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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
IN LOCAL pLAIHOU5[5

Viola Gillette and Geo. ]. Macfar
lane, musical comedy stars. Tom
Nawn and company. In THE Politi-
cian," and Isabel Butler and Edward
Bassett. skatorial artists, skating on
real ice. are the three big acts Sc,
cured ythe management of the Tenn
pie theater for next week. The first
mentioned are among the best known
musical comedy stars In this country,
and they are making their first APP
pearance in the Temple. Tom Nawn
and his comedy are too well known
for extended mention. Isabel Butler
and Edward Bassett are also appear
ing in the Temple for the first time.
Miss Butler will be remembered by
some Detroiters as the daring, young
woman who performed the perilous
feat, the dip OF death with the Bar
nun g. Bailey circus. These skaters
appear with real skates. skating on
real ice which is provided by means
Of ammonia pipes beneath the pond
on which they skate. Chas. B. Ward
and Kathrin Kiare and company Will
also appear for the first time in the
Temple, presenting a farce entitled
The Twin Flats" Among the other
fine acts on the bill are: Lolita Glad
stone, Cooper & Robinson. the fore
most colored entertainers; Patsy
Doyle, the monologist. also appearing
for the first time. and Mile. Martha,
the daring trapeZe artist.
For the week OF June 20. Jane Cour-
thorpe and company head the bill.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
URGE BROOKE FOR
SUPREME BENCH

Friends of Judge Flavius l. Brooke.
OF the circuit court. want him TO be.
come candidate for the position on
the supreme bench made vacant by
the resignation OF Judge Carpenter,
and a petition signed by about 400 lay.
yers and urging his candidacy. has
been presented 10 him. A meeting OF
the Bar association will be held Fri.
day afternoon az which Judge rBooke
will give his answer.
The signers OF the petition include
the following: A. G. Angel. Elliott
G. Stevenson, Seward l.. Merriam.
George b. Yerkes. Alfred Lucking, T.
e. Tarsney. Hoyt Post. Harrison Geer.
Levi l.. Barbour. Clarence A. Lightner.
j. O. Muffin. T. T. Leete. George F..
Monaghan, Alex j. Groesbeck A. b.
Hall, Charles Flowers and Washing
ton |. Robson.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
MRS. COOPER MADE OUT
LIFE INSURANCE POLICY

CADILLAC. Mich. June 17-Fur-
theE evidence that Mrs Daniel Cooper,
who killed her family and herself.
carefully prepared for death is shown
by the discovery in the house OF a life
insurance policy for $500, taken out
by Mrs. Cooper In her husbands favor
and dated May 4. 1908.
At the inquest, Ira Cooper. brother
of Daniel. testified that Mrs. Cooper
had asked him. about a month ago,
whether the insurance carried by a
suicide was paid 10 the beneficiary.
He replied that it was not. whereupon
she informed him that she had been
advised differently.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
POPE Plus SENDS BACK
PRESENTS TO AUSTRIA

ROME. June livery beautiful.
ladies. I admire your diligence and
taste and approve OF your unbounded
generosity, but beg OF you to take
these presents back to Austria and
distribute them among churches In
need Of ornaments. have enough
for q simple old man"
So spoke Pope Plus to the deputa-
ton OF Austrian noblewomen bringing
presents to commemorate the Holy
Fathers hftieth anniversary as a
priest.
The ladies, among them Princess
Emperor Francis Jo-
seph's granddaughter. were disappoint-
ed. but the pope talked so kindly to
them that they forgot their chagrin.
and promised to furnish list OF the
religious institutions TO which the
jubilee gifts were to be sent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
ENGLAND TO WAR
ON C0CkNEffAtk
PURE SPEECH LEAGUE FORMED
WITH VIEW TO REFORMING
THE MOTHER TONGUE"

/ ONDON, June 1S.-Prof. Brands
repeated statement that English Eng
fish Is not English is amply confirm
edit enc listens to the average Cock
ney numbering his mother tongue.
The Cockney atrocities have lately
come up for discussion In the news
papers. apropos OF the foundation at
Hornsey. North London suburb, OF
Pure Speech league"
George Bernard Shaw is one OF the
most strenuous opponents Of Cockney
speech. which he has attempted TO
translate into print as II Is really spok-
en-. He declares that even society
people say "dahn tain" for down
town" and "cowcow" for cocoa.
The long a In words like dance and
glass Is characteristic OF Londoners
OF every class, but a true Cockney
pronounces the words something like
"dahrnce" and glahrss."
Many quaint specimens OF Cockney
English are quoted In the campaign
aginst Cockneyism Here Is one:
"Biby's mines Jimes, pline Jimes.
Substitute a for I and see what was
meant.
A leading barrister In the London
courts was heard to say to witness:
Differ sye 20 sawr i'm In the line?"
"a question which the witness, be-
Ing a Cockney himself, was able to
translate as Did you say you saw
him In the lane?"
An alderman OF the city OF London.
who lived In the suburb OF Highgate,
said to cabinet minister; Dye
hing Ighgit pretty?" When the
statesman replied that he had not
noticed any change in the alderman's
appearance, the latter, bewildered.
said; I'm not talking about myself.
said Ighgit."
In English public schools most OF
the attention Is devoted TO Latin and
Greek. In American colleges English
takes the first place in language stud.
les. The students are taught the pro-
nuncfdtton or Anglo-Saxon and Mid
die English. and modern English Is
taught to them as a matter Of course.
Constant attention devoted TO the pho.
motto history OF words does. OF itself.
encourage precision and nicely In
the use OF those words as employed
today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
BALLOON FLIES
OVER THE AZORES
ISLANDERS REPORT THAT IT AP-
FEARED TO BE UNDER Hu-
MAN CONTROL. 1>

HORTA, Fayal. Azores. June lS.-
letter has Just been received here
from the island OF Flores which an
nounces that a balloon. evidently un-
der human control. passed over that
island on June at o'clock in the
morning. travelling from east to west.
IL rose to pass over the island. but
came down to its previous level as
soon as II was clear OF the western
shore.
The passage OF the airship created
much excitement among the people OF
Santa Cruz and Lagens, but II was
Impossible to note other details than
those given above.
The Island OF Flores is one OF the
northwest group OF the Azores. II Is
about 500 miles due west OF Lisbon.
Portugal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
2 CLEVELANDERS FINED
FOR PAVING BRIBERY

COLUMBUS, O.. June I'm. f.
Bramley, Of Cleveland. president Of
the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co..
pleaded guilty TO three OF seven in
dictments against him charging bri-
berry OF former members OF the board
OF public service In connection with
the East Broad-st. paving contract and
was fined $500 on each, or total OF
$l,665. including costs which was
promptly paid.
II. c. Lang. superintendent OF the
paving company, also pleaded guilty
to eight indictments charging bribery
end was fined $500 each on seven. sen.
tence on the eighth indictment being
reserved untii the September term Of
court Langs fine, amounting TO
$3.700. including costs. was paid.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
WIlheImIna Has New Corset.

THE HAGUE. June 1.-THE Dutch
explorer Kuoks has presented Queen
Wi1helmfna With a specimen OF cor
set which he found in use among the
women OF a Brazilian tribe. The cor
set Is made from the bark Of a tree.
very pliable and exudlng a sticky sub
stance resembling gum. This is used
for the Bororo ladies' for further
adornment by attaching to the corsets
birds feathers, which gives the wear
ers fantastic appearance.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
POLICE COURT DOCKET.

Michael Stevens. drunk: sentence
suspended.
no steve Broaie. drunk; sentence sus-
George Weller. disorderly conduct
81 or 80 days.
Jonn Miller. drunk. sentence sus-
pended.
Mabel Burns. disorderly person; SEN
tence suspended
Eliza Doyle. disorderly person. SEN
tence suspended.
Frank Duval. drunk; sentence sus-
pended.
Charles r. Higgins. drunk. sentence
suspended.
Anthony Meitke. drunk. IS or 80
DAYS.
Godfrey Webber, drunk; sentence
suspended.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
800 DROWN As
50 BOATS SINK

TOXIC. June FIFTY fishing
boats have been wrecked OF the coast
OF Kagoshima. and $50 OF the crews
have been drowned.
The governor OF the province has
requested assistance from the gov
eminent navy yard at Sasebo.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
CHICAGO ALDERMEN SORE
AT CONVENTION SNUB

CHICAGO. June 1.-THE city coun-
ell met in special session today to
voice the protests OF aldermen who
felt insulted because they did not re-
ceive tickets to the Republican ma
tional convention.
The seven aldermen who called the
meeting were present but apparently
their indignation was not shared by
many of their colleagues. as a number
OF seats were empty. Under the law
Mayor Busse was compelled to pre-
side. He was inclined to consider the
meeting a joke. @
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
OPENS NEW JEWELRY STORE
TODAY ON MoNRoE-AvE.

Mr.. G. j. Thirty. formerly OF the firm
OF PETE a. Thirty. will open an up.to-
date store at % Monroeaye.. Cd.
posite the old location. next To
Elks' temple. Mr. PETE. OF the
firm OF PETE q Thirty. having retired
from business. The name of PETE &
Thirty has been associated with the
Jewelry business in Detroit for a great
many years. The firm had &C.
qnired through honest and fair
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
KILLED lM-MlAe- EXPLOSION.

SAGINAW. Mich, June 17.--(Spe
cial)-Thomas Melville. aged SO, was
killed outright and Harry Foster, 80,
was fatally injured by premature ex-
plosion in the Bliss coal mines at
Swan Creek at 9 o'clock Tuesday
night The men went into the mine
after hours. Both came here from
Scotland a year ago.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
OUT FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY,
BUT is Too CONSERVATIVE

THIS Is JAMES :.
SHERMAN, MAYOR
OF UTICA, n. ".
CONGRESSMAN
AND CHAIRMAN
OF THE REPUB-
LICAN CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE, WHO
Is A CANDIDATES
FOR THE REPUB-
LICAN NoMINA-
TION FOR VICE.
PRESIDENT. THE
"POwERs" SAY
HE'S TOO CON-
SENTATIVE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
SWALLOWS POISON BY MISTAKE

FLINT, Mich, June 17.-(Special.)
Mary Bell. widow. who by mistake
swallowed Fowler's Solution, contain
ing arsenic, instead OF family rem
edy, by her presence OF mind In tele.
phoning for a doctor was given an
antidote and is now out Of danger
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18

dealings a large and steady trade. Mr..
Thirty will give the same care and
attention to quality as has been &C.
corded the business heretofore.
Everything In the jewelers. line is
carried. Diamonds, watches, clocks.
silverware. etc. Watch ana jewelry
repairing VII receive proIApt atten-
ton. Practically everything new IL
the condition OF the stock ri u Mon
roe-ave. Visitors welcome.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
Wine Merchant Kills Bandits.

NEW ORLEANS, La. June IL
Three italian highwaymen were kill
ed today by Pietro Giacono, a rich
wine merchant. when the men tried
to hold up Giacono's son and rob him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18

Perhaps Adams downfall was due
to the fact that he had no mother-in-
law TO look after him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18

A man who has so sympathy for
others Is not a man.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18

The little a man wants here below
he usually wants above the ordinary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18

CHICAGO. June 17.--Judge Chas. II.
Walker has appointed Geo. Brennan
receiver for the Barry Bros. Transpor-
tation Co.. operating between Chicago
and Milwaukee. The receivership Is
granted ca the application of Joseph
Lamoreaux. who held three judgment
notes against the company, aggregat-
ing $1,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
FLASHED BY WIRE

CLEVELAND. June lit is report
ed that the council street railway
committee has decided that the petit
ton recently circulated contains SO
many fraudulent names that refer
endum election on the street car ques-
ton cannot be held. Many citizens
are protesting to the city hall. both
verbally and by letter. that there
should be referendum in fact as well
as in political platforms. The vote
asked was on the Scent franchise
question.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18

The delicious, "toasty"
favour; the crisp, cracking
flakes made of White Corn
without the touch of human
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
A Mere Detail.

THE common practice of lawyers
in addressing the jury to single out
one member who seems to them the
most intelligent, and therefore the
one most likely to be Influenced by
their appeals" observed a Chicago
attorney. docs not always work out
advantageously.
"All the testimony in a case re-
Gently tried in Ohio had been taken.
the lawyers for both sides had sum-
med up and the judge had charged
the jury. when up rose the intelli-
gent Juror against whom both cOun-
sci had thundered their impassioned
appeals. He wanted the court to
give him some information.
'I have been bothered a good deal
by two words the lawyers use here
all the time" said the intelligent
juror
What are they?" asked the court,
expecting. no doubt, to be called
upon to expound "res inter alios &C
ta'' or "a fortiOri." " or some other abb
truse term.
Plaintiff and defendant, said
the juror. Il don't know just wha'
they mean
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
ONE TEST FOR PEARLS.
Berlin Hotel POrteF's Experiment
That Was Not a Success.

That Was Not a Success,
The porter OF one of TIE leading
Berlin hotels has Just had curious
adventure. Some time ago a dealer
in pearls who was stopping at the
hotel told him an nfallible way TO
distinguish real pearls from false
which was TO put them on the
ground and stamp on them. If real
they would resist the test, if false
they would be crushed.
The porter, however, never had
chance of putting this theory to the
test until a few days ago. The dl-
rector of a well known company IN
Berlin. while dining at the hotel
lost a valuable pearl pin. This was
found by the waiter. who gave it to
the porter to return to its owner.
The porter saw his opportunity
had come at last to test the quality
Of a pearl. He put the pin on the
ground, placed his heel on it and
ground it to a powder. When the
owner arrived to claim it there was
a somewhat stormy scene, but ne
was gS0d natured enough to consent
to say no more about the affair on
the porter refunding half the value
of the pin. 500 marks In future
the porter will submit any jewelry
he may find for expert opinion.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Taxation in Japan.

The Japanese people. according to
a Toxic newspaper, pay the heaviest
tax per person n the world. The
Toxic paper asserts that heads OF
families are taxed one-ffth Of their
income. BY way of comparison it
may be said that an American pays
out in taxes about one-thirty-third
of his income. In addition the Am
erican will earn about Ave times as
much as the japanese.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
For the Music Room.

No piano can possibly be heard to
advantage in a room which is either
heavily curtained or is OvercToWded
with furniture. a good plan to in
sure the correct temperature Of the
room in which the piano stands is to
keep a growing plant there. So long
as the plant thrives yoI can tell that
any changes Of heat and cold there
may be are not sufficient to affect the
instrument.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

an arlcW. a.. nI,u va, aIfIrH...
WINS sells On tie wind IN graceful
curves rlsfnc suTerImes- Oue UI-at
say. to the neI@et of fifteen fee. tut
hot often 81 H3~h and then covering
il again toacres the crest O. = wave
ard renews its flight ms orsTa-
ton may be repeated till 1t covers
a distance. say. of five huncre1
Yards. in the case of the stoutest On
the wing. though very often not h&'f
that distarce is covered A s1}p
sailing through the trade winds 7ld
often be visited, on dark nights, ~
living fish which hit the sails or RS
ging and fall on deck. where, o.
course. they soon give up life.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Women Not as Strong as Men.

Women are not on the avera re
but half as strong as men, said Dr.
Sargent. the director of athletics at
Harvard, in lecture recently
Their lung capacity averages but
100 cubic inches. while that OF man
is 24O cubic inches. In nearly every
instance" be said, where women
excel in sports of the rOugher or
more masculine sort they have either
inherited or acquired masculine
characteristics.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Inventor of "Skat." !"

Skat, which has become the rival
OF bridge, and has displaced it in
some circles. is purely German
game and AltenbuTg is its home.
The earliest records on the subject
show that il was evolved out OF
other card games in 1917 by one
Hempel. a professor at the Alien
burg college
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
EIYing Fish.

interesting are the habits OF the
flying FISH, that queer denizen OF the
sea, found principally in the region
of the trade-winds. Does 1t rise
from the sea like 4 bird? you ask
49,, -haats cut Of the waves like
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
The Hand EIoouent.

4 recent novel had the following
passage: With one hand he held
the beautiful golden head above the
bu1eting waves, and with the other
called loudly for assistance"
Blue-grass blade., 1908-10-04
GOD is BUT A HUMAN ATTRIBUTE.

In a long winded article upon theological
subjects, published in the Universalist Her
aid, at Canon, Georgia, A. w. Hubbard, ex-
plains God by saying, Thou shalt love!
Who? God. Who is God?. The master said
God is love. then thou shalt love love-"
This is very consoling for We now have it
upon the authority of a professional sky
pilot that god is not a person, not a thing,
not an entity but a mere human attribute,
a mere quality of matter. subject to change
and decay Thus do all gods go.
REASON discovers there's only Folly in
WORSHIP"
REMORSE holds no VALUE In compari
son with RESEARCH.
The first step away from REVERENCE is
tending toward DEVELOPMENT OF
MYTHS.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-10-04

municated the hing OF France, ueposed Jonn
VI rngIanu, anu Iorced uln " Acknowledge
himself the vassal Oh pope. InIs Was
Ioiiowed Ny me submission oI otner ruIers.
IhnocenL mus found himself master OIL All
Europe, put the civil government, uelng
under the normal controi Ct rreelhinAers,
unrest everywhere appeared Que 1t suDaued
manifestation.
Under the reign OF THIS pope the st. DO
mime and St. frames oruers were founded,
wnicn become Two powerful arms Oh
popedom Frederick IL, smarLng under the
rune OI this pope, made an attempt 10
regain civil authority. Gregory lX, Q221
Az ana InnocenL III (lz4o-o4J threw their
enure force against Frederick and deposed
him.
Papal finances getting low, force was used
10 replenish the popes coners. England
became RESTLESS but the struggle went ON
against Frederick. Charles OF Arson was
now maze King Of Sicily and Naples, by
the pope. France was offended and forced
the papacy aside for French King. The
imperial power having been lost. Boniface
VIII (l294-1303) placed himself at the head
OF the empire. This reused the war spirit
of both France and England; both refused
TO recognize popish rule. The popes officers
siezed Phillip ~, the French King, and so
brutaly treated him that he died. Be-
fore this, Phillip procured the election of
pope Clement V. OF Anignon Q3O5-16).
From this time ON for twenty years the
papal court was held in France. This agree
ing with the time OF the Jewish captivity,
was, by popedom, styled the Babylonian
captivity. Here We have the long struggle
between the pope aud the Emperor, LOUIS
~
ITO be continued
Blue-grass blade., 1908-10-04
BLUE GRASS BLADE

church is putting forth her every effort to
plant his bloody standards in our land.
Charlemaigne (771S14) for The crown be-
slowed by Leo, agreed to convert or ex-
terminate all the German tribes; he carried
out this agreement, forcing baptism wher-
ever his army went; when any rebelled he
gave them fire and sword. The Saxons
threw off this yoke the fifth time, when
Charlemaigne put to death $500 of their
leaders, drove the rest into the Elbe, where
he gave them the choice, baptism or drown
ing of course, they accepted the former.
This is the way Rome made Christians
just as long as she had the power, and it
is just what she would do today, but for
the Intervention of the civil forces. In the
face of this history, and much more OF
the same kind, the Priesthood, Catholic and
Protestant, boast that Christianity has been
spread by peaceful means but there lying
is the least of Priestly crimes
Nicholas VIII asserted pontiical power
over the bishops of the west and the civil
authorities, basing his claim principally on
the forged decretals The demands of this
pope were so dictatorial as to force the
schism between the Catholic and Greek
churches. During the first half of the tenth
century, all was confusion, the election of
the papacy depending on whether the Roman
mobiles of the mob were in power. No heed
was given to the popes office. John XII,
in power, being pressed by enemies, called
on Ohio Of Germany, and for his assistance
crowned him emperor (926, c. e. thus set
tino for time he Of thn
State over that of the pope The pontfical
power was again disturbed under Ohio Ill.
The Emperor Henry iii, released the papacy
from the Roman mobiles and conferred the
election on the German churchmen. Leo
TX QO47-55) made fruitless attempt to
restore the morals of the priesthood. In
his attempt to check the Norman invasion
of Italy he was made prisoner then made
ruler of Italy and Sicily Under Gregory
VII QOl3S6) popery took a new lease OF
power and deposed the Emperor who, to re-
gain his proper standing, submitted him
self to be numiliated by the pope Canosa.
This was followed by mutual support. Here
the conflict of rival proper scandlized all
Europe. Each claimed the empire. To
raise funds to support rival popes, every
expedient was resorted to. The struggle
continued until 1922, when a compromise
was effected, ending in the success of the
papacy Here we have the commencement
of the crusades. with innocent II as leader
Q13O-43. Now We find Nicholas Brakes
pear, an rnglishman in the papal chair,
threatening Emperor Frederick |, but open
hostilties are avoided Under Innocent ii
01SO-43) popery reached the summit OF its
greatness. Innocent was master Of I;aly;