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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
FRISBIE CASE TO GO
TO JURY THIS EVENING
81 Will Be Free to Return to My Home
Once More" Prisoner Says
CheerfuIIy.

PORT HURON. Mich. Dec. S.-The
attorneys IN the trial of Sam Fr.sbie.
charged with the murder of Louis
Rosenberg. at the st. Clair Flats, last
summer. continued their arguments
today and il * expected the case will
go TO the jury this evening. The court
has ruled that the verdict must be
acuuittal, guilty or murder in the sec
ond degree or guilty of manslaughter
"lt is fair inference that EFisSlsie
took part in the murder, said Prose
GATOR Brown after discussing a por-
ton Of the testimony. IF he was will
ing 10 aid his companion. Elbera. in
pulling tn ebody from the water why
would he not be as willing TO assist
his companion in the killing?
Attorney Mariatt. of Cleveland, made
. pathetic plea for the prisoner lie
said that during the trial the defense
had said nothing against the slain man
and that it had tried TO pull the man
tie of charity over Frank Ebera as
much as possible.
Before court adjourned Attorney
Walsh had only time enough in which
10 open his address.
The young prisoner. who has main
tanned his confident attitude through
out the trial. was as confident as ever
when the prosecution and defense,
both closed their cases He said: II
VIII be ftc To return home once more 4.
the jury will bring In a verdict Of not
guilty
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
FLEES TO GREECE.
Mike Stamos. Accused of Killing De-
troiter. Jumps Bond

FLINT. Mich. Dec. S.-Mike
Stamos. the Greek vender. failed 10
appear when his case was called in
the circuit court yesterday. He IS
charged with killing Frank +. Lind,
a Detroit painter, last August. II is
said he has jumped his bail and gone
back TO Greece.
Mike gave bail after his capture at
Pay city following the crime. The
amount was placed at $500 and laicr
was lowered 30 $500 oh, hell show
up, all right said Mikes friends.
Mike. he no max Ola getaway, You
call it," sagcly observed his brother
Nick, arrested after the same shoot
ing. charged with assault with intern
la do great bodily harm Mike, he
be here to standa trial said Nick BUt
Mike didn't stay.
Nick, too, had ducked No one
krows just where. bur perhaps som"
Of the boys at Bay City know. or the
Greeks i'm Detroit
NO. / no tell where Mike and Nick
-pe1 SAYS he Greek AZ tire shine .stth''
where the brothers used TO hang ON.
Mike ne leavea da town, say he com
ma back. but no do Nick hc frail
to stay with Mike gone.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
HILL FUNERAL. SATURDAY.
Simple Services Will Mark urisl Of
Late Saginaw lumberman.

SAGINAW. Mich. Dec. S.-The fun
eral of Arthur Hin. Saginaw's lead
ing citizen. who died at his home here
Monday. will be held from the resi-
dence Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
The services will be brief and simple.
Rev. Emil Montanus. OF ST Johns
Episcopal church, and another clersy-
man 10 be selected later will oiiiciatn
Jointly.
The arrangements will not be conf
pleted until today. but 1t Is expected
the pallbearers will he chosen from
among Mr. fffif's business associatos,
while the regents of the university arc
expected 10 serve as -honary pail
bearers
A shadow Of gloom hangs over this
city. whose civic uplift Was always
the ambition OF Mr.. Hill scores or
messages of coincidence have come
from outside the city. too showing
the high regard in which the late
luinberman was held
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
HOLIDAY CAKNIVALS
WILL BE ABOLISHED
Baltimore Police viii Try To Stop
Racket Christmas and New
Years Ewes.

BALTIMORE, Dec. S.-No ringing
Of bells or blowing of horns will be
tolerated by the police in the shopping
districts on Christmas or New Years
Ewes. That was the mandate handed
down by the Board of Police Commits
sioners after a long session. Captains
of their respective districts will be
given explicit instructions. and any
one with the temerity to blow horns
or ring bells on these festive days
will be summarily dealt with. The ef-
feet of the order is to prohibit the
customary Christmas Eve carnival
and 4 will also hamper the New
Years Eve Carnival.
Col. Sherlock Swami, president OF
the Board. said:
I'm view OF the complaints which
were made to the Department by mcr-
chants i'm the business locality against
the practices which at one time pre-
vailed in such thoroughfares on
Christmas and New Years ewes, the
ringing of bells. throwing Of missiles,
blowing OF horns, exploding OF cart
ridges and the wearing of masks ana
DISCUSSES i'm the streets OF the city
or the nights Of December "a and u,
1909 arc hereby forbidden.
1--WE have notified all the captains
of their respective Districts 10 sec that
this order is carried out
The Board also mad" il strictly
prohibitary for any member OF the
force To receive any complimentary
gift. testimonial or reward. II mas
placed the ban on the acceptance Of
a Christmas present by any member
Of the force.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08

lad just finished her course in n
fashionable boarding school in Gin
innau when her father died, leaving
aer. an orphan. with some $4,000.
she was in her teens Her world was
Cincinnati and there she continued to
live. She met BILLY" Ford 10 years
ago. and her eldest child is his. Tn"
fact that she married FOrd's brother
cives an idea OF her resourcefulness.
Ford secured divorce The wo-
man met Edgar street Cooke, young.
good looking, prosperous. Cooke had
q beautiful wife and two sons a
struggle has been wagcd all these
years between Mrs Cooke and Mrs.
Ford for first place in Cookies heart.
Warmer was with Cooke in the
Big Four Office Cooke told Mariner
of his troubles and of his fascination
bv Mrs Ford. "You go" said War
riner: get away from her. and III
see that things are all RICH, in. the
Office
Cooke told the woman and he also
told her that the books didn't balance
with the cash Then he Went 10 Chi
cago to eccane her She was quick
10 meet this crisis She simply used
the knowledge of the business trouble
10 extort money and vet more money
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
POLICE CHIEF HALTS
WOMAN's FUNERAL
Body OF Mrs Snead, Victim of Bath
Tub Mystery, Is Unclaimed
Aunt Under Arrest.

NEW YORK, Dec. S-Another SEN
sation was added TO the mystery In
the death OF the beautiful young wo-
man in the bath tub in an UNPUBLISHED
East Orange house when Chief OF
Police Bell, of Orange, ordered that
the burial be indefinitely postponed.
There had been doubt that the victim
was Mrs. Ocey Snead. but white
haired woman of TO- who knew tue
Snead family I'm Murfreesboro, Tenn,
leaned over the easket shortly after
the chief of police issued his order
and said 1T is Ocey Snead. IL Is the
same girl"
Though every arrangement had
been made by the prosecutor of Essex
county for the burial of Mrs Snead,
for whose death Mrs. Wardlaw. her
aged aunt is under arrest, the police
chiefs order stopped all arrangements
and the body stilI lies I'm The Orange
morgue, unclaimed by any relatives.
Mrs Sneads life WAS insured for
500 .000. but the insurance companies
refuse to pay the amount, demanding
that the real cause OF death and salts
factory Identification he determined
first.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08

from Warmer. and she used this
money in her mad pursuit of Cooke.
She demanded money from one and
love from the other.
In his cell Warriner told me that
nearly 100000 had gone through his
hands TO the woman.
But you say I'm your statement to
the Big -Four that you only gave her
$4,000"
We'll. you see when | first was
questioned was Hurried But now |
can see and remember. II was much
more
Whether it was $4,000 or $2O0,00
matters little TO Warmer. He simply
says. ITS all over"
When Prosecutor Fricke turned to
Cooke in Chicago for light on the trail
of the woman. ii was Mrs. Cooke who
showed her husband the way TO Mrs
Ford's exposure.
She broke down and wept. I've
been fighting for my husbands love
for 10 years" she told Fricke. Then
II was that Cooke barred his breast
and showed the scar OF bullet Mrs
Ford fred that shot in New York
hotel" he said. Then, too, for the
first time the fGht that Mrs. Cooke
had made was won.
when will it end?" they are ask
ing now.
out on bail. Mrs Ford is living here
in luxurious apartments, saying moth
ing. seeing nobody. except through
her veil as she rides in the Cincinnati
parks daily IN an automobile.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
SUFFRAGE CONVENTION
OPENS IN GRAND RAPIDS
Mrs. Philip Snowden. Talented Speak
er, VIII Talk on Subject, 'Wo-
mans Suffrage In England"

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Dec s.
Cold weather and snow seemed To
have no effect in frosting the Michs-
gan suffrage convention. for long re-
fore the hour for opening Tuesday
the women began arriving al the
Ladies' Literary Club, where the sCs-
sions are being held.
The convention was organized with
Mrs. Clara b. Arthur. the state prest.
dent in the chair. There was a fair
ly large representation. The conven-
ton will last over Wednesday. l he
unusual feature will be the address
10y Mrs. Philip Snowden. Wednesday
evening a. Powers theater on "Wo
mans suffrage in England Mrs.
Snowden is perhaps one of the mos.
beautiful and eloquent women on the
platform today. Tuesday afternoon
Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, of kala-
mazoo gave the principal address.
Among the prominent delegates IN
attendance at the session are: Mrs.
Clara b. Arthur, Miss Natalie Arthur,
Mrs Florence J. Spaulding, Mrs.
Helen r. Jenkins Miss May Barter.
Mrs. Susan NJ Stellers. Mrs. Folsom.
Miss Sabin Mrs. Samson. Mrs Water
worth. Miss Harriet Trix. all OF De
troit Mrs. Mary L. Doe. of Bay City.
Mrs May s. knight. Mrs. VIM. Bur
nett. Of Bay City; Miss Martha Bad.
win Birmingham; Miss Olga Van
Vellen Skane. Miss Maggie Walz. of
Calumet and Mrs Phillip of Charlotte.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
$4,000 PLEDGED
MISSIONS
Hundred Per Cent Increase Mark
Aimed at More Than Attained
Laymen's Convention Over.

The resolutions presented In Tuesday
mornings session of the Laymen's
Missionary convention were unani.
mously adopted in the closing session,
Tuesday night. the only change being
that the .amount pledged by the vari-
Gus denominations in Detroit for mis-
sion work the coming year exceeds
the 100 per cent increase named as a
basis in the resolutions. The total
already promised for next year is SIS.
600 and will probably go above this
figure.
The Presbyterians and the Metho-
dists each pledge $4,000. Last year
they gave sl0,S9S and 1892. respec-
lively. The Baptists promise $4,000.
as against $3.l63 given last year.
Other denominations promise sub
stantial increases.
All the missionaries attending the
convention, except George Sherwood
Eddy, left Tuesday night for Syracuse,
n. Y, where the next convention will
be held After Christmas the cam
paign will be opened up in the west
and will extend to the Pacific coast.
The Detroit convention was attend
ed by 1854 registered delegates. OF
this number. 1874 were from out OF
the city and represented "a cities.
In accordance with the resolutions,
canvass will be undertaken at once
to raise money for mission work. On
the suggestion Of DR.. J. NJ Barkley,
moderator of the Presbyterian general
assembly. the week of Jan. . will be
set aside rs a week OF prayer.
Great enthusiasm marked the clos
ing session of t. convention I'm the
Woodward-ave Baptist church. The
church was crowded with delegates
and church members interested in the
work. The evening addresses were
by Dr. Homer G. StuntZ. secretary OF
the board OF foreign missions of the
Methodist church, and George Sher-
wood Eddy of India Mr.. Eddy's ad-
dress was a powerful and eloquent APP
peal for more missionaries and more
funds. together with a picture OF con.
ditions existing In the far east today.
Many of those present were moved TO
tears
DR.. STUNT stated. at the Methodist
departmental conference, Tuesday ar.
ternoOn. that there is possibility OF
800, 900 Russian Protestants joining
the Methodist church in a body.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
MICHIGAN is COVERED
BY HEAVY GARB OF SNOW
Cities Through the State Report
of From Six to Eisht-lnehes
During First Real Storm.

Michigan il today covered by
heavy garb OF snow. The storm lin
Coldwater was one OF the heaviest
ever seen in Branch county IL con.
tinCed 10 hours and laid complete
embargo on country trade. The snow
is eight inches deep there and the
hacks are making the trains on run
ners.
The first sleighing of the season
came to Flint yesterday, a high wind
drifting the snow In places Despite
the heavy fall and the fierce gale
schedules of the interurban cars or
the ID. L.. Il. and Saginaw and Flint
lines were maintained. A large amount
OF the city's Improvement. work WAS
stopped temporarily.
Kalamazoo reported a fall of six
inches OF snow. The storm continued
all day Tuesday. street car traffic be-
inc continued on irregular time. Grand
Rapids, Saginaw and other places re-
port heavy storm, too.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
WOMAN INVOLVE
IS MEN IN TANGLE
Of INTRIGUE
Mrs. Ford Indicted in Case of
Charles L, Warmer, Who Stole
$643,000. Lives in Luxurious
Apartments and Says Nothing.
Extraordinary Career of the Woman
Who Didn't Care Began When
Her Father Gave Her $S5,000

CINCINNATI. O., Dec. S.-The least
fact of all in the Big Four railroad
scandal, when YOU analyze il, is that
Chas l.. Warriner, the roads treasur-
er. cmbezzled $6I3.00O.
II matters little that Warmer Is
III Jail 1t matters little even to War
riner
Behind il all is a story of intrigue,
love and tragedy that stretches back
10 years. involves Is prominent men
and reveals the most extraordinary
career Of MS Jeanette Timmonds
SteWart-FOrd. queen ot blackmailers
when they came To Warriner ana
told him he was found out, he cased
back i'm his Office cair sighed in re-
lief. and said tcrvently: THANK God
it's all over. I've ben tool,
Warmer had been a fool. lie made
his PRAYER To Mrs. Ford But she
was the woman who did not care.
The career OF this woman reads
like 4 romance \ romance Of love,
lust. death. intrigue suicide and black
mail
To begin at the beginning. Mrs.
Ford was Jeanette 1immonds. liv
ing in the southern part of Ohio. She
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
DECREASE IN BIRTHS
ALARMS FRENCH OFFICIALS
Twenty-e ght Thousand Fewer Chill
dren Born in First Half Of Pres
ent Year Than Year AGO.

PARIS, Dec S-Race suicide al
voctes who henceforth go into print
in defense Of their views will run
sfou Of the government. according to
statement issued today by Minister
BRAND The governments new plan
TO prevent the spread OF race suicide
theories provides the authors editors
and publishers OF any book advocating
that certain people would be better
off without children shall be prosecut-
ed
Deputy Gauthier de Clagny advo-
Gates a bill TO encourage parenthOO |
Ey giving bonus To mothers Tho
pro Catholic laNthe blame for the dc.
population OF France to the separation
Of church and state and theabsence
of religious instruction i'm the public
schools
Statistics fer the first half OF the
present year show $4,000 fewer births
than during the corresponding period
last year.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
WOMAN FOUND GUILTY.
Mrs. Mary Wilhelm Convicted for
Murder of Husband.

NEW YORK. Dec S-MTs. Mary
Wilhelm. Jointly Indicted with Nicho-
las Sica for the murder of her husband
Frank Wilhelm. a contractor. last Feb
ruary, was found guilty of murder in
the second degree by jury at New
ark, n. j.. last night. The jury was
oGt -four hours and ten minutes.
Mrs. Wilhelm received the verdict
with litlle show of emotion. and
seemed gratifled that the clause OF the
finding recommended her to the mercy
Of the court
Sica. whom the state contends con-
spired with Mrs Wilhelm TO get the
husband ont of the way in order that
they might be married, will be tried
ncXt.
Wilhelm was found murdered in the
collar of his home
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
CrokEs ON sANoVIcr.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mlcl. Dec q
Hurriedly stufIlng ham sandwich
into his mouth with both hands,
John Smith. 90 years old. cHclcd. fe'l
i,nc, nscious 10 the door % Duprce s
saloon and died before an ambulance
could arrive The vic, ~ " IS q wei
known character about Tie ,ty.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
EXILE GOES TO WASHINGTON.
De Lara, Who Fled From Mexico
Wants Congressional Inquiry.

STOCKTON. Calf. Dec. SIS. l..
Gutierrez De Lara arrested by i'm
migration officials recently I'm Les
Angeles. charged with being an alien
anarchist and whose presence In a
Mexican prison - said greatly TO be
desired by President Diaz. left here to-
day for Washington 10 try TO force
through a congressional investigation
into his arrest and Incarceration. De
Lara declares he has received promises
Of assistance from Senator La Fol.
lette and a number of other prominent
senators.
when John Kline Turner made the
investigation which led TO his series
of articles "Barbarous Mexico, DC
Lara was his companion. When ar
rested he CHARGED that he was To be
deported 20 Mexico and shot at Pr"st-
dent Diaz's orders. He was ordered
released by Secretary Nagel. Of the
of commerce and labor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
John Drew seriously Hurt.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-John Drrw
The comedian was thrown from Dis
horse while riding in Central Para
yesterday afternoon. sustaining "na
cussiun of the brain. a fracture of the
left collarbone and other serious I'm
vrics He was rushed At once to the
Presbyterian hospital In an automo
lille IN examination there resultc'
in an announcement thar he would o."
cover
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
NEW CORPORATIONS.

LANSING Mich. Dec S.-Thc fol
lowing companies have filed articles of
Incorporation with the secretary 90
state FLINT Narnish works, Flint
$1,000 00, Baker Jones company Bat
he Creek. $1,000; STANDARD Cement q
Lime company. CharlevoiX Office ar
Detroit. 81 .O00, 600, principal stock.
holder Ebert l.. Buell. Detroit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
J. s HAccERTY HoNoRED.

LANSING. Mich. Dec. S.-(SpeciaO
Governor Warner has appointed J.
8 Haggerty Of Detroit as memher
Of the delegation to represent Michl
gan ut the tenth annual congress OF
the National Good Roads Association
which meets at Topeka. Kansas. Dee
IA and 10
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
Employees Of Locomotive Works
Strike

SCHENECTADY. y. Y. Dec s.
Six hundred blacksmiths and boiler
makers at the local branch OF the
American Locomotive Co. struck yes
terday morning
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
PUT San ON "FRATs.p

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Dec. s.
Acting principally upon the advice of
Superintendent of Schools GreesOn.
members OF the board of education
adopted the proposed aiHenjlEroIt- ".
the rules, putting the ban on al
secret so"ieties among puD.s NJ he
public schools IN Reorganization 1r q
,,etiticn signed by owe" 90 leading
citizen nal action in the marlcr was
left TO 4. ,2pcial committee With power
to act Wi,h;i two weeks
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
l an. Named Commerce Commissioner

WASUINGTON. Dec. S.-AboUt
I 200 recess nominations 10 posts IN
the various departments of the gov
eminent were dumped on the senate
YESTERDAY bv President Taft for con
flrmation The list embraces all az the
nominations made by President Taft
while congress was not In session
and in addition the following. Frank
lin X. Lane. of California. to he in
terstate commerce commissioners.
Sanford r. Dole. of Hawaii, to be
United States district judge for the
territory OF Hawaii
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08

Dynamite becomes more dangerous
to- handle I'm cold weather because its
content freezes at from
AZ TO &c Fuhrenhcit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
THE WEATHER

Detroit cnd Nlcinity-Wed nc ~dns
might mud Thursday. partly cioudyI zero
temperature toniEhti Diminishing west
eriy winds.
Lower Nichlgan-PRrtly cloudy mud
continued cold tonight aud Thursday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08

This in order that should the outer
markings be destroyed. the inner
marw will insure prompt forwarding
and delivery.
If not convenient to ship in wooden
boxes. use strong wrapping paper
mot newspapers and tie with strong
cord
IL package contains anything ct
perishable nature write the word,
"Perishable" in large plain letters on
the box or package. to insure spe'
cial attention and first delivery.
Ii you will observe these sugges-
tions. YOU will greatly assist in IN
surfing the prompt delivery of yorr
gift i'm good condition.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08

There are no IicE on Joe Bri-tOw, sen
ator srom kansas. They don't dare
ask whats the matter with Kan
snsG" whom Bristow's around. -
senator he e. y colleague OF AIdrich.
Otherwise there q. nothing In com
mon. Kansas people are glad of
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08

In fighting the Moors. the Spanish
army strengthened its plaster block
houses with bullet proof boiler plate
fighting tops at each corner.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08

job Printing done right. Times
Printing Co. Is John E-st. Call Main
.I4gS Or city S3SS
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08
HERE ARE TIPS ON
SENDING PRESENT IS
Expressman Hands Out Valuable
Pointers OH Packing and Directing
Christmas Gifts.

DO you expect to send your mother,
sweetheart. or friend Christmas
present this year? II SO. and you nnd
IT necessary to patronlze some eX-
press company, ii would be we'll 10
bear in mind the following sugges
tons submitted by an expressman:
Ship your package early. by Dec.
rs if possible The express company
will give you a small label to paste
on the package, reading Don
open until Christmas. This will IN
sure the package reaching its destina-
ton before Christmas and give The
additional pleasure to the recipient
OF having 1t on Christmas morning.
Use wooden boxes for packing.
Glass or fragile articles should BE
well protected. II may cost "A few
cents more. but the danger of loss
or damage is very much reduced.
True, if the shipment is lost or dam
aged the express company will pay
for it, but that will give your friend
no pleasure, ,F'FFe''%
Write the address. in full. state.
county, city. street, and number, On
the box or package with ifrit,- o.
crayon. Tags are frequently torn of
and lost
II you want to prepay the charges
write the word PAID in large plain
letters on the package.
Insist on a receipt and see that the
amount paid is marked on the receipt
and package. and the value or the
package declared thereon.
Write your own address i'm full
somewhere on the package. following
the prefix From -------.
Enclose "A card in each box or pack
age reading
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-08

ATTENTION. oUR PATRONS get IS
regular % street car tickets Tor Csc.
Cut Rate Car Fare Co. 1919 Griswo!d-s st.
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Alexander. Umbrellas. 20 dOnro..
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