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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

LAND WANTED-Bona tide purchaser
wants Immediately from 5000 TO 10000
acres Of land that will produce good
long staple cotton. AT least half must
be In Or ready for cultivation. Prefer
Improved property. State price and full
details including plot TO Cotton" 7. Q,
BOX 200 Madison Square, New York.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

FOR X EN- -Four beautiful rooms,
unfurnished. Located corner George
and Front streets. Lights and water
convenient. Reasonable rent. Apply to
Simon Davidson.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

Your Cotton or Seed, any
amount, insured instantly any
where. w. N. PETEET.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
BLACK HAND OUTFIT is
FOUND IN VACANT HOUSE
Paraphernalia Includes Dyna-
mite, Fuses, Wires, Etc. /; Po-
lice Are Investigating.

In a two-story brick house at No.
462 St Aubin-ave., vacated day or
two ago by Italians, the police have
discovered a small wicker basket
filled with all sorts of Black Hand
paraphernalia, including two large
sticks of dynamite, two coils of heavy
fuses, several coils Of insulated wire
and large, black face mask.
The sudden departure OF the Ital-
ians who rented the house Is believed
TO have been inspired by the activity
of the police in ferreting out the per-
sons responsible for recent explosions
in the Sicilian quarter The house in
question was let to Ferdinand Palma.
in whose ability TO solve the Black
Hand problem Chief of Detectives
Mcdonnell has the most implicit
faith.
Palma in turn sub-let il to the Ital-
ians, who vacated the premises just
q few days ago. Police officers say
that Palma, who formerly was a
member OF Capt. McDonnell's staff,
should prove OF great assistance in
locating the Italians who occupied the
house.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
POLITICS MUST NOT
INFLUENCE ASSESSMENTS
State Tax Commission Says Fa-
voritism Must Not Be Shown
BY Local Officers.

LANSING, Mich, Nov. 2l.-lf the
state tax commission carries out the
scheme which 1t is claimed that body
has in mind the days of protected
assessments" in Michigan are nun
bered For some time it has been
claimed that local assessing officers
in various parts OF the state have
been discriminating in reporting the
valuation of property in their respec-
tive districts, principally to safeguard
their political future, but II the state
tax commission sends It's experts III
these localities 90 review the assess
ments the local assessing officers and
supervisors will either have TO fall into
line and assess property at Its actual
cash value or go to the mat with the
commission.
AS a result of the activity of the
state tax commission, property III sew
eral townships in Midland county has
been increased 100000, and several
townships in Saginaw county VIII
come in for boost, II is claimed. ir
the assessors do not place the prop
erty on the rolls at somewhere near
its cash value at the review next
spring.
In the law passed at the last ses-
sion OF the legislature providing for
tonnage tax on vessels II provided
only for the apportionment of the
fund collected between the county,
city and township. and owing to some
oversight villages are left out OF any
participation in the fund. The tax
collected is paid TO the auditor-gen
eral. The state receives no part oil
IT, as he returns the amount collected
10 the counties where the vessels are
registered The Mackinac Transpor
tation Company o. Mackinac City has
laid its tax amounting 10 $6l4,2O, but
owing6 10 the fact that Mackinac City
is an incorporated village II will not
share i'm the refund.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
.CROUL ORDERS BARS TAKEN
FROM ALL DANCE HALLS
Liquor Must Not Be Sold; Sat
urday Night Functions To
Close Al Midnight.

The action OF certain east-side
saloonkeepers In conducting dances
for their own benefit. under the spe'
cial privileges granted TO certain Ger
man societies, Is 10 have the wide
spread effect OF shutting OF all saloon
dances In the city. This Is the way In
which Commissioner Croul has put
the screws on the dance halls, as ne
threatened, Monday.
Halls with doors leading TO saloons
cannot be used for dances unless the
doorway is boarded up, and all Satur'
day night dances will be closed up al
midnight, until such time as the real
managers of the halls decide to run
their own dances without the assist
ance OF saloonkeeper lessees.
1T is horrible TO think OF young
girls being exposed TO the temptations
OF these after-midnight dances, says
Commissioner Croul. II have ordered
each precinct captain 10 remove all
bar fixtures from such dance halls as
have them, and to see that there is
no connection between the hall and
the saloon"
Police Justice Jeffries is indignant
at Prosecutor Shepherds criticism OF
the police court for refusing to issue
warrants against Henry w. Lucker,
for six violations OF the Sunday clos
mig law.
shepherd may be able TO raid
blind pigs and slot machines, but he
can't raid the police court" says JUS.
tice Jeffries, "and the motives Of both
Croul and Shepherd will, be question
ed until they raid some OF the big
downtown hotels which are violating
the law"
Justice Jeffries declares that he
may issue a warrant against Lucker
TO make a test case. but he says that
the evidence is technically wrong. in
that the liquor was alleged to have
been sold In room adjoining Luck
er's garage, and not over the bar.
The police assert. however, that the
liquor was served and paid for, over
the bar.
Prosecutor Shepherd declares that
his men have watched the big down
town hotels, but have not found viola
tions. Commissioner Croul says that
he also has looked after the big hotels
and points TO complaints against the
Griswold house and the Burns hotel
as proof.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
Mother Of Chinese
Emperor ElOpes

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2l.-Prin-
cess l.ai, mother of the baby emperor
Of China and wife OF the prince re-
gent, has eloped with an actor, Yung
Shu Lu. according TO Chinese news
papers received here. A number oil
newspapers published In China refer
10 the disgrace that has come to the
royal family" but only one, the MIN
Iu Pc, the largest newspaper pub
lished in China, gives the princess
name and an account OF the elope'
ment.
The mother OF the emperor, the
paper says. fell in love with the actor
and corresponded with him for some
time before the rebellion began. The
paper draws the conclusion that the
princess believed the Manchu cause
was lost and decided to flee. Inc
princess Is said TO have taken a for
tune In jewels with her and to be
living with Yung in Mukden.
An actor and barber are classed
with the lowest of castles in China
and Chinese here said today that the
elopement of the princess was the
greatest disgrace that could come 10
the Manchu dynasty.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
MADERO MUSTERS BIG
ARMY TO CRUSH REVOLT

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21.--"If Reyes
or anyone else tries TO start reyolu'
tion in Mexico he will find the Ma
dero government ready and waiting,
said prominent official of the adj
minlstration today. when asked what
preparations Madero had made
against the revolts now on or threat
ened in various parts of the republic.
resident Maderos instructions that
the Oaxaca revolt was 10 be Put
down with an iron hand, without
awaiting instructions from the capi-
tai" have created favorable impress
sion here. for 1t is felt that sternness
is the only way 10 secure peace in
Mexico.
Madero has gathered an army of
$4,000 to guard the northern boundary
OF the republic, while several addi-
tional regiments have been ordered
20 Oaxaca and Moreles, where other
important anti-government move
ments are taking place; the state
volunteers have been mustered ont
and everything is being made ready
for a systematic campaign against
the rebels.
''eace at the price OF war" is now
the cry Of the Maderists.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
WINDSOR MEN ARRESTED
ON SMUGGLING CHARGE

A dispatch says that four young
men, giving their names as Gordon
Ferris. "Crappy" Nelson, Leon Ouel-
lette and Roy Stoneberg. of Windsor
Ont, are under arrest in Chicago, on
suspicion OF smuggling opium into the
United States from Canada. The De-
troit customs and immigration auth
critics profess 10 know nothing Of the
arrests. Stoneberg and Nelson have
been in trouble before with the fed.
erdl officials, being suspected OF
smuggling Chinese into the United
States from Canada.
Ferris father. Windsor livery
man. is said 20 have refused 20 give
his son assistance in his present pre-
dicsment saying he had warned him
against smuggling Young Ferris is
reported to have recently tried to in
duce a Windsor hotelman 10 advance
money Cor the purchase OF opium, but
go have failed In his attempt.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
CORNELIUS J. O'FLYNN'S
BODY LAID IN TOME

The remains OF Cornelius j.
O'Flynn. the veteral Detroit attorney
who died, Saturday, in the home OF
his daughter. Mrs. Herman Dey, NO.
425 Jefferson-ave.. were laid 10 rest.
Tuesday morning. in Mt Elliott ceme-
terry. of which he had been director
for upwards OF 40 years. Services
were held in IS. Peter and Pauls $
Jesuit church, Jefferson-ave, The ac-
tive pallbearers were: Judge Henry
A. Mandell. William j. Gray, Charles
l.. Palms, Cyrus f. Lothrop. Sidney
T. Miller and Henry NJ. Campbell
meeting of the Detroit Bar as
sociation will be held at o'clock.
Tuesday afternoon, TO draft resolu-
tions upon the death of Mr.. O'Flynn.
The following committee on resolu-
tions was named: Otto Kirchner, VIII
liam j. Gray. Fred f. briggs, Charles
A. Kent, Frank H. Garfield and Will
liam f. Connolly.
meeting of the board Of trustees,
OF Mt. Elliott cemetery, of which Mr..
.O'Flynn had been a member for
many years. held a meeting. Monday
evening. and adopted suitable resolu-
tions on his death.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
FORMER EMPLOYE
ADMITS ROBBERY

GRAND RAPIDS Mich Nov 2l.--
Charged with completely in the rob
berry OF the safe OF the Adams Express
Co.'S depot office Sunday night, two
employees and former employe OF the
company are under arrest. Perry Bur-
ton Mcclellan, the former employe, has
confessed to rihing the safe and hold
ing up Route Agent \. -, Harrison
when the latter unexpectedly inter-
rupted his work From his house on
Ftfth-avc $7.653.3s I'm currency and
checks which he admits was stolen
from the safe. was taken during the
day by detectives
In his confession Mcclellan impli-
Gates Paul Tower. the night agent at
the depot office, who. he says, left the
money cage and safe unlocked during
a long absence from the office. James
OBell the day agent. who was with
Mcclellan and Tower during the early
evening and with Tower until much
later. is also held for further investi-
cation
Mcclellan was defiant when arrested
and when the first installment $2,2s0.
OF the plumber was recovered from his
house, but weakened anu finally told
the detectives where the balance was
sgCrctpd
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
EMOTIONAL INSANITY.
MAY Be HER DEFENSE
Attorney For Mrs. Patterson,
Who Killed Her Husband,
Gives Intimation.

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 2i.-Encour.
aged by the rapid progress made in
the selection OF jury, the attorneys
for both sides i'm the trial of Mrs.
Gertrude Gibson Patterson on charge
of killing her husband, declared. when
court convened today, that the open
Ing statements probably would begin
this afternoon. In this event the TAX
ing of testimony will start early to
morrow
When court opened. twelve prospec-
tive jurors sat in the box. the prose
cution and defense each having exer'
cised one peremptory challenge. The
selection of a jury was made easier
when Judge Allen ruled that tales.
man may serve who, having an opin'
ion regarding the case, Is willing to
set IL aside on instructions from the
court.
Early yesterday, Judge Allen ruled
that a prejudice against inflicting the
death penalty was not sufficient TO
bar a juror. Later in the afternoon,
just before he passed the panel for
cause Special Prosecutor Benson
raised the same point and this time
Judge Allen reversed himself and
barred all jurors who oppose capital
punishment.
From the questions asked prospec-
tive jurors by Judge Hilton, counsel
for the defense, il is evident that
emotional insanity and self-defense
will be advanced by Mrs. Patterson
as justification for the killing OF her
husband
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
TEST CHAIR FOR
BEATTIE'S EXECUTION

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 21.-While
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., sat quietly in
his cell, the state electricians held a
rehearsal with the death chair today.
The heavy current was turned into
the chair while the big testing lights
were in place and the results showed
the chair we'll prepared.
The Rev. j. j. Fix and the Rev.
Benjamin Dennis spent several hours
With the condemned man praying
with him.
A shadow of the same jauntiness
with which Beattie faced his trial
and conviction hovers about him In
his last fight, but ii is only a shadow.
His cigarette. outward mark of the
debonnaire youth who smiled at court
and law is still with him, but 1t has
lost the Devilmay-care tilt of a month
ago. The seriousness of impending
death has finally touched Beattie, and
prayer is his refuge
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
TELLS HOW WOMAN
WAS LUREO TO SPOT
AND TARRED BY MOB
Witness Testifies That He Hired
Man To Decoy Teacher
To Her Fate.
TEN MEN IN THE PARTY.
Admits He Heard Nothing Det-
rimeDtal To Miss Cham
berlain's Character.
TEN MEN IN THE PARTY

LINCOLN CENTER, Kas., Nov. 2l.
Chester Anderson, laborer, told
how Miss Mary Chamberlain. a school
teacher, was tarred by mob OF which
he was a member. Anderson said he
arranged with Edward Ricord, bar
Der. to take the girl for buggy ride
SO she might be captured by the men.
He said he had never heard anything
detrimental 10 Miss Chamberlain s
character
The night OF the tarring. Anderson
and Delbert Kindelsparger drove TO
the scene in buggy while other men
went on motorcycles. When he got
to the scene of the tarring, Anderson
said he was forced TO laugh, for there
stood Everett Clark, a wealthy miller
of Beverly, his head covered with "A
gunnysack, through which holes for
his eyes and mouth had been poked.
BY his side was ally, Fitzwater, his
head covered with a mill bag.
When Miss Chamberlain and Ricord
came along, Anderson said that he
and Kindelsparger stepped out into
the road and pointed toy pistols at
them and halted the pair. Two other
men, wearing masks, took the school
teacher out OF the buggy and Ricord
got out and hid another man held
the tar can.
Anderson said two OF the men were
Everett Clark and F1tzwater. The
third one he did not know. He said
tar was smeared on Miss Chamber
lain's legs as near as he could tell
from a distance. After the tar had
been rubbed on, Miss Chamberlain
was helped into her clothes With
tar dripping from her, she got into
the buggy and drove away with
Ricord.
Alta Lindermuth, one OF Andersons $
companions, corroborated the testl-
mony. He said he took no part In the
tarring, merely hiding behind fence
to see the fun"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
REBELS SACK yUEN FIJI
MISSIONARIES SAFE
Chinese Premier Believes Task
of Trying To Save Throne
Is Hopeless.

SHANGHAI, Nov. z1.--Tai Yuen Flu
has been sacked by Chinese rebels
and Is in ruins, but the missionaries
there are safe, according TO mes
sage TO the Baptist Missionary society
today. The town is in shan ST. the
same province az Hsien-Fu. where
about 20 European missionaries were
killed II is believed the massacre
extended throughout the province but
IL seems TO have been primarily di-
rected against the Manchus, the for
eigners being killed only incidentally,
though IL is a fact that Shan-Si Ii the
most bitter anti-foreign province In
China
Premier Yuan Shi Kai Is quoted to-
day as having told close friends that
he believes the task Of saving the
Chinese throne is hopeless. Since he
assumed Office the imperial cause has
continued TO lose ground. Today s
rumor that the rebels have recap
tured Hankow Is almost the last
straw. Should Nankin -. too. as
seems likely. there will be nothing
left for the imperial court to do but
give up the contest and fee.
News that DIR. Sun Vat Sen, the
arch-revolutionists, and Gen. Homer
Lea, his American military advisor,
are on their way to China from Lon
don, has given fresh impetus to the
rebel cause. New China looks upon
it's DR.. Sun as its George Washing
ton, and his absence. with the revo-
luton actually in progress, has been
a drag upon the uprising.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
THE WEATHER.

For Detroit nnd si"initNi Iu~~dnN
,tgtt aoJ " ednc-dHb gcntrnltH iHtr,
unsettled tunights M"dnrSinN moderate
southwest winds.
Far Iower vi 'iignni tnir t"niG ht
aud " Wednesday, warmer Nc6ne~"uf
Eor fbr 4 pper lakes Light variable
', it,l-,- heeaa,ing -nguiierafe snuta to-
night. fatr tonight aud Wednesday +,
sxcept pfohubIN ~noW nurries on >u-
prrior " edncsdnN.
Far the AoWcr Lakes. Moderate
west and northWFSt winGsi gcncrsIlt ,
fair tonight aud cdnc~tinS.
One yrar ago iodssf Htrir-t tenn
p.rgture. 3ai lowest. j0i r1eno, 3'
clouds wrRtheF VITA Que Inch "f AN
uteIted snow during the das.
The sun sets at iiOs y. Nv. nnd rises
" ednesdaN M GEtt q. ~.
The moon sets at ts2f y, M.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
MRS, KELLOGG INSISTS
UNDER HOT FIRE that SHE
HAS BEEN FAITHFUL WIFE
Suggestion OF Improprieties
Since Her Marriage Are
Indignantly Denied.
MANY NAMES DRAGGED IN.
Witness Proves Very Nervous
Under Gruelling Examina-
tion BY Attorney Geer.

Mrs. Vivian A. Kellogg. who is
suing her husband, Frank Jonas Kel-
logg. for divorce. took the stand for
continued cross-examination In Judge
Donovan's court at $3.50. Tuesday
morning. Attorney Harrison Geer.
for Kellogg, questioned the witness.
Mrs. Kellogg admitted sending one
telegram, offered in evidence, to
Charles Murkey, to the Palmer hotel,
Chicago, in 1906. asking him to meet
her, and signing it Jim" She de-
MED, however. sending another teIe-
gram to Murkey while he Is said TO
have been at another hotel This
message was also signed Jim"
Mr.. Geer asked her II she didn't
stay at the Palmer hotel In company
with Murkey She replied emphatic
ally In the negative. She admitted,
however. that she had been with MUIR
key In the Stevenson hotel, Menom-
inee, Mich, In 1906, while they were
on a hunting trip. They also visited
hotels In different towns, including
Mt Clemens and Windsor On some
occasions she registered as Murkey's
sister. but she insisted there was no
improper conduct on their part
Mr.. Geer questioned her about GER
tain launch parties in which she.
Murkey, Albert NJ. Streeter and 9TH
ers figured at Fox Lake, Mich, but
she maintained that her conduct on
these occasions was proper. Mr..
Geer produced number OF pictures.
taken OF the launch parties, one OF
| them being OF herself and Charles
Murkey,
The court room was crowded, the
gathering including a number of wo-
men, during thu morning.
Mrs. Kellogg was quite nervous
during her examination. her voice
shaking considerably when she an
swered the different questions.
Mrs. Kellogg was subjected 10 mer-
ciless cross-examination by Attorney
HARRISON 0eer, Monday afternoon.
During this ordeal Mrs, Kellogg was
compelled to reveal more OF = her
past" which she freely admitted at
| the opening Of her cross-examination
| Monday morning, Mr.. Geer going into
detail to such an extent and furcing
damaging admissions from her, until
she exclaimed: "Oh, Mr.. Geer, | have
been trying for years to forget it all. Z
Through 1t all Mrs. Kellogg main
| tanned, as she did throughout the hear
ing Monday morning, that she had
been true and most devoted to Kel-
logg since their marriage.
! The cross-examination revealed in
some degree the nature of the charges
that will be brought against the wom-
an during the trial. the names Of Is
men being coupled with hers. Con-
siderable time was spent questioning
Mrs. Kellogg about her relations with
a former chauffeur, a man named Van
| Nest. She denied Indignantly that
there had been anything improper.
Mrs. Kellogg maintained that she
had tried several times to tell her
husband OF her past life, but said that
| he refused to listen to her, saying:
"You have nothing on me no matter
what your life has been, and | don't
want 10 hear IT,"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
POLICE RAID BUCKET
OF BLOOD" SALOON

In a raid on the Bucket OF Blood
saloon, formerly notorious Negro
resort at No. 13i Clinton.st., four
Negresses and three Negroes. were
vixen by Patrolmen Dean and Frohm,
early Tuesday morning. The women
were held. together with William
Findlay.
The whole party. the police say,
was in a room above the saloon.
which Is run by William Kessler. The
police confiscated two gallons OF gin,
. two gallon Jug OF whisky. three bot.
ties Of whisky, 26 bottles OF beer and
quantity of cigars. II is possible
the police will bring a blind pig
charge against the place.
The officers happened upon the
place. while they were searching for
Archibald Saunders, Negro who
wac wanted on a charge of robbing
John Eager. an inmate of the Nc
Gregor Institute, of SIS. Saunders
was arrested later by the same Off
GERS.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
NATIONAL GRANGE
APPROVES RECALL

CGLCMBtS. Ohio. NOV 26 The Na
tional Orange in convention mere
initiative, referendum and recall az
cIudtng the recall Of Judges The pro-
rrosstvc element scored another we
tory In forcing unanimous vote YIN
dicating G EoElcN pro-t'sslV'
leader Of the WASHINGTON state Grange
81 charges made against MN hN sam
uel Hill.
IN, resolution un the Initiative, rel
srcudum and rcrall was introduced
IN q. x Malone. state master Ot south
Bukota But Two votes were '"H'
agafuef IL
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
BY HERBERT QUICK.
Editor of Farm and Fireside.

Wisconsin was bossed. Judge keyes
OF Madison. working with the lumber
kings, Sawyer and Stephenson and
railways and public utilities, con-
trolled the situation.
Robert NJ. LaFollette had been de-
feated for reelection TO congress In
the landslide Of 1892 He had served
on tho ways and means committee
and had written the agricultural
schedules OF the Mckinley bill. Nc
Kinley had offered him the control
!ership Of the currency.
So, you SOC, he was known to be
safe, sane and able enough to take
control OF all the national banks OF
the United States-and Mckinley did
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
DIR. WYMAN, SURGEON
GENERA OF L. s., DEAD

WASHINGTON. Nov - DR. Walter
Wyman. surgeon general OF the Unit
ed States Public Health aud Marine
Hospital service. died early today IN
Providence hospital. where ~ had
been treated for carbunClr. His
serious illness was kept secret and
the news of his death was a great
shock 60 official Washington.
'r. Wyman was 60 years old Iiis
brother frank Wymau. viii take the
body To 81 Louis for burial
IN MNman had been head az az.
public health and marine department
service since 1902 and was one Of the
best known medical mon In the coun
tte lie secured the cstdbli shmcnt of
The FIRST hospital for cousumptives at
Fort stanton, New Mexico. the lcuro4N
investigation bureau at Hawaii thr
creation Of hygcnic labOra tory go
Mashing Oh, AMI the establishment ol
a bureau ~ public health
lie was prominently connected with
a score Of medical associations ana
Official orsanizations