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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
PREY
ON SHIPPERS
FOR RICH GRAFT
Team Track Delivery Charges
Out of All Proportion to
Service Rendered

The Times showed, Thursday, how
lack OF paved streets giving access
10 the Belt line interferes with the de-
livery or freight, causes congestion Of
tracks about Detroit, prevents quick
movement OF cars and causes ire
mendous loss TO the community.
II can be shown that the railroads.
which complain or delay on the part
Of shippers and receivers OF goods, are
even more TO blame for the enormous
waste which goes TO swell the cost OF
living
A railroad graft which has caused
a-+oss OF hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars 10 Detroiters was recently ex-
posed in a case fought before the
Michigan railroad commission, carried
10 the supreme court. which decided
against the railroads, and how up to
the federal courts for final decision.
II was test case brought in the
name Of John $. Haggerty brick man
ufacturer and member Of the Wayne
county highway commission, against
the Michigan Central and Grand Trunk
railroads. Behind il were a dozen or
more OF Detroit shippers who felt that
the railroads had Disseminated
against them The circumstances
were these:
/ Mr.. Haggerty owns brick plant
outside the limits OF Detroit but with
in the so-called Detroit switching dis
triCt. which extends for several miles
along the Detroit river. His plant is
on the Pere Marquette. Mr.. Haggerty
shipped cars OF brick from his plant
to Delray over the Pere Marquette.
where they were delivered 10 the
Michigan Central, which delivered
them to a public team track within the
switching district.
! A riyal, brick manufacturer whose
plant was located on the Michigan
Central made similar shipments TO the
same destination, the cars travelling
practically the same distance.
Mr.. Haggerty was charged SO by the
Pere Marquette for shipping his car
to Delray. 81 by the Michigan Cen
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X INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 27.-Judge
Albert Anderson announced at 10:0
the dynamite jury was not ready to
report and ordered recess until 1880
The 40 defendants were in their
places. They were to remain in court
during regular court hours, until We :
dict was returned.
The indicted men came up smiling,
at $3.50 o'clock. Michael Young, OF
Boston, and Fred Shireman, OF this
city, were conyulsed with mirth, over
the funny column OF a morning news
paper. Charles Beum. OF Minneapolis,
Wiggled his ears and made funny
faces for the copy boys at the press
table. big Red" Smythe, and little
-Jimmie" Ray, OF Peoria, laughed up
roariously over joke cracked by
George ("Nipper'O Anderson, OF Cleve-
land. Olaf Tveitmoe, OF San Francis
90. was the only solemn faced one or
the 40. High spirits prevailed gener-
ally among the indicted labor leaders.
They chewed tobacco, or gum, and
sone ate candy. Outwardly, they did
not seem to worry over the coming
verdict.
Only few favored ones were admit
Ted 10 the court room, besides the
wives OF the defendants. The corri-
dors were cleared OF spectators, and
the federal building fairly bristled
With deputies. Marshal Schmidt frank.
II admitted that he was prepared for
trouble, In the event Of an unfavorabfe
verdict for the iron workers, but he
stated he did not except trouble. No
one was permitted TO approach the
Jury room, toward which all thoughts
turned
There is a strong possibility OF a
disaereement on some OF the trStl-
mony involved, the defendants sueh
as Frank j. Murphy, OF Detrcit'
Daniel Buckley, OF Rock Island, ln.'
and Herman G. Seiffert, OF MilWau-
kee. There Is believed TO be no pos
sibility OF a general Disagreement as
10 all defendants before, Of the failure
OF attorneys for the defense TO even
!. protect some OF their clients.
The jurors marched, under guard.
ut 7:20, from their rooms IN the court
house to nearby restaurant TOT
breakfast. Apparently they had spent
. comfortable night
The IL men prayed, as LsG8i, iast
night, before retiring.
Judge Anderson required bot -
minutes In which to deliver his H.
structions. He began at the conciu-
sion OF District Attorney Millers clos
ing argument which ended at o'clock.
Miller talked IA hours in all.
There was a grand rush for Judge
Anderson's private chamber at the
conclusion of his instructions, by both
counsel for the defense and prominent
persons present at the trial &c con-
gratulate the jurlst on the fairness
and clearness OF his instructions.
Defining conspiracy, the judge said \:
ITO constitute the offense OF con
spiracy which is made punishable by
the statute, there must be not only
(Confinued ON Page EieSenD
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INDUSTRY Is
NOT FREE TODAY,
WRITES WILSON
Man With Little Capital Finds
II Impossible to Compete
With Big Fellow

NEW YORK, Dec. 2T--ln an article
entitled The New Freedm,'' to ap.
pear In the January edition OF The
Worlds Work" President-elect VIII
son discusses his policies, and those
OF the progressive wing of the Demo
cratic party, At considerable length.
Among some Of his observations are
the following: ....
"A corporation is very like a large
tenement house; il isn't the premises
OF a single commercial family: Il Is
just as much public affair as a great
tenement Is network OF public high
ways"
What We have to discuss is not
wrongs which individuals Intentionally
do-for do not believe there are a
great many OF those--but the wrongs
OF the system. ! want to record my
protest against any discussion OF this
matter which would seem 20 indicate
that there are bodies of our fellow.
citizens who are trying TO grind us
down and do us injustice. There are
some men OF that sort. | don't know
how they sleep o'nights, but there are
men OF that kind. Thank God they
are not numerous. The truth is We
are all caught in a great economic
system, which is heartless."
When hear judges reasons upon
the analogy of relationships that used
10 exist between workmen and thcii
employers, a generation ago, won
der II they have not opened Their
eyes to the modern world You know
we have q right To expect that judges
WI have their eyes open. even
though the law they administer hasn
awakened"
since ! entered politics. ] hsy,
,hiefiy had mems views conided e
ne privately. Some OF the biggest
ren IN the United States. In the feit
n commerce and manufacture. are
,fraid OF somebody. are afraid o.
something. They know that there u
nower somewhere so organized. -
,nbfle. 90 watchful. so interlocked. s.
.omplefsl 80 pervasive. that they hat
tc,ntiroes o rnEs Eieven)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
SURGEON URGES
KNIFE TO MEND
MORALS OF RACE
DIR. j. III. Carstens Behind Bill
Designed to Prevent Breed
ing of Criminals
WILL MODEL MEASURE
ON INDIANA STATUTE
SAYS Reform Crusades Are Use
less Unless They Strike
at the Root

Or. J. Henry CarsteDsr ~one OF Dc
troit's leading surgeons and~a close
student OF eugenics, as the science OF
improving stock, whether human or
animal, is called, has asked Rep
George p. Palmer to introduce into
the legislature bill providing for the
sterilization of inmates OF state n
neutrality-suspicious. and asylums no
are likely to transmit to their on
spring the weaknesses which make
for crime or feeble-mindedness
Rep Palmer will model his bill on
the Indiana law passed in 1907, under
which an attempt is being made by
the state TO check the breeding Of inn
beetles and habitual criminals.
The Indiana act reads:
Whereas, Heredity plays a most
important part In the transmits
sion of crime. idiocy and imbecil-
ity;
Therefore, BE Il enacted by the
general assembly OF the state OF
Indiana, that on and after the
passage OF this act. II shall be
compulsory for each and every
institution m the state, entrusted
with the care OF confirmed Grim
inals. idiots and imbeciles, TO APP
point upon its staff, in addition TO
the regular institutional surgeon,
two skilled surgeons of recognized
ability. whose duty il shall be, In
conjunction with the chief physi-
clan OF the institution, TO exam
inc the mental and physical con-
dition OF such inmates as are rec
commended by the institutional
physician and board OF managers.
IL. in the judgment of this COM
mittee of experts and the board
or managers, procreation is mad
visable and there is no probability
Of Improvement OF the mental
condition of the inmate, il shall
be lawful for the surgeons to per
form such operation for the pre-
yention of procreation as shall be
deemed safest and most effective.
But this operation shall not be
performed except in cases that
have been pronounced unimprov-
able
The operation employed is known as
yasectomy.
There are classes OF crime that
cannot be stamped out until we cease
(ContInued ON Page Eleven
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Bob Printing Done Right. Time.
/ Printing Co, a. John R.-st
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CLEMENTS PROMOTES
BIG HOTEL PROJECT

A hotel. TO cost about Sl.500.O00, at
the southwest corner If Lafayette
blvd and Wayne-st, : being pro-
NOTED by Charles I'll. Clements. man.
ager OF the Hotel MetroDole.
IL is said that Detroit business men
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27

have subscribed to enough stock TO
make the hotel a surety. The tenta-
tive plans call for a blildins 10 or IL
stories high. with ade4lat founda-
lions for still more ioors. They call
for $50 rooms. The Slild.ny Itself
will cost $500 900, 1t Is expected, and
about as much more VIII be paid for
equipment
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
HALF-BREED INDIAN KILLS
BROTHER IN A SALOON

CALUMET, Mich, Dec. 27.-(Spe-
ciaD Henry Shaloafoe, halt.breed
Indian fisherman OF Ass.nins, shot ard
killed his brother. John. in a saloon
at Kewenaw Bay, 40 miles ftom Han
cock, last night, because the latter
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
THE WEATHER

For Detroit and vIcinityt Unsettled
venther with probably some snow to-
night or snturdasI colder tonig hti mod
crate westerly winds.
For Lower Michignni snow nurries
.oYIubt or saturdays colder tOnlght :
mod.rnte west and northwest winds.
rnnAA'S TEMpEHA Tl RES.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
HrIh NJ Mhi,r sln,.-

A complaint under the Mann white
slave act was laid against William Nc
COO. alias Montgomery before Unit
ed states Commissioner Hurd Fri
day morning. McCoo was arrested by
Detectives HOrigan and McCarty or
Tuesday and was turned over 20 the
fedcral authorities. He II charged with
Transporting Pansy Davis from Chicago
TO Detroit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
DYNAMITE JURY, HEAVILY
GUARDED, FRAMES VERDICT
Corridors of Federal Court
House in Indianapolis Are
Lined With Deputies
PRECAUTION AGAINST
UNFAVORABLE VERDICT
Accused, Iron Workers Are Held
in Court Awaiting Word
of Their Fate

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. ~
A verdict In the dynamite con-
splracy trial this afternoon was
confidently expected, by District
Attorney Miller. he 'alc he
looked for the jury to come in
before tonight. ....
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p One yehr ngo t"dhyI HIkhcst teM-
rn.roture AZ lowest, III mean, Isl
,Ioudy weather with or inch of snow
Tn. moon rises Mt si23 y.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
TAFT-"A MERE BAGATELLE COMPARED TO ELECTION DAY."

tried 10 prevent him tium Killing d
bartender. He was Captured TINS
morning,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
N.u nI,nrce suit.

]. b Hatch has started suit Tor "a (.
vorce against Mamie HAteii HlleSNll 2
desertion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
REV. JOS. F. DOLAN
DIES IN PATERSON
Priest Beloved by People of All
Faiths-Ill Several
Months.

PATERSON, Oct. 30.-The Rev. Jo-
seph r. Dolan, Of ST. Georges Church,
one of the best-known priests in the
State, died early today in the church
rectory, 40S Gettyq m With the
dying priest at the end we're the Rev,
Father Matthias, o. F. M, of the
Franciscan Monastery. Sisters of the
Convent and a few parishioners.
Father Dolan became seriously III
the latter part of September and al
taken to st. MichaePs Hospital, in
Newark, where it was found he was
too weak to be operated on. He i'm
proved slightly, recovering enough
to make it possible to bring him
back to his rectory in this city. Last
Saturday he suffered weak spells and
gradually his condition became worse.
Last week Bishop John J.. O'Connor
visited the priest and asked him if he
were r%econciled to die. Father Dolan
said simply but ~fervently: Indeed,
] am, bishop" Before he left Bishop
O'Connor bestowed his blessing.
The dead priest is mourned By
people of all faiths in the city. lie
was born in Brooklyn on Christmas
day. ifty-two years ago, and was
educated in the Seton Hall College.
He was ordained on May 5, 1885.
He was appointed as curate OF St.
Agnes's Church. where he remained
about five years. Then he vas made
rector of the parish at Netcong. st.
Georges parish was founded on July
%, 1897. and Father Dolan was Sc
lected as rector, coming here just be-
fore the opening Of the fall school
session. Here he found it necessary
to accomplish within a few months
the work which usually requires sew
eral years. He built a churcn, or
ganized a school and put the PARISH
on a good footing within a remark-
ably short time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
BEGS TO BE DEPORTED
AND SUES HIS EMPLOYER

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. Oct. 30.-if
James Fenion were an artist, an &C
tor or an opera singer he would not
have to the courts, but he
declares through his attorney that
ne Is simply a delivery wagon driver,
and therefore feels that he should be
deported and should receive 1000
Judgment against his employer. 1t
is the first case in the history of Fed
eral courts In Minnesota where any
one has asked for deportation.
Fenion in his complaint filed in the
Federal Court against j. &. Wilson,
charges violation of the immigration
act. The complaint declates that in
1911 Mr.. Wilson induced Fenion to
leave his home in Greenock. Scot
land. and come to the United States,
promising him a job as n delivery
wagon driver at $12 Il week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
FIND NO TRACE OF
MURDER SUSPECTS
Actor and Wife Sought in Con-
nection With Miss Singers
Death.

CHICAGO. Oct. 30.-Although po-
lice in every part of the city kept a
sharp lookout for Charles d. Conway
and his wife. wanted in connection
with the murder of Miss Sophia G.
Singer, of Baltimore. yesterday morn
ing, no trace of the couple had been
found early today.
Close watch was kept on %fve-cent
theatres, the police having obtained
information tina Conway and his
wife had sought employment in sew
eral of these places. They learned,
too, that Conway had performed as n
clown with different %circuses, and
leading owners of shows of this class
were wired to assist in the search.
William r. Worthen, the fiance of
Miss Singer. who came here from
Baltimore with her, will be dues-
toned further by the police today.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
GIRLS MORE PRACTICAL
THAN BOYS AS M

WASHINGTON, Oct. sO.-Glrls as
practical farmers are more of a sue
cess than the boys of the agricultural
States, according to the officials of
the department of agriculture, who
have just completed a report on the
movement to instruct girls in the art
of raising tomatoes and the work of
canning them. The work has been
hampered by lack of funds. but the
efforts of the department have been
highly successful wherever intro
duced. the girls of the State of Okla
homa leading in efficiency.
The children of the gentler sex in
that State raised and canned this
year no less than ninety varieties Of
fruit and vegetables. More than 5000
girls are enrolled in the departments
clubs. which are organized OF lines
similar to the successful c~orn-raising
clubs organized for h instruction
Of the boys.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
VAMPIRES AND BUBONIC
PLAGUE DIVERSITY TRIP
Curator Returns With 1000
Brand-NeW Animals.

CHICAGO, Oct, 30.-Wilfrid Os-
good. assistant curator of mammals
and birds at the Field Museum, has
returned to Chicago from nine
months in Peru and the Amazon VAL
ley, bringing 1000 specimens of
fauna. The whole 1000 specimens
are new to American collections,
Mr.. Osgood crossed South America
by pack mule. carrier, canoe, launch
and steamer.
ut was no picnic" said Mr.. 0s-
good. "On the coast there was bu-
bonic plague. heart failure at Is, 900
feet, Beri-Beri at 1quitos and yellow
fever. black water fever and malaria
all the way down.
AT night the vampires sucked
blood from the mules till the mules
nearly died from weakness. Y
"On the Amazon we shared our
steamer with 400 live turtles, weigh
ing 200 pounds apiece. / used to
awake in my hammock and wonder if
any of them were loose in the dark"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
IL SAILORS THOUGHT
DROWNED ARE LOCATED

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Oct. 3d.
Twelve sailors of the steamer Nicara-
qua, which was disabled off Padre
island during the Gulf storm of Oc-
tober Is and abandoned, who were
believed to have been drowned, have
been located. Six of the men ar
rived at Point Isabel, twenty miles
south of Brownsville, after making
their way fifty-four miles afoot from
a point opposite Padre island, and
the others, who landed on the coast
further south, are enroute to Point
Isabel.
A crew from the Brazos island life.
saving station was sent out to pick
the men up. Captain Eschevva and
other members of the crew of the
Nicaragua We're rescued by a boat
from the Port Arkansas ~life-saving
station October 81. after being adrift
in the Gulf in a small boat for five
days.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
PRESS.

command as the result of a decision
reached today by the officials having
in charge the annual flower show of
the department of agriculture.
The magnificent blooms are to be
distributed among the forty-eight
hospitals and charitable institutions
of the city just as soon as the ex-
hibition ends this veeio Tho"~-aaT
of visitors attended the exhibition
yesterday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
EXPECT TO END LABOR
RIOT CASE DURING WEEK

LAKE CHARLES La, Oct. 3d.
Attorneys for the nine members Of
the Brotherhood of Timber Workers
on trial for murder in connection
with the Grabow labor riot said to-
day that they were planning the ex-
animation of their witnesses with the
aim of concluding the trial this
week..
The three days have so far been
consumed by the defense in taking
evidence, Inc it has all been directed
toward proving that the union men
intended no violence when they went
to Grabow for a meeting, and that
the mill men, not the union men,
fired the shot which precipitated the
riot. These two lines, according to
counsel for the defense, will be fol-
lowed in the remainder of the evil
dence. This is understood to mean
that the defense will not seek to in
troduce evidence which was prom
ised early in the trial to show al
legged hostility of the mill men toward
the brotherhood of Timber Workers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
SHOT TRYING TO SAVE
GIRL X o JEALOUS MAN

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 30
William Lockhart, a bartender. is
dying from a bullet wound inflicted
while he was trying to save Bert Hill
and Mamie Shadriek from death at
the hand of George Greene, a wealthy
horseman. Greene was arrested.
The first shot struck Hill and the
second bullet struck the girl, both
being injured seriously. Lockhart
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
MAIL
'G|RL REPORTER
| SHOWS EN- HOW
Suffragette} Cub" Goes Right
Out and Brings in Fire Story.
Child Hero. and All.

Take il from the city editor OF the
Newark Evening Star men re-
fportcrs arc nix. Mawruss. When ii
comes 10 getting the news and using
ones top-picce while getting it, a Cir
cub" who doesn't even know how tc
pountsa typewriter can put it all oven
the star man
Look at this here Miss Rose Weiss
f'rinstance. she joins the siais OF
the "Star'5 to-day with a bunf NJ
other beiibbonef young lad
help get out a suffrage editor
what do you think she does? b.,
Why, she goes out on al 'U Il
and not only brings back ~
good yarn but kidnaps a ~ Wh
hero who's saved his y ,.
getting. burned to deatE G1der
him down to the office te, a&1e. ,"e
can photograph him q Meaa' 1ss,'
ture on the first pag dtsoark req
Dyer wonder thai 10 %req esenl
almost forgot he W @hat tahot cry
for a minute WHY "one "as Nep
think up some W eonsss az sa sa
Look for s't[ ne~. 10 nep.I
F.; tell you. oIths n%ad nnaach,
o,a :, 10, of 11aDe, Go tsae edtI
por' ""'Zas- eoftor To
" y BY 'oj
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
CHRYSANTHEMUMS TO
BE SENT TO HOSPITALS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The bed
ridden and destitute of the capital
are to receive rare chrysanthemums
that a kings ransom scarce could
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30

was shot down al he attempted to
interfere.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-04
IT'S UP TO HURLBUT TO
MAKE EXPLANATION

Park Commissioner Hurlbut recent
~ asked the council to award a cone
tract TO the Barber Asphalt Paving
Co. for supplying Bermudez asphalt
10 his department az S31.32 a Ton.
When Secretary Busch went before
the committee on parks and bojle-
wards. Monday 10 urge the committee
10 recommend the awarding OF the
contract it was shown thar the &C.
partment of public works buys tie
same material from the same company
for $2S1j ton.
The committee refused TO authorize
the contract, requesting the DEPART
ment 10 buy its asphalt through the
department of public works.
The committee voted 10 approve a
contract with Horatio $. Earle f1'
supplying one motor lawn-mower n
sl.3aa T. b. Rayl bid the same price
on the same machine. but Capt.
Busch explained the contract was rec.
commended with Earle because the de.
rartment buys other supplies from
Rayl
Edwin DENLY. former congressman.
spoke TO the committee about the
plans Of the Detroit biological society
10 issue catalogues OF the aquarium
and roo on Belle Isle and 20 sell KEN.
as we'll as picture post cards The
committee Will recommend that the
society be given the privilege with The
limitation that the catalogue cannot
Dc sold for more than % cents per
copy.