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The Detroit times., 1908-05-28

The announcement Of the conlnu'
ance OF the retail branch stores OF the
Goodyear Raincoat Co. has prompted
vast throngs OF eager buyers to share
in the tremendous price cutting that
Mr. Roberts, the trustee. is making
in order 10 rapidly dispose OF the $50
600 stock OF ladies and gentlemen $
cravenettes. raincoats and ladies' rub
berlzed silk coats.
II is. OF course, impossible TO state
az the present time just how long the
trustees sale at 2l6 Woodward-ave.
will continue IL is rumored that the
Great Britain Waterproofing Co. Is
making strenuous efforts to raise the
ready cash 10 buy the stocks in all
the branch stores. II will be remem-
bered that the Great Britain Co. tried
10 negotiate deal when the Good
year Raincoat Co was first thrown
into bankruptcy by the Knickerbocker
Trust Co failure.
Il do not marvel at the big sales we
are having daily" said Mr.. Roberts.
trustee OF the local retail store at
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
PLIGHT Of Mrs. Jean SAWYER.

Mania OF persecution, an attempted
suicide. an arrest by the police. ,ieten
ton in police station. "a hours In
cell OF a lunatic asylum and treat
ment in a private sanitarium have all
been crowded into one week OF the
life OF a once well-known San Fran
cisco woman. Mrs. Jean Sawyer.
sometime Countess de Montglon. The
married life OF the countess was very
stormy. and three years ago she was
divorced from the count at Bordeaux
and ordered by the courts 10 disuse
his name. She resumed the name or
Sawyer and lived in seclusion In a
spacious apartment in the Avenue lie
FAKE. Paris or late she had the ma
MIA OF being prosecuted by enemies.
She resolved to commit suicide, and
threw herself from the window of her
apartment on the second floor. Her
fall was broken by an awning and no
I bones were broken, though she was
badly bruised.
Mrs Sawyer was arrested. exsmin-
ed by a police surgeon and locked up.
| She sent a desperate appeal TO Con-
sul-General Mason. but he could 10
nothing for her officially, as after her
divorce she had taken the name Oh
Sawyer without going through the foi-
mality Of getting back her American
citizenship. MIR. Mason. however, pro-
vided her with an American physi-
clan, DR.. Maryman, and secured Mai
tire Berliez, a French lawyer. TO look
after her interests Through their in
fiuence she was removed from the
public asylum of Sainte Anne, width
er she had been sent by the police, to
the private sanitarium OF Docteur
Meureot al Passy.
She will probably be pronounced
legally insane and put in a state In.
stitution unless some member Of her
family or close friend intervenes I'm.
mediately. Her Illness. which is that
OF pronounced melancholia, Is posi-.
bly, durable. Last year Mrs. Sawyer
made will. leaving her estate to the
SON OF q New York woman who was
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
MARRIAGES FREE TO
HELP CHURCH FUND

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. May
27-To raise money at the dedica-
ton OF the new Methodist church
here. the Rev DR.. John Krantz, OF
Iowa. announced he would perform
the marriage ceremony free for any
girl who would give s. TO the church.
Thirty young women promptly ac-
copied the offer Now they're making
leap-year proposals, Offering the un.
usual inducement OF a free marriage
ceremony
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
CARRIED HER BABY, NOT
KNOWING 1T WAS DEAD

MOUNT VERNON. Ind. May q -
A three.weeks-old child OF Mr. and
Mrs. stephen Betz died In It's moth
ers arms while Mrs. BotE was re-
turning to this city from visit with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Walk
er OF near Grafton. The child was
we'll bundled 10 protect IL from the
cold. and on the way TO the city the
little oEo passed away in IT'S mothers
arms. who did not know of the leath
OF her baby until she arrived at her
home In this city.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
FORAKER TRYIN c
FOR sd TERM
STAMPEDE
THOUGH HATING ROOSEVELT.
oHIoAN WOULD USE HIM AS A
TOOL TO BEAT ARcH.ENEMY

CHICAGO. May 27.-Walter Well
man. in a special from Washington 10
the Record-Herald says:
Paradoxical as IL may seem. For.
aker is not only crazy 70 beat Taft,
but he wants 70 use Roosevelt to do
the beating with.
One OF the strangest spectacles 10
be seen upon the field OF national
politics is General Fire Alarm" For.
aker leading the black brigade in a
mad charge upon the Taft entrench.
ments. shouting Down with Taft
Hurrah for third term for Roose.
velt,"
Now We have this extraordinary
condition Of affairs among the leading
Republican senators. Aldrich, Hale,
Crane and others have been driven to
support Taft because they were
afraid Roosevelt might be nominated
and because they dislike the latter
more than the former. Foraker and
Dick. ON the other hand. hate both
Roosevelt and Taft, but the latter
most, ard are trying 70 start STAN
pede for the president In order 10 de-
feat the secretary OF war
Senator Foraker was not shooting az
random when he recently wrote and
published letter in which he advised
the Negro voters 10 refuse 10 support
any candidate who would not pledge
himself 70 do justice 10 the Browns
Vile soldiers Mr. Foraker was shoot.
ing al Taft. IL develops the Ohio
senator knew he could not make terms
with Taft as 70 his own reelection 10
the senate, anu that he determined 70
wage war TO the bitter end
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
CHARGES HIS WIFE
WITH STEALING
Family DOG
HE ALExANpERs VARY THEIR
oIvoRcg SUIT WITH 4 WAN.
ar OVER A TERRiER-JEAN
MYERS SAD PLIGHT.

PARIS, May The divorce pro-
ceedings of Henry Addison alexander
and wife. formerly Miss jesse Tor
rance. which are dragging OIL in a
court OF Toulon. have been diversified
pleasantly by battle over dog.
Mrs. Alexander is accused by her hus'
band OF having stolen his Irish ter
rier Pat. This dog is the same
which whined SO pitifully when its
mistress eloped from her villa at
Hyeres with the English solicitor.
Blackiston.
Recently the courts permitted Mrs.
Alexander TO re-enter the conJugal
domicile She remained long enough
10 pack up 20 trunks and then depart
ed. ordering her valet Joseph TO take
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
Aae May Defeat Candidate.

CUMBERLAND. Md, May 27.--Be-
cause the Cumberland charter states
that the mayor Of the city must be a
person not less than 80 years OF age
II now appears that the Republican
candidate. John @. Miller, who, &C.
cording to all public records. will NOT
be thirty years old until Aug. 80. Will
have TO let the mayoralty 60 TO his
opponent. former Mayor George A
Kean. by default
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
BOTH COLLINS AND
COMERFORD NOT GUILTY

CHICAGO. May 27.-Former Chief
of~Police John NJ. Collins and former
Police Attorney Frank y. Comerford
were acquitted today. by the jury IN
Judge Chetlain's court before which
they were tried on conspiracy charges
growing out Of the Dunhe.Busse cam
paign.
The verdict was not guilty as to
both.
demonstration OF almost riotous
proportions followed the announce
ment of the acQuittal Judge Chez.
lain sternly ordered silence out 1t
was several minutes before the bail.
IFS succeeded In restoring order.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
Floods Delay Convention.

FORT WORTH. Tex. May 27-Ef
forts to hold the state Democratic
convention here proved futile, the
floods preventing a majority of the
delegates from reaching the city State
Chairman Casden. OF Dallas. is here
and says he will continue postponing
the hour set for meeting until enough
delegates arrive.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
Parma, Bothered by Admirers.

Henry Farman. the aeronaut is paw
ing the price OF popularity. He has
been forced 10 renounce his flying ex-
perlments at Issy Les Moulineaux.
near Paris. owing TO the crowds that
overran the field on his days OF Hight
In his latest experiments his friend,
John Adams Thayer. has followed the
course OF the Farman aeroplane in o
high power automobile, but even that
is futile TO prevent the dangerous
gathering OF spectators. Before leav-
ing on Friday for Client. where he Is
10 be the guest OF the Aero club or
Flanders, Mr.. Farman said:
Somewhere in Europe | hope 10
find a suitable trial ground, where
can experiment without being ham
pered by too friendly admirers.
have been asked by the Aero club OF
Rome TO try flights over the Roman
campagna and there is a possibility
that may accept. Meanwhile my
new apparatus. the Flying Fish. IS
ready for the air, and | hope TO Try
a fight upon my return from Bel
GUM. I have now a more powerful
motor, one OF seven-horse power, but
am still unsatisfed. The whole cues
ton OF aviation depends upon fndinE
suitable motor"
Mr.. Farman is not inclined to dis
cuss the work OF the Wright Brothers
from reports cabled TO the French
press. But | WISH he saidA that
they had accepted my Challenge %
come over and try 1t out here OF
course the money at stake could hard.
ly be a temptation. Still had hoped
they would be willing TO enter such
a competition merely for the sake Of
its scientific interest and in the
cause OF aeronautics"
The Flying Fish has a speed ex-
ceeding 65 miles per hour.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
CARRIE NATION OFF TO
JAIL; BETTER THAN H

PITTSBURG. May 27.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation. OF Kansas, arrested yesterday
for scolding and embarrassing four
men in public. was fined $50 and costs
or 80 days in the workhouse today by
Magistrate Brady. She refused 70 pay
her fine and will be sent 10 the ALE.
gheny county workhouse this AFTER
noon.
AS she was being led back TO the
cell department she cried out in the
courtroom: Il would rather go 10
iail than 10 go 10 hell"
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
z DROWN AS SHIP
IS CUT IN TWO

YARMOUTH. y. s., May 27-In a
heavy fog. the steamer Boston, from
Boston to Yarmouth. Capt. Mckenzie.
cut clear through the Boston ASKING
schooner Fame, Capt. Thomas Fay, at
O'Clock last night, on Chasper bank,
aud more than dozen OF the Asher
mans crew were drowned. The Fame
sank within three minutes.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
PIPE AND BOWL DISSOLVED.

ANN ARBOR. Mich, May 1.-THE
university senate passed sentence OF
death on Pipe and Bowl. the sophoo-
more conviyial club, and expelled two
students for pranks following the
clubs initiation of freshmen SATURDAY.
night. John Van Brunt OF Kansas
City and Thomas VANITY OF Grand
Rapids were arrested early SUNDAY
morning while in possession OF q red
lantern that ought 10 have been back
downtown warning drivers away from
a hole In the pavement. They were
fined $50 by Justice Doty.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
Mayor Thompson In Howell.

Mayor Thompson is In Howell, hav-
ing gone there Tuesday on the invita-
tion OF Rev. FIR. Thornton. whose par.
ish had a picnic and entertainment.
The mayor delivered an address.
From Howell he goes to Manistee to
attend the session OF the League OF
Michigan municipalities and will not
return to the city until Friday night or
Saturday.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
GETS DIVORCE FROM
MOTOR CO. PRESIDENT

FLINT. Mich, May 27-tSpecial. y
Mrs Clara Durant today was granted
divorce from VIM. C. Durant presi.
dent of the Buick Motor CO. and prom
lnent carriage manufactures, by Judge
Gage. OF Saginaw.
The suit. which was on the grounds
of cruelty, was not contested. IL Is
understood the wife receives settle.
ment Of $l50,000
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28

the dog to London. Mr.. Alexander
learned OF Pats departure and tele-
graphed a description OF the valet and
the dog TO the project OF police in
Paris. asking for their arrest. Tho
police have detained them until the
courts can decide TO whom 10 award
this dog victim OF a divorce.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
JUDGE FRAZER'S
ESTATE TOTALS S2a, 1000

Mrs. Abbie NJ. Frazer widow OF
the late Judge Robert K. Frazer,
fled a petition In the probate court
Wednesday morning. asking that her
son, William X. Frazer. be appointed
administrator OF the estate Of her hus.
band. The petition sets forth that the
estate consists of real estate to the
value OF $4,000 and personal proper
" worth $1,000.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
Valued Same as cold.

" y. c. Stewart. a merchant OF Cedar
View. Miss. says: II tell my Gus.
toners when they buy a box OF DR..
Kings New Life pills they get the
worth OF that much gold in weight. II
afflicted with constipation. malaria or
billousness." Sold under guarantee al
+. c. Kinsel. Central Drug Co. and
Gray & Worcester drug stores. 25c.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28

visiting Paris She is said TO have
taken a great fancy both 10 the boy
and his mother, but her lawyers refus-
ed to divulge their names. Besides
property in San Francisco. Mrs. Saw
yer has a yearly income and has
stocks and bonds locked up in a safe
OF the Credit Lyonnais.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
improved serviee--oetroit-Hillsdale.
va Michigan Centrs

Effective May 3ist. new, solid train
service will be established between
Detroit and Hillsdale leaving at $3.50
q. m, arriving Hiilsdale 5 80 a. m;
returning leave Hillsdale $50 a. m,
arrive Detroit, 10:45 a. N.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28

In the last meeting OF the season OF
the Detroit Equal Suffrage club Friday
afternoon, Dr. Gertrude Banks will
give a resume OF the years work. The
Asquith- Churchill situation in England
will be discussed. also the woman's
demonstration, June q in Hyde park
London.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
In Socie ty

The Detroit Boat club opened its
season Tuesday night with a ball in
the club house on Belle Isle. The
rooms were decorated with the clubs
colors. Following the ball, luncheon
was served
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28
POLICE COURT DOCKET.

James Reynolds drunk sentence
suspended ~
Robert Kain. drunk. sentence sas-
pended.
John Gardner drunk s. or 10 days
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28

People have time 10 listen 10 stor.
les OF success. but they have failures
Of their own.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28

The Society OF Arts and Crafts Is
exhibiting a collection OF old jewelry
and laces belonging 10 Miss Isabel Ross.
OF Buffalo, In the rooms OF the society,
No. 1872 Farmer.st. Miss Ross was
formerly an artist OF growing reputa-
ton. and had pictures exhibited in the
salon I'm Paris as we'll as In this coun-
try. In consequence or overwork and
ill-health her eyes failed her and she
had 10 give up painting, so she turned
her attention 20 collecting laces and
jewelry in Spain. The collection OF
iewelry includes many fine specimens
set with emeralds and pearls and also
some OF the characteristic gold fila
gree and pearl work OF the country.
The exhibit will be open until June s.
Her First Rehearsal. breezy
sketch written by c. W Waller and
W. II ORae. two Detroit boys, was
presented al an entertainment in Fa.
Their Richard hall on Lafayette boule-
ward Tuesday evening. The cast in
cluded Miss Genevieye Blair, as Made
line Clifford OF stage ambitions; Mr..
Walzer a theatrical manager, and Mr..
Rae. as Patsy. the messenger boy.
The sketch Is cheerful bit OF non
sense. demonstrating the futility OF
Madeline ever becoming an actress,
but also demonstrating that she was
capable OF winning the heart OF the
buslness-llke manager The audience
was delighted with the manner in
which the ubiquitous messenger help
ed matters along TO happy culmina-
ton The songs in the act are we'll
written. and the singing OF Mr. Waller
was the principal feature OF the per-
Torrance. The young men are con
sidering putting the sketch on in
vaudeville.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28

Many a mans popularity is due to
the fact that he adheres to the truth
only when necessary.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-28

It's easy for a man to do right when
he can't do anything else
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-30
Saved by a Glove Button.

At one of the Monson slate quarries
derrick man stood on the brink of
one of the great chasms from which
the slate rock is hoisted. His duty
was to catch hold of the big hook de-
pending from the end of the boom as
1t swung over the bank and attach 1t
to the crate to be sent back into the
pit Standing upon the very edge. he
reached out to catch the hook which
dangled near him. 1t was winter, and
he wore thick buckskin gloves. The
hook slipped from him as he leaned
out, but caught into the fastening of
the glove. The swing of the great
boom took him off his feet In an in
slant and carried him out into giddy
space. with his life depending on the
glove holding fast. His Whole. weight
was hung on that button. and there
was clear 1I5 feet Of space between
him and the floor of the rock below.
The moments that passed before the
boom could be swung back over the
bank seemed like hours to him. but he
got there at last safe and sound.--Lon
don Mail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-30
Another Side of War.

New York World: No more effective
peace sermon could be preached than
the estimate of General Blune, pub
lished by the German general staff, as
to the probable cost of a modern Euro
pean war. Putting the number of
troops that Germany could call to arms
at 4,750,000, the cost to Germany. he
says, of war with another European
power would be $500, 100000 year
as long as it lasted. On the basis of
the war between Russia and Japan, in
which the Japanese lost in killed and
wounded 20 per cent of their armies,
Germany would lose in the same length
of time approximately 100000 men.
The cost in treasure and the loss in
human lives would be only the begin
ming. Financial depression and par
alysis of industry would follow land
cost the nation UNNECESSARILY more in
the long run. The account in blood
and money would be duplicated If
Germany were engaged with only one
power. If three or four or even more
powers were involved, as seems prob
able in the light of existing alliances,
Europe would be ''bled white" and
plunged in lasting disaster
This is the other side of the question
which public men who talk glibly about
war seek to have the people forget
They do not dwell on the immense debt
of victorious Japan and its practical
impoverishment, nor do they recall to
lattention the appalling waste of Rus
sia's resources, its rickety finances, its
shrunken commerce and the tens of
millions of starving subjects of the
car. 1t will be many years before the
public credit of Great. Britain, proud
of the national wealth. RECEIVERS from
the setback caused by the Boer war
and the government is able to face
much-needed social reforms at home
| without misgivings about it's income.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-30

Sa, &sS4DSee<E4D
side of the street the gang watched
the wedding procession emerge from
the church and set up shout as jim
ME, Respondent in white satin coat
and knickerbockers, preceded the hap
ply. couple as their page.
Jimmie looks like stick of can
dy." declared the captain contemptu-
ously, "but he's got an all right sis
ter There amt many girls that would
marry man just to save their little
brother from a man like Colonel Moul-
ton. He was just goin' to kill Jimmie
when she rushed in and said If he
would spare Jimmie's life she would
marry the lieutenant"
The gang looked with awe upon the
brave bride, and Lucy, radiant In her
new happiness, never realized that
they were cheering her with such en-
thusiasm because she had sacrificed
herself to fate to save her little
brother
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-30
Yates and Lorimer.

William Lorimer the notorious
Cook county boss. is the moving
spirit in the campaign of Richard
Yates for the nomination for governor
of Illinois. 1t is interesting at this
time to recall what Richard Yates
himself thinks of the man who is his
first lieutenant. In his speech at
Quincy just two years ago, when
Yates was candidate for the sena-
torship and was opposed by Lorimer,
Yates said:
Il know if can get an audience in
Chicago can tell the young men of
that city something they should know.
shall speak to young men who listen
to me. / will tell them of Billy Lor-
inner. | will tell them that have no
scars except those got in fighting
for William Lorimer. These young
men may be thinking seriously of a
political career for themselves They
may want to be elected to local Of
fees, to be sent to the legislature, or
to congress. | have but one word to
Say to these young men-beware of
William Lorimer. William Lorimer
never had a friend whom he did not
betray. William Lorimer has cast off
every man who ever did him a favor
whenever it was to his advantage to
cast him off,
Today the man of the hour" has
again allied himself with the politi-
clan whom he formerly condemned in
the most bitter language. Soft words
of fiattery and bitter words of abuse
flow equally freely from the lips of
this perpetual candidate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-30
GETTING Back at ENGLAND,

''The English will ridicule us for say
ing 'vury' and 'turribe' and 'momma'
when we go abroad" said school
ma'am, but we will have our answer
ready
SWELL ask them why, when they
want to know if we desire cab, they
say:
".Fo wella, SAP
Well ask them why they say paw.
tab and 'waitah' and 'Indiar' and
'idear'
And. not forgetting the h. we'll
quote at them the dialogue between
the mistress and the new maid:
lis your name Anna or HannahT
".Hannah. num-
"tOh. Hannah"
no. mum; Hannah
"'Hannab, you said
No. Hannah
"'Speil IT,
Hay, hen. hen. hay" New Orlean:
Times-Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-30
CONVICT AIDING PLAN.
kansan Regards Writing of Liberty
Helpful to Prisoners.

Kansan Regards Writing of Liberty
Helpful to Prisoners.
A. G. Gates, ex-chaplain of the Kan
sas State Industrial reformatory at
Hutchinson. Kan, recently brought to
a successful conclusion very inter
esting contest. A few months ago he
wrote a letter to the various state
penal and reformatory institutions
throughout the country offering a
series of prizes for the best articles
written by prisoners on the subject,
what Is True Liberty, Its Value and
How Obtained?' There was q ready
response to the invitation to compete
in this contest, and the prizes were
awarded few days ago.
One hundred and forty-seven manu-
scripts from institutions in twelve
states were received by Mr.. Gates,
and eleven prizes were awarded-a
first prize of S25, second prize Of
$40, third prize of IS and eight adj
ditional prizes of 81 each. No. 1892,
Massachusetts State reformatory, was
the winner of the first prize, Convict
j. e. R., Alabama State penitentiary,
won the second, and No. 3,219, In
diana State reformatory. was given
the third prize. The winners of the
first rank in the dollar prizes were:
N. B., State Industrial School For
Girls. Beloit Kan; No. AIT and No.
5,01s, Indiana spite reformatory, the
three being given the same grade Of
merit. Other institutions winning 81
prizes were Ohio penitentiary. North
Carolina State prison, Missouri peni-
Tertiary, Iowa penitentiary, Iowa re-
formatory and Allegheny County
workho1se. Pennsylvania.
In explaining the manner in which
the contest was conducted Mr.. Gates
said TO Kansas City Star reporter:
After the one hundred and forty
seven articles were carefully read .hy