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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
FOOT-MOUTH DISEASE
BRINGS STRICT ORDER

SAUI.T STE. MARIE, Dec. 31.-Peo-
rle desiring 10 cross the river this
winter Will have to do so afoot, IL there
is anything TO be drawn from a state
Inent made by a customs official Of tie
Canadian 500
The Canadian collectors decree Is
that no sleighs or vehicles OF any de-
scription shall cross the river on the
ice either leaving the Canadian shore
or landing thereon. The cause OF the
whole thing is the foot and mouth
disease quarantine under which Micbi-
gan Is now laboring. Since the quaran-
tine wen. into effect no rigs have been
crossing on the ferry.
I'VE will allow no rigs to cross the
river this winter on the ice as long
az the foot and mouth disease quaran.
tine is on In Michigan" say the Cana
dian authorities. IF we find any
entering from the American side they
will be seized Immediately. None will
DO allowed to leave our shores, either.
Neither will IL be allowable for riss
10 take passengers TO the boundary
lire and exchange passengers"
This decree will hit a number Of
people or both sides OF the river
rather hard. The passenger tra;Bc in
sleighs on the ice bridge is always ex.
tensive and number OF drivers follow
it almost exclusively.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
TraiRmen Encounter
Big Obstacle and Can't
Give Passes to Friends

CALUMET, Mich, Dec. 31.-Just
how stringent are the operations OF
the railway laws was appreciated To-
cally when the Calumet trainmen
bumped up against one OF Its provis-
ions while making arrangements for
their annual ball. 1t Is ordinarily
the custom OF the organization to fur
nish transportation free To those who
attended the function from Houghton
and Mohawk and it was announced
that the arrangements this year would
be the same as in the past. The COM
mittees had not reckoned with the
railway laws, however. and they find
that they will not be able to fulfill
their promise which was given In
good faith.
According TO the statutes they are
not enabled To give free Transports
ton To those attending the ball, even
though the railroads offer them the
trains gratis. When this was found
out, the members OF the organization
thought that this provision would not
prevent the usual arrangement and
they went to work to charter the
trains, believing that II they paid for
the use OF the cars and engines moth
ing could stop them. Word came back
from Lansing. however. that even this
is illegal and the trainmen are forced
to withdraw their agreement to fur.
nish transportation TO these out OF
town guests. Excursion rates VIII be
in force for the occasion.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
win Reveal Her Past
In I'm Effort To SAGE
Husband From Gallon,

DENVER, Col, Dec. S1.-"I will go
OH the stand and tell Of my relations
with Charles Cuvier Dury II by doing
SO my husband will be saved from the
gallows."
This statement was made by Mrs.
Mabel Perkins Bell. the pretty IT,
year-old wife of c. Burdette Bell, who
shot Dury FIVE times and killed him
for alternating the affections Of Mrs.
Bell while teaching her TO become an
actress during her husbands absence
from the city Mrs. Bells story VIII
be enc OF deception as TO her histrionic
ability. pressed friendship then an al
legged attack at her mothers home
end later willingness on her part to
live with the dead Cincinnati actor as
his wife i'm a local rooming house.
Until today Mrs. Bell declared she
hated her husband. Reconciliation or
the couple took place at the county
Jail where Bell is confined. Last even
Ing while Mrs. Bell was at the morgue
crying beside the body Of Dury. the
widow OF the dead man came in to
view the remains. Each woman eyed
the other with scorn, but neither
spoke.
Bell says he will plead the unwrit-
ten law and that neither brainstorm
nor emotional insanity will be a part
O.. his defense.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
Declares She Had to
Live On Buckwheat
Cakes and Charity, Too

KALAMAZOO, Mich. Dec. 81
Counter charging her husband Frank
Conklin with extreme cruelty, with
having moved her and his family into
10 different houses in eight years and
with having beaten -er many times,
Mrs. Ella Conklin has just fled bill
In the circuit court OF Kalamazoo
county in which she applauds the res
olution OF her husband TO obtain a
divorce from her.
Conklin brought suit for divorce a
short time ago on the ground Of cruel
ty. charging his wife with the use OF
abusive language. having questionable
friends and being an improper person
to have charge OF his children.
Tho couple were married about 8
years ago. but the course OF their
barque on the sea Of matrimony was
never smooth. Conklin worked rs a
farm hand on several farms in Van
Buren, county. afterwards coming to
Kalamazoo where he Is employed as
laborer.
The wife alleges that she was com
PEELED TO live almost entirely on buck
wheat cakes and that she was a com
mon object of charity until she left
Lawton and her husband and went tc
live with her mother at Kalamo, Ea
ton county. She pleads for the pos
session of the children
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
In Society

Detroit society danced for sweet
charity's sake In the Strasburx dan
cling academy Wednesday evening, the
ball being given for the benefit OF the
Woman's Hospital and Infants homo.
While the attendance was somewhat
smaller than last year. society was
well represented and the affair was
success, financially. All Of the boxes
were sold and a large number of tick
cts were taken by people unable to
attend.
The hall was lined with Christmas
trees. and over the boxes, with their
backgrounds OF green. hung ropes OF
evergreen festooned with huge rod
tulle bows and holly wreaths. Tropical
grasses and evergreens decorated the
staircases leading to the gallery ard
also to the dressing rooms.
There were many exquisite costumes
worn by the ladies. the directoire and
princess effects prevailing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest w. Hunt, OF No.
325 Melbourne-ave., celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary Wednes-
day. Mr.. Hunt was born In Saxony.
Jan. "a. 1886, and came to America
when six years OF age. Mrs. Hunt was
also born in Germany. The couple
have lived In Detroit ever since their
marriage Two daughters. Mrs.
Frank Leach. OF Chicago, and Mrs.
William Hedges, OF Detroit, survive of
a family OF five children. There are
six grandchildren.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
ERb WAS SLAIN As
CONVENT BELLS
PEALEO
WIFE OF JAPANESE BUTLER
TELLS OF INCIDENTS CONNECT.
Ed WITH TRAGEDY-TWO SIS
TIERS ON TRIAL FOR CRIME.

MEDIA. Pa, Dec. 3i.-When the sec
Ond day of the Erb murder trial open
ed with Beatrice Matsui. the servant.
called by the commonwealth, on the
stand, there seemed to be some doubt
as to what District Attorney MacDadc
will try TO prove. He insinuated N his
speech that Mrs. Erb might have shot
Erb instead OF Mrs. Beise,. This was
n direct reversal OF the theory he de-
veloped at the habeas corpus proceed
ings.
Miss Matsui, who Is said TO be the
wife OF Japanese butler, told again
what she had recounted at the habeas
corpus proceedings as 10 how Erb
had come home sober at 6:15 the even
ing of Oct. g. She served him with
dinner Mrs GErb and Mrs. Beisef had
dinner at Sis in Mrs. Erbs sitting
room. They had come in at o'clock
that afternoon.
/ MRS. Erb could have hardly got up
stairs. I was In the kitchen when
Heard an awful noise upstairs, crash
| CT glass and an awful scream" said
the witness. Then heard some one
go from the second floor TO the front
hall. | looked over the banister and
saw Mrs. Erb in the main hall. ! got
part way down. She motioned with
her head for me 10 come down the
back way and | did, coming through
the dining room. / found Mrs. Erb in
@ closet beneath the stairs"
Miss Matsui told OF Mrs. Erb saying
she was waiting for her sister The
witness went to the kitchen and as
the convent bells pealed out 10 o'clock
she heard four shots in quick success
sion, then two more. Then she told
graphically Mrs. Erb's announcement
Of the killing.
"'Oh come on, help me- said Mrs.
Erb TO me. | refused. She went into
the bathroom and got a sponge and
laid II on her sisters head as Mrs.
Beisel had tainted. Mrs. Beisel
came 10 Mrs. Eyb and said 20
her: My poor sister. this will kill
you. Mrs. Beisel kept saying, Close
the door. don't let Capt. Erb in Pretty
soon Mrs Erb and Mrs. BeiseI came
down ami sat on the porch. Mrs. Erb
said: Don't let her get away mean
ing Mrs Beisel. Mrs. Erb said 'Sead
for the doctor and the police
Mrs. Beisel asked What will they
do to me?' Mrs. .Erb said Wen leave
II to God.
Mrs. Beisel was carrying a pillow
around, getting up and lying down.
"Well, Florence, said Mrs. Beisel
he won't hurt you any more.
81 wish he were here instead OF
here ne Is said Mrs. Erb TO her
sister"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
THREE SONS BEHIND
THE PRISON BARS
At IONA
FATHER VISITS LANSING IN AN
EFFORT TO GET THEIR RELEASE
MOTHER CRIES CONSTANTLY,
FOR HER BOYS.

LANSING, Mich. Dec. 3l.-Fhrec
sons in the Ionia reformatory a, one
lime is the misfortune OF Joseph Lon
gosowsky, an aged Kent county resi-
dont. who came TO Lansing with vain
hope of being able 10 do some mig
that might secure the release Of his
boys.
Iongosowsky is Polander' AMI does
hot speak the English language III
manner that permits him 10 be under
stood by the average person. He has
Il vague idea that II he could see the
governor he might have the boys set
free. He has distrust OF lawyers.
and will not talk with one. but he Will
ingly cohfides his story to anyone with
whom he meets.
The old man gave up the notion OF
seeing the governor and with packages
containing presents for the boys, lie
left for ionia to spend the day AT the
.reformatory, FROM the old mans story
it was learned that his sons were SEN
fenced To the reformatory for resisting
and assaulting an officer. Their
ames are entered at the institution
as Long. as the family was generally
known by that name in the neighbor'
hood in which they lived
In his broken English Longosowsky
told of having raised family cf il
children, 10 OF whom were boys. The
other seven are at home vainly trying
to comfort the grief.stricken mother.
who, he says, "cries all the time for
her joey. Make and Tommie."
In his pocket he carried letters
from Joe and Tom, In which they
begged him to try 10 secure their re-
lease. Max Is married and the one
letter week that he Is permitted to
write during good behavior goes TO
the wife
Longosowsky admits that the boys
were a little bit wild, and that they
drank a little but he insists that the
officers gave them the worst OF il. At
the Ionia reformatory IL is given OFT
that the trio were known as bad
bunch and before the miX-up which
finally landed them behind the bars.
had been in trouble upon frequent
occasions
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
Lay Unconscious "a
Hours. Still Sleeps
When Door Is Forced

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, Dec. al
For "A hours Mrs. Mary Tracey lay N
a comatose state in her apartments in
Park terrace, the police breaking in
the door of the room this noon. after
they had been notified by anxious
friends who had been unable to
arouse her by pounding on the door.
Even the forced entrance failed Il
arouse her and she was discovered
lying on d couch, blood oozing from
bad cut over the left eye and from
her nostris. She had bid her sob,
Louis, Detroit attorney, goodbye ar
the station and 'on returning to her
room was attacked with a fainting
spell and fell. From then on she re-
membcred nothing until aroused by
the physician.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
ASSESSORS DINE
TAX COMMITTEE

As the conclusion OF year OF hard
work. the assessors gave a quiet lit
tie dinner In the Hotel fuller, We'd
nesday evening, 40 the members OF
the council committee on taxes. Aid.
Herman r. link is to become presi-
dent of the council soon. and the men,
bership of this committee, which has
the most arduous labors OF any on
the council list, will be broken up
after several years OF working to-
gether.
This committee has had TO wrestle
with all the complaints OF citizens
who felt that their assessments, either
real or personal, we're too high For
ten days each spring the committee
sits az a board OF review and the re-
mainder of the year is devoted TO
sitting out matters not brought Gr at
that time Long practice in handling
such cases has given the present Tem.
bers ability to- quickly sort out the
meritorious complaints from those Of
the "tax-dodgers."
Those present NJ the spread were :
Assessors Plass and Nagel. Aid. link.
Grindley. Gutman. Shapland and
Schultz. Secretary T.. II. Schreiter and
Chief Clerk Charles Jacobs. Assessor
Plass acted as POSTMASTER and speech.
cs were made all around with plenty
OF funny "reminiscences.
when they hear OF this banquet
all the aldermen Will want 20 be on
The tax committee" declared link
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
ALL ARE ACQUITTED
OF GRAFT CHARGE

DOWAGIAC, Mich, Dec. 31.-A YER
dict OF not guilty was returned In
the cases against Mayor Herkimer
and City Health Officer Henwood. The
council, sitting as jury. reached the
decision by vote Of 5 to |. The
charge was malfeasance in office.
II was charged that Mayor Herki'
mer bought house and sold 1t to the
city for pest house at profit of
800. II was also charged that Herki.
mer accepted his share OF the pro-
ceeds OF money from the health Off.
Ger.
Prosecuting Attorney Dresnahan re.
fuses to authorize the issuance of
warrants against Poormaster Isaac
Wells and City Teamster Delbert
Sammons upon charges Of larceny
and malfeasance. He says the evi-
dence Is not strong enough.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
is IDENTIFIED
AS CLEVER PICKPOCKET

ST. LOUIS. Mo, Dec. 31.-Mrs.
Madeline Zeisler. who with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frances Eugels. is held az
&C ntral district station. on charges OF
grand larceny and bond jumping in
New York. was identified today by In
spector, John Shea, OF the Bertillon
system. as Mrs. Mary Mueller. a pro-
fessional pickpocket, who jumped her
bond after being arrested for operat.
ing in 81. Louis In Worlds Fair year.
Five steamer trunks and large
packing case filled with furs, silks and
articles OF women's wear we're
brought to headquarters with them.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
Kept Man AhVe in
ambulance BY Firm
Grip On His Throat

NEW YORK, Dec, 3l.-Though
Charles Walker will not be abe 10
breath through nose or mouth for sew
oral weeks. Bellevue surgeons think
they will be able to keep him alive by
the aid OF silver tube.
Walker. a hostler. employed In the
stables at No. 525 East Fifteenthst.
was kicked in the neck by vicious
horse while currying the animal The
steel OF the shoe penetrated the cartil
iage OF his neck and burst the wind
pipe. He WIS rapidly choking to death
when Dr. Steele and a Bellevue am
bulance arrived
While the ambulance dashed up
First-ave. at record speed with its I'M
conscious patient the physician kept
Walker alive through artificial respira-
ton AMI by pressing SO hard lust
above where the blood clot was form
ing that the air came in and out "!
the mans lungs through the wound
made by the horses shoe.
At the hospital Drs. Steele and
hackey cut long slit in tho mans
windpipe just above the Adams apple
end inserted the silver tube, with one
end extending far below the blood clot
and the other protruding from his
neck. The operation. never under
taken except in direst emergency, he:
rarely proven successful, but III this
case the doctors have great hopes.
Steele Is the same physician whose
ambulance was wrecked recently while
making an East Side call. His knee
was badly injured. but he telephonec
for another ambulance and took hi
patient lack to the hospital with him
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
Refugees Tell Many
Stories Of Marvellous
Escapes In Sicily

NAPLES. Dec. 31.-Tales OF mar.
~elous escapes in the territory swept
by the earthquake and the tida! dis
tster vie with the fgments OF the
keenest imagination. Descriptions OF
horror more grewsome than the mind
Of novelsts could paint are told by the
refugees who are pouring In here by
railroad trains, afoot and by steamers.
The Duchess D'Aosta was present at
the landing OF the Russian battleship
Marakoff and swooned at the sights.
The refugees say that the odOr CT
putrefaction coming from the ruins Is
so nauseous that the relief workers
ere overcome.
The Baroness Benedict DAlto-
monte. roted throughout Italy for her
beauty and her charities. escaped by
4 fraction. She was i'll of malaria in
Messina and had been advised by her
physician to return to her country
nome. She boarded a train just one
hour before the earthquake and
escaped death. Her son is in New
York at the present time.
1t Is expected that by tonight 10000
refugees will have made their way TO
this city. The hospitals are over
crowded already. Many Of the suffer-
crs are lacking limbs; others a-e
mangled about the head and boiy by
falling debris. When the German ship
Serapin arrived with 500 refugees
many were the terrible stories told.
Mothers frantic with grief at TIE
loss Of children are filling the hos
litals with their walls.
VI. Pulco. a Messinian pharmacist,
was on a ferryboat when the tidal
wave came He declares the boat de
scended and touched bottom.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
YOUNG UPLEGER PLACED
IN CUSTODY OF SHERIFF

Mt. CLEMENS, Mich, Dec. al
The federal authorities have decided
to have nothing To do with the prose
cution of John Upleger. who is charg.
ed with robbing postofflce boxes in
the local Office. they arguing that he
could better be handled under the
state laws. Proceeding on this plan
Chief of Police Schelling has made
complaint. charging Upleger with ut.
tering a forged check amounting TO
sos on the Citizens Savings bank.
When arraigned, Upleger pleaded
guilty and was bound over 20 the cir
cut court and in default OF 81 900
bail was again placed in the custody
of The sheriff. ..-----
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
Man Wbo Interpreted
Manners Of Etru5cans
Is From Battle Cyeek

BATTLE CREEK Dec. 31.-Dr.
George Hempl, OF the chair OF phil
ology and germanic literature at Le-
land Stanford university, who inter.
proted the manners and customs of
the ancient Etruscans. their history
and their relations To the Romans,
was formerly connected with the Bat.
tie Creek high schools, and was also
in the University OF Michigan. Prof.
Hempl spent his early days in Battle
Creek and has many friends here. His
Interpretation OF the Etruscans was
printed iA The Times several days
ago.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
F R { {
P | | {
c j R {
Sent to Demonstrate the Merits Of
Pyramid Pile Cure.
that II has Done for Others. II Can
Do For You.

.Vhat II has Done for Others. II Can
Do For You.
We have testimonials by the hun
eds showing all stages. Kinds and
grees OF piles which have been
red by Pyramid Pile Cure.
! II you could read these unsolicited
tiers you would no doubt go TO tho
arrest drug store and buy box OF
pyramid Pile Cure at once. price fifty
cents.
We do not ask you TO do this. Send
n, your name and address and we will
3, nd you a trial package by mail free
We know what the trial package
II do. In many cases 1t has cured
les without further treatment II It
owes its value 10 you order moro
,m your druggist. This is fair, IL
not? Simply write VS. letter Civ
your name and address and we
II send you the trial package by
all IN plain wrapper free. Address
kmid Drua Co, 1e4 Pyramid Bldg.
pal, Mich.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
A Dangerous Operation.

is the removal of the appendix by a
surgeon. No one who takes DR.. Kings
New Life Pills is ever subjected to
this frightful ordeal. They work so
quietly you don't feel them. They
cure constipation, headache, bilious
ness and malaria. At L. c. ninsers.
Central Drug Co.'s. and Gray & Wor.
caster's drug stores.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
From His Side.

80 you cling to that childish super
stltion about thirteen being unlucky?"
said the traveller.
YES" answered the other. Cant
get away from It"
But see how completely II is dis
proved. This glorious country started
with thirteen colonies
Very true. But l am an English
man. '-Washington Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
DIES FROM INJURIES.

CARO-, Mich, Dec. 3l.-Philip f..
Evoy. So years old. unmarried. fell
through gravel car on the Saginaw
e. Flint electric line. near Blackmer.
and died from his injuries. Evoy was
n member OF the construction crew.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31

A preliminary estimate by the de.
partment of agriculture OF the coun.
try's production OF tobacco In 1908
places the crop at 500, 1914. 900 pounds.
decrease of nearly 10 per cent
since 1907
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
~ Us
Drinks

MS nice getting them in, . get
ting them out. But there's way
CASCARETS are known to hundreds
OF thousands for the natural and easy
way they clean Out the sy stem of over
drinking. Be prepared, box in your
pocket OF CASCARETS--take one or
two sure when you 60 TO bed-then To-
morrotD oiIl be pleasant. sss
CAscARETs-Ioc box-weeks treat
o nent. All druggists. Biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes a month
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31

Rhodesia produced 2.264,773 ounces
OF gold from 1902 TO 1907, both years
inclusive. the output gradually in
.ereasing from year TO year. I.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31

Have you tasted Salsda" Tea? Thu
,vnrest and most delicious az all. ASK
four grocer for loc trial packet
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
THE STAGE


"a The Temple theater is certainly get
Ting some OF the cream Of the theatri-
cal business in Detroit this week, a
that tLeater Is filed to its capacity att
prnoon and evening. and hundreds a:e
being turned away. The CHIEF attrac-
lions are Irene Franklin, the best Of
all American singing condolences:
'.addie Cliff, the greatest OF Europe's
boy comedians. and the Six Musical
Cut!ys. But exceptionally good as IS
me bill this week, old vaudeville pa
irons will say that the following bill,
hooked Tor next week. has it beaten:
Harry l.. Tighe and his Coliegians. in
his college comedy skit entitled
Books. Bert Levy, the cleverest car.
: toonist who ever took to vaudeville;
the Sly American Dancers; Willette
( Whitaker, assisted by +. Wilbur Hill;
y Rosini Caaselli's performing Chihua-
hua dogs Ford and Sevor, black-face
funny mcr.
When "The Merry Burlesquers" have
finished their work in the AvenIc
B theater tl's week they will be I'll.
= lowed ~ The Washington Society
a Girls" 4 company which has esta0-
Il lished az excellent reputation as lively
II and well equipped entertainers. The
n will emu ayor To live UP to their reDu-
v tatfon :, two musical skits which bear
z the title Ike and Shmulkie" and THE
New York Tombs." These were writ
4 ton and staged by Comedian Harry
Mark Stewart, who plays a Hebrew
a character role. Mr.. Stewards principal
i assistant will be Larry Smith. the Ger
Imam comedian.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-31
AMUSEM e NTS.
M.P.t-.E

'bCHoOL CHlLDHEN'S SPECIAL MATS
Irene Franklin. assisted by Bert
Green, 6-MuSieal ~Cutty's-6 Laddlo
elm. Bobby North. Kelly * Barrett
The Silvas. Chas. Mcdonald and Read
,ng Sisters. Garte,le Bros. Microscope.
Next week--Bert Levy Harry l.
righe & Co. Six American Dancers
rassellfs Midget Wonders. Willette
whitaker and Wilbur Hill