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The Detroit times., 1911-12-07
SAD STORY BROUGHT TO
LIGHT WHEN DETROIT BOY
IS ARRESTED IN SPOKANE
Ptiful Letter in Harold Nc
Manus' Pocket Tells of Deaths
Ravages in Family.
YOUTH Isl NOT GUILTY
Accused Wrongfully of Theft,
He Finds Warm Friend in
Newspaper.
Detroit, Mich. Nov. Is. 1911.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. Is, 1911.
My Darling Boy:
Al last ! as able TO write. Your
sister Edna was buried yesterday,
and your father died only a short
time before.
Edna was brave TO the very
last, although think she knew
she was going She smiled and
talked with me in the hospital
and kissed me goodby only a few
minutes before they said she was
dead. She asked about you, Har-
old, great many times that last
day
Today your other sister, Ruth.
was taken TO the hospital and |
am left alone. And TO think only
few weeks ago we talked of
coming out to you.
The money you have sent has
reached me regularly, but is near
ly all gone now. with all the ex-
pense.
Tomorrow morning | am going
out TO work and try to bury this
great grief. Good night.
YOUR LOVING MOTHER.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-07

Jab Printing DoRe RIght. Time.
Prfating Go. Is John Il st
The Detroit times., 1911-12-07

Joh printing Done aiEht- Times
printing Co.. Is John R-st
The Detroit times., 1911-12-07
DETROITER ATTENDS
WATERWAYS CONGRESS-
From a special Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. Dee 6.---M. W. Pee
bles. Of Detroit. is in this city attend
ing the national rivers and harbors
congress lie Is representing the Or
der OF United Travellers Of Aerica. and
presented the views Of that order at
today's meeting
WASHINGTON. Dec Prepared
TO use every means 10 influence ma
tfonal legislators 10 look favorably
upon waterways projects, five thou
sand delegates gathered today for the
opening of the National Rivers and
Harbors congress.
Secretary of War Stimson spoke to
day after the annual address of the
president, Rep. Joseph f. Ranadeii, OF
Mississippi Rep. !. Hampden Moore.
of Pennsylvania. president of the At
lanta Deeper Waterways association
told the congress OF his plans.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-07
Dining Table 1880

Genuine oak. In either gold
en- or Early English finish;
heavy claw feet. S-inoh ped
estal, patent locking device,
6 II. extension.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-07

Could you suggest a gift
that would be more APP
propriate than one OF these
Cabinets?
Just think OF the hun
dreds OF steps that she
would save each day.
There would be no more
walking back and forth
for whatever Is needed I'm
preparing a meal: on the
contrary everything would
be at her finger tips: she
could even sit down to her
work.
Thousands OF Hoosier Cab
inets are sold each year for
Christmas Gifts; hundreds
OF them will be sold right
here In Detroit
Come In and let us show
sou why YOU should help
swell the list.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-07
Mahogany Dressers SIS


Genuine Oak Dresser. golden
finish, 40-inch case. two large
and two small drawers, wood
knobs. large French plate oval
mirror. 21x2S.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-07

Genuine oak, 4s-inch top.
all highly polished. golden
oak finish. e-inch round ped
estal, four heavily carved
claw feet, 70-inch colonial
base.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
A. M. Palmer's Chat About the Large
Fortunes Accumulated by Joe
Jefferson, Edwin Forrest
and Lolita.

No dramatic manager of his time
had a more intimate knowledge of the
personal characteristics, the business
capacity and the earnings of Ameri-
can actors, as We'll as the use to
which those earnings were put, than
the late A. M. Palmer, in many re-
spects the eblest dramatic manager
the United States has ever had
In my opinion" said Mr. Palmer
one afternoon as he sat in the bust
ness Office of Palmer's theater, New
YOrk-a room which had formerly
been the drawing room of one of the
magnificent brown stone houses Of
New York, but which at the time of
ar. Palmer's management of the the
alter which bore his name was con-
nected with the rear end of that the
alter by means of a dark and curl
ously winding assage-"the distinc-
ton of earning three of the largest for
tunes ever gained by an American ac-
tor or actress belongs to Joe Jeffeson,
Edwin Forrest and Lolita. I know that
it is the common opinion today that the
were in the aggregate greater than
those Of any other American, but
am persuaded that this statement is
not true. And yet, had Booth pos
sessed business ability that would
compare with the business ability of
Joe Jefferson, Lolita or Edwin For
rest, l think it is safe to say that his
bly, greater than that of any other
American actor. Booth sunk consid-
erably over half a million dollars in
mis- theater in New York city If he
had been as shrewd as Jefferson he
would not have invested a cent in a
theater designed for his own produc-
fions.
Il have Jefferson's word for it that
his earnings from Rip Van Wrinkle
were so large the first few years it
was played that ever since he has
been able to limit his appearance upon
the stage to two or three months in
the fall and two or three months in
the spring. | asked him what he did
with his earnings and he told me he
kept a pretty careful eye upon the
stock market, that he had some init
mate friends who were good business
men, and that he fiattered himself
that he was very good judge of real
estate values. l know that he has
made some very good investments
and l am sure that if the truth were
known it would be found that Joe JEFF
ferson is probably worth in excess
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
Actors With Business Sense

of a million dollars-a fortune due
quite as much to shrewd investments
as to his earnings from Rip Van
Wrinkle
Il have often heard it said" contin-
Jed Mr.. Palmer, that Lolita owes
her great fortune to the business
shrewdness of her mother. Well, her
mother is a very shrewd woman, but
she has a very capable scholar in her
little daughter, Charlotte Crabtree.
Lolita understands the art of economy
and of saving better than any profess
sional woman l ever saw. She knows
the value of a dollar and she knows
the value of a cent, and makes every
penny count. Moreover, it was into
her own little head that there came
the realization that for woman land
and buildings upon it are the best in
vestment, provided the investor
knows when and how to buy. She
has invested great amounts of money
in real estate in Boston and in New
York, and the clever little woman who
used to have every one crying when
she played Little Nell and uproarious-
ly laughing when in the next act of
the play she played the Warehouses
was accustomed in every city she Wis
tied before she retired two years ago
to spend some portion of her morning
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
Why II Was Not Libelous.

81 would like to know, senator,
whether this is libelous article?" one
of the Washington correspondents ask
ed Senator John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi.
What did you say about the MANI
asked the Mississippi solon, running
his eye down the page of manuscript
devoted to the shortcomings of a
brother senator who had gained for
himself rather generous share of I'M
popularity.
why, l guess the worst thing said
about him was that he Is a cross. bes
tween a buzzard and hyena," re-
piled the newspaper man.
''Libelous? No. / should say not, :"
exclaimed Williams. There amt no
such animal"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
Elihu Burritt, the Learned Black
smith," Organized the First Con-
ference Whose Object Was
the Abolition of War.

In these piping days of international
peace conference and talk, 1t were
we'll to remind the world that the first
international peace congress was or
ganized by a man who first followed
the occupation of blacksmith. This
was Elihu Burritt (1811-79), whose oe-
cupation, together with his wonderful
aptitude for languages and his mar
velously rapid mastery of them,
caused him to be known far and wide
as the Learned Blacksmith"
1t was in 1848 that Mr.. Burritt Or
ganized the first International peace
conference, which met in Brussels in
the fall of that year: the next year
the second international peace confer
ence met in Paris and was presided
over by Victor Hugo. Years later,
when Mr. Burritt was an old man and
full of honors as the father Of the in
ternational peace movement and inter
national arbitration, l met him. He
was one of the most gentle men |
have ever known; and re spoke in a
voice modulated to exquisite softness
of utetrance. almost musical.
Il suppose it is true, as has been
said, that l have mastered more dead
languages, some of them almost for
gotten. than any other American, he
said But don't know that so much
can be said of me in relation to the
living languages. Caleb Gushing. who,
you know, was one of our govern
ments counsel before the Geneva
court of arbitration. speaks as many
of the Continental languages as | do,
and it may be that he has knowledge
of one or two more living languages
than l have.
Many persons" continued the man
whose work for international peace
largely influenced the calling of the
famous Geneva court of arbitration in
1871, have thought that l had a Sc
cret formula by which I have been
able to acquire languages. and Gen
eral Gushing has told me that many
of his friends have been of the same
opinion about his mastery of lam
guages. But I wan. to say to you that
there is no secret about it.
Shall / tell you how General Cush-
ing and Rufus Choate, whose mastery
of languages was marvelous--whow was
q greater master of Latin and Greek
than either General Gushing or my
Ief-becane linguistic Each man
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
While She Was in Boston, Thinking
Of Her Husband, He Saw Her
at the Door OF His Study
in Andover.

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was
probably as free from any faint OF
superstition as any woman who has
gained even great or trifling reputa-
ton as writer was able to confess
herself to be. She was fond Of some
Of the magic toys. especially one
which was very popular some forty
years ago called planchette. This,
the superstitious asserted, was oper-
ated through supernatural control of
the fingers or palm of any one who
demonstrated its magic powers. Mrs.
Stowe was confident, however, that
the motion of planchette was wholly
due 10 certain unconscious physical or
muscular movements of the player
whose hand was upon the little toy.
But there was one experience which
Mrs. Stowe had which she was never
able to explain. 1t occurred at time
when she was living at Andover,
Mass, her husband. Rev. DR.. Calvin
Stowe, being then professor in the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27

hours looking around to see If she
could not make a good investment of
some Of her money in real estate.
Like Jefferson and Lolita of today,
Forrest was a shrewd business man,
increasing his stage earnings materi-
ally by his business sagacity; and the
career of these three stage folk as
fortune getters leads me to say this
to you: If any one ever says to you
that this or that American actor or &C.
tress made million dollars from pro
fessional work you may safely deny it.
And you can add with equal safety
that not one of what may relatively
be called the great fortunes that have
come to American stage folk from
time to time would have been more
than moderately large had it not been
for shrewd investment Of stage earn.
ings on the part of their possessor.
Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
Father of Peace Movement

was accustomed to rise "a 5 o'clock
in the morning. Each had upon a lit
tie table by his bedside a grammar of
some foreign language. Half an hour
of the early morning spent in study
of that grammar made Rufus Choate
one of the greatest masters of Greek
and Latin the mod orn world has ever
known. Half an hours study before
breakfast made General Gushing
master of the Continental languages,
so far as reading then was concerned,
and as he has wonderfully quick ear
he was able, afto- few months
travel in Europe, speak like a ma
tive the language he had learned to
read in the quiet of his bedroom.
''Lik> both these men, l studied
languages on arising in the morning,
before was compelled to take up my
bread-and-butteT duties. Like General
Gushing, visited Europe early in my
study of languages, to learn how to
speak the languages of that continent
properly. And I will say to you that
if you have an inclination to know the
modern languages of the classics then
steal half an hour-yes, even fifteen
minutes-a day from your pleasures
or your sleep, and you may, if you
have an Unborn capacity for Ian
guages. master as many languages as
l have done"
Copyright. 1911. by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
Artificial Foqs.

The newest weapon in naval warfare
may be chemical Jog spread broad.
cast over the water. The inventor
claims he can produce fogs artif1ciaIly,
miles in extent He proposed to equip
battleships with the proper chemicals
and apparatus, which, upon being at
tackled, may surround themselves with
thick blanket of mist. 1t is ar
gued that this barrier would be more
formidable than steel armor-plate.
since the enemy could not detect the
presence of the ship. The friends OF
the inventor believe that the discovery
marks an important step for interna-
tional peace
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
ERRORS OF MANAGERS
Often Turn Down Players Who
Later Become Stars.
Ward Miller, Secured by Cubs for
$500, Now Held at $4,000 by Mon
treal cIub-Hitting Above
800 Mark.

Some of the men who buy and sell
ball players certainly do have some
bad half hours. What would you think
If you had purchased a ball player for
$500, had sold him for $1,000 and then
wanted him back ano was asked $1,000
and several players? Wouldn't you
feel like swearing?
A couple of years ago a fellow
named Ward Miller became the prop
erty of the Chicago teamA-was drafted
from a small minor league and cost
$500. Manager Chance looked him
over and figured he wasn't quite right.
He asked for waiver, and the Pirates
refused to allow him to go. That was
in the days when you had to sell
man for whom you asked waivers
no pulling back. Miller went to the
Pirates, Clarke looked him over. After
a while he decided Miller wouldn't do,
and the latter went to Cincinnati on
trade that made Blaine Durbin, the
former Cub pitcher, Pirate.
Clark Griffith looked over Miller and
backed the judgment of Chance and
Clarke He figured Miller would not
do in the majors, and he went to the
Eastern league. Well, this year Mil
Ter struck his stride. He is hitting
over 800 for the Montreal club and
running the bases like a wild man.
George Huff, the Cub scout, went to
look him over Huff wired President
Murphy that Miller could be secured
for $1,000 and two players.
Stick around until tomorrow; may
be they. will come down." was Muir
phys answer by wire to his scout. The
next day the Cub president received
an answer. 1t read like this: Price
has gone up-now they want $4,000"
and the telegram was signed HUH.
Catch the first train or they'll boost
the price to $4,000" were the instruc-
lions of President Murphy. Don't you
suppose the Cub magnate feels like
bottling himself when he thinks Of
the time when he had this fellow at a
cost of $500?
And these same baseball men Will
give you warm time if you attempt
to convince them that O'Toole, the st.
Paul pitcher, cost Barney Dreyfuss
$22,500 in real money. Here's one thaa
President Comiskey of the Sox teAe
on Joe Cantilfon. Joe, it will be re-
membered, was formerly the manager
of the Washington team in the Amer
lean league and then went to Mime
apolis to boss that team.
Joe had heard that somebody had
offered Lennon $4,000 for O'Toole,'
said President Comiskey $50 the next
time that ole saw Lennon he opened
on him. I understand that you have
been offered $4,000 for O'Toole,' said
Joe. Yes was Lemons reply. Well,
l guess I'm the biggest fool Of ALL
said joe In the first place l didn't
know there was anybody in baseball
so crazy as to offer that much money
for any ball player And, in the next
place, l would have sworn there was
nobody in baseball crazy enough to
have turned down such an offer, once
he had it,
Which shows you that the fans were
not the only ones to gasp at the price.
Even practical baseball men had a
difficult time believing that any mag
nate would separate himself from that
amount of money for ball player.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
Mrs. Il. 3. Stowe Was Puzzled

theological seminary situated in that
town. DR.. Stowe was very scholarly
man; after breakfast he was accus-
toned to go to his library and spend
the day there, excepting such hours
as his professional work made it neces.
sary for him to devote to lectures at
the seminary.
Mrs. Stowe, who was one of the
most practical of women, being fully
the equal In this respect of her sister,
Catherine Beecher, who gained high
authority as a teacher of domestic
economy, was accustomed to visit Bos,
ton once or twice week for shopping.
One morning, at breakfast, Mrs. Stowe
said to her husband that she thought
she would go in to Boston that day,
and take a train which left AndoveT
about nine o'clock That would en-.
able her, she said, to complete her
shopping and get back to Andover in
the mid-afternoon.
She went to the city as she planned,
was several hours occupied with shop.
ping and returned home about three
o'clock in the afternoon. She went at
once to the library and greeted her
husband, who looked up from his
work He said: "Why didn't you go
to Boston? Where have you been?"
81 have been to Boston and 1 have
just returned" was the reply.
How could you have done that?"
DR.. Stowe asked. 81 saw you pass
through the library at about eleven
o'clock"
why, my dear husband. l was in
Boston at eleven o'clock"
That is impossible" DR.. Stowe re.
Piled Il was busy at my work,
heard the library door open, I looked
up and saw you pass through the H.
brary; you turned and smiled at me.
and then went on and passed out OF
the door at the other end of the
room"
Are you sure about the time?" Mrs.
Stowe asked. 81 did look into the
room to say goodbye just before nine
o'clock"
Yes, remember that very well"
DR.. Stowe cried. But, then when you
passed through the room at eleven
O'Clock it occurred to me that you had
given up your trip TO Boston"
did l have my bonnet on?" Mrs.
Stowe asked.
mo, and that was the reaco IN I felt
sure that you had decided f. stay at
home"
Mrs. Stowe asked no further ques-
tons. She realized that her husband
was absolutely certain that he had
seen her pass through the room at
eleven O'Clock, so certain that he could
describe some details in her dress,
and noticed that she greeted him with
a smile Afterward she recalled the
fact that at just about eleven o'clock,
when she was in a store in Boston. all
of a sudden she thought of her hus-
band and pictured him to herself as
busiiy engaged with his books and his
manuscripts upon the desk in his Ii.
brary. Could that thought have had
anything to do with her husbands
positiveness that she had passed
through his library at eleven o'clock
that morning? Over that question
Mrs. Stowe puzzled for long time,
but she never found a satisfactory
answer
Copyright, 1911 by E. j. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
Find Fossil of Sea Tortoise.

The perfect fossil of a huge sea
tortoise 80 inches in diameter has
been found in Mount Badly, 5000 feet
above the present sea level, near Los
Angeles, Cal. 1t is thought that this
is a relic Of geological age 100000
years ago, when all the western part
of the country was still under the
sea, and the Rocky mountains were
either submerged or only showed their
tips as jagged islets.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27

Ty Cobb will be a minstrel during
the winter.
The Athletics are all early risers
and all of them retire early.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Cornelius McGillcuddy in Phila-
delphia
Frank Farrell of the Yankees says
John Camel will not succeed Hal
Chase as manager next season.
President Murphy of the Cubs ad-
mitted in New York the Reds are aft
er Evers for manager next season.
Jack Coombs says the life of the
average pitcher is ten seasons. Jacks
days as a pitcher, then, are numbered.
Overheard in the stands: 81 guess
the worlds series will be between
New York and Philadelphia all right,
all right"
Bobby Wallace, manager of the
Browns, says Jack Berry of the Ath-
letics is as good a shortstop as there
is in the game.
Vean Gregg, who showed signs of
slump, has apparently recovered the
form that made him the sensation of
the early season.
Art Schwind and Dobbins, shortstop
and catcher Of the Roseland Eclipse,
a Chicago semi-pro team, have been
signed by the Detroit Tigers.
Fred Clarke says he might have
wanted Bransf1eld, but that he
wouldn't trade Vint Campbell for
Bransfield and Luderus thrown in.
The Boston Americans have claimed
Pitcher Herb Byram of Sacramento
and also Third Baseman Jimmy Shinn.
Players will be given in exchange.
Jimmy McAleer is quite anxious to
secure Jack Flynn of the Pirates, for
Jack is still young, and Jimmy thinks
he has good future ahead of him.
There is nothing in the report that
Billy Murray is to manage the Reds
next season. Murray knows when he's
in soft which he certainly is at pres
ent.
Mains, the pitcher secured by the
Boston Americans from the Flint
Mich, team, is feet inches tall
Beat it you Loudermilks and Falken-
bergs.
The story that Jennings will ask
waivers on Moriarty is denied at De-
troit, but it is admitted that Paddy
Bauman is likely to upset the Tiger
infield plans
When it comes to playing double
headers Chicago will be up against
the real thing, as the Cubs have been
idle more than any other aggregation
around the circuit
According to a BoEton paper Fred
Lake is trying to buy a franchise in
the New England league. The story
then. that he would manage the
Browns next year, must be revised.
In winning his twenty-second
straight victory over Cincinnati Math-
ewson also made something of rec
ord. for some one who kept count
says he only pitched 90 balls to the
Red batters in the nine innings.
McAleer has announced that Wash
ington will train at home next spring
and McAleer will spend the winter in
the capital laying his plans for the
1912 season. He believes his prospects
the best the Senators ever had, since
the policy of getting few youngsters
was adopted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
NEXT MANAGER OF B0ST0NS
Johnny King Has Rival for Leader
ship of Beaneaters in Person of
Outfielder Donin.

1t will be one grand battle between
Johnny King and Mike Donlin for
year. 1t is pretty generally under
stood that king went to Boston with
the understanding that he would be
placed in charge of the club in 1912.
Now comes Sir Michael, with
the managerial bee in his bonnet,
and, if he can hit the sphere like he
used to, he will soon be big favo-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
UndecipherabIe.

DO you know anything about Eu-
ripides?" asked the erudite relative.
"a little" replied the young man
with nerve.
And what are your impressions?
We'll, what have seen of his stuff
convinces me thai he wrote a mighty
poor ham,"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
John King.

rite with the fans and a dangerous
competitor for the place. Mike would
have liked to manage the Reds, and
McGraw boosted him to Garry Herr
mann for the job, but the Red chief
could not see it.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-27
GREAT FUTURE FOR HARMON
Manager Bresnahan Predicts TWirler
Will Be BasebaII's Greatest
Pitcher Next Season.

Roger Bresnahan of st. Louis pre-
diets Harmon will be baseball's great
est twirler next year. "One Of" would
sound a little better, since Ford, of
the Yankees; Johnson, of the Nation