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The Detroit times., 1909-05-04

vestment building. but there was Such
tremendous crowd on hand that the
scene OF action was shifted by phone
10 the Offices of Bache 4 Co. Mr.. Rus
sell went there accompanied by his
counsel, Ralph Wolf McCarren had
arrived He had come without law
yer or a single friend. and greeted Mr..
Russell with his famous undertaker's
smile in the private Office OF w j.
Mailman. of Bache & Co.
On Mr. Wallman's desk was neat
" written check for s450.000 drawn on
the National Bank OF Commerce TO
the order OF j. S. Bache & Co., and
signed by that firm.
Mr.. Russell handed the certificates
OF stock TO Senator McCarren, who
hardly glanced at them, and dropped
them on the desk Of Mr.. Mailman. Mr..
Russell then indorsed the certificates
and Mr.. Mailman Endorsed the check
with the name OF J. :. Bache a. Co.
and handed the si50.0O0 piece of pa
per to McCarren. He sat down in Mr.
Wallman's chair long enough To scrib-
bic his name on the back OF the check
and then gave IL shove In the direc-
ton of Mr. Russell. saying:
That's all you want OF me. isn't
it,"
Yes; and many thanks, Mr.. McCar-
rem" replied the receiver.
Mr. Russell promptly left TO deposit
the check aud Senator MeCarren was
ready to leave in a few minutes. He
answered all questions put 10 him. ex-
cept one. frankly and good-naturedly.
The excepted question was;
Where did you get the s450.0O0
with which you took up the stock ?"
To that the senator replied only
with an icy smile.
Did you buy Copper and B. r. T..
on tips from your friends" he was
asked
No. il was on my own judgment.
think they will work back TO the price
paid for them, don't you?"
How did it feel TO come across with
$3.50 O00?"
Il didn't notice any particular feel
ing There is nothing very special in
that"
is it true you didn't put up any
margins?"
"Oh, the market dropped so quickly
ulIN nave the Time 10 10 H. re-
piled the senator somewhat vaguely
in view Of the fact that he had two
years or more 10 put up margins.
DO YOU want any tips on the stock
market" asked the senator
The reporter waved the offer aside.
and Senator McCarren walked of.
Equally Indefinite.
Mr.. Mailman was equally indefinite
when asked who IL was who put up
the $4,000 for McCarren.
The senator is a customer of this
firm. he replied.
Thc original amount of the claim
against Senator McCarren was si72,-
600, but IL was found that an error In
the interest charges amounting to
$20,750 mad been made During the
past few days the receiver also re-
ceiyed a check for $3.50 as dividends
on the $500 shares OF Amalgamated.
and this cut down the amount due by
s22, 1000.
McCarren bought the Copper stock
al 1l3 3.S. II is now selling around II,
a loss of s36 a share. or about $50 900
on the block Of $500. The 1000 B.
r. T. shows loss OF about $4,000.
That stock is now selling around *
The Detroit times., 1909-05-04
BELL-MAIN 1898.
HoME-cITY 1855.

For the convenience or patrons.
arrangements have been made with
the following tn receive liner ad-
vertisements at the Same rate a.
charged at the home once:
The Detroit times., 1909-05-04

Houx Coal Co.. an Can-
held-ave. east.
Nj. ElIiost Pharmacy. MI Elliott and
Gratiot-aves.
r. Brown. 1879 Jefferson-ave.
=. Mcrherson. s&o0 Gratiot-ave-. oppo-
The Detroit times., 1909-05-04
He Is No Welcher."

Il never doubted for a minute that
McCarren would make good his word.
He is not the type of man who would
ever put himself IN position where
he could be called a welcher only
wish there were more like him IN the
books of Ennis & Stoppani. and IN
stead OF getting 40 or so cents on the
dollar the creditors would get 20 cents
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-10
blair & CURTIS SUBDIVISION
I OF BLOCK Z. PLAT "B."

>, y, = oUttN y
147 1iLosee, Frank E. 1O2 It OF lot so
and # Of 102 ft.........,......
1919 McCOnaughy, Nellie W, " 35la FL
of 103 It of lots Is t0..............t;
1T rs Shoemaker, Matilda E.. al lot IS
and n Z of ...........,..............'
147I 32- McConaughy, r. e, s II It OF lot
45 and IS 1T Of ....................t
AS 4-Sterling. Howe and Celia, ell lots
u and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

memories. I am not aware just when
! lost consciousness. My first sensa-
tion was that some one was looking
intently at the back of my head.
Then a soft, purring, voice said:
"Mr. Carlton Clarke, Mr.. Richard
Dudley and Mr.. Paul Sexton, be-
lieve; DR.. Withersbee is at your serv-
ice"
When I awoke to consciousness
some one was alternately swapping his
fingers in my face and roughly shak-
ing me. was in pitchy darkness, and
the air was chill and clammy.
Sexton, I'm ashamed of YOU" said
Clarke's voice through the gloom.
You are particularly easy subject.
/ should have given you some lessons
in resistance"
where are we? What has hap
pened? Where is Dudley?" I asked, in
a breath.
Dudley is here. He recovered be-
fore you did" answered Clarke, a fact
which Dudleys voice confirmed. 1--WE
seem to be in some sort of an oubli.
cite, of that dear DR.. Withersbee."
In single file we made the round of
our dungeon. We found II TO be about
IL feet square, walled with masonry
which dripped dampness. and fioored
with cement On one side we came upon
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01
Select Section Giving Way to Business

has often been reported about to In
wade New York.
In five years 1t is predicted by real
estate men there will not be a dozen
private residences in Fifth avenue be-
low Fifty-ninth street. Even the
wealth of multimillionsires cannot
Withstand the encroachments of bust
ness, and they are being driven up
town or into the side streets, whittier
the fashionable clubs that formerly
had houses on the avenue are follow.
ing them. For a time there was a
tendency to build luxurious hotels on
Fifth avenue, but this has ceased. Ho-
tel visitors find the brilliancy of Broad
way and the conyeniences of its great
hotels to theaters and transportation
lines preferable to Fifth avenue. which
is dim and comparatively deserted aft
er nightfall, and from which IL Is
more inconvenient to reach either the
business or amusement centers.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01
Mrs. Tom Pierce Free from Asylum

by inimical relatives, and declares
that she will carry the entire matter
before the legislature and ask for an
investigation.
For years Mrs. Tom Pierce has
been the most talked of woman of
the smart set. New York's million
aire circle knew no more daring rider
to the hounds. In the field Mrs.
Pierces aim was the surest. No one
drove blooded horses with such con-
summate skill. But it was also said
that no one could sit longer at the
festive board where highballs bubbled
and rare wine flowed.
So ardent a sportswoman did she
become that she discarded the fem
mime garb of field ard chase. She
startled society by riding to hounds
in male attire, and even afoot she
frequently adhered to the bewitchingly
sportive panama hat, box coat, riding
breeches and puttee leggings.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Pierce sud
denly dropped out of sight. She was
last seen at the Office of her brother,
J. G. Rogers, and was next heard of in
the sanitarium. Her sudden reappear-
ance created a sensation among the
smart set.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01
j. K. Tod Now Living Close to Nature

into operation at his handsome home
at Sound Beach, Conn, and not long
ago. when he introduced a new idea
into his simple life scheme, became
talked of as man who had a palace
for his home, but who found Joy in
sleeping in a shack" The structure
is made of plain boards and so sup
piled with windows that it has per-
feet ventilation. No matter what the
quarter of the wind, fresh current OF
air from the sound sweeps through
the place.
1t is located almost on the water,
and there Mr.. Tod sleeps during the
late days of the spring and through
out the summer. On a warm morning
he can almost roll out Of bed into the
water. Being an ardent lover Of out
doors, he is an enthusiastic yachts
man and cruises In his big auxiliary
schooner rugged craft, the Thistle.
Mr.. Tod's place is surrounded on
three sides by the sound, and he owns
large island to the west which at
low tide is connected with the main
land. This place is a great claiming
ground for the neighbors, and at one
time schooners loaded with sand at
this island, but Mr. Tod finally stopped
the custom, as the island was being
rapidly removed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

MRS. TOM PIERCE, "sportiest WON
Nl an in the world" once a leader
Of New York's smart set, and most ia
nous woman whip in America, has
been liberated from the private sani-
tarium in Norwalk, Conn, being adj
judged sane on her brothers state
ment that he simply had his sister
placed in the asylum to enable her
to recover from a case of alcoholism.
Mrs. Pierce at her fashionable home
in this city, declared she has been the
victim of a conspiracy and was sub
jected to the greatest cruelty by her
brother, from which she was rescued
only through the ceaseless efforts of
her friend, Adele Richie, the actress.
She also AYERS in no uncertain
terms that the private sanitariums
in Connecticut are filled with perfect
ly sane people, forcibly placed there
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

NER. j. KENNEDY TOD goes down
lVl into the Wall street district two
or three times a week to keep in touch
with his financial interests, though he
retired two years ago from the Stock
Exchange firm of j. Kennedy Tod &
Co, which is now composed of his two
nephews, Mr.. William Stuart Tod, who
is the representative on the floor,
and Mr.. Robert 4. Tod. who has
charge of the office end.
Mr.. Tod is in healthy. active old
age, and is apparently possessed OF as
much vitality as he was a generation
ago. This is due to the fact. he as
serts with no little pride. that he is
living as nearly as possible close to
nature, and in that manner of simple
life which gives to man wholesome
body and a cheerful, unobstructed,
broadened view ofo life.
Mr.. Tod has put some of his ideas
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

liable, trust, than you suspect. 1t
will however take time and labor to
develop Il. l imagine II may take us
to the Pacific coast. Are you pre-
pared to take such a trip?"
AT once. IL necessary. oh! We shall
find her, shan't we, Mr.. Clarke?"
The body already had been prepared
for burial, and Clarke did not ask to
see It. The pine box he glanced at
just long enough to read the fictitious
address. The trunk also he passed
with a look. When he came to the
zinc case, however, 1t riveted his at
tention He examined closely every
seam and corner of IL.
Clarke decided upon a trip to the
Pacific coast
When we finally reached the end of
our long journey and succeeded in To-
eating the town OF Etteso, we found
a little hamlet numbering about 500
souls. Across a snug harbor shone
the broad expanse of the Pacific.
After some search we located the
private sanitarium OF DIR. Clinton
Withersbee. a man known to Clarke
to be a villain of the deepest dye. We
entered room in Withersbee's asy.
lum.
What have next to relate has been
pieced toge.Ssr out Of blur of hszy
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

NEW YORK-F'ifty million dollars
~ in gold, silver and currency we're
moved across Wall street the other
day, when the National City bank quit
its old home, So Wall street. for its
new quarters, the old United States
custom house, remodeled.
The removal of this enormous sum
of money was accomplished by the
banks own clerks and messengers,
who, under heavy guard. crossed and
recrossed the street carrying great
leather bags, each containing not less
than $4,000. The street was filled
with policemen TO head of anything
Suggestive of trouble.
A year ago the old custom house
was turned over to builders. The in
terror was completely remodeled, but
the granite walls, with the familiar
Ionic columns. were left practically un-
touched. BY adding a Corinthlan col.
onnade and adhering strictly to a
scheme of classic simplicity 1t Is be.
lieved an admirable result has been
obtained
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

door the height of my head, l
being the tallest of the party. From
the rivet heads we judged 1t to be of
plate steel and II closed into a steel
frame set into the masonry in a man
ner which offered no entrance for the
point OF pick had we had one at
hand. The absence of any keyhole.
bolt or lever showed that II was never
intended to be opened from the in
side.
At last, after a wait which seemed
an eternity, heard soft football
outside of the door. Then iron bars
clanked and grated. heard the
hinges creak and the door swing slow
ly open. A dark form framed in the
doorway was outlined through the
gloom. Then It stepped into our
midst My hands shot to his throat,
which was cold and clammy as that
OF a corpse. There was no resistance.
l heard Dudley wrenching the Ian
tern from his belt. At Clarke's com
mand I released him. Dudley was
about to strike the light when Clarke
shouted: Quick, Dudley: the doorl"
We emerged on the rugged side of
hill overlooking the broad expanse
OF the bay.
Lying fat on my back on the sand,
my heart Juggling and humping. my
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01
Zig Bank Moves Fifty Million Dollars

The entire lower section is given
over to great banking chamber, the
ceiling of which is 60 feet high and
SO feet to the top of the central dome
Dominating from its position in the
center of the banking room every other
feature OF the ground floor is the great
armor plate safe, weighing 10000 tons.
Bare OF disguise or ornament, the
architects are frankly treating 1t as
a strong box The safe has every
known effective safety feature, the
most modern and striking of which Is
a system of steam coils encircling the
great iron box designed to parboiI In
a moment any person bent on robbery.
The steam can be shot into these coils
by touching several concealed buttons
in twinkling, making all the space
about the safe veritable furnace.
The purpose of such feature is TO
foil any attempted bold holdup In
banking hours, no matter how strong
or how heavily armed the raiding
force. The safe might be wide open,
with hundreds of thousands OF dollars
in plain view, every bank clerk and Of
fetal on that floor might be looking
down the muzzle of a revolver, yet an
office boy on the upper floor could
touch a button and no human being
could approach the safe and live.
The National City bank is just four
years short OF 100 years old.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

IT. HE announcement that two blocks
of Fifth avenue in the heart Of
what was only few years ago the
most exclusive section of wealthy
homes in the city are to be converted
10 business uses marks another step
in the rapid passing of this thorough
fare as a fashionable street. For sew
eral years the homes which lined the
avenue from the magnificent Wash
ington arch to the lower end Of Cen
trail park have been disappearing rap
idly, and this movement has proceed
ed more rapidly since the department
stores began to invade the once sacred
precincts.
1t is known that one OF the blocks
Just sold is to be used as the site
for a dry goods store, now further
down town, and IL is rumored that
the other has been acquired by Chi
cago mercantile establishment which
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01
The CITY Farmer.

There is no doubt that Chumpleigh
has the correct appreciation of what
is expected of city farmer"
What has he done now?"
why, he has just sunk s1,4o0 well
on his place in order 10 supply water
TO his s14 cow"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

Dudley and Miss Mason were mar
ried the next spring and Clarke and
are often guests at their beautiful
Lake Forest home. Withersbee's so
called asylum. from which. aided by
the powerful Chinese tongs In which
he welded great influence, he conduct
ed his extensive smuggling operations.
now atones for its past sins as one Of
the principal outposts in the wss
against The Great White Plague"
copyright. 1908. by w. @. Chapmanl
tCoryright In Great Brittany
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-01

TeIepafhO- DeduCfive Solver of Criminal
Mysteries Tackles a Problem EmbOdying
Smuggling, the Fearful White Plague and
Two Lovers Are Brought Together i'm Grand
FinaIe-SOLufiOn of the Complex Puzzle.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-17
DEATH LIST IN FIRE
IN MEXICO MAY
REACH $50
NO ACCURATE LIST CAN BE o.
TANNED FOR SEVERAL DAYS
INEXPERIENCED OPERATOR OF
PICTURE MACHINE BLAMED.

CITY OF MEXICO. Feb. 1.-THE
authorities are today working over a
mass OF moderated bodies in tho
Flores theater ruins, at Acapulco. The
loss OF life is estimated as high as
$50. Most OF the victims were burned
and charred beyond recognition when
the moving picture nj cmaught fire anu
communicated the blaze TO the bunt.
ing. lit will take several days TO Sc
cure an accurate list.
Acapulco today is city OF mourn
Ing. The shops are closed and the
people are crowding the churches,
where masses are being celebrated for
the repose OF the souls OF the victims.
Philosophical citizens have opened
subscriptions for the victims families
and donations are being made In all
parts OF Mexico.
The rapid spread OF the fire was duo
to the carelessness or the operator o.
the moving picture machine. He was
inexperienced. There was an explo-
sion, a burst or fans. which ignited
the bunting used for decorating pun
poses, and In few minutes the en-
tire structure was a mass of fire. The
Sldlltu ONCI Tic Cuti
The front part, where the exits were
located, was Immediately turned into
a wall OF fire SO that the audience was
trapped in the burning building. The
people tried to escape through the
flames. but most OF them persisted.
Women and children, as in most fires
of this sort, comprise the majority OF
the victims.
The search OF the ruins has thus far
revealed no recognizable human form.
Charred bodies, from which legs and
arms have been burned, together with
many dismembered limbs, have been
found and as there was no chance OF
Identifying these all have been buried
In a common trench by the municipal
authorities.
The greater loss or life was occa-
stoned according to survivors, by the
fall OF the roof, which crashed down
on the entrapped people. in what seem.
ed short time after the blaze was
discovered. Previous TO this the mn
in tn pit had fought like demons, strik-
ing down women and children In their
efforts to escape. The fall Of the roof.
however. stilled the screams and
groans of the fighting, panic-stricken
audience.
The firemen and the crowds on the
outside attracted to the scene, could
do nothing to aid the victims and were
compelled to stand helpless and watch
the tragedy. ~
After the first Ave minutes 4 there
were no cries heard and no noise save
that made by the suffering and
cracking of the flames.
! Latest reports indicate that no Am.
orleans lost their lives. though earlier
dispatches said several were killed.
The American consul, Mr.. Moorehead.
had been Invited To the performance
but pressing business made it impos.
| sible for him to attend.
Many OF those who escaped were In
jured in the panic or severely burned
and houses near the scene were trans
formed into hospitals to take care Of
these people.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-17
By II. II. MICK.

to 5iz-cent cattle especially when in.
dicatiOns all point to an 7yersupply
of prime stock on the date that these
cattle will be ready for ma, Het.
Mich COWS are dull and quiet. Veal
calves continue In light supply and
prices abe Well sustained. There is
good reason 0s believe that many
springer" COWS were sacrificed during
the quarantine. ann tori that reason
the spring supply OF calves Us sure TO
re small in Michigan
The sheep and lamb trade is lairb
active and unchanged from iast week 5
Clos, The feature OF recen lmarEet.
mas tccn the narrowing of the spread
between prime and pretty good lambs
70 is the habitat kind that has score
the big gains of late Tin" fault which
the buyer has TO hud with the evtrf
ia, lamb is That he b. too heavy for
the trade Spring is near at hand and
the intoxicating public will not stand
for thicR cuts laycre with fat From
this time on. medium-woigi,t and ne.
dium,neslred lambs VIII outsjff heavy
lambs that have been given q ton fin
ish. The current trade in heavy Wctb
.crs aptly illustrates the lack Of de-
mand for heavy cuts OF mutton. Feed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-17
COMMITTEE SENDS
ULT|MATUM To
POWER co.
CONCESSION IN RATES SHOULD
BE GRANTED OscoDA PEOPLE
AND TIME OF WORK OUGHT TO
BE REDUCED.
(From d staff Correspondent. J

LANSING, Mich, Feb. IL .-(Spe'
cial. The legislative water power In.
vestigating committee has sent an ulti
matum 10 the board OF supervisors OF
Oscoda county and the Eastern Water
Power Co, in substance. that the time
for beginning work should be reduced
from five TO two ard half years OF
else a greater compensation for the
franchises on the Au Sable river. than
500 should be paid and bond fur
nished that the dams will be built;
that a concession in rates should be
made to the people OF Oscoda county
at distant points supplied by trans
mission lines and finally that If these
matters cannot be satisfactorily ad
justed the franchise proposition shall
be submitted TO a vote of the people
at the April election. This Is no in
tent TO impede the developments or to
in ply improper motives.
This action is taken because the
committee does not expect to visit
that locality.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-17
COUNCIL GIVES
BURTON A JOB
CITY HISToRloGRAPHER ASKED
TO SELECT NEW NAME FOR
FARRAR-ST.

use has at last been found for
the city historiographer, an official
whose duty heretofore has consisted
only In giving the city the use OF his
name Aid. Heineman introduced a
resolution Tuesday night, asking His
Photographer Burton to suggest a name
for Farrar-st., the First ward alderman
objecting to 'Library-ave.," as re-
quested by residents on the street
Burto may now delve into the city s
past and bring forth some patriot s
name which has not been commem-
grated by thoroughfare heretofore.
Issuance OF $500 900 OF school bonds
and $4,000 OF sewer bonds was au-
thorized
Aid Koenig introduced an ordinance
to compel four-minute service on
the Fourteenth-ave. line. with twomin-
ute service in the rush hours.
resolution for the opening of For
est-ave east TO the city limits was
introduced and referred to committee
Aid. Gilman introduced a resolution
TO provide an estimate for special
election during the coming fiscal year
at which the people may vote on a
street railway settlement, revised
city charter, or both Such an cleo
ton, with preliminary registration
will cost about SIT 600
An amendment to the pawnbrokers
ordinance TO prevent the sale or pawn
ing of articles by minors. was intro
duced by Aid. Heineman.