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The Detroit times., 1911-03-20
OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND BoulEvARDs.

Room 2ol. City Hall. Detroit,
March Is. 1911.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the above office until IL o'clock noon
Friday, March %. 1911, for the priyi-
lege or operating the
BELLE ISLE CASINO.
privilege.
The building will be open for inspec-
ton at any time and the specifications
may be seen at the above office
Proposals must be submitted In trip
licate and be accompanied by certi-
ned check equal 20 nve per cent. OF
the amount or the nrst years rental.
The right Is reserved 10 reject any
or all bids
NJ p HURLBUT.
Commissioner.
II W. BUSCH.
Secretary. S1D
The Detroit times., 1911-03-20

TO CURE A colo IN OWE DAY
Tak. LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine TAB
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The Detroit times., 1911-03-20
PRIEST GOES TO wYANDoTTE.

sistant Of 81. Patrick's Church.
KALAMAZOO. Mich. March 49,
Rev. Thomas j. Carroll ordained last
Saturday. at ST. Augusunes church.
Kalamazoo, has been appointed as
sistant pastor OF St Patrick's church.
Wyandotte.
Father Carroll il "a years old, and
the youngest priest ever ordained In
Michigan.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-20

Job Printing Done Right Tins--
Printing Co., No, iB John R.-st Call
Main llas. or City saes.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-20

Dob Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co., no. 10 yohn R.-st Call
Main 1893 or City 33sb
The Detroit times., 1911-03-20

Some folk will not be happy in heav.
en- because there are not funerals to
attend
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
LINCOLN APPOINTMENTS BAD
DR.. Eliot Says Incompetent Men
Held Office Under Great Chief.

Boston, April I'm deploring the fact
that the civil service did not extend bacK
TO war times DR.. Charles W. Eliot, presi-
dent emeritus OF Harvard University, de-
clared to-day that the appointments 10
Office by President Lincoln in 1861 were
shocking and that incompetent men heid
Office under him as result.
DR.. Eliots remarks came az the end OF
an address on civil service reform before
the Massachusetts, Federation OF Woman's
Clubs and In answer to questions from
the floor After replying in the negative
to the question whether politics is as cor
rupt now as it was in 1861. DR.. Eliot said:
I'm talking Of 1861 we must remember
that these shocking appointments were
made by Lincoln for purely political rea-
sens. ] can't think Of anything so shock
ing done by recent Presidents. At that
time the moral sense Of the community
had not been aroused and II was the Gus
tom o, the time TO make appointments for
political purposes President Lincolns
first appointee as Secretary Of War Simon
Cameron. was so corrupt and so incom-
petent that he lost his job al the end of
three months"
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
DIX AND CHENEY CONFER
Governor to Have Report OF
Carnegie Trust Suspension.

Albany, April 7-Gove-nor DIX had .
long talk with Superintendent Cheney OF
the Banking Department to-day regardins
the affairs OF the Carnegie Trust Company.
OF New York.
The Governor Is anxious to get from Nr.
Cheney certain information regarding tho
defunct institution. He has received re-
ports that employees OF the state banking
department were active In informing the
Robin chain Of banks when examtuadons
by the department officials were contem-
plated. The Governor intends 10 20 into
the reports thoroughly with the supertnr
tendent. Superintendent Cheney went TO
New York this afternoon without ending
his conference with the Governor. He Is
to see the Governor again next week. when
he will submit written report covering
the various matters incidental 10 the sus-
pension OF the Carnegie Trust Company.
This report Is expected TO be ready on
Tuesday. and. at the request Of the Gov
ernor. is to review the whole situation.
The Governor told Mr.. Cheney that he
wanted to know II he knew the trust COM
pany was unsound and. II so. why II had
net been treated accordingly and closed
when such a condition developed. Il IA
understood that Superintendent Cheney
went TO New York to prepare his report
because District Attorney Whitman has
in his possession all the papers regarding
the Carnegie Trust Company
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
FIRE DESTROYS "THE ROSES"
Rosenheimer Will Spend Fortune
to Find the Incendiary.

Edward T. Rosenheimer intends to spend
thousands Of dollars TO try to find out
whether an incendiary set fire 70 his home,
known as The Roses. in Pelham early yes
terday. which was burned TO its foundation.
Including valuable paintings and bric-a-
brac. the loss is estimated at about sl25,000
II Is rerorted that the house and its con-
tents we're insured for s72c00 Mr.. Rosen-
beirner was living with his wife and chill
aren IN a New York hotel az the time the
fire occurred.
He made a record run IN a taxicab 70
Pelhau1 when he was told al 230 o clock
Yesterday morning that his home was IN
chimney collapse
sydney Sinsor, the caretaker. who was
alone in the house. had a narrow escape
He was on the third floor when he was
awakened by smoke. which nearly suffo-
Gated him He gave the alarm by firing
several revolver shots out of a front win
dow. Patrolman John Lally was the drst
IN appear. and he says fire was raging
throughout the house.
81 never saw anything like it, said the
noliceuan. The fire seemed to be in every
room. The plate glass in the front windows
and doors blew out, and then 1 told the
caretaker to Jump. He leaped to the ve-
randa. roof and from there Jumped into
my arms"
Chief Durham of the Pelham Fire De-
partuaent which is made up Of prominent
New York business men, tried 10 fight the
flames. but they could do nothing but
watch the destruction. The wind suddenly
shifted. or part Of Pelham Heights might
have been destroyed. AS it was sparks set
FIRE 70 the home OF Mrs. O.. W. Wilcox and
several other houses
Julius Rosenhein1er a millionaire needle
manufacturer. and father Of Edward Ro-
senheiruer. built THE Roses" After walking
in his garden one evening about three
wears ago with his wife, when he left her
ne was shot down and killed. The muir
derer has never been traced.
Last year Edward Rosenheimer got into
trouble when his automobile crashed into a
carriage in Pelham Parkway, in which
were Grace Hough. Anna McCabe and
Ceorge Vedder, all OF The Bronx. Miss
I5ough was killed and the others were in
,,red Rosenheimer was indicted for mur-
der but acquitted. He was tried for viola
ton of the Callan law. inasmuch as he had
driven OF after the accident and failed 70
report the occurrence.
The law was declared unconstitutional.
and Rosenheimer again went free.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08

dollar. It IL understood. Andrew c. Cooe'
of No. 14s Broadway. Is one OF these DID,
ders, and J. Carlisle Boyd. of No. 115
Broadway, is another. Cobe. by the
way. is the name Of, a partner In NC
Knnon G. Cobe. Chicago representatives
Of the Assets Realization Company. Mr..
Boyd turns all his assignments over to
Hirsch, Lilienthal e. Co, Of No. lis
Broadway.
What the Banking Department Is par
ticulariy interested In is where these men
got their lists of depositors. Only three
Of these lists are known to exist-one IN
the hands of the Banking Department,
one with the Carnegie Trust Company
and one in the Office OF the attorneys for
the directors. Yet in spite OF this the
National City Bank began soliciting the
accounts of the unfortunate depositors
two days after the trust company closed.
The grand jury heard yesterday the
testimony of William o. Allison. presi-
dent Of the National Reserve Bank. and
Willis G. Nash. president Of the Mercan-
tile National Bank. These two bank
presidents were looked to fer inforn1a-
ton concerning a possible connection be-
tween the large city deposits in their
banks and the loans made to William j.
Cummins and his associates in the Car
negie Trust Company.
Mr. Allison Is supposed to have cor
roborated the emphatic assertion OF
Richard W. Jones, jr.. that banks would
not have lent Cumnlins money without
perfectly good promise Of city deposits in
return Mr. Nash. however, is reported
as having denied connection between
the city balance Of S5OO,OOO in his bank
and loans to Cummins and his coterie OF
n pproyipr teiy S411 o00
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
Jury INVESTIGATES FIR
Devotes an Hour to Asch Build
ing Disaster.

The grand fury began yesterday dh III
yestigation Of the Asch Building disaster
ri,tie beadway was made, as the jury
snent less than al hour on the subject az
the end OF the days session. which was
devoted chiefly 10 hearins further evil
.dence regarding police affairs. Among tne
Witnesses we're Simon Stern, super!ntend-
ent of the building; Deputy County Clerk
carcv. Battalion Chief Norton aud Lieu
tenant Wall.
The last two told the conditions oo-
served b. them on the eighth, ninth and
tenth floors OF the building when they az
rived at the fire Their stories were ORA
matte In the extreme and the jurors lis
tened with interest They described the
heaps Of bodies OF the victims encountered
and painted an appropriate background for
the subject OF the inquiry.
Neither OF them. however, recalled no
ticing any locked doors on the floors, one
os the matters upon which the grand jury.
il is understood, is seeking all the infor-
nation obtainabe The inquiry viii be
continued on Monday. when John D. Moore
and J. p Whiskemann. the two consulting
engineers who have been engaged by the
District Attorney 70 survey the scene OF
the nre will testify.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08

reau. 1t is my purpose to place suok 3D.
reau In charge Of a competent real -
tate man, and so organize its activities thaa
examiners may at all times have access 20
q fund OF general Information. special data,
records and appraisals to assist them - a.
terminIng the value of loans secured, di-
rectiy or Indirectly. by real estats."
Controller Prendergast told the bankers
that the city was the largest borrower IN
the country, but that her trouble was not
tnat Of getting the money. but Of keeping
II safely after she got It.
Mr.. Prendergast said that the success of
the city admi. !stration depended not only
upon expert knowledge and ability OF the
men appointed to places, but also upon
their accord and sympathy with the IDEAS
Of the men who appointed them. This 10y
atty and stanch support, the Controller
said, could not be secured except through
party loyalty and fealty. and he expressed
himself In favor OF partisan administra-
ton as opposed to a reform administra-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
NEW BRANCH FOR CHENEY
Banking Head to Safeguard Real
Estate Loans.

Orion H Cheney. superintendent OF the
State Banking Department. announced last
night that he would organize a new branch
of the department which would be devoted
entirely TO the examination OF real estate
pledged as collateral for loans granted by
state banks Mr.. Cheney spoke at the nine
teenth spring meeting of Group No.
Of the New York State Bankers Associa-
ton at the Hotel Astor. This group Is COM
posed OF bank officials whose institutions
are on Long Island.
The fixing OF the value OF property held
as collateral FOR zeal estate loans was de-
scribed by Mr.. Cheney as one OF the prob
lens encountered by the Banking Depart
mcnt in its supervision OF financial insti-
tutions In order that the Banking De-
partment may properly judge Of real estate
loans" Mr.. Cheney continued. II have for
some time past been planning to organize
within the department a real estate bu-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
ARREST TORTY-FIvE PEDLERs
Say They Used Defective Scales and
Ignored Sanitary Regulations.

In raid at o'clock yesterday morning
in the vicinity Of Fulton Market, Commits
sioner J. J. Walsh OF the Bureau of
Weights and Measures, with detail Of in
spectors. arrested thirteen fish pedlers. who.
II was said, had "phony' scales, and con-
fscated 450 scales which were alleged TO be
defective.
Similar raids were made throughout the
upper East Side, with the resclt that III r
istrate Steinert, In the Harlem court. yes
terday afternoon. The charges against
these pedlers however, were that their fish
and vegetables we're exposed without proper
covering and that IN some cases their pro-
visions were decayed The offenders were
fined from 81 TO IS each.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
LEvENTRIrr TO HEAR GATES SLIT

Former Justice David Leventritt was An.
pointed yesterday by Justice Greenbaum to
hear the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Mary
w Gates against Charles G. Gates. son OF
John W. Gates. There was no complaint
fled with the order OF reference, but it
was said that the correspondent In the case
was an actress playing in one Of the Broad.
way Productions.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
LETTER CARRIERS OFF AGAIN.

II was announced yesterday by Postrnas-
ter Morgan that the experiment tried last
Sunday OF giving the letter carriers a day
off throughout Manhattan and The Bronx
in order to be prepared for the operation
or the law providing six-day working
week when Il goes into effect on July l.
would be repeated tomorrow. The same
experiments are being made In Jersey City
and Prooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08

put into operation with the utmost speed.
but somehow the fire seems TO have run
along the timbers before the 1re lighting
force could check IT. ] am informed that
it reached q point three hundred feet from
the head house before being brought un-
der control
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
MEDICAL SOCIETY CAN TRY M. D..

The injunction obtained by DR.. Louis
Anton Ewald 70 restrain the County Medi-
cal Society from trying him on charges
OF unprofessional conduct was dismissed
Yesterday by the Appellate Division OF
the Supreme Court. which held that the
society has the jurisdiction 10 try the
physician on the charges. The charge
against Dr. Ewald was that he had caused
to be changed the records OF the Sydenham
Hospital so as 10 make IL appear that ne
had performed more operations that he
really had.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08

conference on March 20. 1909. and agreed
to transfer their holdings to Robert b.
Moorhead, then assistant secretary ana
later secretary Of the Carnegie Trust
Company. in settlement OF the companys
claim against Fleischman. The hotel was
valued at 100000. but all the Carnegie
Trust Company paid In cash for it was
$500.
This sum was hit upon as remainder.
apparently. after the deduction OF mort
cages and all claims, including the
Fleischman notes. to the trust company.
But after the trust company. through
Mr.. Moorhead. had run the hotel while
il was said a deficit Of $4,000 was In
Cured. and this also was added to
Fleischmans Indebtedness.
When Fle!schman's other creditors
heard of this deal-they are now in
charge Of the Fleischmann. or Roman.
Baths the securities Of which were relin-
cuished by the Carnegie Trust Company
in return for the hotel-they appeared
Circuit Court and protested. AS re-
suit, Judge Hand has set the bankruptcy
proceedings against Fleischman aside
ard ordered the Carnegie Trust Com
pany, now in the hands Of the State
Banking Department to return the Hotel
Le MARQUIS. He will sign the decree in
two days, and the Banking Department
will relinouish the hotel In favor of the
baths.
All Of this has a painful interest for
the four thousand or so depositors in the
collapsed trust company, most of whom
are stenographers, clerks and persons OF
small means, working for living down
town. Only II depositors had accounts
Of over $4,000 each; 121 had between
$1,000 and $4,000 in the bank and ap-
$500 had accounts under
$4,000. Less than 200 men and corpora
tions own claims to over sS.000,000 Of the
trust company's deposits, while the re-
naming s1,5OO.ooO is in the name of the
army Of small depositors whose accounts
were solicited by 200 paid solicitors.
Ray Of Hope Vanishes.
The hopes Of The depositors were
raised a while ago by a display OF in
terest on the part Of the Assets Realiza-
ticn Company. This company made
bid Of S5.000,O0o for the assets Of the
trust company, which was rejected Now
depositors are receiving cash offers for
their accounts from different men, the
Aee0ra ranring fron1 40 10 so cents on the
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
FIFTY MINERS DIE
IN A BLIND TUNNEL
Caught Without Warning by
Engine House Fire in Big
Scranton C0lliery.
HEAD OF RESCUE CAR DIES
Suffocated by Defective Helmet,
Government Expert May
Die--Four Hundred
Men in Mine.

Scranton. Penn. April 7.-Caught Tx,
rats In a trap. without moments warn
ing. fifty men and boys, most Of them for-
eigners. are believed TO have peIished TO-
day in a mine fire in the Pancoast colllery
at Throop, three miles from this city. some
estimates place the number at sixty. The
flames first broke out d few minutes before
10 o'clock this morning
At midnight twenty bodies had neeh
taken from the mine ard arranged in the
temporary morgue in one of the breaker
buildings. Among them are the bodies
of John T. Perry, a Scranton common
councilman; Walter knight, inside fore
man: Isaac Dawes. fire boss; Thomas NC
Water James Wallace. Henry Lucas
Michael Gall. Joseph NJ Evans John May
and Harry Rothwell The other bodies are
those Of foreigners. Evans was in charge
Of the United States mine rescue car
Evans's death was the result OF de-
fective oxygen charged armor. Charies
Enzian, the expert. in general charge o.
mine rescue work for the federal govern
nent. was also overcome, and IS SAID 10 oe
in a critical condition tonight AS rescueFs
entered the mine they stumbled over three
bodies One Of these was Joseph Evans
He was seen 10 wrench his helmet from
his head. II had evidently failed TO WORK
Evans was carried TO the open air as quick
" as possible, but he had inhaled so n1uch
smoke and gas from the burning coal thd'
he died within a few hours Enziahs eA-
perience was similar TO that Of Evans
The morgue was erected at the oper-
ing TO the mine, and here there conSEe-
sated hundreds Of women and children rel
atives of the men and boys who had oeen
so suddenly snatched from them. lneir
grief was pitiful Children Of tender years
CHING 70 the skirts Of their mothers, While
Older male members Of the family sought
n soften the anguish Of the distracted
n,otbArs and sisters Of the unfortunate men
and hovs
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
Architects PRESENT
PLANS FOR FIRE CODE
o,ookIyn Chapters Committee
Saws Proper Laws for lnspec-
ton Are Needed.
PLEA FOR WIRED GLASS
,,on Shutters and Outside Fire
Escapes Are Condemned
in Exhaustive
Report.

r-,-susrt 10 a thorough investigation
:, ,he conditions which permitted the
20, loss OF life at the Asch Building
g. a committee from the Brooklyn
,,ar OF the American Institute Of
',-ob;tects completed its report yester-
s.v and recommended more adequate
,"rs 10 insure proper inspection of loft
- factory buildings and various other
.,oss,,res OF fire protection in the con-
..,,.,ion and floor arrangements OF such
buildings
re committee lays the blame for in
.ssouae fire protection more on the
.srants than on the owners and builders
= the Asch structure, and a the same
lime declares that the factory in
.,.ction laws are clearly Inadequate and
should be remedied-
we know proper laws for the In
scsction q machinery and its arrange
noent do not exist, and that through con-
s.ouent crowding Of employees, lives were
not only imperiiled but lost in this
ere the report states.
- great loss Of life incurred in at
,rr,pting TO escape by means Of an ex-
.f-ior ladder stair or fire escape is
clearly shown in this case, and its
lesson should be of value. We recon-
msud that exterior fire escapes be dis
nsnsed with. and that in al lofts and
fscrories hereafter built all ireproor
stai-ways be inclosed within brick walls;
r. have no windows, and 10 be open 70
.he air and reached by loggia or fire
nroof passage. which should also open
70 the outer air, and that I'll stairs lead
u the roof.
Henry Clay Carrel. Of No. 1923 Broad
vsv was chairman OF the Brooklyn
,or,uittee. and the other members were
Tulius F. Harder. Arthur Koch, Robert
H Bryson and Dudley A1cGrath.
4 CODY Of the report will be sent 70
Rudolph ?. Miller. Superintendent Of the
Bureau Of Buildings. and to the New
York chapter Of the American Institute
n. Architects. The Brooklyn architects
will make q determined effort TO have
-beir recommendation carried out.
The committee found that the Build
iugs Department, the architect and the
builder. erected the Asch Building with
/. IN the requirements Of the law. and that
IL measured up in all requirements to
corresponding buildings erected at that
tine
The overcrowdlng Of the building by
employees far in excess Of the number
for which exits were provided is a
matter Of occupancy which must be
deaf with by the proper authorities,
the report concludes.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
Other Suggestions for Safety.

Other pertinent recommendations in
corporated in the Carrel committee re-
port were the following:
: The use Of iron shutters is to be con-
demned. Their place should be taken By
hollow metal frames ana double huns sash,
win wire glass.
We recommend the prohibition OF all iron
shutters. ana mat hollow metal frames and
wire glass. according 20 underwriters re-
QpireI euts, ce used not only upon the rear
snd s.les of all loft and factory build
ngs. clt t0at hollow metal frames and
Vlrs glass snail he used upon the tront as
vel
This VIII prevent the spread Of fire from
1oor 20 floor. whether the glass be IN large
sheets of wire glass or small sheets, ac-
corG.ng 10 the underwriters requirements.
We recommend the use Of wire glass in
connection with present wood sash and
vo0c frames IN existing factories and lofts
throughout the city as a fire re,arcant
Thls VIII prevent the spread Of FIRE for a
s1fc.ent time 10 allow for the arrival OF
he Fire Department.
We recommend that IL he made nlanda-
iory that 81 air and exit doors Of all kinds
Oe maze % open out.
We recommend thar the same safeguards
New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
STATE CONTROLS BATHS

Continued from first paxr.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-12
Thomas p. Boyce.

THOMAS P. Boyce was born at
Albany, New York, the 9th day of
December, 1851, and died near De-
catur, Iowa, Jan. Z, 1911, age SO
years and 20 days. Moved with his
parents from New York and settled
,ceara San dnsky., Ohio, in spring
of"1853, from there he moved with
his parents to Iowa, they settling
near Garden Grove in the year 1869.
Here Mr.. Boyce grew to manhood
and lived in Decatur county, Iowa,
until the time of his death.
He was married to Mary Linda
Perdew of Leon. Iowa, August 6,
1877. To this union were born
eleven children, four of whom died
in infancy, also son, Frederick G.
Boyce, died at the age of eighteen
years. Six children, four daughters,
Mrs. Nellie NJ. Harsh of Decatur City,
Mrs. Elsie L. Hensley of Willolo,
Idaho, Sarah Myrtle Boyce and
Mary A. Boyce of near Decatur.
Two sons, Nathan A. Boyce and
Orville c. Boyce of near Decatur are
left with their mother and three
brothers and three sisters of Mr..
Boyce besides host of other rela-
tives and friends to mourn the loss
of a kind father, husband and sympa-
thetic friends,
He Joined the M E. church at mid
die age and died trusting in the
Lord. He had been a member of the
Masonic lodge since early manhood.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-12
Cummings-Clark.'

Mr.. Leroy Cummings, of Davis
City, and Miss Clara Lenora Clark,
of Carthage, Mo-, were married at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A.
Brown in Davis City on Monday
evening of last week, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. Geo. H.
Wehn, pastor of the Davis City M.
E. church. 1t was a very quiet af-
fair only immediate relatives being
present.
The groom is a son of Mrs. Brown,
and was raised in Davis City, where
he has many friends. For the past
year he has been employed in c. E.
Henderson's barber shop in Leon,
and during his residence here has
made many warm friends, who ex-
tend their congratulations. The
bride is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. X. Clark, of Carthage, NO., and
is a beautiful and accomplished
young lady.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings will go
to housekeeping at GAINESVILLE, where
Mr.. Cummings is employed in John
Attebury's barber shop.