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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
SURE THING MAN
and GAMBLING
OUTFIT NABBED
ThOs. Burhap's Room Filled
With Crooked Devices for
Getting Suckers Money
POLICE WILL HOLD
SUSPECT FOR INQUIRY
Believe He Probably Had n Hand
in Rich Plucking in
Other Cities

More than a thousand dice, most OF
them loaded" and the rest made In
varying degrees OF croOkedness. a
crooked faro layout, q drill for load
Ing dice, an electric motor for gov
erning roulette wheel the way the
| man behind" wants 1t governor, and
a whole tableful of other gambling
paraphernalia, none OF II ION the
level" Is In the hands Of the police.
and they believe that in the owner of
the stuff they have a man well worth
arresting.
He Is Thomas Burhap, 36 years old,
and he was picked up on Monroe-ave.,
Tuesday night, by Detectives Black
and Repp.
His room in the Burns hotel was
searched, and all Of the gambling par.
aphernalia was brought to light, and
to the station. Ii was one of the most
complete outfits for making the God
dess of Chance near-sighted, that the
local rofice ever found on any one
person.
Some OF the dice had nothing but
"sixes" and "duces" on the faces of
the cubes, instead OF the one to six
arrangement of the regular dice.
Some of them had different arrange
ments OF the numerals, some Of them
with three ave" faces on the dice,
, where threes or tours. or sixts ought
to be.
Others were loaded with mercury,
neatly inserted In little holes, careful
ly drilled, loaded, and plugged up with
gutta percha. A pile of more than a
thousand crooked dice Of every color
inns OF In 1xn i'm
posing display when spread out on a
table
Then there was "Klondike" lay
out, crap layout" and a roulette
outfit.
Burhap admitted to the police that
he Is sure thing man, which Is
not a gambler. in any sense Of the
word, sure thing man being little
nearer to a burglar or hold-up man.
He has been here before, and ad-
mitted that he was partner Of q
man named Hall. whose gambling
house at Half Way. gave the sheriff
no end of trouble about four years
ago. Hall skipped out. during the
crusade that was being waged. and
the place was closed up
Police are wiring the authorities Of
the country about Burhap, and what
he had. Reports of big operations by
sure thing" men, in hotels, have
reached the police intermittently.
In Seattle. merchant dropped
$4,000 In a hotel faro game. In San
Francisco another big haul was
made by the sharks. Chicago police
have several unsettled cases Of
swindling by fro nd crooked dice
gmes.
Detectives Black and Repp declare
that Burhap is undoubtedly one OF
the most resourceful sure thing"
men In the country, and the local
police will hold him for investigation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
SAYS COST OF
WRONG LIVING
IS ENORMOUS
Would Annually Build 12,341, 900
Homes worth $4,000 Each, De-
clares w. J. II. B0etcker
CRITICISM AIMED AT
COMPENSATION LAW
Fails to Properly Discriminate
in Occupations, L. C. Robert
son Tells Manufacturers

Many addresses were heard by the
National Association Of Manufacturers
Tuesday afternoon.
William J. H. Boetcker. lecturer and
writer, said that the cost OF wrong hv'
ing-indulgence in tobacco. liquor, vice
and unnecessary amusement-in the
United States would build each year
12,341,O00 homes, costing $2,5oo
apiece.
L. B. Robertson, of the Ford Motor
Co.. speaking of An ideal workmen's
compensation law" criticized the pres
ent Michigan act because II does not
discriminate In occupations.
IAN index finger Ia more useful 10
an ONCE employe. or printer, than TO
a foundryman," he said. An eye Is
not as necessary to q day laborer az
It is to an employe Of q watch fac
tory. Yet the compensation Is the
same in each case"
James o, Pagan, former railroad
towerman, now q writer on railroad
topics, said that scientific manage
ment Is impossible on railroads oe-
cause Of the many controlling factors
outside the men In actual charge OF
operation.
Public opinion. national and state
direction, political manipulation, and
a number of social and industrial
forces which criticize, attack. and try
to mold 1t from every conceivable
quarter prevent the management from
exercising the wide and sumcient
authority necessary for scientific man
agement," Mr. Fagan said. under
present conditions on railroads, sur
render to strikers means bankruptcy;
resistance means stagnation or chaos.
This Is the railroad riddle which the
people Of this country have to answer
In some way"
In the evening, the steamer Britain
MIA took the delegates for moon
light ride on the river and Lake St
Clair.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
TOO BIG A MAN TO GET THROUGH
SUCCESSOR TO
KEEFE PICKED
President Wilson to Replace De.
tr0it Man With San Fran
cisco Expert
RAYMOND w PULLMAN.
Times Washington Bureau. MetrOp0H'
tan Bank BUILDING


Times Washington Bureau, MetrOpoH.
tan Bank Building.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-Daniel J.
Keefe, the Detroit man and former
president Of the International Long
shOremen's union, knows at last that
a definite decision has ben made to
replace him as chief or the United
States bureau OF immigration, OF the
department of labor, the offlce to
which he was appointed by ex-Pres.
Roosevelt.
Former Secretary Nagel fought for
Keefe's head during the latter months
of the Taft administration and at one
time it looked as though he would
have to CO. Since the inauguration OF
President Wilson 1t became generally
understood that Commissioner Keefe
would be replaced, although no defin.
ite announcement of the administra.
tion's intention has ben made until
now.
The one whom 1t Is unofficially an
nounced will succeed the Detroit man
Is Anthony A. Caminetti, Of San Fran.
cisco. Mr.. Caminetti is a member OF
the state senate Of California and is
of Italian descent. 1t Is said that he
is a student Of sociological questions.
particularly the problems OF immigra-
ton, and will make an ideal man for
the place.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
BRITISH ROYALTY
SAFE IN GERMANY
King and Queen Warmly Wei
coined BY Kaiser And
Empress

BERLIN, May 21.-King George. Of
ngland. and Queen Mary arrived To-
day at Potsdam as the first Of the
royal guests who will attend the we'd
ding next Saturday Of Princess Vic
toria Luise. only daughter Of the
kaiser, and Prince Ernst, son Of the
Duke OF Cumberland. Their ma1eeties
came to Germany on the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert, having left Lon
don Monday.
The kaiser, Empress Auguste VIC
toria, crown prince, crown princess,
and Imperial Chancellor Won Beth
mann-HOlweig were at the private
station at Wild Park to welcome the
visitors. The king and kaiser en-
braced warmly and made much over
each other. while the empress and
queen were even more effusive IN
their greeting. A troop Of cavalry
acted as an escort to the palace, while
the streets we're lined with troops,
behind whom we're thousands Of c1ti.
zens who cheered the British sovsr.
eigns Justify.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
HALF A BILLION
INDEMNITY FROM
TURKEY SOUGHT
Balkan Allies Heavy in De.
mands for Settlement for
Recent War
MONTENEGRO HAMPERED
BY MOVES FOR DELAY
Plenip0tentiaries Again Not
Ready Today to Discuss
Peace Pact

LONDON, May 21.-The Balkan
peace plenipotentiaries again were not
ready to meet In formal session today
and asked further delay
Last December 1t was Bulgaria
which interposed all the dilatory tac-
tics. but now the position Is reversed.
DR.. Daneff. the Bulgarian chief envoy,
Is trying to hurry up the signing OF
the preliminary peace pact. while
Greece, Montenegro and Servia are
making moves for delay.
A despatch from Paris said that M.
Theodoroff. the Bulgarian minister OF
finance, announced that the Balkan
allies would demand $500, 5000 in
demnity from Turkey, when the inter.
national commission meets In that
city, May 81.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
PLANNED TO RID
STREETS OF ALL
UNDESIRABLES
Ordinance Giving Police Author
ity to Arrest Suspicious Per-
sons introduced in Council
FOLLOWING LINES OF
DEFEATED SCOTT BILL
Opposition of Labor Unions II
Overc0me-Garbage Measure
i, up for Revision

An ordinance. designed to protect
the community from undesirable
idlers, drunkards, touts, fakirs, pick.
pockets and "rapers" by providing for
their arrest as disorderly persons, was
presented by Aid. Albert Allan in
Tuesday nights council meeting and
referred to the committee on ordi-
nances after being put on its second
reading.
The measure. which gives the police
authority to arrest all suspicious char.
acters found lettering around the
streets on a specific charge of violat.
ing a city ordinance. was drafted by
Frank II. Croul, former police com.
missioner a few days before he left
office. The ordinance is similar to
the Scott bill, which was defeated in
the state legislature largely as the 70
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
BOMB LETS GO;
WOMEN SUSPECTED
Many Valuable Instruments
Ruined by Outrage at Edin-
burgh Observatory.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 21.-
Militant suffragists were suspected as
the perpetrators bomb outrage that
damaged the Royal conservatory to-
day.
The internal machine was In the
form of an earthenware receptacle
filled with gunpowder. and It's explo-
sion tore hole through the second
floor of the building. The structure
was not seriously damaged. but many
delicate scientific instruments were
ruined.
This Is the only suffragist bomb
that actually has exploded since the
country home of Chancellor of the Elk.
chequer Lloyd-George at Walton
Heath was wrecked.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
Otherwise Bottom is Likely to
Fall Out of Noted COntrO-
versy that Comes as After
math of Lawrence Strike
PROSECUTION CONFIDENT
OF SECURING CONVICTION
PayrOlls, Cancelled Checks and
;. Other Witnesses Are Chief
Reliance
ny JOHN T.. NEvIN.

.StaR Correspondent Of the United Pres
BOSTON. MASS, May Gloon
nection between the confessions OF
John ]. Breen. Lawrence undertaken
and Dennis ]. Collins, Cambridge dos
fancier, who planted dynamite to dis
credit the textile strikers. and vii.
. liam M. Wood. mill owner. and his
wealthy associate. Frederick +. At
teaux, who, the state alleges, f.
nanced the plan, must be establish
ed by the state through independent
sources II the case Is TO be continued
according to the latest ruling OF
Judge Crosby. presiding.
Breen was to be called as a wit
ness today. District Attorney Pelle-
tier expected that he would tell all
he knew about the alleged plot But
Pelletier said prior to the opening OF
the trial that he had found Breen
an unwilling witness. both before
the grand jury and during the inter
rogiation In his Office.
However. the state insisted that II
would be able toprove the connection
between the four men through can
celled checks and corporation pay
rolls. and when an atempt is made
TO introduce this evidence the criti-
reached.
To date. Judge Crosby has admit
ted all the evidence as affecting only
I3reen and Collins. the working mem
fbers Of the alleged conspiracy. But
IN the promise OF District Attorney
Pelletier that he would connect UP
and show the active participation OF
both Wood and Atteaux In the dyna-
mite-planting scheme. the court has
admitted practically all Of the evi-
dence offered by the prosecution.
The first witness today was Walter
J.. Whitney, the expert on explosives
for the Massachusetts state police.
lie has been an expert on explosives
for 80 years and at the present time
Is the instructor Of explosives and in
nammables for the Boston fire de-
partment. He was In Lawrence on
Jan. q. 1912, and there made an ex-
amination OF the dynamite furnished
him by the militia. They turned over
to him three packages OF explosive
uothCu 10 pCI SCht 6Siot'hS >"~
he tested II. II was the real thing.
The witness threw chill down the
back of certain Of the court attaches
M hen he produced three tsicks that
looked like dynamite. The front rank
pf the jury shrank back. but Whitney
hurriedly explained that they were
sticks Of wood in dynamite coverings.
But Judge Crosby was not quite sat
SIZED and demanded sharply:
"You are sure that you have no high
Explosives In your bag. are your"
"Yes, sir" was the reply. and nor
NAL conditions at once prevailed.
Whitney explained the grave dan
ger in handling dynamite and made
I very plain to ali present that there
was enough Of high explosive in the
package that was taken to Lawrence
by Breen and Collins to have killed
many people and destroyed much
property had 1t exploded. The only
reason that terrible tragedy did not
AXE place when Collins dropped the
30 pounds In the Lawrence station
vas because II was frozen solid.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
HOUNDS PROVE USELESS
IN TRAILING SLAYER

PITTSBURGH. May 21.-A driz
cling rain during the night probably
ended the usefulness Of bloodhounds
In the chase Of the man who Monday
brutally killed little Grace Johnson az
she stopped to pluck wild flowers on
the way from her home In Level
Green to the ThafYord school. While
two suspects were under arrest In a
Trafford hoel, the town having no jail
bloodhounds had followed a trail
which they picked up 800 yards from
the Johnson home, for nearly 25
miles.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
Downward Revision Of Steela
Schedule Now in Progress
Lemons May Be Add
ed to Free List s
OLD GUARD STILL
ATTEMPTING DELAY
Progress Of Measure Develops,
Battle Of Wits In Upper
House

WASHINGTON. May 21.-Progress
In the tarin battle in the senate was
marked today by the first full meet
Ing OF the finance committee since
the Wilson Underwood measure came
to the upper house.
The immediate business was q d.
cision as to whether the LaTolletts
list of questions to manufactures,
designed to bring out the essential
facts as to the need for q tari6 on
their products, should be printed and
sent out by the minority members
to I'll the protected interests. The
Penrose resolution, calling for the
names and addresses of tariff pro-
testants who have been before tho
Democratic members Of the commit
tee was referred to the committee
yesterday.
Behind this tactical struggle was
the plan of both Senator Simmons,
majority chairman and Senator Pen
rose. minority leader. each to try
out the determination of the other.
In order to arouse his own support
ers to greater activity. Senator Sim
mons wants the bill sent through the
senate with more OF study and less
Of speech.making: Senator Penrose
wants It impeded by every device
which minority can employ.
Rumors Of lower rates on various
items of manufactured goods were
persistent today, while California
members Of the house confessed .
fear that lemons might be placed on
the free list. The senate, far from
showing a tendency to modify the
reductions in duties, may even 80
farther from the protective tariff
than did the house. according to
members of the finance COMMITTEES.
The steel schedule 10 said to be now
In process Of downward revision.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
|SAYS MANY FIRES
| ARE DUE TO ARSON
Commissioner Johnson of New
York Talgs to Council on
Problem of Protection

Joseph Johnson, fire commissioners
of New York city, addressed the
members of the common council
Tuesday night. on the problem OF fire
protection. Commissioner Johnson
was largely instrumental in starting
the prosecutions that revealed the
arson trust" In New York.
THE efficiency Of your fine depart.
ment will not eliminate losses, II you
ignore the existence OF arson" he
said. 1T Il necessary to make a
scientific study Of fire causes to cor.
rect the fire peril. The board OF
estimates of New York city has
granted me 100000 for the purpose
Of investigation. I am satisfied that
when the arch fiends Of the arson
trust were unmolested. fully 80 pei
cent OF the fires In New York were
Of incendiary origin"
Commissioner Johnson was in the
city to address the National Associa
tion OF Manufacturers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
THREE OPINIONS
FILED IN N. 0. CASE

Three opinions were handed down.
Wednesday morning, by Ave circuit
judges In connection with their decis-
ion, Tuesday, that the petition against
the constitutionality Of the verdier
act, under which the vote on munict
pal ownership was taken. be dismissed
without prejudice. Judges Hoomers
Van Zile and Mandell agreed that the
Verdier act is constitutional, and that
the vote for municipal ownership o.
the street railway system In Detroit
was. therefore, legal.
Judge Codd filed separate opinion.
as did also Judge Hally. both Of whom
question the constitutionality OF Ger.
tain features Of the verdier act.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
THEATRICAL PRODUCER TO
COMPLAIN TO STATE DEPT.

LONDON, May 21.-After three days
in jail. J. Salter Hansen, the Ameri-
can impressario, who got into peck
OF trouble over Baron Henri de Roths.
child's play Croesus, today was at
liberty on $4,000 bail, vowing that
he would appeal to the American state
department.
II was jobbed." said Hansen. That
threatened bodily harm to Bourchier
is absurd. did nothing Of the kind"
The police court charge against
Hanses Is set down for hearing on
Friday. Bourchier has permission to
produce Croesus on Thursday night
but the court compelled Baron de
Rothschild to deposit $4,000 TO cover
possible suit to be fled by Hansen,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
THE WEATHER

For Detroit and vle1nltys wednesday
night unsettled, with sheweres ThueS-
day clOwdyt n0derate oRaak 90 oooeo-
west wlDds.
For Lower Michigan Showers to-
nights Thursday eleody.
For the UDpep Lakess Me1esate -
brisk shifting wfnds beeO0l1I. oorSh-
wests showers tsueghtD Tbusu0ny
cloudy.
For the Lever Lakess Meassoes -
brSsk south snd eogthsase weo1s e1ols.
tng 20 northwest TSuroooy - Usoos
On~ year ago teAays H1UAsoe 49,
ssr:ssrc; -, s:we:s: ~ 2ssa -
The soa oeea ~ eu81 - - - -
Thuruday at Aso6 .. =.
IKE 00on Rlso0 aG - - -
R~v Pine runossug see ,. - -
ssSes. ees. DpsaAw'y soa Ssoo 0p-A1&
sr5EEEss r55EEEsois n SAFE sstES cSEs1ss ;ef.s
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
CHARITABLE" ROBBER
DIVES WITH VICTIM

CHICAGO. May 21.-William c.
Becker was knocked down by a Negro
early today and robbed OF $S3 When
Becker recovered consciousness, the
Negro was standing over him counting
the money.
Here. you poor sucker" said his
assailant, tossing bill at Becker
there's Ave for you. Take II home
to your wife,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

a million pieces Of jewelry are pawned
In London every day, according to the
police, who have rigid supervision
over the '.uncles."
ROME-Women throughout italy
are raising funds for a testimonial TO
Minister OF Posts and Telegraphs
Calissano because he got parliament
to remove the barries against women
employees.
LONDON=The British and foreign
bible society has issued altogether
1899, 562 copies Of the Scriptures.
printed In 450 languages and dialects.
BOSTON, Mass.-A policeman
caught four "convicts.' garbed In reg.
ulation striped costume, and pursued
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
NEWCOMB-
STORE HAS BLAZE

Fire broke out on the fourth floor
of the -Endicott & Co.
store, at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, creating considerable excitement
among shoppers and employer and
quickly attracting large crowd to the
Grand River.ave. side OF the big de-
partment store building. The blaze
was soon under control.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

by a crowd Of $50, only to discover II
was a hoax Of Harvard seniors on
their annual picnic.
CONCORD. N. HIN order to re-
tain a quorum Of the legislature,
Speaker Britton, Progressive, had all
doors and windows locked. Repre-
sentatives did not make good their
threats TO break out.
Sissy" was the name
tackled TO Paul II. Mccain by Judge
Petit, when Mccain admitted he went
home to his mother at $3.50 a. m.
after a quarrel with his wife.
Z CHTCAGO.-Because his wife NOV
ed the kitchen table. Josiah Bray
threw hot water down her neck and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
Probe shoe Machinery Trust.

BOSTON, May 21.-An unrestricted
probe into the acts OF the United
Shoe Machinery company, the alleged
shoe machinery trust Will be al.
lowed the government as a result or
q ruling OF Judge william l.. Putnam.
at the opening OF the suit to dissolve
the company In the United States dls'
trict court late yesterday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
TRAILS AND ARRESTS SON FOR b.

chased his daughter into the street
Bray is In jail.
ROCKFORD, Tll.-Henry Scott
wanted on burglary charge, was
marched to Jail by his own father VINO
followed the boy to Chicago and cap
tured him.
CHICAGO.-A frightened policeman
,umped ont q window when A. Guseau
a supposed corpse. moaned and theh
sat up. Guseau will live.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
most curious form OF animal lie is
on exhibition following the birth OF
n h,gh-bred brindle bull pup with two
bodies. seven legs and one norman
head.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
Woodc hopper, Found Guilty.

NEWARK, N. j., May 21.-Seeley
Davenport and Jacob Dunn. mountain
wcodchoppers. Of Wharton, N. j., were
convicted by a federal grand jury last
night OF sending threatening letters
to Woodrow Wilson. while he was
president-elect.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
MARKET OPENS
FIRM AND ACTIVE

NEW YORK, May 21.-The stock
market opened moderately active and
firm.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

B.ssiness-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
John R.-st. Pm. Main 14s9 or City 1885
John r.. ut. Phone Main 149S.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

NEW YORK.--Posto61ce inspectors
failed to trave SIS worth Of stamps
missing from the Yonkers postoffice.
workmen tearing out a wall found
mice had built nests Of them.
WOODMONT, Conn.-Robert Mat
tcon declares that In removing the
hook from the mouth OF q blacknsh he
discovered the Ash had q gold crowd
ed tooth on its lower Jaw.
BETHLEHEM, Pa.--Ignorant of
long distance telephone rates. Mary
Smak. who earns so as a domestic,
talked nearly an hour to her sweet.
heart in Cleveland. When a bill for
$5s was presented she tainted.
LONDON.-More than q quarter oil
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

"The Pier" Dancing Palace opens NJ
1880 tonight.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

Moonlight Dsnce at @The PIER.
Season opens 1850 o'clock tonight.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

LONDON.-More than a quarter ol
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
PROSECUTION
THE WEATHER

WITH SHOWEVSy TIL 70 DA
CLOUDY, MODERATE WINDS.