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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
TO JUNKET OR NO,
STILL THE ISSUE
Senate Once More Gets Back at
House By Tabling-
It's Request.
tFrom a STAFF Corresponds

LANSING, Mich, reb. AFTER
jockeying with the unke. resolution for
five weeks, the house Of representa-
lives was given a polite kick when 1t
asked the senate to reconsider Its
ao tion cutting out the annual frol;c.
Senator Fowle, of the 500, made a
motion to comply with the houses re-
uueEt, but he gave as his reason that
this was probably the easiest way to
dispose of the proposition, and said
that the house had been wasting time
ever It when 1t might have been em.
ploying itself to better advantage. Sen
ator Cartier opposed the resolution
saying that the senate had made a
very satisfactory arrangement for such
Legislative trips as were absolutely
necessary, and that the house might
10 along IL It chose or stay away II
4 chose. ON his motion, the reso,u.
tiou was tabled till Senator White,
who introduced the senate resolution,
should bo here.
The senate adopted the concurrent
resolution joining with congress In
endorsing San Francisco as the logi-
caal place for the Panama exposition
of 1913.
Senator Moriarty introduced bill,
giving the insurance commission au-
thority to investigate any corporation
engaged in organizing an insurance
company, and of publishing I'm the
press conditions under which COM
pany is being organized, when he
deems IL necessary. This bill was
drafted In the insurance commission
er's Office, and is aimed at certain
corporations who are immune from
investigation under the present laws.
Senator Collin sintroduced a bill
asking for the following appropria-
tions for the state oBHrd of Fish Com
missioners; for current expenses for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1912,
s3S,94S; for 1913, s36,49S; for improv.
ing various stations throughout the
state, $1S,S65.
A petition signed by about 30 Grand
Rapids citizens endorsing Senator
Collins bill providing for the registra-
tion of music teachers was presented,
through Senator Mapes.
SANFORD.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
TEN KILLED BY
DYNAMITE BLAST
Workmen in Powder Plant Nea,
Ishpeming Blown To Pieces
BY Explosion.

ISHPEMING, Mich. Feb 7.-An ex
plosion at the Pluto Powder Co.'S fac
tory, five miles south of here at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, killed
nine men. Another is missing and
believed to be dead and one man Is
seriously injured.
The dead are: Michael O'Connor
foreman of the building; Joseph j.
and Thomas Ripper, cousins, aged 20 +:
Robert Askew, %, married few
weeks ago; Edward and George Wood.
ward, brothers, 10 and II years old !;
George Wahlberg, 20; Justin Jordan,
an Italian, rs, and Charles Kemp, 19.
Andrew Mattson Is missing.
The only man known to be injured
is Frank Harris, who was about 200
feet distant from the building. His
back is injured and he was brought to
the Ishpeming hospital.
Fortunately there was not more
than 1000 pounds of dynamite mix.
ed in gelatine when IL exploded, 4
batch having been removed less than
an hour before. Supt. Gunnell was in
the building about an houre before
the explosion. Henry Nau!t, young
man who had gone after some mater.
ial, ives returning and was about q
900 feet from the building when the
ex plosion occurred.
The company's officials say thcy do
not know what caused the explosion.
The gelatine explosion Is completely
wrecked Only few parts Of the vic
Tins bodies have SO far been found.
The Pluto company had only recent
ly started tn manufacture aoff dvna
mite.
Besides the wrecking oe the gela-
tine building, one side of the nitric
acid house was partly wrecked and
the windows and doors of the Office
building we're shattered. The gun cot
ton house, much nearer, was not dam
aged at all. The explosion was heard
in lshpeming.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
TO RENOM| n At {
TAFT WOULD MEAN
SURE DEFEAT
Party Men Who Want Success and
Power Look Longingly Towards
'' Progressives Like Roosevelt,
Lafollette or Pinchot.
Presidents Weaknesses and His
Strength and What Can Be
, Expected From Them.
Rx SON GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. T.
Taft and sure defeat, or progress
siye candidate with a chance to win
That is how the presidential situa'
tion presents itself TO Republicans.
And the presidential situation IL
more discussed in Washington today
than reciprocity, Lorimer or ship sub
sidy.
The men who manipulate conven'
tions have begun TO hove. Maneu'
vering is required to get the delegates
and the time before the national con-
yention Is none too long.
That Taft will be renominated ana
that the Democrats will win Is an
opinion universally voiced in private
by those veterans OF the party VINO
belong to the regular or so-caileo
standpat wing. or course, they can
not say this publicly and ofhciaily'
but it is the unanimous expression In
ALI cloakroom conferences. II Is the
opinion OF men like Cannon, Tawney,
Lodge. Penrose. Crane and Fairbanks
and indeed OF all Tafts friends.
They figure Taft's weaknesses as
follows:
~ His failure to receive indorse-
r,ent at the hands OF former Presl-
dent Roosevelt;
(2) His alliance with such unpop'
ular influences in the party as Aldricn'
Cannon. Ballinger. and others who are
generally credited with connections
with Special Privilege:
(3) The hostility OF the prosres-
sive wing, led by men like LaFollette,
Cummins, Beveridge, Pinchot ana
Roosevelt; 4,
"a The public disapprovai OF
Taft's bad faith in accepting the pres
idency as a progressive, and then ad>
ministering the office as a reaction-
fsI The bad effects of his support
OF Bafringer and opposition to genuine
conservation; r....
Cs( Such other things as Tafts
acauiescence in the Aldrich tarin oill'
his use of patronage to coerce pro
gressives, his defeat OF the income
tax amendment, etc;
(0 The cumulative effect OF these
as seen in the reputation OF the
marty in the late elections.
Such are admitted to be the eie-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
MAGAZINE DEFI[s
WALL-sT. CROWD
Big Interests Are Making Every
Effort To Ruin Hampton's, Bat
1t Sticks To Principle.

NEW YORK. Feb. THAT theirs
are only three magazines In the Unit
ed States that are not "SusceptibIe 70
Wall-st. control" as result Of The
efforts OF the interests to stop muck
raking, was the statement made To-
day by Benjamin b. Hampton. maya
zine publisher. One OF these, he safd.
was his own publication, Hampfon'o
Magazine, and OF the others one a 3
weekly. Hampton also asserted that
because he has refused TO refrain
from publishing articles attacking the
big corporations every effort Is being
made to ruin him.
Constantly increasing pressure
has been brought to bear on us to
compel us to change our policy since
Wall-st. started Its attempt to corner
the magazine market and organize
the biggest OF all trusts" said Hamp-
ton today. First this took the form
OF withdrawal OF advertising. That
failing TO be effective, we have been
threatened In various ways. A few
months ago We were notified that if
We printed an article relative 10 y
certain great corporation the preni.
dent OF that corporation would Make
N-~~@Seo AOa a' WIN Jul
We printed the article. Within =
month various magazines and news
papers and News Bureaus began I'd,
attack our stock.
About this time we were advised
that No bank with WalLst. connec-
TONS would have anything to do with
this corporation SO long as 1t remains
ed under its present management
Also stockholders advised us that
they had been approached, apparent-
ly by agents OF Wail-st. brokeraee
houses, who endeavored to secure
their proxies to vote at the meeting.
"As an illustration OF what can be-
done the current issue or Hampton's s
Magazine is being held up on the
news stands. The Union News Co.
because the magazine contains an
article that offended Standard OIL, has
ordered its agents not to sell it. The
magazine lies on the stands, but the
agents have their orders not to dis
pose OF It and when Feb. 20 comes
the copies will be returned unsold."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
DAUGHTER OF PEER IN
CHORUS ON THE STAGE
Hon. Helen Montague undergoes
Course Of 6eautifying to Pre-
pare For STAGE.


LONDON, Feb. THE Honorable
Helen Cecil Montagu, daughter of
Lord Montagu, of Beaulieu, Is causing
her father the greatest anxiety. A
announced some months ago, Helen
defied her parents and sought stage
career. AS she is neither good looking
nor talented, she was obliged to np-
pear In vaudeville sketches as a su-
per. She persevered. however, had her
hair touched up, her complexion coax
ed and her figure improved. and now
she has reached the summit OF her
ambition as Gaiety chorus girl.
among the prettiest collection OF SOU
brettes in George Edwarde's musical
plays.
The Hon. Helen Is determined TO
appear on the programme under her
own name, hence the family ructi01B.
Lord Montagu is determined that the
ancient name of Montagu shaif not ap-
pear on the Gaiety program, and he
has decided to appeal to Edwarsles
on the subject. The daughter, how
ever, says she is selfsupporting and
will do as she likes.
IF father wishes to dictate to rue,"'
she has said, as TO what name r
shall appear under he must pay me
my allowance"
Meanwhile she Is enjoying herself
very thoroughly and has already join
ed what is known as the Savoy Sup
per Sisterhood.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07

tried II, down there by the bank. I
just threw him into .he street. Been
raining, you know. When he got up
the juice rolled off him like hog.
'But I'm soft now; Office work, you
know"
He crooked his elbow; I felt that
steel muscle again.
Blacksmith-Prose George Frey
tilted his head down and sideways. to
look over his glasses--and smiled at
mo quizzically.
] wouldn't like to have that human
sledge-hammer hit me. AN
And wouldn't like to be crooked
lawyer in Ashland-co., either, with
George Frey.s sledge-hanrmer brain
against me.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07

templates paying the students OF the
school weekly wages-25 cents a day
for the first year, 80 cents for the
second, 70 cents for the third, and a
dollar for the fourth. And, of course,
board will be free. At the end of the
four-year course the student is to re-
ceive, in addition, cash prize equal
to so cents a day for every day ne
has worked, less percentage equal
to the difference between his percen-
tage on his entire work and a perfect
record. II, for instance. he passed
with an average percentage of so. his
cash prize would be 40 cents for each
day.
Products of the school are to be
sold at their fair market value and
this income would help to defray eX-
penses. Fraley thinks that the state
will be getting the best of the bargain
anyhow, II the school can turn cut
each year a class of skilled artisans
The following trades will be taught:
Printing, bookbinding. ebay working,
leather working, mill and cabinet
work, garment work. broommakIng.
machine and toolmakinR. sheet metal
work, baking, cooking and such other
trades as IL may be deemed expedi-
ent to take ND from time TO time
Representative Fraley thinks that
modern conditions are unfavorable
for the apprentice, and he hopes that
the Iowa trade school will make the
path OF the young artisan smoother.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM C. FREEMAN.
No. 652.

NEWSPAPERDOM is print
ing some very interesting ar
ticles on advertising methods
and the VALUE OF NEWS
PAPER PUBLICITY.
Frank E. Colson, it's publish
er, is a great believer in the
NEWSPAPER first, last and all
of the time.
In a recent issue it printed
one of Mr.. T. E. Dockrell's we'll
written articles on THE
NEW ~APER AS A SALES
FORCE"
This was followed by an ar
ticle written by ROBERT +.
FROTHINGHAM, advertising
director of "Everybody's Maga-
zine" and the Butterick trio,
who criticised Mr.. DockrelPs
deductions and set forth some
conclusions of his own as to the
value of the magazines. Then
followed an answer to Mr..
rockingham by Mr.. Dockrell.
The three articles caused a
sensation in the business world.
/ don't think that either Mr..
Dockrell or Mr.. rockingham
mean to UNDER-RATE the
value of either magazine or
newspaper publicity-each is
trying to CONVINCE THE AID
VERTISER that his own idea
about media is right.
The Advertising Family is
tContinued ON page 81
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
WANTS FREE
TRADE SCHOOL
Bill Provides for Institution Where
Z. Iowa Boys May Learn and Earn
at Same Time.

: DEs MoINRs, Ia, Feb. "A great
state trade school. free to the boys
and girls of the state of Iowa, is
contemplated by bill that is being
pushed by Representative Fraley in
the state legislature. Fraley says he
has looked into the private trade
schools and has found them to be
gratis, and that he wants the boys
and girls of Iowa to have real vo-
cational school. So he has drawn up
a bill providing for such a school.
Fraley's idea not only eliminates
the tuition problem, but actually CON
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
TWILL BE HUMMER.
Much Fun Planned For Board Of Com
merce Smoker.

Much Fun Planned For Board Of Com
merce Smoker.
The big smoker and minstrel show,
to be given In the Wayne Gardens BY.
the Board OF Commerce, Wednesday
night, will consist of two parts, as all
good minstrel shows do. a serious part
and frivolous part. The serious parr'
of the program will be provided by
President Abncr r. Larned, Hugh
Chalmers and Secretary Lucius Z. VIII
son, who will give short talks on.
Poard of Commerce activities.
The frivolous section OF the program
will be the unveiling of the Jim
Scott monument and fountain on Belle
Isle. The master OF ceremonies viii
introduce first few vaudeville acts as
a tribute to the chief form of art
patronized by the donor. These viii
be followed by a formal presentation
speech by Mayor Wampson." The ac-
zens OF Detroit will be made by AID
Tutman,' while Walker T. Boshfng-
ton" will represent the colored citi-
zers.
Then will cor1e the formal address
OF eulogy by "a H. Gripit," with inter
ruptions and protests from Aid
Flossy." The Official unveiling will be
ut the hands of little Pussy Pontchaf
tram. and the ceremony viii close with
fow remarks by the static himse-s.
The demand tor tickets for this az
fair has broken I'll records. aod n n
believed thai The attendance win rua
over 1,00D.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07

ments OF weakness in Taft's candi
dacy. Opposed to these are the facts
that he has the confidence OF the pow
erful business interests generally
spoken of as Wallst.; that there is
a strong sentiment In favor OF giving
any president a second term, and that
the regulars in his party favor his
denomination. But contributing much
more powerfully to the chances oi
Taft's denomination are these facts :
(D That the Republican organiza'
ton is controlled by Big Business;
or That the southern delegates
are brought under Taft control by
federal patronage and cash;
(3) That the southern delegates
combined with the delegates who can
be delivered by state machines CON
trolled by such as Penrose. Lorimer
Crane, Aldrich, Carter and warren
make up two-thirds Of the delegates
In the convention 4 49,
In. short. -Taft.s. nomination can be
forced by the combination Of machine
politicians and Big Business.
VIII Il!
That is another question.
Spo you propose to try to deieat
Tafts nomination. Inquired a New
England senator of a senator promln'
ent in the organization OF the pro-
gressive league.
"Do you propose TO put the party
ON the rocks by nominating TAFT?
was the reply.
BETTER go on the rocks with tart
than with a progressive candidate,
said the New England senator, with
frankness.
"Or win with a progressive candi-
date?" pursued the man from the
west. >,
You will never get the chance,
repIied the representative of Special
Privilege.
But that is not the universal an
swer. Defeat is not a pleasant pros
pect for any politician. To night lot
the nomination Of a man predestlneu
To defeat does not enthuse ever q
Tawney or a Hitchcock. There are
scores Of lame ducks serving In tnis
congress who blame their defeat on
their party regularity, and hold the
party's titular leader responsible
These men want success; they want
TO get back into power and do not
want to wait four or eight years TOT
a democratic administration to show
what II can do before getting back
They look at the victory OF the pro-
gressiyes in Wisconsin and In all pro-
gressiye states and learn the simple
lesson that standpatism means defeat
and progressivism means success
They begin to wonder II 1t Is not time
IN trim their sails to the prevailing
winds instead of waiting FOR the
winds to change, and they are won
dering IL II might not be well to name
some popular man like LaFollette
Roosevelt or Pinchot, on the chance
that such a nomination might avert
the sure calamity and show the way
into green fields again.
And this progressive league has set
tied 1t. If It were not previously Ger.
tain that Taft would be defeated II
renominated, the organization OF the
progressive league has made 1t So
Here is organized detection in the
narty-a league of irreconcilables war
ring on the popular side and every
man Is ready to go to the last ditch
10 defeat the nomination and election
of Taft.
The political weatherwise shake
their heads. -
You notice that the men who con-
troll the delegates are not running TO
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
MRS. HUNT LOSES.
Former Detroit Girl Fails To Get
Dover Rights.

NEW YORK, Feb. Mrs. Bessie
II. Hunt, formerly of Detroit. who
contested an interlocutory decree of
divorce obtained by her late husband,
John II. Hunt. the millionaire "Tur-
pentine King" lost her case in the
supreme court, Brooklyn. yesterday.
To get her dover rights she had
hoped to prevent the interlocutory de-
cree being made hnal and To prove
invalid by charging her late husband
with n statutory offense.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
sooo Men To Return to Work.

GARY, Ind, Feb. 7.--As an indica-
tion of their belief that business con-
ditions are bound TO improve, the
management OF the Illinois Steel plant
here. today. notihed 1000 men who
have been laid OF for considerable
time. TO report for duty on February
II. Another 1000 men win be taken
back in the same plant on April 1,
when the full quota Of 1000 men will
be at work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
DIR. q. Van Amber Brown read an In
teresting paper before the Wayne

DIR. q. Van Amber Brown read an In
teresting paper before the wayne
County Medical association, Monday
night on Diagnosis of upper alb
dominal diseases" in which he ad-
vocated the study OF diseases Of the
stomach, particularly cancer. In the
living subject. He declared that
while almost 100 per cent of gastric
ulcer cases were fatal under medical
treatment only i've per cent was un-
der surgical treatment. He claimed
that much more could be learned
from living conditions than from
post-mortems. His rapcr. which was
illustrated with the stereopticon. was
freely discussed by the physicians
present Next Saturday night the
association will hold good fellow
ship" gathering There WITT. be n
smoker. vaudeville entertainment
and refreshments.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
PAUL F. HEMPLE DEAD.
Lawyer and Newspaper Man Is Victim
of Pneunnonia


of Pneumonia.
Paul F. Hemple, attorney, a news
paper man and politician, died, Mon
day night, In his home, No. 81 Benton.
ST., leaving a widow and five young
children. Death was caused by
pneumonia, from which he suffered
for two weeks.
Mr.. Hemple was born in Berlin,
Germany, 40 years ago, and came to
Detroit with his parents, who sur.
vive him. He graduated from the De-
troit College Of Law, and after prac-
ticing law took up newspaper work
with the Abend Post. He was twice
candidate for justice OF the peace
on the Democratic ticket. He was a
member of Schiller lodge, F. & A. NJ,
and OF Damon lodge, X. of p. Burial
will take place in the Lutheran GENE
terry, the date to be announced later.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07

Busfners-Ifke PriptisR. No fuss and
no feathers The plain neat kind that
looks right Times Printing Co. 10
ychn N-st Main itss OF City tsss..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07

their newspaper friends to tell them
about resolutions indorsing Taft for
another term.
To tell the truth, even the political
weatherbeaten agent OF Special Privi
lege is bit shy of this Taft renomina'
tion business. He Is disposed to hold
off and see what can be done. Many
Of his kind will be found announcing
that 1t is too early yet to talk about
thep residency and that It will be
time enough next year. But the thing
which really makes him pause is that
question:
Shall 1t be Taft and sure defeat, or
progressive candidate with chance
to win? ....
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-20
Seven Shots
 In the Cabin
CRAZY PASSENGER AMUcK WITH
 A REVOLVER
 ON OCEAN LINER
Dennis Lynch, from Second Cabin,
 Terrifies the Laurentic's Passengers --Diearmed Before His Bullets Harm.

New York, Feb. 19.-F'or the second time within a week a transa tlantic liner arrived today with crazed pas senger aboard. Dennis Lynch, a sec ond cabin passenger on the White Star line steamer Laurentic, which came in today from Liverpool, caused great excitement among the 523 pas sengers on the high seas by running amuck with a revolver. The Amerika an Italian line steamer, arrived but two days before with Natali Di Tenn pore, a musician, in irons. He went mad in the dining room when the ship was two days out of Naples, and wounded two passengers by the reck- less discharge of 8 revolver.
 Lynch bolted from his cabin on the Laurentic, last Friday night, flourish ing pistol. He fired wildly along the length of the port corridor of the statercom deck, and men and women darted into their cabins, narrowly es- caping seven shots. One shot entered the purser's cabin and the others lodged in the woodwork of the ship. Several officers rushed at the man while he was reloading the weapon and disarmed him. He was locked up until the arrival of the ship and turn ed over to the imnigra ton authori- ties.
 Lynch was returning from Ireland to Cleveland, Ohio. where he is en- ployed as an electrician.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-20
GATES TRAIN MADE
 RECORD DISTANCE DASH.
2,se9 Miles in 78 Hours-Yuma, Arix,
 to New York.

New York, Feb. 19.-A record in quick long distance travel by rail was made by the arrival here tonight of Charles G. Gates. son of John ". Gates, the New York financier, ending a dash of nearly 5000 miles across the conti- nent to obtain expert treatment for blood poisoning. The first report giV- en out upon the arrival of the train at the Grand Central sta ton at 10.49 o'clock was that MT. Gates was in, a better condition than when he started on the hurried trip east. Dr. Fellows Davis the physician who met him, said there was no immediate danger and If the case became no worse than he eX- pected MT Gates might be himself again in a few weeks
 To be precise as possible, 2 chain or fast trains carried Mr. Gates over 2.9S9 sTslos of track in IS. hours including all the several stops necessary for changing engines, switching, etc. This .is an average for the whole distance of 37 miles an hour, counting stops.
 The fastest time ever made from Chicago to New York is that of MT. Gates train in Is hours and 49 min utes. The eastbound trip has never been made under II hours, though the westbound record has been Is hours and minutes. The portion of the trip covered in fastest time was that be- tween Toledo and Cleveland when 108 miles were covered in 97 minutes. The last leg of the journey over the New York Central lines from Albany was made at exactly a mile g minute not withstanding time taken to change from steam to electric locomotion at HigflIbridge.
 NIT. Gates was so alarmed over the infection of bruise on his leg while travelling In the west last week that he offered s5,000 for a special train fare &-~r, %T.a, trrlS fa cTfar ed at Yuma, Ariz., Thursday after