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TUESDAY, MATIOI 10, 1911. THE SOUTH BENO NEWS-TIMES.

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history kiipkats rrsi'xr. For the r cond time Texas threatens to be a cau?f; of war between Mexico and the United states. Thus does hlktory repv.it itself. The act of Gov. Colquitt in authorizing or countenancing an invasion of Mexican territory by Texas rangers parallels the occupation of the disputed territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers in 1846. Though Tcxaj had been for many years practically free and had been recognized as a republic by the United States, England. France and other nations, Mexico refused to acknowledge its independence, and the annexation of the territory by the American glvrnnient laid the foundation for the war that followed. Mexico gave warning that the annexation would be equivalent to a declaration of war and soon afterward severed diplomatic relations. Mexico was in no condition to ensage in war with the United States or any other considerable power. The country had been for years racked with revolutions and its people bad no conception of the inequality of the impending struggle. It has been claimed that had the American government assumed a conciliatory policy, as in the present instance, the war might have been avoided. The Mexicans were, however, at the time in a belligerent attitude due partly to pride and partly to the expectation that the United States was about to become involved in war with Great Britain over the Oregon boundary. Other causes operated to widen the breach. On account of the disturbed condition of the country American ritizens in Mexico sustained property Josses, were frequently unjustly arrested and Imprisoned, and many claims arising from these causes were pending. Pres. Folk united these with the boundary dispute and demanded that a special envoy be received to settle both, but the Mexican government insisted on separate consideration of the two questions and refused to receive the American minister on any other basis. This refusal was accepted by Pre?. Folk as justilicatlon for taking possession of the disputed territory. The extension of slave territory, insistently pressed by the southern representatives to preserve the balance between slave and free states, the cry of "manifest destiny", which saw all the territory between the Atlantic and Facific under the American tlug and other causes contributed to precipi- i tating a war which, had reason preailed, was wholly unnecessary. The significance of the new complication in the present situation is serious, but confidence will be felt in Fres. Wilson's calm determination to use all honorable means to avoid an open rupture. THi: MORGAN STATF.MF.NT. The banking firm of J. F. Morgan S; Co. have made public a statement of the profits made by that firm while acting as the fiscal agents of the New York, New Haven Hartford railroad. The statement covers their activities during a period of twenty vears, and their profits according to their statement aggregate only $:'.r0,oOO. or an average of $17.r00 per year. No person can claim thi amount to have be n an exorbitant (barge for handling the volume of business JP.CO.OOO.OOO worth of securities if the service for which they charge was honestly performed. The statement may be complete in showing the profits made or. the securities handled, but there arc other details of the transactions which may iiOt be carried in a report of that kind. The difficulty with fiscal agents in

their relations toward their clients is lor oiner cities on me rouie 10 v asnthat they frequently become directing ington.

forces In the control of their prm their i ipal's financial operations. While being known as agents they are in fact more powerful than the owners in the management of the propertv. U would 1 e interesting to know whose hand directed the purchase of the useless subsidiary lines which the New York. New Haven v Hartford railroad bought at such exorbitant prices. Also the public would like to know whether J. P. Morgan A. 0. or any of their subsidiary bank. or interlocking directory corporations were fiscal agents for. or interested in. any of the roads so purchased. There are a number of these very pertinent questions for the interstate commerce commission to answer through the investigation they are making and the facts unearthed should be made public at once. If J. P. Morgan v: Co. were managing the railroad and destroyed the value of the road and its earning power through mere incompetency, that fact should be made public. If. on the other hand, it can be shown that the unfortunate have been robbed even though under the guiae of high finance the men responsible should be puniehd. In ither vent J .'15 0. "" serins a fair profit for the work done and J. I. .Morgan vV C'o. sems to have profited more by the tranactins than did the Poor itockholdcrs.

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PRINTING COMPANY. South Bend. Indiana i th Postorflee at South Bend. Indian THi: IIKALTIl CAMPAIGN. A word in advance on the fly question may not be misplaced. It certainly will not be inopportune. At this time when the board of health is starting a campaign against spitting and for general sanitary betterment a word

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order. In fact, we are u little bit surprised that the fly was not given specific attention by the board of health in arranging its health program. Being the commonest purveyor of disease germs known to science the familiar insect should receive special attention. The approach cf milder weather should warn us of the early reappearance of the several varieties of flies which infest our homes and infect their inmates with disease. The work of education against the fly which has been carried on for a number of years should have accomplished that much. Spitting is one of the factors which constitute flies a menace to health, but it is only one. There are many others, manure piles, garbage cans, etc., which contribute to making the fly a menace. All these as well as spitting should be given special attention. The board of health however, can do little without the co-operation cf the people. Careful observance of reflations is the best help they can give. By keeping their own premises in condition and reporting violations they will be of real service to everybody concerned. Myra Kelley never wrote a more heart touching story of the Ghetto than that left by a Chicago girl who took her life to end her misery. "And now," she writes, "I am afraid to face them (her relatives), ashamed to let the world know that which will reveal itself when I am found. But for me the sun will have arisen, and all the mud will be dried and good to walk upon." Tn order that New York theater goers may have a chance to dine comfortably after the play Mayor Mitchell will permit restaurants to remain open until 2 a. m. In no place outside of the great white way could such a priviiese be more deeply appreciated. It is shown that American manufacturers, with a big market at home, have been neglectful of their opportunities abroad. Perhaps with the invasion of .their field under lower tariff rates their enterprise will be quickened. Zelie Emerson, the American suffraget in London, is to be deported anil will of course return to the United States. If Zelie does not behave herself when she comes back she should be spanked. It was quite proper that the president should remain at home with Mrs. Wilson, who hasn't recovered from the effects of a recent fall, instead of going to church. Many men would forego church for a lesser reason. An object lesson in the insidious and other varieties of the lobby is being given in Washington on canal tolls. It may become possible to make a horrible example of somebody. The Iowa railroad commissioner says tne railroads do not need a live per cent advance in freight rates, and that impression is becoming quite common owing to recent disclosures. The new Federal league is spending a lot of money it may need before the : season is over, but is certainly putting up an attractive front. Sacramento positively refuses to feed Kelley's hobo army. A good example Those Texnns cannot quite forget that they were once a free and inde- i pendent people to do as they pleased j regardless of the feelings of others. , Without josing as the seventh son of a seventh son. it may be said that there are no indications of a political rest before next November. Not everv persons life thai, pretends to be shocked by Tories of other lives ! being "liv ing lies" is a shining example of "living truth."

- - . . I George Cimmerman boucht the RreNorvvay has women steamship cap- ! man druir ston, on v Washington st. tains, but we don't know whether theyi The Hlks elected the following offiexercise the right to make love to all ! f r: s?. M. Chord exalted ruler, Abe

the handsome male, passengers. With two kidsto-be reared along pure food lines. Doc Wiley still finds time to keep the personal advertising mill a-grinding s'iani has no old maid?; nor sharptongued professional female agitators. Possibly there is no connection between the facts. No gloom exists in London as a result of the story that Russia is secretly preparing for war with Germany. We hear a lot about" money saved by reforms, public and private, but comehow never got any of It. "The poet is born a genius." says ne of them. That may l.,- debatable, Lut that he's apt to die a pauper isn't.

STATESMEN REAL AND NEAR BY FRED C KELLY.

WASHINGTON, March 10. An interesting bit of phenomena Is Speaker Clark's way of greeting a visitor in his private office. When he is engaged in thought, the speaker slides down In a big leather chair until he is sitting on the small of his back, and gazes abstractedly at a newspaper spread across his lap. A visitor enters. Champ looks up, draws his eyes down to a narrow little owl-like slit and drawls: "Come in." Now, the way he says that "Come in" indicates just how welcome the visitor is. If he says it almost pleasantly, that Indicates only a moderate feeling of hospitality and the visi or would better not tarry too long. Rut let us suppose, on the other tand, that the speaker stretchen out his "Come in" into an unusually long drawl with a slight rising intlection on the "come" ..5 , Y . tone is one seemingly of great vexation. Suppose, further, that he also drawls a prolonged "Sit dowu-n!" as if to say: "What in thunder are you standing there for, when there are chairs?" In that case the visitor is plenty welcome and can stay as long as he sees fit. For the speaker reserves his gruffest tones for those he likes best. Representative Humphreys of Washington got up in the house one bright, crisp afternoon last month and painted a dismal picture of the woo and desolation wrought by the democratic party. If one accepted Humphrey's predictions, it looked like a question of an absurdly short time until practically every business institution would be forced into ruin, and a store or factory with its doors open would be so unusual as to be pointed out from the sightseeing vans. A day or bo after that. Humphrev's wife set out on a little shopping expedition, and the first store she tried to enter was locked up without so much as a placard on the front door. She tried another big store, and another, and they, too, had been locked up, presumably by the sheriff. All was woe and desolation, just as her husband had predicted. Sadly she went home to tell her husband that his dismal forecasts had already come true. "No," said Humphreys, gloomily, "I fear we can't blame the democrats for the closed doors today. This is Washington's birthday." One cannot always tell when one is getting one's self into a serious scrape. When Representative Samuel Smith of Michigan was serving on the District of Columbia committee, one of the district commissioners came and asked him to Introduce a bill they had drawn up to stop the hying of kites within the District of Columbia. The idt-a was to eliminate the danger of fires from kites sent up with lanterns on the tail. Somebody on the committee had to Introduce the bill. If it was to be passed, and Smith innocently dropped It in. lt ... He thought no more about it until he got home for the fall campaign and 'hen he found that there was the v.jry diwle to pay. Thf opposition had learned of the kite act introduced to congress under Smith's name, and were busily making it appear rot only that Smith was opposed to letting little boys have the simple pleasure of flying kites, but that the bill was all he could think of in the way to helpful legislation. Smith barely escaped being defeated that year, and all on account of the kite bill, that he had carelessly allowed to be wished on him. Visitors to the white house one morning recently found Joseph P. Tumulty, the president's secretary, seated at his desk with a newspaper before him, laughing and chuckling at a great rate. After a few minutes he began to get control of himself again and was able to tell what he was laughing at. Here is the explanation: For several weeks and even months, while the tariff bill was pending, a certain New Jersey woolen manufacturer was an almost daily visitor at the white house. He was on intimate terms with all the New Jersey delegation and Secretary Tumulty, and there was nothing for Tumulty to do each morning but listen to the tale wr.- the man had to tell. It seem- ' ed that the new tariff bill was going i t, u-rpek t he man s ousiur and ,,ace him and his family on the street corners, each witn a nine uuc-up 101 kind pedestrians to drop pennies into. When the tariff bill finally passed, the man departed with the air of one who has just suffered a total los. . Tumultv had forgot about his Jersey friend and his misfortunes until he chanced to pick up a jersev vn rn ine morning icinu u i". and read a certain inconspicuous m-j tie item. It said that . Tumulty's friend was just about to break ground for a $1,000,000 addition to his factory. I rv . . . in Twenty Years Ago I Reminders From the Columns j of The Daily Ttnies. The Humane society elected Dr. . I-. Kilmer president. J. C. Knoblock first vice president, Mrs. Ellen Colfax second vice president. .Myron Campbell treasurer. John H. Hair secretary. A. L. Brick and O. M. Cunningham at torncys. Stret-t lightin $1,192.41. for February cost iavingston .eauing Knignt. v. u. Wansbrough leading knight. W. H. ; Dobson lecturing knight. Max Conn : r.-., rer t A Wevthiirv .veertrv. I , Thomaa nyan tyler. Joseph Livingston. Frank C. Toepp, J. D. Henderson trustees. Horace L. Greene was in Chicago. Councilman Adolf Ginz's face wears an expression of exalted peace and happiness this morning, and it is all due to the fact that a bouncing son arrived at his home last night.

J0HNNYWRITES n. v.. mundy I herd cnuther pritty good yard about clarlce. the waiter pirl in the soup studio where clariee deals them off the arm. they serve the cofty in a cup that's about as thick as the walls of a county Jale and there ain't nevtr been a saucer in the place well, a nice yung feller from a good

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through Tin: yi:ak with IvONgfi:lixy. liver drifting, drifting, drifting. On tin shifting Currents of the re-tlos heart: Till at length in bonk rct-onletl. They like hoarded Household woriis no more depart. Seaw eeil. WK have never fully grasped the reason why a citizen of the. United .States can gather up all of his money and valuables and take them over into Mexico, where they pay no revenue to this country and very little to the other and still claim protection as an American citizen. OUR conception of the citizenship that commands protection is that which stays at home and works for Uncle Sam. Any other kind is merely a source of perpetual annoyance to the diplomatic service and an invitation to war. Movements of the Yaggys. (Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.) Henry Yaggy and family moved Tuesday into their new residence on North Union street, and V. K. Thomas and wife moved Wednesday into the house vacated by Mr. Y;ggy and which Mr. Thomas has just bought. Christ Rupp and -wife were guests the first of the week of J. R. Yaggy and family. Mrs. Yaggy and Mr. Rupp are brother and sister. Henry Yaggy was a Huntertown caller Sunday. dl V Hi Sibley sends in a picture of the Indianapolis Sun's new home with a note at the bottom saying, "Now see what I started." Up to the receipt of this we knew Hi had started, but didn't know he had got there. This Man Wants ai Sir: When I see a column or two of stuff concerning matters across the Rio Grande, I read the headlines only, even then feeling that for my dollar's worth of time I am getting only Mex. value. A. t T f i mm 1 i r- i n ATnn t

SINGLE TAX PLAN ON HOUSTON, TEX.

vj v v t, ..t, . V -' ,fi ,-. , J,' ty "t- - ' (Hl'NRY 31. HYDK IX CHICAGO Till HUNK) Three years ago "Joe" Pastoriza was elected one of the commissioners to whom was intrusted the government of Houston, Tex. At that time the population of the city was 78,000. When the commission organized to divide the work among its members the unpopular job of assessing and collecting the taxes was handed to Pastoriza, He took it so readily, even showing pleasure in the assignment, that the other commissioners should have suspected something. Probably they did not know that he was an ardent convert to the theory of the single tax. As soon as he was appointed Pastoriza announced that he would not try to collect any taxes on personal J property. Not one-tenth of the personal property was ever discovered; it simply made half the people of the town perjure themselves; and all the real taxable value was in real estate anyhow. He preached that doctrine on the streets and in the office. Presently and naturally the big real estate owners of the city got frightened. They called on the mayor and demanded that Pastoriza must stop his revolutionary talk. The culprit was sent for and at first he tried to bluff the thing through. Rut the committee of rich men refused to be bluffed. They threatened to compel him to obey the tax law as it appeared on the statute books. "All right," said Pastoriza, finally. "I will do as you say and obey the law just as it is written." He picked up a sheet of paper and a lead pencil. "I'll begin with myself. I've got $5,000 cash in bank, ?1H,000 loaned out on mortgages and $20 in real estate. I'll write them all down opposite my own name. "Now we'll take yon, Mr. Smith." he said, addressing the chairman of the committee and one of the richest men in the city. "If I have ? "i.OO in bank you must have ut least $00,000. We'll put that down. If I have $13,000 loaned out, you must have at least $7.1,000 invested in mortgages. We'll put that down." Pastoriza went on with two or three other members of the committee in the same way. Finally they all threw up their hands. If Pastoriza's talk about taxing nothing but land was revolutionary, this threat that he would really enforce the law and tax all personal property was complete madness. Anything was better than that. They agreed to let Pastoriza go ahead with his single tax scheme. Not wishing to scare people to death with a complete change at a single jump. Pastoriza first of all caused a scientific assessment to be made of all the land in the city limits. In determining the value of the property against which taxes were to be laid, he put in the land at 75 per cent of its full provemerits of all kinds at only 15 per cent of value and that included value; imwere listed their real even the stocks of goods carried by the merchants. The franchises of public utility corporations had never before been assessed at all. Pastoriza put them down for $l.So,000. It was necessary to raip several hundred thousand dollare mure that year by taxation than the year before, yet, when Pastoriza got through, the tax bills of some 5.000 citizens, constituting a clear majority of the taxpayers of the city, were less than they had been under the old arrangement. , Last spring Pastoriza run for reelection on a straight out single taxplatform. He even warned people publicly that if they did not believe in the sitmb tax they had better vote against him. Single taxers find vast home up state come in for brekfust the tuher morning he. ordered rolls and coffy. and when clariee slipped him the wet goods, he looked all around like he f xpeckted sumthing more well, asks clariee. is there anything missing oh. he says, kind of fussed like, my dear ung lady, you hav e forgotten to give me a saucer nuthing doing on the saucer, kiddo. ansers clariee we u. i to give saucers. Vit ev ery opct in a while some low-browed gink would u?- it to drink out of, and we'd lose a lot of our swcllcot trade Johny

THK want-ad man in the N.-T. office has been identified a? the guy who eneezed the ker out of kerchoo. THAT Fauncefoto put one over on Hay in that little international deal a few years ago seems to be growing on us. That Sft Stuff. The soft answer surely turneth away wrath. We can all profitably learn a lesson from Schoc lmaster Wilson. 1). "WHFN I was a young man," obsenes L, p. jli.. "we used to call lry goods clerks counter jumpers. But they were men. If the old custom were revived now I imagine there would be a revival of masculine interest in shopping. Puzzle: What Holiday Was Till? (Canton News.) A large shamrock made of crepe paper and outlined with Irish potatoes also decorated the tablo and green candles in crystal candlesticks, resting on green mats were used in pretty effect. The dishes of the menu were of the St. Patrick colors and the other

appointments season. were suggestive of the YOU hear it in the rooster's voice, you see it in the sky; the air distills the wine of life, and just finish it to suit yourself. Fair Warning. (Phelps County, Mo., Record.) If any of the readers of this paper are expecting any high faluting editorials in this column, we are afraid they will be disappointed. a.s we have not the capacity to write such articles and are not allied with any organization to furnish us the canned stuff. THERH was a dog. but no baby in the Dilg divorce ease, and that probably accounts for It. WHFN the thing breaks Huerta may make his getaway. BUT Huertaell will he go C. N. F. v V T , r"An Am v -V U L? J: v 'i- f "i V V "V 1 "V 1 f' - 'i- 'l- T satisfaction in the fact that Fastoriza was triumphantly re-elected at the head of the poll, receiving almost as many vote as all of the other 13 candidates put together. Single taxers also produce with pride the figures which show that under Pastofiza the city of Houston has flourished as never before. Its population is more than SO per cent larger. Its bank deposits and postotfiee receipts have greatly increased. Most significant of all is the fact that, under single tax, building operations have each year shown a decided gain. For the first six months of F.U3, for instance, building permits were 55 per cent in excess of those issued during the same period in 1911. And for 1914 Pastoriza has announced that land value will be assessed at 100 per cent, with no tax whatever on improvements. The Houston plan of enforcing a radical reform without waiting either for the repeal o old laws or the passage of new laws, without attempting to create any new government machinery, has been followed by a number of other cities in Texas. Pastoriza has been out all over the state speaking before various civic organizations. As a result of his work the Houston plan of taxation, under which the burden Is gradually shifted to the land values, has been adopted by Galveston, San Antonio, Waco and Beaumont. The plan of practically taking all the tax off personal property is, of course, not in compliance with the law as it stands. One might expect that large landholders would start legal proceedings to force the taxation of personalty. They see'm to be deterred chiefly by the threat that if they start trouble the law providing for the taxation of all money in bank and all credits will be strictly enforced. "You are breaking the law in one way," say the single taxers. "Half the people in town perjure themselves in making out their schedules of personal property. We propose to break the law or at least not enforce it in another way. Rut we will not ask anybody to swear to a lie. If you object to our plan we will simply enforce the law as it stands. We think that will start something like a business panic. And we will do our best to send you to penitentiary for perjury." It will be strange if other radical reformers do not follow the Texas exJtmple. All that is necessary is to get elected to otrico on any old ticket. Then take advantage of the fact that very few laws of any kind are strictly enforced and jc.it your own particular pet reform into force, under threat, if objection is made, of following the letter of the statutes. For Instance, it would be amusing to see how far a prohibitionist could go. once he had slipped into the mayor's chair, by threatening to enforce the Sunday closing law. TRY NEWS-TIMES WANT ADS sir,jTJ7 APi niCHtirtrt .TTi PATENT YOUR IDEAS and make mv rncc iook 1J -HOW T( I lUtar AS Tmm J 4 Y Wi. tf TO GET THEMMoney Not TXr JOSHUA R. H. POTTS ire r . W-.V; nr.. L'. S Tmrmm Pataat

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tflmpiionl: rti:s. The appeal which the Central Union Telephone company is ma-king to the public service commission of Indiana for permission to increase telephone rates in this city would be much more convincing it it were not for two things, one is that the Central Union is now in the control of receivers on the petition of minority stockholders, who allege that it has been "milked" for the benefit of the so-called telephone "trust", the American Telephone and Telegraph company. The other Is that the Indianapolis Telephone company is preparing to give to the public of Indianapolis a new kind of service at a reduction of '20 per cent in the charge asked At present for a service only slightly superior. Altogether, it appears that the Central Union chose a bad time for making its higher rate appeal. The tendency among public service corporations is toward lower, not higher, rates. One example is tho gas service of this city. Had it not been for the formation of the Citizens' Gas company it is possible that the old Indianapolis Gas company would still be in the field, giving 9 0. cent gas and perhaps complaining that 90 cents was not enough. Competition served an excellent purpose in the ga business, and it may do so in the telephono field. Why is it that the Central Union Telephone company wishes to increase the rate for the ordinary twoparty line which now is offered at $1S a year? Is it because operating expenses are higher? Is it because sapplies cost more? Is it because the demands of the minority stockholders for a dividend are pressing? Or is it because, the exigencies of monopoly have made an increase in income almost necessary? We can not answer these questions. But the public can look to the public service commission to ask them. We may be sure that the commission will carefully consider the telephone situation in this city before it acts on the Central Union's request. The Indianapolis Telephone company recognizes the need for cheaper service. Accordingly it is preparing to offer a fourparty service for $15 a year a service which it assures the public will be equal to the needs of the household in which the demands for telephoning are small. It would seem that if the Indianapolis Telephone company, which has by no means the resources or power possessed by the Central Union, can see its way clear to give cheaper service, the Central Union, with all its boasted efficiency, ought to be able to do as much. Indianapolis News. DOXT STOP. Discovery by medical men that the stress and strain of American industrial life drives newly arrived foreigners insane leads the learned gentlemen to advise more amendments to the immigration law. That's right. I-ok the immigrants over more closely when they land so that those appearing most likely to go insane may be kept out. Far be it from us to do anything to correct the conditions that make for the Insanity, not only of those foreigners table to stand the gaff, but of our own people who are driven mad by the killing pace. Reduce insanity by lifting the bars higher at the outside and what foi those already inside. Why, er, why, let us see. Oh, put them in Jail or or or something. Rut don't slacken the pace! Detroit News.

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om; man's ri:.ri:t. Among the wills filed in the ; r--! v court in Chicago the othr day v, .. that of a millionaire, who, whil an illiterate, left the bulk of his f.-rt ir.i to educational purposes. Th inin'j name was not signed to the win f. r the rca-swn that he c ubl nt writ.-, a cross mark was inscribed a? the ! torn to give th document leg.ij standing. Judged by the standard of n..n. which is the commonest standard n--v -adays. the life of this man wa high!-.-successful and happy. He might hawbeen held up :is an object lessen l prove that education is superfluous Rut he knew better. He knew ho.v much happier and useful his -arvr would have been had he not been d -prived of the advantages of schooling. His will is a posthumous expression of regret. The self-made man rny b. an opponent of higher education. "See what I made myself." he may exclaim, as if he were a living pro.f of the excellence of meager schooling. Ri:t mst self-made men, the self-niaib rn,;i u j,., have the clearest power of perception, and who do not measure the worth f a life, wholly in trms of dollars amassed, are the strongest advocates of education. They appreciate what they have lacked, and are generous enough to hope that others may not fei jh.. same deficiency. Terre Haute Trii -une. Till: OPPORTUNITY FOR TXPf. If ex-President Taft really proposes to devote a portion of his Judicial and legal ability to an attempt : shorten and cheapen processes of litigation, and succeeds, he may yet 1acclaimed one of the most popular . -presidents we have ever had. At any rate, he will be more usefully employed than in trying to tell how It happened. Toledo News-Fee. THi: 3IAYOR. MR. PFRKINS AND Tin: RULD muum; Intensely interesting are the rumors that fill the air these days recardiiu: Mr. Oeorge W. Perkins, Mayor . Mitchol. the police ( ommissionership and the bull moose party. We are toid that the mayor's re..', candidate for police commissioner, after he has had Colonel Ooethals reorganize the department and run for governor, is Mr. Perkins. We are also told that the mayor :s sick of the pap on which the old political parties are feeding their fo1Iowers and is about to bap into the hull moose corral himself. As to Mr. Parkins' ability to be - police commissioner there can be little doubt. A man who could organize th--International Harvester company and "get away with it", in our opinion. N perfectly qualified to hold more positions than that of police commissioned. We fancy Mr. Perkins micht even be able to clear the streets of New York of snow with great promptness, just as he might be expected to clean the purlieus of policedom of graft. New York Herald. TRY NEWS-TIMES WANT ADS LADIES' READY-TO WEAR L J Corner Michigan & Jeffcrson. TVfTo U o vinin mo Coihmiy M Colfax Avenue

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