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The Detroit times., 1913-08-22
CALL OF GROUSE
TO THE MOOR
HEARD in ISLES
Shooting Season Begins Tues
day-LOnd0n Society Now
Turns North
DUKES AND AMERICANS
TO BE FEWER THIS YEAR
But Mar Lodge. Home Of the
Princess Royal, Will BE
Unusually Gay

LONDON. Aug. 22.-The opening OF
the grouse shooting season will find
most OF London society gravitating
northward toward Scotland.
King George, who has the reputa-
tion OF being the best shot in his
realm, will begin on the twelfth at
Lord Ripon's place at Studley Royal
where he and his host have had many
friendly contest Tor shooting honors.
The king will soon afterward be in
residence at Balmoral until October
and out every day with the guns.
Ambassador and Mrs. Walter Hines
Page have accepted invitations for
Scotland throughout the month OF Au-
gust, and will not be seen in London
for some weeks.
Mr. and Mrs George Gould are
among the Americans who have taken
Scotch estates for the shooting sea-
son
The two principal American host
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esses OF the north will not be enter
tanning there this year
Hostesses In Retirement,
The Duchess OF Roxburghe Miss
Goelet. OF New York; has. since her
ten years ago, diUharged
most OF her social duties with few
house parties at Floors Castle in
Scotland during August and Septem-
Der, but this year she is remaining
al the pretty little place at Roehamp-
ton, Which she has rented from Lady
Wimborne and where she is anXiously
awaiting the arrival OF son ana heir
10 the Roxburghe title and estates.
The most popular American hostess
In Scotland, Mrs. Bradley Martin, VIII
not be entertaining there this year
owing 10 mourning for her husband
II is now 80 years since the Bradley
Martins began giving their big house
Darties at Balmacaan in lnvernesshire
Tor August and September scotch
sports. and the annual county Dali a.
Inverness during the meetinsas the
northern season is called-has since
that time become a spectacular anu
brilliant aUalf WIN Nho anna Va 49,
Balmacaan guests.
Ii is diticult 10 tell in advance OF
The magic twelfth the prospects TOT
grouse for at no time OF the year are
the secrets OF the moors More surety
Guarded. and the game keepers oltter.
~ resent any special inspection OF
the moors. But the reports IN gener"i
Indicate that the season VIII DE ms
worst in 80 years on account OF tue
grouse disease ascribed 10 the eN'
tremely dry weather last summer fol-
lowed by an unusually cold and wet
spring this year, and the consequent
deteriorating effect upon the heather
which nourishes and protects the
grouse.
But the great Scotch landlords have
rented their moors for enormous sums
as there always are plenty OF rich
people who want TO fortify their Lon
don position by lavish hospitality and
big house parties.
The rentals paid for two or three
months amount 10 more than $1,000.
600 a year. The landlords in the
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The Bearers of Ieoscstone Park- WOndefn/ Works Of
the Ldt0e 14nUuaI 7hafs a CivH Engineer and Builder

YELLOWSTONE PARK, Aug. o.
In this nationai playground, % filed
with wonders. there is probably moth
Ing more wonderful than the beavers
In secluded valleys. along quief
streams. the first engineers are sun
building dams. digging canals. rearing
houses and having good time just
as they did all over the land before
the white man came, when there were
100, 900 900 beavers in North America.
This park Is their last safe retreat
IL isn't easy TO see the beavers.
They seldom appear except az night
You have TO steal up quietly by moon
light and remain motionless TO Cd
serve them at work or play.
Their works, however, can always
be seen. Beaver lake Is the most
remarkable.
There is meadow where beavers
have lived for probably hundreds OF
years, with one old dam coo feet iong'
clear across the valley. II Is now III
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county OF Inverness alone take In
more than 100000.
Most OF the big Scotch estates be-
long 20 dozen dukes, the Duke OF
Sutherland coming first, possessing
almost a million acres. The Duke OF
Buccleuch owns nearly half a million.
the Duke OF Athol 100000 the Duke
of Montrose head OF the Graham clan
100000; the Duke or Roxburghe over
10000. and the Duke OF Beaufort over
$4,000. Lord Rosebery is aso large
land owner I'm Scotland. having 49,
500 acres, in Midlothian alone, and
1000 In Linlithgowshire
Game for the Guns.
Each estate held as rental property
10 rite sporting period usually EN-.
braces about 5000 acres OF moor and
low ground, yielding bag for the sea-
son of about $50 brace OF grouse. with
about AN equal amount of partridges
and pheasants and a thousand or two
rabbits There is often excellent fish
ing also for trhee or four miles on the
estate.
The houses where the shooting par
ties are entertained are In some cases
splendid old castles. quite up-to-date
In modern improvements. and capable
OF housing twenty-five and forty
guests al time.
The deer forests OF the Highlands
number about l70 and the yield OF
stays is about $500 a season. But
deer stalking is only for the very ex-
pert sportsman and the multi.million-
aire host.
The dukes and duchesses them
selves Will not this year add as much
as usual 10 the Scotch season. The
Duchess OF Buccleuch is no more and
the Duke will have only his family
around him this year. The venerable
Duchess vas a famous hostess at Dal-
keith House, where she often enter
tanned with regal magniiicence the
King and Queen on their way TO and
from Bamoral and then gave smaller
house parties at her husbands other
Scotch estates, Drumlanring Castle.
considered a small estate in comparl-
son TO Dalkeith, but where there are
nevertheless over thirty-six miles OF
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

OF his own land, and IL is his natural
style which he brings TO minstrelsy
with the Evans company. Other
sweet singers in the organization are
Vaughn Comfort, James Meehan, VIII
liam II. Thompson, Joseph Gillespie
and Ed. Lindeman. The introduction
Of these vocal stars takes place in
the beautiful first part scene, called
The Good old Summer Time" and
shows the semi-circle Of olden times
framed in scenic picture of rare
beauty.
Every promise made by the man.
agement of the Washington theater
is being carefully carried out, and.
with the present weeks attraction
OF Amelia Bingham and the William
Morris Players, in The Climbers"
too much cannot be said in praise for
all concerned Certainly. no better
performance could be asked for, at
any price. and. the production itself
is worthy OF any star. Next week
Miss Bingham will be seen In Hoyt's
"A Contented Woman" and the week
following she will play the leading
role in "a Modern Magdalen."
Dan Coleman, favorably known TO
Detroit deyotees of burlesque thorough
his Irish characters, particularly Fin
negan, the Janitor, comes to the
Cadillac theater, Sunday afternoon,
al the head OF the Folies of Pleasure.
a new organization and one of the
strongest companies on the new Pro-
gressive Amusement circuit A new
musical comedy, The Charming
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down trees, from mere saplings up 70
two or even three feet IN diameter
Then they bite of the branches and
cut the trunks into short sections, and
drwag or float them 10 the dam site,
Motoring them firmly on the bottom,
and piling more logs and brush TO the
desired height. They fill the chinks
with grass and mud. carrying 1t IT
their front paws. held against their
stomachs. walking on their hind feet.
They build their houses by laying a
foundation OF logs and sticks on the
bottom of the damned stream, near
the bank, raising ii above the water
level. On this they pile two feet OF
mud. Then they put on cone-shaped
room OF poles and sticks, and plaster
the building with mud on the outside.
When that's done they crawl in from
below and claw out the mud filling,
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tuins Above 1t are many smaller
Hams and almost countless beaver
lodges and canals, old and new.
You might easily overlook a beaver
kolony, for the dams often seem part
bf the natural scenery, and their
houses might be taken for brush piles
left by high water. But, II you inyes-
ligate, you will find that the seeming
~ careless work has been done with
intelligence.
The beaver year starts in Septern-
Der. There is construction or repair
work to be done and the winters sup
ply Of food to gather. ---s.
First come the dams. They are
decided to deepen the. water so the
beavers will have a sure escape from
their enemies and TO float down the
logs they feed on.
With their sharp teeth they cut
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leaving a tight, warm room where
they can pass the winter safe from
cold and enemies.
Sometimes the trees must be
brought long distance. They work
together, pulling, pushing and rolling
the logs. They even dig canals hun
dreds OF feet long and float the logs
down them.
When their autumn work Is done
they have nothing TO do but sleep and
eat and swim under the ice until
spring. Then they come out, foraging
for fresh food and basking in the sun
shine, and in June they 60 off on their
! long summer vacation. walking and
swimming about, enjoying life and Wis
iting their friends for miles around.
Really. 1t isn't so bad to work like
beaver" They have at least as good
a time as the summer tourists do.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22
To Pay Ohio Convicts.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. Coon
victs serving terms in the Ohio peni-
Tertiary or their dependents will be
gwen compensation for their labor
on and after Sept /. The amount Of
compensation to prisoners will range
from one TO five cents per hour and
TIE gradings will be based on char
acter. industrial efficiency and good
conduct.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22
Nab MISSING Broker.

WINNIPEG, Aug Civilian
Goss, a former real estate broker OF
Boston Mass, for whom the police
have been searching for nearly two
years, was arrested on a street car
here late yesterday. when recognized
by a detective. Goss disappeared
from Boston, Nov /. 1911. He is
charged with misappropriating S22,-
COO belonging TO former clients.
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n ~ M Student Drowned.

ROCHESTER, n. Y, Aug. %
Russell West, University OF Michi-
ear student, and son OF a wealthy
fruit grower, was drowned in Cone
sus lake yesterday, when his canoe
was overturned.
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Increases Dividend.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-The direct
ors OF the Hooking Valley railroad
late yesterday declared a quarterly
dividend OF two per cent. placing the
stock on an eight per cent basis.
Pre- Tious payments have been at
seven per cent annual rate.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

Widow" will be presented, and, there
will be 90 song hits. dancing numbers
and specialties. Violet Hilson is the
soubrette, and Alma Bauer, the prima
donna, OF the company.
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roads and pathways in the grounds; al
Bowhill in Sekirkshire, ana hhaiS
winding mp In the late autumn at the
Dukes, shooting place, Langhoim
Lodge.
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THEATERS

The cheerful coincidence, Blanche
Ring, will be the opening attraction
bf the regular season in the Garrick
theater. beginning Labor day, Mon
day, Sept. /. Next week the theater
will be dark, but the box Office for
Miss Rings engagement will open on
/ Thursday morning, Aug. %. The reg
tlar Wednesday and Saturday matt
hess will be resumed with Miss
Rings. engagement. When Claudia
Smiles Is Miss Rings new play this
t4ear. II Is said TO be real comedy
tin which the situations are logical
)And the comedy complications none
| ythe less amusing because consistent.
| Musical numbers are skillfully intro
! duced. When Claudia Smiles" was
written for Miss Ring by Anne Cald-
| well. who SO successfully took the
measure OF Montgomery & Stone and
| Elsie Janis in her Lady of the Slip.
per-" A dozen popular lyric writer's
and composers have supplied the
songs. and Miss Ring will PROFOUND
| a musical conundrum that will set
| all Detroit whistling and humming
IN why Is the Ocean So Near the
Ehore?"
Breezy Rose Stahl in her depart
ment store success, Maggie. Pep
per-" will be a welcome visitor in
the Detroit opera house, the week OF
Sept. i.
The successful season of Jessie
Bonstelle and her stock company, in
the Garrick theater. will close Satur-
Day, with two performances of The
Mind-the-Paint Girl" Miss Bonstelle
and her associates have given De
troit summer theatergoers the worth
Of their money In up-to-date plays, ex-
cellently acted and staged Each
member OF the company has made a
solid following OF admirers and the
departure of the company from the
city will cause many regrets. Next
week. the theater will be closed for a
little busting up" and the week fol-
lowing, Sept. l, Blanche Ring In a
new comedy with music. when
.Claudia Smiles" will open the regu.
tar season OF 1894, beginning the
engagement with a Labor day mat
NEE.
The wonderful photo-drama, QUO
vadis," which has attracted so many
persons TO the Detroit opera house
during its several weeks engagement
will leave that theater Saturday even
fng. IN order TO make way for the
sopening OF the regular theatrical sea
non Of 1894. with George C'tloney
nDoy~) Evans Ministries. Quo Vad
ND.' u remarkable movie and
well worth the attention OF all the
eAtergoers.
~, When Honey Boy" Evans offers
Ms new program of minstrelsy in the
Dotroit opera house next week. com
\ noocing Monday might, he will intro
/. 1nco . new voice In minstrelsyr Pan
|<voo Dyke. Swiss yodler. Mr. Van
q kko n q native Swiss, and the pos
Iof OF q rarely sweet voice All his
y - has been singing native songs
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22
College Gets Reauest.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Aug. ga
fund of $1,000. the estate OF the
late Dean Mary Goss, OF Radcliffe
college. is left to Radcliffe in will
offered for probate here late yester-
day.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

An occupational disease law is now
in effect In Missouri.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-22

Breezy Rose Stahl in her depart
ment store success, Maggie Pep
per-" will be a welcome visitor in
the Detroit opera house, the week OF
Sept. /.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-05
RESCUE PARTY RETURNS With
AZ men, WOMEN And CHILDREN

Reciting the thrilling rescue of
Hood imperiled people in marooned
districts along the Mississippi river
between Wickliffe and Columbus,
KY. detail of Naval Reserves, sent
out on relief expedition, returned
last night on the steamer City of
cairo with 142 flood refugees. The
sailors rescued people and stock in
large numbers, from housetops and
levees, where the water either sur
rounded them, or stood several feet
in depth.
The expedition left Cairo We'd
nesday noon with 13 men in charge
of Ensign A. r. Pieper and accom-
panied by DR.. ]. H. Davis of this
city. They were under orders to
provide necessary aid to all persons
in need in the submerged places in
response to calls sent out by the un.
fortunates.
The first place reached where peo
pie were in danger, was at Beck
with. Mo-, near O'Brien's landing. A
party of people were found ther'
and they were taken aboard tn,
boat from their uninhabitable home,
and porch tops, and their cattle wa
driven on the lower deck.
At this point the detail of sailor
was divided into four. parties, an,
the men set out in boats to eacl
point Of the compass in search o
people in distress.
Aged Couple Helpless.
One squad Of reserves found al
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-05
ASKS WESTERN AID.

Indianapolis. April 4~-Te aid in
providing food for Indiana refugees
Gov. Samuel Ralston telegraphed to
the mayor at Woodburn, Oregon, to
ship here Immediately two car loads
of potatoes and one of onions. The
Commercial club of Fruitland, Idaho,
was asked to hurry two car loads of
potatoes. Railroads have offered to
haul free of charge any provisions
needed.
Cleaning of homes in the flooded
district was held back today by rain
but in Indianapolis Mayor Louis
Shank, heading crew of Salvation
Army workers labored all day in
West Indianapolis cleaning houses
filled with mud by the overflow of
white river.
In West Indianapolis % cases of
ptomaine poisoning have developed
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-05
SHAWNEET0WN NOW
FACES future With
MORE CHEERFUL ME|N
-~..-a.~A ~ lx.ruhs~EEy
Threatened Famine Among The
Refugees Averted by Timely
Relief From Cairo
~ RT nkuAs wETT-N
INDIANAPOLIS INVOKES AID
OF MANY WESTERN CITIES
Ohio Flood Commission Decides to Turn Over
TO American Red Cross Society The
Relief Work in Flooded Sec
lions Of the State


Shawncetown. BY boat TO De-
Koyen. y.)-The people of Shaw
neetown are tonight facing the flu
ture with more cheerful mien than
for more than week.
With the Ohio at standstill.
enough provisions are on hand for
the present and more in sight and
the business buildings which it was
feared would be undermined are
still standing. The older citizens Of
the town believe the worst is over.
After rising few inches this morn
ing the Ohio remained stationary all
afternoon, the guage showing a
height of SOS feet
Strong northwest winds today
again cut up the food waters into
huge waves and nearly all of the
few remaining frame structures
gave way.
The threatened famine among
refugees on the hills behind town
was prevented by the timely arrival
of the relief steamer Rapids from
Cairo Nearly 500 rations were dis
tributed among the people many of
whom had no bread after being
driven from their homes. Mt. Ver-
non, ILL.,, sent down ten large bas-
kets Of bread.
Col. Lang of Gov. Dunnes staff
who has been in charge of the relief
work started today for Springfield
leaving the local situation in the
hands of Lieut.. J. b. Maxfield of the
illinois Naval Reserves.
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Before he left Col Lang received
Dickson that adequate provisions
for the food sufferers would be for
warded at once.
Lieut.. Maxfield's command of 81
blue jackets have Jared badly. They
had no shelter after the levee was
submerged and for two nights slept
in the open in driving showers. The
ientefant finally found quarters for
them in a school house.
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THERE WILL BE NO RELAXATION
IN VIGILANCE FOR MANY DAYS
Ieyee Breaks al Point Pleasant. Mound City
Still Firm...MoundS OverilOWed
SIightly-.-Mail Service Is Re-
stored 10 Cairo
~---wu ~~w-Iv~

The vastly improved during the past thirty
hours .aH
feeling security doubt due to the completeness Of
precautions taken ncurson Of the food waters and
tendency the river recession although it may again resume
noon rising tendency MI ~ NMsas~t taeAme~
rapidity of the that the breaks in the
eys taking of the food addition TO the
fact that large flowing the Mississippi
through Cache Creek and the Mobile & Ohio tracks.
Notwithstanding the tendency of the river remain stationary and
fair probability that will begin falling by Saturday night there will
relaxation Of vigilance and preparedness to meet probable
emergency that may until the river recd and there margin
of safety
The Illinois Central working gang Of and four pile drv
repairing its right Of way the Drainage District
service interrupted the past two days restored yesterday
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Special Washington Bulletin.

Washington, April 4. Midnight
The Weather Bureau tonight issued
the following special bulletin:
Rain fell during Thursday in por-
tions of the Ohio and Mississippi
valleys.
The effect OF this. in connection
with the present high stage OF the
river, will be to augment somewhat
the volume Of water in the lower
Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
The following is revision of the
forecast for stages of the river for
points on the Mississippi from Mem
phis To New Orleans:
Memphis, crest stage between
45 and 46 feet; Helena, Ark, 90
feet; Arkansas City, Ark. 54 to 50
feet, April l. or IS; GreenVilie,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-05

DAYTON, Ohio. April 4.--it VIII
be ten years before Dayton fully re-
covers from the food that took a toll
of nearly 100 lives and caused prop
erty loss of more than s25,0eo.ooo.
This was the opinion expressed to-
day by Major Rhodes. U. S. A.. sp-
pointed by President Wilson TO take
charge of the rebuilding OF the city.
.It will take two weeks to make
even an impression Of the debris
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-05

latcos ff w 10 AINNk n ~ II ~ VI 49,
vieksburg, 81 to 50 feet, April %
or "a. Natehez, 81 to So. Baton
Rouge, Al to 42: Donaldson, La, 80
to "a; New Orleans. 2i.3 between
April "a to April 80.
The ohio at Evansville is at
stand of iS.3, exceeding by 3.s the
food stage
AT Cincinnati Il is 65s and slow
ly falling.
Heavy local rains in the middle
Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys
Thursday doubtless will cause an in
crease in the rise at Cairo and a
stage below 55 feet is hardly prob
able.
Illinois Central Hard at Work.
The Illinois Central has big
force of men estimated at 1000 ct
work in an endeaeor TO rebuild its
track up In the Drainage District.
In addition, tnefe are TOUR pils
drivers driving 40 foot piling which
are spliced to make them longer.
The Central lost over 500 feet OF
roadhed near the plant of the Sears
Roebnek The full force OF the
Chic river when II broke through
the Big -Four. struck the Central
embankment and tore away the road
bed. eouglng a hole 80 feet deep.
There are other portions of the en-
bankment that have been washed
away which cannot be seen as the
bed is covered with 50 inches Of
lCnnciuded ON Fourth pagA.1
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-05
PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS
N0MINATES MURDOCH
CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER

Washington, April AT the
first caucus of the Progressives in
the House they nominated Murdock
of Kansas as candidate for speak
er. They perfected plans for an ag-
gressive legislative campaign. Fiji
teen Progressives attended. Four
more will affiliate. A resolution
was passed declaring their action
was not binding upon those attend
ing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-05

old negro couple, both past the three
score years, perched on top of their
cabin with the water spreading
about them in every direction. They
had for their sole company, few
domestic animals including some
chickens and a dog. The exposure
of several days without food or
water and their infirmity made
them too weak to move and they had
to be carried to the boat.
The other sailors went their re-
spective ways, spreading the news
that relief was at hand for their un-
fortunate fellow beings isolated
among the trees and unestimated
stretch of water. Household goods
to the extent of few blankets and
bedding and minor articles were the
chief source of physical comfort
with them, companions in distress
stood a faithful dog, a cat, some
cattle or other stock almost up to
their necks, in submerged barns and
possibly a few chickens perched in
nearby trees.
| Some of the people who would moi
leave their homes. were provided
with rations. The others, only toe
glad to accept the proffer of aid
were taken aboard the skiffs or cut
ters of the sailors and rowed to th,
steamer. In some instances the Cit,
OF Cairo was brought as near a,
shallowness would permit and tn,
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IT WILL TAKE TEN YEARS
FOR DAYTON TO RECOVER

that chekes the streets and alleys
of the city. 1t will be two months
before the city is in comfortable
state and 1t will be ten years be-
fore Dayton Is restored to the con-
ditions before the food
1--WE have established tented
city OF refugees on the fair grounds
10 relieve the congestion Of the In
stitutions4s and prevent possible
spread Of disease. ..,.a