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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-21
CITY FIGHTS VERDICT IN
GRADE SEPARATION CASE
Fears Other Suits if Award to
Mead & Co. is Sustained
By Supreme Court

IL the supreme court upholds the
circuit court In the case OF Mead ~
Co. machinists, against the Michigan
Central railroad. resulting from the
separation OF the grade crossing at
Twentieth-st., the city stands TO lose
a large amount OF money in similar
cases through the failure OF the coun-
ell to pass resolution declaring II
necessary TO separate the grade cross
ings.
Corporation Counsel Lawson repre-
sented the city In the hearing OF the
case before the supreme court. We'd
nesday.
Mead g. Co. sued the Michigan Cen
trail railroad for damages in the cir.
cult court, alleging that the council
had not passed a resolution declar-
ing the separation OF the grade ut
Twentieth-st. public necessity, and,
therefore, that the railroad was a
trespasser on the property. Judge
Van lille held that 1t was necessary
for the council to declare by resolu-
ton the necessity of separating grades
and a jury awarded Mead & Co.,
S., 500.
The city is responsible for the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-21

amount of the award. because Il ID
compelled under its agreement with
the railways TO pay the damages 70
abutting pro-cSty owners. Ordinar'
lily all the AUDITING property owners
90 into the recorders court at once
and the city appears as the defen.
dant in the case. jury OF Detroiters
making the awards II the course
taken by Mead a. Co. is pursued by
other property owners. the juries
passing on each individual claim will
be composed OF non-residents, and the
Michigan Central railroad will ap.
pear as a\disinterested defendant. The
awards would be considerably larger
it's figured.
There are nearly 40 property own
ers claiming damages by reason OF
tho separation OF the grade at Tween
tieth-st., awaiting the result of the
case in the supreme court. They
would prefer to bring their cases in
the circuit court. while the corpora.
ton counsel would prefer TO prevent
multiplicity OF suits and have tho
usual proceedings taken in the re-
corder's court. There are fully loo
persons whose property has been
damaged by the separation OF grades
and whose claims have not yet been
adjusted.
The council has not passed a reso-
luton declaring any grade separation
necessity. taking the position that
it was sufficient declaration when the
contract was made with the railroad
If the city loses in the supreme court
the council will in future pass such
a resolution.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-21
sunday MORNING crowd Bio.

Eleven thousand persons turned out
TO the Sunday morning game at Oak
land on June 2. II Is doubtful II any
major league club ever drew as many
at forenoon fiesta.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-21

Saginaw valley went 10 Lansing 10
urge the passage OF the law, telling
woeful stories OF death and injury 20
their fellows, and they could not
comprehend why labor union men
could oppose II. II may not be all
that the union man may want, but
II is a far step toward II and he
should welcome II. The Lawyers
club OF Detroit endorsed the law.
Illinois, Massachusetts,, Ohio, New
Jersey. Wisconsin. Washington state
and California have similar laws and
Colorado. Pennsylvania, Minnesota
and Indiana are investigating the sub
ject preparatory to enacting a similar
law
III Gov. Osborn put no other law
on the statute book, this one alone.
the result OF his activities, would
make his name long remembered In
Michigan. | am a member OF the De-
troit Federation OF Labor. and
studied this subject for many months
with the commission. We made an
exhaustive investigation OF the court
records OF personal injury suits; We
traced plaintiffs In such cases through
the records OF the poor commission
and all the time we were making such
Investigation there daily came TO US
pathetic stories of men being killed
and their widows and children either
denied aid entirely or deprived OF II
by the laws delay instances where
men were mutilated In shops and fac
tories and deprived OF assistance.
want to say that II the law accom-
plishes one-tenth of what IL Is intend
ed 10 accomplish II will be blessing
TO the workingmen of this state
Under the old system, II man
were Injured he had to fight for
years and years, arrayed against a
stan Of lawyers always on the job TO
fight personal injury suits. If he came
of with q fraction OF what he consid
cred himself entitled to he was
lucky, and his lawyers shared in the
proceeds. A widow with babe
born after the death of the husband
came into the office of the commits
sion. She was In dire want of food
clothing and fuG. Her husband had
been killed in an accident and she
had case pending in the courts for
many months. No matter what the
outcome was to be, here she was
starving in the meantime.
She thought the liability law was
already in operation and she wept
when told II was not. II may not
benefit me, but thank God II will bene-
At others like me In the futures she
said
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-21

New suits for divorce were fIed
Thursday. by Mary vs. Peter Perlick.
Mary Va. Andrew Brunn, and Joseph
VS.. Christians May Clegg In each case
cTuelty-was Charged
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-21
opposed By Labor FederatIOn.

The law was supported by the
executive council of Michigan Fedora
ton OF Labor, but the Detroit Fedora.
ton OF Labor would not indorse II.
| cannot tell why. Time Will show
that Il is one of the greatest ooons
that has been bestowed on the labor
ing men OF this state. Miners Of the
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
WHY VICTORY" WAS DUSTY
Aousemald Feared Further Damage
to Statuette Already Subjected
to Hard Usage. s

A New York woman engaged q new
housemaid the other day, and was
Immediately delighted at the exhibi-
tion Of the new servants efficiency.
Norah waited on the table with per-
feet mastery; she answered the front
=doorbell with matchless grace; she
never once grumbled when told that
she must wear a cap; her busting was
q marvel of order1iness. "
But the mistress Of the apartment
was astonished, when the new maid
had been in the house about a week,
to find that her cherished Victory Of
Samothrace" was covered with dust.
The beautiful headless body stood
gray and unlovely on its pedestal, and
the S'Victory's" owner called Norah to
see what the matter might be.
IT can't understand this, Norat,' p
she said. Everything else is kept
SO spotless. How have you happened
to neglect the little statue. Have you
busted it at all?" 49,
Norah admitted that she had not,
and said no more. -. -
But why?" the mistress persisted.
"Why ?" And then, miserably, the
maid owned up. ri @.- 49,. ~.
I'm bit awkward with me fingers,
num-" she murmured, shyly. And
saw how bad it. was broke, mum, and
I was afraid O. droppin' it an maxim
It worse" f.. r u
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
WHEN THEY WENT BACK HOME
That Attended the Occasion Of
Popular Celebration. i

During recent Old Home Week in
an upstate village the following
'never-will-amount-to-anythings" were
In attendance: hi *es.r- *es-... Ii
John Wilson Clarke, who was al
ways too lazy to do the chores, came
up from New York in his big seven.
passenger car On account Of press.
ing work he could stay but a few
hours . n. :
Ex-Gov. Silby Kirkwood, who was
naturally thick-headed and half baked
in his youth, stopped over in his pri-
yate car to see his old home. =:
DR.. Willus q. Dyer, one of the best
known surgeons IN the country, called
the town fool when boy, dropped In
and left enough money for town
library.
Miss Caroline Jensen Atwood. too
stupid to learn In the old red school
house, now a popular authoress and
playwright visited her relatives.
Charlie Druke, the spendthrift, shut
up his Wall street office long enough
to attend. -.
One Of the most noticeable features
Of the whole celebration was the alb
sence Of the men and women who
gave much promise of originality and
worth during their youth.
Lack Of memory In their old age ac-
counts for the fact that not one of the
old fogies present ever said anything
but good of anybody, including the
successful boys present:- Don. Cam
er0n Shafer IN Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
Fruit Cost Analysed.

Washington, March 26.-As q re.
suit of Investigations, covering the
experience of growers on many thou-
sands of acres of orchard in Califor-
MIA, It Is declared that the total cost
of growing a box of oranges In Cali
fornia is $1.2937, (this includes the
cost Of putting on the car for ship
ment), and that the cost laid down In
the market is $2.2706, or ISL cents
per. dozen. The dealer must have his
profit above this price. It has prev
iously been demonstrated what 1t
costs to grow lemons, and it was
shown conclusively, that If the duty
were. lowered, the industry could not
live.
AS an expert professional opinion
on this feat Of cost-estimating, the
Fruitman's Guide says:
'':It is doubtful if more compre-
hensive and painstaking array of
statistics involving the most minute,
scientific and careful research has
ever been gotten up in any line of
industry
1t will be on data obtained in such
careful, scientific manner, both at
home and abroad, for the foreign
field has been thoroughly investigat-
ed also,-that Congress, when it does
take up this subject, will be asked to
act. >s
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
His Own Bills.

Butchers are not generally credited
with an especially sensitive tempera'
ment, but New York has one member
of the guild whose skin must be ex.
traordinarily thin. At any rate, he
goes to unusual lengths to exonerate
himself from the charge of extortion.
Above tho cashiers window he has
hung this sign: = .-....* s.
IF prices are high don't blame me.
They have hit me, too. Here is the
meat bill Of my own family. Read
it." Then follows an 1temized &C.
count of the chops, steaks, roasts and
cats meat consumed by the butchers
dependents In one week. The prices
recorded are sufficiently altitudinous
to appease the most disgruntled Gus.
toners, and they settle their own bills
with good grace. Ill .z.s.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
TUESDAY ,DAlARcH 2e, lel2.

aside, that she had no desire to be- re-
garded as q shrinking violet. Yet she
was rather good looking, and she was
dressed in such manner as to indi-
cate that she was free from the ne
scessity OF practicing economy After
she had Fought her way into the car
she looked at the men who were oc-
scupying seats and then stationed her.
self in front OF q smallish, gray-haired
gentleman whose expression was kind
and even lamblike. ,s6s
The woman engaged his attention
by kicking his toes. He curled his feet
back under the seat and continued to
read his paper. Then she "hemmed"
loudly and bumped against his knees.
He looked up at her, INDUCED in a
sigh of WEAKNESS and tried to make
room for her by crowding closely to
the woman who sat at the left OF him.
She declined to bulge, however, and
the old gentleman again turned his
attention to his paper.
Exasperated by such ungallant be-
havi0r on his part, the woman with
the decisive Jaw said in tones that in
no wise suggested the haunting mel
ody of a tinkling brook:
II suppose I'll have to stand all the
way home. I've heard of men who
had the decency to get up when the
cars were crowded, but guess they're
all dead"
4 Madam" the little old gentleman
mildly remarked, s'I would give you
my seat, but I'm saving it for a lady"
Chicago Record. Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
BUT HE RATHER OVERDID
Husbands Bright Idea Of Changing
the Conversation Left Him in
Somewhat Of a Fix.

A man who hadn't been home to
dinner and who didn't arrive in time
for midnight luncheon-1f there had
been one-finally landed at his apart
ment and was greeted with silvery,
'Is that you, dear?" from his wife's
room.
1T Isl he responded succinctly, not
caring for much conversation.
What time is it?"
"Oh, not so late!" he answered;
and then observing large bunch OF
roses on table in the hall he sought
to change the conversation by re-
marking: What beautiful bouquet
of flowers!"
"They are lovely" assented the
wife.
"Beautiful!" continued the late ar
rival enthusiastically. Fresh, too, l.
should say. Their perfume Is delight.
full"
"Can you smell them?"
ooh, yes; their perfume goes
through the entire place. It is love-
ly." ..,
"You always did like the perfume
of roses," cooed the wife.
eyes, and these are especially frag-
rant"
well, go to bed If that Is the case.
You see, my dear, those are paper
roses" ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
Centenary Of Moscow Campaign.


One hundred years ago Napoleon set
out On his campaign to Moscow, and
1t is perhaps only natural that Moscow
and Russia generally should be eager
to celebrate the centenary of a cam
paign which was SO disastrous to the
invaders. Already preparations are
being made in Moscow to open the
1872 museum, and an immense number
of objects relating to the campaign
have been collected. The centenary
has already been celebrated by con-
cert, which revived the marches and
military airs of both armies, and some
Of these, according to the Debats, are
most interesting and curious. More
interesting still, as likely to recall the
events Of that year, will be tho visits
that are to be paid to the battledelds
and the ceremonies that are to take
place there.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
Inn Of tho Mild Henry.

The inn "of the mild Henry (zum
sanften Heinrich) in a little town Of
Posen has evidently changed hands
during its career, for there is at least
an intimation, in an advertisement
recently inserted in Posen newspa-
per by Hermann Dunkelberg, the
present owner, that he may not be
especially mild. The advertisement
reads: 1T has come to my notice
that I am accused of having de-
nounced colleagues because they suf-.
fered Tannebaum" Ga forbidden,
game) ITO be played in their places:
AS I have no desire to waste my.
time In court, hereby promise three
marks to anybody who believed this
report out Of lack Of brains, five.
marks to anybody who spread 1t be.
cause Of malice and ten marks to the
originator Of It. which he can get on
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
FINE OLD MEMORIAL TOWER
On Town Bridge at Milford, Conn, 1t
Records the Colonial History
Of the Place. 1

The town bridge at Milford, Conn.,,
Is a unique memorial of the colonial
history of the place. Milford was first
settled by colonists from the old Eng
lish town of the same name, and the
bridge. which was built to celebrate
the town birthday, is an exact replica
of an ancient one in the Milford over
the sea. Every stone in the round
tower Is a memorial to some historic
Milfordite. Over the massive door is
the sculptured head of an Indian, sup
posed to be AnsantaWae, the chief
who sold the town site to the COL
onists In 1889. The knocker on the
tower door once belonged to the
old house where George Whitfield
preached in 1910. The doorstep is
from the mansion of Robert Treat,
governor of the colony of Connecti-
cut for thirty years. One stone is dedi.
Gated to the memory of Jonathan
Law, a governor from 1742 to 1850
This stone also once formed part OF
the governors threshold Another
large slab is inscribed with tribute
to the Wepawany Indians. On the
bridge corner by the tower the town
perpetuates in granite its gratitude to
Captain Thomas Tibbals (obit. 1909,
In consideration of his helpfulness to
show to first comers. the place and the
land records" Another tablet records
the name of Peter Prudden, first pas
tor back in 1850. Several big blocks
of masonry are inscribed with. the
names of the early settlers, and there
is one stone bearing Milford's good
opinion Of itself in these words: "God
sifted a whole nation that he might
send choice grain to the Wilderness"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
"ljked to Be Gulled."

Sir William Gull, the well-known
London physician, was once the vic
tim Of an amusing piece Of repartee
on the part Of fellow practitioner.
The occasion was dinner party at
which several distinguished medical
men were present. The conversation
happened to turn upon the subject Of
quackery, and Sir William Gull ev-
pressed his conviction that a certain
amount Of it was essential to success
in practice, adding: 1T Is an exam
pie Of the old saying, 'Populus vult
.decipi'" tpeople like to be deceived).
Quite so,,' said the host: now, can
any one present give an English
equivalent to that ~ Nothing easier.
ldryly remarked a well-known physi-
clan of one Of the Manchester hos
pitals. The public liked to be
.gulled. - ~ .s.s ssss
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
WORK FOR CLOUD sPoTTER
Humble but Indispensable Adjunct In
the Process Of Taking Nov.
ing Pictures.

Among the new jobs that modern
life. has originated" said statistician,
that of the cloud spotter is interest
ing and odd. The cloud spotter
doesn't, of course, make spots on
clouds. No, no. He stand on a high
roof with costly field glass and he
continually notifies his employer, a
moving picture maker, of the condi-
lion of the heavens.
"You see, for an elaborate moving
picture play steady, uniform light is
essential. The pictures must be taken
all In sunshine or all in clear gray
light. Otherwise they differ. Some
are weak and some strong. They don't
match on the screen. So the cloud
spotter on the roof, searching the
heavens with his glass, studying the
course and velocity of the wind, as
sures his boss of good half-hour or
hour for photographing a moving-pic-
ture play, and thus saves a waste OF
films that would otherwise be many
times larger than his frugal salary"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
personal application to me. Will pay
fair price for a good, usable bullwhip.
Herman Dunkelberg, Inn of the Mild
Henry" =
Reply Coupons.

The man who boasts that he never
writes letters has been prodded into
epistolary activity.
ut was curious little square red
stamp inclosed in a letter I received
from England that drove me to it." he
said. ''The stamp was marked three
pence. It was totally unlike any
stamp or souvenir I had ever seen,
and didn't know what use to make OF
it. The postman was also nonplussed.
and only at the main postoffice was
the riddle solved. It was reply cou.
pom. English stamps would have been
no use for mailing a letter in New
York, but the coupon could be ex,
changed for United States stamps,
With a reminder like that thrust un.
der ones very nose the most con
scienceless letter writer is bound to re
ply p"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
Her Feats Of Memory.

II have heard and read of wonderful
teats of memory" said Mrs. A. H.
Brown Of this city, "but not one OF
them was so remarkable as those ex-
shibited by my own mother at SO, the
age at which she recently died in
Clyde, N. Y. That was her home for
IS years, but she was born in Phelps.
N. Y.
"She was an ardent reader OF the
Scriptures and, having an exceptional
" clear, vigorous mind, she was able,
mt even that advanced age, to repeat,
word for word the entire Gospels OF st.
Matthew, st. Mark, st. Luke and St.
John. In addition she could recite
lengthy passages from books Of fa-
svorite authors, and many poems, in
icluding epics and extended lyrics. NY.
mother was also a good Latin scholar.
She had seven daughters, Of whom six.
including myself, survive. as do six
teen great-grandchildren and twenty.
one grandchildren Ssas
=
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
Theory and Experiment.

Theory and experiment must go
hand In hand, and much depends on
one as much as on the other, not
merely on its accuracy but also upon
its nature Hundreds Of experiments
may be made, which, however, not.
withstanding their refinement and
accuracy, contribute little to the
march of human progress in the right
direction; they may of course in
ages count for much, but the chief
thing is that the experiment should
be OF the right kind, and 1t Is often
desirable that as much time, # not
even more time, should be spent in
deciding upon the right thing to be
done than in doing that thing itself.
One bad. theory is often worse than
ten bad experiments, because even
II these are properly carried out, they
may yet, if based upon false notions,
add little or nothing, if not to the
store at least to the advancement of
knowledge; and count almost for as
little as the one bad experiment
whether based upon theory or not
John Butler Burke.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
Jealous Fishes in a Duel.

Fish are liable to the same pas
sions as You and I, and they fight and
love as We do" said DR.. Francis Ward.
Il can show you photograph of
rainbow trout in what would have
been a fight to the death II I had not
interfered. In pond were a big fe-
male trout and her partner, who re-
sented the intrusion of another trout.
Suddenly one fish charged the 9TH
er and seized him by the jaw. He
shook his opponent as dog shakes a
rat. and kept on until his enemy float
ed to the top. Then I took the fish
out and revived it with a little weak
whisky and water"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
AROUND
%BASES

1t Is said Pitcher Buck O'Brien OF
the Boston Red Sox received boost
of a thousand dollars over his con.
tract of last year.
Manager Fred Clarke has but ten
pitchers all told on his roster, and
that includes Leitield and Noel, Meth.
er of whom are sure.
Fans will miss the annual Helnie
Zimmerman holdout story, for Zim-
merman's contract as signed with the
Cubs is for three years.
Hank O'Day is making control a
strong point in the development OF
his twirlers. 1T is the biggest asset
of any man in the box" says the ex-
umpire.
Harold Grover. the Pirate youngster
from the town lots OF Rockport,
Mass, is said to be one young pitcher
who has acquired the knack OF hold
lng men on bases.
The most astounding, interesting,
but wholly unbelievable news from
any training camp was that Johnny
Eyers had reported to the Chicago
Cubs $50 fat that he was not recog-
nized."
Jack Glasscock, old National Lacquer.
is said to have professed "conver-
sion" at the religious revival held in
Wheeling by Billy Sunday. Nine thou
sand people cheered him as he walked
to the front Of the hall.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
ACTED AS A WET BLANKET
Indignant Lady's Rebuke Sounded
Somewhat lncongruous, but Play
qoers viii Understand.

It was a sweet, sad play, and there
was hardly a dry handkerchief in the
house. But one man in the gallery,
among the GODS" irritated his COM
panions excessively by refusing to
take the performance in the proper
spirit. Instead of weeping, he laugh
I'd. While others were mopping their
eyes and endeavoring to stihe their
sobs his own eyes brimmed with mer-
riment, and he burst into inappropri-
lte outlaws. At last the lady by his
side turned upon him Indignantly.
II d-don't know what brought you
h-here," she cobbed, with streaming
eyes, and pressing her hand against
her aching heart: "but il y.you don't
like the p-play, you might l'let other
p-people enjoy IT," 49,. t.. .& ....sa
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-26
Raising Water With Ar. .

0OvOu8 VV0SSS VVSSSI1 VSs
AS all schoolboys know, suction
pump can theoretically elevate water
only about thirty-three and one-third
feet, a column Of water OF that height
balancing the atmospheric pressure. A
means has, however. been found Of
causing a suction pump to raise water
to height Of even sixty feet. The
invention was made by workman in
the French marine. Monsieur Eys.
serie, the chief engineer Of the ma
rine, remarked that one particular
pump showed extraordinary qualities
In drawing water from ships holds.
inquiry developed the fact, says Har-
per's Weekly, that a workman had
thought of the plan of introducing air
into the water at the point where the
suction was applied, thus producing
an emulsion of air and water, which,
because Of its diminisher density, was
capable Of being elevated to consider
ably greater heights than pure water.