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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-19
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DIED.
PIPER-April 16, at his parents resi-
dence, Az Hubbard-ave Erwin t.
M, beloved son OF Mr. and Mrs. Will
lam +. Piper. brother OF Louisa Piper
and Mrs w. +. Wissman, aged IL
years. Funeral Wednesday at q y.
m
16. 1911, at his sons
residence. 1913 Palmer-ave. east, VIII
lam Morton Sawyer, in his seventy
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waukee, Wis. Funeral private
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wife of Ferdinand, mother OF yohn
and William Poucker, and Mrs. Jonn
Crocker, of Cleveland. Funeral from
the late residence "Wednesday morn
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Charles church.
wINKLER-Enretia, aged SO years
widow of the late Robert MinklerI;
and mother of Bertha Morris ana
John winkler. Funeral from resi-
dence. 1S1 Maybury Grand. Weones,
day, April 10. at p. IN. Service neio
ut residence.
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The evening world., 1911-10-17
BARE SPOTS TOLD OF WOE
AMONG SPECTATORS.

Some Speculation must rave been stuck
with a pile OF tickets, FOR long after the
am began a block Of bare seats
looned like a hollow tooth in the wide
Jaw or the upper grandstand. Gazing
on that wide hare. u~njenanted space.
those who had aid so.lpers' prices for
admission were somewhat comforted BY
the pleasing reflection hat somewhere
outside the walls some pirate Of the
pavement might be grieving his heart
out. with his fists fun of unsold paste
boards n his loathcsome soul full OF
Noe unaiteratle. This small bit OF
balm of Ghead helped a lot to mitigate
other conditions.
AS the game wore on the spirit Of
local pride worked its way to the sur
race, breaking the crust of apathy and
In tho third when Meyers singled and
Matty swatted him on around to third
the united voices OF 1900 New Workers.
came cascading, and believing and
churning down past the press box and
out over the sodden green field as the
waters come down at LAHORE and II you
don remember how the waters came
down at Ladore o must have forgot
ten your McGuYe3S Sixth Reader and
there's no use wasting further time on
you.
anyhow what Is b. Bulger here for
fsee another column except to tell you
about the game, Let him work. I'm
tired anyhow.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
WASHINGTON ANXIOUS
OVER CLASH AT ,HANk0W,
If German Marines Have Landed,
u, s, Troops viii Follow
Americans Believed Safe.

WASHINGTON, oct, 1.-THE Anerl-
can Consulate at lIankow Is believed to
be- fully protected against mob attack,
for half OF the personnel OF go mon
aboard the three American gunboats
Helena, Elcauo and Nl,alohos. now at
that port, could be landed upon any
Emergency, The hIueilckets are Kept
well drilled Tor such energrneiss. Of
ncial advises to-day, however. made no
mention az the clash between a mos
and German %slilors, a trouble such as
the state Department has expected.
despite rebel assurance Of uon-Intcr-
ference with neutral foreigners.
Ohc!Ais here expressed anxiety 70
know the circumstances OF the Ian ,lns
of German sailors at Hankow. ana
whether the mob had committed acts n,
violence within the foreign concession.
wAleh extends two miles along the
rivers bank. Outbreaks within those
limits, under tlo WIsl,Ha,un insir1r-
lions, would make 10 imperative for
capt. Kuopner ~ the Helena. the senior
American commander there, "a land and
cooperate with tho Germans In defense
Of the concession.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
YOUNG WOMAN A SUICIDE;
SETS HERSELF ON FIR.
Mrs. Harriet Emmett Schneider of
Springfield, l.. l., First Pours
Kerosene on Clothing.

Mrs. Harriet Emmett Schneider. THU
ty-thrcc years old. wife of Peter Schnel-
der. q hotei-koeper of Springfield, l.. /.
committed suicide to-day by pouring
kerosene on her clothing and hair ,all
setting iiro to herself. Farmers In Il
nearby fold heard her screams ard saw
her burning, but when they reached her
she was dead.
The young woman has been separated
from her husband for sseveral weeks.
She TOOK luncheon to-day with Mrs.
Hannah $, Hicks. a neighbor. She
talked over her troubles and said she
had determined to Kill herself. She
asked Mys, Hicks hc~ opinion on
whether n would he suror to kill her
self with poison or to burn herself to
death. q
Il have a flask OF Kerosene" she
said. 'and am prepared to die that
way"
4r3. H.osas could not believe a,,o
was serious n begged her not 10 talk
about suicide. About an o later Mrs,
Schneider left the Hicks home Shortly
afterward her screams were heard.
They uime from a cornfield near the
Hicks home and presently there ap-
peareI = burst OF flame amid the stand
Ing corn. II had died down whom the
farmers gos There They found Mrs.
Schneidcr's chs,rrci body. The empty
flask that had confined Kerosene was
by her side.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
Continued from First Paae.)

ready filed into the grounds to give the
visitors a touch Of the real old Southern
hospitality that You read about in
Southern stories written by Northern
authors. Inc they chirked up visibiy as
they logged across the green from the
back fence to their bench under the
overhanging upper lip OF the stadium.
McGraw's black horse cavalry-for
most OF the Giants wore their funeral
hood cloth trapplngs aga!n-were at
batting practice using the diamond. so
the gray clad. zebra socked Athletics
took what space was left and proceeded
to snap balls back and forth.
The two Indians-Meyers. the Mis-
sion Indian and Bender. the Chippen-
dale-or is 1t Chippewa?-foregathered
In a quiet corner to talk over the plans
for the first a%il-Indian baseball sketch
in the annals of civilized vaudeville
and McGraw went on by himself and
bunkered down on his launches like
a Chinese God to think out the days
campaign.
As on yesterday Charles v. Faust
was the chief comedy attraction Of the
practice hour. Mr.. Faust has cIamped
to his shin bones. large Nat feet. broad,
Wide and splaSed, like a fried piece of
his native Kansas. and these are all that
keep him from taking wing and soaring
aloft like a spread eagle as he cavorts
over the greensward reaching for flee
that pas thirty feet owe his head. Mr..
Faust certainly has oldsashioned feet,
with vital organs In them n nanges
on them and mud guards. too.
As on Saturday the grand stand still
yawned empty as the Hall OF Fame
until long after the blcachers were
chock black with STRANGELY silent
spectators. But. once the s. and the
~ seat holders began to come they
came by the thousands. Mag!cany
tho vide expan.e of chairs ris.n &
line on line and tier on tier like corn
rows In "A sleepy, sloping field dis
appeared as the crowds swarmed In,
all muffled In coats and sweaters, and
covered them, For all OF yesterdays
defeat and to-day's weather II looked
as though the marvellous attendance
figures OF Saturday might be dupli-
Gated.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
LAUREL RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-Purse $500: two-ye.r.
Odds: Ave and a half furlongs. Christi
mas Daisy. 100 tTroxler). 5 to l, 2 to !.
and even, first. by "A length, True Blue.
100 (Forehand). 10 to s. even. M | to 2,
second, Feromorz. i12 tPeak). 20 to 1.
S to /. and 4 to /. third. Time. los as.
Also ran: Henork, Eaton, Cashin. Lit
tie Erne Gift, Marshland, Free and
Easy.
SECOND RAcE-Purse $40. three
year-olds and upward; Ave and a half
furlongs-R!caard Reed. l6 (wingaeld),
8 to .. even and to ?. won by a length:
Elizabeth Harwood. l0, Is to 5. even
and | to 2. second; Snirk. io2 (Gordon).
1? to I, 8 to l and 5 to 2, third. Time
los 20.
Chief Hayes. Abrasion. Mon Ami.
Starboard. Minnie Bright. Louis Dcs
vognets. on!ata AMI Premier.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
SOCIETY GIRL IN AUTO
RUNS DOWN TWO FRIENDS,
They Had Just Alighted From an
Atlanta Street Car-One Killed
. and Other VIII Die.

ATLANTA. GA. oct, l7.-Miss NJ. A..
Edwards was instantly kificd ana Mrs.
A.. j.. Dobbs was fatally injured when
they were run down last night by a fly
ing auto as they were alighting from a
street car Just In front OF their home.
The two women were sisters. The auto
was owned and driven by Miss Net,!e
Moody, a well-known society girl of
Atlanta ana an intimate friend Of both
Miss Edwards and Mrs. Dobbs.
Miss Moody stopped the auto at once
and tainted when she learned that she
had run down her friends.
ers to bring their ears to very slow
speed when passing street cars which
have stopped. but the conductor OF the
trolley car declares hat the car was
going a. n high rate of speed. Miss
Moody say hat she tried To stop the
machine. but It skidded on the we,
street.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
TICKETS ON SALE
AT GATE BUT NOT
AT HI OFFICE.

Although Il was announced at the
otices OF the New York Baseball Club
yesterday hat all grand stand seats
for to-day's game had been sold. the
sale OF grand stand seats was begun
at the Polo Grounds at 1890 o'clock this
morning. Before the game began. II was
reported. between 5000 and 1000 grand
stand seats had been sold at the ticket
windows, Whether these tickets had
been turned IN by spectators and scalp
Ing agencies or whether they had sud
denly~come out OF some hidden niche
could not be learned.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
MURDER VICTIM HANGED
BY CHIN IN TREE CROTCH.
Watertown Police Puzzled by Crime
in Which Man Was Shot and
Then Slowly Strangled.
Especial to The Evening world.)

Especial to The Evening World.l
WATERFOWL, ". Y, Oct. H.
Hanging by the chin u the crotch of
a tree overlooking Lake Ontario. near
this city. the body OF a man was found.
m~urdared. 1t Is believed. in the strang-
est manner known to the police here.
The body, although discovered some
time $780,. was then thought to be that
of a jailbraker who escaped from n
local prison and as 3uch was buried.
The fugitive, who was Harry Newton,
was, however captured yesterday In
Erie, Pa
The murder Is battling the police.
A bullet hole was found In the back
OF the body. which. II Is thought. rem
dered tho victim helpless. The theory
is that he a then lifted by at least
two men until his head could be placed
in the crotch. where he must slowly
have strangled to death.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
NINTH INNING.
out. Herzog TO Merkic.

collins out, Herzok 10 Merkle.
After getting n strike and two
balls on Baker Matty pitched n drive
curve over tho middle OF the plate,
and with q wicked smash Baker
slammed II into the riRht feld bleach
ers for a home run, and the score was
tied.
The fans had the thrill Of their iiyes
when Murphy cracked a drive past
third that looked like n " Dagger. but
the Umpires called II a foul, and called
him back. Murphy then hit n grounder
which Herzog fum0bled and made a wild
throw to hrst. allowing the runner to
TAX second. Crandall was sent out "a
warm M. Davis dropped a bunt In
front OF the plate and was thrown out
by Meyers. rs Murphy took third.
Barry out, herzog to Merkle. ONE
RUN.
The Athletics were evidently nervous
as the Giants went 10 the bat and IN.
infield gathered around second base for
n consultation. M~athewson vas given
a great ovation an he picked IN his bat
and started for the plate. Mathewson
was called out on strikes.
Devore opened an easy ny TO Baker.
Doyle struck out M the game went
into extra innings. NC RUNS
The evening world., 1911-10-17

M~athewson would 20 In to pitch for
New York had been greeted with 30
inspiring a vocal salvo as the crowd
gave to Baker. n hostile and a distinct
menace to Giant hopes. Really It
looked very much a. though a big per-
centage OF the spectators were getting
ready to root for the visitors and
against the home men. and this from
the press stand was looked upon. no..
as a rebuke for a group OF piucky. ball
players. as for a greedy. money grab
bins. ticket trading ownership behind
The evening world., 1911-10-17
SINGER PLEADS GUILTY
TO ABANDONING CHILDREN.
Henry Riehl, Brought Back From
Michigan, May Get Five Years
in Prison.

Henry Rlehl. a tenor singer. pleaded
guilty to-day before Judge O'Sullivan
in Beneral Sessions to abandoning his
children. He vas remanded to the
Tombs for sentence. His wife. Susan
NJ. R.ehl, made the complaint. She
says he left the children destitute Sept.
20, 1909.
Riehl was arrested several days ago
in the Bijou Opera House at Lansing.
Mich.
Re5hl ss thirty-seven years old. He
has been at the head OF the Henry
Riehl Grand opera Quartet which has
been singing In vaudeville. He was re-
ceiving 1925 a week. He may get Ave
years in prison.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
GAME A LONG WAY TO GEE THE
TEAMS CLASH.

Up in section Is sat Chester Tullis. a
Southern gentleman. ! come all the
way from Montgomery. Alabama, 10 see
these games" said Mr.. Tullis, speak
ing in a rich Southern. Con,ederacy ac-
cent. and l was sort OF ashamed OF II,
| certainly was, until the gentleman
sitting next 10 me owned up tina; he'd
come from Monroe, La, for the same
Identical purpose. reckon there must
be a lot OF fellows Ike US scattered
around these grounds.
Il wrote ahead for my tickets, but !
dldn': get them, | suppose thai, all this
ak about reserving tickets for those
that ser, The money by mail was jus.
a stall, Blu, that doesn't surprise me
any more I've discovered pua. that
The evening world., 1911-10-17
FIFTH INNING,

After swinging wildly at two curves
Murphy ripped on a rrounder that
Herzog booted and the runner was safe
as a groan went up from the stand.
Davis got the benefit OF a technical
single when he cracked a hot one that
MT Umpire Connolly on the leg. This
put runners on FIRST and second and
none out and made II look bad for the
Giants. Barry's first attempt at a bunt
was "A failure. but on the next one he
advanced both runners. For the second
thine In the game Matty used the fade
away on Lapp and got two strikes on
him. ON the next one he sent a bounder
20 Matty and Murphy was run down
between third M the plate, Herzog
getting the put out. The crowd went
crazy over his and Marty prepared a
dose OF f~adeaway for Coomhs. Jack
Swung like a garden gate and liftSd a
weak fly TO Fletcher and the danger
That had 5000 fans on the anxious seat
ives over. No RUNS.
V Merkle gave the ans a thrill with q
drive that he sent to left. but Lord
, had anticipated the wallop and was
placed with his back against tho fence
lust right 10 pull the hall down. Her.
and by waiting patiently CO. his base
on balls. iIerzos got away TO a fy!ng
start n .tole second. but overslid the
bag ana was touched out by Collins be
sfore he could wriggle back 10 the sack,
Flstcher got as far as three balls. but
coombs then put one over and he belted
The evening world., 1911-10-17
eleventh INNING.

Oldring out. Herzog to Merkls. Col
Inns singled to left.
Baker hit safely.
Collins scored On Murphy's hit to
Fletcher. who fumbled.
Davis brought Baker home with a
single to right.
Murray threw Murphy out at third.
Davis out stealing, TWO RUN.
Herzog doubled.
Fletcher filed to Lord. One out.
Meyers out. Collins to Davis. Two
out.
Becker batcd for Matty and hit t.
Collins. scoring Herzog.
Becker out, stealing. ONE RUN.
Final score-Athlet!cs. 3; Giants. 2.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
FIRST INNING.

"Bie six opened the proceedings by
cutting loose a curve bail. a rather I'M
usual thing for him. hat cut the plate
auarely In the middle for a strike,
ord made no EFFORT "a strike NJ II, but
'ouled of the mex one. He then SWUNG
lard at . fast one that skipped by
ATTY, but Doyle got IL IL time for q
rilli6nt put out. Ohring tore after a
'urve but missed II ana then while the
'rovd cheerei wildly shot an easy
-ornder - Fletcher. The old master
evidently was AZ his best and knew his
alters perfe . v lie pitched a slow
vail to Collins and the Athletic star re-
'using to walt swung sharply and drove
rrass cutter 20 Nerkle, Matty ran 10
the bag and Too the throw which was
orfect. In tbs min datiy had
pitched but seven balls n everyone
OF them was a strike. NO RUNS.
Devorc was evidently badly ratified as
he went 10 the plate. and, with the
memories OF yesterdays AMIR stili In
his mind. struck ont on four pitched
balls. He famed nj the fast ono and
curve alike. Doyle. seeing that Coombs
hsd perfect control. slashei NJ the first
thing offered. q slow curve, and rolled
. rrouDder TO first that Davis handled
without assistance. snodgra.s tried the
waiting Ra1nc but quickly found himself
In q hole. with two strikes on him.
Coombs then curved n beauty on tho
outside corner. and Snodgrass struck
out. NO RUNS.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
M'oRAW CHiDED uMPiREs BE.
FORE PLAY STARTED.

In view OF the fact that the crafty
tribe Of Mack was under suspicion OF
having oiled the = lines on their
home grounds to slow up the pilfering
and speedy Giants, some rather expect
ed that Mcdraw might retaliate and
seek to even the thing up by sprinkling
resin and talcum powder over his own
diamond. but nothing OF the sort came
to pass. lie contended himself with
chidlng the umplres for certain of their
preliminary announcements touching on
the rules and with %grinn!ng grimly as
Il gray clad special policeman chased
a dig squad Of newspaper Photographers
on the field. Heretofore these photog-
raphers hal been permitted TO llnger on
the edge OF things and tax snapshots
OF the actual. critical moments OF play.
Viewed through the thick mussy dis
lance the packed hlenchers looked Ike
solid fabrics. the Individual NOTES that
made up the multitude being all merged
.nto the dun pattern and far back under
the hooded grand STAN the perspective
was So dim and dusky as to be almost
black. 1t was hard TO distinguish faces
clXty feet away. and even the colors
OF the hats and gown OF the women
seemed dulled, This sort OF gloominess
had its effect on the spirits OF the great
crowd and, after the game got under
way. the four o. ave thousand Phila-
delph!a outlanders. who were present.
made more noise than the New Workers
| who outnumocred them, eight or nina
70 one. In fact Baker, the home.srn
get,er OF the Athele,!,s, got the nrst
"eaily heart-rousinse soul-sweilIns. ear
ripping burst Of APPLAUSE when he cans
up 20 bat in the second inning, THIS
scented significant OF the temper OF the
~p'pulaee.
Not wen tas snnouneemea, made a
The evening world., 1911-10-17

A lfIom the slNeanl llah Deslerl
(. Here villa you come right awav
from that pnd boy"
'He amt a bad boy, mamma He's a
nice boy. lie gave me- hall his orange
an a big bite Of his candy
Mercy. The child 1. a SOCIALIST, Come
away from him this Instant"
The evening world., 1911-10-17
SEVENTH INNING.

Matty evidently had the number Of the
h~ard-hittlns Baker, for ne gave him two
strikes and n e forced him TO Ut an
easy ny 10 Murray. Doyle got under
Murphy's snort ut. Matty had started
out TO cinch victory % n with three
sharp breaking curves he made Davis
sit down without even fouling at q ball.
NO RUNS.
Coombs had Doyle n, his Mercy md
forced him to 20 after n fast one around
his neck. thta ho grounded to Collins
for tho first out. SnodRrsss struck nj
two fas, ones. and then was completely
fooled by n slow teaser that he missed
n foot. Murray waited and got n base
balls. Red got n good start and made
a clean swipe OF second. the frst stem
Of tho day for the Giants. II did no
good. though. as Merkle retired the side
on q srounder 10 Collins. NO RUNS.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
q rrounder just right for Barry and
'Davia NO RUNS. -
SIXTH INNING.

Lord lcenef up against a fast ono
and drove q terrinc linc drive that Muir
ray speared after quite a run. Odrlng
took two fast ones over the plate. and
at Matty's ~fadeaway for a strike
out that made the spectators laugh.
Collins waited for n fast one and
slammed q line drive straight into snod-
grass's hands. NO RUNS.
Meyers had three balls to his credit
when he was forced to swing Mt one
In the groove and llfted n fou ny that
fsapp caught on tho edge OF the Attn
letics' bench. Matty waded into the
one, q slow curve. and popped a
weak ny to Collins. Devore also got In
the two-three hole. but was forced TO
swing and retired tho side on n ground
er 20 R.kar No RTTNS
The evening world., 1911-10-17
PORT OF NEW YORK,
ARRIVED.

INCOMING STEAMSHIPS.
DUE TeDAl.
Campanello. Rotterdam. Manhattan. Antwerp.
Niagara, HAVE. Saratoga, Havana,
Friedrich der Crosse. Erazos. Gavsaon.
Bremen. Rio Grande, Brunswick
C.,a di Meslna,. Arapahoe, Jacksonville.
Almeria. Comai. Galveston.
wayerlcy. Huelva.
The evening world., 1911-10-17
CHIEFS SINGLE ST|RS DULL
CROWD OUT Of DRAB SPIRIT

this town Is as full OF stalls as a livery
stable"
MIR. Tullis was undoubtedly right in
his guess abou the whole country being
represented ~ :h!s series. From the
rock and rye bound coast Of New Eng
land to the wine-clad shores OF Cali
fornia there probably wasn't a State of
the whole Union that didn't have at
least a few of rs native sons tucked
into this row somewhere to-day.
Play was to start At 2 o'clock and at
ten minutes before that hour a misty
rain was falling. yet the players went
ahead briskly with their practice, as
though they had every expectation Of
playing. The singularly quiet rows OF
spectators shrank away from the driz-
cling drops. drawing further and further
into the upturned collars Of overcoi;s
and wraps, yet nobody seemed willing
to quit and go away. Those distin-
guished figures Of literature and con-
t-emporaneous Journalism who were
once mere athletes. such as Ty. Cobb,
Pop Arson. Germany Echaefer and
Hughey Jennings, ben above their pads
Of copy paper taking notes and round
ing of polished sentences. and even we
regular everyday newspaper reporters.
who still work by the day, let out a
few notches as the minute for begin
Ming the game came nearer and nearer.