The Detroit times., 1908-12-30
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IL. VI. Fechbeimer II confined 30 ms
home with m attack of tonsiiitis.
Twice within "A few days, herman Lug"
was arrested, Tuesday afternoon on
charge of stealing LADIES uhdeI
wear from a downtown store. DC
tsctives Brooks and seymour say
Iaga had the stolen articles IN ms
possession when captured. lie IL
charged with simple larceny
Mayor-eIect Breitmeyer IL putting In
all his spare time 10 getting his In
augural message in shape 10 DE redu
Jan. IL. He is hopeful that the Woi
of the committee OF 5O-Odd VIII De
completed In time for the submis 70
zion Of franchise In the sprlns
election. The Rev. FIR. +. j. Baum .
gartner has declined to serve on the
committee.
Paul Bemtz, who resides ON lansing
ave-, was arrested on cnpias sworn
out by Emma H. Osborne aged IL
years, who alleged that she was as
saulted by BcatZ while in his home
on July l3, 1907. As result OF the
attack she SAYS. she now suners
from epileptic fts and rs nervous
wreck She asks $4,000 damages.
Beatz was released on $1,000 ball.
Edward Walls. of No. AIS Dh-H'e.'
cinims that h!s new $1,000 nutomo-
bill. was ruined and that he was per
manently injured when he ran into
a pile OF earth and concrete AZ DIX
and Hubbard ayes. on the night OF
Nov 3. He claims the earth was
put in the street by city employees
and no red light was in place to
show the danger. lie asks for $6,OOO
damages.
Edward Il. scbrcIter. secretary of the
council committees, IL due for an
other salary boost. His salary was
raised two years ago I" $S'ioo ana
"A resolution was introduced by AID
Weber, Tuesday night, to have IL
made S25OO IN the estimates THIS
would make the salary or tho POSI-
tion equal To that of the secretaries
In larger HpnHTtmen oil the city.
drowned In River Rou.E several
weeks ago. was filed Tor probate
Tuesday. The document consists OF
only i2 words. and Is one OF the
shortest Wills ever Med In wayne
county. 1t leaves an estate OF SlO'-
Warren solomon, "a years old. No. 81
Columbia--t. east, AN empi"ye OF
Grinnell Bros. is in a serious con
dillon In Grace hospital with a frac-
tured skull. received Monday after
noon. when he fell 10 feet down an
elevator shaft in Grinnell Bros. ola
store but physicians look for his re
covery Solomon has wife ana
child.
Carl Lehner has gone 10 New York 10
effect a fourth. and, he hopes. " hn"I
reconciliation with his wife. who
eloped with her music teacher, Prof.
Paul Bard. two years ago: II Is Len
ner's intention to take his wife to
known. and sArt life all over again.
He told friends that he has some
evidence aga inst Bard that nc VIII
place in the hands of the New York
police. in the hope OF landing him
behind the bars.
County Auditor r. HawIcy Christian,
whose term expires ON Thur-dsy. aud
who has been in poor health Tor sew
eral weeks, has gone to Pontiac asyl-
Um. whore his brother. DR.. Christian.
is superintendent Mr.. Christians
l. .ffA Na1 IaNN In Al
the asylum so as TO have special at
tention from his brother. His i'll
ness has so weakened him that he
cannot walk without assistance. Mr..
Christian was county auditor for Is
years. but was defeated for the nom
ination In the recent primaries by
Forbes Robertson.
The Detroit Board OF Commerce viii
issue Invitations for conference ON
The home rule bill TO be submitted
TO the legislature. The League OF
Michigan Municipalities, the state
Bar association. the Grand Rapids
Board OF Trade. the committee from
the constitutional convention and the
Detroit Board OF Commerce VIII he
represented. II is expected, In this
meeting and II is hoped to reach an
agreement on home rule bill that
will he satisfactory To all The date
IS tentatively set for san. To-
Ernest II. oliver, new deputy sheriff;
"About Ave years ago I went down
TO Cleveland with lot OF city of
my name Deputy Sheriff oliver.
Well, I had no idea OF ever being
deputy sheriff then, but / kept the
clipping and now II comes to pass
that / am slated for what the Cleve-
land scribes picked me for long ago.
They must be good guessers down
there"
A caucus of the members OF the board
of estimates to select n new prcsi-
dent has been practically agreed
upon for 10 o'clock next Monday
morning In the common council
chamber. The notices have not yet
been sent out but II is expected that
they will go out the latter part of
the week Louis II. Lcmpke who
was the last president Of the board,
will Issue the call.
John Stevenson, represent ive-eIecti
az believe that the state of Michigan
should change it's method OF taxing
vessels 10 the end that all freighter
tonnage may not be driven out or
the state. The passenger boats
which have the benefit of fire and
police protection while at their docks
should pay fair tax. but the
freighters which stop at their home
port only occasionally during the
season should not be taxed i'm the
same way"
The German army Is experimenting
with mattresses filled with paper In
aor,a ~ ffa barracks