The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-04
WILD SCENE IN
DOWN TOWN
SECTION
CROWDS THRoNo WOODWARD
AVE. ELECTION NIGHT AND
JOIN IN NOISY CELEBRATION
POLICE AND FIRE DEPTs. BUSY.

Beginning right after supper, and
almost before any returns had been
received, Detroit observed election
night in old-fashioned style. with bon
fires, street parades and recourse to
tin horns and megaphones In great
nambeFs.@At first there were only a
few scattered toots, but as the crowd
increased the sound grew into a mo-
notonous drone.
Everybody. regardless of party at
citations or sympathies. got into the
game. Welldressed women promen-
AIDED Woodward-ave. with their es-
! corts. footing persistently on the "cut-
est little HORNS" and adding their lit
| tie mite to the Cause" whatever 1t
was.
1t was NOT necessarily partisan
demonstration. The crowd seemed
rather dominated by the thought that
1t was election night and a fitting time
TO celebratetpo matter how the cleo.
ton went. However, the bulletins
were eagerly scanned and newspaper
extras were eagerly sought. and any
strongly optimistic announcement. no
matter what candidate IL favored, was
received with approval by some Dor.
ton OF the crowd. One minute there
would be cheers for Taft. Presently
the same crowd would root for II
mans.
The rowdy was in evidence as usual
and his handiwork was seen I'm mon.
strous bonfires In which nothing he
could lay his hands on was sacred
from the flames. II mattered not
whether a section of asphalt pave.
ment was burned through, but the fire
department kept tho fires confined
mostly to harmless blazes and tn
damage was comparatively small.
The street car men had their troub.
les. Woodward-ave. In places was
packed almost solidly with people. ard
the cars had to crawl through cauti-
ously TO avoid accidents. BOYS SET
fire 10 barrel stuffed with oil-soaked
waste and put IL on the street car
tracks In front OF the Chamber OF
Commerce. and In consequence the
service ON the Fourteenth and Sher-
man lines was tied up for several
minutes.
Fights were frequent. resulting in
most instances from arguments over
probable results OF the election.
Brcitmeyer and Thompson adherents
mixed in frce-for-all near the elec
ton booth at Linden and Twenty
third-sts., I'm the seventh precinct OF
The Twelfth ward. Police officers
finally stopped the rumpus without
making any arrests.
Another general fight took place at
Hancock and Dubois-st. about $3.50.
and four men were injured though
none seriously.
Frank Cczewski, No. 400 WilIis-ave
east was taken to ST. Mary's hospital
with a cut in the breast and George
Bieber. No. Hendricks-st., Is in the
same institution with a broken leg re-
ceived In the fight. The other two
were slightly cut.
An even dozen saloonkeepers or en-
ployes Of saloonkeepers were arrested
during the day because they objected
TO being closed up. They were:
Herman A. Him.. rs Gratiot Nicho.
las Hagen, bartender, $50 Monroe
ave: Frank Weitzel bartender N
Oyster Ocean: William II. Mcleod.
bartender, Oyster Ocean; Abe Gold
man, bartender, 410 Hastings-st.:
Louis Stein, bartender, 10 East Co
lumbus-Jt.; John Smith, bartender, 256
Locust.st. Frank Einheuser, 21-23
East Fort-st.; Charles Kohn. bartend-
or, 21-23 East Fort-st.; Cyril Matten,
az East Congress-st.; Ernest Baum
garth, 1876 Bates-st; Ernest Blaisdell,
1913 Michigan-ave
Practically all the down-town bars
were tightly closed during the even
ing, but the proprietors in most In
stances, found way to supply the
demands OF the thirsty. In the Metro
pole. for instance, while the bar was
dark, drinks were freely dispensed ut
the tables In the cafe and grille room