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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
MARJORIE GOULD.

The Women's Home Defenders league
Mrs. Harnisch has two children-a girl
Of about IL and another Of 6. She
keeps boarders.
What is the real purpose of the Wo-
menB Home Defenders league?" Mrs.
HarItsch was asked.
be members, 80 of them, are work
Ing rF the return OF the saloon, being
conv need that II is better to have sa
ICONS here. In which husbands can be
found easily, instead OF having local
option, which drives men to Detroit
TO become intoxicated and remain
away for unreasonable lengths OF
time"
who suggested the organization OF
the club?"
II did
Did any condition in your home
life lead you to conceive the idea?"
mo; have the best husband that
ever lived"
Why Gid you become so keenly in.
terested? Was it because you had
heard your friends complain?
"Yes. 1t became a byword for the
women whom | visited to inquire
among themselves, Have you got to
put up with the Detroit liquor affair,
too? I'm getting disgusted.'
Action Was Voluntary.
Were you influenced in any way
by the saloon interests when you or
ganized this club?"
"Emphatically not. | started the
movement and all the other women
we're willing and anxious TO register
as members"
Mrs. Harnisch holds that the pres
ence of liquor in the home has a bad
effect on children. She prefers the
men go to the saloon for drink rather
than let the little ones see them drink.
ing
Mayor Rose, OF Milwaukee, one of
the prominent speakers for the vets,
will address a meeting here tonight.
AS the campaign draws to close both
the vets and drys are losing no time
in clinchlng the arguments they have
already made because the result III
Oakland county will have a far-reach'
ing significance. The voters will tell
their neighbors whether local option is
a success from broad point of view
Pontiac has an air Of genuine pros
perity. Business was never SO good
No drunks are seen on the streets, ex
cept late at night when they come
from Detroit
The large shipments of liquor from
Detroit will have an important bear
ing on the election. The voters must
decide il the moral standing of the
home has been improved or made
worse by the incoming OF this liquor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
THOMPSON is BLAMED.
coroner's Jury Holds Him Responsible
For Perkins Death.

Coroner ]. S. LaBelle's jury In the
case OF Winchester Perkins, Windsor
liveryman, after hearing the evidence,
Thursday night returned a verdict
that Perkins came to his death from
blow unlawfully inflicted by Joseph
Thompson" Thompson will be held
for trial on a manslaughter charge
and his trial will take place at the
spring assizes.
DIR. G.. K. Cruickshank, who made a
post-mortem examination OF the body,
testified that death was caused by a
blood clot on the brain, resulting from
a fractured skull. John Leverick, an
eyewitness to the assault. testified
tina tat the time the blow was struck
Perkins had rised from his chair IN
front Of ihe barn and was turning TO
20 inside.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
pTERs HOLD
10 OAKLAND
Upton FIGHT
.destion Whether Saloon Shall Be
Licensed in County Again Really
Will Be Decided by Arrivals
Since Election Two Years Ago.
County Went Dry by Only 70 Votes
Then and Situation Hinges on
Tendencies of Late Corners.
LOCAL OPTION IN OAKLAND
FROM TWO POINTS OF VIEW.
by MIS-. FANNIE MOORE.

ny MRS. FANNIE MOORE.
su pc ntendeut Guiding Star Mission.
In the winter of 1907 when the
Balloons were in operation In Oak
land county we served from 40 To
100 soup dinners every day Ia un-
fortunatrs In Pontiac. Their desti-
tuition was due primarily 90 the sR-
looms. We spent $500 for shoes for
these people during TINT season.
The same families nre now buying
their homes. The closing Of the
saloons hiss been God-send Ia
scores of families. Today we hnve
little poverty to deal with. The
claim that men no Ia Detroit. get
drunk, aud remain away from home
for unreasonable lengths of time In
overdrawn.
BY MRS. L.. ~. HARNISCH.
President Women's Home Defend
ers' League.
Local option In Oakland county
has brought the women, especially
tnf Pontiac, face to face with a serf-
ous problem. There are 40 Pontiac
women registered as members OF
Me Momen's Home Protective
eague. We organized because the
husbands OF the majority of the
oembers no 20 Detroit, secure
liquor aud remain away for unreal
sonable periods. IL the saloons OF
Detroit were closed, and these men
could get mo- liquor local option In
Oakland county, would be "a success.
As conditions ARE, IL IL failure.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
WILL RAISE RATES.
Railroads Say Increase In Wages viii
Necessi.ate Change.

NEW YORK. April lit is authorl.
tatively stated in railroad circles today
that general readjustment in freight
and passenger rates on all important
lines OF The country is inevitable DIS
the result of the increases In wages
now being forced on the railroads by
their employees.
The action OF the Pennsylvania, Bal.
timore & Ohio, Reading and the New
Haven in granting Increases will, 1t is
believed. shortly be followed by sim.
liar advances by the other big roads
and an increase in rates is said by the
roads to be a consequent economic
necessity.
1t is rot thought any concerted
action will be taken. but that each
road will make its advances in ac'
cordance with it's own requirements.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
ARE BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Two Workmen Meet Terrible Death
In Powder Mills.

SCRANTON. Pa, April with a
roar that could be heard for miles tho
powder mill OF the E. l. Dupont Co., at
Jermyn, near here, blew up at 10
o'clock this morning.
Elias Cobb and VIII Arthur, EN-
ployes of the Dupont Powder Co.. were
blown to atoms.
Alfred Moon, who was also In the
mill when the explosion occurred,
escaped with but a few slight Ill
juries.
The cause of the explosion Is I'M
known. Buildings were shaken and
windows shattered in the vicinity.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
WILL TAKE HIS TIME.
President In No Hurry To Name Late
Justice Brewers Successor.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The APP
Iointment of successor TO the late
Justice Brewer. of the supreme court,
may not be made for three months.
President Taft Is n@uch averse TO Sc
iecting a new member OF that tribunal
without plenty of elaboration and in
yestigation. He is OF the opinion that
the status OF the important cases now
before the supreme court does not
make II necessary 10 hurry the ap-
pontmenc OF Brewers successor. II
has been his belief from the time the
suits were instituted that the gov
ernment would be successful In the
prosecution and he sees no reason now
for altering that view.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
BY ALFRED J. PITTS.


PONTIAC. Mich, April THE bal
xnce of power in the local option cleo
| ion next Monday will be swung by
ne new voters Since the last cleo
lon hundreds of men have come to
oakland county, most OF them finding
employment in the factories In and
around Pontiac. The tendencies OF
hese new arrivals have a very i'm
I2ortant bearing on the struggle. The
Bounty went dry two years ago by
only 70 votes, Pontiac voting wet, but
Nhe rural districts registered the bal
pts that dealt the decisive blow to
be saloons.
large number OF these new work
b are said TO have come from De-
bit and Canada. The majority OF
~ are sufi ~ the wet element to
Or their side but only the result at
polls will give clear view. be-
use the drys claim the period Of
cal option has convinced enough OF
IN of its practicability TO swing
election to the dry column.
there have been changes on both
les since the saloon was outlawed
Oakland county. A call on q
reliant OF the main street will
ng an expression in favor OF the
,sent order of things. He says the
nrking classes are better financially
M morally since there are no thirst
lrlors in which they might assemble
esinst this contention, though. Is the
otest made by eighty-five women.
no have organized the Women s
lone Defenders league. The presi
bnt Of this novel organization. Mrs.
b. Harnisch. the wife of an en-
loye OF an automobile factory here,
kys there's no joke about this move
lent. II was brought about wholly
ecause the husbands of scores OF wo-
ben In Pontiac 20 TO Detroit, get
trunk and remain away for unreas
liable periods when they ought to be
me, she says.
Do, analysing the problem from an
partial standpoint, the question
bly, seems to be up to the newcom-
20 decide.
Is Convert TO Local Option.
Aarles Aldrich, leading grocer
4 claims to be In position to say
local option is a success.
puring the campaign before the
clc'lAOlis He Shlu, was COu-
I'd that the saloon was necessary
. city's welfare. | have changed
Hind now. I am a dry and moth
can make me anything else. My
business speaks for itself. 1t
.increased In volume, and men
never paid their bills when the
)ons were running are settling
r accounts regularly, and besides
buying their own homes. I'll
% you $40 bill II you find "A vacant
sc in the city. This condition has
[de nearly all the business men OF
bntiac strong opponents OF local OPP
bp."
Walking down the street block
rooted my steps into another groc-
~ store. A man OF as answered to
b inquiry for c. N. Barbour, the pro-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
OPENING OF NAVIGATION. 1910.

The WHITE STAK LINE VIII open
the season OF navigation TO the Flats,
Marine City. st. Clair. Sarnia. ont, and
Port Huron. Mich, with the new steel
steamer Wauketa, Sunday. April Bird.
next The steamer will leave Detroit
for the above points. Sunday. at 900
"A. m. and will leave every week day
thereafter at $3.50 p. m, returning the
following day at Has a. m. and leave
every sunday at 900 a. m. returning
at sac y. m.
Double daily service will begin Sat
urday. June 18th. Daily service be-
tween DETROIT and TOLEDO will
commence Saturday, April 3Oth. next.
and double daily service Saturday.
June 18th.
we will begin receiving freight for
ST Clair river points, also for all points
on the THUMB" on the Pere Marquette
railway. Saturday. April end, and for
diverging. Saturday, April Soth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
WOMEN TO HIS RESCUE.
Eight Hundred Contribute 81 Each
For Mayors Bond.

SALEM, Mass, April Women
haven't the right to vote, but they can
keep one voter from going to jail, as
500 of them proved by contributing
81 each to be used as a bond for
Arthur Howard. Salem's mayor and
newspaper publisher.
Howard, who was recently elected
mayor after six weeks residence, was
to have been surrendered today by
his bondsmen to the superior court in
a libel suit pending against his paper.
The women OF the city, approaching
Towards efforts TO reform the town,
raised the money themselves and will
60 on his bond.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
REUNITED AS HE IS DYING.

UHAND RAPIDS, MICH, Aprlf -
After an estrangement OF over year
the approaching death Of Louis Sand
Ter, ST., one of the leading merchants
OF this city, reunited him with his
son, Louis, Jr. while the former was
on his death bed.
The estrangement resulted from the
elopement of young Sander with .
local belle and their subsequent mar
riage in the west. The father refused
to grant his forgiveness TO the son
until death was closing his eyes.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
LADY ST. Heller.

LONDON, April L. Londoners
don't know whether to call Lady ST.
Heller, recently elected member or
the council. alderman or alderwoman.
London newspapers are divided upon
the subject. Lady St Heller prefers
the former. and Il is likely that she
will go down into history as a woman
alderman, the first woman member
of Londons body OF aldermen.
Though an anti-suffraget. Lhdy 81
Heller believes that there are many
municipal questions. especially those
relating to public charities. schooIA
juvenile crime. etc. that need thu
knowledge and attention cnly a -.
man can give. ~ ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
HORSE RUNS AMUCK.
Dashes Down street In me-. Clemens
Trolley Wires In Tangle.

MT. CLEMENS, Mich. April L.
A truck horse, frightened by the APP
proach Of an automobile, dashed up
Gratiot.ave. at a mad clip. dragging
the weight with IL. At the New Ma
tional house the animal struck an iron
guy post and was stopped. The har'
ness broke and the horse plunged
ahead, finally becoming entangled In
the harness and falling to the pave
ment.
When the wagon struck the iron
post II was broken Off at the ground
and toppled over. dlsarranging the
overhead trolley wires. At that mo-
ment q passenger car came along and
the trolley caught loose wire. The
whole network was brought down
with a crash. IL was necessary for a
construction gang TO make repairs be-
fore the cars could be operated.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
FRIEND OF GHETTO DEAD,
Myra Kelly MRS. MacNauohton)
Passes Away In England,

NEW YORK, April Friends of
Mrs. Allan MacNaughton, whose pen
name was Myra Kelly, received adj
vices of her death at Torquay. Eng
land. Mrs. MacNaughton was born In
ireland but had spent most OF her
life in New York, where for years she
was teacher in the public schools.
and was q staunch friend OF the Ghet-
10. She was the author OF many books
which dealt mostly with types found
In the public schools. Little Citi-
zens," Isle OF Dreams" and Wards
of Liberty were among her best
known books. .-.....
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
100000 MINERS
LAY DOWN PICKS

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April L.
President Lewis. OF the United Mine
Workers of America. said this morn
ing that 100000 miners in the soft
coal districts have quit work pending
an adjustment OF their differences
with the operators. The shutdown Is
said to be only temporary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
He HAS PLAN TO
CHECK DIVORCES
Seattle Magistrate Insists That Wo-
men Send Husbands To Prison
For Desertion or Non-Support.

SEATTLE, April IA woman
is traitor to her sex who goes into
a divorce court and gets a divorce
from her husband because he fails to
support her or because he deserts her
and then lets this man roam about
free to deceive another woman"
This Is the conviction OIL Superior
Court Judge Jas. T. Ronald of Seattle.
who In the course of his official duties
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
SAY He HAS TWO WIVES.

SAGINAW, Mich. April 1.-(Spe-
cial. THAT Albert Reed, held in the
county Jail under heavy bail. charged
with attacking 16-year-old Mary
Badgley, of Merrill, has two wives and
lived with three others in the last If
teen years, is the statement OF the
west side police They allege he told
all the unwedded women he would
soon get divorce.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
License Applications Sorted Out.

A classification of the hundreds OF
applications for saloon licenses has
been adopted by the council commit
tee on liquor regulation. The first
class will be of places where a saloon
keeper has been In business for sew
eral years, the second class OF places
where a new man has taken an old
location, and the third OF new APP
plicants In new locations. The APP
plications are expected to be taken
up, examined and accepted or reject
ed in this order. Frequent meetings
Of the committee will be held. and
the report on the list of applications
should be completed some time next
week 1t will go to the council at a
special meeting, Monday, April II.
The sessions of the committee will
probably be held in private for the
present.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
Dox.T ONLY CONSIDER

what suit to buy, but also whore to
buy a. We are showing the largest
assortment OF mems sditiugs OF any
that have been put on display in De
troit Made -order suits at GI2.55
and up. singers, 50 Monroe-ave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01

The Red Hummer club, comprised Of
local and federal officers, who re-
Gently conveyed a number OF federal
prisoners from the House OF Corrcc-
tion TO Fort Lcavenworth Kas., gave
very successful ball in the Light
Infantry armory. Thursday evening.
About $50 couples were present.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
THE WEATHER

Detroit ind vicinityi FRIDAY night
and Saturday. partly cloudy, wnrmer
tonightt moderate westerly winds be-
coming variable.
Lower Micbigant Fer tonight and
Saturdays variable y~'nds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01
TT.s Nor roo LATE

90 select your sui from tho choicest
line OF mems svtings ever shown In
Detroit Cheaper than ready-mad,
clothes. sale price, fI2.75.
Singer & Sons, 90 Monroe-ave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01

MEssENGER-rAxIcAB. MAIN $50.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-01

Commercial crsait Go. ssa.e.x
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Lincoln
county will hold the regular exami-
nation for applicants for State and
County papers at Toledo as follows:
FOR STATE PAPERS
Commencing Wednesday, Au-
gust 10, at 9 a. m. and continuing
until Saturday, August 13, at 4 p.
m.
Wednesday y'-Penmanship, His
tory, Spelling, Physical Geography,
Reading, Psychology.
Thursday-Written Arithmetic,
Theory of Teaching, Grammar,
Bookkeeping, Civil Government.
Friday-Physiology, Geography,
Composition, Algebra, English Lit
erature, School Law.
Saturday-Botany, Plane Geo
metry, General History.
FOR COUNTY PAPERS
Commencing Wednesday, August
10 at 8 a. m. and continuing until
Friday, August II at 4p. m.
Wednesday-Penmanship, His
tory, Spelling, Reading, Physical
Geography.
Thursday-Written Arithmetic,
Theory of Teaching, Grammar,
Physiology.
Friday-Geography, School Law,
Civil Government, English Liter
ature. Yours truly,
R. P. Com,
Supt. of Schools.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
Yachats

Mr.. Marsh went to Waldport last
week and brought back Mrs. Marsh S
piano.
G. L. McKenna and family spent
several days with us last week.
Grant Weist has been haying for
F. O. johnson.
Nick Ludemann went to Wald-
port on the Goth.
DIR. Minthorn was down from
Newport to see J. R. Hays.
Fishers auto is again on the
beach, but owing to a slight accident
was not in shape to travel Sunday.
Henry Bobell went to town last
week.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
each
Ruslng

Halding. Miss Nelson is one of the
Albany high school teachers.
Mrs. o. e. McN[illen has been
quite ill but is improving very fast.
Every one was glad to hear that
Frank Mccormick received a favor
able decision in the contest on his
place.
Henry Deakin and cousin, Bill
Higgins have gone to the Siletz Bay
for a vacation.
]. N. Gardner's sawmill has
closed down for repairs.
Mrs. o. M. Dodson is laid up
with sprained ankle.
O. M. Dodson, Pleas Deakin and
Mr.. Crispien are preparing to bridge
Salmon River.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
WaIdport.

Mrs. George Bissell arrived from
Portland on the 21st.
Mrs. George Springs of Lents is
visiting DR.. and Mrs. Linton.
Miss Essie Shinn of Portland is
visiting Waldport friends.
Tyler and Kent have dissolved
partnership and Mrs. ]. M. Tyler
will hereafter conduct the business.
Mrs. Will Hosford is in charge of
the Jenkins store at Waldport.
I. B. Everson has announced his
candidacy for the Office of County
Commissioner. Mr.. Everson is a
man of sterling qualifications and
always leaves favorable imp, ession
in the minds of voters whom he
meets. If Mr.. Everson makes q
personal canvass of the county he
will receive large number of votes.
C. Franklin Fisher of Portland
arrived on the Goth with his auto
and will remain for the salmon troll
ling this Fall.
G. B. McCluskey and wife spent
few days in Waldport visiting
friends.
Marsh and Proctor came up from
the Yachats on the Goth to get a
piano belonging to- Mrs. Marsh.
Two petitions are being circulated
asking for roads up the Alsea river.
One petition favors the north side
and one the south. Each route has
some advantages over the other.
The south side road will cost the
most yet will accommodate the
greater number. The road on the
north side can be built cheaper and
will be better road on account of
getting more sun. Each petition
is being well supported.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
Lower Farm.

A brother of Mr.. Crawford is
visiting him.
John Potwora and daughter, Car
oline, made = business trip to To-
ledo last week.
James Bensell and wife went to
Newport last week.
Mrs. Riem, who has been living
on the Thompson place, went to
Portland last Saturday.
Dan Jordan is doing quite a bust
ness as private stage driver, taking
parties to Toledo in time to catch
the train. The regular stage does
not leave Siletz until about one
O'Clock which necessitates staying
over night in Toledo.
Mrs. Matt Ojala has been quite
sick with pneumonia but is better
now.
Mrs. George Miller's mother,
Mrs. Hart, with her two sons and
three daughters, returned to their
home in Corvallis after visiting their
relatives here.
Mrs. Brown and the Misses Nc
Court of Yucca Creek walked down
one day lost week.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
Call for County Convention

The Socialist party of the county
of Lincoln is called to meet in
County Convention at Toledo on
the 1st day OF August, 1910, at 10
O'Clock n. m. Said convention is
called for the purpose of nominat-
ing county ticket for Lincoln
county and electing delegates to the
State Convention to be held in Port
land on the Sth day of August,
1910.
Each precinct will be entitled to
one delegate at large and one dele
gate for each five votes cast for w.
S. Richards, candidate for Congress
at the last election.
j. w. PARRISH, Co. Chairman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
Rose Lodge
(To late for last week


Every one is busy with the hay
now. A fine crop is reported.
Mrs. Frank Rowell, formerly of
Dallas but recently of Portland,
now camping on the James Crowley
place, is very i'll. DR.. Gilstrap of
Sheridan was out to see her and he
said she had maleria caused from
drinking city water.
John Sax's new barn is well un-
der way. He expects to have it
completed in about two weeks.
S. Hulin, of 10, left Thursday
for Franklin, Pennsylvania. An
other eligaole bachelor gone from
the mountains. What's the mat
ter girls?
Mr.. and Mrs. Sax's daughter and
her husband are here from Portland
visiting. Agusta Sax will reJurn
with them for short visit.
People are having their winter
supplies hauled in now" making
hay while the sun Shines -
Kangiser's have purchased saw
mill and will bring it in as soon as
hay harvest is over.
Miss May Cook of Elk City is
teaching school in district 4S. She
has nineteen pupils enrolled. The
term this far has been highly salts
factory.
John Deakin has traded 80 sores
of his ranch for Is acres near New
berg. Mr.. Crispien (the man with
whom he traded) is moving in now
We are sorry to lose john, but all
hope he is successful on his new
place.
Ralph McMillen has gone to Sac
ramento, California.
John Crowley has returned home
from Southern Oregon.
The teams are kept busy hauling
the cheese from the Rose Lodge
cheese factory to the Valley.
R. H. Nelson and mother and sis
ter of Albany and Miss Jesse Biebee
of Portland are visiting Mr.. Chas.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
Married

At the home of the BRIDES parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Herring, at
Eddyville, Mr.. Anton Heinsoth of
New York and Miss Florence Her.
ring were united in marriage Mon
day morning, July 25th, 1910, Rev.
erend Bartholomew officiating.
Following, the wedding breakfast
was served.
Only the immediate relatives
were present.
The BRIDE and groom left on the
afternoon train, and will visit rel
atives and friends before going to
their home which will be in New
York City, where Mr.. Heinsoth is