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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18

or the Michigan Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation, Is another matter / espoused
The opposition to brewery-owned sa-
looms; the fight against the outrageous
saloon bonding company monopoly !;
efforts for state wide primaries; I'M
tiative, referendum and recall; ana
many more issues are not the ex-
elusive property of any partisan or
ganization | would call them pan
partisan. Also | have appointed a
good many Democrats to office, in an
endeavor to make for bipartisan ef-
ficiency. responsibility and represer
tation. Some of these things may be
repudiated by the Republican party
as an organization. Having done what
I have done because / believed In the
necessity for it's doing, and not hav-
ing considered personal political re-
suits ut all, | am convinced that II Is
my duty to efface myself at this time
In consonance with my anticipation
before / was inaugurated. 1t may be
that / have been more or less OF an
embarrassment TO my party.
| do not know very much about this,
or care about it, because / hold the
state above the party. | would wish
to be blamed personally for any harm
full thing ! may have done and /
would wish the Republican Party to
be given credit for any good things
that | may have accomplished or en-
deavored to achieve. | am grateful
for the Endorsements that | have re-
ceived but | do not hold them as be-
ing important. In my opinion the
coming state convention, which hope
will favor Theodore Roosevelt for the
Republican presidential nomination,
will not need TO indOrse my admins
tration / would prefer TO have ~
analayze what | have done up to the
present time, and if there is anything
to be condemned to speak ont boldly
and surely and state the facts.
l still think The Republican party is
by far the best instrument of govern
meut i'm this country. In spite OF thG
opposition of some Republicans we
are drageing the party back to a
place where the people Will control il.
1t was unquestionahly drifting away
Bad men had locked about il and
come into 70 and We're using il and
they are stir i'm it and are trying to
use a. IL lis The duty of every honest
Republican TO see Jhat they are not
permitted To do so. / think the spe
cial sessions ol the legislature his
year have girar ro0f of the super
iority of the Republican party. The
present loa.a avure is I'm my opinion
the best legislature i'm capacity and
morals i'm HE history Of Michigan.
Out of the one hundred and thirty
two members more than a hundred
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18

belong to the honor roll as patriotic,
honest servants and faithful represen-
tatives of the people. Not all Of the
thirteen senators who voted against
the presidential primary are bad men.
] think however. that they are all
misguided and some Of the measures
that were lost will be enacted as
laws within a few years. They would
have been passed at the special ses-
sions ii it. had not been for the ac-
tons of a few recreant Republicans
supported by mlschievous renegade
Democrats. My contact with the leg
islature has convinced me that no
matter how bad some of the Republi-
cans are, some OF the Democrats are
worse. For good and efficient govern
ment the people must still look to tho
Republican party.
l have made the confession to my
self that If had not stated | would
not be a candidate for second term
before taking office, / fear that I
would have been dissuaded or deter
red from doing some of the things
have aimed to do. That Is one of the
reasons why | think 1t would not be
honest for me to change my mind at
this time. | wish also to confess that
some of the things that l have en-
deavored to do have been much more
popular than | thought for. | really
supposed that by this time | would
have been blown entirely out of any
consideration for reelection.
l was elected upon an issue OF
Clean Up" To clean up Michigan
does not merely mean to remove from
office a few unworthy officials. 1t
more directly concerns the cure OF
the causes that make for bad men and
worse service The liquor interests
of the state, and especially the brew
cry interests, had become arrogant
and had sought to dominate the state
in a most high handed way. They
have been taught their place in a
measure and will be given further
lessons in the future
When | was inaugurated | found
the state nearly million dollars In
debt. When / will have concluded
my term of Office on December 81 oil
this year the state will be entirely
out of debt and there will be a good
reserve in the treasury.
1t is true that in some administra
tive departments there has been an
increase of expense. This is not more
true of departments under my direct
administration than of elective de
partments. The fact is that We have
been doing more business. In my
own Office the froce has been sadly
overworked much to my distress. The
Office has been open from seven-thirty
in the morning until six 1t night ano
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
REPELS ATTACK OF DEATH

Five years ago two doctors told
me | had only two years to live. y
This startling statement was made by
Stillman Green, Malachite, Col. "They
told me | would die with consump-
ton. 1t was up to me then to try
the best lung medicine and began to
use DR.. Kings New Discovery. 1t
was we'll | did, for today | am work
ing and believe / owe my life to this
great throat and lung cure that has
cheated the grave of another victim.
It's folly to suffer with coughs, colds
or other throat and lung troubles
now. Take the cure that's safest
Price so cents and $1.o0. Trial bottle
free at Wheaton & Sons, Rhodes
Drug Store, The Rexall Drug Store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
The Right OF Way

Has to be given HARVELL'S CON
DITION POWDER, which for over
seventy years has been the standard
of excellence. Why? Because the in
gradients are so well balanced that
every particle of the powder performs
its proper share in the work of re-
storing healthy conditions in your
stock. Put it in the feed and note
how they will improve in flesh and
spirits under it's influence. Price 20
cents per package. Sold by Wheaton
& Sons, the Pioneer Drug Store
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

j. T. Barnes to G. and A. Haas,
n y of ne 20, North Star IS 5000
NJ. Bills to r. Moore, sw of sw
8, New Haven. ........ 1000
j. Harlow to A. J Harlow ct al,
u of NV "a, North Shade. 1000
c. r. Burns and VT to r. ID.
Fuller and WI, lot /, blk Z,
Case add, Alma ........... 1900
q. w. Prfngle and WI to f. A.
Soucey, lot Z, blk IL, Alma. 5000
G.. r. Smith and VT to ID. e.
Acker, pit lots l and 2, blk 80,
st. Louis ................... 1900
t.. Wooley to c. b. Lord and VT,
lot 10, blk 43, Newton add,
st. Louis ................... S25
c. F. Pike and WI to G. IL.
Jessup, 1a of sw 81, Wheeler 400
G. n. Sharp and VT to F. f.
Holton, pit Sc of Sc IS, Pine
River Observation-Disclosures. 1000
S. Down and WI to G. l.. Jes-
sup Sc of Sc l, Fulton. -. 1000
S. l.. Shaun and VT to j. Bid
dinger and VT, pit ne 81,
Newark ............ 5000
j. E. Wolford and WI to r. and
o. Duffield, pit sw of ne 33,
Sumner ............. $500
o. ]. McWithy and WI to L. G.
Whitaker, lots 1, 2, 8, 4, 6
and Z, blk /, New add, st.
LOUIS .................. oVU
j. F. Snowman and VT to S. G.
Davis, lot 3, blk II, Trap
add, Elm Hall. ........... 14O
A. X. Porter to ]. F. Snowman
and WI, pit NV OF ne 30,
Wheeler announcement. 100
II. w. Forney and WI to G.. w.
Torbert and WI, pit ne 80,
Wheeler ................. 600
]. Biddinger and VT to G. l..
Jessup, pit W Y 81, Fulton. $500
D. c. Gibbs and VT to e. j.
Alverson, lot 2, blk 5, u,
Ithaca .................. 800
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
LOCAL MARKETS

The following market quotations are
corrected every Thursday morning:
GRAIN.
Wheat-No. white. 81 90. No 2 red
Sl.02
Oats--Old or new, CSC.
Shelled corn-77c
Ear Corn-37c
Beans-Choice, rAr bu. 81 10
Red Kidney Beans-$2.00
Rye-S6c
Buckwheat-$l. go per 100 lbs.
Barley-$I.60 to $500 per 100 lbs.
HAY.
Hay-$l5.OO to S21.O0
Straw-Baled. 80. 90, TO $500
Millet-Si.4o
GLOVER SEED.
June $40 90 to 10 50 per bushel,
Alsyke-$S.00 to $1,000 per bushel
Mammoth 1000 to Sl2 90 per bushel
Timothy-Strictly prime 1925 to 800
LIVE STOCK.
Pigs 80 PEI cwt
Heavy Hogs 90 per Cwt.
Beef Cattle-S3 90 10 $3.50 per cwt
Sheep-$2. 90 70 81 90 per cwt.
Lambs-$5.00 TO So. 80 per cwt
Veal Calves-$5 90 to $3.50 per cwt.
DRESSED MEATS
Beef--6c a. DC per pound
HOgs $500 per cwt.
Mutton sc per pound
Veal Calves s TO 90 per pound.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
NEEDLES onlv at our store f, q
Grover. The Rexall Store.

The people in the city of Petoskey
voted at recent election to bond the
city for $4,000 for the purpose of
building high school building. The
conditions at Petoskey at the present
time are similar to those in Alma's
schools. So crowded are some of the
grades that the students come to
school but part of the day thus max.
ing room for others the rest Of the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

FIRST CHURCHoF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
Services every Sunday at I0:l5 a, %
IN the Knights Of Pythias hail Wednes-
day evening services at 7:30. Reading
room open Saturday afternoon from two
70 four O'Clock same place.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
CHURCH OF CHRIST.

Regular service Sunday at 1890
o'clock a. III. Sunday school II 90 a. III.
Evening service 1880 @ f Society
at $3.50 Wednesday evening service at
730 Prayer service Thursday evening
at 1880 p IN.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18

week meeting for conference and
prayer, Thursday, 7:15 p. m. Rev.
II. L. Grain. Minister, The Manse.
52s State street.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
FREE METHODIST CHURCH

Regular services of worship at 10:45
a m and 1880 p. nj. Sundays. Sunday
school $3.50 m. Mid prayermeet-
ing Wednesday evening at 7;30 Church
on corner of w. Center and Cedar street.
G.. w. Kiffer, Pastor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
NJ. f.. CHURCH

Morning service at 1000; Sunday
School at II;3o; Junior League at 300 p.
m; Epworth League at 80 p. m. Even
ing service at 30. Mid-week service at
7:30 Thursday evening i'll lecture room
of church.
REV. W. +. DoTY, Pastor
724 state Street
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
St. Johns Church, Sunday

Morning Prayer and Sermon. 10 90
Sunday School. Northumberland 80
Evening Prayer and Sermon. =. 700
Litany Service Friday at 1880.
]. Frank Jackson. Rector.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
Baptist iChurch

Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 1:30
Rev. j. w. Priest. Pastor
702 Woodwork Av e
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18

For seeds of all kinds the Alma
Elevator Co. is headquarters.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Services of worship Sunday At 10
a. m. and pm. Bible school IL 80
I'm. Young People Q pm. Mid
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18

MIR. and Mrs. Fl. d. Shamer Of
Breckenridge returned to their home
last Saturday after spending a week
i'm Alma as guests Of Mrs. Burt Hicks
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18

Buy your timothy and clover seed
OF thc Alma Elevator Go, who are
prepared to meet your every require
ment in the seed line.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04
SEN IS PRESIDENT
DELEGATES TO MEET AT NAN
KIN AND CHOOSE REFoRMER
FOR FIRST PRESIDENT.
ORGANIZING HIS CABINET
Yuan Shi kai Takes Sick Leave
Russians Want China to Continue
in Control of Mon
goIia.

Shanghai, China. An imperial
edict will not be accepted by the revo-
~lutionaries except in the most liberal
form under which a republic can be
established without delay. or unless it
provides for the recognition of the
provisional government Of which DR..
Sun Vat Sen was elected president
at the regular convention of the
Marking conference at which IS dele
gates appointed by the governors Of
the provinces or by the provincial as
semblies, will act in behalf Of China
proper.
DR.. Sun Vat Sen has made prepare
tions to organize his cabinet. 1t is
believed that the first ministry will
be strong and may include some of
Yuan Shi Kai's delegates, who accom-
panied Tang Shao vi, the premier's
representative, to the peace confer
ence.
The revolutionary leaders here
laugh at the apparent struggle Of
Yuan Shi Kai, the imperial premier,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04

to temporize with the situation, which
they declare has passed out Of his
control.
Disguised at the refusal of the i'm
perial clan to contribute to the war
chest, Yuan Shat Kai last night took
sick leave. 1t is believed this pres
ages his early retirement from the
premiership. He bitterly resents the
bad faith of WI Ting Fang and his
party In proposing a national congress
n now insisting upon a rump, not a
representative, congress. Yuan fears
that a republic means the country's
dissolution, and believes the only sane
solution is to fight it out, but he is
handicapped by lack of money.
China Ordered to Keep Mongolia.
Pekin.-In response to a direct re.
quest Of the Russian government,
handed to the Chinese foreign office
by the Russian charge d'affaires that
China should promptly resume control
of Mongolia, the Chinese government
declared its inability to comply a the
present moment.
The only action the government is
able to take regarding Mongolia, the
independence of which has been pro.
claimed, is the appointment Of two
commissioners who have been or
dered to proceed by way of the trans
Siberian railway to Urga, the chief
city, to persuade the Mongol authori-
ties, il possible, to renew their al.
legiance to China.
The kutuktu, who is the religious
head Of the Mongol Buddhists, was
proclaimed khen.
According to the Lama doctrine,
this dignitary-the kutuktu-is the
terrestrial impersonation of the god.
head and never dies, but passed after
his apparent decease into the body of
some newly born boy, who is sought
for afterwards according to the proph.
etic indications of the Delai Lama In
Thibet. The independence movement
is largely religious.
The dissatisfaction of the Mongo-
liam people has been long standing.
the Russians say, owing to Chinese
incapacity and corruption. The Chi.
nese ambans, or governors. have al
ways plundered the Mougols and en-,
riched themselves, while at the same
time carrying on an unjust admins
tration.
Russia does not intend to declare a
protectorats and refused the Mongol
appeal for the establishment of a pro-
tectorate last July. Such a d~eclara.
ton might cause objection on the
part of the other powers, while in fact
something like a protectorate already
exists in the association Of Russian
and Monaghan Buddhists.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04
]. ]. HILL IS OPTIMISTIC
SEES NOTHING UNAVOIDABLE IN
COMMERCIAL SKY.
His Lines Have Biggest Six Months in
Their History Since
July l.

New York, n. Y.-Chairman James
J.. Hill of the Great Northern road
reached New York with a good report
of conditions in the Northwest.
business is quiet. but good" he
said. Taking all the known factors
into account, the outlook for next year
is favorable. Naturally, people are
not starting many new enterprises and
there is little new railroad work pro-
jected, but otherwise things are all
right. We are still doing a little ghost
dancing Business would be better
now in that section but for the re,
duced crop. Moisture conditions are
excellent so far for neXt years har,
vest, but Of course it is a long way
from now to the half-bushel measure"
Notwithstanding the effect of a
smaller crop yield, the Great Northern
has had the biggest six months in its
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04

history since the beginning Of the
current fiscal year. Gross earnings
have shown a substantial increase, but
net earnings have made a much larger
relative gain.
The Great Northern has attained an
operating ratio as low as 40 per cent,
in recent months. while it's train load
has ben brought up to as high as 731
tons for the month. Mr.. Hill says the
increased net earnings are not being
obtained by stripping the property, but
that the company is reaping the bene-
fit of construction work well done.
Maintenance of way a mile has been
higher than On other western roads,
but the cost of keeping the equipment
in repair has been as usual, consider
ably lower than the average. Mr.. Hill
expects next year to increase the
Great Northern's efficiency and to
show still lower operating costs, in
spite of the tendency toward higher,
with further increases in tonnage.
Influence Of Canal.
AS for the Panama canal, Mr.. Hill
says 1t will play a small part in chang.
ing either the nature or amount of the
western roads business. The North
west will find it cheaper to continue
moving it's business by rail and in a
direct line. He thinks there is little
~eastbound business that the canal can
take from the railroads.
NJ IIiIl 1an;n1 fhn CT Dali r1-~.
that Louis w. Hill is to resign as presi-
dent of the Great Northern early in
the new year. to be succeeded by G. r.
Gray.
l.. f. Katzenbach, who has been as.
sistant secretary and assistant treas
urer Of the Colorado Southern, has
been appointed secretary and assistant
treasurer Of the Great Northern, sue.
ceeding Edward Sawyer, retired.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04
FIFTY DEAD IN BERLIN.
In Mysterious Poisoning Affair in
Municipal Lodging House.

Berlin, Germ.-Fifty deaths due TO
a wholesale poisoning plot, have oc-
Cured at the Municipal Shelter for
the homeless in this city. Sixty or
seventy others are seriously Ill at
hospitals while new cases are being
rushed there at such a rate that
statistics cannot keep up with them.
At first 1t was believed that the
death were due to the eating of faint
ed smoked herring which some of the
homeless people had brought with
them TO the Shelter to exc out the
scanty diet provided there. The af-
fair, however, has assumed such pro-
portions that this theory has almost
been abandoned and the superintend-
mi of the asylum asserts that the
deaths have not been due to fish, but
to deliberate poisoning.
Many cases have also been reported
from another municipal Shelter and
from the city jail. The symptoms of
some of the patients correspond to
those of cholera, but several post
norton examinations have disproved
absolutely the existence of cholera.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04
PLAN TO BOOST WHEAT PRICES
Large Supply Held In Baltimore Ele.
vators Creates Suspicion.

Baltimore, Md. - The elevators
of Baltimore at present hold more
than three times the quantity Of wheat
and considerably more corn than they
did a year ago, but the enormous
quantity Of cereals stored here does
not mean a corresponding increase in
the amount of business transacted in
these commodities. On the contrary,
it is claimed that it acts as a re-
s%traint, because the wheat and corn
are not intended to fill orders already
booked, but to be held to force up the
prices.
A story IS told in grain circles Of
the local agent Of a western specu-
lator who experienced all kinds Of
trouble in obtaining a comparatively
small amount OF wheat which he
urgently needed, although his princi-
pal had stored in this city an un.
usually large supply which, however,
was held for higher prices.
According to statistics compiled at
the chamber of m the stock
of wheat yesterday amounted to
1,769.1S9 bushels, or more than three
times the amount stored on the cor
responding day a year ago. The stock
of corn was s62,S3s bushels, compared
with $50. 1855 a rear ago.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04
RUSSIA GRABBING Orient
EMPIRE MAY ANNEX MONGOLIA
AND TuRKESTAN.
Both Countries Proclaim Their indie,
pendence-Jap Alliance Is
Expected.

Pekin, China.-Mongolia, which al
most equals China proper in size, is
proclaimed independent, simultane-
ously with the cutting off from China
of the vast dependency of Turkestan.
Both will pass under Russian inlu-
ence and will become Russian pro-
tectorates. Russia at any time will
be able to annex them. A grand
khan will be named as monarch of
Mongolia. The construction Of the
trans-Mongolian railway, for which
Russia has long sought permission
from China. will now be but a mat
ter Of time, Europe thereby coming
nearer to Pekin by three or -four days.
Russian influence will flank the
Japanese sphere in M%anchuria peril
ously, and a Japanese alliance for the
sake of preserving Japanese interests
may M or later be expected.
Russian officers and officials, if not
the Russian government proper, have
influenced this action in Mongolia.
DR.. Sun May Be President.
Shanghai.-The arrival of DR.. Sun
Vat Sen in Shanghai has injected an
entirely new and forcefui element in
the ranks and councils Of the revolu-
tionaries. There is every evidence
that DR.. Sun Is receiving more con-
sideration than other leaders of the
revolutionaries here. His residence is
crowded from morning till evening
with representatives Of all the prov
inces. generals and governors, with
whom he has continual consultations.
The delegates from the provinces
Of China proper who have been at
tending the Nankin convention, came
in a body to Shanghai, where they
met DR.. Sun, later returning to Nam
kin.
There is reason to believe that they
will meet on Dec. 2S and elect DR..
Sun president of the provisional gov
eminent of the united provinces of
China proper by a unanimous vote of
the delegates of the IS provinces.
After that has been done, the reyolu-
tionaries plan the selection of a cabi-
net by the president, who will then
issue a proclamation setting forth the
terms offered by the revolutionaries
to the Manchus and the imperial
court in event Of their peaceful sur
render. Should this not occur, this
campaign against the Manchus and
the im%perialists will be continued and
Pekin will be taken.
DR.. Sun Vat Sen evidently does not
regard the peace conference here seri-
ously and will proceed with his plans
without regard to Pekin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04
DRASTIC BILL AIMED AT U. s.
Nationalist Offer In Duma Sweeping
Measure of ProhIbltive Character.

st. Petersburg, Russia. = A supple.
mentary legislative proposal OF a
frankly prohibitive character was in.
troduced by the nationalists In the
duma. 1t is aimed directly at the
United States.
According to the terms Of the pro.
posed enactment American citizens OF
the Jewish religion are to be totally
excluded from Russia. and in the sec.
ond place customs duties are to be
raised by 100 per cent unless the Rus.
sian sormal schedule is lower than
the American. In that case a duty
equalling the American duty will be
collected.
The author of the bill states that the
last provision is necessary in order to
deal with the import of American ag.
ricultural machinery.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-04
TAFT CONSULTED ABOUT WOOL.
Conferences VIII Be Frequent Until
Tariff Bill Is Drafted.

Washington, ID. c. - Representa-
tives Payne OF New York and Hill OF
Connecticut. minority members or the
house ways and means committee, had
a long conference with the president
about the wool bill republican mem
bers intend to lay before the house.
There will be further consultations
with the president until a final draft
Is made.