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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-14

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Thursday 9:46 a. m.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-14

LAKE AND Rsvnn STEAMERS.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-14
EASTERNSTANDARD,
CENTRAL Or
SUN T|ME?!
VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO MAKE
SELECTION IN NOVEMBER ELEc.
TON - TRIO OF BONDING
SCHEMES ON BALLOT, roo.

The voters will have plenty OF
things 10 vote on besides the selec
ton OF public officials in the Novem
Der election. In the meeting OF the
city council Tuesday evening. four
propositions were passed on which
Will go TO form a separate ballot In al
probability. They are:
A choice among central standard
eastern standard and sun time.
The bonding of the city for $780,.
900 for new Belle Isle bridge.
The bonding Of the city for 1000
for q new general hospital.
The bonding Of the city for $750,000
for a new central library building and
branch Libraries. .
The electors have already voted al
the fall registration in favor OF bond
ing for $1,000,000 for convention
hall.
Debate came principally on the
question OF time. The majority of the
council committee favored submitting
only the question Of substituting east
ern standard for central standard time
Aid. Mcclellan and Tossy argued IN
favor of giving the people a chance to
say what they thought about sun time,
and Aid. Weber got in a resolution to
have central standard time voted on
also.
The council authorized the control.
Ter to purchase 25 acres OF land from
Joseph F. Weber to add to the site of
the contagious disease hospital out
Hamilton boulevard.
Boiler Inspector McCabe asked for
an additional assistant to look after
boilers.
Health Officer Kiefer sent in a col.
umn-long report on the tuberculosis
congress.
The claim Of d. ]. Campau for pump
ing water out OF the swampy portion
OF Fairview was not approved.
The assessors asked for $500 for
night work in their office and the mat
ter was put up to the ways and means
committee.
After much debate and several roll.
calls. the council voted to compromise
with John T. Healy for the building OF
sewer In Fairview, the amount vot.
ed being $5.571.50.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-14
Youth Smiles When Fined.

The prospect Of spending 80 days In
the workhouse apparently does not
bother Percy Dabney, a 17.year-old
colored boy. In the least. When Jus.
tice Jeffries fined him $25 with the
30-day term as an alternative, Tues.
day morning. Percy's lips parted In q
broad smile. although he hadn't the
slightest notion where he was going to
raise the money to pay his fine. Young
Dabney pleaded guilty to stealing a
bicycle belonging to Rev. FIR. John M.
Schneider, pastor OF st. Boniface
church. from In front of st. Mary's
hospital, while the priest was visiting
the place on an errand Of mercy. He
sold the wheel for s..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-14

Frank Nskulsd. aged IS. . fireman
living ~ No B6e Wssson-ave.. was run
over By . train In the Michigan Gen.
trsl car shops. Tuesday afternoon. sus-
tanning injuries that made II neces-
saxy 70 amputats his right leg and
hight arm. Ths operation was per-
formed IN Red Gross hospital by DIRE.
Joseph Andres and n. J. Angelly.
NeknlsAi's chances a. recovery are
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-14
WHITE STAR LINE

Wharf foot OF 0riswoid-st. rOR THE
FLATS ana PORT HURON Way Porto
daily-Lsave week days $3.50 p. m. Sun.
days, q m.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

IN little time the launch was beset
on every side by guls
Alone in the launch, Lillico was at
a loss As to the best course to pur.
sue. He stopped the engine and step
ped out on the deck. where the birds
were tearing open the parcels and
dismantling the fruit as they fought
with each other for possession Heed.
less OF the mans attempts 10 drive
them away, they continued to battle
among themselves until Lllico began
70 belabor them with a pike Then
they turned upon him and vented
their rage in efforts TO tear his face
clothes and hands Almost blinded
b. the cloud OF Tapping wings. snap
ping beaks and tearing claws. Lilli.
CO fought frantically. at first 10 save
his cargo, and then to save himself.
Perceivlng that he could make no
Roadway with his pike blows and
realizing that his eyes and clothing
were liable 70 be torn from him If he
continued on deck. the captain beat
a hasty retreat inside the launch, and
there he found the idea which saved
the day tie took a hose. attached ii
ta steam tap and turning it on full
head shot the scalding steam and
water into the midst OF the fighting
fock
There was wild scream of pain
and fright from the gulls. and many
OF them sightless fell into the water
The Others made a plucky attemp, to
withstand the burning Yapo-. but
were finally obliged to give ~ and
beat a retreat Once driven away, they
did not return 10 the attack and the
launch was not further moles;ed as
L proceeded on its way to the French
bark
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01
FIGHTS FLOCK OF
STARVING GULlS
VAN HAS DESPERATE BATTLE
WITH RAvENOUS BIRDS IN
ELLIOTT cay, WASH.
FRENZIED BY SIGHT OF FOOD
LARGE Flock Attacks Food Launch
Brings to Ship and They Arc
Only Driven or by Scad-
irQ Steam.

Seattle, Wash.-Driven to despera
ton by hunger and frenzied at the
sight of food, a large flock OF sea gulls,
usually the most peaceful and coward
ly Of birds, attacked the launch puget
in Elliott Bay the other afternoon,
and fer a time threatened to defeat
tie owner in his frantic attempts to
beat them back and save his deck
load of supplies. Beset on every side
with tearing, swooping gulls. the mas
ter of the launch, Capt. Roy Llil'c"
fought desperately until almost e
hausted, and would have suffered n
little damage to person AMI craft had
he not by inspiration made use CT
UNIQUE Contrvance to beat back AID
drive away the starving birds.
Tie severe storms of the last few
weeks have driven the gulls to shell
ter in the harbor, and not in ten years
before have there been such tlocks OF
them swarming over the bay as at the
present time. There has In con
sequence been shortage or
ZOO LOT the DlTuS anu luey nave ~
sorted to many devices to get enough
to keep alive. There were hundreds
OF them in the stream when Lillico
took his launch from the foot Of Mad
i5on street and started for the French
bark Desaix
The forward deck of the launch was
covered with parcels containing
oranges, grapes and other fruits. The
Desaix had almost been reached when
the captain noticed large swarm OF
gul,s lowering about the launch and
following it in its course. Suddenly
one of them swooped down. and. max
ing a dive at one of the parcels on the
deck. tore open the paper cover. An
orange rolled out and the famished
t.rds clutched at it and attempted to
carry it away. In an instant he was
the center OF a horde Of other gulls,
fighting to possess the orange. Their
snrill cries of excitement and rage
summoned other fiocks of birds and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

Hinke says that 1T Is the finest ELL
hymn which has been found thus far
fitly celebrating the majesty and power
OF the god OF Nlppur In some OF It's
expressions II approaches he psalms or
the Old Testament
The inscription recites the historical
circumstances under which the land
was given TO Nusku-ibni. high dssni,
tary of Ekur, the temple OF Ellil AT
Nippur. declares curses upon any Of
fetal who appropriates the land or
interferes with the rights of the own.
err. and offers an invocation 10 the
gods and asks them to mete out GER
tain punishments to an offender The
names OF II witnesses OF the grant
are given. The symbols at the top OF
he stone are outlines Of shrines. orna-
moutcd with a spearhead, pointed
shaft, a skepter, tiara, the head OF
lion, the head OF a vulture. scorpion,
hyepointcd star, crescent, sun
disk. a lightning fork. scrpcnts, a tor
toise, etc.
The translation given BY Or llinke
Of the hymn TO Ellll Is as follows;
Eun-the lofty lord. the ruler OF heaven
aud earth.
the prince, the lord Of all
tn, king ~ the great gods whose equal
as sod
does not cNlst IN heaven ana On earth
upon the giving OF whose command the
,,.,,.,,,.,, r,,,,.r,,tly nay h,p,-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01
21,424 TONS OF GOLD DUG.
Since Columbus Discovery Over S12,'
6OO.OCO. 600 Has Been Mined.

Since Columbus found his new
world, PAPA tons of gold have been
dug from the mines OF the earth,
Their value is over sl2 500, 900 900. or
this vast total 10 per cent, or nearly
one.fifth OF the whole, has been mined
in the last ten years, 80 per cent, or
almost third, in the last 20 years, 81
per cent in the last 30 years "a per
cent. in the last 40 years. and 6S per
cent, or over twothirds. In the last
half century.
Assuming that an increase occurs In
the annual output. this amount will be
doubled in so years, while If an an
nual increase Of per cent. is or
tanned, the doubling will take place m
less than 20 years. II. + Van Was
enen predicts that as a result OF tho
creation in SO short a time Of 30 i'm.
mense an amount OF indestructible
wealth as this, a general advance "a
the market price Of all commodities
may be expected Interest rates will
certainly decline
Wages should Use for with this
amount OF new capital arising in the
brief period every department OF bu.
man activity is bound to be stimulated.
and this will create an enormously In.
creased demand not only for all those
things that machinery and art cap
produce, but also for those that car
only be brought into being by humaU
hands and human service
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

cause he knows there are more rab-
bits there than anywhere else in Jer-
sey. But, unfortunately. Mr.. Van
Dyne knew the same thing and had
put his brindle bull In the field to
guard the rabbits. And so when Mr.
Norwood leaped into the middle OF
the field and took aim at little hare
sQuatting on mole hill the bull
started out to do his duty.
He lowered his horns, paved a tuft
OF grass up grunted twice by way of
preliminary, and then set sail for Mr.
Norwood
Ston it became apparent to the lat
ter that he would surely be come up
with before he could reach the nearest
fence. In the middle of the field there
was thicket. He dashed up to it
and then began running round and
round
So d. the bull-now less than ten
yards behind. Norwood found that
he could make the corner little
quicker than his pursuer. but that
TIC ltltti SaluSu vi INC oil
aud was slowly but surely running
him down. Turning his frightened
head backward, he noted that the
animals frothing Jaws barely skim
med the ground as he ran. horns
down. in the circle. He saw that the
btginless bull had got into rut and
was so intent upon gaining upon his
victim that he had fastened both
eyes to the path before him. gouged
deep by the hammering hoOfs.
Inspiration struck the desperate
Limrod then. Dashing suddenly off at
a tangent, while the bull was hidden
from him around the curve. he sped
away at right angles to the course
while the bull plugged on around and
around the circle, never looking up
or thinking Of the scurvy trick that
had been played.
Norwood sat down upon hum.
mock and enjoyed the spectacle for
falt an hour. The maddened brute
CirCled the course for half hundred
times. then finally stopped with feet
eraced far apart, utterly exhausted
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01
Peculiar Features.

There is an immense amount OF
very curious information about the
formalities Of land cesslons in DR.
Hinke's book. but In view Of the ma.
ture Of the controversy regarding the
Temple library" at Nippud the lit
erary features OF the inscriptions are
OF most immediate interest. The
boundary stone erected under N.-
buchadrezzar l., which Is under special
consideration, contains a transcription
Of "a magnificent and typical Baby.
lonian hymn" The stone was found
at Nippur on the northwest side OF
the Ziggurat, within the temple area,
by Dr.. Haynes, in February, 1896, at
the close Of the third BabylOnian eX.
petition Of the University Of Pennsyl-
yania. 1t Is a conical block OF black
limestone, 80 centimenters in height
and 1872 centimeters in circumference
at the middle. The inscription con.
sists Of a heading Of two lines placed
among symbols at the top, and l55
lines Of text, arranged in five columns
The stone is slightly damaged, but
the few lines which have been partly
lost have been almost completely re
stored from the context. The stone
has several features not found in
other monuments OF this kind. One is
drawing OF the piece Of land to
which the inscription relates. The
second Is a beautiful hymn to ELI al
the beginning Of the inscription. DR.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01
SCIENTIST TELLS OF
/ FINDS AT NlPPUR
LIGHT ON ANCIENT SYSTEMS OF LAW
Discoveries Made by Prof. Hlprech Declared to Be
! Among the Most Valuable Ever Made-Work of
/ Translation Going On at the University of Penn
| sylvania- Hymn to Elil.

This subject, believe. | have already
treated sufficiently in my book, New
Light on the Old Testament from
Babel
The advanced state Of the systems
Of law In those old cities, for instance,
was remarkable. The now famous
code OF Hammurabi is based upon
prcccdcnts. proving the existence Of
systems Of law long prior TO his time
There may also have been codes even
earlier than his There must surely
have been in the time of Abraham cX.
tcnsiye legal Libraries. Think also Of
the wonderful Babylonian system Of
writing, We know that the Chinese
have from 10000 TO 10000 values for
their written signs. One scholar has
already collected about 900 values
for the Babylonan written signs, and
another list Is being compiled. which
viii. in all probability. contain as
many more Given these premises
II stands 10 reason that there must
have been immense collections OF
documents and books In all the Baby.
lonian cities. Some OF the books must
have consisted of thousand tablets
each or course, there were vast
storchouscs or libraries TO hold them
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01
Curses Upon Offenders.

Then follows the statement OF the
grant of land Here is the curse d.
rected against him who shall deny
the legal giving of the land:
May Anu, the king. the father OF thu
gods, In anger overthrow him
and annihilate his life.
ELL, the lofty god. who appoints
the fate OF gods. appoint for him
an evil fate, so that calamity, mlsfor
tune
and the commands Of men may oppres.
Ia. the king OF the ocean, the lord OF
wisdom,
take away from him giadness of heart
happiness of mind.
abundance and fulness, so that
lamentation may seize him.
Sin. the lord OF the crown OF splendor.
darEen his face. so that he may not have
merriment 90
Shamash and Ramman powerful gods,
the lofty judges. give him
evil plans, and with a judgment OF
justice
and righteousness may they not Judge
him
Ninlb. the ord of confines and bound
aries, tear out his boundary stone
Gula, the great waitress, put lingering
sickness
into his body 81, nat dark and bright
red blood he may pour out as water.
fshtar, the mistress Of lands. those fury
IS like a food,
reveal the difficulties TO him. so that
he may not escape misfortune.
Nuska the powerful lord, the mighty
scorChcr,
(the god my creator, be his evil demon
and may he burn his root.
The inscription apparently estab'
fishes the fact, says DR.. Hinkle, that
NebuchadrezZar was usurper and
that the first kings Of his dynasty
were contemporaneous with the Cas-
site kings. At first he battled in vain
against the Elamite and Assyrian SUI.
premacy, but after repeated reversns
and late in his reign he was able so
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01
Religious and Literary Texts.

ih''o nluS' haNo oo'h s'ea'
i'i'SN vi '''lb'"uS Hteta'uro III eN'7V,
once mere must nave oeeh III use
nS"'h7 W a'' the sous' III pIac '''a'iy
every CUT ior III Nippuf no, ohiy
hllI. pul most Oh the o'her d''lhItles
81 the 'h'dnIe east were "orShipe }'
lH''e must ai7o nave oeeh large mum
DOTS OF inscriptions omen teH's' cue"
Nh'cn are 10 DC ciaSS'u unueI 'he
h'ah oi literature. ihousahu5 ol THESE
t'N's nave be'n 'onha III Nlppur' ana
We nave many OF tu'th at the oh'Ne''
SHY OF pennsylvania. ohe OF our
stau Ii no" WORKING NJ the translation
OF l'liH'ou7 ''N's. 'lh'r 'oiu''eS en-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

nr 4 T clay. assistant 3. atcssor
d Semitic pathology and archco'uSy
has dorc much Nrr> remarkable work
ss an iuterprctcr ot che cun-form
texts brought FROM Uah,louis IS TO
tho identity - The supposed Temple
librar, nt Nippur ne s~,it when In
terview~d on the subject
You ask II there VAS Temple u.
Nyary s.; Nippuy' Most Rssu.ealy
.bere was NcarD 90 wears axa H.
Peters found tablets IN Che masuss ~
Nippur. which he dcs.Eua'ea As relies
Of a library Ne ha,e q, 'ar m4.ram
many religious texts &, a. erN
,crlod in Rab>'ouian h-.ns bsI
,bese Al, exactly What Saa w.a.1 "a
Ne, 20 nnd. ior rycD hahN.s go SIS,
iac Is tempt, and cultas a"a la grn
ract.eu with hem schools iof ssf'e''
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01
THREE BEARS IN ONE CAVE.
Pennsylvania Man Breaks Record at
Risk Of Life.

Dubois Fa.-R P. Marsh OF this city
went on hunting trip in the vicinity
OF Benezette, about Is miles from
here. and shortly after leaving that
village came across bear tracks. Fol-
lowing the tracks for several miles
through the snow he reached the ami
mails lair, hole under a pile of rocks
and crawled In. He had not got very
far when he saw the bears eyes
cleaning in the darkness. and, raising
his gun, he flrea al the points OF light
Bruin sank 10 the foOr of the cave
and Marsh procured a large hook
from nearby farmhouse. with which
to drag his game out.
While in the act OF dressing the
bear the hunter heard growls coming
from the cave and he again crawlec
part way in and let drive Taking it
for granted that he had killed bru!n
No. ?, Marsh again brought the hook
into play But this time when r.
came out there was a live bear on the
end OF 1t. Marsh dropped the pole
and started for his gun, but before he
reached II bruin had overtaken him
and a lively fight ensued Marsh
finally managed to break away. and
securing his rife. killed the brute.
Satisfied that the second bear shot
at in the cave had been killed. hs
again used the hook, and was reward
cd BY hauling a goodsized bear from
the f.le. This made total OF three
bears in less than three-quarters Of r.
hour
Mr. Marsh is scratched and bruised
as result Of hi, tSssle with bruiu.
sut net seyiousi! injured,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01
HUNTER HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM A BULL
NIMROD CHASED By ANGRY 3D.
VINE OUTWlTS HIM BY BRIL-
LIANT INSPIRATION.

Caldwell, n. J.-When bull head
down and believing in mad pursuit.
ia about to make you the subject
matter of a Roman holiday, the thing
to do is to get his bullship chasing
you in a circle. And when he has
chased you in the circle long enough
to get used to the route. then you dash
off at a tangent, and the fool Dull
will go right along chasing around
the circle-see?
This brilliant inspiration came to
BENJAMIN Robert Norwood while a
bull was chasing him In John Van
Dyne's 40-acre meadow at Montville'
the other afternoon.
Mr. Norwood went out hunting for
rabbits on the Van Dyne farm. be-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

protection OF Nabu, tho god OF agrt-
culture.
IAN interesting reference to bound
airy stones in the religious literature"
says DR.. Hinke. occurs in the Shurpu
series, In prayer which is remark
able for it's ethical contents. The
priest intercedes for the worshiper
and implores the deity to forgive him,
asking the following questions: Has
he drawn false boundary? Has he
omitted to draw a true boundary? Has
he removed the confines, the limits
or the boundary stone?"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

arChooloEical circles, the freedom with
which II was denounced In many scion.
zinc quarters as merely an application
~ what Is ngurallycly known as
'whtcwaRh," are almOat unprcccdcut
I'd In any similar case It may as
well be said that among the alumni
q the university there stIll subslsts a
strong feeling Of dissatisfaction that a
more positive course was not taken
by the trustees, and u movement has
r,scutation In favor of again forcing
the issue between Prof Hilprechi and
his scientific accuscrs
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

Tho archaeological publication last
issued hy the University OF pcnnSyl-
yania is volume of Series D. edited
hy rruf Hilprecht and entitled "A
New boundary stone OF Ncbuchadrcz-
gar | from Nippur" The author IS
ur William j. Ninkc. assistant profcs
sor tn the Auburn Theological Semi
nary boundary stones first appeared
in Rahyionta undcr the third. or Cas-.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

throw of the foreign yoke, ascend the
throne OF Babylonia and even extend
his conquests to the Lulubeans In the
east and the land Amurru in the west.
This enabled him to assume the proud
title OF King of the World
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

because Of the rich gifts and the treas
ures Naid) before Eli,
because Of the prostrations, with which
the lord and the son Of rhe lord
with which to ELL and Ninib he showed
his respectful reverence,
because OF the utterance OF supplicauons.
because of the prayer of the king
the priest.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

evil
dence that the so-called Hi
precht Peters controversy
as 10 the results OF the Nip.
pur excavations was not
killed but was merely
"scotchcd" by the course In
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-01

relation 10 It taken by the governing
body OF the University Of Pennsyi-
vania. may lead TO further action OF
some Kind on the part Of the latter
There has been much disappointment
among the friends of Prof. II. V. Hill
prccht, the head Of the assyrIoIogical
section at the university, that the mild
verdict rendered by the investigating
committee OF the trustees in 1905 did
:.ot carry with 1t the weight Of vim.
dicatlOn. The degree Of contempt with