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The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

PULLMAN, ILL.-Burglars broke
into the grocery store OF Charles
Korkerel. helped themselves to the
choicest stock. and then broke into
a restaurant next door. where they
cooked an elaborate meal.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

Job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co.. IL John R..st.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

NEW WORKINGS Carrie" the
pioneer elephant in this country and
said to be more than 100 years old. is
dead after a thrilling circus career.
She gfieved herself TO death for
Jumbo" her mate.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

NEW YORK; beg your pardon,
] have made mistake said a
strange man when discovered in her
apartment. by Mrs. f. J. Swift Ger
tainly,, said Mrs. Swift The stran.
ger took 50 900 loot with him.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-George Herb,
IA, Is in a serious condition today the
result OF having swallowed iodine be-
cause his mother reprimanded him.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

NEW YORK--"I never know wha.
10 do between midnight and bed
time. Uncle Joe Cannon told Jim
Watson. OF Indiana, as the latter a
Methodist elder, piloted Uncle Joe up
Broadway to pass away the hours.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

REV YoRK-Inyited to this coun.
try BY a matrimonial paper Baron
Adolph Won Sheup had but $l2 when
he LANDED and authorities at Ellis
Island shattered his hopes Of getting
an American wife BY ordering his
deportation.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

NEW YoRK-Friends who obtained
pardon for Capt. Van Schaik. mas.
ter OF the Gen. Slocum when she
burned In East River with loss OF
1,033 lives, plan To buy him q farm.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

CLEVELAND-Whe an officer
could not hold the man he had been
sent out TO arrest he brought the
fugitiye's trousers into court just TO
show he had done his best.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

CLEVEIlAND-"You are a brave
man; hero without crown" Judge
Adams told = laborer, who said he
had married a woman with ten chill
dren on salary OF s12 a week.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

PITTSBURGH. PA calf which
has two fully developed heads. four
eyes and two mouths was captured
by the police after merry chase on
the street, where It was winning wild,
and Is being held for some one to
claim ownership.
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

EAST BUFFALO. y. Y. Nov. s.--Cat-
tie: Receipts, $50 head. market. quiet
and steady; prime steers, sT.a5Tr.5S;
butcher grades, t361. Calves: Re-
ceipts. 200 head; market. active and Csc
higher; Gull 70 choice, s6Ge.25. Sheep
and lambs Receipts. 1900 had mar
ket. slow lambs 35c lower, choice
lambs. $500 $50; Gull to fsir. st25T
5: yearlings. Na425 sheep, S243.75.
Hogs Receipts, $3.50 mead: market, ac-
tive and firm: workers.. $3.50 q &. 40. pigs,
1913 a 5.s5 mixed. ss4od645; heavy,
s6toG6.45 roughs. s5.50f5.75; stays,
f56 20
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09
UNION STOCK YARDS.

UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO.
Nov. a.-Hogs: Receipts, $4,000 head
market slow and steady: mixed and
butchers. $5.S0a $40: good heavy. 500
$40 rough heavy. s5.S0a6; light. $3.50
$3.50: pigs. s3.65d5.25. Cattle: Re-
ceipts, $500 head, market. steady;
oeeves. sl.s6dl0 cows and heifers, So
rs stockers and feeders, S3G5 so
Texans, s4m 5.S5; calves. S5.50Bs.5O
Sheep Receipts, %. 900 head; market,
slow and weak. native. s25OH3s5:
western, S2.15G3s5; lambs. s37565.s;
western az 7afpbSO
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09
Odds and Ends of
Today's News by Wire

PULLMAN, nL-Burglars broke
into the grocery store OF Charles
Korkerel. helped themselves to the
choicest stock, and then broke into
restaurant next door. where they
cooked an elaborate meal
CHICAGO-City hospital physicians
are puzzled to account for the frozen
feet which Alexander, a circus fol
lower got yesterday, when the Their
mometer here wasn't anywhere near
the freezing mark.
cHICAGo-Adopting the method
whereby insurgents in California
raised campaign funds, Republican
progressives here are asking for con-
tributions Of 81 a month until the
April primaries.
are a brave
man. hero without a crown" Judge
Adams told q laborer, who said he
had married a woman with ten chill.
dren on a salary OF s12 week.
CLEVELAND-Whe an officer
could not hold the man he had been
sent out TO arrest he brought the
fugitiye's trousers into court just TO
show he had done his best.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-George Herb
"a, Is in serious condition today the
result OF having swallowed iodine be-
cause his mother reprimanded him.
PITTSBURGH. PA calf which
has two fully developed heads. four
eyes and two mouths was captured
by the police after merry chase on
the street. where II was winning wild,
and II being held for some one to
claim ownership.
NEW YORK-Michael Kelly. 10.
wouldn't believe he was never to see
his little sister. Helen, again after
she was buried. lie set out for the
cemetery and was found by police.
cold hungry and sobbing.
NEW YORK-Friends who obtained
a pardon for Capt. Van Schaik. mas.
ter OF the Gen. Slocum. when she
burned In East River with loss OF
1893. lives, plan to buy him farm.
NEW YORK-Invited TO this coun.
try by matrimonial paper. Baron
Adolph Won Sheup had but $l2 when
he LANDED and authorities at Ellis
Island shattered his hopes OF getting
an American wife by ordering his
deportation
NEW WORKINGS Carrie" the
pioneer elephant in this country and
said to be more than 100 years old. is
dead after a thrilling circus career.
She gfieved herself TO death for
Jumbo" her mate.
NEW YORK--'1 beg your pardon,
/ have made mistake said a
strange man when discovered in her
apartment. by Mrs. F, J. Swift Ger.
tainly., said Mrs. Swift. The stran.
ger took $4,000 loot with him
NEW YORK; never know wha.
10 do between midnight and bed.
time. Uncle Joe Cannon told Jim
Watson. OF Indiana, as the latter a
Methodist elder, piloted Uncle Joe up
Broadway to pass away the hours
NEW lORK--ObjectinE 20 working
az hight and an order that all ashes
aud garbage must be removed be.
fore asybreak.> $500 ashcart drivers
have gone on strike. The, men want
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09
Mr.. sdyth n. Downs, No. l2:sd Wood
N.nrh-axe and Mrs. Y. y. ThOmpsOn.

visitor In the city. were throWh
out OF an automobile in which they
were riding on the Belle Isle brlag"'
v.San the machine collided with a
heavy motor truck, "Wednesday after
noon Neither Of the women was
injured
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

steIIn kosIowski, four-yesr-oid dauEh-
ter Of Martin koslowski. No. ltIi
II Nubtn-a ave was badly burned Oh
Wednesday afternoon when her dress
caught fre as she was playing close
10 the stove She was taken 10 Grace
fospital The physicians say she
VIII recover -----
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09
CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING.

CHICAGO. Nov s--Grain opening
Wheat December and MAY unchanged,
Corn. December and May down isc,
oats December up isc. May, un-
changed Provisions higher
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09
CLEVELAND.

CLEVELAND, O.. Nov. s-Hogs: 4
600 head; steady; mediums and heayies.
$3.50; workers.. s6.l5Ds.e0: lights. SIS
pigs, $500, Cattle: Receipts. cars:
steady. sheep and lambs: Receipts 10
cars to.oo top. Calves: Receipts, 200
The Detroit times., 1911-11-09
The annual chrysanthemum show
..Al..h an ueara mast has ANlracNe Cd
Cssip.ir Ada..owicx, rs years old,
r,nI estate dealer at No. 753 Mitchell

ave was arrested Wednesday NJ
terncon on a warrant charging MIN
with false pretenses John buchal-
ali alleges that Adamodicz sold him
lgt last summer for $500. and II
developed later that the lot did not
belong 10 Adamowtcz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
Congress and the Clerks.

Ii Congress wants to do something this
year in the way Of justice for the gov
eminent clerks by passing bill to estab-
lish a departmental pension system it
should proceed without unnecessary de-
lay. In the House the consideration Of
the Giilett retirement bill is being pre-
vented by a measure providing for a
general revision OF the laws, for the final
enactment of which at this session by
both houses of Congress there Is but the
slightest chance. A suspicion prevails
that this bill Is kept on the calendar
chiefly for the purpose Of preventing any
general legislation OF character OBJ
jectionable TO certain members. Cnder
the rules Of the House such q blockade
can be mantained almost indefinitely.
Congress should not be afraid of the
Gillett bill or any other proposition 10
establish. q clerical retirement system.
There will be no popular resentment
against such a piece OF legislation. There
was no outburst Of Indignation when Con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
Fire and the Public Records.

Congress should take immediate warm
ing from the fire that occurred this morn
ing in the pension ONCE. destroying rec
ords the value OF which cannot at present
be estimated. Had 1t not been for good
fortune and the excellent work of the fire
department, far greater damage would
have been done, even though the building
itself has been characterized as possess
ing for its only virtue the question: BILE
quality OF being fireproof. In this struc-
ture are stored great masses OF papers
bearing on claims against the govern
ment. passed and pending. aggregating
an immense sum OF money and involving
a continuous drain upon the Treasury
II there are any Of these papers that
could be destroyed without injury to the
public interests, an accidental blaze is by
NO means the proper way to effect their
elimination.
In every department building i'm this
city are papers of similar character, the
destruction OF which by fire is continually
menaced. In some OF these buildings the
danger Is especially great. owing to the
infammable character OF the structures.
II Is unwise to particularize in this con-
nection. but there are department Offices
In Washington which are veritabIe finder
boxes. certain to fall a swift prey to tine
flames. and causing the destruction of
irreplaceable records, besides greatly en-
dsnscring Luman life.
Apart from the questionable security
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13

afforded by each building, the govern
ment is virtually without strong box
for its valuable papers. For years this
subject has been preached. sometimes In
the form of urgent recommendations by
secretaries, and. on more than one occa-
sion. by Presidents. Congress once went
SO far as to appropriate money for the
purchase of site q short distance west
of the War Department, but followed
this action with no appropriation for a
building itself. This land has awaited
use season after season. and was only
brought back to public attention at the
last session of Congress, when 1t was
proposed to locate on that entirely in
appropriate site building for miscel-
laneous collection of departmental bu-
reaus. against which illogical and I'M
necessary departure from the plan of a
consistent grouping Of the public offices
The Star at the time entered vigorous
protest.
With the pension Office fire in MIND,
Congress should proceed at this session
to appropriate for the erection, If possible.
on some more convenient site than that
lying west of the War Department of a
hall Of records, within which can be
stored in safety the documents from all
the departments which require permanent
This should be more than
a mere masonry barn. 1t should be an
architectural addition to the city, an i'm
posing symbol Of the permanence ana
strength of the government. But what
ever the architectural appearance, what
ever the site, the government should
without fail provide itself with a docu-
ment storage place where its priceless
papers can be kept for all time In
security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
The Passing Of the Queue.
the New York World.

From the New York World.
The sacrifice of WI Ting-fang's queue
to the BARRIERS shears January 80 will
be ceremony Of no less interest to the
western than to the eastern world. 1t Is
not merely that the movement of which
1t is typical affects the price of puts
and braidS for feminine wear from Paris
to San Francisco. The suggestive thing
is the passing Of a picturesque feature
Of the oldest civilization. After wearing
the badge OF servitude imposed on them
by their Mapchu conauerors so long that
1t came to be regarded az decoration,
the Chinese are now dispensing with the
pistail as not in keeping with the pro-
gram of modernization adopted by the
empire. With its disuse another step will
have been taken toward the standardiza-
ton of costume which is eliminating the
from national attire. Like
the noble red man in ''store clothes or
. sicilian p(Rant girl in q tailormade
dress, q Chihamau in a sack suit and
derby hat becomes a prosaic figure by
contrast with one in native costume.
WI himself In q black coat, with his hair
cut, will lose the romantic attributes
which lent force to the philosophy Of his
after-dinner speeches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY. JANUARY b.. 1911

gress increased the salaries OF its own
members 50 per cent, although lew Oh
the more timorous feared reprisals AT
the polls. The fact is the country is dts
posed to look more literally upon sucn
matterc The average citizen reahzes
that 1t costs more to live everywhere, ana
doubtless If coupled with the Gi!iett oii'
there were enactedAa provision for hor-
ixontal increase ef all Departmental sal
aries. smounting to % per cent, on the
score OF the increased necessities of Ire,
the members voting for that proposition
would be more praised than blamed safter
g.. fair explanation, OF the case to their
Constituents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
Street Railway Regulation.

The Commissioners have acted with
wisdom in disappearing the bill provid-
Ing for tho collection Of two-cent fares
from street car passengers who are COM
PEELED to stand in the aisles or on the
platforms for more than a block, for the
lack Of a seat. A less practicable meas
ure for the relief Of street railway over
crowding could hardly be conceived. AS
the Commissioners say, the establishment
OF a double rate Of fare would put pre-
MUM upon packed cars. 1t would be
human nature for intending passengers in
many cases to wait for the cars in which
no seats were vacant in order to save the
difference between 2 and cents. Fur
thermore. the process Of enforcement pro-
posed. that of filming any conductor TAX
ing more than 2 cents from a passenger
in such circumstances. would lead to the
greatest confusion. In view of the fact
that a large and increasing number of the
cars in use on the local traction lines are
OF the ''pay-as-you-enter'' type, any dis
elimination in the rate Of fare would be
out Of the question, and the result would
be. on all cars where the fare is collected
at the point of entrance. to limit the car
rying capacity Of the car strictly to the
number OF seats. 1t is hardly to be be-
heved that Congress is disposed to adopt
so far-reaching a rule In regulation Of
the street railway traffic in Washington.
for. however comfortable for the public 1t
would be to have no crowded cars, there
are times when not even a solid process
sion Of cars fifty feet apart would on this
basis carry the crowds There must al
ways be some standing in the aisles at
certain hours Of the day, even with
IL 20
edy for overcrowding is to increase the
service in proportion to the use.
This bill is another indication, as the
Commissioners say, Of the need here in
the District Of a public utilities commits
sion. preferably composed Of the Com
nlissioners themselves, charged with the
duty and with the power Of regulating the
local trahic conditions in a manner to
give the public the maximum of service
compatible with the reasonable profit re-
Qyirements Of the franchise holders. The
existing arrangement. which imposes upon
the interstate commerce commission, al
ready burdened beyond its capacity with
questions Of the gravest national i'm
portance. the comparatively petty duty Of
regulating the street railways of this city,
fails to meet adequately the needs OF the
situation. II the District Commissioners
were directly charged by Congress with
the duty Of street railway regulation the
citizens would have an opportunity to ex-
press themselves as to their needs and
wishes with q reasonable hope Of having
their just. complaints remedied and their
practicable suggestions carried into eff
feet. the service being adjusted to the
public needs. The enactment Of q we'll
considered public utilities law is one of
the most urgent matters affecting the To-
cal interests at this session Of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
A Tariff Commission.

The tone of the addresses before the
Tariff Commission Association at lis
meeting here was not that which char-
acterized the addresses at Indianapolis
two years ago. And fortunately for the
movement. little reflection had served
to show that the tariff could not be taken
out of politics, and that Congress must
continue 70 deal with 1t. Everybody I'M
derstands now that Congress cannot dele
gate its powers OF levying taxes. and
that tariff board. or commission, or
what you will, can be at most but body
for collecting trade statistics at home
and abroad. 1t will still be for Con-
gress to pass upon the work, and accept
or reject it according to its judgment.
For the kind of commission urged by
the President the argument IL very
strong, and the beneficial results to flow
from it in the public interest in carrying
out a policy Of judicious piecemeal re-
vision, are obvious.
A question Of very great importance
relates to the authority of the board. or
commission, in pursuing its inquest. 1t
is proposed to make it obligatory on mer-
chants and manufacturers to answer all
heterogeneous propounded by the board,
or commission. in the line of Its duty.
But that can be done only as respects
the home statistics. Foreigners cannot,
Of course, be put under duress. They
may reply or not, as they see mt. They
may give the inquisitors much or little
information. as they decide their interests
demand. Foreigners could thus preserve
their secrets, while American figures
would be placed at their disposal.
To the proposition that all such in
formation is to be of confidential
character, for the use Of the President
and the Congress. the objection is that
information OF such transcendent value
and put into print, it would inevitably
And its way into the hands Of those most
interested in 1t from a commercial point
Of view. Copies OF such reports would
bring fancy prices, and leais would be
certain.
Will the next House avail itself Of
what the present tariff board has done,
and Of what an enlarged board may do
il one is provided for? The democratic
caucus scheduled for this town next week
will name the committee on ways and
means for the Sixty-second Congress, and
the members OF that committee will oc-
cupy themselves between March 4 and
December collecting statistics for the
preparation Of tariff bill revising the
Payne law. that way the democratic
party is arranging for tariff board Of
its own, strictly partisan, and upon whose
performance 1t will base its appeal for
power in 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
Lawyers for the Senate.

Lawyers for the Senate. Mclean Of Con-
necticut. Works Of California and Pom
creme OF Ohio are all members of the le-
gal profession. 1t Is q fine field for a
man so trained. even at a time when the
leading questions in hand are of a bust
ness nature. Business must be adjusted to
the laws. and those engaged in the work
should understand not only the laws that
exist. but the processes for charging the
scope Of legal regulation where neces-
sary. New York will probably, send a
lawyer in Mr.. Depew's place, and New
Jersey one in Mr.. Kean's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
The Confetti Habit.
ne Columbus Ohio State Journal.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal
The use Of confetti. ticklers and such
stuff I'm celebrating holidays Is prohibited
in New York city. and 1t should be pro-
hibited in every city. Such practices bring
on familiarity which always constitutes
risk among the young women and girls
among whom the confetti habit is mostly
practiced. IT. always leads to something
mean. Sensible girls will stay at home on
such nights as confetti IL thrown, and
thereby escape the rudcness which always
attends 1t. 1t ought to be suppressed in
Columbus before 1t becomes an estab-
lished nuisance. and before dealers get
big stock on hand and plead for indul-
gence. Whoever has watched the infiu-
ence Of confetti throwing in q foreign city
will understand the harm there is in it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
Dix.

A famous and distressing predicament
ia that Of being between the devil and
the deep blue sea- Gov. Dix is now be-
tween Tammany and reform, Tammany
representing Old Nick. and reform the
sxDanse Of salt water. He does not want
to move in either direction. But can he
stand still? Old Nick beckons. and the
sea looks cold. He might be happy with
either were t'other dear charmer away.
But each is playing for him, and both
are in earnest and persistent. The pres
emit rhyme for Dix is TX, and the gov
ernor is in the middle of a bad one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
National Flower Controversy.
,om the Philadelphia Ledger,

FROM tne 1hiIaOeiphl6 Leuger.
The controversy over the national
flower" has broken out afresh, and the
advocates OF the columbine have been
saying nasty things about the mountain
laurel, one of the stronger of the rivals
Of the columbine for the coveted honor.
Why not refer the question to the
house Of governors? The Congress could
hardly be expected to decide SO intricate
and dificult point without the interyen-
ton OF a national commission to weigh
the evidence and decide the moot points,
but doubtless the governors know all that
is worth knowing about the question AL
ready. For underlying the issue of a
national floral emblem is that Of d state
floral emblem. 1t may be necessary to
commission a Burbank to make ar en-
tirely new blossom for the purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
The Baltimore Jubilee.

The democratic jubilators will be
obliged to put another leaf in their table
for the Baltimore feast next week. A
crowd will attend. Good! Come one,
come all. No such opportunity has been
provided for years. Another such may
not be possible for az long q time. Eat.
drink and be merry, for IL the present
confusion continues, in House circles. in
New York circles, in New Jersey circles,
and elsewhere, 1912 may produce a demo
cratic famine. Strike while the irons hot.
Feast while there's fare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13

FTOm tue CHICdgO NeWs.
Civil service laws in former years were
looked upon primarily as devices for Sc
curing the elimination Of political infi,l-
ence In the making of appointments to
and removals from the public service
The entrance examination then was the
principal feature in the minds OF civil
service advocates. To q large degree the
general public is still dominated by the
idea that herein lies the chief value OF
the merit system.
Progressive advocates of the civil serv-
ice reform principle now have advanced
far beyond that position. To their minds
protection of the entrance to the service
though Of great Importance, is secondary
to the development of efficiency in the
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
Fran the Chicago Journal.

1t would appear that the court authori-
ties In Adams county. Ohio. still have
a large amount of work on hand in con-
nectiOn with those political corruption
cases. In the 1905 election the. county
cast 6,O5S votes. So far only about $500
voters have been indicted or confessed
guilt in the present investigation. How
ever, the authorities appear to be con-
Quoting affairs in q manner to justify
belief that the roundup will be COM