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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-21
Opens Railroad
Lands

H(hM AOKEO In Original Northern
OOVV Pacific Railroad Land Grant
near Orting In the Puyallup
District, granted to the railroad by the
y. S. Gov In 1880, to be thrown open.
al Held up for years IN a solid body, re-
Gently released and going first sale AT ONCE
through successful negotiations by local people Mat
tiers pending for several months brought to a close
G Remarkably rich area with timber and
brush largely removed suitable for immediate pastur
age. Lots OF water, clay loan soil choice bench
land, handy railroad and schools ideal climate.
oil Prices low enough for wage carriers.
$500 an acre and upwards. terms to be ten years.
with provisions for Sickness accident and loss work
There are to be no settlement conditions. Land
to be sold calls for warranty deed and contract.
al Title to be registered by the State of
Washington so that the humblest workman may feel
secure To be sold of 90 acres up to 16O
G Those wishing tracts are
notified apply without delay. Those who R. Land Dept
call are advised fill out and send srmp s
the attached a Tram 4
leaves Seattle 745 Meet Send all printed about
office. 20l Alaska Bldg at ~ mF ~'d'n@r oranS wash
& EWING
Seattle U.SA. Occupation WI Ill .,.~
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
13-YEAR-OLD LAD Is
MOTORCYCLE SPEEDER

Dick" Pinegar, OF No. I05 Campau-
ave. appeared In Judge Connolly's
court. Monday, charged with doing
81 miles an hour along Jefferson-ave.,
near the bridge approach on a motor.
cyoles Judge Connolly leaned for
ward and inquired where's the de.
fendant2"
Meanwhile. the defendant was max.
ing frantic effort to appear before
the Judge. He was right up against
the rail which surrounds the clerks
desk, but his head just came even
the rail-. and he had TO wig-wag with
one hand to show the Judge where
he was. Then he stepped back a
little, arnd the judge got a peek al
him. Mr.. Pinegar Is just 13 years
old
Pinegar s aid he didn't know he
was going so fast and promised not
to do it again He was allowed to
go.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
lHREE-CENT LINES COST
ONLY S43,972 A MILE;
! NOW LISTED At $4,000
City Lawyer Springs Bomb in
Court Hearing on Hally
Ordinance Case
MORE INITIATION SHOWN
Cement Prices Set Down by ID.
U. r. Expert Far in Excess
ofswhat City Pays
MORE INITIATION SHOWN

The bomb promised, Saturday ar.
ternooH, for explosion In the Hally
ordinance hearing before Master-in-
Chancery Case, In the federal court.
proved, Monday. to be the report OF
the directors of the Detroit Railway
CO., showing that It cost only ST.
990,S14 to build the 45.274 miles OF
track the equipment In operation
on that line In 1896, when the sys-
tenn was practically new. This fig-
ures out an average Of s3,972 per
mile against $134.000 per mile whrch
was the average arrived at for the
entire Detroit United system In the
city by Engineer Rifenberick, the ID.
u. X. expert.
The Introduction OF the statement
by Attorney Alfred Lucking was the
occasion of quite a tilt between the
attorneys, Charles ID. Joslyh, who Is
appearing for the ID. u. r. suggest
ing several times that Mr.. Lucking' 8
questions howed complete ignorance
of the point at isue, while Mr.. Luck
ing replied that the attitude OF the
attorneys for the railway showed
that they are worried.
When the session opened, Monday
morning, Attorney Lucking endeav-
that the average price of Portland ce-
ored to introduce testimony to show
(Continued ON Page EigbfD
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
SCHRE|TER GIVES
| EXHIBITION OF NAN
WITHOUT MEM6nY| /
Really Can Recall Very Little Of
First Two Statements
Following Arrest
EXPLAINS HE WAS
UNDER HEAVY STRAIN
Where Statements and Testi-
mony Fail to Agree, Eddie"
Repudiates Former

K. r. Schreiter, Jr., gave re-
markable exhibition of man who
had lost HIS memory. before a crowd
ed court room, Monday morning.
when the police court examination
OF the IL aldermen and Schreiter,
accused OF conspiracy. was resumed
before Justice Jeffries. Schreiter
did not. repudiate the first and Sec.
ond statements he made on July 26.
following his arrest He simply did
not remember having made the state
ments. that Is he could not recall
details, he insisted. He would not
deny that he had made certain state
ments credited to him and he would
not assert that he made them. But
he testified that II he did make them
they were false.
The first statement. made by.
Schreiter In the Ford building. and
printed in The Times, Friday. was
first introduced. and Schreiter was
cross-examined on that statement.
He said that when he made the
statement he was under a strain and
excited and he could not recall jnsk
what he had said The second state
ment, made later In the day In the
prosecutors ofihce. was later pro-
duced. and in this Schreiter made
statements which were directly OPP
posite to those In the Former state
ment. He could not remember the
details OF the second statement.
either. and when pinned down on
points where the second 5tafemen
confiicted with testimony he gave ON
the witness stand he owned up tk,t
II he had made such statements IN
the prosecutors Office they were
false.
BY combining his statements or
July 26 and his subsequent testimony
on the witness stand, comparing them
and holding them up for him to desig-
nate which were the true and which
were the false, Attorney McNalnara.
OF counsel Tor the defense, succeeded
in getting Schreiter to make emphatic
statements concerning the details Of
his transactions with Detective Bren-
non. Previously, In his testimony.
Schreiter declared that he had not
(Continuea On PAGE Nsnsj
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
.UNTERMYER ASKS TAFT
TO REOPEN OIL CASE
Counsel for Waters-Pierce Co.
Claims Dissolution Order
Has Been Violated

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-Presi-
dent Taft was today urged TO re-
open the Standard Oil case In the SUI
preme court. and arraign It's officers
for alleged violation Of the dissolution
order. - - ~ .-.-. 4.
The plea was made by Samuel I'm
termyer. New. York lawyer, who is
attorney. for the Waters-Pierce Oil
Co., now suing the trust.
Untermyer refused to disclose X
he had received any assurances from
the president that any action would
be begun against the OIL trust. The
attorney said any such announce
ment would come. II at all. from the
White House. He was closeted with
the president about 10 minutes.
IL was learned that Untermyer
briefly told the president OF the evil
dence at the hearing at the Waters
Pierce case at New York. regarding
the Standard Oil lunches, after the
concerted management.
Untermyer also visited the capi-
tai to see how the money trust In
vestigation was progressing. He said
hearings will be resun1ed At New
York in November.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
.INCURABLY Ill, MAN
BROWNS HIMSELF
Gustave Kaffka Throws Self i'll
River After Physicians
Pronounce Doom

Informed by physicians that he
was su ffering from an incurable dis
ease, Gustave Kaffka, 2S years old.
ended his life by jumping into the
river at the foot OF st. Jean-aye.
His body was recovered. Saturday
night. by Harbormaster Ellison. and,
Judging from It's appearance. had
been in the water only day or so.
Nobody saw Kaffka take the fatal
leap. He was last seen alive, to-
wards the end of last week.
Kaffka boarded In the home OF
Joseph Sike. No. $50 Ersklne-st., and
had been in this country only a
couple OF years, coming mere from
Germany. His father Is dead, but
his mother is still alive, in Germany.
Ksffka was unmarried He worked
as laborer in the Ford automobile
plant.
From Saturday night until Mon
day morning Kaffkas body lay TN
the county morgue. unidentified. The
Identification was made. Monday, by
Albert Flick. No. 5S1 Dubois-st.. and
AL. Hempel, No. SO Scott-st.. friends
of Kaffka. Flick told The Times that
he recently took from Kaffka re-
volver with which he had threatened
to kill himself.
Flick. Hempel an dother friends
will take charge OF Kaffka's remains
and arrange for the funeral.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
.RETR|AL OF FRITCH OPENS
IN RECORDERS COURT
Detroit Doctor Was Once Con-
victed of Causing Death of
Ann Arbor Girl

DIR. George A. Fritch, who served
two years and four months In JACK
son prison for manslaughter In con-
nection with the death Of Maybelle
MilIman, OF Ann Arbor. and was
then granted a new trial. was placed
on trial In Judge Phelan's court, Mon
day morning. the first session being
devoted to an attempt to get jury.
Many of the talesmen were ex-
cused for cause, as many of them
were familiar with the details OF the
former sensational trial, and admit
ted that they had formed an opinion
on the case.
In this trial, DR.. Fritch is repre-
sented by Attorneys Eugene Mister
sky and James A. Murtha, the little
doctor" having had falling out with
his former lawyers. the Arm OF Lodge
& Brown.
Assistant Prosecutors Charles Jas
nowsk and George Kelly are hand.
ling the prosecution, though Prose
cutting Attorney Shepherd says that
he will be In close touch with every
element of the trial, and will spepd
as much time in actual attendance as
he can spare from his other duties.
"If the bribery cases are disposed
OF soon in police court, as | expect,
shall probably take personal charge
of the Fritch case, said Prosecutor
Shepherd. II regard II as one OF the
most important cases that has come
to trial during my tenure OF ofice
and we will make every effort to have
DIR. Fritch returned to prison."
The Millman girls dismembered
body was found In the Rouge
river In cement sacks, and shortly
after Identification was made, sus-
picion was directed toward DIR. Fritch
through the statement OF Martha Hen
ming, chum OF the Millman girl, that
Maybeiie- had consulted With the
doctor.
Later, Joseph Leach, q chauffeur
was found by the police. and con
fessed that be had taken the doctor
and the sacks from DR.. Fritch's Office
TO the River Rouge. and had helped
to throw the bags into the river.
When court adjourned at 1:3C
o'clock, there seemed TO be little
prospect OF getting a jury, Monday.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
.HAhhON SAYS STATE FAIR
SURPLUS IS $4,000
Rain is Cause of Less Favorable
Showing Than Last Year,
Manager Declares

]. E. Harmon. secretary and man.
ager OF the Michigan state fair, told
The Times, Monday, that this years
exhibition receipts were estimated at
$4,000 less than those OF year ago.
I'VE had a surplus of $4,000 In
1911" said Mr.. Harmon, "and the $S,-
900 loss this year means that our re-
ceipts, over and above expenses, total
but $4,000. The attendance was
about the same, but we lost on not
having any grandstand receipts on
wednesday and Thursday, when 1t
Iained."
Asked IL there were any develop
ments in regard to the demand OF the
Board Of Commerce for an investiga-
tion because or the members being
turned down" on presenting state
fair passes to the midway, Tuesday
afternoon, Mr.. Harmon said he would
like to say whole lot about the mat
ter, but thought 1t wisest to keep
quiet"
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
.HILLES SAYS INDICATIONS
ARE THAT TAFT WILL CARRY
NEW YORK BY OVER 100000
National Chairman, Though, Not
Enthusiastic in Predicting
Presidents Reelection
SEES MICHIGAN LEADERS
Delegates Arriving for Tues
days Convention-MacKay
Doomed for Atty.-General

Charles ID. Hilles, secretary to Pres
ident Taft and chairman of the Re
publican national committee, arrived
In Detroit at $3.50, Monday morning,
from Chicago. in company with At
committeeman from Michigan. Dur
ing the morning Mr.. Hilles addressed
the chairmen of the county delega-
tions to the state Republican conven-
tion, which meets in Detroit. Tuesday,
discussing campaign plans with them.
Mr.. Hilles was met at the depot by
Times reporter and asked for an
expression on the national political
situation, and also the Republican sit
uation in Michigan. While predicting
the reelection of Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Hilles
seemed very conservative about 1t.
There was no out-and-out expression
og absolute confidence and certainty
with which leaders of the parties are
won't to regale the electorate.
Sentiment is crystalizing In favor
OF President Taft said Mr.. Hilles.
That Is the situation all over the
country, as | understand 1t. l have
not found that the Roosevelt senti-
ment has increased any recently, and
the same is true of the Wilson move
ment. They have not seemed to show
any growth, but Taft sentiment has
increased steadily, and / believe will
continue to grow stronger as election
time approaches. The voters have
heard from Roosevelt and Wilson,
and are beginning to do their real
thinking now"
do you think Taft will be re-elect-
ed?" asked the reporter, as Mr.. Hilles
had made no such broad statement.
Yes, | honestly do" he replied,
quietly, but firmly.
"And what Is your understanding OF
the situation In Michigan"
II have just arrived" he said, a
faint smile on his calm. placid fea-
lures, his blue eyes glancing at Mr..
Warren.
Mr.. Hilles did not even know
there was any trouble in Michigan"
ventured Mr.. Warren.
srrBut the reports from Michigan are
encouraging, very encouraging" add
ed Mr. Hilles. II shall be able to tell
more about IL before I leave"
And Mr.. Warren whisked Mr.. Hilles
away to breakfast in the Pontchar-
train.
Harmony and enthusiasm we're the
Continued ON Page Nincb
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
WITH "MOBLESSE. OBLIGE'
AS TEXT PASTOR SHIPPEM
DRAWS LOCAL LESSONS
Says Detroit's Wealthy Citizens
Should Meet Obligations
Imposed by Riches
OPPORTUNITIES ARE MANY
Fairgrounds and Kindred Insti-
titions Should be Aided
Praises Mrs. McGregor

Some local conditions received at
tention in a practical address by the
Rev. Eugene Rodman Shipper In the
First Unitarian church, Sunday. DR.
Shippen spoke In part as follows:
The happy phrase 'noblesse oblige,
nobility obliges,' Is bequest to us
from the age OF chivalry. What pic
lures OF knights and Journeys, OF fair
ladies and adventure does that age
suggest. Lovers OF Chaucer, Mallory,
Scott and Tennyson find 1t dificult to
think Of the age of chivalry in any
other terms than those OF its ideas.
I'VE think of 1t as romantic age,
and we draw our knowledge, fear,
largely from the romanticists. A re-
cent English writer, Cornish, in his
work on chivalry summarizes what is
commonly believed of mediaeval
knlghthood: 'Chivalry taught the
world the duty OF noble service will
ingly rendered. II upheld courage
and enterprise in obedience to rule;
it consecrated military prowess TO
the service Of the church. glorified the
virtues OF liberality, good faith, un.
selfishness and courtesy, and above
all courtesy to women This was the
aim of chivalry. but 1t does not &C.
curately describe the age of chivalry.
The fact OF the matter is, chivalry
gave currency to some very noble
ideals without securing their general
enforcement. The same is true OF
all moral and religious codes. The
religion of Jesus is one thing, the
practices OF Christendum quite an
other The historian, Freeman, de-
picts, as romancers do not, the actual
conditions of life in the age OF chival-
ry, but though his verdict is olsen
chanting Il is reassuring to realize
that our own age Is more chiyalrous
than the age of chivalry. The earlier
chivalry inculcated the spirit of class,
the love Of war for wars sake, false
codes Of honor, and what Freeman
calls fantastic courtesies toward
rank, 'Chivalry in short he says, is
In morals very much what feudalisIn
Is In law; each substitutes purely per-
sonal obligations devised In the inter.
estS uftun-s exclusive class for the
more iiomeIy duties OF an honest man
and a good citizen
In the thirteenth century half the
population of England was serfs, chlv-
airy resting upon slave labor, the
knight OF sort of parasite, eating his
bread in the sweat of other men g
faces. The medieval knight may
have been without fear but he was
not without reproach In TINS respect
(Continued ON pnGe Fourl
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23

GIlscu GnrdLet nus oSS - -,
Wilson: Alabama, Arkansas, Flor
ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana
Maryland Maine Massachusetts
Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey
North Carolina, Oklahoma South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, virginia
and Wisconsin-Total electoral vote
226.
Roosevelt: California, Idaho, ILL
nois, Iowa. Kansas, Michigan Mime
sofa, Montana, Nevada, North Da-
kota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, south
Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wy
oming-Total electoral votoe, 17O.
Taft: Connecticut, Delaware, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Yer
mont-Total electoral vote, 23.
Doubtful: Arizona, Colorado, In
diana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New
York, Ohio, West Virginia-Total
electoral vote, liz.
Total votes in the electoral college,
531; necessary to elect, 266.
In both the Wilson and Roosevelt
columns there are some certainties
For example, the Roosevelt managers
would concede Wilson the states oi
the old solid South. They might take
exception to conceding Wilson Maine
Massachusetts,, and Wisconsin, but
when local conditions are considered
-as for example the divided Repuli
can party in Maine, the fact that La
Toilette is quietly exerting his In
fiuence for Wilson in Wisconsin, and
r (Continued ON Page Nine)
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
PRIEST THINKS FLOWERS
AT FUNERALS TAKE FUNDS
FROM Needy BARS THEM
Says Many People Denied Them
selves Necessities of Life
to Give Tributes
DETROIT PASTOR TALKS
Rev. T. w. Young Would Exhort
People To Be More Mod
crate in Offerings
DETROIT PASTOR TALKS

DANBURY, Conn, Sept. 23.-"Be-
cause i found so many people who
could not afford to buy flowers did
so, and not only denied themselves
the necessities of life, but were a.
so going into debt" was the explana-
ton given by Rev. DIR. Walter J..
Stanley. pastor of ST. Peters Roman
Catholic church today for placing a
ban on flowers for funerals held iss
the church and at the two Catholic
cemeteries. The ban first excluded
flowers from the church and then Ii
was extended to the cemetery.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-Deplor.
ing the excessive use OF flowers at
funerals, Rev James Montgomery,
pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist
church. formerly attended by pres'.
dent Mckinley said today that he dis
couraged their display. -
Il encourage Christian simplicity
at funerals" said Rev. MONTGOMERY,
"Flowers-too many of them-are
neither necessary nor desirable"
CHICAGO, Sept 23.-"The church
has always opposed any profusion OF
flowers at funerals and in many in
stances flowers are barred from cas-
llets while In the church, said FIR.
F. NJ. O'Brien, of Holy Name Cathed-
raj today. in commenting on FIR. Shan
iey's declaration.
"The flower custom Is but relic
of the pagan age, but personally
feel that people should be allowed
to use their own discretion. II they
see ut to deny themselves life's neces-
cities In order to commemorate the
(ContInued ON Rage Nine)
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
BIG BOND ISSUE NEEDED
TO MEET IMPROVEMENTS
City Controller to Ask Council to
Authorize Issue of Over
100000

City Controller Heineman will
shortly ask the common council for
authority to issue bonds In an amount
that Willeexceed 100000. The matter
may be presented in the meeting,
Tuesday night, as funds are required
for several improvements. The bond
issue proposed Is one of the largest
ever contemplated by the city and Il
is possible that the bonds may be
offered in two parcels.
The council and board OF estimates
have authorized upwards OF $4,000, 900
OF bonds for various improvements.
and other issues under this authorize
tion will be made during the winter
The proposed bond issues are for cen.
tral library site. grade separations
schools, and sewers.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23

We have blamed lot Of things and
have ayailed nothing. -.---
And now. he shouts. lit is time
We found out the real cause of 1t and
then. once and forever, to put an end
TO It! ~ so
And this grievous thing for which
we are all looking Is the stock ex-
change and the gambling which is
, done there!
'"The people of this country" he
writes, have enough intelligence to
know that they are being hurt and
are being hurt unto death, but they do
not know what is hurting them.
IF the American people today, in
the zenith OF their wealth, courage,
might and all-round power, really
knew what II is that is bedeviling
them, they would, between one sun
rise and another. destroy their be-
(Continued on Page Two)
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
.DRAWBRIDGE OPEN CAN'T
VISIT DYING DAUGHTER
Parents of Margaret Handbook
Unable to Reach Hospital
Before End Comes

A distressing circumstance In con-
nection with the sudden death Of
Margaret. daughter of Belle Isle Bath
master FredCick Handbook. In =
sanItarfum. late Saturday night was
the inability OF the parents TO get 20
her bedside before she passed away
because the draw of the Belle Isle
bridge was swung open,
While Margaret had been III for
several weeks. she was able 20 Visit
her parents on the island. Saturday
afternoon. She graduated from the
Eastern high school last June.
The funeral will take place rom
Geist Bros chapel, No. 81 haeomn-
St. Tuesday at $3.50 p. m, and the
body will be borne 70 the DetroH
creamatorium by funeral car
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
; THE WEATHER

Detroit and vfcfnftyi Monday night
fair and copI. unsettled. probab bly, show
errt moderate vnrtnbl winds
Lower Nfchignni Increasing eioudt-
ness tonight. followed ny rain I'm early
morning or ON Tuerdny.
For the Upper Lskest Moderate vsrf-
able Nytndnt fucrpnrtug cioudtn~ss. prob
ably followed ny showers late touig ht
or TUESDAY.
sbIe winds: fair ON Eriet unsettied ON
Ontario tonfuht uud Tuesdey.
One yesr ago -fedayt Highest tenn
perrture. TT lowests SsB mean, eSI
clear westhe~
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23

With the above brass-sounding
words, Thomas w. lawson, the ex.
poser of "frenzied finance" begins a
new crusade today in Everybody s
Magazine.
Lawson, in this new fight opens
war on the stock exchange. He gays
that he and Everybody's are in this
crusade for no financial gain, but only
because unless the remedy comes
quickly this nation will be no more.
There has been enough talk, Law.
son says, concerning the coDtribut.
ing factors OF the high-cost- of.living.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
JANITOR FINDS $55,000
STOLEN BY BANDITS

PENSACOLA, Fla, Sept. 23.-Fifty-
five thousand dollars mysteriously
stolen from a Louisville Il Nashville
express last week, was found at the
back door of the First National Bank
today by a negro janitor. The find was
preceded by a telephone message
from an unknown source to the effect
that the money would be found there.
The cash was turned over to the ex-
press company.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23

body with good
sense is risking
his reputation as a
prophet at tails
date by any very
assueed statements
as to what Is go
ing to happen. For
this very reason
speculative e5ti-
mates lake on fas'
cinating aspects.
On the basis OF
letters and person
al m e 8 8 a 6 Z s
brought from diff
erent parts Of the
country to the
managers OF the
campaigns of both
Roosevelt and VIII
son, the following
lineup of statee
has heen nrepareu.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
THE CANDIDATES TO-DAY:

Republican = President Taft,
tn Washington, received dele
gates to Congress OF Hygiene.
ocra tic-Gov. Wilson
went 10 Scranton, Pa. where
Pennsylvania Democratic nom-
inees were to be notified.
Progressive - Col. Roosevelt
spoke at Arcadia and Pittsburg.
Kansas. before crossing into
Missouri. ~
Prob ibitio n--Eugene w.
Chafin addressed the New York
state Prohibition convention at
Olean.
Socialist--Eugene ". Debs
was in Muskogee, Okla.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
CupIa Gets RsiIway Wen.

Marriage License Clerk Alex Stew
art looked out the window TO see n
any street cars were running. on res
cetvin9 the third successive applica-
tion for a license. Monday morning All
three, Martin W. Sager. Frank Bretz
and Ernest Sabeii. were street car em-
pfoyes. Sager, being motorman and
the other two, conductors.
The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
DESTROY STOCK
EXCHANGE, SHOUTS
THOMAS ". LAWSON
Declares High Cost of Living is
Largely Caused by Stock
Gambling
PEOPLE ARE ROBBED
OF BILLIONS ANNUALLY
Author of "Frenzied Finance"
Makes Sensational Attack on
New York Institution

The american republic Gg going TO destruc.
ION because
y TIA Ia the clutches of an ell which
10 notoJhe peoples OWn conscious MAKING,
and, consequently,
Is beyond heir potoer Of curing Jor--
They do not kROtD rhotn Isl