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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
BIBLE TO DICTATE
JUSTICES DECISIONS

CHICAGO, April li-Henry Neili.
father of the mothers pension plan.
who was recently elected iu,Nice OF
the peace in Oak Park. opened his
court today with the announcement
that justice would be administered
with strict conformity 10 the Teach
ings OF Christ. The court will be con.
Quoted Us nearly as possible as the
Nazarene would conduct II, were lie
Oh earth today.
Where man.made laws conflict with
the teachings or the Bible. Justice
NELL intends TO apply biblical law. AN
the ministers in the city VIII be
called upon by Neill 10 give him in
corporations and he Will bring
Christianity into the homes OF those
who enter his court. He VIII accept
no fees.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
LIVESTOCK
EAST BUFFALO.
Dunning & stevens Live stock Report.

kAsT BUFFALO. " T.. April IA
Cattle. ReCeip'S 100 ears; market,
Toe lower. Des, 1850 - i,6V0-lb steers.
$eTSqg goVd prime zoo 10 l.3o0-
IN. steers IS go q 81 do 400 10 / 200
IL steers. s5i5n { 10. coarse, plainish,
Zoo TO I.2OU-lb steers. s. Is a :. 81
medium hatcher steers. 1000 10 LOO
10 g. - 6t 80. butcher steers, $50 "a
4 0oO-lb. sst5N5.dO. light butcher
steers. 5000 To-. best fat cows. 50. ~
d11o; butcher COWS. siS0u 80. lsht
butcher COWS 45OQ5 trlmmers. $50
~. best fat heiiers S6dS25 medium
butcher heifrrr S615uI. light butcher
hetf,rs. SEA 40; stock heifers, So IL Y
.. 90 est fr"dins steers dehotned.
50 80 n 80. far 20 good do, IS 73u
prime cNrDrt bulls. s5b0n 80, best
butcher bulls ssi5n725 bologna
bulls. $50 $50 stock bulls. S5Y5.4O.
best mixers and springcrs, sos n so,
common 10 fair kind do. sfON So.
Hogs Receipts a. cars. market,
active. heavy. sebOn9.6j workers. s. IS
g910. piss $3.50 n 30.
she Ell and lambs Receipts 20 cars.
market. lower top lambs. IS % 80.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
TWO ITALIANS SLAIN FROM
AMBUSH AT OWN DOOR
teo,tinued from page ose).

after he heard the shots, he saw two
men dash out Of the yard between the
houses at Nos. 303 and 300 Macomb-
ST., one running eastward. and the
other westward
AlonZo Smith. Negro. who lives
az No. sos Nacomb-st.. heard the foot
steps OF two men running through the
passage beside his house.
Ford says that one OF the men was
about - years old about five feet 10
inches tall. and OF medium build.
The other he was able TO describe
only a. or medium height He said
that one OF them might have been a
Negro. but police believe that the man
wah probably dark-skinned Italian
j. &. Maris. OF No $40 Toledoaye.,
driver for the Detroit Creamery co,
also heard the shots. bur saw no
fugitiyes He was driving on Ma.
comb-st, block west OF Ford )
wagon
Excitement IL AT white heat I'm the
Italian colony as the result OF the
double Staying and police are working
hard TO unravel the mystery.
Mrs. Cervasc and her aged father
are both in the state bordering on
| frenzy on account OF their double AT.
Fiction, and excited murmurings are
heard throughout the italian colony
Detectives Fox and Brooks. and
! Rogers and Balone, tho latter two
Italians, are specially assigned 10 the
case, though every man IN the detec
tive bureau IL on the alert. and many
Of them worked all night on the mvs
terry.
liuni-st. police and precrfct detec
tives are also exertiug every erforl
toward finding some clue "a the slav
ers
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
PIMPLES DlSFIGUReD FACE

sS47 So. Lincoln st.. Chicago. Ill.--"My
c>ss began with eruptions on the body. face
and arms. The pimples disngured my face
very badly. I was induced to try Caticura
eoap and Ointmmt. After using them for
about . month was entirely rid Of pimples.
blackhssds sores and everything which had
bothered me 20 much for nearly year. ="
(slsucd) Arthur Potras. Apr. ., 1912.
Cuticura Soap 25c and Cutic,ra Ointment
s0c. are sold everywhere. Liberal sample OF
Zach mailed free. with SIP. skin Book Ad-
drvss postcard ''Cuticurs. Dept. 7. Boston ="
AUTmder~faccd men should use Caticura
noAe Shaving STICK. 25c. sample res
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
Aid. sherman Iittieieid. chairman OF
the special committee appointed by

the council to study the question 81
establishing permanent voting tooth'.
has called meeting of IA" commit
et- for "Wednesday morning Little
felt believes that school buildings
can be used IN At least 100 CT the clty
precincts and the citv clerk IA pre-
pairing map for the committee.
showing the location OF the plhli'
buildings I'm each city precinct
Police Commissioner Croul. Fire Com
missioner Moran and Supt. Chads"N
and members OF the. school board
have been asked 10 meet with the
committee. The hoard az estimates
has requested the committee 10 sub
NIT an estimate a. soon as Il definite
plan IL decided upon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
Roy Mcguire 80 years old. OF No. IA
I.mlnIc -aNe.. Mns nrralkned hefOre

Justice Gnin.y Monday on warrInt
charging him with burglary. ana the
police declare that they may have 4
series Of warrants for Roy to race.
lie was taukht while rolling up some
valuabl" rugs iu Hunter Bros store.
No. rs Michignn-eNe., Patrolman
Joseph Dirfenbath catching him right
IN IN. act Investigation showed that
Mcguire has been doing considers bl =
trading i'm rugs. lately and police are
trying 20 ran down the ownership OF
some which they recovered where
Maguirt had sDld or stored them.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15

for years and tried several remedies with no
relief. finally tried Cuticurs Soap and
Ointment which gave Instant relief. only
used two boxes Of Cuticra Ointment and
two cakes of Cuticura Soap and was cured
completely" (signed) Mrs. NJ A. Board
man. Apr. o, 1912.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
judge Tutti~ ordered ~, c,~..
stricken from the equity doci<r, ar

mo federaT courf- N0ndpy afIrrnu0T7-
leaving only 50 cases To h. d-st,
with The oldest case fhus di<pose,
81 was begun in 1893 NbouT op.-
half of the attorneys and parties con
cerned in the cases stricken from 49,.
docket are dead. The cases nav,
been continued Oh the docket iron,
term TO term because no on. has an.
peared on either side 10 demand ac.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15

The following nrms are priv
ileged 10 execute orders on the
Detroit stock Exchange: Bumpus d
Co; Carlyle Povak: e. n. Clarke
4 CO.. Lewis q. 0orton; W. A.
Hamlin * Co. Richard Irwin q
Co.; w. f. Moss Co.; II. w. Noble
q Co. W. l.. Reilly q Co.: william
II Rose a Co. III. :. Warren 4 Co.
and George NJ West q Co.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15

sis.. ~ st2o 80 :. i2s> W s.
5, 20 No. >, ,ll6 NJ ~ - 10 No. ~
SO. ~. =: -. 81 J.. Sss5 No a.
tore S.. beet accumulated. SiiV per
100 lbs. nousehold powd, Is. IS to
ease sac per case.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
ATTORNEYS a 4. ANGEL and Hinton ~
snnldlu1 n..ilnx flr Ihe nr lltlnmcI.

iur .u lu ln,tOi - ttst thv 'nhsi'
tutionalltN Of the home rule act, 'h'
4. rp0ri,tfsu counsel Lawson tlfu
Special counsel Frazer Tor the rlt,
agreed in judge Van Tiles couit.
Monday afternoon, TO waiN" Nh"hrl'l
rights uaN ar.s IN the ease, ia ofd"i
that iinHl hearing might De- set Tor
April 80 before the circuit couIt,
that the case may be decided hN III"
Mir. Lawson would have liked az
earlier date. but the petitioners AZ
torneys found q impossible. III"
court suggested that the attorneys
for the petitioners aIucud their plea.
aa IL has been pointed out by som"
OF the circuit Judges that the pei
TONERS have no right in court unless
IL can lac shown that al least one ~
them has 500 In jeopardy IN the SUI
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15

itch beyond description and
when i scratched IT. would
ooze and q scale would form
with q scab-like crust. Little
punches would raise and
these would be- mounted
with the same form OF scale
or crust. It would keep my
clothes covered with white
nn.I-e hah han hxnfn nr.d
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
JOBBIN0 PRICES.


s. f:s, beans: 'i iIs. Ian. bean;
:iSss ,S Corn r.b Esn Ss.,s a1 ;iss
ard 81: soaked. SoV7o.. salmon:
soskeys.. tan, ,y;sS; mar: ;1+o Alaska
toes illeGlbo Marrowfat. Sis
early June. $40: sif'sd early June
..st ss' bran. sss Coarse @iaains:. ,ss.
1 1asso '' eraek:d Corn s0' SIS: corr corn and
FiourGJobinS price,: Bes. Mich.
gan patent, $3.50: straight. IS: pure
rye. N.eo: spring patent so.io per Dbl.
Hardware - Nails S2o6 case: plain
s s.Ts:d wi rs' poS ,si psr
s s.S.n;;saa $40 :n ;ss.a: .;;ssf s:sS
8; ..s sst erossod 81 S. f" dos. 1 POI
,:hsd - per 49, 20 Sia sx :n c:t..a -
is5s:. Is cent .s Of h:.; s..s d
oiis--kaw linseed. acc: boiled lin.
ssne. iOho: perfection. lie: Psiacins.
pentine. in barrel lots. ACC per gal.
Provisions pork. i22: f,mily
ssSQ.4; clear backs. $3.50 asso:
hams, i7s 11slsc; picnic hams. l2n q
l3c. bacon, 17ts Q1sc; !s-" - tierces.
isnc. kettle rendered. lSHc Der ID.
sugsr-Corrected daily by w. II. I'd
gar K Sons crystal dominoes. 2-lb..
f7sO: do 5-lb., s7.30. Eagle tablets, SC:
cut loaf, $3.50; cubes. si55; XXAA
powdered s+.96. standard powdered,
ti.SO: grsnulated. extra course. So 60;
grauulatsd. fine. In bulk. si.j0; grlnu-
lated. :5-lb. cottons, s.. %, crystal dom :
inc gran. 2-lb. and BIB. cartons. In
asses, s4.So; crystal domino gran. m
cases, si3O. diamond A, -. so, confec-
tioner. y. SI45: No. 4, $40: No. s..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15

April l5.-Ilog Receipts 1000 mead
market dun ana lower, MIXED and
hutrhcgS. sNajH9.i. good heavy Ss;sv
Ss"50921 ulgs. sGH0H,Hla. cattle
Receipts. 5000 head market steady
brv>,s. st.-.N" le. COWS AMI Letters,
s. 9auA So Stockrrs and feeders, ~ ~
fiEIS T,Anus So Sor - calves, 3 n
g.s5 sheep RcceiptS. $4,000 heHu .
fharktJ. stcadS and higher native, ~"
a 80. western. Se-SH ~ 'a'.''
ST. - 40 L. Mcst,rn q = w.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
TOLEDO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

TOLEDO April H. Wheat. Cash and
Ma. sl"sa. july, 32'. Sep'em hSr'
~ -, corn cash and Mn}, soc, July
) r.. September, $50 oats CaNh'
36S, o.. NJ. go. e. IulN, 80 &c. sep
tcmber. &5ss RYE cash. 64c GOV
erst,i Clsh, Sls.65. April. $3.50. O.
tub.r $3.50. December, 81 ~ Alsike
cash 81 - Timothyseed Cash, Aprll
and March. $40. Butter sggr ana
hay. Unchanged.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
william u. May bee, defeated by former
AID Joseph Merrill for me ni Der Of the

charter COMMISSION from INC Tentu
ward. has sent a letter TO voters OF
the ward thanking them for their
support. He says: Il wish 10 con
graduate you and our beautiful and
prosperous city on the fact that a
gentleman OF rare qualities, man ~
admirable character. OF lrreproach-
able conduct, OF sincerest devotion To
duty, VINO bears the stamp or honor,
sobr!ety ana truthfUlness, who ~
capable, clean and considerations. mas
been chosen 10 represent you.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
Commissioner Haarer will send the bids
for crcosoted block 10 the common

council, tonight. The United states
Wood Preserving Co, OF New York
city. is the lowest bidder for 10000
yards. more or less, OF creosoted block
for paving purposes. it's bid being
1898 square yard. The Kettle
River Quarry Co. and the Aver q
Lord Tile Go. both bid ~ % yard.
Last year the lowest bid was Sl.s+ a
souarp ward.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
stabbed Is Times.

IENTON HARBOR Mich, April 10.
In a fight over 4 girl here last NIX ht
William Evans WAS stabbed u times
bN Crank Dooley lie Will probably
die. Dooley escaped,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
CHrl Hrx~nbeck Dies.

HAMBURG. April l5.-Carl Hagen
beck the animal collector and senior
partner OF the Handelsmenacerie ana
Tierpsrk at Ste.iingen. near Hamburg
died late yesterday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
PRODUCE

Apples - Fancy, s:,ous: ordinary,
Nai5o per boil: box apples. sl0a:s
Bsnun.s-Gooi shippinS stock Hss
Csuliaowe--s2 25dpls0 per dos
CELERY Florida, SASS per crate
SO 4 q. per dos.
Cabba.e-sl 0l,s5 Dbl
Cheese Wholesal prices: Mchigss
fats. new. lsi, Gi'c. old; I6o Ole
isSslsne: iimbSrser. ism Isc; domestic
s sxi, & lao &c; Imported swiss, :'S"
Chestnuts Spanish. s9loc 10.
Dressed CAVE. Fancy. isui.c:
common. llgl2c per ID.
Fig. = Imported. new. NOISE ih;
Fresh vescrasie. - cucumbers. hot
mouse. s9,Se, spinach. 75e per o ~,
bu. turnip.. 6oasoc bu.: rutaoasaa
zoe bu: pArsnips. soc ou; dollhouse TO-
matoes. 2O4 25c ID. Florida tomatoes.
basket pie plant. 4Og i5e per bunch:
SO per case. section grass, s2.5o9 -''5
Grape Fruit Florida. H45 box.
Honey Fancy while ieui7c: am.
Der, l29l2nc 10 extrsotsd, s.. u SC %.
Hs,-Detroit shippers are paving the
following prices for baisd hay In car.
No. i mixed. slsalS..c. light mixed.
Hs.s, ana oa rye straw ta - 50 .oa.
Hides-No. cured hides i3hc. No.
gieen hides. IL: No. 4 cured. bnllAa
ilhc; No ] Dreen bulls, SC; Nc. cured
veal kip, lAtsc. 30. ! green veal KIP:
iSc; No. cured murrain, lie: No J
green murrain. Yhc; No cured calf
i6c. No green calf. l5ci No ] horse
hides 50. No IS horse aides. 81. sheep
skins as to amount OF wool. bOc q
$50: No. 3 hides. lc on: Kip and CALI
lhc on.
l:mes-$I1 dos
Musbrooms-40 ~ Coo Id.
Onionn-Yelfow, car lots. So t6sc pet
100 lbs; store lots. 40 u soc per gu: new
Spanish. 3i25 per crate.
Onion Sets-Yeilow. $3.50; white
s225 per blu.
Oranxe- California navel. s4g45o
Floridas. 34Q450 per box.
PouItry-Springs. IL ~ " lsc. hens
49, 4lgc. ROSTERS lee: ducks. l9g
zoe, turkeys, 10 "a zoe 10.
P1neapples-34.50W V5 per crate.
PotatOes-Mic niSan. <OU +5c per Do
in ear lots: New Bermudas. s2.15 bu
$3.50 per bb New Floridas. S225 pei
bu; s6g6.5o per Dbl.
straw berries-Louisiana, 2&-pt cases
81 80 rs
sweet Potatoes--Jerssy. kiln dri"i
$50 U 1855 per crate.
Tailow-No. !. &c; No. !. &c IN
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
Noted Veteran Dies.
-Ilrigadiel

READING, Pa. April lo.--brigadier
General simon snyder l. ;. a" re-
tired. who served In the civil war, III
many indian campaigns and in tuba
nd the Philippines. died last hlsht OF
pneumonia He was IS years old.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
BUTTER AND EGGS

Butter-Board prices are Creamery.
extras. S3c. nrsts, 81 isc, dairy. 2ic,
packing stock. 22c per H.
Eggs Current receipts. candled
cases Included. lSh-c per doI Receipts
l.2Is cases
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
Quickly and Pleasantly

Remove all symptoms by moving the
cl"~tsd ant costiv.- bowcis. start the
liver and kllneys 90 doing thslr right q
ful work suG ton" up th- muscles and
hganleuts % fhr bowels. making them
work ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
supt. Chadsey, of the public schools,
wants e.. l.. Mote, of Denver. Col, for

tn. position Of director OF the me-
chanical department. Of the George
continuation school, and he Will rec
ommend the appointment I'm the next
meeting OF the committee on the APP
pointment Of teachers. Mr.. Mote IL
now teaching in the Layfleld Tech
nicsl high school. Denver.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
ITCHING AND
SCALES IN HAIR
At Back Of Head. Scales Would
Form with Scab-Iike Crust. Two
Boxes Cuticura Ointment and Two
Cakes Cuticura Soap Cured.

741 Jackson st.. Grand Rapids Mich
my trouble was an itching aud scales In
the hair &C the back OF my head. IL would
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15

Postcard ballots have been sent tn the
members of the BOARD of Commerce
with the following questions. Shall
liquor be serv,d regularly in the new
building" IF your answer is mo-
TO question No. l. do you favor scr7.-
Ing liquor at banquets and special
functions only" shall liquor he
served at banQuets or special funC-
tlons held outside OF the new build
ing. Replies must be In by April ls
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
Cure Constipation

sold by all druggists - doses loo.
t5 doses 25c-Adv
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
Joseph Retkswics. typhoid patient.
made his escape from 81. Mary.s hos

pital while IN delirium, Monds V
morning. In the afternoon he was
found lying IN an alley IN the rear OF
No 65 Maple-st.. delirious ana suffer :
ing from exposure. The police patrol
took him back 10 the hospital. He ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
MARKETS and FINANCE

lrariiugs SsNN5V wrthers, t"9uS
10 ewes. sIn :. 20.
calves s5fi 10 -.
sNIn< srUt'i> AHlbs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
zee kee, arrested. Saturday. In COM
panN with wee X I'm and Lee Hen. tN y

OtIFf NnlntSr W no were odlu W bc
smoking opium in KEGS laundry, No.
ESQ BeAubien-St pleaded not gullty
TO a charge OF illegally dealing In the
drug when arraigne6 before United
States Commissioners Hurd. Monday
Kim and Ben We're released.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
IN DETROIT

On complaint OF Inspector John \.
Fraser, the Macomb Inn. No. Al Ma
comb St has been closed BY the
Board Of Health. the building being
condemned because ot It's dilapida ted
condition.
Joseph Boyer. president of the Bur-
rouehs Adding Machine CO.. eontrl-
butei $500 10 the Dayton relief fuhd
This brings the amount given by De-
troit 10 SOS 30S
The Michigan Central railway has sold
the last of Its four ear ferries, the
Kelley Island Lime and transport
Co. Cleveland making the nnal pur-
chase. This company gets the trans
port Michigan Central she Will be
used FOR Transporting sand. gravel
and stone between Kelley Island, san i
dusky and Marblehead.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-15
DETROIT STOCK EXCHANGE

IBID and asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

ClarkS Mills. Up SHOW
hogan way, amt it??'
vermont" says she.
"This is Mr.. Leavitt. I'm
much obliged to you, Mr..
McCabe, but you needn't
botherabout tellin' anyone
anything. If they've got
company, that's enough.
| wish I'd never left Clarks
Mills, that's what | wish"
"Now, Sallie!!" protests
the other half of the
sketch, speakin' mild and
gentle.
"That'll do, Mr.. Leav-
it'll" says she decided.
you know very well it
was all along of your fuss
ing and fretting about
never having seen your
cousin that we come to
make this fool trip, any
way"
Il realize that, Sallie,"
says he; but"
"Mr. Leavitt," she
breaks in, willyou be care
full Of them pies??" Then
she turns to me apollo
gizin'. Course, it does
seem sort of silly, travelin'
around New York with
two pumpkin pies; but |
didn't know how good a
cook the folks had here;
and besides ! don't take a
back seat for anybody
when it comes to mince
or pumpkin. You see, |
was planning to surprise
Cousin Twombley by slip
ping EN- onto the table to-
morrow for breakfast
Say, the thought of what
the Twombley-C En-,
sight of pumpkin pie on Il
too much for me. As it w
and when | recovered | sug
They'll keep a day or SO, v
"Not while I'm as hune
@And I'm dog tired too.
a good, respectable tavern
"A which," says l. &c
let's see. Why, | expect til
jump in one of these mote
no, | nights well go alol
home. Here's one coming
So we piles in, umbrella
half an hour I've landed tt
in a two-fifty air-shaft ROOF
ten-story hotels down in t
to work the electric light
water, and pointed out the
everything but tuck EN- il
night twice and was MAXI
Leavitt follows me out into
by himself.
JUST one thing more, n
guess you needn't say a
about our bein' here"
"Oh!" says |. "Goin' to
YOURSELF
"Maybe,' says she, "anC
go near 'em at all. I'm GO
Al see, says I. "But | eS
what, alone" says she
"Oh!" says |, and while
expect | must have humpec
way, she comes right back
well, why should he:?'
why, | don't know"
head of the house, amt h
"No, he amt" says she.
ing spirit, for it's always |
life. ht1t Mr. I aov;+t a;,'-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

yet, for that matter. Course he'd been around lot
young man-taught school in Rutland for two
terms, and visited whole summer in Bellows Falls.
Besides there the blood, him being cousin
to Twombley-Crane Just that most enough to
turn my head even that branch of the family
did have much to do with the Leavitt side But its
fact that Mr.. Leavitts mother and Twombey
Cranes father were brother and sister.
"You don't mean it, says |.
"Of course she goes on, "the Leavitts always
stayed poor country folks and the Cranes the
city and got rich. When the old homestead left
to Mr. Leavitt, though, he said he wasn't going to
spend the of his life old, farm. No.
Sir! He was going do something better than that
something big. We all believed For the first
six months of our married life kept my trunk packed,
ready start any minute for anywhere, expecting him
find that grand he'd talked so much about.
But somehow we never started That wa mt the worst
of it, either. year slipped by, and We hadn't done
thing didn't even raise enough potatoes TO last us
through Thanksgivn', and if hadn't sold the hay
standing and the apple crop the don't know
how we'd got through the winter
along about the middle of March got my eyes
wide OPEN | saw that if anything done to keep
us out of the poorhouse I'd got to do it. Old Mr..
Clark wanted someone to help in the general store
about then, and | took the job at six dollars a week
Inside of year | actin postmStress, had full
charge of the drygoods SIDE did all the grocery buyin
and was agent for horse rake and mower concern
Six months later when Mr. Clark gave up altogether
and the for SALE jumped in, mortgaged the
Leavitt place all it would stand, borrowed fifteen hun
dred dollars from brother-in-aw back in Nova Scotia
and put a sign the door. That was over
thirty years ago. but its hereyet threads, Mrs Sale
Leavitt, General Merchandise
"But where did Mr.. Leavitt fit in?' says |.
"Humph" says she. "Mostly he's set around the
store and talked. Oh he helps with the mail, cooks
little when m too rushed and amt got any hired girl
and washes dishes That's always been the useful
thing he could do,-wash dishes expect that's why
everybody at the Mills calls him Mr. Sallie Leavitt
There! It's out | don't know | said that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21
Drawings by F. Vaux Wilson

you must know, | was dom social
duck. Not that | ain more or less parlor
broke by this time, or am apt to shy at
dinner coat, like selfmade Tammany
statesman when addressin' his fellow
Peruvians. Nothing like that! Pick out
the right comp'ny, and can get through
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-25
Gompers, Appeal.

limited Press Leased wire Service.l
WASHINGTON. Feb. IL Argu,
men.s to sustain jail sentences i'm
posed on Samuel Gompers, president
of the A. F. of T.: John Mitchell,
vice president. and Frank Morrison,
secretary, in the Bucks Stove and
Range Company contempt case, were
begun before the court of appeals, by
the COMMITTEE of prosecutors" APP
pointed by the supreme court.
The committee argued that mo
such precedent Of wilful and defians
disobedience of the courts AUTHORITY =
had ever been disclosed.
Judge Alton B. Farker, counsel for
the labor leaders, argued that the con
tempt proceedings were criminal and
that the action was unconstitutional,
because under the fifth amendment
no person was compelled to be wit,
ness against himself in a criminal
case.