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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
WELL KNOWN HOTEL CLOSED
Bancroft House at Saginaw Makes
Way for New Structure After
Half Century.

Saginaw-After a notable career OF
81 years the Bancroft house which
made its reputation in the numbering
days of Saginaw passed out of exist
ence Saturday when the last meals
were served and the force disbanded.
Saturday saw the contamination Of
a deal to erect new and modern
hotel on the corner and the Bancroft
Realty company took over the prop
erty.
For more than a quarter OF a cen
fury the Bancroft was operated by
the late Major Farnham Lyon and ut
his death a few years ago William
F. Schulz leased the property. The
new property will cost $750,000 and a
modern six-story hotel will be erected.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Boy Killed BY Train.

Kalamazoo--After suffering intense
agony for Ave hours, Samuel Myers,
II years old, died in Bronson hospital
early Thursday morning from injuries
received Wednesday night when
struck by Lake Shore train. The
boy sat on a railroad bridge playing
a mouth organ for the amusement of
a younger brother. The two did not
see the train until it was right upon
them. A rib was driven through My.
ers' lungs. The boys had been for a
walk into the country and we're re
turning home when the accident oc-
Cured.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Grains, Etc.

DETROIT-Wheat, cash No red,
s109; September opened without
change at ST. -, advanced to $10S,
declined to S1.07 and closed at $1.0S
1-2; December opened at $1.O5. gained
1-2c, declined to S104 IL and closed
at $1O7; No. l white. $1.O6.
Corn-Cash No. 3, so 1-2c; No.
and No. 3 yellow, 80 1-2c.
Oats Standard, 4jc; No. 3 white,
43c; August No. white. 80 1-2c bid;
September No. white, $50; No. 4
white, 80 1900 1.2c; old standard
car at 65c.
Rye-Cash No. 2, $1.O4; August,
$101 II.
Cloverseed-Prime spot. 1910; DC.
tober, $3.50; prime alsike. 1925.
Timothy-Prime spot, $3.50
Beans-Immediate and prompt ship.
ment, $3.50; September, S2.95.
Old Hay--No. l timothy, S24Q25;
standard timothy, S23624; No. tim.
othy. s22G2S; light mixed, $23Q24;
No. l mixed, s1Sd19; No. l clover
$14G15; No. clover, $12Q13; rye
straw, $50 $50; wheat and oat straw,
$6.50Q7 per ton.
Flour-In oneeighth paper sacks
per 1876 pounds, jobbing lots: Best
patent, $3.50; second patent, $3.50;
straight. Sc; spring patent, $40; rye
-four, $3.50 per barrel.
Feed--In 100-fb sacks, jobbing lots:
Bran. $25; standard middlings, $29;
fine middlings. $32; coarse cornmeal
$50; cracked corn, $2S; corn and cat
chop. $40 per ton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Live Stock.

DETROIT-Cattle: Market steady
Best heavy steers, s898.5O; best
handy weight butcher steers, $500
1850; mixed steers and heifers, $3.50
az; handy light butchers, $6Qe.25;
light butchers, $5.5OQ6; best cows,
$5.75Q6; butcher cows. $5@5.5O; com.
mon cows, $4.250475; Gamers, 1904;
best heavy bulls, $3.50; bologna bulls,
$5Q5.25.
Veal calves-Market active and 25c
higher; best, $11.50@12.5O; others, 81
oil.
Sheep and lambs-Market steady;
best lambs, $S.50Q875; fair lambs,
$7.50@775; light TO common lambs, Sc
Of; fair to good sheep, $45OQ5.5O;
culls and common, $25093.5O.
Hogs-Light and mixed, $7.7OQ7;8O
heavy, S7@725; roughs dull at Sc.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Big Plant Burned at soyne City

Boyne City-Fire Friday night de-
stroyed the flooring plant of the w
II. White company and large stor
age shed which contained many thou
sand feet of finished flooring ready for
shipment.
A number OF loaded cars which were
standing on the mill tracks were also
destroyed. The loss is estimated al
100000, insured for $4,000.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Sept. q, 1914.

Germans crossed the Marine and
attacked the French center.
Severe fighting between Alost
and Termondc, Belgium.
British cruiser sank Austrian
steamer Bathori In bay Of Biscay.
British gunboat Speedy sunk by
mine in North sea.
v. S. S. Tennessee took American
refugees across channel and v. S.
S. North Carolina sailed for
Smyrna.
General Bobrinsky appointed
Russian governor Of Gallcla.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
SEPT. 2, 1914.

Government Of France trans
ferred to Bordeaux.
Germans reached Criel, near
ChantilIy, and then turned away
from Paris.
German ard French aeroplanes
fought above Paris.
Russians captured Lembero. capt.
tai of Galicia.
Lodz, Poland, taken by Germans
and Austrians.
Montenegrinj defeated Austrlans
near Eilek.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Hieroalyphics.

"You seem interested in that Egyp-
tan obelisk."
81 am" said the man with the faint
grin. There's no doubt that the pic
lures are funny. But the artist ought
to have put in some reading to show
what they're about"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Sept. 1, 1914.

Allied left wing fell back in north.
ern France.
Germans reached Compiegne, 40
miles from Paris.
Germans took many Russian prls-
oners in East Prussia.
Turkish army modified.
More bombs dropped on Paris
from aeroplanes and on Antwerp
from zeppelins.
Name of st. Petersburg changed
10 Petrograd.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Sept. 3, 1914.

Martial law proclaimed H. Paris.
Serbians defeated Austrians at
Jadar.
Germans approached the valley
Of the Marine, and took la Fere.
Prince Of Wied left Albania.
Russians took czernowitz, capital
OF Bukowina.
China protested violation Of her
neutrality by Japan.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
hsat ORANGES neforo PeeIIna.

Before peeling oranges, set them
in the oven to heat for few minutes
and you will find that the tough white
skin can be easily removed with the
yellow rind. This makes the oranges
much safer to give to children.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Aug. 80. 1914.

Aug. 80, 1914.
Germans captured Amlens,
France.
Germans advanced in line from
Amiens to Laon, forcing back the
French left.
Bombs dropped on Paris from
German aeroplane.
Japanese troops landed near
kiaochow.
Preparations made to defend
Paris against siege.
Russians bombarded Thorn and
Graudenz.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Curb on Swiss LEGISLATORS.

In Switzerland. on the demand of
$4,000 voters, or OF eight cantons. any
law passed by the federal parliament
must be submitted to the general body
Of the people tor acceptance or re-
lection.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Sporting

Evansville, Ind, won the 1915 Cen
trail league baseball pennant. The
season closed Tuesday.
RUDE Vanguard, once the hero OF
New York fans. was sold by the Giants
to the Toronto club OF the lnterna.
tional league.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Huge crowds saw Art Smith, the
aviator. fall at the state fair grounds
at Des Moines, Ia. Smith was not
seriously injured, but his machine was
wrecked.
After being five times reprieved.
Farel Draniewisz went to his death in
the electric chair at Ossining, ~. Y,
for the murder of Ivan Marynewicz
in New York in December. 1913.
Mrs. Frances Warren Pershing
wife of Brig. Gen. John ]. Pershing.
U. S. A., and three of her four chill
dren were suffocated 10 death in their
quarters at the Preside of San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Pershing was a daughter
OF Senator Warren of Wyoming. Her
husband is at Ell Paso. Tex. in charge
of the border troops
Gov. Edward f. Dunno OF Illinois
advised greater military and naval
preparedness in an address at the
governors conference held at Boston.
Stirred by an eloquent peace appeal,
John GRADER, a big German farmer
living near Murdoch, Kan. kissed viii
liam j. Bryan at the conclusion OF the
former secretary's address at King.
man, Kan, it was learned. Cheers
and hand-clapping by 5000 who saw
the kiss allowed Bryan to recover his
composure.
The secret service department OF
justice at Washington arrested on
charge of espionage Gustav kopsch, a
German reservist, twenty-seven years
OF age, who had in his possession
many photographs and films OF the
portifications OF Fortress Monroe and
pictures of the proposed Notifications
Of Cape Henry.
The long mute 12-inch mortars al
Fort Totten, which guard the north
ern entrance to New York harbor.
sent IS 70O'pound projectiles into the
sky at moving speck of a traget 49,
600 yards off shore. How many hits
were scored will not be computed, it
was said. for several days.
Bridgeport, Conn, is strike-bound.
Citizens are wearing dirty linen
laundry workers have struck; BARRIERS
in 20 shops have walked out. Three
corset factories have closed-the girls
walked out. Eight thousand work
ers in factories making war munitions
are out on strike.
Two men were killed and several
probably fatally injured when a shell
exploded at the proving grounds of
the Bethlehem Steel plant at Indian
Point, Redington, Pa.
Six million dollars of gold arrived at
San Francisco on the steamship Ven
tura from Australia. This is the first
installment OF $1S,000,000 coming
through that source.
Vernon township in Lake county,
ILL.,, is quarantined SO strictly. because
of fresh and virulent outbreak Of the
foot-and-mouth disease, that armed
federal guards ar, stationed at all
cross roads to prevent travel. farmers
are forbidden to visit each other, gro
GERS, butchers and other merchants
are forbidden to deliver supplies and
the government at Washington has
forbidden mail carriers to traverse the
roads.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Auq. 81, 1914.

Aug. 81, 1914.
General Won Hlndenburg, after
three days combat, vanqulshed
the Russian invaders in the Ma
surian lakes region.
Belgium made official reply to
Austria's declaration of war.
Japanese occupied two islands.
Attempt made to wreck troop
train near Montreal.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Misses Anna V. and Emily Potts are
dead. and three other persons seri.
ously injured as the result of an auto
mobile accident near Camden. N. J.
George T Puzey. boarder in the Potts
home. will die.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
European Var News
s';;at: a::s' :ta:t &::@ t3'a;; %;:'st:%

European war INeWS
General Polivanoff, Russian minister
of war, announced at Petrograd that
Russia is raising another 100000
men and that the fate of the campaign
will not be decided before some time
next year.
Dispatches to London from Teheran,
Persia, announce that the Russian and
British consuls and their military es-
cort have been attacked at Kenghever
by an armed band led by NJ o..
Schunemann, German consular agent
at Tabriz. The British suffered some
losses.
Grodno is being evacuated. Only
sufficient troops to delay the German
advance are now in the fortress Mill
tary property has been removed. it
was announced at Petrograd.
Olita, a Russian fortress guarding
the Niemen river between Kovno and
Grodno, has been captured by the
Germans, the general staff reported 10
Berlin.
Despite the loss of the fortress
Olita, south of Kovno. which was
evacuated by the Russians, the forces
of the grand duke are fortifying an
other front pending an opportunity
for a renewed offensive against the
Germans. II is stated in London that
this new line is being strengthened
by all the latest methods known to
engineers.
The greatest air raid since the war
began was reported by the French
war office at Paris. Dillingen, in
Rheinish Prussia, Germany, was at
tackled by the war aeroplanes Of the
French. One hundred and fifty bombs
were dropped upon the town, doing
much damage to the blast furnaces
and arms factories. Berlin reported
that several persons were killed and
that four enemy aeroplanes were shot
down,
/
Brest-Litovsk, the mighty Russian
fortress behind which the grand Rus
sian army retired after the fall OF
Warsaw, has been captured by the
Austro-German troops. The capture
of the fortress was announced by the
war Office at Berlin. The victory is
considered one of the most brilliant
since the war began.
British airmen bombarded and sunk
a German submarine in the North sea
off Ostend, Belgium, it was officially
announced by the admiralty at Lon
don.
The German undersea feet at pres
ent comprises So submarines. accord
ing to a neutral authority who has
Just returned to Denmark from Ger
many. Germany's Baltic feet. accord
ing to the same authority, consists OF
80 warships.
Two allied cruisers penetrated the
Dardanelles and bombarded the Turk
fish batteries at Kestanes, according to
a dispatch from Mitylene.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Mrs. Mamie Hamlin. widow OF a
son of former Attorney General IL.
q. Hamlin of Illinois, denies that she
is the murderess of Mrs Polly Davis
of Jackson. KY. as charged in an in.
dictment found by the Breathitt coun-
ty kentucky grand Jury.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

President Wilson signed a proclama
ton at Washington OF the neutralit.
of the United States in the war re
Gently declared between Italy an'
Turkey.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Mexican Revolt

More than 100000 rounds OF am.
munition and 81 cases of rifles, held
up for weeks at Los Angeles on sus-
picion that they were intended for a
Mexican filibustering expedition. were
released for shipment to Carranza
agents.
Official dispatches to the state de-
partment at Washington said General
Hernandez. Villas commander at lea
mole. near Monterey, had been wound
ed and lost part of his staff in re
cent battle with Carranza troops.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Reports received at Grand Rapids.
Mich, from Cadillac. Petoskey and
Traverse City indicate that the bean,
corn. potato and buckwheat crops in
northern Michigan were practically
ruined by a heavy frost. Garden
truck suffered extensively.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Figures made public by the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce al
Washington show that American ex.
ports in the fiscal year ended June
30 last. total SAFES. 600, 900. compared
with s2.l70.100.000 for the United
Kingdom. the next largest exporter.
This was an increase OF II per cent
for the United States
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Washington

Diplomatic developments in the
Arabic case are such that 1t was said
authoritatively at Washington that
the end of the entire controversy with
Germany is in sight with Germany
prepared to concede all the demands
of the United States on the under.
stood condition that this government
carry out its suggestion OF mediation
between Germany and Great Britain
on the freedom OF the seas.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

The Interstate commerce commits
sion at Washington rejected the pro.
posals of the big railroads in the
southwest to increase rates on packing
house products. fresh meats and pro.
visions between points in that terri.
tory.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Walter r. Greenebaum was indict-
cd in Chicago for manslaughter in
connection with the sinking OF the
steamer Eastland. In a true bill re-
turned by the July grand jury.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Domestic

Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood replied to
the rebuke administered him by Sec
rotary of War Garrison for allowing
former President Roosevelt to address
the soldiers at the Plattsburg IN. "
military camp. His telegram said:
Your telegram received and policy
laid down will be rigidly adhered
to-"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Seven American citizens were
among the 1914 passengers who sailed
from New York for Liverpool on
board the Anchor liner Tuscania.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Rt. Rev. Patrick r. Hebron, bishop
OF the diocese OF Winona, Mimi, was
shot while in the private chapel OF
st. Mary's college by Rev. Father l..
M. Lesches, a demented priest.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

While the races at the Tippecanoe
fair grounds were in progress an i'm
provised stand containing 5000 people
collapsed. More than a score were
injured.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

Olita, a Russian fortress guarding
the Niemen river between Kovno and
Grodno, has been captured by the
Germans, the general staff reported 10
Berlin.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

The secret service department @
Justice at Washington arrested on
charge of espionage Gustav Kopsch,
German reservist, twenty-seven year
OF age, who had in his possession
many photographs and films OF tn
portifications OF Fortress Monroe an
pictures of the proposed fertilization
of Cape Henry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-29
TRADING IN WAR STOCKS
LIVELY IN WALL Street
Steel and Railway Equipment Shares
Furnish Excited Specula-
tion Today.

NEW YORK, July z9.-Excited specu-
lation in the stocks of corporations
benefiting from war orders from Euro
pean governments kept the stock mar
ket in a turmoil today.
Fluctuations were wide and trading
was heaviest of any time during the
upward movement of these stocks
which has been in progress for several
months.
On the floor of the stock exchange
crowds of shouting brokers were
packed about the trading posts at
which the issues concerned are dealt
in, and in the first hour alone trans
actions amounted to $4,000 shares
New High Records Scored.
The most pronounced advances were
in steel and railway equipment shares
which were traded in frequently in
blocks of several thousand shares.
Bethlehem Steel advanced points to
270. Crucible Steel 13A to 7Sh, West
inghouse to 112k and Allis- Chalmers
3. to 29A. all new high records.
Many other stocks reached the high
est prices of the year or more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-29
ARRESTED FOR ATTACK
ON MRS. NJ S. HOPKINS
Belmar Holland. Colored, Captured
After Chase by Posse at
Falls Church, Va.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FALLS CHURCH, Va. July 29.-Mrs
NJ. S. Hopkins, an artist, about sixty
years old, who lives alone in a large
house on Washington street, was at
tackled in front of her home about 8
o'clock last night by a negro. who had
robbery as his apparent motive. Mrs
Hopkins was thrown to the ground and
her clothing partly torn from her body.
but she was not seriously injured. In
the struggle her pocketbook, contain
ing a considerable sum of money. was
thrown into a clump of bushes. where
1t was found later with the contents
intact.
Frightened away by the screams of
Mrs. Hopkins. the negro ran across lots
to Great Falls street, where he met and
halted two girls and demanded money.
The girls screamed and ran, and the
negro disappeared.
posse of thirty or forty men was
organized and within ten minutes the
negro was overtaken on his way to
the trolley station and placed under
arrest. The prisoner. about twenty
years old gave his name as Belmar
Holland and said he lived at 1886 Cleve-
land avenue. Washington. When
searched cents and an empty whisky
bottle were found in his pockets.
Negro Had Been Intoxicated.
Holland had been seen about the
village in the early evening in an in
tox:cated condition, 1t is declared.
When Mrs. Hopkins was attacked she
was on her way home from the drug
store. Several men said that when
Mrs. Hopkins left the drug store the
negro was sitting on the steps and
that he was seen to follow her, though
at such a distance as not to arouse
suspicion.
Holland told his captors, it is said,
that when he came from Washington
he had several dollars In his pocket,
but that the money had disappeared
and he had lost his return ticket. He
spent the night in the village Jail and
is to have preliminary hearing this
afternoon before Magistrate Mankin on
charges of assault and attempted
robbery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-29
RUSSIANS CONDEMNING
TURCO-BULGAR PACT

PETROGRAD, via London. July 20
Condemnation by the Russian press Of
the reported agreement between Turkey
and Bulgaria is universal. The Novoe
Vremya warns Bulgaria Russia is not
likely to forget the former nations indi-
rect share in the defense of the Darda
nelles.
The Bourse Gazette says the allies
would not object to the possession by
Bulgaria OF the territory down to the
Enos- -Midia line. if acquired by conquest
but emphatically objects to its being re-
ceived as a gift from foe.
Unofficial reports from Sofia have been
to the effect that an agreement has been
reached by Bulgaria with Turkey where
by she would receive territory along the
line Of the Dedeaghatch railway in ex-
change for granting permission to trans
port military supplies through Bulgarian
territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-29
PERKINS BACK IN NAVY
"Dreyfus of America Wins Eight.
Year Fight for Marine
Corps CoIonelcy.

Col. Constantine Warrant Perkins
known as 'the Dreyfus Of the American
navy in consequence of eight years OF
alleged persecution. has been vindicated
and restored to the active list of the
Marine Corps. He has been allowed the
full rank and number in grade for which
he has fought so stubbornly during the
eight years since he was forced from the
active list as crazy"
Many persons of prominence have
taken this case to the White House, and
1t is stated on good authority that this
"Dreyfus case caused a split in the
Taft cabinet Just before election time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-29
IMMORALITY ON STEAMERS.
Investigators at Chicago Condemn
License on Excursion Boats.

CHICAGO, July 29.-Lax morals and
gambling prevail on excursion boats
plying out of Chicago. according to a
report Of an investigation by the Ju-
yenile Protective Association present
ed to Ira B. Mansfield and William
Nicholas, federal inspectors of steam
ships, and made public today.
"License is synonymous with liberty
on most of the excursion steamers ply
ing out of Chicago, and the moral at
mosphere is Of the free and easy kind
the report says. Conventions are cast
to the wind. Excesses are permitted.
The whole influence of the life aboard
during weekend and holiday trips. SO
far as it bears on the young, is de-
moraltzing."
Observations were not. limited - q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-29
ARMOR FOR MOTOR BOATS.
Fleet to Be Prepared for Auxiliary
Coast Defense.

NEW YORK, July 81. Stuart
Blackton, who owns a feet of fast
motor boats, said today that after the
motor boat races to be held next month
he will have his boats armored. so that
they can be used as an auxiliary coast
defense Naval experts have agreed
with him as to the efficacy Of his plan.
These boats can be built very rapid
ly, and are one of the most feasible
means of rapidly ending our present
state of 'unpreparedness.' said Mr..
Blackton. Il should say that almost
any one Of my craft could operake sue
oessfully against the U boats lAeA ~
now infest the waters about u DE1s.
SaI YnlAa