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The Detroit times., 1911-03-27

AS the paper goes TO press the dis
patches say that Tom l.. Johnson, Oh
| Cleveland, is dying. His was a lie
well lived. He achieved success In
material way and then there came 10
him a spiritual CLEAN from the great
work OF Henry George. Thenceforth
all this mans abilities were devoted
TO the people. His sole effort was to
the end OF untaxing labor, OF making
men economically free. To that efrort
he brought vast energy, great deai
OF good humor and much genuine
brotherly love. He bore patiently mis-
representation OF his motives and all
kinds of opprobrium. His patience
was as fine as his courage. When MS
fortune was swept away after his four
terms as mayor of Cleveland, in which
he had fought for his idea of a mu-
nicipally owned three-cent-fare street
railway, he accepted his misfortune
with excellent grace, and did not quit.
He was too far ahead OF his time and
his town in that one thing, but on
foundations which he laid, his fellow
townsmen OF the future Will surely
build TO the realization OF his his
dream. II he failed in his street rail
way project he did not fail in other
things. He made Cleveland a model
city and by this do not mean puri-
| tanic city. He made il a beautiful
city. He made 1t, as TO taxation, a
| juster city than any other In the land
He made Fairgrounds for the little
! children. He planned a police sys
tenn that made the police protectors OF
people and property rather than perse
cutors OF the unfortunate and makers
| Of criminals. He stood for humane
penology and for equality OF oppor
tunity. He fought all forms of privi
lege as the best means OF minimizing
poverty and facilitating progress
When his private business went to
smash through his devotion to public
affairs, the public came to see the
cruelty OF the accusation that his re-
| forming activities were selfishly de-
signed. When he was finally beaten
for mayor OF Cleveland then truly did
Clevelanders begin TO see him in his
true proportions, and they loved him
with a wealth OF feeling which more
than repaid him In the last few years
for all his losses. He was the most
conspicuous American whose career
was actuated and motived by the Cos
pei OF Henry George, the noblest ex.
ample, after George himself, OF the
spiritual force inhering In what ap-
pears at the first blush to be mater
ialistic philosophy. The country
laughed ironically when Johnson. the
steel magnate, voted in congress
against the tariff on steel, but IL
ceased to laugh when later II was
shown that the same altruism OF prin-
ciple governed all his actions He gave
bis fortune and his life to the cause
OF freedom and equality. The law
OF privilege proved too strong mesh
for him wholly to break through, but
though he did not gain what he sought
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
ADVERTISING TALKS.
CONTINUED from page ID.

training. They have been
brought into such close contact
with the people that they know
their likes and dislikes, and Tor
that reason are able to write
advertising copy to interest
them.
Don't you suppose that Ar
THUR BRISBANE is able to
write a good advertisement?
Don't you think that SAM
UEL G.. BLYTHE could write
fine advertising copy?
Could not JAMES CREEL-
MAN put human interest into
advertisements?
| mention these men because
they are great newspaper
writer's.
An able newspaper reporter,
with a business head, generally
knows how to write a good adj
vertisement as well as a good
news story.
Every business house that adj
vertises should be willing to ex-
pend at least FIFTEEN PER
CENT OF THEIR TOTAL AID
VERTISING INVESTMENT in
the maintenance of good copy
department.
If a house spends $4,000 8
year in advertising, they should
be willing to allow at least
$4,000 year for its advertising
department.
PEOPLE today READ AID
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
TOM L. JOHNSON
CA Tribute by william Marion Reedy

In the way OF demonstration OF his
theory Of municipal ownership, he lett
things better than he found them, and
In every city of the United States to-
day, the local transportation siuaion
is the better for he people because or
what Tom L. Johnson did in fighting
the street railway trust in Cleveland.
AS mayor of small town he became
national, even an International fig
ure and his personality was therefore
continuous propagandist of the
Georgian doctrine which won him
from the purposes OF mere million
aire to that OF man of and for the
people. His life was an inspiration
and his memory will be a sustainer OF
the hopes OF all those who In the years
to come shall strive for fairer dis
tribution TO all OF the fruits OF toll
through the destruction OF privilege
that saps right and strengthens wrtong.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
From Another Point of View

For the first time too let
found to be an inch thick Ism
Of the white
ing w told where they sit
smoked Said have pnkey but ne
may Aa'N ~ ~ =
engaged their little scrap somebody else going unstuns
scientist bad At the market price
would
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
Monday. March 81.
1911
COST OF DRINK.

The great bard spoke OF sermons In
stones. Kansas has found sermons
In grocery bills. Wichita, few years
ago. was the Gibraltar OF the saloon
In Kansas. Its saloons were running
years after the Kansas saloon law
went into effect. Deals were made at
state conventions and nominations Sc
cured through promises OF open sa-
looms for Wichita. The protest was
long coming, but II arrived-and, like
many other reform movements of the
day, arrived with momentum. A dry"
mayor was elected. Heavy penalties
for violation Of the law were exacted
The saloons died hard. but the last
vestige OF them finally passed. Note
the result Before the saloons closed.
the bank clearings of Wichita were
81 200. 900 weekly. In three years they
had increased TO something over three
million dollars. The city, instead OF
going backward as freely predicted.
has steadily grown. few years ago
there were barely ten per cent OF the
population OF Wichita opposed to the
saloon. Probably there are not now
q very large minority of the popula-
ton who would favor IT, One news
paper changed in a single day from
| prosaloon TO antisaloon. In six weeks
its circulation had increased six thou
sand copies. In another Kansas COM
munity a merchant declares that his
collections increased forty per cent
shortly after prohibition went into eff
feet. Workmen were paying weekly
| for insurance. Before the saloons
closed forty per cent OF these insured
workmen were In arrears. Within
short time after the enforcement OF
the law these arrearages had disap-
peared, and many were paying In adj
| vance.-Collier's
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
TWO MINUTE VAUDEVILLE.

Thud: Come over to my house
I've got a new addition TO my aquar'
ium.
Slap: A new addition? What is II
AN adder?
Thud: No, it's devil6sh. It's q
regular pet.
Slap: Will II eat out of your hand
ThuG: Sure. That's the only place
IL will eat, because I'm afraid TO pick
it UP,
Slap: What do you feed IL?
Thud: Devil cake. You ought &c
see him Satan himself on ii.
Slap: Did | understand you to
say this is shellfish?
Thud: No; Sheol fish Is more like
1t. Won't you take ii home TO show
your children,
Slap: I'm afraid 1t Is too wicked.
Thud: Not at all-it is very fond
of preying.
Slap: BY the way, what have you
named this fish?
Thud: Helen.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
CATS"

BY Johnny.
Cat is the first syllable In catalog
and cataract.
II is useful in many respects. For
one thing it affords an ideal spot to
place little odds and ends such as old
shoes, bricks and so forth.
Cats usually grow under your bed
room window at about IL o'clock at
night, at which time the difference
between the clam and the cat is very
distinct-very, very distinct
The cat may be divided into three
parts-bass, alto and soprano.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27

~ 80 eAOAot
men comprise the
really superior sex,
and In the race for
civilization the wo-
men are tagging
several thousand
years behind.
This is not the
philosophy OF a
male cynic; II
comes from a wom-
an, and no less a
woman than Char-
lotte Perkins Gil
man, authoress and
sociologist.
What would hap
pen IL all the wo-
men in the world
should die? said
Mrs. Gilman in a
lecture before the
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27

Women's Trad Q Charlotte Perkins
Union league The Gilman.
men would get along, so long as they
lived, very well without us. When
a man wants to have a good time he
very often does not ask his wife to
go with him.
But what would happen II all the
men should die? There would be, as
in the other case, a few heart-aches,
perhaps, and we would change from
civilization to barbarism. There is
nothing that men do not do better
than women-even cooking"
Feverish publicity stunt in Paris
Latest new play is being advertised
with duels over II.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
Had References.

sir, wish to marry your daugh
ter"
You are total stranger to me. sir
How can | know that you will make
her a good husband"
We'll, / can easily prove that by
three of my former wives"
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27

A Modesto. Cal. woman who used
the telephone receiver to darn socks
with has been presented with wooden
goose eggs that will answer the same
purpose and not put the line out OF
commission Which shows that cor
porations have souls even II they don't
wear socks.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
MOST ANYTHING.

JOSH WISE:
SAYS:
seth Horsblock
Is tn kind o. man
whose wife you'd
imagine ter be q
washed-out, pathet.
ic-faced woman"
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27

San Francisco has an automobile
hearse. The mourners ride In taxi
cabs the lamps OF which are swathed
in crepe as a sign OF woe.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27

The liquor committee of the lower
house of the Legislature, a majority
of whose members are VETS" stands
five to one in favor of the bill which
provides for changing the voting
unit in local option elections TO
cities, villages and townships, from
the county unit which is provided fol
in the present law.
That this bill is still another in
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
MAN IS SUPERIOR,
SAYS MRS. GILMAN

NEW YORK, March 27.-(SpeciaD
AS some of the men have suspect.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27
RESTITUTION.

stole a kiss the other night:
My conscience stings me some.
So think I'll 60 and put 1t back
Right where | stole II from.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27

REFRESHMENTS CAREFUL
LY and with interest and it is
IMPORTANT to supply them
with good advertising literature
good advertising news.
(To be continued.)
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27


Well, what do you think OF that
"quien sabe" war game as far as it's
gone?
Sane Fourths of July have put the
Pain Mfg. Co. out Of business. The
anti-fireworks laws seem to have af-
fected this Pain In the neck.
An Appeal.
espondent-Where is the next
battle going TO take place?
Mexican General-At Guadeloupe de
la Mesaflores.
respondent-Say, there's a good
scout-have II at an easier place TO
spell
Nature is the art OF God.-Sir
Thomas Browne
Ex-Sheriff Chanler, he of Cavaleri
fame. has gone 10 Bermuda to study
the angelfsh. Probably wants to see
whether they. like riches, have wings
Ohio man plans five-inch library
of all human knowledge. This, OF
course, will comprise all the average
man knows, not what he doesn't know.
o welcome, pure-ey'd Faith, white
handed Hope,
Thou lowering angel. girt with golden
wings. Milton.
First call for spring poetry.
Last
The Detroit times., 1911-03-27

Well. what do you think OF that
"quien sabe" war game as far as it's
gone?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Tickets of Santo
Domingo Lottery
Sold in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 22,-Through
the arrest Of an alleged woman shop
litter here today the police say they have
learned Of the extensive sale Of Santo
Domingo lottery Tickets in Kansas City
and throughout the middle west. Ere
mont Weeks, an employe of an express
company, is being held by federal author
tiles as the Kansas City agent Of the lot
terry.
Cash prizes OF about $4,000 are said to
have been offered by one company in
volved in disclosures made today The
same promoters II is believed are con-
ducung several other lotteries OF equal
proportion.
The disclosure came about through the
arrest of woman giving the name of
Mrs. Ola Weeks. The police searching
Mrs. Weeks apartments, said they dis
covered hundreds of lottery tickets. The
woman's husband, Fremont Weeks was
then arrested and turned over to United
States marshal The tickets are said 70
have been sold as coupons of the In
ternational Mining and Investment com
pany Of Santo Domingo. Each bore a
number and sold at 30 cents
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Great Slump in
Arrivals from
Foreign Shores

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-one OF the
greatest slumps in immigration ever
recorded at the port Of New York is being
written into the records at Ellis Island
during the closing days of the year. AL
ready the records show that nearly S0o
600 fewer immigrants have landed there
up to the present time than for the cor
responding period in 1910 ana indications
are Commissioner Williams states. that
there will be a reduction Of 80 per cent
or more from 1910 figures -or the year.
The incoming tide of humanity Is lower
now than at any time since 1908 with the
tide at its ebb, every ship leaving for
Europe Is crowded as never before. One
vessel sailing a couple of days ago left
100 steerage passengers on the wharf be-
cause of inability to find accommodations
aboard for them. During the first ten
days of December. 1910. 1906 third class
passengers sailed for Europe; this year
25. .245. Outbound vessels carried nearly
so per cent more third-class passengers
This year than last.
Harp are the figures that tell the story-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Wright Lorimer
Commits Suicide in
New York Home

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Wright Lorimer,
the well-known actor, committed suicide
today by inhaling gas at his home here,
Lorimer was 3s years old and began his
stage career in Chicago several years
ago. He was best known in the produc-
ton of '"The Shepherd King" which he
wrote with Arnold Reeves
Eorimer had made a careful plan to
commit suicide, as his body was found
lying on the kitchen floor with the head
stuffed in an open gas oven and pressed
against the open gas jets. The gas Jets
in the room also were turned on. The
actor had been dead an hour when found.
LorImer left three letters, two of which
were, addressed robustness associates and
the third one addressed TO friends"
which was suppressed by the police until
the coroner had taken charge OF the
body.
Financial troubles are believed to have
been the cause Of suicide, as he had been
out OF work for some time. Two days ago
Lorimer dismissed his valet.
Wright Lorimer was born in Dana,
Mass, and was educated at Colgate uni
versity, after which he went to England
and took a course in English literature
at oxford university. On his return to
this country he decided to go on the
stage and became a member of the Dear
born Stock company in Chicago.
Lorimer first became widely known in
the prodpction of THE Shepherd King"
He was a member of the Players and
the Lambs clubs.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
PACKERS BETWEEN FIRES
Attorneys Tell Jury that Men on
Trial Are Much Abused.
sTocKMEN WANT HIGH PRICES
Consumers want Low Ones and nOth
blame the MiddIemRn--AH
WFonsdoIns at Present
IL Denied.

CHICAGO, Dec 22,-when the trial OF
the ten indicted meat packers was re-
sumed here today the defendants coun-
sci continued the presentation OF their
opening statements 10 the jury. The
packers were indicted for alleged viola
tions OF the criminal clause of the Sher-
man antitrust law.
Attorney M. w. Borders, representing
the interests OF Morris & Co., briefly dis
cussed the case OF his clients,
AT the outset 1 want to declare that
our defense VIII be not guilty." he said.
These defendants are between two op-
posing forces. The live stock producers
want high prices. The consumers want
low prices No matter what is done, there
Is a hue and cry from one side or the
other. The question TO be decided by you
In this case is, whether these defendants
have entered into an illegal agreement to
control the purchase OF live stock and
the sale of fresh meats
Il say the charges Of the government
are false"
District Attorney wilkerson's academic
discussion OF the alleged pool OF dead
past is ancient history. As 1 listened to
him wondered whether we were trying
the living or the dead,
I'm the days to which the government S
attorney refers nearly every line Of busi-
ness had some kind of trade agreement.
The railroads gave rebates and passes.
other lines Of business had their own way
Of meeting conditions.
Il am not going to deny or admit that
there were pools in the packing business
in the old days, because II has nothing
to do with the case"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Prisoners Wreck
Concrete Walls as
Sheriff Slumbers

BOHEMIAN, Mont, Dec. 22.-After
breaking into and out Of the burglar
proof vault of the county treasurer, six
prisoners ESCAPED from the new county
Jail here today and are still at large.
The prisoners got out OF the Jail cage"
by prying off lock on the door with an
iron bar and attacked what they supposed
was the outer wall Of the building. After
tearing through two feet Of solid masonry
they found themselves in the treasurer's
vault but as there was no money there
they broke through another wall and
were at liberty.
Deputy Sheriff Bull slept through the
disturbance and the escape was not dis
covered for several hours.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
FORTY INJURED IN WRECK
Texas Pacific Passenger Trains Meet
Head-On at Kildar.
SEVERAL ARE FATALLY INJURED
NOrthbOuna Train IL Known ms Mex
lean Mail and Runs from
EI Paso, Texas, to st.
L.Ouis.

TEXARKANA, Tex, Dec. 22.-Thirty TO
forty persons were hurt, some fatally, in
wreck on the Texas & Pacific railroad
at kildar, south Of here, before daylight
today. Passenger trains Nos. 8 and 1O4
were in a headon collision
1t is said the wreck occurred when No.
3, southbound, took a siding to wait for
No. lO4 to pass. A negro fagman, in his
haste to set the switch so that No. 3
could proceed, is said to have thrown 1t
before the other train passed, and the
accident resulted. 1t is reported that the
fatal injuries are confined to trainmen.
No. 104, known as the Mexican mail,
carried through mail from Eel Paso to
St. Louis. via the International & Great
Northern and the Iron Mountain.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
GENERAL STRIKE OF
KATY CARMEN PROBABLE

KANSAS CITY, NO, Dee. 22.-A general
strike Of the carmen employed by the
Missouri, Kansas a. Texas Railroad com
pany probably will be called soon, ac-
cording TO a statement by j. A. Franklin,
international president Of the boilermak-
ers' union, taday Failure Of representa-
lives of the road and the unions TO set
tie their differences at a conference in
St Louis last Monday was given as the
cause.
The road refused the demand Of the un-
ions that the carmen's union be recog-
nlzed as = body The railroad officials
contend that the state law OF Texas will
not permit the road 90 deal directly with
It's employees IN the unions.
I'VE have the opinion Of the attorney
general Of Texas that there is nothing
in the Texas law 10 prevent the railroad
dealing with the union in that state" Mr..
Franklin said
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Monarchist Outbreak
at Braca, Portugal

VIGO, Spain, Dec. 22.-Advices from
Braga, Portugal, thirty-five miles north
east Of Oporto, say that monarchlst
outbreak occurred there on the night of
December 20 in the barracks of the
Twenty-ninth infantry regiment The
colonel and a captain of the regiment
were wounded during the disturbances.
At noon on the following day firing was
heard in the city.
LISBON, Dec. 22.-An official note is
sued by the government says that the
revolt reported to have occurred at
Braga was confined TO few rifle shots,
The colonel of the Twenty-ninth infantry
was wounded. The affair arose from the
insubordination of some soldiers over
punishments. Several soldiers were ar
rested.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
RICHES0N'S CONDITION
TAKES TURN FOR WORSE

BOSTON, Dec. 2-The condltion OF the
Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, who is suf-
fering from self-inflicted wounds at the
Suffolk county jail, took a turn for the
worse last night, according 10 a state
ment today by William A. Morse, his
counsel.
Mr.. Morse called at the jail and re-
msined with his client fifteen minutes to-
day. The attorney said Richeson was
TOO weak to talk and that it would be a
miracle II he was physically able to en-
dure the ordeal of his trial. which is
scheduled 10 come up on January TO-
DR.. Lothrope. attending Richeson, is
sued a statement today that the minis
ter was not in a dangerous state srom his
wounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
MRS. ELR0Y M. AVERY IS
DEAD OF HEART FAILURE

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 22.-Mrs. Elroy
M. Avery, aged g.. editor Of the official
paper OF the Daughters OF the American
Revolution and prominent in club and
work here. died today OF
heart failure. She was the first woman
member Of the Cleveland Board OF Edu-
cation and perhaps the first woman
elected 20 public office I'm Ohio.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Tammany Boss
Buys Interest in
Boston Nationals

NEW YORK Dec. 2.-It was reported
here today, apparently on good authority,
that when James E. Gaffney, a New York
contractor recently bought the franchise
OF the Boston National League club. he
was acting jointly with Charles T..
Murphy. leader OF Tammany hall. Ut is
said that Gaffney put up close to $4,000
to swing the deal and that Murphy has
become half owner.
1t is also said Gaffney is the real owner
OF the Washington club, having supplied
Clark Griffith with something like S2OOOO)
10 purchase McAleers interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
DISTINGUISHED MEN
ATTEND BIGEL0W FUNERAL

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-F'uneral services
for John Bigelow, who died December 10
at the age Of ~, were held today In st,
Georges Protestant Episcopal church.
J. p. Pierpont Morgan, a pallbsarer;
Andrew Carnegie and General Daniel T..
syckles were among the first 10 reach
the church.
The service was read by Bishop Greer,
Besides Mr.. Morgan, the pallbearers
were Joseph X. Choate, /. T. V. Ran
dolph and Scott Foster A special train
conveyed the body 10 Highland Falls,
where it will be buried by the side Of Mr.
BlgeloW's wife
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Lewis Reindicted
for Misuse of the
United States Mails

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.-E. G. Lewis, pub
Usher and promoter of realty and bank
ing enterprises, was reindicted by the
federal grand jury today on the charge
OF using the mails to defraud.
New indictments charging the use Of
the mails to defraud were also returned
in the so-called twin insurance cases,
relating to the affairs of the Continental
Assurance and International Fire Insur-
ance companies. of which Harry NJ
Coudrey, former congressman. was a
leading promoter. Coudrey, Harry =.
Gardner and other officers were rein
dlcted.
The indictments against Lewis and
eight defendants in the twin insurance
cases were dismissed few weeks ago
by JudEe TTieber on a technical ground.
Since that time the witnesses in the
cases have been reheard.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Architect Huston
Finishes Sentence

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-After hav-
ing served an Imprisonment of six months
and twenty-One days, Joseph M. Huston,
convicted Of conspiracy TO defraud In the
furnishing Of the new state capitol, OF
which he was architect, today was re-
leased from the penitenuary here on
parole. Huston was sentenced to an im-
prisonment of not less than six months
nor more than two years. His parole was
recommended TO the pardon board by the
prison inspectors,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-23
Thirty Women Jump
from Fire Escape Of
a Burning House

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-B1re broke out
in an old tenement house on East Fourth
street early today and soon the fire
escapes were white with screaming
women in nlghtgowns, many with un-
clothed children In their arms.
The ladder that connected the end Of
the fire-escape with the ground could
not be lowered and policemen caught
thirty women who jumped from the sec
ond floor after throwing their babies to
the outstretched arms below,