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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
GET MORE PRIMARY MONEY
THAN THEY PAY IN TAXES
Fifty Counties u Michigan Receive
School Funds In Excess Of Their
Assessments

LANSING. Mich, May 17-(SpeciaD
Fifty counties in Michigan draw
more money from the primary school
fund than they pay in state taxes.
The following is a list Of the fifty
counties and the excess they receive
In primary money over the amount
they paw In assessment:
Altoona SS,756.1S; Alpena, s2l,.
147.SS; Arenac, s14,112.s5: Bay, $685.,
37O.65: Charlevoix, $l6,305.G3; Che
boygan, $l6.3S9.SS; Chippewa, S..
4G0.5O; Clare. $12.056.30; Crawford,
$l,72433: Alger, $S56.32: Antrim, $4.,
1850; Baraga, $2.640.11; Benzie, 49,.
724.S7: Delta. $29,362.44: Dickinson,
$3,75124; Emmett, $6.3S5; Gladwin.
31O.567.SO; Grand Traverse, $6,430.2O;
Huron, $22,553.s3; Iosco, $15,0S5.54;
Iron, $1,34S.SS; Isabella, $l0,419.Sl;
Kalkaska, $2,S2S.37: Lake. $5,7S1.73;
Leelanau, $l2,277O6; Mackinac, 81.
741.93: Manistee. $19,032.9S: Mason,
2O,99S14: Mecosta. $21,232.S6; Me-
nominee, $24,5S422; Midland, $13,.
810.10; Missaukee, $14,49476; Mont
calm, $13,162.2S; Montmorenci, 81
52l.2S; Muskegon, S14,S0511; Neway-
go. $iS,931.62: Oceana, $l6,175.62:
Ogemaw, $11,S2S.SO; Osceola, $19.-
991,36; oscoda, $1,143,97; otsego.
$4,542.06: Ottawa. $S.1l9.99; Presque
Isle, s13934.56; Roscommon, $83S,02;
Saginaw, $21.SS4.37; Sanilac, $780,
227.31; Schoolcraft, S5,1O0.S2: Tus-
cola, $2,591.13; Van Buren,, $4S5.S5
Wexford. $16,246.64.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
sCORCHERs DUE FOR FINES.
Justice Stein Tells Pair to Come tc
Court Prepared to Settle.

Herbert Funke, tester for the E.
M.-F. Co, was warned by Justice Stein
Tuesday morning to come to court
next Monday, prepared to settle for
his drive through Woodward-ave. at
the rate of 81 for each mile per hour
Funke was travelling at a 25-mile clip,
so his mathematical cells will not be
cvertaxed. First the Judge informed
Funke that men who drive through
Woodward.aye. at such speed, ought
to go TO jail Funke pleaded that he
was hurrying after the pay checks fox
the firm, and didn't intend to go so
fast. He was hitting 1t up" along
between Montcalm-st.
and Adams-ave.,, when arrested.
Ernest Squier, a Ford chauffeur,
driving at high speed in the outskirts,
was lectured on the perils of fast driv-
ing, but drew judicial clemency
through the fact that he had chosen
unfrequented districts for his speed
ing. He was let go on suspended sen.
tence, when he promised to driy e
more slowly In future. ..... ...
Thomas Stimson, speeding on John
R-st, was also told to come again
Monday, prepared for squalls. lie
pleaded that he didn't know he was
driving so fast He had a new tour
ing car-had always been used to a
runabout, and didn't know how much
speed there was in the pesky new car.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
GoRHAM MAY BE PRESIDENT.
Rumor Connects Prominent lonia
Man With New National Bank.

Rumor in Griswold-st. now connects
the name of Seymour B. Gorhan,
prominent lumberman Of Ionia, with
the new national bank, which, it Is
said, is being quietly organized in De-
tToit.
Mr.. Gorham, the rumor says, has
been rendered the presidency Of the
projected institution, but the report
is without confirmation as yet.
The new bank is the principal topic
Of conversation in Griswold-st these
days, and much speculation is heard
as TO the identity of the men behind
the project II was reported day or
two ago that the organization has
been so far perfected that the papers
have been filed with the banking com
missioner In Lansing. The banking
commissioner denies this.
Homer Warren, who declined the
presidency because Of the press OF
ether business, is still mentioned in
the gossip as one of those interested
in the venture, and II is whispered
that he may be persuaded to take the
vice-pr. sidency. Mr. Warren himself
Is non-committal on the subject.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
NOSE STONE NABBED AGAIN.
Notorious "Xeee" Grabs Bolt Of silk
In Store-Proprietor Gets Him.

Nose Stone, yegg, does not care for
that old song, TITS Sweet to be Re
membered." Adolph Amberg. Of Am.
berg & Co., silk merchants at No. 81
John R.st., repeats that he has n
good memory for faces. Nose, just out
of prison after serving a five.year
term for blowing the st. Clair post
Office safe, stands little better than
an even chance OF going back on &c
count OF that memory az Ambergs
Amberg knew Nose wnen the latter
was knee high to duck. Long years
of strenuous life es yegg, and sew
eral bits" in prison, didn't change
Nose enough so that Amberg couldn't
recognize him when he strolled- Into
the Amberg store last Friday, picked
up bolt of 65 yards of silk and boiteG.
Nose did not remember Amberg.
When Amberg caught him, few doors
away, he dropped the bolt and ran
away. thinking the incident closed.
But Amberg told the police. and. Tues.
day morning, Detectives Downey and
Fox nabbed Stone on Brush.st. At
noon they swore out a warrant charg-
ing him with grand larceny.
Nose Is a member of the gang in
Guiding BILLY" Gallagher, "MiCky"
WEIGH and Wesley Wilson, who were
all rounded up for the st. Clair job.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
OTHER FLORISTS OFFER AID.
viii Stock UP Breitmeyer Store When
tuberculosis Society Takes Charge.

oSS'SAy 80
Unsolicited offers have come to
Mayor Breitmeyer from several broth
er florists. near Detroit, to provide
flowers for the Breitmeyer shop,
Thursday afternoon, when the Society
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis takes possession, in case
the Breitmeyer stock is exhausted.
There seems to be an unfortunate
impression abroad that in accepting
MIR. Breitmeyer's generous offer the
society intends to charge fancy prices
Tor the flowers and plants, which is
quite untrue" said Mrs. Hermann
Dey, in charge of this project for the
society. The flowers and plants will
be marked in plain figures at the
usual prices, and in waiting upon GUS
toners our young ladies' will transact
business in the regular way. We hope
that the public will visit the store
Thursday afternoon II only a single
flower Is purchased"
A number of young girls will act as
saleswomen for the society's tenure of
the store from l to o'clock.
The annual meeting Of the Detroit
Society for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis will be held, Tuesday
afternoon, In Parlor X. of the Hotel
Pontchartrain. An election of three
trustees will be held to fill terms that
expire at this time. The board of
trustees will then elect the president
and other officers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
SPANISH WAR BOND
CLUE TO FORTUNE
Found in Old Tomato Can, Puts
Heirs on Track of $4,000
Lost Governments"

WASHINGTON. May 17.-Claims
for damages. ranging from the plant
OF a man who fell down an elevator
shaft because the door was open, back
to the days of 1912, when the schoon-
er Lord Nelson was captured on Lake
Ontario with cargo OF smuggled
goods, can be found In the room or
the committee on claims In the house
office building presided over by
George w Prince, Representative
from Illinois.
One OF the interesting claims grows
out OF the finding OF a Spanish
American war bond for $500, which
was found by the heirs crumpled up
and sealed in an old tomato can In
the desk OF the departed. This bond
was the means OF starting the heirs
on the first real track leading to
$4,000.
Heirs OF the estate OF ]. Calvin Kin
ney or Lima, Ind, have finally sue
ceeded In showing conclusively that
their father did actually possess at
the time OF his death at least $4,000
In unregistered bonds. but what be-
came OF these bonds is a secret taken
10 the grave by the dead man. The
greater part OF La Grange county, In
diana, has been dug up In a vain eff
fort 10 locate the spot where the
bonds are supposed TO have been bur
led. neighbors and friends joining In
the search to such an extent that in
many cases, II Is jocularly said, the
farmers Of that section did not have
to plough their land-the heirs,
friends and neighbors OF the late de-
parted did II for them.
Kinney died in May, 1898. In the
spring OF 1883 he had some differ
ences with his wife. and he immediate
ly proceeded to New York with the
avowed intention OF putting his gov
ernment bonds In such shape that his
wife would rot be able to locate them.
and he succeeded so well that nobody
since has been able to find them. Up
on his return from New York he told
his son-in-law what he had done, but
did not go into details. Mr.. Kinney
did not talk OF his affairs to any one.
and always became offended IL his
daughters made any inquiries regard
Ing his financial condition.
After the death OF Kinney his heirs
began their search, and finally.
through the finding OF the bond in the
desk which led TO Mr.. Nichols. who is
connected with the Lima State bank,
In Lima. Ind. they learned that Kin
ney had given Mr.. Nichols nearly $500
worth OF coupons and cash. and re-.
Quested him to forward the coupons
and cash to Washington and buy tor
him (Kinney) a $500 government bond
OF the issue of 1895. Mr. Nichols kept
a letter press copy of the letter.
which showed the number OF all the
coupons left at the bank. and that the
coupons represented the interest on
Paid bonds TO the amount OF $42. 600
the amount OF the claim--upon which.
on inquiry at the bond department at
Washington. II was learned that no
interest had been paid since that
date. a
The heirs OF Kinney are. therefore,
asking Congress to reimburse them
to the extent of $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
WANTS FATHER OF THREE
PAROLLED FROM PRISON
Prosecutor Taxes Steps In Case Of
Man Who is in lonia, While
His Wife Seeks Aid.


HlLLSDALE. Mich, May l7.--Prose-
cutting Attorney Paul Chase is taking
steps to secure the release OF Joel
Baughman. the father of the three
children born to Mrs. Sarah Hotch-
kiss, from Ionia reformatory Mrs.
Hotchliss and her three-year-old son
are being cared for I'm the womans
detention room I'm the county Jail.
Mrs. Hotchklss was born in Amboy,
this county "a years ago. Her par
ents, being very poor and having eight
children, found IL necessary TO give
her into the care of others at the age
of 3. Her maiden name was Sarah
Turner.
At 1S she was working for a family
near Olivet. She left TO visit her
mother near Montpelier, o., and while
passing through Steubenville she be-
came acquainted with Roy Hotchkiss
She married him and they lived to-
gether aDout year and half. Then
she left him and went TO work again,
finally returning to Michigan In 1904.
Here she met Joel Baughman, who
lived near Olivet. He had been mar
ried and never divorced, and Mrs.
Hotchkiss was in a similar situation.
They were afraid to marry. After a
brief residence in Ohio they returned
to Michigan and settled at Shepherds
vile. Baughman was unable 10 sup
port the woman and their three chill
dren. The circumstances became
known and they were arrested and
Baughman was sent to the Ionia re-
formatory, while the woman was re-
leased, owing to her health.
Mrs. Hotchkiss went to live with a
sister.near Olivet, but they failed to
agree and she started for this county.
Meanwhile her funds gave out, and
when she arrived here last Saturday
night she was compelled to beg food
from the grocery stores for her boy.
She walked part of the way to the
city, and carried her child She was
nearly exhausted when the attention
OF a number of society women was di-
rected to her.
1t now develops that her husband
secured a divorce In 1907 at Angola,
Ind, and has since married again. 1t
transpires also that Mrs. Baughman
has secured divorce. Two Of the
children are being cared for at the
home OF Baughman's father, near Pr
oneer. O.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
SUES FOR HIS "DIvvY."
Attorney conlon Claims $500 Commits
sion on insurance Policy.

sion OF insurance FoiiSys
Prof Elmer A. Lyman, of the Ypsi.
lanti Normal school, is a defendant in
Judge Mandells court, where Attorney
Thomas Conlon is suing for $500,
claimed as his share OF the commits.
sion on q life insurance policy.
Seven years ago Conlon represented
the Mutual Life Insurance Co., and
the defendant was agent for the North
western. of Milwaukee. They had an
arrangement, so Conlon alleges,
whereby they were to share the com.
mission in case one was unable to
land an applicant, and turned him
over to the other who had more sue
cess. Lyman wrote up policy for a
W oman in the New York company. as
the Milwaukee concern did not insure
women. Conlon charges that Lyman
retained the entire fee, and the books
of the company show that he collected
the full commission.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
HESITATION COSTS SIS.
Man Takes Too Long In Admitting
He'd Been Arrested Before.

Your hesitation will cost you So or
10 days in the House OF Correction"
said Police Justice Jeffries to George
DeVannie, Tuesday morning. why
don't you talk right out and speak the
TRUTH"
DeVannie was arrested for being
drunk. He was asked II he had ever
been arrested before and he said at
first he had not. He admitted later
that he had been.
When he was intoxicated Monday
night DeVannie went to the wrong
house TO go to bed. He made three
different efforts to get into a mans
house on Jones-st. Finally Patrolman
James Vanneter got him. vi
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
RISKS LIFE TO SAVE BABY.
Battle Creek Woman Is Fatally Burn
ed While Rescuinu Child.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, May H.
Risking her life to save that OF her
baby, Mrs. Bruce Hill of Greenfield
park, sustained burns that will likely
prove fatal. Mrs. Hill started to
throw some waste paper into a wood
stove when her apron caught fire. She
jerked IL off quickly and gave II a
throw. The blazing garment fell upon
her 2-year-old daughter, setting fire
to the child's clothes. The mother
started to beat out the blaze and her
own clothing caught fire second
time. Seeing the child out of danger,
Mrs. Hill. now all aflame, ran out
doors and jumped into tub of rain
water. But she was too late. being
so terribly burned that the doctors at
Nichols hospital, where she was TAX
en-, say chances for her recovery are
slight. ~.
A 3-year-old son saw the tragedy
and ran to the neighbors for help.
The baby was not burned to any ex-
tent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
Husband Withdraws Bill.

Spectators in Judge Donovans court
Tuesday were deprived of the oppor.
tunlty OF hearing some spicy testimony
In a contested divorce case. when Nor
man Johnson withdrew his bill and
permitted his wife, r. Harriet john.
son, to obtain a decree unopposed. She
desertion and. non-support
The husband, in his bill. made serious
charges against his wife. The couple
lived I'm Wyandotte
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
JOHN R. WALSH IS WORSE.
Convicted Chicago Bankers Health Is
Failinu In Prison.

CHICAGO, May l7-Coincident with
the return OF DR.. l.. Blake Baldwin,
from the federal prison at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas. the condition OF
John r. Walsh. which has alarmed
his family and his friends became
known today. The convicted banker
Is failing in health and his condition
has grown steadily worse since he
donned the prison garb.
DR.. Baldwin declined to discuss the
condition of his father-in-law other
than to say that his condition was
not improved. He stated that Mr..
Walsh does not suffer from any speci-
fic illness.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
Islander Suit Fails.

The SANDER suit Of Max w. Grot.
aka against Rudolph and Elizabeth
Gutsch, was dismissed by Judge Hos
mer, Tuesday morning, because Of the
faulty construction of the declaration
on which the suit was brought. The
plaintiff boarded with the defendants
and they fired" him from the house
after making certain charges against
him
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18

JOB Printing done right. Times
Printing Co., ~ John Rest. Call Main
1I9S, or City 1886.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
To suIId Comfort stations.

The council ways and means com
mittee, which met Tuesday morning,
besides making several transfers of
small sums Of money from one fund to
another. recommended that the coun-
ell appropriate $500 for the erection
OF 35 comfort stations I'm the down
town districts during the Elks' conven-
ton.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
To Arrange For children's Day.

A meeting of those interested I'm the
annual Children's day at Belle Isle Is
called for Wednesday at 1880 In the
Office of the park commissioner. II is
the intention this year to'make this
holiday for the children the best ever.
Several innovations will be proposed
and fine program outlined. The date
has not been decided, but It probably
will be May 2s.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
PIONEERS WILL MEET

ANN ARBoR, Mich, May 17.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The annual meeting OF the
Washtenaw County Pioneer and His
torical society will be held at Saline
on June, and it is expected that IL
will be the biggest meeting ever held
by the society.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-18
FOOD COMMISSIONER I'LL.

n. y. Slrd Suners FROM Heart trouble
at His Home.
LANSING, Mich. May 17.-(Spe-
cial. )--State Food and Dairy Commits
sioner A. c. Bird is seriously Ill at
his home at East Lansing with heart
trouble.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-25

! there kept until sale days or unit.
they have recovered from the voyage
Here they are fed on a marine plant
known as turtle grass, sweet potato
vines, morning glory vines, mangrove
leaves, etc. When a sufficient number
tion sale is held
The upper shell of the hawksbill is
covered with thirteen plates, called
collectively in the trade the head.
The plates vary in thickness from an
eighth to quarter of an inch, accord
ing to the age and size of the animal,
and weigh collectively from four to
six pounds. These plates form the
tortoise shell of commerce and bring
about So pound.
In securing the plates the animal
must be handled while still alive The
shell is first cut loose from the tur-
tie with knife. 1t is then put into
a boiler of boiling water, and in
about five minutes the plates can be
ripped off with a knife. If allowed
to remain a little longer in the water
the plates would drop off of their own
accord but they would be injured by
too long submersion in the hot water.
The Cubans use knife heated al
most white and with this tear off the
plates and let the still living animal
go. Formerly the plates were de-
tached from the bony framework by
laying the animal while alive on a
hot fire or sometimes by soaking it
while alive in boiling water Fortu-
nately these inhuman methods are
rarely practised now.
The under shell of the hawksbill,
called in the trade yellow belly and
by the fishermen calipee, is also saved.
After being dissolved by means of
chemicals it is used in the manufac-
ture of meerschaum pipes The up-
per shell of the loggerhead is en-
ployed in the manufacture of cheap
combs, glue, etc.
The proverbial nine lives of the cat
are well known, but the cat is not in
it with turtle when it comes to
hanging onto life. Signor Rodi of
Italy once cut turtles head off and
noted that it lived for twenty-three
days without a head, and another
whose brain he removed lived for six
months, apparently unconscious that
it had suffered any loss.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-25

| stretch mesh of from "a to rs inches.
| They are either anchored or drifted
at night, and the turtles swimming
along get tangled up in them and fall
an easy prey.
AS the hawksbill turtles spend most
of their time at the bottom in deep
water, different apparatus must be
used to catch them. The turtler first
discovers their location by means of
a water telescope, which is an ordi-
nary water bucket with a wooden
bottom removed and a pane of glass
substituted. By putting this on the
surface bottom down and placing the
head in the upper part the bottom is
clearly visible.
When found round iron hoop with
a bag of coarse Irvine is lowered over
the animal and as he struggles upward
he becomes entangled in it and
is brought to the surface and drawn
into the boat. A three tooth grapnel
is also used at times This is lowered
and the animal is caught by the shout
der.
Keeping Turtles Alive After Cap
Turtles generally have special spots
in shallow water close to shore to
which they return every night, and
each animal has its own wallow or
burrow, where it remains when not
eating or travelling 1t is in these
places that they are generally sought.
In pegging the aim is to drive the
peg in the chimes of the carapace of
the turtle, as this offers the best hold
ing part and does the least damage to
the animal. When a turtle is seen the
pegger stands erect on the forward
thwart with his miniature harpoon
poised for prompt throw at the right
moment.
AS soon as the animal is hit it dives
and drags the boat forward at rapid
rate. 1t is very soon compelled to
come to the surface to breathe and is
then easily secured by means of a
rope, if too large to be taken into the
boat
When landed at Key West the tur-
ties which have been kept alive-all
that die are thrown away as worthless
are placed in small, square pens of
waited stakes, called kraals, built in
the water. close to shore and in staked
compartments under wharves, and
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-25

seemed to his eye to possess certain
qualities of size and shape which
marked her for experiment. She was
crossed with the Seebright bantam.
This gave the rose comb and the laced
feathers. A further cross with the
partridge cochin fixed the color and
increased the size, while an admix-
ture of Plymouth Rock helped in the
establishment of the general type and
heightened the laying qualities. The
fowls thus produced were golden Wy
andottes, with rose comb, clean legs
and feathers laced with black on a
gold ground; but they had not one
drop of Wyandotte blood. They were
subsequently crossed with the white
Wyandottes to increase the stability
Of the type.