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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
HT!EF|ELD OPPOSES 4
PER CENT SEWER BONDS
Will Fight Plan To Boost Inter-
est Rate-Matter Up
Next Tuesday

There is a possibility or a lively
tilt in the council, next Tuesday
night, when Aid IIttlefield presents
his motion TO reconsider the councils
action in re-authorizing at four per
cent, 100000 worth OF sewer bonds
that had been preA iously authorized
at , . per cent.
AID Littlefield says he can see no
reason, in view OF Detroits excellent
financial standing, why it should not
be able 10 sell its bonds at 3 ID per
cent as in the past. Deputy Control.
lcr Palmer says. however, that If the
reconsideration carries and the ac-
tion of last Tuesday night is rescind-
ed il will amount 10 holding up the
"hond issue.
A year ago the controller issued
Si50.00O OF public school and sewer
bonds at 3 - per cent and they
we're offered for sale to the public
generally. In spite of a great deal
of publicity the controller was able
TO sell only $4,000 worth of these
bonds to outsiders, the city taking
the remainder. The city now has
Sl.579,000 tied up in 3 IL per cent
bonds
Ht COIllIO tA pldluS lHdl one
reason Detroit experienced no Difficult
ty In selling it's bonds al ~ per
cent In former years was that II was
one of two cities in the state whose
bonds we're tax exempt--ln recent
year, the law has been changed and
all the larger cities of the state are
issuing tay-exempt bonds at 4. IL
and even > per cent. Naturally the
bond.buyers are going 10 purchase
the securities that pay the highest
rate of interest under these circum
stances. and Detroit's rate OF ~
per cent is no inducement
Tile bond situation is one that is
causing good deal of discussion
?mong the aldermen. who seem TO
be divided on the matter OF interest.
IL is certain that the aldermen who
share the controllers view will op-
pose Aid. Iittleheld's attempt at re-
consideration.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
HUNDREDS OF DETROIT
WOMEN ARE BUNCOEO BY
CHINA DECORATING SCHEME
Detroit Fraud Flouri2 h 5
Through the Use of News
paper Liner Columns
NO REDRESS FOR VICTIMS
Company Sells Pupils Supplies
and Charges Them For
Mistakes They Make
BY FINANCE.

A simple little want-ad. is respons'
ible for one OF the most cruel frauds
that has been unearthed in the city
of Detroit for some time.
IL makes its appeal to women Who
want TO exc out the income oil me
family by doing little work in their
homes. They find, however, before
they have proceeded far that instead
of making money they lose the lees
that they are induced to pay IN au-
vance for the instruction they are
promised and run up conslderaGie
bill OF charges besides.
The American Ceramic Decorating
Co. is the name that the business
goes under and it's offices in the var
pey 'building have been filled day al
ter day with women who expect 20 DC
taught the art OF decorating cflhd
from transfers in imitation oil haLa'
painted china.
When woman ANSWERS the adEer-
tisement OF the company she Is OF
fered six lessons in the art oil decor
ating china for So, at the rate o. %
cents lesson. In these six lessons
she is supposed TO learn how TO DO the
work successfully and she IS PROMISED
that all that she can do satisfactorily
Will be bought by the company at Tue
rate OF $3.50 dozen Lake most
propositions OF this sort. II looks
quite plausible on the face OF IT, CUT
the kinks that make the money for ne
American Ceramic Decorating 20. 10
not appear on the surface.
I'm the first place the company TIT
niyles all the material 70 the Worf-
crs aud :rom the accounts OF tnoSe
-,,l.t, ~, e-lliad- 10 make moneA-ol--- CT
the scheme, this should be very
profitable. part of the business. Every
worker contracts TO pay for oil trans
fer sheets that are spoiled in the
operation Of, placing. them on Ahe
china plates. These transfers are
charged up to the workers at.iron ~
70 25 cents apiece, which is from NO
To five times their cost III toe open
market. One is given the chance ~
buy them elsewhere II she can llnd
them bnt-tht ordinary woman does
not take the trouble TO look csc
where.
The most important kink cones IN
the selling OF the plates as they are
made. The American CERAMIC psc-
continued on Page ThrecD
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
A0R4H=DAK0TAANll[=P lCE=
i PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
lat PREFERENTIAL PRIMARIES
First State To Put Plan in Effect
n Will Hold Referendum
March 10
IPIN HOT IN Dill E M M A
Works For Roosevelt, But Finds
Big Interests Lined Up For
Former President
'INCHOT DILEMM "A
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.

JAMESTOWN. N. D., March s.
The eyes OF political leaders OF the
United States are now on North
Dakota. This will be the first state
since there were states TO selecl
presidential candidates under the pre-
ferential primaries. The date or the
primary Is March 10.
The voters will be given ballots on
which are the names OF the presiden'
tial candidates of all parties. Each
or these names has been placed on
the ballot by a petition signed by SOC
voters in the state.
The names OF 10 candidates for
delegates to each OF the national con
ventions also appear on these ballots.
The voter marks crosses opposite
the names of 10 men whom he thus
practically instructs 70 vote for his
presidential candidate.
, So far as the Republicans are con-
cerned this presidential primary has
made strange mix-up. Until Roose-
welt entered the arena there was no
prospect of Q fight. The LaFollette
men had whipped the Taft men so
badly that Taft's name was not even
TO have been on the ballot. But
WHEEL Il. r. announced himself the
"old guard"-the railroad and big
business crowd-quickly took up his
candidacy and are now seeking TO
get control of the state away from
the progressives.
Roosevelt, like the tariff, is local
Issue. In California, Gov. Hiram
Johnson cleaves unto Roosevelt In
OF der TO prevent his state from rail-
ting into the clutches OF the Southern
Pacific road.
/. How Roosevelt Figures.
Z In Wisconsin. II the Republicans
forsake LaFollette for Roosevelt they
will fall into the clutches OF the rail
roads. Roosevelt, in California.
means freedom from the big inter
ests. In Wisconsin he means sub
jugation TO the big interests.
/, Il Is practical certainty that the
10 votes OF North Dakota in the Chi
oago Republican convention will mean
tha. the railroads, after being whip
red out OF the state for the past SIX
years, will have gained a new toe
hold in North Dakota.
The 10 men who are Roosevelt
candidates for delegates to the Chi
cago convention, are standpatters.
Without her new weapon of presiden-
tial primaries North Dakota would
fall back into the grip OF James j..
Hill and the big interests. But. while
the voters of most OF the states in
the union are lying back. helpless,
and waiting for boss-ruled conven.
lions 10 tell them for whom they can
vote. the citizens OF North Dakota
are listening 10 arguments of cam
rGign orators and are reserving their
judgment until presidential preferen-
tiai election day on March 10.
Ii is just as exciting as If they
were voting for q governor.
North Dakota citizens are truly SOW
:, Continued ON Page Fifteen.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
AUTO RUNS DOWN AGED MAN.
INJURIES PROBABLY FATAL
w. G.. Ross Victim of Serious
Accident at Woodward and
Milwaukee-Aves.

w. c. Ross. "A years old, con.
tractor residing at No 70 Milwaukee,
ave. west. was perhaps fatally injur-
cd by an automobile driven by
Ernest Austerburg. OF No. ia Fort
ST. west, at Woodward and Milwau.
kee-aves., Friday morning.
Austerburg was taken TO the detec.
tive bureau by Precinct Detective
Dibble, and later was taken before
Assistant Prosecutor Jasnowski. TO
whom he made full Statement
which was corroborated by witnesses
and indicated that the accident waS
unavoidable.
Ross was attended by Dr. G. L. Pot.
ter OF No. 149f Woodwarf.ave. and
was later sent TO Harper hospital. II
is believed that he sustained a frac-
ture of the skull.
Austerburg and witnesses OF the
accident declared that the AUTOMOBILES
was travelling at only about II miles
an hour, in beaten track. about
three feet from the curb. where Ross
was standing when the auto an.
preached.
The automobile had been running
parallel 10 a south-bound Woodward
car, and Austerberg. thinking thar
the aged man wanted TO board the
car, slaekened his speed to allow
Ross TO pass in front of the machine
Ross made no move. and AusteFbppe
stated mp his machine again. when
Ross suddenly stepped from the curb
and was struck by the rear mud
guard on the auto, and thrown 10 one
side. his head coming into violent
contact with the curbing.
Austerburg was not held
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08

LONDON, March 8.-No question
OF his proofs" will be raised so far
as Capt. Rcald Amundsen is con
cerned when he reaches civilization
according TO a Hobart special TO the
London Daily Express. The captain
landed from the Fran at Hobart
Tasmania, for brief period today
but positively refused to make any
statement regarding his achieve
Ilents. He made ii very plain, how
ever, that he will submit his proofs
to the various geographical societies
in the near future.
Amundsen, the dispatch adds, has
kept all of his ships people on the
Fran so that his story of the trip TO
the bottom of the earth cannot leak
In advance OF his prepared plans. He
will stay at Hobart until next week
AFTER which he will clear for Buenos
Ayres. thence around the Horn to
San Francisco. From there he plans
TO drift around through the northern
passage TO the Atlantic.
The fact that no word has been re-
ceived from Capt Scott is accepted
by the majority OF the English news
papers this afternoon as meaning
that Amundsen annexed the coveted
honoIs. 1t is believed, however, that
Scott also reached the south pole, al
though there will be great anxiety un-
I'll he finally reports.
There seems to be q general &C.
ceptance from Englishmen that the
Norwegian did exactly what he said
he did in the cablegram received by
his brother which stated he spent
three days at the pole. That he did
this TO prevent any suggestion of
"Cookism," is the belief here OBJ
Gervations taken on three days in
succession at high noon. it is said,
could not be faxed" and there can
be no question raised such as was
raised for time in connection even
with Admiral Peary's proofs among
certain scientists.
A special TO the Star from Hobart
says when the question was bluntly
put to Amundsen whether Capt. Scott
reached the south pole, the Nor
wegian explorer positively refused
to answer H..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
FIVE KILLED IN WRECK
ON CANADIAN PACIFIC

MONTREAL, Que. March S.--The
Canadian Pacific railway issued the
following bulletin regarding the
train wreck at Ottawa:
"A passenger train from Waltham
collided with "a transfer engine at
the east end of Prince of Wales
bridge Early advices state that five
people were killed and as many more
Injured. The names are not yet avail
able"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
Takes Body to Pontiac and BurIes
1t As Her Son S; FIndS He Is Alice

PONTIAC,
a. Klock
L. w. No
in
o
overjoyed
il
a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
Alleged whi,e shaver Held.

Harry IaSalIe, arrested by Detec-
tiNes Wilson ana Black for the federal
authoriteu the nrst of the week on n
charge OF violating the white sla .
tile feasfOl grand jury by u s. Com
miss ioncr I'inueN, tridnN morning. Jf-
Ter p brief examination It's bail MAS
fNtu at $4,000. which has not been fur
nlshcd as Yet li9zel CLOSER, also
known as Mildred hastings. tue Chl-
caEo girl LaSalle is alleged to have
PLACED IN .Chumplaln-s resort, was
not lDiled Us Titness, Friday
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
FATHERS DEATH HALTS
WATERWAYS MISSION

KALAMAZOO. Mich. March s.
Henry W. Waterman. father OF Hon
or r. Waterman. secretary-reesurer
Of the Michigan Federation OF Labor.
died this morRing OF heart disease.
Secretary Waterman was az LaAs..
ing last night in the interest OF the
Norhingmens compensation bill.
Vnere he received the summons to
return home. lie arrived few hours.
before his fathers death
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
KING CONGRATULATES
CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN AS
FINDER OF SOUTH POLE
Action Leads Norwegians To
Believe Countryman Has
Won Prize
BRITONS AWAIT PROOF
Cling To Hope That Captain.
Robert Scott Also Reached
"Farthest South"

CHRlsTlANIA, Norway, March
9.-All doubt that Capt. Amund-
sen has actually discovered the
South pole was set at rest, SO far
as Norwegians are concerned.
this evening, when King Haakon
sent cable OF congratulations to
the explorer at Hobart, Tasmania.
He also granted permission to use
the names Of himself and Queen
Maud in connection with the new
lands discovered by the Norwe-
gian explorer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
The WEATHER.

FOR Detroit aud NlcInity< Frida v
night aud sHturdnS. unscttHD weather
WITH some snow and coldstt moderate
northeast 60 northwest winds.
For Lower Nichlgnns Local SHOWS
nv. colder tonight and saturday, rN-
cent fair SATURDAY In southeast porttoni
Geld wave southwest p"rtloni noder-
ME. northwest winds.
---srauAA. TEMPER NTIUES
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
no Tr, C,.yr IN k,,.m.,oo

Harry Gregg, alias Harry Brown,
VINO robbed tw Otravellng men on a
Pullman sleeper on the Wolverine HIM
tied. Will be taken TO Kalamazoo by
Detective John Navarro. or the Michi-
gan Central railroad, Friday afternoon.
as the ehefts occurrtd as the train was
passing there.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
NoRWEGlANS BELIEVE
AMUNpseN WON PRIZE


CHRISTIANIA, March SO
days meeting of parliament
was devoted 10 clarifying the
success OF Capt. Amundsei in
reaching the South pole. II was
decided TO cable him congra'u-
lations, and the fact that there
was no hesitation in doins 50
was accepted as proof that the
cablegrams received by the
king. which have, been with
held from the public in ORDER
not TO prevent Amnndsen sell
ing the story of his achieve.
ment. tell OF the successful "trip
to the pole.
This belief was added TO by
the address of the president,
who said:
we are filed with joy ryer
the receipt OF the news that
Capt. Amundsen and his com
rades have succeeded in pant.
ing the Norwegian dag at the
South pole"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08

one year sEo todayi Highest tem-
perature, tIt lowest. @5t mean. :,3i part
- cloudy weather.
The sun sets tonight at $3.50 y. IN. aud
riseL saturday at 5t5t a.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
buried In sewer Cnve-In.

Victor Mheascls. ~ years old, 10 No.
~ Rnndolph-st was buried ~ -
sewef caVe-in at Jenerson-aye. and
.ar--r+-ar-s-GEcak- TOAD. ELLlThX -mnrning.
and was badly injured about the spine.
tie Yves taken 90 st. Mary's hospital iu
n police ambulance. lie viii recover.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
NEW COMMERCE. BOARD
SECRETARY IN DETROIT

Secretary Eucius T.. Wilson, OF the
Board OF Commerce, returned from a
trip east. Friday morning, and brought
back with him Byres III. Gitcheli. OF
Binghamton. n. Y. who was selected
by some of the directors to take the
F, position as secretary OF the Detroit
civic organization. He will spend
Friday and Saturday in Detroit, meet.
ing the directors and members Of the
board.
CHARLES W. WARREN a COMPANY
Experts on Platinum Work.
JeweIers-MarbiBgt Arcade.
Commercial Credit Co.. Ratings.
EXPRESSING AND BAGGAGE
Main or City IL.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08

"Ghat Haunting Melody and all the
latest song hits. Metropolitan -Four
IenObscot Inn.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08
ANTI-SENATORS, IN ATTACK
OF colo FEET, URGE HOUSE
TO REMAIN IN SESSION
Petition TO Lower Body Fore
casts Intent of Osborn's Foes
To Defeat Ball Bill
WOULD ESCAPE BLAME
Hackneyed and Hypocritical Cry
Is Raised by Politicians
Afraid of the Cars

From staff Correspondent
LANSING, Mich, March g.
The Ball preference primary bill
passed the senate this afternoon
by vote Of 20 to II. The SEN
ate is now voting on the issue OF
trrn1edfste effect for which %
votes are required.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-08

-panAA.s TEMPER lTURE>.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-15
BOARD BOUGHT
LAND FOR ROAD

The board of supervisors made a
deal this afternoon with J. H. Smith
of Highland township whereby a strip
of land has been bought by the county
for use as new road. The property
amounts to one-fourth acre and will
serve as cutoff for the present road
which crosses the Milwaukee railroad
twice in a short distance. With the
making of the new road, the crossing
of the tracks will be obv1ated. The
new road will cut off the corner made
by the present road similar to the rail
road that cuts the corner of the Smith
farm The strip bought for the new
road is on the east side OF the tracks
and makes safer roadway. The old
road will not be discontinued as por.
ton of it leading westward touches
territory that the new road does not.
The consideration was 500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-15

Thomas l.. Devine of Colorado, who
held the committee proxy for that
state "The gentleman is insulting
Colorado when he makes such
charges"
Mr.. McHarg asserted his right to
make statement presenting evidence
of the veracity of his witnesses. Chair
man Rosewater declared he should
have presented his evidence during
his time for argument, but Mr.. Nc
Harg proceeded to make a statement
to the committee. The two Taft dele
gates Joseph A. Gill of Vinta, and J.
w. Gillilland of Holdenville, were then
seated by the committee, after mo-
ton to seat the Roosevelt delegates
had been defeated.
Senator Borah asked for roll call
on the Roosevelt motion but it was re-
fused. The Taft delegates were seat
ed without roll call, the Roosevelt
men voting mo"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-15
EIGHT FROM SOUTH
FOR THE PRESIDENT
Continued From Page ~


Heney, holding a proxy, asked Mr.. Gill
whether it was the custom to desig
nate the place at which the conven-
ton was to be held. Mr.. Gill replied
that in this instance the Taft
adherents had not so desig-
mated place. The Roosevelt attor-
neys contend that place for holding
the convention had been fixed. This
seems to be a question of veracity,"
said Senator Borah Have you any
documents on either side to prove your
statements?"
Ormsby McHarg, the Roosevelt con-
test attorney, started to tell what he
thought was the best evidence of YER
acity' when A. M. Stevenson Of Den
yer, holding the proxy of Committee
man l.. Barker of Alabama, objected to
"a speech by the counsel after his
time had expired"
The committee enjoyed lively
minutes interchange. Senator Borah
said a charge was answering the
question"
Mr.. Heney broke in to refer to
gag rule In Colorado" directing his
remarks to Mr.. Stevenson.
II object to such a statement" said
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-15
which he has advocated in his fight
! through the various state primaries.
SAYS Taft VIII Have 574 Votes.

which he has advocated in his fight
through the various state primaries.
Says Taft viii Have 574 Votes.
| William Barnes, Jr., of New York
In calculations tabulated personally
announced that President Taft would
i have STA votes on the temporary roll
call of the convention. If this claim
be found correct when the national
committee completes the hearing of
! contests tomorrow, the president
would have majority on paper Of ex-
actly seventy votes over the combined
opposition. ....
When the situation affecting the
possible winning of Taft delegates to
the Roosevelt side was discussed the
Taft leaders insisted that even heroic
efforts to that end would be futile, in
the face of the presidents strength on
paper. They pointed out from their
figures Roosevelt would have only 458
votes, that it would be necessary to
capture thirty-six southern delegations
in order to get control Of the conven-
ton out Of the hands Of the presidents
supporters, and that then it would be
necessary to get forty-six delegates,
more than the number instructed for
LdF OlletIe ana CummlnS, IN OrQeT 10
nominate Col. Roosevelt.
Many of the Roosevelt leaders con-
cede the improbability Of the nomina-
ton of Col Roosevelt on the first bal
lot, but at the same time say that
President Taft cannot muster enough
votes to adopt the report Of the COM
mittee on credentials. Here is the
point where they claim the Taft ship
will 90 on the rocks. The credentials
committee, it is admitted by many,
will be similar to the national commit
tee. Principal interest today centered
in the coming of Senator Root, the
work of the national committee in the
contest hearings, and a score of i'm
passioned addresses by leaders on
both sides at various meetings OF
delegates.
With the arrival of hundreds Of dele
gates, representing both factions. the
differences which were matter Of
comparatively quiet debate when only
the leaders were on hand, have be-
come the foundation for numberless
street corner and hotel corridor argu-
ments. ....
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-15
DEHART ORPHAN
SECURES HOME
LITTLE OTTUMWA GIRL, BUFFET.
ED AROUND IN kEOkuk BY
FOSTER PARENTS, HAPPY.

Little Beulah DeHart, the Ottumwa
girl whose life has been full of hard
ships for several years, has at last
found a home where she will be
happy. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Wit
itch, who live just outside Keokuk,
have taken the little girl into their
home. The Drumm family has left
Keokuk. The Keokuk Constitution
Democrat Of yesterday tells of the
happiness of the orphan as follows:
The troubles and hardships that for
the 14-year-old ward of the police de-
partment, a burden have been def
nitely and permanently dismissed.
Beulah left the station this morning
to go and live with Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis E. Witch. who live just outside
the western limits Of the city.
Attired in a dainty, fresh, Bingham
dress, Beluah peeped into the chiefs
office at the station this morning to
say goodbye to her benefactor. She
was smiling and happy. Mrs. Witch
she had already pronounced to be a
mice woman" basing her opinion en-
tirely upon intuition, and she was so
glad to be getting a home she could
call her own.
BE a good GIRL admonished the
chief as the door closed behind the
reclaimed waif She's a good girl, all
right" he added to friend In the
station, land she has found good
home I know the Wittichs and l
know that they will make good home
for any child they take. They have a
boy now that they adopted several
years ago.
The DeHart girl was temporarily
adopted by Jailer Louis Yeager after
she had been found by the police at
a farm house several miles out of the
city two weeks ago. She had run
away from the Drumm home because
of the Entertainment received at the
hands Of Drumm and his wife. Drumm
was arrested on charge of assault
and battery. He pleaded guilty to
beating the girl when arraigned in
the superior court. He was sentenc-
ed to thirty days in the county Jail
and released when he promised to
leave the city.