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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 6

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6 Gratiot to Monroe on armer St Mail Orders Carefully illed tli This is the Bargain Section Mr 1 50c Perfume 29c 10c Peroxide 5c 89c ish Rods 39c A Witch Hazel 75c Golf Caps 39c Soap 6c 15c ish Hooks 7c i 45c Shells 33c 75c Shirts 35c i ATHER MULLANE CHOSEN interests Jn the 4 A $350 Cutlery $225 50c Cracker Jars 25c $1 Water Bottles 59c 50c China Sets 25cC 1 A DrugSpecials A a 4 each $150 Shoes $129 ruit A PAY ATER EIGHT YEARS of Michigan A A A A at 1167 Chene that someone pocket while A A A A I A A A A A A A A A A 1 A A A A A A A A A LOST 2 DAIS ON LAKE REAGH PORI EXHAUSTED Brings Sleep to the Tortured Iittle One and Rest to the Tired Mother SUBURBAN ANNOUNCE BIG CONVENTION SHORT ICE SUPPLY ALL STOLEN Beautiful Ex Empress of the rench SUPPORT GOMPERS HIT PROHIBITION 5: ANDPM ROADS AT WAR A i A Hayes was na ing the vilion and support of the matter expenses Genuine English Snell Hooks always sold at 15c per dozen on sale today in our Sporting Goods Dept at 7c per dozen Assorted sizes Girl Attempt Suicide Rapids Mich September Miller 18 years old is in Gray Granite 'Tea Kettles' No 8 size doublecdated worth 69c today 39c Dish Pans 25c is one of the most pathetic things in the sorrowful life of the 2 qt Hot Water Bottles with inch tube and three hard rubber pipes today only 59c Cronkiiite is in jail They were formerly lovers On returning from an out of town trip Cronklilte dis covered the girl with another man Tonight to her room and attacked her with a bread knife Later he gave himself up to the police the jail he attempted to swallow the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid but was prevented SHOE DEALERS ADJOURN hpon force and attached to Gan tt paironnan saloonkeeper to the police his trousers Conversions Causes innish Lads to Dig Up for Stolen Whisky Houghton Mich September About to bo received into the Salvation Army two innish lads announced to the officer In charge their desire to make reparation for a theft committed eight years ago Ac companied by a innish interpreter they visited the saloon of Ren Blum in! Red Jacket whom they said they robbed nf two bottles of whisky drinking to the place Not until they were about to be con verted to Christianity did their consciences prick them Each paid Mr Blum $1 50 and then they returned to the Salvation Army barracks where they were received into the fold Today our cut rate Drug Dept will offer J4 lb' bottles of Hydrogen Peroxide regu lar price 10c Yat 5c Celebrated Swiss Lilac Perfume regular price 50c per ounce today only 29c The story is told in a very interesting way by a gifted Paris correspondent wortn Basement Both and art 7 included in this assortment at 35c for choice Madras and Percales in stylish patterns and colors cuffs 'attached AH sizes Today only 35c Just half price for heavy ruit Can Rubbers Today you can buy the 10c kind at 5c per dozen Buy a supply of Gas Mantles today We will offer durable and brilliant mantln 10c tor only 5c Stab Grand 1 Ora jhe hospital with a serious knife wound tn the head and Harry Mean Thief Breaks Into House and Takes' Last Bit Leav ing Towniceless Rochester Mich September 1 17 Some time last night the Romeo lee house was broken into and ail that remained the ice crop there stolen 'This makes ice famine worse than ever 'as now the town is out of ice entirely As it was the deliveries had been cut down in order that the supply might not be exhausted at once There Is no clue to the thieves but a reward has been offered jgjld officers are at work on the cis4 The famine situation has been relieved as the stray car was located somewhere up in the north ern part of Michigan Lancewood three joint ish Rods with large guides thor oughly well made and worth 89c Special today at 39c Petroleum Jelly tfull pound bottle special today only at 7c should be in every medicine cabinet spe cial today at per 4c Household And Toilet Am monia full pt bottles spe cial today at 7c I night in its hall Several cou'n ty candidates made addresses coal office on Soring wells avenue in the Eighteenth ward was entered by' burglars Wednesday night but after ran sacking the place the thieves de parted empty handed THE DETROIT REE PRESS: RIDAY SEPTEMBER 18 1908 WOULD SET CLOCKS AHEAD Members of the More Daylight club held a meeting recently and decided to present the common council a petition with 2500 sign ers asking that the question of the adoption of eastern standard time be submitted to the people at the fall election Wa rd committees of live members each also are to be appointed to aid in the crusade for daylight Neartv 3000 mem bers have been enrolled since last spring The club is in receipt of informa tion to the effeet that the managers of the New York Central and Penn sylvania railroads are to hold a joint meeting to consider the advis ability of operating trains between New York and Chicago on eastern time: Double coated Gray Graniteware DishRins 17 quart size 'worth 59c toejay while they last 25c 16c Mantles 5c $200 SI 25 $175 $125 SI 75 $250 i'm Woodward ight for Her Treasures You De a golf player to wear one These all Caps are good for everyday ttSe and the real thing for automobile or traveling wear Stylish patterns and colors in all weight cloths Regular 75c and values at 39c today All sizes at public sale the works at Chelsea the Security Trust company 'as trustee has achieved the distinction of manufacturing the stock on hand and disposing of it ata profit Every Man Read This' Will Buy Glacier Stove Works syndicate of creditors will to I Ililbv Glazier which under The 12 gaugeShells loaded with black pow Te8llar 'Special today Today we will offer the Rogers Knives apd orks at $225 per set There are many grades of silver plated these Knives and orks are the kind that usually sell at $350 Handsome plain design rivaling solid silver in appearance and the plating will wear for years It means a saving of $125 if you buy a set today at this sale for $225 Housefurnishings Dpt basement' Tea Kettles 39c Blucher Style School Shoes with solid leather soles and counters and guaranteed togive good wear Actual $150 value today only Nicely decorated German China Cracker Jars worth 50c special today at 25c each ulty members of the univer sity almost without exception high ly favor the culture of fraternities from "President Angell and everything that: applies to clubs holds equally in the case of the While the faculty does not interfere ever so slightly the privacy of the fraternity there is an entente cordiale between the professors and members Mem bers of the faculty are often royally entertained in fraternity houses and are in many cases fraternity mem bers Thomas Craig presi dent of the Detroit board of educa tion said 'yesterday: frater nities in the Detroit schools had not reached their importance while I was in They were not sufficiently strong to serve as a moral good bad or indifferent agency have always regarded mem as a supernuity fftetlv liarmlbcu nno Rev Slevjn president Of De troit college takes an aggressiveposition: in the nature of a secret society is strictly forbid den in a Catholic' said the priest "Even when the secrecy is no more than childish mystery the attitude of reserve that controls a fraternity is prejudicial to discipline No Catholic is ever permitted to en ter a secret society in which every thing cannot be thrown open to the church upon demand The Legion of Honor: is an instance of this kind Cathblie Church la 'Lenient the case of CathoHc students attending non sectarlan universi ties we are Ipnlent The church has never pronounced against them and if they are in opposition no objec tion is made The mysteries of school fraternities are of a trivial nature im themselves and cannot be ranked with those of the ree Masons Odd ellows and other strongly organ ized bodies of Dr tolerant view of col lege fraternities throws a soft light upon the much abused high school movement It is sometimes argued that the pupils of the lowef schools form cliques in response to a human and social instinct and that suppression is not the only remedy for an On 'these grounds when the fraternity does not become an expensive luxury it is a permis Slble one 'The 'idea of impressing an official sign on their intercourse ifLa borrowed one aad almost as old as the world' ONLY BIGHT LET CLASS 28 PRIU)ICTS TAT LANDSLIDE State Commissioner Sizes Michigan Outlook Houghton Mich? 17 Robert Shields cnalrman of the state tax commission who returned today from a lower peninsula trip says that sentiment throughout the entire state 4s strongly in favor of William i Taft for president and that the Republican nominee will carry this state by 100000 majority and upwards Mr Shields chair man of the Houghton county Re publican committee and has been looking over the political situation throughout the state He predicts a Republican landslide a in county next November Michigan Retailers Again Elect Reinhardt President The Michigan Retail Shoe DeS association closed its fourth annual convention at the Griswold house esterday after a busy busi ness meeting the delegates were taken around the city in a sight seeing automobile At the morning 'session' Otto Reinhardt was again 'elected presi dent red Clark And Henry Kaiser both Detroiters were' re elected secretary and treasurer fe spectively A movement to intro duce life? and flre insurance was again presented and resulted in the selection of a committee to deal wit the matter The place of next convention was left with the uani or uirectors steps also were taken to Interest as many retail slice dealers in Michigan as possi ble in the organization and it is be lieved tha before the next conven tion 600 new members 5 will be enrolled s'?" President when first' tendered the nomination for presi dent refused saying that his poli tical cares were too numerous? or a few moments there was confusion for nearly every delegate immedi ately sprang to his feet and roared that tlie Detroit politician must ac cept sentiment to said Reinhardt LOCAL BREVITIES John Carmody a brother of Police iiou'hi apner narics varinoay has enrontxi on too llel station as Tony Conus street reports stole $25 frotn the trousers were off duty Wednesday night The widow of Andrew Wright who was killed by a boiler explosion in the J'L Hudson Co store March 16 has' applied for letters of administration of his estate She states that the estate consists only of the right: of action for damages against the cpmpany jranklin vacht Pastime wa libeled yesterday for $850 the amount declares Is due him for tfervlces i Deputy Marshal Cash Tav lor served the papers It is said however that 1 the cabin boy ran away from his work and there Is some over the amount 'j Nonnnn Bushey age? 11 filled the ju venile room and tne county build ing corridors With lamentations yesterday afternoon Today he will enter the state industrial school at lensing Norman1 has been before Judge Rohnert: several times for various delinquencies and Unproved his last reprieve by pegging a peddler with a lobert rtfle He is a bright good Iodk ins youngster 7 CARSON VILLE Jacob Cummings a retired farmer is dead at his home after an of several days He is survived byssaswidow and nneson who' is a prominent business man of Rose City MENOMINEE 1 Riding "thb barn of? his unele Edward Gorham was knocked off the back by an overhead beam In falling his neck': wastaught in a hanging halter and lie was strangled to death before assistance arrived Next ree Press This is just as much a store as 'it is a wo And in orenariner for this great riday sale we have not neglected to provide very attractive bar gains tor men they are grouped here unaer one heading so you can find them easily $10 $1250 and $15 Suits 'ij There are Suits in this lot you can put right on and wear now and through the all months some are heavy enough ior win ter lam black or brown Suits and 'jnany very stylish gray and brown patterns in Worsteds Chev iots and Cassimeres Not Suit in the lot would sell for less than $10 in the regular wav and more than half of them are $1250 and $15 values Manu samples broken lots and and ends from our own stock make up the assortment and wc have all sizes from 32 to 42 This means that and youths can be fitted as well' as heavily built men You may never have a chance again td buy such Suits at $600 so nliss this riday sale Reunion of Aged Pastors eature of the Conference at St Joe Joseph Midi September With an attendance rivaling anv former gathering the third day of the conference of Methodist Epis copal pastors representing some 400 pufpits In the western district of Michigan came to a dose to night The conference will not close until Sunday the next three days being full of interesting ses sions One feature of sessions was a reunion held by eight pas tors the remaining inembers a class of 23 young men who were admitted to the conference on trial just 20 years ago Those who par ticipated in the reunion here today were Pastors Coorso Shelbv Tav lor Battle Creek Neaz Carmen and Degraff Grand Rapids: Skinner Dowagiac Trott St Louis Ithaca A singular coincidence was that tlie conference 20 years ago was held in this city and todav the eight pastors held their reunion amid tlie same scenes and sur roundings This session closed with a banquet pastors with many service to their credit gathering round the festal board and listening to an address by fir Joseph Hingely of Chicago Reports of district superintendents are interesting showing the work accomplished since the last confer ence In a report today Dr Puffer of the Kalamazoo district $17000 has been added to salaries debts amounting to $6800 canceled and four new charges added to the district Inspiring memorial services were held today for deceased members an address of unusual strength be ing delivered by sRev Mr Callen of Battle Creek At the' business session this morning a check from a Methodist book concern for $3116 was presented tlie money going toward the support of super annuated pastors INSURANCE MEN CONVENE Representatives of Company in Session in Detroit As a reward for their success 140 members of tlie staff of the Travel Insurance company of Hart ford are having a good time in De troito Jn otherycars the company has had onebig annual convention of its workers who had done a cer tain amount of business in twelve months This year the eastern sec fiOll frntn flirt tlva tv rtj rt fin Hr mol orAiniv London last week Now the men in tlie central section which extends as far west as tlie Rocky mountains are being entertained at tlie Hotel rontciiart rain and in November lucky ones In the far west wilb as semble at San roncisco These conventions Are at the ex pense of the company which pays railroad fare and for entertainment while the members of tire big family are on theirouting The three life 'ncciuenr and are represented and bust halcyon view of ness sessions are iha mnrn i ing with recreation the remainder theirccohduct in' Ann Arbor where vi me aay Alter tne opening ses sion at the hotel yesterday the delegates and officers of the com pany went to the ball gamd and last evening they attended the Temple theater Dunham? president of company is here from Hartford and among the other of ficers present are Vice President John Way Department Secre taries Cowles A Page and Howard Superintendents of Agencies MajJ A Giddings and A McBurney together with mem bers of the 'auditing and other de partments At "the meetings there 'is an inter change of ideas for the general good of business1 Tlie officers take part in the discussions and the agents have their' say so that' the man agement of the company feels that much good comes from the conven tions which every agent tries to at tend Three Detroit Students Have Thrilling Experience in Smoke on Yacht Trip Port Huron Mich Sentember 17 about in the dense smoke and rough waters of' Lake Huron and Georgian bay for two days the sail yacht White Cap of Detroit arrived at this port with the crew of three young men all safe but almost exhausted from their rough and thrilling experience Tlie crew consisted of Arnos Chaffe Julian Dickinson and Ralph Sparling all of Detroit and students at the University of Michigan They left Detroit abbilfr three weeks ago out on Lake Huron got out of their course because of the smoke from the recent forest They sailed around4 for two days without being able to locate their position and when the smoke did clear found themselves far from where they expected they were or tunately their boat Was well stock ed with provisions Society Wedding at Rochester Rochester Miqh September 17 Burton Snook son of John Snook of Overlook fruit farm a Congregational preacher was mar ried last night "to Agnes Mc Cotter a daughter of Mc Cotter superintendent of the seed farm Both arc populax: here and the wedding was the so ciety event of the season Mr Snook is at present "stationed at Highland Detroit Couple Wedded at air Caro MichSeptember 17 A big fea ture of the Tuscola countyfaJr todav was the marriage of Miss Adele and Duke Boss both of Detroit which took place in front of the grandstand in the presence of several thousand peo ple Rev VV officiated The happy couple received many useful gifts from Caro merchants and' $50 In cash Johu I McIntyre la' Dead i Grand Rapids Mich September 1 John I McIntyre widely known in newspaper and theatrical circles died here tonight aged 49 after two Illness of pneumo TO MAKE WOMEN BEAUTIUL The Dr Charles lesh ood Co Offers to Give A way 100000 of Their Beauty Preparation to Women of Detroit In next ree Press the Dr Charles lesh 1 ood tCo of Biooklyn 'Y whose prepara tions have been on tlie marketfor years will print a coupon in their advertisement entitling thn to one box of Dr Charles lesh ood and one cake of Dr Charles Healing absolutely free 'AH you have to do is to cut out the coupon fill in your name and ad dress and present it to 'any drug gist whose name and address will aiso be printed in their full page advertisement? All that is further required is that you purchase at the same' time a1 box of their ace Powder price 50 cents All the leadings druggists of the city have been stocked with these goods to fill any reasonable demand and there is plenty of more in reserve The coupons wtr bft goqd from Sunday 20th to 2th' inclusive Sugar and Cream Sets Ger man China neatly decorated worth 50c special today at per 25c $3 Hanging Racks $145 They look 'just like lemish oak racks with antique brass hooka and trimmings But they are much stronger being made of sheet metal with dull black finish And the solid brass hooks are bolted through the frame Exactly like picture 'Mirror is heavy rench plate with beveled edge The racks are 3'ft long and 18 in wide Equally suitable? for hotels barber shops bathrooms or halls Cheap at $300 but we will offer them riday in our urniture Dept at $145 7 'W? 25c Barettes 11c Hair Barettes in assorted sizes and styles shell and amber today only 11c 124c Stockings 8c black ribbed Schoo! Stockings seamless the dur able kind worth today only 8c per pair IDEAL OR TENDER SKIN'S A Wonderful Help to Mothers in the Nursery Witch Hazel Soap is the ideal soap for tlie it relieves baby rash teething epvm jurrb in in cru piiunu any all discomforting irritations of? babyhood Jt gives relief to the tortured ilittle ones at once calms and produces sleep The delicate and delicious odor of the soap keeps baby as sweet as roses Witch' Hazel Soap is a positive cure for must skin irritations It will improve any complexion no matter how fair Makes the skin soft as velvet Regular price 15c per cake i Special for one today only A 6c Not more than one cake to a customer GLAZIER IS BACK HOME Specialist Gave Etixtf Little Hope fo Recovery It 18 Said Arbor Keptethber ormer State Treasurer rank Glazier under indict ment for malfeasance In office who quietly Jeff his summer home at Cavanaugh lak several days" is back homei having returned quietly As he went He went to New York to consult 'it specialist on nervoys troubles Ho war advised' it is stated that If ever recovered it would not be' for a long time and that but little hope was held out to him' '4 i SUNDAY EXCURSION Grand Trunk Railway 'OepwBnefZOTS Saglna wi and Bay City Special train? a 4 Ug Buttle Creek Owosso Ionia Grand Special" CIV Ticket Office 124 avenue Phone 89 Mr Iane fathered many projectsand buildings of a public character A widow and four children sur vive 1 Mr Lane also left three brothers: James and George 'who compose the plumbing firm: ofc Lane Brothers 232 Michigan avenue and Attorney William Lane Jury Says Tnnk Was aulty find that Emil Kelin came to his death by the explosion of a steel tank containing oxygen We alsofind that this tank was made of im perfect material and was of insuf ficient thickness We cans place no blame on the Michigan Crucible Steel Casting company but assign tlie full blame to tlie manufacturers of said tank We would recommend that ail tanks of this manufacture now in the' city be Tie foregoing is the verdict ren dered yesterday by the jury in of Emil Kehn kill el by tie exj losipn of an oxvgen tank in the plant of tlie Michigan Crucible Steel Castings company Architects iu Convention ThRU America should have a sty lfe7of distinctly her own and should not depend as she does upon'the varying styles of the old world was argued by John Lyle of Tefcpnto in a paper at the convention" of the Architectural League of America which opened at the Hotel yester day In the afternoon the architects were the guests of Berry Bros Ltd on a boat ride to St Clair The convention continues through Saturday I This treatment is said to have acquired a wonderful reputa tion throughout the East ow Ing to "its peculiar propensity I to fortify the nerve force and general health and a conse quent personal magnetism so (essential tothe happiness of every normal human being? it is claimed those who are physically ini paired glpqmy despondent nervous and 'Avho have tremb ling of tho limbs dizziness heart palpitation cold hands and feet insomnia fear with out cause timidity in ventur ing and general' inability to act rationally as others do Also'' of vast benefit to writers pro fessionalmen 'office workers and thevictims of 11 late hours and overindulgence in wines liquors etc By preparing the treatment at home secretly no one need know of trouble while the ingredients are much used in filling various preserip tions so that even the pur 1 chase of them separately need 1 occasion ho timidity If the reader decides to try it get three ounces of ordinary syrup sarsapaidlla' compound and one ounce "compound fluid balmwort mix and let stand Il rtYl 1 vwvr VUIM feGb UUU UUIiee compound essence cardiol and one ounce tincture cadomene (1 mix air together shake well I and take a teaspoonful after each meal and one at night This contains no opiates whatever and may also be used who suffer I with their nerves with abso: hite certainty of prompt ami I I lasting benefits 25c Damask Towels 16c An exceptional bargain in hemstitched damask Towels size 19x36 inches Best 25c today 16c MICHIGAN EDUCATORS DISAGREE WITH POLICY CHICAGOANS Injunction Proceedings Started in Bay City Break Cor dial Relations City Mich September Altliouglv their relations here have apparently always been very cordial warhas broken out between the Detroit Mackinaw and the ere Marquette railroad companies To day Judge Collins of the circuit COiiirJ iued an injinctipn £ni anpli of the thS uette frdfn Construct 'ng a track half a mile long on the west side of the river ci A time the pled a alleging "that thWlwo tne Mr th iqge isbver the Saginaw rivet in le agreement beingthat Hi i originatlngTonthe east side should be turned over by the ere Marquette to the and that coming from the westside 3 Ice versa Now it is alleged the I ere Marquette seeks to make use of the proposed piece of track to make connections with the old Hu ron Western a 10 miIe road' which it bought from Handy broth ers the original builders thus it is wK17Hw 50c Rubber Gloves 23c Light weight seamless Rub ber Gloves all sizes 50c qual itytoday per pair 23c REAL ESTATE MEN GAMBOL Detroiters Enjoy Second Outing of Season: at Grosse He Members of tlie Detroit Real Es tate board sought a spot where land IS nOt ROld hv tlic'cnnova I terday and found or Grosse Tie where they disported: themselves among fall flowers on their second outing ofithe season Tlie steamer International took them leaving Detroit at 1:45 and in time for dinner at the IslahdTiouse Then they played quoits and vied witli eaothei: Sas to wh ich con Id turn thsuXgeabes number of cartwheels? the losers making up byi tellibg how' tnucli spryer: they were when they were 10 years old and practiced the Kneip cure as a regular vacation stunt A ball game was plaven between the Tigers captained by rank Nall and the New York Nationals ieil by Lester Wise In all about 60 enjoyed tlje outing coming libine' in ample time for breakfast 1 DEATH DANIEL LANE as Leading Tffason Contractorin City for 30 Years Daniel Lane for 30 years a ma son contractor in this city and a charter rinember of tlie Builders and exchange died Wednesday at his home 468 Trumbull avenue Mr Lane was 67 years old He WHS horn? in Tirtivrti ranzen SS of ife in He was for many i janzen too or Vears a rAnMr c7i mi isk cro a 1 Very'" Rev meT anpassed" res? very A ater I lilt ions OOmmAnfUncr Ma bonnan I 'T 4 I i aaw a4 iiiujcaninr attention tn thA fapf that Ml? In rt ranirirtc 4 35c Can Tops 25c The best quality Mason Can Tops are worth: 35c per dozen On sale here today quantity limited at 25c Base ment lOc Can Rubbers 5c Catholic Order of or esters Will Meet in Detroit Tlie biennial convention of the Catholic Order ot ores ters will held In Detroit from September 23 to October 1 4 Man ager Hayes of tlie Wayne pavilion has donated tlie use of the pavilion as the meeting place and tlie Wayne hoiei will lie tiie headquarters of tlie delegates that Will number about 1000 September 28 a special train over the Wabash railroad will bring In tlie representatives from western points who win ne carea ior iy me non executive committee composed of i line Mrs Alice Conklin May 1 Galway and Mrs Mary Tiintnony of the Detroit branch ot the order convention will open with a public meeting which will he ad dressed bv Mayor Thompson andother notables Order ot oresters Will have a tine conven tion" spiel Mrs Mary Timmony last night i'Wa will have a great many people 'here who will accompany the delegates in order to see tlie city in wn irn itn is worth itvin very kind: to us in do use of tlie: Wayne pa wc hope to receive the other business men in of helping us with our When the'' convention holds its executive sessions we will have ome Interesting news The elec tion of national officers too will be Wynudottc VccdH Ilcndy Cash "Wyandotte's strong box needs re J'lenishiqg Tlie city funds are not available until October 1 and City Clerk inson ahd Mayor MrClaiigh Tkna've fjeVn instructed? to to tide matters over The con oitions of the city money at present ill tlie various funds are as follows: contingent road $1422 1re $51498 police $1 33209 interest $195394: paving and sewer maintenance $2215 good roads tax refund $143184 commer 9 1 2 3 a 1 1 0 rk suburban' Ketch Ison employed by Hie Mieliigah Alkali" company? at' fell yesterday from a scaffold on wiilcli he was 'Working His face was badly bruised and Ills nose broken Rlver boii'rd dis posed of $15000 Worth of bonds last night to Matthew inn of Detroit Of tlie proceeds $7500 will be used to: pay bonds that have matured while $2500 more of tiig money will no reserved for 'paying bonds now maturing? The Wyandotte Arbeiter held a meeting State Labor Delegates ate Anti Taft and Then Say as i Your Conscience Midi September T7 Seventy five delegates attending the State' ederation of Labor here Voted thfs afternoon with only one dissenting voice or the adoption of resolutions denouncing William anfanemy pj organized arid tlie Chhiago 'plaiforrh adangerous Inst Th 0 lution which introduced Wed' nesday by J' Emery" Knotb and JA McGregor of Detroit called on all bodies of organized labor to repudiate WnTiaPr HTaft A resolution adopted at the morn ing session of the federation in dorses action of the American ederation of Labor and its presi dent Samuel Gompers and his fel 1 z4 a a 4 4 1 a 2 a 4 4 4 rt utiiuuia in iiivir uppuoitiun iu but a per tjle Republican platform and its nominee for This resolution the close study of both platforms of the dominant parties and obser vation of the political situation which confronts organized workers of the country It then con cludes: the candidates and then vote as your conscience dictates that will be for the best interests of the wage workers of the Against Prohibition Many other resplutions were pass ed upon by the federation' One fa vors full citizenship for women An other says: ask the members of organized labor and our friends to make every effort in their power to prevent the adoption of prohi bition in the several counties of the Reasons given for this action are that prohibition deprives employes of breweries and dependent indus tries of employment and thatlt is an 'invasion of personal liberty To Plug fa Detroit This afternoon a resolution was Introduced requesting that df le gates to the American ederation of Labor which wlll meet In Den ver in November to use "their in fluence to secure the next annual convention for the city of Detroit The adoption of a resolution which provides that officer of the Michigan ederation of Labor accepting an appointment or elec tion io a poJitical officelatyonce severs his connection? with' the "fed eration as an was hotly contested This was aimetj at Presi dent Charles Carpenter? Of Grand Rapids present secretaryto Mayor Ellis and recently appointed as a member of the state board of ar bitration Some of the members declare that he cannot dabble in politics anl at the same time serve the best interests of the "federation IRES IMPERIL TWO TOWNS South Range and Ripley Are Saved Only by Hard Work Houghton Mich? September 17 'orest fires today threatened tlie village of South Range six miles sduth of Houghton and the'" local fire department was summoned to fight tlie flames Houses and prop erty on the' east side of the villa'ge were in 'danger 'for several hours btiVby'dtht ofhard Work the flames Were checked before any great dam age had been done The little ham let RlpleyJ just across" Portage lake from Houghton 1 was also in danger for a time today fires break ing out along the and cop per rartge Tallrogd right of Ways Section men and others vfought the flames The Anchor Liner Tionesta ar riven snortiy arter noon today af ter being held up for over 20 hours by smoke on lakes Huron and Mich igan Sees No Harm and Much Good in raternities Recently Tabooed By School Trustees of Windy City Dr leming Carrow Gives acts k41 i i a 'r tt 1'K 1 (JI JfcKUaW EjlWe The beenbrew ingiagainst liigh school fraternities for thej last three years in Chicago recently i broke One thousand boys and girls are choosing this week be tween "their schools and their so i leties: Ed ward McDonald a Pill bigina will represent his fellow belligererits in the courts where he will be defended with ta fund raised by fraternally minded par ents One thousand dollars has al ready 'been collected for defense and ihis buckers say that more rwill 'not be refused Dr leming Carrow for many years professorat the University of Michigan and of the most noted oculists sof tlie present day strongly champions the fraternities Dr Carrow can see no possible ob jection to the fraternity Idea His vh iU VV it 114 iff VI icit founded uponhis favorable view ot Arr Ai'hAr wh ata tliey are distinctly an advantage raternities 'Enhance Scholarship knowledge of fraternities is intimate' 'said Dr Carrow to a rep resentative of The ree Press terday have visited many fra ternity houses in my professional capacity and found tlie moral and mental standards quite as high as among the In many Instances they are higher in stance it has! requently come to my notice that the membersi of a fra ternity Will in their power to raise the scholarship of a retro grade member simply through fel lowship As for the charge that fraternities are responsible for in temperance among students I con sider It beneath notice A boy who Is a mdral imbecile1 will show it sooner or later? generally sooner whether he is affiliated with a fra ternity or not? If there is any it lies in the fraternity charge of snobbishness is another unfounded charge Con genial spirits always will associate formally or infoflmally In the most exclusive fraternities at the Univer sity of Michigan the character and standing of proposed members are closely investigated and invita tion to join is rightly held as an honor but there are many students distinctly eligible for membership whb exclude themselves for reasons of temperament £1 can say definitely that riday Bargains All Through the Store Every man and woman who tries spend money judiciously should make it a practice to in vestigate our riday Bargain Sales The great variety of goods offered makeS'it possible to supply just about everything needed for the person and the home at the most economical prices We have arranged for today some of the greatest bargains ever offered here You will find them all over the store plainly marked with red and yellow price The entire main aisle on ground floor right through from Gratiot to Monroe Avenue will be given up to today And every department from the urniture on the fifth floor to the Crockery in basement will have a display of bargains that connot fail to attract crowds of buyers We advertise some of the 25c Underwear 16c leece Lined Vests or Pants 25c grade today 16c per garfrient $350 Dres Shapes 98c The Millinery Dept offers odd lots bf 'new all Dress Shapes worth from $150 to $350 for only 98c White Satin with black edge and facing or plain black navy blue brown taupe and' other popular shades and in a full variety of styles Oply 98c Photograph Studio 6th loor Retldurant in the Basement TlfE HEART Detroiter Named by Redemptor ists Delegate to Rome Special to Tho ree reS "St Mo September i 17 Twenty four Redemptonsts two i epresentatives from each of the 12 houses on the western province met today in St Louis at St Alphonsus parish house to elect two delegates to represent the chapter of tlie prov ince at the general meeting of rep i esentati vesft of tlie order from all over the world to be held in Rome in ebruary 1912 They elected! ratner i St Louis and ather Dan iel Mill 1 Trn13 irauers Ot hl IjOUIS' Brown ss western province who resides In St Louis will go by virtue of his office Representatives of the order meet in Rome everj nine years to con sider matters pertaining to the good of the order The houses represent ed today were St Louis two houses in Chicago New Orleans Detroit Grand Rapids Kirkwood DeSoto Kansas City Denver Seattle and Portland v(i iiivl auu pussea reso 1 lotions commending his career and $6 1 4 S9V EsHr Ik I MW I If IZa it X' Hr I.

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