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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 13

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THE NEWS ROM ALL OVER MICHIGAN PLANS A REVOLT ROYAL WOMEN SAE IN TANGIER OR NEXT SUNDAY LINT BE ORGED OUT Dh tQ URGES BUSINESS IEN NEED of uf the boat 8 rancis Simon Mur Chester Co United Rall Slavens Chariot LIST STANDS AT 56 DEAD o' Beidler vs City Rank City Rowell vs of airbanka James Lelphart A Oeslna Bouma vs William Du Receiver vs tonight Holmes vs Detroit ASSAULTED SLEEPING MAN MT CLEMENS Mary Donoghue An Ideal Gift IVE SOLDIERS Detroit United Clark Detroit va Concordia ARE ARRESTED Edward I Case Eugene Brown Detroit STEEL CONCERN Half Price OWNS 28 PER CENT CAN YOU WRITE A SHORT STORY? National for Thomas Warn COMORTABLE ELIOT BLISS HELD OR MURDER vs Buss Machine vs Nicholas Cas 9 Alexander a Royal Oak BEEKEEPERS ELECT OICERS BONAIDE BANKRUPT SALE Of the STEWART SNYDER Stock Still Continues HATS SUITS 92 BROADWAY IXTURES or Sale Method was found uncon A few days later oster McDuffie Anderaon $5005750 $1000 via two the and Price Price Price Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankrupt Custom Custom Custom Custom Custom Price Price Price Price Price Made Made Made Made Made rrrbe ranklin On account ot the un usual demand for our New Safety and Self illing patterns we are AH the party com $200 $150 $100 75c Cor John St One and One Halt Blocks rom Woodward Avenue $500 $750 $1000 $1500 $2000 Price Price Price Price Price of for $1000 $1500 $2000 $2500 $3000 $4000 $5000 $6000 Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankrupt MURDERERS ARE CAUGHT Made Made Made Made DETROIT REE PRESS: RIDAY DECEMBER 15 1911 OPEN EVENINGS 122 Carr Sult by summons was started against the Grund Trunk Railway company today In the municipal court by patrolman A Knight Damages of lx) are asked the patrolman alleging a freight train blocked the Wesson street crossing for over an hour last Saturday night Priest Beni Baono arrested a week ago on a charge of attempting to set fire to the country home of Charles Stlrchfleld at Bloomfield Hills has been sent to the Pontiac State hospital physicians declar ing he Is demented 151 152 153 154 156 156 157 158 159 160 161 Walter Moro Outlaws Sial Mindanao December Tbs program attending the dedi cation of (he new Central Methodist Epis copal church began tonight with a ban quet at the church Rev Jennings of Mt Clemens was toutmaster and re sponses were made by Mayor Louna bury ITesldent Keyser of the Com merveat association ex Mayor Gull lot Harry Coleman Rev Mr Olmstead of Detroit and Rev Glass pastor of tne church shot Laughlin ountain Pen Majextic Bldg Arcad Either Woodward of Mich Ave Entranee Radford King Paper rank Paw Mexleo City December Gen Zapata has Issued a proclamation of favor of Emilio Vasquex Goxnoa as president of the republic lie named Gen Crozco for chief of staff and re pudiates the Madero government tSitnultaneously with the iaauance ot the proclamation new uprisings face the government In Nuevo Leo a and Jalisco where armed opposi tion has hitherto not been encoun tered This now puts Puebla Vera Crux Morelos Yucatan Nuevo Leon and Jalisco in ths revolution col umn against Madero if not th whole of each state at co ns id erable men tn each state Gen igueroa now In Madero's srvtre was defeated in Morelos br men yesterday This is the blkWest reverse the federal have received in more than two months the Detroit Business University 65 69 West Grand River Ave Be gin any day or even ing Shaw Presi dent After deliberation vof B0 minutes a cir cuit court jury today found Harry Silver of Detroit Innocent of the charge of horse stealing Silver was accused of taking a horse belonging to Charles Porter of Bloomfield on June 19 from the corner ot Saginaw and Iawrence streets in this city Esther Macomber et al vs Galla Co Hnbricht Braun Co vs Galla Co John Dorrington vs Norman Valuable Best Chicago December 14 With two men under arrest as confessed par ticipants in the midnight automobile ride which ended in the hold up and murderot Mrs Hattie Kaufman re cently the 'police tonight awaited telegraph information ihat the two men who have 4een named as ac tive participants in the killing were in custody Police Inspector Hunt said the George liabenau and William Stacey had been found and that he expected they would be on their way to Chicago by to morrow Rabenau has been named by both men in custody ho i ana cnanneu ano Big as the one who Mrs Kaufman William Nummer No extensions to remember No lock to forget McCracken vs nl Truman vs Balky vs Sibley Quarry Canfield vs Libbis Can Blind and 75 years of age Mrs Phoebe A Hodges has started a suit in the circuit court against her two sons Joseph Hodges and Al bert Hodges and Manton State bank to recover $l40u deposited the bank by her husband shortly before his death Mrs Hodges de clares that she and her husband sold their home Intending to buy another place She also says that they had agreed to have arrange ments made so that in case either died the other would have the prop erty until death Mrs Hodges says that her husband put the money re ceived from the old home in the Manton bank but became ill and died suddenly before another place was bought He left no will and Joseph Hodges obtained poses sion of the certificate of deposit Tangier December While Princess Royal Louise of ife and her daughters Alexandra and Maud were being landed hero yesterday a jewel case containing valuable gems was washed out and lost Gibraltar December members of the royal prising the princess royal the duke of ife and their two daughters who suffered" su terrible experi ences during their landing from the wreck of the steamer Delhi off Cape Spar tel yesterday are reported well though much exhausted They are In Tangier According to reports from Cape Spartai the position of the wrecked steamer Delhi hag now become so perilous that the entire crew will be obliged to abandon her The steamer In the opinion of those assisting In the salvage op erations is undoubtedly lost but her cargo may be saved Shirts Neckwear at Half Off 43 14 orty two Moro outlaws wers killed here today In an engagement with a detachment of American scouts There were no fatalities on the American side Woodmen Will Come to Detroit Port Huron Mich December A large crowd representing the Woodmen of the World and VV'ood mn circle organizations of this city win make the trip to Detroit next Sunday where they will attend the big memorial and class intro ductions of that fraternal organiza tion In that city on that day The local members have arranged for several special trains to convoy them to Detroit The men and religion forward movement started Its four day cam paign today The real opening oc curred at a banquet which was held In the Masonic temple tonight James Schermerhorn of Detroit pre sided at the meeting A Van Dig of Lansing leader of the work among boys discussed that subject and Johnson of Kalamazoo talked on "Bible Adams of Detroit William Da vies of South Wales and Hensel of Detroit spoke respective ly on and Dr aber of Detroit delivered the principal address of the evening The meet ing tomorrow will be held at the irst Baptist church Banker Burr Gives a Banquet Rochester Mich December 14 President Burr of the War ren and razer state banks gave a complimentary banquet in this vil lage tonight to stockholders and business men About 40 eniovd a four course menu and were enter SUPREME COURT DOCKETARRANGED STEAMER DELHI LIKELY TO BE A COMPLETE LOSS Grand Rapids Mich December 14 one fifth the population of Detroit this city takes second state honors in the matter of divorce de crees A compilation made for the year shows that 409 cases were started in the circuit court here 207 de crees were granted and 200 more cases are pending Eighty per cent of the cases were started by discon tented wives Cruelty is the prln cipal grounds of complaint in 92 per cent of the cases 11000 Bankrupt Price $1500 Bankrupt Price $2000 Bankrupt Price $2500 $3000 $4000 $5000 $6000 Altus Okla December 14 Charier Brewer former United States army chaplain accused of complicity tn a eerier of dynamite explosions at ort Riley Kaa de ciares the accusations so far ax he is concerned Mr Brewer who was aarrested at his home in Olustee Okla yester day following the eonfeislon of Private Michael Quirk at ort Riley is being detained here awaiting the arrival of a federal officer who will take him to Kansas shall have no trouble In proving an de clared the minister JAMES IL POUND 'rpBiiixnx Detroit Mich Dec 15 1911 John Norris vs Clarence A Ryno Wayland Creamery Co vs Calvin George Wood st al va Ed I) Haines James Special to The ree Press Boston December 14 News from Dr Charles Eliot continuer of a reassuring character This morn ing his son Rev Samuel A Eliot of Cambridge received this cable gram from Kandy Ceylon: to advice patient more Com Dr Eliot Is now confident his father will soon be on the road to recovery Remainder of Iron Ore in Michi gan is Held by Companies Outside the Big Trust Special to The ree Press Washington December 1 Rep resentative Olin Young of Mich igan member of tho Stanley steel committee has presented to that body figures showing the relative amount and value of Iron ore in Michigan mines owned by the Steel Corporation and by other compan ies He shows that the Steel Cor poration through its mining com pany the Oliver Iron Mining com pany owns 289 per cent of the iron ore in Michigan and that the other 711 per cent is owned by compan ies outside the Steel Corporation The value of the Steel Corpora holdings In Michigan is 359 per cent of the total while the other properties com prise 641 per cent The total tonnage of all compan ies is estimated at 189953164 and the present value of all mines at $118688000 Mr figures are based on the report made to the Michigan tax commission by Mining Expert Jas IL inlay of New York EWER DIVORCE DECREES GRANTED Shaw 146 United Railway is? unanes ire Insurance 148 Stephun Olds 149 Archie Hrnurn al 150 Mary Jane Merritt vs rank Merritt et ai J'vopie People People People People People People People People Mrange Winter Dlrs Ixmdon December Mrs Ar thur Stannard the novelist who was known by her pen name of Strange died today She had been confined to her bed tor the past fiv months Prizes Given Articles on Great White Way1 valuable prizes are 8 I May Gates vs Alfred 9 Ludwig Schieles vs Thayer 10 Detroit A Mackinac Ry Cflv Seed and rrurnerv fo il Edwin vs John Lewis vs Michigan Robert Hilliard MATING NEW DEPOT AT ALPENA Ida Haye City ot St Clair Ida Newland Tyler Addle Wrlfht Arthur Mclnllj Henry Caldwell Co Batata oi Robert ran HI William Hunt Una Only Presence of Royalty Aboard Stranded Boat Brought Help rom Gibraltar red Tart Hoek Heth Angle Martin Osborne Peronl Taylor Bowen People va Campbell Etta Vogt V8' Ida Cotter et al Caslnova Walter vs William HOWEVER WILL not EVEN BE CENSURED Duchess of ife and Daughters Are Much Exhausted by Wreck Experiences Wexford Sheriff Believes He is Slayer of Mrs Cosier Cadillac Mich December 14 Earl Bliss who first discovered that Mrs red Cosier had been killed yesterday in her home in the north end of this city will be held for the woman's murder The formal charge was made this afternoon but Bliss has not yet been told that he is to be held He Is still in the county jail pending the cor inquest which may not be held until next Monday The wo funeral will be held Satur day afternoon from the Presbyter ian church The idea of suicide was abandoned when the bullet which killed the woman was found Imbedded In the wall in such a position as to make the suicide idea seem foolish Walter Robinson vs Western L'nton Telegraph Co 97 Anna Gvrnetzky Harris Cor net sky 98 Rowland Cosmor vs Ernst Jochen John Gradyssewikl Jr vs Detroit United Railway 100 Sylvester Nelson vs Stephen Wig gins et al 101 Supreme Connell Catholic Benevolent Association vs Theodors Scherer et al 102 Joseph Loraxtger lorens Jags miL Mary Phillipa Sweexy vs Colltns Northern Ice Co 104 Georg 8 Molby vs Abner Murrey 105 State Life insvrance Co vs Charles Harrah 106 Daniel Gelder vs Allie Welsh 19T Philomena Des Champlain vs Odeltn Des Champlain iva llvaru HO tlonal 111 Julia McBroom vs Siege! com Dorothy Charter vs Mary Draper James A Leonora Sullivan vs Daniel Sul Antoine iabadle vs James Perry Catherine Brown vs Na Bank Theodore Gallas vs Briscoe Mfg Co Cleora nattenburv ot al vs ere Marquette nauroao uo 113 Vernon a Chapman vs Board Supervisor Muskegon County 114 Theron Duryea et al vs Joeeph Edtnger et a 115 rank A Aronson Baldwin J16 Anna Mtrablle va phy Co 11T 1ors ra am rs at 1 U8 Walton Cranberry Co vs Lion Haskins et al 119 Lillian Mehegan edmx vs Boyne City A A A Co IktL 121 London December According to a story printed tn the Shipping Gazette the admiralty xerographic station at Gibraltar yesterday Ignond the calls for help eent out from the stranded steamship Delhi because they came from a mercan tile ship the navy red tape limiting the station to calls from naval ves sels The calls for help were re ceived at Cadis from the rench cruiser riant The officials at Gibraltar on learning later Cadiz that the king's sister and of her daughters were aboard Delhi became panic stricken rushed warshin to the acene The Inference Is that no commer cial ship no matter how serious her position may ba need expect naval aid from Gibraltar unless royalty is aboard Several fered through The ree Press the best short or descrip tive articles on the White as Grand River avenue from Woodward to Cass is called This is now one of the most attractive sections of Detroit at night being brilliantly illuminated by scores ot gas arc lamps Try your hand at description write a short article on this section and send it to the White Way ree Press Here are the prizes of fered: irst Prize an elegant Gas Din ing Room Dome The Second Prize $10 In gold the Third $5 In gold the ourth two parquet spats at the Garrick thea ter the ifth two parquet seats at the Detroit the Sixth two seats at the Garrick and the Seventh Prize will also be two seats at the De troit Total Cajes for January Term Number 161 of Which 48 Are rom Wayne Mo More Miners Rescued Allrs In BriceviUe Brtcevllle Tenn December Ur Not a Ingle miner Uvlnr or dead was brought out ot Cross Moun tain mine today and tonUht tbe Hat stands at five rescued and Et dead ire burned briskly all day In two ot the croea entrtee aad to the task ot extlnaulehlne It the rescue men devoted their entire time Explorers In the mine have located eiKht or nine more dead bodice and these may be broucht out late See our Safety Self iller Gen Reyes Sets a Date for Start ing His Rebellion in Mexico Special to The ree reae Monterey ilex December 14 Ac cording to documents In poMeasion ot the government authorities Sun day la the day set tor the general uprising ot the armed followers ot Gen Bernardo Reyes Order have been given tor extraordinary vigi lance on the part ot the federal troops on that day Gen Reyes Is now reported near Galena about 100 miles east of here Zlstler enmnanv Cral et al vs Millard State Organization Votes to Join National Association Saginaw Mich December At session of the Michigan As sociation ot Beekeepers the follow ing officers were elected: President Townsend Remus: vice pres ident I 8 Griggs lint secre tary and treasurer Tirrell Detroit The convention came to a close this afternoon with the awarding ot prizes The most Important bus iness transacted came today when the state organization voted to join the National associa tion WEBB MUST PAY WRIGHT $3750 Lansing Miclu December The supreme court for the January term as arranged by Clerk Hopkins consists of 161 cases 48 of which are from Wayne county Court opens January 3 1912 with Justice Moore presiding as chief justice The docket is as follows: George Bruce va Central Co 2 red Austin vs Charles Harden et al 3 William Close et al vs Ann Ar bor Co 4 Charles Scheldt vs Henry Roe et al 5 Warren Servtea vs Ann Arbor Co 6 James Cole vs Cole Realty Co rsaroott tioia vs imron Harry oster Convicted by Jury In Saginaw Saginaw Mich December After being out an hour this after noon the jury returned a verdict of guilty aganst Hairry oster 24 years old who was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than mur der oster it was claimed en tered the saloon of Oscar Method two weeks ago and finding him asleep struck him down with a cnair fli'inns was arrested in Midland county on a charge or burglary INALLY INDS GARBAGE THIE Co vs Sloox 139 company 140 Wilson field 141 Henry and Railway company 142 Alfred LHja va Standard Acci dent Insurance company 143 pany 144 et al Judge Smith Declares Partner ship Existed Between Two in Making Auto Bodies Pontiac Mich December Judge Smith today handed down a decree in th civil case of Ebes Wrtfht against rank We bb In which he holds that a partnership existed between the two and that Wright is entitled to halt ot the dif ference between 1475 and 560 each on 10AO auto bodies which the two made for the Beaudette company on contract Wright claims Webb represented to him they received but 75 each for the bodies and later he learned that Webb had been receiving 3550 The matter was decided in fa vor in the justice court and spiraled to the circuit court It is stated It will now be appealed to the supreme court Closing Out ALL Regular Standard Patterns AT ifiCinC LOWEST ONE WAY IRST CLASS ARE OR Vuii4vZ THE ROUND TRIP Going Dcembr 23 24 2S turning until Dwmbr 24Uo rolng December 20 21 January 1 returning until January 2 Trains leave ort Street Union Depot at 8:00 a except Sunday 12:20 noon and 11:40 dally Up to date Coaches Parlor Sleeping and Cafe Cars on all trains ARE AND A THIRD OR THE ROUND TRIP Going December 21 to January 1 returning until January 1 1413 Get Tickets at City Office 7 ort Street or Union Depot A Edmonds DPA Proposals for $25000000 Water Bonds Sealed proposals will be reeehred at tho office of the Hoard ot Water Commissioners of tho City of DtrolC up to 4 Tuesday January 1512 for the purchase of two hun dred and fifty thousand dollars (2260000001 In bonds ot the Board ot Water Commissioners of ths City of Detroit ot the denomination ot on thousand dollars 11000) eaeh Theae bonds will be dated ebruary 1 1012 and mature ebruary 1 1932 without option and will bear Interest evidenced by coupons at the rate ot tour per centum psr annum payable semi annually Blds will tie received for the en tire Issue or for any part thereof THESE BONDS ARK EXEMPT ROM ALL TAXES IN THE STATE M1CH1GVN A certified check drawn payable to tho order of the Board of "star CommiMlonrs of th City of De troit for a eum not less than one half of one per centum of the amount of the bonds bid for must accompany each proposal Bbls must include accruM inter est if any and must be OR WATER The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or any portion of anorlfurthr information apply to the Secretary Secretary Michigan Washington December 14 Mich igan patents were Issued today as follows: Glen Barrett Grand Rapids typewriting machine Thom as If Beadle Kalamazoo nut and bolt lock Chauncey Chamberlain Ionia tire splicing inandrex How ard Coffin Detroit explosion en gine Martin I' Connolly isher Papke ayne fold ing shipping case John Crocker and Tappan Coldwater cement block construction: Ruel Dewey Grand Rapids thermostat damper regulator George Dunham De troit oil can holder Malcolm Ewer Detroit automatic locking seal Edwin Hamilton Ann Arbor baby carriage James Ingllfh De troit rotary fan Wm Jones De troit fastening device for lamn doors John Mackey Detro friction transmission gear: Harry Nichols Detroit friction clutch: Gustav Rath Marshall auto matic lubricator Bertrand Russell and Savage Saginaw jig for washing coal and imllar substances red Slocum Caro combination tug and hame attachment for horse col Tavlor lint tool hold er Everett Thompson Niles iron or nosing for concrete work New Corporations Lansing Mich December 14 The following companies have filed arti cles of Incorporation with the sec retary of state: Portland Telephone company Portland Increase from 15000 to 315000 George A eiier company Detroit $10000 principal stockholder tho Ewing ennell com pany Lansing $30000 Hastings Mo tor Shaft company creased from laOOOO to SjoOOO $500 $100 $300 $200 $150 Underwear etc sold also eception to Officials tast Night Public Dance in Building Tonight Tigtion A11H Bre Rnlord Huron Mi i xjttvniuer xv 1 tltklne tenler Amaranth in buoys and rh St ciair ahd St haB towed CorsicaJM 61 t0 Detroit to wnter The Wah arrived here speaker is Bad" With the crtr Grange as Besult of Attack on Holden Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankru Price Bankrupt Price Wdidates for Office Made to Swear to Put End to Trou ble in Organization Kalamazoo Mich December Helme will be a Granger "another rear He will not even censured for the assaults he upon Secretary Holden of the insurance company unless Stato Grange tomorrow decides 'take up the Helme Holden fight Lin But his is not probable a Baker Is the only man who facing serious trouble and It le tonight that he may be "reed out of the Grange at the anal meeting tomorrow Baker Is bad awfully bad according to of the members The election which had been fixed tor today and the selection ot the next meeting place were put over until tomorrow and It Is possible because ot tho fight that Speaker Baber Is making to retain his xtem bershlp In the Grange the business nf the convention will not be fin ished until Saturday night 5o Censure ot Helme The committee which investigated the charges against Holden made report this forenoon There wast a word of censure for Helme hut the report which was adopted h't Indirectly at Helme's paper the Patron No longer can ho use the word "Grange" as authorized by the state society to advance the Inter ests ot his paper The committee says It found no truth in the charges that had been made against Holden by Helme and Baker The report says that Hoi lea has conducted the affairs ot his office aS they should be jae sensation of the day aur ic? the early hours of the morningbetween 3 and 3 Members of the Grange found tnat xiaKer wassponsible for the printed hand hills that were thrown about the invention hall last night attacking various members Raker to the roat But before his name was mention el he walked into the Grange and asked for permission to speak am responsible for those bills but before he could finish his eentence catcalls and hisses stopped tint Master Hull restored order and Baker then attempted to make a detense of his act in the presence ot the crowd Baker and Holden who were both on the platform ghook hands and said they were willing to let the past be burled When the Grange resumed work during the forenoon Baker again look up his own defense telling what he had done for the organi sation His confession caused the Grange today to adopt a resolu tion asking his withdrawal as a candidate for election to the execu tive committee Holden has already withdrawn but Baker declared: who are trying to get me to withdraw will find that I am a fighter and that I will be right there to the finish No sir I have no Intention of backing up at this time and will see this whole thing trough to a finish I am an in wrgent if that Is what is meant by being adverse to the Hull ad ministration and I carry my insur gency right with Gov Osborn Talks Hostilities and all other mattersere brought to a standstill when wv Osborn came before the orange and spoke The governor eooflned himself chiefly to the question of taxation although he said that it would be very doubtful he rallnri cfionlol aocolctn legislature a session rould be alto gether too said he woud simply place the taxpayers the state under an additional Kut a special session should be called by me the first jwtion which would be placed be fore that body would be relative to ths members of he Grange asked all the candidatesre lection to the executive com th on th platform mt the Grangers waited to see they looked like While theywe standing some one introduced resolution which passed calling pon every candiate for election to Wean oath that they would bring 10 an end the trouble in tb MakgerThe oath was admlnisUr by Mrs Woodman chaplain of Grange and it i one Both parties are tonight claiming ictory in Head of Lapeer Home for eeble Minded Goes to California Lapeer Mich December 14 At a meeting today ot the board of con Yrol of the Michigan Home for the eeble Minded and Epileptic Dr I Chamberlain medical superin tendent tendered his resignation to take effect In ebruary He will remove to California to engage in business He will leave the liiBtltu tion with the highest regard ot every member of the board who re gret the loss of his efficient and valuable service Dr A Haynes assistant medical superintendent bv action of the board becomes act ing medlcal superintendent and will In due time become superintendent in place of Dr Chamberlain Dr Chamberlain and Dr Haynes have served together here for live years Previous to that time Dr Chamberlain had been 10 years at the Newberry asylum and Dr Haynes four years as physician at the slate asylum for criminal insane at Ionia I'nBerslty Lecturers lo Demand Ann Arbor Mich December 14 Dr A Warthin of the medical department will deliver a lecture Sunday at New Buffalo in the new university extension lecture course The requests tor these lectures are coming in so rapidly that It Is a question If the 300 lectures provided for win be anywhere near enough to go around AT $200 AND UP They're Accused of Complicity in the Dynamiting Operations Around Kiley Junction City Kans December ive privates of battery Sixth field artillery wero arrested at ort RHey this afternoon in con nection with the recent dynamite explosions at the fort which en tailed property leases of 1500000 to the government While Petitions Have Increased State Becords Show Courts Have Put on Brakes Lansing Mich December There were 16046 divorce cases un der consideration In the courts of Michigan during the year 1910 ac cording to compilations from the records in the office of Secretary ot State Martindale and 3246 divorces granted lhe report shows there were 10 450 bills for divorce pending in the courts on January 1 1909 while 5 596 new bills were filed during the year While there were 3243 di vorces granted there were only 63 refused 236 being withdrawn or otherwise disposed of and 13501 go over as pending for the present year Taking 16046 as the aggre gate number before the courts the number granted constitute 203 per cent of the total number of peti tions How the divorce has grown in popularity Is shown by the state ment made In the report which shows that In 1898 there were only 2475 cases pending in 1899 there were 2959 in the number had grown to 4857 in 1905 It was 7430 in 190S there were 10556 That the courts have somewhat checked the rush for matrimonial freedom is shown by the statement that di vorces were granted in 683 per cent of the bills filed tn 1906 while In 1910 the per cent was 58 Secretary Martindale includes some interesting comment on the law requiring this report on di vorce and points out that some amendments would add to its effi ciency stating that the returns aro not in all cases complete Hal Smith Addresses Board of Commerce Mother Sues Sons for $1400 lint Mich December 14 The board of commerce at Its annual meeting elected the following of ficers President Edwin Atwood vice president Black treas urer II Rankin secretary Al fred Galbraith The financial report of the board Indicated one of the most successful In the history of the organization from that stand point and the work that has been accomplished in the city within the last year is in line with the finan cial report Hal Smith of De troit delivered an address on the subject ot business principles in state government He emphasized the need of having business men take an interest in the government of the state in order that efficiency and economy may be demanded In his opinion the agitation over the proposed corporate excess tax plan would have a salutary effect in awakening the business men He suggested that the board of com merce and other organizations of the kind might with profit devote some time to the larger problems of state administration as well as the local questions which were pre sented for their consideration 125 WIIHs Hedrick al vs rirse IX Senator Rattls ('reck 17 Harriet 12A Mary A Stephens vs Myron Coryell et al 14 nArv 190 James Refield vs Oeqrie Engel 131 Martha WavU vs Michigan United Railways company 133 John Buck vs Western Concrete Bridge company 133 Albert W'etsel va Bolster 134 John Leplre va William Kiena Bois 136 1ST Dean 138 gher 63 Sher 64 Carpenter 65 Estate of Peter De Haan deceased vs estate of Geert De Haan deceased 66 Ixiulsa Rinke vs Peter Duflo et al 67 Arentjo Groendal vs Paul Westrate 68 John Terry vs Isaac Terry et al 69 people vs Hermon Swift 70 red Belknap vs Township of Benton 71 Rosetta Dye vs East Shore Wooden ware Co 72 Sheffield Car Co vs Constantine Hy draulic to 73 Benajah Davis Works 74 Lewis Hawkins tenholtz et ai 73 Harold Paddock Tt 76 Charles A Wallin vs Arcadia Bet sey River Co 77 rank Carpenter vs Oscar Hood et al 78 In re Stevens appeal 79 Mabel Allen vs Lndlnffton State Bank al 80 Steams Salt Lumber Co vs An drew Newberg 81 au! Troost et al vs Edwin ellows et al Abraham A Rogers vs David S3 Green Ray Cut Stone Co vs irst National Bank ot Menominee 81 vnartes Hanna vs Smith S3 John olkmire United Railways Co 86 Johnson Hilliard vs et ai 87 Andrew Moore Lomber A Supply Co pna2 Mich December 14 00 attended the reception and anlUet t0' the Detrolt Mackinac omay by the chamber of and the common council tonight All the offi Iau irefrOm 1 uet were present Other Urot WCre Vlce preident A Pat ae pe antl Henderson of ad Marquette Charles Clark Warnr of the Grand oha George Weaver andentrn of th tBaker an Ed A Detroit were also pres depot the W1U hdihg iiS the celebration con of tn? Public dance on the thp the evening ail da keep rew wJhys Ku Alpena as the rail use 35 vJ Sunday the old depot trains be abandoned the new depot departlns Excursion Rates Canadian Points William Mt hotel source of mystery to owners of the hotel as well as to the police Today William Goodwin formerly proprietor of the ashion cafe in this city now a farmer in Harri son township was seen carrying the garbage from the rear of the hos telry He was immediately arrested and taken before a justice where he pleaded guilty and was heavily fined Goodwin had no excuse to offer but there is known to have been a misunderstanding between Goodwin and another man who has the contract for disposing of the garbage Believing that to possess a blood hound to be used in tracing crim inals would be a good thing for Macomb county Sheriff Harris to day received such an animal from the kennels at Coopersville Mich The sheriff now believes he has one of the most complete outfits of any county in the state Recently the board of supervisors authorized the purchase of long range Titles and straightjackets Van Damme has reported to that some person as yet to him unknown stole several hun dred bricks from the front of a building at New and ront streets which is undergoing repairs me police have been unable as yet to discover a clue rom tuberculosis contracted while nursing her husband who died some time ago with the same disease Mrs Mary Ormerod aged 31 died this morning after several illness By the death of Mrs Ormerod a three year old girl is left an She is survived bv a brother and three sisters one of the latter being Mrs brank Campbell of Detroit fcuneral ar rangements have not yet been made uneral services for Pt Reilly the comedian who died at Malden Massjwill be held at 9 dock to morrow morning from bt Peter a Catholic church the remains Rat ine arrived shortly before noon to The remains were accompani ed by Reilly's young wife Reilly has been a frequent visitor to the mineral baths and two years ago purchased a home here where he spent his summer months Mrs Pauline Kulakowski widow of the late John Kulakowski vears old one of the pioneers uf the died today at the home of her son in law rank Bark in Erin township SUPT CHAMBERLAIN QUITS 28 ol 29 Sigmond Broach Rrnarh 30 Marjorie Hanrahan vs William A Hanrahan 31 Highland Park Association vs August BoMekvr 32 Sanford Hale et al vs Mary Harris 33 Julia Wines va CrorOy A Co et al 3 4 Michigan Central Railroad com pany vs Kdwtn Miner et ai so tjaran Railway 36 Olive MacNeai et 27 Orrin Threshing Machine company 38 John Leary vs Houghton Coun ty Traction company 39 Margaret Peklenk administratrix va Isle Boyale Copper company 40 Paul Manere va Copper Range Consolidated company 41 Ella Stanton vs Bart oley et al 42 Abbott Voting Machine company vs Township or nanay 4 3 Charles Wilkins TTnl4nrl PfHlwav 44 Richard Lambrecht et al va Stoepel Realty Co 45 Myrtle Clair vs Battle Creek Jour nal company 46 Wray Hinckley vs James Den nison 47 Nancy Pruner vs Detroit United Railway 48 red A Chapman vs John Bible et al 49 Helen Berry vs Harbor Springs Railway company 50 Thad Preston vs Bank of Innla et al 51 rank Ripley vs George 52 People vs Detroit nmnanv 53 John Markoff vs Detroit United Railway 64 rankie Marsh et ah vs Breen Iron company Imp 55 Board of Education of Holland vs VanderVeep 56 Louis Osterhous ex rel VanderVeen vs van Duren 57 Carrie Murray vs Murray 58 Susie McDuffie vs Daniel 59 William Isbell vs Carriage company no Xfarrfcr Wern rank Albert Griggs vs John Ryan et al OVERCOATS Bankrupt Price Bankrupt Price Bankrupt Price custom Made Custom Custom Custom Custom Police Catch William Goodwin Harrison anner Who Pleads Guilty Clemens Mich December 1 1 theft of garbage at the Park for some months has been a 12 Perry Moore et al vs Hillsdale Coan ty Telephone Co et al 13 Anna Habltx admx vs Wabash Railroad Co 14 Arland Johnson vs John et al 15 Clarence Barfoot vs White Star Line 16 Swift A Co vs Harry McMullen 17 John Orban vs Northwestern ire Manne insurance co 18 Delrin Graham Morse Co et al 19 Anrrew Leonard Leahy 20 Bertha Rothschild et nirirInMAn at 21 Eugene Powers vs Sidney Rock wen 22 Anna West va Co et al 23 In the matter of George 24 Alfred Courtois vs Company 25 Veronica Schelowskl vs lowskl 26 Detroit Trust Company Tiiilaa A ct nJ Jes 3i Hatch vs uanonn county Geonre Nichols rs Elizabeth Charlotte 88 Ixtuis Holser vs Edward A Skae 89 Lowrle A Robinson Lumber Co vs Campbell Avenue Church I Donna Winnifred Caldwell vs Ln 1 clen Goodenough i 9L William Niles Andrew i 92 George West vs Joseph Hud son 93 Ira Grinnell et al vs Cable Kalojin Piano rn ar ai a SiS wHK a i 1 Angelo Moffica administrator vs tajned with a vocal program and Michigan Central Railroad Co speeches jOhn Deioah Vincent Delosh et al Illlll i39 Oi 1 pnrn I 5 4 PONTIAC.

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