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The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
Garlic Trade Takes on NezO Life and
Prices IRE Booming; Hogs Sell Highe,

demand for prime mixers was never
better. and the few that come to hand.
from week TO week. sell at extremely
high prices. -
The sheep and lamb trade is boom
ing In all markets, except Detroit.
Buyers in the local market have sue
ceeded I'm preventing the rise in sheep
values, which the condition OF the
trade In other markets would seem
to warrant. Predictions are freely
vetured in the Chicago stock yardr
that wool lambs will sell for $40 per
cwt. on the crop. which means 50 for
clips. The Detroit market has been
SO cents per cwt. out OF line for sew
eral weeks past on fat yearlings and
still continues I'm the slump. A few
spring lambs came to nand last week,
but were almost unstable. a fact that
is hard TO understand.
Wool continues firm, with very lit
tie doing because OF u lack of offer
ingS. The pelt trade is active at the
highest prices Of the season. The out
look for sheep. the country over. Is
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
BOGUS PENSIONER is
GIVEN YEARS SENTENCE
James Cunningham Posed as a Veter-
an 40 Years and Commanded
Grand Army Post.

NEW YORK, May Hills duplicity
barred to the world after twoscore
years and more, James Cunningham,
who long posed as a civil war veteran
and was one of the most prominent
Grand Army men in Brooklyn. was
sentenced to years Imprisonment by
Judge Chatfleld In the federal court
that borough. for fraudulently obtain
ing a pension from the government
He was also fined $404. the total
amount OF the pension money he mad
drawn, and was locked up in the Mas
sau county Jail.
Cunningham, who Is 65 years old.
lived a lie for more than 40 years. lie
had been accepted as soldier who
had fought for the union. and was
elected to the command of Devin Post,
one of the leading Grand Army organ
ization I'm the borough. Through all
those years he kept locked in his
breast secret, which was to be torn
from him in his old age. and send him
TO prison disgraced.
Cunningham was boy in Brooklyn
when the war broke out. Because OF
his youth, his father would not let
him enlist, and caught him at the fer
~ do nt WdS SNdi Aih6 W iOiiO"
Fourteenth regiment to the front.
He was then sent to stay with an
aunt in Ogdensburg. n. Y. There the
One Hundredth and Sixth regiment OF
volunteers was forming The fever
was still with the boy and he ran
away and followed the regiment south.
though he did not enlist. Returning to
Brooklyn after the war. Cunningham
A
rebels. saying that he had enlisted and
served with the One Hundred and
Sixth.
He explained that he had lost his
discharge papers and his word was
accepted and he joined the Grand
Army when it was formed and became
active I'm its affairs. Probably every
veteran I'm Brooklyn came To- know
Jim" Cunningham, whose stories OF
battle were always interesting and
we'll told.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
IDEAL WEATHER IS
AWARDED FANS
OF DETROIT
Mr.. Conger Prestidigitator All
Right, All Right, When It
Comes to the Big
Functions.
Third Big League Championship
Since l70l to Be Duly Memorial.
lied BY Populace Today.
BY PAUL II. sRuskE.
This is the day we celebrate.


For month Detroit has been pre-.
pairing with increasing ardor for the
eVentful afternoon on which the Tig.
ers are TO commemorate their achieve
ments OF 1908 by decorating that hand.
some fiagpole out In left center by
attaching thereto the second Amer.
lean league championship pennon. An
ocean of throat-gargle has been con-
sumed by the fans; day after day OF
toll has been put in by the Elks' com.
mittee, the city has declared half.
holidayI-aA the factories in charge Of
good fans will shut down for the af-
ternoon; every amateur in town has
had his baseball uniform washed out
and finely creased; the Tiges In clean
shaves and with freshly tonsured
beans will look their prettiest. The
one thing necessary to the complete
success Of the day will devolve on
their efforts TO trip the visitors from
New York
Everybody happy? Well. that re.
mains to be seen. but, with Mullin or
Donovan pitching, and the Tiges with
a fine morning practice under their
belts. ii would be only pessfmist
who would predict defeat.
Detroit has never lost Flag Day
game yet. at any rate.
Dating back TO the arrival OF An.
tome De la Mothe Cadillac. at time
(Conffnued ON Paxe FourD
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
WOULD FORSAKE
SOCIETY FOR STAGE
Mrs. Horton Phipps, Prominent in
Younger Set of San Francisco,
Rehesrses for Footlights.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. May IL
Married life may be all right. but
Mrs. Horton Phipps wants to go back
on the stage"
Mrs. Phipps is prominent In the
younger set OF San Francisco and III
the Kirmiss, a mammoth show put on
the boards by the society folk of the
city recently, Mrs. Phipps was the
stellar attraction OF the huge social
Event in her dance, the Tarantella.
Ever since her entry into the smart
set OF the hay cities, Mrs Phipps has
been counted as one of It's most talent
ed members, and now she Is willing
to surrender the glory OF social
triumphs for the lure OF che footlights.
Secretly for some time AIRS. Phipps
has been rehearsing the Tarantella
and the steps to a Scotch dance which
may be introduced to vary the clicking
castanets and jingling tambourine OF
the graceful dance from Spain.
or course, thisw i'll not be Mrs.
Phipps' first experience on the pro-
fessional stage. should she succeed In
overcoming the objections OF her hus-
band, for she danced in one OF Flor
ence Roberts plays, and was charm
ing San Franciscos playgoers at the
old Majestic theater when Mr.. Ph1pps
first met her
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Charles Garland, Prominent Fruit
Grower, Is Hurled From Wagon.

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich, May IL
While driving a spirited team near
here, yesterday, Charles Garland, So
years old, one of the best known gruit
growers of the north. was thrown from
wagonload of lumber, one wheel
running over the top Of his head, kill
ing him almost instantly. He is sur
vived by widow and two children.
He was a brother OF Samuel Garland,
cashier of the Traverse City State
bank
Mr.. Garland had come to the city to
get lumber for new buildings on his
farm, nine miles north OF the city on
the Peninsula He was driving a
spirited team. No one saw the fright
ened team start to run, or Mr.. Gar
land thrown out, but he was discov-
cred i'm a dying condition alongside
the road a few minutes afterward.
The body was i'm such shape that IL
was brought here for preparation for
burial before being taken home.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11

a very fiattering one. and prices bid
fair to rise higher than for many
years. The lamb trade will get a set
back. OF course, when southern lambs
begin to run freely. but this Will not
last long and prices should rule much
higher than last summer. unless some
unforeseen influence comes into the
market
Hogs are selling s1.75 per cwt. high
er than on this date last year. and not
without a good reason, for reports on
provision stocks show much smaller
quantity in the warehouses OF the
country than on this date OF last year.
The whole situation certainly looks
bullish. but, at that. finished hogs
should be marketed promptly. Re
ceipts of hogs have been light Ia all
markets OF late. but the farmer u TOO
busy to leave home. As soon as spring
crops are planted larger runs VIII
make their appearance and values VIII
caste on somewhat. A strong market
"a looked for, however. throughout ths
spring and summer months
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11

The cattle trade has taken on new
life. recently. and prices are booming.
The demand covers the entire list,
but tidy little heifers and good fat
cows are leading the trade I'm the
Detroit market. There are signs that
the supply Of fed cattle is we'll for
ward and the belief is quite general
among experienced cattle men that
prices will go considerably higher be-
fore July 10. Detroit has had alb
normally large receipts of veal Gales
OF late. and the trade begins to feel
the effect of an over-supply of dress.
ed veal
Calf values. both for alive and dead
animals. showed a marked decline last
week. and the outlook Is not strong
for the immediate future. The trade
I'm milch cows rs in peculiar posi-
ton. just now, in all markets. Coun'
try holders are asking higher prices
for their good cows than ever before
and drovers, not feeling safe to meet
their views, are leaving them. The
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
SAY BOYLE WENT TO
PRISON WITH LIE
ON HIS LIPS
Convicted Kidnaper Issues State
ment duplicating Prominent
Sharon Man in Abduction Of
Willie Whitla.
Boyle Is Lying" Declares District
Attorney, and Kidnaper's
Lawyer and Others.

SHARON, Pa. May 11.-That Jas.
II. Boyle went to his life term in tho
Allegheny penitentiary with q lie on
his lips is the declaration OF more
than one of those prominent In the
Whitla kidnapping case. The concen-
sus OF opinion today Is that his state
ment In the Mercer jail after his SEN
tence yesterday duplicating In his
crime well-known resident OF Shar-,
on Is without foundation. What was
the kidnaper's object. unless to win
belated sympathy, is hard to under.
stand.
Boyle Is lying He has told 40 Diff
ferent tales" said District Attorney
Lininger. Similar statements come
from all the attorneys in the case, tn
GLIDING Judge Miller. who defended
Boyle. and from J. p Whitla. the man
who would be most interested In run
ming down the alleged accomplice
Boyle mentioned IL he believed the
story.
Boyle and his wife entered the peui-
Tertiary at o'clock last night. Mum
Der 6631 A. Is the number under which
Jimmy Boyle will pass the rest Of his
life behind bars. Number 6632 A., II
the title by which the prison authori-
ties will hereafter know the fascinat-
ing woman who many believe planned
the whole crime. She Is under sen
tence OF 20 years. BY good behavior
she may reduce her term TO Is years.
The prison authorities laugh at her
threats OF suicide. On Boyle. how
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The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
TO UNvEn MONUMENT
TO JOHN SMITH, MAY Is
Ceremonies viii Be Held on Very
Spot Where He Planted Eng.
lish CoIors 3o1 Years Ago.

RICHMOND. Va, May 1.-THE an
nual excursion to jamestown Island OF
the Association for the Preservation
of Virginian Antiquities is to be sig
nahzed this year by the unwilling OF
a monument TO Capt. John Smith, on
the very spot where he made history.
The monument, which is constructed
of Virginia granite. is to be unveiled
by Joseph Bryan Sd, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Stewart Bryan, OF Richmond.
and grandson of the late Joseph Bryan,
for many years president OF the asso-
citation and donor OF the monument.
The monument stands directly in front
of the remodeled church, the old
brick tower of which Is all that now
remains of the town founded there by
John Smith and his colonists.
1t is appropriate that the shaft is to
be unveiled on May 13, which IS the
anniversary of the settlement OF
jamestown by Smith and the little
handful of English, the nucleus around
which a nation was to be founded.
When the pilgrimage to the mecca Is
made on Thursday, sol years will have
elapsed since the man in whose mem
DRY II is erected. planted the English
colorS where the vanished town once
stood
jamestown island has been set aside
by the Association for the Preserva-
ton OF Virginia Antiquities. which as
sociation owns the entire plot, and has
set it aside as a perpetual momento
to john Smith and his associates. The
old church, the first English church to
he built In the New World WAS re.
modelled prior to the jamestown ex-
position and the exercise held on the
island on the three hundredth anniver-
sary OF the nations birth, and monu.
ments concentrating the works and
deeds OF the early settlers are spring.
ing up everywhere.
The lines OF the town founded by
Smith are being preserved as far as
practicable A sea wall has been built
to protect the island from the en-
croachment of the James river. which
stream has already eaten away a con
siderable portion of Il.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
PLANS TO EDUCATE
PUBLIC ON CARE
Of MILK
kealth Officer Kiefer Undertakes
Vigorous Campaign on Handling
Supply, Hoping to Decrease Sum-
mer Mortality Among Babies.
6ty Pasteurization With Proper
After. Care Is the Goal Aimed at
Circulars of Warning Issued.

Health Oficer Guy l.. Kiefer has
hdertaken a vigorous campaign OF
hblic education in regard to the
kndling of milk, which Is designed
! decrease the fatality usual in sum
|er among babes. He has been work
toward this end for some time
Isl, but with small means, and the
bath boards facilities are now not
kficient to push the matter as he
build desire.
81 was not aware that The Times
I'D taken up a campaign Tor pasteur-
alton of milk" says DR.. kiefer. But
Is a serious problem, that OF milk
Spply and care, and deserves the ut
ost attention.
I"This board has got out circulars
ming to educate the people. particu-
|rly of the poorer classes. as To how
take care OF this food. We shall
De every means at our command 10
read information and | hope that
Sxt year. with the results that can
shown, we shall be given more
oney to pursue the, campaign fur
er.
This department now aims to see
at all sources OF milk supply are
ean and that the milk brought into
e city is pure and properly cooled
Id taken care OF up to the time that
reaches the consumer. No matter
bw good the milk Is, IL must be
Indled properly by the families to be
pt from contamination, and that is
q education we are trying to spread
bw. We have spread circulars
rough the agency OF the milk deal
and are now sending them out by
r nurses.
AT the present time, there Is no
disability of city pasteurization of all
blk brought in. That may come la
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
Explosion Kills Four.

COLUMBUS, Kas.. May 11.--Four
men were killed here yesterday when
the mixing room OF the Lafiin-Rand
powder mills, at Turk station, near
here. blew up. The four men were
at work in the mixing room at the
time OF the explosion. Immediately
after the explosion the factory took
fire and burned for two hours. suffer
ing great damage. One hundred EN-
ployes OF the plant finally extinguish-
ed the blaze, all the buildings being
I'm danger from the large quantities
of explosives stored. The loss Is
$4,000.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
Pasteurization alone is no

ter. Pasteurization alone Is not
enough: after-care is essential. In
pasteurization. not only the harmful
or pathogenic bacteria are DESTROYED
but also the non-pathogenic. so that
pasteurized milk is more susceptible
to subsequent infection.
Much of the milk used In the city
spoils after being delivered. Where
IL is left in the sun on some back
porch from o'clock In the morning
until breakfast time, there is danger
OF change. Many families. through ig-
norance. also have their milk deliver
ed to them in bulk. 1t being poured
into pail or other receptacle which
has not been properly scalded.
This is very vital question in
health. and the health board, with an
which aims to- assure the
delivery of milk clean and cool, will
now try to teach the public how to
take care OF the milk after II is in the
homes"
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
HURLED IRON WAGON; NAY DIE.

HOLLAND. Mich. May ll.-Peter
Derks. of North Holland. IL years old.
lost his balance and was hurled from
his wagon while he was hauling milk
yesterday. He urged his team 10
greater speed and fell beneath the
wheels, both Of which passed directly
over his head. He was picked up un'
conscious, and may die.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
FARMER HANGS SELF.

BAD AXE, Mich. May tf-John
Stirton. %. a farmer OF Grant town
ship. hanged himself in his granary
Yesterday. lie lived with bachelor
brother. Melancholia Is the only rea-
son given for the deed. Stirton VAS
n brother OF A. NJ. Stirton, the So
ciaIist candidate for governor last fall
and editor OF the Wage Slave OF Han
cock. Some Socialistic papers were
found I'm the pockets OF the dead man.
Al~waaasr. Imhrspaa. a Manr~A
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
EAsr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

stevens live tsock report; Cattle-Ee-
ceipts ears. steady. Hogs-Receipts
10 cars. steady; heavy. s760m710;
Workers. S7.3ON Z so; pigs. 81. sheep
ftpCriptg- TT ears, steady. best lambs.
$50: ycarlings. S6.75M7; wethers, 50
d6.25; ewes. $3.50 $50. Calves, s4.5O
Nr7.75.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
PAVING EXPERIMENT FAILS.
Plan Of Filling Represslons VIII
Sand Turns Out Badly.

One more paving experiment has
been passed up as failure by the de-
partment of public works. Some time
ago Commissioners Haarer accepted
the advice of paving expert In the
employ OF the Municipal league with
regard TO coating the uneven brick
ravements on the north anr west sides
Of the city hall with sand. The expert
ment was treated with scorn by the
owners of office buildings adjoining
and Haarer was advised TO back up.
He tried out the scheme thoroughly.
however, but after the rain OF the
past days, the sand was found TO
have formed a vicuous mud and Il
was stacked up in neat piles AMI
hauled away by the street cleaning
gangs.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
EiRhty-two persons took the civil SER
49, .-....I.naIn.. Zoe h.nufr ems.

toms officer In the federal building.
Monday Among these were several
women who aspire 10 clerkships In
the customs office. Ten women are
also taking the examination Tuesday
for woman inspector. There are 20
entries for the examination for mes
Senger In the customs service. and
i've Tor opener and packer.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11

Wise people are the kind that insist
on having Stroh's Beer. They know
by experience there is no better. Phone
Main sic for a case.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11
Hubby Allowed Only One Bed.

Mrs. Beulah Arnold. wife Of
Schuyler Arnold, former Saros
Mich, dentist. who was forced out of
business when the state law requiring
dentists to register went into effect,
was granted divorce by Judge Hos.
mer. Monday afternoon. Although
her husband was worth $4,000 Mrs.
Arnold said he gave her no money,
and would allow her to furnish only
one bedroom, saying that then they
could entertain no visitors.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11

After seven-year fight. which has
cost over $4,000. the bark beetle. the
chief foe of South Dakota timber, has
been driven from that state.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11

CALL DETROIT TAxICAB CO.,
Main $500. City $3.50 Park 70
The Detroit times., 1909-05-11

no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing CO. No
rs John R.-st. Phone 149a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28

bed over in the next ward.
Il used 10 like John Philip Sousa's line
OF stuff. too. liked the way John Phil
would stand UP e little perch keep
il 6 time with that gifted spine OF his
ing In his hand and making motions at a
large bunch of Gcrmans armed with
steam heating fixtures. He'd wave il
this way and the little German with the
big instrument. that looked like ven
tilator funnel on the Mauritania, and
sounded like Wallace the Untamable.
would start IN. And then he'd point IL
that way and the big German with the
little instrument that looked like a SIX
OF licorice and sounded like hog day at
the Chicago stockyards would join IN.
and then all the others would open uo
with their sections of open plumbing and
j couldn't hear the music on account
of the noise. and liked 1t fine. But tho
last time 1 fell for a brass band concert
the produced NY Old Kentucky Home
with SO many variations that / couldn't
recognize the original premises for the
furnace plant and the ira la bay win
dows and the Italian pergola and other
things they hung on the poor old shanty.
1 guess. Larry. my musical education
was neglected in my youth. or else my
musical ear Is all in my eye"
Amt you ever heard any music that
seemed to carry you away?" asked the
House Detective.
The kind I heard tonight carried ne
all the way here" said the Hotel Clerk.
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practcing the scales. running from do
the next two years learning Buy a
Broom and There, Little Girl. Don't
Cry. with the bone-felon effect, and an
other very hard, bunny year beating
the vitals out of the Standard Classical
Valse Collection Album, why when the
neighbors could enjoy well earned
rest. The piano was retired on a pension
and stayed closed from ore house-clean-
ing season to another, it's main object
being to give the house a tone of true
refinement and enable the family to re-
fer to. the space under the front stairs
as the music room. But now, by heaven,
they hang a devilish continuance shaped
like a doghouse ON its lower jaw, ana
BY person sitting on this thing and
churning the unfortunate instrument full
of wind it is compelled to throw the la.-
est popular airs off it's stomach in a
metallic tone of voice that can be heard
on quiet night as far as four blocks.
But. being a perfect beggar for pun
ishment. 1 had to go rilsing off tonight
to this haunt of the bluff heads. some
times called high-brows. They called vt
recital on the program, but While I'm
thankful to say nobody felt called upon
to do so. at the same time I've got to
confess to you that what l heard was
out of the box. How Salvador Won the
Race with the correct Evolutionary ges-
lures and pauses, is a peaceful pipe
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alongside what I've been facing this
night.
Counting all OF Us, there was quite a
crowd. There were a lot CT the real
Experimentation could spot them
easy by their eyes and their dandruff and
their rapt expression-and a few rank
outsiders like me, with tho wild, hunted
glance rowing about from side to side, as
II seeking way to escape, and here
and there. trying to look all wrought W
and interested and everything, 1 could
pick out charter member of the Order
of Husbands Who Go Everywhere with
Their Wives. You know what merry
devils they are! All one Of those fell
lows needs is crepe on his sleeve and a
derby hat worn in the crook of the left
arm to be an honorary pallbearer.
x
"Well. after our appetites had been all
whetted UP, waiting, out came a dense
y-settled foreigner who either paid a
heavy duty under the wool schedule
when he came into this country or else
lodged the customs officials by crouch
Ing down behind his own jungle He GER
tainly was the walking argument against
a low tariff on raw products. Anyway,
on. he came and bowed very low and ran
his hands through his acreage a couple
o. times so 1t all stood up straight like a
maidenhair fern in pink dish. Then
he tuned up the piano stool to the right
pitch after considerable trouble, and sat
down and got up and spun round and
tuned her up some more and sat down
again and wiped his hands en- a hand
kerchief that looked like silk to me- and
hurled 1T from him with a great disre-
gard to expense, and then he shut his