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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
BORROW CARFARE AND
TAKE A COLLEGE COURSE
Or. Thomas Travis Says He Wont to
University Fourteen Yesrs
Without Capital.

NEW YORK. May 4.-The Rev. DIR.
Thomas Travis, of MontclDir, ". j..
rsstor OF Pilgrim church, said that a
young man with good health and de-
termination can go TO any college In
the country, take any course he
chooses and stay there as long as he
likes. without one cent except car
fare to the college town.
This statement" Or. Travis contin'
ued, is not based on theory but on
actual fact, proved by myself. | spent
fourteen years In colleges acquiring
what little knowledge | haze without
one cent of expense 10 ny parents.
Altogether | attended eight colleges.
Ny tuition was sometimes earned by
winning scholarships and sometimes
by the sweat of my brows
ITO win a scholarship does not re-
quire any special brillia1cy but IS
merely a question of hard work, and
hard work does not mean the burning
OF midnight oil but study during the
day according to a regular schedule.
"The question of clothes I'm college
il q simple one: gray flannel shirt.
shapeless coat and hat and a pair OF
trousers with rolled up bottoms.
"The roll up at the bottom Is not 20
put on airs" continued the doctor.
"but 10 save the trouble and expense
OF pressing them. In all college towns
SUFFICIENT work can be procured to pay
board"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
ADAMS, GUILTY,
GIVEN FIVE YEARS
Jury Takes Less Than Half Hour To
Convict Girls Betrayer and Court
Sentences Him Immediately.

Twenty-eight minutes after they
hled out of Judge ConnoIly's court
room, after hearing the testimony
against John A. Adams. alias DR.. An
ton Wiechers, the jury in the Rosa
REM betrayal case. brought in vr-
dict OF guilty as charged.
A few minutes later. Adams was
sentenced to a term OF from two and
one-haif TO Ave years in Marquette,
with the maximum term recommended.
Only one ballot was taken. /,
Judge Connolly. anxious To finish
the case which has proven one OF the
most revolving. In many respects, ever
heard In the local courts. announced
his intention OF Immediately sentenc-
ing the defendant.
Attorney +. +. Bumps. who made a
hard fight for the prisoner. in spite
OF the overwhelming odds. was on his
feet in a moment. asking for a stay
of sentence in which to move for a
new trial.
II feel that this courts connection
with this case ought to- be terminated
as soon as possible said Judge Con-
molly. He announced that the court S
action would not prevent Attorney
Bumps from having 80 days in which
to file a bill OF exceptions.
Adams, when asked whether he had
to say why sentence should
not be pronounced. said that that
would take a long time. Then, on a
tip from jumps, he remained silent.
Judge Connolly wasted no moraliz-
no ntAc
tetnce was short and curt. Then
Adams was handcuffed and led away
to the county jail.
Rosa REM and her mother: Mrs.
Kate Cochrane, Adams first victim;
and a young girl friend of Rosa were
ALI present when sentence was
passed. "Oh. I'm so glad" said little
Rosa, whose. honor had been vindi-
Gated in the verdict.
I'm glad too,p said Mrs. Cochrane,
tears yelling into her eyes as she
looked at Rosa. He got just what he
deserved" .
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
Is JAILED AS HE REPORTS
THAT HE HAS BEEN ROBBED
Victim Of Pickpocket Recognizes AZ
Detective Bureau by q Broker
Who Got a Bad Check.

NEW YORK, May 4.-Samuel JOS
ephs. a streetcar conductor, who lives
a No. 1881 Park-ave., the Bronx. called
at police headquarters and complain
ed that while riding downtown on
Third-ave. car. a pickpocket had stolen
$3.50 from him. Just then John G.
Weir. a broker, OF No. % Broad-st-.
walked in and asked that a detective
be assigned to find man who nad
given him a bad check for $500. AS
Josephs emerged from the detective
bureau. Mr.. Weir, with gasp OF as
constituent, exclaimed: That's the
man who gave me the bad check.
Josephs was arrested.
In Center-st police court Josepns
said the $3.50 stolen from him was the
money with which he intended TO
make good the check he had given
Mr.. Weir. The latter told Magistrate
O'Connor and that Josephs bought
$500 worth Of stock from him and
gave him check on the Corn Elk
change bank, which was returned
marked mo account"
Magistrate O'Connor committed Jo-
sephs TO the Tombs in default OF 49,,
900 for examination.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
RALPH W|SNER'S
WIFE Gets DECREE
Divorce Was Granted On Previous
Hearing. But Set Aside By Supreme
Court and Parties Made Up.

The name OF one of Detroit oldest
and best known families was dragged
into the divorce court. Monday after
noon. in the case OF Anne +. against
Ralph Wisner. This is the second
case In which the two have figured. In
the first case. In 1905. Mrs. Wisner
Was granted a decree. but the sn.
preme cour reversed the lower court
finding. However. the parties finally
made up and lived together again.
Both parties are highly connect ed.
Wisner's father was a government en-.
gineer. and she comes from a promi.
pent Ohio family named Dennison.
Her brother was formerly United
States consul in Quebec.
Mrs. Wisner testified that her hus.
band is a confirmed gambler. that
frequently he did not come home until
Z o'clocq in the morning. and usually
he was intoxicated. She said that
when they were living at No. SO Can
teld-aye. West he stopped her credit
at the grocer's and ordered the heat
shut on from their apartments. She
was promised a decree.
Jacob Swift was promised a divorce
from Eva Swift. a woman to whom he
was never legally married. but who Is
the mother OF his four children. He
testified that he met the woman in
New York In 1893 and asked her to
live with him. She consented. and
they lived together seven years Then
Mrs. Swift tired OF him. and took the
children 10 Germany. She returned
and is now living In Syracuse. y. Y.
but Swift said that when he went
there TO see her she threw hot water
on him and drove him away. Judge
Hosmer decided that the alliance be-
tween the two constituted a common
law marriage and granted divorce.
Charlotte Hurlburt said thai her
husband. William b.. an auto salesman
making $1,000 per year. left her and
went TO New York. When she fol-
lowed he gave her a ticket and sent
her back TO Detroit. Decree promised.
Walter ID. Gale. OF No. 401 Cass-ave..
said that the conduct of MS wife.
Eulaiia. was such that he was COM
PEELED to take their children and leave
her. A witness testified that he saw
Mrs. Gale in resort at No. 10 Beau
bien-st
Olive Mckinney and married
daughter both cried when they told or
the breaking up of their home. made
necessary by the desertion OF the hus-
band and father. James Mckinney
The McKinneys were well-to-do farm
ers and lived together long enough 10
bring up y family. a decree was
promised.
Other divorces granted were: EN-.
ma from Walter Struthers. non-sup-
port. Grace vs.. Daniel Souter. deser-
flo. Esther vs. Eugene Deer. non
support. ma John VS. Florence Benhi-
son. desertion-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
DID YOU EVER SEE A
FLEA WEEP AND COUGH

Are you bothered With fleas In your
house?
II you are listen to DIR. Henry Skin.
ner, one of the. hg sharks employed
b. the United States department OF
agriculture:
Knowing the volatility Of naph-
thal;ne i'm warm weather aud the irri.
tatihg character Of It's vapor led me
To try II. took one room at time.
scattered on the floor five pounds OF
flake naphthaline and closed II for "a
hours. On entering such room the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
DIR. ]. X. FREEMAN DIES.

SAGINAW. Mich, May 4.-Dr. Jas.
Warren Freeman. 81 years old, died
yesterday from a complication OF dis
eases. He had one OF the largest prac-
tices Ia the city for 80 years, and was
a member OF the state and American
Medical associations. The late Alice
Freeman Palmer. Of Chicago univer-
sity. who had an international repu-
tation as an educator and whose
memory Was recently highly honored
by that institution, was his daughter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04

naphthaline vapor will instantly bring
tears to the eyes and cause coughing
and irritation of the air passages. j
nention this to show how IL acts on
the feas.
1T proved to be perfect and eff
fectual remedy and very inexpensive
as the naphtbaline could be swept up
ana transferred TO other rooms.s So
fan AZ ! am concerned the flea Dues
ton is solved. and II / have furthe.
trouble ! know the remedy.
The New Jersey state Hospital fos
the Insane is having much success In
treating violent patients by keeping
them for several hours a DAY In baths
in which the water Is kepsoat tenn
peTature of 50.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
TO RETURN BATTLE FLAGS.
Veterans Urge That They Be Sent
Back to Southern States.

LANSING. Mich. May Gov War
ner has received letter from the gov
ernor of Alabama asking that the
battle flag of the First Alabama cav
airy. now in the museum here, be re-
turned. 10 ! y Cox, ad iut;.n' sen
eral aud CHER recommend q that the
Gag 80 cent lFck The stat ms now
two flags carried by North Carolina
troops, two carried by Virginia. one
BY Texas. one by Alabama and one by
| louisiana. and veterans are urging
that they be returned to their respec.
tive states.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04

Arrangements are being made for a
concert 70 be given for the benefit OF
the East Side settlement. Wednesday.
May ~. In the Detroit Opera house.
As the grand opera will be in the city
that week. the management. Messr5.
Milton and Sarfeant Aborn. will have
one act of an opera presented. the act
to include a star cast. u. G. whitney
has donated the Detroit opera house
for the occasion. and che entire pro-
ceeds will be devoted to paying of the
mortgage on the settlement A spe-
cinl feature OF the entertainment will
he Tennyson's Dream OF FaN WON
en-" under the direction OF Mrs. Mabel
Schorr. Mrs. Charles =. Leonard has
charge OF the entertainment. and the
business management Is IN the hands
OF Mrs. -. G. whitney.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04

NEW lORh, May 4.-Cdpl. fttSi
Hams lives in world of dead things
Look al him i'm court
Gaunt. thin, hopeless, he sits hud-
died In his chair his overcoat on. his
collar upturned You notice his eyes
frst-ihey startle you. They are open
wide open. eut absolutely without ex-
preston. They see nothing. They
peer motionless. lightless-at nothing,
His hands, like claws. with bon
wrists. protrude from his sleeves. They
are always moving, restless. whether
ne walks or sits still. They grip the
chaiL arms. They tug az the scanty
stripgy beard They twist and crochet
his hair into fantastic peaSs.
Capt Peter Hams is or trial foT
his life. He. e soldier. suot down an
unarmed man.
But nothing in his dramatic trial
has aroused him from his deathly
stupor.
He looks like a dead man. He lives
with dead things-his blasted home
his ruined honor. his hi6eous mem
cries.
He isn't the gallant young army
officer who was always on the firing
line in the Spanish war. He isn't the
nervous energetic. ambitious army en-
gineer of the Philippines. He ISM
the man who rushed home half insane
to hear horrible story, and who went
repeating TO himself for days SCRAPS
from Kipling's Vampire things
about "A fool there was" and The
woman who did not care
He isn't even the tortured man
- ~ IN rnOlly
shot down VIM. z Annis.
so part OF him lived.
Put the rest of him died"
He Is DYING by inches right in
the court ROOM" says his father, Gen.
Peter Hams.
Freedom will bring morning To this
man. Eife=Ieoks- hieakand= barren
ard lone ahead
Turn from the picture of Peter
Hams and look at his brother-at
Thornton Hams the strong, virile
dominating personality. wnom oppos-
ing lawyers called the real slayer OF
Annis-Thornton Hams, who has al
ready stood trial for for killing.
Talk about the trial for publica-
ticn?" his strong, harsh voice doomed
over the telephone.
Maybe you'd rather have me write
this voice was hard-"I can do
those things. II I write anything, I've
got TO be paid a lot OF money for IT.
With this trial our expenses are run
ming into the thousands.
"What?-Oh. the newspapers have
printed a lot OF lies about me. |
don't give a damn, thohgn.
IF I did, I'd get gun and kill
some NJ the reuOrters
What are my plans? Well. as soon
a. my brother gets cleared, I'm going
to sea. I'm an accredited shipmaster
I'll try to get a ship. After while |
expect to be master OF steamer
This man, too. has gone through the
fire--bas been twice tried for his life.
But his wife and home haven't beer
dc stroyed He Is lokoing ahead. force.
FIJI. confident. unworried.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
SPENT LAST CENT TO WE'D.
Bride Had to Pay. the Fare Home for
Lowry and Herself.

CINCINNATI. May 4.--John Lowry,
of Demossviile, KY, paid the last cent
ne had TO marry Mss Catherine Buck
ley. Of Cincinnati, when he procured
a license this morning. The court pa.
per cost 81.
The Lowry iexcheduer then had a
balance of 10 cents. The traction
company got the residue and in Gov
ington, KY, Squire Harry Wheeler
made no charge for performing the
ceremony.
Once in the street Lowrys face
turned redder than when he pro
nounced the words II do" He told the
blushing bride he was just plain broke
He laughed. rather uneasily
Mrs Lowry brought out dime from
that is. the briae furnish car fare
to her home. Lowry went along joy
ously.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04
CAPT. HAMS IS
DYING BY INCHES
So Declares His Father, Gen. Hams,
and Appearance of Annis' Slayer
Support This Statement.
THE NANPIRE..

y
A fool there was and he made his
prayer
Gwen as YOU and -
To a rag and a bone and hank OF
hair,
1--WE called her the woman who did not
carel
But the fool ne called her his lady fair
Gwen as YOU and -.
Oh. the years we waste and the tears
We waste
And the work OF our head and hand
Belong To the woman who did not know
tAnd now we know that she never
could know
And did not understand.
The fool was stripped OF his foolish
hide.
Even as YOU and II
Which she might have seen when she
threw him aside,
tBut II isn't on record the lady tricdl
50 some OF him lived. but the most OF
him died
even as you and -.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04

After the theater go to Giles Cafe
and Restaurant-everyth in season
-stroh's famous Bohemian Beer on
tap.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04

Htvervfew Park. Peoples Playground
will open Saturday. May s. Bands. base
ball, dancing. rides. shows. bathing, etc
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04

aud wedsr-siay. partly rIc66y ast
warmers moderate southeriy vs1oes. N
Lower NichHaut Gcneratly eeSr 10
night and Wednesday, rss1sg fewv<r-
CALL DETROIT TAxiCAB co.
Main $500. City $50. PARK <sI
Tob prfutIsn done righf. Times py(no-
s-- 60 ls Join R.-st. Phone 1<aN
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04

Business-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing Co.. No.
Is John R.-st. Phone 1893
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-04

the special committee, headed by
prank Danger, which investigated the
situation in Cleveland, Several mem
hers OF the Fifty" eomplimented the
subcommittee on care and fairness
nhown in compiling it's report
The committee found that under
The leadership of Tom l.. Johnson
Cleveland for several years has been
m the midst OF constant agitation re-
soltant upon the effort to secure mu-
nlcipal ownership OF it's street rail-
1870 and q fhree-cent fare" The
kol1inx plan Is dis cussed at length
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-22
EVENING
PAGES PUBLISHED
FANS IGNORANT
Of INSIDE PLAYS
IN LEAGUE GAMES

If the average fan could realize how
little he really knows of baseball he
might be less prone to criticism. There
is nothing more refreshing 10 a student
of the game than to sit through some
pleasant afternoon in a hotbed of fans
in stand or sbleacEers and hear the
quips handed out on the play as these
spectators see it.
OF course. the fan pays his. good
money to nourish the sport; then who
has a better right than he to air his
views?
While the layman doubtless is aware
OF the fact that baseball of today en-
braces far more than is shown on the
surface, few, very few, realize the in
tricate complications of inside base
ball.
Far too often are such epithets as
"~bonehead.' ''lob,' ivory skull and
the like applied to the wrong party.
The game is progressing with the
times. The team manager of today is
the n supreme power on whose judg-
ment almost solely depends success or
disappointment.
The captaincy of a major league
baseball club of today is but a hollow
AlOlpI. IIluttu. there is virtually no
such office except in case of a strictly
bench manager, such as George Stall
ings or Connie Mack. In the latter
cases a field captain is essential only 50
far as handing the umpires the batting
list and in advising officials of changes
that may be made from time to time.
Extensively the manager directs play.
Defensively the team, if it works har-
moniously. decides its strategies on the
spur of the moment: that is, so far as
accepting chances is concerned. The
fielders concerned always try. but the
one who IS absolutely sure of the play
calls for the chance. and is Invariably
allowed TO stand or fall on his own judy
Naturally the position of the catcher
gives him the best of all the
situations that arise. He faces his other
and can keep strict tab on
the bases. If a base rune stray too far
from his station the catcher flashes the
intelligence to both pitcher and infelder
concerned. The fielder is ready for the
throw when the pitcher wheels quickly
to let the ball 20. And if the baserunner
is not equally alert he is caught mapping.
The catcher signals the pitcher the
nature OF every bail he is to serve the
batter. Sometimes the pitcher will not
agree with his battery mate on the point.
Then the backstop signals for different
pitcher thinks will do the trick-that is,
OF course If he has faith in the twirler's
judgment.
But not alone the catcher profits by the
sign language of the battery. The hawk
eyed infielders and outfielders must be ia
mlliar with every sort of ball delivered
Both int1elderS and outfielders have to
play differently on a fast straight one to
what they could on a curve.
Ihat IS why one may often notice the
gardeners shift their positions frequently /,
while the same man is at bat. The centre
fielder can see the signal and he tips off
his fellow-gardeners. The second base
man and shortstop flash the third and
first baseman if these are unable to see
for themselves.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-22
sHERIFF's SALES.
fCh.,. 80,

- tChancery Abb
SALE-In Chancery of New lar
Loan Association. OF the city OF Newark. com
plainant, and Jacob Skolnick ct ais defend
ants. Fl. IA, for sale of mortgaged premises
eg virtue OF the above stated writ of feri
by, public vendue, at the Court House, In New
ARK, on Tuesday. the seventeenth day Of
tract or parcel OF land and premises SITUATE
lying and being In the city Of Newark Essex
county, New Jersey.
Beginning on the easterly line of Broome
street at a point one hundred and seyenty-ave
feet s~outherly from the corner formed by said
line and the s%outherly line of Montgomery
at right angles with Broome street one hundred
md forty-hve feet, more or less, to Joseph
Persons line; thence Cl southerly along said
Persons line twenty-five feet: thence (1
westerly on a line at right angles witt said
Broome street one hundred and forty-hye feet.
moro or less. to the e~asterly line of the same:
thence "a along the same northerly twenty.
hve feet to the place of beginning.
Being lot No. 25 on the map of the Sayres
Coe property. made September. 1851, and being
same premises conveyed to the said Jacob
Skolnick and Abraham Deutsch by Florentin
Wanderer and wife, by deed, dated July is,
1905, and recorded in the Registers office of
the county of Essex, in book Q-4o of deeds,
pages S8. etc.
Excepting out OF the premises above des-
crioed a strip Of land on the southerly side
thereof. conveyed to Rocco Martoccio by
September 80, 1895, and recorded in book
KS or deeds for Essex county. pages 148, etc.
Excepting also out Of the premises above
the said Florentin Wanderer and wife to
Frederick C. Navatier, by deed. dated Septem-
Der %. 1869, and recorded In book OLA of
deeds for Essex county, on pages 4s2, etc,
premises so conveyed to Navatier being from
the rear OF the lot above described.
Newark, N. j.. July ID. 1909.
WILLIAM H~ARRIGAN, Sheriff.
Thomas j. Lintott, Sol'r. (s22. 26)
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-22
HOW |SBELL BROKE
Into BASEBALL

Tornadoes and cyclones have been
known to pull off some freak stunts,
but the freakiest one ever pulled hap
pened back in 40 in the fiourishing
young village of Wichita, Kan.
Seated at his Swift-Cremo typewriter
in his plumbing emporium, batting out
bills for damages done to pumps, els
cyclones, Frank Isbell paused-but not
long.
Piking out his rear door, he caught sight
of one large cyclone that was tagged for
a home run, just rounding second.
Issy lost no time in covering the base,
but In his mad haste to do so he had for
gotten to cover his bean with a hat. After
the cyclone had scored, one Mr.. Isbell was
minus a thatch. 1t was a sad blow for
Issy.
For years after that our hero tried all
the well-known and copyrighted brands Of
Lair tonics and liquid hair restorers ever
invented, and some home-made remedies
also, but the cuticle that covered the dome
that surrounded his gray matter was too
we'll seasoned, SO the aforementioned
hair tonics failed to scora.
He has tried Wigs by Burn-Em' and
wigs by Hypnot,' but they won't stick.
There is only one article Of head-dress
that will fill his need-that is a White
Sox cap.
Time and again the old gent that carries
the scythe and hour glass has notified Issy
that his lease on the ball field was up, but
each time he has signed up for another
year.
Issy has filled every position on the dia-
mond except those that have not as yet
been invented. But he is not in the game
for fame nor fortune, simply for the exer-
Csc, because, in his earlier days, he spread
enough solder around the town OF Wichita
at a profit of s11.49 per pound that it
put him on Easy street. Hetty Green
owns large solder mines ont there now.