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The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
TWO MEN FREED ON
CHARGE OF ROBBERY

The case against Richard Flaherty
ard Stanley Cummings. charged with
robbery while armed, was dismissed
on order OF Judge Van Zile, Wednes-
day. for. lack Of evidence. Alexander
yonas. the complaining witness, said
that FIaherty and Cummings relieved
him of $S9.
In the course OF the trial, Peter
Chr,sty. owner of restaurant, out
WOO lward-ave.. was taken into Gus
todv. the authorities suspecting he
was guilty OF perjury In connection
with testimony he gave. In the pre-
jiminary examination. Christy testi-
fed that he had given vobas, who
worked for him. torn 81 bill. similar
ia one recovered by the police after
the alleged robbery.
ON the stand, in Judge Van Zile's
court. Christy surprised the prosecu-
hou Nv denying that he bad given
Vobss a torn 81 bill. and added that
he didn't see how vobas could have
$50. the amount he said was stolen
from him.
Chrlsty is now out on bonds and
his case will be argued before Judge
Ven Zile. Monday.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
FAMILY OF ACCIDENT
VICTIM TO GET $4,000

The family OF Paul Merlo, one OF the
workmen killed when an elevator
cable parted in the new Peter Smith
building, under construction at State
and Griswold-sts., Will receive com
pensation under the new workmen
compensation act, amounting to about
$4,000. He left wife and three chill
dren. Merio was employed by F. III.
Goddard. Inc, a company which has
elected to come under the new act.
The other workmen killed were In the
EMPLOY OF the Weber Chimney Co, or
Chicago. and II is believed that this
company had not filed Its election 10
come under the act. In case IL has
not come under the law. liability will
have TO be- established in court, and
the defenses which are abolished by
the new law, will have to be waived.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
ACCUSED SOLONS
ARE OPPOSED TO
CHANGE OF VENUE
Want Trials on Graft Charges
to Take Place in
Detroit
SAY PROSECUTORS PLAN
WOULD BOOST EXPENSE
Attorney Bumps Doesn't Believe
Court Will Consent to
Move at Present

Aldermen involved in the graft
cases will strenuously oppose Prose
cutor Shepherds plan TO obtain a
change of venue.
II don't see why we should be made
to so outside the county for trial,
said Aid. Joe Theisen, emphasizing
his words in such way as TO indi-
cate hat he was opposed TO change
OF venue, Other aldermen also com
mented among themselves on the
latest phase OF the case. They say
they have business interests in De-
troit and that IL would be putting al
unnecessary burden on them TO be
made TO leave their business and go
10 some other county for a protracted
trial
The prosecutor Is not going at
| il right" said Attorney Frank Bumps.
Wednesday, when asked IL he, as the
legal representative OF some of the
aldermen, would oppose the change
OF venue
1T is difRcult. IL not impossible to
say at this time that the aldermen
cannot receive fair trial in Wayne
county" said he. mo one knows that
unless there is some Indication of 1t
after the trial has started. We have
always been able to obtain hair-mind-
ed juries and impartial judges in this
county TO try our cases. II looks 10
me as though this was a scheme TO
railroad these aldermen TO prison.
The customary practice is for the
court TO proceed with such cases unit!
there is some evidence tending 20
rhow that il is difficult TO obtain a
fair-minded jury to pass on the case.
| don't think the court will do any
thing else but follow the usual Gus
tom IN this case"
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
ALLEGED ELOPERS
ARE ARRESTED HERE

J. p. Pierron. 20 years old, and Miss
Margaret Rosson. 25 years old. al
legged To have eloped from Port Wash
ington. Wis, were arrested by Detec-
tives Brooks and Fox, Tuesday, for
the Milwaukee police. who want the
pair on charge of false pretenses.
Pierror, the local police say, is also
wanted In Port Washington, on
charge of abandoning his family, te
fee with his alleged affinity.
The couple had been living at No
2l0 John st, in the Stringer apart
ments.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23

But WHAT OF THE CANDIDATES
WIVES?
Are you as well acquainted with Mrs
Roosevelt as you are with Theodore
Roosevelt?
DO you knew Mrs. Taft as thoroughly
as you do President Taft?
And Mrs. Debs?
And Mrs. Wilson?
Well, here is the assignment The Times
gave Idah McGlone Gibson: Go to Oyster
Bay. TO Beverley. TO Princeton. n. to
Terre Haute, Ind, and get a woman's story
OF these presidential women-tell our
readers your Impressions OF them and their
homes as we'll"
Mrs. Gibson Is busy with her assign
ment She is on her journey around the
presidential homes IL is the custom for
wives OF men so strcng I'm the public eve
10 refuse interviews Mrs. Gibson has not
tried 20 interview the subjects of her arti-
rles Her efforts have rather been to get
Intimate views, and today we present the
FIRST ARTICLE. the result OF HER
SKETCH OF MRS. THEo-
|ER HOME. SYCAMORE HILL.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
eIe. for Ral.Ina WRECK Reieeted.

lieut.. Col Mason NJ aPtrick. has
rejected both the bids that were re-
ceiyedO for the removal o. the Pine
Lake. sunk by the steamer Fleetwood
early Monday morning. on Peche Isl
and, and the work will be done by
the war department itself The bids
submitted we're $500 asked by Capt.
w. VI. Baker. and $3.50 submitted by
Capt. William ". Eliery The lake,
survey steamer Hancock and a scow
from Amherstburg will be used to do
the work.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23

tion has partaken too much of the ma
ture of a private proceeding.
Il am defending an American. not
a murderer-his accusers are vile
- not lovers OF the flag,
or the institutions under which We
live, but lewless and degenerate set,
CONTINUED ON Page Nineb
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
COAT AND HAT ON DOCK
INDICATE SUICIDE

A coat and hat. found on the dock
at the foot Of Junction-ave., indicated
a suicide, and the police believe that
the victim is Edward Barrett, of No
63 Beaubien-st., an employe OF tho
Ford Motor Works. A pay check
from the automobile shops was found
in the coat, and was made out to Bar
rett
Search for a body is being made.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinityi Wednesday y
night, fart Thursday, fair with rising
temperaturei brisk 90 nOrthwesterly
winds. becoming variable Thursday.
Lower Michigan; Fair tonight,
Thursday, fair and warmer.
For the Upper Lakes; East 60 south
east winds Increasing tonight and he
coming brisk; fair tonighty Thursday
increasing clOudlness.
For the Lower Lakes Brisk north
west and north winds tonight beeon-
Ing variable Thursdays fair weather to-
night and Thursday.
The moon viii set at 4iis Thursday.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
Farmer ends His Life.

NIT CLEMENS, Mich, Oct. "a
While driving along the road yester.
day, Fred Reick. Ray township
farmer, drew revolver and ended his
life by shooting himself in the head
II Is thought failure OF his bean croy
made him despondent. He was so
years old
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
WATTS FOR JEFFRIES
TO GET BURNS WARRANT

Prosecutor Shepherd stated, We'd
nesday. that he was waiting until the
return to the city OF Justice Jeffries
before requesting a warrant for the
arrest OF James ID. Burns, and some
OF the latter's associates on the
charge OF permitting gambling game
to take place in the Burns hotel. JUS
tice Jeffries is expected in the city
Thursday.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23

One yeRr RRO fodayi HIghrst tenn
perature. 47t lowest, 10, mean, az,
eloudy with high westerly winds and
n trace Of rain.
The sun will Set nt 4i3a ID. m and Al
VIII rise Thursday ne Sass n. m.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
Woman Found Deao In Chair.

Mrs. Mary Bowel Vas found dead
in a rocking chair in her home, No.
80 Williams-ave., Wednesday morning
Coroner Rothacher decided heart dis
ease was the cause of death. Mrs.
Bowel had been Ill for some time.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
THE CANDIDATES TODAY.

Republican-President Taft
started on three-day motoring
trip from Beverly TO Maine.
Democratic-Governor Wilson
at Princeton.
Progressive-Colonel Roose'
velt at Oyster Bay.
Socialist-Eugene V. Debs az
Brooklyn, n. Y.
observation-disclosures w.
Chain at Dunkirk, Marion and
Kokomo, Ind.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23
DO YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
WIVES? MRS GIBSON WILL INTRODUCE YOU

Oh. know the candidates for president
every OF " pe"' a'
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23

Sob Printing Done Night. Times
Printing Co.. 1S jobs Rat
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23

Busiss.--IIke rrInfi AZ. 80 FUSS nd
no feathers. The plain. neat kind hat
looks right. Tfmcs PrInffnH Co, ~
John R--st Pm. Main itss or City ssss.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-23

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Several
thousand Greek and Serb volunteers
have arrived in New York from va
rious sections OF the United States,
and Will sail soon for the Ballans to
take part In the war against Turkey.
Many of them are from Detroit.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
MORAL FOR THE MoNEY-MAD
Hope Of Becoming Mllllonalres About
on a Par With the Washer
woman's Deluslon.

Prof. Warren VI. Beidler OF Bethel
Pa. in a recent address made the
striking assertion that the American
people. money-mad, taught their chill
iren how TO earn living, but not how
% live.
There is no viler. and there is no
Fainer ambition" said Professor Beid'
er to a reporter. than that OF the
American boy 10 become a millionaire,
What percentage OF our boys do be-
some millionaires? II would take a
good many decimals 10 work that out,
believe me!
"The boys who sets his heart on
million fares like the washerwoman
who set her heart on a cross-eyed
Ieronaut.
q" 4 hear you married that cross-eyed
Ieronaut last week." said a friend.
Yes, did replied the washer
woman, as she rocked back and forth
over her tub. Eyes, l married him,
md / gave him $500 out of my buildin'
association to start an airship fac
tory
THAT so?' said the friend. Where
q he now?'
I don't know said the washer
woman. I'm waitin' for him TO come
back from his honeymoon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
COMBINATION NEW TO HIN
Lemonade and Ladies'" Was Some.
thing the Veteran Politician Never
Had Heard Of.

Lemonade and ladies!" A certain
veteran politician laughed derlsively
as he read those words on card this
morning.
Say, Bob" he said, what kind OF
way is this to run campaign? Seen
this card? It's a notice of the Tenth
ward Progressive clubs meeting to.
night at Posey's hall, and it gives a
special invitation to the ladies to at,
tend and says ice cold lemonade will
be served free. Did you ever hear
anything like that, Bob?
Lemonade and ladies! That amt
no way to run a campaign. Say, how
many votes can these ladies cast?
| guess I've had as much practical ex-
perience in politics as any man and
I'll tell you these Progressive guys amt
going to get very far with their lemon.
ade and ladies. 1t won't go"
However, despite the warnings of
the professional politicians, the Tenth
ward Progressive club will serve lem
onade at the mass meeting tonight.
1t is according to the new order OF
things. If any of the boys" attend
they will be welcome.-Kansas City
Star
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
SAW WORTH OF FRANKLIN
Great EngIishman Paid Tribute to
American Statesman, Through
Enemy of His Nation.

In one point of view the name of
Franklin must be considered as stand.
ing higher than any Of the others
which illustrated the eighteenth cen,
tury. Distinguished as a statesman,
he was equally great as a philosopher
thus uniting in himself a rare degree
of excellence in both those pursuits
to excel in either # which is deemed
tho highest praise. Nor was his pre-
eminence in the one pursuit of that
doubtful kind which derives its value
from such an uncommon conjunction
His efforts in each were sufficient to
have him made greatly famous had he
done nothing in the other. We re,
gard De Wits mathematical tracts as
curiosity. and even admire them
when we reflect that their author was
distinguished patriot and sufferer
in the cause of his country. But
Franklin would have been entitled to
the glory of first-rate discoYerer in
science--one who had largely extended
the bounds of human knowledge-aL
though he had not stood second to
washington alone in gaining for hu.
man liberty the most splendid and
guiltless of its triumphs. It is hardly
a less rare, certainly not a less glor.
ious, felicity that, much as has been
given to the world of this mans great
works, each successive publication in
creases our esteem for his virtues, and
our admiration of his understanding
Characterization Of Benjamin Franklin /
by Lord jeffrey
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
Gloves and Thimbles.

"One of the hardes. things for shop
pers to learn is thar the size OF gloves
and thimbles do not coincide" said
salesman. IF the woman who wears
a No. 6 glove asks her husband to
buy a thimble for her she tells him
to get No. thimble II he takes
that size the chances are it will only
stick on the tip of her little finger.
She needs a No. 8. OF course,
there are exceptions to the rule, for
in thimLles, as in gloves, there are
great differences in the make, and a
great deal depends too, upon the pecu-
liarities of the hand. But, as a rule,
thimbles run about two sizes larger
than gloves"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
.FARMVILLE AFFAIRS
Events Of Importance Happened
and Were Duly Noted.

There was more excitement In th'
sleepy old village OF Farmville thar
had been known for 20 years before
Event had followed event until Dea
con Chambers had stood on the post
office steps and wiped the sweat from
his brow and said;
by heck. IL this thing keeps up We
shall have a railroad and dry goods
drummer IN here before we die"
The events were OF Importance
enough to,be recorded in chronological
order:
First, the widow Bevins sued Elder
Jarvis for breaeh-ofpromise and was
given a verdict OF one hundred dollars.
That was ten dollars a year for the
ten years he had been counting her
Secondly, close on the heels OF the
widows suit had come a gale OF wind
that had twisted the spire of the Bap-
list church until il resembled a gigan-
tic corkscrew. Some of the congrega-
tion were in favor OF new spire at
once. and others argued that time
should be given Providence to twist It
back at its own expense.
In the third place, Aunt Hannah
Doty, who laid claim to being a sew
enth daughter of a seventh daughter.
predicted that the judgment day was
only thirty days of No one put en-
tire faith in her prediction, but Bible
man had come along and sold 2S OF
the good books in one day, and each
book was conspicuously displayed on
the parlor center table
Fourthly, Mr. Gerald Walters, a
young man. had come down from the
city for the fall shooting, and was
stopping at the tavern. There was
nothing but few stray chipmunks to
shoot, but Mr.. Walters wasn't making |
any fuss about it, He was the first |
fall shooter that had ever appeared |
in the village.
Filthy. Mr. Walters hadn't been
shooting at chipmunks but four days
when Miss Kitty Dorland came down
from the city to stay with her grand.
parents for a few days There was
and guessing over her, and
for several nights after her arrival
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
z At Booths First Meeting
old Londoner Tells Of the Beginning
Of Real Work Of the Salvation
Army.

Standing at the salute by big tomb
stone in Abney Park cemetery was an
old soldier of the Salvation Army. AS
the procession filed past him General
and Mrs. Bramwell Booth gave him a
glance of kindly recognition.
The old man, who is seventy-five
years of age, and named Peter Monks,
was the late generals first convert in
London.
One day nearly fifty years ago, be-
fore William Booth had started any
mission work, he was walking down a
squalid little back street near the Lon
don docks when he met Peter Monks
outside a notorious drinking house.
The general came up and spoke to
me- said Monks to the Daily Mirror,
mo doubt because I looked the bad
character that | was then.
"T am looking for work. he said to
me. He went on TO say that he had
left a congregation just before be-
cause, he said, they thought more
about me than him
Presently Booth told me he was
going to try to hold a meeting on the
Mile End Waste-a most daring thing
to do in those times-and he asked me
to ccme to It.
q said would, wondering what had
come over me.
Il went down to the meeting at the
Mile End Waste, and found that some
of the worst characters from Spital-
fields and Whitechapel had gathered
round Booths rough platform and
we're giving him very bad time,
throwing cabbage stumps and dirt at
him.
Something seemed to rise up in |
me, and instead of joining in the
horseplay, as usually did, l clenched |
my fists and simply walked round |
the crowd
THE lads knew who ] wasI had a
bit of reputation as a boxer in those
lays-and surprised by my taking up
he preachers side and from fear of |
ny fists, they became quiet, and Booth
got hearing, for which he thanked
ne many times.
81 did not become actually converted
or some time, but / went to all the
meetings and helped to keep order.
When the Salvation Army was finally
ormed joined. London Daily Mir
or.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
He Couldn't Gain a Foot.

many Of the householders did not 90
to bed until the unholy hour Of $50.
It was generally considered that fever
heat had been reached, and that the
excitement must now gradually sub
side. They were all wrong.
SiEthly, bills were posted for q cir
Gus to show at Farmville. 1t was the
usual Mammoth Aggregation, but It
had one feature never shown before in
any circus on the face Of the globe. 1t
had wild man from Africa who lived
on raw meat and bananas, and who
had to be kept chained in a cage.
The name Of the wild man was
"Zam." He consumed sixteen pounds
OF raw meat daily, and on top of that,
three times a week he devoured
bunch Of bananas.
He was the strongest man. wild or
tame, this world ever saw.
lie could kill an elephant at one
blow. lie could run down the ostrich
or tear lion limb from limb. At
certain point in the performance he
would be taken from his cage by three
men and paraded around the ring.
For three or four days preyious IN
the circus all work in and around
Farmville was stopped and for the
FIRST time in twenty years staid old
citizens forgot to shut the hen house
door or feed the pig at sundown On
the morning Of the great day itself the
strain was so intense that Deacon
Chambers was impelled to say from
tho postofice steps:
Il guess the outside world will know
where Farmville is after this! I've al.
lus told you fellers that we'd have our
boom when the sign come right, and
hcfe she are!"
lt wasn't much of a circus, even for |
n village. There was an aged elephant
3 wreck Of camel and giraffe whose
neck reached out for anything eatable
while the tumbling and riding could |
have been beaten by lot Of farmers
boys. The wild man was the draw
lie was in his cage in the procession
all right and now and then he heat
his breast and called out.
But things had happened the day be-
fore that the public hadn't caught on
to. in driving across the country the
wild man who could run down an os.
trlch had said to his employer:
I've got to have my back salary to.
morrow or quit!"
TN give you ten Of It, II we have
luck" was the reply.
Il want every silver Of it,"
Whats biting you?"
I'm not playing wild man for my
health!"
You know you can't strike another
joo If you leave me, while I can get
dozen fellows to fill your place" h
That was about all, except that
'Zam" planned plan to be carried {
out at FarmYille and it was carried Ii
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25

New Theory Regarding Cocoanuts.
The Fort Scott Tribune tells Of q
small boy in that town who was read.
ing book and between every line he
would ask question. After he had
got through asking, why is a cow"
the father got disgusted and said:
Now, Frank, will let you ask me
just one more question, then you will
have to be still" In a few minutes
Frank looked up and asked Papa
do cocoanuts grow?" why, certainly
my son." returned the man. The boy
looked puzzled for some time and
then he returned, why, l thought
monkeys laid them"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25

must be some fire." Il is safe to as,
sumo that when continual rumors of
"shrinkers" were prevalent, the
shrinker device must have been doing
some shrinking, and in the case Of
this particular form OF shrinker which
could be used on heavy scales, such
as stock scales and grain scales, it
has been the farmer and producer
who were the victims.
The evidence obtained by the agent
OF the Minnesota commission dis
closed the fact that the man who had
made these devices had procured from
IS to $75 each for them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
Timely Reminder.

we are still mining ore. growing
cotton and manufacturing STEEL" said
the American host.
why do you tell me that?" in
luired the foreign visitor.
Il Just want to remind you that the
country is producing something be-
sides politics."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25

ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. was com.
pletely run down. On advice tOob
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and am enjoying good health. II
is now more than two years and have
not had an ache or pain since. / do al
my own work, washing and everything
and never have backache any more. J
think your medicine is grand and ] prais,
it to all myneighbors. If you think m.
testimony will help others you may pub
lish it"-Mrs. OLLIE WooDAIL, Nor
toms Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest doubp
that Lydia Il. Pinlham's Vegeta.
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia aE.Pinkham Medicine 90
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn. Siass., for ad.
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held In strict confidence,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25

At last Germany is to have a statue
to the memory Of Heine. The agita-
tion for the requisite permission has
continued for a long time, and now
the Prussian government has capltu-
lated, but with stipulations and restric-
lions. The statue must not be ex-
posed to full public view and the cere-
monies Of its unveiling must be neon
spicuous. So it has been decided to
place the memorial in a restaurant
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
BACKACHE
NOT A DISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger Sig
nal Which Every Woman
Should Heed.

Backache Is a symptom Of organic
weakness or arrangement X yoU havs
baekache don't neglect IT, To get per-
manent relief you must reach the root
Of the trouble. Read about Mrs. Wood
All's experience.
Morton's Gap, Kentucky. -'1 suffered
two years with female disorders, my
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
Women Are for Peace

ing is not fair, but blacklisting is,
evicting is, monopolizing food is, main
tanning tuberculosis tenements is.
These rules won't pass, boys, when
the girls learn to play the game. The
tyrannical employer viii have to go,
syndicalism and sabotage (the logical
answers to arbitrary capitalism) will
have to CO. We already have the chill
drens bureau with a real statesman
Julia Lathrop, at the head. We are
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25

The following precautions will be Of
assistance in helping to detect these
or similar fraudulent devices and pre-
vent the seller OF any commodity
which may be weighed over a scale
from being victimized:
!. See that a scale is in perfect bal
ance before any weighing is done.
g See that scale beam swings free
ly, that is, without a stiff jerking mo
tion.
3. See that there is ample clearance
about the scale platform. IL it is c
wagon, stock or dump scale.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-25
Plan Statue to Heine

garden at Halle, where such reyolu-
tionary sentiments as it may inspire
will be counteracted by good food and
good beer The workings of the Of
fetal mind are certainly past all find
ing out. No one ever thinks of Heine
as politician. No one ever reads his
political writings. But to the eyes Of
Prussian authority Heine is the author
of Letters on the Aristocracy Ad-
dressed to Count M. Won Moltke." and