisoner
was sweeping and ran out, going TO
boat house where they secured a row
boat and escaped to Canada.
Hochstein had just been sentenced
to two years In Ionia reformatory for
larceny and Irwin was awaiting inves-
tigation by the immigration authori.
ties. The men lay In a bunk fully
dressed, shamming sleep until the
turnkey left the cell room.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS
COMMEND TAFT'S REGIME
Convention Adopts Platform After
Speech by Speaker Cannon De-
neen Delivers Keynote Speech.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Sept. 23.-Af'
ter a characteristic speech by Speak.
er Cannon calling for the support OF
all Republicans for the Taft Admin.
istration and the act Of congress,
especially the tariff bill, the Republi'
can state convention here today adopt.
ed platform commenting the ad'
ministration.
The platform followed the policies
as outlined by Gov. Charles Deneen
In his keynote speech.
Deneen has hailed the appointment
of the tariff commission as the first
application of scientific methods to
tariff legislation and revision in our
country
The governor cited the amendment
of the interstate commerce law, the
protection of natural resources, the
postal savings bank bill and other
acts and said
This Is an almost unparalleled rec
ord which entitled the party and the
president to a vote OF confidence by
the American people"
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
MAN STRUCK BY CAR.
Fred Fisher, State Fair Visitor, Is
Probably Fatally Injured.

Struck by a woodward car at
Woodward-ave. and tho Six-Mile-rd.,
Fred Fisher. a state fair visitor from
Albee, Mich, was SO badly injured
that he probably will die. He Is about
80 years old.
He was attempting to cross Wood
ward-ave., when an interurban car
struck him, and hurled him to the
pavement. His skull was fractured
and he sustained a number OF other
fractures and bruises. He was car
ried into the office of DR.. William
Hamlin, and later transferred to
Grace hospital.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
DETRoITER MAKES DENIAL.
Denies knowledge Of MarrIage-saya
Woman Took $1,000 From Him.

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 23.-(Spes
cial.) al.)-Replying to the alimony suit
OF Laura Marie Seymour. James Sey-
mour, today denied all knowledge of
marriage contract with her.
Seymour claims that IL he married.
her in Detroit, her old home, as She
alleges, IL was when he was intoxicat-l
ed, and the marriage was for the pur-'
pose OF obtaining money from him.
Seymour claims she took $4,000 and
a diamond ring from him when he was,
intoxicated, and now seeks to get pos.l
session OF his real estate.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
WOMAN SUSPECT wEEPS
AS HUSBAND GREETS HER
Mrs. Emma Watson. Charged With
conspirIns to XIII Husband, 10
Released on Ball.

PONTIAC. Mich. Sept. 23.-(spe-
cial.) Mrs. Emma Watson, charged
with Floyd Kinney and Louis Whit
ney. with conspiring to murder her
husband by the use Of poison. was re-
leased on $1,000 bail last night. The
bond was signed by Cramer Smith,
cashier of one of the local banks.
Charles Watson, the husband, was sit
ting In the courtroom when Mrs. Wat
son was brought from the jail.
Mrs. watson Immediately walked to
him, took his hands In hers, and ho /.
broke down and cried. They walked
down the corridor together after the
papers had been made out and Watson
tenderly helped his wife to the seat OF
a carriage which was waiting outside.
a carriage which was waiting outside.
Then they drove home. Kinney and
Whitney are still In jail.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
WANTS WRECK PROBED.
Saginaw Prosecutor Asks State to In
quire Into st. Charles Disaster.

quire Into ST. Charles Disaster.
SAGINAW, Mich, Sept. 23.-(Spe-
cial. Browne, of Saginaw
county, today appealed TO the state
railroad commission for an investiga-
tion into the wreck at St. Charles
Thursday that cost two lives. Browne
conducted the investigation Thursday
and found that the freight train whi"t
crashed into the mine train ran by st.
Charles station without orders.
Mrs. Harry Brownell. whose hus-
band was lost in the north woods
some time ago. Is a sister of Guy
Doty, one OF the two killed in the
wreck.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
scIanna Testifes In own Defense.

Orifio Scianna, the youthful ltal-
ian, charged with the murder of Pro
cipio Cusumano, took the stand in his
own defense In Judge Phelan's court,
Friday morning. He gave a dramatic
recital Of the events leading up to
the shooting and when II came 10 the
description OF the shooting, he went
through the entire performance In
pantomima.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
JUDs0NS IN COURT AGAIN.
Doctor Claims He's lnsolvent, But
FWife He Discarded Scents Scheme.

Wife He Discarded Scents Scheme.
In All effort to have himself released
from Jail limits bond so that he can
20 outside Wayne county, DR.. Henry
c. Judson brought action before Cir
cult Court Commissioner Nichol, Fri
day. to have himself declared insol-
vent. This declaration would free him
from any obligation TO pay a judg-
ment of $1,25O, obtained In circuit
court by Mary Duff Judson, his com.
mon-law wife, whom he repudiated
after she lost an -arm--Mrs- hudson
was on hand to oppose the petition
The proceedings we're marked by
many clashes between Judson and
Philip McHugh. the wife's attorney.
Once the lie was passed and fist
fight seemed imminent. The hearing
was unfinished when the noon ad-
journment was taken.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
Child Plays With Matches; Burned.

While her mother was visiting her
next door neighbor, Thursday after
noon, Genevieve Pastolino, three
years old, played with matches with
serious results. The child's dress
caught fire and she was burned from
head to foot. Her mother heard her
screams and rushed to her assistance.
The Pastolino home is at No. 1912
Sheridan-ave.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
Declares Extra Dividend.

The Mexican Crude Rubber Co. ID
mailing today to it's shadeholders. no
tices that the directors have declared
a dividend OF 8 per cent on the cap
ital stock of the company. Three per
cent Is the regular quarterly dividend
payable Oct. 15, and the other per
cent is an extra dividend payable
Nov Is. The total disbursement "
over 100000.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

Detroit and vfcinityt Threatening
with rain tonight or Saturdays colderJ
moderate soutkerly and winds shifting
TO northerly and Increasing Saturday.
Lower Michigani Threatening show
ers tonight or Saturdays colder tonight
and I'm southeast portion tonight.
For the Upper Lakesi Brfsk north
vindst unsettled, with showers on
Michtran and Huron tonight and pos
sibly on south PORTIONS Saturdays part
Iy cloudy ON Superior.
For the Lower Lakest Moderate
south winds tonight, shifting 10 north
Saturday and increasingly unsettled
weather with showers.
c,nnay TxcMpER ATIrREs
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
BURNS CAUSE DEATH.

John Hamstra Victim Of Fatal Ac-
cldent In Plano Factory.
John Hamstra. No. 49S Catherine
ST., who was badly burned In the piano
factory of Grinnell Bros. on Jones-st.
Thursday, died in Red Cross hospital,
Friday. Hamstra was trying TO burn
some old rags, when his clothing
caught fire. His flesh was literally
cooked. Coroner Burgess was called.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23
Gets $500 Verdict Against o. U. r.

A verdict of $500 against the d. U.
r. was returned In favor of Herbert
c. Cummings in Judge Rohnerts
court, Friday. Cummings claimed to
have been seriously injured in a col
lision between street cars. Meister,
aged IL years, started suit against the
d. u. r., claiming to have been per-
manently injured by falling cross
piece at Woodward-ave. and State-st
II is alleged on behalf of the young
plaintiff that the accident affected
her mind and caused her to have fits.
Job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing CO., No. 10 John R. st. Call
Main 1893. or City 1885.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

Job Pointing Done Right. Time,
Main iIes. or City 33ss.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

One yenr ngo todnyi MnNfmum tem-
r.Ynture. Os, minimum 81, mean, 90,
r.iu amounting 10 ar inch fell during
che night and early morning, and the
day WINS cloudy.
The sun sets today mt bi2S y. nm. and
the moon rises at $40 u. MI the sun
ri.es Saturday at bi:f n. I'm.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

Job Printing Done Right. Time
Printing CO., No. Is John r. st. Ca
Main 1898, or City 1885.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

Job Printing Done Right. Times
PrIuting CO., No. Is John R.-st. Can
Main 1898. OF City sss5.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

Express wagons--Msin or City n
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

Csmmercfai crceU Co. Ratiaaa
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

To the Housewife.
Grocery and Provision ad. on page II
and page OF this Issue.
The Detroit times., 1910-09-23

UMBRELLAS AZ "a sis.snssr Msnrns-sy.' q Co
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17
Corn Stalk Forage.

ONE of the surprising features
of corn culture in Louisiana to
persons coming here from west
ern states is the fact that in a
general way the corn is left in
the field, gathered directly from
the stalks and no use is made of
the corn stalks. The reason for
this has in the past seemed to be
the natural improvidence Of peo-
pie living in a country of great
natural resources and indifferent
as to the matter Of small losses,
A careful consideration Of the
corn industry, however, indi-
Gates a very different reason for
leaving the corn standing as
long as it does. Corn is not safe
for housing or cribbing in the
sugar belt of our state at least,
until the cob is entirely free Of
moisture. Considering the crop
by it's external appearance it is
safe to say that as long as any
green color whatever can be
found on the leaf or stalk of the
corn plants the cob will be found
to contain more or less moisture,
which can be readily perceived
by breaking the ear and holding
it up where the sun will CLINT on
the drops Of moisture, although
almost imperceptibly small. Corn
housed before the cob is entirely
dry is very liable to mold and
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17
Rice Famine in the Philippines.

OUR latest advices from the Philippines come
under date of October Is, at which time quite a
rice famine was threatened there, because of
the shortage in the supply of rice. Earnest
efforts were making to import India rice, but
the India crop is practically gone at Rangoon
and also at the Burmah shipping ports. 1t
would seem like carrying coal to Newcastle, but
if we are to take in 800, 900 ton per annum of
free sugar from the Philippines it might be well
to load the ships back with Louisiana and Texas
rice and give this great and growing industry of
ours here d chance for its life that is now near
" dispaired of. The FiIipinos are doubtless
great rice eaters, but they can get their supplies
nearby at such low prices that it would be prac-
tically impossible for US to compete in their mar
ket unless they had quite a considerable duty on
rice to increase their home production and
granted us free entry into their markets as a
matter Of reciprocity.
The little island of Porto Rico is taking over
considerable quantities of rice and that aided
our American market to some extent, but un-
fortunately for the staple, it is still selling here
at very low prices. About the only hope of the
rice market is the hope that is being realized to
some extent in the sugar market and that is that
there will be a constant increase in its consump-
ton and perhaps a sufficient increase to give
such stability to the market as well as make it
possible to continue in the culture. At present
there is some disposition among our rice planters
to quit the culture entirely, because the indus
try has not been remunerative for a year or two
past.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17
The Cost of Distribution.

In the Annual Report Of the Secretary Of
Agriculture, just submitted to congress, Secre-
tary Wilson discusses very interestingly the cost
of the distribution of farm products from the
farmers producing the actual products to the
consumers who finally dispose Of them. We in
Louisiana. who for several years have been at
tempting to secure a better knowledge through
out the Union of the value of rice as a staple
human foodstuff, have found how almost impos-
sible it is to get a retail grocer up in the West
to sell good head rice at less than 8 to 10 cents
per pound, although it can be bought in Louisi-
ana at 4 cents per pound. There is a special rea-
son for this, however, and that is that up in the
West rice is considered a luxury, rather than
a staple article.
Sugar has been sold as a staple'a article for a Gen.
fury and it is distributed to actual consumers at
very narrow margins, and in fact frequently
without any profit at all to the dealers interven-
ing between the producer and the consumer.
Secretary Wilson has made a special study
of this matter during the last year, especially
in the studies as to the cost of living and he re-
ports that the farmer receives about one-half of
the price for his produce that is paid to the re-
taller by the consumer. The railroads get about
Z per cent. for transportation and the rest, the
43 per cent. of the consumers price, is received
mostly by the retailer. Thissswould seem to be an
enOrmous compensation so far as the price itself
is concerned, but when we consider the small
quantities that are sold we can readily see that
the plan of distribution must be very expensive.
If great cooperative organizations we created in
the United States as in England, and these con-
Germs were then to sell their goods at the cur
rent market prices and to return in quick and
sure dividends all the profit that is made, the
business being done with correct methods in
every direction, the patrons of such an organi-
cation would find that their cost Of living was
very considerably reduced. The cooperative
stores, however. never seem to have had much
success in the United States, although some of
them in England do an enormous and successful
business.
The distribution of sugar seems to be effected
with close margins, but of rice and some other
foodstuffs the margin is wide and perhaps wider
than would seem necessary if the matter Of dis
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17

n,,,.,,oI Nv 1.ror1s A distinctive difference
ho,voon formiro IN Indiana and farming or
,lo,,+;nr :, + ouis;ono !, cboyvn in thp fact that
r,j, oh9,,t 32oo foroos ~ Jnd;.no uarn onerated
NV n,ansoers for THAR owners, OF the total
,f ~ unD torvos o,,o,a1od NV the owners, there
v,ara ovpr az GOO or So ner cent. owned free Of
~onr,mhronrp while less than one per cent. Of
,hoso farms avara yod in size q thousand acres
and ,o,v MANY Of them run down to less than
~ ocroc this Iattar oro1n forming about II per
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17
Some Farm Data Concerning Indiana.

THE census statistics now compiling indicate
some wonderful results in Indiana, which is es-
s~entially a farming state, and teach us here in
Louisiana what we can do if we emulate our
Indiana cousin in their excellent management
of their rural affairs. The total value of farm
land and buildings is given for 1910 at over L.
$50 millions of dollars, an increase of 74S mil
hons in ten years. That the value of the build
ings was but a fraction of the whole is indicated
by their seperate assessments, showing the land
to be IS per cent. 0 fthe total value. leaving II
per bent. for the buildings. The reported value
of farm implements and. farm machinery was
al millions of dollars, an increased value of so
per cent. since the last census. The total acre
of the farms amounted to over II millions of
acres, of which the improved acreage amounted
to about II millions, about the same quantity as
ten years ago. The average number of acres to
the farm is reported at SO, and this is about the
same as ten years ago.
The extraordinary feature in the case is the
wonderful rise in the value of land. The aver
age value per acre of the farm land and build
ings in 1910 is placed at SIS, as against 500 in
1900. or nearly 100 per cent. increase and seper-
ating the average value of the farm and build
ings, the average value of the land is placed at
S62 per acre, as against $50 ten years ago.
Of the whole number of farms, 20, 600 in
1910, 214,0OO were operated by white farmers
and a little less than 600 by colored farmers.
One hundred and forty-eight thousand of the
farms were operated by their owners and g., 900
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17

tribution were more carefully
looked into. The banana indus
. try is the result of a most care
full study of the best meth
DDS Of distribution. Practi-
cally q thousand tons of ba-
nanas come into the country
every day and yet while they are
a perishable fruit. they are sent
up the country so quickly and dis
( tributed among the various large
cities that they nearly all go into
consumption without any loss by
spelling. To DO this Of course
the market price had to be held
down to a low level Of values and
bananas at 5 cents a dozen could
be bought as readily, and per-
haps more readily in Cincinnati
as in New Orleans.
The distribution Of sugar has
taken care Of itself for now near
" a century. The distribution
of bananas, although so very
perishable, has come about by
the careful study Of the situation,
the utilization Of large amounts
of capital in the industry and
with a fine shipping service and
prompt deliveries wherever the
fruit is needed, that business has
reached its present enormous pro-
portions. On the other hand,
when we turn to the half a mil
lion tons of rice that we raise in
the Gulf States annually, when
we have a good crop, there is no
way yet devised to bring this
rice to the consumer at a price
commensurate with the low
prices that the rice farmers and
planters get for it. As Mr.. Will
son says, the farmer receives a
scant half of the price paid by
the consumer. The railroads get
their share, but the remainder,
estimated at 43 per cent, for
farm products generally, is all
taken by the retailer. The rice
industry is comparatively well
organized, and it would seem
most fit that either the rice farm
ers or the rice millers should or
ganiZe selling stores in the great
cities and sell rice at wholesale
and at retail at as low a price as
will pay the actual costs over and
above a fair level Of values here
and in this way good head rice
can be bought in Chicago and
Cincinnati or St. Louis from the
retail stores at scents per pound,
instead Of s to 10 cents as is now
charged. The banana people
solved the situation and the rice
people ought to be able to do so.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17
SATURDAY. DECEMBER L. 1910.
Chief Justice White.

I E,.:.n,;b,l b,r,r 4b,4 hos foIIon f.,
.ho c.a+o ~ : n|;s;ona in +ha selection Of one Of
tic most DISTINGUISHED citizens rs chief Justice
Of rho S,Inramp Cont of he United States
In EnoIand the stability Of it's government
!, +houoht "a he maintained largelv by the
monarchy which with it's veto power is
transmitted in ore family. The stability
Of the government Of the United States is
based very largely. if not e~ntierIv. upOn the
Sunrama Court. While the executive, the legis-
lat;vo and the iudicial branches of the govern
uent Of the United States and Of all of the
states Of the union are coordinate branches. of
thoir ,psractivc governments, the distinguish
mo mower Of the judicial branch is that it must
decide as to the legality OF the actions of the
laoiSlatiye and Of the executive branches. There
in lies the secret of the stability of the Ameri-
can government. Our respect Ior law and order
hos hnen sufficient during the last hundred and
thirtv-four wears to carry our country, with its
three millions of pOpulatiOn uU to the magniti-
cent nation that it now IS. with ninetv-tW0 mil
liens of people. There has been one very seri-
ous conflict between the sections during that
time and other minor difficulties, all but one the
yielded to the arbitrameAt OF the law and the
arbitr2ment Of the sword settled the civil wal.
The chief characteristic Of a democratic gov
eminent is its conservative disposition and its
i~rsistence upon the oheying Of the organic law
of the land and the observance Of the c%onstitu-
tional rights that are reserved to the states of
the nation and are not confded to the legiSla-
lures nor to congress. We trust that our read
ers will take these points under earnest consider
alton. The real definition of democracy is the
protection of the individual as against the or
qarized classes that may oppose them. 1t has
been individual effort thathas brought the country
on to the magnificent condition in which we
have had it and the statements that are made
that our present wonderful development can
only be had and maintained by corporate action
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17

engine to be installed. But if you want an engine
that will do what any other engine will do and run
as long as it is properly supplied with gasoline, cleo
trcty and ubrcating oil, and that sells for a reasonable price in
spite of it's beautiful enamel, write to, or call on our agent and ask
him for a demonstration. Easy terms to honest people.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-17

Surely some special credit is due the
devil that invented the deluSion that
debating a thing was the same as doing
it.