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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30

firm. as the ease NAV be Le' me
cite an illustration
Thomas + Ryan. powerful, as
ute and wealthy capitalist. held
control OF the Equitable Life Asslr-
snce society Mr. Morgan conceived
the idea that he wanted IL. A mint
OF how he cot II is contained IN
these questions and answers
O. Did you tell him why YOU
wanted itP
A. No told him | thought II
was good thing for me To have
q. bid he tell YOU that he want
ed 10 sell t.?
A. No: but he sold IL.
A shrewd reporter adds the sig
niiicant statement that MT MOT
gan laughed
Here was a man. a hard-headed'
pugnacious. close fisted Irish -Amer-
can who had fought his way from
poverty to wealth. who had dened
the mighty Hartman over this very
Equitable stock. who had played the
competitive game 10 the limit In the
financing OF the street railways OF
New York, who, in years OF business
life. had seldom or never shirked
fight or avoided tilt in market
court. or banking room with any
man who came
"No--but he sold IL!
Why did Ryan sell the Equitable
TO j. p Morgan? The evidence
seems TO leave strong impression -
il Is not a conviction that he SOLD
because he feared the power OF j +.
Morgan That is the thing that Tn
termyer is trying 10 define-the
Power Of Morgan
Morgans own evidence leaves II
underlined vague but wonderful
force that dominates banks. touches
insurance funds. twists railroad in
terests around its mighty fingers.
grips other railroad systems In neat
and smooth-running little voting
trusts that seem 10 last forever,
DULLES men like Thomas +. Ryan.
stops panics. creates and finances
great industrial trusts, holds pubic
confidence. lends money In the mar
ket place, finances government loans
icentralizes the business OF raising
money for railroads. fractions, in-
dustries and even cities, strange,
linscrutable, and, one must say. SIN
lIAtaI sort OF PoMer-a giant 5
strength vested, not in big strong
human and ephemeral man but IN
ltreature OF the law, a person that
may not die. immoral private
banking firm
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
INDIANA MAN HILLS
WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW

Ia GRANGE, Ind, Dec. esd
ward Hart, who shot and killed MIS-
We and her mother. AT the latters
hor here. early today. was captured
four hours later and is now prisoner
in The local Jail. Mrs. Rena hart his
vile. 90 years old. from whom he was
separated, was awakened by the shot
tina. killed Mrs. Sarah Mcbride, her
mother. as the latter slept.
Hart killed his wife as she tried TO
escape. Their baby. in Mrs. McBrides
he'd was left unframed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
CHANCES LETTER HAS
THEM GUESSING AGAIN

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S--Frank Chances
letter TO Secretary Williams. OF the
Cubs, concerning the status OF his
transactions with Frank Farrell, Of
the Highlanders. had fans guessing
today Chance admits he wants a
huge salary, but he says he is wor h
il TO get him back into baseball
Whether Farrell will stand the gan
is the question. Chance doesn't be-
ileve he will. The fans only
woLd der
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
BURROUGHS AND RAYLS
OPEN THEIR SEASON

The Burroughs and the Rayl basket
bail fyes, both o: which are expected
to be contondcrs in the race for me
championship OF the state. open their
season tonight AT the Martha Holmes
church gymnasium This Will be the
first time the gym has been used Tor
game OF this kind
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
AGED CITY TREASURER
OF HILLSDALE, is DEAD

HILLSDALE. Mich, Dec 2s.-(Spc-
ciaD City Treasurer Frank A.
Hodges, aged 81, died early today af.
ter long illness OF sugar diabetes.
For many years he was engaged III
the drug business here and in Itch
field He was serving his second
term as treasurer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
ByJ0HN BRE( kENRIDGEE ELLIS

employing Fran. The ltaa is impos'
sible More than mat, II is--cs1 (,
is absolutely preposlerous. Wsu!d
calmly tear down what you ald have
been building up so Careiuli
Then you had llleaoy re'nseu
Fran before | came
II had-hadn't |. Fran?
Fran gave her father look aGeh
as had never before come into heI
dark eyes--a look OF reproaSh' loon
that said, II can not fght BACK pc
cause OF the agony in ~ heart sne
went away silent and with dowheas'
head
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
AND SO THE POOR DOG
HAS THE LAUGH ON ROY

STURG1S, Mich, Dec. 2s.--(Spe-
claD Because he missed a dog that
he kicked at with lis foot, when II
was passing by, Roy Hartwick be-
came enraged and started for the
road to pick mp a rock TO throw at
the dog He slipped and fell, break.
ing the bone OF his leg In two places.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
HOBBY BAKER GIVES
TIGER SEVEN VICTORY

SYRACUSE, y. Y. Dec. 2s.-The
Princeton hockey team left for home
today having a second victory TO
their credi; over Cornell. winning
last nights contest. five goals 70
three Captain Baker scored three OF
Princeton's markers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30

Here's mptiny in the ranks. DR.
Anna Shaw president Of the National
American Womans association. SAYS
everything IN connection with woman
suffrage LOOKS glorious except the
trousers, which she will not wear.
New York Evening Telegram.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
4E4 CAROLINA WORK TOO HARD or EAT TOO MUCAa


q
% - % weems
xtfaos n,cnsas 4rne.nL
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30

No man ever gets mad at a comrli.
ment, even il he preteHds 10 be.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30

Dob Printing De.e Right. rfns.
--s-ss-- CO. 1s Jshn R--sa
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30
Russel Is Mum.

The conyictions speak Tor them
selves said Walter 8. Russell, pres
idtnt and general manager of the Rus
81; wheel q Foundry Co. The men
have been 1ried and found guilty |
IA not care TO say anything about the
cave and / do not think that there is
anything more TO be said"
The frsf 81. the series OF explosions
crUrfed IN Che construction of the De-
Eity Gas building while the iron
% shs heing erected by the Russell
\. ftr..naxx, M This acfion
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-30

b sn 80 eenteI. at last.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
MADE 4 FORTUNE
BY PAYING GRAFT
4 GOTHAM HOTEL KEEPER IN.
Wolves NUMBER OF Po-
LICE OFFICIALS.
BOUGHT POLICE PROTECTION
Each Month 500 Was Paid for Pro
tection-Names of GraftingG
Officials Given.

New York-A story of how graft
alleged to have been paid for police
protection enabled a Raines law ho-
tel keeper in Harlem to build up
such business that finally he dis
posed of his unpretentious place for
$4,000, was told to- the aldermanic
investigating committee.
George A. Sipp, for ten years keep
er of the resort, gave the testimony
and, as result of his revelations, a
police inspector, two ex-inspectors
and number of minor officers were
summoned to police headquarters by
Commissioners Waldo. A patrolmap
named as a graft collector was sus
pended forthwith.
Mentioning names and dates, Sipp
testified that once month from 1905
to 1910 he paid to police officers, in
Guiding Eugene Fox, policeman, 500
for the purpose, he understood, of
buying police protection SO that there
would be no interference in running
his hotel. Fox was described as al
legged go-between for certain high po.
lice officers.
Confederation of portions of Sipp's
story was given by Thomas Dorian,
assistant manager of the same hotel,
after Sipp sold it for $4,000 to al
legged members of the ''vice trust in
control of a chain of disorderly re.
sorts and their inmates. Dorain tes.
tilted that he, too, paid money to Fox,
making 800 a month tribute up to
and including December, 1911, and
since then $50 month, including a
payment of that amount the present
month. All these payments were
made to Fox, Dorain testified.
The story told by Sipp brought into
the aldermanic committee record
again the name of NANNY" Mas, de-
scribed by Mrs. Mary Goode, the for
mer resort keeper who testified re-
Gently as one of the "vice trust
Sipp testified it was Mas who ap-
preached him to sell the hotel he ran
under alleged police protection. He
disposed of the property for $780,
900, he stated, and continued to make
500 monthly payments to Policeman
Fox each month for a time.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26

THE COMMERCE COMMISSION DIS.
CUSSES Railroad DiSAS-
TIERS IN u. S.
"Safety First" Is the Rule Suggested
by Commission for the Opera
ton Of Trains.

Washington.-"Sa first is the
paramount rule of train operation
suggested by the interstate commerce
commission in it's twenty-sixth annual
report submitted to congress. Dis
cussion of disasters on American
railroads during the last year consti-
tutes an important feature of the re
port.
1t is pointed out that many of the
accidents resulting in fatalities might
have been averted by the exercise
of proper precaution or the employ
ment of suitable devices and good
equipment. Figures given show that
of the total of 8,215 derailments dur
ing the year 1877 were caused by de.
fects of roadway and 3,S47 were due
to defective equipment. This indi
Gates an increase over the previous
year of $50 in the derailments due to
bad roadway and 1923 due to bad
equipment.
Concerning it's investigation, the
commission says:
"Of the thirty-one derailments in
vestigated fourteen were either di
rectly or indirectly caused by bad
track. In five of these fourteen cases
the derailments would probably have
been avoided had existing speed re-
strictions been observed; but in all
the remaining cases no adequate
speed regulations were in force, and
in three cases the track conditions
were so obviously unsafe that derail
ments were likely to occur even at
low speed
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
UNDERWOOD FOR CABINET ?
Effort to Have All Elements Repre-
scented in Cabinet.

Effort to Have Ali Elements Repre-
scented in Cabinet.
Washington.-1t is stated here that
William ]. Bryan is practically GER
certain to be the first member OF
President Wilson's cabinet, and is
expected to be secretary of sttae,
Oscar w. Underwood may be secre
tary of the treasury. In the effort to
bring about harmony and perfect a
cohesive fighting organization Demo
cratic leaders are trying to persuade
Mr.. Wilson to make his cabinet rep
resentative of all the different ele.
ments in the party.
To this end Mr.. Bryan is said to be
doing his utmost to bring about the
selection Fon. Oscar w. Under
wood, his oldtime political foe, as a
cabinet minister. Dispatches from
Jacksonville, Fla, tell of confer
ence he held there with friends of Mr..
Underwood looking to this end.
By bringing into the cabinet repre-
sentatives of all factions it is hoped
to build up an organization that will
weather the storm of traiff revision
and present a solid phalanx in the
next presidential election.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
AMBASSADOR REID IS DEAD
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR PASSES
AWAY AT HIS HOME
IN LONDON.
WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR HOURS
Body Will Be Brought to the United
States and Probably Inferred
at Sleepy Hollow.

London, England.-Whitelaw Reid
the American ambassador to Great
Britain since 1905, died at his Lon
don residence, Dorchester house,
from pulmonary oedema. The end
was quite peaceful. Mrs. Reid and
their daughter, Mrs. John Hubert
Ward were at the bedside.
Almost Immediately the king sent
his equerry, Sir Harry Legge, to ex-
press the condolences of himself and
the queen. Messages conveying the
warmest sympathy were received
from the queen mother, Alexandra,
and other members of the royal fam
lily, court officials, members of the
governments and of the various en-
bassies and legations, while many
who had heard the news of the am
bassador's death or who had seen the
flags at half-mast on Dorchester house
called at the embassy.
Neutrality-suspicious. of the death in
London of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid
came as shock to official Washing
ton, for it had not been generally real,
lied that Mr. Reds illness was of a
serious nature.
London.-The British government
has proposed to the government of
the United States that a British bat
tleship should convey the body of the
late American ambassador to his ma
tive land.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
RAILROADS APPEAL TO COURT
Fer instructions in Working Out Dis
solution Plan,


solution Plan.
New York.-Robert S. Lovett, chair
man of the executive committees of
the Union and Southern Pacific rail-
roads, announced that he had arrang-
ed with Attorney General Wickersham
to appeal at once to the United States
Supreme court for instructions in
working out the dissolution plan of
the railroads. Mr.. Wickersham, the
announcement continued, has refused
to approve any plan involving the dis
tribution of Southern Pacific stock
owned by the Union Pacific
In support of his contention that
Southern Pacific stock be distributed
among Unon Pacific shareholders,
Judge Lovett cites the Northern Sc
curities case and the cases of the
Standard Oil and American Tobacco
companies. These, he asserts, are
fundamentally comparative with the
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific disso,
luton.
The unusual course adopted by the
Hartman officials is taken in the in
+erests of all parties.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
WARNING IN SPEECH
MADE BY WILSON
PREsIDENT-ELEcT WARNS OPPo
NENTs OF ECONOMIC CHANGES
TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
WILL NOT STAND FOR PANlC
President-Eiect Admits That the Ma
chinery Is Here to Care
Panic.

New -President-elect Wilson
held up warning finger to any man
who might deliberately start panic
in the United States to show that
intended legislative policies were
wrong. In a speech at the banquet
of the Southern Society of New York
he declared he had heard sinister
premonitions of what would follow if
the Democratic party put into effect
changes in economic policy.
The president-elect first distinguish
ed in his speech between natural
and unnatural panics. He said in
many cases panic had come natural
ly because of amental disturbance
of people with reference to loans and
money generally.
But the machinery is in exist.
ence," he said, ''by which the thing
can be deliberately done. Frankly, ]
don't think there is any man living
who dares use the machinery for that
purpose If he does 1 promise him,
not for myself, but for my fellow,
countrymen, gibbet as high as Ha.
mans"
The governor added that he meant
no "literal gibbet,' for chat is not
painful" but he said it would be a
gibbet of public disgrace which would
live "as long as the members OF
that mans family survive
america with her eyes open isn't
going to let a panic happen contin'
TINT III
expected it-as if l feared it. / do
not. am afraid of nothing
The presidentelect's speech covered
variety of subjects. He treated
first of sectionalism, declaring that
it should not exist.
There is a vast deal to do he
said. "and it can be done by forget
ting that we are partisans OF anything
except the honor and prosperity OF
the nation ITSELF
Mr.. Wilson then referred briefly to
provincialism and said that some PEG
ple had an idea that all the think
ing of the country was done in New
York City. He said the Southern So
eiety represented an importation OF
thought from the South into the great
metropolis.
81 am happy to see that there no
longer is aserious consciousness OF
sectional difference in the United
States. There can be no sectional
ism about the thinking of America
from this on, because no hard-headed
man can prove that there are such
things as sectional interests
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
TAFT WILL NOT FILL PLACE
Wilson to Name Ambassador for the
Vacant Post.

hington.-President Taft an.
nounced through Secretary Hilles that
the post of ambassador to Great Brit.
ain, made vacant by the death OF
Whitelaw Reid, will not be filled by
him.
This announcement followed a con
ference between the president and
Secretary Knox.
The president believes that impor.
tant diplomatic questions involving
Great Britain and the United States
can be handled successfully in Wash
ington by Mr.. Knox and the British
ambassador He understands that
President-elect Wilson already is con.
sidering man for the London post,
and he does not wish to appoint some.
one who can serve only few months.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
Vegas Get So, 600.

Lawrenceville, Ga.-Safeblowers got
at their work at Duluth when they
cracked the safe of the Bank of Du
luth and secured more than $4,000. II
was evidently the work of experts
Two distinct explosions were heard
by about twenty-five persons, but nc
one ventured out to see what was
the cause of the reports. The robbery
was discovered in the morning about
six o'clock At that time there had
been so much passing it was impos
sihle to track the thieves with dogs
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
Garros Flies Over the Sea.

Trapani, Sicily.-Roland G. Garros,
the French aviator, made a splendid
fight over the Mediterranean sea
from Tunis, Africa, to Sicily. He
landed near Trapani, having covered a
distance Of about 100 miles over wa
ter. This establishes a new over sea
record, surprising that of Lieutenant
Bague, who on March 5, 1911, few
over the Mediterranean from Antibas,
France, to the little island of Gorgona,
off the Italian coast, g distance Of
124,5 miles.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
HELEN GOULD WILL WEI
Miss Gould Has Fortune Of $50 1000, 900.
Noted for Renefactions.

Lakewood, N. Announcement of
the engagement of Miss Helen Miller
Gould of New York to Finley J. Shep,
ard, a prominent railroad man of st.
Louis, was made at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. George J. Gould. 1t was said
that announcement of the time and
place of the wedding would be with.
held for the present, and this state
ment was confirmed upon inquiry at
the residence of Miss Gould in New
York.
Mr.. Gould made known his sisters
engagement in. a formal statement,
which read:
'Mr. and Mrs George ]. Gould an.
nounce the engagement of their sis
ter, Miss Helen Miller Gould, to Mr..
Finley J. Shepard of st. Louis"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
High Record Made bv Banks.

Observation-Disclosures in general,
as reflected in the condition of the
banks OF the United States, has shar-
ed in the country's prosperity, ac.
cording to Lawrence o. Murray in
his annual report made public. The
banking power of the nation, repre-.
sented by capital, surplus, profits, de-
posts and circulation, reached during
the year the enormous total of s22.:
548,707 900, high record, showing an
increase Of $50 per cent. over 1911
and 27.S per cent. over 1908. The
increase has been III per cent.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
Tony Janus Flies and stf,l Lives.

New Orleans, La.-Tony Janus, the
aviator, arrived in New Orleans, com
pleting the longest hydro-aeroplane
fight on record, distance of approx
imately on record, distance approx
imately OF 1900 miles. Janus came
from Omaha, Neb.. by easy stages
down the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers. AS he carried passenger,
w. H.. Trofts, Jr.. the claim is also
made that the fight, in total distance
and duration, breaks all records for
heavier than air machines. Janus
made a formal entry into the city.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
Taft Accents Yale Law Chair.

shington.-President Taft has
made up his mind to accept the prof
fer of the Kent professorship of law
at Yale, and probably will take up
his duties at New Haven early in the
spring. The president was said to
have determined upon accepting the
Yale profesorship for several reasons.
He will not be restricted to lectures
to Yale students, but will be permit
ted to lecture if he desires in other
law schools, or upon the platform or
to engage in any other occupatio"
which he sees fit.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
World Convention for Conservation.

Washington.-An international con
servation convention is provided for
in a bill fvaorably reported by the
house committee on industrial arts
and expositions. The bill authorizes
the president to invite the nations OF
the world to send delegates to dis.
cuss the worlds natural resources
and their distribution through com
merce. An appropriation of $3.50, 600
is carried in the bill for a govern
ment exhibit and building at the ma
tional conservation exposition at
Knoxville, Tenn. next fall.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
Justice Shot bv Prisoner,

Copperhill, Tenn.-Elisha Bramlett,
Son of H. NJ. Bramlett, shot Justice OF
head Bramlett was paroled three
years ago from the penitentiary for
killing Bob Bishop in Gilmer county,
Georgia, about nine years ago, and
served about seven years, when he
was pardoned on parole for good con-
duet. A row over the judgment of
Justice of the Peace Dalton, which
was being resented by Bramlett. was
the cause of the affray. Bramlett is
at large.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
Georgia Whiskey Must Stay at Home

Jacksonville, Fla.-Judge John NJ.
Cheney, in Federal court, handed
down an opinion in the injunction
suit brought some time ago by several
local liquor dealers against the South
ern Express company. The opinion in
part follows: THAT the Southern Elk
press company be restrained from re-
ceiying and transporting for any con-
sideration, intoxicating liquors of any
class or kind from any person or per-
sons engaged in the liquor business
in the state of Georgia to any person
or persons in that state.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-26
Shoots Wife and Her Parents

Donalsonvilel, Ga.-Ross Murkeson
was probably fatally shot and his
wife and daughter seriously wound
ed by Ike Deal, the daughters hus-
band. Enraged because his wife had
left him, Deal followed her to her ia,
theirs home and there did the shoot.
ing. After Murkeson was shot down
he managed to get to his gun and
shot Deal as he was leaving, badly
wounding him. Deal, however, man
aged to make his escape, mad is at
large, although posses are hunting
him.