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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17
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l<n0 corr>opondont Of The TlmeA


In : recent series of articles In The
Tlmes I told about the misfortunss OF
The irrigation farmer.
There 10 another story that ought TO
- written. Il deals with the future
- theee government projects. when
= Nv more years Of pioneering toll
anA wiser policy and management
MN have won for the reclamation
farmers their proper heritage.
n came to me over and over again
a travelled through the west. Even
while I saw the poverty OF strussnns
settlers I could not help seeing the
rainbow Of opportunity. =.
Nowhere In the world. perhaps, 40
such possibilities open before the
fnrmer % In these newly watered
valleys that are now Sloughs or De
spond. Uncle Sam, though he mas
heon Z rather ungenerous landlord
has Riven the settlers means whereby
they may work out their own destiny
more advantageously than any other
farmers In America.
This n made possible through the
"vater users association" which ID
CyV0JIOO "a INC ISSAoAAoSsV~
and 10 unique among corporations
On every government project there
q such an association. 1t 10 organ
lied to take over and operate the
project when the government mas
completed the dams, bitches. etc., and
the settlers have paid for them. Inc
farmers hold one share OF stock Tor
each irrigated acre they possess. And'
inasmuch 90 farm units" are nearly
al the same size. no man or group
can dominate the association.
Here, then, is a self-governing com
munity Of farmers bound together for
business purposes and Incorporated,
under q state charter. following a
form sanctioned by the federal gov
eminent Its powers are surprisingly
great.
Consider. for example. the North
Platte Water Users association In
Nebraska.
IT. main purpose, OF course. Is tc
acquire and distribute water to the
shareholders. But note these added
powers:
Il can divert, store, pump. carry ant
distribute water for all other bene
nctal uses"
Il can build. acquire, use or sci
irrigation works. telephone systems
electric or other power plants ant
transmission lines, transportation
lineo on water or land. for conveyanc,
Of passengers or freight, and can dea
n property "of any kind whatsoeve
necessary or appropriate for any o
IL purposoS."
II can generate. transmit. use an'
cell power.
10 can act - trustee or agent for TIT
sale or transfer of lands.
It can incur debts and issue bonds
Il can acquire. hold Nor dispose o
y stock In other corporations, foreisl
Or Domestic.
80 II C1u have and exercise all tn,
Powers and perform oil acts necessary
Of appropriats for the accomplish
naent Of any one or more OF the sait
purposes. or anything incident there
Suppose that such an association
hao assumed control Of the project, u
3 y win IN q few years.
We have then q compact farminl
founmunity Of more than 1000 fam
I. NJ. WITH about 100000 acres Of mar
IN ocQo1y Fertile land. owning and con
n - = permanent supply Of water
o6oeso have Gene to know sacl
~ ~ toeotAef Under intslii
T1oy have the smeani
- . ooGnbeno4 Sy0to0
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17
MOB ATTEMPTS LYNCHING
OF 81 AVER OF TRIO

FORT WORTH. Texas, May Is
Two companies OF militia are still on
guard at the county jail today, follow
ing several attempts last night to
break into the jail and lynch
Tom Lee. slayer Of Patrolman
Ogletree, Frank Soles, and VIII
Moore. The used 90-pound rail-
road rails In an effort to break
into the windows. but policemen
overpowered them after sharp hght'
ing. Lee. who attempted suicide. 10
reported 10 have been taken to the
Weatherford jail for safety.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17
To Prevent Appendicitis

The danger Of appendicitis
when once Il sets In should cause
the public to recognise the earlier
symptoms and take proper steps
to ward 1t OF. Constipation and
neglected indigestion Of . chronic
character are predisposing causes
which can be subjugated by taxi
Ing . morning. noon and night
scientific treatment designated by
physicians and pharmacists -
Tablets Triopsptine. They are
put up In sealed packages especi.
ally for the treatment OF indiges-
tlou and incipient appendicitis
Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17
Urges Mexican Intervention.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. May l6.-"Armed
Intervention by the United States 10
the only thing In my Judgment that
will restore peace In Msxico,' said
Missionary r. p. MAhon. Of MoreliA.
state Of Michcacan. Mex. In an ad-
dress before the southern Baptist con-
vention yesterday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17
The Rainbosv Is There For
The Reclamation Settler

CT public and private ownership. They
can create, use and sell electric power
from their reservoirs to cheaper liv'
ing cost and ease farm work. Gwen
now on the Minidoka project. In
Idaho. electricity 10 furnished for heat
ing hoLses at one-third cent per kilo-
watt hour-the cheapest power In the
worldly They can build and operate
telephones, power plants, trolley lines
or other public utilities.
Here, too, IL the mechanism for that
economic dream OF farmers-coo per-
alive buying and selling. These 1000
farmers. rs a unit, can purchase their
seed, their machinery. their stock. at
wholesale rates. They can open CO
operative stores. They can sell to-
gether, standardizing their product,
getting better prices and steadying
the market. They might even operate
manufacturing plants.
In fact, Uncle Sam Is creating on
these projects self-sufiicient commun-
tiles In comparison with which the
famous Brook Farm and other expert
ments are child's play.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17

The mystery az to how Gabe Pruitt
pays the grocer has been solved. His
vito pays him. 1t seems that during
the years In which Gabe has conferred
his attention on, the uplift, Mrs. Gabe.
equally active, has built up nne
trade for her kitchen laundry-Tope-
ka Capital
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17

oasss, the best record In the United
6tatss, according to the federal 70
port.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17

tended TO very carefully. A two
horse power motor il ample for a.
foot boat One OF even less power
would be plenty large enough.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17
Were Going to Build Our Osvn Motovboat This Year


We're going to build our own motor
boat this season. It's cheaper. more
fun and. for the beginner at least, n
whole let more instructive than buy
ing from the manufacturers.
The boat part Of this motorboat--
the one we're going to tell how 10
build-will not cost more than $l5 II
you do the work yourself. Indeed. II
win probably cost even less. The
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-17

Deb PplntSn0 Oene Rlght. Tlnes
Pplnting Co.. 1k John n st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
MAYOR KLINE WON'T SAY
mitchell OPPOSED STERN
II Decline to Answer, He Re-
plies-Silent as to Educa-
ton Board Appointments.

With nine appointments TO the Board OF
Education to be made this month, pur-
suant to the city charter, Mayor Kline
refuses to discuss his possible choices.
Asked Yesterday il he intended to re-
appoint Thomas w. Churchill. the presi-
dent of the board. the Mayor replied that
he had known Mr. Churchill only two
months, but considered that he had done
good work as a member Of the board.
He denied that there had been opposition
by the Republican organization TO the re-
appointment of Abraham Stern. but said
he had received letters from various indi-
viduals censuring Mr.. Stern because OF
his attitude toward teachers who became
mothers.
81 have been reported as being about
TO do something to aid one faction or the
other in the board" said the Mayor, but
l have no such intention. My sole pur-
pose is to select the highest type OF
American citizen, who can give the city
the best service on the board"
Has Mayor elect Mitchell requested you
not to reappoint Mr.. Stern" Mayor
Kline was asked.
81 decline to answer that question" he
replied.
The nine members Of the Board OF Ed
ucation who retire this year are Thomas
w. Churchill, president; Or. Ira S. VILE,
Dr. Louis Haupt Miss Olivia Leventritt.
General George w. Wingate. Robert E.
McCafferty, Henry p. Morrison, Ernest
w. Stratmann and Abraham Stern.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
STRING OF PEARLS LOST
Mrs. Harry Ellen Says Jewelry
Was Gift from Lillian Russell.

A string of pearls with diamonds 10
which was attached pearl and diamond
lavallere. was lost some time Thursday
night between the Professional Womans
League, Broadway and 6sth street and
the Hotel Berkeley, at Broadway and lith
street It is the property OF Mrs. Harry
Ellen, and was gift TO her from her
sister. Miss Lillian Russell Mrs. Alex
ander p. Moore).
The pearl pendant is a rarity for lis
lustre. according TO Mrs. Ellen. 1t is pear
shaped and about an inch long. During
the evening when the jewels were lost
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ellen had gone from
the Hotel Van Cortlandt by trolley 70 the
Professional Woman's League, where re-
hearsals are being held for benefit min
strel. Then they walked up Broadway 10
72d street and then up Amsterdam avenue
TO their home, in the Hotel Berkeley The
iewelry is said TO be worth several thou
sand dollars.
Mrs. Ellen in telling Of the loss last
night recalled having lost heart-shaped
diamond setting some years ago, which
belonged to her sister, Miss Russell. This
was also lost after she had visited the
Professional Womans League.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
WOULD EXTRADlTE LAWYER
District Attorney Cropsey
Wants Man Held in Louisville.

District Attorney Cropsey Of Kings
County Is preparing to extradite Walter
II. Cragg, the Brooklyn lawyer. who was
arrested on Thursday at Louisville,
charged with embezzling a large sum of
money which Mrs. Sarah Wells. of No.
1903 Hancock street. gave him TO invest
for her in 1912. Mr.. Cragg formerly had
Offices at No. Al Court street and was
considered a successful lawyer. lie IS
thirty-seven years old and married. His
wife now lives at No. 40 Montague street.
F. II. Workman & Co. charged Cragg
last June with collecting a claim for sl25
and refusing to pay it over. The matter
was heard before j. T. Marean. the OFF,
cial referee, who found him guilty OF
professional misconduct and recommended
his disbarment. The Brooklyn Bar Asso-
citation has presented the recommendation
10 the Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court, but no action upon it has as yet
been taken. Some time ago he and his
wife separated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
PEACE PACT NEAR IN
BLAKE'S MARITAL WOES
Surgeons Wife's Demand for
$1,000 Monthly Alimony TO
Re Fixed by Counsel.

Allmony in the separation SUIT OF Mrs'
Joseph A. Blake against her husband, the
surgeon, It is said will be arranged ny
counsel for the parties at issue II IL mas
not already been arranged. Mrs. BAKE
asked for $1,000 monthly in addition 10
81. 900 counsel fees. and this part OF her
action will not come into court again. IL
was said yesterday.
I-pon whose motion this agreement mas
been reached was not given out ofhclahy'
but IL appears from sources other than
the counsel that Or. Blake is the one
who is Welding in the interest OF peace.
DIR. Blake's answer TO the separation SUIT
Is 10 be filed to-day. The contents or
this document are not known, but II was
alleged that II would be merely formal
denial OF any charges that have been
made.
II is understood that Mrs Blake VIII
retain possession OF Frank Blake. her
thirteen-ycar- son. The other SON.
Joseph A.. jr.. now in Yale, is OF age ana
can elect for himself where he will make
his home I'm future.
The papers in the separation suit. both
plea and answer. will probably be given
TO n referee for hearing as TO tho facts
and recommendation 90 the court There
appears no doubt whatever that the sepa-
ration suit will 20 through as scheduled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
PUT DIPLOMATS IN FURRY
State Department Officials
Make Annoying Blunder.
[From The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Nov. Estate Department
officials who devote themselves to the
social end of the administration threw
part Of the diplomatic corps into fits of
speculation when they issued invitations
for Mrs. Wilson to the entire corps 10
attend a reception at the White House
this afternoon.
While some Of them who observed the
absence Of an hour for the reception on
their invitations communicated with the
department and We're Strengthened out
others did not notice the blunder until TINS
afternoon, when there was general use
of the telephone to learn the hour, whlch
was o'clock. The mistake was attrlo-
uted to the excitement incident to the
coming wedding of Miss Jessie WILSON,
but the diplomats, who are accustomed 10
the greatest possible precision in such
matters, were astonished.
This is not the first time the State De-
partment has thrown the diplomatic
corps into a state of excitement. Near
the end of the Taft administration a
bachelor minister's invitation included a
wife. which throwing up his hands, he
vehemently declared he had not.
Misspelled names are frequently at
tributable to the difficulty in reading for
eign handwriting. but are fault OF whlch
the diplomats complain, while they also
object to being constantly called up IN
reference to some new diplomat placed IN
the official list, when he has not arrived
in this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
CHICAGO COURT PRAISED
National Municipal League
Hears of It's Success.

Toronto, Nov. H.-The Municipal Court
OF Chicago was described before the con-
vention of the National Municipal League
to-day as 1.-The first really successful m1-
nlcipal court in America" This state
ment was made in the course Of an ad-
dress by Herbert Harley, secretary OF
the American Judicature Society.
Regarding courts in general, Mr.. Harley
said their greatest fault in most states
was due to the fact that legislators have
prescribed a judicial system by statue
and legislated mlnutely as to the powers
and duties of judges. At present, he SAID
there was a demand for courts Of domes-
tic relations and morals, where cases In
volving vice may be segregated for ex-
pert handling.
The greatest weakness in the Chicago
SYSTEM" declared Mr.. Harley. lis its po-
ltical side The tenure OF Office Tor
Judges is six years, and there Is always
danger of a political landslide in Chicago
the land being more slippery there than
at Culebra."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
DIVORCEE CLAIMS DOVER
Demands 1t, as First Husband
Died Ere Decree Was Signed.

TFrom The Tribune Correspondent
Fnglewood. y. J.. Nov. i.-An attempt
10 obtain a Widows dover In an estate
valued NJ 10000 after the signing OF n
final decree OF divorce is the situation re-
yealed in an application made in the
Court Of Chancsry to-day by Mrs. Allen
q. Never for A rule 20 show cause why
the final decree OF divorce should not be
pet aside
Henry +. Durham brought the suit for
divorce against his wife, charging stat
utory offence and naming Allen o. Meyer
as correspondent The decree nisi in the
case was granted to Durham october 3.
1912 and the day following Durham died.
Without knowledge OF his death, the
Chancery Court six months later grant
ed the final decree.
Ten days after Dunham's death Mrs.
Durham married Meyer. This marriage
took place almost six months before the
Chancellor signed the final decree OF di-
yorcc. but the union was legal because
Mrs. Durham was widow at the time.
IN her application to-day Mrs Meyer
set up the plea that wife could not be
divorced from a dead man, and therefore
the decree could have no legal effect be-
cause Durham was dead when II was
signed. II the court shall hold 10 this
view OF the case and set aside the final
decree Mrs Meyer will be entitled to her
dover right on the $500 900 esat,, )r one
third
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
ASKS WALDO TO GET THIEF
French Consuls Home Robbed
of Watch and Pearl Chain.

Henri Goiran. French Deputy Consul
General. has asked Commissioner Waldo
to find the thief who took a watch AMI a
chain containing 210 pearls from Mime.
Goiran's bureau on November s. Mr.. Col
rand lives at No. 81 West 5Sth street. on
November maid employed in his
household made the acquaintance Of a
young man in Central Park. The young
man. with a friend, called the next day
and the maid showed them the house.
They entered the apartments occupied
by Nine. Goiran. where the watch and
cnain were on the bureau. While there
the maid remembered that excellent pas
try was TO be had in the kitchen and
suggested that they get some before the
family returned
She went down first with the young man
whom she had met in the park. The sec
ond man did not join them at once. After
they had partaken of the pastry the
young men departed, promising to return
soon again. The watch and chain were
missing. The young men failed to return
as promised.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
HOUSTON BLAMES FARMER
Secretary Attributes Cost of
Living Largely to Him.

Manchester, n. H., Nov. H-An address
by Secretary Houston OF the Department
OF Agriculture was the principal feature
OF to-day's programme at the annual
meeting Of the National Grange. Less
than 40 per cent of the cultivated land In
the United States is reasonably well Gull
tivated and less than IL per cent Is
yielding maximum returns. he said.
Speaking of what the Agriculture De-
p irtment hopes to do to solve the prob
lem OF the increasing cost OF living, Sec
rotary Houston expressed the opinion
that "the existing chaos and consequent
wastes result from faults on the part or
the farmer in the growing and handling
OF his products; from the machinery OF
distribution, including physical equipment
and physical handling; from the manipu-
lation OF those mlddlemen who perform
no useful and necessary service. and from
ignorance on the part of the consumer
and of the producer OF the character Of
the product which is placed upon the mar
ket."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
HELD FOR KILLING HUNTER
Brooklyn Man Shot Victim in
Mistake for Deer.

Dover, Me-. Nov. H.-Under a Maine
statute covering the careless and negli.
gent shooting Of q human being by a
hunter, Cornelius Gable. OF No. 4+ East
18th street, Brooklyn. n. Y, was held un.
der 5000 bail to-day, charged with man,
slaughter in causing the death of Charles
II. Dodge. Of Guilford, at Schoodic Lake
on Tuesday last. Cable mistook Dodge
for a deer.
Clifford Pease, a Dover. Ohio. sports
man, is on his way to Springfield TO sur
render himself to Deputy Sheriff Gillie
following the shooting of Alonzo Bacon.
of Grand Lake Stream, at Dobsis Lake on
Thursday. Pease also mistook Bacon for
a deer.
These two tragedies make six fatal
hunting accidents in this part Of Maine
within the last fortnight, and the au-
thorlties have announced that they will
prosecute the cases to the full extent Of
the law, which provides for fines up to
81, 900 and imprisonment up to ten years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
WlNDMULLER HAD 100000
Committee Appointed to APP
praise Estate Asks Discharge.

The estate OF Louis Windmuller. one OF
the founders of the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company. will amount to more
than $4,000 according to the application
made TO Justice Crane. in the Queens
County Court, for the discharge of the
committee of the estate.
Last September Mr.. Windmuller was
suddenly taken i'll, and without warning
lost his mental power, and the court ar
pointed former Judge William Rasquin to
make an examination of Mr.. Windmuller.
Upon his report the committee was
named. but before the work of appraising
the estate was completed Mr.. Windmuller
died.
The committee reports that il found
property valued at more than $4,000. IT
consisted of stocks and bonds and other
personal property. The entire estate was
accounted for. and the committee also
asked permission to pay debts contracted
while II was in charge. The application
was granted and the probate OF the will
will now be asked for in the Queens
County Surrogates Court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
ELLIOTT NOT TO RESIGN
Head of New Ravens Directors
Denies Wall Street Report.

In the face OF rumors that Howard
Elliott. chairman OF the board Of direc-
tors OF the New York. New Haven ~
Hartford Railroad, is about TO resign, Mr..
Elliott yesterday afternoon most emphat-
ically denied the report declaring II TO
be absolutely absurd and without foun-
dation"
The report became known following
meeting OF the executive committee or
the directorate, at which was discussed
the right OF the road to subscribe to
bond issue and at which a committee or
three was appointed to ascertain the
entire valuation of the New Haven sys-
TEN, as required by the federal valuation
law.
In his denial Mr.. Elliott issued the fol-
lowing statement:
such a report is absolutely absurd
The rumor is said to have started In Wall
Street, but there is no foundation for II"
At the meeting yesterday Mr.. Elliott
was elected president of the Rhode Island
Company, the Connecticut Company and
the Central New England Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
CAN'T GET POKER DEBT
Not Only That, but Plaintiff
Must Pay Court Costs.

The suit of John ]. McGraw-it is not
on record that he is the baseball man
against John A. Bennett to recover Sl'212
on a promissory note TO pay poker debt
was dismissed by Justice John V. McAvoy
in the City Court yesterday. The judge
arrived at his decision after hearing the
defendant tell how McGraw and another
man played poker with Bennett when
Bennett was a bit too much uSder the
influence OF liquor to know quite what
was going on. A woman later appeared
at the gaming table and further confused
the defendant, he said.
The justice dismissed the suit. assess
ing the costs. $23 &C. on McGraw.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
POLICE IN GAMBLING RAID
Paraphernalia Found in Room
in Lexington Avenue House.

Detectives, led by inspector Gillen, OF
the Sd Inspection District, entered house
on Lexington avenue, near 26th street,
yesterday afternoon and from n room in
the house conhscated a roulette wheel,
about two thousand poker chips, table
and chairs and playing cards. The room
is said by the police to have been used
for gambling.
The owner OF the house said two men
had rented the room two weeks ago 10
use it as a doctors office. and that since
that time he had noticed that many men
called on the two men each evening
Detective Sergeants Lelbold and MCGEE
and Detective O'Neil conducted the raid
under the personal direction OF the In
spector.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
INDICTED FOR ARSON
Real Estate Man, 1t Is Alleged,
Set Fire to Cafe He Ran.

From Inc Coi iNSPOhNSht.J
Passaic, N j.. Nov H.-Louis Werks-
man. of Passaic street, this city, real
estate operator and former saloonkeeper,
was arrested this morning and taken to
the county Jail in Paterson on an indict-
ment found by the Passaic County Grand
Jury yesterday which charges Werksmsn
with arson He was turned over to Sher-
if Radcliffe at Paterson by the detectives.
No bail is admitted on this charge.
The arrest is a result Of fire which
destroyed Werksman's cafe on Main ave.
nue. on October %. Reginald II. Bowker.
chief of the Fire Department, who made
an investigation, discovered that gasoleno
had been thrown on the walls OF the
building previous TO the fire. a peculiar
thing coincident with the blaze is that
Werksman married a Newark young
woman the day following. few days
before the fire he took out an insurance
policy.