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The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
DESERTS CHINESE HUBBY.
Young Irish Girl Says She Was lured
Into Union.

PORT HURON, Mich, Dec. "a
Tha. she was coerced into marrying a
Chinaman, after he had compelled her
to init" the opium pipe, is the claim
made by Edith Mary Hing, young
Irish girl from Toronto who was de-
tanned by the local immigration Off
GERS. The girl said that she came
from abroad about five years ago and
went to Toronto and secured employ
ment in the oriental store OF Hum
Hing. a Chinaman. While under the
influence Of a drug, she alleges, she
was persuaded into marrying Hing.
They lived together for some time and
two children were born.
Finally the young woman became
dissatisfied with her celestial mate.
She met Arlin Kaifer, young Cana
dian. and became fascinated with him.
Deserving her Chinese husband, she
fed across the border with MIN. The
woman refused to return TO her ori-
entail husband, but her deportation
was ordered by the immigration in
spectors. Young Kaifer also was told
that he must return TO his native
country and the future plans OF the
couple were shattered.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
SAYS DETROIT WOMAN
KIDNAPPED YEAR OLD BABY
Eva Kramer. Of Bay City, Tells Story
to Police-Accused Abductor
Takes Train For This City.

BAY CITY, Mich, Dec. 24.-Stat-
ing that a year-old baby girl, which
she claims to have legally adopted.
was stolen from her by a Detroit wo-
man, giving her name as Mrs. Camp
bell, Eva Kramer, an unmarried wo-
man. appealed to the police, last
night, to aid her to recover the child.
The Kramer woman says that the
baby's mothss-fS dead and that when
the father married again, she took
the baby and adopted 1t by the legal
procedure in Detroit, about seven
months ago.
Three or four days ago the Camp
bell woman came TO Bay City and
asked the police to help her to re-
cover her baby which she said was
being held by a Bay City woman.
The police did not see their way
clear TO interfere in the case.
1t appears that Mrs. Campbell then
went to the boarding house kept by
Eva Kramer's mothe rand became
friendly with the woman having
charge Of the baby. About ) o'clock
last evening, she accompanied Miss
Kramer and the baby on shopping
tour. Miss Kramer went into u bak-
cry TO make purchase, leaving Mrs.
Campbell with the baby outside.
When she came out of the store,
Mrs. Campbell was missing, also the
baby. the go-cart being left empty at
the store door. Then Miss Kramer
appealed 10 the police and reported
that her baby had been kidnapped.
Mrs. Campbell had informed the
police that she was the mother of the
baby and that she had been advised
b Detroit attorneys 10 come here and
ask the police TO help her obtain pos
session of the child She claimed
Miss Kramer had no legal claim on
the child
The station agent here sttaed that
a woman answering the description
given hi moi Mrs Campbell, and car
rying a baby in her arms. bought a
ticket for Detroit and took the $50
train
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
MARCHI0NESS TAKEN IN
BY NEW ROYAL FAMILY
Lady Ripon, One of the Leaders Of the
Late Kings "Set," Finds Favor
With Queen Mary.

LONDON, Dec. 23.-The marchion-
ess OF Ripon, formerly and better
known as the beautiful Lady de Gray.
for the third time since the death OF
King Edward, has lunched with King
George and Queen Mary.
Lady Ripon, who was one of the
leaders of the late kings smart Set
has played her cards cleverly. Fore
seeing that the Edwardian set would
not be received at the new court. she
made a great friend of the late Prince
Francis of Teck, Queen Marys fav-
orite brother, and by her kindness 10
the prince became a close friend OF
Queen Mary, who had previously held
aloof.
So warm did this friendship become
that only two days after the funeral
of Prince Francis, Queen Mary took
Lady Ripon back TO tea at the palace
after having motored down to Coombe
to fetch her.
The Edwardian set, which includes
such women as Mrs. Ronald Greville,
Lady Saville, Mrs. Ralph Sheyd, Lady
Abingdon, Mrs. Rupert Beckett and
Mrs. William James, will by no means.
lapse into obscurity, even if they are
not enthusiastically received by the
new queen
Queen Alexandra has recently been
in constant communication with all OF
King Edwards particular friends. 10
whom she has, in eject minated
that as soon as her mourning is over.
there will be second and brilliant
court at Marlborough house.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24

the last nine months has not been able
to do a days work. There are three
children, one four years of age and a
pair OF twins, girls, Of five or six
months. Their case brought to army
notice by some Of the neighbors.
Family where the husband is 20
years old. and blind for the last 81
years. A son Of 81, their only support
is stricken with consumption. The
daughter, who came with her little
children to live with her parents, is
working hard every d.y to keep the
wolf from the door, and yet there have
been days when they went hungry
A woman, with three little children,
came to army headquarters. asking for
something to eat. The little baby Of
Que year had nothing to keep her
warm except a thin Bingham dress;
the father had not worked for some
time, owing TO illness. When army
representative called upon this family
in the afternoon she found them at
a neighbours, who had called them in
TO get warm, because they had no fire
and no coal.
On Saturday, from two TO five p. m,
in the auditorium OF the citadel, the
Christmas baskets will be distributed
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
MICHIGAN LUMBERJACKS
SPREAD SMALLPOX SCOURGE
Two Thousand Refugees From Forest
Fires are in Danger Of
Affection.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 23.-
Pestilence threatens to add its hor-
rors TO those of the forest fires that
swept Boudette and Spooner and
snuffed out 80 lives last October.
Two thousand fire refugees, huddled
together in barracks in those towns
and fed by the Red Cross society are
in danger Of smallpox contagion IN
troduced into the country by lumber
jacks from Michigan.
International Falls, the nearest
large town, is under quarantine. Up
ward Of 20 cases are reported. The
schools and public meetings are under
ban AS lumberjacks, in seeking the
burned district, reach there by way OF
International Falls. it is feared they
will carry the scourge to the fire refu-
gees.
There is scarcely town In north
ern Minnesota without smallpox
case.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24

measure. They are calling upon all
traditions of reverence for courts, Of
inherited complacency with things
las they are" with cry that the
masses-to whom, with unconscious
humor, their appeal is directed
would "coerce" judges to acts of In
justice. .acag,..f .S,-.r~.
Listen. then, to the answer of
George w. p. Hunt the president OF
the constitutional convention. Hunt
might be expected to be leading the
hue and cry. He has money. He Is
accounted one of the leading mer-
chants of Arizona. He is no red
shirted anarchist" He says:
1--WE yield to no men in our rev.
erence for courts. But whatever dig
nifty may rest in courts as institu-
tions, does not extend to judges. They
are human"
When the recall was made a part
of the constitution the agents of the
corporations made their last visit TO
the convention. They raised for the
last time the threat that such a
document would never be approved
by President Taft. His long years OF
service on the bench were pointed to.
They tossed aside their appeals to
drop the initiative and referendum,
they stopped their lobbying against
railroad commission with ample
powers to protect the public, they
pleaded only that judges be excluded
from the provisions of the recall.
In the face Of these appeals tho
men who wrote the constitution stood
firm.
Il won't sign unless it's there" de-
clared Albert Jones, rich cattleman
and leader. The others were equal
ly emphatic. At the last just one of
the majority in that convention, an
attorney for the Copper Queen inter
ests, refused to sign the document
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
MRS. LANGTRY ASPIRES
TO PLAY LADY MACBETH
At Present She Is In Vaudeville and
Says She Receives More Than
Mime. Bernhardt.

LONDON, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Langtry-
who has just made her debut on tbs
English vaudeville stage, told Il
friend before she left London for
Birmingham, where her first appear
ance was made, that she hoped to
visit America with her act. which is
p condensed version of Sydney
Grundy's The Degenerates. The
Jersey Lily has a grievance against
the New York critics.
when | was playing 'Twixt the
Nightlight and the Light, she said,
IL coined the phrase tabloid drama.
The American newspaper men stole
IL and claimed IL their own
Mrs. Langtry's chief ambition is TO
play Lady Macbeth to Beerbohm
Trees Macbeth, but Tree refuses to
encourage the lady and she is a little
sore.
II really don't see why Tree should
be so sniffy about It," she said 1T
would be an interesting experiment,
and some of the choices he makes
for big Shakespearean parts are an
insult to Bacon, let alone Shake
speare. Why, years ago | played Lady
Macbeth in New York in spite OF the
elder Bouccicault imploring me not 10
do 1t. He said ] would be positively
awful in the part. but | played IL
with success and he applauded me
I'm the audience"
Mrs. Langtry says she is getting
more than Sarah Bernhardt did for
vaudeville. Bernhard got $1,000 a
week
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
BILLS BITING HABIT
LEADS TO A HOT TIME
Sugar and Apples Wore All Right,
but When He Strikes Matches
He Finds a Difference.

GRETON, Conn, Dec c..-Poor
Bill His -whiskers are gone, And
he is learning that vanity is folly
and that no perfect gentleman bites
Bill Is a large ambling, equine
structure that il harnessed daily TO
the grocery wagon belonging to Loren
Perkins. Bill is not much to look at
except that he has a set of uncom-
monty fine teeth and beautiful whis-
kers-lace curtains, as some in vivac.
ious mood have called them.
And Bill is conceited. Hardly day
goes by but that he does not try to
attract a crowd on the sidewalk be,
fore the Perkins place by nonchalant-
ly barring his teeth. as it were. and
looking around for something In
which 10 set them.
Bundles are his specially. Many a
package OF sugar or pile Of apples
placed carelessly on the sidewalk by
Perkins has fallen TO ruins under the
dental dexterity Of Bill And no
amount of beating has had any effect
on him.
But Bills time came. He had an
unusually admiring crowd the other
day and he looked for something novel
In the way of showing of. He spied
a small oblong stiff looking package
near at hand and reached for 1t. He
bit into 1t. There was q crack and a
blaze and a snort Of surprise from
Bill. He had set his exquisite molars
into box of matches. He whined
with pain as he saw the tiny tentacles
IF his whiskerS siZZle I'D TO his nuiV-
ering chin in flame. He put out n
long. pink tongue and tried to lick the
flames away. Then somebody gave
him whack in the mouth and the
fire was out
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
WOLF STALKS
At MANY DOORS
Sickness and Desertion Responsible
For Much Poverty in Detroit This
Winter, Says Ensign Annach.

Ensign Katherine Annach, OF the
Salvation Army whose duty IL Is to
look after outside relief cases for the
army. says that there Is a great deal
OF poverty in Detroit this winter. She
explains, however, that lack OF work
doesn't appear TO be the cause; tnat
sickness and deserving husband are
largely to blame.
I'm most houses where | have found
hardships this winter" said the en-
sign, II learned that illness on the
part OF the husbands was usually the
cause OF the poverty. You would be
surprised at the number OF men suf-
fering from consumption; the disease
seems TO be working greater havoc
than ever.
Then, again, | find that many men
have deserted their wives and fami-
lies, leaving the children to shift for
themselves. Such desertions are
cruel In the extreme; they leave inno-
cent children 10 suffer. The little
ones must be fed, and when there Is
no father TO provide for them, It nee
essarily follows that they become a
charge on the community. The Saliva
ton Army has had many cases of this
kind to look after this winter"
Among the cases investigated by
the ensign were the following:
Home, at which the husband, at one
time man of strong physique. is
stricken with consumption. and for
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
AGED TEACHER DEAD.

PETOSKEY, Mich. Dec 24.-Mrs
Rachel Oakley. 10, died Friday after
noon at her home in this city after a
Ion glllness She is one OF the Oldest
pioneers in Emmett county, having
come to Petoskey in 1874. andj was
the first school teacher here. AT that
time Petoskey was small village.
and school was taught In a small
frame house. She is survived by four
married daughters. one Of whom, Mrs.
Prouse wife OF DR.. Edwin Prouse. re-
sides M Windsor Ont. Another daugh-
ter. Mrs. Water ~Chrysler, OF Cinema,
Alaska, was living with Mrs. Oakley
during her illness
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
WOULD APPLY
RECALL TO JUDGES
Arizona's New Magma Charta Makers
Place Clause in Document-Big
Interests Fight II.
BY 3 r. GURLEY.

PHOENI, Ariz., Dec. 24-The draft
ers of the constitution for Arizona
discovered the weak spot In the
makeup of the special interests.
In their effort TO form an instru-
ment which should ever keep the
law. its enactment, its enforcement,
and its very meaning, in the hands
of the governed, they propose that
the courts of the new state shall be
led not into temptation"
To accomplish this they placed
judges on the same level with the
governor. the legislators and the
sheriff. They have provided that the
people may recall judge If he Of
tends the moral sense of the COM
munity.
On this point the conservative"
office-holders who were named at
Washington have joined hands with
attorneys for the Santa Fe. the South
ern Pacific and the great mining in
terests in an effort to defeat the docu-
ment. They prefer the enshackle-
ment of territorial tyranny for the
people. They are Mortified beyond
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
CAN A GOOSE SUFFER
FROM MENTAL ANGUISH
Judge In North Carolina Court Must
Decide Where the Birds Feelings
Are Located.

ASHEVILLE, n. c., Dec. ?l.-Has
goose feelings? If So where ara
they located, or not located?
These are questions which are puz-
zling Justice Gudger In arriving at
conclusions Of fact and law in a goose
case presented for his consideration
by warrant sworn out by officers OF
the Society for Prevention Of Cruelty
t. Animals.
In Joe Grieger's barnyard an agent
OF the S. p. G.. A. discovered a goose
whose webbed feet were nailed to a
board, as one step In the process to
make its liver become pate de foie
gras.
A meeting Of the society was held
to consider the case, and President
Collins, who had been In conference
with physicians. encyclopedias, law
lyers, huinanitarians and others, in
sisted that i'm addition to the bodily
injury there was also the question OF
mental anguish to be considered.
Accordingly the society voted TO
hale the goose's owner to court to de-
eide goose's right.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
MARRIED FOLK WARNED
TO AVOID HOBBY STRIFE
Novelist Says Competitive Hobbies
Are a Mistske-Co-operative One
Possible.

LONDON, Dec 23.-Should hus-
bands and wives have different hob
bies? May not hobby-especially q
hobby which lends itself to competi-
tion-when pursued by two married
people be frequently the foundation
of jealousy and unhappiness?
1T does not follow because two
people are married and so in SYM
pathy." said John Strange Winter. the
novelist, that their hobbies SHOULD be
identical. A hobby is an individual
thing, in that it is supposed to be ex-
pressive of the individuality of the
person who has-it.
The husbands bent may be stamp
collecting, the wife's gardening Each,
in his or her hobby, is happy and con-
tented, and harmony prevails. But let
one try to make a convert OF the other
and harmony vanishes. Boredom. re-
sulting in almost hatred of the bore,
is a natural result.
Then, take golf, though golf is
more of a passion than a hobby now
adays. In the natural way the man
is on superior ground. and treats his
wife's efforts patronizingly and with
condescension; he rarely fails to let
her feel that he is playing an uncom-
monty considerate and unselfish part.
But II the wife proves an adept at
the game and fully the equal, perhaps
the master, of her husband-what
then? Will the average husband like
IL known that his wife, whom he
taught to play golf, can beat him at
the game?
THAT introduces another point.
Married people should not ever be
trying to teach each other something
to convert each other to enjoyments
in which one delights and in which
the other finds no pleasure. IL only
irritatcs and annoys.
Competitive hobbies, when pursued
alike by husband and wife, are mis-
take. IL husband and wife must have
the same hobby, let 1T be a co-opera-
tive hobby-a hobby in which each
does his or her distinctly separate
part-so that neither can say: My
part is more important than yours,
or L have done mine better than you
have"
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24

to those holding tickets, and who are
able TO call for them. To those sick
and feeble, the baskets will be deliver
ed by an army officer. Monday night,
Dec. 26, in the army auditorium, there
will be a Christmas tree for poor chill
dren. The army is in need OF dona-
tions of toys and children's clothing
for this. -
Are there any slums in Detroit?'
was asked of the ensign.
Not what you would call slums,
she replied. out on Wesson and
Otis-aves.. in the districts Inhabited
by foreigners, there are conditions
bordering on slumdom, but there is
nothing approaching tn ereal mean
ing OF slums In Detroit. In genuine
slums you fin drunkenness, filth, inn
morality and other bad features. In
the districts | refer TO in Detroit
there is nothing more than what you
might call downright poverty-sev-
eral families huddled together in
small houses, thus causing sanitary
conditions which are not calculated
to keep the occupants healthy. In
addition TO the impoverished districts
on the west side of the city. there
are similar conditions out Chene-st,
where many immigrant families are
living under one roof"
In speaking of charity, Col. Charles
Miles. head of the Salvation Army in
Detroit, said that the Jews are the
best givers. They not only look after
their own in poverty, but also the
needy Gentiles as well, the colonel
added. Commenting on immigrants,
the colonel said the Scandinavians,
those who come from Norway, Swed-
en- and Denmark, make the best citi-
zens among those of alien birth on
this side OF the Atlantic. The Scan
dinavians ar ethrifty and law-abiding,
the colonel said.
Col. Miles has been in Salvation
Army service for over 80 years, and
having been stationed in different
countries, including South Africa,
has had a good opportunity to judge
of the sympathies of various races.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
ALDERMEN SPLIT
ON BREAD MEASURE
Majority Report Of Committee Wil1
Recommend Restoration Of the
Old Ordinance.

There was an even break in tina
common council committee on ordi-
nances. Friday, over the proposed re-
turn to the ordinance requiring bak-
ers 10 sell standard one and two
pound loaves. Chairman Gutman,
who is a baker, and Aid. Field and
Garvey voted TO repeal the present
ordinance and return to the old one.
They will submit the majority report,
as It will be signed by the chairman.
in which they will state that the
present regulation leaves an opening
for fraud, which is not taken advant-
age of by the larger bakers. but by
the smaller. Aid. Freiwald, Grindley
and Walsh will stand for the present
measure. The divided report Is due
TO cause fight in the council. The
agitation for a change was started
by former Aid. William Kingsley %
the Third ward.
Aid. Maurice J. Keating's mes.
senger boy ordinance. which forbids
employing boys under 81 years OF
age between 3 D. m. and a. m, was
reported out. The ordinance requires
that record be kept of all calls and
the names and addresses of the boys
making them, the record to be open
to inspection by the police. This pro-
vision Is TO prevent the sending OF
boys OF tender years to resorts. The
license fee for messenger companies
is reduced from $50 TO $25.
Aid. Watsons ordinance requiring
tail lights on all vehicles, was report
ed favorably.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
COINS TUMBLE OUT OF OLD
CEDAR LOG WHEN SAWED
Are Contained In a Buckskln Purse
Hidden in Tree Nearly Half
Century AQo.

COTTER, Ark, Dec. 21.-A cedar
tree yielded gold and silver when a
rip saw at the Cotter pencil factory
found it's way into the heart of the
trunk. A shower of coins which fell
about the saw took employees by sur
prise, and it was only after the saw
was shut down and an examination
made that quiet was restored.
Apparently a buckskin purse con-
tanning a number of gold coins bear
ing dates between 1850 and 1860 had
been buried in the tree. The purse
and coins were we'll protected in their
natural cedar chest The trees
growth had closed the cavity which
had been cut out by the person who
had buried the purse.
L. Il. Griswold, manager Of the fac
tory, Is reticent about the find. and
the story has gone the rounds until
the exaggeration has made a snug
fortune out of the treasure.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
-FOUR BANDITS
LODGED IN JAIL
They Are Captured After Pistol
Duel With Citizens of Britton,
Where Bank Safe Was Blown.

DEERFlELD, Mich. Dec. 23.-An
unsuccessful attempt to rob the Peo-
pies bank at Britton, five miles south
OF this place. early today. brought
four burglars 10 grief. Two were
captured at Ida. having taken a train
bound for Toledo after they had been
put ID rout in a pistol fight with the
officers and citizens OF Britton. An.
other robber was captured near Milan
and lodged in jail there. His name is
not known. Another was taken near
Adrian.
The two men who were captured at
Ida were taken TO the Monroe jail.
They gave their names as Joseph
Mira, OF Flint, and George Mcdonald.
20, no residence. They were nabbed
by Deputy Sheriff Jenkins.
When searched they had reviewers,
nitro-s1ycerine and a complete set
of yeggmen's tools in their possession.
The explosion that blew off the
outer doors of the safe in the bank
aroused citizens, who summoned Dep
uty Sheriff Frank Gibson. The bandits
fed after the fight with the posse and
took the southbound train.
No money was stolen from the
bank.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
GREEN is ACQUITTED.
Battle Creek Man Killed Prot. Thomas
Skidmore In Los AnoeIes.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 24.--It
took only ten minutes last night for
the jury 10 acquit ]. Howard Green.
who has been on trial here charged
with the murder of Prof. Thomas ID.
Skidmore. The jury took but one bal
lot after going through the necessary
formahties on retiring after the
judges charge, and that was unani-
nous for acquittal. -.. =
Green Is a prominent attorney and
clubman of Battle Creek, Mich, and
killed Skidmore. who was an early
sweetheart of Mrs. Green and had
pursued her practically ever since her
marriage.
The verdict of acquittal was gen.
orally expected after the argument OF
Green's attorney, which was a strong
effort along the line that Green shot
Skidmore in self-defense. The "un-
written law was not mentioned in
the argument, az had been anticipated.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BIZ
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN.
No. 614.

THREE JAPANESE MON
KEYS-made of some sort Of
material, / don't know what-sit
on bookcase in my library.
One represents "HEAR NOT
EVIL"
Another represents SEE
NOT EVIL"
Still another represents
SPEAK NOT EVIL. =
Those silent monkeys preach
a sermon that ! am going to APP
ply to Advertising on this day
before Christmas.
HEAR NOT EVIL
DOES 1T PAY a merchant to
listen to evil reports about his
competitor? What does he gain
by it? Does it make him hap
pier, more contented with him
self?
Does it pay a newspaper edi-
tor or publisher to rejoice in lis
tcoutInued on Page TweiveJ
The Detroit times., 1910-12-24

LONDON, Dec. 24.-There's fine
boom in the coronet business just
now. All the noble brows Of England
are being measured for the stuff with
which they will be adorned at the
coronation of ing George, next June.
Toppers, bowlers and cloth caps
are much more comfortable, even for
ducal wear, as a usual thing but no
titled person will omit the opportun-
ity TO wear all that's coming to 1t