Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 3

OSBORN IN NAMES AIDES ormalities of Taking Oath of Office Marked by Mother Proudly Watches 'Son Sworn In as Governor CANNON ROAR AS PRAYER IS BEGUN Public Reception ollows in Executive Parlors New Head of State Government An nounces His Personal Staff Special to The ree rees Lansing Mich January Chase S' Osborn of Sault Ste Marie be came governor of the btate of Mich igan shortly after noon today The oath of office was administered Chief Justice C' Ostrander in the senate chamber and the sim plicity of the ceremony added to the dignity 'of the occasion There was an entire absence of gold lace and the formalities last ed but a few minutes Gov Osborn lined up with the other state of ficers and the chief justice admin istered the oath to each separately at the conclusion of which he added his personal congratulations Proud Mother Watches Son The senate chamber and galler ies were filled with ladles and gen tlemen including many personal friends of the new governor and the state officers Gov Warner was al so present lie had remained in the executive offices until after II o'clock when he took his final de parture He remained in the back ground during the inauguration ceremonies and then walked up tu his successor and congratulated him Without question the most de lighted spectator was Gov mother now 85 years old who was given a seat quite near her son so that she would be able to hear and see everything that went on Her face fairly beamed with pleas ure and she presented a delightful picture of love and pride In fact she rather monopolized attention and seemed to enjoy it Cannon Hoar During Prayer The thrill of the occasion was furnished bv Battery A artillery which was stationed In front of the eapltol with four guns Capt Vandercook did his job with warlike precision A field telephone was strung from the ground to the senate chamber and the moment the oath was finished Capt Vandercook gave the order to fire the four guns alternating It happened that Rev A Kennedy who delivered the prayer was not in on that part of the program and he invoked the blessing of the Lord amid the boom ing of the cannon However scored as his prayer lasted longer than the salute Many crowded forward to con gratulate the new chief executive hut as soon as possible he made his wav to the'1 governor's parlors where areoeption line was formed with the state officers and justices of the supreme court in the receiv ing line Several hundred people took occasion tot extend their good wishes and get acquainted Governor fc'ind a Home That Michigan has no executive mansion was emphasized today Gov Osborn and his family being obliged to secure quarters at the Downev houso until such a time as be will be able to rent a house something ho has not yet been able to do Gov Oshorn has evldentlv heard of Gov Harmon of Ohio who posi tively refuses to accept any Invita tion which would take him from Co lumbus during the session of the legislature Gov Osborn stated that he recognized the necessity of being on duty and sold that he would remain at Lansing with the legislature jand added that he would be accessible to any person desiring to discuss public matters with him This Is not a bad begin ning as there are plenty of people who have ideas' and who would glad to present them If assured that they might be intelligently re ceived Duty and Done Ex Gov Warner did not stand In the receiving line but he? stood around conversing with various people discussing "his" administra tion To one man he declared with much emphasis "I seen my duty and I done Maj Loomis his former secre tary heard the remark ns did sev eral other gentlemen but the occa sion did not permit anything be yond a smile Osborn Names Staff Gov Osborn announced his per sonal staff as follows: Private sec retary Maj Oates Houghton executive clerk Defoe Char lotte stenographer Clarence Dudd Lansing stenographer to the pardon board Miss Madrlck who lias been the private sec retary for a number of years mes senger Dennis arrell Cheboy gan Before the1 creation of the pardon board the executive clerk was the eyes and ears of the governor in such matters Now the board re quires thei entire time of a secre tary The former executive clerk was Quigley of Ypsilanti who has developed a system of hsndjlnr pardon records and a bill will be presented to the legislature provbl ing for the appointment of a secre tary to the board IRE BREAKS OUT IN JAIL Blaze in Mt Clemens Bastile Causes a Near Panic Mt Clemens Mich January 2 A fire bre iking out in the county jail building eatly this morning caused a near panic there and the hasty transfer of ten prisoners in the building the police headquar ters The fire originated in the uu nace room in a pile of wood The exact causa of the blaze Is not known however Sheriff Harris who entered upon the duties of the office yesterday and who was spend ing his first night in the building says the furnace was in Its normal condition4 and thinks the blaze started from' a dropped cigar The damage was slight KNOCKED ROM CAR DIES Holland 'Young Skull Crushed in Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Mich January 2 Albert Sandy aged 18 years of Holland Mich sustained fatal in juries while attempting to board a moving street car here this even ing Sandy ran and stepped onto the Inside rear step of a 'south bound rar as a northbound 'nr came along He was thrown finm the step some distance and bls ekull crushed like an eggshell hl death ensuing about 20 minutes later when placed on the table at one of the hospitals DETROIT RAILWAY MAN IS PROMOTED Roger Hurley Secretary of De troit Elks Goes to Toledo for lake Shore 'Roger Hurley now has head quarters at Toledo Detroit Lodge of Elks of which he is secretary will lose the 'Services of a hard worker and the city will miss ono of its young men who have worked their wav up the ladder However the regret that is expressed over Mr departure is more than made up by the fact that the new year found him promoted to a bet ter position A recent circular issued by AV A Newman general freight agent of the Lake siinre Michigan south ern railroad announces that ef fective January 1 Roger I Hurley became commercial agent with head quarters at Toledo Mr llurlev has been with the Lake Shore for 18 years and during the last seven he has been in the freight department being soliciting agent in this terri tory at the time of the promotion The new position covers the fast freight lines of the New York Cen tral system and Mr activi ties will be concentrated in Ohio Indiana and Michigan principally In 'railroad circles it is regarded as a splendid promotion Mr Hurley was elected secretary of the Elks lust March and his was a busy year because of the annual convention that was held here He did his work easily and in such a manner as to make hhn even more popular with the antlered herd NO ARRESTS Police Think Same Gang Respon sible for Two Explosions No arrests have been made In cither of the dynamite exidosion cases one at the home of Augustlnu Vitale 307 Congress street east Sat urday night and the 4bcr at Manno Bros! grocery atore '5 Clinton street last Wednesday night Tne police believe both explosions are the work of the same gang Vitale has received black let ters demanuing money and his barn was burned shortly after he testi fied against another Italian charged with murder IRE IN DRY GOODS STORE All the Neighborhood Turns Out to Sec the Blaze ire at 11 last night was discovered in the drygoods ami millinery store at 864 fat Aubin avenue occupied by Rozunska Co a belated alarm called the engines it was well under way The Interior was pretty much de stroyed Loss is estimated atahout $5000 Everybody in the neighborhood turned out in the hitter cold to watch tho firemen at work The cause of the blaze was not discov ered BORDER BREVITIES Dragging for the body of Dolphls Drouillard who disappeared a month ago has been resumed at the Sandwich river front At least two members of the sex usiliers are likely to be In cluded in the contingent from Can ada for the coronation of King George Col IL Laing expects to receive definite instructions this week as to the number of men to be chosen from Windsor Charles Pettier 67 years old Is dead at the home of his sister Mrs Joseph Renaud 74 Oak avenue Windsor He was a carpenter by trade and in his early life was em ployed in the construction of the Michigan Central railway line be tween fat Thomas and Windsor The funeral will take place this morning from st church thather AJR Washington January ore cast: louvr Michigan and upper air except snow flur ries near the lakes Tuesday colder) Wednesday fair and continued cold) brisk Meat and northnest winds GOES TO TOLEDO IN INE NEW POSITION ROGER I 11 LEY aRSifei 'A ill11 Detroit January The foltowns ob servations were taken at the same moment of time at the place? named below: 4 2 Stations '3 'sV' O' 3 03 Alpna NW 12 J4 Cloudy Buffalo v8W 32 42 01 Cloudy 12 20 04 Cloudy Cleveland 5 02 Pt rldv Duluth NW 12 2ft 0 Clear Escanaba NW lu j(i nu ft iv re 4 0 Clnudy Marquette NW 22 icq Snow Milwaukee 0 10 eg Snow Montreal SW 42 42 03 Cloudy New York 12 52 Clondy Port ArthurNW 3 'U 0 Clear St IxmjIs NW 6 14 0 Clear St Paul NW 22 20 Clear Ste Marie 6 2 Clear Washington SW 54 4 01 Cloudy Winnipeg 20 4 0 Clear 7 a 14 7 21 Maximurn 41 42 CS Minimum EV Mean 28 HUUELY TEMPERATUItES 8 a 41 2 ml 26 7 a 41 3 22 8 a 41 4 nt 20 9 a 41 5 17 10 a 40 0 15 11 a 33 7 15 12 noon 22 8 14 1 28 9 14 CONGER Official In Charge BUSINESS BREVITIES Globe Wernicke Elastic Bookcases at factory prices Tbe Richmond Backus Co THE DETROIT REE PRESS: TUESDAY JANUARY 3 IVII ORMER RECORDS AGAIN ECLIPSED A Puts on the Greatest Circus That Ever Came Down the Pike 47 BANDBOXES CARRY THE STREET PARADE I Boy Scouts Give a Brill in the That Would Scare Any Indian Tingling Brothers' circus arrived here on its second annual tour year terday morning over the Wish Again Central railroad and paraded through the principal thoroughfares to the A building where the tents were pitched and by aft ernoon the great show with its of ferocious wild and eating hop to say nothing of clowns and hundreds of other performers was in full blast A feature of the according to the official press agent was the street parade widen slowly went its way through the streets packed in 47 bandboxes in which were caged all the wild ani mals and all the wild men Rhapsody by the I' A The circus is briefly described by a as follows: ecllpsp of all former amuse ment enterprises triumphantly ad vancing upon an overwhelming tide oi superlative indorsement py an applauding press and a satisfied public A laugh is worth a thousand groans In any market Promptly at the greatest snow on earth was under way The barkers barked the wild men howl ed the county fair with its choice collection of vegetables and farm ers opened up full blast the fortune tellers fortuned Red casino opened with the roar of a battery of six shooters and Indian yells and the saloon across the way ft was a temperance saloon started to serve the thirsty with 40 year old lee cream and other Intoxicating liquors began to saloon There were a dozen other attrac tions and side shows one of the most popular being the art gallery where 86 views by old masters were exhibited Picture No 1 was a of two empty cologne bottles The other pictures were equally good Oh 1 cm the Dog Show The dog show was one of the most interesting features There were 20 or more kennels arranged in a large room with two dogs who had nothing else to do but look bored and eat Refined vaudeville bv art ists specially Imported for the oc casion and a drill bv the Bov Scouts complete! the afternoon program It was the first public exhibition In the citv of the Boy Scouts stal wart khaki clad youngsters with wooden staffs and broad brimmed hats If there were any Indians in the big building yesterday afternoon they surely had a hard time keen ing out of sight for the Bov Scouts were everywhere from the basement id tne rr until huuul wnen they gathered In (he big to give an exhibition of the progress they have made organization The bovs drilled under the supervi sion of IL Holzinrton of the A and officers from the fort They went through the va Hone formation like veterans and drew ac cording to the a DIES WOUNDS HE GOT IN CIVIL WAR I1 a es johx corsov suini GEN SMITH LATE MASON WAS HERE 1 i Took Prominent Part in Conclave of Supreme Council Scot tish Rite Masons Gen John Corson Smith one of the mot widely known Masons of the world who died Saturday night in Chicago his home city was one of the Masonic notables who visited Detroit last September during the meeting of the supreme council Scottish Rite and A Gen Smith held the office of grand minis ter of state In that organization and took a prominent part in the con clave here Gen death was caused by illness the result of wounds re ceived at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain in the Civil war He was born in Philadelphia in 1832 Twen ty two years later he went to Illi nois where from the first he went into politics and played a prominent role In the affairs of that state holding many offices The highest honors of Masonry were conferred on Gen Smith He became a Mason in 18o9 and at his death had received more Masonic honors and titles than any living man in the world He was grand master of Illinois in 1887 88 and during his 'dlfetime he had con ferred on him the highest possible Masonic honors tv A few of his titles were: Honor ary grand master Grund Ixdge of fegypt Honorary grunu jutwiei Grand Lodge of British Columbia honorary grand master Grand Lodge of Wisconsin treasurer of the Illi nois Masonic home head of the Illinois Masonic as sociation most excellent high pi lest Jo Daviess capter: grand command der stale of regent of the Society of Mutuals chairman of the committee on foreign relations and grand minister of state of the su preme council of sovereign grand inspector generals In 1895 Gen famith made a tour ot the world and was the guest of kingg and monarchs of every coun try that visited and also was en tertained bv the heads of the mill TAT BEATS HIS RECORD President Shakes 5625 Hands in 150 Minutes at the White House New Reception ifty More Than Last Year GIVES EACH A JERK WRIST AND SMILE unction is a Brilliant Success Despite Wet and Misty Weath i er Three of Roosevelt amily Are Among Those Present Special to The ree Washington January 2 President Tafts second New reception was held today Exactly 5625 per sons filed past the president and Mrs Taft In two hours and a half This beats the record of last year by fifty It is probable hundreds more would have passed through but for the wet misty weather that made standing on the Pennsylvania avenue sidewalk uncomfortable To the usual fanfare of the Ma nne band the president and Mrs Taft preceded by three army and three navy aides came down the granl stairway to the first fiuor at 11 a Mrs Taft was wore a gown of pale blue chiffon ollowing the president came Vice president and Mrs bnerman becretaryt of State and Mrs Knox and cabinet Three of llouMcvells Present While the band played the spangled Banner the president and Mrs Tart and the others of the re ceiving line took their places in the Blue room Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Kermit Roosevelt were presentand helped receive Robert Taft the president a oldest son was there but Miss Helen did not appear until later Charlie Taft wearing his first long trousers came in before the ic ception was over and talked with: the guests like a veteran society man The diplomatic contingent 1 was out in the glowing colors they al ways wear on state occasions irst came Baron Hengelmueller ambas sador from Austro Hungary dean of the corps Illness prevented Ba roness Hengelmueller from being present Next came trench Am bassador and Mme Jusseiand James Bryce ambassador of Britain was the third diplomat to greet the president Mr Bryce landed in America yesterday from a trip abroad Zla Pasha Turkish ambas sador appeared for the first time at a function of this kind 1nueiu und liiazii wrn tho only countries who send ambassadors not represented by diplomats of thia rank Baron Rosen the Russian ambassador is absent and Brazil has not named a successor to the late faenor Nabuco 5 ollowing ambassadors came min isters Jed by faenor Galvo Costa Rica's representative In the line were Chang Ying Tang the repre sentative of China and Mrs Chang and several of their children Their robes and while quaint lit tle caps and long queues attracted attention New Justices on Hand A Ise Refreshments This rinsed the nfternoon enter tainment and everron who had the prim hi rled to the restaurant on the ninth Honr where food was sold at prices The evening program opened with the reopening of he county fair at 5:30 Shortly after 8 the Mg cirrus was put on in tho Jt was followed by an after concert A band concert fanrv marching tug of war chariot rare the great trained elephant to sav nothing or the clowns Indian club swinging human pyramids rivaling those of Egynt and Dutch dancing were a few of the leading in the circus After the concert the great show was again nacked in its 47 bandboxes to wait the coming of another rear In with the circus the A 1 open house yester day At least 5000 persons took ad vantage of the double attraction to visit the comfortable building viThe educational departments such as chemistry and mechanical drawing and the electrical Inspected by hundreds who are in terested In those lines of work SI SITINGS William Mollnn who dlrfl riday in Har per hospital after an operation for ap pendir'ltia wan burled yesterday afternoon In Wodmere cemetery Detroit The fu neral was held from the family home In ord Proceeds of an entertainment given yes terday by tho young people of the parish of Our Lady of Mt Carmel church West Wyandotte will he used to decrease the indebtedness nf that church An effort will be made to lift the entire church' debt thrs year After being closed for almost the last month tho public schools of River Rouge and ord City will reopen today Health Officer Belanger of River Rouge thinks that his ermnde against diphtheria hus been jeeessful There is but one case In the village Grosse Pointe Park expects tn' ctoar up the last of Its xhure of bonded Indebted nesa from the old village of airview when the council me'ts tonight The taxpayers voted to ISIW worth of Jefferson avenue paving bonds a few days ago and the formalities necessary for refunding the bonds will be performed at this session of the council Arrangements have hecn made by Treas urer Joseph Heintz of Hamtramck town ship for the collection of taxes at the fol lowing places and times: Highland Park council chamber January 12 and ebru ary 9: county building January 13 20 and 27 ebruary 3 10 17 23 and 24 office of village treasurer January 19 ebruary 2 and 25: other days at his home 2 Mt Elliott avenue our of the present officials of Ham tramck township will be candidates for re election In the srr'ng according to a state ment made yesterday by one of the office holders Whether any more of the officials will seek re elction has not been announced No Democrats have yet announced their candidaev for any office The Republlc nns who have announced that they will seek re election are Henry Schroeder Treasurer Joseph Heintz Jus tice Lords Mortane and Highway Com mlsxloner Anthony Thomas Six deeds each for a town lot were presented to hfa children yesterday at afamily reunion by Riopelle ort street and Montir road Ecorse township The deeds are to lots on Pine street River Rouge The family to one of the best known in the township having lived there for many years The children to whom the lots presented are Mrs red Toranrn ord Mrs Mary Rmilo and Rvlveter Brfsboto Detroit Mrs James hlooclle River Ronve Edward Brisbois end' Mrs Eugene Morris Ecorse Mrs Morris who has been ill for several weeko was unable to attend the reunion COUNTY TREASURER' MOEL collections to date on the city levy of the state taxes are an in dication of prosperity Up to De comber 31 the collection amounts to $120704997 out of a total levy of $136567930 The monthly report of the treasurer shows a balance at the end of the year of $110452522 A balance of $2 140991 was In the neiaurv December 1 and the re ceipts for the month were $1238 483 05 making a total of $1262 gn299 The disbursements tor the month 515836777 tnry departments of each Gen Smith last public appear ance was at the recent triennial con clave of the Knights Templar lr Chicago in which celebration he took an important part HAL CHIES NEW Continued from Page One against On the strength of this vote it is likely steps will be taken to bring about the change The igures The standing of candidates for ai dermen and members of the board of education: or aidermen irst ward: I Howell 239 McKay 173 Irwin 168 McConnell 138 Lonnee 119 Porter 115 Shlells 113 Vlgneux 90 Dumouchelle 81 McRoe 64 or aidermen Second ward: Shepherd 358 T'J Eansor 277 Bedford 255 Bright 254 Keogh 225 Clinton 214 Laing 199 or aldermen Third ward: Banwell 206 Aaron Meretsky 199 John Evans 190 Trumble 183 Hawkins 169 Kent 157 or aidermen ourth ward: A McTavish 311 AV Lanspearyma 1'VmiiA Jarniips 302 John Mar tin 153 John Eagan 127 or members of the board of edu cation at large: Rev 8S1 Asa Ellwood 757 Arch 558 Howe 527 Guppy 526 John ry 488 A Edgar 407 AV Revell 319 Hot Battle lu Sandwich Tn Sandwich there was one of the hottest political fights in years Eugene Breault former police mag istrate was elected mayor defeat ing JJOnTieHy wnu ims nviu the office for the last four years by three Hedley Smyth a Breault man was elected reeve over William HUI by a majority of 77 and the Breault ticket for the town council went through with only one break The councillors are: Prince Robinet Laframbotse Mc Kee Smith and Chapman AValter Chater was elected mayor of Walkerville winning a decisive victory over II A Holland The vote stood 360 for Chater and 189 for Hol land The councillors elected are: Sinesae Lelshman Chllver Micrs AVInterhurn and Crouchinan In Amnerstburg tne mg ngni wan on the question of local option The result will leave the town in the columns of the for some time to come Instead of securing the three fifths majority needed fov lo cal option the were defeated by 147 the vote being 196 for 243 against Dr was selected mayor of Amherstburg bv a majority of 224 over AV Gibb AVilkinson reeve of the town for several years was defeated by 11 Tern Kochester Probably 4 Returns received night from Rochester township the other muni cipality where a local option meas ure was submitted indicate that while tho vote will be close the can hardly hope to secure the necessary three fifths maioritv With a number of polls still to hear from the majority for the measure la 33 In Leamington Lewis Smith wa elected mayor winning from Noi man Peterson by a vote of 373 to 272 II fawatman was elected reeve The election throughout was a contest between advocates and opponents of local option was adopted last year and the anti local option ticket won to the lust man Prendergast was elected reeve In Tilbury AAest William Cormlck in Colchester South In Mersea township all of last yeat council go back by acclamation AVhen he came to the supreme court President Taft had the ure of shaking hands one after the other with three men whom he has made justices of that court and the man he has elevated to the chief justiceship ollowing Chief Jus tice White came Associate Justices Harlan McKenna Day Holmes and Associate Justices Lurton Hughes and Umar The other recent ap pointee Judge Willis Van Levan ter was not In ashington Jus tices of the courts tn the District of Columbia members of the inter state commerce commission and of the court of claims came after the supreme court Congress does not reconvene' un til AVednesday and there were not many representatives In town Rep resentative Sereno Payne furnished some excitement ny standing in line with Senator Bristow of Kansas a leading insur gent Champ Clark prospective speaker of the next house came in with Represexitatlve Austin of Ten nessee The representatives of the army were headed by Lleut Genz Nelson Appleton Miles retired who did not frequent the White House in the closing days of the Roosevelt re gime and Maj Gen Leonard Wood chief of staff At the head of the long line of naval officers was Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright After the par trlotlc societies not many in num bers came thousands of citizens The Marine band divided into two sections so that each might play and rest by turns quickened Its tunes and the line passed fast be side the president Before the end was reached Mr Taft had short ened his salutation to one short jerk of the wrist and a smile Only twice did secret service men Interfere Once Chief John WH kle removed a lunch box contain ing oranges bananas and sand wiches from a countryman who evi dently intended making a day of It In the White House At another time a policeman gently separated a citizen from a small leather suit case carrying of which was against the rules Mrs Taft kept by the side of the president until most of those in of ficial lite and hundreds of citizens had passed Then she with the cabinet ladies and other invited guests went to the state dining room where a buffet luncheon was served The president was happy when the last caller had shaken his hand and was willing to call it a full work DAUGHTERS WILL CELEBRATE To Observe 25th Anniversary of ounding of the Order Next Sunday Evening Members of the Daughters circles of Detroit Sunday evening will celebrate in irst Congrega tional church the twenty fifth anni versary of the founding of the or der The first King's Daughters circle was formed by Margaret Bot in New York January 13 1886 Next Sunday though not the precise anniversary date has been selected by circles the world over as the day of forma! celebration Mrs By AVhltney Michigan member of the central council and honorary member of the city com mittee and Rev PercIvaiHugot will be the speakers at the meet ing In irst church Representa tives of the riendly soclety the A the Associated Char ities the Girls Protective league and kindred organizations vyili be present Yesterday afternoon and last evening Mr AVhltney met members of Silver Cross and Bea trice Larned Whitney circles in the parlors of the irst Congregational church and read to them the story of: The Other AVise The reading was accomitmed by some very fine stereoptico Beginning Today Our Great Annual January Sale ALL Odd Lots and Bioken Lines Tailored Coats Day and Evening Gowns ur Coats Sets Scarfs Muffs Never have the Values been as Great and the Amount of Garments is Larger than ever SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY BSlEGEL(a CORM WOOOMMU) TAr DISPl A OHUr PLACE or MtlKU WITH ANY onu 3KM TRAVELER IN MICHIGAN INDS i IT LONG TIME BETWEEN DRINKS Cadillac Mich January al ways as poor In geography and If ou fellows are going to insist on keeping a fellow waiting until we get into wet territory before giving him a drink I suggest that this road provide passengers with thirsty throats with local option The speaker was a passenger on an Atm Arbor passenger strain go ing Mouth one day recently He started at I rank fort and was go ing through the length bf the road to Toledo He no sooner saw that he was on a cafe eari tnan asked the porter for a drink until we get to Thompson ville sah This is a dry county sah and we cant accommodate you for a few the colored por ter replied to the query Thompsonville was reached in a few minutes and the traveler got outside of a small bottle In half an hour he was thirsty again and he went back to the porter for an other bottle are in dry territory again and I help you waa only reply The passenger dropped into i seat condemning the local option idea In Wexford county he again asked for a bottle and he got one and in Missaukee county he repeat ed but said doln sab In wet In Clare county the man thought he surely must have reached a wet spot and renewed his request and on being refused once more he gave expression to the ex clamation above The traveler rode from 10 in morning until after 10 at night with chances to get drinks on his train In but a little corner of one county and across but two more As those counties are near the extreme ends of the road thv spell of dryness struck the pas senger before le reached his jour ney's end as being a long one NEGRO ATTACKED THE WRONG GIRL Youthful emale Pool Expert Al most Succeeded in Pocketing St Louis Thief Louis January 2 Miss Pearl Roberson pool expert and athlete made a good detente to the attack of a negro at Twentieth and Eugenia streets and saved herself with a short stroke to the negro jaw Then she look aggressive and tried to pocket him but missel Miss Roberson Is 17 years old the daughter of Roberson and lives at 2119 Eugenia street she Is 5 feet 10 inches tall weighs 13a pounds has taken physical train ing ami even knows a thing or two about boxing All this In addition to being a pool skill having learned the gams at her fathers poolroom when they lived in Memphis Miss Roberson went to a nickel odeon Un her way home she cu: through the midway at Union sta tion fahe noticed a negro follow ing her and stopped to face him and he slunk away MANY AT RECEPTION DRESS AND CUSTOMS THE WORLD CON QUERING ROMANS ABLY REPRODUCED AT THE LYCEUM THIS WEEK Continued from Page One flow Into the inner rooms of the mayors suite where good cheer was dispensed under the direction of Sergeant Alvin Hicks It waa pro nounced by many who have attend ed similar affairs for years one of the finest New Year's receptions ever held In the city hail I Business men of the city extended a most cordial welcome to Lucius Wilson the new secretary of the Detroit Board of Commerce With' Mr' Wilson in the receiving line i were president and other offi cent most of the directors the for 1 mer presidents and two assistant secretaries of the board The list 1 comprised Abner Larned preni 1 dent John Russel and rederick Holt vice presidents I Un ger treasurer rederic Stevens Homer AVarren Pope Milton I A McRae Hugh Chalmers dlrec I tors Murphy Charles Biel man George Moody A Sum 1 ner former presidents Charles Sawyer former secretary Norman lowers and A Simon assistant secretaries Between 600 and 700 of the busi ness and professional men of the city were present to wish Mr AVU son success in his work here After passing the receiving line In the as sembly room on the lower floor most of the guests ascended to the second floor where punch cigars and light refreshments were served or further entertainment of the guests members of the Orpheus dlub sang and orchestra gave Instrumental selections A feature of the event was the opportunity it afforded members of the transportation committee to famUarize business men and ship pers with the work of the trans portation bureau of which Robert Day is manager Mr Day and members of the committee gave a practical demonstration with the aid of large maps adding an ex planation of the benefits to shlp I Li I 4 Mi Si SMlHHg GARMENTS AND ARMOR DIOCLETIAN'S TIME perg attending the recent establlsn ment of a' rate quoting section as an adjunct of the bureau The reception for Thomas AV Palm er was the first that the Detroit club has celebrated on New Year's day and attendance was larger than at any similar functions which were held on Christmas In other years Mr Palmer will be 81 years old January 25 and this was In antici pation of that day The reception line consisted of the officers and di rectors of the club and the parlors were brilliantly decorated After the reception the guest and members repaired to the dining room where President George Moody called attention to the world wide fame of the Detroit man who had been United States senator minister to Spain and president of the worlds fair at Chicago Also he dwelt on the great good Senator Palmer had done when he gave to Detroit what now is known as Palmer' park where people of all classes enjoy the open air and beauties of the place 4 Senator Palmer responded in a few words telling of his apprecia tion of this honor from his fellow citizens Senator Palmer is one of the oldest members of the Detroit club having joined the organiza tion more than 30 years ago A family reunion was held yesterday at th home of Mr Ami IiroulHard W'est Jefferson avenue Ecorae Sxty aeen de scendants attended and many acquaint ances followed the old custom of making Nw Year' call at that time Mr Drcruli lard 86 year old to on of th oldest resident of the village She ba IBed there all her Ilfs It is good once more to look upon robust young men theatrically clad In the golden breastplates chain mall reached helmets tunics and girt about with the short swords carried beneath the banners on which appear world conquering initials fa ft meaning the Senate and the People of Rome In the days of the Caesars This dis play is made in goodly fashion in the play now at the Lyceum theater Light transcribed from Cardinal Wiseman's wonderful story by Martin Merle and staged by Henry Miller This inspiring spectacular drama of Christian martyrdom In the time of Diocletian emperor of Rome lends itself to most magnificent stage adornment which is the first thing that strikes the beholder It Is said of the Roman plays of this character that it Is Impossible to over ornament them because when the spirit of a great conquering people Is to be shown the salient facts of their lives many centuries bco must fairly shine forth In any simulated depiction so deeply Im pressed on modern consciousness through the operations of unbroken history Is the period of the Roman Caesars Here the barbaric splendor of the east gives way to the warlike power of the west There were giants earth those days Cardinal Wiseman scholar and nrelate put much of this into his classio story and right faithfully have Mr Merle and Mr Miller copied It frfao mucu for visual side of the work As a romantic and historic eay Light has still other values ew plavs since late Wilson of the which paved the way for the tremendous scenic investure of Gen Lew have so closely revealed the matchless en thufdasm of the early Christians ss Light The work makes no indifferent appeal to the beholder be he of any faith so long as he knows that goodness it and consists Undeniably fine to the portrayal of the love of Caesars daughter Artemla for Marco Val erius of the guard to whom the light that never was on sea or land has come We see the atrium of the house of Cleonius where the martyr son appears the? villa of the princess in the Roman campagnia where the rose of love drives Its first petals: the throne room of Diocletian where eternal effulgence plays about the unhappy lovers and then that dismal scene: In the corridor of the coliseum and that narrow sacrificial door througn which the Christians pass on thair way to become the prey to the wild beasts of the arena All this Is powerful enough to move were It shown merely in passing picture AVhen to this Is added the stately dialogue capably given by a more than ordinarily good company con taining such fine players as Eugenie Blair the heroine of a hundred dramas fine In voice finer in figure and finest In gesture and pose George A Lessey aa the unhappy lover: John Milton as the vicious and vindictive Corrinvs: powerful John A Preston as the Emperor Diocletian whoae sway extended mtghtilv A 303 and other In minor parts we have what Is really a splendidly Impressive play and the big well equipped stage of the Lyceum Is a good place to display it.