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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
BRITISH OFFICIALS VISITS
JAIL; FREES PRISONER
Home Secretary winston Churchill
Plans Striking Reform IN English
peuitcntiary System.

LONDON, Oct. "a striking reform
in the English penitentiary system
that will do away with solitary con-
finement, the starvation OF prisoners
as a punishment and other practices
that have made Ennglish jails re-
proach, Is foreshadowed today In an
informal visit that Home Secretary
Winston Churchill made TO the Pen
tonville Jail. Churchill had a long
talk with several of the prisoners, as
a result OF which he liberated a num-
Der and released four who we're under
going special 7unishments for various
petty infractions Of prison rules.
Churchills act surprised officialdom.
He announced that he intends TO 20
thoroughly into the question OF prison
reform
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
Rep. Clark Says Harmon
and Kern Will Win at Polls

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct 3.-Champ
Clark began today to pick individual
states that are certain of Democratic
victory after months OF blanket pre-
dictions for Democratic success at
the polls in November. The congress-
man will make several speeches In
the state this week.
Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky will go
Democratic, Clark says. In Indiana
he sees the defeat Of Senator Bev.
eridge and the election Of John w.
Kern. and in Ohio, the election OF the
entire state ticket, headed by Gov.
Harmon. Kentucky Is safe In his
opinion. Clark believes Ohio will 60
Democratic by 10000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
POWER OF CHURCH
IS SWEEPING
Special Writer Tells of Conflict That
Threatens To Force King Alfonso
From Throne.
BY cHAs. p. STEWART.
staff Correspondent OF the Unite'
Press and Detroit Times.

Press and Detroit Times.
MADRID, Oct. 3.-(By Courier 10
Hendaye, France. THE Spanish par
lament meets here Oct. 8 In what
many fear will be its last session. Pre-
mier Canalejas. disregarding the ad-
vice of those who would temporarize,
has called the parliament and Madrid
today Is conscious of the fact tnat All
Europe Is awaiting almost breathiessiy
the developments.
The worldwide fight OF people
against property, the very fight which
Is engrossing America and England to-
day. is being waged here. In Spain II
has taken the form of a battle between
the church and the state. but the issue
Is the same as in other countries, save
that here the church Is really property
interests and the state personal inter
ests.
The fght Is really three-cornered
one.
The Conservatives and the Clericals,
constituting practically a single group
for n Conservative Is always Cleri-
cal and a Clerical always Conserva-
tive-want the church left absolutely
alone. They are monarchists, but IL
Kink Alfonso sticks to his present
program of interference with church
privileges. they will favor deposing
him and of elevating Don jaime. the
Carlist prctender. to the throne. Upon
James loyalty TO church interests
they can count.
The Liberals are the second group.
They are monarchists. too. but they
think the church's authority In spain
too great and want II limited.
Want Church and State Divorced.
Thirdly, there are the extreme radl'
cals-Republicans, Socialists. anar'
chists, trades unionists, Freemasons,
and. In Catalonia, Separatists-to.
gether with various subdivisions oil
each group. They want the Spanish
church and state. completely divorced,
church property confiscated by the
state, state support of the church with
drawn and the religious orders driven
ont of Spain az they were driven out
of France a few years ago. Most OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
Care 2 Cents For Dickensp
d. Send His Family Two Cents Every Book Of His You
own for They it-Dickens Never Received Cent In
ROYALTIES for the Millions Of Copies OF HIS Books
Published and Sold in This Country

cent for the millions of his books that
were sold in this country. In his day
authors didn't have the protection OF
an international copyright law. as
they do now. Even in England his
returns were very meager. He worked
like a slave all his life in his endeay-
or to earn comfortable competence
for his family.
Now II Is proposed to give the Dick
ems lovers Of the world chance to
accord belated Justice to the Dickens
family by contributing what the
Strand Magazine, which has started
the movement, calls deferred royal
ties" and what the London Times
calls, more boldly, conscience
money"
II is the intention OF those behind
the movement 10 issue Dickens
stamp" to sell for a penny, English
money & cents), and to be sold
throughout the year 1911, pending the
celebration OF the Dickens centenary
In 1912. Dickens lovers throughout
the world are to be urged to buy as
many OF these stamps as they own
copies of Dickens books, and TO affix
a stamp to each book as a token that
that book at least has netted a penny
for the Dickens family.
The money accruing from the sale
OF the stamps Is TO be turned over to
Dickens surviving family, three chill
dren and II grandchildren. all oil
whom are now in rather straitened
circumstances.
II is conservatively estimated that
/ there are In circulation now about "a.
900 900 copies OF Dickens books. ii
every owner OF copy OF Dickens
were to buy his share OF stamps ',
would net the Dickens heir ElO0,OVo
! nearly 100000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
ROBBERS LOOT HOUSES.

CHESANING, Mich, Oct 3.-Two
houses were entered early Sunday
morning and valuables taken. In both
instances the thieves made their
escape without being heard, and in
both cases entered through the rear
door, using skeleton key. The home
OF F. A. Greenspelder cashier OF the
State Bank of Chesaning, was enter
ed and s35 In currency and two gold
watches valued at 81 and a gold
locket taken. The other home enter
ed was that of G.. l.. Chapman, a
wealthy retired farmer. Forty-five
dollars and a gold watch were taken.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
IS GIVEN LONG SENTENCE.

HASTINGS, Mich, Oct. 3.-(Spe-
ciaD AdelDert Martin. rs, con sicted
Of C statutory charge for an attack
upon an lS-year-old school girl, whose
room he invaded during the nisht and
choked into insensibility. was Saturday
morning sentenced by Judge Clement
Smith 10 spend not more than 30 nor
less than 10 years In Ionia prison,
with a recommendation for 20. MGR
tin committed the crime while Oh. on
a parole trow Ionia prison for horse
stealing nj Lake Odessa.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
TWO YOUTHS
DROWN At 500
Big Wave Hits Canoe Containing
Three Young Men--0ne Is Saved
By Rescue Party.

SAULT STE MARIE. Mich, Oct. 3.
-(Special)-A double drowning oc-
Cured here last night when stephen
Koch, 10, and Thomas Fay, IL, and
Wallace Michael, II, were upset from
a canoe, below the Rapids. Wallace
managed 70 keep above the water I'M
til help arrived. All three men were
good swimmers, but the two who
were lost were weighted down by
heavy overcoats.
Michael says big wave hit the Ut
tie craft.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03

Have you, perhaps, well-thum pea
conv OF an American edition Of David
Copperfield?" or OF "A Tale OF Two
Cities?" Or OF "Pickwick Papers, VI
The Old Curiosity Shop or BLEAK
House
Are they worth cents apiece to
you? Have you cleaned cents worth
OF 10y out of the predicaments OF Mr.:
Pickwick or from the love ahairs OF
David Copperfield or from the sweet.
Iy sad story of Little Nell? IL Charles
Dickens we're alive today and needed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03

Now IL is reported that another OF
the New England reactionary sena
tors will extraordinarily, OF course
at the end OF his present term.
Senator Frye, Hale's colleague. and
the daddy OF them all In point OF
years. Is the next one scheduled TO
walk the plank at the behest OF pro-
gressive voters.
Frye's term does not expire until
1918. but he Is now 7s-iye years
older than Senator Hale, and ten
years older than Aldrich. both OF
whom considered themselves too old
to seek another term-which reason
was as good as any other. although
IL was not the primary one. IL you
don't think so, look at the Maine
election statistics.
+ The aged Maine solon began hold
ing ONCE nearly so years ago: and
succeeded Blaine in the senate in
1881, being reelected Ave times. He
has been president pro TEN. OF the
senate almost continuously since 1896.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
HORSE THIEF IS SENTENCED.
Haif-Dozen Thefts Traced To Floyd
NJ. camburn, Of Adrian.

HASTINGS, Mich, Oct. 3-(Spe-
ciaD-Floyd NJ. Camburn, %, Of Ad-
rian. and formerly of Cleveland WIS
Saturday sentenced by Judge
Clement Smith; TO jackson priso1 Tor
a period not exceeding Is or less
than three years with recon Lenda-
ton OF eight.
Camburn. who served term in the
Ionia, and Jeffersonville prison, In
diana, for horse stealing, has a mania
for stealing horses. The local Of
ficers unearthed six thefts in Michi-
gan, Toledo and Indiana, while half
a dozen other thefts are traced to
him. Camburn Is also a bigamist,
having wife living in Adrian, an
other i'm Grand Rapids.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03

~ MARIE. Mich. Oct. 3,
ne rapids OF the ST.
1>or q = canoe under the d.
ckll@d Indian pilots and
lfoo0a be . thing OF the past.
~ exhileEating sensation that
- onDeriencsd AZ Sault Ste.
~ thousands OF tourists from
- country.
nkk1r year for the past half
~ government has been en-
- more and more on the rap
ne fails Of the St. Mary have
~ only much OF their pristine
but their ferceness as well.
hoAnol formerly followed by the
~ In taking their passengers
~ ereacherou fall Is now walled
3 0yke. and the water therein
k smoothly down a canal to fur
<orrent for lighting the city and
nanny varied Industries using cleo
y DoUer- Now, In the progress Of
W. ook1ou and In aid OF the great
oetq, .0f. navigation. the govern
- y to make further encroach-
~ which will compel the Indian
~ to seek employment other than
~ shooting the rapids. which has
years been their chief source or
H. ooatract recently awarded to
ADkh1se<R ros., Of Chicago, for exca-
~ = lsew canal also calls for the
I1<rnction OF . dyke from the fourth
~ Of the International railroad
- 70 below the plant OF the Ed
onlt Electric company, and the
InG out OF the present north dyke
&1o Edison company's canal. which
|(D II bur two spans OF the bridge.
! Dew dyke will be outside OF ISL
~ 10. I and in the middle of the
- and will be SO close to the
nEInagy boundary hire that II one is
mid enough 10 risk a trip over
rapids he will be compelled to
- Il In Canadian waters and over
~ ID known as the big jump or the
Gn1Is. This Is the same route taken
~ Fears ago by John Trombley, a
knnan at the canal. and which came
y being bis last trip on earth.
|kombIey was fishing In a row beat
~ one OF his oars broke In the
~ current. and he was rendered
Dloes against the angry waters OF
\ RAPIDS. He was swept over the
y and when he came to the big
~ his boat was suspended, turn
. sommsrsault, landing bottom
= M When the boat came out u
Geething whirlpool Trombley Was
II lying nat on the bottom-side OF
little craft and clinging to its
n. How he got in that position
ooved himself when the boat up
~ n something that he himself
newer been able to explain. It
D 3 miracle that hts lffe was spared.
N not likely, then. THAI anyone is
~ % voluntarily risk his life In
1lng ths leap, hence the statement
" the days Tor shooting the rapids
! drawing to q close and viii soon
= thing Of the past. 81
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
ENGINE HOUSE BURNS.

ALPENA, Mich, Oct. 3.--No. I en-
CINE house, a historic building. burned
last night. loss $500. The flames
were started by an electric light regu-
lator fuse blowing out Several fire.
men lost their effects.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03

the money. would you be willing that
he should have cents for each book
of his YOU own
n so, here's your chance. It's too
late TO do anything that Will AFFECT
"Box" himself for better or worse, but
Won will coon have opportunity to 90
something for his children and grand.
children. who by the vicissitudes OF
fortune have been reduced almost to
penury. Three OF them have been
torced to accept little "civn.list" Eng
lIsh pensions OF 800 year.
Charles Dickens never received Q
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
1xTTR CREEK NAN KILLS -
~ WHO WRECKED HIS HOME
1Covcnsd Green Shoots Thomas D.
H11nqre When He Finds Him In
tsIo pseuse In Los Angeles.

Waso 0feen onoots 'nomS -
4np4ee When Ne Ftnos him IN
6ss ssouee IN lce An0eses.
,KTTI1E CREEK, Mich, Oct b.
n Howard Green, graduate from the
1cxr1kv Of Michigan, and formerly
lent OF the executive board Of
independent Congregational
mch o. this city, shot and killed
oe .. Skidmore, . graduate
M the Adventist college in this
81. Is Los Angeles, Cal. Friday
kk 0kidmore became acquainted
and had forced his attentions
6 Her In the past 30 years.
EUonty-0ve years ago, wearied by
9 rerniotence OF his former rival.
21Srocoted ekfdmore's affection, Mr..
o1n attempted 20 take his own life.
Ma prevented. Immediately al.
rVard Skidmore left this city and
. S1nt 10 Texas. He married and for
c<efal years nothing was heard OF
<ln Then he paid an unexpected
1x Is Battle Creek and spent sew.
~ weeks ct the Green home, the
,s>f Of Mrs. Green. IL is said. Mr.
eo4n's wish to avoid trouble, say his
11nAs. led him to allow Skidmore
|(o runain : guest at his home, and
l1or many years Skidmore paid repeat
va viatts to the home.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
Think Nichols sure Winner.

II Is freely predicted around the
city hall that City Clerk Charles A.
coming election. Estimator Frederick
Wenzel offered TO bet 500 last week
that Nichols would receive 10000 ma
jority.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03

The London county council plans to
add 22h miles of electric street car
lines to It's present mileage OF 132M.
which now carry an average OF more
than 100000 passengers each week.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03

10INAW, Mich, Oct 3.-The
~ ~ an unidentified man was
- Alongside OF the Pere Marquette
~ % Birch Run yesterday morn
&Hout Z o'clock by. freight train
~ coming towards Saginaw. Both
M md 1oGo -wsre cut on, but the
@orf1cnk a. the body was only
lnorked. The man 10 believed
~ bcon II Birch Run and In at,
~ - Q&tch an outgoing pas
8 tr1tn Tor Flint, fell under the
The dead man was about
~1nro ak His clothes bore the
@ > Flint arm and II IL believ-
&Qune wae n Flint.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
$4,000 FIRE IN OXFORD.
Building owned by Or. Bachelor an,
Adjoining House Wrecked.

OXFORD. Mich. Oct. 3.--Fire early
today destroyed the building, used Cor
an automobile garage, and owned by
DR.. J. w. Bachelor. The loss to the
building IL $1,000, insurance $500. The
damage to the machinery in the build
fng is 1920.
The place next door. owned by Vim.
Blashill. was damaged to the extent
of $500.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
NJ CONDEMNED no PRISON.

JACKSON, Mich, Oct. 3--tSpeciaD
-Wn II. Thompson, convicted OF
manelaughter, was sentenced this
|morntng to Jackson prison for from
|(Vo ~ rs years. Thompson killed
S4 Wn9ie Kruger In this city last
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
|35 SAILORS MAY
HAVE Persisted
One Body Is Taken From Hudson
and 80 Others of Battleship Crew
Still Missing.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Three
other men, reported dead In the
accident, came back 20 their ship
this afternoon, having overstayed
their shore leaves. They were J..
Greene, an olIer, from Cleveland;
{. A. Herbert, . seaman, OF Vol
untown, Conn.,, and J. Van Peer, q
seconc-class fireman, OF Harrison.
NJ. J.
The border vidette., 1910-06-11

About sixty witnesses from Santa
Cruz county were present TO testify,
for or againstythe accused man, vino
claimed he fred the fatal shot in self
defense.
Ga account of the prominence OF all
parties connected with the killing. the
case has created great interest, being
one of the hardest fought legal battles
in the history of Oochise county.
Senator Eugene Ives, of Tucson.
assisted by Attorney Matthews of
Nogales, and Neil & Suttor of Bisbee,
ably conducted the defense and Dist
riot Attorney OConnor of this county
Attorney Sawtell of Tucson and At
eorney Duff of Nozales. made fine
record by the splendid manner in
which the prosecution was handled.
Captain OOonnor WAS the star
witness in his own behalf He stated
that he believed Dr.. Russell was
about to shoot him, when he met him
on the road between Duq1esue and
Washington, and fred the fatal shot
in self defense.
A the hour of going to press, the
jury was still out, and it is believed
they will fail to arrive at q verdict.
The border vidette., 1910-06-11
Grant Brothers Lose.

In Tucson the case of the United
States against the Grant Bothers
Construction company has occupied
the u nited States court for the past
several days Tuesday the Gaze was
submitted to the jury and q verdict
was returned against the company
The company is charged with the
importation of foreign labor. This
they denied and bitterly contested the
ale cations The jury, however, found
for the government as to ferty- five men
and fixed the punishment. under the
instructions of the court at SIS O0O
That is the company was fined 81 900.
for every alien brought in, under the
contract labor law. That the case
will be appealed goes without saying
Judge a, @. Baker and Attorney
Dock Weller represent the defendants
in the case The government was
reprented by United States Attorney
Morrison.
The border vidette., 1910-06-11
Election Officers.

At the meeting of the Board OF
Supervisors held Monday the following
election Ius pectors and Judges were
appointed for the various precincts In
the county for the general election to
bs held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday In November:
NozaIes, No l Bo. ). Whiteside
Inspector, w. F. Overton and II. w.
Kelsey, Judges.
Calabasas No. 9 }. E. Wise Iuspec-
tor, Tom Cumming and T. d. Cas-
anega, Judges.
Tubac No 3 Raymond Burru=l, ms
psotor. Manuel King and Jose
K4phan, Judges.
Crittenden (Patagonia) No 4. E. E.
Bethel, Inspector. w. w. Johnson
and A E Crepin. Judges.
Harshaw No. 5 II. b Fryer, Inspec.
tor, Roy Sorrells and E. o. Best Judges.
Washington No D. Couehlin, ms
pector, E R1gan and Geo. II Brooks.
Judges.
LochieI No 7 Thomas Heady,
Inspector, r. J.. Parker and o de la
Ossa, Judges.
Camille No 8 Henry Pyeatt, ms
pector, E b. Sorrels and N. L.
Houston, Judges.
Montana Camp No. 9 William
Marteny Inspector, G. o. Foltz and j.
S. Andrews, Judges.
Sopori No. IL J. b Elias Iupector,
Tomas Elias Jr. and Manuel Amado,
Judges
Mowry NJ II f Mitchell. Inspec-
tor, r. Elrnast aud j. w. Prout Jr.
Judges.
SaIero No. IS George Clarke, ms
oector, Jens Peterson and Frank
Reichsrt, Judges.
ElgIn No II w. T. Rostb. Inspec-
tor, B. F. Powell and L. E. CARR 10
judges.
The border vidette., 1910-06-11

When E g. Piper travels again
over the Sud Paci6co or any of it's
branches, he will ask for Transport
, tation for three Just a baby girl.
| DR.: Smoker say it is The pretties
| ever.
Pen Powell of Elm csme do"r
from his home on the frei-ht train
Thursday to attend to some land
matters He said that the voters
around Elgin felt very grateful TO
the Board of Supervisors for csta bIish-
ing the new precinct.
The town resum ed its normal ep
pearance yesterday as nearly all of
the many witnesses ia the O'Jonnor
case at Tombstone returned home.
OF the many that we're taken there
but few were cllI-d 20 the witness
stand They report that the weather
was quite warm, had a pleasant time
and that nearly all OF them found
their rooms at sht.
II A Smith, the Hormosiilo land
agent. accompanied by his wife. came
up from the south Tuesday evening
and Thursday morning Mrs. Smith
contin ued on to Los Angeles, where
whe will spend the summer months
with her ia mily. Last hight Mr.
Smith returned south, where he has q
large constantly increasing business.
The gentlemen has 100000 acres of
land tIermosillo for sale at + per acre
On the night of June 4;h. at the
Parsonage of the Methodist Church
Charles. w. Smith and Florence. n
Howard were ioined in bonds Of ma
trimony by the Rev. G. P. Morgan
The parties are we'll known in Nogales.
both having lived here a Lumber of
years. Mr. Smith is an Old and v4lued
employ ee of the Sonora Railway hav-
ing been an engineer between here
and Gu4ymas for long time. The
VIDETTE extends to the happy couple
its best Wishes for long life of health.
wealth and prosperity.
At the regular meeting of the
Supervisors held on Monday last a
new registration of all the voters in
the county was ordered For the
sake Of convenience and as a matter
of economy Old Glory and Geo Blanco
precinct have been consolidated and
will hereafter be known as Montana
precinct. a voting precinct was esta
blished at Elgin. Heretofore what
was known as EIgin precinct was in
reality Camille precinct As now
arranged Camille and Elgin will be
separate voting precincts.
George Januel. the expert German
rber. opposite the Sonora News
Company, guarantees his work, and
respectfully invites you to give him q
trial. Everything neat and clean
Hair cutting a speciality. If.
Frank Reagan writes that be ex-
poets to soon return to Arizona. Says
that he has travelled great deal since
leaving here but nothing looks as
good to him as the land of the Cac'i
w. S. Sturges Republican National
Com mite eman for Arizona was a vel
coma visitor in Nogales. on Monday
night. lie was returning FROM
business trip to Quay mas and Hermo-
I silo and on Tuesday went on to Tucson
Mr. Sturges is in the best of health;
said that every thing was pleasant with
him and that he had no political news
to give out.
Grant Brothers Lose.
The border vidette., 1910-06-11
O'Connor Murder Case.

Since Tuesday morning Captain
Stephen O'OooDor. u 8. A, retired.
accused Of killing DIR. A. S Russell at
Duquesne, this county. on Jan. %.
and sent to Cochise county, has oc-
cupied the attention of the district
court at Tombstone.