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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
CUMMINS OFFERS PLAN
TO SOLVE TRUST PROBLEM
Would Control Big Business
Through Trade
Commission

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Federal
control OF big business through \
trade commission of three members,
with authority to stop watering stock.
regulate all trusts and TO eliminate
cut throat competition" was provided
in a bill introduced by Senator Cum
tended as a supplement OF the Sher-
man law. 1t applies only to corpora
tions with capital over $5,000,000 and
excludes common carriers.
Merging of the bureau of corpora
tons into the trade commission, is
provided. The commission is vested
with sweeping powers. 1t is to report
to congress and its authorized to order
civil and criminal prosecutions. Pre-
eminent of the bills provisions is that
no corporation shall engage In COM
merce with such a gigantic capital
that substantially destroys competi-
ton.
The bill specifies that a director
may-not serve on-the board of another
corporation in the same industry.
Corporations are also prohibited from
holding stock in any other corpora
tions except as collateral and then
only for three months. Bank officials
or directors are disqualified as direct
ors OF all corporations OF more than
$10,000,000 capital. Corporations, Of
whose stock more than 10 per cent Is
held by competitors, are barred from
interstate commerce.
Common carriers also are prohibit
ed from engaging in any other bust
ness. Another provision is that no
corporation shah sell its products be-
low cost for more than two months.
Penalties for violation of the bills pro-
visions are fines OF $4,000 and impris-
onment for one year.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
AVENUE.

Pretty girls. bright new costumes,
well-rendered song numbers, really
funny comedians and Chooceeta, an
oriental dancer, all go to make the
Merry Maidens' company, which open
ed weeks engagement in the Avenue
theater, Sunday, one of the best shows
on the burlesque wheel.
That the regulars knew what was
in store for them was made evident by
the fact that the house was sold out
long before the orchestra began the
overture for Sundays matinee.
I'm going TO Steal a Sweetheart"
sung by Lila Brennan, proved a pop
ular hit. She was ably assisted in the
rendition of 1t by young man who
plays the dual role of usher in the
theater and leader OF the gallery
whistling brigade.
Miss Melrose. a singer with won
derful vocal range. sang several songs,
among them a Spanish ballad, and
made decided hit.
The Lady Buccaneers" will be the
offering next week.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
Negro suspect Arrested.

Ben Henderson, alias Danlel carter.
a Negro. was arvested by Detectives
Stcuton and Downey Sunday for the
pulice\ Of 81 Louis. Mo, who want him
or a charge OF holding up MT. ana ATS.
W liam Aikens In their home In -.
Louis and robbing them Of SEQ at the
boint OF a revolver Henderson was
picked up as suspicious person two
weeks ago. and after being "mugged
and measured" was ordered to leave
town. lie failed To do so His local
-pfcfurp---vSsal to the Bertillon head
quarters. resulted fffTtts-dIspatch from
81 Louis. and he was found derhls ola
haunts by the detectives. -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
EDITORS FIGHT DUEL;
REPUBLIC STILL SAFE

PARIS, Feb. 26.--Although both
agreed that the republic should be
overthrown." Paul De Cassagnac. edi-
tor of Autorite, and Charles Maureas,
an imperialist leader. fought a duel
today following controversy. over
the form of government that France
should adopt. Maureas was wounded
In the arm. lie withdrew from the
"fie1d or honor" after challenging Do
Cassagnac to meet him again as soon
as his arm had healed In the mean
time, the republic still stands.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
RAILROADS MUST
DEFEND FEDERAL SUIT

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 26.-Charged
with violation of the Sherman anti
trust law, nine Ohio and West Vir-
ginia. railroads. and coal companies
will face trial here tomorrow In LIZ
United States circuit court OF ap-
peals. The suit was filed last fail.
1t is charged that the railroads
have Disseminated against smaller
coal dealers and shippers in setting
arbitrary rates and have favored com
panies In which they were Interested.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
N. Y. is DUMPING PLACE
FOR FOREIGN OUTCASTS


lis the sink into which the human
drcgs of the world are being dumped
today and the great marine transpor-
tation agencies are prompting federal
limitations upon a remedy, according
to e report by the New York state
commission on lunacy, which was
prepared with the aid of the state
Beard of alienists-
DIR. Thomas w. Salmon, chairman
OF the latter board, is an authority
upon insanity and its relation to i'm
migration. He Is an active opponent
of the present system operated, he
said, by the Italian and German gov
ernments for preventing the return
to their ports of any persons who
are not physically, mentally and
financially desirable as citizens.
at the steerage gangway of every
Italian steamship about to return to
an Italian port there is an Italian
roy al commissioner, usually medi-
cal officer of the Italian navy, in full
uniform" he said mo returning
Italian laborer goes aboard that YES
sci unless he or she is in every re-
spect a desirable citizen. Those of
feeble mind, the physically crippled
the aged, ii they are poor and likely
TO become public charges, stay right
here, and most of them in New York
city. Their fares have been paid, but
they cannot get aboard a vessel to
take them 10 their native country.
The system practiced by the Ger
man government here at. the gang
ways of its transatlantic steamships
is similar, but it carries few Ger
mans back to Europe. Most of those
returning on board these vessels are
Russians, and If they are defective
and are landed in a German port en-
route to Russia the steamship COM
pany Is responsible to the German
government for their care till they
die or leave German soil.
"One person OF every fifty born in
this state is an idiot or maniac.
Ihree-fourths of the detectives who
reach Ellis Island are destined for
New York when they leave home, al
though only 80 per cent of the total
number of immigrants arriving there
are destined for this state.
"The hopes of great Improvement
in these conditions centered in the
Dillingham; bill have vanished
through . its amendment in the SEN
ate. but it still promises to improve
existing conditions"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
Ante Driver. Fined.

Nlcholas Kat. Nd 100 Mack-nve..
was fined $50 by Judge hPelan Monday
Tor uriVing an automoDlle on me wTons
hard. No. 767 ST. Antoine-st. paid s25
for driving a machine at the rate OF
80 miles an hour on the boulevard.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
WE WANT TO KNOW

II you do not receive the De-
troit Times regularly call Main
1498 and ask for the circulation
department. Information regard
ing irregular delivery Will re-
eeISe prompt attention.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
JOKES ABouT DEATH FOUND DEAD

SAGINAW, MiCh. Feb. Eb.-~HItHhIu
Luster. "a. wealthy retired whole
sale grocer ana pioneer GerInan
resident. was found dead la ebd today.
He laughed and joked about death
with friends last night and said be
had years TO live.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26

Official figures given out I'm Winni-
peg show that 10000 settlers from
the United States came into Canada in
igI1 bringing property valued at S20.-
100000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
C. R. MUELLER & SONS
~ SHELBY STREET.
MACHINISTS AND l0CkSMITHS
ksys OF all kinds made and repaired
Lawnmowers repaired and sharpsnsd
ysieDhans Mali ALA


Notice f. hereby given that the an.
nuai meeting or the stockholders OF
the Delray Connecting Railroad Com
many for the election OF directors and
the transaction OF such otnef busihess
as may come before the annual meet
ing. VIII be held at the cfhce OF the
company in the City OF Detroit, Mich
igan. on Wednesday. March 20. 1919.
az ole o'clock p. IN.
By order OF the directors Of The Com
J. d sANDERs
$500. Secretary
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
oAYETY.

Joe Hurtig's Social Maids" head
ed by George Stone and Frank Hayes
are the current attraction in the
Gayety theater, and offer one of thS
best burlesque shows Detrojters have
witnessed this season. Stone, OF
Wizard of Or" fame, and Hayes as
his side partner, make comedy
team that kept the audience roaring
With laughter every minute they
We're on the stage, and they We're In
the iimelight pretty much all the
time. These two men are not the
whole show by any means They
share the honors with the handsome
Jennie Austin, Stella Suits, Luella
Temple, Eta Pillard and Wilbur
Dcbbs.
The company appears in two-act
burlesque, with a plot that is some.
what hazy, having TO do with the eff
fort of wealthy Chicago girl to mar.
ry the captain OF man-of-war, which
is doing service in the south. Stone
and Hayes. escaped sailors, take the
part first OF a couple of wandering
painters and paper-hangers, who in
dulge In a paste-slinging and paste
eating contest, after having daubed
paper all over everything in sight
When they finish there is paste or
the walls, on the floor, in their hair
whiskers and eyes. and they end the
act by eating the balance OF the
slimy mixture, then swim about the
floor to the great delight of the gal
lery boys. This act is not one for
persons with weak stomachs. In the
second act the two take the part OF
wandering troubadours, in which
they are really amusing.
The company carries an unusually
attractive chorus, and no expense
has beer spared in gorgeous cos
tunes. Jennie Austin, the leading
soubrette. is one of the daintiest lit.
tie women on the burlesque stage
Miss Suits is vocalist of more than
average ability, her song number
BE Careful Mary" being repeatedly
encored. The Misses Temple and
Pillard, eccentric dancers, are q
lively pair and were given rousing
hand.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
THE STAGE
LYcEuM.

LYcEuM.
Our old and dear friend, Mrs.
Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch as Inn
-Hefsehated- hY-Miss blanche Chap
man, Is paying her annual visit to
the Lyceum theater this week. With
her have come all the familiar char
.acters OF the patch In the railroad
yards, including Mis- Hazy, With
whom one cannot help but sympatize
even while one laughs: Lovey Mary,
little Tommy, Mr. Stubbins and all
the rest. The company, with but few
exceptions, Is the same as last year
and somehow things seem to be run
more smoothly than formerly. There
is better cooperation and better in
dividual work. The play is well
worth seeing again, just 10 absorb a
little OF Mrs. Wigs philosophy II. for
no other reason. It's better than q
sermon and, besides, it's good enter
tainment.
Miss Chapman's Mrs. Wigs seems
to meet the popular conception OF the
part 1t is as though she had step
pod right out OF the pages OF the
book or had been transplanted bodily
from the patch" OF real life TO the
make-believe patch" of the stage.
To spend a couple of hours in her
society and under her influence is 10
take q more cheerful view of life and
leave the theater with more chart
table view of mankind generally.
Thus, Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage
Patch" is a play with mission. and
that 1t has q strong appeal is shown
by its continued popularity after nine
consecutive seasons. II should live
for many seasons to come, for good
play never loses merit by repetition
Mss Minnie Milne still plays Mis-
Hazy and her conception Of the part
is faultless. There is no tendency
to overdo. Mr.. Stubbins is again
played by Thomas Akin with full ap
probation of the possibilities as well
as the limitations of the role. May
H. Rotti, as Lovey Mary; Ruth Hand
forth, as Mrs Eichorn; Petra Folk
man. as the fat Mrs. Schultz; Clyde
IIulnewell, as Billy Wigs; Harold
.Grau. as Chris Hay and f. A. Locke
as Mr.. Wigs. all do creditable work
while the juvenile roles are excep
tionally we'll played
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
The Final Chance For
Extra Votes

The following quantity orders will apply
Beginning Monday. February Doth, and
Closing Wednesday. March 9th
SATURDAY, MARCH 9Th
1T p N. No will be accepted after that hour
Start Working Now.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-20

us. The race has made us what we are
the child is the embodiment OF the
race and the debt that we owe to the
race we owe to him"
A good book for parents this. full OF
practical common sense made plain. as
we'll as Of deeper meaning. It's contents
have been collected from many periodi-
Gals, but there is unity and continuity
In them. even when the author steps
aside for a moment to talk Of "Reluc-
tant Parentage" and the American
Mother" whom he defends against much
unjust depreciation of the hour. And as
for fiction, it is an ideal food for old
and young, whatever its literary quail
ity, so long as it has the merit of stimu-
lating the imagination, so sadly starved
by modern educational theories carried
into practice and by the prosaic daily
round of grownup life. Pure, sound
fiction does not need TO have a moral
or be instructive, or conceal moral,
hut lust to be a first class story, keep
ing TO the rules Of the game, as whole
some for the mind and morals as sun
shine is for the body"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-20

simpkins Plot" Judged by the first
of these, Mr.. Birmingham deserves d
welcome In this country. He Is genu-
Inc humorist. Be It added at once tnat
his humor Is English rather than lrlsh'
even though the scene Of 'Lalages Low
ers' and it's characters are lrish' Inc
title, by the way, is a deliberate his
norner, as is explained at the END. Ihe
heroine is the daughter OF canon VI
the Church of England, who, once she
has got to Trinity College, Dublin starts
In to reform whatever needs reforming
in her opinion. There are the Dishops'
first of all-the Roman Catholic hler-
archy receiving its share OF attention.
Then comes an election for Parliament,
in which she enthusiastically denounces
her candidates opponents, but ENDS by
getting him into trouble, and, hnally'
there is an election of bishop, In which
she tries to force simony upon the arch
deacCnal candidate in favor or her
father. All this merely in explanation
to the reader who might be misled by the
title. There is wedding to end up With'
but that, too, is entirely unlike what the
reader is led to expect. Indeed, the un-
expected plays a large part in this capi-
tai, hugely entertaining tale Of the amdz-
ing exploits, opinions and convictions OF
Miss Lalage.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-20
PEssIMISTIC LITERATURE.
From the Paris correspondent Of the
Pail Mall Gazette

From the Paris correspondent Of the
Pail Mall Gazette.
It has been remarked that Parisians
are growing sadder. Is ii because OF
the taxes or because OF The fog? In
any case laughter seems less frequent
than of yore. and the eXuberance OF the
Southern Frenchman is almost coming
TO be considered bad form. In this vein
Of sadness is the literature.
Marie Claire" did not throw hope
full gleam on life: neither do two other
books which have been crowned respec-
lively by the Academic Goncourt and
the womens committee appointed by
Ia Vie Heureuse." The latter title is
at least cheerful enough, but, alas! the
literary ladies who compose the aeropa-
gus selected a book melancholy In
the extreme, which has for title The
Journal of a Patient" II purports to
give the reflections of a sick man. and
is the account of uolorous incidents that
happened in real life.
This sort of literature Is not, evidently,
of the kind to make us pleased with life.
Nor did the Academy of Ten. which
distributes the prize left by the Brothers
Goncourt, crown a work that has any
gayety in IT. Chateaubriand's descend
ant, who won It, has likewise a "triste"
outlook. 1t is part, no doubt, OF the
DIiHOSbpiiy VI me- "IlCH DdStS
itself on the maXims Of the pessimists
None the less, light heart and ready
smile are among the most precious
qualities OF the Frenchman. Why aban-
don them for the morbid nothingness of
come Teuton teachers? Is the latest
craze a German importation?
Perhaps it would be truer to suggest
that the search for unhappiness is only
another form OF protest against existing
conditions. This correspondence has
borne witness TO the desire for improve
ment manifested In certain quarters.
Sport has arisen partly In answer to
precocious decadence which was felt 10
be sapping the vitality of the people.
Now the theatre Is TO be reformed. The
best writer's will in future probably alb
stain from giving us a thesis based on
the breach of the Seventh Command
ment. The movement has begun in
Dickens's adaptations. Even though
Copperfield is placed in unnatural sur
roundings and Micawber cruelty meta
morphosed into Squeers, the lesson is
there-the lesson Of human pity. the
lesson honest and wholesome In it's an
plication The Odeon is thronged with
Parisians weeping over the sorrows of
the child hero.
Likewise, the success OF La Flambee"
is due TO very much the same revolt
against the play which Is merely sordid
In its strength.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-20
FICTION
Romance, Old and New, and
Some Welcome Humor.
IN THE CATTLE COUNTRY.

THE Two-GUN MAN. BY Charles Alden
Seltzer. Colored frontispiece by Robert
W. Amlck. Emo. PIP. 3i9. Outing Fuo-
fishing Company.
This new fiction of the cattle country
has a freshness that makes II welcome
even at this late day. It is written with
unmistakable first hand knowledge For
one thing. its hero and villains are not
shooting at each other all the time
They are too swift and accurate gun
men for that. The long duel Is one OF
watchfulness, Of prudence. OF calculat-
ing delay OF the deadly moment. The
heroine is a novelist taking notes, but
losing her heart in the process. Ihe
"two-gun man" himself, moreover, Is
more than a type; he remains an indl-
yidual, however strongly and completely
he represents that type. And the at
mosphere Of range and hills is palpaole
over It all. The plot is concerned with
the trailing Of band Of rustlers, with
ingenious, patient, expert detective work
in a primitive environment. Jealousy,
rivalry, hatred. fear. all the funda-
mental emotions OF strong men living
the physical life Of the open, are brought
into play and turned to good purpose.
II is worth while, incidentally, to notice
the clever way in which the author en-
poys the continued in our next prln-
ciple in the ending of his chapters. The
story is an excellent example Of the pos
sibility Of turning an old and supposed
~ threadbare subject to new and most
rnada BILE uSa.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-20

discovered that Charles Dicken.
Jane Austen could even divert my ,ss' wv
when I was enduring the intense W. ~"
Of seasickness. David Copperfela,
Emma made me almost forget nv a
ferings during long voyage. But VIII
7 turned from them TO other fa,-
authors the body delivered Itself -
firm No There was nothing for /,
to reread David Copperheld.' I .,,, ~
think of that voyage with pleasure. :
"New Tracts for the Tines
Under this general title, Moffat Va,
& CO. will publish, in conjunction 49,
Cassell & Co, of London, serie,
small books on the many social proS
lens of the day. The leading thouo,,
running through these tracts will ha -
regeneration of the race. The first th-.
volumes. to be published this month a..
"The Problem of Race RegeneratIon
by DR.. Havelock Ellis; THE Method. :.
Race Regeneration" by DR.. G. w. Sale.
na
clining Birth Rate: Its National and In.
ternational Significance" by DR.
Newsholme. They will be followsa
shortly after by Literature: The Wor,
Of Life or Death" by the Rev. DR.. Wn,.
lam Canon Barry; Modern Indus.
trialism and Race Regeneration" BY q
f. G. FISHERMAN. NJ. a., NJ. P: 9Th.
Problems of Sex" by Professor ]. A
Thomson and Professor p. Geddes: Re.
ligion and Race Regeneration by tss
Rev. Dr. F. B. Meyer; Social In.
vironment and Moral Progress by
Russell Wallace, o. NJ, F. r. s.. LIZ D. 1:
National Ideals and Race Regeners.
tion," by the Rev. Dr. r. F.. Horton
NJ. A.; THE Spiritual Life and Race Re.
generation" by the Bishop Of Durham:
"Womanhood and Race Regeneration"
by Or. Mary Scharlieb, NJ. s., and
Education and Race Regeneration" BY
Sir John Gorst, LII. D., X. c., F. R. s.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-20

Boston, l.. c. Page x Co.
The late Robert Nelson Stephens had
q pretty talent for historical romance.
This last story from his pen has had a
rather curious history. Begun several
years ago, 1t was laid aside unfinished
by its author for other work. When he
returned 10 1t at last it was not to COM
ready been written into a play. The
story itself. In it's unfinished form. was
found among Mr.. Stephens's papers after
his death and intrusted to Mr.. Rob
erts, who did the work required to make
1t ready for publication. How much
labor he bestowed upon the book 1t were
hard to say, since there are no traces
of this mi-posthumous collaboration.
wherefore 1t is only just to give him
credit for a task smoothly performed in
the authors spirit. The tale itself is
interesting, a romance rather than an
elaborate historical novel, history, in
deed, being chiefly employed to furnish
a picturesque background and the turbu
lent fortunes that interfere with the
course Of true love. 1t must ever be
thus in historical romance-the genre
has its laws that cannot be broken, and
new formula are apparently far to seek.
Still, the author achieves his purpose
when he keeps. his reader entertained
and interested for the time being, and
this the present book does-all it's au-
thor's books succeeded in doing 1t in the
day of their appearance, which was that
OF the fiourishing of their genre, a dec
ade or so ago.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-20
FICTION.

THE JOYOUS wAYFARER. By Humfrey Jcr-
dan. 12mo. pp. vi, Ss5. 90. p. Putnans
Sons)
story depicting the artistic tempers-
ment.
THE WAY OF AN EAGLE. BY z. NJ Dell
Frontispiece. 12mo. pp. v. +06. q. p
Putnam's Sons)
Reviewed in another column.
MRS. DRUMMoND's VOCATION. BY NAH
Ryce. limo, pp. 2ss. Cwilliam Hickey
Coz
Portraying the career OF a French wonAn
MR.. wYCHERLY's WARDS BY l. Allen
Harker. limo, pp. vii, s66 Charles Serb
l ner's Sons.)
More or less a continuation OF Miss
Esperance and Mr.. Wycherly," the story
tells OF the later lives Of Edmund and
Montague Bethune.
SPANISH GOLD BY George A Birmingham.
l2mo, pp. 800. Crhe George II. Doran Com
pany.)
The story OF how the curate OF Ballymoy
and HIS friend the major sailed away 10 dis
cover gold on an island near the west coast
OF Ireland.
HE COMES UP SMILING. By Charles Sher-
man. with illustrations by Arthur william
Brown 12mo, pp. $50 CThe Bobbs-Merrill
Company
The tale Of tramp who impersonated q
rich Young man