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The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
HERRICK SAILS TO
TAKE UP HIS DUTIES

NEW YORK. April 12.-Sailing for
France TO take up his post as Am
bassador, Myron 7. Herrick yester-
day was optimistic as to the business
outlook in the United States. The
amba ssador said he did not believe
the anthracite coal strike woald be
Of sufficiently long duration to do any
great harm.
II believe the outlook Tor an in-
crease in business In the United
States is splendid said Herrick.
,.The iron and steel industry in Ohio
is excellent. and look forward to
greater volume OF shipping on tho
great lakes than there was in 1911,
which was very good year
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
TWAS FRANTIC REvELRY OF
DISGRACE AND DISORDER
A. Z. Larned Uses Circus Poster
Language in Describing Bay \
City Convention .,.-.y-

IF the aim OF the convention sys
tenn is To misrepresent public opin
lon IL seems TO me tiaes the ezsKstem Is
admirably adopted t. accomplishsthat
purpose" said Abner Il. Larned, re-
turning from Bay City, after the state
Republican convention, Thursday
night.
This was the first state convention
Mr.. Larned ever attended, and the
rough treatment he received at the
entrance to the Bay City armory
made the occasion memorable for
him. Mr.. Larned is an ardent ad-
mirer of Col. Roosevelt.
ITO employ the language of the cir
Gus advertiser, in one last, frantic,
fantastic reyelry of disgrace and dis
order the present caucus and con-
vention system has passed out OF ex-
istence, never, let us hope, TO be re-
instated in Michigan" continued MIR.
I.arned. "All that desperate, un-
scrupulous men could do to make its
demise damnable was done. Seem
ingly, the politicians in charge or the
Bay City convention, realized that
the vicious system was living its last
day and they determined TO make that
day memorable II a man needed any
thing 10 convince him OF the evils Oh
the convention system, visit to Bay
City, Thursday, would have been sur
ficient for the purpose. This IS said
not so much as an attack on one set
of delegates or politicians so much
as an arraignment OF the system Itself.
Not by the widest flight OF fancy
could any man conclude that such a
system could mean the free express
sion or the peoples wish.
1T Is crying shame that Gov. Os'
befH.s splendid fight tor the prefer
ence primary could not have resulted
in the primary at once. IL IL had this
blot would never have been put on
the name of Michigan
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
STEAM ROlLERlTES CLAIM
ROOSEVELT MEN BLUADERED,
GIVING THEM CLEAR VICTORY
Boast Taft Delegation Was One
Regularly Chosen and
kas Will Be Seated
NEW STATE CHAIRMAN
Alex. Groesbeck, Martindale
1 Supporter, Named as Sue
cessor Of Frank Knox
NEW STATE CHAIRMAN

An air OF triumph pervaded the
coaches of the Taft special train re-
turning TO Detroit last night from the
Republican state convention at Bay
City. The Roosevelt train on another
road was frequently alluded to as the
RED Cross" special in humorous ref
erence to the failure OF the Roosevelt
delegation from the first district to
obtain recognition at the hands of
the state central committee and its
exclusion from the convention hall.
The Taft leaders professed belief
that they had won a sweeping and
final victory though there seemed TO
be no hope that the Roosevelt faction
would not appear at the National con-
vention with its contesting Michigan
delegation.
Every move that the Roosevelt
people made at the convention was a
blunder," said John ID. Mckay, COM
pairing the activities OF the respective
factions. They would have done
better TO stick to Truman II. New
berry for temporary chairman for he
had once received the endorsement
of the state committee. The chairman
OF the committee has no authority TO
act independently In such matters.
He is merely the creature OF the com
mittee and Chairman Knox exceeded
his authority.
Grand Fellows, who presided over
the Taft convention, said that even
though the precedent that the state
chairman shall call the state conven-
tion to order we're conceded, the
Roosevelt convention would have no
valid claim to regularity.
when w. ID. Gordon made his mo-
ton TO Chairman Knox designating
ex.Speaker Baker as temporary chair
man, | accepted their motion as being
directed to me. This motion was
legally put before the convention and
a roll call showed it was lost by an
overwhelming vote. 1t makes no dif-
ference whether j put the motion as
chairman or whether Knox did. The
roll call was made by the only secre-
tart who was acting In the conyen-
ton. The loss OF this motion made
by Gordon would necessarily leave
me the regular chairman OF the con-
vention under the action OF the state
committee. The committee had des-
ignated me and Mr.. Gordon's motion
10 substitute Baker was lost
Speaking of the precedent OF hav-
ing the state chairman call the con-
yention to order. VIM. Manchester,
sixth district member OF the state
committee, said that this question
had been carefully looked into, and
Continued on rage Ten.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
JAILED AS SUSPECT FOR
TORONTO BANK SHORTAGE
DR.. Beattie Nesbitt, Accused
of Taking $25O,OOO, Was
Trailed Through Detroit

CHICAGO, April 12.-Confident that
he has taken into custody DR.. Beattie
Nesbitt, alleged bank wrecker, OF To-
ronto. Canada, and ex-member OF the
Canadian parliament, Assistant Chief
of Police Schuettler has surrounded
his prisoner with mystery, to prevent
interference by friends of the alleged
fugitive, until the proper papers for
his extraditlon can be sent from the
Canadian capital The man taken as
Nesbit is not held in the Jail and IL
was said today he was spirited out OF
town.
Nesbitt. who went under the name
of Coleman here, was identified by
Detective Aldrich OF Toronto, who
has had many business relations with
him.
The alleged bank wrecker is said to
have secured $250,000 in the crash
of the farmers Bank OF Toronto, Just
before he disappeared. A search that
extended throughout America and
Europe followed. Nesbitt was partial
ly identified by a former citizen OF
Toronto. He was then continuously
shadowed until Detective Aldrich ar
rived last night. Nesbitt was plenti
fully supplied with funds and IL was
expected he would make a hard fight
against extradition. He protested his
innocence and declared he never saw
the Canadian detective before. The
police fear that he may secure his
liberty on a writ OF habeas corpus. as
he was arrested without a fugiture
warrant.
Or. Nesbitt was traced from Toron
to to Detroit. There The trail was
| lost.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
ORDERS BIG CUT IN
FREIGHT RATES ON WOOL

WASHINGTON, April 12.--In a far
raching decision today which will
change the whole freight rate situa-
tion for all western wool growers. the
interstate commerce commission or
dered big reductions in freight rates
on wool. hides and pelts from every
point west Of the Mississippi river 70
every point east OF II. The decision
will upset the present rate wool rate
system which has been maintained
since 1908. The commission found
that the present wool rates are un-
reasonable
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
WASHTENAW DELEGATES
WILL VOTE FOR WILSON
Move To Send Uninstructed
ENJOYS Is Defeated By
Vote of Three to One

ANN ARBOR, Mich, April l2.-The
Democrats of Washtenaw county, by
n vote OF three to one, instructed the
delegates to the state convention 10
vote for Woodrow Wilson.
A majority and minority report was
presented by the resolutions commit
tee. the latter providing for an In
structed delegation. An effort had
been made to send the delegates 10
the convention uninstructed, but the
Wilson sentiment was predominant
and swept aside the opposition. Dean
Vaughan spoke for the adoption OF
the report, pledging the delegates 70
vote for the New Jersey man.
FolIowing are the delegates-at
large to the state convention; !,
Mayor walz, J. Z. McGregor, n; >
Abbott, John Kirk, George Beckwltn
NJ f. Cooley, Albert English, M ).
Cavanaugh and s. w. Beakes. the
other delegates are: Ernest Wurster
Gid Millard. w. II. Stark, John w
Markev. George Hubbard, Thomas
Kearney. r. p. Huston, j. NJ. Brown
r, O'Brien, whitney Palmer, Ricn
mon Mcclure, Frank Koebbe. Davlo
reach Herman Gensler, NJ. Lehman
IT T.. Renau, George Gerlach, Gus
tay shank. Charles Kensler, John
Intz. w. w. Pratt, l.. b. Lawrence
Fnos Twist, James Taylor. Danle
0'prien. DIR. G.. p. McLachlin, George
w Johnson, Mat Max, Frank Jocelyn
T. L. Towner, Lee Brown, W. II
lewis
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
MRS. CATHERINE HUEGLI
PASSES AWAY AT IS YEARS

Mrs. aCtherine Huegli, 70 years old,
widow OF the Rev. John A. Huegli,
pastor OF the Trinity Lutheran church,
Detroit, for AZ years, died OF heart
disease in the home OF her son, DIR.
A. G. HuegIi, No. 40 Jos. Campau-
ave-. Thursday noon. She is survived
by seven children. 26 grandchildren
and six great grandchildren. The chill
dren are: Mrs. Mary Murmester,
Mrs. Matilda Sherman, wife OF Or. u.
II. Sherman, Detroit: the Rev. Theo-
dore HuesI. of Brodhagen, Ont; Mrs.
Louisa Dulitz, wife Of Dr. Paul e. Du-
ltz. Detroit: Miss Amalie liuegll Nil
waukee, Wis, and Dir. a. G. Huegli,
Detroit.
Funeral services are to be held In
DIR. A. G.. Huegli's home, at 1880 y, m,
Monday, and in Trinity Lutheran
church at o'clock.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
DESERTS GIRL-BRIDE TO
LIVE WITH PARENTS

From bliss TO sorrow I'm the twink
ling OF an eye, was the rapid transi-
tion which Mrs. Norman Cox, II years
old, experienced Wednesday. She
was married over In Windsor, last
June, and she and her young nus
band--he Is only i9--lived happily to-
gether. But Norman emarried against
the consent OF his parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Richard Cox. OF Pontiac, and
they were Mortified when they read
in Pontiac paper, few days ago,
that their son was married to Pearl
Dorothy Congdon, also OF Pontiac,
almost year ago. They straight
way brought their son back home and
will try TO have the marriage an
nulled.
Norman has been working In the
nIant OF the Nurthxay Motor Co. lie
spent Easter in the parental home,
and his wife saw that when he re-
turned he was not rs agreeable as
10 had been. Wednesday, OF this
week. when she returned to the home
az her sister. MrsA +. NJ. Smith, No
agS Vfllman.ave. Detroit, where she
and Norman had been staying, she
found The following note, signed by
Norman:
Dear Pearl--l'm going home.
Your mother queered II all by
that piece in the paper Tn very
sorry. but it's best for both OF
us. But I'll be II soon. That
was what was the matter with
me and YOU We're so good to me,
too. II will kin my mother II
don't go home
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
OFFICER CAPTURES
FLEEING PROWLER

ANN ARBOR. Mich. April Ia.
Early yesterday. Officer William
Gerstner discovered George Webb.
colored. attempting TO break into =
shoe store on Main-st. Webb TOOK
10 his heels and Gerstner fired at him.
Webb was later captured and ls now
in jail Webb was arrested about =
wear ago for attempting 10 break into
the same store.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
STING BY CRITICISM,
COUNTY AGENT QUITS

ANN ARBoR, Mich. April 12.-Un-
able to stand the criticism to which
he was subjected following the death
OF the adopted baby OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Wildsmith, which 1t is alleged died
OF cruel treatment, County Agent w.
X. Childs has resigned. II was stated
at the time that Mr.. yChilds had been
notified several times OF the treat
ment OF the Wilsmith baby, but he
took no action. This he denies.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
TWO FLAGMEN ORDERED
AT RUSSELL-ST. CROSSING

Chairman Glasgow. OF the state
railroad commission, has issued an or
der 10 the Lake Shore, Michigan Cen
trail and Wabash railroads directing
them to put on two hagmen at the
Russell-st crossing from a. m. TO
D. m. until the grade separation work
IL completed. The order directs the
railroads maintain the hagmen
Jointly, s&ttbe gates are now main
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
THE WEATHER

Tor detroit and vIcInityt Friday
night and saturday unsettled, prob
nbIy Showers moderate temperature
mo.Ierntr east to south winds.
IoNer MichiRaut Hain tonight nnd
probabIy saturdays brisk east Winds
.robnbIy high over north portion.
due year ago today Bighest tem-
versture, s0t lowest. a.; mean. 90
-leudy with "a ipch Of rain durins ths
daU '
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
ULSTER Is THORN IN
SIDE OF HOME RULE

LONDON, April 12.-That the i'm.
portant problem the government
faces at present in connection with
the home rule legislation Is the con.
ciliation OF Ulster was admitted by
the Liberal organ. the Evening Star
today. II insisted, however. that the
bill as drafted absolutely safeguards
the rights of the Protestant minority
in Ireland.
The Star applauds what Il terms
the evident desire OF Sir Edward Car.
SON the Ulster leader. TO fence for a
compromise.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
AGED MAN is GROUND
TO DEATH BY TRAIN

CHARLOTTE, Mich, April Ia
John Knowles, aged 81. killed here
last night by Michigan Central pas
senrer train. was a pioneer residcnt
of the county. Mr.. Knowles for many
Years was engaged In the Ice husi-
ness here retiring few years ago.
The aged man was deaf, but insisteI
ON walking sloaE ne track.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12

Windsors tax rate for the coming
year will likely he 221s mills on the
dollar 15h mills for general expenses,
.5h mills for public schools and y
mills for the collegiate institute. The
budget will he adopted in special
meeting OF the council next Monday
night The proposed rate Is two mills
less than that Of last year.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
INDEPENDENT SHOE CO.
SEEKS HEAVY DAMAGES

BOSTON. April 12.-Snit TO recov-
er $4,000. 1000 damages from the
United Shoe Machinery Co. wasN to-
day filed by the Duplessis Indepen-
dent shoe Machinery Co. Ltd. The
plaintiff company alleges that is
business has been restrained In vlo-
lation OF the sherman antitrust act
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
MARKET OPENING

NEW YORK. April Ia The stock
market opened irregular with price
changes about equally divided. 1s.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12

Paris is all agog over the engage.
ment OF Nine. Lima Cavalieri the
short-tlme wife OF Sheriff Bob Chan
ler. of New York. and from whom she
separated a goodly chunk OF money,
10 I.ucien Muratore. the tenor of the
Paris opera house. After the mar
riage the two will travel the Amer
lean circuit, -
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12

The report OF the eruption and loss
Of life was brought to Mobile yester-
day by Captain Olsvik, of the steam
or Fort Morgan. lie said the eruption
occurred on April ), and that he had
witnessed flames shooting from the
peak. He added that the reports OF
the large casualty list were brought
10 Bocas Del Toro by refugees.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12

Job Printing Done Right. Times
HTintins Coz Is John R.st
The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
STORY OF VOLCANO
HORROR PROVES FALSE

PANAMA. April Investigation
disclosed the erroneous nature of the
report that thousands OF persons had
been killed and Indian villages swept
away by the eruption Of Chirqui
Peak, near Bocas Del Toro, In Pana-
ma. There has been no eruption OF
Chiriqui Peak, and Panamans are at
loss to know how such a report
originated.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17
BOMB OUTRAGE AND
MYSTERIOUS STAYING
PUZZLE N. Y. POLICE

NEW YORK July IA murder and
bomb outrage took place early today
in Harlem Shortly before . o'clock
the police found the body of well
dressed evidently an Italian -ly-
ing upon the sidewalk at 10Sth street
and Second avenue, with bullet holes
in it. Eight of them had been fired into
his back, evidently after he had fallen
from a shot in the head
About the same time an explosion
was heard in 109th street, where an in
fernal machine had been set off on the
first ASor of the tenement at No. $oS
East Tooth street, shattering the front
of the building.
A short time after the shooting a
wounded man walked into the East
Seventy sixth street police station. He
said he had been hurt in bomb eX-
plosion and asked medical aid. After
being treated. he disappeared.
The authorities began an investiga-
ton along the line that the shooting
and the bomb outrage We're in some
way connected
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17
BOOSTERS FOR TWO
NEW COUNTIES GET
JOLT IN COMMITTEE

e The Georgia legislature if the house
committee on constitutional amend
ments knows what it is talking about,
is in no mood this yeaa' for the creation
of new counties.
The committee came down hard on
the proposition, argued for three long
hours. to make new county of a slice
of Berren and to call 1t Cook county,
in honor of the secretary of state. II
also throttled another proposal to make
new county of several slices Of Ap-
ping. Ware and Coffee. and to call it
Aiken.
There were two delegations on hand
from Berrien. one urged the new coun-
ty of Cook The other advised against
it, When it. came to a vote, the new
county men lost out II to ,. The bill
will he reported adversely and can not
hope to pass.
The Aiken county proposal hardly got
a look in on the committee.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17
NAME OF WOMAN IN
WRECK PROBE SAME
AS THAT OF LUNATIC

CHICAGO. July Investigators of
the wreck Of the Denver Limited on the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy rail-
road at Western Springs Sunday have
today discovered strange coincidence
which may have a bearing on the
probe Mrs. F. A. Wilcox signal OPP
orator at Western Springs, will be the
most important witness at the inquest.
that will begin tomorrow.
Investigators have discovered that a
Mrs Fisk A Wilcox, former telegraph
operator employed as station agent
at Highwood near Western Springs
was sent to the detention hospital at
Dunning al insane and was discharged
after six months treatment The
woman held as insane lived at La
Grange and had separated from her
husband, a former railroad employee.
The signal operator at Western Springs
lives a LAGRANGE.
Persons in LAGRANGE say that thu
signal operators husband was Fisk
Wilcox
The wreck at Weston Springs or
CURED on the second night Mrs. VII
cox was on duty She worked one more
night, but was not on duty last night.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17
CURFEW
LAW IN ATLANTA
NeWsboyS Club Also Is Planned
by Chief County Probation
officer TindaI.

w. w. Tindal, chief county proba-
ton officer, seeks strict laws regard
ing the public conduct of children. He
began today a plan to obtain a curfew
law and to effect newsboys' organi-
zation.
Il am going to try to have both the
laws put into effect" said Mr. Tindall
I'VE need a curfew rule in Atlanta
probably more than any other thing
concerned with children The news
boys association might be made to CO.
operate with officers in enforcement of
the law and would certainly benefit the
young boys now roaming the streets al
night"
Mr. Tindalls plan is to have the
newsboys organized into club, and to
get an order from city officials that no
boy not a member Of the club be al
lowed to sell newspapers on the streets
The curfew law is planned along lines
followed in other cities
BY the two laws we would be able to
prevent q great deal of minor lawless-
ness by newsboys and could also keep
children from running on the streets a.
night unless they have written per-
mission from their parents" said Mr..
Tindall
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17
Waqers Whee1bdrroU Ride on T. r.
OLD FOES IN A NEW BET|

July drawn. signed and solemnly en-
cred into:
l hereby agree, if Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt is not elected next
president of the United States and
Woodrow Wilson or W. H. Taft is
elected to buy you new hat and
bandana handkerchief, deliver same
to you in your office decorate the
hat with the bandana handkerchief,
place the hat on your venerable
Uranium, place you on my back and
tote YOU to decorated wheelbar
row that | will have in waiting out
side in Alabama street, and roll you
in the, wheelbarrow from there to
the state capitol. provided, how
ever. If Colonel Roosevelt is elected
you agree to buy me a new hat and
a bandana handkerchief and roll
me in a wheelbarrow FURNISHED by
yourself) past the postotfice to the
Piedmont hotel
JOHN BROWN SCARRATT.
! accept the foregoing PROPOSE
ton and conditions.
ED c. BRUFFY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17

If Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is
elected president of the United States
this year, Major John Brown Scarratt
will treat Colonel Edward Constitution
Bruffy to such Wheelbarrow ride
around and about the streets of Allan
ia as never has been seen in these
parts.
Major Scarratt and Colonel -Bruffy
are ancient enemies in the election bet
ting business.
Once upon a time-this is no fairy
tale-the major won a hat from the
colonel That was when Harrison. was
elected president-not Tippecanoe Har-
rison Ohe dea!-this thing happened
when John and Ed were 81, and not
before the Mexican wary,
Anyway, the major is snorting
hurrahing, boosting Roosevelt man this
year the while the colonel thinks the
Rough Rider will have not even
small caiber look in on the electoral
college.
Duly Drawn and Signed
Wherefore this agreement between
the major and the colonel has been
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17
SPAL DING COUNTY BABIES
TO OWN GRIFFIN JULY rs

GRIFFIN. GA, July 1.-THE mer-
chants of Griffin have arranged to hold
a baby show here July %. There viii
be many prizes offered for all kinds and
classes of babies under three years old.
The photographers will take pictures OF
every baby brought to the studios dur
ing that day. The moving picture shows
will admit free every mother with a
baby Many of the merchants VIII give
souvenirs to all babies that visit their
nlaces of business. Refreshments Will
he served during the day. 1t is planned
to make this a gala day for the babies
of Spalding county
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17
COURT VALIDATES $4,000
BOND ISSUE FOR C0RDELE

CORDELE. GA July 17.--Judge w.
F. George. of the Cordele judicial cir
cult has passed an order validating the
$4,000 bond issue recently voted by the
city of Cordele These bonds are for
public improvements and the work viii
likely begin in the early fall. OF this
amount $4,000 will be spent on street
paving. $4,000 on extending the water
works system $4,000 on bonding a
school house in the Third ward and
81, 900 on extending the sewerage.
1t is understood that another bond
election viii be held to issue $4,000 Of
bonds for buying the electric light plant
owned by private individuals.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-17
\. K. Smith QUITS
TAT 7; JOINS 7. R.
Commissioner of Corporations
Resigns to Support New
Third Party.

WASHINGTON, July 17-Having
decided to Join the new third party
movement and help Colonel Roosevelt
IN his campaign, Herbert Knox Smith
has resigned as commissioner of corpo-
rattons. He will be succeeded, in all
nr0bab ability. by Luther Conant, Jr of
brooklyn, n Y. the present deputy
commissioner of corporations. a dis
tinotlv Taft exponent. The change will
become effective Thursday. July s.
Mr. Smith will go to New York for a
conference with Colonel Roosevelt on
Friday. when his political plans will be
mapped out He will probably take an
active part in the campaign. discussing
corporations, with particular reference
10 the Sherman anti trust law.
4 close friend of Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr..
Smith was d member of the tennis
oabinet during the previous admins
tration
In his letter of resignation. Mr.. Smith
frankly advised President Taft of his
intention to Join the new party.
In his letter Mr. Smith says he in
tends TO support lne new party because,
he declares. that movement includes the
principles he believes in and which he
has earnestly endeavored to further so
far rs could during my term of Fed
eraI service"
Il feel that the new party represents
these principles more directly. and with
more promise and power of perform
anee. than either the Republican or
Democratic party" says Mr., spith.