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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
What Are Conditions
Here in Detroit !? Do Our
Public Officials Know?
Child Labor 10 q Condition Which
Must De Tolerated for the Pres
ent, II Seems, But How Are
the Young Girls Protected
Against Being Roasted
NJ AIive7

would fail toward the public in our belief
to let that the factory re In New
York in which many young sacrificed without doing its share
q emphasize the lesson that applicable its city
of the demands OF
upon child that calling every day upon
the lives of our boys girls toward which sacrifice
the public stands woeu apathec until factory catches fre and they
bring pine chas flesh and bones
creeping them the boys and girls
this factory found themselves trapped like so many rats
this factory In their one desire
through capng flesh and blood OF children
breaking thought had been given to way for
their escape in emergency such as this
NOT ONE FIRE ESCAPE AT ONE WINDOW OF THIS FACTORY
BUILDING FOR THE OF ONE LIFE ON THE TOP FLOORS
WHERE THESE TO THE SYSTEM WERE CONFINED
of the heads Of the establishment were OF course ON
THE GROUND FLOOR.
No record can be anywhere thing time
Gre any the part of these employers to provide against
inevitable panic in alarm Of fire.
These are facts think but them let
auote dispatch Thursdays idea of the
inalty behind this tragedy
wv @ Mssss y
s 5 s [ door " % IN. s esI ss ' s
1od. taken the after
had n 'a.s. s.: the &.
che s.' Ds % o" Sas nun . ans @ ss
sss. ss s Gss
s s ss
In the stuffed street Detroit early morning the
end the evidence that
this city child labor problem the other cities
and Of girls of tender those exposed to its
certain toll.
Under what condition young girls Detroit works.
DO OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS KN0wi
grown bread by the of their
J browsf
DO OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS Ksowi
m conditions do crowds gather the public halls Of
Detroiti Io&
DO OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS sKEowi
ARE OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS ALERT TO THEIR HEAVY
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLICs
question between the lines Of the horror story
from bleod-stained Washington Square, New York
that the build
ing inspectors DO conditions and them to be the best
possible.
Until social conditions have changed looks would have to
uch public inspection and such public interest the child labor
would prevent the that than death
phase Of these social conditions
which weakening bodies building the underwords Of cities and
AHng prisons, asylums and homes for feeblemindd
best ourselves the utmost at
direction providing against the roasting these
nnftuna alive by employers whose conenoes have been caous
Che lust for gain.
The time building inspectors
public pay charged with the responsibility protecting those
traps NOW before they read in the
papers officials doing along with those afflicted
loved q shocking and avodable calamity
Prosecuon viii help this factory will
and fire drills will provide against the possibility Of panic
tine but young lives
cniorcement other precautions IN
might have saved them.
Do OUR building inspectors knowi
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
WANTS STEERING COMMITTEE.

LANSING, March 31.--A resolution
was introduced in the house asking
that a steering committee be appoint.
ed to devise ways and means to handle
the so bills which are on general or.
der. There are only two weeks in
which 10 dispose Of them.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
To Take Up License Applications.

Aid. Ellis, chairman OF the council
committee on liquor regulation, win
call his committee together not later
than next Wednesday for the purpose
OF taking up the applications for
liquor licenses, The applications now
total LISA, t--------------
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
HEAVIEST MAN DEA

BAY CITY, Mich, March 3l.-Wi]
lam Ford. the biggest man In Nba
county. and perhaps In Michigan.
dead. aged 81 years. A short TIN
ago Mr.. Ford weighed 500 pounds,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
Engine orinds on Mans Leo.

Joseph Schroeder, % years old, No.
167 Champlain-st.. was run down by
a switch engine at the foot OF Hast
ings-st., Thursday night and so badly
injured that he was taken to st.
Mary's hospital. II was necessary 10
amputate his right leg.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31

The approach of the spring cleo
ton as a matter Of grave Importance
to the welfare of Detroit and Wayne
county, has had the call upon this
column for week, but we must de-
sert those candidates whom we deem
the most desirable, for day, while
we dwell upon another important
matter which has to do with LIVES
rather than Offices.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
New Divorce Suits.

Suits for divorce were filed. Frida|
by Charles NJ. Whitney vs, Kate !
and Grace Simuel va. James.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31

NEW YORK--A chewing gum trsi1
operated through holding compan|
is said to be under organizatlon
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
Gets Divorce For Non-support.

Mate c. Simpkins was granted a d.
vorce from her husband, Warren A
Simpkins. by Judge Murphy, Friday
She alleged non-support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
RESCUE ATTEMPT FATAL.
Telephone Girl Loses Life in At
tempting to Save Another.

CHICAGO, July 15.-While trying te
save from death ten-year-old girl yes.
terday young woman lost her life In
Lake Michigan at the foot Of Greenwood
boulevard, Evanston. and the bodies OF
the two were taken from the water within
few minutes of each other. The VIC
TINS are:
Ellen McKenna, twenty-five years old
night operator in the Winnetka telephone
exchange.
Loretta! Kenny. ten years old.
The girl and the young woman were
wading in the water. which is not more
than two and a half feet Deep A sand
sucker was at work near the place pump.
ing sand from the bottom Of the lake.
A deep hole had been made by the
dredge, and as the little girl approached
it William Mickels warned her not tC
come too near. A few minutes later he
heard a cry and saw the girl struggling
in the water.
Mickels swan to her assistance, and
had almost succeeded in carrying her to
safety when Miss McKenna- who had
started to the assistance of Mickels, also
stepped into the hole and pulled man and
girl into deep water again.
Mickels was almost drowned by the
woman and girl. but finally succeeded in
getting clear.
Twenty minutes later the Evanston life
saving crew recovered the bodies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
Ocean Steamship Arrivals.

NEW YORK, July 15.-Arrfvedt
Steamer New York. Southampton and
Cherbourg: steamer President Grants
Hamburg; steamer Mistor. Barbados.
CAPE RACE. N. F.. July 16.--Steamer
Kronprinzessin Cecilie, for New York;
reported 1.205 miles east OF Sandy
Hook at 6:45 pm. Dock 8 am. Tues
day.
Steamer Olympic. for New York. re-
ported $50 miles east of Sandy Hook
at 1880 pm. Dock 8 am. Wednesd ay.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER, JULY
16.-Arrived: Steamer Mills, Philadel-
phia for Vineyard Haven.
Passed UP: Steamer New Orleans
Providence for Philadelphia.
BOSTON. July 16.-Arrived: Steamer
Devonian. Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN. July 15.-Steamer
Celtic New York for Queenstown and
Liverpool, reported 210 miles west at
$40 pm. Due Queenstown 4:3O am.
Sunday.
PLYMOUTH. July 15.-Arrived:
Steamer Philadelphia, New York for
Cherbourg and Southampton (and pro-
ceeded).
CHERBOURG. July 16.-Arrived:
Steamer Bremen, New York via Ply
mouth for Bremen (and proceeded).
GENOA, July 16.-Arrived: Steamer
Canopic. Boston. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
FAILED TO SUPPORT CHILD.
That Is Charge Against James Cur
rent, Arrested Here.

Just as James Current, who says he IS
salesman for a Washington tobacco
company. stepped from a street car to go
to his lodging house. at 1873 c street north
west. last night. he was placed under ar
rest by Detective McNamee. Chief Of
Police Kobler OF Cleveland. Ohio. notified
Maj. Sylvester that Current Is wanted
in that city on the charge Of falling to
support hts minor child.
Current told him, says Detective Nc
Nance, his wife had secured q divorce
from him in Cleveland, and that he was
ordered by the court to pay her SIS q
month alimony. About one year ago he
left Cleveland and went to California. He
is married again and has been In Wash
ington for the past four weeks. he also
told the detective.
The Cleveland police have been notified
Of the arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
MISS BROCHER'S FATHER
| WILL TAKE HER HOME
Notifies Maj. Sylvester He
viii Come Here Without De-
Iay-GirI Acted Strangely.

Maj. Sylvester received q message last
night from DR.. NJ. D. Brocher. 63 St
John street, Quebec. informing him tina.
he would come here without delay to
take charge Of his daughter. Miss Marie
Louise Brocher. who was sent to the
Washington Asylum Hospital yesterday
for observation and treatment, a charge
Of insanity having been preferred against
her.
Miss Brocher. who is twenty-three years
old, came to this city Tuesday and reg
istered at the Continental Hotel. Thurs
day she was found wandering about the
streets. the police say, and it was neces-
sary to return her to the hotel. Late Fri
day night the young woman left the
hotel and went to the Postal telegraph
Office. expecting q message from hel
father. having wired him for money.
When told there was no message at the
Office for her the young woman became
disheartened and said she had no place
to sleep. The desk clerk told her she
could get accommodation at the Won
ans Christian Association Home, Ills
18th street. Two messenger boys &C
companied her there.
Aroused Others Early.
Miss Brocher was admitted and put to
bed. About o'clock in the morning she
arose. dressed and went to the from,
door, according to the police. where the
vigorous ringing Of the bell aroused the
superintendent and others. They were
told by Miss Brocher that she had been
unable to sleep and that she would re-
main there no longer.
The police of the eighth precinct were
told Of the incident, and q message was
sent throughout the, city to have the
police find her. She returned to the hote
and policeman from the sixth precinct
arrested her. Her statement was that
she had come away from home because
she was sick.
Desk Sergeant Murphy was told by
Miss Brocher that she came away from
home without telling her father Of her
intended destination.
Il thought the change of scenery and
food would benefit me-" she said, land
I just came away"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
Issues Sharp Reply to Hoke
Smith Statement.
RESIGNATION IRREVOCABLE
Says It Would Be Presumptuous for
Him to Come Here.
WAY OUT OF THE DIFFICULTY
suggests Some One Be Elected Sena-
tor Until Governor Is Ready
to Serve.

ATLANTA, Ga. July 15.--"My resigna-
ton Is with you and It is irrevocable.
You nor I can place the responsibility of
your conduct. The people will do that
Senator ]. M. Terrell.
Il have not accepted your resignation
ana shall retain 1t unaccepted. that Won
may have full time to realize the impor-
lance or your continuing the pair which
Kills a republican vote In the United
States Senate."-Gov. Holce Smith.
The above statements sum I'D the sit
uation tonight in the controversy between
Senator Terrell and Gov. Hoke Smith.
who has just been elected United States
senator to succeed Mr. Terrell, who was
the ad interim appointee following the
death Of Senator A. s. Clay about nine
months ago.
Mr.. Terrell's Tart Reply.
Following the governors statement of
last night In which he declined TO accept
the resignation Of Mr.. Terrell. the latter
replied late today in one of the warmest
political cards ever issued in a political
contest in Georgia
In his letter Mr.. Terrell declares that It
would be presumptious for him to re-
turn to Washington as senator after
Gov. Smith had been elected to that po-
sition by the legislature. He asserts
that under no consideration would he
continue further to discharge the duties
Of that office. II 1t is imperative that
Gov. Smith remain in Georgia as govern
or, Mr.. Terrell says, there is a way in
which he can accomplish that desire and
still provide for the full representation
of the state in the United States Senate.
Suggests Solution.
The general assembly can elect an.
other senator at once he declares. III
you feel that you must stay here notify
the general assembly that you would not
accept the senatorship to which you have
been elected by It under the assumption
that you would go to Washington at
once. Then let the general assembly fill
this vacancy, which 1T can do by Tues
day next.
III the senator so elected wishes to do
so he may relinquish the discharge Of the
duties at your will as you wish me to
do and you may then give up the gov
ernorship after the adjournment Of the
present session Of the legislature"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
Inquiry as to Express Rates.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. July ia special COM
mittee OF railroad commissioners from the
states that have railroad and utilities
commissions will meet here beginning
July q to collect evidence relative to
express rates throughout the country,
according to- an announcement today by
Charles F. Staples. member of the Min
nesota railroad and warehouse COM
mission.
The committee will hear all parties
who desire to appear to give testimony
or offer suggestions regarding railroad
or express companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
TERMINAL FACILITIES
WILL COST 100000
Views of Controller Bay I'm
proved Expressed by Al
fred H. Brooks.

To erect terminal facilities in Con
troller bay, Alaska. would cost about
100000. said Alfred H. Brooks OF
the United States geological survey
yesterday before the House committee
partment, which is investigating the
Controller bay lands.
The committee, which will reconvene
Tuesday. may summon as witnesses
former Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot
and Secretary of War Stimson, to in
quire into declaration Of Miss M. F.
Abbott, newspaper writer, that q
map Of Controller bay district. con-
tanning tracing of the Richard S.
Ryan claims there. had disappeared
from the War Department.
Secretary Fisher Supplies Map.
A map made since for the Interior
Department. showing the claims and
proposed railroad promoted by Ryan.
who Is alleged to represent the Gug-
genheim interests. has been furnished
by Secretary of the Interior Fisher
The missing map. dated December IA.
1910, was shown Miss Abbott about
June !. 1911. she says 1t is contended
that there was not time for the map
to have been made from surveys in
Alaska following the Presidents ex-
ecutive order restoring the lands to
entry, and that it must have been pre-
pared on advance information
In order that the Congress shall have
and about Controller bay, President
Taft has directed Supt o. H. Tittmann
Of the coast and goedetic survey to
make copies Of the maps of the region
in the possession of the government.
President to Report.
The President spent more than an
hour looking over the original maps
yesterday afternoon. He Is convinced
that when the Senate sees the govern
ment surveys Of Controller bay. the ex-
tent Of the water front and the length
of the channel it will agree with him
that for one man to obtain monopoly
there would be next to impossible. Mr.
Tittman probably will be unable to
perfect the new maps before the mid
die of this week, so that the Presi-
dents report to Congress will not be
made before that time.
Pinchot Has Made No Statement.
Rhode Island avenue, last night. would
not ulSCuSS the SOntICll0I Day mat
ter, except to say that he has never
been interviewed or issued a statement
in regard to the subject, further than
a brief reference made in a short
statement given out at the time the
Cunningham claims were cancelled.
The reference in this statement. printed
In The Star Of Juno 26. is as follows:
"It is still possible that a secret order
Of last October. by which the President
opened the harbor front of Controller
bay, the natural outlet for the coal, to
acquisition by special interests, may re-
suit in coal monopoly through monopoly
Of transportation"
Mr.. Pinchot will return to New York
tonight. unless the unexpected delays his
departure. He would not say that he had
or had not been called before the House
committee to give evidence in the Con-
troller bay matter.
Mrs. Pinchot, his mother, who has been
gravely i'll. he reports to be greatly I'm
proved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
RUSSIAN STATESMAN
ASSA|LS ROOSEVELT
Count Witte Declares Former
President Aided Japan in
Peace Negotiations.
Special Cableeram TO The Star.

Special Cablegram TO The Star
ST. PETERSBURG. July Is Count
Witte. the eminent Russian statesman,
In forthcoming pamphlet on his version
Of the negotiations for the treaty OF
peace between Russia and Japan, held
at Portsmouth, will assail former Pres
ident Roosevelt as siding with the Jap
anese In that memorable event.
The count says that at the meeting of
the conference in the United States the
Japanese submitted their peace condi-
tons, twelve in number, but that they
were absolutely unacceptable In par
1icuiar he rejected the four final con-
ditions-the japanese demand for in
demnity, limitation of Russia's maritime
power In the Pacific, the surrender of
Saghalien and the surrender Of the Rus
sian warships stationed in neutral ports.
Roosevelt Interposes.
This threw the negotiations into a bad
way when President Roosevelt prevailed
upon the Japanese to submit their first
eight points for discussion, which ended
by an agreement being reached upon this
much of the treaty.
AS to the four remaining counts. the
japanese offered to give up the indem-
NIFTY demand, Limitation of power in the
Pacific and delivery Of Russian war
ships, but insisted on the cession of the
southern part of Saghalien to Japan.
rms latter condition Count Witte re-
1useo, and at the last moment when he
was preparing to leave Portsmouth, Pres
ident Roosevelt. he says, sent a dispatch
to the car in which he openly espoused
the cause Of Japan, declaring that he
considered the Japanese demands justi-
fed and right
Gear Declines to Yield,
The car responded by saying that
peace could be concluded only on the
basis OF the first eight points already
CONQUERED in. Thereupon Mr.. Roosevelt,
Count Witte says, informed the car
that fifty million pounds sterling was de-
posted by Japan with number of
american banks which would be avail
able to continue the war At this criti-
cal 1uncture Japan waived her demands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
IN AID OF BROKERAGE FIRM.
Relatives Contribute to Payment of
SO Per Cent of Claims.

PHILADELPHIA, July 15.-Wealthy
relatives Of the members Of the brok-
erage firm Of Norman Macleod G. Co.
of this city. which failed recently for
nearly three-Quarters Of a million dol
lars, have come to their assistance,
and the creditors will be paid IS per
cent Of their claims, and possibly more
Norman Macleod is a son in law of
John Wanamaker, and Malcolm, the
other member of the firm, married a
member OF the wealthy Rosengarten
terested In the case said tonight that
relatives of the brothers would con-
tribute several hundred thousand dol
lars toward the settlement. and with
the assets in possession Of the Mac
Leeds, the creditors will be paid SO
per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
Judge Richard Russell Would Sue
coed Hoke Smith of GEORGIA

Judge Richard Russell Of the cour,
OF appeals of Georgia has announced
his candidacy to succeed Hoke Smith
as Governor of Georgia, according re-
a settlement made by his friends here
last night. He expects to make the
race for the governorship when Hoke
Smith comes to Washington to enter
the Senate.
Judge Russell is brother of Capt
Robert L. Russell, Judge advocate gen
eral of the navy.
In 1905 Judge Russell was a candi-
date for governor against Mr.. Smith
Although defeated In that contest he
was elected to the state court of ap-
peals during the same year, beating
out sixteen other candidates for that
office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
NAULTY GIVES BOSTON SHOCK.
Theories Of New York Astronomer
Are Regarded as Remarkable.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON. July 15.-Remarkable astro-
nonical theories were expounded in q
lecture at Nantucket last night by Ed
win Fairfax Naulty of New York Mr..
Naulty declared that the remarkable
weather Of this spring and summer and
Of the last three years was due to the
presence Of a comet In the solar system.
The sun is not a hot body in a state
Of combustion" he said, but, on the
contrary, 1t is a cold sphere of gaseous
and liquid matter in state of violent
motion which appears hot only because
seen from the earth through earth's at
mosphere, which acts as a huge trans
former of cold solar force into light and
heat, precisely as resistance offered to
the passage OF an electric current causes
light and heat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
TWO GOLFERS TO BE BUILT.
Award of Contract Recommended BY
Technical Bureaus of Navy.

The technical bureaus Of the Navy De-
partment have recommended that the
contract for the two Golfers to be built
under the eight law be awarded to
the Newport News Shipbuilding Company
and for the two to be built without such
restriction to the Maryland Steel Com
pany, at Sparrows Point Baltimore.
The bureaus also recommended the
award Of the contract for the two steam
ocean-going tugs to the New York Ship
building Company. at Camden. The rec
concentrations must be approved by the
Secretary Of the Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
Military Automobile Trucks.

Gen. T. H. Bliss, In command of the
provisional brigade at San Diego. Cal,
has been making some experiments
with an automobile truck for army use
with highly successful results. He
found it much cheaper in operation
than the three escort wagons 1t re-
placed, and he recommends the design
of an auto truck especially for mill
tary use.
Similar successful results have been
attained in the tests Of motor cycles
by the troops, and they proved much
swifter than horses or signaling, and
thoroughly reliable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
LOSES CLUB MANAGEMENT.
Petition Of F. N. Abercrombie Dis.
missed by Supreme Court.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-. July 16-The
supreme court denied without prejudice
today the application Of r. N. Abercrom-
bic for a writ Of mandamus to compel
Probate Judge Holtcamp of st. Louis to
appoint him executor of the estate Of NJ.
Stanley Robson. Robison's estate
which consists Of the st. Louis National
League base ball club, is now in the
hands Of e. A. Steininger. president Of
the club. who was named administrator
by Judge Holtcamp last Tuesday
Abercrombie. who was named executor
in Robison's will. resigned and later
sued to be named administrator Judge
Holtcamp dismissed Abercrombie's petit
tom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
STICKS TO HIS CHARGES
Convicted Murderer, Facing Death,
Refuses to Exoulpate Wife.

BEAVER, Pa, July 1H-Charies
Hickman, wife murderer. will be hang
ed here Tuesday. Hickman shot his
wife down In the street, was convicted
Of first degree murder and sentenced
to be hanged over q year ago. Mean
while he has escaped from jail twice,
but was captured each time following
la chase.
Hickman's case has been before the
highest state courts, and the pardon
board. Today his fourteen-year-old
daughter visited him and requested
that he deny charges against her
mother made before the pardon board.
Hickman refused and, sobbing, the
girl left him for tho last time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
Tuell Died of Acute Alcoholism.

An inquest was held at the morgue
yesterday over the body Of Beverly Tuell.
colored. who died in the third precinct
patrol wagon Tuesday night while being
taken to Emergency Hospital. No marks
Of violence were found when the au-
topsy was performed. It showed that
death was due to acute alcoholism and a
verdict was rendered accordingly.