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The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
COURTED AND
WON BY LUNATIC,
WOMAN'S STORY
Maud Hamilton Baker, Heiress
to Millions, Asks Marriage
Annulment
REALIZATION COMES
MONTH AFTER WEDDING
Attempt at Suicide on Honey
moon One Act of Ernest
Forster SlOcum

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-With the fl
ing OF the referees report in secret
annulment suit here today, the story
10 revealed OF how Maud Hamilton
Baker, daughter OF Walter X. Baker,
secretary OF the Canadian Pacific
railroad, and heiress TO his millions.
realized a month after her magnii-
cent wedding, in Montreal, that she
had been courted and won by lun-
attic.
The husband. Ernest Forster Slo-
fame, Is now confined in an asylum,
a victim of acute melanchola. Mrs.
Slocum waited for years before bring.
ing action for annulment of the mar
rage, however, in hopes that he
would recover.
In the testimony submitted to the
referee, 1t was brought out that
Slocum attempted suicide by jump
ing from the upper deck of ferry
boat. while they were on their hon
eymoon. At the time the identity OF
the would-be suicide was not revealed
The efforts OF two deck hands who
leaped into the water saved his life
With the annulment of the mar
riage IL became known today thai
Mrs. Slocum is now living with hei
father, in Montreal Slocum met
Miss Baker. when he went TO Mon
treal in 1907. 10 sell the Canadian Pa
clfic heating and lighting system
for it's trains. His dealings were
with the father OF the Young woman
, who later became his wife He was
introduced in the Baker home, anc
after whirlwind courtship, the wed
ding date was set for Oct. ?, 1907.
| Immediately after this. according e
witnesses who testified before Major
,Continued on Page Nine)
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
BsrIows Get part Of ClnIm.

NdOIpn and MarRaTct BarlOw. nus
band and wife. who suci the De-
trcIf TaNi,sb and Transfer Go. for
isEs 81 salary for "A week. were given
% NtrdiG Tor Sly.15 Hy jury in Jus
TIVE Jones court The Barlows who
are vaudeville performers. alleged that
the transfer company neglected 20 take
~ cir trunk from tie National theater.
/. ctroit. 20 the D. A. e. dock On time for
taen, tU keep an engagement in a
1cveland 'feater. causing them 10 lose
a weeks work
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
|ALDRICH JOKER HANDY FOR
ALLEGED G. @. P. PANIC PLOT
Authority for Treasury Order
No. 81 an Amsndment.byAu
or of Central Bank Plan
REP. GLASS ATTACKS
ORDER AS DANGEROUS
No Limitation on Amount of
Customs Money 70 BE
Deposited

PRINCETON, NJ. j., Feb. a.
Presldent-eleet Woodrow Wilson
today learned directly for the first
time the details Of Rudolph
Spreckles statement concerning
Treasury Circular No. s." which
authorized the deposit of custom
receipts In national banks, and
which Spreekles charges may
cause financial disturbance.
On the train returning TO
Princeton from New York, Gov
ernor Wilson read Spreckles'
statement carefully, and became
deeply interested In II.
II read what Mr.. spreckles has
to say with the greatest interest"
said the presldent-elect, "but ! do
not care to comment on H."
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
WINDSOR SWITCHMAN
Is CRUSHED TO DEATH

Leo Gignac IS years old Grand
Trunk switchman was killed In the
Windsor yards Of the railway. Satur
day morning. being caught between a
coal car and the door OF a freight
shed. II was necessary TO knock the
door OF az the hinges 10 release the
Young man. tie was almost dead
when extricated and died before medi.
cal AID reached him. He vas single
and lived with his parents on
Icauette-aye.. Windsor He had been
with the railway but three weeks
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
ROCKEFELLER STILL
IN SERIOUS CONDITION

BRUNSWICK, Ga. Feb. s.-willian
Rockefeller the Standard OIL mag
nate, who suffered collapse. yester
day. while being examined by the
Pujo investigating committee. at
Jekyl island, was but little improved
today Or Chappell, his personal
physician. announced today that the
aged miner was still suffering from
the ordeal OF the hearing. and he has
hardly been able 20 speak since the
committee left While Rockefellers
condition is considered very serious.
there is no immediate danger, accord
ing To the physician.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
FRIEDMAN SAILS
FOR UNITED STATES
Leaves Germany Secretly to
Claim Finlay Million for
tuberculosis Cure

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. s.
Charles +. Finlay. the New York mil
lionaire. who offered $1,000, 900 for a
positive cure for tuberculosis, so as
TO cure his son-inlaw. To-Day Iecei, ed
cablegram, stating that DIR +. f..
friedman, the German scientist. who
claims TO have discovered tubercu.
losis cure, left Berlin last midnight for
the United States. The reported sc.
leFecy about his departure was because
he had been forbidden to leave Ger.
many BY the government, Finley SAYS
Finlay also says DR.. Frledmann prob
ably would make his permanent HON
in the United States. Finlay is nov
Yhere.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08

One year ago tOdnyi Highest tenn
perature, III lowest 4, menn, y;
ncRriy clear Skies trace of snow fell
after n.
The sun VIII set nt 45O D. m. and rise
sunday at Oi3G N. IN.
The moon viii set tonight Mt 5i2s
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
D.,ertive Com,- for walk.

Detective John BLACK Of Atlanta. GA &.
arrived here saturday TO take charge
0T Albert ~ Walk alleged swindler
ard man 81 many aliases who H. want q
ed ln Atlanta on the charge 90 swind
ling the Atlanta National bank out Of
about Sc15. Walks relatives includ-
InR his handsome young Detroit bride
are making every effort To- settle the
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
THE WEATHER

For Detroit and ,icinItyi Cloudy
WehTheF wttiu Surf- Hight sft.SS-teHlRht
or sunday; slightly colder tonight, low
est temperature about 1OJ moderate 20
hrIslx west winds.
For Lower Mtchigani snow nurrIcs
TONIGHT or sundays slightly colder In
south portion tonight; brisk west
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
DETROIT EIGHTH
PARCEL POST CITY
1S9,9SO Parcels Received in
January and 320.092
Sent

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Nearly
so. 0OO, 900 packages were sent through
the parcel post in the hrst month OF
its operation. according To figures
made public by the postoffice depart
ment today.
The 10 cities leading in the use OF
the new postal plan were
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
Detroiters Going to bermuda.

Martin r. Calvin and wife, Edward
] Hickey and wife, and Alfred
Doughty and wife. leave. SUNDAY. for
New York whence they sail, Tuesday
for Bermuda whore thcs viii spend a
month. on their return. they VIII stay
IN Atlantic City for three weeks
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
DETROITER HURT In
CANADIAN WRECK
Engine and Ten Coaches Pile Up
on Canadian Pacific
None Killed

LOSDON, Ont, Feb S.-Canadian
Pacific Chicago Montreal EXPRESS,
heading for London ut high rate NJ
speed was wrecked at Newberry. near
here, early today. As soon as the
big ,mogul engine struck half omen
switch, II left the rails, followed by
10 heavy coaches and landed in the
ditch, after pounding over the ties
Tor about a hundred yards. All pas
senEers escaped serious injury. A
Mrs. Crowley. Of Oberlin. Kas.: K. j
Miller. OF Detroit, and +. r. Morrow
Chicago. received the most painful in
inries
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08

Police Justice stein ruled. saturday
morning that the statute against
cruelty 20 animals applied 20 drivers
Who allowed perspiring horses 90 stand
unhlankete and dned Frank wooiie.
~ Hemtrafpck. SO for such an ofense.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
-. In MlddlelnMn- ID.

Doctors In Middletown' o. the
other day. grated three square feet
~ nieskin ON the breast aud shout
ders OF Clyde Rich. a young man VINO
bad heen seriously burned
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
FLESH FROM YING MAYS ARM SAVES NO7HER'S LIFE

ArNr not where cmab operations ntumd
appei w % M 1
ISTnEir,k rgoyrtg because he or
oftb bdv Kuyhma after bng caught In mac paper h o
that's the ptu i his arm again
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
nENJAMIN VI. nARTON. oF puII,

ABOUT THE GREAT BEYOND, NEXT
SUNDAY, = q. W., At THE GARRICk
ON THE TOPIC, "SONE SIHPRIsES
or THE RFsI REJECTION" SEATS
FREE. NJ COLLEt TION.-Adv.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08

Try the WAYNE Hotel sunday Table
10 Iiotr Dinner Very popular, $50 to
-.2r y m 81
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08

varrenton. ore. has a woman
mayor
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08

Job PRINTING Done Right. Tfm..
Printing Co., 70 John R.-s;
The Detroit times., 1913-02-08
Must nIaAket IIar.r..

The name X. ]. Miller does not ap-
pear IN tho Detroit directory.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-29

j
the city in 1901-2 by his steady
work.
In 1908, Tannehill, hearing
the clink of real money, jumped
to the New York club Of that.
lusty infant, the American
league. The next season he
joined the Boston team. led by
Jimmy Collins, and he remained
with that great combination
until 1908, when the cunning be-
gan to leave his arm.
1t was in. 1908 that Tannehill
made his last effort, with Wash
ington. But he could not come
back, and in his own words he
was canned to the bushes
which will probably be consider
ed slam by American association
fans, as it was to Minneapolis he
was canned" by Joe Cantillon,
Many fans believed TannehilI
was lazy when IN his prime, but
he was not. He was methodical,
moved about slowly and was more
deliberate with men on the bases
than when he had the edge. The
greater the danger, the better he
pitched.
Baseball has seen few pitchers
who could hit like Tannehill.
Often he was sent up in a pinch
by Fred Clarke, the Pittsburg
manager, and often rewarded
the great leaders faith with
ringing hit. He batted and field
ed as he pitched-slowly and
methodically.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-29

Bertoh Braley.
My friend, if you desire to test
The friendship that I have for
you.
You'll find the feelings in my
breast
Are feelings known to very
few;
The heart that beats beneath my
vest
Is one that beats with ardOr
true;
In fact, if you should try me, kid,
I'd stand most anything you did.
If you should borrow all my cash
And getreckfess like and lose it,
I'd think that you were rather
brash
I'd hate to see you thus misuse
it;
But friendship wouldn't go to
smash,
And pardon asked-Pd not re-
fuse it.
If you should bust my dearest
pipe
I'd still be loyal-that's my type.
If you should tell me stories staleJ
Or eat potatoes withyour knife
Or play cornet, or go to jail,
Or Stay a waiter in your strife,
My friendship would not wane or
fail, /
Though I'd deplore your wicbJ
ed life;
Buff those English Styles you
wore,
You'd have my friendship =
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-29

That Chicago girl has received
so much attention since she Of
fered her soul for $1,000 that the
average Chicago girl can soon af-
ford to have a soul.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05
SHIPS JUST LIKE A VILLAGE.
Strange Littie Worlds Are the South
Pacific Ocean Steamers.


In the morning thow strinee nj seal
was awakened by the bicnting Of a
lamb and by a iuSty cocsrrow The
Royal Mail steamers Of the west coast
are strange little world. Built for an
ocean where storms are unknown.
they combine certain comforts not TO
be found on much more pretenfious
boats.
Their saloons and eabius are exrcp
tionally large and open directly upon
the promenade decks that stretch the
entire length OF the ship. there being.
properly speaking, no steernge and no
second class The uatives and others
who cannot afford the first class ticket
travel In the "cubierta.r as Il is called.
deck at the Stern roofed with canvas.
but otherwise open. where 10 pietur.
esque confusion. surrounded by bags
and bundles. they Toll IN hammacks OF
lie wrapped In shnwls
Toward this deck the hencoop faces
"a big two story affair. partly allcd
with rIpening fruits. bannnas. oranges
and the like and purity with chickens.
ducks and other foriorn looking fowl.
fattening for the table Between
decks stand your beef and mutton on
the hoof, gnzing mournfuliy up at you
as you look down the batchways.
Upon this homellke boat. quiet and
contented. with no unseemly hurry.
you meander down the const at ten
knots. The air is soft as caress. and
for at least eight months Of the year
the sea is as placid as mountain
lake, CLASSY mirror rejecting an
azure sky Ernest Piexotto in Scrib-
ner's Magazine
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05
MARvELs or PHOTOGRAPHY.


How Creatures Invisible to the Eye
Are Shown as Monsters.
Photograpaing the Invisible sounds
like a misnomer. but correct to say II,
visible by the unaided eye. This com
pick and valuable science is revealing
wonders In the excessively minute.
and myriad objects. animate and imam
innate. are brought TO view whose ex-
lsfeuce has all along been unknown.
Two methods OF Illuminating the OBJ
Jects are In use-strong light is pass
ed through very thin layers Of the sub
stance or reflected from the outside
surface Of thick masses and also from
the external portions Of exceedingly
small Opaque bodies.
These solid particles can be placed
on glass slides or hoated In transpar-
ent liquids. as a drop Of water be-
tween two very thin glasses Pinch
the glasses close together; there is no
danger Of killing the smaller kinds Of
animals. such as bacteria and microbes.
They have plenty Of room In a film Of
water so thin as to be beyond imagi-
nation
The magnlfying lenses for expnn.
sion OF images Of these minute objects
require the most consummate skill In
manufacture. the microcamera like
wise. and the two combined are tri-
umphs of human genius. The finished
products. the perfected pictures, are
highly educational Many different
kinds Of greatly improved glass are
now made In Jena. Germany. and
these have almost reyolutionized mi
croscopy, And the rApnders accom-
plished by using the most sensitive
plates ever made. and these with many
different kinds OF waves OF light, are
almost beyond comprehension
The Arabian Nights" people are
eclipsed. Thus put drop OF stagnant
water on glass. lay thin plate upon
1t. press down, and the layer Of water
will be thin indeed Put It under the
microscope. turn bright light through
the layer, pass this light Into the very
small camera and let 1t fall on a pre-
pared moving film; then the amazing
effect Of animals In motion is to be
fixed on a 6im that is itself In motion.
This film. long strip. is then placed
on rollers and unwoupd. so that 1t VIII
piss powerful projecting lenses in a
moving picture outfit.
This Is. indeed. photographing the
usknown. Since man appeared on
earth no such aid to refined research
into natures labyrinths has been dis
covered Then large audience can
see all that there is In a minute drop
OF water on screen from ten to six
teen feet in diameter Totally invisi-
bic creatures become monsters and
move with great rapidity before the
eyes of the people. Thousands of new
species Of minute living organisms are
rescued from realms of the unknown.
Edgar Lucien Larkin In New York
American
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05
RUssIA's POLICE SYSTEM.
II Has an Assistant In Every House In
St. Petersburg.


The Russian police system is ex-
tremely complicated. for 1t practically
gives Russia an assistant policeman in
every house In st Petersburg. The
landlord has q private porter or acts az
porter himself. A porter has authority
to make an arrest, and he Is obliged to
rush from the house TO the street at
the sound Of a police whistle.
As there IS policeman stationed al
every block, which is the limit of his
beat, and as every policeman within a
certain radius may respond with the
porters to the signal, 1t takes but a
few seconds to get platoon Of uni
formed men, with almost a regiment
of porter policemen together.
Russia has also most elaborate
system OF training its policemen, and
some time ago there was opened at
st. Petersburg fully equipped police
mans college. designed to train men In
all the various duties Of an officer of
the law. At this college policemen are
made familiar with the tools used by
criminals. their teachers holding that
they cannot become proficient police
men In any other way.
The Russian policeman attends lee
lures at which burglars methods and
instruments are explained, so that he
can checkmate them. while he has the
advantage of the criminal museum.
which is attached to the college. There
every appurtenance known to the
breaker OF the law must be expert
mented with until its every use is thor
oughly understood-London Tit-Bits.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05
A PETRIFIED WATERFALL.
Alosria's Stone Cataract is Called aths
Bsta Of the Damned

Aloeria's Stone Cataract Is Called "the
Bsta Of the Damned
With all the beauty Of cataract o.
living water there is IN Algeria a re-
mariSable petrifed waterfall which re-
Gently has been engaging the attention
Of scientists. This is the Hammam-
Meskhutin. which means '.the bath Of
the damned" and 1t is located sixty-two
miles from Constantine. on the site OF
the ancient town OF Cirta.
This solidided cascade is the produe-
ton Of calcsreous deposits from sul-
phurous and ferruginous minera;
springs. Issuing from the depths Of the
earth at a temperature Of 10 degrees c.
''The bath Of the damned" even from
a near viewpoint. looks for all the
world like a great wall Of water dash
Ing into a swirling pool at It's foot. yet
Its cleaning. graceful curves and the
apparently svlrling eddies at It's base
are as fixed and immovable as II cary
ed from the face Of granite Cliff
Muny centuries have. of course. gone
to the making Of the deposits. and the
springs were well known to the ancient
Romans The nanle llammam- Mesk-
hntin WAS given TO the stone cataract
In an allusion to the lseend that the
waterfall was petrif Z by Allah. pun
ishine the isplety q GAbelievers by
turning al the members Of tribe into
stone At night so the story runs. It's
stone dwellers Of the remote past arc
freed from their strange fetters. come
to life and resume their normal shapes
illustrated London News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05
AN ARCTIC DAWN.
The Scene as the Sun Comes Up Afssv
Six Months Of Darkness.


Six Months Of Darkness,
The return Of the sun after the six
months night Of the polar regions is a
moment not to be forgotten. Ejnar
Mikkelsen. In his book. Lost In the
Arctic,' describes the scene and the
emotions It aroused
The loneliness Is so immense every
thing seems dead or in trance, wait
ing. as we. for the advent Of the life
giving sun. At last the day arrives
when IT should appear. but we do not
see It. for the weather Is cloudy.
stormy and foggy. Not until the fol-
lowing day, Feb. 10. do we see It's red
disk once more, We stand outside the
house waiting At the end OF half an
hour we begin to grow impatient
AT last It comes The glow to the
southwark deepens until 1t almost
hurts the eyes; the mountain tops are
tlnged with rose. slowly extending
downward toward us: then suddenly
a red gold ray is tiung out over the
ice, and we give a mighty shout Of
Welcomes cheer for the herald Of
summer-summer that is to bring US
our deliverance.
and we are not the only beings that
rejoice. Far up above us sounds the
astonished cry Of raven. 1t was Gy,
ing eastward. but on seeing the sun i
changes its course and steers right fol
1t, with mighty strokes OF its great
heavy wings. and calling. glad as we
to see the sun. FIRE worshiper. as also
we have grown to be- We follow II
with our eyes until 1t disappears in the
eye Of the sun. Happy ravenI II we
had but wingsF
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05

II believe said the minister. with
a twinkle in his eye. that the sayint
that children and fools tell the truth
is true. The other day my wife and
were invited out to dinner, The chill
dren Of the family were so remarka
bly,. well behaved that my wife re
marked: =.
"'What lovely, well behaved children
yours are. Mrs. Brownf
''Both Mr.. and Mrs. Brown beamet
at this approval of their offspring
when up piped little Mary. Well ps
said that If we didn't behave he'd KNOCK
our blocks off. didn't you. par Moth
ers' Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05
POCKETS VERSUS HAND BAGS.
Real Reason Of the Subsection Of We.
man to Man.

man to Man.
Civilized man finds it dincuff to
make his way through life without a
dozen pockets. The ordinary walking
suit has fifteen Civilized woman
makes her way through life without
pockets, depending on single bag
carried In the hand The professional
humorists have never tired Of com
menting on woman's pocketless condi
ton. but It Is really no laughing mat
ter.
Here is a sex difference which Is
something more than fashion. which
goes to the very heart OF the subIt.s~
ton Of woman TO man. II We accept
Spencer's definition Of the evolution
ary process as consisting in progress
from an indefinite homegeneity 10 a
definite heterogeneity the superior po
sition OF man is at once established
His fifteen diversified pockets. each al
located to separate use-watch. cigar
case. pocketknife. purse, newspaper
and package OF garden seeds--need
only be contrasted with the single
reticuie In which the female OF the spe-
cies stores away an unco-ordinated
mass Of handkerchiefs. toilet articles.
car fare, press clippings, telephone ad-
dresses. dress goods samples, eonfec-
tionery. memoranda and tradesmen's
bills that have long been settled by
check
Strong in his pockets. man walks
the earth free in the play Of his upper
limbs. whereas woman sacrifices the
use Of her right arm before yenturing
out in a world of street cars. motor
cars. moving staircases. elevators and
ticket booths.-New York Post
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05

At Cadinen. Emperor Williams mod
ell farm in West Prussia. where he
loves to tramp about in rough clothes
and high top boots. there Is certain
blacksmith whose hand Is never too
grimy for his kaiser to shake. The
Princess Victoria Luise from earliest
years has shared her fathers liking
for the mans sterling qualities One
day the emperor and princess. In com
pany with a high Official. called Mt tie
smithy As its owner turned from
work to welcome. them the kaiser IN
troduced him as "A special friend of
my s"--Pictorial Review.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-12-05
A LETTER TO THE JUDGE.


Whenever a Judge presiding over a
New York criminal court is conducting
the trial Of some notorious murderer
he Is sure TO receive letters, postal
cards and even prepaid kilograms writ
ten by cranks breathing denunciation
and threatening him with death In
some horrible form.
The late Recorder Frederick smyth.
presiding over murder trial, one day
beckoned a reporter friend up to the
bench and handed him a letter that
ran like this;
you cruel and bloody minded old
tyrent, you are trying to send this In
sent Man to the Chair as you sent
- -, but you VIII never Live to do
1t for will lay in wait for you and
pounch on you and Give you death
Penalty a friend Of Justice"
The reporter wanted to publish It
"Oh. no." said Recorder Smyth. 81
showed 1t to you only to call your at
tention TO that beautiful new word,
'pounch. which suppose means to
crouch and to pounce. If you should
publish 1t hundreds OF other cranks
would be inspired to write. It's bad
enough now. for their letters take up
so much time in going through the
mornings mail. The writer's are not
dangerous-mere nuisances." = Har.
peEs Weekly.