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E RUSSIAN PEASANT RISES |
' TO POSITION OF INFLUENCE
[ BV HIS UNTIRING WORK
L Adolph PertratU, Graduate
From Olivet, Wins Fame as
Sociologist in Chicago
FLED FROM NATIVE LAND j
Tyrannical Methods There Made
Him Hunger For Freedom
and Opportunity
OLIVET, Mich., March 18.—To hold
the position of dean of the Chicago
university settlement school of clU
senshlp, and to be recognized as
one of the most prominent and con
spicuous figures in settlement work
In Qhlcago, Is the distinction of
Adolph Portraits, a native Lithuanian
wfco graduated from Olivet ooiicge
lilt JUne.
U waa in 1907 that thla tall, awk
ward, Russian peasant came to Olivet
and with but little previous educa
tional training, succeeded In four
yaara hi completing his college course,
and was turned out last June the most
aooompllshed student in sociology and
political science that the Institution
has mm graduated.
Be was bom in Lithuania in pov
eetjt At the age of 13 he was ap
pointed by the Russian government
as a Customs officer on the Lithuanian
bond as. It was his duty to wring nu
ll* tpnee and duties from his coun
ttpmen. and hit experience in this ca
pacity has given him a hatred of Rus
sian tyranny. Revolting at the
thought of being an agent to make
hli people suffer, he asked to be per
to resign. This request was
end obtaining a weeks leave
at absence, he took his life in his
bends and during that week got just
as Car from Russia as he possibly
oould. He says that he did not at the
time know why he was so eager to
leave family, friends, country and all
that he had error known, but that
them eras in his soul a longing for
freedom and a craving for knowledge
said enlightenment. Lying for days
on the bottom of a merchant vessel
bound for New York, all but dying
from cold and hunger, this Russian
lad fought his way to America and
‘'freedom. Almost a year was spent in
different parts of the east, and Anally
he secured a position in a Grand
Rapids furniture factory. There an
old Olivet graduate saw In the home
ly Russian the making of a valuable
man and he arranged that Pertratis
should come to AHvet. '
• Pertratis had* thought a great deal
about the wTOtf&a fl&ne to the work
ingman and believed that Socialism
would cure the laborers’ problems.
His expressions, broken and poorly
expressed, gave hie fellow students
the Impression that he was an ex
treme soctallat and be was branded
Ihe "anarchist" and "nihilist." He
never cared to mix with his fellow
students and practically all of the
four years that he spent here was
given to his hooks In the dingy attic
In which he lived. He did not like
to leave 1)1* room for fear that his
strange appearance and untrained
tongue wrould call forth sneers and
contempt. Asked one day why he
did not associate more with his fel
low students, he said: "People smile
and point their Ungers when 1 go
along the street. Here 1n my room
I five with my books. They never
change, never sneer, nor laugh at me
or my mistakes, but are always my
willing and friendly companions."
"Duke," as the students always
called the strange Russian, never par
tlclpated in any of the college gocial
functions and not once, during his
entire four years, did he attend an
athletic contest, although the field is
but a stone’s throw from bis home.
Those who knew him best say that
ha devoutly loved and lived with his
books and aa a result there is no maq
who has left Olivet in years so well
trained In his chosen line of work.
Pertratis’ associates lu Chicago
have learned to hold the former
~oHvet man in the highest respect and
he ie known throughout Chicago's
settlement districts as "The maker of
Americans."
EDWARD G. SPALDING,
WAR VETERAN, DEAD AT 69
PORT HURON, Mich., March 18.—
Edwaxd O. Spalding, aged 69, a vet
eran of the Civil war, and vlee-pretd
dent of the St. Clair County Sa\iuga
\ bank, is dead at his home here, after
an Illness of seven weeks.
llr. Spalding enlisted in the Twcn-
r — iy-second Michigan infantry. in 1
and served throughout the war in the
Army of the Cumberland.
At Chlckamauga, in 1863, while in
command of a company, he was made
prisoner, and held for 12 months, part
of the time in the famous Libby pris
on. A widow and one daughter snr
him.
KENTUCKY MAN WINS
ORATORICAL PRIZE
ANN ARBOR. Mich., March 18.—
Louis Eich, of Bellevue, Ky., won the
right to represent Michigan at the
annual oratorical contest of the North
ern Oratorical league at Evanston in
May.
The university contest at which
Michigan's representative Is selected
was held Saturday night, and Mr. Eich
won over a number of contestants,
among whom was A Z. Sycip, Chinese
student, who has a reputation of be
ing one of the best orators Michigan
has ever developed. The annual con
test of the Northern Oratorical league
is the rooet important league of Its
kind In the country, and the honor
of winning first place In these con
tests is the highest honor to be earn
ed in American in public* speaking.
The league has been In existence 22
Fefcri, and Michigan men have won
a Mrge majority of the contests, The
league was endowed by Congressman
Louden, and the Interest from the en
dowment fund provides the prizes for
which the speakers content in the
contest here Saturday Mr. Byclp
wee a close second to Mr. Rich
msssr < f ■
Ii Children Ory
fit ftfTSHfRS
©ASTORIA
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ADOl.l‘ll PFRTIIATIS.
WOULD ESTABLISH NEWS
BUREAU FOB CHORCHES
Theodore Quinby Puts Plan Up
To Pastors—Little Encour
agement From Baptists
Detroit churches may have a news
bureau. The plan ha* been worked
out by Theodore Quinby, former De
troit newspaper qian, and was
brought before the weekly meetings
of the pastors, Monday morning. It
did not meet with much encourage
ment in the Baptist conference, how
ever. the general impression being
that It would be too expensive to op
erate. The Rev. Frederick Tower
Galpin. of the First Baptist church,
who introduced the subject, said that,
while he thought well of it, he feared
hts church would be unwilling to foot
Its part of the bill In the matter. The
Rev. T. W. Young, of the North
Woodward Baptist church, said em
phatically that his congregation
would not now entertain the scheme,
because it had already made up Its
budget for the coming year.
Mr. Quinby plans to charge the big
churches $5 a week and the smaller
ones sl. His plan Is to have the pas
tors of the different churches of the
city send in their items of news to
the bureau, where the newspapers
could get them. In this way. he
'points out that no church news would
be overlooked; that every denomina
tion which entered into the project
would get ample publicity. He figures
that the operation of the office would
entail an expense of 3150 a week.
The Baptist conference also turned
down the plan of the Rev. W. B. F.
Brown, of the Stanton Park church,
to issue a new* Baptist paper, called
the Bulletin. The committee appoint
ed to investigate the suggestion, with
the Rev. F. T. Galpin. chairman, re
ported that no new paper should be
Introduced until the present contract
with the Standard, the present official
organ of the denomination, expires,
three years from now. It was resolv
ed, however, to have a representative
of the Standard meet a committee of
the conference in a Sunday school
gathering In Jackson, Mich., April
16-18, and discuss plans to improve
the publicity methods now in vogue
The Rev. F. A. Ivankin, pastor of
the Hudaon-ave. Baptist church, read
a paper on "The prayer-mealing,
place In church life, how to get it
out of the rut and make it vital." He
told of successful prayer-meetiugo in
his own church- and suggested that
mock trials and debates on missions
might be introduced in connection
with prayer-meetings where there
was a lack of interest. He regarded
the prayer-meeting as the "power
house" of the church, aaid thought
that It should get keen attention from
every pastor.
In the discussion wh/ch followed,
the Rev. F. T. Galpin said that he
had introduced an early Sunday morn
ing prayer-meeting, and that it was
productive of good results, the mem
bership of the church being largely
Increased by it.
The Rev. N. T. Hafer. of the Feriv
ave. Baptist church, questioned the ef
ficacy of resorting to mock trials and
debates to make the prayer-meetings
the more interesting, lie and his con
gregations were opposed to innova
tions, he declared.
The Rev. W. Quarrlngton. the new
pastor of the Fourteenth-ave. Baptist
church, was introduced to the con
ference and was accepted as a mem
ber. It was decided to send a testi
monial to the authorities of the First
Baptist church. Chicago. In behalf of
the Rev. Myron E. Adams, formerly
of the Warren-ave. Baptist church,
who goes to the Chicago church.
SAYS WILSON WILL
WIN ON FIRST BALLOT
(Coatlaued from page oa«).
inet, is out for Wilson, aud we expect
an instructed delegation. Virginia,
Oov. Wilson s natal plate, wIH in
struct for him also.
"In Kentucky, Henry Watteison
ha;, stirred things up to such an ex
tent that the state is solid tor Wilson,
and we have similar assurances from
Senator Luke Lee, of Tennessee
“Uennsvlvania will hold primaries
next week, and all tactions there
have united on Governor Wilson as
th best candidate. Sentiment is rap
idly growing for. Wilson in New York,
and Senator O'Gorman recenUy stat
ed in a public address that Wilson
was the most available man. In New
England we expect to get instructed
delegations from Maine. New Hamp
shire and Rhode Island. Mnssaciup
se'tfc will give a complitnentarj vote
to Gov. Foss, but -cf tl;a second bal
lot. it our is netessaij wilj swlng
to Wilson <’onnet ti< it will ;■ l*o
come to us after casting its first bal
lot for Gov. Baldwin
"Gov. Wilson will have more in*
strutted delegates in the Baltimore
Convention than all the other candi
dates put together; In fact by that
tl»ne we do not believe there will he
any other candidates in the held.
"Among the Republicans I find that
Roosevelt is losing ground steadily,
and it seems certain that Taft, with
the Republican machine behind him,
wifi be renominated."
RANHKR F.*nw HIS I.IFK.
TITI MBKII Mich Mai I ID Pea*
pniuti lit because of continued 111-health.
trTrjTiws nrfrrttr .tjtwi iw. a 'BSTIfSr. * mt
ad his Ilf* gumtsy by drinking poison
IMe Jaavae a widow and two children.
THE DETROIT TIMES: MONDAY. MARCH 18, 1912.
MORE BEIAV PRUHABLt
IN HALIT ORDINANCE CASE
D. 1. R. CompiHnjf New Statv
— mrnt of
To Submit To Court
i
More delay in the trial of the Hally
ihree-cent fare ordinance is indicated
in the report to the corporation .o M .u*
set, Monday morning, that I>. I . H
lawyers are compiling anew r;ate
ment ot operating expenses to submit
to tlte I’nited Stales circuit court.
it was reported shat Attorney* Jos
lyii and Hutxel "expected" to have th.
statement ready tor submission by
the last of this month, if it 1s not
completed by that time the 1). I'. K.
attorneys will ask the court to post
gone the case again until the s’atc
ment can be prepared and submitted.
City officials see in the actiou of
the D. U. R. lawyers another move for
delay in the case. They could not
quite understand why tho company
should at this time find it necessarv
to submit more figures in their con
tention that the three-cent taro ordi
nance is confiscatory-
Corporation Counsel laiwson is still
going over the statement of facta iu
the case as submitted to him by tho
D. U. R- This is merely a nummary
of the contentions in the case to date.
If the D. U. R file* more figures on
cost and earnings, it will succeed lu
still further complicating the case.
Mr. Lawson said he would resist un
reasonable delay if the statement Is
not ready by the latter part of this
month. *’
LOST IS LIST TO Bt GOOD
NON IS IN OHS OF SAINTS
Temptations No Greater Now
Than In Other Days. Says
Rev. George Clark Peck
The Rev. George Clark Peck, of
New York, beginning a week’s series
of talks under the auspices of the
Methodist denomination, in tlse noon
Lenten services in the Detroit opera
house. Monday, endeavored ta_ alia*!
That it is no harder "to be good” in
this day and age than it was in the
age which produced "saints."
"We hear constantly that it is very
hard to be good these days, because
of the thousand and one elements
which progress has brought to us
and which militate against the old
way of being good in the duys of
simpler living,” said Mr. Peck. "Our
modern life is indeed complicated but
it is no more distracting, no more
luxury-loving, no more spendthrift
ana profligate than the days of Rome,
the age from whence came ’saints.’
"Paul says 'The saints salute you.
especially those of Caesar's house
hold.' Even in the court of the prince
of beasts, the most bestial, profligate,
licentious of courts, saints were born.
And Paul knew a saint when he saw
one! Out of the Caesar age of car
nalities came white robed saints —
how dare anyone say that even the
stressful, strenuous, sinful life of our
modern age shall not bring forth
faints also? In this excuse for not
being good, young people tell you
that they cling to the Bohemianism of
single life because the risk of mar
riage is too great to take; married
folk say that there Is too much haz
ard in the raising of children; busi
ness men say there is no such per
son as an honest man. We Ameri
cans. even the half-baked kind of us.
feel ashamed of the conditions of the
that permit a Maynard to buy a
judgeship or a Lorlmer a senator
ship. but do not forget that the age
of Caesar. Paul's age of saints, was
an age in which everything had a
price, even men and women went
about with thelr—price marked in
plain figures. Emperors bought their
thrones, and men their wives as well
as their slaves. Indescribable besLal-
By has been uncovered in the Pom
peiian excavations, showing that era
to have been one in which stories of
modern profligacy pale into Insignifi
cance. s
The business of being good is not
a matter of eireumstatues, fortune,
or season. It takes time to be good
just as it requires time to heroine a
great musician, a foremost painter,
an eloquent preacher, a capable
soldier. The two things needed to be
good are loyalty to Jesus Christ, the
kind of red-blooded, affectionate loy
alty that we give to our mothers, our
sweethearts, our children: and ser
vice to the other man. Those are
the two Ingredients to mix to get re
suits."
Mr. Peck will he the speaker
throughout the week.
DEMOCRATS BOOM
SCULLY FOR GOVERNOR
LANSING. Mich., March 18.—
Friends of James F. Scully, an lonia
attorney and former state railroad
commissioner, are urging him to mu'
tor governor on the 1 >cmorrati<- n. Kil
Mr. Scully is a progressive and a
warm admirer of Woodrow \\ Ilson,
and his friends see in him one of the
strongest men in the state.
CAPAC WOMAN FOLLOWS
HUSBAND TO GRAVE
PORT HURON, Mich.. .Mateh 18.-
Udward Matteson. aged 67, died at
hfj home In Capac. Feb. 29. Yester
day iiis widow. Mrs. Hhoda M. Mat
tesog. aged .">♦». died also at I’anae.
Bo'.li succumbed to pneumonia. Mrs.
Mutteson’s ileath occurred only two
days after she had been apprised oi
her husband's death
When Mr. Matteson died his re
mains were placed In a hermetic ally
sealed steel casket, hut were not
b tried The death of Mrs. Matteaoh
wi'i momentarily expected and for
ho reason Mr Matteson'* body was
not Interred The funeral of both
I will be held at the same time and the
remains of each 1a 111 he huriec]_ in on**
ura\e at Cj.pac. on Wednesday
| - I HF, HOI T 1 HOT FI. (.1 K.s rs.
i H.ISTINUJ*. Midi.. March IS. --The
|ti yom Hotel was complete! > milted hv
j lire eurl> f*und«> morning nnd th**
li'«sts wore driven Into the streets.
I m in' “f them In ih**lr rbuht clothes
. ....
TO CURE A COLO IN ONF. DAY,
Take LAXATIVE BItOMO Quinine
tablets Druggists refund *n. ne- if
It falls to cure. E W GROVE'S jtg
nature is on each box 2ic.
ANOTHER LOAN AGENT IS
FINED SIOO BT STEIN
Lewis Bet lon Convicted of j
Charging Exorbitant Interest [
—Will Appeal Case
" *
, I
Lewi* Bdlon. the loan agent, \»UP
demanded a Jury trial wlieu arraigned
before Justice Stein several day a ago,»
withdrew this request. Monday uiorr.- j
mg. but retuahd to enter a plea. Tue 1
justice entered a plea of not guilty
and the case went to trial, Betlou be
ing convicted and fined SIOO.
The complainant was John C. Welt
user, who claimed that be had bceii
charged an exorbitant rate of inter
est (Ui a loan of 935.
Ward N. Choate, attorney for Bet
lon, suys the case will be appealed.
Prosecutor Shepherd said, Monday
morning, ihat no more warrants will
be issued against loan sharks for the
time beiug, at least. He is still get* j
ting complaints from victims, dow- j
ever.
In regard to the campaign which
he planned to inaugurate against too
pawnbrokers, few complainants have
thus far come forward. He U of the
opinion, however, that the "throe
ball men’’ are not so much at fau.t
as the loan sharks.
The prosecutor says he is also giv
ing the mutter of bribery some sv.cn
tion.
"I am now looking into a case simi
lar to thut given publicity. Saturday."
said the prosecutor, and 1 hoi*? to
have enough testimony on hand tu an
early date to ask for a warrant. Thc-ie
is a great deal of bribery going on in
the big Industrial institutions, such
as we exposed. Saturday. Why, i
have heard of a case where a pur
chasing agent for a big firm has so
much furniture in his home that his
wife can’t find room for it all. .-lid
lias told her husband to bring no more
home. The acceptance of a bribe is
also a serious matter, and we will
prosecute the recipients as well as the
givers. Tho latter are worse man
the reeeipients. however."
BAKER SEEKS SEAT
HELD BY SEN. SMITH
GRAND RAPIDS.' Mich., March IK.
—The Evening Press declare* em
phatically that Herbert F. Baker,
speaker of the house of representa«
tives in Lansing, will be a candidate
for the seat In the United States sen
ate now occupied by William Aiden
Smith.
The announcement by Senator
Smith that he will support Tatt for
renomination, it is set forth, has done
much to bring Mr. Baker into the
field. He is expected to have the
unanimous support of the Roosevelt
backers in Michigan.
MOTHER AND CHILD
PAINFULLY BURNED
MUSKEGON. Mich.. March 18
Mis. I>cna Fisher was out of her
home in Oceima township attending
to some chores when her four-year*
o'd daughter. Josle Bell, found a box
of matches and began playing with
them.
her screams attracted the atten
tion of Mrs. Fisher and by the time
phe reached the house, the little girl's
clothes were a mass of flames and
the kitchen was on fire.
The girl Is severely burned about
the* face and shoulders. The mother
is Injured about the hands and arms
as a result of her efforts in rescuing
the child and extinguishing the blaze
in her clothing Both are under a
physician's care. Nearby neighbors
saved the house from destruction.
CURFEW IS SILENT AS
SUPERVISORS SQUABBLE
MONROE. Mich., March 18.—The
curfew bell did not ring Saturday eve.
ning and will not ring any more here
after unless arrangements are mads
for the services of the ringer since
the county BtiiM-rwsors on Saturday
decided that no more orders be drawn
on the general fund for this purpose.
Judge Francke of the Juvenile div!
sion was called before the board and
explained that n boy was engaged to
ring the l>ell and was paid $1 a week
and the supervisors thought this was
too expensive.
The matter will probably be pre
seated to the common council with
a request that they provide for the
expense of ringing the bell. It has
been suggested thnt some member of
the police force ring the bell In the
court house, while others say that the
whistle In the municipal lighting
plant should be sounded.
WOMAN IS SENTENCED
FOR ROBBERY SCHEME
JACKSON. Mich.. March 18.—Mrs
Mae Hatfield was sentenced to the De
troit house of correction this morn-]
Ing for two years for the part she
took with her husband, Edward Ha*-!
field, in robbing William Terry, of |
Eaton Rapids, at their home in this
■ettyi-WaMR44 got two yoar* in Jack-!
son prison.
DRIVES HOTEL GUESTS
INTO STREET. ARRESTED
VICKSBURG. Mich March 18.—
.Joseph Jessup, who makes his home
in the* Ellsworth hotel, was atrest-d
yesterday for driving all the guests
of the hotel into the' street a* 3a. m„
at the joint of a revolver.
ll** has done this several time, be
fore, and it is believed he is de
mented.
NAMED ASSISTANT
BANK EXAMINER
LANSING. Mirh.r Mitrrb IH.— Max
Allen, of Charlotte, has been appoint
ed assistant Punk examiner and
Chattel Wood, of Hillsdale, lias been
appointed bookkeeper in the state
treasurers office, to succeed Allen
«.|lll.<* lift it l\ DF.TI.MION IK Ml K.
l**Vrt.\<\ Mich. March IK Hll.hc
Wi.i >l!r .ip* l I.’ and Athens NV.v?in,
hl*« i 11 mi' held In tic* detention home
her*-, "till** "officers are investigating
tt.«ii connection with the stealing of a
Per** md ••utter, with which the girls
v*er* foVnrt tti Birmingham. Tti«* Kiris
toM tit* officers that n man took th**rn
f* - iv*r oh- ntterlng-tO tcik** them to th.*'
Win <ln girl's mother, v. ti«* lives (n |»e.
t »*e.it W hen out in ti»* country th<*v
s;» \ i lie man left the cutler and tried I
r i irrTtn.~e_rnt~ rrf tt-T» Ktrls in l**u v» with .
|ti 11, n i<fi ilr**\ oecume frightened Kiel
|d *<ve to Birmingham
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CO HNS A VWOODMMD * 5 TAT 4
BRAVE WOMAN RISKS LIFE
TO SAVE SHIPS IH STORM
Keeps Beacon* Going 10 Days
After Husband is Drowned
—Babe May Die.
HALIFAX, N. S., March 18.—For 10
days after her husband had bicn
washed overboard and drowned in a
storm that theratened the demolition
of the structure, Mrs. Peter {torque,
of the lighthouse tender on Bird Rock
island of the Magdalene group, kept
the beacon going and undoubtedly
saved several vessels from piling un
on the rocks. Both she and her baby,
which it is feared will die, suffered
frightfully from exposure and hunger.
They are now on the government
steamer Seal and will be brougnt
here.
The heroism of the woman was un
surpassed iu the maritime history of
the Canadian lighthouse service. Ac
cording to the reports received by
wireless from the Seal, attention was
attracted to Bird Rock island by sig
nals of distress. A boat’s crew found
Mrs. Borque and her baby so weak
they had to be carried on board the
rescue steamer.
’For a time I thought I would go
mad,” said the woman, ‘ but I'krew
I had to do my duty. My baby suf
fered terribly from the cold but I held
it as tight as I could. It was a ter
rihle task to crawl with her into tbo
light chamber to keep the lights
trimmed, filled and burning. There
was rood but 1 could not cook it. Aud
the baby cried constantly. Many
times 1 heard the whistles of vessels
in the fog but they veered away when
they heard the hell ringing and saw
the light. Finally the Seal came.”
Bird Rock lighthouse is the mos f
storm-swepi area of the Nova Scotia
coast and its only visitors are the
crews of the government vessels
who go there with supplies.
MALONE WILL TALK TO
MUSKEGON DEMOC RATS
MUSKEGON, Mich March 18
County Democrats will hold their an
nual dollar dinner tonight in the Oc
cidental hotel. Both Clark and WI!
son will be represented.
Assistant Corporation Attorney W
Field, Malone, a Wilson tnan. and
Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri,
a Clark man, will be the principal
speakers.
Paul R. Beardsley, a Wilson man,
will be toastmaster. All factions of
the narty are working 111 harmony to
make the banquet a success.
A large Wilson delegation is expect
ed from Grand Rapids.
You Must Be Enrolled to
Vote In The August Primary
I do not believe too much publicity can be given the voters of
the importance of proper enrollment.
The opinion seems to prevail that, voters will be afforded the
opportunity to enroll only on an enrollment day, which Is Monday
April 1. 1011!.
No elector shall be deemed a qualified enrolled elector who has
not enrolled since Aug. 1. 1011.
In many cases it will not be convenient for an elector to ap
pear before the board in person on April 1, and the law- provides
that an electo • may enroll at any time by delivering, in person or
by mall, to the city oi township clerk, or the officer In charge of
the enrollment book, a written request for Mich enrollment, aceom
j anted by affidavit setting forth that he is a qualified elector and
flint It is liis bona fld»- intention to affiliate with the political party
with which he seeks to enroll. If a voter enrolls by affidavit on or
before June he will have the tight to vote in the August Primary.
A \oter who has not enrolled either by application and affidavit or
on an enrollment da> texteptyas specifically provided) cannot pnr
ticipafe in and will not he permitted to vote in a primary election.
If the voter neglects or refuse* to give the name of his party,
or if he ban none, he shall not he enrolled by the enrollment board.
In *aome sections, owing to local conditions, voters have en
rolled as ••Independent,’* “Citizens,” “Socialist, *' etc., who affiliate
in state elections with some other political party. If such enrolled
voter desires to c hange party affiliation to Republican. Democrat,
Prohibition, etc., in order to participate in the August Primary, he
can only do so by personally making application ou April 1. and
not by written application and affidavit.
FREDERICK C. MARTIN DALE.
siecretarv of State.
Joke Lauds Jackson Alan In
Jail on Charge of W if e Desertion
JACKSON, Mich., March 18.—John Beebe, who wrote to his wife
from Indianapolis that he was dead, and his, body would be sent to Quincy.
I ill., for burial, is now behind the bars In the county jail here.
_! When Mrs. hmirii nf Urn - -huabwiwF*-death she branded it a fake*
I and at once sw’ore out a warrant charging him with abandonment. \\ heu
ne heard of this action he came to Jackson, and wus at omr locked up.
He said he did it as u joke. His examination was set for March 30.
IWYS.PENALTY FOR CRIME
IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
AUBURN. N. Y., March If.—Armed
guards dragged Domlnlco yi Pasquale
toward the electric chair today. He
resisted them until the entrance to the
death chamber was reached. Then
convinced that there was no hope he
marched steadily to the electric chair.
He seated himself with the greatest
deliberation and, as the anxious
guards quickly fastened the straps he
opened his mouth as though to pro
test. But the words died in his
throat as the helmet was shoved down
on his head and a few seconds later
his body had stiffened out with a
force of 1,875 volts of electricity. A
se<ond shock of the same voltage
was required to make death certain.
Pasquale killed Cologero Poiizzi in
Rochester. November 13, 1910. He
vowed in open court he would cheat
the chair. Asa result he was care
fully guarded. However last Fridav
the watch having been relaxed he
took his shoestrings and cord made
by unraveling his underwear. Wind
ing them all together he made a
strong rope and hanged himself
tlie ventilator In his cell. He was c'lt
down and revived.
Pasquale's brother Salvatore, tried
to save him by confessing that he
was the murderer. Investigation
disproved the confession’ and Salva
tore was given two years for perjury.
He was in his cell praying when
today’s execution took place.
FORMER INSI RANCE
HEAD DIES AFTER TALK
LAKEWOOD. N. J.. March 18.—De
cu-omling unsteadily trout the plat
form after a theft address at toe
dedicatory services of the new Y. M.
r. A., last night, Francis Moore,
formerly president of the Continental
Fire Insurance Cos., of New York, col
lapsed and expired in his seat, his
beau falling on his wife’s shoulder.
In a moment the fashionable audi
ence rose to its feet and several wo
men shrieked hysterically. For a
moment it looked as if a panic would
ensue, hut the lender of the choir
struck tip the next number on the
program, which, by a strange coinci
dence, was “Jesus Calls Cs." in which
the congregation Joined.
Drs. Lawrence, Schauffleur and
I lance removed Mr. Moore's body to
r.n ante-room. * . •
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REAR-ADMIRAL’ MELVILLE
IS CLAIMED ST DEATH
Noted Authority on Arctic Ex
ploration Was 72 Years
of Age
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PHILADELPHIA, March 18—Rear
Admiral George Wallace Melville, U.
S. N„ retired, died at hi* home here
yesterday from paralysis. He was
national commander of the Loyal
Legion af the time of his death and
was a noted authority of Arctic ex
pluration as well as engineering and
naval affairs.
Rear-Admiral Melville, who was
placed on the retired list Jan. 1U
1%3, was 72 years old. For 16 year--
he was chief of the bureau of steam
engineering In the navy department.
He was appointed an assistant en
gineer in the navy in 1861. and was
a member of both the Jeannette and
Hit Greely relief expeditions to the
Arctic Circle.
Among the colleges which con
ferred honorary degrees upon him id
recognition of his scientific work
were tlie University of Pennsylvania,
Harvard. Columbia, Georgetown and
Stevens institute.
He wys a past president of both ;hi
American Academy of Mechanical En
gineers and the American Society o»
Naval Engineers. At the time of his
death lie was the president of the
Fiiendly Sons of St. Patrick. In u
ment will be made In Laurel Hill
cemetery, this city, on Wednesday.
; WOMAN SUSPECTED IN
CANDY MYSTERY
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BATTLE CREEK. Mich., March *8
i —Sheriff Fonda admitted Sunday ih„r
he had a woman under surveillance on
suspicion of being the party who
sent through the mails a box of pci
soned candy to Miss Pearl Lutz, but
he refuses to give out any names.
Federal authorities have taken the’
matter in hand, and any prosecution
; which follows will likely be by Uni
ted gtitsi officers.
It is known that a package very . ini'
lar to that received by Miss Lutz was
j mailed ill the Marshall postoffice at
! 9: In the night before Miss Lutz re
j eeived it. Miss Lutz did not eat any
i of the candy, having been suspiclour
.from the first, . turning the box over
to the sheriff.
BARRY WOMAN WAS
SHAFTER'S SCHOOLMATE
HASTINGS. Mich. March 18.—Mrs
John Wickham, aged 74. one of Barry
county’s pioneer residents, died at
j her home here Sunday. Mrs. Wick
ham was born in Galesburg, 111., and
among her school companions was
MaJ.-Gen. “Bill” Shafter, whom she
described as the daredevil of the
school.
Her husband distinguished hlmaair
in the Civil war, when at the battle
of Benionvllle, he rescued from the
rebel lines the flag of the Thirteenth
Michigan Infantry. Mrs. Wickham la
survived by her husband and one aon
\\ 11.1, MKT MVVS DEATH.
FLINT. Mich.. March ll.—The death
of Trent Cummings, whose body wan
f. uu>t on the road about a mile south
of Oooderlch, will be Investigated by
a coroners' Jury to put at rest the ru-'-
ninrs In circulation of foul play. When
last seen Cummings left Oooderlch
jv lth h companion to walk to hta fath
•r> home, several miles In the coun
try. The officers believe he became
(Xhsusted in the deep snow and ws
frozen to death.
fit HI.« AXK AT MAN.
ITIIK'A. Mich.. March It.—Objecting
to the plantinv of a telephone polo in
front of Ids house. Charles Cook. Met
«.>, threw an axe at William Hopkloa
striking him in the head and oasslaa
serious injuries. Cook wan vmsM
and given his llbsrty sn btll