Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 2

SATURDAY 2 LITTLE ADMIT CHARGES IN PUBLIC BEQUESTS the Old ook tb TESTIIED YESTERDAY THE PUBLIC RECEIVES $76000 DIRECTORS SHIT BLAME JURY SCANDAL EXPLODED MANY HOUSES SWEPT AWAY k' In Judge Parker or Weakley Manifests Eager Places Messrs Dem York August A I 4 rnny 4 CHARLES MOORE JUCKLEY THINK SHE ISA BAD ONE 4 and sore hands for baby rashes RELATIVES HAVE ARRIVED out itim WILL MAKE A CONESSION di UVVtVl 17 ITiitilK A it them He still insists that heremcm ALSE MUSTACHE ALSE EYE? UNDER THE SEA is 1 ALLS WINS IGHT I 1 ELLEt GLEX I 1 Arrived I NO STRANGER HERE EVER PATIENT UNCHANGED AWARDS LOWER September 15 to October 31 HE PLEADED HIS OWN CASE NOT BACK TO KANSAS CITY Korea's MISS JULIA HER IK 4 I the clerk In the 246 Grand River hammer handle not sure of the 4 4 I 4 4 I 4 4 it 9 JUDGE ALRED MURPHY HAS returned after a ten days vacation spent at Mackinac island I i ft to find for au bridge avenue of the number SOCIAL DEMOCRATS GIVE i SURPRISED HIS RIENDS remarked THE DETROIT PRES? WERE NOT STOLEN GOODS said Assistant Il Continued rom One Grayling Mrs over to the circuit court on a charge of murder im the first degree today A Coomer station agent of red eric testified to having received and sent a telegram to the National Relief society of Bay City notifying them of the children's? death The telegram was sent by Mrs Aldrich She claimed deathwas caused from plundicltisrv Upon and Louise Was Very astidious Charged with stealing two works of the milliner's art a bottle of perfume and a quantity of clothing from Lo vannaoss of 26 Howard street Louise Darcy who recently took up her residence at 150 Randolph street was arrested last night by Detectives Dillon and Steinhebel and locked up at central station NORTHERN RESORT EXCURSION XV know about travel and can be of service in arranging the trip Our rates are always as low as the lowest SUMMER COLDS Laxative Bromo Quinine wdrld wldsCold Cure removes cause 'Call for full name Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Helen Spier of this city and John Bryant of Detroit on' Wednes day September 5 Miss Spier is the daughter of ex Judge Silas Spier and Is one of the most popular young ladles in the city Mr Bryant who is employed at the Russel Wheel A oundry Co in Detroit is the son of Rev William Bryant formerly of this city and now of Bay City Both of the young people are graduates of the University of Michigan Asa Taber Charged With Land rauds Will Tell of Bad System Laporte Ind August 25 Indianapolis advices tody state that Asa Taber who was arrested near Allegan Mich' for alleged traudalent ly using the mails in promoting a last swindle will make a ccnfessior which will lay bare a system for defraud The Electric Light company is re moving its old poles on the Court house square and is putting up new and more sightly ones The new poles are placed farther apart quid further from the path of travel giving more sidewalk room EXTTRA SERVICE ON THE DE TROIT UNITED RAILWAY AND RAPID RAILWAY SYSTEM If the weather is pleasant and the travel "warrants the usual extra service will be run on the Detroit United Railway and Rapid Railway System Interurban Lines? leaving Detroit Saturday afternoon? August 26th and Sunday morning August returning Sunday: afternoon auu evcuuig T'' LAPEER OICERS BELIEVE EL LEN GLENN A NOTED CROOK Detroiter in Trouble at Owosso Proved a Good1 Attorney Owosso Mich August (Special) ainter the one legged Detroit man who laid out Officers Hodges and Sanderhoff and then drawing a ra zor threatened to kill them was set free this afternoon after being under arrest tt day He stood trial this af ternoon and cleared himself was his own attorney and set up such a sound argument of extenuating cir cumstahces that he talked judge prosecutor an jury clean oft their feet and the jury returned verdict of notsgui1tyejrPalnter is a brilliant man of 35 Detroit Boy Lost a Carleton Mich August Roy Clemons aged 12 of Joseph Clemons of G27 Joseph Cam pas avenue Detroit while visiting here met with a painful accident late this afternoon that nearly cost him his life He was on top of a threshing machine and slipped one foot into the cylinder The fore part of the foot was badly mangled and was later amputated by Dr Dupaul Ann Arbor While it was betrothal of Kinne of this city fred Morse Poor of Muskegon asA Churches and Schools 'Showered With Wealth Charles Moore Hackley Adopted Son Will Receive About One Mil lion Dollars Other Bequests Phelan and be Incident was closed 'Lieut Baker continued ajd said that Parker had told him that fee killed Out in Court Several Times Cor repK Testimony in Regard Confession The alse Mustache Qneition tive antiseptic purposes which reacSy suggest themselves to moth ers as well as for the toilet bath and nursery Cuticura Soap as sisted by Cuticura Ointment the for a piece' of property at Middleport The abstract which he received had been tampered with rom Parkersburg Va comes the story of a woman who masquer aded as a man and under the name of ElliS Glenn was arrested on a chargeof forgery but escaped convicr tion on account of a mistrial Another story' is from Hillsboro III where was sentenced to Chester nonitentiary for raising afieed of trust for $400 to $1400 She had for several years been: living In the vicinity' of Butler Ill as a man work ing as a sewing machine agent and as a hotel hostler currying horses and doing a man's work about the tarn She was a favorite with women and i at the time of her arrest was encaged to be married to Ella Dukes daughter i of James Dukes a weal thy man of Butler Dukes furnished $1000 ball for Glenn after the arrest and Miss: Dukes Insisted on marrying Glenp af ter the sentence and before Glenn was taken to the penitentiary This discovery of her sex was not made until after Glenn's head had been shaved The officers are firm in their opinion that the of Illinois and West Virginia and Ellen Glenn of Vas sar are the same person Six Bodies Have So ar Been Recovered rom Waters of the university and a member of the Gamma Phi sorority' During the past' year she took post graduate work in the de partment She is a very attractive and highly cultured young lady' Spreckles Sugar Ship Seized August The state department today received a cable dip patch from Yokohama saying that thehip Australia owned by Spreckles had been seized' The dispatch gives no details of which ship was seized or anything concerning the business in which it was engaged Compromise Effected but Council Will Ask City Attorney for Opin ion as to Legality Mr ales How ever Does Not Want ranchise Un der This Condition MOVEMENTS OCEAN STEAMSHIPS Sum Allowed Smaller Than Any of Past ive Years Lansing Mich August 25 The to tal awards of the board of state audi tors for the fiscal year ending June 30 were $412833 90 a sum much smaller than was allowed by the board during either of the five preceding years The reduction in the allowances of the board is explained by the fact that during the year 1905 no award was made to the Wayne county asylum as in previous years the legislature hav ing made a special appropriation for the Wayne county Institution The total awards for 1904 were $188038 13 for 1903 $415104 75 and for 1902 $440 692 17 Wooster Billy Taggart with whom Mrs Tag gart is accused of living for sev eral months almost openly was the day's chief attraction in court xoday It was the opinion of the Taggart camp that in the case of Billy it was suicide for Smyuer to put him on and death for his side if they did not place hirn on the stand Al any rate Sasy ser who is nothing if not daring $250000 Loan to Depew Im provement Co Admitted oot (Spe years son Denied That There Had Been Improp er Relations Between the Defendant and Himself Old Mrs Lyttle Stoutly Declares That She Told the Truth Regarding Taggart ranchise Granted Central Heating Co in Milwaukee service or a greater choice of routes other soap since birth or pre serving purifying and beautifying i I 't errin Ed McCreedy past four years she has been physical director in her home city Indianapolis graduate of Grinnell college and of the'Boston Normal Training School of Gymnastics the incoming director? is thoroughly equipped for her work To keep 'intimately in touch with everything "new" In her Specialty Miss isher has been taking summer courses at the various phys ical training schools having devoted the past summer to a course given tothe alumni at the Boston Normal and another at Harvard On September 12 the gymnasium de partment of the A will give a for the new dircctor ithus giving her former and prospective pu pils an opportunity to meet her Parker is nervout lie ipparM much more lively than his confederate Hedoes not wit still a moment but shifts uneasily in his chair and every few minutes makes a note something that appeals to him Johnson nevermHez but the face of the younger man frequently lightens' and at times lh laughs Lieut Efiaa Baker wa the pnncl oal witness of the day He went on the stand with the ooeninr of the af iernoon session and was temporarily excused court adjourned for the day or hours preceding hix going on thetand Lieut Bakr carried a small strip and two women's handbags wherever he went about the building $3000 worili of diamonds In those" said rhe detective when any one Offered to relieve him of his bur den The diamonds played an important part in th session our of those recovered from pawnshops In Buffalo were mown inn jury Baker Told of Arrest Meat Baker detail the arrest the at ClevwL'tnd as related him ry the Cleveland rffuets txlnt the attorneys for tire Attorney oTlara asked have that portion of he testimony stricken frwi She secords Assistant Prosecutor Bump objected on!" exclaimed Judge PnelanI don't want any prosecuting attorney Silverware and Other Articles Re turned to the Ellisons The silverware and other articles found tn the house of Byron Ellison In Kansas Citv which were identified as stolen from a hardware store have been' returned to him The goods were shown to havebeen purchased by Mr Ellison' about five years ago and the Marlin rifle which was Identified as belonging to Sherman was also big and had been In his possession for the same length of time 'M1 Equitable Life Assurance So ciety iles Its Answer to Suit by the State At Least Eighteen People Drowned in Canyons of Col orado by Cloudburst Before the eyes of the jurors iu the Moyer murder trial yesterday the colls were tightened about rank Weakley alias Harry Par ker and Sherman alias Har ryJohnson The jurors saw the witnesses produced who identified the two on trial as the ones who bought the hammer handle with which Moyer was struck down they heard the man who loaled It identify them they saw the man to whom Parker went to have the bloou stains re moved from his clothing and they saw the diamonds which were re covered In Buffalo after Johnson had fold where they could be found Slowly the coils tighten The rnn who were so brazen through the early hours of their arrest and confinement now show deeply the signs nt torment as witness after witness Is produced to give some detail which connects the prisonerswith the crime New Physical Director of WelL Known in This City Miss Julia isher who will ar rive in Detroit about September 1 to take up the work of physical director at the C'A is not a stranger in this cits'? Miss ishers was physical director of the Cr A in 1889 when she suc ceeded Miss Evelyn McDougall She was equally popular with the with her co workers and with a large coterie of friends or the ighting Reannied at Crete Canea Tsland of Crete ugust ighting has taken place in the Re timo district between Russian troops and revolutionaries The Russians were repulsed? near Atsipopoulos los ing twenty soldiers and twenty gen darmes The revolutionaries after wards running short of ammunition retired to Retimo where thev "joined another band Their loss was'six kill rrim gs jfii Ho DIJOC JS 1 3 Ox Dliu crime ana a graduate' of the literary department AUGUST 26 1905 Loan of $585000 to Trust Company'but sponsibiltty for It Alexander Jordan ing Mrs Ellison Will Rest After Trial Before Going Home Byron Ellison accompanied by his daughter heavily veiled called at the centra! station last night where lie had another interview with his wife He said when he came away that was more cheerful will not go back to Kansas City ns soon us the trouble is lie said "Hhe feels too badly for that and will leave her some where white I return so that she may have time to partially forget the things that have brought sor row to us Lieut Baker Chief Witness of Day Against Bbys Municipal Electricians Adjourn Erie Pa August The interna tional convention of Municipal Elec tricians udjourhed today New Haven Ct was chosen as the next place of meeting and the following officers were elected: 'President Joseph Mur phy Cleveland fipst vice president Wm Crane Erie second vice presi dent Allensworth Columbus third viee president A Blakey Montgomery Ala fourth vice presi dent A Cambridge Winnipeg sec retary rank oster Corning treasurer J3 Diehl Harris burg Pa Mrs Charles Hackley Was Most Generous of to At this point the attorneys for the defet that the jury' retire from the zoom while they wete trying to get at th preliminary' facts his was over ruled Bakr told of Uie of Parker and Johnson by the Clevelan'l police O'Hara objecting to any state ment nia le by cue respondent in theMbsrhce of the other being received The detecJve relutctl tbe interviews with th two mn and said: told nie that the Cleveland officers said to him that tf lie ever stepped foot in Detroit ho would be In reference to the return of the two men without requisition Lieut linker sal I that no inducements were offered He then told of th money received on the four diamonds and the division of the money $'X going to Mrs 1110011 nearly to John son's mother and Hie balance dl Mine Gypsum Under Park Grand Rapids Mich1 August (Special) Plans mining gypsum under John Ball park are being con sidered by the council which has been offered seven cents a ton for the mineral It has long been known that the park was underlaid by rich gyp sum deposits It is the largest and prettiest park irf the city Jt has been suggested that the underground galleries after the gypsum has been removed could be made a unique part of the park swung starting through with fiinr back in hL home ''Ai'gjCX vgfH Slowly Lines Are Drawn About Parker and Johnson in Trial Claim to Have Much Evidence of Her Past History obiectfon and then the court explained that the pris oner had a right to be heard in his own defense met two other men across the street and walked down past Grand river toward the said Uana dia Miss Minnie Miller store of I Sly avenue where the was purchased was prisoners as the men but later iden tified them She noticed no differ ence in the appearance of Johnson in regard to the mustache several wlt neses said he wore but she varied with Canadla by saying that both of cy'es were all right Dell Young machinist al 3351 Barclay' Place the man who loaded the hammer handle was th last wit ness at the morning session He Iden tified both Parker and Johnson Before adjournment Judge Phelan called the attention of the counsel for the defense to the fact that they had asked for no witnesses and stat ed that after the people rested their case he should not postpone the trial on that account Attorney replied that he ex pected to hear from several witnesses and then should ask for subpenas Mrs Aldrich Ys lleld Mich? August (Spe Naomi Aldrich was bound York Pa August The heaviest rainfall in twenty years has prevailed here during the past twenty hours Streams are overflowing their banks and crops and outbuildings have been washed away The southern part of the city adjacent to the Codorus creek is under water and residents have been prepared to mure out of tholr homes all dav A number of bridges on the Northern Central rail way between this city and Baltimore have been washed away Birthday Seoul August 25 The Korea upon the1 occasion day which was celebrated granted an audience to the diplomatic corps and distinguished foreigners re siding in Seoul A popular demon stration took place in front of the nalace iBuilingtonl 1 Route 1 ather and Brothers of Hale' Are at His Bedside Mt Clemens Mich August 25 The father and two brothers of William Hale the baker who was shot last Tuesday by Jacob Klotz arrived here last night from their home in God erich Ont and are at the bedside of the wounded man Tiiey wre happy to find him alive' and expressedstrong hopes of his recovery Hale is resting easy but septicaemia' has set in and the doctors are not at all confident of pulling him through Klotz the assailant still maintains his air of stolid indifference in jail and refuses to cat anything except a small bite of bread and a drinkof coffe Hesays ho is but will serae doctor as he believe in bers nothing whatever about the crime and also insists that be had no ill feeling against Hale This is refuted by it number of witnesses who hard him make threats against the 1 victim Charles rank Phillips George Cudworth and red Hatzenbuhler will be delegates from this city to the international good roads convention which will be held In Port Huron next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday The citi zens of the bath town are greatly interested in the matter of good roads as numerous are received nere from tourists who wish out the condition of the roads tomobliing The lack of a across the Clinton on Gratiot and the condition of some roads about here has kent a of tourists away from the city and an effort will be made to Improve the condition as soon as possible landmark Rarned Algonac Mich August The large barn and sheds on Worfolk farmMiurncd to the ground today and are a total loss with their contents The structure was one of the land marks of Clair county and one of the oldest buildings in this part of the state It was built of heavy oak beams trussed together after the fashion of years ago The loss is placed at about $1000 partly insured The fire is thought to have been of in cendiary origin jf Japanese Destroyer Launched The torpedo boat destrojerNenohi has been launched at the fifth of the new fleet of 'twenty five destroyer? under construction tobe launched' Quarantine Will Be More Strictly Observed Grand Haven Mich August There is no change in the condition of Lindberg the young Swede who is believed to have yellow fever The boy i still very sick No armed quarantine Is main tained but Dr Hughes of Nunica who has charge of the case says it will be kept with more strictness than has been the case There has been much feeling in Nunica because Uie father was allowed' to go about his business as usual though it was explained that Lindberg did not see the boy Dr 'Hughes be lieves the sick man will recover Hughes insists case is genuine yel low fever VeryLowRates West and Iapeer Mich August The La peer officers are of the opinion that Ellen Glenn alias Ellis Glennwhp is in the county jail on a charge ot defrauding Stephen A Lockwood a prominent merchant of this city of '500 is a notorious criminal Eli' Glenn is the smoothest person ever arrested here Sp far' she denies any knowledge or tne clines to disclose her past history Mr Lockwood had a farm in Clare county and was induced by supposed agents of Ellen Glenn to part with and a check for $5C0 in exchange The Answer Also Acknowledges the the Mercantile the Re Judge Kinne of Ann Arbor Married Mich August 25 known here that the Judge Edward Aitss Wini fred Morse of Alpena was an nounced at a dinner party at the latter place a few months ago the news of the wedding of yesteroay was rather a surprise not even the most intimate friends of the judge being advised here that the mar riage was to take place at the exact Judge Kinne looks' and has the physical bearing of a man of only 40 years instead of 63 which is his age He is preserved His vears or age a ERE MARQUETTE rj Auanuzt 20 1005 $5 Ludington and return $5 $5 Manistee and return aa 15 Traverse City and return 15 Elk Rapids and return $5 Charlevoix' and return $5 Bay View and return 55 XX $5 Petoskey and return $5 rankfort and return ism $5 Alpena and return "$500 $5 Cheboygan and return 'L Xa $5 Mackinaw City and return15 00 $6 Mackinac Island and return $6 on All tickets gdOd going August 29 Return limit 10 days? Particulars West ort street Main 868 or 449 Inknmrn Committed Suicide Mouroe' Mich August Special) unknovzn man aged about 45 shot himself through the neck with a re volver here this evening in lheweeds near the Boehme Rauch jnill The unfortunate man's "pocketbook con tained 25 and a 'slip of paperearing rank Korpccki 1459 BeTim'diit 'avenue Tole do It is said he came here this morn ing with intentions of securing em 1 ployinent at one of the local quarries otherwise nothing is knotvn of imri He never regained consciousness and: died at 9:30 o'clock st him Taggart have been mumaie dream uunng wat i said lie received ieiters tram Mrs lag but he did not know ho if his ister did not get these letters from hrs pockets and found they were actually love let i ten? Billy said he did not know Billy aia teat whtie le arid laggart were in Trseuarn corner or Southern! the room as testified to by Mai Tag I mftthw ir wic srtfinrr lnit anH 41 rv iazzHrt iD'jitri sow for of waking th old foiks 'He denrdj several allegations and explained others The forenoon was largely co rfs 1 by the concluding examination of Mrs Lyttle tne old woman ended ny te 1 iivering while standing in the witness I box something of an exhortation ad I dressed to all present in which sha perspired a deal but said nothing in particular except that: no matter how much they had tangled her up she had told the truth and could sit there and tell it for three weeks If necessary Mrs Taggart is scheduled to take the stand tomorrow Alite ha as through with 1 ut i Baker Attorney addressed the court: "1 more your honor that tne at fezed confessions of Parker and Johnson as testified to by this new be stricken from the rwrt The witness testifies lhairtlto yrLoi er? were offered no legal ad ice aid were told mat umy tell anything to the yoltee unless mey wanted Xot an excei lsbn for nMltoi tin rf fens" taid Jnot RANCIS General Patsenger CHICAGO 1454 finishing his eros cantina Attorney hlntd tnat tn asked Baker the Acre 5 14 RnV4fi 1Y12J he Ixyuarht the cigars and tlwit it wk customary The Blood tain The hat wfdeh aa left in the room at the UHff hotel was brought in and the detective said' that Johnwn had admitted that the Hat and clothing were his When Parker was asked why he tried to burn out bloo1 stains he replied: vouldn youT The clothing was given to the Jiiry for Inspection The twelve look ed closely at the garments each man endeavoring to find some trace of blood Th defense offered to allow the jury to take the clothing to the hotel with thm but was reminded by the court that such a proceeding would be ii lTh defense will probably ask the procurl6n to produce an expert to tstify in relation to the alleged blood stains on the clothing worn by the two men while tn this city The prosecution getting well along with their witnesses They expect to have tlieiricaae about completed whn court adjourns thia afternoon if un foreseen do not cause a d1ay until the "first of next week tf i3 rule on motions for mo The court4 con do that It's proper but I'll over fl rule L1ut Bakr detailed th confession given to Uapt McDonnell himself and Detective Downer and the plans to "rf yob which turned into plans to mur dr lie said' Lf told us that he stayed In Suf the front and that Parker did the sy? lAjers scandari unearthed 4 toy Attomer O'Hsra yesterday was quickly exploded it was dUcorer that Juror George Ives engineer Second street had oft a jury tn the same ouft in September 1PC This was under th three years limit The discovery will not affect the trial nowver "Wc simply called it to the notLe of the court" said At torney' O'Mara do not mein to take advantage of it Said Prosecutor Hunt: defence the jiiry The law tho jrint is not manda tory it fa eimply Among Them' Was One of a Woman Who Had a Child Clasped to Her Breast A Survivor Says the In of' Parker had told him mat fee killed Mover with a hammer handle" said demanded Parker Baker corrected hlmeeif and raid that Johnson had confessed that "Par KT Ct KUlSRfipa Uem Baker then followed with the af th arrest as related by Par ker He rrientionrij at one time 'trieti "He meant 'ooppera' said Baker tn expianatkm arj 4 tiien he added that Parker stated that he expected to do ten or fifteen years for the mur der but he would be a good pnsonn and when out continue ids lifc work "After the arraignment and when they were taken to the safe! Ba ker asked to have put in with trim He naid he would plead guilty and would try to gA theKid to do th same keys Thy went out the rear door out thro rsrh the aBey and escaped to C5veland told mz he had mn when he was on the boat and that is whv Mr Ellison's earrings were The defense objected to the recital of Parker's jstom and declared that rhe courts would not permit the iniro ductlon of matters not pertinent to thecae Jrart hqselelied OHr honor has read" began O'Hara when the court Interrupted blm prefer to use my own said Judge Phela interposed more objections add mad a lengthy speech counsel can asslat the court it is his duty to do it Tt is my foounden djty tyrtara These igured Prominently in Morning Session The mustache Johnson is said Jo have worn preceding the tragedy fig ured in the identification by several witnesses Some said he wore the mustache while others said he pre sented the same appearance before the murder that he does now Jaynes Of New Baltimore and Marion Gunion of Zaneavillc were the first witnesses at the morn ing session They told of seeing the two men running from the scene of th crim They were followed by Squire Canadla who conducts a clothes cleaning and repair shop at 60 Washington avenue Canadia said Parker and Johnson looked ilk two men who visited his shop about 8 o'clock on the night of the murder little gentleman said he was a cook and got blood on his coat from cutting said Canadla "He wanted it cleaned right away but I told him I do It Canadla would not swear Parker and Johnson were thft men While the witness was talking kept looking around the and wlien th identification point was reached Parker broke in with at me don't look at that cor ner: keep Prosecutor Bumps has a right to Judge Phelan Bumps renewed his New York August Louisiana from Havre Queenstown August 25 Arrived: Cymric Boston for Li verpoor (and pro ceeded) Havre August Arrived: La Bre tagne New York Plymouth August Arrived: Noor dam New York for Boulogne and Rot terdam land proceeded) Moltke New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg (and proceeded) Shanghai August Arrived previ ously: Appalachee San rancisco Queenstown August 26 (11 a Arrived: Cedric New York for Liver pool and proceeded The Equitably Life Assurance society today joined with the state of New in asking for a full in vestfgation in court of its directors and officers and their alleged wrongdoings in managing the moneys of the society The docu ment which announced this deter mination was the answer of the forty nine Equitable directors to charges made against them in con nection with a suit brought against the Equitable Life Assurance so ciety by the state This answer was filed with Attorney General Julius Mayer Admission is made that some officials of the Equitable have been guilty of improper and illegal acts In all thirteen charges are' an swered by the directors Among these admit tiie $250 000 Ioan to the Depew Improve ment Co They admit the $68500(1 loan of the Mercantile Trust com pany but waive responsibility in this loan so far as the hoard of directors is concerned and indicate Messrs Alexander Jordan and Deming as the persons having the most intimate knowledge of these transactions Other Charge Admitted The charge that excessive salaries were paid to officers of the Equit able is not directly answered but admission is made that under guise of salaries excessive fees were given to certain officials who were also directors in other com panies In defense the answer states that these practices were not Known to tne whole board ot rectors Outlining their belief as to the best policy to pursue in fixing the blame for the Equitable scandals the directors say first that the blame for alleged cases of misconduct will be found to rest on individual offi cers and not uponlfie directors as a body Having made: ihstejsexplana tion the answer then admits in ageneral way the rong doings charged As to excessive unwarranted loans to agents the reply admits that they were made Admissions of greater latitude how ever are made on the subject of pensions and to charges that money under the guise of fees was re ceived bv directors and stockholders who were simultaneously officers of the Euuitable and other corporations His confession in the federal court will cause him to receive a govern ment sentence Letters received to day caused Taber's victims to be mul tiplied His wife whom he marne i in Benton Harbor will plead for mercy when Taber is called for sen tence Advices received toddy it is said disclosed the fact that Taber sold some pieces of Allegan property as many as ten times eacn mue trading cash payments and it figured that his speculations will gregate thousands of dollars Mrs Taugart Will Take the Stand Today luskegon Mich August J) By in will oC Mrs Charles Hackley filed in probate court nere this the city of Muskegon is again heir to Hackley wealth illed with private and public bequests the document is in popular interest atxh importance second only to the testa ment of Charles 'Hackley which left between two or three million dollars 1 specific public bequests The testament disposes ot the large estate left Mrs Hacxley tn trust it provides for specific puolic bequests amounting to iy it Hackley hospital three cr urcites and the Mus kegon home 5of the friendless are inunifieiently aided and use puohc schools are left a vast residue amount ing to almost one million dollars The pubhc' expectations were fuilUJt in the dispositions of Mrs Haekley's ols wealth raries uoorc iacKiey sue rathing of a large residue inherits dollar fortune and accord 10 some estimates an even 'larger one Mrs specific bequests to relatives total WSfr and sue lest her friends a total ot By the wiil of Charles Hackley Mrs Hack Icy was required to leave one half as a trust fund in public benevolence This one half would amount to about $l7aG(Mv according to estimates Milwaukee: Wis August (Spe cial) After spending a day i it killing amendments proposed chiefly by So Democrats the council commit tee which for months has been tcon sidering the ordinance granting a franchise to the Central Heating Co of Detroit concluded to report in fa 1 vor of the passage of the ordinance At the same time it 'Was referred to the city attorney for an opinion 'as to its legality The final test came when Mal lory consented to a modification of his amendment giving the board of public works the arbitrary power to compel the company today its pipes in alleys instead of streets if the board saw fit is safe in Detroit is not safe in said Mr ales the ap plicant for the franchise a cer tain seritifnent "which I have encoun tered in this city be allowed to gain control of the board of public works it could stop the right of our plant to extend its Air ales referred: to The Social Democrats He said he di4 not like to say this but he could not take the franchise under the conditions men tioned Mr Mallory altered his amendment so as to give the board power to order pipes into" alle'vs in stead of streets wherever it 3s deemed practical? and leaving an avenue of relief in the court for the company if 11 oestreu to taxe it Whether the council has a right to ao tor you grant a franchise without first adver i rising for bids and awarding to the There IS HO IHlDOrtant pOlUl highest bidder is a question which 1st one orflithe Walter west northwest or southwest or i Chicago not directly reached by Celebrate rthe Burlington and its connec emperor of! tions No railroad offers better 01 ms oirtn i today him around the with Orrviile all his' connec Mr Ta So ar and Next time you are going West better give us an opportunity to show you just what we can feCherry Pectoral lift MftiThe one great cough medicine for the whole 'H family Doctors recom ffipimend for colds in the chest hard coughs the grip and night coughs I of children Ask your doctor about it fowV xurface and tier engines stopped Then tile engines were reversed and the boat ascended tu the Surface back ward Lieut Nelson made his boat perform the remarkable feat of diving to a dypth of twenty feel and while going at full speed at that depth re versing her course The complete turn occupied unlv one minute' iSubse quentiy the engines were stopped and the vessel was submerged to a depth of twenty feet There she was kept motionless a demonstration of her ability to remain in that position for hours while awaiting an opportunity to launch one of her torpedoes at a vessel ot a blockading squadron which might be passing! or repassing a given point After many maneuvers had beert er formed Nelson ordered all lights on board to be extinguished to demonstrate how thoroughly the mein bers of his crew knew their business They worked perfectly in the inky darkness evidently with as much skill and case ns they performed their du ties In the glare of the electric light Worked In the Dark During the operations of the Plun ger the tender Apache remained with in a short distance prepared to render any assistance that might be neces sary She was not needed however and the Plunger returned to her moor ings near the West Roosevelt pier without an untoward incident The president shook hands with ail the crew as he left the vessel to return to Sagamore Hill In describing his experience tonight' President Roosevelt expressed great satisfaction with the manner in which the tiny vessel was managed He re marked particularly on the possibill ties of the submarine torpedo boats In actual warfare lie the details of his experience with evi dent pleasure Nobody not even the members of his was aware of the intention to' make the descent in the Plunger except ot course Lieut Nelson One result of the secrecy maintained by the presi dent was that the Plunger had prac tically the entire Long Island sound to hurwlf There was scarcely a ves sc! In sight all pleasure craft having been driven to shelter by the heavy storm Tomorrow at 9:30 in the morning the Plunger will go out to the sound Jor another test trip The president and Mrs Roosevelt with a' party of friends will witness the maneuvers of the vessel from the deck of the Sylph 1 wttbour vn taking the trouble to fornrady deny the notion tempted to lay bare th ouce wj IjriBAJkAL si on lhe vf liaxl 1 Trinicfad CoL August cloud buYSl in the vicinity of RhoJej choae for him to teirify and Cap Canvori through which ordinarily a I circle small stream of water runs last night converted the canyon into a tions i inrrwif whlr 1 11 roil Lindin the Berwind and Tobasco I Billy ikid that ali the talk aboue At Me ew 2 rt 4 pt 4uig Tss aT vH ZkOD rWriflHif I AU 2rr! hundreds of thousands of dollars suffered mostly by the Colorado) uel Iron Co and the Colorado Southern railway company 1 oranch line io Berwin was away and a heavy volume of water rusheff down tlie canyon all night making it impossible to penetrate to the point where the loss of life is said fft iavc occurred Rumors are in circulation that twelve to twenty houses were swept down the canyon and twenty five to thir ty five lives lost A tcicuhoue message from Hastings this afternoon states that eighteen personas are known to be dead or miss ing Six bodies have now been re covered among them a woman with the body of a six old child clasped in hr arms Miss annie loyd returned from Tabasco today She had been visit ing her brother there and saw the flood come down the canyon She Bays the inhabitants had absolutely no warning of their danger A dozen houses were carried away and their occupants thrown into the roaring wa ters Mias loyd was stopping at the home of George Mason seventy five yards batn th stream in the arroya rom twenty five to fifty families llvr Ing in the arroya lost everything Wreckage is strewn along the arroya for miles habitants Had No Warain Danger and With Their Homes Were Swept Away TIefr faces show: the excitement un der which itflov' are laboring despite the vilrtt I effort to dilutee thlr sW felings Johnson has belter control of his features He sits silent speak ing only to his attorney 'at rars In trvaJs Now and then broil Im furrowed with a frown a's some vital point is Hcitd from rife' witness lie leans back in bis chair unmindful of the in ouisitive gaze of the hundreds who 4 throng th room and stand about in te I 1 mi while be fff TI fl fin fl I fl 70 fill TAI AL tLUUUd uuw i i a a 9 Tk'x I lea r'x A I A 4 xticurax 1 A ca II IlH WSSfL inS 7 i St' OB Northwest and look for slcnaxurs Grove 25a HU 'A I 1 1 axwwwsj? 4 Hif fttl I.