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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13

wife What would you do, George.
n YOU were LETT a widower?
. Hub-Oh, 4 suppose the same as
you would II you were left widow
Wife--You horrid wretchl And
1ou told mo. you could never care for
anybody elsei
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13

| With so much competition for progressive gior
somewhere in the session OF the legislature.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13
More Compliments.

The Maid--Billy Brown says ! have
the pretuest. mouth in the world
The Man-Did he? I'd put mine up
against II any day.-English Maga-
zine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13


" 70 haso, q q. 80 -. n and p. for the poor,
.,.s while dstrups Mt vsr"Opavsv dog ran
50 fest and sr.sa M. o. my 's IA %o ,s. fun q me-
Now Il poor and was ugly and cross and
No would ind It's way " the d00psa @
- wouldb eoe's"
Dssrot H. 1917
nshih.r,. uOnt unlike his favOri daily not well
Sopitabs pups and children playing with the hose the in
capabs encountered by all whose work carries them from house
% house
nv these tests the good pdder discovered there
were no ou dogs unruy children anybody could or
distribute and the earnings per capita would decline
teeth that gaed Subscrbers leg were not OF the aus
eliminating kind, venture to assert
There was not of those jaws distinguish
an honest footpad the absence of dcagaph
II would be Just guardian OF the ontyard to let the
dbuo of newspapers Of Detroit and without
ation and then put calf the Of that little knight
Grant Of clean journalism, Times carrier
There lots injustice world but it all works out for
stenal good
We see no disposition Cypress the poor this incident
The porch laughed there always something
@ in the interference which dog puts up against the invading peda
extmities Of stranger
We had Great youth whom supposed to
friendly he always required into the house back
foot time through the half closed doorway
chhng grievance against police department
studied the calm resignation of Bill Nye set forth
IA his essay on 6omnambuliSm. -----
popularity Of his nocturnal ambes that he always woke up
Al adjoining melon patch .-e-
This time until the Of the patch procured
large bulldog which also walked in his sleep
quit said William IF the dog wants to sOmnamb
vel and good; but I somnamb more"
he said he reached this decision beautiful star night when
bending and luscious melon his omnambulsic
felt twng Of conscience and heard his suspenders
favored few who lost the election have enough to
required the Indictment that the rich
are getting richer poor getting bitten purpose
subscriber will permit himself to be chased into
conspiracy against present wonderfully efficient police commissioner
odds with his favoe which knows
competent public servant when it NJ
respector Of wealth and social station
power away the kennel that under suspicion Of
housing hydrophoba germ
Subscber win learn something his advantage by communicating
North Woodward lads whose dog houses left
just because their had barking acquaintance with
dog that developed rabies
Without regard to pedigree previous condition Of erude spz
ana spaniel collie motored miserable
order for pedestrians including and
distrbutors 1880
But Subscriber" better believe the equal rights to ALL special priv
stained
the masters Of the executed pets.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13
A CHILDs VOCABULARY

some
small children The method is to take and pencil
found that children between is and 10 months used
rapidly until for three the is 1000
Shucks cares? ~ I.
ASK
vocabulary concerned about
words
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13

After looking the results in several war
favors the dsinfectng Of rather than places
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13

This world already has too many
bloodhounds too many sherlock
Holmeses; too many policemen, 10
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13

Would II be strictly accurate to call the vice-pr
! tstll TO be seleeted} Tafts running mate?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-13

Doesn't the
rorldf cares other 9s7 words7
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
Quite Harmless.

Good gracious!" exclaimed the dis
trict visitor. "Do you harbor mad
men In this village?" She pointed to
the subject of her interest--a little
man with very small eyes and large
spectacles. who was lodging from
house to house like demented human
bee. He approached each door with
the trusting smile Of childhood. He
left with a volley of language such as
could only emanate from long and bit
ter experience.
"Oh. nobody takes no notice of him,
MISS" answered the old tenant. He's
quite harmless-been so these 20
years."
poor fellow" said the district visi-
tor. "And what is the exact nature of
his complaint?"
The tenant smiled compassionately
as he replied:
Optimism, ma'am. He calls for the
rent every Monday, and actually al
lows himself to fancy he's going to
get It."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
Chinese Women Want Ballot.

Miss Margaret Chung, a young Chi
nese woman, is at the head of the
movement which proposes to form an
organization of American women for
the purpose of assisting and encourag-
ing the women of China In making the
best use of their newly acquired right
to the ballot. She is the secretary of
the Woman's Auxiliary of the Chinese
American League of Justice at Los
Angeles, Cal, and a member of the
Chinese Protective association and of
the Chinese Women's Reform club
Without the assistance of their
Caucasian sisters the Chinese women
may never reap the full benefit of the
franchise" Miss Chung declared when
talking about the proposed organiza-
tion. when the new republic OF
China granted the franchise to women
1t was the most significant step that
could have been taken I'm the interest
of progress. Only a Chinese woman
can fully understand what is meant by
giving Chinese girls an equal chance
with the boys. 1t heralds the dawn of
a golden epoch, more than even the
men of China realize. More and bet
ter missionary work can be done for
China by instructing and encouraging
the women in the use of the ballot
than In any other way"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
He Cannot Foroet.

A musician seated far out on a wind.
swept pier at Atlantic City, was tell.
ing stories about composers.
"Dr. Richard Strauss, he said, wis
tied America before he achieved worie
- - The taiart nnck-sJIra crit
les of New York were very hard on
him. In fact, they were so hard or
him that DIR. Strauss had not yet
either forgotten or forgiven them. The
wound is still raw. 1t still bleeds"
The musician regarding with an alb
sent smile the slow, lazy graceful
dives of school of porpoises in the
tumbling water, continued:
Il had the honor last year of attend
ing one of Dr. Strauss rehearsals in
Munich. 1t was a new symphony, very
beautiful, but very bizarre. In the
middle of it the composer raped his
desk impatiently and called to the
double bassoon:
why don't you play the + SHARP
that Is marked?
The bassoon, bullheaded sort o.
fellow, answered:
Because 1t would sound wrong, tha
is why.
"Dr. Strauss gave harsh laugh ant
shouted:
'Himmel! Are you a New Yorl
critic in disguise?" - Washington
Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
Anecdotes of Henner.


Nine. Steinheil's extraordinary "Me.
moirs" contain some bits OF personal
anecdote In startling contrast to the
horrors she depicts OF the notorious
murder case. prison experience and
trial. She writes of Henner, the cele
brated painter OF milk white auburn
haired beauties unadorned.
Il never knew Henner to be EN-.
barrassed. But IL he was never EN-.
barrassed he had embarrassing hab,
its, the worst of which was that oil
examining the shoulders and arms OF
ladies' In decollette with unperturbed
insistence. And not infrequently he
would say: ALLOW me, just one sec.
ond; / want to feel the grain, the quail
ity of your skin
"And before the victim had time to
move he would press down his hairy
and grimy forefnger on her bare arm
or even on her neck.
Withdrawing his fingers. he would
pass some such remark as this: It's
really wonderful. / never grow tired
Of feeling flesh. 1t Is all made OF lit
tie dots-blue, white, green, pink, pur
pie, yellow. That Is what flesh is
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25

he'd when asked series of. questions
by counsel for the Waters. Pierce com.
pany In line with the latter's conten.
tion that there was no real competi-
tion among the various companies.
do you receive stock reports OF
any refinery other than the refineries
of the Standard Oil of New Jersey p
Adams was asked.
mot that / know Of" was the re-
ply.
Have you assigned stations or ter
ritory to refineries outside the terri
tory of the New Jersey company"
YES" said the witness. He prom
ised to furnish a record of these as.
signments made since the dissolution
of the corporation.
S. w. Fordyce of st. Louis, of coun-
sci for the Waters-Pierce interests,
conducted the cross-examination in the
absence of Samuel Untermeyer, who
was In Washington comforting with
President Taft in reference, it was
said, to possible contempt proceedings
against the Standard Oil for alleged
violation of the terms of the dissolu-
ton decree.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
F00CH0W Is IN DIRE PERIL
American Consul Reports Situation
Critical In Chinese City.

Washington, Sept 24.-The Ameri.
can consul at Foochow, China, reports
the situation as extremely critical. II
is reported that the Peking govern
ment is sending large force to re.
move from office the chief of police at
Foochow, who, defying the authority
of the central government, threatens
to destroy the city In case he Is at
tackled.
The state department is not likely
to change its attitude toward the new
Chinese republic as a result of the
open letter sent by the China society
OF America to President Taft, asking
for the formal recognition OF that gov.
ernment. Officials feel that the appeal
is founded upon a misconception OF
the conditions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
ITHOUGHTT00 MUCH OF SHOW
Flnloky Action of Wife of English
\ Fireman Duplicated In Our Own
Country.

Before justice, in small English
town of the south coast, there ap
peared, not long ago, a wife who ac
cused her husband of assault and bat
terry. The man admitted that he had
seized her and thrown her down, per
haps roughly, yet not without making
sure she would fall upon a soft place
But he had done so, he declared, in de
fense of his person and his honor. He
was fireman, and she had tried To
keep him from going properly appar-
eled and equipped to fire.
The fire company of his village, he
explained, was composed chiefly of vol
unteers, whose uniforms were kept In
their homes and kept In repair by
their wives, task that no wife per
formed more faithfully than his own
In fact, she was too careful of II.
When night alarm was given for a
fire in the quarter between the glue
factory and the wharves, and he
jumped up to dress, she had positively
refused to allow him to put 1t on, de-
claring that smoke and cinders were
bad enough, but when Ii came to salt
and glue and fish-scales as well, 1t was
beyond all reason; his oldest trousers
and pea jacket were plenty good
enough. He had demonstrated and
she had vituperated.
But / didn't lay a finger on her.
your honor not till she 'eaved kittle
at me ed when / grabbed for me
boots" he protested, "and then it
come to me twas no less than a pub
lic juty to chuck 'er on 'er bed where
she couldn't hinterfere; and what |
sees to be my juty, ups and does. So
/ chucked 'er."
Were ducking still the accepted pun
ishment for vixenish wives, she might
have been awarded poetic Justice at
the nozzle of hose. AS II was, the
case ended, amid general laughter. in
the discharge of the aggrieved hus-
band, and a reprimand TO the too
careful wife.
In our own country, and in a COM
munity by no means rustic, little in.
cident but few days ago proved that
1t is not only the better halves of fire.
men who can be too finicky. The fire.
wagon, responding to a still alarm for
chimney fire. was met by the son of
the house, who eagerly snatched an
extinguisher, while the firemen were
unreeling the hose. But the eagle eye
of the chief was upon him.
Here, herel" he cried. authorita-
lively. Don't meddle with that extin.
guisher. young man. Why It's only
just been pollsneu! --rUutn 5 Compari-
ion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
BEARS I'M FIGHT TO DEATH
Wyoming Hunter Tells How He
Started Fierce Fight Between
Two Enormous Grizzlies.

A Wyoming man gives a graphic
account of a battle to the death be-
tween two bears, which a shot from
his rifle had caused to attack each
other. . was out after elk and
discovered the two bears a long way
of, digging in rotten down timber for
grubs. i dismounted from my pony,
and, making a wide detour, came up
behind the bears and got within easy
range without being winded or dis
covered by them. Taking good aim
at one of the grizzlies / fired. The
bullet tumbled him over, but he was
on his feet again almost Immediately.
The other bear had stopped its
grubbing when this one fell and
turned and stared at 1t In surprise.
The wounded bear glared at its com
panion a moment and then appar-
emily made up Its mind that its COM
panion had knocked 1t down. for It
pitched into that bear with a fierce
ness that plainly meant business, and
instantly a battle was on. The bears
clinched and bit and raked one an
other with their claws. In a very
short time their tough hides were
hanging in strips on their huge bodies
and the bears were drenched with
blood. ! never saw nor expect again
to see such a sight 1t was fearful.
The grizzlies fought for at least ten
minutes, and then the one / had shot
failed to get up after being hurled
to the ground by its antagonist, and
the latter stood over it's PROSTATE foe
and tore him with his paws until it
had disemboweled him.
Then the victor, growing and
gnashing its teeth, moved away a few
steps, staggered like a drunken per
son and fell to the ground. 1t tried
to get up, but could not. i crept
cautiously to the spot, fearing that the
bear might still have enough vitality
to make 1t lively when 1t discovered
me, but my caution was not called
for The grizzly was as dead as his
rival. Those two bears were the
most prodigious specimens of their
kind / had ever seen, but they were
literally torn to pieces. There was
not whole piece of skin or flesh on
either of them as big as my hat"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
ALLIED BANKERS WORSTED
Fall to Prevent consummation OF
Chinese Loan.

London, Sept 24.-Half of the Chi
nese loan of s50,000,000 is to be Of
fered in London for subscription on
Thursday or Friday of this week. ac.
cording to Charles Birch Crisp, head
of the Anglo-Russian bank, who has
been prominent in the negotiations.
Lloyds bank is supposed to stand
sponsor for the loan. Capitalists here
have hesitated to believe the inde-
pendent group of banks has been able
to cut the ground from under the feet
of the "six power combination rep
resenting the United States, Great
Britain, France, Germany. Russia and
Japan. The latest advices from Pc
king, however, appear to be con-
yincing on this point
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
OFFICIALS TALK WITH TAFT
Tell President OF News From NIcara
qua and Mexico.

Washington, Sept 24.-PresidenI
Taft conferred during his ride from
Baltimore to Washington about Mexi
can and Central American affairs with
Huntington Wilson, acting secretary
of state: w T. s. Doyle, chief of the
Latin-American bureau. and J. X
Clark, Jr., solicitor of the state de
partment. The state department Off
cials went to Baltimore to meet the
president The gravity of the situa
tion in Nicaragua and Mexico were
discussed and the latest reports on
the situation were laid before tn,
executive.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
POLICE QUELL SCHOOL RIOT
New York Boys Make Trouble When
Principals Are Transferred.

New York, Sept 24.-Police reserves
were called out to quell a riot of
1900 public school boys who took this
means of protesting against trans
fer of their principals. Pupils of two
schools were involved and for a short
time they smashed windows, routed
the janitors with showers of yegeta-
bles and terrorizezd the neighborhood
The youngsters paraded the streets
and prevented the children who did
not join them from entering the school
building.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
BAN ON FUNERAL FLOWERS
Connecticut Priest VIII No Longer
Permit Custom.

Danbury, Conn, Sept. 24-"Because
found so many people who could not
afford to buy flowers did so and not
only denied themselves the necessi
ties of life but were also going into
debt" was the explanation given by
Rev. DR.. Walter J. Stanley, pastor OF
st. Peters Roman Catholic church
for placing a ban on flowers for funer-
ais held in the church and at the two
Catholic cemeteries. The ban frst ex.
cluded flowers from the church and
then extended to the cemeteries.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
COLONEL SPEAKS ON TARIFF
Makes Half Dozen Stops in Kansas
and Missouri.

Hawkins, Kan, Sept. 24.-Fresh aft
er a day of absolute rest Colonel
Roosevelt swung north along the Mis-
souri-Kansas line, campaigning for
Progressiveism with renewed vigoT
and enthusiasm.
His itinerary covered half a dozen
Kansas towns, winding up with a
night meeting at Joplin, Mo.
Ii was on the tariff that the colonel
dwelt most in his shorter speeches
and he hammered away at the Demo
cratic revision plan as being of the
utmost danger to the farmer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
VICTORY OR DEATH, THEIR CRY
suffragettes Propose to Demand Re.
lease of Comrades.

Dublin, Sept. 24.-Phoenix Park was
the scene of a disorderly suffragette
meeting.
A letter was read from Mrs. Mary
Leigh, who recently was released from
Mount Joy prison on account of i'll
health, declaring that unless Gladys
Evans, now serving a sentence of five
years for an attempt to burn theater,
was liberated within a few days, she
would lead a march on the prison to
effect her release.
The issue. she added, would only be
decided by victory or death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
| ATROCITIES IN MONGOLIA
One Thousand Persons Massacred by
Chinese Troops.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 24.-Atrocities
committed by Chinese expeditionary
troops in Mongolia are reported in
Harbin dispatches.
After plundering and burning sew
eral monastaries the troops massacred
1000 Mongolians and mutilated the
bodies of women and children.
Prince and Princess Un All escaped,
but all the members of their family
were murdered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
DARING DAYLIGHT HOLDUP
Auto Bandits Obtain $1,000 In View
of New York Policeman.

New York, Sept. 24.-Two highway
men In a red touring car held mp
John Poppera, cheese manufacturer,
on the street opposite his place of
business on West Seventeenth street
and robbed him of valise containing
$500 cash and $1,000 In checks.
Half hundred pedestrians and a
policeman who witnessed the h0ldup
pursued the auto and were fired upon
three times by the highwaymen No
one got the license number.
Poppera was on his way to a bank.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
Mauic of September.

September seems to me to be the
fairy among the months of the year.
She Is SO crowned with gold, so full of
play and magic spells. she has no
work to do, and it Is she who trans
forms the green woods and gray
marshes to wonderlands Of fairy fire,
and brings the great pale moon back
round and full night after night into
the skies. Yes, September has .
magiol-st Nicholas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
HEIR TO IMMENSE FORTUNE
Son Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt.

New York, Sept. 24.-The son born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt in England Sunday will be one
of the richest of all the young Ameri-
can millionaires.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, to whom
was willed the greater portion of the
estate of his father, Cornelius Van
derbilt, will receive the second half of
his patrimony on his thirty-fifth birth
day on Oct 20, amounting, 1t is said.
to $25,00O,000. His wealth is esti-
matad at about S60 000 000
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
ThouQhtIess Query.

Have you ever been married be
fore?" asked the license clerk.
Great heavens, young mani" ex
claimed the experienced prima don
ma. Don't you read the papers"
Whsreupon she wired Immediate III
structions to discharge her press
agent
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25

C. A. Smith. Bridgeton. Ind, had
kidney trouble for years, and was so
crippled with rheumatism be could not
dress without help. He started using
Foley Kidney Pills, and says: 81 be-
gan to get better at once. and now all
my trouble has left me and do not
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
Peace Advocates In Session.

Geneva, Sept. 24.-Five hundred ad.
vocates of international arbitration
representing peace societies in every
civilized country, met in the great
hall OF Geneva university for the nine
teenth universal peace congress
Speeches denouncing Italy wal
against Turkey marked the opening
AAea(oA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25

feel that / ever had rheumatism. /
rest well all night and tho 90 years
old, can now do the work of man of
80 years. I would like to be the
means Of others getting benefit from
Foley Kidney Pills" Refuse suhsti-
tutes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
Price of Fur Advances.

The price of every fur except bear
advanced last year. Fine sable skins
brought 5000 each, arctic fox from 800
to $3.50 skin; wolf. $3.50; squirrel,
from 15 to 80 cents; bear, $3.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25

Danville, KY, Sept. 24.-After a
quarrel over land trade Percy Hager
killed his brother William. The broth
ers were at breakfast when the dis
pute arose.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
Attorney in Standard Oil
Hearing Sees President.
FEDERAL ACTION HINTED
Government May Institute contemp,
Proceedings Against Rockefeller
Concern for Alleged Violation o'
the Dissolution Decree.

Washington. Sept 24.-Samuel Un-
termeyer of New York, attorney for
the house money trust" investiga-
tion committee and for the Waters
Pierce Oil company in its fight with
the Standard, conferred with Presi.
dent Taft.
No engagement had been made for
Mr.. Untermeyer, but he was admitted
Immediately to the presidents office.
1t has been reported that testimony
developed in the Waters-Pierce first
might be used by the government as
a basis for investigation of how the
Standard Oil company is carrying out
its decree of dissolution. Contempt
of court proceedings have been report
ed pending 1t was denied by Off
cials that the conference was with
reference to the Standard case.
New York, Sept. 24.-The Standard
OIL company of New Jersey is still as
signing sales territory to oil rein
cries of its former subsidiaries out
side of its own territory, according to
testimony given at the hearing of the
Waters s-Pierce-Standard Oil litigation
Kenneth Adams, assignment clerh
OF the New Jersey company. SO tsstl