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The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
ELKS ANNOUNCE
BIC PRIZE LIST
Awards Of Cash Running Into the
Thousands of Dollars Will Be
Made for Parade Events.

The reunion committee of Detroit
Lodge OF Elks, No. "a, has given out
the larger portion OF the prize list for
the great parade OF July IA, next. In
addition to the list shown below. there
will be other prizes as named later
by the committee.
Lodges desiring 10 compete for
prizes in any contest must signify
their intention to compete, and In
which contest or contests. not later
than Wednesday, July Ii, 1910, at
O'Clock. Address all entries TO Ralph
Phelps. acting chairman Of the parade
committee:
For lodges having the greatest mum
Der OF members in line the prizes are:
First. $500; second, $500; third, 800.
Lodges OF Michigan will not be en-
titled to compete In this contest.
For lodges making the best appear
ance in line the first prize is $780,;
second, $3.50. and third, 500.
For the most novel uniform the
prizes are $500 for first, $3.50 for sec
ond, and 500 for third.
For the lodges having the greatest
aggregate mileage, the first prize IL
$500. the second $3.50 and the third
500. In this contest the mileage will
be computed on the members register.
ed, the most direct route to Detroit
from the competing city being con,
sdered.
For lodges displaying the most at
tractive floats in the parade the first
prize is $500, second $500 and third
500.
Special prizes will be awarded fol
the most beautiful banners. the frs
10 be 5000, the second 500 and the
third $50.
To lodges Of Michigan the following
prizes VIII be awarded for the great
est number of members in line: First
500; second, SIS, and third, $50.
Prizes will be awarded to business
houses making the best display OF
decorations and Examinations as fol
lows: First prize, $500; second, 5000
and third, 800 Ownership of the
plant will not count. and volume OF
! light will not be the determining ele-
ment of excellence.
Special rules Will govern the prize
! drill contest OF jrill squads, for which
prizes of $500 and $3.50 will he offered.
All lodges desiring TO compete IN
! this contest must advise Mr.. Phelps
not later than 6 O'Clock p. m, July IL.
No drill squad Will be permitted o
enter this contest unless 1t has in line,
excluding officers, 30 men. Prize drill
will be held on the commons at Belle
Isle, starting at 10 o'clock a. m. We'd
pescay, July 10.
All drill squads appearing In this
contest will be escorted TO and off the
field by the prize drill corps OF De.
troit, No. "a. Detroit Lodge No. "a
Will furnish q band OF 60 pieces at
least, for this event.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
RUSSIA IS LAND r
Of PESS|M|sM
rl~.1 ru.N-.s ..-.r... ru
British Scholar, Long Resident of st,
Petersburg, Says Suicide Wave
Sweeps Country.
FRANCIS MccULLAGH.

LONDON. March 31.-"The Mus
covite mind has clear vision of the
apparent uselessness OF life, coupled
with contempt for wealth. death,
suffering and everything else which
attracts or terrifes ordinary men.
This Muscovite madness has made OF
the present Car a spiritualist who
talks 10 his dead father IL makes
wealthy Russians gamble away their
estates In a single night. II gives q
peculiar tinge to the genius OF Toll
stoy and almost all other Russian
writer's
This is the statement of Francis
McCullagh. a Briton, long resident In
st. Petersburg, a man of science, a
Russian linguist and a close student
OF Russian life, in attempting TO ex-
plain the suicide wave that Is sweep.
ing over Russia.
McCullagh is only one of many
European scientists, OF medical turn
who are studying the latest phenonl-
enon OF Russian life, a phenomenon
which has led the Russian council OF
empire TO consider the abolition OF
the law furnishing attempts at suicide
as possible means of checking the
prevalence OF self-destruction.
Suicides of sufficient importance to
be noted in the press average dozen
day and have averaged this for a
month. Some medical men take the
view that the manifestation is no new
thing but that there Is something
fundamentally queer in the Russian
character which outsiders are only
just beginning 10 notice, through the
opening of freer communication with
what was until quite recently almost
an unknown country.
McCullagh tells many strange stor-
les of what he calls the national
Madness" in endeavoring 10 account
for the bizarre type of criminalty
revealed in connection with the
trial at Venice, OF the Russian stu
dent Naumoff, the Russian lawyer
Prilukoff the Russian Countess Tar
nowska and the French maid Perrier,
for the murder of the Russian Count
kamaTowski
With some Russians" McCullagh
says, this mania takes the direction
OF religious views which could never
possibly come into an Anti-Saxon's
head. With others il takes the form
OF crimes so courageous, preposterous,
original and extravagant that people
else would ever think of them"
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
MURDER REVEALS
IS GIRLS MISSING
They May Be in Power of White
Slave Traders-Woman Denounces
Hideous Traffic.

NEW YORK, March 31.-The muir
der OF Ruth Wheeler. 10 years old,
when she went TO the apartments OF
Albert Wolter, white slave trader
10 answer an advertisement for "a
photographer has revealed terrible
conditions in New York.
Seventy-five girls, between the ages
OF Is and II years. have dropped from
sight within the past two months. only
to be found by the police In question:
able surroundings. Most OF them were
misled
Fifteen have not yet been found.
Wolter, who was a pastyfaced
youth OF 10, with no prepossessing
qualities, had two girls who worked
on the streets for him. and lived
with a third, Kittie Mueller. Wolter
by various methods, would bring about
the downfall of girl and would tell
her that she was ruined" but that
he would protect her from the police
II she would go on the streets and
work for him.
THAT word ruin is one OF the
standbys of the white slave traders.
says Mrs Mary Freeman. superinten
dent OF the Florence Crittenton home
That word ruin alone. with the
ideas of hopelessness 1t conveys. has
brought about the destruction and
damnation of more girls than any
other feature OF the white slave evil
The cruelty OF society leads the
world to pronounce this word ruined
with terrible emphasis. but l insist
that, at heart, many and many a girl
who is misled and is even brought
into evil ways through physical force,
is not ruined.
The world is still before her. She
has not sinned. in reality. Why should
the stain be put upon her?
yet il is And the white SLAYER
finds that all he has to do to bring
a girl into his power is to pronounce
upon her the same curse that genteel
society called down upon her
ruined
Wolter is as much the product OF
the white slave system as are any
of the girls he brought to ruin.
His father and mother are well-to-
do and self.respecting German peo-
he began asSociating with youths who
were III the White SldNe DusluSoS'
Like all OF the other youths in the
degrading traffic, Wolter had no re
gard for any woman OF any class. Most
OF the girls he had met had succumbed
to his power and he held the mora
resisting force of woman as very low
| He insulted the sister of his victim
after the murder.
Only few hundred youths with as
little conscience and as much cunning
as Wolter might ruin thousands OF
homes in the United States within the
course of a year. And undoubtedly
there are scores of them at their dia
bolical work In every city in the coun
try
When the fate that awaits their
victims-their lives in dingy rooms
the rear booths OF saloons. the side.
walks, and finally the gutters-is
taken into consideration. the fate OF
Ruth Wheeler seems merciful.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
ALLEGED ASSAILANT JAILED.
BeIlhop Of Mt. Clemens Is Charged
With Attacking Cleveland Girl.

MT. CLEMENS, Mich. March 81
Waiter Humphrey, bellboy, p years
old, employed at the Media hotel here,
has been arrested oil suspicion of hay'
ing assaulted Miss Connolly. the To-
year-old Cleveland girl, near Lakeside,
Tuesday night.
Miss Connolly says a strange man
seized her at the small station at Lake
side and dragged heT behind the small
house.
The ground about the place shows
evidence OF a fierce struggle. The
girls purse and combs were found on
the ground, with about $50 In cash
showing that the motive was not rob
berry.
Fritz Rhode, the proprietor or the
Lakeside Inn. where the girl went
after the assault. accompanied her 20
Crosse Pointe, where she is now under
the sisters care at the convent.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
YOUTHFUL COUPLE HELD.
They Are Welded In Toronto and Try
To Enter United States.

PORT HURON, Mich, March 81
A young couple who gave their names
as Sid Skittle. is, and his wife. FOR
merly Hazel Rumble, aged is, have
been detained by Immigrant Inspector
Joseph Francis
They admitted that they were mar
ried in Toronto two days ago. They
wanted 10 get BY the officers at this
port and make their future home III
Detroit or some other American city
Six months ago the 1S-year-old girl
was employed as maid by a wealthy
Detroit family. Skittle worked at the
same home in the capacity OF butler
The two became acquainted, later
went to Canada and two days age
were welded I'm Toronto.
The couple will he held pending an
investigation by the United States OF
ficers.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
BEAUTY BOARD TO GET BUSY.
Will start Campaign of Edu
cation as 70 City's Needs.

Despite the fact that the council has
cut out practically all of the appro-
rrlation asked by the city plan and i'm
I~ovement commission for the coming
year the members OF that board Will
not give up their work. Instead, a cam
paign OF education as to the needs VI
the city will be started
we must develop a soul In a city,
commented Commissioner Charles
Moore. 1t took 10 years for Wash
ington TO dispose OF its railroad pron'
lem. Years were required to work mp
sentiment TO the point of getting a
commission there Things will come
out all right in the end here"
Chief Building Inspector Dalton X.
Wells declares that he, too. will try to
get through the year and carry out
the building inspection ordinances
with the small force allowed him.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
To Elk DATE FOR TAFT.

MONROE. Mich. March S1.-Mem-
bcrs OF the state and city committees
of the Custer Monument association
will go 20 Washington next week TO
confer with President Taft and urge
his presence az the unveiling OF the
monument in that city. The date OF
the unwilling has been tentatively
fixed as June .. but should the presi-
dent be unable TO come on that date
a change will be made 10 suit his
convenience. Otto Kirchner. of De-
troit. is chairman OF the state commit-
-,
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
"olp MACK" BOUND OVER.

PORT HURON, Mich, March ST.
John Mack, the 91-year-old man, who
Is alleged to have been implicated In
the recent counterfeiting which was
unearthed by United States secret
service agent Elmer o. Gormon few
days ago. was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Harris
late yesterday. He denied having
taken any part in the manufacture or
circulating of the spurious coins.
Judge Harris bound him over to the
grand jury which is now in session at
Detroit. II is probable that Mack will
be given hearing either Thursday or
Friday of this week.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
MERE WIT DOESN'T MAKE
A PLAY, SAYS FAvERSHAM

THE average witty line in a play.
says William Faversham, who comes
ito the Garrick next week, unless q
grows out Of n story. is about as useful
rs an umbrella to hoppopotamus.
If wit made a play. the theaters OF
New York would be given over to the
dramas of George Bernard Shaw, and
the New theater would devote itself
entirely to the plays of Congreve and
Sheridan.
"A comedy must have laughs; yet
they must he secured, not by. witt.
cisms, but by action. situations, move
Inent. Bright lines are merely Incl
dental. No story. no situation, and
so no laughs Shaw is the one man
VINO can place set of characters on
the stage and, by gsheer force OF witty
conversation. exc out an evenings en-
ltertanment.
II recall a musical play of some
years ago. The dialogue was ordin
airy. but there was plenty of action
and lively lyrics. Just at the right mo
ment somebody said, That woman is
Il blonde with a brunette reputation
That one line was enough, coming nj
the right place 10 brand the piece as
smart
THE forward movement OF com
edy must not be impeded by talk
lugged in for the purpose of getting
laughs. Yet, happy effect is often
| brought about by the petetition OF
some word or phrase A couple OF
wears ago | saw a roaring fance Ia
I | london. and Il was amazing the num-
Der OF laughs that an actor got out of
the words Not very. One character
asked. is you wife entertaining this
wlnter?'
Not very was the reply.
we had seen the wife, and the
scene was set FOR the question and
answer. The story led right up to II.
And vet II this 'wheeze' had been used
by a couple of sidewalk conversation.
elists, IL would go for nothiS The
joke was a part OF the play; II be-
/ ionged, and so was useful,
"'rhe mere saying of funny things on
the stage counts for nothing. n that
we're all that was necessary TO make a
play 20, then all one would have "a
10 would be 20 make a collection OF
Jokes from Puck. Judge. Life and the
comic supplements and stick them in
/ Ike cloves in a spice cake.
stephen Phillips Herod offers an
other admirable example, Herod IS
great because It has conflict. action,
movement. situations. Stripped of rs
splendid language. and written in the
most ordinary English. II would still
I be an enthralling drama"
D ---
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
Nate KeIter's Father Dead.

Funeral services for the late Sam
uel Keiter, who died In Harper hos
pital, Tuesday evening. from heart
trouble, following a months illness.
will be held Friday afternoon in his
late home, No. 41G Beaubien-st The
deceased was the father of Nate
Keiter. door tlcket-taker at the De.
troit Opera house, and is survived by
three other children. George Keiter,
Mrs. II j. Bush and Mrs. NJ. A. Phil
Inns
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
Grand Jury indiets SIX.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. March Slate
yesterday the Franklin county grand
fury that has been investigating state
house graft under the direction Of the
attorney generals Office. returned 40
secret indictments against six per
sons. Seven FORMER employees OF the
Ruggles-Gale company Of this city
are ordered arrested and held under
bond as witnesses.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
WHITE MAN AND
JAP BRIDE HAPPY
Fair Nipponese is Married to Ameri-
can in Seattle-Couple in Rare
Venture Won't Talk.

SEATTLE. Wash, March 3D.
White women have married brown
men and been ostracized by their sis
ters, and held up to the ridicule and
contempt of people the world over.
But what is a rare instance In this
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
MRS. 0. M. FARRAND DEAD.
WelI.Known Detroit Woman Had Been
An Invalid For Several Years.

Mrs. Olive VI. Farrand, widow OF
the late Jacob $ Farrand, died We'd
uesday evening. in her residence, No.
457 Woodward-avc., after several
years OF invalidism.
Mrs. Farrand bad lived IN Detroit
since 1871. and since 1886 had resided
I'm the fine old home i'm which she
died. She was ~ years OF age. and
was born in Vernon, Ohio, the daugh-
ter of the Rev Harvey Coe g prom.
incnt educator OF his time and one Of
the founders or the Western Reserve
college Mrs. Farrand Is survived by
her daughter. Mrs. Richard T. VIII
liams, and two sons. William II. Far
rand and Jacob 8 Farrand.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31

A shoe stretcher that locks auto
matically as 1t is pressed into a shoe,
the invention of an Illinois man, con-
sists of two levers. On the end of one
is link that slides along a toothed
rack on the end Of the other.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
contest over the viii OF the late
George r. Jacks, the veteran Traveller,

WHO'D WIS UTpH " NUntSUHN HTIVT-
noon is probable Mr.. Jacks left all
his estate 90 his housekeeper. Mrs.
Mary gcPhee, OF No. ~ Highest
west Mr.. Jacks left widow, who
for 81 years has been an inmate OF
Pontiac asylum. He paid for her
care until 1905. when he pctltiOned
that she be recommittcd as an iu-
digent insane patient. claiming that
because Of falling eycsight. he was
unable 10 earn enough 90 care for
her Since then the state has been
assuming the expense Now that III
is known that he left an estate. the
state Will probably move TO collect
the widows dover. The claim 81 tho
estate will 10 IS said have prefer
erco over any other claim.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31

Cottfricd Hartman was awarded =
verdict against hts son. Tnlfus Hart
man. In Judge Murphy's court We'd
rcsday afternoon. The tthcr brouw ne
suit To enforce payment % $500 Tor
lot which he decided over 20 thG
was a gift l
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31

In Florida there is a hotel that may
be- heated when necessary, by water
which gushes from an artesian well
at almost boiling temperature.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31

Edward LnfOrcst. ngcd ~. was taken
from the sandsucker Little, at Deiray.
Wednesday afternoon. and turned
over TO Detective Campcau. Of Wind
sor. Iaforest has been wanted for
two years on charges of burglary
and arson lie Is charged with burn
ing the Jay club house at Mitchelrs
bay. after stealing a number OF guns
and rubber boots The police have
learned that since his disappea rance
he was sentenced 10 year In n Ne
braska prison. and escaped 10 days
before his term expired.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31

lob Printing done right. Times
Printing Co. ~ John R.-sG Call Main
itps or CITY 1855.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
To caII attention Of Seventeenth ward
Nnicra 90 the necessity OF cnrnIIlnlr

next Monday. meeting OF tho Sew
enteenth Ward Republican club VIII
DO held a Eercheval and Crane-nves .
never and Clvdc T. Webster Will dis
cuas the proposed street railway
agreement.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31

RnSiness-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain, neat kind that
looks right. Times Printlng Cos. 10
John r st Main 1898. or City 1888.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-31

MEssENGER-TAxI MAIN asa
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-19
Definition Of True Humor.

The sense of humor Is the Saving
sense" principally because it saves US
from ourselves. The person who can
not laugh ut himself now and then is
to be pitied. Moreover. the person
who cannot take good naturedly the
occasional bantering Of others Is in
the same class Of disagreeables. A
we'll directed shaft of raillery will
often find the vulnerable point in our
armor Of self complacency and show
US where our self satisfaction is all
wrong. True humor. however. must
spring as much from the heart as from
the head. Its essence must be truth
and friendliness. not contempt. There
never was a good joke yet that told a
lie or besmirched reputation. Humor
which carries with it sting to wound
the sensitiveness or delicacy of one
who does not deserve to suffer is not
true humor.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-19
Could Not Deny Il.

II will ask you" said the lawyer.
who was trying to throw doubts on the
testimony Of witness, III you have
ever been indicted for any offense
against the !aw?"
II never have. sir"
"Have you ever been arrested on a
charge Of any kind?'
Never"
"Well. have you ever been suspected
Of committing crime?"
I'D rather not answer that ques-
ton"
"Ha! You would rather not.
thought so. I insist upon your answer
ing it. Have you ever been suspected
Of crime?"
Eyes, sir; often. Every time l come
home from a trip abroad the customs
inspectors Mt New York city suspect
me Of being smuggler. Chicago
Tribune
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-19
ODDLY EXPRESSED.
Queer Ways In Which Ideas Are
Sometimes Put Into Words.

Queer Ways In Which Ideas Are
somstimes Put Into Words.
Curious ways of expressing ideas in
English may he expected from foreign
ers, as. for instance. when the French
man. who made Il call in the country
and was about to be introduced to the
family. said: "Ah. &c ladies'! Zen I
would before. if you please. wish to
purify mine 'ands and to sweep mine
hair"
4 Scotch publican was complaining
Of his servant maid. He said that
she could never be found when want
ed. shell gang DOT o the house,"
he said. twenty times for once she'll
come in"
A cOuntryman went to menagerie
to examine the wild beasts. Several
gentlemen expressed the opinion that
the orang Outang was lower order of
the human species. Hodge did not
like this idea and. striding up to the
gentleman. expressed his contempt for
it in these words: Pooh: He's no
more Of the human species than be-"
Mamma. is that spoiled child?"
asked Il little boy on seeing a negro
baby for the first time.
A shop exhibits card warning ev-
erybody against INSCRIPTIONS persons
who infringe our title to deceive the
public" The shopman does not quite
say what he means any more than
the proprietor of an eating house near
the dock. on the door Of which may be
read the following announcement con-
veying fearful intelligence to the gal.
liant tars who frequent this port:
Sailors vitals cooked here."-Phila-
delphia North American.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-19
GEM

Owing to the inclemency of the
weather last night, the attendance at
the Gem theatre was not quite up to
the usual standard, but the line or
entertainment which ends tonight for
this end of the week will merit full
appreciation of the local public under
ordinary conditions. The present two
performance show makes its last ap-
pearance tonight and contains q
splendid hours variety of pictorial
and vaudevillian selections.
While there may be some counter
on at present in the city,
the amusement supplied at the pio-
neer play house cannot help but at.
tract the particular theatre patrons OF
the city.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-19
KILLING THE UMPIRE.
Il 10 an Essential Part Of the Great
Game of Baseball.

Game Of Baseball.
According to bleacher law, there are
three particularly justitable motives
for doing away with umpires. An
umpire may be killed-first, II he sees
fit to adhere to the rules and make
decision against the home team at a
close point in the game; second. an
umpire may be killed If he sends q
member Vf the home team to the bench
when the player in question has done
absolutely nothing but call the umpire
names and attempt to bite his ear OF
ian umpire has no business to be
touchy>; third land this Is perfect
defense against the charge Of murder),
an umpire may be killed If he calls
any batter on the home team out on
strikes when the player has not even
struck at the balls pitched. That the
balls go straight over the plate has
nothing to do with the case.
There is ample proof Mt hand to
show that killing the umpire Is a dis
tinctively American sport. Other coun-
tries have tried baseball. but. they have
not tried killing the umpire. That Is
probably the reason why they have
not waxed enthusiastic over baseball.
for baseball without umpire killing-is
like football without girls in the grand
stand. 1t simply can't be done. That
foreign countries know nothing about
our king of outdoor sports was indi-
Gated forcibly when in the fall OF 1909
the Detroit team made trip to Cuba
under the management Of Outfelder
Mcintyre. In the entire series Of
twelve games with the Havana and
Almendares mines not one single OBJ
lection was made by either the Cuban
players or the silent Cuban spectators
to a decision Of the umplres. The
Americans did not know what to think
of it-until they counted up the gate
receipts at the end of the series. Then
they realized that in their own country
it is the delight in killing the umpire
rather than the pleasure In watching
the game that draws the tremendous
crowds through the turnstiles.-Georgs
Jean Nathan in Harper's Weekly.