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The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
FOREIGN DRIVERS
TRIM US UP WELL

The foreign cars scored a decisive
triumph In the grand prize race at
Savannah yesterday. clearly demon
stfating that, with cars built to def
mite maximum In power, the European
article still has the preference over
the American, SO far as the manufac'
turers who go into racing are con
cerned.
Wagner In a Fiat won the race
Hemery with Benz was second, Naz-
FARO, In another Fiat. who had led
through the early stages. was third
and would probably have won but for
tire trouble. There was not an Amer
lean car In the first nine and. after
the ninth racer had finished. they stop
ped the event.
The Locomobile which won the Van
derbilt race was not eligible TO the
Savannah competition. but its average
time 81 that event was surpassed by
the winner of the Savannah race who
averaged s5:10 miles an hour.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
KEWANEE WEEPS
FOR B. PAPkE

KEWANEE. H., Nov. 27.-Bil'y
Papke's defeat at the hands OF Stanley
Ketchell came as bolt out of clear
sky To his friends and family here.
While Papke loses the title. 1t is the
belief here 1t is only temporary.
There Is no encouragement as every
one OF Billy's friends still is enthusiast
tic over his ability and thinks that IL
IL only a question OF time before he
will prove he is Ketchell's master
again.
@ Loyalty 10 Papke is shown among
his friends, as already preparations
are under way to give him a welcome
home for the sole purpose OF encour'
aging him in the next bout. as 1t Is felt
Papke must be given another chance
at the title.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
Thanksgiving Football.

WEST.
Carlisle II. St. Louis Y. o.
Ames IL. Drake 6.
Nebraska q. Wabash 8.
Ohio State l9. Kenyon ..
Reserve IL. Case z.
Kansas 10. Missouri T.
Creighton 10. Haskell 10.
EAST.
Pennsylvania IL. Cornell
Penn State l2. PittsburE u. ..
w. a. J. 80. Carnegie Tech. 0.
Fordham 2. villa Nova o.
George Washington 8, Bucknell B.
Wash IL Lee IL, Georgetown IL.
SOUTH.
Vanderbilt 6. Sewanee G.
Alabama T. Tennessee o.
Virginia 81. North Carolina o.
Georgia Tech. so, Clemson ..
Tulane IL. Washington " 0.
STATE.
Ann Arbor II. "a. Pontiac 0.
Grand Haven III. SO. Ferris Inst, ..
Cadillac II. l6. Traverse City o.
Monroe IL. Detroit Independents o.
Bay City East 5, Bay city West o.
Fenton III. IS, Flint High o.
Albion IL. IL. Marshall 8.
Port Huron II. II. Central Res. Q.
Western Normal 2. Kalamazoo Col Q
Benton Harb. III. 35. Wakrusa, Ind s
Muskegon II %. Grand Rapids 8.
Sturgis II. Constantine 6.
M. A. c. 81, -. A c. IA.
Central III. IL. Saginaw IL. 8.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
SPORTING NEWS.
LAST NIGHTS PAPKE FAR FROM
THUNDERBOLT OF FORMER DAYS

on one hand and one knee and looked
up At Referee Welsh in halfdazsd
way. He was stunned by the fierce
smashes he had received from the
Michigan wonder but # certainly look
ed as though his intelligence was In
tact enough 10 impress him with the
fact that the seconds were being toll
ed of In luud-yoiced way by the
time-keeper George Harting
Those who saw the light came away
WONDERING how on earth Papke did
Ketchell SO completely AT Los Angeles.
The Illinois man certainly showed
none or his "thunderbOlt attributes
at any stage of the proceeding The
best thar can be said for him on last
nights showing is that he possesses
fair degree of the endurance that
has made Battling Nelson famous. He
can stand lot OF battering. but
scarcely with the same fort!tude as
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
RETIRE DAN?
NO! SAYS OWNER

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 27.-M. w
Savage, owner Of Dan Patch, gives
out the following interview:
II have just noticed that 1t is being
reported that Dan Patch has been re-
tired.
"This il quite a surprise to me, as
ir Is the first have heard OF 1t. Dan
has not been retired. He is at my
farm I'm first-class condition and I ex.
pect hi INTO pace miles next year
faster than any other PAGER has ever
gone.
~As Dan has only paced 70 miles
averaging 1859 IL we. have hopes OF
his bringing this number mp to 100
niles"
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
HANDICAPS TOO BIG
FOR y. A. c. ELEVEN

test would undoubtedly have enabled
the team to have beaten the "Aggies."
McKenna, OF NJ A. c., was the I'M
doubted star OF the contest. Lawton' =
punting and the rapid Improvement
under fire OF the d. A c. backf1eld was
the feature for d. A. c.
large crowd saw the game and
D. A. c. again quits the season well
ahead financially.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
ey STANLEY kETcHeLL.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. I'll knew
had him all the time. Yesterdays
fight, hope, proves to the public that
was not In condition when was de
feated at Los Angeles. Any man at
the rInsside could see that ! am
Papke's master.
AS to my future plans. We'll, I
don't know what ! will do yet. ! DO
not know II there will be a return
fight with Pakpe. That rests Win
O'Connor. Pspke's punches had no
effect on me whatever. II was Iet,
TO the stomach that started Pspke and
a right shift that finished him.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
NO HOLD OUT BY
COBB NEXT YEAR

According to the combined testi-
mony OF Ty Cobb and President F. J.
Navin, of the Detroit Baseball club.
there will be no trouble over COBB
contract this year. The king OF bat
ters and Mr.. Navin agreed last spring
that, in case everything was satisfac.
tory. the same terms in vogue in 1905
would be repeated Indefinitely and
both are satisfied, having so expressed
themselves in the past few days.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
GERMAN CHAMP
IS COMING NOW

NEW YORK. Nov 27.-Another
famous wrestler, Sigford. champion OF
Germany, is coming to this country
for try for the honors Of the mat on
this side OF the water. A cablegram
was received from him by Ernest
Roeber saying that he would sail with
in fortnight and asking that a matcn
be secured for him with the winner
OF the MISUNDERSTANDING contest,
which takes place at Madison Square
Garden next Thursday night
Job Printing done right. Times Print-
Ing Co., ID John R.-st Phone 1875
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
LONGBOAT BACK
IN SHAPE AGAIN

FALL RIVER. Mass. Nov. 27.-Ton
Iorgbcat, the Canadian Indian. In his
first professional contest won q ten
mile race easily from a relay team
composed OF Sam Myers and Tom
Williams. relay champions of New
England. The track was slow and the
Indians time was 53:19. lie won b.
a minute and six rounds He took
the lead at the start aud never lost IT,
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
BY BILLY PAPkE.

did not hear Retsfee Welsh say
ten or ! would have been on my feet
and fighting. was going along nice
~. ! thought was Just taking the
limit Of rest allowed and rose TO my
feet right after Welsh said nine.
hope ketcheli will show me the
favor that | extended TO him after he
was defeated at Los Angeles.
! think was done an injustice, and
N ketchell will give me return
match ! will convince the public I can
whip ketehelI Just as easy as
did at Los Angeles.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
New YORK ano Philadelphia

Are conveniently reached by through
trains over the Lehigh Valley Rail
road. the double track scenic highway
from Buffalo and Suspension Bridge
connecting with all lines In Michigan.
Full particulars address u n. Roberts.
z Fort-st.. west. Detroit Mich.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27

the Dane. He was plainly discour-
aged several times during the fight.
The only round in which Papke
hattered the hopes OF his hackers for
few brief seconds was In the ninth.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
Pool.

Lou j. Laubscher will play lO0-baA
match with Frank Ellis Saturday
nighr at Parsons Crosstown cafe, cor:
ner Chene-st. and Forest-ave. The
match is for a purse.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
A Point of View.

II costs Uncle Sam several million
dollars year TO make II possible Tor
West Point and Annapolis TO play
football.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
0OIden's
Zig n
Make
Room
Sale

March +, 1909, we are going to
add TO our present Tailoring and
Clothing departments, Mems Fur
nishings and Hats, and we have
10 make room for the new depart
ments.
So we have concluded TO give
discounts as follows:
as Per Cent discount on all our
Ready-to-Wear Suits. Overcoats
and Fancy Vests uniforms only
excepted.)
$40 Per Cent discount on all
made-to-order Suits, Overcoats
and Fancy Vests.
All OH. goods are marked in
plain and original figures.
UNION CLERKS. UNION TAILoRs.
&A { Z; e z = =
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
Quite a Chunk.

capt-elect seigling. OF Princeton
weighs 2lS pounds
The Detroit times., 1908-11-27
Viva Spaghetti!

The foreman OF the section.
An Irishman, 'av coourse.
pulled in his horns an looked in awe
Upon his dago .foorce.
dago car has won the race
Upon Savannah beach,
NJ the dago man. Dorando,
= Left lawn J. Hayes out OF reach.
HEX. In Chicago Tribune.
rn~r~ A. every Indication that the
Haryard-Yale game will be the con-
teal OF the year. from the standpoint
az the football as well as from senti-
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
BODY OF DEAD MAN
FOUND ON DESERT
Identified as B. T. Pratt and
Had Succumbed to Starva-
ton Two Months AGO

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21.--G. w. Lewis
and S. E. Shankland who have Just
returned from a prospecting trip in
the Argus mountains, Inyo county. tell
of the discovery of the body of a man
approximately so years Of age, who
had perished of starvation in the des-
ert on account of lack of food and
water.
B. T. Pratt was the name OF the man
found and a notebook taken from a
vest pocket by Lewis gave the date the
man started out to cross the desert.
He had been dead nearly two months.
The scribbling in the book gives no
clew as to how the man happened to
be over 80 miles from any habitation.
The fact that he was without prospect
ing tools. blankets or canteen would
tend to show he was not prospecting.
The notebook tells a story of a fierce
struggle and suffering before the wan
derer perished. The last entry reads:
IT left Grape Vine. Inyo county. Cal.
July 2S. Tom Spratt told me 1 would
perish / thought / could make it. but
got lost, so guess I will have to give
in. / have no water, nothing to eat.
and can't walk. have brothers. G. n.
Pratt, at Banner Springs, Wyandotfe
county, Kansas; E. B. Pratt In st. Louis
and w. r. Pratt, Custer county, wy
oming."
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
GAS SO CENTS
WHEN COMBINE
HAS TO FIGHT
Secretary Barrett Says Com
pany Makes Low Charge to
Meet Competition
Admission Secured From Wit
ness at Hearing of Suit to
Enforce Dollar Rate
Until July Last Highest Figure
Was Eighty=five Cents
Per Thousand

Charles L. Barrett, secretary of the
San Francisco gas and electric COM
pany. admitted while on the witness
stand yesterday that although the
corporation was fighting for a rate
of ST. a thousand it was selling gas
as low as go cents in some districts
of the city. This admission was
made during the cross examination of
the witness by Assistant City Attor-
ney Thomas E. Haven in the hearing
before Commissioner Heacock. This
is regarded as the most damaging
testimony yet produced against the
corporation in the pending injunction
suit
Barrett stated that the company
maintained two separate schedules of
rates, one in the competitive district
and the other in that section of the
city where the company enjoyed a
monopoly The rate in the competi-
tive district ranged from 20 cents down
to 60 cents. while in other parts of the
city an So cent maximum prevailed.
This schedule was modified in July of
this year, when the company, sup
ported by its temporary injunction.
raised the rates in the noncompetitive
section to 81.
Barrett had been called to the stand
by Attorney Joseph Mayer of the gas
company. Haven began the cross ex-
animation by asking:
Are you familiar with the gas
rates. Mr.. Barrett?"
Il am" was the reply.
What is the lowest rate the COM
pany is charging" continued Haven
Sixty cents was the immediate re-
sponse Barrett added that the low
rate was Improbable and was made to
meet the competition Of the Metropoli-
tan light and power company. The
competitive district includes most of
the downtown business section and has
been extended recently into China
town.
Why does your company continue to
give this go cent rate asked Haven,
IF. as you say. it is unproftable?"
We are willing to continue it until
the thing can be worked out replied
Barrett.
What do you mean when you say,
Until the thing can be worked out
that you will buy the other company?'
persisted Haven.
That may come" was the answer.
The other witnesses examined yes
terday included Auditor Butler of the
gas company and Supervisors McAllis-
ter, Pollok. Bancroft, Giannini, john
ston and Murphy
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
VATICAN ORGAN PRINTS
LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
OfficiaIs Nominated by the Pope
Last june Are Pub
lished

ROME, Oct. 21-The Osservators
Romano, the Vatican organ. publishes
the appointments of the new officials
of the Rome congregation, as reorgan-
lied by the pope last June. The con-
sistoria1 congregation. which replaces
the congregation OF the propaganda in
the nomination Of American bishops and
which Is presided over by the pope.
will have as its secretary Cardinal de
Lai- The members of this congrega-
ton. numbering IA. include Cardinals
Merry del Val. Moran. OregIia, Seranno.
vannutelli. MarfinelH. Rampola and
Gotti- The Rota Roma tribunal is
composed OF 10 members. including NJ
Prior. rector of Beda college. for Anglo
American affairs The tribunal Segna-
tura, a kind OF supreme court is COM
posed of Cardinals Vineenzo. Vannutelh.
AgIiardi. Satolli. Matheiu. GasparF1 ans
Segna.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
CITY HALL RAzING
BLOCKED BY WRIT
Frank ]. Sullivan Secures In
junction Against Spending
Money in Wrecking

On the ground that the mayor and
board of supervisors have not the legal
right to expend money in razing the
city hall with the intention ofzerecting
a new structure. Frank ]. sullivan.
through his attorney, Harry t. Cres-
we'll. secured temporary Injunction
yesterday restraining them from so
doing.
All was in readiness for the work
when. the injunction was issued. The
bids for contracts had been received
and opened. The board of works was
preparing to award the contract when
the order of the court was thrust upon
it, preventing the commissioners from
taking any further action.
Attorney Creswell was ever strong
in his opposition against the erection
of a new building. He appeared before
the board of supervisors repeatedly,
claiming that the present building
could be reconstructed and that there
was no reason for the building of an
entirely new structure. Finding his
efforts with the board of supervisors
in vain. he and Sullivan yesterday took
an extreme course and carried the
proposition into the courts.
The complaint sets out that, accord
ing TO the charter. the mayor and
board of supervisors have not the legal
right to erect new buildings without
vote of the. people, and that the
expenditure of money for tearing down
the ruins of the present city hall is
illegal.
As have tout in my complaint
said Attorney sCreswell yesterday, "the
building as it stands today is worth
81 zoe, 900, that being the figure esti-
mated by experts. To tear this down
would mean. loss of s1,200,000. to-
getner with the cost of doing the work,
for which s50,00o has been appropri-
ated. A new city hall. built on the site
of the present one, would cost $3.50
900. bringing the total expenses up to
$500, 600. Under the present conditions,
this is too much to lay on the shoul-
ders of an already overburdened. tax
paying public.
My contention is that the city has
not the legal right to. expend money
in this fashion. The charter specifically
provides that q vote of the people
should be taken and bonds issued for
the erection of new city buildings The
claim of the mayor and the board OF
supervisors that the building as it
stands now is a menace and public dan
ger I do not believe. The contractor
who pulled down the southwest wing
told me he had to dynamite the walls
and if walls will stand until they are
dynamited down cannot see where the
danger arises"
CresweH declared that he but repre-
sented the views of large number OF
persons in the community. The in
| junction was granted by Judge Sea
well and will come UP for a hearing
on Friday.
President Casey of the board OF
works remarked, when the injunction
| was served yesterday afternoon: There
| is nothing said about opening the bids
Let's open them.
This was done, and that of the Will
liam Babbitt construction company for
| S., 900 was found the lowest. One of the
| four other bids was for 1000. and
each differed widely from the others
| Pending the coErt's decision, the bids
were taken under advisement.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
MAKE JOURNEY TO
SOUTH AFRICA TO WE'D
Miss Blanche DonneII Will
Marry G. e. Knecht in
johannesburg

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21.-To travel
all the way alone from Los Angeles to
johannesburg, south Africa. there to
meet and wed her fance and sweet
heart of her school days. is the journey
undertaken today by Miss Blanche Don
nell. daughter of Major and Mrs. ]. A.
Donneli 6312 Pasadena avenue. this
city. Miss Donnell will complete her
II, 900 mile journey in December and
her marriage will occur shortly after
her arrival The groom to be Is C. E.
Knecht, a mining engineer of South
Africa, formerly of Los Angeles. Mr..
Knechts duties will keep him busily
employed in the Boer country for sew
eral years and this fact was responsible
for the journey of the bride. Both parties
are well known. in local society. Miss
Donnell will spend few days in the
east, then sail for London, from where
she will embark for Cape Town, South
Africa. From there she will go direct
to johannesburg, where her future hus-
band is awaiting her.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
Mrs. Nellie Miller Strange
FIees Into Hiding With Boy
in Defiance of Writ
Ordered to Answer Suit Brought
by Husband, but Takes Son
Out of Jurisdiction
Woman Was a Noted and
Handsome Society Leader
of Oakland
Stipulation at Time OF DivOrte
Decree Provided Lad Should
Not Be Removed

OAKLAND, Oct. 21.-Mrs.
H. A. Strange, who, as Mrs.
Nellie Miller, once was one
of the most beautiful and
popular young matrons in
Oakland's smart set, has
dared to disobey the man
date of the superior court Of
Contra Costa county by going
into hiding with her son, Girard,
rather than give the child up to
her former husband.
A year ago Mrs. Miller was di-
vorced from her husband, ]. G.
Miller, who is a prominent official
OF the Cowell lime and cement
company at Martinez and a prom
inent society man and clubman.
The custody of the child was awarded
to Mrs Miller, with the stipulation
that she should not take him out OF
the Jurisdiction of the superior court
OF Contra Costa county
Three months later she married IT.
A. Strange. well TO do contractor liv-
ing at 1853 Ashland avenue. in the
fashionable residence district Of Chi
cagO. When she went east TO live
with her second husband Mrs. Strange
left her son with her sister, Mrs Ash
by. in Clayton. Some time afterward
she learned that her former husband
was about to attempt 10 get possession
of her child and she Immediately re-
turned to California and it is supposed
took the child away with her
Miller secured an order from Su-
perior Judge Wells directing Mrs.
Srange 10 appear in court and answer
Mller's petition for a modification OF
the divorce decree so that he should
secure the child after his former wifes
second marriage.
Mrs. Strange's answer was to disap-
pear with her son, and thus far the
any trace of her. Mrs. Strange is said
to be in Los Angeles, where, IT is un-
derstood she has been negotiating
through her attorneys for a settlement
of the dispute When the hearing OF
Mi1Ier's petition was set IL had been
supposed that Mrs. Strange would ap-
pear.
It is the opinion OF those interested
that the anxious mother remained away
fearing that she would lose the Gus
tody of the boy. As Mrs. Miller she was
quite an entertainer socially at her
former Piedmont home
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
HEARST SAYS GOLFERS
ARTICLE Is SILLY ROT
Declares Additional Standard
Oil Letters Will Be Made
Public Saturday
sPEcIAL pIsPAICH To LEE CALL

:, INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct 21.-wi1,
liam Randolph Hearst stopped here to-
day on his way TO Petersburg. H.. to
speak there at meeting in honor OF
Thomas l.. Hisgen.
'WiH you answer an article in Col
1iers Weekly in which II is charged
that you paid two men $4,000 to steal
those letters from the office OF John d.
Archbold?" Hearst was asked.
"Oh, that article is silly rot" he an
swered-
There is not a word OF truth in It.
I never saw them. 1t says something
about letters from Senator Aldrieh.''
Mr. Hearst. however. said additional
Standard oil letters OF more Importance
than any thus far read are to be made
public in the independence party meet
ing in New York Saturday night. He
declared they are better than any thus
far given publicity and that he had
saved them for the finish Of the cam
paign-
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
GOVERNMENT GIVES
PORT CLEAN Bill
Quarantine Restrictions on
Shipping OF City to Be
Discontinued

Uncle Sam. in. the person of the sur
geon general of the United states pub
lie health and marine hospital service
gave San Francisco clean bin of
health yesterday and from now on the
quarantine restrictions on local ship
ing will be discontinued The rat
guards that have been cause of grief
and. expense to the ship owners and
disappointment to many a rat that
thought it could jump may go, TO the
junk pile for all Uncle Sam cares and
steam schooners and ocean liners, bay
scows and sailing vessels, may snug
gle as close as they please to the
wharves and piers. The smell OF sui
phur VIII no longer be known to the
bay breezes and such of the diminished
rat colony as may be suffering from
wanderlust may now go voyaging in
as many directions as there are points
on one-half of the compass.
The ship owners are happy and Dr.
w. G. Hobby, chief quarantine officer
at this port and the man who gave out
Hobby announced the good news in
the following letter:
81. To the ship owners association of
the Pacific coast-Gentlemen: BY au-
theritys of telegram received this day
from the surgeon general, public health
and marine hospital service 1 have to
inform you that all existing outgoing
quarantine restrictions in. the bay of
San Francisco will be discontinued
from and after this date. October 21.
1908. Respectfully,
'.W. CsHOBDY.
United States Quarantine Oficer.'
The ship owners association prompt
~ notified its members and the local
shipping world. and today there will
be a chance to buy at less than cost a
collection of six foot tenders, rat
guards and sulphur pots. The fumiga-
tion of all vessels touching at wharves
in this harbor has been enforced for
more than a year and between fiimiga-
tions vessels have been compelled to
fend six feet away from the wharf and
TO wear rat guards on every line The
reinforcement of these regulations in
volyed the ship owners in constant ex-
pense and kept a large force of federal
employees busy.
DR.. Hobby, who has managed the
fcampaign of fumigation from his tenn
poraTy Office in the ferry postoffice
building. has performed disagreeable
task so fairly and with such tact that
he retires TO his post at Angel island
with the friendship of every man with
whom he has come in contact.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
WILL BURN AUTOMOBILE
TO CELEBRATE ELECTION
Owner of Machine Declares 1t a
Hoodoo and Secures Permis-
sion for Novel Display
srEcIAL DIsPATCH no THE CALL

SPECIAL DISPATCH 10 THE CALL
SANTA ROSA, Oct 21.-The city coun-
ell last night was petitioned for per-
mission by Jack Luppold, proprietor of
the Senate saloon on Main street, to be
allowed to burn an automobile in the
public streets on election night The
request was so novel and unusual that
it created considerable comment. The
request was granted, and it is probable
that there will be a large crowd to
watch the scene
Luppo1d recently purchased the ma
chine at a constables sale to protect
his rights in judgment which he held
against the owner. and he declares the
machine has been a hoodoo since it has
been in his possession, hence his de-
sire to celebrate the result of the cleo
tion with the auto as fuel.