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The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
MUST ACCEPT
|. OPTION PETITIONS
Prosecuting Attorney of Kent Coun'
ty Directs Supervisors in
Local Option Fight.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Jan. 13.-
According 10 an opinion handed down
this morning by Prosecuting Attorney
Brown, OF Kent county. the board OF
supervisors now in session must ac-
cept the petitions as presented by the
local option people. He saws the board
has no legal right TO investigate them.
Mr.. Browns opinion In part Is as fol-
lows:
From the language OF the statute
and the language OF the supreme court
IL is my opinion that the board OF su-
pervisors cannot go behind the petit
tions. but must take and accept them
as they appear upon their face. The
board does have the right. and also
it Is the duty of the board TO see to
1t that the essential preliminary steps,
as the law requires. have been taken
before making their determination.
These are the steps as required and
provided by law and have nothing TO
do whatever with individual names up
on the petitions.
It is certain that the board will
abide by Mr.. Browns opinion and the
next move on the part OF the "wets"
is anxiously watched by all those in
terested in the fight.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
BURGLARS MURDER
WOMAN; ESCAPE
WITH LOOT q
Jewelry and Silverwsre Valued at
$4,000 Taken From New York
Home by Bandits-Nurse Tries
To Protect Child.
She Is Chloroformed First and Then
SIangled To Death
With Rope.

MII.LBROOK. y. Y. Jan. l3.-Sarah
Bramer. nurse in the home OF Garnes
Compton, is dead today. as the result
OF her resisting three burglars who AZ
an early hour today chlorotcrmed and
strangled the nurse 10 death AMI
robbed the house OF $4,000 worth OF
iewelry and silverware.
In the same room in which Miss
Brainer slept was the three-year-osd
daughter of the family, who had been
left in the nurses charge while Mr..
and Mrs. Compton were spending the
night in New York. There was every
indication that the woman had been
first chloroformed and then strangled
with a rope twisted about her neck.
Ii Is believed she came from under the
influence of the chloroform and began
a struggle 10 save the little girl from
harm and the burglars killed her.
Police are hunting for the robbers
aud murderers. but no clue has beei
found. Bloodhounds from Poughkeep-
sic followed the trail or the men who
fed in a sleigh for several miles only
TO lose the scent.
The rope about the nurses neck was
| flesh. A chloroform soaked cloth was
about her face. An iron safe in the
house was opened with such clever
ness as TO indicate that the burglars
either knew the combination or had
an expert cracksman In their number.
The burglars had spent considerable
| time evidently in tying Miss Bramer
( to the chair in which she was found
dead She wore only her nightgown.
Each leg had been securely tied TO the
| leg Of the chair. the rope being wound
many times around. Her arms were
drawn together at the back OF the
chair and securely tied. Her head was
drawn back and an effective gag had
| been tied into her mouth, almost stiff
! ling her.
! The interior OF the house was in
I great disorder. Compton. who Is q
! fnancier with large holdings in New
1 York. had a magnificent collection OF
! silverware. containing several hundred
! pieces. All this had been carted away
in the sleigh by the murderers. A
large amount OF jewelry belonging 10
various members OF the household was
also taken.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
GuILLoTINING PHOTOGRAPHED.
Authorities, However. Seize Films Be-
fore Paris Can See Them>

PARIS, Jan. 13-The cinematograph
is fast becoming a universal educator
for the mutitudes who flock 10 the
moving picture shows, which In Paris
are literally countless.
After faithfully reproducing silly
duel II the Pare des Princes some
time ago in which the two principals
acted like a couple OF fighting ban
tams hopping about the barnyard. first
on one leg and then on the other, the
next step for the unbounded enter
prise OF the cinematographists was to
obtain films OF an authentic gpillotin-
ing.
4 grand opportunity was supposed
10 have arrived when the fendish
SLAYER OF a little girl was about to
have his head cut of at Montauban
The snapshots were taken just at the
right moment and no doubt the films
would have developed famously. and
next week the boulevardiers could
have watched the legal butchery to
their hearts delight.
Alas, there came woeful denoue-
ment. The authorities seized the ap-
paratus. the films. and the cinemato-
graphist. Whether this action will be
iudicially upheld remains to be seen.
IL II is not, a CORY object lesson may
vet be presented to the pubic at large.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
MOORE'S DEATH IN DIVE
DRAWS ATTACK ON POLITICS

CHICAGO. Jan. 13.-The death OF
young Nat. Moore, scion Of wealth.
In red-light resort here the other
day has again drawn attention to the
shameless alliance between polite
ians and vice in every great city OF
the United States.
While Coroner Holman was .declar-
Ing that Moore had died naturally, the
Rev. Melbourne p. Boynton, pastor OF
the Lexington-ave. Baptist church. was
scoring the city administration as
shameless.
DR. Boynton for months has waged
brave fight against vice In Chicago's
red-llght resorts. His work was blam-
ed by Twenty-second-st. denizens for
the knell of the infamous first ward
Democratic ball. the levee's annual
saturnalia
HIS congregation. in the fashionable
Woodlawn district. numbers a score
OF educators OF the University OF Chi
cago. and includes a dozen million.
aires.
III man wants to be a candidate
Tor mayor OF Chicago with any hope
OF being successful he must first make
MS peace with the politicians and pow.
ers OF influence or the red-light dis
trict. declared DR. Boynton. stN
The great problem OF the white
slave traffic is linked with the greater
problem OF putting clean men into, OF
tce. Look behind the curtains I'm anv
great city's politics. and you'll find
vice clGsping hands with Official power
What is true in Chicago Is true in
New York. Cincinnati, Philadelphia
Buffalo. fittsburg and a dozen n,hsr
big cities.
And no1e OF these white slave or
vice evils will be checked until GRAFT
and ward politics is stopped-wiped
out"
hoore's beautiful young wife. who
was Miss Helen Fargo. a society lead,
!, er. 10 Frustrated over his death bu,
the lights at Vic" Shaw's Dearborn.
ave. resort. where be died. keen on
blazing. Inside there Is the same gar.
ish noise Of music and drunken song.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
ROME IMPRESSED
BY MRS. LE|sHMAN
Beauty of New American Ambas-
sador's Wife Makes Her a
Favorite in Society.

ROME, Jan. 13.-The king and
queen have just given their reception
to the diplomatic body. Mrs. Leish'
man was present. tins being practical
ly her oficial entree into Rome so
ciety. She created most favorable
impression among the beauty-lovine
Italians. who know pretty women and
beautiful clothes when they see them.
A curious fact is that Ambassador
Leishman cannot present his daugh-
ter, the Countess de Gontaut- -Biron, at
court. although he can other Ameri-
cans. as she married a Frenchman,
and, although a widow, is still con-
sidered Frenchwoman- Therefore
the good ofices. of the French ambas-
sador win have to be requisitioned
and the presentation will take place
almost at once. Mrs. Leishman and
her daughter are staying at the Excel
sior hotel, together with the ambas-
sador, and have been the recipients
OF much hospitality on part Of the 9TH
er members of the diplomatic body,
as well5as the court, the Roman aris-
tocracy. and the American colony.
Mrs. sLeishman's first appearance was
at musicale given by Mrs. Crownin-
shield at the American Academy, In
the villa Miranore, where Mr.. Leish-
man had already made himself popular
among the acadcrhicians. All the no
liabilities OF the American colony were
there.
Admiral Field. of Washington, is in
Rome with his wife and daughter, on
their way to Lausanne, where Miss
Field will be put to school.
Admiral and Mrs. Moore are also
here. staying at the same hotel as Ad-
miral and Mrs. Field.
An American girl, the Countess OF
Colloredo- o-Mannsfeld. (nee Iselin, OF
New York;, has come out in a char
acter new TO aristocratic society here.
II appears that on her arrival I'm Rome
the countess engaged cook who has
by no means the Gordon bleu," In
fact had quite poor reputation as
first-class cooks go. When the count
ess gave her first dinner party the
guests were surprised to find that not
only was the repast perfectly cooked
but that the menu included several
delicious dishes new, to Rome.
In response to inquiries the Count
ess Of Colioredo- Mannsfeld smilingly
confessed that she had taken lessons
In cookery and had herself taught her
cook how TO prepare the special dishes
which had received particular approy-
n. Many Italian society girls are now
declaring that they would like 10 take
cookery lessons, but, alas, there are no
classes here. and as II is much less
allufing TO go into your own kitchen
to learn of your own cook than TO at
tend class, their desires may never
be carried into practice.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
REFORM SCHOOL HEAD DENIES

LANSING. Mich, Jan. 13.-E. NJ.
Lawson, superintendent OF the state
industrial school, replying 10 the state
ment by Robert Mccormick, that re-
form schools breed crime, says that
so per cent OF the boys that come 70
the Lansing institution are made good
citizens. IF Mccormick made the al
tack on the reform schools" said Law
son. his statements are exactly con-
trary TO conditions as they exist"
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
Cooke In Indicted

CINCINNATI. Jan. 1S.-Edgar s
Cooke. former cashier In the Big -Four
of6ces In Cincinnati and now in Chi
cngo. was indicted today on a charge
Of receiving stolen goods. The indict.
ment grows out OF the defalcations OF
the former Big Four treasurer. Chas.
4. Warriner. who has confessed. Cooke
Il alleged to have gotten 800 OF the
Warfiner peculations.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
Home phone Co. Refused Retriai.

Judge Murphy has denied the mo-
tion of the defense for new trial Of
the case OF Selma Larsen against the
dict OF $l0,132 was returned. Mrs.
Larsen brought suit for the death Of
her husband. knocked from a Grand
Trunk yard engine by a telephone pole
which rolled against the track
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
Food Prices VIII Boost Hotel Rates

The present exceeding high price OF
foodstuffs, especially meat and eggs,
is likely to send prices on hotel and
restaurant menu cards kiting in the
claim that they cannot continue to
serve meals at present figures because
of the marked advance In the cost OF
materials. In some instances Detroit
hotels have not only raised prices. but
cut down. the portions served. and
travellers claim the same is true OF
other cities
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
Or. HAZE SERIOUSLY i'll.

LANSING. Mich. Jan. 13.-(Spe.
cial. )--Dr. William III. Haze is serious.
ly al at his home on Washington-ave.
north. Ever since the death of his
wife a few weeks ago he has been
fniliuk gradually. DR.. Haze Is SO years
Of age and Is the only surviving mem
her M the legislature OF 1857.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14

Siberian capitalists have arranged
with British bankers 10 finance rail.
way operations in Northern Asia
which will tap enormous deposits OF
copper. iron. coal and other minerals.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14

Sleeves fulled into the armholes
and gathered below the elbow into
deep cuffs are seen In some ultra.fash-
fonable afternoon gowns.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14

LANSING, Mich. Jan. 13.-(Spe-
cial. Henry G. Johnson. a brakeman
residing on Humboldt-ave., Detroit.
had one leg and foot on another leg
cut OF by a Pere Marquette train this
morning. He died later.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14
p0oMlNeNT WOMAN peAp,

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich. Jan. 13.--
(Special Mrs. Emanuel Wilhelm,
wife OF one OF the most prominent
merchants In the city. died suddenly
n midnight aged ~ years
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14

A new electric water heater heats ITS
contents I'm Is seconds and boils IL In
40 seconds.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14

A steel tape fire escape. so com
pact that 1t can be carried in mans
pocket. by which person can lower
himself from high building. is a re-
cent invention.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-14

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Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12
SACRIFICE TAKES PRACTICE
To Make Successful hunt Requires
Many Trials.

NEW YORK, June 11.--"sacrifice hitting
is an art acquired perfectly only after
months and months Of practice" says
Jimmy Sheckard OF the Chicago Cubs who
is an expert in that branch of the game
mo player can walk out to the plate and
lay down a bunt which will advance an
other runner unless he has tried his skin
along that particular line hundreds OF
times. The big league today numbers more
successful sacrifice hitters than in any
previous season. All this goes to show the
growing tendency among managers to boil
ster up the inside forces Of their clubs
Many ball game has been won with the
aid Of clean sacrifice nudging a runner
or possibly two. around the base lines in
advance of heavy hitter. who at the
proper moment comes through with the
needed single. But the champion long
lance sacrifice story comes out Of the
Southern league. Here It is:
1T seems that there was man on first
in one particularly close game and the bat
ter going to tho plate was instructed to
lay down a bunt. He put a roller toward
third, the first baseman was drawn In and
the second baseman rushed over to cover
first The thirdsacker picked up the ball
and pegged to first. Everybody saw the
ball on the way. 1t hit the baseman's
glove and disappeared. When the hunt for
the ball began the first runner was hug
ging second. while the batter overrun first
and stumbled and fell out in right field. He
quickly rose, retouched first and sailed on
down to second and persuaded the other
man to hustle along ahead of him home
with the winning runs. The fans and play
ers thought the ball was lost in the grass
and finally it was found in right field. How
1t got there was a mystery until the man
WHO hit the bunt explained. 1t appeared
that the ball bounded from the second base
mans glove up under the runners arm as
he sprinted past the bag. The runner closed
his arm down tight, kept on running, gave
a stage fall out in right field and at the
same time lot the ball roll away from him
The right fielder wasn't wise 70 the in
side play and no one woke up until the
hitter walked out to the right field dug
around in the high grass and finally To-
Gated the ball"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12

WHY PUT IT ON THE AUTo7
No Fault of the Car that some People
Spend Their Money Fool
ishIy.

1t was good old Alexander Pope, we be-
lieve, the poet, who had the knack of put
ting SO many homeiy truths into exoellen,
verse, who once delivered himself of the
following lines:
Vice is a monster of so frightful nien
AS to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
That was vice as It came under Pope 5
observation, and needless to remark. did
not refer to the craze for automobiles, a
weakness which some OF our modern eco
nomic speakers are classifying as a ma
tioraI sin and danger. II is not to be
wondered at that automobile manufacture
ers throughout the United States who are
concerned in an output amounting to sew
eral hundred millions OF dollars a year.
and owners of Industrial plants represent
ing an even heavier capitalization, are be-
ginning to sit up and say harsh things
about bankers who are delivering sermons
at state conventions against an industry
of such widespread Importance.
The chief crime of which the automobile
and its sponsors is accused refers TO the
diversion OF useful energy IN noproduc-
tive directions, and the absorption OF an
imm ense amount OF money. which, instead
of going into the necessary things of life
is being squandered in luxury. In other
words. the automobile is blamed for the
weakness of those who do not know enough
to hold on to their money when they make
it, or worse still, spend it before they have
earned It. thus burdening themselves with
II debtedness. To preach frugallty can no
be held wrong, nor should the men engaged
In such laudable work be derided OF
scoffed at.
On the other hand. It requires sons
stretch Of imsg ination to accept as tru'
the theory that the automobile of itself u
responsible for the foolishness of people
who succumb before the seductive offering
OF automobile manufacturers. The question
involved Is no less intricate than the prob
lem with which, rural debating societies
have been wrestling for generations
(which came first, the hen or the eggT
1t is also questionable whether people VIII,
are said to be throwing money away OF
automobiles would not find other channel
in which to toss 1t, We're there no auto
mobiles to buy. Therefore. our friends VIII
are trying 20 render their country rea
service In smashing the automobile in
dustry, and thus removing pitfalls iron
the path OF the weak, may find their mis-
sionary efforts more profitable II the,
begin on the people themselves. and teael
them to resist the temptation set befor
them In the shape of Joy riding machines
Let these orators take to heart the gFea
truth revealed by the boy who place.
among the most noted beneficial agencie
OF modern times the humble pin, which, &C
eording TO hls rule OF reason. had save
the lives OF iunumerable people by no
swollering OF them" In the same wa
people may be saved from automobiles, an
made rich. by not buying them.-New Yor
Financier.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12

one soon loses all Idea OF The actual direc-
ton he Is going. and a turn incorrectly
made may bring him far off his course
and thus cause him 70 lose considerable
time
''Thoso who habituany use II find the
compass very valuable addition 20 the
motorists equipment"
Gould said: zone OF the unfortunate oo-
currenoes during the Now Jersey Reliable
ity auto test which took place the 18th OF
the month, was an accident between one
OF the contestants In the race, a Kohler
40" touring car and lightweight Ford
car The slight amount OF damage inflicted
on the smaller car IL remarkable In oom-
pairing the relative weights Of the two cars,
and to Vanadum steel alone can the Ford
car lay Its safety. The accident occurred
just outside of the town of Elizabeth, N.
j.. while the Kohler 40 was speeding its
way toward Railway, N J. Turning out
from behind a view-hiding delivery wagon.
tho Ford ran head on into the heavy 10"
The wheels. radiators and lanNps on the
cars were smashed while the front axle on
the Kohler was badly twisted and the car
turned completely on its side. The vana-
dum axle on the Ford car was only
slightly bent. Had the construction OF the
light car been OF anything but vanadium
steel. there is no doubt but that there
would have been loss OF life In tho crash.
In reporting the accident, the New York
American said in part;
The heavy 40 was completely crumpted
to a mass OF scrap iron by the impact with
the Ford car owned by w. II, Mount of
Kansas City. and bound for Newark N. ].
That the little model IT Ford stood the
ordeal so well Is considered a triumph for
its vanadum steel construction. Fl"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12
CLIODEN TOURISTS
Omaha Autoists Will Do Everything
Possible in Way Of Entertainment.
SCHEDULE ONE DAY LATER
Tour starts Tomorrow Largest
Days Trip 10 He from Kansasl
City TO Omaha--Changes
in the Rules.

With the change in the starting date Of
the Glidden trophy tour to Tuesday, June
IA. one day later than originally planned,
it will be necessary to make some changes
in the plans which were under considera-
ton for the entertainment of the visitors
when they arrive in Omaha. Had the
starting date been left at June Is. tomor-
row. It had been proposed that the entire
party, which will number several hundred,
be taken out for the evening to the Ak
Sar-Ben den.
Entertainment will not be extensive or
elaborate. although the Omaha Automobile
club will do everything possible to give the
tourists hearty welcome. When they ar
rive at Omaha they will have completed
what is expected to be the most difficult
days work of the entire trip, from Kansas
City to Omaha, and will have covered
nearly $500 miles of the scheduled $500.
Arriving late in the afternoon they are GER
tain to be tired out and will relish sleep
more than society.
Although entries were to be closed on
June l. this date was ordered extended,
and Chairman Butler, of the contest board
extended the time and made it possible
for entries to be made up to the latter part
OF last week. All entrants have been in
structed to report to Chairman Butler al
Cincinnati not later than Monday, the
18th instant. Special rules have been is
sued by the board, based on a penalty sys.
tenn unlike the systems used in former ma
tional tours.
Observers will carry score cards and care
fully check all stops, delays, breaks, or un.
usual occurrences, making a daily report
to the technical committee of the American
Automobile association contest board. Ma
chimes leave Cincinnati only after q rigid
examination by the technical committee
Before starting, certificates must be fileC
with the contest board setting forth in de
tail every mechanical part of each car.
Equipment of Cars.
4 Cars competing for the Glidden troph!
must be fully equipped touring cars. Thos
competing for the trophy offered by tn
Chicago Motor club must be either NINA
ture tonneaus or of the runabout type. Bot
trophies will be awarded on the same sys
tenn of determining merit. In the even
Of any two or more cars being tied, o
with perfect scores, trophies will not b
awarded, but each car will be presente,
with q suitable medal certifying to its hav
|, ing qualified as a winner. Cars finishing
in either division with 81 per cent Of tn
winning score will be awarded certificate
showing the records made on the road.
| The run from Kansas City to Omaha
} with the distance between stops 10 as fol
! lows:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12

Tires in perfect running order for a
longer period than you have ever expert
enced Is what you may expect and just
what you will get II you equip your auto
mobile with @, & T., Morgan & Wright or
Hartford tires. Then after they have
given this excellent service take them back
to the Omaha Rubber Co. ieos Harvey ST.
Omaha, and have them retreaded by ex-
peri workmen. Then you're getting your
moneys worth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12
AUTO CLUB TO ELECT OFFICERS
win Hold Annual Meeting Tuesday
Night at Happy Hollow.

The Omaha Automobile club viii hold its
annual meeting at the Happy Hollow club
Tuesday evening, June IA. at s o'clock.
An invitation to all auto owners In
Omaha TO be present is extended with the
idea of creating more interest in the or.
ganization and gaining more members. II
Is argued by the club that a large mem
bership is necessary I'm order 20 obtain
proper protection; that without organization
no individual effort could act as as sub.
stitute.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12

That thieves are not particular as to what
they steal, It may be mentioned that the
II. e. Frederickson Automobile company
report the loss OF one Bosch high tension
magnetic, one Cushman gasoline engine and
a quantity of tools. stolen from their ware
house at Twelfth ana Nicholas. Entrance
was effected by tearing off portion Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12

Dewitt g. Knott, proprietors of the Mid
west Auto company, are pushing the Cole
80 vigorously. The Cole 80 is one Of the
niftiest piece Of machinery every brought
into this market for the money. These boys
know It and they are making a whole lot
of people believe it.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12

George Rein, Kimball's manager, has
lost his fox terrier. He is advertising
through The Bee for him. REIN looks
forlorn without that dog. HE was so good
to me-" he is always saying.