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one. So the general took UP the plan
introduced RObinOvitch % a number OF
men who had money and some things
that money does not always bring. and
among them they organized a mutual
building and loan association.
They rented a small Office in Lower
Broadway; Gen. O'Beirne was made
president and Robinovitch became gen.
eraI manager and did practically all the
active work-on salary of SIS week
That, with raise" which came a few
months later. was all the money Robino-
witch ever got out of the association.
Robinovitch was scrupulously honest
in all his dealings with his company He
was by no means ungrateful, and he saw
besides what his position meant to his
future. Here was his one chance to es-
tablish himself, to become known as a
keeper of good company; to study the
inner workings of corporation: to
watch the ways of directors and under
lings, and the cracks in the corporate
structure through which responsibility is
apt to leak away and be lost.
Hnrnessed Niagara.
He must have had a thousand dollars
or so when. after a few wears with the
building and loan association. he saw a
chance at Niagara. His name was now
Joseph G. Robin.
Niagara waterpower had been ex-
plotted for many years, but on a small
scale. 1t was in the beginning of the
present enormous development that
Robin turned his attention to the falls
He had used his building association
yell, and it had used him well in re-
turn. for now he did not go, down to
Niagara as a lonely. adventurous pro-
motorD but as an experienced. reputable
business man. well introduced.
He studied the engineering problem at
the falls till he had the whole affair at
his fingers ends, and then he set out to
talk power company. He talked it well,
for he had good proposition. He in
terested" capital and took part in the
organization of the Niagara, Lockport
and Ontario Power Company. He still
had his liking for respectable names
Cassius M. Wicker and George Westing-
house were deeply interested In the COM
pany. When Robin sold out a few years
ater he realized a profit Of 100000.
From the organization of the Niagara
the story of Robins life has
been told too many times to need repeat
ng. Any new Information as to how he
the Northern Bank, the
Savings Bank. and his vari-
'us insurance and loan companies will
AVE to come from the courts.
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At Turnhout $500 lace makers produce
ia dentelle de Malines," a superior arti-
Gle both, in design and workmanship. but
the majority produces point de Paris. -
used for household furnishings: point de
Lille sold in Holland and Brittany for
trimming the characteristic caps worn
by native women: point de Binche'' and
torchon laees. according to a United
States consular report from Belgium.
The lacemakers begin their apprentice
ship at six to eight years Of age. although
the legal age limit is nine years. Their
hours are $50 to noon and to Z o'clock
In summer and In winter s .. m. to 10
p. m. They earn 8 to 10 cents . day: the
moro expert II cents.
The maximum wages paid 70 the most
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| The fall of a banker who has misman-
! aged his bank is no new story. Like the
mother -in-law joke. it hardly changes
with all'the years. And while there is a
vital. pungent story in the great tangle
of circumstances that brought Joseph G.
Robin a prisoner to the bar, it is not
about the rich banker Robins downfall.
1t is the story of the lonely boy Robino-
witch and how he ate his way like an
acid through the thickly folded fabric Of
New York affairs.
Robin. according to is own account,
came to this country a boy of fifteen,
about twenty years ago. With him was
his sister. and earnest girl who had
studied medicine and received her doc
tors degree. They had lived in Russia,
in Germany. and then for several years in
Paris. They were very poor. Louise
Robinovitch obtained an appointment as
inferno in the Hospital for the Insane
on Wards Island. The position hardly
provided for her own wants. Her broth
er was left to shift for himself
His equipment for the battle consisted
of a good knowledge Of French and Rus
sian, a broad general reading, an un-
usual understanding Of mathematics-he
knew differential calculus-a little bad
English. and no money. He saw that the
first thing to do was to make himself mas
ter of the language. He entered a night
school. Within eight months he wrote
automatically. iiuently and with almost
perfect correctness, and he spoke without
an accent.
First Business Venture.
Meanwhile he ran errandS: he shoyeled
snow; he wrote letters in Russian and
English for East Side merchants. 1t is
said that one day he bought the outfit
of a retiring bootblack and started shin
ing shoes in Union Square. The compe-
tition was very keen. 1t took Robino-
witch only a week to work out a scheme
to at the situation. He got an Sld mes
senger boys cap and fitted it with q
neatly lettered legend. "One-minute
shine. He was able to make the adver-
tisement good. and his trade doubled
and trebled. In q few days he took two
other bootblacks into partnership. SELL
ing each of them a cap. The three of
them formed q close corporation. strong
enough to suppress any imitator by force
OF arms. and they sold other newsboys
the right TO wear the caps. together with
the caps Themselves. at . handsome
pr0nE
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AS THEY SAID.
From Tit Bits.

From Tit Bits.
Magistrate Ito prisoner in the dock):
Whatfis your line?
Prisoner: I amt particular. as the
oyster said when they asked him whether
he'd be fried or roasted.
Magistrate: We don't want to know
what the oyster said. What trade do
you follow?
Prisoner: Anything that comes in my
way. rs the locomotive said when il ran
over q man.
Magistrate: We care nothing about the
locomotive. What Is your business?
Prisoner: That's various. as the cat
said when 1t stole the sausage.
: Magistrate: That comes nearer to the
line, ! suppose.
Prisoner: Altogether in my line, AZ the
rope said when choking the pirate
Magistrate: II hear any more absurd
comparisons 1 will give you twelve
months.
Prisoner: I'm done. then. ~ the beef
steak said to the cook.
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workingmen's houses; added to which
are the workrooms into which the chill
dren are packed
At nightfall the benches are ranged
along the wall. and upon small round
tables q petroleum lamp Is placed. with
TASKS Of clear water arranged SO that
the light traverses the water and falls
on the lace pillows Of the workers.
Lace workers attending these schools
pay % cents = month, and the price of
the thread furnished for their work is
deducted from their wages.
The children employed receive no in
struction. the greater part not knowing
how to read or write. The director OF
. school must turn over all work to the
agent, 50 that sales in tho open market
ars excluded. All work executed u usual
" specially ordered
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skillful lacemakers never exceed 80 cents
day. and out Of 900 workers only
about 20 are paid the maximum. Chill
dren up to twelve years of age. and even
older. are paid 20 cents per week. Rela-
lively to its value the lace workers pro-
ducing the Malines lace are the most
poorly paid.
All lacemakers are paid by the ell,
the Flemish ell being q inches. Those
working in the schools earn less than
those working for q local agent or kan
toor. 1t is largely due to the existence
of Intermediates or 'middlemen," that
wages are 10 low.
Lace schools are either maintained by
religious >instit utions or are directed by
more or less expert laeemakers. who
gather together the pupils. girls Of diff
terent ages, IN their dwellings small
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this time. The Bureau Of Internal Reve-
nue. ruled several years ago that any
fermented beverage containing less than
one-half of l per cent of alcohol was not
cogniZable under the law taxing intoXi-
eating liquors. Since then there have
been notifications of the decision and
the matter is up now and is involved in
considerable confusion
Il an told that the Supreme Court of
Geogia has declared that d beverage con-
taininE less than per cent Of alcohol
does not come within the statute of the
State which prohibits the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors. If that is true. the de-
cison permits the sale of a great many
brands of beer that are widely adver-
tised and generally sold in all parts of
the country. Beer-regular beer. and not
the kind called 'near'-contains from 4
per cent to per cent of alcohol, that
which is brought from Europe being dark
er and heavier, or stronger. than that
which is made in this country. Near
beer. of course. is manufactured to be
sold in what is called dry territory"
Even though liquor of all kinds" I
said. has been voted out of several
States and out of many counties. town
ships. cities and villages in other States.
there was an increase during the last
revenue year of 2i.O00nn0 gallons in the
production of distilled spirits.'
Our population is growing all the
time" Mr.. Cabell answered. land we are
consuming more of everything in the
form of food and drink. Then, general
by the figures. goes beyond
bread. meat. and clothing and includes
drinkable liquors.: The smoke of the dis
tillery minsles with the smoke OF the
factory.
Driven Out Of Business.
Naturally both dealer and drinker
prefer the more concentrated form OF
alcohol, which is either whisky or
brandy. 1t does not require ice and can
be shipped by express. Blind tigers can
sell it with less chance of detection and
less bother than they can sell beer with
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30

known II he has had time to get into
shape.
If Ford is not good" then opinion
seems to favor the chances of Percy
Donovan, captain OF the University OF
Michigan team. who has been a COM
petitor in several local tournaments
and has this spring been favored with
the advantage OF competition against
many classy opponents. Ira Reindel.
Harry Howard, and F. w. Atkinson,
as well as the veteran, Harry Stew
ems, all have their supporters. l.
A dark horse is F. n. Gill; city
champion of Minneapolis Tor, seyeral
years, and still holder of the title.
The singles start Saturday morn
ing. The winner of the tournament
will, OF course, win the right TO play
City Champion ]. l.. Hubbard for the
title.
In the doubles play opinion seems
to favor the Avery-Ford team, with
Atkinson Mcneil and Reindel-Rankir
their likely competitors.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
P|TTSbURG STAGES
BIG A. A. j. MEET
New York A. c., Irish-Americans and
0lympics, of Frisco, the Big
Teams Entered.

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 30.-Crack
athletes from every section or the Uni
ted States early today took the final
kinks out OF their anatomy In prepar-
alton for monster annual meet or
the National Amateur Athletic Union
junior and senior championships on
Forbes field this afternoon, and TO
morrow.
With delightful weather and track
unsurpassed anywhere. 1t Is expected
that some Of the 500 contestants. 800
OF whom hold records, new marks In
athletic prowess will be made.
. Early today the New York A. G. and
Its dangerous rival. the disclaimers.
can Athletic club. arrived. The eight
members OF the Olympic team OF San
Francisco, broke training camp at
the Kiski school, Salisbury, and were
early on the grounds under the charge
OF Walter Christie.
Scores OF other athletes arrived
from Cleveland, ST. Louis, Chicago, I'm
fact, from every large city In the
country Pittsburg today seems to
have gone athletic-mad. The million
dollar baseball park of the Pittsburg
Pirates, will be thrown open free to
the public during the two days OF the
meet and monster crowds are ex.
pected.
A committee of $50 citizens headed
by Mayor William A. Magee. acted
as reception committee to welcome
the athletes and officials. President
Everett c. Brown, OF the A. A. u.
Will referee the games. Other A. A.
U. officials have been placed In charge
of all the events.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
CARTERCAR's ADDITION.
Pontiac Factory VIII Increase Floor
Space by 10000 Feet.

Contractors are on the ground and
work Is being rushed on a large ad-
dition to the factory of the Carter
car Company at Pontiac, Mich. The
present automobile season has been
a big one with the Cartercar Com
pany and let-up in the demand for
cars was anticipated. Business, how
ever, has kept up remarkably and in
dications are that this seasons bus
mess will greatly exceed all previ-
Gus years with this company. For
these reasons. IL has been necessary
to- build an addition to the plant.
The building Is OF brick and steel
construction of the latest modern saw
tooth type OF roof. II will give an
addition OF approximately 10000 feet
OF floor space and, when built, will
be occupied by the Machine depart
ment. The accuracy of the work of
all machine and ground parts has al
ways been given the most careful at.
tention in the Cartercar factory. This
new building is being constructed to
afford the most perfect lighting ar
rangements possible, enabling the
workmen to do the finest mechanical
work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
THE TINES SPORT PAGE
NO UPSETS SHOW THERE ISN'T
ANYTHING SURE in BASEBALL

tons. He wouldn't look the Tiger de-
baters In the eye but seemed to try TO
avoid them. In fact. III. Jennings
chased him three or four times around
the plate without ever really riveting
his attention.
After much delay, ID. Jones came
back and got another hit. This time
Mullen was wide awake and saw II.
Bush forced Jones. Then came the
play that broke us up In business.
AS Ty Cobb came to bat, Powell
motioned to all his ielders to get
their backs against the fence. They
got so far out that spy-glasses would
have been necessary to discover them.
Cobb whacked one into center that
looked like sure homer. Shotton
took two steps, jumped. got both
hands on the ball. and muffed 1t. Then
he recovered and threw to Wallace,
Bush having In the meantime taken
third.
Cobb had apparently calculated that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
FORD FAVOR|TE
IN TENNIS PLAY
But There Are Several Who Are
Likely To Cop City Champion
ship at the D. A. G.

At D. m. the finals in the Glass b
tennis play will be played today and
the stage will be cleared for the big
show-the clash of the Class A play
ers.
The tournament this year is harder
to dope than any OF recent seasons.
This Is largely due to the presence OF
a number of new players and the ire
mendous improvement of several OF
the younger generation. Experts In
sizing up the abilities of the various
men concede that Fred Ford, the
Country club crack, seems TO have
the best chance, though II is not
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30

trophy against the English chal-
lengers. The boat Is v type and
will carry the big six-cylinder engine
which drove the old Dixie to 100 vic
tories. Alongside the old engine will
be installed a new one, an exact dup
licate, and the two motors will drive
twin screws. Critics confidently be.
heve that Dixie Nv. will exceed 81
miles an hour
The LaBelle, Commodore Alexander
Winton's beautiful new 14O-ft. motor
yacht, has arrived in Cleveland, at
the end of her long cruise from Phil
adelphia by way OF the ST. Lawrence
river. The new flagship OF the I. l.
Y. A. made great hit with the mo,
tor boat men at the eastern end OF
the lake.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
DIXIE ". IS IN
PUT-|N-bAY RACES
Successor Of Series Of Former Win
ming Dixies Believed Equal To
30 Miles an Hour.
BY REX LEWIS.

The InterLake Yachting associa-
ton has secured the entry OF the IA
nous Dixie Nv. and also OF 20-foot.
or. believed to be Blackton. 800
horsepower hydroplane. for the Put
in-Bay regatta. These boats are en-
tered for the speed-boat free-for-all
races to be held July goth.
DIVE w. is a new 40-foot hydro
plane built last winter for a syndi-
cate of wealthy New York sportsmen
headed by Frederick X. Burnham.
owner of last years American cham
plon. Dixie ii. The new boat cost
$40. 900, and was built expressly to
defend the British international
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
WANTS To
TAKE 4 SKY Ride
ped King Offers to Exchange q
min In His Racer For Flight In
Aeroplane.

)ob Burman. the automobile
ed King" was In Detroit Thurs
attempting to arrange with the
la1s Of the State Fair for con-
k 70 appear here this fall during
fair.
thursday afternoon, Burman went
the fair grounds where he closely
mined the aeroplanes being used
ME aviation meet, and fraternized
h The aviators. The automobile
|or Il seriously thinking Of becom-
birdman himself, and was great
Interested In swapping experiences
~ the sky-piiots.
burman offered to take one Of the
|afors around the track In his auto
bile at rate Of sixty miles an
or or better, providing the aviator
Md give him a JOY ride In his
Hal wagon II Il possible that the
~ win be accepted before the pres
meet closes.
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heating himself for the real fray.
Powell never noted his presence and
foated up an easy one, which Jones
whacked between shortstop and sec
ond base. There was no Tiger on far
ground, Powell was distinctly break
ing the American league rule against
warming up, and 1t looked as II Jones
had surely won credit for base
knock.
But Umpire Mullen gloomily shook
his head. He said he hadn't seen II.
Much oratory at once was loosed by
II. Jennings, G. Moriarty and sundry
other athletes.
Mr.. Mullen didn't argue like man
who had the courage OF his convic-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
oakwoods VS.. TivoIis.

Owing to a misunderstanding the
game between the Ann Arbor and
the Oakwoods has been cancelled
and on very short notice Manager
Jozefiak booked the speedy Tivolis
who have not met with defeat this
season. This game will be played on
the Tivoli grounds out Gratiot-ave.
and Car Barns. Tivolis will play a
double-header, Oakwoods will play
the first game. The Oakwoods must
be on hand at one o'clock.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
= pAtIl 5ALE eRuskE.

~ PAUL HALE BRuskE.
Iii, what do you know about these
.nders rising up and shifting the
lie leaders. east and west, both In
/ 6ay?
"a a. everybody In baseball had
figuring that the Tigers and
1sfIcs were both going to go ahead
COB. right through their respec-
"A serics with the Browns and Ma
~1ls. up rise the despised append
10 the standings and whale the
[rual stufflng out OF the men OF
innings and Mack.
MT then. as the professional wise
n told us All on the car going home
& ovcning. it's baseball
that's about the only explanation
a seems to at the case after all.
baseball there IL no such thing as
<crfainty. why IL isn't even GER
IS that Ty Cobb Is going to get one
more hits In every game he plays,
Il that Ii about as near certainty
anything In baseball can be. believe
Among the debris that floated
&ore from the Tiger wreck OF yes
tdav was the hitherto unbeaten rec
d Of Ralph Works, the American
.xue's fair~haired pitching leader.
10 more will Ralpl's name head
. Hist Of winners of unwieldy masses
combats. From now on the chances
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
TIME GAMERS REMEDY.
Or. keane Says II Would BE Foolish
to Re-Break the Arm.

Six weeks have elapsed since Del
Gamer sustained a broken arm ano
the Tigers first-baseman is chafnF
under the restraint OF continued lao
sence from the play. There Is. how
ever, no remedy in sight, except time
DR.. William Z. Keane. the club phi,
stefan, says that 1t would be the heigh,
of foolishness 20 re-break the arm.
why, We don't even let laborin
man go back TO work in such shor
time after such fracture" said he
Gamer is doing as we'll as can pos
sibly be expected. He must merely
take the time necessary for the callous
to harden and disappear, where the
ends OF the bone have been joined
/ have no doubt that time will make
him as good as new"
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Shor1, Lengths

The Augusta, Ca, club has been re-
organized and will finish out the sea-
son. Jim Laftte, brother OF Ed and q
good catcher, Is the manager.
The Detroit Motor Boat club VIII
cruise to Mt Clemens July I and 2.
Dorn ID. won her second race I'm two
days at Monroe yesterday, the hobbler
earning the unique distinction OF going
10 heats In two days in winning races.
Peniss Maid worked the India Inn polls
track IN 2:04Z yesterday. This beats
Gold Dollars 2:06 at the Fair grounds
for the fastest trotting mile OF the
year.
De Orc trimmed mp J. King st pool.
The game was close, however, 100 to 96.
Ban Johnson n suffering from an at
tack OF govt. II the Tiges would only
drop to second place. Ban would prob
ably feel better.
Angel and Sfmonds meet I'm the finals
OF the Class b tennis tournament at
the d. A. c. this afternoon
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-30
HARVARD AND YALE
IN ANNUAL DUEL
At NEW LONDON
Harvard the Favorite at Odds Of
Ten To Eight With Yale
Men Very Wary Of
the Risk.
Many Notables on Hand To Watch
the Crews in Their Struggle on
the Course.

LONDON, Conn.,, June So
Yale and Harvard exchanged
blow for blow In the two morn
ing races on the Thames today,
Yale winning the freshman
event In a stubborn race, and
Harvard the four-oared race In
q romp. The outcome was alto
gether satisfactory TO Yale, az Il
was the first time in three years
that she has tasted even partial
victory in the Thames scraps
The freshman race was some
what Of surprise, as Harvard
sent out a cub crew Of recognix-
ed formldableness. But the Blue
youngsters won with something
to spare. Yale started out well
In the four-oared race but she
didn't have the Drawn.
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Shotton would throw to Austin In an
effort to get Bush. Accordingly, the
G. Peach dug for second, right into
the teeth of the play. He might have
made II at that, for Wallace fumbled
the throw momentarily, but Ty
stopped and turned back. Then 1t
was too late. Bush scored while they
were running Cobb down. A walk and
on that. II was a regrettable Incl
dent and Cobb will quit figuring that
the Brownie outfielders will from now
on do the right thing with the ball.
It's too risky.
AS has been set forth at great
length in this column several times
before. II is the pitcher who consist
emily works the corners, makes the
Tiges hit at bad balls and refuses to
give them anything over the middle,
who makes for them the most trouble
Jack Powell IL this sort, and Jack
beat US yesterday.
1t took the corpulent veteran or
more than 500 pitched battles (joke)
about three innings to get the range.
During that time the Tigers were ap-
parently actuated by the demoniacal
impulse of massacre. After that, they
were tame and submissive. Double
plays cut them of when they started
symptoms. Moriarty and Stanage
couldn't hit II safe at any stage,
which threw the entire responsibility
on the wrecking crew.
The wrecking crew wrecked the
game a couple OF times but couldn't
keep 1t wrecked.
Today being an open date, the play
ers OF both clubs will take a rubber
ing workout at the aviation field In
the passive mood of spectators.
The Athletics can lick the Wash
ington bunch today, IL they want to.
They can't pass the Tigers by SO
doing and the belief exists in some
quarters that Walter Johnson may
throw another monkey-wrench into
the gear-case, as Groom did yesterday.