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No Tainted Ada.
NINTH YEAR. NO. : 35 .
PHELAN’S MOTHER
HUD PLEADED FOR
WOMAN
ASKED JUDGE TO DEAL KINDLY
WITH OLD MARY LEVERING—
REABON FOR COURT’S KIND
NESS TO DRUNKS COMES OUT.
4
Saved from prison by Judge I’he
lau’s pity for him when he appeared
as a tippler, after 98 convictions,
tJeo/ge Duncan fell from grace, Fri
day night, less than three days after
the Judge had takeu his promise to
try to reform, and had seut him to
Eloise Instead of to prison.
Duncan looked shamefaced as he
met Judge Phelan In the court clerk a
offlee, Saturday morning.
“Judge. I’ve fallen worse than ever
before,” said Duncan. "I broke my
word to you. Hut honest, l couldn t
help it.”
He seemed to expect harsh treat
ment but deep down in Judge Phelan
memory, nestles u pretty llttlf story,
which makes him feel kindly toward
those poor unfortunates who have stir
tendered In the battle with Old John
Barleycorn.
Mary levering, the feminine proto
type of Duncan, with a long record
of sentences for being drunk. Is the
heroine of the little story.
Some years ago, when the Judge
was fighting to presenve Ills threat
ened eyesight, a little, bent old wo
man called at the Judge’s home. His
mother was then living. The visitor
said she had come to see the Judge,
hearing that he was ill. He had been
kind to her, she said. The Judge’s
mother and the little old woman, who
was Mary Levering, supped and chat
ted together, for Mary levering, free
from liquor, was a fine old Mady.
Judge Phelan’s mother cold him
when he went home that night, that
Mary Levering had been there io
offer her sympathy.
“Why.” said the Judge, “that’s the
woman I’ve often sent to the work
house for being drunk.”
“And she said that you had been
kind to her!" ejaculated the Judge’s
aged mother. “James, you ought not
to semi her to such ,a place. She’s a
fine old lady. There’s much good in
her. Perhaps the poor thing cannot
help drinking.”
And the next time that “Old Mary"
appeared before Judge Phelan, he
f.eat her to Rlolse, Instead of to pris
on. and .there, under good ( are. she
almost entirely overcame her craving
for drink.
George Duncan benefited by th»t
little story, and many others have
benefited In the same way.
“Didn’t they treat you right In
Eloise?” Judge Phelan asked Duncan,
ifter he had sent him to the city phy
sicians’ office to have the bloody 1
gashes, resulting from his spree,
•Jressed.
"They treated me fine, hut 1 didn’t
like the stufT they gjve me.” said
Duncan. “Besides. If was too awful
quiet out there. I’ve got to have ex
citement.”
“And whisky," said the Judge.
"Well, George, I’m sorry for you. I
know, now r that there Is something
wrong with you.”
Judge Phelan remanded Duncan to
the Jail, until he consults with Dr.
Marker In Elolse, and If the latter
finds the case hopeless, the judge will
petition to have Duncan sent to some
asylum.
B.4O.IAYACQUIRE
PERE MARQUETTE
An officer of the Pere Marquette
railroad says It Is In the hands of J.
P. Morgan to do as he sccb fit, and
the road soon will be disposed of to
some great system, probably the Balti
more ft Ohio. The deal simply awaits
the outcome of negotiations for the
settlement of the financial difficulties
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton ft Dayton,
said the officer.
E. H. Harrlman Is In control of the
Baltimore ft Ohio aud 1b a director In
the Pere Marquette.
MEXICAN ORE THIEVES
SHOT BY AMERICANS
GUANAJUATO, Mexico March 6
In a battle between American mine of
ficers on one side and Mexican ore
thieves on the other, Domingo Moc
tazuma, one of the thieves, was killed
and three of his companions wero
badly wounded and captured.
The officers of the Guanajuato Re
duction ft Mines Cos. knew that an or
ganized band of thieves was stealing
»re and they lay In hiding for the
thieves at night. The thieves fired as
soon as called upon to halt, whep
caught in the act of stealing ore, an 1
the Americans—H. P Smith, assistant
general manager of the mlnos, F. v
Updegraf and J. Wood—replied, with
the result that the exposed Mexicans
suffered heavily from the fire while
the Americans escaped.
Mexican police were attracted by the
phots and earned off all ihe Americans
to Jail at Grandaitas. This action has
greatly luceused the foreigners in this
vicinity.
Injured by Fall; Asks Damages.
John Bould. who was one of a doz
en men to fall off a stairway In the
Light Guard armory In 'Septeml>er,
1908, when a railing gave way, filed
suit against the Light Guard associa
tion in the circuit court, Saturday.
Bould asks for SIO,OOO, claiming that
in the fall he was seriously gashed
about the head and face, his collar
bone and three ribs broken, and his
tplne permanently Injured. Other
suits arising out of the same accident,
lire pending.
Gflfye geirmf Grimes
ROOSEVELT WILL
PEN OVER 100,000
WORDS ON TRIP
RATE FOR ARTICLEB DEALING
WITH HIS EXPERIENCES ON AF
RICAN TRIP SAID TO BE FIXED
AT $1 WORD.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, March 6
Kx President Roosevelt, clad in a
walking suit of knickerbockers, an
old brown shirt, and wearing a slouch
bat, was busy about bis home on Sag
amore hill today chopping wood aud
engaging In other exercises. He mov
ed about in the opeu wttu alacrity, en
joying the cool breezes that found
their way past the Roosevelt home.
The rythmical sraucks of Mr. Roose
velt’s axe as It hit the old trees could |
be heard for a quarter of a mile.
The oniy living ex-president saw
only his Intimate friends today. The
reporters who remained to tell of his
movements as a private citizen were
“shooed” uway at the gates of the big
place by a furm hand placed there
for that purpose.
Our “first citizen’s” ahnounced si
lence, It Is explained, Is due to his
literary contracts. He Is said to have
explained to a close friend in
Washington. To one publishing firm
he Is contracted to furnish from 100,-
000 to 150,000 words about his African
trip. The rate is not announced but
is said to be $1 a word. Then any
thing he has to say on other topics
belongs to the periodical to whose
editorial staff he will belong. There
fore, anything he might say "on the
side” might be regarded by him as not
giving a "square deul” to the publish
ers.
It was announced that Mr. Roose
velt would possibly attend divine ser
vice tomorrow with his wife at Christ
Episcopal church In Oyster Bay. Per
haps on Monday he will pay his first
visit to Manhattan in seven yeurs. He
has told the reporters that he expect-;
ed to visit his sister and aunt In New
York and also see his publishers and
look at his new office in the Outlook
establishment In Fourth-ave.
MIiSIANCE
TO LAUGH NOW
r
ATTORNEY FINED FOR CONTEMPT
BY JUSTICE OTT, TURNS NEAT
TRICK ON LATTER.
There’s a merry little comedy just
now in progress In the county build
ing. Justice Louis Ott and Attorney
Philip A. McHugh are playing the lead
ing ioles, and Murphy is a mem
ber of cast.
On Jan. 11, 1909, Mr. McHugh kept
Justice Ott. a Jury and several wit
nesses waiting for almost two hours
while he was arguing a case before
Judge Donovan. McHugh knew he
was wanted down stairs, but he con
sidered his circuit court business of
more importance, and paid no atten
tion to the messenger Judge Ott sent
to him with an order to appear in court
at once. When he did appear Judge
Ott Informed him that ho was in con
tempt, and fined him slo.'
McHugh protested, and later appeal
ed to the circuit court. A. writ of cer
tiorari w’as Issued, returnable Feb. 24.
Justice Ott, being a busy man, forgot
all about the return and let the day
go by. Saturday morning McHugh se
cured from Judge Murphy a writ of
mandamus, compelling Justice Ott to
appear In court on March 10 to show’
cause why the writ should not Issue.
Attorney McHugh thinks It Is now
his turn to laugh.
"I was fined $lO for being two hour j
late,” he said. ”1 wonder what will
happen to the Judge now. He is over
a week late. I could have had an at
tachment issued and brought Mr. Ott
In under arrest If I so desired, but I
thought that would look too much
like an attempt to get even. 1 simply
want to avoid the payment of that
fine, which 1 don’t think wus Justly
Imposed.”
Justice Ott’s friends about the coun
ty building were Joshing him Saturday
Hbout the way the tables had turned,
but he didn’t seem to be worrying.
TREE SPRAYING GANG
STARTS WORK MONDAY
City Forester Hunter will start a
gang out spraying trees next Monday,
with the idea of destroying cocoons
and eggs of destructive lnsests before
the hatching season comes. Purk
Commissioner Hlnchman Is especially
anxious to forward measures for the
protection of the city’s shade trees,
and will urge particularly upon the
attention of the estimators the neces
slty of supplying sufficient funds.
Under the ordinance passed by the
council last year, the city forestry
commission will proceed with the
crusade against Insects dangerous to
shade trees wrherever they may be
found.
SAY PROVISION
VOIDS MACKAY’S BILL
i
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LANSING, Mich., March 6. — Mem
bers of the house have found In the
latter part of Senator Mackay’s hilt. In
. troduced to abolish "loan sharks,” a
| clause exempting pawnbrokers and
I loan agents who are licensed. This
provision, it Is said, voids the entire
measure. The hill had passed the
house am\ is now in the hands of the
senate. The house sent a request for
Its return, but there was no quorum
In the senate and the matter goes over ,
till Monday night j
TAXING COEOITS AT
LOW RATE WORKS
SUCCESSFULLY
ASSESSOR PLASS THINKS PENN
SYLVANIA SYSTEM SOLVES
PROBLEM AND SCHEME MAY
BE TRIED IN MICHIGAN.
Anew turn Is likely to be given the
fight mude for years for the exemp
tion of credits from taxation by the
success of the plan now in vogue In
Pennsylvania and Maryland of tuxlug
Intangible property at a rate different
from other property. legislation
along this line may he introduced in |
Lansing, although the problem in this
state is complicated by the fact that
the taxation of railroad property Is
based upon the average rate for other
kinds of property, aud the establish
ment of two stales of taxation for
real property and for credits, would
tend to confuse the general rate.
The Pennsylvania plan 1* Intended
to Insure uniformity of taxation of
property such as mortgages, bonds,
franchises and other classts consid
ered as Intangible throughout the
state and also to diminish tax-dodging
In that kind of property. In most of
the states there has been a constant
and rarely very successful fight to tax
personal property. In Detroit, for in
stance, it has been a custom for
wealthy fumilles and trustees of es
tates to attain residence outside the
city, where the rate of taxation Is low,
for the purpose of getting a low as
sessment and low rate of taxation on
their intangible assets.
Pennsylvania charges a uniform tax
of $4 per SI,OOO on all such property
whenever located In the state, so
thut the rate Is low’ enough to dis
courage tax-dodging and gives no ad
vantage to wealthy persons to take
their residence for taxation purposes
l outside of the cities whose Improve
ments they enjoy.
‘‘l shall favor such legislation If It
is passed,” said Assessor Plasg.
“It is a fact,” continued Mr. Plass,
“that for many years the assesment
of intangible wealth In Pennsylvania
has increased faster than that of real
estate, and it now equals or exceeds
one-half of the total assesment of real
property. In other states, except
Maryland. It varies from one to
twelve per cent of the assessed value
of realty. Maryland’s experiment
dates to the year 1896, when an a~t
was passed limiting to the rate of
three mills on the dollar the tax
which cities and counties can levy on
certain classes of securities In Bal
timore the immediate result of the
law was to raise the assessment upon
securities from $6,000,000 in 1896 to
$150,000,000 in 1907. Prior to 1896
the tax rate in Baltimore averaged
S2O per SI,OOO and It will be seen that
the reduced rate has yielded more
revenue than could ever have been
collected under the old system. But
It has done more than this, it Is claim
ed. It has made tax dodging unfash
ionable, removed a fruitful cause of
public demoralization and stimulated
honesty In all matters relating to tax
ation. The tax officials no longer fed
that they are enforcing an unjust and
odious tax while public opinion fully
supports the law and frowns upon any
attempted violation of It.” . .
AAAN MILLED
BY A TRAIN
LANSING, Mich., March 6.—William
Squires, a section boss for the
Shore railroad, was struck by a switch
engine last night aud killed. He was
going to his home on a railroad velo
cipede.
TOUNGIFr
IS SHOT DEAD
OWOBBO, Mich., March 6.—Mrs.
Clyde Douglass, aged 20, w ho was Miss
Mabel Pearsall, was accidentally shot
In the back and killed by her husband,
who was showing a 22-cnllber rifle,
which he supposed wan unloaded, to
Glen Moore, a neighbor’s boy. Doug
lass Is grlef-strlcken. The couple had
been married three years. Mrs. Doug
luhs leaves a ten-months old son.
TOO MUCH TAFT IN
CITY STREET NAMES
President Taft Is well taken care of
In the way of street names In Detroit.
Bo well taken care of is he, In fact,
that the city engineer Is trying to
figure out Just now which of two
short streets should hear his name.
Toft place Is a little thoroughfare
out Grand Rlver-ave. way. and It la
hlso the title attached to a similar
I c hunk of a street out near Connor’s
Creek. One of these must be done
uway with. The lay-out of the city Is
Isuch that, In the northwestern sec
itlon, one may drive over McKlnley
ave., Roosevelt-ave. and Taft-pl. so-
Iquentlally, thus maintaining the presi
dential succession.
It Is probable that this Taft-pl, will
ho formally named McKlnley-pl., how
over and the Palrvlew-st. left alone
to puff out to a sire suitable to Its
I distinguished namesake.
Suppressed Divorce Suits.
Suppressed suits for divorce were
filed Saturday, by Catherine R vs
‘ Louis F. Mever; Charles vs. Nora
(Jordon Wales; Mosej vs. Golda
, Sweetwlne and Norman 3. vs. Rebec
[ca H. Johnaou
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1909.
WIFE'S PLEADINGS
BRING FREEDOIUI
TO HUSBAND
"I'M PENNILESS AND MY BABY’S
DYING," SHE WAILS, AND MAN
AND COMPANION CAUGHT IN
SALOON ARE LIBERATED.
The wifely devotion of Mrs. Michael
Downey, of No. 300 Roosevelt ave.,
brought freedom to her husband and
U) Jack Hazard, taught by Patrolman
Dan Coughlin In William Klenk'u sa
loon. No. 28 Mlchigan-ave., early Sat
unlay morning.
The men faced a charge of burglary,
though Downey declared that he was
drunk and did not know how be had
happened to enter the place.
But Saturday morniug, Mrs. Down
ey appeared In Capt. Baker's office,
frail and sick and almost exhausted.
"You've arrested my husband,” she
said to the captain, tears welling uo
In her eyes. "Oh! please let him go.
I’ve walked all the way here from
Roosevelt-ave. to ask you to let him
go. My baby is dying of pneumonia,
find I am penniless. I didn’t have five
cents for car fare, so 1 walked all the
way down here."
Capt. Baker summoned the husband
"I am not a burglar,” said Downey
“I never meant to do anything wrong
I don’t know how I ever got into that
place. All I remember Is that Hazard
and I, who work together in an auto
mobile factory, went out together and
got drunk. The rest Is a blank to
me.”
Capt. Baker Investigated, and learn
ed that nothing had been taken from
the salexm. Hazard had sll, which ho
willingly turned over to his wife when
the captain suggested it. Then he
a pledge to leave liquor alone,
and was released. Hazard will be re
leased Saturday afternoon, after he is
"shown up" to the officers.
MATRICIDE LOSES
AIR OF BRAVADO
ELTON BALDWIN WILL BE SEN
TENCED TO LIFE IMPRISON
MENT BEFORE NIGHT.
HOLLAND, Mich., March 6 Elton
Baldwin. 32 years old, who confessed
yesterday that he slew his aged moth
er by hitting her on the head with
a hatchet, today looks upon his crime
i in a more serious manner than he did
i when he was arrested early yester
day. lie has lost the sneering brav
ado of the defective. He will be sen
tenced before nightfall to life impris
onment by Judge Philip Padgham, in
the Allegan circuit court. A limited
amount of testimony is being taken
today.
Baldwin admits that he set Are to
the large barn owned by Calvin Whit
ney, on the farm occupied and work
ed by Baldwin and his widowed, gray
haired mother. He say Whitney
owed him 4100, which he was unable
to collect. He did not * bring suit,
fearing Whitney would have him ar
i rested for setting fire to the barn.
Baldwin says his mother became fur
ious because he would not begin legal
proceedings and threatened she would
tell who fired the barn. The murder
er says this led him to kill her.
WOMAIROBBED
DISSAVINGS
Coming to Detroit for the purpose
of banking $:.00, the savings ot years,
aged Mrs. William Prouty. of Hand
Station, Mich., was robbed of the
money while she was shopping in
a down-town store, Saturday noon.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
HOAD IS INDICTED
WASHINGTON, March 6.—The Dls
trict of Vermont has found an indict
ment containing 21 counts against the
Canadian Pacific Railway which is
charged with giving transportations of
certain stock food and other grain
products from Rich ford, Vermont, to
Boston. Mass., and nearby points, free
of charge. It is alleged that the
Quaker Oats company was the recip
ient of these favors and the same
number of counts has been found
against them. t
Loeb Nomination Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, March 6. —The sen
ate today confirmed the nomination
of William Loeb, Jr., former secretary
to President Roosevelt, to he collector
of customs in New York city.
;j IHE WEATHER J
brlmll lud iMaUyi Saturday night,
rluudy, protiabl} with light rain ur
| R*im| *un«lny, partly cloudy, cooler
Sunday afternoon or nlghti Hind.
•lilftlna to norfhnraterly.
I .Otter Ml«hl*nm I naettled tonight
ttlth prohnhl) nnott flurrleai ftondNy,
pnrtly cloudy i moderate variable
tt lada.
Itot HI. I TKMPKH %T 1 RKS.
Ha. m IU to a. m 41
7a. m MS II a. m. i;|
Ha. in. MS 12 noon, 44
On. m MO I p. m 15
One year agn fodayt Wamlmam tem
perature, Hit mlalmum, MO| mean, lot
cloudy ttlth .» Inch of rain durian
early morning.
Sun rone at SiSII n. m. aad aeta at
B:2s p. m.
* Alexander, l lubrrllaa, M Mwaro*.
INVESTIGATION OF
BONDSMAN IS
ORDERED
JUDGE PHELAN BUSPECTB SIMON
GOLDBERG MAY BE FURNISH
ING STRAW BAIL—OPERATES'
IN MACOMB COUNTY, TOO.
Troubles are settling thick and fast
around the head of Blmou Goldberg,
bondsman, of No. 145 Montcalm-st.
east, whose "clients" have all been re
arrested, while the prosecuting attor
ney investigates Goldberg’s property
Interests, ou which he secured bonds
for several defendants in the record
er’s court.
Saturday morning Judge Phelan
leurned that Goldberg was bondsman
for a street car conductor convicted
of the charge ol' defrauding the D. U.
R. The conductor is out ou SI,OOO
bull, pending the hearing of his «
peal to the supieme court but Judge
Phelan ordered the bond discontinued.
Goldberg Is suspected of qualifying
on bonds with property not In his own
name.
Oct. 8, 1908, he swore that he own
ed property at No. 145 Montcalm-st.
east, valued at $14,000, and property
at No. 425 Rlvard-at., valued at SB,OOO.
with only $1,600 Incumbrance. Judge
Phelan ordered the prosecutor to In
vestigate.
Macomb county officials are also ex
pected to cause trouble for Goldberg,
who la alleged alleged to huve sworn
that he was not on any other bond
when he became surety for Bert Os
borne, charged with complicity In a
safe blowing case.
Osborne was arrested here with
James Courtney and James Kelly, In
connection with the blowing of the
New Baltimore postoffice safe. Imcal
detectives who were Interested In
that case, have notified Prosecutor
Stone, of Mt. Clemens, of Goldberg's
troubles In this city.
NEAR-MURDER
CAUSED BY MUSIC
MAN SHOT WHEN HE OBJECTS
TO BANJO PLAYING—ASSAIL
ANT ON TRIAL.
TTow music led to what came near
ly being a fatal shooting was told on
the witness stand In Judge Phelan’s
Court, Saturday, In the case of Wil
liam H. Trease, charged with assault
ing William Murphy, with Intent to
kill. May 16 last.
Trease, an old man who. because
of his penchant for picking the bnujo,
earned the title of "Happy” Trease.
was sitting on the front porch of his
little home in the rear of the Murphy
abode, No. 279 Second-st-, on the even
ing in question, engaged as usual In
Hinging popular balluds with banjo
accompaniment. The noise disturbed
Murphy's mother-in-law, Mrs. Wal
ters, who is an invalid, and Trease
was ordered to “cut it out." Trease,
according to the testimony, apolo
gized gracefully but kept right on
with the serenade.
Then Murphy took him by the col
lar and shoved him In the house.
Again Trease sallied forth, and this
time, in uddition to his banjo, he car
ried a revolver. When Murphy start
ed toward him a second time, Trease,
It Is alleged, began shooting at him.
The first bullet went wide, but the
next struck Murphy in the abdomen,
inflicting a wound not unlike that
which caused the death of President
McKinley.
Murphy himself took the stand, Fri
day afternoon, and presented a pitiful
Igure. The wound Is still open and
causes him considerable pain. When
Assistant Prosecutor Aldrich asked
him his occupation he said, weakly:
f "The only occupation I have now Is
that of attempting to regain iny
; health.”
Trease Is defended by Attorneys
Martha and Mlstersky, who will try
to show that he shot In self-defense.
Man Who Opened Door
For Lincoln on Fatal
Day Is 111 in Capital
WASHINGTON, March 6.—Thomas
F. Kendall, aged 85 years, who has
been an uaher at the White House for
many years, was taken 111 'yesterday
and carried to his home In an ambul
ance, Kendall opened the front door
of the White House through which
President Lincoln passed to Ford's
theater where he was assassinated by
John Wilkes Booth.
NOT HARD TO COUNT
DEMOCRATIC VOTE
A hasty canvass has been made by
the election commission, which indi
cates the Democratic candidates for
the school board In some wards
where the names had to be written In.
In the Tenth ward the candidate Ks
named Brennan and his imposing total
was eight votes, while Charles Bryant
got two iu the Fourteenth ward and
I F. F. Johannes the same number In
the Fifteenth ward.
Arrested at Prison Door.
Released Saturday morning from the
house of correction after serving three
mouths for picking pocketß In Flint,
Mich.. James Hates. 24 years old, was
arrested at the door by Detectives
Paiker and Allen, and Is held for the
Brooklyn, N. Y., authorities. The local
police received word that he Is wanted
In Brooklyn for grand larceny
Ilf you want a pur* liquid food, drink
Ftroh's Malt Extract. Phone Main 314
for a Jojvu bottles. Also at drug
glata.
Newberry Will Sail
For Europe 00 Long Trip
1 1 #
WASHINGTON, March 6 Former
Secretary of the Navy Newlicrry will
leave Washington Monday or Tuesday
for his home in Detroit. He expects
to stay there uutil the latter part of
March aud with his family, will sail
from New York on March 31 on a long
European tour.
TIFT IS®
PROCLAMATION
o
CALLS CONGRESS INTO SPECIAL
SESBION MARCH 15 TO CON
SIDER TARIFF REVISION.
WASHINGTON, March 6—Presi
dent Taft has issued the following
proclamation, calling congress into
special session on March 15 to con
sider revision of the tariff. The proc
lamation, which is his first, is as fol
lows :
Whereas, public Interests re
quire that the congress of the
United States should be convened
In extra session ai 12 o’clock
noon, on the 15th day of March.
1909, to receive such communica
tions as may be made by the ex
ecutive.
Now, therefore. I, William How
ard Taft, president of the United
States of America, do hereby pro
claim and declare thut an extra
ordinary occasion requires the
congress of the United States to
convene in extra session at the
capitol in the city of Washington
on the 15th day of March. 1909, at
twelve o’clock, noon, of which all
persons who shnll at that time be
entitled to act as members are
hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the United States of Amer
ica, the sixth day of March in the
year of Our Ixmi, 1909, aud of the
independence of the United
States, the 133rd,
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
ROOSEVELT SENDS
THANKSTOWARNER
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LANSING, Mich., March 6—Ex
President Roosevelt, who It at his
home on Sugamore hill, has replied
to Gov. Warner’s message of good
will, which was received by Mr.
Roosevelt before he left Washington
as a private citizen. The ex president
says:
"I deeply appreciate the telegram
you sent me. I thank you for it, and
through you I thank the people of
Michigan.”
HALL GOES NORTH
TO RECUPERATE
WASHINGTON. March 6.—Senator
Hale, chairman of the committee on
naval affairs, has had an extremely
busy session and has gone to his home
In Maine to recuperate in the extreme
ly cold air of the northern woods.
When he returns, the senator as
chairman of the caucus will announce
the membership of the Republican
committee which will take In hand,
the reorganization of the senate com
ifclttee. He expresses the opinion
that there will be a complete organi
zation soon after the convening of
the extra session, March 15. at which
time he expects to retrun.
Wrights Are Honored.
MUNICH, March 6—ln recognition
of the scientific researches of Wilbur
and Orville Wright Into nerlai naviga
tion. the technical high of
Munich has conferred the Insignia of
doctor of technical science upon him.
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News of the Tigers f
With the party that leaves Detroit today for San Antonio,
there t«* begin preparation for the Detroit Baseball club’s
season of Kgs;, is Paul H. Ilruske, sporting editor of The
'l imes, whose news of the Tiger training camp in former
years ha> always been a source of genuine pleasure to the
readers of the paper.
Mr. Bruske know* the game. the men and the features ~~
of their work in which the fans at home will be interested.
Watch for The Times’ reports from the training camp
and the spring tour! *
LAST *
EDITION
ONB CENT
MAN IS DYING II
HOSPITAL OF
STARVATION 1
WITH BCANT FOOD FOR WEEKE, 5
ERNE3T BTAHL COLLAPSES ON
STREET—TELLB PITIFUL TALE
OF WANT.
Starved to a skeleton, Id the midst
of plenty, Ernest Stahl, 30 years oIENj
U believed to be dying In St.
hospital, where he was taken a fivl
days ago, after collapsing on the city w
hall steps. 1
Stahl's pitiful story 1j to the effect *
that he has had only t>& cents sIMO
last June, when, he declares, he wafl
ejected from his rooming house at N©»
204 Tillmunuve. for non-payment at
rent. He was formerly employed la
the car shops, he said, but lost his
job, aud could get no work for weeks.
Penniless, and subsisting on what food
he could beg at free lunch rountera
he grew weak and emaciated, and hit
| physical condition made his appltca
I tiou for work fruitless. He slept 18
doorways or in empty freight cars, h«
says, managing to barely keep body
and soul together.
About two months ago, when he waa
almost famished, he obtained a day’s
work, cleuulng a saloon, for which bp
received t»5 cents. Fearful of a rape*
tltion of the days of hunger, he hoardr
ed the money like a miser, allowing
himself only five cents a day for food,
which he obtained by buying a glaap
of beer in a saloon, aud eating frofffc
the free lunch counter until he wail
driven away. When he applied for
work, he says, people looked at hit
sunken eyes and emaciated frames
and told him he was not able to do
any work. •
Every effort to save him is being
made at the hospital, but it Is feared
that he Is past human aid.
PRETTY GIRL TELLS
TILE OFDEPRHITY
SNEERS WHEN COURT ORDERS
HER SENT TO HOUBE OF
GOOD SHEPHERD.
%
-A large, handsome girl of 16. wear
ing a pretty suit of latest design, fac
ed Judge Rohnert in juvenile court,
riaturduy morning and told a Shock
ing title of depravity.
She told of all-night dances la cheap
saloons, of midnight suppers, auto
rides and urinkiug parties, with an air
of absolute indifference.
' With the girl in court was her step
mother, who said that she had to take
in washing to earn the money for the
suit the girl was wearing.
“Well, you can have the suit,” Judge
Rohnert told her,” for the girl will
not need such fine clothes where she
is going. We’ll send her to the House
of the Good Shepherd for a while."
The girl Just sneered at the Judge,
tossed her* head defiantly, and par
aded out ot the room without the least
sign of shame or emotion.
A ga,ng of youngsters who had brok
en the windows in a vacant bulldtof
contributed 50 cents each for the fun.
Implicated in the same Job were sev
eral boys over 17, too old to be brought
Into Juvenile court. Judge Rohnert
Informed the boys that. unless the
owner of the building proceeded
against these larger boys and made
them puy their share, the money
would be returned to them.
“It Is not fair,” he said, “that you
boys should pay and the older boys
go free.”
“Well, one of them older kids, nam
ed Samsou, says he won’t have to
pay, Judge!” piped out a little fellow,
• because his sister works for you.”
“He’ll find that that makes no dif
ference,” Judge Rohnert replied ufter
the laugh had subsided.”
STOVE EXPLODES;
CHILDREN KILLED
HASTINGS. Minn.. March 6—By the
explosion in the kitchen stove from
the rapid generation of coal gas. tha
four-months-old son of Isolds Husting.
a nursery salesman, is dead, and his
two-year-old daughter 1 , Eva, was so
badly injured that she is dead also, and
Mrs. Husting is seriously burned.
White Man To Bs Named.
WASHINGTON, March 6lt was
stated at the ]>ostofflce department
that J. E Wilson, Negro postmaster
at Florence, S. C.. would not bs re
appointed by President Toft, but a
white man. P. M. Tassel, would re
ceive the office. This announcement
! is taken to mean that President Taft
Intends not to api>olnt Negro federal
officials when they are objected to
because of their race.
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