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The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
DESCRIBES BRUTAL
MURDER At THE
ST. CLAIR FLATS
Sam Frisbie Says Frank Elbra Struck
Louis Rosenberyon Head With Re
volvera nd Then Held His Head
Water.
Slayer Swallows Poison ard Dies
Soon After Crime-Frisbie
May Go Free.

ALGONAC, Mich, July l6.-Under-
Sheriff Petit, of Port Huron, arrived
here this morning To make further
investigation into the brutal murder
Of Louis Rosenberg, cigar dealer. of
Cleveland, by Frank Elbra, 20 years
old, also of Cleveland. Elbra killed
himself two hours after the murder
by swallowing strychnine. IL was
stated this morning If nothing was
found against Sam Frisbie, also OF
Cleveland he would be released.
Frisbie. who is a brother-in-law Of
Francis W. Treadway. lieutenant gov.
crnor OF Ohio, told the officers how
illbra lured Rosenberg from the dance
hell, near Bedore's hotel, by telling
him there were three girls down on
The polat. The three started down.
lays FIisbie, and, arriving near the
water. Elbra bounced on Rosenberg,
beating him with IA revolver over the
mead. ElDra followed Rosenberg into
the water and held his victims head
underneath the surface.
Frisbie says when Elbra pounced
Gown on RAcsenberg the victim yelled,
Murder" and Frisbe cried. My God,
hat are you doing?" Elpra was de
termined in his attack however.
The scene of the murder. the motive
for which was robbery, was 400 feet
from the dancing pavilion. on lonely
point The body was found Thursday
corning. The spot where the tragedy
occurred was beaten down for space
Oi 20 feet, indicating the struggle thar
hpd occurred. After Elbra had held
losenberg's head beneath the water
rrisble and Elbra dragged the body
onto the shore and placed 1t on the
Grass Elbra. Frisbie says, searched
Rosenberg's pockets. taking roll Of
hills containing s402. his gold watch
and his diamond ring. The two then
went to the hotel, took off their wet
clothing and went to bed.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

Pearson syndicate in Mexico. which
controls the fields OF that country
from the Rio Grande to Yucatan In
Japan it was all powerful until two
years ago. when the Japanese govern
ment took nominal ownership. Stand
ard oil drillers are plunging into the
wilds of darkest Africa drilling for
more OIL
What Will America Dor
With the Standard controlling the
oil fields of the rest of the world, amt
our own supply exhausted. what Will
America do for oil in 1885?
With Standard tanks and reservoirs
over the country filled in 1895 with
perhaps a billion barrels of oil, what
will America pay for oil in 1885?
The oil used in this country costs
the people close to $200000,000 a year
now.
In 1885 the oil trust will have the
best excuse in the world for raising
the price-that the supply is being ex.
hausted.
DR.. Day. frankly alarmed at his own
figures, makes several recommended
lions to the national conservation com
mission. He says that he does not ex-
pect that they will be followed With
the system he recommends oil would
! last for 90 years. Among his recon.
mendations are:
No petroleum TO be exported.
Petroleum to be devoted To only lts
essential uses, the greatest being ma
chire fabrication.
Only its lowest residuum to be burn
| ed for fuel
Only It's lowest residuum to be used
in road building
| All petroleum produced above the
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
COAL OIL SUPPLY IS
NEARLY EXHAUSTED
Startling Report Is Made by DR..
Clark, Geological Expert-Standard
Stores Vast Quantities.
STATEMENT ny STANDARD
OH. ON DNINDEING- SEFPEf.

NEW YORK;, July IG.-"standard
of Prof. Days report On the oil sup
ply" snid D. 4. 4. Clark. representa-
tive az the standard OH Co, nt "a
broadway.
"But we nre forced to admit that
the supply In very changeabie.
within "a years our supply may
d,vindle to One-nfth ar even one
sixth of what 10 IL now in this coun-
try.
AT present the supply of oil la
this country IL greater than the de-
mand. That's why STANDARD on has
Ia store vast quantities. OF oil.
"Fhis stored oil loses Its value.
The higher and finer Bnpbtbas and
gasoline are evapOrated. mo- matter
how tightly the tanks ARE sealed.
"Me are looking cut all over the
world for new supplies. We try to
keep ~ well Informed about Lew
wells as our competitors nre and we
try 90 get our well drilIers ia the
scenes.
'rbe Pennsylvania supply. which
was the first 10 be discovered, and.
strange "a say. yielded the best oil
we have ever found, ~ rapidly
dwtrdling.
"rhe oklahoma and western sup
ply IN about 10000 barrels n day.
In time this will dNindie away.
"Rut geOiOgists are studying the
formation of oils. aud they believe
pockets, somew here ON the earth"
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
HURLED TO DEATH.

VASSAR, Mich, July 16.-Wm.
Barnes. q years old. was thrown be-
meath a team of horses and died soon
afterward from his injuries yesterday
afternoon Barnes WAS employed Dy
f. c. Brainard, supervisor of the town
ship, as a farm employe. He climbed
out ON the tongue OF the rig To adjust
the horses harness when the animals
became frightened. Brainard jumped
from the rig and stopped the team,
and then carried Barnes to the side
OF the road, where he died short tine
later.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
MUST SERVE SENTENCE.
VIM. L. Wilson's Case is Passed on by
Supreme Court.

LANSING, Mich. July 16.-Wm. L.
Wilson. convicted OF embezzling ap'
lproximately S125.00O from the United
Home Protectors fraternity, of Port
Huron, while acting as its grand sec
rotary, must remain in the Ionia re-
fCrmatory. where he Is serving an in
determinate sentence OF from one To
Is years. according to a decision OF
the supreme court. The action of the
ST. Clair county circuit court is al
fiTmed
Wilson before his conviction made
strong fight for his release on the
ground that he did not embeZZle the
money, but merely used II in "a bust
ness manner for the benefit of the
fraternity" After prolonged trial
during which the attention OF the
state was attracted because OF the
prominence of the defendant and the
various branches or the organization
he vas convicted.
On being sentenced he was hurried
TO prison at his own request. He said
that II ne had TO go to Jail. he wanted
TO start I'm nj once on his term.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
Seek Hidden Treasure.

After many attempts and failures to
recover the copper cargo OF the steam
er Pewabic. sunk in Thunder bay AZ
years ago by the Meteor another ca
fort IS to be made to raise the metak
A New York syndicate is furnishing
the funds and the work Will be super
intended by William Petry, OF New
York, who has invented a new diving
apparatus which is expected to resist
the water pressure at great depths.
The Pewabic lies in 21O feet OF water
and. If this attempt succeeds. the syn
dictate will go about raising the car
goes of other wrecks The steame'
Douglas is fitting out here and VIII
leave Saturday for Lake Huron.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
LEAPS FROM TRAIN.
Cincinnati Nurse Is Prevented From
Taking Her Life.

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich. July To-
Miss Julia I.affey nurse in the home
Of Mrs. Newell Hargraves, OF Cincln-
natl, leaped through the window or a
moving Pullman car and rushed TO
the shore of Grand Traverse pay
where she plunged into the water,
yesterday afternoon.
Bystanders rushed after her and car
ried her to the shore in spite OF her
protests. The train was stopped ana
she was placed on board.
The young woman had been al Ne
ah-ta.wan-ta. summer reso"t. Il
miles uo the bay and was returning
to Ohio. The train had barely start
ed when she leaped through the WIN
dow.
II tried to kill myself | want to
die" is ali she would say.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

actual aud essential needs OF the coun-
try to be stored against the day OF its
exhaustion.
Realizing the futility of getting
these recommendations adopted with
any degree of dispatch or care, DR..
Day recommends as being practicable
three conclusions that he says are
self-evident":
First: II is absolutely necessary for
the preservation of an adequate sup
ply of petroleum that all public lands,
where petroleum is probable, should
at once be withdrawn from entry.
Second: A general investigation Of
the conditions of accumulation OF Pc
troleum and it's geographic distribu-
ton. should be undertaken In order
that the petroleum-bearing public
lands may be selected.
Third: Fundamental scientific study
OF the nature OF petroleum, especially
with a view to securing the greatest
yields of the most valuable constltu-
ents and even for transmitting one
oil into another, is required, for its
most intelligent use.
Progress To Be Downward.
The oil industry has reached its high
est mark, DR.. Day believes. From now
on the progress will be downward. He
points out that the daily production
in Pennsylvania has fallen from 207
ballels a day per square mile in the
oil fields to a well of II barrels. He
shows that the West Virginia fields
are producing only so per cent OF their
maximum Ohio and Indiana are fall
ing off faster than Pennsylvania. and
Texas and Kansas are also going
down
In California, Illinois and Oklahoma
the production will increase some
what. Dr. Day says, then fall off again.
In all, close to two billion barrels
of oil have been produced in United
States, worth, II is estimated, sl,654,-
S77.6S5. Now the estimate OF the re-
naming oil in the ground, according
to DR.. Days report. is as follows:
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
cLoupsURsT HITS JACKSON.

JACKSON, Mich, July ia cloud
burst hit this city last night and many
OF the principal streets and houses
were flooded In several stores pat
rons were compelled to stand on
chairs while on one street corner a
boat was in carrying the people
urrpsr- the miniature lake.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
whitmore Is Sentenced.

NEW YORK, July 16.-Theodore ).
Whitmore. the motorman. who was
acquitted year ago on charge of
having murdered his wife. whose body
was found in swamp in Hudson coun'
", New Jersey. was yesterday after
noon sentenced to Imprisonment Tor
two and half years by Judge Resal'
sky for stealing a 5000 diamond rug
from the residence Ut Mrs. Grace Mil
Ter on Riverside Drive.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
AS GnApuATes WE'D.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, July 16.-For-
ty-five graduates from the university
have been married ia the last month,
Thirty-one were men and IA women.
The latest wedding was that OF Miss
Mary CIarkson. daughter of F. w.
Ciarkson, cashier of the First National
bank, of Ann Arbor, to Aldrich Blake,
a Grand Rapids business man.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
THE WEATHER.

Detroit and sicinity-Friday night
aud saturday. partly cioudyi moderate
temperature. Hight to moderate, vnri-
able winds.
Lower Michiesn--rsir toniRht and
Saturdays not much change In temper
nture.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
Detroit Woman is Honored.

SEATTLE, Wash. July 16.--Mrs.
Lillian NJ. HOLSTER. of Detroit. was
elected president Of the National
Council of Womefg yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
tails .IO.OOO. OOO. 600 2i. 500 .000 90

Petroleum. DR.. Day urges, should
be reserved for it's essential uses. Prin-
cipal among these is that OF luDrlca-
ton. No practical substitute for this
has been discovered. Vegetable oil Is
far too expensive. In an age OF ma
chinery. this matter is OF vital import
ance.
History Of Oil Industry.
Petroleum oil. discovered in the Al
legheuy mountains IN the early part
of the century, became commercial
product with the periecting OF retn-
ing processes In 1854 10. 1860. A great
rush to the Pennsylvania country fol-
lowed. similar to the California gold
field rush of 1S49.
The Lima fields in Ohio and In
diana were discovered in 1888, and the
Beaumont, Tex, fields in 1901. Both
became very important in the develop
ment of the oil business.
From small beginnings the oil IN
dustry has grown to mammoth proper
lions and formed the basis for the
great producing, refining and selling
company in the world, the Standard
Oil Co. which became dominant In the
industry in the early ,1Os.
Outside United States, the greatest
oil fields are in Baku Russia. and IN
Galatia. Roumania. Great fields have
been discovered In Mexico, which, IL
is predicted, will see yield OF 2OO,OOO
barrels a day within the next 10
months.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

KALAMAZOO. Mich. July 1.-two
persons killed. three probably fatally
injured and several sustaining serious
bruises is the result OF a head-on
collision on the Chicago, Kalamazoo
and Saginaw railroad, branch OF the
Michigan Central, which occurred be-
tween passenger and freight trains at
Turpenings crossing, one-half mile
south Of Shultz. a few miles north of
Kalamazoo. late yesterday afternoon.
The fatally injured were brought to
this city last night on the relief train
that was sent out frcm the Chicago,
Kalamazoo & Saginaw yards in this
city as soon as the accident became
known
The blame for the accident is at.
tached to Benjamin McMurray, agent
and operator at Deltor. whoais alleged
TO have failed TO deliver a meeting
train order. The passenger train col
lided head on with the freight 1t was
to have met at Schultz.
The Coroner's jury meets today al
Hastings to investigate the wreck,
and the state railroad commissioner
is on his way there To be present.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

Mrs. W. n. MILLER. who had been sent
ny her husband Ia VISIT relatives In
PcpnsyIVanin before the murder Of
banker snyier. She says she knew
of her husbands friendship for Mrs.
SnyTer Two yenfs ngO. nnd WHs fn0Rh-
ed NJ when she pleaded with the We
man TO remain away from her hus-
band.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

Job Printing done right. Times Print
Ing Co., Is John R.-st Phone 149s.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

Ru.Iue.s-IIke Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain, neat Kind that
socks right. Times Printing Co., No
Is John R.-st. Phone 1898.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

Busfnpss-fike Printing No fuss and
no feathers The plain. NEAT kind that
looks right Times Printing Co., No.
Id John R.-st Phone 1898
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
YOUNG OIL KING MUST MEET GREAT CRISIS;
COAL OIL SUPPLY IS BEING EXHAUSTED

This II typical American oil well
scene and John ID. Rookie eIler, Jr,
who In - decade, will have ia meet
the Standards crisis. DIR. Day. n ge-
oiogist expert, says the coal oil sup
ply threatens Ia become exhausted la
~ years. A standard OIL Off iaI la
New York, while not agreeing with
DT. Day, says the supply 81 oil will
he greatly decreased. The oil trust
IL exploring I'm NIL parts of the world
for new oil fields. The larger por-
tion OF oil that IN produced I'm the
United states LIS shipped To foreign
countries.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
.commsrr1nr- t-rrstr- s-tf,r.

CALL DETROIT rANICAB CO.
Main 562- CIV bb1O PARK 20
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

job Printing done right. Times Print.
ing Co.. Is Jorr hit. Phone 149S.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

AIexander. Umbrellas. 40 sronroe.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16

Lawyer Thos. N. Harmed was eounsef
for Adoiph seEai. who WIS the stee1sn
OF n conspiracy by the sugar trust
- .I- it-- officials Harmed sSffh -dfreefe
ors Of the trust. has been fnd1c1e4
by a federal grand Jury In New tefx
ON the charge OF conspiracy.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
TWO KILLED AND
THREE MAY DIE
Passenger and Freight Trains Crash
Head-0n Near Schultz, on Branch
of Michigan Central.
THE DEAD.

THE DEAD.
MELVIN MEADE. Kalamazoo, engi-
neer az pnssanger- traia,--
SETH CHANDLER, i<uIamazoo, fire.
man Of passenger train.
THE INJURED.
Fred kreuse, engineer, Kalamazoo.
hip broken, condition critical; John MIL
heck. fireman, Kalamazoo, shoulder
broken, condition critical; Mrs. VI. =.
Gouid, passenger. Adrian, Mich. leg
broken, Injured internally. condition
criticniy Mrs. Charlotte Batchelior. pas
senser, Hastings, Mich; Mrs. Hannah
BatcheilOr, passenger, Hastings. Mich.
-. n. burton, passenger, Hastings
Mich; Martin Gould, passenger. Adrian
Mich; Benjumin Voorhees,, bnggage-
mun, katumnz0O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31
COTTON OUTLOOK
 STILL bULL|SH Prices Have Advanced Sharply
 During the Week BUREAU REPORT AWAITED Condition for July Is Expected To Be Below That of June and if the Figures Are Low Another Sharp
 Upturn Is Expected.
BUREAU REPORT AWAITED

New York, July 30-Mainly owing to unfavorable cotton crop reports and sold out and over-sold condition of the mar ket. cotton after some irregularity has advanced sharply. The drift of the crop advices is such that very many look for a bullish government report next Mon day. The July condition was 74.6 per cent and the August condition seems like ly to fall considerably below that of July. The question is whether the recent rains in Texas and some improvement east of the Mississippi river may not have caused some increased condition during July. Some traders think they have. Many, how ever, incline to the belief that there has been little or no improvement and that If this turns out to be so much higher prices are inevitable
 Special newspaper reports of late have been of a kind to stimulate bull specula- ton. They have come from the Caro- linas, Georgia and Alabama, as well as from Mississippi and Louisiana and talk of a crop of only 11,500,00o to 12,O0o,0 GOO bales has grown louder. based on the axiom that an August condition below 80 per cent has invariably meant small i crop. It is true that the acreage Is now some 32, 900 acres as contrasted with an area Tn former years oi zoVVV'V" Co oo' GOO, ,000 but 1t is worthy of remark that even in 1907, with an area given at 3D. O60,000 acres and an August condition of 75-about what is now looked for-the crop was only 11.375. 900 bales. Crops of 13,5OO.Ooo bales and over in the last five years have only been raised in years when the August condition was s2.9 to 91 S. ! The previous high record crops of about 11,250,000 bales in 1897 and 1898 and on an area of 24,75,O00 acres to 24,967Oo0 acres, were produced on August conditions of from S6.9 to 91.2 per cent.
 But low August conditions have never yielded good crops. Meantime speculation is on the qui vive for that report from Washington on August 2. Even if bullish 1t may be followed by reaction In prices but the consensus is that report point ing to relatively small crop, that Is , 12. 900. GOO bales or below, will be the signal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31
gun for another outburst of bullish spec

ulatiOn.
 Meantime trade Is slowly improving. Exports of cotton goods are more than double those for the same time last year, spfnners' talxings run well ahead of those of last year, week by week, and the visible supply Is decreasing much more rapidly than year ago. On the other hand. existing supplies are still large, spnners in many cases hold aloof, Europe insists that its trade is poor and the price of raw cotton is at least relatively if not absolutely high.
 Late in the week price changes were confined to rather narrower limits be- cause of the extreme nervousness and uncertainty regarding the government re- port. Western houses sold and commis- sion houses sold for prof1ts whereas Wall street was buying. For time firm ness was created by the National ginners report making the crop condition TIT per cent, which was followed by an esti- mate from local statistician of T per cent. Later a prominent commission house placed the condition at 73.8 per cent. On the other hand. while many had expected another statistician to issue a bullsh estimate, the figures were found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31
NOTHING BUT WATER AND MILK ID DRINK Seems to Be Determination of
 the Prehibitienists PROPOSING MANY LAWS Fight Against Proposed Legislation May Drive LukeWarm Members Into Radical CoIumn-Gossip
 Heard at the Capitol.
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

Montgomery. July So.-(Special)-W water everywhere, and nothing else to drink. may be the paraphrase of a fa- nillar saying when the legislature has finished the work along temperance lines it has laid out for the extra session now on. First there is a general bill to prevent sale or manufacture of liquors or in any way dsposing of them, including Inhibition of keeping and storying for use of members of clubs in club rooms Then there is bill preventing outside corporations from doing so and there is another applying to clubs alone. and still another that gives municipalities the right to have and enforce all the laws that the state has.
 Many New Laws.
 And then there are to be new jury laws that will make it possible to overcome many failures along this line and solici- tors will be given every chance to be- gin and carry on prosecutions Over and above the rest, in point of advancement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31
Notice,

Notice is hereby given that a bill will be introduced at the extra session of the Alabama legislature asking that body to empower the Mayor and Board of Alder men of Birmingham to sell certain parcels of land, alleys and streets in the city of Birmingham, the proceeds of such sales to be devoted to the building up of all parks now owned by the city, and to purchase a park for the Third ward and for the Lakeview school section. By authority of legislative committee, to whom the matter was referred with power to act.
 FRANK P. O'BRIEN. Mayor.
 July IS, 1909 7-18-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31
Mrs. Lauzon Injured.

Mobile, July 30-Mrs. Marcella A. Lau- zon, mother of Ed Lauzon, baseball player in the Texas league, fell from a moving electric car tonight in Oakdale, breaking her left hip. She was taken to the Southern infirmary, where her condi- ton was said to be serious on account of her age,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31

Effective Sunday, Aug. 1, Southern Railway trains will leave for Selma at 6 am. and 3::25 pm; arrive from Selma 10:30 am. and 8:10 pm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31
COTTON PEST.
Dallas Farmers Fear the Boil Weevil
 Has Arrived.

Montgomery, July so.-(specia1>-A spe- cial to the Advertiser from Selma says: Dallas county farmers in the Sardis neighborhood, IS miles south of Selma. are uneasy because of the appearance of insects in their cotton fields which they believe to be woll weevils. I. L. Smith and MT. Stanf1ll have exhibited several of these insects and they resemble closely the weevil dreaded by cotton growers They will be sent to the agricultural de- partment in Washington. Government ex- perts have figured that the boil weevil is travelling eastward and is not due in Alabama for three years.
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to be 70 when the report finally came out. Liverpool reported large spot bus mess at a material advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
 UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA
Charlottesville, Va. Department of Engineering.

Department of Engineering.
 Four-year courses lead to degrees in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Mining and Chemical Engineering. Extensive laboratories for practical work In Physics, Chemistry, Analytical Chemis- try and Assaying. Economic Geology, Electrical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. Special elective courses will be arranged for students who have completed adequate collegiate courses elsewhere in Mathema tics Physics and Chemistry. Send for catalog
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HAMILTON COLLEGE For Young Women.

Lexington, Ky, 4lst Year, Branch of Pennsylvania University. Select Home School of the Blue Grass Region 26 in Faculty, from best universities, 6-acre Campus: 5 modern buildings Certificate to Eastern Colleges. Also standardized Junior College Course. Music. Art, Elo- cutfOn. Catalog.
 Hubert c. Shearin, Ph. D.. President,
 Box U. 6-15-26t- tu th- sat
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See those coal signs everywhere. Her. mitage, of course, city.
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Babb After Perkins.
Ward Seminary H:s%ys M s;; Hs. rss.s .s.ss

4ssh s.,y :ad wL.