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The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

In Wheaton The ninth number OF
the publication has Just appeared.
II includes several half-tone pictures
and digest Of the months golf news.
Griffin does his own printing on an
Sx12 Gordon press.
The magazine was started In an
odd way. J. T. Talbot, vice-president
of the National City bank, of Ne"
York. agreed to take life subscrip
ton, II Griffin would start a paper
for young golfers. The boy accepted
the proposition and Mr.. Talbot Inn
mediately signed his check for $50
Theodore Roosevelt has a ten-years'
subscription. The editor says that he
hasn't seen President Taft yet, but
when he does he'll add another name
to his list.
The boys father Is w. A. Griffin,
uanaper of the credit department OF
the Western Union Telegraph Co., IN
Chicago
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
CAST ASIDE TWICE, BUT
PLEDGES LOVE TO PRISONER
eeuiah 6lnford, woman In Case
sends Message to Man Accused
OF Killing Wife.


RICHMOND, Va. July 24-The
love of 17-year-old Beulah Binford.
whose Illicit attachment jailed Henry
z. Beattie, Jr., for the murder of his
Vile, proved greater than death and
bars of steel today. From her cell
In Richmond jail the tragedy-worn
girl sent to Beattie message OF
faith.
Tell Harry" she sobbed, that
rather than see him convicted and
sent to the electric chair, will con-
fess that / killed his wife myself. I
don't care what they do with me. Ny
life is not worth living now"
The love which the girl has given
Beatte from the time she was thir-
teen went to him In his trouble de-
spite the repeated remuneration of
the man. Twice he has cast her
aside, once when he married and
again last week on the witness
stand.
II guess I am just as well right
here since Harry must stay In jail"
she declared today with wan smile.
He sent q message last night not
to forget him. / couldn't II wanted
to-"
In his cell today; Beattie preserved
the same cold, Indifferent air he has
worn since he carried the body OF
his wife home In his automobile. His
cigarette and his guitar, with the
newspapers, are his constant occupa-
tions.
II have nothing to fear" he declar-
ed today as he strummed love tune
on his guitar. 'If the police will only
show the activity along other lines
that they have In prosecuting me
they will soon be able to clear me,
This Is what comes of mixing up
with women"
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
enoo..ted First Memorial Day.

WASHINGTON, July s4.--FAe-wo-
man credited with having first ex-
nressed the idea of a general memorial
day. Mrs. Sue Landon Vaughn. Is dead
here at the home of the Eastern Star.
on which she was dependent. She
was A descendant of John Adams, the
second president of the United States.
On April 26, 1865. she led some south.
ern women in stre~ing with flowers
the confederate graves In vicksburg;
and the date and custom were perpetu.
ated In the south. Three years later
May 30 was adopted throughout the
north as memorial day.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
RIVER CLAIMS TWO.
Charles Wilson and Unknown Aged
Man Drowned Sunday.

Two men were drowned In the De-
troit river, Sunday. Charles Wilson,
% years old, was drowned about 400
feet from Morgan & Wright's dock,
near Belle Isle Sunday night He and
a companion, Charles Hudson, No. $40
Abbott-st., were out In canoe dressed
only In bathing trunks when the boat
capsized and Wilson sank. Hudson
managed to swim to shore. Harbor
Master Ellison recovered Wilson's
body.
An unidentified man, about SO years
OF age, was drowned Sunday afternoon
at the foot OF Twelfth-st. while In
swimming. Harbor Master Ellison re-
covered the body, but found nothing in
the clothes by which to identify the
man. He wore dark clothes, straw
hat and blue shirt. His hair and
beard were gray.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
HAND BURNED OFF
BY LIVE WIRE
Victor Chatterson Victim Of Serious
Accident at st. Antoine-St. and
Piquette-Ave.

Victor Chatterson, No. IL Lyman-pl..
night watchman for the Regal Motor
Car Co. seized live public lighting
commission wire, early Monday morn
ing at st. Antoine-st. and Piquette-ave.
He was SO badly injured that he may
not recover. He is In Grace hospital.
His left hand was burned of. A
Patrolman found 1t later and brought
1t to the hospital.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
EXPERT IS COMING.
prof. starr VIII Examine Relics Dug
Up In Highland Park.

To convince himself that recent
unearthed copper and stone relics, in
Highland Park, are really examples
of the handcraft of prehistoric peo-
pie, Prof. Frederick Starr, the we'll
known scientist and dean OF the de-
partment of archaeology and anthrop-
ology, In the University Of Chicago,
will shortly come to Detroit to make
personal investigation. Many persons
I'm this city and vicinity possess sim
liar relics and for many years have
held firmly to the belief that Wayne
county was once the abode Of pre-
historic race. Chief among these per.
sons is the Rev. James Savage, pastor
of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic
church and he is delighted that Prof.
Starr Is to give his personal time to
the researeh.-
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
Windsor Motorman stabbed.

Robert O'Brien, motorman on the
ouellette-ave. line, Windsor, was stab.
bed just below the heart by an un-
known man on his car. Saturday night.
The attack was made on the motor.
man because of the car being delayed
on a switch longer than the assailant
thought II should be. The assaulter
got away. DR.. ]. A. Ashbaugh, OF
Windsor, found that the wound was
not serious. a rib having DETECTED
the blade Of the knife. thus causing II
to escape the heart.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
Late Telegraph News

LOS ANGELES, Cal.--Renouncing
his claims to a ten-million- dollar for
tune left him In Germany, Dr.. Samuel
Balla says he desires the money used
for the establishment OF hospitals In
Austria
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
BOY OF l2 is EDITOR.
w. w. c. Griffin, Of Wheaton, Ill,
Publishes Young American Golfer.

The youngest representative of
any newspaper covering the tourna-
meht of the Western Golf association,
being held on the links of the De-
year.old w. w. G. Griffin, of Wheat
on, Ill.
Young Griffin is here in the inter
ests of his monthly magazine, the
Young American Golfer which the
young editor publishes m his home
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

MOUNT PLEASANT. Pa.-william
Walter, SO, met his father today for
the first time in his life. The father
had left home when HIS son was born
and only returned to attend a BROTH
er's funeral
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

NEW YORK-The Statute Of Liber-
ty Is wearing out. Corrosion has
caused many holes to appear in the
dress Of the guardian of New York
Bay Repairs will be made.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

civil war Winches-
ter, Va, became
so popular a hght-
ng grou n q
that a real battle
did not-stir the
blood of the Win
chester small boy
as a balloon as
cension would. The
p age an try OF
marching armies
was SO common a
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
-peserters surrerters to puttc.

Alfred Miller. a young man, walked
into the Windsor police station. Sat
urday night. and asked for a nights
lodging. saying he had lost his money,
si35, by betting on the horses at the
Windsor race track. He also said he
was deserter from the Royal Canad-
ian Engineer Corps Of the British
army and wished to surrender.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

ATLANTA, Ga.-Mrs. Mary T. Proc
tor, Ill years old, who has lived under
25 presidents, was found on the verge
OF starvation in a one-room cabin near
here. Funds will be raised for her.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

circus parade would have been a wei
come change. This particular battle
was between part OF Early's retreat
ing army and union force under
Cook
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

NEW YORK-Investigat OF mum
mics leads DR., Marc A. Ruffer to be-
lieve that arterio sclerosis pestered
humanity In the days Of Rameses.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24
TODAY IN HISTORY.

July "a. 1864, one OF the battles of
was fought. During the
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

Dob Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co, 10 John R-st Call Main
I14sS. or City 3ssk M
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

WASHINGTON-According to re-
port made by Col. j. H. Dorst, COM
manding the third United States cayal-
ry, his troops marched 10000 miles
during their campaign In Texas,
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

] CHICAGO-Two fire engines were
pressed into service to remove small
lakes of rainwater from Grant Park.
where 10000 soldiers are encamped
for the National Military tournament
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

DESPLAINES, Ills.-Methodist min
listers will be forbidden to patronize
manicure girls and women BARRIERS II
Rev. II. c. Morrison has his way. He
denounced the practice at a camp
meeting.
The Detroit times., 1911-07-24

PARIS, Ills.-F. c. Clark, brakeman.
on a Vandalia freight train, riding on
the pilot of the engine, snatched Fam
ME Vaughn, a little girl, from sure
death on the tracks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
Morgans for the Cavalry.

The Morgan Horse Club, an out
growth of the Vermont State Fair,
which will be held at White River
Junction, Sept 10. 20, Fl and 22.
will be active in proving that the
Morgan is profitable to breed and
that there is a ready market for the
Morgan horse
Mr.. ii s. Wardner, the president
of the club, is active in the belief
that the Morgan should be the horse
for the governments cavalry service
and together with the assistance Of
other officers of the club early last
spring secured the services OF Mr..
Arthur w. Peters of Bradford, Vt .
for the purpose of furnishing ten
Morgan geldings. When this num-
Der of Morgans have been purchased
they are to be turned over to the
United States government for test
of their efficiency as cavalry horses
Mr.. Peters has reported to the club
that he is meeting with very. good
success up to this time, and there is
every reason to believe that he will
be able to secure in Vermont ten
satisfactory Morgan geldings. not
under four years of age or over six.
as near the old type as can now be
found, and reasonably we'll bred, that
will pass the requirements of the
government as to soundness of type.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
Child's Body Found at White
River Junction.

A body of recently born infant
was discovered in the Connecticut
near the mouth of White river at
White River Junction Saturday
afternoon. The authorities were
notified in Lebanon, in whose juris
diction it properly belonged, but they
failing to do anything the body was
taken in charge by Undertaken Nor
man, G. Powers, who notified States
Attorney Homer L. Skeels, who act
ing under instructions from him
sent the body to. the state laboratory
at Burlington for an autopsy.
1t is supposed that the body had
been in the water about eight hours.
1t has not yet been determined
whether the child was born alive or
not.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
A Sure Test.

On a pleasant Sunday afternoon
an old German and his youngest
son was seated in the village inn.
The father had partaken literally
of the home brewed beer and was
warning his son against the evils Of
intemperance. "Neyer drink too
much, my son. A gentleman stops
when he has enough. To be drunk
is disgrace"
eyes, father, but how can I tell
when I have enough or am drunk ?"
The old man pointed with his fin
ger. 'Do you see those two men sit
ting in the corner? If you should
see four men there you would be
drunk"
The boy looked long and earnest
ly. eyes, father, but-but-there
is only one man in that corner"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
Reciprocity Bill Passed.

After voting down with consistent.
ly overwhelming majorities sixteen
separate amendments. the Senate on
Saturday afternoon passed the Cana
dian reciprocity bill by vote of SO
to q. This puts through the House
bill without change and sends the
measure up for the presidents sig
nature as soon as the House meets
again so that Speaker Clark and the
clerk of the House can affix their at
testations to the true copy.
One section of the bill-that relat-
ing to the importation of wood pulp
and print paper into this country
will go into effect as soon as the pre-
sident signs the measure. That sec
ton is not subject to the conditions
imposed in theothers requiringaction
first on the part of Canada, and it's
terms are such that wood pulp and
print paper not restricted by export
charges or other limitations from ex
portation from Canada shall be admit.
ted free of duty into the United
States This means the free ingress
of the products named from practic-
ally all private timber lands in the
Dominion.
The other sections are technically
reciprocal and await affirmative act
ion in Ottawa before becoming effec-
tive. Indications here are that the
passage of the bill in the United
States will greatly strengthen the
hands of Sir Wilfred Laurier's gov
ernment in Ottawa in assisting on
the passage of the measure by Par
lament but it will be a matter of
some weeks. Indeed, there are very
definite indications that the Canadian
government may decide in the end
to go to the country before the vote
is taken and this will mean a general
election in the fall throughout the
Dominion on this Issue. No donht
is felt, however, hut that the terms
of the agreement will be enacted by
Canada before the winter.
New England senators are reported
voting as follows:
For the bill--Lodge and Crane OF
MASSACHUSETTS, i3randeqee and Nc
Lean of Connecticut, Weimore of
Rhode Island, johnson of Maine.
Against the bill-Lippitt of Rhode
Island, Burnham of New Hampshire,
Page of Vermont.
Absent-Frye of Maine. GallinGer
of New Hampshire.
Present but not voting-Dilling-
ham Of Vermont.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
Bad Wreck Narrowly Averted.

A disastrious wreck of Boston &
Maine passenger train was narrowly
averted on the Central Vermont rails
just north of Windsor Monday after
noon, July "a. when the New Eng
land States Limited. speeding down
the Connecticut valley at so miles
an hour, struck and rammed a big
pile of rocks, which had slid down
on the track. A sheer precipics of
shelving rock around which the rail-
road had been built, rises straight
from the track for over 100 feet.
while on the other side the river rolls
about 200 feet below.
The engineer saw the obstruction
about 100 feet away. The emergency
brakes were applied with q sudden
ness that brought the passengers up
standing but such was the momentum
that the train plowed safely through
the obstruction, scattering the rocks
in all directions. the train coming to
stop in a little over its own length.
The only damage done was to the
locomotive.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
The Havoc.
with the usual amends.I


Whats all that whackin' goin' ONT" said
cricket the-bed.
THE big guns OF worldwide war;" the
wise old spider said
who's that let out that awful shrek %
said Observation-Disclosures.
"A fly that didn't dodge quite right" the
wise old spider said
"For they're warrin' in the daytime, and
they're warrin' la the night. 49,.
They've tinkered up the screen doors till
the things are near afr tight,
They've armed themselves with papers
and with shingles for. to smite.
And they're swattin' OF his fiyship In the
mornin'.."
swhy don't they whack something their
size7'' said cricket-neathS the-bed.
'I'n read you DR.. Wiiey's DOPE the wise
old spider said.
'sWhy don't they let the baldheads fight 2"
said ericket-neath- the-bed.
"This amt no war Of class nor creed, I"
the wise old spider said.
'sBut all hands is at the cannon. and
they're shootin. left and right.
The fiies that aren't crippled had better
take to flight. et-
For the race so long fly trodden is a worm
,llr that's turned, all right.
And It's swattin' OF hiB nyship in the
mornin'."
Denver Republican,.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
eoothlna AI. Lace Moment..

Speaking Of unpleasant surprises,
an Englishman told of the one JON
athan Rochell got up on his death
bed:
Jonathan, feeling that the end
was near, gave few words of part
ing advice to his young wife. He
had bachelor friend named How
ard, a steady fellow, and the
thought came to his mind as he was
concluding his farewell talk that If
Kate, after he was gone, would
marry Howard it would be good
thing. He told her this. M
"Kate, woman he aaid,s it
would please me dearly il, ye. was to
promise to take up WI Howard
when Pm gone.'
"Don't ye worry about that,
Jointly says Kate in soothing way.
Me and Howard have already set
tied it betwixt us r."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
PUZZLES THE BorANIsTs.
A Pine Tree That Possesses Some
Very Peculiar Properties.

A Pine Tree That Possesses seme
Very Peculiar Properties.
Upper California is the home of
tree that has puzzled botanists. Il
is pine which grows only near the
seacoast. It's growth is slow and it
does not attain to great size.
The strange thing about it is that
there are, to all appearances, insur-
mountable difficulties in the way Of
the perpetuation of the species.
Some specimens of it exist in Kew
gardens, England. They have been
carefully examined by competent
authorities, and all admit that the
tree presents a problem unlike any
thing elsewhere met with.
This pine produces at regular in
tervals the usual cones containing
seeds, but, strange to say, the cones
are 30 thoroughly protected that
the seeds cannot be released. The
cones are hard and tightly closed
and have strong overlapping scales.
More extraordinary still is the
fact that the pine, after producing
it's almost invulnerable cones, keeps
them hanging on its branches year
after year. Unless through some
peculiar accident, the seeds would
apparently remain attached to the
parent tree forever. Many Of the
cones on the trees in Kew gardens
have been there for years, as is
shown by the size of the branches
and the formation of the bark.
1t has been found that the seed
vessels which this tree so powerfully
retains are so well protected that It
requires strong knife, with the as
sistance of heavy hammer, to cut
the cone into sections. No ordinary
conditions of temperature can make
a cone open.
The following is the only ex-
PLANTATION yet offered that seems to
have any degree of plausibility.
The species may be perpetuated by
fire. One who has studied the tree
asserts that nothing but the intense
heat of a forest fire could compel
the cones to release their seeds. II
has been found that under the In
fiuence of intense heat they crack
open and the seeds fall out unin-
jured.-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
Mistake In Creation.

A certain skeptic was contending
before a minister that the work of
the Creator was manifestly imper-
feet. 'sHave you not yourself" he
asked, "noted defects in the human
organism, for instance, and thought
Of better contrivancesp"
To his delight, there was the
frank reply:
'Why, yes, really think have" I"
drawled the parson. "You see, when
I want to shut out anything dis
agreeable from my sight / can draw
down my eyelids and it's all done I;
but, unfortunately, I haven't any
flaps to my ears"
Free conversation ceased at about
that point. Christian Guardian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
WELDING TORTOISE SHELL.
Heat and Pressure Bring the Layers
Into n Solid Pieoe.

Heat and Pressure Bring the Layers
Into n Solid Pisoe.
Tortoise shell is the carapace or
horny armor which protects the
back of the hawksbill turtle. This
armor is composed of thirteen seq
ments or plates which are not fast
at the outer edges, but overlap one
another like tiles on a roof.
The turtles are captured when
they come on shore to lay their eggs
and after being killed are immersed
in boiling water until the plates can
be removed without injury, For
merly in some places, says the OPP
tical Journal and Review, live tur-
ties were roasted until the plates
loosened and could be taken away,
when the turtle was put back in the
sea to grow new shell. 1t is doubt
full if shells grow again or if they
would be of much value.
Hawksbill turtles are found in
most of the tropical seas, and the
shells are commercially rated as
East Indian and West Indian. The
East Indian shell is much darker
than the other and has fewer of the
transparent markings that go to
make tortoise shell desirable, and is
not so valuable as the West Indian
shell on that account.
The plates vary in size and thick
ness according to location, but in
all cases taper to thin edge where
they overlap. In those cases in
which a large piece is required to
be of uniform thickness two or
more plates are laid together and
welded until they become a solid
piece of necessary thickness.
In welding plates they are first
boiled in a salt solution until they
become comparatively soft and pli-
able, when they are carefully
cleaned to remove all foreign mat
ter from the surfaces to be welded.
The slightest impurity will prevent
the shells from forming perfect
joint.
After the parts have been laid
together they are wrapped with sew
eral thicknesses of wet cloth and an
iron plate put on each side. These
plates must be parallel so the pres
sure on the shell shall be equally
distributed, and bits of folded cloth
are laid in wherever required to
make the pressure uniform.
In the meantime heavy iron
tongs have been heating and when
hot enough to brown a bit of paper
are made to hold the package Of
shell and cloths, and the whole is
put in heavy press. Pressure is
increased gradually to a certain
point and maintained until the
tongs become cold, when the parts
will be found to have united to form
one piece. Unless carefully done
the shells separate on being put in
hot water.
Small objects cannot be repaired
by welding, as rule, because the
surfaces are too small to knit prop
erly and because pressure sufficient
to unite the parts might destroy
patterns or shape.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
Il. Place Of RusInsse.

'1n the absence Of any accurate
information, the imagination of our
pupils sometimes takes curiously
amusing turn" says an instructor
In Philadelphia institution. "The
boy who defined mountain range
as large sized cook stove' was re-
Gently eclipsed by the answer re-
turned by another lad.
"fWhat is the office of the gastric
juicep p was the question put to this
boy.
"His written response, no doubt
struck off in the hurry of the ex-
animation, was, The stomach .'"-
Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
caupowax Of nendlna PiIIar..

Nature has hewn many upright
pillars from the rock at various pre-
historic periods, but SO far as is
known she has completed but one
group Of bending pillars. The
causeway at Staffa, in Scotland, is
after this original design. The
stone shafts rise perpendicularly to
height of fifty or sixty feet, when
they curve inward in a long, sweep
ing line at once graceful and mas
sive. In some places perfect Ro-
man arch has been formed in this
way. The formations are 30 SYM
metrical as to suggest the hand Of
the architect.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
Hia Hid.

A Yorkshireman recently entered
an auction mart. Looking round
and catching the auctioneer's eye
during lull in the bidding, he
shouted out loudly enough to be
heard by all, "May I bid, sir p''
"Certainly," said the man of the
hammer, thinking him customer.
: All eyes being turned on the
questioner, he, making for the door,
said, 'Well, Pll bid you good night,
then"
The laughter which followed
stopped business for some time
London Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-29
Tho Proper WARNING.

A reckless golf player had just
hit one of the ladies.
"Why didn't you warn her that
you were going to shootp" some
body asked.
81 did," he protested. "T cried
Forep two or three times"
"Fore nothingp the other man
exclaimed. "To attract a woman's
attention you should have yelled
Three ninety-eightp"