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The Detroit times., 1911-02-23

sceptical friend has got TO answer
"And that a. - curious thing about
the book. u al MI controversial II
does not antagonize the sceptical
mind. but Il presents its array OF UNI
disputable human facts In such a way
as TO make an honest doubter want
20 sit down and do some thinking be-
fore he talks.
Remember this. too: These facts
are all taken ut first hand right out
OF raw. red. life itself. We do not have
dished up here the sort OF discussions
one hears occasionally I'm a fragrant
haze OF tobacco. In a library chair.
after good dinner. II is the real
thing you are up against In this book.
Can you think of anything more use
less than broken crockery, broken
earthenware? Well, here Is %. b. d.
Told Born Drunk, "Puncher" the
Copper Basher," Rags and Bones"
and the rest of them, this unutterably
wretched useless human debris,
smashed up and broken by brutality,
crime, lust. drunkenness and what
not, not simply patched up temporar-
lily, but absolutely recreated. mod
ern miracle in nine editions. standing
out year after year against all the
pressure and strain hideous environ
ment can bring to bear.
you ask whether I have read The
Regenerate,' by Norman Duncan In
The Century. have, and II IL great
piece OF reporting, and IL brings out
the point | was just making, that
when these Titans of London under
world rise up erect, shaking them
selves free from their degeneracies,
they are not content with ordinary
language. They talk about being
born again when they try to tell
about the change that overcame them.
And SO with this poor New York
down and out that Duncan describes.
The word reform Is totally made
quate. I got up from my knees he
says, a new man. new creature.
had been born again It Is not cant
phrase. There are no other words
so accurately to describe the change
which has occurred.
81 am beginning to think that the
word degenerate has been worked
overtime in our problem plays and
novels OF late. Perhaps the word re-
generate Is coming into vogue. Why
not? The fact is here, why not the
word?
II like what Ian MacLaren said
shortly before he died:
cit matters not how a mans father
lived, and the generations before him,
or into what far country he has gone
himself, or to what shameful degreda-
ton he has sunk, there is power In
the grace of God to cleanse him and
make him again a self-respecting man.
Heredity is solemn fact and We do
well to lay 1t to heart, but over
against physical heredity we place
spiritual, over against the cumulative
erect OF ten generations Of sinners,
we put the incarnation Of the love OF
God
Personally do not see how any
man whose wits are awake at all,
can read this clinic in regeneration
as Bigbie calls II, without sitting UP
and doing q lot of thinking"
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23
F0RGETs TABLE MANNERS.
Result 10 Man 10 Tossed Through
Glass Door Of Restaurant.

John Sharrow. NO.. 255 Columbia
st. east. forgot his table manners,
Wednesday night, according to the
proprietor of the kosher restaurant at
No. 373 Hastings-st Merely to teach
Mr.. Sharrow lessen In etiquette. the
proprietor threw him through the
glass door OF the place. Sharrow was
taken to st. Mary's hospital, where
Ceveral cuts were dressed.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23

Without funds and unable 20 speak
a word of English, Albert votek, en
Austrian boy, only sc years old, came
&c police headquarters. "wednesday
midnight. to beg food and shelter.
Through an interpreter, ne said he had
been here only three weeks. He came
to find his brother, who had preceded
him. He learned that his brother Dad
gone back to Austria and he was here
alone. He had only $11 when he
landed here and that sum quickly
vanished. The police are caring for
him until his story Is Investigated.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23
ACCUSED OF VIOLATING .AD' LAW
Physician Charged With Placing OBJ
IectionabIe Matter In Newspaper.

JACKSON. Mich, Feb. 23.-(Spo-
ciaD DIR. s. M. Angie. OF Jackson,
was arrested this morning for adver-
Using In a local newspaper to cure
certain diseases alleged to be con-
trary to Act No. 1874 OF public acts,
1907. regarding the advertising by
physicians OF any matter OF an OBJ
scene or offensice nature.
Angles examination in court is set
for March 2.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23
Loses Three Elnaers.

Samuel Mcmahon, night engineer
at the plant of the Webb Packing Co.,
Grand River and Fourth-aves., suf-
fered the. loss OF three fingers of his
right hand, early Thursday morning.
The accident occurred when he was
trying to fix some machinery In the
basement. He Is In Grace hospital.
He lives at No. 494 Wabash-ave.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23

Lord Chesterfield. couldn't stand a
cut-up. Says he is his letters: Horse
play. romping, frequent and loud fits
OF laughter, jokes, waggery and In.
discriminate familiarity will sink both
merit and knowledge into a degree OF
contempt"
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23

"The Panama canal certainly ought
to have q towpath."
What would be the use of q tow
path"
why. to raise future presidents
upon
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
Gigantic Mass Of Dirt Slides intc
Canal.

COLON, Feb. 23.-Five hundred
thousand cubic yards of rock and
earth slid into the Pioneer cut oppos-
lite Cuiebra last Thursday. Gold hill
may have to be removed, as the slide
upsets the canal plans considerably.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23
THE STAGE

The screening of the orchestra in
the Sothern- Marlowe production OF
Macbeth" is novel as well as ar
tistic effect and will be introduced
by the two famous stars during their
engagement in the Garrick theater
the week Of March 6. Mr.. Sothern no
ticed during a dress rehearsal OF
Macbeth" that the lights from the
musicians stands interfered with the
vision of the audience, After num-
Der OF experiments he found that the
only way to hide this light, which
greatly affected the success OF the
dark witch changes, would be to en-
titrely hide the musicians from the
view of the public. Mr.. Sothern call
ed In the heads of his mechanical
forces and the present result OF plac-
ing a roof over the orchestra pit was
arranged. A complete screen OF palm
leaves and flowers Is carried now.
Miss Viola Sheldon, who comes to
Harry Hastings big show, is one or
the few women on the burlesque
stage who Is there simply because
she prefers 1t to opera or musical
comedy. She has had opportunity to
go into both, but has turned them
down every thine. Miss Sheldon Is
pretty Pacific coast girl, born In
Portland, Ore, and has had a varied
experience on the stage. She was
playing with the Tivoh opera COM
pany of San Francisco. when she was
induced to turn her talents to the
burlesque stage. So successful has
she been that now she refuses to
leave 1t, the forty weeks engagement
"of the Wheel having better. look
to her than the precarious ten or
twelve of opera.
"The Rector Girls will hold the
boards in the Avenue theater all next
week, beginning Sunday afternoon.
They will appear In q two-act musical
travesty called "A Trip to the South
Pole" with an olio sandwiched be-
tween. The chief fun.makers are Tom
McRae and Miss Lydia yosby, while
among others prominent in the cast
is Miss Ruth De Shon. Added features
Of the show will be the Brianzi trio,
Italian singers, and Ayesha-Hara. a
Russian dancer, In her sensational
"Muiiah- Bufiah dance"
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23
Here's to the fellow with never

Tn the old days people used to
jump when the political boss cracked
his whip. Now they soak him behind
the ear with q brick-bat
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23

VIM. M. Ellicott 10 urging national
park of about $4,000 acres near Wash
ington, ID. G. He says the government
could make II rival Versailles.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-23
Wife Got TITO TOP Advice.

my wife wanted me TO take our
boy to the doctor to cure an ugly
oiI," writes ID. Frankei. of Stroud.
Okla. Il said put Bucklens Arnica
Sslve on it. She did so, and 1t curef
the boil in a short time" Quicke 81
healer Of Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns,
cruises, Sprains, Swellings. Ben
File cure on earth. Try It. Only CSC
at E. c. Kinsel, Gray q Wooster. Cen
trail Drug Co..
Here's to the fellow with never a
frown,
Ready TO help you whenever you're
down
Living his life here with never a
plant,
Wasting no time to make things what
they amt;
Who journeys through life without
tears or sighs;
HE'LL get a harp in the skies when
he dies.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
POLE TERRIBLY CUT
WITH OLD PITCHER
SERIOUS AFFRAY ON SOUTH SIDE
THIS MORNING.
John Adam Cuts Pete Oanes In tire
Neck After ovarrci-AssafL
ant Captured.

Using an e~arthenWare pitcher as a
weapon. John Adam. Polish. inflicted
terrible wounds on Pete Danek this
morning shortly after midnight az a
Polish boarding house az the corner
OF Forty-nfth and McColloch streets.
The police were notified soon after the
afair occurred and located the wanted
man in quick time. placing him behind
the bars AZ 30.
While details could not be learned
by the officers last night. the crime is
apparently OF a more serious nature
than the usual quarrels OF the for
eigners Neither Of the men was
drunk. and all Adam would saw WAS
that panek was boiherins him. After
hitting Danek over the head. Adam
had apparently used a Jagged portion
or the broken pitcher on the left side
or his neck. infiicting some very ugly
and dangerous wounds.
Adam apparently regretted the crime.
however. as he and another man insisted
me wounded man to get to tho Office OF
Or Gaydosh. who rcudere surgical aid
Or Gaydosh stated last night that while
inc wounds OF nanek We're In a danger
Gus location. none Of them Urers verv
deep and would probably not prova fatal
Nhen the Officers arrived. they were
refused admission to the house vbsra
the Grim" was committed. Not wishing
70 reSort 20 violence unless necessary.
they cra~led over the roof in the rear
ana otficers Bick and Barum entered
through a rear ndo Adam was
crouching against the wall OF the room,
INTO which they climbed and quickly sur
prisoner viii he held awaitinr 81. ra-,i,
or nanek's INJURIES.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
INSURANCE REPORT.
insurance Commissioners Comment In
Statement Issued a. Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE,. Anr o. Tho spe.
clal committee OF tho insurance com.
m ss' onors of tho United states made
public ~ NInauloo Aug 2l "a rcport
or JOS iuvcsfirati0ue lu This rororf
DO" business methods ~ q number of
Industrial. health and accident inqrr
1noc companies wore very STRONGLY
criticised bv fho committee. which 10
thc sawo flmo made public 20 ief of
70 insurance companies whose moth.
odF b. Dad examined Tho criticisms
did mot. however. apply to tho Great
Sl-tcrn Casualty company of Netg
York. which was mentioned Boo The li.t
o. companies cVaminrI
Tho Standard Accident Insurance
company ~ detroit md fho vaasa
chuscffH accident company OF uo4,on
also arc commended hv fho commit.
fcr. which announces also that DO
found nothing worthy of special cr.ff
ci.m in fhe methods 0f ndIuafmsnf of
cla mH ~ Tho American Assurance
company of philadelphia. rho rquit
ah'o Accident Insurance company OF
BOSTON or fhc TcIcrai Casualty com
r1rv OF Detroit
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
About People
Movements OF individuals 70 and
From the City

col. Fred IT. G. Gehring Of South
Eof street. has returned from a sum
mer %soIourn at Grape Island. ". Va.
He was accompanied home by Geo. ".
Bishop. who spent two weeks at the
popular resort.
Geo. Reutsch o. the Geo. VI. Shook
company is in New York CITY this
week on a fan buying expedition.
Among the passengers sailing on
tho express steamship Kaiser vii
helm Der Crosse Of tho North German
Lloyd line from Sew York 20 Bremen.
via plymouth and Chorbourg on Tues
day. Aur 80. are the following from
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
Geo. c. Christian Co. PPHr F $ Street Pst

Wheeling: Mrs. a. b. Paxton. Mr.. J.
W. Paxton.
William Shelf OF Petersburg is
spending a few days in the city on
business.
Squire Schultz is spending a few
days near Belmont. O.
Mr.. and Mrs. Salters of Triadelphia
have returned home after visiting
Mrs. Harry Miller at $50 Lind street.
Mrs. Joe c. Cause. who was oper.
ated on at the st. Joseph's hospital in
Farkersbure. is recovering and will
return home in a short time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
Hints BY May Manton
With or Without Box Plat and Poek-
ct, With High Neck and Neck
band or Round Neck n
Sailor Collar, Long
or Three-Quarter
Sleeves.

The shirt waist that is cut in n
with the sleeves in peasant style is a
new and fashionable n II is ex-
ceedingly easy TO make. which adds
20 its desirability. and il is especially
becoming 10 girlish figures. This n
be made with regulation box plat
and long sleeves. finished with over
laps and cuffs. or with front edges
hemmed. or scalloped. and with n
sailor collar and shorter sleeves.
The blouse is cut in two pieces.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
VA. BANKS
PROSPEROUS
Controller of Treasury Makes Public
Very Fi~stterins Report.

Speciai Dispatch 20 the Intelligence
NASHfNGrp\. n. q. Aus. 81
West Virginia banks. both national
and state. have pruspersd during the
past year. according 20 a comparative
statement issued today bv Comptrol-
l"r 81 the Currency Murray. There
are les national banks and i9s other
banks. an Increase % three In the
Aggregate assets arr National.
S54.05e.si5. other banks. fSI.sss. rs.
Increase in 1911. fs.ss5.s33. Loans
and discounts National. ~s4S.lss.Oss.
other banks. 5SI5i.t0s. Increase 1871.
SN>s4.3lo. surplus and profits Ma
tional. x~s.5l2.sfe. other banks. S7.sS3.-
IA increase 1911. sigss.553. lndivid-
ual deposits National. S4S.s5l.43 AL.
other banks. ss~O.4sSsi5: increase 1911.
s~5.efe.i4e.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
POINTED

Temptation never fails ~ come o.
those who wait.
speech enables Oh uoman 90 conceal
HHat aho really thinks
Give q busy man a circus pass and
uul find time to uso No.
Sucross doesn't furr 1 mans head
f hc haa 20 t'ry sf0 rect
WHr I.nf necessarily Polished
II' lrraI sou CON .oa hir finish
woman Hrd Dor maid. aetna In
accord. cau outelt a dozen men.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
STATE DEATHS
Mrs. Anna B Gain

Sper.1i Dispatch 20 tie InteIif-e-ler
MABTINSBURG. ". Va. Aug ~
Mrs. Anna g. Gain. wife OF J. ". Gain.
aged - years. is dead here OF heart
disease. -Four children survive. The
funeral occurs Monday. with Interment
Ganotown.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
Pennsboro Fair OPENS.

Special Dispatch To- n In~'elisencer
ELLE\BORO. ". Va. Aug. 81
The t%wenty-ifth annual Richie coun-
~ fair opens at Pennsboro tomorrow
and continues four days. Thirty-fve
hundred dollars Is offered in racing
purses and many speedy horses are
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
ACID ROUTE.
Ohio Man Ends Life With Car.
bolic Acid.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Aug. 27.-Sufferinr
from remorse. said To have been in
duced by excessive drinking in the
past lew days. II. G. Spencer. % a
Old. retired business man. Of Ottowa.
ONO. committed suicide in a local
hotel early this evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28

In 81 Mary's catholic church Sep
t.mbsr . Miss Bess Lavellr and Mr..
rank q. 'aru'r VIII bv united in
marriage. Complim,nting the bride. a
Imh Of prc-nuptial events have
been given. aid during tho Intervening
time until thu marriage there will Doe
81 number 81 other events
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28

the Pacific Coast League. to have a
championship series played between
Class \ minor league pcnnant winners.
looks like a dead issue as FAR. as the
OF the five leagues do not
seem in favor Of the movement. \ mail
vote Is now being taken on the matter
and a definite decision will be announced
within the next few days.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
Boy Is Drowned

~is-.nt lNf.r"f.H GOO tho ~fstlrrrrf~
MONTGOMERY. " Va. Aug 81
Edmund. tcn.tar.oid son of Evan Click.
burn. was drowned 90 tho Kanaoha
river near his home here The chifd
bad been wadinE and got beyond his
depth The body was recovered
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28

MANAGER Roy Montgomery and several
or the Wheeling and Grand Rapids play
ers. We're spectators at the game PLAYED
yesterday afternoon at Bellaire. between
the team OF tina place and the Na,ni,r-
ton nine The West Virginia lads won
the game by the score Of > TO ,.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
PRESIDENT TAFT SPENDS
VERY OuIET cItNnaN

BEVERLY. Mass. Aug. 27.-Presi-
Den a enjoyed n complete rest to.
DAY. This morning he attended
church with Mrs. Taft. In the after.
noon. in spite OF the leaden skies and
the steady fall of rain. he took a short
automobile ride.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
Epochs.

Twice in his life
\ mans a hero TO his wife.
First when he sends her roses.
And follows. and proposes.
And second. when with grief beyond
endurance.
She draws his life insurance.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
Miss Frazier to Entertain-

Miss Marie Frazier. ~ Elm Grove.
VIII entertain Wednesday evening at
f.f home ir Elm Grove The guests
VIII boz. members Of the Bessie shaw
mission band 81 Elm Grove stone
church.
The hostess will lead % devotional
meeting after which gaines Will bee
. diversion and refreshments served.
There VIII ALSO poe a number of in
NIFsd guests.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
Carpenter KILLED

-f.lI |I.epntcl fn tho I-ntciirenrer
NARTINSBJRG. " Va. Aug. IL
q. Hunter Mcdaniel. aged q. a g. A
%. carpenter Of Tomahawk. "a killed
by a train near Paw Paw. fIo stoppoJ
from behind one train ia front OK an
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
Yesterdays Results.

Dayton. IS. South Bend. 3.
G1Zanesville. 4. Newark. I.
t21Newark. .. GAINESVILLE. I.
OFT Wayne. 3; Terre Taute. ..
cert. Wayne. :; Terre Haute, 1.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28

To-ady's Game.
Grand Rapids at Island Park.
Newark at GAINESVILLE.
Fl Wayne at Tgrre Haute.
Dayton at South Bend.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28
EASTERN

Newark-Jersey city. wet grounds.
Montreal. /; Providence. 4.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-28

100 W pFoIe1t % Judge araham Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-03
DETECTIVES WORK
IN PHILADELPHIA
BELIEVE THE MYSTEHlOuSlY
MISSING MISS ARNOLD IS
THERE,

PHILADELPHIA, PA. Feb. S-Lo-
cal detectives are to-day securing this
city for Miss Dorothy Arnold, the Bryn
Mawr graduate who disappeared from
her home In New York "a month age.
From information furnished the local
authorities, considered the most reliable
thus far offered. they are more than
ever convinced that q thorough search
here wifi reSea1 some trace OF the mis-
sing girl.
Following what they consider a
strong Gus, John w. Arnold. "A brother
OF the girl. and John S. Keith. of the
New York law firm of Caravan and
Armstrong. are in the city.
IF ] make public the nature of
this information ON" said Mf. Keith
to-day, "wc may defeat our own pur-
poses. | VIII say, however. that ON the
afternoon that Miss Arnold disappeared
a limousine touring car stopped not
far from her home. In 1t was observed
an elderly oman We have obtained
an excellent description OF her from
reliable witnesses.
she was heard to call to Miss Ar
mold as the latter was approaching her
home. She exchanged a word or two
with Miss Arnoid who stepped quickly
into the automobile which was driven
rapidly away, We have traced his car
and expect TO locate II either in or
near this city soon.f'
From what could be learned to-day
the detectives have under surveillance,
among other places. a boarding house
where a Young woman said to resem-
BILE the missing girl has been seen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-03

$1,000 to poison Count Bouturlin,
$4,000 to poison General Bouturlin
and $25e.0 600 to poison the generals
second wife. To all three questions
Pantchenko answered in the affirma-
tive.
His caused ii sensation in
the our room. where for the last
two days the spectators have been
almost surfeited with exciting incl
dents.
Widow Tells of Counts Death.
The widow of the murdered count
detailed in her testimony the circuni-
stances of his death. She and her
husband had been spending Easter
~ the generals estate in Wilma Prov
ince. Her husband was then In per-
feet health. Later he left for ST.
Petersburg. and o May 22 she re-
ceived al gen telegram calling her
TO his bedside.
When she arrived she found he had
been subjected to sperm injections and
that 1t was too late to save him. She
had never hidden her suspicious thai
De Lassy and Pantchenko were re-
sponsible for her husbands death.
The witness broke down and wept
when Count Bouturiin's letters were
read in court.
May Have Poisoned Royalty.
The whole empire is interested in
the case, because OF the wholesale
confession made NY Pantchenko.
Every mysterious death OF recent years
IL recalled and there are rumors that
the poisoner may have been engaged
to cause the death of members of
the royal family. He has admitted
that he made a business OF killing
for hire, heirs, rivals In love, insistent
creditors and, In fact. any undesirable
persons whose enemy was prepared
10 pay literally for the sudden TAX
ing of.
Credited With Cholera Epidemic.
The poison doctor, according to the
police, has admitted some forty
deaths, his fees running as high as
$4,000 for a single assassination.
His method was to inoculate the pa
tient with cholera baetifi after he
had been called TO the bedside in
his professional capacity.
Ordinarily. IL a necessary that
the proposed victim should be caught
while indisposed and some ruse adopt
Cd to bring Pantchenko's attendance.
He Is now credited by some with
having originated the cholera epidemic
of a few years ago.
The doctor In seventy years old and
appears to have had some standing in
society. despite his dual profession.
Count de Lassy is II young man of
Irish descent.