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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-23

vice Railway Co. Everybody in the
room shuddered. and IL seemed 70 be
particularly repulsive 10 Howard Mae
sherry, counsel for the defendant cor
pcEatieH
What are you going 90 do with
that?' asked MacSherry when nc
saw the doctor heading for the wit
ness stand With Ills burden.
Going to testify laeonically re-
piled the doctor.
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II object" shouted MacshCrry. 4
would not be permitted to bring a
trolley car in here as an exhibit
You have never asked permission
said Judge Adams as he overruled
the objection.
The witness then. holding the skele-
ton on his knee, pointed out on the
vertebrate The exact location where II
is claimed the plaintiffs spine is in
jured. and explained the nature Of
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the alleged injuries.

the alleged injuries.
"What is that. the skeleton OF a
man or woman asked Mr.. Mac
Sherry, when he took the witness for
cross-examination.
The skeleton OF woman" re
piled the witness.
How old a woman"
One something over %"
How can you tell?"
BY the teeth"
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After Dr. John c. wilson. VINO Wa
called, had qualified as an expert Tor
the defense by testifying TO his con-
nection with Flower hospital and sew
eral New York state institutions. ~.
MaeSherry sarcastically remarked:
II wonder how all these big instr
buttons get along when you're away,
doctor %
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-23
The Newest of Spring Lingerie Waists,
81 to SIS

All the stunning lingerie waist styles spring
arrived and display for Saturday will disclose wonderful
collection beautiful creations high
with the set-n sleeves threequaer full length Irish
aces extensively making many
others the magnificent
Prices a 81 90 and range to SIS
rd Floor Ma store
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-23

"Oh, easily. counsellor. They shut
up" was the reply. and the laugh Wa
on the lawyer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-23
THE HUDSON STORE
THE HUDSON STORE
The End! Martha
ton Apron Sale

Saturday spells your final opportun-
ity to profit by these specially purchas-
ed aprons and house dresses in our
Martha Washington sale. You can hard
ly afford to stay away from values like
these.
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This Expert Knows Corsetrv
Third Floor-Main store.



White week
the
1 astonishingy
Mss helms
gratifying suppen phancy
SIS
unstable boning 81 to S.
Tuesday and Wednesday living
usate the advantages OF La Vida and w B.
Fourth
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-23

Miss Anna o. Hagstedt, OF New
York, member of the new Women's
Aero club. has patented a combination
acknowledging machine-boat, which
She is confident will be the popular
machine of the future, as il is intend
ed for use on land and sea and In the
air There are two motors, one for
ward and one aft. the latter being an
auxiliary for emergency use,
Miss Hagstedt is a native OF Stock
holm and her auto-hydroplane is the
result Of lifelong ambition to fiy.
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1t is well to remember, in comparing
these apron values, that only by buying
very great quantities can we effect such
savings. There is price advantage for
you, as well as the gain in being able to
choose from great variety.
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New Ginghams and Madrases

beantif new
of
a
special price these
yard 121ac.
Two ndredp
Zephyr
dowd lemons
French Gnghams all and
A and
wonderful
beauty Yard
great quantities yard ACC.
Floor-A ain
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-23
In Spring Dress Goods - Manufac-
turers Have All the Orders They
Can Fill This Season

Can Fill This Season
fashionable fabrics in dress
in the near
future will order for
houduee make selections
everything that beautiful
The Newest in Black Sulting
Comprising Whpcords Tw Popins, Matte
Boadcloths Pau Soufs
yard from 81 to $3.50
The Choice Navy Suiting
Twils Storm Serge
Epngle also selstrpes Priced at
perya o
Gray SuitingS
great variety plain gray checks
stripes Priced yard from
$3.50 So. so
Oak Tan SuitingS
Sespes novelty plain tinA light
Epngles Priced yard IRON
$t5o So
Pilot Serge SuitingS
pretty lavender light blue navy
etc So
SuitingS in Cream
storm Serge Diagona whpcord Boadcoth BEDFORD Cord
French Twis with black stripe Priced
per yard from 81 25 to $3.50
iaIu Store
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SuitingS in Cream

Whcod Matte Broadcoh BEDFORD ood
French Twis with black stripe Priced
per yard 25 $3.50.
Second
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Cotton Fabrics Are Low in Price
Now Assortment Large
Quality Beautiful

The few days has found some marked advances in the price oil
reasonable which
! fab
That doubt
fabrics of whatever
be n
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Pilot Serge SuitingS

In pretty and Rose lavender light blue nj
c cedpe yard at So.
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Fourth Floor-Main Store.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-23
Irish DimitieS and English Voiles, 25c

Manchester voies liz these fayore always Here
OF all widths
in distinctive colorngs. Yard
Dimity There
all
styles represented YardS25c.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

As usual. spectators are taking advan-
tage Of the situation and are on the way
to reap fortunes. The retail dealer, who
has not raised the circular price of the
wholesalers to his regular customers. has
I'm some cases prohted by selling out all his
stock at the high winter rate. The sched-
uled reduction of 80 cents ton for April
will probably not he made this year
New York. as a municipality, spends more
than s250O00O a year on coal. The CON
sumption last year was about $4,000 tons,
or more than j0.OoO tons a month for which
the average price was 81 % a ton. The low
price Of bitumnous was offset by the fancy
prices paid for some grades OF anthracite.
The Department Of Water Supply. Gas and
Electricity is the largest coal user, to the
tune OF half million dollars year. This
department failed to receive active bids the
other day for 5000 tons OF coal for the
Ridgewood pumping station, and the prices
quoted for buckwheat We're S. TO 81 ton,
or double the market quotations. No bids
were made on a large lot OF coal wanted
by Borough President McAneny. II is said
the dealers disapprove the city's scientific
specifications for coal The city will have
TO take its uncertain chances I'm the open
market.
There are many substitutes for coal sug
gested and ways OF cking out scarcity.
The briquette. which Is generally composed
OF coal dust and tar pressed together, is
good. few years ago the great culm
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

in the complex organization OF modern in
dustry.
A general coal strike would probably
cause conditions worse than financial
panc Widespread unemployment is likely
10 be accompanied by high prices. In times
OF financial depression prices are usually
low. The cost of food would advance and
there might be serious shortage Of almost
necessary commodities. In England fish
have become exorbitantly dear because the
steam trawlers have no coal. Both In man
ufacture and transportation our food sup
ply might be affected by lack OF fuel
American railroads, which own coal mines.
are in a better position than foreign roads
and TO that extent the blow TO transporta-
ton would be less severe. But the more
coal reserved for transportation the less
for manufacture. 1t would he, for the
country, n choice OF two evils
If the tie-up should be incomplete In the
btuminous field there would still be con-
siderable inconvenience. a law forbids the
use of smoke producing coal in New York
and other cities If this law be waived, as
has been done before, and the discomfort
and unwholesomeness OF grimy atmos-
phere be accepted, the problem would not
all be solved. Furnaces and stoves made TO
burn anthracite coal are not suited TO hi-
luminous coal. a larger space and wider
CRATES are needed for sort coal. which clogs
up into large clinkers. II might be feasible
TO adapt some furnaces for btumlnous coal
consumption. large number of city fur-
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

naces are built for using small sizes OF an
thracite coal. These would have TO be rad
ically remodelled for soft coal.
The chances Of importing coal. II that
remote necessity should arise, are scant
Europe has none to export. Canadian
miners are expected to strike with the
American workers. II some bitumnous is
imported from Nova Scotia at say, $50
ton-the price obtained a decade ago-there
will not be enough Of It, in the somewhat
cxtravagant Language OF New York
dealer, ITO SINCE a cats tail
The effect upon industry Of coal prices so
high az to be prohbitive is an important
point Even II coal can be had. II must he
had at a price which manufacturers and
other users can afford 10 pay. \ rate OF
SIS or $50 ton would close down a great
number Of factories In the country. There
are. OF course. establishments which must
keep going at any cost. The hotels and
office buildings Will not close because OF
the expense OF fuel Hospitals must have
fuel-at least, theoretically; English hospi-
tails have felt the pinch. The city Of New
York must keep It's water pumping plants
in operation even II coal costs a dollar a
pound The high pressure fire system must
be maintained. The electrical power COM
panies. the subway elevated and surface
roads cannot suspend on question Of
price. These companies and roads have
supplies ranging from ten days to three
months, 1t Is said.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

piles at the mines supplied plenty OF ma
tcrial for briquettes. as well as the small
sizes Of anthracites. The culm piles are
now becoming exhausted. and the briquette
Industry is not sufficiently developed to fig
ure largely I'm the situation. Abroad many
kinds of organic refuse, such as sawdust,
leaves. roots. lichens, fatty and resinous
byproducts of factories are pressed into
bricks as fuel. The householder who has
thrown out his ashes unsifted may recover
10 or Il per cent Of fuel by sitting ana
sorting them. The ash pile in the back
yard that was considered nuisance may
be worth a number of dollars.
The comparative heating value OF differ
ont fuels is about as follows: Wood, D'
peat. 40: soft coal. 50; hard coal, 20.
An English genius has discovered that a
wad of newspapers bound together with
wire will burn like log and Will produce
heat. Also il is possible to light coal with
newspapers rolled tightly into ball.
Chalk in an open fireplace, where a blaze
is desired more for looks than heat saves
one-ouarter of the coal and looks cheerful
Broken bricks serve the same purpose
Peat is being used extensively abroad.
II is obvious that the most practical coal
substitutes are oil. gasoline and gas. NOT
all Of these can be readily adopted except
I'm domestic use. The oil heater ana COOK
stove will be largely In demand. The use
Of oil i'm coal-burning furnaces entails
rather expensive adaptation. III Is moro
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

luminous coal is not readily storable- OWING
to its tendency to spontaneous combustion
when piled up, and the reserve in that fuel
cannot be large. There are six million tons
of anthracite coal sent to market each
month About half Of this amount will te
accumulated If a strike occurs April !.
Other estimates place the visible reserve
at three weeks supply. William Green. a
former state Senator, statistician of the
United Mine Workers, made forecast or
four weeks supply.
II the four weeks estimate be accepted, 1t
does not mean clear sailing for industry
for that period. The effects OF pan
ic. present and future. must be con-
sidcred. There is no equitable distri-
button of the reserve coaT. At the pres
ent time coal is being boarded like money
in a panic. Thousands of tons are lying
in private bins-"withdrawn from crcu-
lation'--of no immediate use to its owners
and contributing to the straitenlng Of the
market This is especially true OF house
holders, who have had the means to stock
up. Some factories and railroads have a
plentiful reserve. Others have little. a
four weeks supply inequitably distributed
or held at famine prices may be equal to
no more than two weeks supply for the
country as a whole. A factory which has
plenty Of coal may have to shut down be-
cause another factory from which II obtains
partly manufactured goods lacks fuel.
Each shutdown tends to cause another.
There is an endless chain of consequences
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
POOR CHAP!

Seth Barton French. at banquet at
Sherry's. In New York, condemned the
American snob
America is a republic" he said. we
all began-even the mghtiest of us-hum-
bly, and simply. When l hear one person
snubbing another on grounds Of birth the
thing strikes me as ludicrous and unreal.
IL reminds me OF Mayhower girl.
"A girl Of Mayfower descent yielded to
the pinch OF poverty sufficiently to marry
a Grand Rapids millionaire. But her hus-
band was a plebean, and she would never
forgive him for It. She would never cease
from insulting him on account OF his low
origin.
"She was shopping one day, and sales
man said to her:
"'And to whom shall send the parcel,
madam"
with her nose in the air, she turned to
her maid and said:
Marie, tell this man your master
name. l never can remember 1t myself "
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
NECESSITY.

George NJ. Cohan, at an after-theatre sup
per at Deimonico's, was talking about the
turkey trot."
There's a moving little story about the
turkey trot,'" he said with his dreamy
smile, "a story that illustrates well the
yicissitudes Of an actors life.
IAN elderly actor said I'm despair TO n
theatrical agent one day:
is there nothing you can do for me!
I've hung around your office. out OF WORK.
for eight months now
THE agent, as he polished his diamond
ring with his red silk handkerchief. an
swered thoughtfuly:
look here. Bring yourself up to date.
The turkey trot' is all the 60 You train
some animal or bird TO do the turkey trot''
with you, and I'll get you on one of tho
circuits at a thrce-hgure salary
"The cid actor thanked the agent crate
fully. He bought an ostrich from = re-
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
A ROCKEFELLER FAKE.

ITS a Rockefeller fake" said Phila-
delphia broker. "one of those innumerable
Rockefeller fakes that float around the
country, but, fake or not. I'll tell II TO you.
John ID. $50 the fake runs) got a very
suspicious looking cake by mail the other
day. He wrapped 1t up in a newspaper
and took II to a chemist.
is this likely to be poisoned he asked.
1T certainly looks like poisoned cake
to me- said the chemist Leave 1t here.
And he smelled IL, then he tasted and spat
out very tiny currant. Leave IL here,
Mr.. Rockefeller. I'll analyze II for you
"'How much will the analysis cost?'
Ten dollars. sir
John d. bundled up the cake In the
newspaper again.
"'Humphr he said as he tucked II under
his arm. 'it'll be cheaper to try II on Arch
bold's cat"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
TWO SMILE

ezra Pound, the poet, was talking at the
Authors club. In New York. about Shcleys
cremation.
Cremation, although beautiful" he said.
lends itself TO ribald jest in a way that
sepulture doesn't
''Who can forbear a smile at the thought
of that devoted young matron, who, her
front steps being covered with sleet, sprin-
kled her first husbands ashes over them
in order that her second husband might de-
scend in safety"
Smiling himself Mr.. Pound resumed
And who could forbear another smile
at the thought Of the young widow on the
blustery March morning who entered her
drawing room to find that the wind had
overturned the vase which contained her
husbands remains.
"'Pshaw she said, now isn't IL just like
George to throw his ashes all over my new
Kirmanshah rug" ="
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
ADVICE.

Medill Mccormick. president of the Illinois
Progressive Republican League. was talk
ing at a dinner I'm Chicago about certain
old-fashioned campaigning methods.
'Those methods," said Mr. Mccormick
seem as cumbersome to us as the methods
Of the mover seemed TO the inebriate.
LAS an inebriate rested against lamp
post a mover passed him. The mover, an
economical chap. was doing his moving by
hand and he had on his back huge
grandfather's clock.
THE inebriate stared vacantly at the
sweating figure bent under the weight OF
the great clock, and then hiccoughed and
hailed him.
Hey he said, 'hey-hic-there"
"The mover, stopping. turned slowly.
well, what is IT.? he asked.
Take my advice, young fel,' said the
inebriate, an buy 'shelf-hic-a watch.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
THE misunderstood GATOR.

The winter afternoon was like June, and,
taking tea under a palm on the lawn OF
the Royal Poinciana at Palm Beach. a
sportsman said:
This morning / photographed an ALL
gator My boy, to get him. stripped ana
waded into the water up to his chin. The
boy felt about with his feet in the mud
till he found big gator. Then he ducked
down, grabbed the gator by the nose and
dragged him slowly ashore to the waiting
lens"
But" said girl in white. wasn't 1t
dangerous?"
Not a bit"
But | thought alligators ate you!'
mo, no. said the sportsman. You are
confusing the alligator with the crocodile
The Indian crocodile eats men and women.
but the Florida alligator is as harmless.
literally as harmless. as a cow"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

tired circus man, and after a lot OF hard
work he taught the bird to turkey trot
with him spienddly. Then he reported
himself to the agent again
But the agent, for ali his promises, had
nothing TO offer. The poor fellow turned
UP every day for a while, then every other
day. then every third day, but there was
nothing doing, and at last week went by
without his appearance at the agents office.
"Then the agent sent for him, and said:
"'Well. I've fixed you up at last. I've
booked you for tla: turn of yours at --.
But tho old ector interrupted, sadly:
Its too late now he said.
""roo late? How is IT too late?" said
the agent, frowniLg.
1--WE had TO eat my partner. muttered
the old actor.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
Told bv Noted Persons in Mood of After-Dnner Merren

Spain, the soapberry of Chill ana the DARK
of the Peruvian soap tree
At ouaretaro. in Mexico. soap takes the
place of copper coinage.
The TERRA del Fuegans cat soap lihdlhs
the fat therein really nourishing. Thcy say
they like the taste, too.
Soap is made from garbage in the newest
incinerating plants.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
BRUTAL.

Vice President Sherman. in an interview
In Washington, said of the smashing of a
boom:
1T was a brutal smash. II was so bru-
tai, so cruel 1t reminds me OF Marrlt's re-
tort.
"Marrits wife, at the end OF the usual
breakfast table quarrel burst into tears
behind the coffee urn, and as she searched
for her handkerchief, walled:
You said. the second time refused
you, that you'd rather live In eternal tor
ment with me than in bliss by yourself
"'Well. had my WISH Irowled Marrit.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
lENTEN FARE.

Egerton l.. Winthrop, at the end OF one
OF the meetings OF the Board of Education
In New York, said, apropos Of severity in
the sShoolroom:
These over-severe teachers always re-
mind me OF an over-severe parson. He. at
dinner party during Lent said to one OF
the guests. a famous racontcur:
My dear sir. as il is Lcnt-and a Fri
day to boot-woud YOU mind II ! asked
you to confne your. efforts exclusively to
fish stories? "
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

rance OF the editor of The Cinnaminson
Scimitar.'
THE editor OF The Cinnaminson Scim-
itar, reading the copy OF a cub reporter
from Yale, came to the sentence:
Cesar not merely met opportunity-he
created it.
"The editor looked up from this sentence
and said reproachfuly
Look here. what do YOU want to ad-
yertlse Caesar for%"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
THE TREE DENTIST,

The oak had big cavity In the trunk.
like a cavity i'm a tooth, and with a huge
gouge the tree dentist cleaned out the soft
brown dust. the rotten wood.
When the cavity was quite clean he dis
infected IL with corrosive sublimate-he
sprayed 1t as tooth Is sprayed
Next he filed 1t. very carefully. with q
germ proof cement The top Of the filling
he smoothed neatly off. and the edges of
the adjacent bark he drew over the cement.
THE bark" as he explained. as he threw
his huge instruments into his waiting auto
mobile, will grow over the filling. hiding
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
SOAP BUBBLES.

The ancient Brtons invented soap. The
Romans, two thousand years ago. carried
the invention back to Italy. They manu-
featured soap IN Savona, whence the French
word for t-sayon.
There are natural soaps-the soaproot of
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
RARE TYPE OF EDITOR.

Senator Crane was talking about an OPP
ponent of arbitration
"The man is not liberal he said "He
takes a narrow. selfish view Of things. lie
is not well informed either. The fact II, he
reminds me In his narrowness and lgno-
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
If Such a Cutting Off of Fuel
asSeems Imminent in Amer
ica Were Prolonged,
Every One Would
Suffer.

TMMENSE forces are arrayed for
struggle. The plans have been laid, the
Il battalions have marched to their as
signed positions-al is ready for the signal
of attack
Is America TO be invaded? Are the Ger
mans to fall upon our eastern coast ana
the japanese upon our western shore? That
might be less dangerous, less costly, less
menacing to the present order of society
than the internecine strife which is fac
ing US.
A coal strike worse than war?
The notion seems absurd-but this is
day OF absurdities which come to pass.
ASK the English statesmen their opinion.
Inquire of the German rulers, and SOUND
the French Consider all the facts.
One week from tomorrow, on April l,
the coal miners of the United States are
expected to lay down their tools. They
have laid down their tools before, but never
i'm such a fashion and at such time as TO
dislocate the industry of the nation. Their
action could conceivably have the effect oil
a revolution: not because they intend 1t So
but because the mechanism of society mas
become completely interdependent. The Eng
ush programme of a minimum wage, backed
by the threat of government ownership oil
coal mines, forecasts the possibilities III
this country.
A world strike of coal miners may be al
hand-England. Germany, France SPAIN
next the United States and Canada.
Things will happen quickly here, as they
have happened abroad There will be no
time TO discuss theories of government.
The Civil War cost sl,OoO,ooO day. coal
strike may cost s5,OOo.0OO a day before IL
gets fairly going. In such an event ooh-
eress will act. Red tape will be cut
Two weeks after strike is declared on
April l there will be comparatively little