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The Detroit times., 1914-01-16

ply Unsuitable. but the strongest call
is for the carCas.oS OF mature sheep
In the live stock Trade. mature sheep
have gained l1c 90 soc per cwt
within the last two weeks. aud the
end is evidently not just yet, In
Chicago, lambs are selling close 10
$500. and yearlings, II good enough,
readily bring s. per Cwt Bands OF
choice heavy wethers have sold ne.
Gently for S6.25 and even ola ewes
when well finished. have sold as
high a. 500
The demand for feeding sheep and
lambs continues undated bat with
very little stock coming 10 meet the
needs of the ease. Western feeders.
who have been In the habit of ship
plug their bands 20 feeding grounds
within easy reach OF Chicago. and
finishing them there. are just now
baking al the high cost OF feed M
the points mentioned and the yards
are not filling up as usual There
seems 10 be present probability
That many sheep and lambs viii reach
the market next spring. with only n
: 'hay-bloom' 70 recommend them
The outlook for wool is improving
and the convic tion is rapidly gain
Ing ground, among expert handlers
OF this commodity. that the crop CT
19l3-1914 viii be far below the
needs of the manufacturing trade
European and south American mar
kets are advancing and the present
outlook fayors somewhat higher
prices all along the line
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
POLICE
FOR EXISTENCE
OF BLIND PIGS"
Judge Connolly Says Illegal Sa-
looms Are Breeding Places
For Crime
DECLARES THAT MANY
FLOURISH IN DETROIT
Police Reply That Places Are
Often Raided and Liquors
Are Seized

In passing sentence on Marie Stetz-
enkora, convicted OF operating a
blind tiger" at her home at No. 80
rheodore-st.. where nine cases OF beer
were seized by police. Judge Connolly
Aayed the secret liquor dive known
as a blind pig as the biggest fac
tor in crime ia the city, and an in
sUutiun which is not receiving the
attention that should De given IL.
II have received only one case OF
the sort in my court room in a year" "
sGiu Fudge Connolly Some official is
lax. when such is the case. for there
are uanv OF these secret liquor dives
IL Detroit In the Sicilian colony.
where they flourish. they are the
breeding spots OF homicide. and the
gathering places OF Dlackmailers and
thugs. Many barber shops, poolrooms
and groceries are liquor dives OF the
worst ssyt, in disguise.
Police point out that they are con-
,inucWsly raiding blind pigs" and
seIzing liquors. as evidence that they
are doing their duty in the matter.
SALOONS, which pay a license, and
are under restriction, receive much
attention from the authorities. but
these secret dens where liquor is sold
are multiplying in the city, said the
judge.
He fined the Stetzenkora woman
$3.50, with six months in the House
OF Correction as the alternative. and
she Went TO Jail, declaring that she
would be unable TO pay the heavy
fine, and would have to serve her
sentence
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16

With the advent of colder wealth
or, the live stock list again exhibits
much. OF the bloom which helped out
dealers profits during The months
of late summer and early fall The
activity and price Improvement in
the cattle division OF the trade IS
confined 90 the Grades that sell above
SIS per cwt, The holiday boom IN
yearlings has ruH hts course and the
top-nOtchers i'm tlfis class are now
fully 81 per CWt l4Wcr- than they
were at the recent high point
Primo heavy lullocks have gained
SOC per cwt during the last two
weeks. and with continuous light
supply iu prospect during the re-
maiudcr OF che season, the belief IL
General that yalur(W!n go stH high
ar as summon approaches Gamers
and an grades of bulls are active
anu steady The demand for stock
--,----s-4 aaa4la.---S 1--Ilng the effect
or an improved demand for mature
cattle and prices are working higher.
Recent arrivals OF veal calves have
not eQualed tho demands OF the
trade In aux-of the leading markets
and nriras are lowering around the
Ton Tor the season The prevailing
Ireh prices al which an kinds OF
food are elllnc is tending toward the
OF feeding operations OF
am kinds, and commission statesmen
rcoori that fully 50 per cent or cur
rent receipts are unfit for slaughter
The demand for mutton and lamb,
both al wholesale and retail, is sim
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
PRODUCED MOST INTENSE
COLD EVER RECORDED

LEYDEN, Holland. Jan. KAN
merlingh Onnes. who recently won
the $4,000 Nobel prize for physics
for 1913 has spent IL years trying
TO liquefy helium, the last gas which
still resisted the greatest cold as yet
experimentally produced.
IL was the one gaseous element OF
our planet which refused TO yield to
ali efforts to put II in liquid form.
In his laboratory here Onnes at
tackled the problem from the point Of
view OF theory. When his mathe-
NAUTICAL Investigations were complete
he started to experiment.
He first produced a temperature OF
30 deg Cent. by liquid methyl
chloride. then los deg to --165 deg.
Cent. by ethylene. Liquid oxygen
then gave him temperatures from
-1S3 10 -217 deg. Cent Hydrogen
furnished the next step -253 10 --259
deg. Cent.
Then his actual operations with
helium began. IL was compressed to
IS atmospheres and cooled IN bath
OF liquid hydrogen. and at --259 de-
grees the helium condensed TO "A
blush liquid, whose temperature on
boiling, fell 10 --271 deg, Cent. This
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
Live Stock List is Booming Again, With
The Husky Hog the Leader-Sheep Up Too

The robust leader OF the live stock
ust BIS just now, The husky hog.
Since the recent low spot. which WAS
registered AT the beginning of De
ct mhcr, live hogs have gone up
nearly 81 per cwt.. and the present
prCSpecU has more OF announcement
FOR tho grower Ia 10 than that OF
any preceding date. Recent large
RECEIPTS have beon speedily turned
into cured product aud storage
houses report substantial increase
in stocks OF cured meats on hand
The speculative provision market is
rather sluggish and not Inclined,
seemingly 90 respond 20 the signs
of activity so plainly visible in the
other branches or the hog trade.
Chicago TFeports an eastern demand
FOR live hogs OF large proportions,
and while IL lasts prices will remain
at present levels
Tho conclusion that all grades OF
finished live stock VIII De scarce
during tho spring and early summer
months OF 1914. seems now 20 be- un-
avoidable The fact that lquidl.
ton is sill in full swing in all de-
par,ments Of the trade In the deter
mination TO side-step. as far as pos
sible. the winters board-bill. GER
tainly points to a decreased move
mont later Corn IS working lower,
tt is true. but the fact that feeders
cannot purchase animals 20 take the
place OF those they are now market
Ing. takes away all hope OF relief
from this source.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
liant O'BRIEN
IOR FERRIS TO
HANDLE RELIEF
4abor Leaders Ask That Eth
r. of These be Given Funds
Voted Calumet Sufferers
.Y0R WILLING TO HAND
IN MONEY TO GOVERNOR
dti0n to This Effect viii BE
III Presented to Council
III Next Week

Representatives of the Detroit Fed
lion of Labor called on Mayor
8Rx, Friday morning, and asked him
1place the $1,000, which he bad
IAged for the relief Of the families
}cken in the italian han disaster
~ Calumet, Christmas eve. In the
hands OF Gov. Ferris or Judge @ Brleu
&ok distribution. The mayor said he
ktold be perfectly willing 70 have
NJ money turned over 10 Gov Ferris,
D1pvided the common council author
SGD II. Sam Tobin, chairman of Che
special committee appointed to talk
nit hthe mayor, said that a petition
70 this effect would be presented 20
Ehe common council next Tuesday
&voning.
. christmas day, Mayor Marx wired
% Calumet, authorizing the mayor ot
Rcd Jacket 10 draw on his personal
hccount for 81 600 to aid the stricken
Families. The following Tuesday the
;pouncil relieved Mayor Marx of ans
responsibility by approDriating the
Qjo00 and placing the sum in the
S1ands of the city controller. To date
no Remand has been made on Control
Ter Engel, although the mayor OF Red
Racket assured Mayor Marx over the
long distance telephone that the fund
tRonld be drawn on when money was
needed.
II Last Tuesday the Federation of La
Dor sent a communication 20 The
council committee on ways and means
asking that the money be taken ont
.pf the hands of the mayor OF Red
SyGcket and distributed among needy
>3ltferers. The letter stated that the
EmrVor of Red Jacket was member
|Df the Citizens Alliance, and not in
Esympethy with the strikers The
zc0znmittee refused 70 take any action
ON the communication
I'VE want the money distributed By
any neutral person said Sam Tobin.
Many of the families that lost mem
$befs in the disaster are destitute and
NJ will so long way toward help
EnG them. The money IS appropriated
lbys the city OF Detroit 20 assist the
3uA4erers. and as long as the
Efenains in the hands OF the city con
&r0ner il is not doing the Calumet sut-
Refers any good. II looks as IL the
&o0ncil members are trying 10 play
taotse with u.s.
b The other members on the special
1kommittee with Tobin were John Can
Eaoh Henry Kummerfeld, James Spill
|Ea4e, and John Preston.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
INES OFFENDERS
EACCORDING TO WEALTH

lolice Justice Gainey Instituted a
heW system OF cash punishment for
betty offenders, Friday, when he
|bmbtied the exchequers or several
PRISONERS brought before him. for Of
ke1ses Of nature that would hardly
3usufy workhouse sentences The
nudge accepted anything from 80 cents
to $1.50 as fiues, taking what cash
he men had, and letting them'go with
! warning.
/ Drank Heike No. 62 Larned-st. east.
vas begging, and paid S139. Joseph
D'Brien, of No. 200 Randolph-st.. a
Trunk, paid so cents. Thomas Con-
hell, No. 200 Abbott-st., paid 81 for a
trunk, and Patrick OBrien, no home.
paid the same amount for the same
5fRense
III don't want TO send you up. but
Z want you TO understand that we
ne&n business up here" said the
ndge.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16

is two degrees above the absolute zero
which. according 90 theory. i5 me
lowest temperature atainab'e.
Astronomers show that the tenn
perawre of iuterplanetagy space is
about -1G9 deg Cent, degree OF
cold which has thus been exceeded IN
the laboratory
To- produce these extremes OF
temperature IL rs necessary 20 work
with minute quantities. ot gas and TO
use excessively fragile and delicate
apparatus.
In One upper sphere of the sun
a now element coronium Nos b,,"
discovered. Il is probable tnat TINS
element. coronium. has been dis''l'
cred. II is probable mat this element
exists. though never isolated IN our
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
LABOR TEMPLE CO.
ELECTS TRUSTEES

The Detroit Federation OF Labor
Temple co. elected the following
trustees Thursday evening: John
Clarken, William Whitman. Garrett
f. Burns. George Burns. Samuel f.
Tobin, Paul Bautt and Charles Evans.
The stockholders present represent
ed 4 500 shares The company now
haf $4,000 ia the bank II has OPP
tions on several pieces OF property
and expects soon TO close a deal on
ona-o them Officers will be elect
ed next Tuesday evening.
IF the members OF the various
unions give the proper support, a
labor temple second to none in the
country viii be erected within two
years, says Secretary H. J. Con-
rad
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
WOMAN IN COURT
IS TIMES IN YEAR
Arrested % Times, and Com
plainant 60 Times, She
Holds Record

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-What is believed
to be record for almost continuous
appearance ia court as d principal has
been made by Mrs. Mary kailawak'
No. S25S BOnd-aye.. South Chicago
who was arrested the other day Tor
the twenty-fifth tina last year. In ad-
dition, Mrs kailawak appeared no less
than 90 times as a plaintiff or com
planning witness. The police and law
yers OF South Chicago are beginning
TO look upon her as a familiar figure
in the court room and predicted her
record for 1914 will exceed that Tor
last year.
ON the last occasion Mrs. Kallawak
was fined 50 and costs, making $500
in ALL for attempting to collect rent
from Mrs Mary Prucik, No SS47 Bond
ave, az the point or a revolver A
year ago Mrs Kallawak was arrested
for running a saloon without license.
Her husband had been in the saloon
business and the widow attempted TO
continue the business IA her own
name.
Later she was arrested for having a
dog without a license, and in various
btAtt Ndy > hAdHd1fh W Nchc w N"N
time of the court.
Mrs nalawak Is AZ years old and
militant. and declares that she Will
continue her legal fights against her
-rr-fa4----siIat4I- 55l1st.ca.-ha -heen- metea
out,
Edward Davies was Mrs. Kallawak's
attorney until recently, but resignei
on account OF the nervous strain.
Judge Sullivan, 20 whom Mrs. Kalla'
walks face is familiar, IS also hoping
that she will turn over new leaf for
tho now year and cease suing and be-
ing sued.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
FATAL ACCIDENT
Is NOT REPORTED

George F. Dietrich, As years old
and employed as a driver for c. II
Werner & Sons. died Friday morning,
in the home OF his sister. No 96I
Jefferson-ave., from injuries sustained
Thursday afternoon when a street car
collided with his wagon ~ Dubois
and Catherine-sts. Coroner Rothacher
IS investigating the accident which
was not reported In police headquar-
tiers.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
NAN IDENTIFIED RY
4 GIRLS is ON PROBATION

Allen Benedict, 80 years old of No.
S26 Forest-aye. west. was arraigned
before Justice Carney. Friday, on the
charge OF being a disorderly who ac-
costed several little girls in the yicin-
ity or Grand River.aye. and the Boule-
gar& Some of the girls identified Ben.
edi6t. He was placed on probation
Tor . year and will be thnroughly-
Iost1gated, meanwhile.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
NAN SHOOTS SELF ON
FORT WAYNE GROUNDS

Itnatz Tremmer, No. 1876 Antletam-
~. went to the parade ground at Fort
wayne, Friday morning, and drawing
- revolver, shot himself three times
He was taken TO Solyay hospital lie
psobably fatally wounded. No mo
1yo for the act has been assigned.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16

There "a a family OF six sisters
liHng u the French village of Co
nellie SOUS Bouvron of whom the cid
est is SO and the youngest 10 years
old Thcw total ages amount 20 A75
years
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
VIII put Signs on All Streets.

y. p. " Commissio Fenkell Il
working on a plan to properly label
every street In The lty. using large
blue and white signs that will be legl-
bic from car window. He is having
the ward eoremen list the streets IN
their respective wards that are with
out signs Last year the department
OF public works placed 4.l79 street
signs. an annual appropriation Of yl,-
500 being made for this purpose. me
commissioner VIII ask for q larger ap-
preparation next spring 10 replace old
signs and purchase new ones
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
italian Prince May Visit America.

TARANTO. Italy. Jan. Thrown
Prince Humbcrf. ID is announced, Will
soon be undertaking. a cruise aboard
ine italian cruiser Puslia. The prince
is now i'm his tenth year and IL is pos
,ib.e that hc viii pay "A visit 10 the
United States.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
POOR RICH" MEXICO

Nowhere are conditions more favor
able To agriculture than In Mexico
In the tropical sections rich, deep.
alluvial soil is found and frost is vn.
known The climate IL warm and
moist
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
EIre Does 500 oamaae.

n Joseph Kulielkas home, at No 74S
H1opelle-st., was damaged 10 the ex-
INT OF about 5000 BY fire resulting
om an over-heatec stove. Friday
HoEhing.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16

atmosphere. Some day this may be
accompl.s hCd, and The problem n
IQuefaction viii arise anew.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16
MEXICANS

There are 100000 people In Mex.
leo and 10000 coo of them are either
pure blooded or half-breed indians.
There are approximately 5000, 600 In
dams who have no mixture OF Spanish
blood and about the same number OF
meziizos. or half.breeds.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16

A small but practical electric rail-
way has been Installed in a Paris
sewer.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16

Job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co. ne John, R-st
The Detroit times., 1914-01-16

Job Printing Done hight. Timer
Printing CO.. iS John R-et
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-11
CARDINAL HORRIFIED.
Archbishop of Maiines Calls Ger.
man. Enemies OF God.

PARIS, Sept 10. - Cardinal Mcrcier,
Archbishop Of Malnes. who came here a
day or two ago from tho Conclave at
Rome, tells sad story Of the miseres
suffered by his countrymcn when the
view printed in the Temps to-day the
Cardinal says:
II do not know how | ever managed
to arrive here. can't shut my eyes
without seeing again the bodies OF Belgians,
desolate towns, villages and blood every
where. | wanted TO stay among my
priests and remain with the holocaust
OF innocent victims of the savagery OF the
Germans. 7 called by chapter together
and was urged that my first duty was to
go to Rome.
"As I travelled through Belgium the
spectacle OF its unhappiness seemed to
bear me back TO my devastated Mallnes,
TO the side OF my King and to the suffra
gan OF Liege, to-day hostess. tomorrow
perhaps martyr All along the roads
I could see unburied bodies mingled with
the carcasses Of horses. and | could recog-
ilze some of the faces. Here lay one OF
my fellow students. and there was a
| fine young fellow whom l had confirmed
What had taken place in Belgium Is
not war, bat 'he outcome OF ha.e. The
Germans ale taking their revenge 20: the
stigma attached TO them as violators OF
neutral territory. In undefended towns
after having bombarded the nouscs they
have given the churches to the flames aud
have used the wooden statues on the
affairs as torches to light them to theil
deeds OF blood. In Malines, a peaceablo
undefended town, they made target OF
the Church OF ST. Rombold. and Louvair
has been burned by the Germans und n
| the pretext that the inhabitants fired or
the soldiers. but at this time, when holi.
day. have emptied the NJ '..s.,,, here
would not be ten rifles in the town, which
is mostly peopled by priests old house
keepers and widows.
German deeds in Belgium have moth
| ing TO do with war either in the old day:
! ~ chIvalry or in Its modern and scientif,
! form. II Is an Eruption of barbarians into
prosperous, honest and industrious
C -untry; 1t is a blind ebuliition OF rag,
! against Gods temples. against art, sacred
| or secular. and stlll more against God
! In the massacre OF helpless womon ant
, cln.dren."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-11
FLEE INTO HOLLAND.
Continuous stream of Refugees Is
Leaving DeIpium,

THE HAGUE, Sept. 10.-Trains arriving
from North Brabant bring continuous
stream OF fugltives. some by boat and
some ON foot. All left everything behind
through fear of the Germans. Among the
fugitives are well TO do families from
Client A IIollander who escaped from
Louvain says that all along the road
were burned villages, on the farms here
and there a tiny home. a shed or small
hovel had been left untouched. on some
OF these buildings inscriptions had been
scrawled In chalk II have gone TO my
brothers in Antwerp" ''If yo' hear any
thing OF my wife and children let me
know and III my wife comes here send
her to Holland" are some They are mes
sages from people who may no longer
be living.
Wives are looking for husbands and
fathers and mothers for their children.
Wherever the Germans pass they sepa-
rate the men from the women and carry
the men away. some to be shot and others
to help gather the harvest In Germany
or to work on railways and bridges for
the German army. Tho women and chill
dren who survive and are set free drag
themselves to Holland or to some Belgian
town not yet occupied by the enemy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-11
"REFUGEE" ROUTE TO
US. IS OVERWORKED
Many Seeking Aid Of American
Committee i'm London
Speak No English.
LONDON. September 10.

LONDON. September 10.
The American relief committee received
applications for relief to-day from 500
refugees, supposedly Americans mostly
from Germany. Many OF the refugees
could not speak English. the women wore
shawls over their heads, and the scene
at the relief committees Office resembled
in many ways the arrival OF immigrants
at Ellis Island.
SO far there has been no symptoms
of serious Illness among any OF the refu-
gees, hut tho committee IA exercising
great care in examining the applicants,
following out the warning given by Sur
geon-Gen Blue OF the United States Pub
lie Health Service. The English authori-
ties are also taking strict precautions TO
prevent the introduction of disease from
the Continent.
American citizens will not be admitted
TO England without passports after Sep
TENDER u. II Is possible that tho new
ruling may go into effect earlier in case
many more doubtful cases present them
selves to the British authorities The posi-
billty OF citizens OF other nations passing
themselves off as Americans Is so great
that the American committee believes the
British Foreign Office is perfectly just
in enforcing the regulation, which will
apply to Americans coming from the
United States as well as those coming
from the Continent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-11
BELGIAN MISSION
ARRIVES ON CELTIC
Representatives of King Albert
Here to Lay Case Before
the President.
1901 REFUGEES ON LINER
Passengers Confirm Report of
Many Russian Troops Pass
ing in Englnd.

The White Star Line steamer Celtic
which arrived at Quarantine last nlxht
from Liverpool and Queenstown, brought
1,ool passengers, 30I first cabin. COG
second and 99l steeragc. OF these there
were 2Gi Americans in the first cabin.
1853 In the second and Gal in The steerage.
Many passengers say they saw large
numbers OF Russian troops pass through
ENGLAND.
II. Il. Rittenberg. an Artist, was "A
passenger. lie had charge Of "a railroad
train OF American refugees and took them
from Mannheim to Hamburg. After ar
rival there. they were obliged to make
their way to Rotterdam as best they
could.
on board also were the Beigans rep
resenting mission from the KIM Of
Belgium to President Wilson. They gave
out the following statement:
THE special mission sent by his
Majesty the King OF the Begians to the
President OF the United States has ar
rived from Belgium on the Celtic. IT Is
composed OF NJ. Henry Carton de Wharf
Minister Of Justice I'm the Belgian Cabl-
net; Envoy Extraordinary Of the King ;
Messrs. de Sadeleer, Hymans and Van
der Velde. Ministers of State. Count Louis
de Lichtervede secretary
I'm associating with his special envoy,
Mr.. de Sadeleer, one OF the leaders OF the
Government party, Mr. Hymans. head OF
the Liberal opposition. and MIR Wander
Velde. leader OF the Socialist party, the
King of the Belgians has emphasized his
intention OF giving this mission "A thor
oughly national character.
THE mission conveys to President VIZ
son an autograph letter of his Majesty
which 1t will present to the President at
his convenience. Pending their reception
by the President the members OF the mis-
sion will not feel AT liberty to respond as
fully as they would wish to the interest
manifested by the press and the public
Their diplomatic character obliges them
for reasons of high courtesy toward the
Government OF the United States to oh
serve this discretion.
The members Of the mission are Sappy
TO reach the land of the great American
Commonwealth. This nation, neutral in
the great war which desolates Europe, Is
for that reason particularly able to judge
the existing conditions In Belgium and the
reasons OF It's heroic struggle for its ma
tional honor and the liberty of its people.
king Albert, as Crown Prince. made
some years ago long trip to the United
States. devoted largely TO Ito study OF the
country and Its Institutions Before the
members Of III. mission left antwerp he
told them personally how much he liked
to recall those days 30 happy to him and
how much he had always admired the ex-
pansion OF the American nation In all
the branches OF human activity"
Other passengers were Col. Samuel
p. Colt. Judge Joseph u. Bedlc. Mrs. War
rem Delano and daughters. Miss Laura +.
and Jean w. Delano Sir Arthur Elliott
James p. Logan. u. Leet Wilson, Henry
w. Bishop. the Right Rev. L. s. Lines
John c. Lowry. C. W. McAlpin. DR.. w.