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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-04
TH|RTY-F|VE LIVES
CRUSHED OUT IN
RAILROAD WRECK
Express Train Crashed Into
Rear of Fast Passenger on
Lackawanna Line
FIFTY OTHERS INJURED
Most of Killed Were on Their
Way Home to Spend Fourth
Of July

CORNING, N. Y, July 4.--Thirty-hv
passengers were killed ana 80 injured
today when an express train crashed
into the fast westbound Lackawanna
passenger train No. 8, two miles east
OF this city.
The passenger train, which runs
from New York to Buffalo. had been
standing on the track for 20 minutes
when the express train, which carried
no passengers. struck II In the rear
at full speed.
The two day coaches attached to
the rear OF No. were hurled down
an embankment and the express
plunged half way through the rear.
Pullman Of the standing train before
1t came TO stop.
The collision occurred at 5:26
o'clock this morning.
Most OF the killed were passengers
In the day coaches who were geing
home TO spend the Fourth.
On account OF the confusion and
lack of wire communication news OF
the disaster was slow In reaching
here. but By o'clock physicians were
on the scene. The injured were
piOuEhi W fhhc hOoplthi nCiC. =
number OF the injured were ~
ned under the wreckage for hol !.
and their groans and shrieks could ~
clearly heard. At one time ther6|
were so persons, many OF them fatalif|
injured, lying on the floor OF the emef>
gency room at the local hospital
Every undertaken in Corning was
called to help care for the dead. but
their wagons were first pressed into
service to carry the injured TO the
hospital
The place where the wreck occurred
Is q straight stretch OF track So far,
as can be ascertained. the engineer or
the express train had no warning
that the passenger train was In h|x
way. II Is believed that when
first saw It he thought the train
standing on a parallel track
Thee rowded passenger train
held up by break in . fre1k ~ ~
on the track dead ahead. Number 4
came along at the rate OF 80 m[I1|
an hour and William Shaver. the e(~
neer, II was behevel failed to see a
stalled train ahead, because Of 4 den
fog that prevailed at the time. n
engine crashed through the observ
tion car and teelscoped three coec1
ahead. s, "a ;/
Most OF the dead and injured n
were taken TO Corning and IIuII/
hospitals were strangers 70 that 44<
tion, and this makes identidcatiop ~
this time difficult. OF the 80 Injured
some weer not expected to recofo<-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-04
LIVED ON SAME FARM
FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS

BIRMINGHAM, Mich, July A.
Silas y. wattles. aged S5. Is dead at
his home two miles east OF Birming-
ham. He Is the last OF the pioneer
settlers OF this township. For 70
years he had been superintendent OF
the Methodist Sunday school at Bir-
ingham.
While carrying a load OF wood into
the house Mrs. Wattles fell, striking
his head on the ground. He had lived
for 5s years upon the farm where ht
dIad ----
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-04
PARENTS TAKE INJURED
BOY FROM HOSPITAL

Although suffering from internal in.
juries, which may prove fatal Waiter
Hamhel, aged ~, OF No. S2 Scott.st.,
was removed from Grace hospital TO
his home, Wednesday night, against
the orders OF the physicians, his par
ents insisting that he be taken home,
The lad was run over, Wednesday
afternoon, by a heavy truck OF the
Nelson Carriage Co.. driven by Ray
Moore. near the Packard Motor Car
Co, Hamhel was riding on the truck.
and was thrown under the rear wheel
when the wagon made q sudden jolt.
The wheel passed over thu lads
chest, and police auto took him TO
the hospital.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-04
CARY'S WIDOW SEEKS
SHARE OF ESTATE

Mrs. Anna M. Cary, OF Chicago, who
says she is the widow Of Edward s.
Cary, former proprietor of Shore
Acres. below Sandwich, has begun
legal proceedings to recover a third
interest in a 100-acre piece OF proper
ty in Sandwich West, which Cary sold
to the Dominion Parks Co.. composed
of a number OF Chicago men. Mrs.
Cary claims she had an interest In
the land and did not sign the deed
when the transfer was made to the
Chicago syndicate.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-04
AIGoMA Roam FINIsHED.

SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich, July A.
The last rail on the line OF The Algoms
Central railroad, between Saulte Ste
Marie. Ont. and Hobon, was laid yes.
terday, and the 500 now has direct
,aonnection with the G.. y. r.. a distance
on ia miles. Trains Will start running
IN October. when ballasting will be
completed Theroad opens up a rich
territory, stretching hundreds OF miles
10 the north.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-04
waIk.rvIlIe Woman Dies AZ 81.

Mrs. Mary Janlsse. aged 81 years.
died. wednesday. In her home In
Walkerville. For nearly so years she
lived in Essex county. -Four children,
Mrs. Henry Gfgnac and Mrs. Emile
Renaaa. WaIkerxille; Henry Janisse,
sandwich East, and Paul Janisse, Bay
CITY: As Grandchildren and rs great
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-04

Charles Cromwell aged ~ cried FOR.
help. his companions Thought he was
joking. and allowed him 20 drown In 4
%sd.a sssR s0is into ds.p snS NH 1es se1 ss
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-04

All Firenen on Duty Today.
Fire Chief Broderick has called on
every available member OF the IRE de-
psrs@s1s srsq sts,s - eers"s eo ~ .'s, Ss' .onIs
usns; The sdaIsiene ,<ssrs wlll 6<
:;::: ;::;::''.; ;';;;':;';'
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
Buick Prospects
Bright for This Year

TT is a question OF production with
us for 1913, and not a problem Of SELL
Ing" said Robert Martin. acting man
ager Of the Buick Motor Company, dis
cussing the prospects for the new sea-
son.
Never before in the history of the
Buick has the season started With such
a keen and persistent demand for cars,
and We are going to be taxed to our ut
most. The formal announcement Of our
1918 line which we printed in the news
papers started the flood and we are now
swamped with the demands of our
agents and dealers, who are anxious to
make arrangements for their season 8
allotment. It is not a question of how
many will you have, but how few can
you get along with for in every instance
we are obliged to cut the number OF
cars demanded almost one-third.
1T seems to me that this situation IL
rather significant, because we are in
creasing our output this year by many
thousands. and every one knows also
the resources and efficiency of the
Buick plant. which, in Its size and
Prrcitv Is one Of the wonders Of the
automobile world"
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
Motor Manager
Coins New Word

George M. Dickson. general manager
of the National Company. has the dis
tnction Of coming another motoring
word. It is "motoress," and refers to
the woman devotee of the elf-propelied
vehicle.
Dickson Is deep student of the auto
mobile business. having been one of the
founders Of the great industry, and as
he has watched the development he has
become more firmly convinced that the
American woman has had much to do
with determining the trend Of this prog
ress.
THE self-starter, the fine upholstery,
luxury, beautiful finish. better bodies
and more reliable machinery are all the
result of the effort of builders to satisfy
the needs of the woman" says Dickson.
As a result, he not only has brought
about such fundamentals and little
niceties In the National cars that wo-
men enjoy, but he has done something
original In automobile history. He has
caused to be published book of styles,
showing the latest creation In clothes
for women motorists for the coming
seasons. This book Ia being distribut.
ed among the owners OF National cars
with the company's compliments.
The Washington times., 1912-09-28

at an average price of sc.s91. amounts
to s249, 10000.
It was found that 3,os5 owned cars at
an average price Of s2,3s1. These cars
included 1s1 makes and each brand was
represented by from one to 1893 cars.
the latter figure, the highest, belong
ing to the Cadillac, while one other
Detroit make, a low-priced car. passed
the 15o mark. and ave Michigan cars
passed the 100 mark. Only one car
made outside Of Michigan had more
than 100 answers in the tabnlation and
II was below 150.
II answers received from the 70 per
cent OF 11,43s letters show S,os5 cars.
answers from 2e5,ooo, the total circu-
lation, II was estimated would show
102, sos cars owned, and the grand total
OF dollars is also easily ascertained.
Likewise, according to this percentage
table. II the Cadillac gets 1ss. the high.
est number out Of 11,43S, It would get
1,b5l out Of the as5, 900, while its nearest
competitor would got +.o22.
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
GAS0LENE SUPPLY
NOW RUNNING OUT.
NEW FUEL COMING
Kerosene Is Now Suggested
by Engineers as Substi-
tute for Petrol.

I'm ten years from now gasolene-
driven motor cars will be thing Of
the past; In fifty years from now motor
cars will be operated by electricity, the
power being transmitted to them by
means of a wireless arrangement" says
w. II. Radford consulting engineer OF
the Warren Motor Car Company.
MIR. Radford made this statement
while discussing the past and future
of the automobile industry. He insists
that the motor car in its present stage
is far from perfection and that the
change, both In the process Of manu-
featuring and in the makeup Of the
car.
"The supply of gasoiene Is gradually
becoming exhausted" continued Mr..
Radford. "In the past ten years the
price of gasolene has risen from 8 and
10 cents a gallon to IS and 20 cents a
gallon. In a few more years It will
be prohibitive and It will be absolutely
necessary for automobile engineers to
devise other ways and means for pro-
pelling cars.
II do not bsiieve hat alcohol will be
successfully used. Probabilities are
that some Of the baser oils. for In
stance. kerosene. will be brought into
relief. Engine manufacturers have al
ready succeeded in building an engine
which can be run by kerosene. Auto
mobile engineers will have to do the
same thing. 1t is not a question of
monopoly of gasolene. but a question
Of beating nature. You can't do that.
'In fifty years from now, and the
PROBABILITIES are In less than that. all
motor ears will be propelled By elec-
tricity. do not mean that automo-
bile owners will be compelled to carry
around a thousand-pound storage bat
terry with them. but they will secure
their power from wireless stations.
THE wireless system as used now Is
crude. The high towers will be elm
mated and there will be a means of
transmitting and catching the current
without the use OF high voltage now
necessary, nor the tall stats that con-
meet the wires. The working out of
this method is a matter for continuous
experiment and 1t borders somewhat
upon detail work.
THE automobile industry Is little
more than a decade old. It would seem
foolish then to believe that the auto
mobile in its present state is at the
acme of perfection. One Of the great
est things to overcome will be the tire
trouble. when we have punctureless
tires that are satisfactory we will be
long way ahead. In it's present state
the punctureless tire is an experiment
The Washington times., 1912-09-28

cause II will take in some of the burned
charge along with the mixture. And for
this reason the intake valve should be
timed by Its opening.
Times of opening and closing of the
intake and exhaust valves bear reIa-
tive Importance in\ the following order:
Exhaust opening, intake closing. ex-
haust closure and intake opening.
Early opening of the intake In not
der II Its closure 10 properly late; but
opening IL as soon as possible after the
exhaust has closed extends the periods
Of pressure depression In the intake sys-
tenn, causing them to overlap more ex-
tensively, and, therefore, improves the
conditions under which the carburetter
operates.
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
MAGAZINE INQUIRY
SHOWS GROWTH OF
AUTOMOBILE FAD
Nearly 3S Per Cent of Its
Subscribers Were Own
ers of Motors.

How many Of your neishbors own
automobiles7 What kind Of oars are
they7
A New York magazine has been ask
ing questions along this line recently
and the answers are highly interesting.
1t has been discovered. for example.
that out of its 2s5,ooo subscribers, 1o2.
sos own moter cars. or about 80 per
cent. and the Investment in these cars
The Washington times., 1912-09-28

and an improbability.. In its present
state it is not satisfactorily because
there has been Capitalization in the
metals due to vibration through the
use of them. Another thing there will
be different controlling devices radla.
tors will not be placed upon the front
OF the cars and the body design will be
entirely different from what It Is now.
1.-THE possibilities OF the automobile
are unlimited. What has been done is
insignificant compared with what will
be done"
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
Pointers on How to
Start a Motorcar

Exhaust valves should be open about
thirty-five degrees before the crank
reaches the end Of the power stroke and
close on or a little after the end Of the
return or exhaust stroke. This induces
the pressure to drop before the begin
haust as much OF the gases as is possi-
BILE, thus allowing the next charge to
be quite pure.
The intake valve should never be open
before the exhaust valve is closed, be-
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
About ChamOiS.

After altering gasolene through a
chamois. do not. lay the skin ON a
dirty floor or bench. for It will pick
up much dirt that will be carried into
the tank at the next filling. Hang the
chamois upon a clean nail or line.
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
4 ..srsco. Prs.. Association. Ns0 York.

oasrea. b rA N
From literary point of vew from the point of view of
something read there magazine sale today of higher
order than the Munsey Will Irwin Louis Tracy and George Barr
McCueon all the October number and there
three good short stories; but addition this six ar
ce most of them dealing with the bg broadgauged ideas
which most hope worked into facts and down into
history the accomplishment of the 10th century, The Munsey
does not rakeit accomplshes.
Chief the special articles in the October Munsey is
"A Free.Hand Talk on Politics, Business and
My Own Relation TO the Campaign
By FRANK A. MUNSEY
the strongest and convincing of the articles which
Munsey political
situation
cearheadd passiones analysis of just exactly where
and where put together such that after reading al
will ask ourselves whether continue the
present going without raising hand to alter direct
Munse Magazine has taken hold of the present political
took hold the situation Big
big things the brewing and the Munsey leading and ng the
thought in this greatest of all the centuries
Keep touch with the big things In another
another the Munsey helping
which
all Is
publishers at $l5O year.
THE FRANK A. MUNSEY CO.. us Fifth Avenue York City
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
Seek Trout on Motors.

In San Francisco they're going after
trout on q motorcycle. The fishing
places near the Western metropolis
have been ''hshed to DEATH" SO the
notorcyclists are riding into the waiala
river district, where streams are yield
ing q good quantity Of "speckled beau
ties"
The Washington times., 1912-09-28
Are You Interested In Men
Who Do Things?

Similarly, don't you find magazine which does
things which has constructive, building purpose
to perform which has serious reason for exstance,
more interesting than one which simply kills your
spare time, or one which fills you with the discon-
tent of things by means of the muck-rake?
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09
Freezing Cut Hay Fever.

MY hay fever" he said. strikes me
on July 2 every year, rain or shine.
On July go to bed a well man and
the next morning | rise with watery
eyes a red and swollen nose. clogged
mp tight and dry. wide-open mouth
through which ! breathe with noisy
NheeZes. My head feels distended. 1t
feels as though it were being stretched
On form-like you stretch shoe or
glove, you know"
Pvt today" We said.
To-day" he exulted, I'm cured. To-
lay for the first July in seventeen
years I'm my own man. Cold storage
that maligned cold storage-is what
has put me on my, feet.
The cure is simple. Every day or
Two spend an hour in cold storage
warehouse. wandering in 4 temperA-
ture of 80 degrees. among chickens
and hogs and beeves all white with
.rost
This treatment seems to freeze the
hay fever out Of the system, he same
ls 1t freezes moths out Of fur. 1t has
cured me and dozens of others. must
write to the Hay Fever association
lbout it."-Buffalo Express.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09
PRESCRIPTION
For q Long Life.

This IL the prescription for q long
life given by an old gentleman in Con-
necticut. who Is ninety-nine years old
and still we'll and cheerful, Live
temperately. be slow to anger. don't
worry. take plenty of exercise in the
fresh air, and, above all. keep cheer
full"
Should the system get run down
digestive organs weak-the blood thin
and sluggish, take vinol, which is =
delicious combination of the medicine
bodybuilding properties OF Gods
livers, with the useless grease elimi-
mated and tonic iron added. We re-
gard Vinol n one Of the greatest
body y-builders and strength-creators In
the world for aged people.
Mrs. Mary Ivey, Of Columbus. Ca.
says: IT people only knew the good
vinol does old people. you would b
unable to supply the demand: 1t II
the finest tonic and st,ensth-creator
l ever used"
We wish every feeble old per
son in this vicinity would try
yinol on our agreement to return their
money II it fails to give satisfaction.
CITY DRye sIelE, cuas. .. DARnfs
esawssd Springs. esls.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09
FARMER HIS ovyN BUTCHER
That Was the oId-FashIoned Plan
and One Writer ceWsIdsrs Il
q oeod One.

A contributor says that every farm
sr ought to make his own meat. At
present. he says. many are buying
meat At from thirty-nvs to nifty per
eeAt. above the cost The time has
returned. he claims when 1t will not
Snly pay every farmer to raise his own
meat. but to cure 1t for family use and
Tor sale besides. He goes on:
Five million dollars . year spent
for meat that might have been raised
on the farm, and the money kept at
home. is Kansas record And it Is 4
mistake. 1t shows We are advancing
backward in some things.
THE good old butchering days Of
our fathers ought 10 return. and with
them full knowledge of how to cure
the meat in various ways, SO when
the fresh was gone, We should have
Rome OF the finest, most appetite sat
lsfytng meats on hand the year round.
kansas has awakened. and the state
agricultural college is leading by put
ting in killing and curing plant.
where all students may learn this use
full art from start to finish. What the
grain growing farmers of the west
have done, the mix making owners Of
eastern farms have followed, and to-
day there are thoucands of farmers
families that never see a home cured
ham or taste a rasher OF bacon or q
slice Of salt pork that is not got from
the meat dealer.
Having to spend money for meat.
many families lack \ sufiiciency Of
this sLSinew-making food. and who may
say that not n few failures to make
good on the farm are due to lack Of
the meat which stimulates?"-Farm
and Preside.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09

torch. For q moment the vhols
shadowy room seemed full Of for01
and faces. Then the torch died oua
and our old guide. pointing through
an archway with the blacksns1
stump Of It said:
".Twas here they kept them-iA
deed, yes!"
We saw before US . sort Of vault
stone built. and low and long. The
light there was too dim for us ta
make out anything but balls. and
heaps Of rusting scrap iron cast out
there and molderins down. But try
ing to pierce that darkness We b.
came conscious Of innumerable eyea
gazing. not at us. but through the
archway where We stood: innumer
able white eyeballs cleaning out ol
blackness. From behind Us came .
little laugh. 1t hoated past througA
the archway toward those eyes. Whe
was 1t laughed in there! The old
south itself-that incredible. fine. lost
soul! That "old time" thing Of old
ideals, blindfolded by its own his
tory! That queer. proud blend ol
simple chivalry and tyranny. Of piety
and the abhorrent thing! Who was
It laughed out Of that old slave mar
ket. At these white eyebalfs giarins
from out of the blackness of this darh
cattle pen? What poor departed
soul in this house Of melancholy
But there was no ghost when Ws
turned to look-only our old guide
with her sweet smile.
''Yes. sub. Here they all CAME
twas the finest hotel-before the Wa
time; old southern families-boughi
their property. Yes, ma'am, very il
teresting! This way! And here wers
the bells to all the rooms. Broken
you see-all broken!"
And rather. quickly we passed away
out of that "old time place." where
something had laughed. and the Drip
drip. drip Of water down the walls
was as the sound Of spirit grievinE
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09
The Truly Great.

A bride and groom gave side line
Of added interest to a load of sight
Eeers on "rubberpeck wagon, see
..-s...>s-. 49,.
noon. relates the New York Sun, ow
Ing to the fact that the first spat Of
their newly welded life was well un.
der way.
you seem to be interested very
much In that mani" said the groom
testify, as the bride looked back with
tense interest to .: man crossing
Long Acre Square. whom the lecturer
- the wagon had pointed out in pass
6g rs Sig. Perugini.
who is he, any wayfs demanded
~ groom.
"He's Lillian Russell's oldest living
R.Ausband. that's who he Isl"
snapped the bride.
AID the wagon rolled on while the
groom gioomed and the oth9 paassn
~ Uttered.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09
SafeouardinQ Letters.

From the days of antiquity 1t has
always been a problem unsolved how
% insure the secrecy of letters. A
Frenchman named Phion claims. how
ever, to have discovered the real
method. which il as simple as the egg
If Columbus. The invention is thus
described: The envelope looks very
ike an ordinary one, but the tongue
8 in kind Of loop. prolonged 80 as to
it the gummed end Of the upper right
hand corner. which is slit. The tongue
s inserted, and further fixed by the
stamp struck over 1t. The system il
simplicity itself. and. except for rip
oing open the envelope or tearing on
he stamp, 1t is impossible to get at
he letter inside
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09
Her Dislike Too Vigorous.

A woman in an English country
lown took an unusual way of express
the congregation was standing, during
the singing Of an anthem, she rushed
up the chancel steps and began throw
ing hymn books at the minister. and
finally exclaimed: Take him from
he church," The minister was great
ly astonished. knowing nothing Of the
disorder until he was struck in the
back. He thought . stone had fallen
from the roof. In court the woman
expressed regret.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09
Much LIKE THE HUMAN RACE
A6aiefsdiy tire Fly Has No es~sA.
ost 10 Msnkina Really Far
euperiorf

1T IL . mighAy good thing for the
people of this country" says Abe Pc
tefs. that the fly hasn't any sense. A
ey will walk deliberately into any sort
Dt a trap with its eyes wide open. Put
Gown = piece of sticky fly paper and
pretty soon a dozen flies are fast on it.
That isn't so remarkable, but every
one OF them kick and struggle as long
IS 1t lass telling every other hy that
It II In trouble
Naturally, one would suppose that
the other flies. seeing what the first
6ozen had got into. would keep away.
but they don't The more flies get
stuck ON the paper. the more the 9TH
sfs want to get on. It is so with any
eost Of trap. You can't NJ up anything
b the nature Of . trap that . fool hy
woa't fall for II 1t wasn't for the fact
hat . ny can raise 4 family inside Of
week. and that baby hy on Monday
ner1iAg nay b the great-grandnoth-
sY Of . million flies before Saturday
sight. the tribe would have besn e.
nAgsisAed long ago.
"An1 yet, come to think It over. I
oaot k1ow but hat Aies show aheut
- DucA osase ~ Q lot Of humans. fAe
pDea humane hesp walkiAg into trays
O4tA tAsir eyes vide opeA year after
tsaP. and don't seem to learn much et
h.ytAiAg from either observation o.
espssssses. Every tins I So . young
eellow Just throwing himsslf away and
ruiainS all his cAaness forever Of
sDosnting to anything and doing It
With bic eyes wide opsa. I say to my
self. Well. guess there are . good
many Of US humans who haven't any
more sense than so many fool dss.' -
Topeka Capital.