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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

Judith, is anchored the historic Bren-
toms reef lightship. where for years
classic yacht races have started and
finished.
Although small the building has broad
porches and In comfortable. The shore
is rocky and the fishing is done from
stand which Is reached by narrow
boardwalk supported by iron stanchions.
The construction OF this walk and stand
must needs be strong, as in south
easterly storms the seas break over tn,
rocks.
At high water the surf continually
rolls in under the stand even in the
mildest weather and the fisherman may
cast far out into the waves. 1t is an
ideal coast, for bass and the fish cap
| tured here are of very good size. A
recent bag contained n dozen good sized
fish. the largest OF which weighey 40,
| IS. SO and II pounds. There are few
fish that furnish better sport than bass
In the surf and when there is a south
easter on al Bateman's Point the sport
| is generally Of the first order.
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The lodge was first owned by Seth
Barton French who built II and used it
with several other gentleman as "A sort
Of fishing club. 1t was built about
twenty-five years ago and since its con-
struction the rugged. picturesque coun-
try roundabout has become dotted with
fine houses. Not far away on COM
manding site is the villa OF Commodore
Arthur Curtiss James of the New York
Yacht Club. Much nearer are the Raw
son and Theodore NJ. Davis places.
Each season during the cruise of the
New York yacht squadron Mr.. Morgan
was accustomed to spend some time in
Newport and generally he had a try
at the bass. Members OF his family
were also fond OF going out to this
breezy spot where the surf continually
curls in over the rocks
on the eastern side Of this property
in a grassy plot are several ancient
graves. two Of them being marked with
crumbling stones--the last resting place
of some of the earliest settlers of this
territory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

GREETED. as Biltmore House is the centre
of a pleasant social life while the VAN
derblts are here. Just before leaving
they entertained a party Of friends for
the holidays and among the affairs given
at Christmas was Christmas tree party
for Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt.
Recent arrivals at Grove Park Inn
include Or. and Mrs. T. r. Chambers OF
New York. Count and Countess q. W
Wedel of LEIPZIG. Germany. who stopped
~ Grove Park Inn for several days OF
the past week, have resumed their South
ern Journey They are on a world tour.
New Workers. now in the city are Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph A. Jones. at Grove PARK
Inn: T. c. King. Il. Livingstone. at the Bat
terry Park. and J. A. Burchel at the
Manor
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A EANY memories were awakened
NI by the announcement last week

\ EANY memories were awakened
MI by the announcement last week
OF tho sale to a syndicate Of the
Graves Point Fishing Club near New
port. 1t was the property Of the late j.
Pierpont Morgan and there he used to
entertain his friends and there ne went
occasionally for rest.
On the promontory known as Bate
mans Point. outside Newport. the club
house stands. 1t Is q small frame cot.
tase with outbuildings nearby. and
although It suffers in architectural COM
parison with various fine places In the
neighborhOod II has nevertheless always
been point OF interest to sightseers on
the ocean drive. 1t 10 painted . dull
red and stands well out on the rocks
ov,v the ocean.
There could hardly he q better site
for such a lodge. 1t In but a few miles
from the harbor OF Newport and
scarcely a mile away. almost on q line
between Bateman's Point and Point
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
GREAT FUR TRADE
CENTRE OF AMERICA
Industry Of Pioneer Days in the
West Returns to st.
Louis.
SKINS BROUGHT BY BOATS
Traders Travelled Over West
and Northwest Buying
From Indians.
SKINS BROUGHT BY BOATS

81. LOUIS, Jan. s.--Two hundred buyers
from Europe and the United Slater attended
the Government auction of Alaskan seal
furs here. The total number OF skins
offered was 1923. The top price for blue
fox skins was SiSs each.
Sealskins were sold to buyers from Lisp
zic, Brussels. Paris. st. Paul and New York.
The total amount paid for seal and fox skins
was estimated at 900 to 900. or this
amount about 10000 was for sealskins
l.. Lester Jones of Washington. acting
United states Fish Commissioner. said the
prices we're to 10 per cent. higher than
those realized at London last year.
The Government auction reminded old
TIMERS of the period when tho fur trade
was large factor in the business interests
of the city. II also was a reminder Of the
fact that the growth Of st. Louis has been
in measure due to the fur trade.
Old time st. Louisans remember the last
days of the American Fur Company, q con-
cern founded and conducted chieny by the
Chouteau family. which prorpered for many
Years and went out Of business with the
decline OF the fur industry before the civil
war.
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Recitals-- Concerts Notes of Music Events

has just returned from an extensive to-.
to the Pacific coast. where she was heard
in all the large cities. such as Portland.
Seattle. San Francisco and Los Angeles.
will give q New York recital on Tuesday
afternoon. January -. In Carnegie Hall.
has had an opportunity of hearing this
singer In recital for three years.
Manolito Fumes, the Spanish boy plan
list. who will be heard in Aeolian Hall
Tuesday evening. January 81. will play
compositions OF Beethoven. Weber. Castro.
1.iszt. Chopin. Schubert. Paderewski and
Serrano. The pianist will be, assisted
by Miss Mabel Mckinley, soprano. who
will sing two groups OF songs.
Harold Eau.r's programme Of dance
music for his recital in Aeoiian Hall
sunday afternoon, January II, will be
something quite different from anything
any pianist has attempted IN recent years
Eleven dance compositions will be repre-
scented. ranging from Schumann's Davids-
bunlertanze and Beethoven's Minuet 10
such essentially up To date offerings AZ
a tango by Alexander Levy. There will
likewise by the Chopin polonaise in +
sharp minor, and the Brahms Hunga-
rian Dances
Pietro Locatelli's Sonata da Camera
has been chosen by jacques Easner for
the opening number OF his Aeolian Hall
recital Wednesday evening. January 2s
Other works will include composition.
of Bach. Moor, Tschaikowsky, Marion
Bauer. Sinigaglia and Novacek Miss
Diana Kasner will assist at the piano.
Songs in French. German, Italian and
at his recital in Aeolian Hall Tuesday y
afternoon. January 10. The barytone
who will be assisted by Yves Nat, plan
list. has chosen number OF novelties
including II group OF English songs by
John Alden Carpenter, Campell-Tipton
Kurt SCHNEIDER and Carl Busch. Mr.
Nat will play two piano groups.
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seven ChilAren In Kansas Home In
Four Years.

HoIsIN0roN, Kan, Jan. 3.--Triplets
arrived at the home Of Ralph Call. a
farmer. near here to-day, making seven
children born to Mrs. Call In four years.
The first Call baby was born in Decem-
Der, 1909. A year later the two babies
came together. Last year another baby
was born. All the seven were born in
christmas holiday season.
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Friday. January 3 at 5 o'clock The pro-
gramme:
Sonata, OPP. 81 ............ Beethoven
Prelude, u fiat. op. IS, No. 10
Nocturne. OPP. 81. No ..... ,ho,,,
BarcarolIe ..........'
Polonaise. \ fiat. Op, So .....
Etude Simphoniques ......... Schumann
Les OrientaleS ............. MacI)oWeiI
Polonaise. T. major ..............Ll List
Following the plan Of alternating clas-
sic and modern programmes in series
Of concerts the programme which Director
Muck has arranged for the third evening
concert Of the Boston symphony Orches-
ira in Carnegie Hall next Thursday even
ing January 3. will he purely classical
and will consist of three short symphonies
These are as follows.
Haydn. symphony In II Major. No. >
Mozart. symphony IN l. Flat Major
Beethoven. symphony in g Major, No. |
A, the matinee concert he Will give
an entirely modern programme. II is as
follows:
Cesar Franck. symphony In II Minor
Fiorent Schmitt. LA Tragedie de Salome.
Rimsky -korsakon. Caprice on Spanish
Themes. opus 81.
The asslstlnS aTtIsts al III" th1lu 'on-
cert of the knesel Quartet, which Will
take place at Aeolian Hall on Tuesday
evening. January 10, will be Mr.. Josef
Kovarik. viola. playing in the Brahms
quintet, OPP. III. The programme In full
Is as follows:
Vincent d'Indy. Quartet in T. Major. OPP. A.,
Beethoven. Quartet in + Major. op. SO,
No. l.
Brahms, Quintet In q major for two rio-
Inns, two violas and voloncello, Op. III.
Miss Ada Sassoli. the harpist. and Miss
Lorraine Wyman. soprano. will give a
Joint recital in the Little Theatre on
Sunday evening, January %.
Nine Ernestine Schumann. Heink, who
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'houteau fanny "h'h W oopcieu ~ "A"n'
Years anu went Out oi business WI" .he
decline OF the iur industry oeiore INC CIV"
"af'
Indians Chief Producers.
The business at that time was dependent
upon the western ana northwestern irohtier
Tor supplies, whlch were Drought =" ~
Louis chiefly oy s'eamooats On 'he N''Ssour'
RIVER.
Boats arrived loaueu 10 the suaros Win
iur- alone. Inc American fuf COMPANY
had TWO boats OF us OWN. the oneao hAS'e
ana the hopert SampDeu Which was h"heu
III hohof OF iur h'erchai. Vi '"a' IA! ou'
was ouiit pE 'apl ne" oohnson' M"o "'"ue
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fur BUYERS were ehsaeeu III the BUSINESS al
that time. ana INDIANS were the chiei pro-
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The Detroit times., 1914-12-25
MERCURY TOUCHES
a ABOVE ZERO
Clear and Continued Cold is the
Outlook For the Next
Two Days

Four degrees above the zero mark
was the temperature recorded In De-
troit. Christmas morning at s O'clock.
This was the lowest point reached
by the mercury in the last "a hours.
and the nearest II came to making
good on the weather mans prediction.
Thursday, that zero temperatures
would prevail for Christmas. An hour
later 1t had risen to 10 degrees.
"It Is generally fair, cold and ideal
snappy. clear Christmas weather
this morning all over Michigan" said
Forecaster Conger. There have been
a few snow furries along Lake Michi-
gan. but 1t is generally fair over the
central valleys and east to the coast.
Zero temperatures prevail In the
northwest and some snow Is falling.
The mercury in the lake region ranges
from 10 above to 10 below zero. The
lowest temperature In lower Michi-
gan was reported from Lansing, where
the mercury hit 10 below zero. There
Is rain In Tennessee, Alabama, Geor-
gia and North Carolina, and cloudy
skies prevail all over the southern
states.
TT will continue fair and cold. with
temperatures near zero for today and
Saturday"
The Detroit times., 1914-12-25
POLICE BARE BIG
RING OF OPIUM
SMUCGLERS
Gang Headed by Beautiful Wo-
man, officers Assert-Worked
Through Liners
STOKERS CONCEALED
DRUG IN LOCKERS
Eight Thousand Dollars Worth
of Drug Found in Possession
of Lusitania Sailors

NEW YORK, Dec 25.-The police
of New York and Scotland Yard are
taking the final steps in breaking up
gang of opium smugglers whose
operations have totalled over S1O0,OOO
in the past year. The arrest or
Kasuji Toda, a Japanese. has reveal
ed an internal organization for "im-
porting" opium for smoking purposes.
II is said the leader of the gang In
woman of striking beauty who has
teen seen many different times In COM
pany with different members on ocean
liners. The arrest of James Marren, a
fireman on the Lusitania, and William
Thompson. a steward on the same
ship revealed the system by which the
drug was smuggled past the customs
inspectors.
Little cans of opium that could be
secreted about the person were used
by the smugglers. The woman or
Toda would approach fremen and
gtokers OF the big liners when they
landed in England. Offering them s25
to $50 TO carry the little cans across.
The men would wait until the Gus
toms inspectors left after the liners
docked on this side and the leave
without molestation. delivering the
drug to an apartment here. Nearly
$4,000 worth OF opium was found In
the lockers Of Marren and Thompson
on board the Lusitania. Police now
believe that nearly every big liner
that has docked here in. the past few
months has brought large consign-
ment OF opium handled by members
of the smuggling band.
Through questioning the men al
ready arrested. the police learned-that
the women IN the case had an apart
ment In fashionable residence dis
trict. They Investigated but found
hat she had left hurriedly few hours
after the arrest of today became
known. Her baggage has been traced
10 the pier from which the Baltic
sailed Wednesday. A wireless mes
sage has been sent TO the Baltic at
sea. asking that II found, the woman
be arrested.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-25
MEXICANS HALT
SOUABBLlNC.FOR
CHRISTMAS DAY
Warning Factions Rest On
= Arms for Yuletide-Nac0
to Situation is Quiet
BYRAN DENIES HE'S
RECOGNIZED GUTIERREZ
More Signs of Stability and
Progress Must Be Forth
coming, is Stand

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 25.-
Christmas dawned today on a poten-
TALLY peaceful Mexico. Whether ac-
tuated by the spirit Of the season or
not, the warning factions appeared to
have a tacit truce. Reports to the
state department early today showed
an unusual calm in both the military
and diplomatic battles of the war
ridden republic.
In this situation, reports OF pro-
posed recognition OF Gutierrez gov
ernment by this government were re-
vived. Administration officials, includ-
ing Secretary Bryan, however, made
emphatic denial that any proffers had
been made or even considered. More
permanent signs of permanent peace.
progress and prosperity than now ex-
list must be forthcoming It was hint
ed, before this government will recog-
nize any faction In Mexico.
Administration officials character
lied as absurd published reports that
Consul Silliman and Special Agent
Canova had received half million
pesos to gain passport for former
Gov. Iturbide.
The Naco situation was considered
as satisfactory. Gen. Scott reported
that few more days negotiations
would undoubtedly result in per
and Carranza forces to withdraw their
troublesome troops from within shoot
ing distance OF the American border.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-25
HERE, SURELY, IS 1
MEANEST THU
Makes Speciality of Plunder
Shops Of Cobblers-Cri
Is Latest Victim

Detectives Clare and Heig
working day and night, securing
city for one or the cleverest and me
est thieves they have yet had 10 a
with, the fellows speciality being
plundering of the shops OF poor d
blers, and the theft OF all the .
leather, rubber heels. pegs and ~
that form the stock Of the owners
the little shops. A
Fully a dozen Of the small shl
have been raided by this pecuI
burglar, who has completely baff
the police, leaving no clue. and q
ing all OF their efforts to trap hfnA>
August Varra. who has both 4
on at the knee, Is one of the victi|
of the thief. varra's little shop
No. 37l Moran-st. was cleaned
by the burglar, and the crippled q
bier was left practically destitute
The shops raided by the burglar Z
scattered all over the city. clear !
the limits.
wed give good deal to get q
on that fellow" say Clare and HI
but he's so sharp that he doe
leave a clue"
The Detroit times., 1914-12-25
TRAGEDY and
COMEDY MIX AT
DAWN OF YULE
Man Kills Self, One Is Shot And
Another BATTERED With
Hammer
GERMAN CELEBRATION
BRINGS SWARM OF COPS
Blazing Away at Stars With Big
Gun When, Sleuths Swoop
Down

Christmas eve, and the dawn OF
Christmas morning in police headquar-
ters brought long series of trag-
edies, some element Of comedy, and
more than the usual amount OF routine
duty for the officers.
Late Thursday afternoon, Frank
Bessa. SO years old, of No. S75 st.
Aubin-ave., hanged himself In his cell
in Chene-st station, where he was
locked up on a charge OF disturbing
the peace.
Bessa. once clerk in the customs
Office and prosperous, was victim OF
drink. the police say. They declare
that while his wife and six children
were preparing for a celebration OF
Christmas eve, Bessa came home, un-
der the influence of liquor. and raised
a disturbance. One OF his sons called
Patrolman Richard Weyhing, who had
arrested Bessa before on similar
charges. and the man was locked up.
Just at dusk, the doorman found
him dead In his cell. with his leather
belt fastened around his neck, and
one end tied to the bars. He had lain
down on the bench and slowly stran-
gled.
Coroner Rothacher decided that no
inquest w2s necessary.
William Cooper, Negro, living at
No. 455 Franklin-st.. Is in critical
condition in st. Mary's hospital, with
his head battered by hammer. WELD
ed by Fred Johnson, Of the same ad-
dress, while Cooper was asleep In bed
The men had quarreled, 1t Is claim
ed, before retiring They slept to-
gether.
Cooper declared that he was awak-
ened by volley OF blows on his skull,
from hammer. and grappled with
johnson. Johnson's only statement to
the police was that Cooper had threat
ened to kill him.
Gargal 10th, "a years old, of No.
IL Medina-st., vas shot In the leg,
early Christmas morning. while, Il Is
alleged, he wes stealing lumber from
the yards OF the United Fuel & Supply
Co., at the foot of West End-ave., and
the police have tried In vain to find
who shot him.
10th says four shots were fired az
him, only one taking effect. He was
not seriously hurt. and was taken 10
Solvay hospital.
Detectives questioned all watchmen
In nearby yards. and none could throw
any light on the identity OF Toth's
assailant The lumber taken from
the wounded man is held as evidence
against him. for a simple larceny
charge.
A whole wagon load of detectives
and a blue cloud OF policemen rushed
TO Fort and Beaubien-sts, shortly aft.
CT 2 O'Clock. Friday morning. when six
revolver shots punctured the Christ.
mas morning air.
Detectives Kolb and Burczyk, among
the first TO arrive. In response to an
alarm turned IN by some neighbor, de.
clare that they counted 30 policemen,
dashing around corners and running
toward the sound OF the shots. Moth
The Detroit times., 1914-12-25
Flutter of Stork's Wings Adds
To Yuletide Joy In House
Of Nations Chief
Magistrate
CELEBRATION is
TYPICALLY AMERICAN
Hand of War Casts Shadow
Over Gayety In Foreign En-
bassies-Fetes Abandoned

WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.The pattei
OF baby's feet and cries Of baby Joy
over Santa's offerings sounded early
today In the White House. Little
Anne Cot.ran. the presidents favorite
grandniece, was the baby who turned
the mansion into place OF happiness
instead OF house Of gloom as Ii has
been by reason OF its mistress death
President Wilson himself played
Santa Claus. From huge fir tree he
distributed TO the baby and TO mem
bers OF his reassembled family Christ
mas gifts.
And, too, the flutter OF the stork's
wings hovered over the president s
home to bring at this Yuletide new
Joy. Mrs Frances B. Sayre, the pres
ident's daughter, who anticipated
motherhood. was a member OF the
Christmas party. as were her hus-
band. Secretary and Mrs. .McAdoo and
Miss Margaret Wilson.
Christmas at the White House was
typically American and typically dem
ocratic. Baby Cothran was early astir.
just as thousands OF her baby sisters
throughout the land
And her. childish glee over the inn
mense Christmas tree and its load OF
gifts. brought down the chimney by
Kris Kringle over night. was the same
glee that stirred throughout the ma
tion In mansion and humble home
But the nations capital did not
wear its usual Christmas gayety.
Europe,s war has cast its shadow.
embassies which heretofore had cele-
brated the holiday on scale Of con.
tinental brilliancy, were dark and
gloomy.
Cabinet members. except Secretary
Of War Garrison. were In the city OBJ
serving the holiday quietly.
Hundreds OF children. for whom
Christmas otherwise would have been
dreary season, were happy today
over the community Christmas cele-
bration which was held last night
around q gigantic Virginia Christmas
tree In front of the capitol.