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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
COURT THREATENS
TO JAIL PEDDLER
Tells John McCord He'll go to
Bastile If Short Measure
Charge Sticks

Judge Connolly told John McCord,
q peddler, that II he is convicted Of
the charge Of giving short measure
In potatoes to two Brush-st. women,
he Is going to jail. without fine when
his case Is heard next week.
Mrs. Wallace, of No. $40 Brush-st..
measured six bushels" OF potatoes
that she bought from McCord She
says she found four bushels and three
pecks.
She went to Mrs. Jones. of No. $50
Brush-st., who had purchased six
bushels of potatoes from the same
peddler. Mrs. Jones found that she
had been cheated out OF one bushel
and one peck.
McCord asked that the case be adj
journed for a week.
J. NJ. Helferich, charged with sell
ing II ounces of butter, and two
ounces Of pasteboard. as one pound
OF butter. was surprised that he
should be prosecuted.
II have been doing 1t for IL years.
and thought II was all right" he said
He was fined $40. with Is days i'm
jail as the alternative.
James Craig who had false bottoms
In the measures on his wagon, when
he was stopped by police inspectors,
paid a fine Of IS and was told that
another appearance In court would
bring him o stin Jail sentence.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
SOCIETY BELLE
GETS OFF EASILY
Pays No Fine for Speeding
While Men Offenders Are
Taxed $25 Each

Miss Margaret Miller, tfae HilisdaIe
belle, who drove big touring car
through Jehferson-ave., at q 45-mile-
an-hour clip, appeared before Judge
Connolly, as she promised, MONDAY
morning. Miss Miller was very sty-
lishly dressed and very pretty. The
policeman told how fast she was go
ing. Miss Miller smiled a dazzling
smile, and Judge Connolly said "Sus-
pended sentence; don't do It again. -
Then came ID. M. Bernstein. charp-
I'd with hitting up a 25-mile gait in
buzz buggy. He said he was going
after doctor for his sick wife. He
was one OF several who drew fines of
$25.
Robert Smith, chauffeur for n
florist, said he had to get some palms
to Crosse POinte luncheon In a
rush. He was rushing at 25 miles.
He paid S25. William Ryan. of the
Paige-Detroit Motor Co., paid the
same fine for the same speed, and
SO did Edward Rush, Joseph Reid.
and F. E. Fox.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
MEXICAN War
TALK CAUSES
STOCK SLUMP
Declines Due to Conviction That
Important Turn of Affairs
Is Immediately Imminent
PRESIDENT WILSON
GAINS SITUATION
Says That Events Have Not
Moved to Point Which To-
days Dispatches Indicated

(CopyrigAtea, ls1s. ~ The New rssG
BvesiaE Pest Company.'
NEW YORK, Nov. 10-The gener'
al and. in many cases severe. declines
which occurred on the lowest ex-
change today, though Offset by .
sharp recovery from the lowest In
the closing hour Of business, were
ascribed by Wall-st., to the Mexican
situation. There was to be sure, no
fresh development In the news; the
only explicit declaration. that which
President Wilson permitted to go out
under official sanction, amounted to
saying that events had not moved to
the point whic-- some OF this morn
ing's oisparcnes indicated.
But the stock marke: merely voiced
feeling which everyone was aware
had this morning pervaded every
part of the communicable copvic-
ton that some important turn OF al
fairs was Immediately imminen
This was certainly the first word OF
conversation addressed to one anoth-
er by people who met this morning.
and, rightly or wrongly, 1t created
an atmosphere which the stock ex-
change reflected. That prices should
have declined 30 rapidly did not
signify that any knowledge that we
are on the verge of actual HOSTILE
ties. It was perhaps bit hysteri-
cal, but It took obvious account OF all
possibilities, none Of which is entirely
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
JOSEPH A. MARKS
FOR POOR. BOARD
Will be Nominated for Vacancy
Caused by Death Of Ignatz
Freund

Joseph A. Marks, sporting goods
dealer at No. SO Woodward.ave.. has
been selected by Mayor Marx to I'LL
the vacancy on the poor commission
caused by the recent death OF fgnats
Freund. The mayor will send Mr..
Marks name to the common council,
Tuesday night.
Mayor Marx has insisted on having
a business man to fill the vacancy on
the poor commission. Mr. Marks has
been in business in Detroit for a
number of years. Two of the present
members of the commission are physi.
clans and one Is a dentist.
Mr.. Marks Is not actively interested
In politics. He Is a warm personal
friend OF the mayor, having accom-
panied him on numerous hunting and
fishing expeditions. Mayor Marx IL
an enthusiastic sportsman.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
MUTlNY ABOARD
COLLIER ship
u. s. Revenue Cutters Rush to
Rescue of Officers of Bark
Manga Reva

LEWES, Del. Nov. 10.-Two Uni
ted States revenue cutters are racing
to Delaware breakwater today. to res
cue ships officers on the bark Manga
Reva, who are held prisoners BY .
mutinous crew. Two United States
marshals also are en- route to the ship.
Mutiny developed after the bark
was several days from port, bound
for San Francisco. with cargo OF
coal for Uncle Sam. While the cap
tain was Ill, the crew bound him to
his berth, made the officers prisoners,
but found 1t impossible to navigate,
and ordered the officers to make for
port. From the breakwater the cap.
tain appealed to the government.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
CASE OF NECRESS
COMES UP TODAY

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Nov. 10
After being twice continued, hear.
ing of arguments in the mandamus
suit against County Clerk George w.
Larkworthy. instituted by Blanche
Shoemaker. a Negress, whom the
clerk refused license to marry a
white man, was scheduled to come
up before Judge Bridgman in the cir
cult court, today.
There Ia no state or national statute
to back the clerks refusal to grant a
license for an inter-race marriage, but
Larkworthy, since entering Office, has
made 1t policy to turn down all
black-white unions. The Negress and
her white lover. who, strange to say,
Is native Virginian, were thrice re.
fused license before they started
the mandamus proceedings through
Attorney Frank L.. Hammond.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
GRAY ESTATE PLANS
HISTORY BUILDING

The Gray Estate company is plan
ming to erect History once build.
ing on the srte adjoining the new
Board of Commerce building, on La.
fayette-blvd., between Wayne-st. and
Cass-ave., according to Charles f.
Hammond, from whom. the Gray. es.
tate has just purchased the property.
The land has frontage Of so feet
and depth of 1870 feet. Luman w.
Goodenough. who represented the pur.
chasers. Is out of the city, and the
details of the plans cannot be learned
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
FEARS FOR LIFE AFTER
TELLING dope" SOURCE

Harry McCaIbe, arrested Saturday
as a dope fend" by Patrolman Bur-
roughs, told Assistant Prosecutor Kei-
dan, Monday. that he would be no
longer safe in Detroit since he had
told the police he had got cocaine
and morphine from George Silver
man, known as the "cocain king"
His story was that ne had gone to the
house at No. 1874 Third-ave., where
Silverman was staying, and whistled.
and that Silverman had come down
and given him the dope
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
MALONE NOMINATION
is SENT TO SENATE

WASHINGTON, Nov. lot was
announced at the executive Offices
that the nomination of Third As
sfstant secretary OF state Dudley
Field Malone. to be collector at the
port Of New York, will be sent to the
senate this afternoon. Malone sue
ceeds John Purroy Mitchell, resigned.
mayor-elect of. New York.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
BLIZZARD CAUSE OF
BLAZE; LOSS $4,000

The blizzard of Sunday nigh was
the direct cause of $4,000 blaze
which destroyed the bone ash shed OF
the Michigan Carbon Works, Delray.
The high wind caused back draft
In the smoke stack. forcing flames
into the interior Of the buildins
where small quantity of oil was ig.
nited. and the fire spread with light.
ming rapidity.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
BELLS FREED OF RITUAL
MURDER CHARCE-ANTI-
RIOTS FEARED IN KIEV

was the last person to see him alive,
Eugene and his little brother valen-
tine died mysteriously after the ar.
rest of Bells. With his dying breath,
Eugene refused to exonerate his moth
er. A Cheberyak girl. only remaining
child. swore that she saw Bells and
two strange Jews dragging Andrew
away on the day ne was killed, and
then repudiated her testimony.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-11
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
FOOTBALL UNDER FIRE.

As in most other popular arguments
the pro and con expressions relative
to the game Of football should be care
fully pruned to arrive ct the first judg-
ment Of the matter. The old argument
that it makes for bodily health is be-
ing successfully refuted. The young
sters who make" the team usually are
husky fellows who have practically
no need Of such exercise. Having the
best Of health. there is no occasion
for seeking that which IL neither lost
nor in danger Of straying.
The principal incentive is the love
OF adulation as athletic lions. The
best argument in favor Of It seems to
be that 1t allows those who have ener-
gy. plus. and SO q prediction 60 get
into mischief, to work offsthat energy In
game that also tends to sharpen their
wits. The ambition to be thought
we'll Of Is desirable one TO cultivate.
The prime argument against the
game. and one that can not be refuted,
Is that It menaces life and health.
Another strong adverse argument u
presented in q scandal recently, devel-
oped at a western university, wherein
1t is shown that number Of students
stole money to place waSers on their
team.
It's latter indictment indicates that
the game - q menace to honor ~ well
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
zee MERE. RoYl

Say, boy, 1t doesn't pay 10 get
funny" Listen to the story. The man
who trades all over town and who pays
cash for what he gets dropped into the
store tho other day. The bright boy
came forward to walt on him. do
you keep canned pineapple" inquired
the prospective purchaser. NO" re-
pied the bright boy, I'VE sell It, mot
always" rejoined the customer. you
are going to keep the dozen cans
came in to buy" And that's the end
Of that story.
This funny business" Is expensive
It doesn't get US anything. Sometimes
fellows that are extremely we'll ac-
ouainted can get away with it. But
the man who has money in his hand
that he wants to spend Is pretty ar
rosant individual. He knows that 1t is
worth something and he demands more
or less respect for himself and ms
trade. It doesn't pay to get funny IN
the face Of money in hand.
1t doesn't pay anyway. Saying
sharp things is like playing with sharp
tools. You never know when you Will
cut yourself or somebody else with
them. If the fellow who says them Is
a mighty good fellow and the person
to whom they are said knows that
it is in all friendliness and good Will
i. goes. But the habit is one of the
worst for a young fellow to cultivate.
1t never makes a friend and loses
many.
Don't "get funny" The funny man
! is the one we look ur after business
hours. He amuses us sometimes. But
nobody ever hunted one OF those
funny folks for a serious job. On
the contrary many most effcien.
man has seen a good job go to poorer
applicant because the other feiio"
knew enough to keep his mouth smut
and look wise Indeed Lord Wharton
held on to an English premiership for
years merely by keeping silence ana
giving the impression that he was
thinking a lot when in fact he had
nothing to think with.
Boy, keep away from 1t. 1t grows
like the tobacco habit and Is almost
as big a handicap as cisarets. Don't
"eet funny" Half the people laugh at
the funny" person and the other half
want TO kill him and none Of them
place him high. Forget the funny
business. Have a good time when you
can but never, never get funny It's
a 1iahility not an asset.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20

mode Of thought and way Of practice
long ingrained in the Chinese mind has
the best chance in the strange COM
petitive weller of ideas now at work in
the orient.
This belief is reflected in the recent
pronouncement Of President Yuan Shi-
Kai which favors the Corfucian pro-
posal and disappoints the christian
missionaries in China.
It will probably be Of little avail to
argue with the government at this dis
lance thru an American newspaper.
but Or. Chen Huan -Chang's reasoning
doesn't seem very convincing. The en-
phasis apparently 10 ON state rather
than on religion and leoves one in
doubt as to the relative Importance Of
the two for his purpose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
THE SPIRIT OF mAasuALL1own

The Good Fellows Club of Marshall
town has made many assignments Of
families and children to good fellows
who signed up coupons stating that
they vii care for specified number
OF children on Christmas. It also
drafted several men who had not
signed coupon but upon whom il
felt that 1t could depend to do the
work when attention was called to
specific cases
1t is q distinction to be thus selected
and one that should bring quiet
sense OF pride to the men thus drafted.
The club knew them as good fellows.
1t selected them from it's knowledge of
the men and the general conviction Of
their character as liberal sympathetic,
and busy men, able and willing to re-
lteye want and multiply happiness
when opportunity and necessity pre-
sent themselves together. 1t Is a fine
reputation for men to have among
their fellows. 1t is worth much to
every man, no matter how successful
In business or how strong he may be
financially to know that other men
consider him q certainty to turn to
with confidence when a good deed is
to be done. It is worth while always
to make good on such a reputation and
justify such confidence
And it is all part Of the newer
Marshalltown. q splendid, prominent,
highly appreciated Marshalltown. Men
are speaking to each other saying:
How good the town Is Marshall
town was never so good as it Is right
now. There was never so good a spirit
in Marshalltown." And men from the
outside are coming into Marshalltown
and saying. This town is fine The
spirit Of this town is superb. It is a
real Joy TO come to Marshalltcwn"
Newspapers over the state are noting
the public spirit and prosperity Of
this city with approval and not al
ways without envy. From Boston to
San Francisco Marshalltown is gain
1ng reputation as "a good town to
live In
Z That has been Marshalltown's slogan
Of late and we have made it mean
WHIST It says. AS we come to the close
Of . year Of accomplishment in in
anssriAl and commercial lines and Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20

extraordinary advanosmsnt In our
sense q and pgovision for the COM
munity welfare let ~ resolve that01ar-
shalltown shall not only continue to be
the best town to live In but that next
years Narshalltown shall be better
than this year.
The spirit Of Marshallsown: Here's
to It's present beauty and its future
growth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
A FORTUNATE ESCAPE.
rSioux City Journal.J

t9A0NA 'SAty JOuIudlJ
In turning down the plan for an
extraordinary republican national con-
vention, proof was filed that the gov
eminent Of the national republican
party Is still in the hands of its friends.
The convention expedient offers so
many opportunities for discord and
mischief that the national committee,
on so clear vote as 35 to IA, is en-
titled to congratulation for delivering
the republican party from the hazard
Of 1t.
Such a convention would serve to
replenish fuel for factional fires, If the
call for 1t should succeed in exciting
interest and in stimulating struggle for
Its control. A reasonable thing to
anticipate Is that the convention itself
would be a travesty. mere skeleton
of national republican convention,
provocative of mirth on the part of
the open opponents Of the party and
OF risking suggestion Of how the
mighty have fallen. There is no press
ing occasion for adding to official sug-
gestion on that line. individuals in
certain abnormal instances might pro-
fit by a renewal of bitter strife within
the party, but. the party as whole
could only gain an increase Of dis
couragement and bitter humiliation.
A probable result of such conven-
ton might be the acceptance of it as a
piece of machine politics, with small
idea of reorganizing the party on such
lines as to invite reunion Of the party's
forces and to give promise OF united
action in the near future.
The party machinery has been too
much EMPLOYED to turn the wheels OF
individual or clique interest. and 1t Is
high time II party prosperity is to be
sought that reform should be under
taken in q serious way.
Nothing can be gained for the re-
publican party thru the simple method
OF changing bosses without improve
ment in character. II the party can
not be brought to the service OF the
whole people 1t better be continued
under the discipline incident to min
GRITTY relation.
The rejection Of the convention plan
IL fortunate for the candidates who
are to make up the republican tickets
for the campaign Of the, coming year.
II would be q very great hardship TO
them to be compelled to carry the bur-
dens that would attach to a convention
campaign. Even in Iowa, with Its
splendid record as republican state.
the local candidates have enough to do
as the case stands In the struggle to
hold their own against the democrats
on one side and the bull moose on the
other.
What the republican party most OF
all needs is patriotic leadership and
time to recover from its hurts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
Topics of the Times

Subscription lists headed by single
contribution OF $1,000 for the Lincoln
Highway started in Jefferson by Cap
tain Head have been repeated at Boone,
with a cool $1,000 from S. L. Moore and
aeain at Denison with $1,000 from MI
Cornwell, president OF the State bank.
The Denison boosters are going after
$4,000 in Crawford county alone.
Only three days next week. Get busy
now.
You'll be sorry that you didn't buy
them earlier when you wait to be waited
on and have a paved over assortment
to select from at the last minute.
Maybe that Mona Lisa" ran away
with the Italian. She looks as tho she
might do something rash.
The suggestion that writing pads be
installed in London telephone booths
brought out another that shelf OF
light reading should also be provided
to assist in passing the time between
calls and connections.
Whatever differences exist between
the suffragettes Of the two countries
the telephone ladies seem to be abou,
the same.
Those Y. NJ c. A. builing and hospi-
tails Marshalltown has been building
are frontier forts in the advance OF
community interests.
Those Carabaoes never had him buff
faloed for minute.
Why not leave the selection OF the
democratic candidate for senator and
the like to that Woodworking "board
Of Iowa referees?"
None need be an artist to imagine
this picture: A little child waking
Christmas morning to silence when
other children are screaming with de-
light. Draw your own picture Of that
scene.
We can't expect to win every time.
But the parcels post profits will 60
quite a way toward making up the pos
tai deficit.
A scientist predicts that life will re-
main on this continent for 15,000,-
900 years. So you may expect the boy
You sent on hurry errand to get back
before all the lights are turned of.
Kansas has evolved q scheme that
should result In extraordinary profit
The plan is to hatch enough turkeys to
eat all the grasshoppers and thus save
the crops and cash in turkey money In
November and December. Only one
half of the plan remains to be worked
out. She has the grasshoppers.
Daily newspapers are paying part OF
the cost Of the parcels post during
these holiday times for the mail cars or
trains are so crowded with mail that
the mail clerks are unable to handle
the newspaper mail until their train
have passed junction and transfel
points Subscribers, however, should
report by postal to the publishers
whenever their newspapers are delayed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
cuMxlhs Va. aoRAn IDEAS,

Republicans in Iowa will share with
Senator Cummins very largely his dis
appointment in not obtaining q call for
Q special convention to reorganixe the
republican party but It must be con-
tessed that there were many hazards
to be incurred in the plan. Senator
Borah expressed the situation tritely
when he said that the republican party
would have to become progressive or
many of US would be forced to seek a
new party. That was the problem in
reorganization. If the republican party
can not be recognized under progress
sive leadership 1t Is lost: lost forever.
To have called convention would
have been to have incurred liability
that It would have been controlled by
reacttonaries as the progressive voters,
who left the party last year, would
probably have held aloof from the first
convention waiting to see what the
program was to be. For instance, John
Adams. Of Dubuque, would have been
Senator Cummins' own state and the
progressive reform that came out of
Iowa would have to come thru the men
who held Iowa away from Cummins
and Roosevelt in the last convention.
Senator Cummins realized these
things but had faith that the republi-
can crew on the rocks would be will
Ing to concede things which were very
haughtily scorned when they were riding
at the height Of their power. II
convention could have been called and
IL it had gone progressive there is no
question but that the moral effect upon
the voters OF the country would have
been far greater than it will now be
Tor the process Of amalgamation would
have begun one year sooner and in
time to prevent third party tickets in
local affairs.
Cummins. in his characteristic poll
tics, was willing to risk all on one turn
of the cards while the other fellows
preferred to play safe. The danger now
IL that while the voters are in doubt a.
to what the republican party is going
to do the progressives will be putting
up third party tickets for county Offices
and state offices and turn the county
and state governments over to the
democrats as well as the national con-
gress. Cumnins had in mind the well
70 ~
bottom up while the others were large
~ taking care Of themselves. It now
remains to be seen whether the repub-
hcan party can become progressive
soon enough to save any salvage from
the recent wreck for. II it does not
many Of us will be compelled to seek
new party.