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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
COUPLE FREEZE TO DEATH.
Perish In Snow Storm on Pixies
Peak

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Aug
23.-w. F. Skinner and wife, Of Dali
las, Texas, were frozen to death near
the summit of Pixies Peak Tuesday
morning. The ir bodies, almost COW
cred with snow, were found side By
side by a boy walking down the peak.
Skinner and his wife started to
walk to the top of the peak early
yesterday afternoon and stopped at
the Office OF the Pixies Peak News,
about three miles above the Hall.
Way house, to register. At that time
Mr.. Skinner, who Is about 55 years
old. doubted their ability to reach
the top OF the mountain. Mrs. Skin
ner, who was about ten years young
er than her husband, 10 reported TO
have made the remark:
I'm from Texas and they're not
going to say when | get back that |
could not climb Pixies Peak"
At Z O'Clock Monday night severe
snow storm, which covered the en-
tire peak for a depth of one foot on
the level, accompanied by 50-mile
wind, broke on the peak. From the
OF the bodies when found,
IL IA believed the couple sought for
shelter I'm the lee Of huge boulder,
a short distance from the track Both
wore very light clothing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
NEW pHoNE OFFICERS.

GRAND RAPIDS, Niich., Aug. a.
In the annual meeting OF the Michi-
gan Independent Telephone aud Traf-
&c associaiion The following officers
we're elected. President, G. r. Tarte,
Grand Rapids; vice president, w. j.
Melchcrs, Alma; secretary and treas
urer, A. 5, Vivian, Grand Rapids. New
members OF the board OF directors are:
J. v. Morop kaikaska, succeeding s.
w Waverleyi Charles Cohn, Detroit,
succeeding 8. G. Barr; W. ]. Melch-
ers, w. A. Jackson, Frank M. Howard,
r. G. Smith, }. r. Hisey, J. p. Gibbes,
Il. b. Fisher, l.. l.. Coin, A. c. Hime-
baugh, W. 8. Vivian, Thomas Brom-
ley, Dr. and NJ. A. Briggs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
Honskong, China.

Dear Bill:
am visiting China with college
professor and not one Of the regular
kind. either. He Is DR.. George Dorsey.
curator of the Field museum. His
degrees trail after his name like
smoke. He has been investigating so
cial and political conditions In Europe
and India
The first impression of the European
section of Hongkong is that OF land
ing In an up-to-date American city.
The town is full of Americans.
We cherish our childhood ideas
about Cinnamon eating rats, smoking
opium and numbering missionaries
right In Main-st. We think the lead
ing industry OF China must be laun-
dries.
Two days In China and We have seen
Just one rat--carried by boy, and he
used tongs. The native shops are
clean and modern. The missionaries
look sleek and happy.
The professor and went to buy
some opium pipes and Jade rings. The
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
ST. LOUIS HEN NURSES
A LITTER OF PUPPIES
But Not Until She Had Won In Bat.
tie Royal With Their
Mother

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23.--Biddy, a pet
hen owned by Policeman j. A. Car
roll, had been nesting right next door
to Queen, dog, whose instinct, like
that OF Biddy, told her that she might
expect the stork soon. And when four
little bull pups did arrive Biddy griev-
ed because her eggs-the eggs that
she had guarded so tenderly and had
sat over with ever increasing vigi-
lance-were carried out into the back
yard and broken one by one.
Bfddy looked over at the newborn
pups What did Queen know about
raising childrenl Had she ever had
answered the question. Queen UNI
questionably was not competent to be
a mother, and, besides, her (Biddy's)
maternal craving must be satisfied at
once.
One day Queen went into the house
to get her supper. When she came
hurrying back the tiny tail of one pup
by was all that could be seen. II pro-
truded ever so slightly from a soft
covering of feathers. Biddy's instinct
was being satisfied.
Then a battle ensued. What right
had Biddy to appropriate someone
else's babies? Queen seized Biddy by
the neck and pulled her OF the pup
pies. But Biddy was back on the lit
ter almost instantly. And at last the
hen won her battle.
Queen finally has consented to the
new order OF things and has tekeH-ap
her abode outside the barn door. and
Biddy il rearing the pups. Incident
ally, It's pretty soft for the pups
this thing OF having two mothers.
Whenever they ae hungry some of
the CAROLS take Biddy into the house
while Queen visits her young. Then,
when Biddy Is thrown her dinner OF
cornmeal she gets of her nest Of bull
chicks and clucks wildly to them to
get something 20 eat. And they have
learned 10 come at her cackling and
eat cornmeal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
BIG saw MILL RUNNING.
plant AZ MenomInss Expected 10 EN-
ploy 400.

ploy 400.
MENoMINEE. Mich. Aug. 2s.-The
new ]. w. Wells Co.'S saw mill Is In
commission. In the mill proper there
Is not a foot OF timber used In con-
struction. II Is all steel and con-
cete. The flooring storehouse is the
only building at the plant which Is
not as yet completed. This ware
house will nave capacity OF two mil
lion feet Of lumber.
The new machinery Is being tried
out this week and is giving splendid
satisfaction. A double band mill Is
being used. The band saws used are
the largest type In the world. Inc
new slab re-saw is one or the most
economical pieces OF machinery In the
mill. AT the present time $50 men
are employed at the plant. The num-
Der will be increased In a short time
to 400.
The J. w. Wells Co. viii have 800
men IN the woods this winter In the
vicinity OF Wausaukee, getting the
timber ready. The timber Is cut the
full length in the woods and brought
TO the MIL by railroad. where II Is
cut into log lengths. The capacity
OF the kiln is greater than any other
In Michigan or wisconsin.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
PAINTING STILL MISSING.
Paris Police Find No Trace Of Mona
Lisa"

PARIS, Aug. 23.--without an &C
tual clue to work on, but with scores
Of conflicting theories, the flower OF
the French secret service Is today
concentrated upon the task OF inding
the Mona Lisa,u priceless master
piece of Leonardo da VincL stolen
from the Louvre in the most sensa-
tional and mysterious manner.
.-Prefect of Police Lepine is direct
ing the search, which extends to
every city IN France, and TO every
art center OF Europe The Louvre
was again closed today and new
search OF the building was made.
Paris 10 aroused with anger. Some
newspapers today suggested that the
painting was stolen by a lover OF art
10 teach the authorities lesson. IL
Is generally believed, however, that
the thief will. hold the painting for
a large ransom. II is believed IL
would be impossible To sell 1t.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
HosICK MUST RETURN.
Governor Signs RequIsItIon
In Mcnamara Case.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. ala
Dor leaders here today are jubilant
over the decision of Gov. johnson 10
sign a requisition for the return to In
dianapolis of Detective James Hosick
for trial on the charge OF having kid.
mapped John J. Mcnamara.
Attorneys for the 'Los Angeles
Times, who are defending Hosick,
have prepared to seek a writ OF habeas
corpus or to take other legal steps
as soon as a warrant for Hosick is
Issued They declare they will pre-
vent Hosick's transfer to Indiana at
all hazards, ana that, even IL Nc
Namara was kidnapped. Hosick could
not be held responsible. as he merely
served a requisItion, signed by Gov.
Johnson himself.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
At 50, WOMAN
WORKS A FARM
Puts In and Harvests Her Crops
and Hauls Coal While Rest
ing In the Winter.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 23.-Aunt
Martha Spradley, aged SO. living In
Pigeon township, Warrick County, a
few miles cast OF the city, IL as &C
tive as most women are at thirty,
and there Is. perhaps, not another
woman In this part of the state who
can do the manual labor she does
In day. There Is not q better horse
woman In this part of the state, and,
perhaps, none can shoot as accurate
ly, walk as far, haul more coal or
cut more wood than this remarkable
woman.
Mrs. Spradley is Ave feet ten inches
In height, straight as an arrow, and
never wore glasses or walked with a
cane. She says she expects TO live
TO he hundred. and she hopes TO
work to the last day of her exis-
tence.
She is 4 farmer who works her own
land, consisting of one hundred acres,
and az she remarked the other day:
1T Is a farm on which most anybody
else would starve to death" The wo-
man has had good success with her
OIOp6 anu 10 ICBaIuCu On OnG vi lnO
best and most systematic farmers In
her neighborhood. She has fifteen
acres of corn, thirty-one and one-half
acres Of tobacco, Ave acres OF peas,
I'VE acres Of meadow land, a large
patch of potatoes and a good garden
She has her corn In good shape and
has plowed the entire crop herself.
She pulled her tobacco plants and
set them out. She works from early
morning to night, and seem never 10
grow tired.
After Mrs. Spradley has laid by
her crops each summer and has laid
In her winters supply of wood and
kindling she hauls coal for all the
scho olhouses In the neighborhood.
For about twelve years she has haut-
ed all the coal for the schoolhouses
within fifteen miles of her home. She
says she can scoop a load Of twenty
Ave bushels of coal from the bed Of
her wagon without stopping to rest
MRS. SpI adley was born within two
miles of the place where she has liy-
ed for the last sixty years and has al
ways made her home in Warrick
county. In 1S4s, she was married to
James Spradley, and they moved 70
the place where she now lives. Here
fhsy erected cabin, twelve by six
teen feet, and a few years after this
they built q large two-story log house.
Mr.. Spradley died In 1898 and since
! that time she and her daughter have
been living together. The daughter
does the housework, while the mother
looks after the farm.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
Or. a. w. NICHOLS DEAD.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. a.
'Dr. A. w. Nichols, OF Greenville, Mich,
died here Tuesday, at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Emma A. VANITY, widow
OF United States District Judge George
yP. VANITY. He came here three weeks
ago, that he might be with his sister
I'm his hnal illness. He was So years
old. He had been practicing physi
clan In Greenville for 81 years. He
was once active in politics and was
n "Greenbacker." He tried for the
ONCE OF governor ON that platform,
later repeating his political endeavor
while under the standard of the Popu-
list party, Up to the time 10 his death
he was president OF the Greenyille
board OF education and also a member
,of the board of supervisors. He was
also health officer. Besides the sister
an this city he leaves three others,
Mira Willis G. Stone, Mrs. George A.
Finney and Mrs. Hattie E. Barr, all
OF Chicago. ..,,.... ....... . o..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
TRAIN KILLS SHOE MAN.
George c. Sterling Run Down by Fly
r. Al Battle Creek. ,atfs

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, August
Is. George c. Sterling, one OF the
best-known shoe men In Michigan,
was instantly killed by a train on
the Michigan Central tracks. on which
be was walking, short cut home,
Tuesday afternoon.
Dir. Sterling, formerly OF the hrm
OF Earle & Sterling, has been rep
rssenting the Brown Shoe Co., Of st.
LoEis, for. several years, also being
senior partner In the local mercantile
e5ts blishment known az Sterling
Bros. He was 80 years old and IL
survived By his wife and son, Don
aid Sterling, OF the Portland Ore
eoniah stan. His brother, Fred c.,
was Junior partner In the Sterling
arm. while Other brothers and sisters
also survive.
The accident, by which Mr.. Ster-
ling met death. was viewed by a score
of people who shouted Q warning, bur
they were too late, the man being hit
By the Wolverine flyer, and tossed 80
feet by the force of the impact. When
found tho body was unacceptable.
but II was soon identified by papers
AND marks on the clothing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
[OW WAGES CAUSE
GIRLS DOWNFALL
Give Her Chance To Make an
Honest Living, Pleads MatrOn Of
Los Angeles Jail.

LOS ANGELES. Gal, Aug. a.
Low wages In most cases cause the
downfaIl or girls, and bring them nm
Ally to city and county jails.
This Il the conclusion Of Mrs. Ale
fha Gilbert. matron OF the Los Ange'
les county jail VINO mas spent ten
years AZ the work. But Mrs. GILBERT
not only criticses. she suggests
remedy, one which would cost less
than II does TO imprison the girls and
yet would give them something 10
look forward to--a chance 10 reform
and live decent lives,
But I can't do N alone" she said,
-and cant do It here in this jail.
where we have II girls sleeping In
nine single beds, negroes. Mexicans'
Chinese and whites, all mixed up to-
rether, and these conditions are the
same the country over.
"The greatest evil Is lack OF work
Tor the girls. They do their own
laundry work, the same as for the two
wardens, and the towels for the ON
GERS They hem the linen we use here
and that is about all.
"The food Is prepared and sent up;
very few OF the girls who come here
know how TO cook or do anything else
Long ago about two-thirds OF them
found they could not make enough
money under the present system 10
live honestly, then they lost heart and
began TO slip down. II Is sad, out
this Is the best place most OF them
have to go.
aI've been matron here for 10 years
and have studied these girls. ! mo-
tice that when they are busy they
are bright and happy, When they are
idle they fall TO talking together over
their experiences; IL Is case OF one
low mind acting on another, and they
are all worse for Il. -
II want them IN some place where
they can work outdoors. No, not at
farming, but IN raising their own yege-
tables, few flowers and some chick
ems
n do believe II could show these
moor girls that there Is a way for
them to make living honestly they
would be glad and happy &c do t.
They have tried the stores and found
they could not live on their wages,
but there is an eyer-increasing de-
mand for domestic help. IL ! couid
III them for that, there would be q
way out for them. =
II think most girls would take tina
chance offered them and profit by. it,.
any rate 1t In my duty to try to give
II TO them. To shut women up with
out en- effort TO make them better is
useless and cruel. In prison they are.
4 dead expense In the place pro
pose to establish they would be self
sustaining or nearly so, ana II we
only saved one OF them the expert
ment would be worth the cost
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
JOHN W. GATES BURIED.
Many Policemen Required To Handle
Crowd at obsequles.

NEW YORK, Aug, 23.-one hun
dred policemen and detectives han
died the crowds that besieged the
Hotel Plaza today to attend the fu.
neral of John w. Gates. the most
elaborate obseqnes ever accorded q
private citizen In New York The
body rested In state In the main as
sembly room of the hotel during the
early morning.
After the funeral services the cas-
,ket was placed in an automobile
Lcarse and conveyed to Woodlawn
cemetery, the funeral cortege beinS
made UP almost exclusively OF motor
cars
Rev. wallace MacMullen, OF the
Madison Avenue Methodist Episco-
pal church, oficlated at the services.
SIR. ultaneous1y, memorial services
were held In Port Arthur, Texas. Car
loads OF flowers were received from
all parts OF the country. Many fiags
in the city were at hah-mast.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
Yours.
WEB.

semi-deaf and dumb language, gave
the clerk a hint.
No one else on earth would have
understood the language.
But Maher had been missing to-
bacco.
So he gave Buster chew Of leaf
tobacco. Butter went over to a corner
and masticated the leaf.
Now Ed Dunn, clerk In Judge Bah
cocks court room, has bet this months
pay that Buster will be stealing the
"makin's" before the end OF next
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23

professor walked into store and
started In with his best style of pidg-
con English. "You got him piper" he
said, smoke him opium-hop- hop
pipe? No pipe make him tourist
pipe make him Chinaman. Old pipe
heap years Got him?"
The Chinaman replied: Yes, ]
have a few pipes; they are about Ave
or six years old. This one 10 a."
No more pidgeon English for us. II
you want to see the world while II Ia
different from America and England,
you'd better hurry.
We had a dizzy trip IN q cable car
up to the top Of the peak which over
looks Hongkong as yesuvius overlooks
Naples. British barracks are near the
top with tennis and cricket grounds.
The English would blast out solid rock
to make court. We passed the gov.
ernor's summer home and there was
no chance OF installing IL for q man
darin's palace. There was a large
heap of empty whisky and soda bot
ties In the rear.
Yours,
WEB,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23

that the Sioux In
dams under Little
Crow had attacked
the town Of New
Ulm, MINI, and
butchered a num-
Der of soldiers and
citizens. w 1t h
whites to fight at
the south and reds
10 extermlnate at
the north the gov
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23

PORT HURON, Mich, Aug. 3D.
Edward J. Sadler, who conducts a sa-
loon in Marine City, pleaded guilty
here TO keeping his saloon open on
Sunday, and was fined $3.50 by Judge
Tappan of the circuit court. rhe
Judge told him that II he was arrest.
ed a second time for the same offense
II would mean a jail sentence without
having q chance to pay a nnes
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
HOMEMADE BREAD
BRANDED DEATH MIXTURE
Baker Declares Wife Who offsrs
~ sogsy Product Commute Murder.


n sogsy Product Commits Murder.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. a.
Death turks In homemade bread.
and the housewife who offers her SOC.
gy product for food is committing
MURDER" declared Paul Schulze OF
Chicago, president Of the National
Association OF Master Bakers, in ad-
dressing the bakers convention here
today. He said the chief task now
before bakers Is to convince house
wives that baking bread at home Is
wrong.
n The housewives determination to
bake bread at home Is mistaken
sense of duty" declared Schulze.
Her working methods and made
quate kitchen fire cannot attain the
benefits that come from buying
bread baked In sanitary bakery"
Schulze said that families who pat
ronize the housewife. with her homo
made bread pay the penalty with their
long suffering stomachs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
DOG Makea Lona Hik..

CHICAGO, Aug. ia lean, canine
Weston. which arrived here last night
from Evansville, Ind, 2s7 miles, to-
day is feasting on dog delicacles, its
sore feet swathed In olntmentsoaked
bandages. John Cummings. itA own
er, Is showing IL az much attention
as was given the prodigal son. Some
months ago the dog disappeared. Then
Cummings learned the dog was In
Evansville. There Was a scratching
at the door last night. and. gaunt and
footsore, the dog bounded into the
house, and at once took up it's old
duties. II had walked home
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
BUSTER, TAME BROWN
RAT, USES TOBACCO

VIII Be Stealing the Markings Next,
ls Bet Offered by Clerk Of
the Court.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 23.-Buster, a
big brown, tame rate, Is the pet OF
Harry Maher, clerk In Room 3, County
building, occupied by Judge James
Lawrence. The rat came TO the court
house about two years ago. following
MaheF fFeHA- the Lake Shore building,
where he was employed before being
appointed TO a position In Judge Law
rence's court room.
No one knows how Buster learned
Maher changed positions, although Il
is a fact the pet did trail over to the
County building few days after Ma
her left the employ Of the railroad.
Ever since Buster changed resi-
dences he has appeared at Makers
desk at $40 o'clock every morning
to get his breakfast. Last Monday,
after picking hfs teeth, Buster, In
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
ODDS AND ENDS
FROM THE WIRES

NEW YORK-Because garbage men
complained OF attacks by starving cats
the Society for Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals, caught and killed S66 cats
In one night
NEW YORK-with two long pike
poles q sturgeon weighing 400 pounds
was captured In the Harlem river.
Boys In swimming thought IL was a
shark and scampered ashore to
spread the alarm.
GARY, Ind.-with $4,000 a year to
spend, and sixteen automobiles, Ethel
Thayer Bryan Is suing Louis A. Bryan,
multi-millionaire, for divorce. Il could
be happy II he were poor" she said
NEW YORK-A 1o-year-old boy,
who didn't give his name, saved Jo-
seph Engle from bleeding to death by
making tourniquiet of his roller
skate strap, buckiing It about Engle's
arm. q
NEW YoRK-Having only heard of
one marquis In that locality. a mes
senger boy delivered a telegram In
tended for the Marquis OF Queensbury,
addressed to RUDE Marquard, New
York pitcher.
NEW YORK-Threatening to arrest
Robert Crooks, an actor, for striking
woman, Policeman Goldstein was
confronted with Haven't right to?
Isn't she my mother?" Crooks was
arrested
PfTTSBURG, Pa.--Two sharpers
have been getting rich In local hotel
Hobbies arranging the making OF bets
that the word ''quire" was spelled
correctly, meaning a body OF church
singers.
PfrfSBBRG, Pa. l.. Patterson's
'1eaping cat twice jumped six stor-
lee from the roof Of an apartment
house, chasing sparrows. The third
time Il broke its neck.
CHICAGO. Aug. 23.-Frederick M.
Coyerts and Frank Ploger, pedes-
TRANS, hiking on a wager from New
York to San Francisco, left Chicago.
this morning. for the west. The pair
hope to reach the coast by Nov. IL,
and IL successful will have complet
ed the jaunt in 125 days.
CoSHoCTON, Ohio--As the basis
of his divorce petition, Erwin Myers
claims his wife Is a suffragette, and
that she aas abused him and beaten
him with poker.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
DErRoITER sTARTLEs RI.
w. T. stImsont Donates f5-MIie' Line
To IlIin6is Central.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Aug. 23.-W. T.
stimson, CT Detroit, Mich, a rich
owner OF Mississippi delta lands, al
most Knocked the Illinois Central
railway OF It's feet today when he
walked into Supt. Mofris's office and
presented the Illinois Central With
fifteen miles Of standard guage rail-
road that he had built from Rush,
Miss, 10 q point three miles from
Sledge, Mics
Stimson wants the line extended to
tap the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Railroad, which would open $4,000
acres Of farm land.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
Q DROWN WHILE SWIMMING.
One Tries To Save Other and Both
Go Down.

ST. IGNACE, Mich, August 3D.
Nelson Staley. 81, Of Spaulding, o..
and Paul Kreigher, of Pittsburg. Pa,
were drowned Tuesday, Of Graham's
Point near this place. The youn5
men were out. in q boat diving Apd
swimming when Staley was suddenly
taken with cramps 3. @ !.
,Krsigher noticed his danger and
swan to .Staley's rescue. Staley was
about 10. 80 down when his eompan-
ion reached him. Spectators saw the
drowning man cling to Kreigher, who
endeayored to release the hold on
aim. A struggle ensued and both men
we're seen to go under In each Others
arms.
Their bodies were recovered In
about an hour. Both young men were
here for the summer, having o cot
tage at tho Point. Ersg = - :.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-23
NOTED PICTURE GONE
Mona Lisa IL Stolen From Wall In
the Louvre.


PARIS, Aug. 22.--one Of the most
sensational robberies In years took
place at tho. Louvre today, when the
noted Mona Lisa, OF, Leonardo al,
vinci, was stolen from the wall. The
picture was seen In its place az noon
and shortly afterward II was noted
that its place was vacant Little at
tention was paid to this for a while,
as the officials believed that II had
been taken to be photographed.
Search showed inst no one in an
thority had ordered its removal, and
then a hurried canvass OF the gal
leries showed that picture and frame
were gone.
At three o'clock the -prefect OF POI
lice closed the Louvre and q thor
ough search II. in progress.