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HEROES SENT BACK TO SPAI,.j
bodies u ~ Prisoners Of WNr
Sure udcrcd by 4. y.

PORTSMOUTH. ", H.. April 12.-The
bodies OF thirty-one Spanish prisoners of
wa who died here after their capture AT
the battle OF Santiago were surrendered
10 Spain to-day. They will he taken on
the steamer Almirante I.obo 10 Cadiz for
burial In the National Cemetery.
Rear Admiral knight. representing the
American Government, transferred Gus
tody Of the bodies to Col. Don Nicholas
Urculiu. military attache Of the Spanish
Embassy. In doing 80 he commented
on the friendly relations between the two
Governments. He said the bodies had
been kept under the Spanish flag. which
was renewed at the head Of the graves
on Zach Memorial Day.
The bodies were brought 70 the pier
In separate coffins headed by a band
and escorted by United States marines
and bluejackeIs. After prayers by the
Rev. u. j. O'Brien the bodies were
placed aboard the steamer and three vol
legs were fired by the marines. taps be-
ing sounded by the drummer OF the ma
rine band.
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mont seekers wants. with horrors
enough In the world Just now the elimi-
nation Of the death defying stunts from
the Barnum & Bailey show seems to be
accepted as a welcome change. The box
Office has told the story IN impressive
figures and the crowds at every per-
Torrance testify to the pulling power or
circus acts without death as ar under
study waiting to play his part when
naturalization gives the cue.
There are thrills enough in the big
show now al Madison square Garden"
he went on. plenty of them. but there Is
no longer an attempt TO shoot a woman
from a cannon's mouth or exhibit an
Arabian knife thrower who success
fully outline the feminine form with
sharp blades stuck into a ~stopbOard.
The somersanlting motor car and the
loop the loop bicycle rider have gone be-
cause the people no longer care for that
sort OF thing. No spangle bedecked' per-
former now sticks his head into the Ions
mouth. His and the other foolhafdy
stunts are things OF tho past.
"1t has been proved that the saner the
circus the better II pays. Skill and
beauty are appreciated more than daring
nonsense and while the high trapeze per-
former continues 70 thrill he has moro
than q lifc's training to make hts posi-
ton safe-there IL a net under every
part Of IN big a~mphitheatre to which he
might swing.
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BALLET STAR GETS
SNEEZING POWDER
Afternoon Appearance Of Mile.
Revalles Delayed by
Notes Contents.

A pinch OF what was apparently
"sneeze powder in a letter addressed
to Mile. F1ore Revalles Of the Diagh'S
Ballet Russo nearly upset the whole pro
sramme Of the performance at the Metro
politan Opera House yesterday after
noon. In opening the note. which was
handed to her Just before she was to &c
on In "Scheherszade," the powder dcw
IN IN her face and blinded her for the
Instant. Then things began to happen
fast.
Mile. Revalles swooned in her dressins
room with q scream that she was being
poisoned by a German SPY. She re
fused absolutely to go OH with the how
md John Brown. business manager OF
the opera house. had TO 20 before thu
curtain and explain that the ballet had
been changed to another place on tbs
bill. Later the dancer recovered SUM
GENTLY 10 appear. ',
While all this was going on friends OF
NIjinsky, the Russian dancer who wa,
making his debut. circulated charge,
that the incident had been concocted b,
| Mile. Reyallea for no other reason thar
10 distract attention from his perform
ancs. II was some time. however. before
Mr.. DlaGhilsf and other officials were
Able to restore order aEnong member
Of tho troupe.
Last night Mile. Revalles consented
10 exhibit the letter In proof OF her In
nocsnce. The note was signed By
"Prince A. A. Won zeil." who claimed
direct descent from Napoleon and said
his great-grandaunt was once Empires,
| Of Russia a. the wife Of Peter the Great
He also maintained that his great
Grandfather was Prince Macmillan vor
zsii Of the old nobility Of Germany. III
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here q month after the couple separated.
The petition states that til" pisiutif
and Thaw lived together in u N,w Work
city hotel. She said that during ;icir
married life Thaw uuarrcllcd With her
continually and made her life unendur.
ab1e. He refused 30 establish u home
for her and recognize her as his wife
despite her repeated solicitations.
PiTreBURG. April i2.--Connen;'1-
upon III. divorcc suit filed In 1t. Louis.
Mo. against Harry Kendall Thaw, sla,e =
Of Stanford White. by Christina Thaw.
who claims 90 ave married him III Buff
falo. n. Y. on or about October 8, 1909.
stephen Stone. who. with his tather. en-
Gov. William A. stone. Is A Thsw attor-
ney. said tonight:
"rhat's a joke. Not A thing in II.
During Harry's trial for tn. murder "
Stanford White every step IN his lie
was gone over thoroughly. Not one
was there any mention of this oma
who calls herself Mrs. Christina Thaw cr
Of any marriage In Buffalo"
HAIRY Thaw Ia In Florida.
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himself. he said, was born in New York
in 1866 and had n brother who was
chef of police IN a city in Pennsylvania
The letter contained no threat Of VIC
lcnre and no explanation was offered for
the presence Of the powder,
The powder must have been n
poison" said the dancer ~ had a mar
row escape. In Russia there is !.
method of poisoning persons In that
way. thought sure II was some kind
of black hand letter when ] read that
this man, whom I do not n Of was
related to "A German prince. Anyway
I'm glad ! didn't breath any Of the
powder or I'm sure ] would be quite
dead by now"
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SUES FOR DIVORCE AS
HARRY THAW'S WIFE
st. Louis Woman Claims Mar.
riage in 19O2-Asks Gus.
tody Of a Daughter.

ST. Louis. April 1?.-Declaring that
she was married 10 Harry Kendall
Thaw In BufAio on October 9. 1902. and
lived with him until December. 1908.
Christina Thaw Of 81. Louis hlsd suit for
divorce in tho Circuit Court here to-day.
askins maintenance and the custody Of
their twelvs.year-old daughter. Lady
Owendoiyn C1emmens.
v. r. c. Lacy. her attorney. says
171aw married her under the N, Of
Harry Kendall Thaw C1emmens ana
that Thaw's mother and sister came 70
Sc. Louis in January. 1904. 10 see the
baby, which 10 said 20 have been born
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&C, N. Y. PROMISES UPHEAvAL.
Radical MaEasise Plaased to Re-
wise College Life.

According to a poster placed Oh the
bulletin board OF the College Of the City
o' New York yesterday students of that
institution are preparing to bring out a
radical ma,saxine called the UphsavaI,
which will he an organ OF free speech
ana fair play TO ALL" The poster con-
ilnues:
The recent demonstration against
military training has shown that the old
order ~ things has become unbearabls
v" the students And that the revision Of
college lilo and college organisation II
desirable"
rhe promoters Of the UpAeGVai. who
Ns,e that for the present they must re-
man unknown. promise 10 cause this ~
vision.
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The reviewing party Amos missed tho
whole darned ~Hippodronie pee-rade. The
permi, for the procession said distinctly
that the elephants and bands and march
ers were to proceed uno~stentatiously
from the Hippodrome, right resting on
Jacks, south to forty-second street. west
TO Eighth avenue, south to Thlrty-fourth
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'o~tumrs = Feature.

VIVA. he show lacked in continuity OF
''o' ,nl acton was moro tina! made NO
81. ny .ar .ostuming. especially % The
.-uliiu. pa. 81 cast ard norus aad
~ music that would ave done credit 20
1 gegJ.'r Broadway production. Some
" the songs even seem destined Ia be-
ONE lit- without the aid Of an M
0ductiuu 10y soue star OF musical conf
"dy From Il ndow on Broadway"
ard The South Sea Peu'l' were es-
"cc.Hlly pleasing. BON Wee written ny
Ray l.. Perkins, II, who composed al
h. music of the SHOW. Tho author of
he book and lyrics is II. j. Mankie-
VIZ. II.
An eleventh hour change wes uecessi-
'4ted in The cast because of the Illness Of
= u. Beales. ~, who played .iid etc
hock J!ortL. The part was taken by Phil
'iassinger. an alumnus of a couple OF
'cars standing, and tina, fact accounted
Tor some OF the lack of smootrress thu
Characterised the first presentation.
Worthy of note in the cast were Oscar
liammerstciu Sd. grandson of the i'm
rr"sario, who as Washington Sno,c was
'e y .IolSon of the show. Elliot Sper-
~ who PLAYED the part Of Bti!y Mon
f'OU". : a grandson OF the late Heinrich
'or-'cd, and Young Mr.. Lee is a brother
~ Gertrude Lee, the dancer his father
'hu 'lt'Alt'l N'l' w NV Noll-
iany 80 tour the Rockies.
The now Is a burlesque on the Ford
peAra expedition and a noted Democratic
politician whose prototype In the cast IL
dyed William Jennings TrUdn. Headed
uy the loquacious Tryan and ROCKFORD,
iha nea"e party sets sail on the Oscar
ILL.,. hut before il gets across the iriny
a""r II IL torpedocd and the shipwrecked
c'sw and passengers land on an island
10 the spanish Main or which they dis
cover Capt. Kidd and his mates, all 200
ears old II they told the ruth. They
i-kod like normal beings and appa rently
lad round Ponce de Icons fountain OF
Youth.
How Plot Works Out.
Boil the pirates and the pacihsts arc
~ their uppers. but each believes the
o'7er crowd has money. Inspired by
irDon, the pacifsts offer to buy out the
uldtes and transfer the business to New
York, Once In New York the pirates
~" scheduled to be shorn again by trad
hs away their stock in the pirate con.
tern Tor shares in a gold mine. Unlike
any other worthless gold mine in the
world, however. this n proves to be q
bonanza and the pirates change places
with the rich men. but not until they
'f't . nj - sIldhCSpSaIc DdI
s""h as part of the t%ercentenary cele-
hrtrl0n.
=, T. Cowan, 10. as CeIestne Rocky.
ora, and p. +. Leavitt, rs, as Doroth,
tdl'fdce, made u pair Of charming girls
i'aN Perkins, II. the composer, was a
Whole show in himself when he por.
r"yed himself as IN entertainer.
Among the -patronesses were Mrs
,1arlcs +. Hughes. Mrs. Charles s
whitman, Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler
NfS " ID. Auchincloss, Mrs. FREDERICK
h"ppel, Mrs. william Il. lselin
Nrs, Douglas Robinson. Baroness d.
H"npn Mrs. Il. q. Burghard, Mrs. o. p
N1lenI, AIRS. VI, T. Bostprt. Mrs. a. e
GI'IelSleeve, Mrs. J. Laimbeer. Jr., Mrs
EusiaNns r. Kirby. Mrs. X. II. Mont
fo.nery. Mrs. Daniel T.. Moran, Mrs
William Barclay Parsons. Mrs. A. w
lu'uim, Mrs. II. b. Ramsdell. Mrs. w
II Sears and Mrs. !. N. Seligman.
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Gsir Compa.y's Proats Greater.

The report Of the Robert Gair Com
pany Of Brooklyn for the yea ended
February 8. 1915. nows net profits
amounting to $+03.6s%. as against 332i.-
72? in the preceding year. and profit
and loss surplus al of February 8 last
Of S5i0.563. ~ compared with 3377.st5
In the year before. Cash on hand de-
creased from &s7.Oll In 1915 to 3to,ss
In this year.
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There are styles even in circus enter
tainmenis. This year the seasou al
Madison Square Garden has shown an
entirely new kind of entertainment. One
Of the managers told yesterday Of its
novel features. lie said 10 THE L
reporter:
1.-THE safe and sane circus seems to
have struck the keynote Of tire amus"-
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Capt. Kidd and a merry pand Of
M%orninesidc Heights furnished a lot Of
excitement last night at the Hotel As
tor. where the Columbia University
Players held forth with their first pres
entation OF "The Peace Pirates" their
annual varsity show.
Although there wasn't a single var
atty athlete in the cast or chorus. the
audience which filled the grand ball
room to capacity was not denied its an
rual privilege Of seeing some OF the
most graceful and many Of the most
awkward young men who attend classes
IN M~orningside Heights prancc daintily
nr stumble heavily across the stage in
Amy draperies that were never meant
Tor masculine usage.
Donald Lee, ~, who has been on the
stage since he Was Z years old. was a
mos. chic little piece of femininity, and
as Tdnsy Collins. a dancer who went
along with indrew Rockytord's peace
nilgiimage. he kept "a great section OF
he male portion OF the audience guess
ne. of course the girls weren't fooled
foi a minute. for in more than one OF
his half dozen changes Of costume Lee
left tell tale hints tina, the pracsised
eve of the 1916 maiden detected without,
TAI. But the men were willing 10
wager that the fair TdnSv vas n Bar
rarl girl who had slipped into the cast
despite faculty restrictions.
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and west to Dcimonico's and Sherry's
and Jacks.
Hut when John Philip sousa and
mounted police and things and stun
swung away TO combined hysteria and
The stars and stripes Forever" the
press agent department Of the Hippo
droine, led by Col. Luescher and stan
officers, Sallie Rosenthal and Looie
OShaughnessey. worned its way up to
the head of the pageant Just as the turn
wcet INTO Torty-second street was about
10 happen.
"On to Park Row. Hep, Hep! Hep"
cried Col. L%uescher. trying to head of
the turn 20 ths vest and shoe the pee
rade STRAIGHT down sixth avenue. Down
TO Parl' Row and past the newspaper Of
ices and disband."
They threw him out Of line. But half
IN hour later or so when the process
sion was about to turn from Thirty
fourth street north into Madison avenue
GRAND Marshal Burnside cried suddenly
to the foremost mounted cop. "Ofticer.
he's In again. Do you duty And for
n certainty. there was Col. Luescher at
.hs head OF the line %asain-he ard his
stan having cut across 1ots-and for
some reason known only 70 himself was
pleading with the head Of m parade
to go south through Madison avenue at
least far enough TO circle Madison Square
Garden Just once.
Glorious Haliabaloo.
Hut outside Of these two unfortunate
incidents the Hippodrome high noon pa
rsde yesterday was a great and giori-
nus hullabaloo. There were all the prin-
cipals and all the ballet and all the
ladies' of the chorus. and also all the
wind that the girls could stand. In fact.
the breezes were SO unmannerly. es-
pecially around the Times square cor
ncrs, that all tho bale, girls said later
That they never felt 40 embarrassed in
their lives.
lawn Philip. TO select only a few of
the highest lights in a stretch OF brill
fancy that took twelve minute TO pass
n given Ned Wayburn, who was on the
side lines near the windy corner Of
broadway and Forty-second street
lawn Philip himself was "a procession.
And all along the line as he marched
just behind the mounted police In his
hluest ~broadcloth and nattv tan leg
gins. the damned sidewalks hollered an
plause az Leader Sousa that stifed the
oompahs of his band. II instead OF an
ivory wan under his arm he had donned
a shake and swung one Of those drum
major silver staffs high into the air
there would have been a riot.
! And there was manager Harry Askin
in his nossiest minstrel, clothes right up
among the prominent folks. The new
London store clothes worn by HOUSE
Manager J. W. Mathews alone repaid
the Tenderloin for getting up at II
A.. NJ. 10 lamp the one time manager
Of the Duke Of yawl; Thcatah fash by.
No vulgar show clothes for lin Mathews.
hut a freshly Vanished three quart top
per. morning coat. pin striped trousers.
patent feathers and perfectly beautiful
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Her songs Rejected. Oies by Gas.
Mrs. Christine Ness. SO. was found
dead from gas IN bed yesterday after
noon In a boarding house at 20 West
Ninety-sixth street. Letters from tvs
music publishers found In the room ip-
dicated the return of rejected songs.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11

isnce the start o, hostilities and see
ing that almost all OF my comrades
had French or. English godmother,
am also permitted to search for
one. Unhsppily the French and
English godmothers are exhausted.
that Is TO say they are all taken.
Seeing that my efforts are without
results. though TO address myself
10 the great America. so generous.
that has fed until now. our fathers.
mothers. brothers and sisters who
are in Belgium.
Il am 20 years Of age. am willing
TO work and am without support
whatever lost my mother seven
weeks ago. and my father Is very
old and ia a prisoner In Germany.
! thought OF your service which has
printed the fne article by your cor
respondent. Henry Wood. OF Paris.
Hoping tina, you will do some
thing for me. ~ you please. gentle
men. and with assurance OF my dis.
tinguished esteem.
"A defender o. humanity,
"ANATOLE WALTERS,
Up. ]. c. r Army OF the Country
OF Belgium
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
BRITISH ON
OFFENSIVE
IN BALKANS
Ccontlnued from psx. on.1

launched counter attack ot frantic
bitterness. In the hope Of recovering
ground lost 10 the British in the
attack Saturday afternoon which re.
suited IN .he taking Of Ginchy.
Every where their attempts break
Gown tho severe losses. according
% the French and British official re.
ports They were unable 10 wrest
from The Entente troops an inch
n the lost terrain.
only az ono point between Bel.
loy-en-Santerre and Barleux. did Ger
mans make as much az temporary
gain They we're Immediately driv.
On our OF the trench In which they
had won a foothold, by a vigorous
FRENCH counter attack. The short.
lived success was scored. according
70 the French comunique. with the
aid 81 Jets OF liquid fame
The British have taken $50 pris.
oLers during the q hours ending
sunday night They repulsed VIC
lent counter attack northeast Of
P0zieres and another north Of
Ginchy In reviewing the weeks al.
vance. a statement ,ssued At head.
quarter. says the British since last
sunday have pushed their front for
ward 5000 yards 10 = depth varying
between $500 and 1000 yards The
important points netted by the seven
days advance are the FaIfemont
farm. L"uze wood and the villages
~ GullemOnt and Gincnv
The French again won tho DAY AZ
Nerdun In what - described on.
cially az brilliant action" theY
took 100 more prisoner east ~
Fleury. vest ot tho Mouse. bringing
the total mp 10 300. and crushed A
German attack wet OF Fort Vaux.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
graphic FINANCIAL AND MARKET NEWS Local

and southeast OF the fortress of ST.
listra. said Budapest dispatches to-
day
In little more than week the
combined German and Bulgarian
forces have captured far more Ru'
manian territory than the Allies
have been able Co take OF German
territory since the beginning OF the
war
Two Rumanian fortresses, Tutra.
kan and Silisira. have fallen 10 the
invaders The Rumanlan and Rus
sian prisoners now total more than
$4,000 Large captures OF guns
have seriously affected the Ruman'
ian artillery supply
The capture OF Silistra. oflcially
announced yesterday afternoon, Is
expected 20 cause the early with
drawsl OF the Russo-Rumanian
forces still operating near Dobric,
IN southeastern Rumania The force
that occupied Silistra is advancing
eastward. while a Bulgarian army
continues 20 move northward along
the Black Sea coast The enemy al
ready is in deep pocket and an
eastward advance OF 20 miles by the
Germans will make this withdrawal
difficult
Whether the German Bulgarian ad.
vance marks the beginning OF a real
drive on Bucharest. newspaper crit
les here confess they are unable 20
decide In some quarters Il Is be
lieyed the Germans plan 10 drive the
Russians and Rumanisns behind the
Danube and the Cons,anEa railway
and throw up strong defensive lines
10 check Russo Rumanian march
on Bulgaria
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
VILLA STORIES
UNCONFIRMED

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE
war department today received from
Gen Funston additional information
crediting reports OF villista activi.
ties Funston's message included
the following from Gen Pershing
Reports regarding Villas move
ments north continually received
through FL Paso authorities. SO far
these reports cannot be confirmed
here. although every possible source
OF information is being used. Pa.
trolls az San Lorenzo. from FL Vale,
reached Santa Clara Canyon and
about 30 miles on chihuahua road.
but could hear nothing Of Villa nor
any movement OF vlllistas People
had heard rumors Of Villlstss at
Satevo but nothing OF any action
north OF there"
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
Belgian Boy Soldier Wants
American "CodnnOther" TO
Write Him Home" Letters

NEW YORK. Sept. ll.--Anatole
Wauters. 20-year-old Belgian boy. a
soldier In the army OF King Albert.
wants an American 'godmother.
His aged father. imprisoned in Ger
many and having lost his mother
only seven weeks ago. the homeless
boy has written the United Press
telling OF his plight Thousands OF
French and English women are act
ing as "godmothers' 10 men In the
trenches--so many In fact. that Ana.
tole says the supply is exhausted
and he wants an American woman
20 write him letters and mother"
him as others are doing for his com.
rades Here is Anatole's letter re-
celysd today
ITO the United Press, New York
"Gentlemen-Be Being az the front
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11

rapy. operating the subway AID Il
line.. he New NCrk Railways com.
pany and the rhrd aud Second
ave lines and Wt>tchester lines
were on strike The traction ON
Gals said this hcurr was an eNag'
generation. Comparatively feN sur
face ears were in operation today in
Manhattan. The Bronx, OF Westches-
ter county The subway end elevat.
ed line. continued 20 maintain regu.
lar service
Leaving last nights session OF
union heads. TWO hours before -
closed. Sampel Gcmpers, president
OF lhc Ameri an FEDERATION OF
Labor, recommended that union
members give -he striking car men
financial AMI moral support
The union heads recommended a
general strike with which action
they claimed Gompers VS. in com
plete sympathy
The recommendation OF the con
ferences hold 0y leaders last night
will 60 into the Individual bodies
and 70 was said IL would lake sew
eral days 20 get the proposed sympa-
thetic .frike under way.
Police reports today showed that
in the las, "a hours. 81 persons were
injured in the strike district Mob
violence Ia Somc cases was reSpOn-
s!ble for injuries ard in other in
stances excitement due 10 the
strike Vas The indirect cause OF
accidents Surface cars In Manhat-
tan ana The Bronx were continually
met with a shower % bricks and
many passengers suffered cuts from
hyinE SASS.
More than a score ot arrests made
aid among them were three womtn n.
charged with melting 20 rot
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
Sugar Market


sugsr-Detroit wholesale prices
Crystal dominoes. 2-lb. tI0zs. Do
loaf. $50. cubes. t735. NIX pow
dered. $40. standard powdered.
f.l5 graduated extra coarse. 50 90
graduated. ana.sin bulk, fSts, gran
ulated. 25-lb. cottOns tssj. crystal
domino gran. 2-lb. and 5-ib cartons.
in cases. sos. crystal domino. gran.
HF cases. SIS. diamond a. tss5,
a, s. TO- No. 4. 50 75.
No ., 81 ID 80 8. $685. 40. $3.50.
No Oh. $50 $50 ~ ss3t 40 70.
s. BE-. No 49, S. go 40 IT, s. 20. non
cakinE m.Atarc g.. beet gFsuuiated.
sees per 100 his household powder
case, 50 per case