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The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
MAN WHO SKIPS TO AVOID
PAYING AlIMONY JAILED
Walter Ruthenberg Deported
From Windsor and Arrested
When He Reaches Detroit

Walter Ruthenberg's scheme OF
cheating his first wife and his three
children out OF the $5 week granted
them by the court several months ago
when Mrs. Ruthenberg was granted a
divorce on the ground OF cruelty, was
frustrated by the help OF the Ameri-
can and the Canadian immigration Of
iicers, and Ruthenberg is once more
prisoner in the Wayne county Jail.
On his last appearance in court sew
erai weeks ago. Ruthenberg was or
dered to pay his wife $40 or 20 10
jail, but when given his liberty on
his promise 10 get the money at once,
he fled to Windsor, taking with him
his 17-year-old wife TO whom he was
married three weeks after his first
wife divorced him.
Attorney Edward Pokorny, who rep
resents the first Mrs. Ruthenberg
took the matter up with the immigra.
tlon officers in Washington aDdthey
in turn communicated with the Cana
dian officers. The result is that
Ruthenberg was escorted to the ferry
dock and placed on boat headed for
Detroit At the foot of Woodward
ave. stood Deputy Sheriff Sosnowski
and Ruthenberg was placed under ar
rest as soon as he landed. He will
be given hearing before Judge Hos
mer at o'clock. Monday afternoon.
Ruthenberg's first wife and his
three young children are said 10 he
in destitute circumstances, and sadly
in need of the money granted by the
court. He has been In jail three
times for his failure TO pay up, and
on each occasion was liberated HFen
the payment of small sum and the
promsie to contribute regularly. His
eirI-wife has stood by him in ht.
trouble, and once went down in her
pocket and paid enough to get lin
out OF Jail Ruthenberg is associate1
with his father in the coal and ice
business
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
.GIANT 7 BATTLE WITH SALOON
AS ISSUE TO Be DECIDED IN
rs COUNTIES NEXT MONDAY
"Wets" and "Drys" Start Last
Week of Fight-Latter
Predict Clean Sweep
LOCAL OPTION IS BOON
Lansing Pointed To AS Example
of Prosperity Under No
Liquor Regime
LOCAL OPTION IS BOON

One week from today will see the
vets" and "drys" in deadly combat
once more. They are to clash in %
counties, all in the lower Peninsula.
The scene Of battle will be in the fol-
lowing counties; Charlevoix, Antrim,
Presque Isle, Otsego, Alcona, Kalkas-
ka, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Arenac, Os.
ceola, Isabella, Shiawassee, Lapeer,
Ingham, Branch, ST. Joseph, Oceana.
Cas-, Leelanau, Grand Traverse, Wex.
ford, Lake, Mecosta, Roscommon and
Oakland. The last seven named coun-
ties are now wet" while the others
are dry" Both sides are waging a
vigorous campaign, but the "drys"
predict they will win in every coun-
ty. The "wets" have practically no
speakers In the field. relying chiefly
on literature TO do their work. In
their circulars they attack the
motives of the Anti-Saloon league.
The "drys," on the other hand have
a large force of speakers and are also
flooding the battle-ground with print
ed matter, all OF which deals with the
yiciousness of the liquor traffic. The
dry fighters report strong sentiment
against the saloon in all the districts
where voting is TO take place, particu-
lar1y In the counties which Went back
10 the wet" side, two years ago, after
having previously been dry"
I'm Oakland county" said Pliny w.
Marsh, anti-saloon league attorney, to
The Times, "one gets a pretty good
idea OF how the feeling is. They went
back to the vets in 1910, after being
dry for two years. The change.
however, has beer good for the dry
cause, for II has served TO show the
people of the county the difference in
conditions under wet and dry gov
ernment. Since the county went
back into the wet column the cost
of the police and legal departments
has increased enormously, because OF
the extra number or 'drunks TO care
for, and the farmers are beginning to
realize that they are bearing the
heaviest part of the burden. Most Of
the drinking is done in Pontiac, but
the people of that city bear only one
fourth of the expense of caring for
the 'drunks, the other three-fourths
coming out of the people in the coun-
try.
THE same condition also obtains
in Wexford county, which. also flop
ped back TO the vets In 1910. Wex-
ford has been in a bad way since de-
Continued on Fage Two.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SHOWS
WATER MAINS DEFECTIVE
Too Much Phosphorus and Sill
con make Pipes Brittle
and Cause Breaks

A chemical analysis OF the first cast.
iron water pipe which broke in the
city, several weeks ago, has beet
made in a Detroit testing laboratory
by disinterested engineers and reveals
the fact that the pipe contains an
over.abundance OF phorphorus and
silicon This Is taken by the engi-
neers TO indicate that the pipe was
defective and yielded readily to the
influence OF ice and frost In the
ground surrounding the pipe. Tee
much phosphorus. in the pipe makes
IL brittle and unfit TO stand the
strains put on II. .
The results OF the analysis will be
submitted to the board OF water com
missioners In meeting Tuesday
afternoon. to discuss the problem
from every point OF view. The board
on Monday authorized a test OF the
pipe for strength and this with-the
chemical analysis is expected TO re
veal accurately the fault with the
water mains which have been break.
ing during the last three weeks
An engineer stated TO The Times
Monday, that standard pipe OF good
quality contains about one-half OF one
per cent OF phosphorus smaller
percentage is-more- desirable The
analysis already made shows that TIE
broken pipe contained more than .one
per cent OF phosphorus. Standard pipe
should contain no more than one pei
cent silicon while the pipe analyzet
showed a half OF one per cent moro
than that.
"One OF the largest manufacturer.
OF cast-iron pipe in the country. locat
ed in Detroit. from whom the board ol
water commissioners purchases is
pipe does not have a chemist for cor
slant analysis OF the pipe" said the
engineer Unless the water boart
has a chemical analysis made the pipe
is not thoroughly tested before II (.
laid in the street"
The pipe with too much phosphor
us and silicon Is not influenced hl
high temperature. but when at III,
freezing point Il makes the pipe eX
tremely brittle
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
ADVANCE IN COST OF LIVING
ENTITIES MINERS TO MORE
WAGES, DECLARES WHITE
President of United Minework-
ers Tells What Workers
Want, and Why
5000 KILLED ANNUALLY
Asks Consideration For 100000
Toilers Who Are Trying To
Uplift Themselves
5000 KILLED ANNUALLY
BY JOHN p. WHITE.
President United Mine Workers Of
Anerica

America.
If We are compelled to enter into a
national suspension on April /, we
ask the American public to consid sr
these facts:
We demand the same right to com
bine that is exercised by capitalists
to full recognition as an organization
and TO bargain collectively for the
sale or our labor power and the ad-
Justment OF working conditions.
We claim that the steady increase
in the cost of living entities us 10
the modest and reasonable advance in
wages that we ask, so that our stand.
ard OF living may not be too greatly
yeduced.
We insist upon the right TO a voice
in the number of hours that we shall
labor so as to safeguard the health
of the men in the mines and also fur.
nfs1 employment 10 such OF our men,
bers who are voluntarily idle.
We demand TO be heard in the mat
ter of enforcing the introduction OF
safety appliances TO reduce accidents
In the mines. During the 10-year
period of 1899 TO 1910, inclusive. in the
three anthracite districts alone, 6,553
men were killed and 12,36S injured.
making a total OF killed and injured
of 1921.
Conditions in the bituminous fields
are equally as bad. Twenty thousani
men were killed in the foregoing
period and three times as many in.
iured. AT present about 5000 men are
killed annually.
The men OF the mines furnish the
greater portion OF the light, heat and
power of the world and therefore We
Continued ON Pnge Nine.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
LOVE FOR LITTLE GIRL
REUNITES PARENTS

Brought together by their love for
their pretty little daughter, Carl
Gack, aged 2s. of Detroit, and Mrs.
Eta Gack, who until lately has made
her home in Columbus, visited the
county clerks Office Monday and took
out a marriage license to remarry.
They were divorced in Columbus four
years ago. The daughter remained
with the mother, and the father was
given the opportunity Of visiting the
girl at stated intervals. During these
visits the daughter pleaded with him
to stay with her, and also pleaded with
her mother TO allow her father to re-
main. These visits threw the father
and mother into each others company
more or less, and the result was the
visit to the marriage license clerk.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
ORDINANCE VIOLATORS
ASSESSED STIFF FINES

Anthony Bertram. son OF a GTa;iot-
ave. saloonkeeper. was fined 500, by
Judge Phelan, Monday morning, on
the charge Of harboring a vicious cog.
The fine will be RENTED il Bertram
consents TO deliver the dog TO the pc.
lice, which he intimated he will do.
ID. Bloomgarden, No. $50 Lincoln.
ave-, and employed as chauffeur tor 4.
Finsterwald. was fined $50. with the
alternative of spending 10 days in
jail, for not stopping his auto on sig
nal of a police officer
Raymond w. Nichols was fined s25
for driving at a 2s-mile clip on Jei.
ferson-aye
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
WILL NOT DELIVER MAIL
ABOVE FIRST FLOOR

Detroit mail carriers were notified,
Monday morning, of a new order for
bidding them to deliver mail above
the first floor in apartment buildings.
Mali will be placed In boxes on the
frat floor and In apartments not pro-
vided with boxes the carrier must
have instructions to leave the mail
with the janltor or some other per
sons living up stairs. Such an order
was made by the postoffice authori-
ties several years ago, but was never
enforced in Detroit before.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
JOHN ALEXANDER is
SHEPHERDS NEW AIDE

John Alexander, who will act as as
sistant prosecutor for four months TO
assist In the work OF curbing the loan
sharks, assumed his duties in Prose
9utor Shepherds Office, Monday. Mr..
Alexander is Young man who has
been in Detroit bur short time, COM
Ing here from Washington, d. c. tic
is a graduate OF Georgetown univer-
sity
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
INITIATIVE PLAN
WILL BE DEBATED

Should the initiative, referendus
and recall be adopted in our system
of government will be discussed at
banquet to be given by the men OF
the North Woodward.ave. Congrega-
tional church in the Elliott-Taylor-
WoClfenden/ cafe, Wednesday evening.
Alfred j Pitts, of The Times. will
take the affirmative side. and Henry
NJ Campbell. member OF the recent
constitutional convention. the mega.
tive.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
CITY Getting More WIckedor
Police More Strenuous, Says Jefj17es

With 100 police morning,
Justice Jenres asked: what coming tor
the period
is wicked
offenders
Commissioner
Of Detroits record a clean town."
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
AGED WOMAN INJURED
BY FALL FROM CAR

Mrs. Tekla SzulerewsM. 6S years
old. and living at No l76 Newton-st..
seriously injured her spine when she
fell from car az Grandy.aye. and
Frederick.st., Sunday night. She was
taken TO the home of her daughter
at No. t072 Elmwoodavc., i'm a police
ambulance.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
COL. BOOTH CO-OPERATES
IN CADILLAQUA PLANS

From q Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. March 25.--In re.
sp0nse TO the urgent request OF Con
gressman Doremus, Col. Charles A.
Booth. comanding at Fort Wayne, re-
piled this morning that he would be
glad TO cooperate with the Cadilladua
association OF Detroit, and place his
ues.-
Congressman Doremus, had been
asked by Kirk B. Alexander chairman
OF the military committee. TO get the
troops for the Cadillaqua pageant
SCOTT.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
oN NtNNN NHs
THE WEATHER

One year ago tedayi Highest tent
perature. 5Gi lowest, 20, mean. ais
clear weather.
The sun sets tonight nt 5i4a 70. ns.
and rises Tuesday nj 5i25 n. m.
The moon set- M 1888 n. m. Tues
day.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25

Businers-iikr prfBtIES. 80 fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat Kind that
looks right Times Printing Co. rs
John R-st. Ph. Main 1898. or City 3sss
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
THE WEATHER

Fer Detroit aud Nicinityi Monday.
generally fnir and warmers Tuesday,
unsettled and warmers moderate winds
becoming south.
Lower NIchtgani I nsettIed aud
warmer. with local SHOWS tonight and
Tuesdayi moderate winds, becoming
unrtheaaa AR soufheru.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25
Grand Jury In session.

Tho federal grand jury began work
Monday morning, and Will be In session
about two weeks w. III Moran assist
ant chief OF the United States secret
service bureau. was In the city Mon
day, having been summoned as a witt
ness before the grand jury.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25

cemmerc,sl crsan Go, R.uns.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-25

Busines.-IIk- PriutinG. no fuss ana
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing Co.. is
John R-st Ph Main 14aS or City 1855.
Evening star., 1912-06-30
Old-Time. Minstrels.

From the Buffalo Express.
If there is some American who will sup
ply London with a ffrst-class minstrel
show, there is no end of money waiting
for him. Such is the opinion of Eugene
Stratton, who went to London from Buff
falo many years ago as minstrel man
and has remained there ever since.
Maybe Stratton is right, and maybe
If there is such a yearning in England
for old-time minstrels there Is also a
yearning in this country. where the min
strel show had its origin. We say Old
time minstrels because we assume that
IL there Is a desire for q revival of the
blackface show il is for the real article
and not for the plush-curtained. Shake
spearean- Nenetian-set article
which came into vogue some years ago
and which practically killed the real min
strel show, with q very few exceptions.
There was not so very much in stage set
tings and all that in those earlier days.
but the blackface men could sing and
they could play the bones and rattle the
tambourine and do the buck and wing
and the double shuttle and all the rest
of them as they ought to be done. They
were there to entertain and not to look
glorious, all fused up in gladsome rags.
Maybe there Is a yearning for the old
time show. but IL is also quite possible
that IL that yearning were to be gratified
II would first be necessary to train the
performers. There are not many of the
best article now.
Evening star., 1912-06-30
LONG HIKES FOR CONVERTS.
Missouri Preacher Has Walked 18,
600 Miles in Last Six Years.

Fayette Correspondents Kansas City Star.
The Rev. G. NJ Walker. who has beer
preaching at several country churches in
Howard county since 1906 doubtless holds
the walking record among Missouri
rural clergy Mr.. Walker estimates tina,
he has Travelled more than 1900 miles on
foot and horseback. principally on foot.
in the sig and a half years he has been
preaching in this country.
A few weeks ago in one of the most
severe billiards. Mr.. Walker walked four
teen miles from a distant point in How
ard county to Fayette in order to lead
a prayer meeting service.
Mr. Walker is a hardy Englishman of
the type which takes snow baths in the
dead of winter In truth. his strenuous
ideas of living are marvel to the rugged
farmers of Howard county. One of these
farmers was surprised recently when he
socks, roll his trousers above his knees
and wade the Moniteau creek, which was
full of floating ice and melting snow. Mr..
Walker was on a twenty-five-mile hike
to an appointment at Perche Church in
Boone county. He said afterward that
his offering at the two services amount
ed to 81. 66.
Mr.. Walker was recently called to a
pastorate of a church in Sedalia. but he
was loath to give up his arouous labors
among the rural churches of Howard
county.
While in Dayton Mr.. Walker met a
minister of the Christian Church, who
converted him to that faith and who was
influential in sending him to Hiram Col
lege. He spent two years in college. where
he made living for himself and wife by
running an engine at the electric light
plant. He left school and started out
west to preach.
Mr.. Walker was sent to Howard county
by st. Louis minister. His Christianity
is muscular as we'll as spiritual. In fact,
he says he has made at least one CONVEX
sion by giving a bully a good trouncing.
Evening star., 1912-06-30
HURRICANE SINKS YACHTS.
Storm Does Damage During Regatta
Of Long Island.

NEW YORK, June ga miniature
hurricane swept over Long Island sound
late today while the annual regatta of
the New Rochelle Yacht Club was in
progress and before the wind had spent
Its force three of the racing yachts had
been sunk and nine others capsized. The
crews of the sunken craft had narrow
escapes.
A. Bryan Alloy of Larchmont, when his
yacht Festina began to go down. seized
his wife by the waist and climbed the
mast with her. The craft sank in shallow
water with four feet of her mast show
ing and half hour later q power boat
rescued the nearly exhaused Alloy and his
barely conscious wife.
HaZen Morse whose sloop Shinook went
down two miles off shore, had been swim
ming half an hour when aid reached him.
In all thirty-five persons We're picked up
by rescuing craft.
Evening star., 1912-06-30
RIVALS PLEDGE LOYALTY
IF OTHER SHOULD WIN
Candidates for Presidency of
Club Federation Show
Mutual Regard.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-The two
leading candidates for the presidency OF
the General Federation Of Women's Clubs,
Mrs. Percy Pennybacker Of Texas and
Mrs. Philip Carpenter of New York. stood
on the same platform today with arms
about each others waists and pledged
loyalty and allegiance each to the other,
whichever should be elected.
TIE subject of the endowment had
brought Mrs. Pennybacker and Mrs. Car
penter before the convention. and their
declarations of mutual loyalty were made
in the course Of their remarks.
Desire Reelection.
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker of Colorado,
former president, and Mrs. Philip
North Moore of ST. Louis, the retiring
president, also are to be candidates for
reelection.
Mrs. Decker made plea for the pro-
posed endowment fund of 100000 and
Mrs. Emmers Crocker Of Boston moved
that I'VE complete the endowment now
and here" The motion was seconded
and declared approval by the chair.
against some murmurs of mo. moi"
Contributions were solicited by Mrs.
Penny hacker in honor of Mrs. Dimies T.
s. Dennson Of New York. Mrs Sarah
Platt Decker and Mrs. Moore, all pioneer
workers, and, as the answers flowed in,
other names We're added to the honor roll.
All pledges will apply to cancellation OF
the endowment assessments levied
against each state. 1t was announced
when adjournment was taken that s., 900
had been raised, but that the polls were
not closed.
Evening star., 1912-06-30
AGREE ON NO STRIKE
Pennsylvania Railroad Me1
Claim a v;ctory.
ARE GIVEN CONCESSIONS
Electrifcation Is Not TO Affect
Wages of Employees.
ARBITRATION FOR BRAKEMEN
Board to Attempt Settlement Of
Pittsburgh Yard Workers and
Define Rules.
RE GIVEN CONCESSIONS
ARBITRATION FOR BRAKEMEE

PHILADELPHIA June 2a.--There will
be no strike of the men employed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company on its
lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie. an
acceptance by 4 committee of men o. an
arbitration proposal and concession Of
fered by the company today bringing
about a satisfactory way of settling the
grievances at issue.
The federated committee Of the Brother
hood OF Trainmcn. Order of Railway
Conductors and the Brotherhood OF Fire
men and Enginemen regard the agree
ment as a victory.
1t is provided that In tho event %
the company extending the electrifcation
Of its lines the steam railway men af-
fected shall hold their positions. or ones
paying them the same wages In regard
to the McAdoo tunnel between New York
and New Jersey il is provided that the
steam men who lost their position be-
cause of the eectrification shall be re-
instated by July !. 1919. and shall be
paid the same rate Of wages as they
were before being replaced
Reason for the Delay
The delay in the reinstatement Of the
men. it was stated. was due TO the fact
has an agreement with the company con-
trolling the New York tunnel by. which
no change can be made in wages without
notice of one year being given
The question as to the amount of wages
to he paid brakeman in the Monongahela
yard at Pittsburgh will be arbitrated. II
is provided in the agreement that the
orbitration board shall consist of four Of
ficials OF the Pennsylvania railroad and
four representatives OF the employees. II
they fall to agree Charles p. Neill, United
States commissioner OF labor. will be
asked to act as the ninth member.
The question at issue is whether the
men shall be paid road rates or yard
rates. as at present. The road rates are
higher. If the decision Is in favor OF the
men 1t is provided that they be reim-
bursed the difference between the two
rates since July. 1910. The arbitration
board under the agreement also is en-
powered to define the rules affecting en-
ployes on the electrical lines.
Evening star., 1912-06-30
NAMED SUPREME COUNSELOR.
c. w. Hodson Installed by United
Commercial Travellers.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 29.-Clarence
". Hodson of Portland. Ore. was elected
and installed supreme counselor Of the
United Commercial Travellers of America
at the closing session of the supreme
council Of that order here today.
Other officers elected and installed were
O. Daniel Of Columbus. supreme secre-
tary; r. n. Hull of Columbus, supreme
treasurer: Claude Duval Of Hutchinson.
Kan. supreme junior counselor; c. B.
Griffith Of Denver, supreme past coun-
selor: L. f. Valoft of New Orleans. su-
prenre conductor, Frank s. Ganiard of
Jackson, Mich, supreme page, and
Manly j. Hemmens OF Green Bay, Wis,
supreme travelling representative.
Evening star., 1912-06-30
ITALIANS WIN BATTLE
Capture Turk Position on
Heights of Sidi Said, Sus-
tanning Small Loss.

ROME June 23.-Anotfer severe battle
At Tripoli June 2S is described in an Off
cial dispatch received here tonight. Ac-
cording to the message whole division
attacked the heights OF Sidi Said and
neighboring positions. where masses OF
Arabs and Turks who had escaped de-
feat the previous day were lying in deep
intrenchments, reinforced by heavy ma
tive contingent. All the Italian guns aid
ed the attacking party from shore and
three warships bombarded the positions.
Then two columns advanced for the as
sault. routing the enemy with repeated
bayonet charges. They occupied the
heights, on which Italian guns were
mounted. The Turks left 200 dead and
a large number of wounded on the field.
The Italian forces captured great quan.
titles of arms, ammunition and cattle.
The italian losses totaled ten dead and
seventy-eight wounded. In the previous
engagement the Italians lost twenty-nine
Killed
Evening star., 1912-06-30
PENALTY OF SWINDLING.
French Countess and Partner Sen
fenced for Defrauding Heiress.

PARIS. June 29.-The correctional court
today sentenced the Countess Clare" to
one year Imprisonment and to pay fine
of 500. and Count Ladislaus Zoltynski to
two years imprisonment and to pay a
fine of S4OO. for obtaining money under
false pretenses from Miss Wilhelmina
Kemper, in connection with a scheme to
arrange a marriage between Prince Vic
tor Of Thurn and Taxis and an Ameri>
can heiress.
The case came up on appeal. In the
previous trial in April 1910. the court
acquitted the defendants on the ground
that the Countess Glare" was not re-
sponsible for the loan of $4,000 which
Miss Kemper is alleged to have made to
the count. and that the latter borrowed
in good faith to help the prince find a
wife.
The defendants are now ordered to re-
turn this money to Miss Kemper.