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Page Six FIFTEEN THOUSAND KILLED AND INJURED IN TYPHOON Half of Population of Two Cities Reported Lost in Mea ger Details LOSS OF LIFE HEAVIEST IN TOWN OF TACLOBAN Government Prepares to Send Relief on Receipt of Definite Word WASHINGTON. Nov 29. That 15. 000 people wore probably killed and wounded In a trypboon that swept the Philippine Islands, last Tuesday, was reported in cable dispatches to the >ureau of insular affairs today. Newa of the catastrophe came in a dispatch from the governor-general of ths Philippines. No figures of the tioad or Injured were given, bat It was stated that probably half the popula tion of two cities had been lp>t The typhoon swept the \ leayas isl and! and is said to have practically destroyed Tacloban, the capltol "f 1.4 H te. on the nortneast coast of the Island’, and to have wrought enormous damage and loss of life at t apiz, the capital of the province of Capis. l*yte has a population of 14.000. Uajlz has a population of over 20,000. t’aplz i* the terminal of the railroad from Iloilo. It is m moat important sugar point.. v ' * The dispatch containing Information of the typhoon was sent Thursday. The governor-general Informpl tee de- Krtment that he was rushing a ship id of food and clothing and :> 11 avail able medical supplies to Tacloban. All telegraphic communication has been destroyed and It is impossible o g* t other than vague reports of the extent of the disaster. That Tacloban has suffered a.' enormous loss of life It is believed certain. The scene of the Just north of the destructive tvt hoon v.hich swept the Vlsayan Is’an.ls on Oct. 15. Inflicting a heavy toll Pillow ing receipt of the dispatch ing the heavy casualties in the Visavas the Red Cross prenared to rush a relief fund to the j gen erai. The Washington office hat cabled the Insular government how great is their need. The war department will not order special supplies sent to the Ph Uplines until further Information is revived | as to the extent of the dam ires. At Manila there are big supplies of mH‘- tary supplies which it is assumed have been utilized to care for the suf ferers, FTbm reports received It appear* that the typhoon swept from the east In a southerly direction, crossing the Island of I>»yte where Tac’oban i located, going on to Panay and whirl ing south, doing great damage ulon i the coast of Mindanao, lloi’i, where the damage Is to have b-er. ever greater, is one of the most fer’He o> the Philippine Islands with ms* sugar and hemp plantations. Those* ar»- mainly owned by natives, although many former American soldier*- arc Invested in them als*,. CALLS EDITORIALS STILL IMPORTANT Dean of Pulitzer School Here to Talk on Jour nalism "Now since Gutenberg Invented he printing press lias editorial, lews or special writing been in such (rest demand or ho well paid as it s today,” said Dean Talcott Wil iams, of the Pulltrer School of fournalism, in the Hotel Tuller, Kri- Uy. ‘Editorial work is more important han ever before. Tim cony*buttons ■nr * [,-4 . a .’f j ■ Hr? *^l ' Mi ORAN TAI.COTT \\ I 1.1. l\W « •f one conspicuous editorial man In , *iew York are the most effective fen- i ure of hla paper for Increasing and lolding circulation.'* “The Pulitzer school now has 104 itudents. nine of whom are women, fourteen men. all of whom already jold degrees, belong to the fourth rear rlaas and will tie graduated at he end of this year.” “These men are covering every day Lha Important happenings in New York city, which ts our laboratory," explained Dean Williams. "For In itance, at the Becker (rial two .nen were on duty all the time. They wrote their reports of the case and the next day went over-them with an Instructor, comparing them w'ith the accounts In the dally papers.” Dr. Williams will lecture before Lfca Adcraft dub Friday night on “Journalism of today and tomor row." IT. 8. GOVERNMENT BONDS New ft registered 100** 191)4 JtAo. 0mt1k0n............. 100*4 101*4 New le registered . 19214 102 Do. coupon. lOlij 102 Mew 4e registered........ 112% 114*4 f>e, coupon 112% 114'., in Tibet the work of carpentara aod WMoni ia done by woman. ATTEMPT MADE TO SHH BLAME FORACCIDENT About Only Point on Which Witnesses Agree Is That Cow hey Building Collapsed OWNER RESPONSIBLE, ACCORDING TO ENGINEER letter Insists That Sufficient Shoring for Concrete Beams Was Not Provided The inquest Into the death of the three, meu killed in the collapse of the Cos whey garage. I.a rued and St. An- 1 tolue-sts., was adjourned. Friday noon, 1 to Friday, Dec. 6. to allow Coroner Koth&cher to testify In a homicide case in Cheboygan. The feature of the session was the; testimony of ‘'Jack'* Deppert, acting i engineer on the hoist, who contra-,, 1 dieted the testimony of Civil Engineer Charles K. Johnson and that of Sam Capias, a carpenter, regarding the re-, moval of shoring from under the beams and panel that collapsed. Mr. Johnson had testified that the beams were properly shored when he threw up his job. a week before the ; disaster, but that two days after quit-1 j ling ho had seen the work and had | advised Deppert to put In more sup ports. Mr. Caplan said that all the I | shoring had been removed from under the panel and beam that fell. “All the supports had been removed I except those under a section of the panel near the hoisting engine." Dep pert testified. ‘They were removed before Johnson left.” Under questioning by Attorney Alex J. Groesbeck, representing Mr. Cow hey,* Deppert testified that he left three or four shores under the beams around the elevator. In the part of the building that fell. He testified that Johnson had said to him; “Jack you’d better leave one shore under the panel.” He said that he had left this shore, but that it had to be moved because it interferred with the drum and cable of the hoist, and that he or dered Caplan two or three times to move tr CaptßTv finally moved It. he said, so that it did not interfere with the drum, but. still supported the panel. Caplan had testified that he had taken out this shore entirely, by Dcp pert's order. "Was there anv bad feeling between you ard Caplan?” Mr. Groesbeck u^ked. ' There was. I wouldn’t O. K. Cap lin's time for the week after the col lapse." answered Deppert. “He told ine that Mr. Cow hey had asked him to nick around, because there might be some shoring to do. Mr. Cowhey de nied It. Then he told Mr. Cow hey that 1 had told him to come around. Neither of us would O. K„ his time, and he got sore.” Deppert said that while he was try ing to shore the failing beam, after it had begun to give way. two of the men w ho were killed were at his side, and that when the concrete fell he was the only one of the three to es cape. He testified that he had spoken to Mr. Cowhey and to Mr. Everham, the contractor, several times about the necessity for more lumber. "We had almost enough shoring, but we needed some 2iß pieces for false work the floors," he said. This contradicted the testimony ot Kverliam and Johnson, both of whom said that there was rot enough shor- C( natlnurd na I’sgr YOUTH BY ACCIDENT SHOOTSBOY DEAD Frank Delmott Victim of Bullet From Rifle Fired hv Paul Schuh Frank Delmott. about in \e*ur. old, son of Emil Delmott, living on the Nan Dyke road. Just outside of the city limits. North Detroit, was Killed by a bullet from a rifle ,'bursdav afternoon. Th«. shot was fired b\ Paul Schuh, 1H years old, son of John Schuh, who lives in the viclnny of ihe tragedy. Paul, brought to tin sheriff s office In the county building in company with his brother, John, about 20 years old declared that the killing of young Delmott was i urely accidental, explaining that the bullet glanced from the Ice. covering a creek. Jto a knoll on the bank, where Del- I mott was standing, about 100 feet away from where the shot was dis* charged, and pierced Delmo.t s head. "I didn’t know 1 had struck Frank.’ said Paul to The Times, "uo’ll ! saw (him roll down the embankment into the water. Then I ran to help him. being assisted by ray brother. John. [We pulled biin out of the w;tter and with other help, carried him to the home of George Hill, Hvln*' only a 'short distance away. Frank was alive ] when we pulled him out of *ue water but he couldn't speak. Rood vat flowing out of his mouth. “The Hills, or someone e'se. sent for a doctor, hut Frank died before the doctor arrived. “I was shooting at the ice In the creek during the afternoon, and John was with me. I didn't see Frank De mott at ail, until, as ! said, n« came roiling down the bank into t"»« creek The shot which I flred hit the Ice and then bounded towards Frank.” Paul said he didn't know Frank, having only heard of him before the accident. Roth Paul and John will he .'aker. before one of the assistant prosecut ors for the purpose of allowing the authorities to get a detailed statement from them. Jet Prlvlias n«»» night. riata PHstlag Cw, IS J*ka I—at THE DETROIT TIMES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, J 912. INCINERATOR TO BE BUILT OUT JEFFERSON-AVE Will Occupy the Site of Old Fiir view Pumping Station on Creek BIDS TO BE ASKED BY HAARER NEXT WEEK Plant Will Provide Facilities for Disposal of Garbage From East Side Only Commissioner Haarer announced, Friday, that he will ask for bids ue*t week for the construction of an in binerating plant for wnlch SIOO,OOO was appropriated by the council and board of estimates. The commis sioner also said that ho has Uetermi&r ed to build the Incinerator on the site of the old Falrview sewer pump ing station at the aouthweet corner of Jefferson-ave. and Connor's creek. The commissioner declared ;hat wheu the plant is built, only the garbage and alley refuse of the oast side can be disposed of in the incinerator and. at that, not all the garbage on the east side. "The plant will have a capacity of 100 tons a day." said the commission er. “The city has 150 tous ot garbage to dispose o'? each fay. My plan would be to dispose of all the alley refuse on the east side iu the Inciner ator and as much more of the garbage on the east side as can be handled in the plant. There is more alley refyjnwv including ashes, to dispose of, than there is garbage in this city, and as we have filled up the city's dumping grounds tho disposal of *he alley refuse will become a problem almost as serious as the correct disposal ot the gaibage. We are building a plant Which Is woefully lnadequa;' to cop® with the demands of the city. My original estimate tor a plant was $200,- 000, and that was cut out entirely by the board of estimates, until public clamor caused the reinstatement ot SIOO,OOO of that sum It will take some time to build the plant, ajql unless It is enla-ged aimosv immedi ately, the city will have the same problem confronting It. "The plan Is to have the plant av an auxiliary to the present method o' disposing of garbage. The city s con tract with the Detroit Reduction f’o, still has three years to run and it re quires that the city give them a’l the garbage in its confines We can oper ate the incinerating plant and still give the Reduction companv all the garbage It can handle, but when the contract expires and the city ’s re qulred to dispose of all the gnrbago and alley refuse the plant will un doubtedly have to i>e enlarg 'd. “Their Is considerable fuel in ashes and other alley refuse, and I ha»e ad vised that the fuel 'obtained In thli manner will be almost sufficient to run the plant, after It has been started ou f oal. The refuse burns Itself "The site of the old Falrview pump ling station Is the best obtainable By limiting the plant to the ashes and garbage that accumulates on he eas* , side the cost of hauling will bo cut down, while the garbage of the west side will be given over to th° Detroit Reduction Cos. It will take a year to : build the plant." WHEN SAFE IS BLOWN UP SHOCK RINGS TELEPHONE MEDARV VILI.K, In.l . Nov _>!• \ teMdmne r«*****|v**r blown from It* hoik by a chart** of nltm-glyt ,-rln*- »*-t t.j »»f** blowers in th* Klrxi National bark here thr means of preventing the theft of many thousand* of .b.llar< The large doors of the vault had been torn away, allowing act,** t,, fTb.OOO In currency, when Mrs. Theo dore Braemer. n telephone operator, in *w*-r«-d n signal No votce came over ! the wire, but she heard a second blast and gave the alarm ' The tblev-s who were looting the place es- aped with $? oeo HICKEY CONFESSES TO KILLING OF MAN AND BOY BUFFALO, If Y , Not trict Attorney Dudley announced this afternoon lhat J. Frank Hickey has confessed to the murder of Joseph Jo sephs and also to the killing of Frank rucks, a New York newsboy, who was found strangled in Central park 10 years ago. THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES IS MORE CURIOUS THAN THE MALE SEEKS TO BRING CHEER TO SOME FORGOTTEN TOT Little Girl in Yale, Mich., Has Sympathies Touched By Tom May’s Cartoon ASKS TIMES TO SEND HER CHRISTMAS GUEST Child Sets Inspiring Example for Others—Hurry Along Contributions To the Editor of The Timet: I>ear Sir—Will you please send me some little boy or girl to spend Thanksgiving and Christ mas with me and my parents. Please write and tell me when the child is coming and we will be pleased to meet her. Direct all correspondence to Miss Jose phine Bonney, »'ale, Mich., Route No. 1. P. 8 —We would like to keep the child from Thanksgiving to after Cnristnias. The child would be safe because we would meet it at Yale. Be sure to send some little child who would not have a Thanksgiving dinner unless It came here. Olibo, Josephine H. Bonney. Yale, Mich. Route No. 1. The above letter was sent to The Times, care of the Forgotten club, but was received too late to comply with the request of the young writer for a Thanksgiving guest. However, this kind-hearted little lady who lives near Yale, will have the opportunity to share her Christmas dinner and gifts from Santa Claus with one less fortunate If The Times can bring it about. I.lttle Miss Josephine has the true spirit of the Forgotten club. There are no membership fees, no constitu tion and no by-laws—all that Is re quired is sympathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help In some way, however small, a fellow creature, less fortunate In the bestowal of this world’s goods than yourself. Dip into your pocket, into your pantry shelves, into your clothes closet, hut, above all. dtp. and dip deep. Into your heart and bring forth, from the former, a gift that will succor a homeless child, or a forsaken man or woman, and from the latter pour out love and good cheer. There are hundreds and hundreds of people, right here In this big hustling, bustling city of Detroit, with its many millionaires and wealthy folk, its huge mills of Industry and its beautiful homes, people who have a sparsely covered bed to sleep on. a cold and cheerless home. ’ no money for even the necessities of life, and, It Is one of these hundreds that you may relieve and cheer at. the Chrlst niastlde. by enrolling as a member or the Forgotten club, the inspiration for which was Tom May’s famous car toon. Send along your name and your check, or your bit of small change, parcel of clothing, or bundle of sup plies. nnu The Times Forgotten club s president. Tom May. w'ill see that it reaches the right place among tho poor and needy ol T>etrolt. Perhaps, after reading little Miss Josephine Bonney’ A letter at the top of this story, you, too, will b»* willing to take Into your home a little lone some, forgotten child, and gl\e that "hlid a real taste of Uhristmas cheer. HIS TRAPS YIELD HIM $3,450 IN SINGLE NIGHT AUnrSTA, Me., Nov 29.—.!*>«**■ Her rin. if Canaan, one of Maine's famous trappers, has made a small fortune In a stngle night He put out a line of traps In the Plttsflell wr.ods l«*te one afternoon, an 1 when he vlslten thfm the next morning he found a prime gU.*»v Mark fox !n otic trap, a silver-gray fox In another amt four red foxes In other traps. The hts< k fox la valufil at s2.«>on, the silver gray at |I.MO and the red foxea at |IO each si.£>4o, I When Mr Herrttt reached the m*d 1 whei * his wife and team a ere In wait ing he found ti big buck deer Witt h hnd Veen eh«t to •■ a absence by lira Herrin lie figured up Bia t the mori*- Inc'A trtp had netted htm about fZ.stn Miialnr«*.|lkr I'rlnflna No fu*S and no feathers. The plain, neat kind that I looks right Time* I’rluflng Cos., IS | John R-at Ph. Main 14»S or City 3SSS. CO-OPERATIVE STORE PLAN IS BEING PUSHED Definite Arrangements To Be Made by Housewives’ League in Few* Days PROFITS WILL BE RETURNED TO PROMOTERS “No Fad, But an Earnest Busi ness Movement Among Worn-, en,” Explains Mrs. Dunk Plans are maturing for a co-opera tive store soon to be launched under the auspices ot the Detroit House-* wives league. Definite arrangements will be made in a meeting to be called by the league g chairman, Mrs. 'A. O. Dunk, within the next few days. This will also be the organization meeting of anew chapter iu the central part of the city within which diatrict the store will be located. If the store is as successful, as is hoped, each chapter will organize one in its own locality. “No one will be asked to buy stock in the enterprise." said Mrs. Dunk, Friday. “Groceries and produce will be sold at the prices asked in other stores, and at the end of the month part of the balance will be returned as dividends to members, and the re mainder will be devoted to paying for the stock.” “This is not a fad,” continued Mrs. Dunk, “btu an earnest movement amoug the women whose business it is to look after household affairs." The telephone rang and she excused herself to talk to a man who wished to send in a carload of apples. "We are almost deluged with offers of produce and letters with sugges tions and plans for almost every con ceivable sort of co-operative scheme, Mrs. Dunk said. The league is growing rapidly, ac cording to Mrs. Dunk. Each of the four chapters meets every two weeks, and from 45 to 100 women have been Joining in each meeting. She expects to organize another new chapter be sides the central one within the next week. The manager of the store will be I>oulb Jarvis, who is now the league s buying agent. As the organization of the league is perfected, more and more work is being done by each chapter. At pres ent the Highland Park chapter is planning to ask the council there for a public market. SEARCH SPECTATORS AT DYNAMITE TRIAL All Persons Carrying Packages Hulted at Doors—Bomb is Feared INDIANAPOLIS, ind., Nov. 29- Search of every unvouched for spec tator, men and women, was made at the dynamite conspiracy trial today, following the precautionary measures that were renewed with the rebirth of Interest In the case early last week Possible cranks l.ke th** masked dyna miter of Los Angeles, worried the of ficials more than hot-headed unionists, said Marshal Schmidt. Tho sped a tor with a package is relieved of it at the entrance to the court room and the bundle is returned to him as he leaves. Presentation of the government's charge was scheduled to be closed to day or tomorrow. Nearly 500 wit nesses have been examined since Dis trict Attorney Miller made nls open ing statement. Oct. 1. It was esti mated that the defenae would be at least 30 days in presenting Its case The matter of valid bonds was again the leading question today. Miller hav ng served notice that ionic time dur ing the day he would insist on a reasonable showing that defendants twith tndPTnntftert aurutim had secured unprotected bondsmen The court wants to compel an Interest on tho part of the bondsmen on the return of their respective defendants. | Two little children calmly facad the 45 defendants and the crowded coutt room and from the witness stand pick ed out George Anderson and Peter J. Smith, defendants from Cleveland, 0., as the men they saw carrying a box near North Randall, 0., March 25, 1911. The box was later found on a Lake Erie dump car. which had been dynamited. The witnesses were C’leo Heard, 15, and her sister. Laura, 15. of Oberlin. O. Other witnesses identi fied the two defendants as the pair seen loitering near the scene before and after the explosion. NEW YORK COTTON Open ] 2 a in. January 12.73 12 b 7 March 12*1 " 12.** May 12.7« 12 8.) July 12.72 12*7 December 12.60 12.77 Joti Prlntlßi Onar SlckL Tlmm Print In* C'n., IS ? >hn R.-at. This Great Store in Complete Readiness for Xmas Showing the most wonderful stocks of high quality wearables —Useful gift ar- ; tides of the sorts that surely please. Clip this valuable list from this paper and keep it for reference: \Aen’a O’coats.. SIO.OO to $75.00 Men's Suits.. .. 10.00 to 45.00 Chauffeur Suits 20.00 to 25.00 Mackinaws ... 6.00t0 10.00 House Coats.. 5.00 to Lounging robes 10.00 to 30.00 Bath Robes... 3.50 to 18.00 Raincoats and Slip-ons .... 7.50 to 35.00 Men's Shoes.. 3.50 to 8.00 House Slippers .75 to 4.00 Travel Bllp’ers 2.00 to 3.50 Bed Box 50 to 1.50 Moccasins .... 1.50 to 3.00 Bath Slippers. .50 to 1.00 Men's Shirts.. 1.00 to 3.50 Pajamas .... 1.00 to 8.50 Sweater Coats 3.00 to 8.50 Underwear ... 1.00 to 10.00 Handkerchief* .15 to 1.50 Suspenders and Sets ... .50to 1.50 Gloves ~ 1.00 to 7.50 Neckwear 50 to 3.50 Collar Bags... 1.00 to 2.50 Hdkf. Cases... 1.50 to 3.00 Bcarf Pins and Links 50 to 5.00 Umbrellas 1.00 to 16.00 Walking Sticks 1.60 to 8.50 Suit Cases,... 5.00 to 15.00 Club Bags .... 5.00 to 25.00 Silk Hats.. .$6.00. SB.OO. SIO.OO Opera Hats. 6.00, 8.00, 10.00 <£-| mm* Extra Special Values SO/A 1 & Suits and Overcoats £S3 Our Celebrated Green Room Clothes In Other Grades up to $75 Dumorrs largest clothier* TWO SINK WITH , BARGE HUSTLER OFF_ALGONAC Barge Is Rammed in Early ♦ Morning by Steamer An nie L. Smith ALFRED NICHOLSON AND JOHN FRECIES VICTIMS Drowned Seamen Said To Have Been Detroiters—Boats Owned Here ALGONAC, Mich., Nov. 29 (Spe cial.) —The Hustler, a barge, carrying gravel between Port Huron and Wind son, was Bunk her* about 3 am. Fri day, and two members of ber crew, Alfred Nicholson and John Ptecies both said to have lived lu D*4rolt, , were drowned. The Hustler, towed by a tug, wa* rammed ott Grand Polnte. about tw*- miles from here, by the steamer Annie I* Smith. Capt. Frank Allen which was up-bound, with the barge Chinook in tow. The Hustler, down hound turned completely over immediately after being struck, and is now lying at the bottom of the lake. The tug. with the surviving members of the Hustler’s, crew, has arrived n«r«. Th* r w*s aUo da.mfc.w and. struck by the Chinook after the annlu L. Smith got by. The Chinook is owned by E Jacques of Detroit, and the Annie L*. Smith la under charter to him. The Hustler Is said to be owned la Detroit GRAND JURY PROBES ENROLLMENT FRAUDS Resuming its work after its Thanks giving recess, the grand Jury exam ined two witnesses, Friday*. Their 1 Itiamoj could not be learned One of I them was a notary public. It is evi dent that the grand Jury Is continuing its investigation of alleged enrollui 'nt frauds, and that the testimony of this notary had something to do with the probe of thin subject. Detective Emort Brooks has been working along that line, under the direction of the prose cuting attorney’s office for Sew*l weeks. Beautiful Hand-Painted Art Calendar With F.aoh Fur chan* of $2 00 or mors. Derby and Boft Hats... 2.00 to 5.00 Tourist Cases 2.50 to 12.00 Manicure Sets 3.00 to 7.50 Mttttary Brushes ... 2.00 to 6.00 Bealskin Caps 5.00 to 20.00 Chauffeur Caps 2.50 to 20.00 For Bovs Suits, O’coats. 4.00 to 25.00 Raincoats and Slip-ons 2.50 to 15.00 Cowboy and Indian Bults 1.00 to 5.00 Angora Arctic Suits r • 5.00 Boys’ Pants.. 1.00 to 4.00 Mackinaws .. 5.00 to 7.50 Gloves, Mittens .25 to 5.00 Sweaters .... I.ooto 5.00 Mufflers .25 to .50 Belts dt Susp. .25 to .50 Bath Robes ... 2.50t0 5.00 Pajamas 50 to 1.25 Stockings .... .25 and .50 Bhlrts and Waists 50 to 2.50 Leggings 76 to 2M Storm Bhoes.. 3.00 to 4.00 House Slippers 1.00 to 1.50 Boys' Shoes . 2.00 to 4.00 Cloth and Fur Caps 50 to 1.60 Boys’ Hats .. 1.00 to 3.00