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TENTH YEAR. NO. 64.
DYING, LEOPOLD
REPENTSFORCONGfI
ATROCITIES
Three Physicians Perform Operation
on King of Belgium in Effort To
have His Life—Say He Has
Bare Chance of Recovery.
Baroness Vaughan, Whose Relations
With Ruler Have Been Scandal of
Royalty, Withdraws From Scene.
BRUSSELS. Dec. 14—At 5
o’clock this afternoon. King Leo
pold seemed to be gaining in
strength. His vitality has amazed
the physicians. The king is cheer
ful and shares the optimism of
the physicians regarding his re
covery.
MirSSKLS. Dec. 14.—An official
bulletin issued at 11 o'clock this itiorn
lag su>s that King Leopold was suc
cessfully operated on by Drs. Thlrlnrd.
Stlenon and Deluge. The operation
was performed at 10 o'clock. The phy
sicians b;i> that the king has a bare
chance of recovery. They base thulr
hope on the fact that no tumor was
found in the intestines, the operation
being for a simple intestinal obstruc
tion.
The king paused a good night and
faced the operation bravely until the
doctors prepared to adminicle r the
anaesthetic. In their efforts to calm
the aged ruler the physicians assured
him that the operation would not he
dangerous, though it is known they
feared the king would succumb during
Its p« rformance.
The only member of the kluu s
household who was permitted to see
him before the operation was his
favorite (brighter, the Princess Clem
entine. who comforted her lather,
hut when .-.he lotl him, swooned and
was revived with difficulty.
The public believes tit** operation
will furnish bift temporary relief and
that JyCopold will never leave ''Tie*
Palms." a pavilion near the castle, i
where he lias been living since he
sold the palace furniture and works
of art. “The Palms" is the home of
the Ilaroiess Vaughan, whose rein
tiens with Leopold have been the
scandal of Kuropean royalty for years.
The Baroness has temporarily with
drawn at the request, it is understood,
of du-dinal McKh l. v bo_ _vc.-ncrday
adrr.iulbtereil tncuffwr pjtcT^rnthe
king. Princess Clementine, Crown
Prince Albert, Baron Gofflnot, the
king's private secretary; the Countess
of Flanders and other members of
ills household and official family are
mar by. ready for any emergency. It
is snirl that Princesses Louise and
Stephanie, the king's estranged daugh
ters, are both enroute to Brussels, des
pite the ri fusal of the king to answer
their r* quests for a final Interview.
The king held a brief conference
yesterday evening with Gen. Wahi3.
governor of the Belgian Congo.
It is rej orted the king, believing
himself dying, expressed regret at the
course he had pursued in the Cong’.
“If n.v life should he spared." in’
Is reported to have said, "I shall by
to make amends for whatever wrongs
have been committed there.”
SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
Michigan Savings &. Loan Co.’s Affairs
To Be Adjudicated>i
An order was made l>y Judge Swan
In the federal clreult court, Monday
afternoon, which brings within sight
the adjudication of tin* nffaira of the
.Michigan Saving* A* Ixmn Cos., which
has been in the hands of a receiver
since action was started against the
concern by K. W. Hlahop in IM2.
The order makes Martin J. Cava
naugh master in chancery in the case
with instructions to report on the tes
timony and claim* to Judge Swan. A
report wn* once made In this ease by
Wnlt'a- S. Marsha hut other claims ap
peared and the report was sent hack
for the consideration of these addi
tional claims.
It Is believed that all c laims arc* now
in and the forthcoming report will
bring the matter fully into court.
Interurban Service Increased.
Commencing Thursday of this week,
four limiteds dally will he the prevail
ing fashion for interurban passengers
of the* D. V. It. lines when new ached*
tiles go Into effect on heth the Jaek
son and the Flint divisions. For Flint,
the limlteds will leave Motrolt at 7: Jk
a. m., 10:38 am., 3:oH p. m. and f>:.3B
p. m. All except the last limited will
run through to Saginaw. For Jack.sou
the limlteds will run as now, with an
additional car at p. m.
Federal Grand Jury Summoned.
A federal grand jury has hern call
rd to meet Jan. 1 next.
9 More Shopping
«*Days Before.it
.* Christmas
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r The Street Car ConOuCtor,
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LEADER OF SOCIETY WILL
BUILD PALACE IN LONDON
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>lll*. ORORI.K KKIM'Kf..
I.IIMIOX, lire, 14. Mr«. K»|ipt*l pro
pn«ra In liri'iiliir one of tlie until h<»«-
Iraiir* of I.oimloii. IH<i | ißtUflnl nl(h li«*r
(.rcurii* hnu«i> In Portman-iu|„ «h«* liiim
piirchiiiol n ocinflp of property In
(,ru«%<‘n<>r-fti|., where PoilnrU'w piano
fni’lnry non nfrriUa. Mie tntrnda to
ere<*t on the Kite n pnlllrt- thnt will not
uliliir *iin«ierlnn(l liou»e. the liome
tlie I t'ko of >ln rlhorourcli TV**
limhltrrtu hP( e reeelveil Inwtrueflon to
••pare no cvpfn«r.
OREGON SHIP '
mm mo
Car Ferry Ashtabula Is Breaking To
Pieces on Shoals Off Port
Burwell.
PORT nntWKI.I,, Out., Dec. 14
7ho oar ferry Ashtabula is in lmmeui
afo danger of breaking to pieces on
the shoals off Port Harwell, where she
has been stranded sinye yesterday, de
lying tin efforts of tuga to release h* .
'l iit* crew was in the rigging shortly
before uoon today, making signals ol
distress. A high wind Is blowing, the
waves are washing over the ship, and
it is impossible to get boats from short
to aid her.
The lifesaving crew from Port Stan
ley, with lifeboats, Is being rushed
here on a special train.
The Ashtabula is commanded by
Captain H. T. llaagenson and lias
thirty men aboard. The crew s dan
ger grew out of Its sticking to (lie
ship as long as there was a chance of
saving it.
FOUR MINERS ENTOMBED.
Were Buried in Ncgaunee Mine by
Fall of Ground.
NEGAUN'EE. Mich.. Dec. 14 Four
miners are entombed in the second
hwel of the Ncgaunee Iron mine. Two]
of the miners are Italians and two are|
Finns. The men were hurled tills
morning by a fall of ground and there
is no waj of telling whether they are,
ali\e or dead Rescuers are working
In short relays In an effort to hcarh
them. There Is no danger of gas
here as in the coal mines and the
great danger is that the fall of ground
which blocked the entry extended
back Into the drift. The fall of ground
occurred about 100 feet back from the
shaft.
SURE CHILD WAS STOLEN.
Relative of Missing Girl Expects De
mand Will Be Made Soon
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 14— Frank
Fehr. president of the (’entral Con
earners’ Cos., the big brewery combine
of Louisville, a millionaire, and cousin
of Fred Kellner, father of the kidnaped
girl, said today he Is satisfied Alma
Kellner was kidnaped and that she Is
being held in Louisville for ransom
■•! believe the kidnapers will make
their demand for money in time.”
said Fehr. "That is why I have ad
vised against offering a reward."
Fehr says the theories that the
child's disappearance was due to
family trouble or "skeleton in the
closet" does the Kellners a groat in
justice.
Aged Citizen Dies Suddenly.
Peter Pronitnor. who has lived in
the same house at No. 391 Wilkius-st.
for the last 35 yeurs, died Tuesday
morning, of old age. at the nge of 87.
Mr. Prompter had been ill for some
time, but took a serious turn foi the
worse shortly nfter 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning, dying before a physician
could reach his side. He leaves a
widow*. Coroner Gurgens decided an
inquest unnecessary.
$2,000,000 To Lift Fallen Women.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The will of
the late Charles A. Crittenton, made
public today, shows that the founder
of the Florence Crittenton nib dons
h ft $2 000,000 to be used for mission*
ary work among fallen women. Pro
visions are made for bequests to
nephews and former employes. The
estate is estimated to be worth from
$3.0(10.000 to $5,000,000.
TRAVELS FAR TO WED.
CORUNNA. Mich., Dec. 14.—Miss
Gr ice Robinson has started on a long
Journey to Manila when* she will wed
August Herr, whose love she once
scorned when he returned to Corunna
several years ago for a visit. Herr
left here 20 years afo to enlist in the
army and In 1908 gave up this life to
become chief of the Manila fire depart
ment.
WESTERN TRADING
GO. IS BANKRUPT
Many Trusting Women Stung By
Failure of Concern, Methods of
Which Have Been Complained Os.
Hundreds of trusting women who
nave purchased the stamp book.; I**
sued by the Western Trading A House
hold Supply Cos., v hie h has done busi
ness in the Burns building on Gris-!
v, old-M., for about a vein, will b*> hit
by the bankruptcy of that firm. A pe
tition in behalf of threo credlioi'K of
tlie concern was led In the federal
district court Tuesday, accompanied
by the admission of the partner* in
the Western company that they are
tumble to pay their debts.
The methods of this concern have
been previously described in ITie
Times. Numeious complaints have
been made at the mayor's office in re-!
yard tr* the manner of operating the j
business. Several complainants were
s< lit by Sergt. Hicks, who looks out (
for this class of cases for Mayor itreii
meyei, to Prosecuting Attorney Van
/.lie with a recommendation that the
business he thoroughly investigated. ,
The mode of interesting women in
the concern, ns related to Sergt. Illcks
by different persons, was by sending
agents about the city who exhibited
-samples of goods and pictures of fur
niture which, they asserted, could be
had by dealing with ihe Western Trad
ing & Household'Supply Cos.
Kach subscriber was required to
take a stamp book and to purchase
heap booklets whleh were accompan
ied by stamps to be pasted In tho
damp hook. For a hook fill of stamps,
be subscriber was supposed to got
uch articles as parlor tables, etc.
Chose who complained at the mnyoi s
office stated that, upon (laying 'heir
money and getting a hookful ofMamp*
they were shown inferior goods, with
the option of purchasing better goods
at a high price.
By this failure, all those who havo
miichased stamps from the company
ind have not received their premium*
’.re left very much In the lurch, as
hey are not likely to secure any dlvi
lotids of importance In the bankruptcy
proceeding*.
The petition shows that the West
rn Trading Household Supply Cos.
'(insists of Albert Poliak, and ("*arles
ind I.oids Himelsteln, Tin* petition
ing creditors are Fensko Bros., of Chi
cago, the Pittsburg Lump & Co. I
•xnd the D. L. Conroy Furniture ( 0., of
Shelbyville, Ind. Their total claims
amount to $670.39.
VALUE OF LATE ARTHUR
HILL S ESTATE IS $4,500,000
1 - ■* v.
Saginaw Lumberman Left SI.3OO,C7CKT In
Public and Private Bequests—
Widow Gets $300,000.
SAGINAW. Mich., Dec. 14.—The
iat« Arthur Hill left nn estate worth
about *4 ,500.000, according to his busi
ness associates. The total of ihc pub
lic and personal bequests amounting
to si.s(Mi,i)iio ( are to be deducted from
this amount.
Mrs. Louise G. 11111, the widow, gets
the largest individual bequest of the
personal beneficiaries. She Is given
a lump sum of $300,000, the house and
furnishings, and a joint interest in the
business in which Hill was engaged.
Harry P. Hill and Mrs. Harry
Wiclkort, sou and daughter of tin* de
ceased aio to be allowed $200,000
each: $50,000 of the amount at once,
and the temainder at Intervals inter.
Harry Hill gets another $50,(m0 of the
amount when ho Is 35. and his sister
gets n like portion of her legacy five
years hence.
Mrs. Muiy C. Spencer, state librar
ian at Lansing, is bequeathed SIO,OOO.
E. X. Mriggs, of San Frandkeo, a
business associate, and named as one
of the executors of the will, is given
$20,000. and Gilbert M. Stark. Hill's
attorney and another executor. SIO,OOO.
A. 11. Fish. Hill’s partner In several
local enterprises, gets $15,000
Mrs C. L. Vincent, a sister, is given
$5,000.
Two of the bequests of the will are
SI,OOO to Ldwin L. Peek. Hill's former
private secretary, and $1,500 to Wi’.-
limn Smith, also a former employe,
both of whom died recently. The
amounts \yill revert to the estate.
In all tl\ere are about 40 private be
quests.
DUE FOR ASSESSMENT BOOST.
Valuation of Telephone and Telegraph
Companies to Be Increased.
Telephone and telegraph assess
ments In .md about Detroit are due t»>
take an upward jump on the state tax
rolls next year. The state tax commis
sion has been paying especial atten
tion to these concerns *iie past two
weeks, and methods of assessment
.-.lnillar to those in use by the city for
valuing other property will he adopt
ed In assessing the telephone and tele
graph properties. Not only the land
and buildings, but the conduits and
such property is due for n boost. The
telephone and telegraph property Is
taxed only for state purposes, the pro
ceeds going to the primary school
fund.
Church Club Names Officers.
In a well-attended meeting in the
Flist Dongregationnl church Monday
evening, officers of^ the Congregational
Htotherhood for the coming year were
chosen. They are: President, Will
iam L. Carpenter; vice-president,
Frank D. Taylor; secretary, Edward
Davis; treasurer. William H. Darrens.
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prnhn hi y llk h I Hon tlurrlra; hrlah
westerly tv Iml a <llmlulahlng.
I.ovaer Mlchlgnnt l.ocnl anntr lo
nlKht, alight ly collier In north portion;
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7 at. m. :t i ii n. iii so
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in i, m ao. i p. m
tine yeitr ngn futlnyi llniimiim tem
perature, 41; minimum. 2M mr:«n. .VI;
cloudy nrnthrr with truce of <non
•luring the nfternoon nnd night.
Alexander. Lmburrllg*, 26 Moarot,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1909.
GEINNAN'S VOTE
TD CHECKREPORT
Proposal To Purchase “Fifty's” Data
By Council Will Be Laid Over On
His Objection.
Because of the opposition of AM.
Thomas Gllnnun, the report of the
council committee on franchises and
ways and means recommending tiio
purchase of the committee of fifty re
port for $17,500 by the common council
will not pass In Tuesday evening's
s< sston. One vote is sufficient, to
compel the laying of the matter on the
table, and Aid. Glinnan has that vote.
"I shall not sign the report nor vote
for it." he stated definitely Tuesday
morning.
This post pones the real battle be
tween the factions of the council head
ed by Glinnan and that fuvorable to
til*' mayor until next week. The only
way to bring the report up for debate
at tills week’s session would bo n sus
pension of the rules, and this would
require a two-thirds vote, which
Mayor Breltmeyer’s supporters would
hardly attempt to muster.
Next week will, therefore, see the
first battle on the street railway ques
tion. There have been several men In
the council who have "knocked" the
mayor ai various times, and the time
for a test of strength seems to have
come. Glinnan Is the recognized
lender of the dominant faction in the
council, but his forces have been
somewhat depleted since he come Into
open opposition to Mayor Breltmeyer
and it is now a matter of doubt as to
whether he can rally a majority.
A number of aldermen who formerly
h ;:ned away from Breltmeyer havo
ossured him of their allegiance since
lie came out with a street railway
platform. On divers occasions recent
!'• aldermen who used to vote with
Gdntian have swung away on some
measure or other. Only the fact that
Glinnan. as president to-be of the
council, hold* the power of naming
ihe* committee* for next yenr, serves
to keep up a formidable opposition to
tlie mayor.
Some of Breitmover’s advisers havp
urged him to counter upon the Repub
lican aldermen who oppose him by
shoving a few of their constituents
and retainers off the pay-roll, but this
he has not att( muted to do. Just
whnt will happen Iff a real fight devel
ops in the council between the mayor’s
friends and the anti-administration
-Ists Is hard to tell at this time, how
ever.
500 DELEGATES ATTEND
STATE GRANGE MEETING
IfUsur Days' Session of Annual Conven
tion Begin* in Traverse City—
Every County Represented.
TRWKRFE CITY. Mich., Dec. 14.
Five hundred delegates art 1 present a*
the annual convention of the Michigan
State (Iranec. which began here today.
They represent about 55.000 farmers
and will discuss matters relating to
their Interests during the four (lavs'
session. Kverv county is represented.
Lenawee has !’.*’> local granges, the
largest number of any county in
Michigan. A year ago Delta. In the
upper peninsula, had no granges, but j
now lias 20 with I,‘JOO members. Sta
ristics show that more granges have'
been organized In Michigan in the|
past year than in any oilier state
itt the union.
The report of Grand Master Hull
favors a tax on the output of the
Michigan Iron and copper mines. He
also recommends that the Grange de
elare 111 favor of the Maker bill mak
ine telephone companies common car
riers. so that one company will have
to give connection to and transmit
the messages of another. He also
recommends that the executive com
mittee be instructed to formulate a
plan for a fraternal beneficial life as
sociation for its members. Tne grange
master reported that there are now
SO'.t local granges in the stntp. Nine'y
new ones were organized this year and
eight reorganized.
The only officers to lie elected this
year are throe members of the exec-j
utive committee.
The question of whether the grange
should declare against the sale of
liquor at the state fair ia sure to some
before the convention.
TO REMOVE CLOUD FROM TITLE.
Property O vners Seek Annulment of
• Phony” Mortgages.
Attorney Harry Dingmnn filed '•tilts
in behalf of throe clients Tuesday to
remove a cloud from the title to lots
owned by them on Klrby-ave. west.
These clouds which the court is arked
to irmoY* originated through one of
tin 1 mo ;t mystt rl >u.- frauds ever pulled
off in Wuy tie county. Over three years
ago there were filed with the register
of deeds mortgages nti f.?, lots in the
northwestern pari of the city. Th«
rnoitgages were made out to M. .1.
Doran, of <’h lea go. Who Doran Is, and
what k'nd of a game he was attempt
ing to play no one ever discovered.
Most oi tin owners had the mortgage
removed at once but the plaintiffs in
He* three eases started Tuesday have
taken no action until the present.
DROWNED HIS GRIEF.
Pallbearer Returning From Funeral
Arrested as a '•Drunk.”
With blood streaming from a bad
cut over his left eye, and his face in |
a battered condition from frequent
contact with the sidewalk, n young
man giving his nntne hs ' Billy” Morri
son was taken to the central station
by Patrolman Alexander and Kolod-
Jieski, Tuesday noon. ''Billy” had an
awful “list to starboard.”
"Where did you get it?” asked Lieut.|
Rutledge, solicitously.
"I wtizh pallbearer at the funeral of
mv best friend’s father." said "Billy.”
He was londed into the wagon and
sent to Woodbridge st. station
Statistics for the first six months of
this year show a continued decline in
the population of France, marriages
and births being fewer and divorces
and deaths more than In the seme
period of last year.
Graft Is Impossible Under Boston's
Charter, Says, One of Its Authors
By W. G. SHEPHERD.
BOSTON, Muss., Dec. 14. —Harvey
S. Chase is a doctor of *tick cities
Chase has hud a big part to play In
forming the remarkable new charter
of Boston.
"I know city graft when I see It.
And Boston's new charter will make
gruft Impossible,” he* said. "Municipal
grafter* can't work in Boston now.”
"Why?"
"Because we've got the white light
turned on every city official every
minute of the time."
"But suppose his party stands up
for him, even if he is a grafter?" 1
asked.
"There won’t he any party In Bos
ton. Our new charter says there shall
not be any primary election or cau
cuses in Boston hereafter."
"How can you choose candidates
without primary elections?"
"Any citizen who wants to he a can
didate for any office gets his name ou
the ballot by petition of 5,000 citizen*.
That's the only wav he can get on.
No one can tell what party he belongs
to or what Ills opinions on municipal
affairs are, aftpr he gets on the ballot,
because the names or emblems of
parties are not allowed on the ballots
—only tlie name* of the candidates."
"Tremendously large ballot." 1 sug
gested.
"No. We have only the mayor, nine
councilmen and five school board
members to vote for. We cut down
the size of the council In our new
charter and gave the mayor more
power than formerly. It makes him
a very responsible man, now."
"But Is It beet to trust one man with
so much power?”
"Centered power we found the best,
providing ther<* Is publicity of all the
BENBROOK MAKES
ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Walter Camp Picks Michigan Guard
for First Team and Gives Other
Michiganders Notice.
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rapt. Johnny McGovern, of the Unl
. veraity of Minnesota team, and "Fat
Men brook, of the Wolverines, are
picked for the positions of quarter
back and guard, respectively, on Wai
ter Camp’s honorary all-American
eleven which appears in the current
issue of Collier’s. With the exception
of 1 901, when Kckersall, of Chicago,
and Heston, of Michigan, were named,
tills is the only time two western play
ers have thus honored.
The roster of western gridiron
heroes who have been given places on
(‘amp’s all-American first teams now
reads: Herschborger, Chicago; Hiker
sail, Chicago; Heston, Michigan; Stef
fen, Chicago; McGovern, Minnesota;
Menbrook, Michigan.
Os the other nine places on the hon
orary first team Camp awards six po
sitions to Yale with Cooney, Andrus,
Hobbs. Kilpatrick, Phllbtn. and Coy;
two to Harvard with Fish and Minot,
and one to Drown with Regnier.
In the composition of the second
eleven the football authority, who has
given more time than usual Mils sea
son to observations of the western
teams, finds room for Allerdicc and
Magidrohn, of Michigan. Chicago is
considered on the third team, where
former (’apt. Page Is placed at end In
preference to the posit (on at quarter
back which he was forced to play dur
ing ihe season of 1909. Karnum. of
Minnesota; Casey of Michigan, and
Miller, of Notre Dame, also are given
places on the third eleven.
For the second eleven Camp picked
the following: Ends, Banhnrt (Dart
mouth) and Howe (Penn); tickles,
Lilley (Yale) and McKay (Harvard);
guards, Goebel (Yale) atid Tobin
( Dartmouth); center, P. Wlthlngton
'(Harvard); quarter, Howe (Yale);
halves, AUerdlce and Magldaohn
(Michigan); fullback, Marks (Dart
mouth)/
The third team Includes: End*.
Page (Chicago) and McCafTrey (Ford
ham); tackles. Slegling (Princeton)
nml Casey (Michigan); guards. L.
Wlthlngton and Fisher (Harvard):
j renter, Farnum (Minnesota); quarto*.
Sprackling (Brown); halves. Corbett
(Harvard) and Miller (Notre Dame);
fullback, MrCaa (Lafayette).
CRAWFORD HELD FOR TRIAL.
He’s Alleged To Have Tried To Bhoot
Up Restaurant.
Frank Crawford, who is alleged to
ha vp shot up Pot tor’s restaurant on
I.nfayette blvd., early on tho morning
of Dec. 4. wps hold to tho recorder’*
rourt for trial by .lustier Jeffries,
Tuesday morning, under $T»00 ball,
v Ith two surrtl«*s, wlibdi hl« atfornryu
.Murtha and Mlstersky, expect to fur
nish.
Crawford is charged aperlflrnlly
with shootine »t Charles Hibson. an
employe of the restaurant, with Intent
to do great bodily harm. None of the
bullets took effect. In fart, the only
physical memento of the episode was
a near on Crawford’* forehead, still
plainly visible when he appeared for
examination Tt showed where filhson
had struck him with a billy, and Hib
son admitted that be secured the billy
from behind the counter before the
shooting bearrn. From the questions
asked It was evident that the defense
will be that Crawford, after Hibson
had started for him with the billy,
shot either In self-defense or merely
to scare Hibson.
Jell rrlnlln* Sew* rlrht. Time*
I PrlntUg 1•* John K.-iU Call Main
iI49S or City 3154.
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HARVEY S. CHASE.
mayor’s arts, nr appoints department
heads of the city, without consent of
tlie council, providing the civil service
board of the state parses favorably
on the qualifications of the appointee.
Every department head must be an
expert. Thus the parks, roads,
ings, pavements, sewers, etc., are all
under experts, who are under tho
mayor. He ran remove a depart mens
head whenever he pleases. If. tlse
streets, parks or sewers are bad, tt. Is
the mayor’s fault.”
“But what can you do to the meteor,
If he Is to blame?”
“After two years, If he Is not
capable, we can have a special elec
tion by petition and remove him,
naming another one”
TWO ESTIMATORS
BEADY JDJIESIGAI
Jos. A. Feldman and W. W. Tapert
Would Avoid Squabble Over Selec
tion of Chairman.
Estimators Joseph A. Feldman, off
the Thirteenth ward, and Walter W.|
Tapert, of trie Fifteenth ward, have*
prepared their resignations from that*,
body.
Their action is due to the contest*
now being made for the presidency of
Lite board. Both Feldman and Tapert
are clerks in the office of Register of
( Deeds "Otto Stoll, and their action is
'believed to be due to a desire of Stoll
to escape entanglement in the fac
tional fight now waging in the board',
of estimates.
The source of this fight Is the oppo •
fiitlon to W. W. Robinson, the leading J
candidate for the presidency, on the|
part of the members of the hoard who ;
are in the saloon business. Robinson i
is not a drinking man, and has been
quoted as making some statements in '
criticism of the saloon business in tliej
past. In reprisal, the saloon members
have started ri organized fight again*'
him and me contest lias become u bit
ter one.
Some time ago a majority of the;
members of the board pledged them-1
selves to vote for Robinson. Pressure j
lias compelled some of these to t bungee
their position.
It Is possible that the resignations
of Feldman and Tapert, although pre
pared to go to the council Tuesday :
night, may not be sent in for a week.
Representations have been made teat
U would not be fair to allow the filling i
rtf these places by new men just one
day In advance of the estimators’
caucus for president, which will be
held Wednesday night after the ineet-i
Ing at which the pledging of flu ap
propriation for the rebuilding of the
Cass school will lie voted on
F,d. H Sni'tb. estimator-at-large,
who was mentioned as a candidate in
opposition to Robinson. liss stated
that he will not run for the office,
this statement being made to a Robin
son supporter, Monday.
“I am opposed to making any
changes lu tin* board of estimates lust
at- this time,” said Aid. (leorge Ellis
of tlm Fifteenth ward. In reference ioj
the possibility of Tapert’s resignation.!
Register of Deeds Stoll states Hint
he will not consent to the holding
a city office bv any of Ills clerks and
that any that now hold such pl ices
will have to vacate one or the other
by Jan 1.
MUST SEND BOY TO SCHOOL
Court Threatens Father With Stiff
Fine if He Disobeys Order.
Joseph Ma;;*nln had the customary
oxniirt', \vli«'ii liiili’d b< fore lodge
Hh< Isin Tuesday morning for failing to
soini his 12-year old hoy to school. Me
had been sock, ami needed too Inn's
services. whereas, it was tentilled. the
boy hml been spending most ot his
time loitering around the railroad
tracks, .fudge Phelan wasted no more
words on Maxsalo when a police officer
informed the court that Mazzalo had
recently ptivchr.red a house for
which made hix poverty idea look
rather wean.
“I’M civ* you until tomorrow morn
ing to place that bov in school, said
the judge. "It you fail I will have you
brought Inhere and tlr.e you $.'»U wuh
the option of On
hOSM "
• DICK’’ READING IN CHARGE
Popular Typo Becomes Manager of
Timea Printing Cos.
I 1.. E. llaselhuhn. has resigned as
manager of The Times Printing Po
lo become vice-president and genera!
manager of the Wayne Printing Cos..
Nos 25-29 Griswold t. lie has been
succeeded hj U W. Heading, who has
liven assi tant foreman and makeup
man in The Times composing room
fer several years.
Ilrwnr tour sent*
For ANNA il£LA>, w««k of U so. lilt*.
LAST EDfTWfI
ONI CBNT.
SI,OOO REWORD FOfl
HELEN BROWN’S!
MURDERER
County Auditors Make Offer at S# !
quest of Police and Prosecutor—* 1
Search Made for Slayer at
Victim’s Bier. ' . j
Officer Watches Those Attending 1
Obsequies, Hoping Curiosity Might
Attract Fiend—Boy Faints.
A reward of SI,OOO for information ;
leading to the arrest and conviction
of the slayer of 13-year-old Helen
Brown, whose body was found in the
Whitman Cartage Co.’s yard Saturday
morning, was offered by the county au
ditors Tuesday, at the request of
Prosecutor Van Zlle and Chief of De
tectives McDonnell. *
W hilo Helen’s funeral was In pro
gress in St. Marys church Tuesday
morning. Patrolman Lester Potter kept
'isil at the church door lest, per
chance. the slayer of the little girl
niignt venture near, drawn by curioa*
ity. Ills vigilance was unrewarded,
however, and the search for the mur
derer of the child whose body uow Ilea
at rest In Mt. Elliott cemetery is being
prosecuted with more vigor than ever.
A pathetic scene marked the clon
ing of the small, white, flower-laden
casket In Fred O. Marshall’s under
taking rooms on lieaubien-st., at 8:30
o'clock Weeping silently, the bereav
ed mother, heavily veiled, stood at tha
head of the bier, looking down on the
pale, cold face, which still bore the
marks of her assailant’s powerful
bunds. When the time came for tho
last farewells, she fell upon the silent
form and covered the bruised cheek*
with kisses. The aunt, Mrs. Eliza
beth Becker, was also deeply affected
as she bestowed a parting kiss on
the brow of the little victim.
Hi ten’s little sisters. Maiguret and
Florine, from St. Vincents orphan
asylum, had to he lifted up lor a
glimpse of their d* ad sister, and they
likewise kissed the lifeless cheeks.
The Rev. Fr. Charles Wilhelm offi
ciated at the mass in St. Mary’s Cath
olic church. Aside from the parents,
the mourners Included only a small
knot of friends. One of the youthful
pallbearers, Laurence Archambeau,
No. 388 Miehlgan-ave., fainted during
the service and had to lie carried out.
The other pallbearers, all young
friends of the deceased, were: Wil
fred Holmes. No. 64 i
Gchrlnger No. 174 FHwsC?f ■
Bii rlcin, No. 63 Clinton at.; George Lb •
noane. No. 304 Mitehell-gve., and
Louis Hoffmann. No. 920 GarfleM
ave.
Th** rhoii wbbh assisted in the
mass, vwts also composed of hoy-t and
girls.
Among tin* floral tokens was a bou
quet from Helen's teacher in the Wil
kins school and her classmates In (he
U-flfth class.
As an indication of the anxiety of
the Detrol; pnlie** department to catch
the slayer of little Helen Brown, the
following general order was Issued
Monda> afternoon b; Superintendent
Downey, and sent to every police sta
tion in tin city:
“The minder of Helen Brown. /in the
night of Dec. 10. was so atrocious and
so revolting in Its character ti.at it
has arous and tin* indignation of the en
tire populace of this city. Therefore,
you will instruct every officer iimfer
vour command to use the utmofct Vigi
lance to nuprehend the guilfv jwrShn."
It lias been ninny years since such
a personal Appeal ♦«» »h** m**tt has been
issued by tn«* police deieirtment He
adds that he wants every man to con
stitute himself a special detective on
the Brown case, nud spare no effort in
running down cities. But the urgent
request Is not necessary. Every man
on the force Is already trying to solve
tli*' mystery.
Glenn G. Firestone and James Hag
gerfv. who were held for a while as
isitsiK Cts. have been released. At pres
ent. no on*- suspected of the crime is
in custody.
Detectives have been assigned to
visit tiic* different women who have
)•< eu assaulted by men within the last
f< w months There has been » > epl
demic of such cases, but there havw
been several scattered instant* is.
SELLS BUTTER TOO CHEAPLY.
C. W. Scrqeant Trie* to Make Cop
Purchaser and Land* in C*M.
When Charles W. Sergeant. 4."» years
oh], pppionched a mild-looklng youna
nian in a down-town restaurant and
offered to sell him some creamery
butter at L’K rents a pound. Instead of
S3 cents, he little dreamed that ho
was doing his best to break tnto the
ixdlce station.
The young man whom he approach
ed was Patrolman William Fisher, of
the Flying Hpuardron. but Kiaher was
in citizen's clothes. Sergeant told
Fisher that he had a lot of butter.
o\er in a secondhand store. and
Fisher accompanied him to the place.
There were five ld-pound crocks of
fine butter. Sergeant said he had al
read\ sold five such crocks.
FMier took the butter—-anu Ser
geant too—to the central station. He
learned that Sergeant had sold 43
dozep eggs at ?r, cents a rtoien,
The police received a call from
Pontiac, asking whether they had any
trace of rtoien butter and eggs An
officer is on the way to look at the
remnant* of Sergeant s cheap butter.
Presents Canadian Budget.
OTTAWA. Ont., Oec. 14— In tho
commons this afternoon Hon. \Y. 8.
Fielding presented the Canadian bud
get It provide* for no retaliatory du
ties against the United Statea. pend
ing the dcd.-lon of President Taft a*
at plying the maximum tariff agulnat
Cr.nada Fielding believes Washington
has no desire for a tariff war. Canada
is prospering and it Is thought better
to make no tariff change*. A l*etfer
ment of thirty million* over last venr'a
figures was shown 1a the financial
statement