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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13
nov SINKS TO DEATH.

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. May a.
Willie Hubbard. aged s, son Of Fred
Hubbard, farmer living near here.
was drowned In Black river while fish.
ing near the city late yesterday after
noon. Two hours after he had fallen
into the water a companion named La
Fountaine, about the same, was found
wandering about the streets OF South
Haven. When asked where the Hub
bard boy was he said that he had fall.
en- into the river and did not come up
any more
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13
WOMAN WITHDRAws CLAIM.
Mrs. Leach Drops Efforts To Get Re-
Ward In Millman Case.

A hearing on claims for the reward
offered for information In the Mabelle
Millman manslaughter case, was held
by the county auditors, Friday. but
according TO Auditor Oakman, no re-
ward will be paid on the strength OF
claims already heard Mrs. Myrtle
Messenger has filed formal demand
for the reward and her claim Will be
heard Friday afternoon. Mrs. Louise
Leach. chauffeur for DR.. George A.
Fritch the night the body OF Miss Mill
man was deposited in Ecorse creek,
has withdrawn her claim and the aud
itors have refused to grant those made
by Rose Roeder and Alfred w. Lang
ridge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13
stsam Roller Forces Adjournment.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-With the
Democratic steam roller operating the
house adjourned until next Thursday
after a session of an hour an half.
The Republicans protested in vain in
an effort TO force the Democrats to
meet Monday when $45,000,0O0 pen
sion bill would be at the head OF the
epecial Monday calendar, to dis
charua committees"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13
WOULD ENJOIN BOND ISSUE.
Opponents Of Good Roads To Make
Fight In Court.

Opponents OF good roads In Wayne
county are preparing to ask for an
injunction In the circuit court to re-
strain the county from issuing ST.
100000 good road bonds. authorized
by vote Of the taxpayers last Novem.
her
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13
PASSES DIRECT ELECTION BILL.
Wisconsin State Senate Approves
Measure Following Oregon Plan.

MADISON. Wis. May 1.-THE Wis,
consin state senate today by vote
OF 10 10 passed the Mcconnell bill
which gives to voters the opportunity
To express their second choice at pri-
mary elections. This measure follows
closely the Oregon plan and was one
OF the big party pledges OF the pro-
gressive Republicans OF the state. IL
now goes TO the governor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13
TO PROBE EMPLOYERS LIABILITY
Gov. Osborn Appoints Committee o
Business Men and Union Leaders.

LANSING, Mich. May 12.-Gov. Os.
born has named the following com
mittee to investigate workingmen's
compensation and employees liability:
William p Belden. Ishpeming; Hal II
Smith, Detroit; Charles l.. Sigh
Grand Rapids; Clarence Nicely, pres
ident OF the Typographical union, De
troit and Michael p. McCuen, member
of the Carpenters union. Grand Rap
ids
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13
Residence seorehed.

Fire in the residence of Glover Vim
cite, No. 81 Baltimore east, did dam
age estimated at $500. Friday morn.
ing. The property is owned by Peter
Rich, No. las Canton-ave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13

Why is II the restaurant man can
see when you haven't the bill-offare,
but is blind when your butter plates
empty?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13

The next coffee crop OF Java Is esti-
mated at 4.1s3,00o pounds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-13
A Collection of 75c Shirts at 55c

These neat and attractive Shirts made of Madras
and Percae in many striped and figured patterns also plain
coors. Coat regular style Cuffs attached 75c Shirts
now &c. fs.s.55
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
. .LONDON'S HISTORIC TOWER.
And the Poisoned Egg From Which
Was iatehed the Great
Charter.

Richard Davey in ''The Tower of
London" connects the historic edifice
with the wrestling of the great charter
from King John.
King John, it would seem, though le-
gally married to Isabella of Angou-
leme, fell desperately in love in 1914
with Matilda" or Maud" ''the Fair, -
the beautiful daughter Of Robert. Lord
FitZwalter. This lady, remaining deaf
to his entreatieS, was treacherously
abducted from her fathers seat at
DunmOw by the kings order and shut
up in the round turret of the White
tower. On this Fitzwalter made a
vain attempt. to rouse the people to re-
volt, but was forced to fly to France
with his wife and remaining. children.
Maud once safe in the tower, King
John renewed his suit, but only sue
ceeded in driving her to utter silence,
which so infuriated him that he sent
her a poisoned egg for her breakfast,
and she died early in 1915. A year
later her remains were translated to
the family vault at Dunmow.
When the news Of this crafty mur-
der came to the ears of Fitzwalter he
forthwith returned to England and
discovered to his joy that the barons
were on the point Of declaring war
against John. He at once placed him
self at their head, hoping, it is said, to
combine his personal revenge with his
duty as an English peer and is indeed
supposed to have forced the king to
sign the great charter for the express
purpose Of humiliating his daughters
murderer. Thus from an egg was
hatched the great charter. Whether
the story be true or false, it is a GER
titled historical fact that the barons
held the tower in pledge till John con-
sented TO accept the charter and af-
fixed his reluctant signature to the
deed.
About a year later, when the war
with the barons was at its height and
John once more a power, the tower
again fell into his hands, and, though
the barons laid siege to It, they were
repulsed by the kings men. To COM
plete its strange vicissitudes during
this strenuous reign the tower became
on Nov. 1, 1915, the temporary court
Of King Louis Of France, whom the
rebelliOus barons had summoned to
assist in the adjustment Of their griev-
ances. Appearing before the gates
with a large body of men, he so COM
pletely awed the officials that they
handed over the keys without striking
a blow for their rightful monarch.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
BURNING OF WIDOWS.
The Horrible Rite That Held Sway
In ind = For over Twen-
~ Centuries.

The abolition of the horrid rite of
widow burning in India was decreed
by the British authorities in 1929.
Tha dreadful practice was found
there by the Macedonidns under Alex
ander the Great 300 years before
Christ, and for more than twenty-one
long, weary centuries did it repeat its
almost incOnceiyable torture and ago
ny upon the women of India. The
sacrifice, while not actually forced on
the wife, was so strongly insisted on
by public opinion that it amounted to
a law and its victims were legion
Scores of widows were often burned
upon the funeral pile of a single ra-
jah. In Bengal. the head center Of
the monstrosity, thousands were sac
rificed annually, and the figure for all
India was appalling.
The millions of widowed women
were completely at the mercy of the
remOrseless superstition of the times.
The ministers of BrahmaniSm told
the widow that her sacrifice was nee
esSary as a means of her own happi-
ness and that of her husband in the
future state, and Oftener than other
wise she consented to be burned along
with the dead body of her husband
Unless she did this she was covered
with the maledictions and curses Of
the people, was virtually Outlawed
and unceremOniOusly cast outside the
pale of human sympathy and cOnSid-
GRAFTON and had to spend the rest of
her days in degradation and wretch
edness. It was death on the funeral
pile of her husband or a living death
of contumely and shame. of loneliness
and misery.
The women of India-can never dis
charge their debt of gratitude to Eng
land for the abolition Of the suttee-
New York American
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
ON THE TRAIL.
But He Didn't Know the Kind of Game
He Was Tracking.

But He Didn't Know the Kind of Game
He Was Tracking.
In the old days a man known as
Judge Douglass lived in Helena, Mont.
The judge had met with an accident in
his youth and had lost both of his
legs above the knees. He never would
get artificial legs, but had some big
leather pads made to fit on the ends of
the StumpS and walked on them.
LOcOmOtiOn was slow for the Judge,
but he managed to cover a good deal
of ground and was very fond of walk
ing out on the edge Of the town, where
he could take his exercise without be-
ing the subject of remark from stran-
gers in the city.
One day an Englishman came to Hell
ena to hunt. He had some letters and
put up at the Helena club. He stayed
around for several days Finally. aft
er a light fall of snow. he decided to
go out into the mountains and get a
sheep or deer or something.
He left early in the morning When
it came night he had not returned.
His hosts around the club waited until
s o'clock and then decided to 90 out
and look him up. thinking he might
have been lost in one of the gUlcheS or
canyons i'm the hills.
They formed a rescue party and
went out to the edge Of the town.
There they met the EngliShman. who
was wildly excited.
Did you get anythingT' they asked
him
No" ne replied. mot yet. but I've
been tracking an elephant fer the last
three hours. Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Io~t. ,-..-....-.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
FREAKS OF A RIVER.
A Stream So Crooked That 1t Double
Crosses Itself.

A Stream So Crooked That 1t Double
Crosses Itself.
There is a stream In Massachusetts
called the North river. 1t starts in a
pond near Hanson and runs to the sea
at Scituate. 1t is ten miles by air line
from Hanson to Scituate, and the river
is forty miles long.
This river is probably the most re-
markable body of water, barring the
Dead sea, on this footstOOl and has
stood more abuse and bad language
than the Chicago river. When the tide
is coming in the river runs upstream,
and not only that, but the upper part
of it, which is fresh water, also runs
up, and the spectacle of a fresh water
river beating it uphill is alone enough
to call attention to itself. But there is
much more to it than that
The North river is noted for being
the scene of the last Indian raid on the
coast settlements. 1t is notable for
having given birth to the ship COlum-
bia, whose captain discovered and
named the Columbia river, and was
the first American vessel to circum-
navigate the world. 1t is notorious for
having suddenly changed its mind on
it's course on the night of Nov. 81, 1898,
when it moved its mouth three miles to
the nOrthward, presented the town of
Marshfield with a deep harbOr, killed
three men and converted about 100000
acres of prime meadow land into a salt
marsh.
But the chief thing about this river
is its croOkedness. This river is 50
crooked that it double crosses itself.
If you don't believe it go and see.
There is one place in Hanover where
by making three loops the river moves
toward the sea for a distance Of al
most fifty feet and meanders about
for fifteen miles In doing it.-BOston
Traveller.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
BURN YOUR BRIDGES.
We Are So Constituted That Whsa .
Retreat Is Left Open We Are
Apt to Turn Back.

Young men often make the mistake
when they start on an important un-
dsrtaktng of leaving open a way Of
retreat If things go too hard, says OH
son SWEET Marden In Success Maya
ztns. No one can call out bis greatest
reserves, do the greatest thing pos
sible 70 him, while he knows that II
the battle gets too hot he has a line OF
retreat still left open. Only when
there is no hope OF escape viii an
army fight with that spirit Of dss-
peratiOn which gives no quarter.
Many a great general in his march
on the enemy has burned his bridges
behind him, cut off his only possible re-
treat, for the bracing, encouraging ef-
feet upon himself and his army, be-
cause he knew that men only call out
their greatest reserves of power when
all retreat is cut off and when fight
ing desperately for that which they
count dearer than life.
We are SO made that as long as
there is a chance to retreat, as long
as there are bridges behind US, we are
tempted to turn back when the great
test comes.
'Will you hold this fort?' asked
General Rosecrans of General Pierce
St Stone river. Il will try, general" I"
"Wil you hold this fOrt?' 81 will die
"a the attempt" THAT WON'T do.
Leok me in the eye, sir, and tail ms
II you will hold this position" 'T
WEllF' said General Pierce and be I'D.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
SURGEONS FEES.
Pretty Big Sometimes, but Then There
Is Another Side of the
Story.

have warm spot in my heart for
the big American surgeons. says a
writer in the New York Telegraph.
and because of regular attendance for
years at some Of the most famous elm
les in this and other cities | have been
a witness of their unadvertised chari-
tieS-acts Of mercy and kindness which
were never heard of outside the walls
of the hospitals they honor by their
services.
/ knew wealthy man whose ddugh-
ter was suddenly stricken and whose
life was saved by the attending sur
geOn. His fee was $4,000. Straight
way the father emitted IA wall.
It's robbery" he said. The sur
geon stood firm.
Your daughters life is worth $780,
900 to yOu," he cOuntered There was
no denial.
"Weu, this fee means that l can Op-
crate on fifty persons without any
charge, and if you don't like it you
can force me to sue, but l will get it
without a suit or you will stand a lot
of publicity"
And he got the money without re-
course to a court of law
1t is safe TO mark it down when
you see a story of some great surgeon
who has charged a high fee that there
are many of his patients enjoying
good health and relief from pain be
cause he charged them nothing at ALL
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
City of Three KINGS.

Do you know what city has been
given the name of the City of Three
Kings: 1t is Cologne. in Germany,
and the reason is that it is in Cologne
that the three kings" or 'magi." or
"wise men," who went to Bethlehem
to offer gifts to the infant Jesus are
supposed to be buried. According to
an ancient legend. their bones were
brought from Milan to Cologne by the
Emperor Frederick BarbarOsSa in
1852 and presented to the archbishop
of Cologne Visitors to the cathedral
are shown the supposed souls of the
magi, studded with diamonds and in
scribed with the wise mems names in
rubies.-St. James Gazette.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
An Elusive Water Liiv.

The water lily of the Amazon has
very elusive habits. The buds open
twice. the first time just a chink at
the tip in the early sunrise hours, Il
sort of premonitory symptom. On the
following evening it spreads its four
sepals with such alacrity that you can
see them move. But the big white bud
among them remains unchanged until
1 O'Clock in the morning, when it hur-
riedly spreads its blossom wide open.
remaining in this condition only hall
an hour. Within the hour it has near
ly closed, and by another hour and a
half the entire flower has been drawn
under water by the cOiling of the stalk.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
Invisible Indians,

All Indians seem to have learned a
wonderful way of walking unseen,
making themselves invisible like Ger
tain spiders, which, in case of alarm,
caused, for example, by a bird aIight-
ing on the bush their webs are spread
upon, Immediately bounce themselves
up and down on their elastic threads
SO rapidly that only blur is visible.
The wild Indian power of escaping
observation, even where there is little
or no cover to hide in, was probably
slowly acquired in hard hunting and
fighting lessons while trying to ap-
prOach game, take enemies by surprise
or get safely away when compelled to
retreat And this experience transmit
ted through many generations seems
at length to have become what is
vaguely called instinct.-JOhn Muir in
Atlantic
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
The Cow Decidad

A peasant living In the village Of
Predeal, near the Hungarian frontier
lost his COW. About two months ago
be happened to be standing at the
railroad station watching a train load
OF cattle about to be sent across the
frontier Suddenly be gave a shoot
That's my cow be cried. running
toward one Of the cars.
The trainmen only laughed at him
and he went before the magistrate
This good man listened TO the peas
ants story patiently Then be pro
nounced this Judgment: THE COW shall
be taken to the public square Of Pre-
deal aud MIXED Then If it goes Of its
own accord to the plaintiffs stable fl
ahall belong TO him"
The order Of the court was carried
cat and the COW. In spite OF its ten
months absence. took without hesita-
oo3 the lane which led fl few min
utes later into the peasants stable
Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
A Moving Sermon.

81 once had paTishioner who was
a miser." said an English clergyman.
For this mans benefit ] preached one
Sunday a strong sermon on the neceS-
sity of charity. of philanthropy ser
mon on the duty and the 10y Of Civ
ing The miSor. mt whom I gazed
often, seemed impressed.
Next day 7 met him on the street
Wei. join ! sai'. what do you
think Of Yesterdays sarmou%
1T moved me deeply, sir he an
swered 1T hror"'f home 10 me SO
strongly the necessity Of giving aims
that honestly. sir, I've great mind
to turn beggar'
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
Diamonds.

Diamonds were first brought TO Eu-
rope from the east, where the mine
of SumbulpoOr was the first known.
Golconda. now in ruins, was once a
celebrated diamond mart. The mines
Of Brazil were discovered in 1928 and
for a long time furnished most of the
diamonds Of commerce. In 1867 dia-
monds were discovered in Cape Colo
ny, and in 1870 the wonderful finds in
the Transvaal were made which re-
suited in the immense fortunes Of the
late Cecil Rhodes and others. Most
Of the diamonds of the world are now
furnished by the South African fields.
New York American.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
Juries In the Old pavs.

In oldcn times when a jury in Eng
land remained imperyiOUS to the Judge 5
gentle mode Of persuasion fine and i'm
prisOnment were reSorted to. The jury
that acquitted Sir Nicholas ThFOCk-
morton was condemned to eight
months Imprisonment in addition to
the payment of "a large sum of money.
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth Il jury,
having reduced prisoners alleged
crime of murder to that of manslaugh-
ter, was at once sent to prison and
bound over il a large sum to be of
good behavior Penalties were like
wise inflicted upon the innocent wife
and children Of the offending jurymen.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
TOWER HILL.
"A Noted Spot In London Which Was
the Scene of Many Famous
Occurrences.

Tower Hill is perhaps both the most
important eminence and the most no
table spot in all London. Few of us
think what great persons have quietly
lived there and what others, equally
great, have wept and died upon it.
To it, or rather to Great Tower
street came Rochester to pursue his
trade as an Italian fortune teller,
while the bediZened Buckingham Of
ten walked thither to consult a con-
jurer, shrewd, farseeing rogue, who,
when FELTON, bought at the cutters
shop on the summit of the hill for a
shilling the knife with which he killed
the dukes father, may have known
for what purpose it was required.
William Penn was born on this hill
IN house close to London wall. For
ty-fOur years lateT-that is. in A. d.
16S5-a poet lay dead chOked by
crust which starvation had urged him
to devOur too gTeedily, in an upper
room of the Bull tavern. This was the
i'll fated Otway. At the time when
the son of the muses. lay dead Better
ton. the celebrated founder of the
stage after the restoration. was
wringing tears from the eyes Of the
public, not for the famished dead. but
at his own fictitious sorrows in "Ven-
ice Preserved"
1t was in Great Tower street that
Peter the Great used to pass his even
ings drinking hot pepper and brandy
with his boon companion, Lord Car
marthen.-LondOn Standard.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
ATHLETIC DEVOTIONS.
Gymnastic Exercises That Impressed
the Kurdish Villagers.

tne NuFdlSn Villagers
Everything is liable to be misunder-
stood, even gymnastic exercises. This
truth was brought home to George II.
HepwOrth, and he tells his experience
in Through Armenia on Horseback"
The author was stopping in a Kurdish
village, and the inn possessed but one
general living room.
In the morning | began my regular
gymnastics, STOPPING until my fingers
touched the floor, throwing my arms
about like the spOkes of wheel, strik-
ing out from the shoulder and going
through all the exercises, none Of which
| ever omitted. l would gladly have
taken a sponge bath, but it would have
been impossible to get enough water.
A pint is enough to suffice a Turk
Well, got under way with my exer-
cises when l saw that my audience
was excited; conversation dropped into
a whisper, then ceased; word passed
from one to another, and one by one
the occupants of the room quietly left.
l feared that they were offended and
wanted to call them back and apollo
gize. Just then my dragOman entered,
laughing.
what has happened?" l asked.
He laughed the harder as he replied:
''The Kurds think you are practicing
devotional religious exercises, and they
retired under the impression that you
would regard their presence as an in
tTuSiOn"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
"ClippinQ Sunday"

At Painswick, in GIOucestershire, the
Sunday following Sept. is called by
the curious name of Clipping Sun
day" and connected with a quaint Gus
tom. In the churchyard are ninety
nine yew trees, and tradition says that
all attempts to complete the hundred
by planting another yew have failed
becomes the newcomer invariably dies.
Every year before the feast of the
Nativity Of Our Lady-Sept. S-these
mystic yews are clipped, and the Sun
day ''in the octave" thus becomes
Clipping Sunday" After service
there is a procession of parishioners
around the churchyard, and then all
join hands and form a ring round the
church. Finally they gather at the
foot of a flight of steps leading to the
chancel door, from which a sermon is
preached.-LOndon Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
The Open Fire.

The open fire is a primitive, elemen-
tai thing. 1t cheers with more than
mere heat; it is a bit Of the red heart
of nature laid bare; it is a dragon of
the prince dOcile and friendly there
in the corner. What pictures, what
activity, how social, how it keeps up
the talk! You are not permitted to
forget it for a moment. How it re-
spends when you nudge it! How it re-
iOices when you feed it! Why, an
open fire in your room is whole lit
erature. 1t supplements your library
as nothing else in the room does or
can.-JOhn Burroughs in Country Life
IN America.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-11
Her Correction,

Two young women were talking
over their restaurant luncheon the
other day about the quality of a GER
tain prima dOnna's voice
"Oh, she can sing" cried one of
them enthusiastically. "She certainly
can sing. Music like that would coax
Apollo from his Tyre"
The other girl flushed and looked
troubled. After a Slight pause she
spoke in gentle reproOf.
81 don't want to correct you, dear"
she said. But don't you think that
word is usually pronounced Iair| It
is spelled lair, you know.''-Phila-
deIphia Ledger.