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The Detroit Times, on June 3, Will Be the Product Throughout of the Equal Suffrage Societies of Detroit Watch for Their Big Nunroe DETROIT'S ONLY PROGRESSIVE DAILY • TWELFTH YEAR, NO. 203. PROGRESSIVES AND* REACTIONARIES LINE UP FORJTRUGGLE Democratic National Convention Will See Great Fight For Supremacy vVILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN WILL BE POTENT FACTOR Large Element of Plain People Trust Him and He Is Favor able To Wilson BY OILSOX QARDXER WASHINGTON. May 23.—At the Baltimore convention no candidate Gilson Gardner, and territories will hold conventions or primaries dur ing the next two weeks to select a total of 260 delegatee. These dele gates will be about evenly divided be tween Wilson and Clark with the pos sibility of Underwood and Harmon getting a scattering few. Harmon has, with hla own state of Ohio, about 50 Instructed delegates. Gov. Foss, of Massachusetts, has #6, claimed to be for Champ Clark on second choice. Gov. Baldwin, of Con necticut is a favorite son with 14 dele gates; Gov. Marshall, another with Indiana's 30, and Gov. Burke, of North Dakota, is the choice of the 10 dele gates from that state, i Underwood's strength up to date is 32 delegates. They are from Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia. The delegates from the following states and territories are uninstruct ed and doubtful; Male, New York, Alaska. Philippines, Michigan and Tennessee, total 133. t The struggle in the Democratic con vention will be between the progres sives and the reactionary forces and strangely enough, an analysis of the delegates chosen and likely to be chOßen, shows that the forces will be divided almost evenly. Broadly speaking the following states and territories will contribute delegations which on later balloting will favor a reactionary candidate, some man like Harmon or Underwood. Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Fltgdda, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland. Massachusetts (bartf Continual on Pane Fourteen. VOTERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ENROLLMENT OPPORTURITV More Than Ten Thousand Names Added To List in City , . Clerk’s Office Over ten thousand voters have en rolled thus far In City Clerk Nichols’ office. The total number of enrolled voters In Detroit Is estimated a« well over 50,000. and there has been such a rush for enrollment during the last three weeks that it is predicted that more than 80.000 voters will be en rolled before the tlm£ limit has ex pired, June 27. City Clerk Nichols’ stafT ordered • 10,000 enrollment blanks several weeks ago and those have been is sued. Nearly all have been returned with the affidavits of voters. A sec ond batch of 10,000 blanks was order ed and several hundred of them have also been issued. In addition to the blanks returned by mall there has been an average of about 76 voters enrolled directly in the clerk s office each evening The exact si umber of enrolled voters will not be determined until next week, when Mr. Nichols will put his staff at work on the books to obtain the total. Nichols' office will be open evenings for two weeks prior to the final enrollment day. "They are coming in in pretty good shape and we expect to have a good enrollment,’’ he said. Candidates for office and their friends have been the most active In obtaining' enrollments. Archie Reid, who Is a Republican candidate for alderman in the Fifteenth ward, brought in 58 affidavits from the fifth precinct of that ward in ihe last few •lays. The precinct now has the rec ord of having the largest enrollment of any in the city, 629. Gasoline on Water Explodes and Two Persons Are Terrebly Burned ' ■ 1 v ■■■ SAGINAW. Mich.. May 24.—Joseph L Welgle and his sister, Celia, who operate a tailor shop, are in a hospital with their face* and chests burned. The latter may die. They went into the basement to look at the water from the rising river, lit a match and gasoline which was floating on the water ex* doded will have enough delegates to win on the first ballot. In deed, no candidate will have within 300 votes of the necessary two thirds. The con vention will l>e absolutely a trad ing and corupro mlst affair. Woodrow Wilson and Champ Clark will show on the first roll call about an equal , number of delegates. Each will have approx imately 38f> dele gates bound to bim i>y instructions. It requires 720 to nominate. Seventeen states PLAN TO DROP SEVEN TEACHERS AND ABOLISH DBAWIH6 AND MUSIC Teachers’ Names Missing In Report of Committee To Board of Education CHILVERS MAY REMAIN Objection In Evidence To Dis missal of Supervisor of Music Miss Ellen Beane, Central high. James Kelly, Central high. Thomas Chilvers, supervisor of music. Miss Ellen M. Sheeran, princi pal TUden school. Miss Alice V. Guysi, supervisor of drawing. Miss Janette Guysi, assistant supervisor of drawing. J. Retnsen Bishop, principal Eastern high school. The foregoing teachers were not recommended fdr reappointment by the committee on teachers and. schools of the Board of Education In the reg ular meeting, Thursday night. Alt the other teachers were recommended for reappointment, Thursday night. All the other teachers were recom mended for reappointment, but the re port was laid on the table for two weeks. In the meantime, the case Jot the seven teachers wfcose appointment la being held up, will be taken under consideration. The name of Mr. Chilvers was uot included in either list when the mat ter was taken up, but Inspector Hely got a motion through, placing Chilvers on the list for reconsideration. Inspector Condon told The Times, Friday morning, that there was a plan on foot to. abolish the office of music supervisor, because of a belief that the teaching of music was a sort of fad. He-alao said that some of the inspectors plan to abolish the teaching of drawing In the public schools as well. It Is not believed that the sentiment of the board is against displacing Mr. Chilvers, whose competency has not been questioned. “A number of the inspectors, and I am one of them, think that the teaching of drawing should be con fined to the Cam technical high school,” said Mr. Condon. “There are many pupils In the public schools who will never make any headway with drawing; they are just wasting their time at It.” The board also passed a resolution empowering a committee to search for candidates for the superihtend oncy of the schools, in the event that Sup*.. Martlndale be ousted in the July meeting. The reason for not recommending Miss Sheeran for reappointment lies in the tact, according to the Inspec tors. that her health is bad. No reason is given for the holding up of the reappointment of Mr. Kel ley nnd Miss Beane, but fault is said to he found with the management of Mr. Bishop. The latter, the inspec tors allow, is above fault-finding In reyard to his educational equipment. SUSPECTED LEPER REACHES BAT CITY Herman Hirschfield Arrives From lowa Accompanied By an Officer BAY CITY, Mich., May 24—Herman Hirchfleld, wealthy Jack dealer of this city, who is claimed to have leprosy, in a pelting rain accompanied by one of the most violent electrical displays seen here in years, surreptiously made his way over country roads last night, arriving at his home on Van Buren st. this city about midnight. He had come from Centerville, lowa, and was accompanied by Chief of Police Quigley, of that city. They made the trip in an automobile as far us Birch Run, where they were stilled and their mysterious demeanor caused officers of Saginaw county to be sent to investigate them. They eluded the latter, and securing a horse and rig reached the city at the time men tioned. M's. Hlrschfleld had sent the fam ily to stay with neighbors and re mained alone to welcome her hus band. Quigley went to the home of Samuel Rosen burg, close friend and business associate of Hirschfleh* Both were still sleeping when at tempts were made to reach them this morning. Although precautions were taken, it seemed, to the arrival of Hlrschfleld a secret. It leaked oufc and was genera] public property before noon. Many Seek Jobs. Over 25 applications have been re ceived by the city building commis sion for the six new Jobs to be cre ated in the department, July 1. There will be four new' district Inspectors and one elevator inspector at 91,200 a year, and one permit clerk at a sal ary of 91,020 a year. ijetroil sinues MEXICAN REREI ARMY . RETREATING NORTH AFTER OVERWHELMING DEFEAT Orozco’s Troops Meet Second Re verie In Engagement With Federals at Rellano HUERTA’S MEN IN PURSUIT Deadly Artillery Fire Is Undoing of Revolutionists la Latest Battle EL PASO, Tex., May 24.—A re port has been received here to the effect that Gen. Orozco, command er of the rebel forces, was wound ed in the battle at Rellano. The extent of his injuries is not given, EL PASO, Texas, May 24. —Leaving nearly 600 dead in the suburbs of It#!- lano, the under Gen. Oroz co is retreating to the northward, ac cording to advices received today ty E. C. Llorentc, Mexican consul here Following two crushing d«f< within one week—one at Conejos and the other yesterday at Rellano—the rebel chieftain is haviug a difficult time keeping his troops together ion ' enough to organize further resistance to the advancing federals. The Mexican consul today declared that private advices he has received show that the federal victory at Rel lano was a sweeping one and that Gen. Huerta is following the fleeing rebels and harassing them with a”, the cavalry under his command. Even the rebels at Juarez do not attempt to conceal the fact that Oroz co’s troops were routed. They excuse the defeat, however, on the same grounds they excused the rebel re verse at Conejos —that the federal ar tillery was too powerful, making it Im possible for Orozco’s men 4o get close enough to make their numbers count It was still dark, Thursday morn ing. when Gen. Huerta ordered bis force to oi»en fire on the rebels in Hit suburbs of Rellano. Before day bloke the federal front was a blaze of fir**, Huerta’s entire force being engaged. The federal artillery fire was pajticu larly deadly, quickly forcing Orwco’s gunners to run to cover, abandoning their guns. This at once inert as* and the disadvantage of the rebels, while it enabled the federal riflemen to pour a galling rifle fire. Several times Huerta ordered his infantrymen to charge, but each time Orozcos force succeeded in driving the enemy back. Huerta also at tempted to turn the eastern rebel flank, but Orozco massed riflemen at that point and repulsed the attempt. Toward nightfall. Orozco, realizing the uselessness of further attempts to defend Rellano against the federal ar tillery. and fearing further decima tion df his army, ordered a retreat aal his forces withdrew. ■*ala*aa-llke Printing. No Tuna and no faathera. The plain, naat kind that looks rignt Tlwea Prtatlßß Cos.. 18 Jobs R-at Ph Mala 1491 or Cltr 1119. COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO-00-OO ! i . FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1912. SIXTEEN PAGES. WILBUR WRIGHT REACHES CRISIS OF HIS ILLNESS Physician Announces Slight Im provement in Condition of Stricken Aviator DAYTON, ' 0., May 24.—Wilbur Wright, noted America naviator, lu expected today, to pass through the crisis of a three-weeks’ Illness ot typhoid fever. Dr. Conklin announced a slight Improvement in Wright's con dition. His fever temperature was no ticeably reduced early lust night wke.i the patient regained consciousness lor the first time in live days. JOSLIN SAYS’ HE IS IN FIGHT TO FINISH 1 ADRIAN, Mich., May 24.—Theodore M. Joslin, candidate for the Uniud States senate iu opposition to Sena tor William Alden Smith, deuics em phatically the story that he would withdraw’ in cuse Gov. Osborn de duc'd to become a candidate for the office. “I am not In this race for the sak* of getting an office,” Mr. Joslin said. “I am in it for the purpose of glv ing v the people a chance to vote for an out-aiul-out insurgent, one who will remain an insurgent at home und la Washington.” MRS. ELISHA JONES DEAD. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 24.—Mrs. Elisha Jones, widow of Prof. Kii.din Jones, oi The TV of Mil., died sudden ly, Thursday night. She had been un invalid thrre years. Prof, and Mr.-. Jones came io Ann Arbor in 1870, from Detroit, where Mr. Jones had been superintendent of schools. DETROITER S ELECTION M sw. It MX . Dll. K. IX I.KRTK, Ml» eleetlon a» the «hth nl the eight liUhop* to he rh*i«ea lit the aeneral riinfrrenrr of the ttethinlUt llpUi-o* ant ehnrrh In Mlnnrupoll* seem* ••are. Tranel* J. HeCnnnefl, president «f Url'miw nnMersltf, f freeaenatle, I nil.. na» the fifth liUh«i|t eleetril Thnr««ln>. The present atnaillna of the leatlinr ennillilafes Ist I'. If.l.eete. 471« 11, J. f onhe. \ew Vnrh. nil; \\. I*. ThtrMrlil. \\ nshlnaton. I). f too. Patent Application* filed by tfarthal A Barthal. 37 Con*r*»»-at. w«il MAN INSISTS HE BRIBED BUILDING INSPECTORS F, A. CLAYTON ANO C. HECK Alex. Okraska Tells Story With Much Detail Before the Commission SAYS HE HANDED OVER $7 Inquiry Is Adjourned To Give Complainant Chance To Produce Witnesses Paul W. Voorhles, assistant prose cuting attorney, attended the meet ing of the city building commission, Thursday afternoon, when an investi gation was begun into the charges of Alex Okraska. No. 1137 Chene-st.,. that he had brilied Building Inspectors F. A. Claxton and Charles Heck. Okraska told with much detail a story of paying Claxton $5 ami Heck $2 when they complained to him that he waH violating the building code in erecting his house at No. 1137 Chene st. No amount of cross-examination by. Attorney Charles. Flower*, repre senting Heck, or by Attorney Herman Hailey, representing Claxton. couU! shake his testimony. Okraska alleged that a mason had seen the exchange of money in Claxton's case, and anoth er builder had seen money exchanged In the case of Heck. The witness In the former transaction is now sup posed to be in Ami Arbor while the witness in the latter transaction lives in Detroit, hut. refuses to attend the commission’s meeting unless lie is paid for his time, it was stated, 'me commission has no power to suhpena witnesses. The hearing was ad journed to give Okraska a chance to produce the two witnesses. The commissioners were particular ly Interested -In the testimony against Claxton as lie was but recently uqnlt ted of the charge that he had accept ed f.'i from Mrs. S. Kroe, No. t>SM> Frederick st., for permitting her to make a technical violation of the building code. The transactions Okraska complains of took place about last December, he says, hut he l< '.nlinnnl on I’aitr l*'nnrtrra. 1 JBWB MAKE PROTEST AGAINST LITERACY TEST Representatives of 2w Jewish or ders in Detroit, embracing about 20,- i>ot» Jews, have adopted resolutions ot protest against the Dillingham aid the Hurnett bills, nop pending id the national house of representatives, and providing a literary test for immi grants. The Dillingham bill also re quires immigrants to carry a certifi cate of identity. The resolutions of protest, signed by Bernard Oinsburg as president, and l.oiils Cohn, as sec retary, condemn the pending meas ures as un-American and as so Inhu man in their effect as to practically close the gates of America to worthy immigrants seeking shelter from re ligious and political persecution. Jolt l*r!ntlnK Hour Itlaht. Time* Prlnflbß Cos., 13 John R.-»t. UNITEO STATES HEAD) TO INTERVENE TO SAVE CUBA FROM ANARCHY Step Will Not Be Taken, How ever, Unless Drastic Action Is Imperative GOMEZ MEETING CRISIS President Is Making Desperate Effort To Put Down Negro Uprising WASHINGTON. May 24—Uncle Sain does not intend to intervene iu Cuba unless It becomes apparent that such a step is absolutely imperative to avert a condition of anarchy beyond the control of the Gomez administra tion, or unless It develops that depre dations upon Americans and their property continues. At present the ad ministration thinks the covert threat of an armed force will be enough. This was the way officials here to day summed up the Cuban crisis. Seven hundred marines are now en route to the American naval base at Guantanamo. Thrqe gunboats arrived there today. In diplomatic parlance this concentration is simply in case necessity develop sfor protection of Americans near Guantanamo—Just now the fever spot of the rebellion. In reality. It gives Uncle Sam the nucleus of an army of Intervention, should this drastic step be determined upon. That President Gomez is making a desperate effort to quell the Negro up rising was Indicated in dispatches to the state department today. Govern ment troops are being rushed to the disaffected provinces, and volunteers are being enrolled. The Cuban lega tion today was informed from Havana; "The situation Is not serious. The government is able to cope with It.” In spite of assurances of this nature the fact that the Cuban government established an Iron censorship on all •'war” news, was viewed significantly here. Official advices estimated the number Negro insurrectos all the way from 400 to 5,000. The majority are unarmed, except for machettes. State department officials were anx ious that C’ulW understand the signifi cance of the “mailed flat” that Uncle Sam has bAred In the dispatch of marines, beciause it was felt that if the island government appreciated the significance of the move thertf wottld be a hurried move to crush the rebel lion. On Jsn. 16, Secretary Knox Is sued an ultimatum that the threat ened trouble owing to the activity ot the Cuban eVterans* association must be headed off, under penalty of Inter vention Within three day sthe cloud of rebellion was dissipated. While there has been no “note” to the Cuban government In the present cope, the administration's action has been even more emphatic. The hope here is that the Gomez administration will see its significance and crush out the dis order. The United States officially does not want to intervene unless It is absolute ly necessary, because such a move would probably cost many lives and un enormous sum of money. The sec ond Intervention totalled up to eight figures. USE CANOES IN STREETS OF FLOOD-SWEPT SAGINAW Water Is Up To First Floors of Business Houses—Crest Believed Reached SAGINAW. Mich., May 24.—The river stage at Saginaw showed on even 24 feet nt 7 o’clock this morn ing ind all fears that the Hood msfrk of 2*» feet in 1904 will he passed, are over. The river rose but one-tenth of an Inch since 7 o’clock last night and undoubtedly ■ the crest has been reached. Genesee ave.. the main business street, is flooded at several crossings and wpter is even with the first floo’e of the big dry goods houses. Buys nre paddling about in canoes. In the Arnitniesion district there is one foot of water and bridges have been built. Business along the river front is suspended. Then have been no fresh fruits in Saginaw for four days Tli*- Michigan Central tracks at Carrollton were washed out early to day. On the Bay City interurbnn the tracks are under four feet of water. FALL FROM POLeTs FATOL TO LINEM AN KAIJtMAZOO, Mich., May 24.- James Jackson, aged 40, a lineman employed by the Commonwealth Pow er Cos., at Allegan, fell from a pole yesterday afternoon, suatainiiig In juries which caused his death in a short time. It is believed that his belt became unfastened. He hu«. been a resident of Allegan on It three mouths, and the authorities have been unable to locate his relatives. THE WEATHER. for Detroit nml %lrlall)t I'r|.l«> aiaht aarf «Hlnnla) fair, rnalrr twalsbtt miMlrratr mml wl«il» I.otter Illrkißflai liearrnlly fair to* ala hi Mini Snlarilai i t-oolrr toalabt. K«r the I p|M-r l.nlirti Moderate tte«( aarf aorfktteM niaf*. keroalM var iable | geaertilll fair taalahf and *«»• vrrfn > t cooler toalsht la aortfc porflna- Enr the I otter l.aheat Moderate fn ItrUk ttraf ttlailai sbottera aad eaaler f kl« afteraooa aarf toalabfi Mtarilat Kraerallt fair. The moo a *tU at !■» a. m. Satarrfaj 1 AFTERNOON EDITION SPEECHES COME I THICK HDD FAST INI HEW JERSEY FIGHI Taft, Roosevelt, Wilson and L M FoUctte Are Making Tour of State PRESIDENT TAFT IS * GLOOMY OVER OUTLOOK i Says There Can Be Worse Ca lamities Than To Be De- | nied Second Term TRENTON, N. J.. May 24.—Wlt|3 i lire* candidates for the Republican presidential nomination dellverlJ l speeches from special traina. automfl . Tdlca and trolley cars, and with Qom Wood row Wilson, in a proclamation I calling on the voters to support hiqj for the Democratic nomination, a ne«| high mark for exciting politics !■ New Jersey was set today. While Col. Roosevelt and Preaideqjf Taft were hustling here and therfl their paths crossing and re-crossinfl i Senator was pleadhfl along to get a spare delegate or tw who might be used to advantage fl 'Chicago next month. Just to shofl that he was still In the ifl | Varied on a program at 8 o'clock thfl morning that Included speeches fl Asbury Park. l>ong Branch, Na ißrunswick, Perth Amboy. Plainflelß Newark and Paterson. “1 will tell the voters a few thlnJ about the other candidates that wfl open their eyes, he declared. President Taft got away from 'ton at 8 o’clock. He admitted there I could be worae calamities, so far M he was concerned, than to be dealejj |a second term. He was billed fJ seve.al speeches before sleplng in ,the New York home of his brother • tonight. The Taft smile was not al much in evidence as on previous !tours of the state, hut he was In good lighting trim, and he overlooked no chances to Land on his Oyster Bay op ponent. Roosevelt was effervescing cordial ity when he made his first appsap ance at Burlington en route to Atlan tic City. Hla program called for speeches at various cities and a nlghj [wind-up at Trenton. ..a, • r -jJ ] Stolen Bases—Moeller, Milan. " COOI CONFESSION Os I NEGRO STHS CEIL MATES Samuel Henry Says He Shot Pail trolman Meisel “Because He Felt Like It” The confession made Thursday noon by Samuel Henry, Negro, that he ha 4 shot Patrolman Frank O. Meisel threat times, more than bore out the wouniw ed officer’s statement of the cold# blooded nature of the crime. Henrn almost boasted of his crime, aad later, in the.cell block of Central so aroused his fellow prisoners, ami officers who question him, that threat®! of bodily harm were made against him In cries from ail parts of the cell} block. , in Patrolman Ferd Kaiser, hearing at, the Negro's confession, stopped whitin pasting Hanfy's cell and asked hlncbji "Why did you shoot that policeman TV “Because I felt like it,” said tMB Negro, with a sneer. Kaiser was so enraged that he wall trembling when he walked out of th#* call block. To Assistant Prosecutor Kosclnsk! atid officers who questioned him In this.* prosecutor's office, Henry coolly ns!f* rated the details ot the shooting, say* lug that lie fired because he didn’t lilt# ' the way the officer handled him jjjj Ho said that after he sent one bill*; let into Meisel, the policeman stag* '• gered toward him. and lie fired anoth-s er shot to stop him. Then, lookingf over his shoulder as he ran away, hei says he t hought he sakr Meisel reach * for hifft pocket, and sent the third' bullet into Meisel’* back. Reports from St. Mary’s hospital, ( where Mleeel’s gallant fight for life expected to be decided, on* way or, the other, some time Friday, are tbnlj there Is no perceptible change in h'.SA condition. He i* conscious, and *tiß|£ maintains his cheery optimism. He talked with Patrolman H. WV, McKay, Friday rooming, and skid thnftt lie expected to win the fight. KING CHRISTIAN’S BODY IS BORNE TO GRAVq COPENHAGEN, May 24. —With prestive pomp and ceremony, marked by the presence of four kings, fouft queens and two notables, front all over Europe. In striking conji trast loneliness and obscurity of his sudden death in Hamburg, thfll body of the late King Frederick VIIJJ today was laid to rest in Fredericil V.'s chapel at Roskilde, after lying state sine* Monday In Cbrlstiansbor* chapel. ■ After brief and simple private f*t*| reral services in Christ innsboffl chapel, the casket was placed In hearse and driven through the stwW to the railway station, past thousand#j of Rihnt people with bared heads, anil followed by the royal mourners anij foreign reuresentatlvea on foot MARfIBT OPKS" NEW YORK May 24.—Tho stocß market opcend strong, prtceg b«lng| from fractious to almost n point mbovi > «*sterdsv s close ONE CENT. 1