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DETROIT’S ONLY
PROGRESSIVE DAILY
TWELFTH YEAR, NO. 112.
BATHTUB DEFENDANTS
Fill IH USE STAND TO
AVOID GOING TO TRIAL
Judge Angell Promptly Over
rules Claim That He Hasn’t
Jurisdiction in Case
E. L. WAYMAN ON STAND
Man Credited With Engineering
Formation of Trust Seems
Unwilling Witness
Tile taking of testimony In the
case of the United Stutes government
against the alleged buthtub trust be
gan, Thursday morning, before Judge
Alexis C. Angel), in the United States
district court, after the Judge had
overruled an objection from Robert B.
Honeyman, of New York, chief coun
sel for the defendants, to the effect
that the local court had no jurisdiction
ir the case, Inasmuch as the new fed
eral Judiciary act, which went into
effect Jan. 1, 1912, had altered tho
limits of different judicial districts.
Mr. Honeymau couteuded that Judge
Angell's Jurisdiction didn't extend to
Mt. Clemens, Mich., where the crime
ol conspiracy charged against the de
fendants is said to have been com
mitted.
Judge Angell said that, while .he
overruled the objection, he would look
into some phases of the question.
Mr. Honeyman announced that the
defense would reserve its opening ad
dress to the jury until after the dl
iect testimony of the prosecution la
presented.
Mr. Grosvenor, in continuing his
opening address to the Jury for the
'..overnment, Thursday morning, took
up the thread where he left off, Wed
nesday afternoon. He, first of all,
asked the jurors to bear in mind the
particular section of the Sherman
anti-trust law under which the prose
cution was begun. The text to re
member was as follows, be said:
“Kvery conspiracy In restraint of
trade or commerce among the several
states Is hereby declared to be illegal
This section of the law was pointed
cut to the jury with considerable em
phasis by Mr. Groivenor, Wednesday
afternoon. In the Thursday morning
part of his address he told the Jurors
of meetings the defendants are said to
have held for the purpose of forming
their alleged combination. Soon
after a meeting in New York, March
29 and 30, 1910, in the new Astor
met at the Colonial hotel, j
Mt. tlemens, Mich., in the form of
a committee, composed of the follow
ing:/ Herman M. Hoelscher, secretary
rr the ’Wolff Manufacturing Cos.;
Franc I b T. Torrance, vice-president of
the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
Cos.; Howard T. Gates, president and
secretary of the McCrum-Howell Cos.;
T R. Barnes presidenf"aud secretary
af the Barnes Manufacturing Cos., and
A H. Cline, Jr., president and secre
tary of the United States Sanitary
Manufacturing Cos. In this meeting
the committee met Kdwin L. Way
man. who is credited with having
much to-do with the alleged consplr-.
acy.
it was In the Colonial hotel meet- I
•ng that we allege the conspiracy was
Continued on P«*<* Nine.
COURT INCREASES BAIL
FOR PROMOTER LEWIS
■ ■■
Kill for James N. oil well
promoter, who was arrested, Tuesday
night, on a telegram from the Sun
Francisco police, stating that he was
wanted for embezzling $1,200 rrom the
Palace hotel, in that city, was in
creased by Justice Jeffries, Thursday,
from SSOO in one surety, to SI,OOO in
iwo sureites, and Lewis is held in
Jail, pending the arrival of San Fran
cisco officers.
A second telegram which arrived.
Thursday morning, caused the change
In the viewpoint of the Judge. The
first telegram, and a statement by
Lewis, made the case appear to be
a simple one of jumping a hotel bill.
The second telegram stated that he
um wawted-ftrr fpfnTTV. In connection
wfih the passing of some worthless
commercial paper. It stated that he
is under indictment, and that it Is
expected that extradition papers will
be granted when the rase is laid be
tore the Michigan governor.
INVESTIGATE DEATH
OF HOI,D I P VICTIM
Coroner Burgess and the police are
investigating the death, in St. Mary’s
hospital. Thursday morning, of Israel
Harding, 64 years old,,who roomed at
\o. 2»>2 f)ix ave.. and whose -death was
the indirect result of a of
Harding w»il struck 'orir. the eye
with a 'billy” or slung shot, Jan. 25,
and the eye was terribly swollen, but
the wound was not thought danger
ous. H
It became sfendily worse, and on
Feb. 2. he was removed to St. Marv’s
hospital, where It was found that
erysipelas had developed. He died.
Thursday morning:
COAL SHORTAGE FORCES
SI GAR FACTORY TO ( LOSE
LANSING. Mich. Feb t Tbs
T.anslng branch of the Ow'osso Sugar
company was forced to close. Tues
day. bedtime of coal shortage and will
not be In operation again before Sat
urday. Manager George Wall receiv
ed word lhat a supply of coal was
«it route from Toledo and he expects,
unless something unforseeti happens,
to esume operations. Saturday morn
ing.
A representative of the local fac
tory was «ent to Toledo and Up report
ed that there, werii hundreds trt uu*
of coal lr the Toledo yards, but claims
rhn* It is not being moved owing to
-he inadequate shipping facilities pro
aided by the railroad companies The
temporary suspension of operations at
;he local far ton means a consider
«h!e loss as the concern was operat
ing ut its fullest capacity.
TOONG GIRL DISAPPEARS
WITH PARENT'S MONEY
ELOPEMENT IS SCENTED
Rosie Meyers, 14 Years Old, Be-
Lieved To Have Gone To
Chicago With Sweetheart
CASHES CHECKS IN BANK
Girl Seen With Charles Diehl
Soon After Leaving Home
—Police Search For Pair
Police olilcers of two cities, Detroit
and Chicago, are searching for Rosie
Meyers, aged 14. of No. BSG Michigan
uve., and Charles Diehl, aged 18, who
are supposed to have eloped, Wednes
day night.
The local policy have received in-
I formation that the couple were seen
| together, Wednesday afternoon, and
•he supposition is that they-eloped to
; Chicago, w here Diehl has a sister.
Just before her disappearance, the
Meyers girl went to the Home Savings
bank branch at Michlgan-ave. and
Kighteenth-st., and cashed checks
amounting to sl3*i for her father
Joseph Meyers, who runs a saloon
known as the Backing /louse case at
No. 88f» Mlchigan-ave. The presump
tion Is that she turned the money
‘over to young Diehl, for the latter, ac
cording to gossip current in the
neighborhood, visited several stores
in this section early in the evening,
making numerous purchases and
flashing a big roll of bills. He is also
reported to have told some of his
friends that he was going to Chicago.
Patrolman John gchloud, whose heat
is on Michlgan-ave., between Hum
boldt-ave. ami the Boulevard, saw
Diehl and the Meyers girl, both of
whom he knows well, talking in front
of the Star theater, midway between
tiie Meyers saloon and the hank, about
1 o’clock In the afternoon. It Is sup
posed that the girl was then on her
way to the bank, for she had a number
of pai»ers In her hand that looked like
checks.
Dleh! was employed bv Michael
Rocco, a produce merchant on the
we*tern market, directly in the rear
of the Homo hank branch. Rocco
knew Urn girl well and says she call- •
od there frequently to see the young
man. All three had their picture tak- j
on in front of the place at Christmas
time, and Rocco had one of them in
his possession until a few days ago. 1
He suspects that the girl, unbeknown
to him. took it away.
The pureiua of the girt evidently !
knew' of the attachment between
their daughter and young Diehl,
though ryjithor of them will discuss
tiie matter now. It was learned how
ever. that Mrs. Meyers recently ran
across a number of the post card pic-,
rules, which Diehl had burned over
to the girl, and destroyed them.
For several weeks pasi, Diehl has
been talking about goink to Chicago.
In the anloons of the neighborhood. '
where I.h spent considerable time, he
talked ot scarcely nothing else. Diehl
and Miss Meyers were frequent visitors
r<> tin Ftnr theater, and Mias Meyers -
had an ambition to go on the stage.
“She would have gone on here if
we had encouraged her,” said an em
ploye of the playhouse.
Although only 14 years old. Miss
Meyers would pass for a girl of 18 or
20. She is a brunette and is of rather
stout build. The couple would have
no difficulty In securing a marriage,
license. i
The Detroit police think there is a
possibility .that the young people are
still in Detroit and Detectives Schlunt
and Horrigan, of the Vinewood sta- .
lion, are making a careful inquiry-. |
Diehl formerly boarded at No. 88
Humboldt ave., but left there about,
lour weeks ago. Os late he Is sap- !
posed to have been stopping with his
brother at No. 1470 Twenty-flfth-st.
WOMAN SHOPLIFTER DRAWS
TIRE Os FIFTY DOLLARS
Mrs. Nora M. Weng and Daugh
ter Did Thriving Business
in Downtown Stores
*' Mrs. Nora M. Weng. of No. 622
llelen-ave.. who i» allaged to have
connived with her 14-year-old daugh
ter, A bigi.il. in extensive thievery
from down-town stores, was convictel
in Justice Jeffries’ court, Thursday
noon, and whs fined S6O, with the
alternative of serving 30 days in the
House of Correction.
Mis. Weng irfuM’U to take the Ftanl
ip her nwn defense. ——
When sentence was passed oh her,
she grew white to the lips, then flush
ed a deep scarlet. Then she recover
ed her composure, and the defiant air
she has worn since her arrest.
'Til say nothing io any bod bout
what I intend to do,” she remarked,
when asked whether she intended to
reside af hbrae or in the House of
Correction for the next 30 days.
The extent of the woman's thefts —
w ith the aid of her light-fingered little
daughter, whose operations she_dl
reeled In the different stores h.i*
been found to be greaier than at first
thought.
Complaint of Hudson & Syming
ton's store, that a woman and little
girl were suspected of the theft of
goods from that plarH led to another
search of Mrs. Weng's handsome
home, ami two stolen rugs, and a
stolen hat were found by Detective
High.
\\l(r-lt«t*r Fined ».%«.
* John H, Schultz, i .in'. Ii lml——“**—
saultlng " bis wlf«- by dragging her
around the house by the hair, wa* sent
to the workhouse for so days, In de
fault of a 166 fine, by Justice Jeffries,
Thursday.
wicttifii* rosTti
WASHINGTON. Feb." V President
Taft today nominated Tlt< hard 1,. i»won
Ito bv postmaster at Ypsiluuti, Mich.
gjetroii ®ittues
ROME ROLE OPPONENTS
JEER CHURCHILL AS
HE TAINS IR BELFAST
British Statesman Makes Ad
dress in Public Park Despite
Violent Demonstrations
HE IS HUNG UP IN EFFIGY
Cabinet Member Maintains Air
of Apparent Unconcern as
Enemies Hurl Epithets
BELFAST, Feb. 8. —“Home rule day
in Belfast,” for which the government
hud made the strongest preparations
in anticipation of serluse riot and
bloodshed, proved tamer than many
a 12th of July in recent years. Wins
ton Churchill, first lord of the
odmlraTly, and mouthpiece of the Lib
eral government, dehed the Orange
leaders in Ulster and made his long
heralded speech explaining why the
Asquith ministry favors granting po
iC JA autonomy to Ireland.
Churchill was hooted and hissed as
he passed to and from the National
ist park where he delivered the ad
dress; he was hanged in effigy from
wires suspended across a dozen thor
oughfares, but at no time was he in
timidated.
Ulster did not fight. The Unionist
leaders had been awed by the display
of force—the Cheshire regiment;
King's Own Scottish Borders, Scots
Fusileers and Highland Light infan
try, 200 mounted dragoons, and 1,000
Royal Irish constabulary—and their
Influence was used to prevent noting.
The removal of the place of the meet
ing from Royal Uhl tor hull, for years
the headquarters of the Unionists and
considered sacred by them, to Celtic
oaik toot I,all grounds, in the middle
of tiie Catholic section of the city also
made for peace and there was little
for the soldiers under Col. Count
Glelchen, the king’s cousin, to do in
preserving order.
The constabulary and the regular
Belfast police, however, had their
hands full, as thousands of Orange
men and their sympathizers, dock,
shipyard and mill workers, continual
ly paraded the streets earryieg ban
ners on which opprobrious epithets
were Inscribed. They blocked tho
route of the cabinet spokesman to and
from tho park, and told Churchill in
iervid language Just what they
thought of him and the home rule plan
n general. Their jeers jind booing
was terrific, but they contented them
selves with this method of express
ing disapproval and gave w|y before
the police every time the latter
fbarred to open the way for tho au
tomobiles.
That Churchill was impressed with
the demonstration was indicted when
Coutlaurd uu I’flUf Nlnr.
WOULD PUT BAN ON
LAND SHARKS IN STATE
LANSING, Mich" Feb. B.—At the
«lading session of the Michigan avsu
< intion of supervisors a resolution
was adopted asking the legislature to
invest in county boards of supervisors
power to accept or reject land plan,
which power has heretofore been In
the hands of township boards.
This action followed a talk by
Deputy State Land Commissioner
Glenn Munshaw, who declared that
every day the department receives
letters from men or concerns wanting
to buy thousands of acres of prac
tically worthless Michigan laud and
want to get It cheap or not at all.
He said that most of these probably
come from unscrupulous land dealers
who would plat the same, making ten
or 12 lots to the acre, afterwards sell
ing them for exhorbitant prices to city
folks. Munshaw suggested that tho
state sell on the contract plan direct
ly to homeseekers.
DISHONEST DOMESTIC
DRAWS PRISON TERM
--4 h unite of her earnest pienn—foe
mercy, and her promises to get out
of town if she were released. Hermiim
Geltz, former domestic in the home
of Mrs. I* A. Parsons, No. 778 Second
ave„ was sent to the House of Correc
tion for 9ii days, without the option
of a fine, for obtaining groceries tinder
false pretenses from the J. L. Hudson
Cos.
The fact that butter and eggs were
principal items of the grocery bill
which Miss Geltz had charged to her
former mistress, probably had some
bearing on the viewpoint of Justice
Jeffries. Theft of solid gold bars from
express companies has nothing on tho
larceny ot butter and eggs in theso
days of the produce trust.
Miss Geltz ordered a " btlT Os gn»-
rrrtes and hnd them charged to
Parsons. The clerks had received
warning, and notified the police.
ROW IS RAGING IN
ST. JOE POSTOFFICE
HT JOSEPH, Mlcli„ Feb. B.—lt is
reported that posi master W. !>. Hol
tand, of this city, has been asked to
itslgn from the service. He has left
for Washington.
Deputy Postmaster Wm McCracken
went out of office two weeks ago on
the ground that there was too much
help.
The affairs of the Ht. Joe office have
been In a tangle for some time be
cause of the row bet ween, the post;
master and hts deputy. The lattei
when he was ousted charged political
intrigue. Holland refused to make a
>ment on theg rounds il vu tin
wish of the department that nothing
be said
Congressman Hamilton interfered In
A hn mu. in luiptui of saving McC-raokaa,.
but failed to hold him his Job.
Wan struck by far.
Frank Kutqjlnakl. 3» \j>ars old.
No. ”.!*a Lynian-pl., whs run down by a
tti.kcv car at Gratiot and Ch«‘lic-stS.r
Thursday rooming, sustaining h frac
ture of the right arm H«- win re
moved !•* his home In a polity? unibu
lane*.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912.
Where Churchill Braved bury of Home Rule Foes
>s»a <5? jnr ~ _ CS *"l
Two some* In llelfaat, Ireland, where Winston .Spencer Churchill Braved thr fnrj of the opponents and spoke la fa
tor of home rule, tin the left la I untie place. In lllgb-st. On the right la Albert Memorial square, aborting
the memurlala to Queen Victoria** hualtand. Note the double-deehed, home-drawn “trains" nr street rars, a
familiar sight nil over the llrltlah Isles.
MERCURY STARTSO» FRESH
TRIP TO THE ZERO MARK
Due To Arrive Thursday Night
—Peach Buds Are in
No Danger
Buckle up your girth, Mr. House
holder, and continue to shovel coal.
Boreas likes the company of the
citizens of Detroit so well that he ex
pects to prolong his visit indefinitely.
His stay in our midst will send the
temperature down to zero, Thursday
t-veniug, ami perhaps below it, accord
ing to Assistant Weather Forecaster
Thompson.
"Clear and cold all around us, with
one of the loveliest winter nights on
record, Wednesday evening and pros
pects of another Thursday, but with
zero temperature Instead of five above
as jasi night,” cheerily chirped Mr.
Thompson. Thursday noon “This is
just grand winter . weather, fine for
rteigli-riding, skating, snow-shoeing
and skiing. Oh. yes, maybe a little
tough on the man who pays the coal
bills, but then plenty of walking and
exercise and breathing in this crisp
cold air lessens the doctor's visits, if
it dots not put him to rout alto
gether. Might better fill the coal bln
and likewise the furnace than the
•emetcry,” declared this weather
philosopher, who always keeps happy
whether the naughty little mwrcuiy
building records ten below or 10U in
the shade.
“Tke cold weather is universal.”
said Mr. Thompson. "Thero was frost
hist night in New Orleans and Jack
sonville, and a heavy frobt in' Tampa.
Up here in Michigan. I sec some ot
the wseacres Hre beginning to start
the annual midwinter scare of frozen
pea ;h buds, etc.’ It doesn't take much
of a farmer or horticulturist to find
ihe place to laugh, there. Asa mat
ter of fact’, the snowfall has been so
heavy that throughout the Michigan
fruit belt the orchards are thoroughly
protected by a heavy blanket and
with this thick snow covering, it
would bo impossible for even ihe low.
est temperatures we have had this
winter to affect the trees or bushes.
There is danger to fruit trees only
when snow is light and temperatures
low. I expect to be eating my usual
allowance of peaches this season Just
the same as ever.”
\ CTO \rr i nKN*r~.y icmi
SAYS HE WAS ROBBED
The police are investigating the al
leged robbery of Sieve Monkoskl, oi
No. 252 Canfleld-ave. east, run down
at Jefferson and Joseph Ca:opau-avcs.,
Monday, by an automobile owned by
C. W. Baird. Monkoskl, who is still
m St. Mary's hospital, in a serious
condition, bad tw'o weeks' pay,
amounting to |2.>.4C, in a- pay en
velope when .he was struck by the
auto, thrown under' a passing street
car. and rendered unconscious.
Some friends who visited him at
the hospital found that the pay en
velope was still in his pocket, but the
money was missing
waft taken to tho honpiial
hv n tester for the Chalmers Motor
Car Cos.
OFFICER EJECTS JENNEY
FROM BANK AT LENNON
CORUNNA. Mich., Feb. B.—A com
mittee of depositors held a meeting
with sh Deft Jcnney regarding-44*e
tnr.gled affairs of ills private bank
there today, but no compromise Was
reached. Jcnney was ejwted from
the bank by an iipder-sheriff.
Tlfe deposits are beTITJ? TfivenTorTed
again.,
IHL WEATHER
For Detroit unit «lrlnlf»i Thursday
dll-lit unit Friday, fair "nil colds lowest
temperature toolghl nknnt sero| lluht
to Moderate w»*trrly «lnd«.
For l.onrr Michigan i (Generally fair
■ oil continued cold tonight and Fridays
Moderate n«rthwi>«t winds.
Toll rtS TI-:UPKR %TI HEY,
and a. ni a It* a. ni ««
' 7 a. in a Its. m in
■Hn. m. —HI anna ~ ib
II a. m t Ip. m lit
Oar >ear a*o todays lllgheaf tem
perature. :a» lowest, 22s mens. 27s
portly dowdy weather with treee of
lion. r /
’t he snn will set fodn» at I i.'tt p. m.
Mn d rise Frida* nt tfs.Ttl a. m.
'the moon **lli rise foalsht af 11 iM.
for C 8 and Foreign t’atent* go ta
i Barths! * Barthal. ST W. Congrass-st
‘FOUR-FLUSHER’ AID ‘LIAR’
TERMS BANDIED ABOUT IN
' SHFPRERD-RUHRER ROW
*•
Prosecutor and Auditor Have
Hot Clash Over Bills
Former Presents
“GO TO HELL,” SAYS HUGH
Declines To Produce Society
“Blue Book” Paid For With
County’s Money
"I'll see that the taxpayers of
Wavnc county do not pay for auy
more of Hugh Shepherd's four-flush
ing raids among the dance halls,”
hotly declared County Auditor ftlibrer,
Thursday morning, after a clash with
the prosecutor, which made the first
row between these two, which occur
red several weeks ago, look like a
pink tea.
Thursday’s elasih took place in a
meeting of the board of county audi
tors, < jtiled to consider the payment
ei several hills. Among these was
one for S6O, presented by Mason L.
Brown for surveying; one for $6 for
tho purchase of a society “Blue book ",
for the uce of the prosecutor, and an
other for S4O for new book chshh In
Mr. Shepherd’s office. Al! of these
bills were contracted by Shepherd
Without consulting the board.
Mr. Buhrer objected to the size of
Mr. Brown’s account, and said that
tho work should h«ve been done by
the country surveyor, who works for
Si per day. Mr. Shepherd replied that
the county surveyor wus never in con
dition lo do proper work, and his
testimony could not be relied on in
case lie were called as a witness. This
started the* row, and one word load
ing to another, the lie was passed,
and both men were told lo go to a
region where tin* climate-ls somewhat
warmer than Detroit has been having
for several weeks.
| Then carve the item of the blue
book, and this only added fuel to ilu>
tlaines.
“I cannot see what nse the mjdsecu
tnr can have tor a hlgh-tone>risociety
text book in a law office.” Jnr. Buhrer
declared sarcastically. ./ _
*’ir"b 1 utj.. ofm.r'fooni, 0 flic * prose
cutor explained. “I want, it to look
up the names and officers of clubs
and societies. It. Is 1 merely on ad
dition to the Htv directory.”
After another flash between Mr.
Buhrer and Mr. Shepherd tho latter
withdrew' from the meeting.
Following the prosecutor’s with
rirawal Mr. Buhrer expressed a desire
t see the blue book, ifld he sept Wil
Ram Greenclerk In the auditors'
( dice, to getVfi Green called at the
prosecutor’s infice and made known
Mr. Buhrer'sjEequest.
“You can d’ell Mr. Buhrer for me
that he can go to hell,” was the mes
sage Mr. Green says he received,
aud Im ho reported to Mr. Buhrer.
—“Fi'uin now run I will nnike II a
, fuiiuL to see t hat— tlui —taxi-cab—hills
presented hr Hhepherd ar*» incurred
on county bus'noss. and whether th**
taxpayers’ money Is being spent on
his four-flushing raids among the
dance halls,” Buhrer declared after
tie meeting. ‘ I’ll find out whether he
Is taking these trips at tho- county’s
.*♦, i|tHk+- hiwieeli with
»hc church people, and at the same
time patting the dance hall proprietors
on the back and telling them they are
all right. LII make him. abanduu that
Dr Jeksll-HydcTTole and pull off hl<
ma k. i'll shon him up for lust what
). r jg iil make him snow his hand."
Asked for his version of the row.
Fhepherd declared there had been no
trouble of .any kind, no friction at all.
knrl that the me ding had beep quiet
,»nd peaceable.
• If anyone tells you that there was
a row between me and Buhrer he is a
carnned diav,” declared Mr. Shepherd
acsltlvelv.
Several persons who witnessed the
_ymm-aiw| h«a»*t-4J>o.name** hofl«*4 >»♦♦♦***
rmd fourth contradict Mr. Shepherd
I flatly. >
l\ *»F.«.**|MV
I MoMlli' Mlcfi.. I’H.r *. Tiie south'
«rti convocation of the P.piscop t!
| church con'vene 1 I er«* this morning
w-ttli a Isrir-' ntinih* r of delegetes.
tlfshcp Williams, of l*etrolt, und R«v.
hp.o Oiinm.ll of Toledo, delivered ad
| drSaaas.
EMMA [AMES ILL; CONCERT
POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH
Singer Who Was To Have Ap
peared With Husband, Friday
Evening, Has-Severe Cold
Mine. Emma Fames Ik 111 In Buffalo,
suffering from a severe cold, and will
be unable to appear In Detroit, in the
Light Guard armory, Friday evening,
according to a dispatch received,
Thursday noon, by Local Manager
Collver, but will fulfill the
engagement, Friday evening, March
8. Mme. Eames was compelled to
cancel her concert, Wednesday even
ing, In Buffulo.
There had been a large sale of tick
ets for the recital to be given In this
city by the famous operatic song-bird
and her husband, Emilio do Gogorxa,
and everything pointed to as large
and brilliant an audience as that ac
corded the Boston Symphony orches
tra, Siftimlay evening. Mr. Collver
announces that persons holding tick
ets for the Karnes concert, Friday
evening, may use them March 8. or It
preferred, the money will be refunded
in the box office, In flrlnnell’s.
The Karnes do Gogorza concert hnd
been looked forward to by local mu
sic-lovers as one of the blg*>vents ot
the season-and the disappointment oc
casioned by the postponement will no
doubt be great. Mme. Karnes’ man
ager assured Mr. Collver. over the
loug-distam e ’phone, that the singer’s
throat affection was such us would
yield readily to rest and treatment,
and that she will resume her concert
tour the first of the week. Friday,
March 8, was the earliest dnte avail
able for the fulfillment of the Detroit
engagement.
GUTMAN ASKS FOR ITEMS
r IN A. B. DU FONT'S Bill
Says Mayor Has Promised To
! Furnish Details—ss,ooo Is
Considered Too High
Aid. William Gutman, chairman of
the council committee oti claims an I
[account*, 4»a» -eeked Mtcvrrr Thompson
to itemize the $5,00P Mil recently sub
-1 ndttcd to the council by A. H. duPon*
through the mayor, for service* rend
icrctl In connection with the "Haiti*-
I inent that failed," and his honor lias
! promised to comply with the request
“The first 1 Know of duPont i>eln*
tetained Wuh when the mayor called
lit* into his office just before ha an
il on need his settlement plan in the
newspapers.” Raid AM. Gutman. "Wo
v ere given to understand that duPont
was hired to hel|> Mr. Hally draft the
ordinance. If that Is the case, <t looks
as though *hc price naked Is pretty
Meh. However, the mayor has prom
ised to idve os an itemized hill, and
; when that Is forthcoming we'll be
| nMo to fUaengM tha mitlfli I ."
PRAISE TIMES’ POT/ICY
ON LIQUOR QUESTION
COLDWATEH, Mich., Feb. K.—The
k local option reaubmisslon campaign
was opened last night with a big ban
quel of business men in l lie 3k
C. A. gymnasium. The speakers were
.1. F. Field, of Jackson; F. A. Kulp,
of Hattie Creek, and Grant Hudson, of
(»;a lid KapldS.
The Detroit Times came in for
splendid rnmmrndation for its stand
, on the liquor question,
i it Is predicted Branch county will
stay dry
DON’T WANT POLISH
S( HOOLS ENLARGED
in *i “urtday morning's session of
| the PoTTsh priests' convention. In the
Hotel radillac, It was decided to es
-Ul.lUh -a- national—mm lety- -ot- IVliah
priests, the principal object of which
will be to opimse any attempt to secu
larize the Polish parochial schools or
undermine the authority of' the papal
Iff, M wan also derided to estab
lish a national Polish Cathojie news
| paper, to be issued daily.
| Jot. Print In* OI«ht. Th»#«
Prlatlss C« M IS Jona 11-it
LAST EDITION
ONE CENT# 2
ROOSEVELT ASSURES 9
PROGRESSIVES HE WILL I
SUL IN FIGHT WITH THEM
"I Don't Believe My Bitterail
Enemy Will Say I Am a Quit- |
ter,” He Telia Editor tfl
WILL NOT DESERT CAUSB j
Great Significance Attaches Tol
Statement in View of Boom ?
Being Waged For Him
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—“I don’t be- j
ilevo that even my bitterest eneagM
will say I was ever a deserter. You.
can b ay to the that I 1
will not desert the cause and tb«jf9
will find me fighting side by side with!
them to the finish.”
This was the statement sent to th«J
progressives of the nation today byl
<’ol. Jtoooevelt through Alexander P.l
Moore, editor of the Pittsburgh Lead- *
This statement by the colonel ie the *
announcement forecast in the United]
Press dispatches yesterday, giving the $
progressive leaders a basis for their]
Roosevelt campaign. After a pro-1
traded interview with Col. Roosevelt, 7
Moore issued the following:
I called on Col. Roosevelt this "
morning. I did not ask him whether
he would be a candidate for president,
either active or receptive. I told him
that the progressives of this country?
have determined to make a fight for
delegates to the Republican national
convention; that he started the pro
gressive movement in this country’
and that the great army of progreS-j
slves were his followers today. I <
told him that in some places wherat
we had progressive delegatee,
found that certain banks which were
controlled by the money trust, had
told these men that they must not!
run In the Interest of Roosevelt or any
cither progressive candidate.
“If they wanted to run they moat
run for Taft. The prospective dele
-1 gates were men who owed money U»
the banks. I told him the scheme of
the Politicians ami the money trus£
was to have interviews with business
men sent broadcast over the counfartpj
iln behalf of the present udininistrefl
Hon. Tiiese business men would bel
influenced to give out these inter
views because they owed money U>j
the banks; or. in other words they.
would be practicnlly forced to do it.*H
After outlining the situation to
Roosevelt he issued the statement to
the effect that he would not desert
progressive principles.
•
LaFo/iette to Fight If
Policies Are In Peril
By GILSON GARDNER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8— Senator
Robert M. I-aFollette has been sac
rificed to the progressive cause,
lie led the first charge. He took
‘ command of a forlorn hope. He had
been fighting the people s fight in the
senate until his health was wrecked.
1-ast summer when others rested he
w ent under the surgeon s knife in or
der that he might be restored in time
to renew the struggle.
LaFollette has done a dozen men’s
work. The great problems of pro
gress ho lias studied night and day
and has led the struggle against big
bmdnes* In congress.
Now his doctor tells him be must
rest and over his prostrate form the
progressive cohorts will march for
ward. through tho breach In the wall
made by ‘ Fighting Bob.”
LaFollette s fight has practically
made impossible the renomination of
I Tart and it is no<v up to Roosevelt
j make good and shoty that LaFollette
did not fight in vaiu.
I-aFoliette uudertook tho leader
ship of the progressive movement
when no one else would voluuteer.
He undertook it feeling that he would
leadership. Tht* opposition to the re
actionary administration needed voice
and embodiment. Ho betaine a can
didate as a protest against the Taft
record and as u rallying point for
prngtesKlvlsro.
His candidacy was at once justified.
Within three months the entire west
had rallied to his staudard aud he
had begun serious inroads in Ohio,
nnij the srnndpat states of the east.
Then arose a sudden and mysteri
ous demand for Roosevelt. It was
the voice of tlie near progressive and
t'OßUnunl on Pair Nine.
ARRESTS IN DYNAMITE
SATU RDAY
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. JY**rr 8.~
Statements' toUsy from nffi< eiWof the
rnat lynal mm> V’V|fc vln 4
I I heir hcaduuarterhsjiere IndtrltF'that
I t.b cone erf ed cflortwdUl be made to
I raise a defense fund foAthe two scoro
Individuals indicted by the federal
government in connection with the
. dynamiting conspiracy.—All
| the unions here aided in the col Mm
i tlon of the $225.1)00 McNamara tie
j letise fund.
The International Association of
t'BrTdce and Structural Iron Worker*?
which .? .i McNamara was seer*-
TTaFy treasurer, ha* a defense fund of
approximately $35,000. It is for the
t:tc of members of the organization
iin legal proceedings.
Several copies of indictments, ac
companied by capiases were sent out
I by the government officials today. It
i expected that the final conies will
be in the mail by Friday nignt. As
•non a* Federal District Attorney Mil
ler here is notified that all the roptea
have arrived at their destination, the
arreVta wTITTie ordered.
WnWi off Willi Wwtl WSMO*.
CHICAGO, reh - \ man wntke-l
•into a Jewelry *tore h»*re veMe*d»y,-i
2 i't< k»’il up two sample rase* full ot
' tewelrv. walked out and liaa not been
'round by the police. In the **•«• wera
i lew. Le worth 120.550 owned by a New
Vork firm They had been ***** **
I the store by C A. Holbrook, a s*»ee-
Iman.