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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-27


EILIss-Fsb, 20; r!orsnc:, bsioysa vie &
Ruth. frank and Leila. FUNERAL 9as.'
mctSsr, iss SsscS.si. intsrmsat =
hmmessryIsr. n s.l - l Mas yss
Win6smsre, Highland PARK Services
saturday Afternoon at o'clock. In
terment Woodmers.s
HG Gsns. o. e asi IS q. s css
Anna, wife OF the late Wtlllem
Henry and dear r1ethsr OF ratrick
+ Henry. Funeral eaturdsy mcrning
i IL ntp 4 woodsi HS.0 Ont '''
HUBBE1L~-Feb. %. 1914. ut his home.
AT Trumbull-avS. Burton. beloved
huaband Of Jennie A. Hubbel and
+ father Of Oliver. Harry; osorgs and
tice OF funeral later.
KIN0ETON--reh. IS. 1t her residence
341 Butternut- st. Anna. beloved wife
OF Samuel Kingston and mother Of
Mrs. May w. Ptquette, Funeral from
residence saturday 1t p m. ru-
MILNE-Feb. IS. George B.. aged ~
years, beloved husband OF Margaret
?. and father Of the Rev: McBean.
George n, Mcrt!Msr Z. char's, A..
vices at the residence. Oh West
Grand blvd. Saturday. Feb. %, 1T
gao ,. m. Montreal Toronto. Kings-
ton. Ont, and chattanooga. Tenn.
MESSMORE--Feb Is, 1914. at g.
Mary's hospital. Frederick w. Mess
more. aged - years. Funeral from
=. Guernsey, ass Lincoln ave. eatur-
day At S:se =. m. and Holy Trinity
q church Ut .. m.
therins. at Pontiac. be-
loved wife OF the late John HALT
Detroit: Joe and Thomas Mailman.
of Pontiac. Notice Of funeral later.
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Express Company Amendment
Declared Out of Order
80 to "a
FATHERS
NEW RESTRICTION
Fight Now On to Keep Weight
Limit 1t Fifty-Pound
Level

WASHINGTON, Feb. T.-By . vote
OF 50 TO ~ the senate this afternoon
decided the amendment taking from
the acknowledgements the power 10
change rates. weights and zones In
the parcel post syBtsm was not In Or
der and could not be considered In
connection with the postonce appro-
pristion bill. An amendment forbid
ding the postmaster-general to In
crease the weight limit above 5O
pounds was Their introduced by Sena-
tor Bankhead.
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BECK WILL
NOT PULL Of
FIGHT, he SAYS
'Hasa't Any Intention Of With
drawing From G. O. P. Con-
test for Governor
Mcleod NEVER REALLY
CANDIDATE, HE INSISTS
Declares Campaign Too Expen-
sive-Beheves Senator Smith
Could Win Easily

both Alex J. Groesbeck and NAL
colin J. Mcleod deny that the retire
nsnt OF Mr.. Mcleod from the gubsr'
material race means the entrance into
1 OF Senator william Alden smith.
Mr.. Groesbeck has no intention OF
xetting out. to make way for any po0y.
III I had intended 10 Withdraw, J
xould never have come out for gov
.rnor," he says. II don't know why
air. Mcleod withdrew. spoke on
the pame program with him In Lapeer'
hnt did not discuss the matter Win
linn. | wish they might ell Withdraw.
why did withdraw asked MT.
McI1eOd. with q laugh. Il was never
N. My friends announced that they
would like to have me run Tor gov
ernor. but ! never avowed myself .
andidate. When looked over the
.itustion carefully. and found that !
(. ouId not be nominated without . hard
dsht. decided that I didn't care to
IN. Il would mean two hard battles
--ono for the nomination. another Tor
ne election: though ! haven't the
.tghtest doubt that II won the nomi-
4. alton, would be elected.
1.-TWO fights would be very expen-
siva proceeding. 1t would mean that
would have to drop my business, and
cant AFFORD to do that. IT would
mean . constant round OF political
4. ,nquets and other speech-making.
while / like to meet people, and Talk
With them, I can't see my way clear
20 tying myself to such q program as
this time.
the possibility of Senator Smiths
entrance into the race 10 something
at I don't know anything about. II
I. - nothing to dc with my course. !
vslieye that the senator would be
.ected easily, II he were to run. for
y;aatever you think about him, you
h sust admit that he II remarkable
Il ote-getter. He 10 very good friend
III mine, and would do all could
Tor him IL he were to become the
!; arty's candidate. ! would like to see
I. he party decide without friction ON
as candidate FOR governor"
Mr.. Groesbeck. also, II all for har-
n,ony. Whether that harmony can be
. chieved through . convention OF the
|. tate Republicans. he will not say.
There 10 considerable talk Of such
4 convention, but don't know how
ne state central committee stands on
he question" no said. II shall be
.uided by the will Of the COMMITTEES
Mr.. 0roesbeck u considering plan
or arranging the banQuets q the VA
.ious Republican Organisations
throughout the state according to .
|ixsd schedule. In such sequence that
|two or three mon Of national promt.
|nence could be brought here for tour
|of the state, ct much lees expense
|than under the present haphasard sys-
ITEM. He will sugg6ot his scheme In
the next meeting Of the state central
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dependence and the personal bereave.
ments which cluster about each case.
The bulletin IL largely an argument
for q greater appropriation for the
health department for 19l4-ls15. De
troit. according to . diagram, Is below
Rochester, Baltimore. Buffalo. Cleve'
land, Pittsburgh and Seattle IN the
expenses, other than hospital ex'
penses, OF its health department.
Concerning typhoid fever. the oul'
letin says:
"Only about 20 per cent of the
cases are reported to this once, and
the Board OF Health IL not. therefore.
in q position to state the cause OF
the increase In typhoid. The disease
may have been transmitted by hies,
contact, fresh vegetables, insanitation,
milk, water, or 1t may have been CON.
tracted outside the city. SNufS It
not be preferable to arouse q public
sentiment for the reporting Of. typhoid,
% that its method Of transmission
may be determined, before seriously
advocating such an expensive propo-
sition a. securing our water supply
from Lake Huron"
Another lesson ID given by showing
that Baltimore ha 90 laboratory stan
Of Is, while Detroit has but three
Deaths from diphtheria. In Baltimore.
have increased from 81, In 1910 to 81,
In 1913. In Detroit. they have In
creased from 1S1. In 1sl0.sto 40. in
1913.
The work Of the Herman Kiefer
hospital for Contagious diseases II dis.
cnssed. The mortality In the hos
pital. from scarlet fever. was SOC per
cent: outside, Il WAS e.0l per cent
pital, ,were Gil per cant; outside. they
were 1909 per cent.
The community at large" says the
bulletin, profits by having existing
cases concentrated In one place. thus
eliminating . great many possible
sourcss Of infection that otherwise
would be scattered about the city"
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SAYS CHILDREN
ARE GIVEN BEER
w. c. I. u. Finds Distressing
Conditions Among Pupils At
tending Lincoln School

Members of the Liberty w. G. T. U.
are aroused over conditions which
they claim 10 have found among chill
dren attending the Lincoln school, and
have sent request to the Board Of
Education to allow the union the priv
ilege Of inviting the mothers OF the
district 70 the school for IN educar
tional stereopticon talk on the eject
Of alcoholic beverages on children.
The union members claim 70 have
found . large number Of children IN
the Lincoln school sickly.looking. hum.
cry and wretchedly clad. They cay
the children wsrc found To have been
fed for breakfast only bread and beer
The union has sent bundle OF cloth
ing for the children to the school and
urged other unions to do the same.
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| lark, and he was vaguely OF the opin-
hon that there were three men In the
|cnr. One might have been MADDEN.
Foster also believed that WGufUy
|lGcoro might have been young man
|who was near the abandoned car
when Foster and Pstrolmen Burke
(snd Taylor found Il near G4QQn3 md
|nothune-aveD. But the identity Of the
young man n question = 'knowu 70
|1ho police. Il was he who drove the
lear . Bethune station, and no latsf
|Inve his name and address to the a.
|leotiyes. He had just left . Wood
Ward car when he heard . shot. and
|loined In the general excitement that
followed.
Foster went to the county jail
|phurtly before noon. looked ct Wesley.
|nnh failed 70 recognise him. Theu
|0otoctives Fox and Kunkel straight.
|6161 out The Kinks n inc case, una
|0ado e clear that the man who drove
1.-The abandoned chr back to the eta.
|tiOn, was known, and was not . pos
|11ble third occupant Of the car.
n TAese were the only Developments
HI TIE casoy Friday.
The detectives are all ct Sea, 70.
|oar9tng Thon, since he persists In his
|otAte1nent that he was never intimate
with Alpheus Moore, that Wesley was
|qulto . good friend of bic, but not .
|ch6xn, and that 10 was not with either
les ~ Aoose beyy o. the night that
| Madden was killed.
HIT the &oteo&ivoo had Thou ~
|nanded to custody, By Justice Stain.
px16ay noon, and Are Sun investigat-
ling overy clue that may connect
|Thoa, end. possibly, wesley Moore
| with the killing Of Madden.
Chiof Of Detectives Palmer, ond "
|tecflxos Fox and Kunkel grilled Thou.
|cDe several hours, Thursday. but met
With an impenstrsbls wall OF silenoe
every time they tried to connect him
with The activities q Alpnsus Moore.
|ln their EFFORT to involve Thon @
1ootts companion IN the killing OF
rneruoman Thomas r. MaAlea.
Thon told his jnQuisttors at the out
~ Dat he had not been ohumny
Ewj0 AR Moore. and 10 sal1 lat 10
- neyer Sqpe out with him, while
~ No - UGerU(k
-, = spite q The fAst that his
tloeoe, q whooe hope 10 rpomed, tod
cAl4 pa1meg Thussday, that sAl'
~ Weoley nooeo VIEW freQuont v1q,
|jtogD Ct her hone, that they wore
c)oDo chuUo a. Thoq, and that they
toou1t Nm - yun hor asto, snd often
Vot ont WITH HIN. & 81 n.
GG1 ~ I0tooo1voo uentionol
AZ uDogo doring their Qusetion1nB
q - ~ yeuug man refussd =
ll.-y 1uD0Vt,, ~ VA y VA. n "a 80 a.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-27
MAN ADMITS STEALING
HARRY LADDERS CANVAS

The Scotch are called "canny."
So when. after Lauder left Detroit
with his show troupe. and the big
canvas cover for the stage failed to
arrive 1t the next stop, Harry notified
the Detroit police that the canvas
was worth about 80, and they had
bstter get busy. Lauder didn't care
any moro about that missing canvas
than he cares for mis- right eye.
Police resolved frequent inquiries
about the canvas.
Thursday. Detectives Dryer and
School arrested John N. Reilly. 20
years old. - he was trying 70 sell the
Lauder canvas TO = Jefferson-ave.
store-keeper. Reilly admitted that he
had stolen the stage cover while he
Was employed By traAsfsr company.
that packed the Lauder ~props."
He pleaded guilty before Justice
Stein, ives fined 90, and the canvas
will be shipped to the funny and
frugal Mr.. Lauder.
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). CASH Win erAss. = shAsseA e :
70, y -. s. :s.s i: vi al. =:
CHARGED. per insertiee .,.s.a.
ae sas s''s .sd sssss fRss 6ssls ~. s
And al Ads precsdinG Nale Hele
Dirths Deaths. Cards 81 I4e94s ~.
Tor IS words 81 isss Over - veres
word. 4. IN
I,.s i'm ;l ss' las g
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close watch on the Texas authorities
The defiant attitude of Gov. ColQuit,
has on several occaaious threatened
TO cause serious trouble which would
involve the national government. A
the time that Madero's forces made
their drst attack more than two Year,
ago.. Gov. ColQuitt threatened to order
the Texas National Guard into action
because some stray bullets crossed
the river into El Paso. Three times
since then Colquitt has threatened "a
get on the reservation" but each
time has been curbea by direct tele-
grams from the state department.
In order to place the responsibility
squarely. Secretary Of State Bryan
has plainly told the Texas executive
that II he sends state troops into Mex
leo for any purpose whatever. he will
seriously involve this government. He
intimated today that he expected this
warning would effectively quench the
renewed Texas situation" which,
state department onlcials intimate,
has each time had its inspiration In
political motives.
Ell PAsO. Texas. Feb. 27.-0eorge
c. Carothers. special represen tative
OF the American department of state,
left here today for Chihuahua, Mexico,
to make Q personal investigations into
the execution Of william Benton. Eng.
lishman. and To endeavor to locate his
body. He was not accompanied by
Charles Alexander Spencer Perceval,
British vice-consul ct Galveston. who
arrived In FL Paso last night with
instructions he would not dlvulge.
Nor did any relative OF Benton accom-.
pany him.
A commission sent from Juarez re-
Gently to Chihuahua to urge Villa to
produce BentOn's corpse In order to
avoid further international compiled.
tions has neither returned nor made
. report. Correspondents at Chihua.
the party there.
Americans are In Juarex jails, they
have been successfully concealed. In
response to an invitation by rebel
oflicsrs to inspect all the jails In that
city, party Of Newspaper men, yes
terday afternoon. crossed the border.
They investigated especially the story
told by A. Michaelis. released pris-
oner, that he saw 0ustave Bauch In
one Of the jails and that there were
IL ether Americans there also. The
party visited many cuartels
but saw no Americans. Special Agent
CarotherS said, on leaving. he had no
instructions to probe Bauch's case.
A dispatch from chihuahua today
says Gen. Villa, discussing the Ben
tou case and Its effect on the rela.
ti0ns between the United States and
Mexico. said:
II always have done everything in
my power to encourage friendly rela.
ticns between the people Of Mexico
and the United States. II the Consti.
tutionalists win this war, one of the
policies of the government will be the
encoura gement of further and increas.
Cd friendly relations with the Amer
lean people,"
He eulogised President Wilson, say
ing he regarded him 40 one of the few
great rulers Of the earth and believes
his patience towards the Mexican peo-
pie In their present dfnlculties would
be rewarded by an early establish
ment Of lasting peace.
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MARRIAGES LICENSES

Clarence CLANCY. %. Highland Park;
james Ackmann. 80, Wyandotts
Jessie Moore. 80. Detroit.
Clement ICramsr. 20. Toledo: Grace
Boughner. ~. Tilsonburg. Ont.
!. Harold Dittrsch. ~ Evelyn Mitchell.
istvaa iAsslo. IS: Anna Pevebics, %.
Mathona Bahmler, 20: Maria John, -.
Hugh wsbster, %: Gertrude ouiGiey.
Harry n. Levy. -: Dora oerson. 20.
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Thomas Hdlsoa wss one day disr
covered ~ . visitor experimenting
with . long col g wire He was IN
he midst Of Bic lsep - sopndingy.
"What 10 that fort" the caller ask0o.
making soun1s." replied Mr.. Edl.
Son. intent upoa hiD work.
~Ahi" sai1 he otAoe, With jocular
meaning. Whist HID Of nots Dos Il
glvo OF"
s1Ae deep G. Of course.~ replied the
invsntor. -rhiladslphia Rsceed.
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ater, by the minstreh Of Friendship
lodge. MAsons. Tickets are now on
sale at the 0arrick box once. Every
thing pertaining to the show will be
contributed, so that the entire pro
ceeds will be turned over to the sana-
forum.
Detroit lodge, No. 100, Loyal Order
Of Moose, will give . dance In Moose
temple on the evsning Of March 10.
the receipts Of which will DO given to
tho 66n6t6f1um.
The moving picture men expect
that their contribution Will amount to
about $1,000. An enthusiastic re-
spouse hiss been returned to the pro-
motars Of the scheme to set aside
the receipts for the evening Of March
8 for the anti-tuberculosi fund.
The Industrial Pleasure club 10
planning dance and pedro party, for
the benent of the sanatorium, 10 be
given In the homo Of Mrs. A. Schneid.
er. No. iii Mack-ave.. at . date to
ha announced later.
The "the dansant." In the Udelweiss
cafe, Friday afternoon. was attended
by large number OF people, and the
Jewish ladies committee will turn
over . good sum from the sale Of
tickets.
According to nurses working amons
the tubercular poor Of Detroit, and
statistics gathered by the Detroit Tu.
bercul0sis sanat0rium secretary, Miss
Mahde Van SICKLE, there are In this
city about 30 children less than two
years Of age, victims Of the dread
white plague. These little ones are
living under conditions inimical to the
health Of other members Of the house.
hold. Provision for the care Of child
victims will be made In the addition
to be built to the Sanatorium.
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Dsso.sss-1ake rsletsns. No fuss ana
JsHn R-St Phone Main 1875
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Jolnt &C.
ton by the United States. European
and South American "allies'' 20 force
peace In Nexico was the suggestion
here today Of Rep. Kent. Of California,
- part Of statement issued in de-
nunciation Of "jingoes." Kent de-
clared that those now clamoring loud.
est for action would be only too will
Ing to let others do the fighting.
II have felt al along that the de-
sire on the part Of many people that
the federal government should inter-
vene IN Mexico sprung, not out Of
the mind or the heart. but out or the
pocketbook," said Kent.
WAR resolves itself. into the plain,
simple proposition Of killing and be-
ING killed. I seg- no reason Why We
ehculd enter Mexico at any such cost
OF blood and treasure. and I zee every
reason why We should not sscrifce
our young men to peculiarly Had.
vised method OF intsrfeSing with our
netoAbor. TO my mind one thing
ehoulA b doue--to have IN under.
standing With Brasil, Argentine and
ChM and with responsible European
govsfnments whereby Jointly and sew.
orally they, with a., should send .
deputnkieo 70 the City Of MEXICO to
demand that war ceaos and that foun
dalton b laid for . responsibls and
reputable government"
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Hneyl0 Resorts to
Conscyrptsng Children

+ MEXICO CITY. Feb. 27.--An exam.
pie OF how Gen husrta recruits his
federal army was furnished today.
when : detachment Of soldiers sudden
~ surrounded tie Mexico City market
place and drafted 200 farmer boys.
who with their mothers were attend.
ing the provision carts. Amid the
cries OF the boys. most Of whom were
not over IL or II years old. and the
frantic efforts Of the weeping women
to rescue them. the recruits" were
dragged on to places OF confinement
where they will be kept under guard
until Huerts can herd them into box
cars and send them out to some one
Of his armies.
The CONSUMPTION children was an
appalling sight to onlo0kers who were
used to Huerta's ways. One moment
the market place was Q peaceful rural
scene and the next II was 9 scene or
Widest confusion. The sudden ap.
pearance Of the soldiers threw the
w0l0Un xud Chttdrgu III z panic. Thg
eoidiers roughly seised every boy In
the place and beat those who resisted.
One Thousand federal troops were
rushed from MsxfcU City tudxy to ths
defense Of Manzanillo. on the west
coast when It was reported that the
rebels, With their captured gunboat
Tampico. was about to lombard that
port. War once reports today said
that the renegade gunboat. operated
By IT. regular crew, who deserted to
the rebels, n terrorising the entire
Pacific coast Of Mexico. The rebel at
tack on Masatlan continued today.
The story that Huerta refused the
United States permission to send an
-euabassy guard TO the capital soon
died. It was started BY Mexicans and
not confirmed. Charge O'Shaughne
knew nothing about It.
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authority. There are two prison
ers on the farm.
We find feed stuff, ETC.. stored
In the barracks where the prison
ers have to sleep, and we recon.
mend that other storage places b
provided for such things.
We also recommend that betteI
arrangements be provided for the
keeping of drinking water for the
prisoners at night.
We have examined the county
poor house and find same Ia a good
sanitary condition and the inmates
we'll cared for.
We have examined the county
Jail and find same in a sanitary
condition and prisoners well treat
ed.
We have examined the books of
the county officers and find same
correct.
We have complaints from some
sections of the county as to condi-
ton of the public roads, and would
suggest that the board of super
visors look into the matter.
We wish to thank the court Of
6cials, our efficient bailiff and the
able county and district attorneys
for the assistance rendered as in
our deliberations. and ask that you
receive this as our final report and
ask that you finally discharge us.
Respectfully submitted,
T. L. RUSH, Foreman.
B. G. HUMPHREYS. Clerk.
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together.
The Masous formed at the hal
half a mile from the grounds and
marched to the speakers stand
about eleven o'clock, led by Grand
Master Bart Starns.
After the speakers had been es-
corted to the stand, Mr.. Starns
announced that June a4th was the
date on which the order held its
anniversary, but special dispen-
sation was secured so that it could
be held on the date selected. He
then introduced Rev. CA. Schultz,
who had been selected to deliver
The welcome address. Mr.. Schultz
was followed by Judge 2. z. Jones
of Brookhaven, O. B. Taylor, the
orator of the day, of Jackson, M.
M. Satter6eld, G. T. Walne and
Rev. T. B. Holloman of Port Glib.
son.
These speeches were more of
the nature of sermons. They were
and good, and not
alone did the Masons 60 away
feeling better, but their guests as
well
At the conclusion of the oratory
all present enjoyed a magnificent
dinner-enough for three times as
many as partook-and the remain
der of the day was spent in renew
ing old friendships and forming
new ones, while two new lodge
members We're strenuously endeav-
bring to ride the goat.
It was indeed pleasant and
profitable day, and the writer
wishes to express here his thanks
o John A. Galbreath Lodge for
lis share of the pleasure, and to
Mr. T. L. Rush for arranging the
rip.
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fEdited by Local Unionl
A Ouarter Of ) Billion.

49, - - A@aNNOoa
A large petition and protest
against the proposed measure look'
Ing towards nation wide prohibi-
ton has been signed and forward
ed by New Orleans people to the
national Congress. It's chief con-
tehtions are that the measure, if
successful. curtails mems rights
and will deprive our government
of about a quarter of billion dol
lars a year OF revenue. The
change are rune on the latter point.
Two hundred and fifty million dol
lars a year In revenuee Think of II!
But suppose the requirement of
that revenue costs the country, In
results. five hundred million dollars
a year, where Is the profti It
will not reqnire a very great genius
ip mathematics to make the calcu
Ition.
Not long ago; indeed, 1t was in
March of this very year. county
in Florida. by the help of the neg o
vote. and under the argument Of
enormously high license, turned
from dry to "wet." Three
saloons were opened. each paying
two thousand Ave hundred dollars
as license, or seven thousand FIVE
hundred dollars in all Within
two days murder came from one
of them. 1t has been estimated
that the cost to the county before
the case Is ended will be not less
than the sum total realized from
the whole hatch of saloons. Where,
then, Il the revenues Swallowed
mp In the expenses of arrests. jails,
juries. courts, witnesses and the
like. Two families may become
public charges Two productive
lives, the murdered mans and that
of the man who will. Il convicted.
have to pay the laws penalty,
have been cut Of Where has the
enterprise paid3 And yet in this
case we have mentioned nothing
bat the financial side of the Incl.
dent. The heartaches, the soul
agony, the lashing cnnseiences. the
distress OF families, the injury to
commnuity's name are no, to be
measured by dollars aud cents, but
they are no less real than money.