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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
QUICK FIRE DOES
HEAVY DAMAGE
At NOON HOUR
RANDS MANUFACTURING co.'s
PLANT DESTROYED AND LOSS
MAY REACH $5o,ooo-EMPLoYEs
GET OUT SAFELY.

spectacular fire, originating, 1t IL
thought from spontaneous combus.
ton, Quilted the second floor OF the
Rands Manufacturing Co.'S factory at
Macomb and Beaubien-sts., Monday
noon. While the loss cannot be esti.
mated definitely. w. G. Rands, secre-
tary and treasurer of the concern,
says $4,000 will cover IL and 1t may
prove to be great deal less than
that. The damage is principally to
stock, OF which there was big sup
ply on hand. The company manufac-
lures automobile tops and other auto
mobile accessories.
The fire started UNDER one OF the
benches on the Beaubien-st. side, and
about the middle or the structure,
just as the men were knocking of for
dinner. All got out in safety Dy
means of the stairways, but they had
no time TO spare, for the flames spread
with incredible rapidity. When the
fire department arrived practically the
entire second floor, which is also the
top floor was raging furnace.
Coming at the noon hour. when
Office and factory employees were going
out 10 lunch. the fire attracted big
crowd and soon the streets leading
to the burning structure were literally
choked with humanity. while neigh
boring roofs for blocks around all had
their quota OF curious onlookers.
After a half hours hard work the
department got the flames under con-
troll The company was amply In
sured and will probably begin making
repairs at once.
Two or three young women employ
ed In the Office Of the company added
to the excitement by falnting when
the cry OF fire rang through the build
ing. They were assisted outside and
soon revived.
Walter Moser, Of No 424 Van Dyke
ave. a 5ystander. received a deep cut
I'm the left hand from flying glass. The
injury was dressed by Peter Abt man.
aver OF the East End ambulance
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
WOULD PAY COST OF
GRADE SEPARATION
BY BOND ISSUE
COMMITTEE WARNS TO AID.
VERNOR'S SCHEME AND WILL
RECOMMEND IT TO COUNCIL iF
LAW PERMITS.

A proposition 10 bond the city Tor
the cost OF all future grade separa-
lions was sprung by Aid. Vernon in
the meeting OF the grade separation
committee Monday morning. The bud
get contains items for separations
amounting TO $4,000.
These are Improvements for all
time and the tax payers OF today
should not be called upon to pay lie
total cost at once" declared Aid
Vernon.
Aid. Koenig and Korte sided with
him
I'VE had better go slowly and learn
what the law is on the matter" eau
toned Aid owen. the chairman. Let's
not get the laugh. as Mayor Breitmey-
er did on the matter OF issuing bonds
for paving"
Paying for these separations ty
bond issue would make difference
OF 40 cents per $1,000 assessment II
the taxes this year" stated Secretary
Schreiter. 49,.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Law
son was called in, hut could not give
an opinion off-hand as to whether the
city can issue bonds for these I'M
provements.
The committee finally decided 70
recommend bond issue, and. III case
that is not. legal. that steps be taken
to get further legislation allowing
such bonds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
WHEN EXTREMES MEET

New York has the tallest buildings
I'm the world. The tuberculosis Exhi-
bition is the greatest hygienic educa.
tional government In the world.
Out under the stars, on the piazza
roof OF an uptown palace, lies the
owner OF a skyscraper. He is warmly
wrapped in an expensive. woolen-lined
fur bag. and his couch Is soft. Over
on the east side, on tenement house
roof. lies boy who ran an elevator
In the skyscraper. He is snugly tuck
ed In bag made of worn bed cover
ings and other make-shifts. The
board bed is hard.
These two are taking the tuberculo-
els cure: fresh air. rest and plain
wholesome food The millionaire IL
not allowed Injuries. The boy is for
tunate III he can get what he needs.
Drugs and medicines have no part in
this treatment The weakened and
destroyed tissues are made strong and
healed by oxygen and correct diet.
The specific food is all lung dis
eases is cod liver oil and is prescribed
In addition To an abundance OF easily
digested. nourishing food. SCOTS
Emulsion n the modern and most
easily digested form OF cod liver oil:
it hastens the tuberculosis cure and
creates power and energy. Boy and
man viii daily gain in weight. The
cough will go. The nights will bring
restoring sleep. They will get well.
They are both taking SCOTS Emulsion
OF cold liver oil The man buys the
500 size bottle and a settlement doc
tor gives the boy 50-cent bottles as
needed. 1t can be obtained at all
druggists.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
ATTEMPT TO QUASH
BEACH INDICTMENT

Judge Swan heard arguments, Mon
day morning. on a demurrer filed by
Attorneys n. Fl. Smith and John w.
Beaumont against the federal indict-
ment brought against Elmer n. Beach,
former head OF a local magazine pub
fishing company. This indictment is
based on prize subscription contest
in which, IL is alleged. one subscriber
was allowed TO put up 1000 for sub
scriptions with an understanding that
he would get the money back In case
he did not win the first prize, an au-
tomobile. Beach's attorneys argued
that no intent to defraud was shown.
There is no case just like this I'm
the records" said District Attorney
Watson in his address, but the facts
show that there was an agreement
which diminished the chance OF every
other contestant except this man, El.
lott. to win the first prize"
Decision was reserved.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
BOY GASHEO IN
SEEKING JOB
CHEEK HACKED BY GLASS IN THE
HANDS OF RIVAL FOR VA
CANT PLACE.
boy wanted.

This innocent little announcement,
inserted in the liner columns by the
Bromley Electro Plate works. Oh
which Barney Nehls is proprietor, re-
suited In bloodshed, Monday morning.
Nearly score Of boys responded TO
the "ad." All were anxious to be
first In putting in an application. and
several disputes arose over positions
I'm the line Two OF the disputants
were Wismer Ac4toberts. No. 244
First.st.. and August Schwab. No. 352
High-st. The former won his point
and took the disputed place Where
upon. II is alleged. young Schwab at
tackled the McRoberts boy with q
piece OF glass he found in the street
cutting an ugly wound In the latter's
cheek. which required eight stitches to
close
Special Officers GleiwitZer and Sail
took Schwab before Lieut.. Breault, OF
the truant squad. and ii transpired
that he is on parole from the reform
school. AS IA result OF his little escap
ade he will probably be returned to
the institution.
DR.. T. X. Purkey. No. 107 Gratiot
ave. dressed the McRoberts boys
wound. lie looks for no serious re
suits unless blood poisoning or erysip
elias should develop.
sNeither OF the boys in the fracas got
the Job.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
TEMPLE TALKS.
How Property Lost In the Temple
Theater is Restored to the
Owners

Immediately after each performance
at the Temple theater and the crown
has passed through the doors. James
Edward Lewis, the Superintendent,
with his assistants. makes a careful
search or the theater for articles care
le ssly left by patrons. Such articles
y hen found are taken in charge by
the superintendent. who lists them III
a book kept for that purpose. ana
when the articles are called for ana
Il scribed they are restored TO tho
owners Sometimes patron loses or
forgels "A parcel ca purse, or gloveS
fur or like article and IL is picked up
by somebody VINO has been sitting In
the vicinity and who carries IL away,
not knowing that the theater is equip
PED with lost and found department.
Thousands OF dollars worth OF prop
erty is found and restored To patrons
every season During the current sea-
son a package of convertible United
States bonds OF the value Of $4,000.
was found by Mr. Lewis in one OF the
boxes after an evening performance
and was restored to the owner. a
Cleveland capitalist, two days later. IL
is strange but nevertheless true that
set OF false teeth was found after a
matinee performance. and was called
for the next morning by very much
embarrassed elderly lady. Mileage
books. jewelry. fur boas, muffs, hand
bags. dress goods, and new shoes are
found quite often. They invariably
De long to women who attend the mat
inee performance after shopping
tour. But ONE man holds the prize
for ahs ont I'm dpdnpss He forgot his
overcoat one cold night and didn't
think about II until he reached his
home.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
ACCUSED MAN MAY
BECOME ACCUSEP

The tables are likely to be turned
In the case Of Joseph Chapman, a re-
spected citizen. OF No. S2S McGraw.
ave, charged in the police court with
assaulting Mrs. Julia Nowakowski. "
No. 70 Hertert.st. After the case Is
heard next Monday. Mrs. Nowakowskl
and her husband Will be fortunate If
they escape arrest on more serious
charge than the one they bring against
Mr. Chapman.
The Nowakow skies were buying a
house near their present abode on con.
tract They failed to keep up thei:
payments aud the contract was for.
feited. The house was little more
than a shack and the owner. a real
estate mPn named Bloomfield, recently
engaged Mr.. Chapman To tear it down
offering him the old lumber as com
pensation.
After Chapman had RACED the struc.
ture and had piled the old boards up
in neat piles, ready TO be carted away
the Nowakowskis, II Is alleged, laid
claim TO the lumber ana attempted to
cart II away. Mr.. Chapman objected
whereupon, according TO his story, the
pair viciously assailed him, the wo
man using d hammer and the man q
baseball bat That was last Friday
and Mr.. Chapman head is still swath
ed In cotton He gave his personal
bond Monday. TO appear for trial In
week, and Justice Stein declared
that if the facts bore out his story OF
the assault he would issue a warrant
charging the Nowakowskis with a seri
Gus offense.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
HUTCH|Ns REPLIES
To DU POINTS
FIGURES
RIDlCULES STATEMENT THAT D.
v. RS PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT
is WORTH NO MORE THAN TEN
YEARS AGO.

Relative TO the published statement
of A. b. du Pont that the physical
properties OK the Detroit United rail
way which were inyentoried at "a
500, 1881 AZ ten years ago, have not
been increased in value and are worth
only about the same now, President
Jere G. Hutchins gave out the follow
ing statement, Monday:
The inventories Mr. du Pont refers
TO were taken at the beginning OF the
year 1899 They showed the value OF
the city lines To be about sixteen NIL
lions of dollars, of which s7,SO6, az
covered their physical value. These
inventories taken al the beginning or
the year were based upon conditions
as they existed at the end OF the year
1898. In the year 1888 there
we're carried on all OF the De
troit city lines, including transfer
passengers. = total of 55,37S. 9lS pas
sengers. d which number 44,ls'lI -
were pay Sr revenue passengers. In
1908 there were carried on these lines
a total of 14S,S40,S35 passengers. an
increase of nearly one hundred mil
lions. or these 49.447 1913 were car
ried as transfer or free passengers, De-
ing very nearly as many as were car
ried all told for pay in 1898.
ore would hardly contend that
these results could have been accom-
nlished without some additional faclil'
ties I would mention one Item EV-
ery electrical device In the power
houses OF this city. with the installa-
ton OF which Mr. du Pont had any
thing to do. has been replaced since
the wear 1893 by machinery suitable
for our present traffic conditions. And
I'm meeting these traffic conditions, eV-
ery feature of the company's plant mas
required the expenditure OF large sums
of money.
MIR. du Pont and Mr.. Johnson have
paid us the compliment OF saying In
Detroit that IL should not cost any
! more than $4,000 a mile 10 build and
equip street railway. and that any
street railway capitalized in excess OF
that amount is capitalized on water
pure and simple. Their railway In
Cleveland was turned over TO what
they call the government at about
sl29oOO a mile. The compliment rs
an implied one, OF course. meaning
that we should be able to do as much
with thirty cents as they are with q
dollar
Il rather expect them to come back
at me with the argument that we are
crowding all OF the added millions oil
passengers into the same old cars OF
! 1898. But In view OF the fact that
most OF our cars now In use are com
modious double truck cars and that
there were none OF that type in De
iroit ten years ago, this argument
would hardly be fair. ON this point
possihly du Pont aud Johnson. who
testified in the Detroit courts that we
should be required TO operate cars
20 seconds apart can tell you why In
Itheir efforts To avoid a loss OF mil
lion dollars IN six months In their
three.cent experiment last year. they
were justified In Withdrawing from
service about one-quarter OF the cars
which had been in use in Cleveland
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16

ceiyed 'rake-off' FOR steering the
young couples into Justice Otis office.
A similar complaint was made 10
County Clerk Farrell. and Monday
morning, he had a chance 10 see how
the plan worked. A couple came INFO
the building. and after searching for
the county clerk office. were escorted
TO the marriage license department by
James Headman deputy in Justice
Otis court. Nj Farrell at first re-
fused 10 issue the licence, but he
changed his nina later. and after the
license was issued the couple were
taken down stairs and married by Nj.
OFT.
Mr. Farrell then had the figures
looked up. and learned that during
January and February Justice Otl
married "a couples, Justice Teagan =.
Justice Lemkie ., and Justice DeGaw
g. The latter Was away the greater
part of the time, because of sprained
ankle.
The county building guards, Frank
Curtis, Hiram Odell and August Bich-
ner, and Deputy Headman were before
the auditors. Monday morning, and de-
MED making any rake-off. They also
declared that they seldom escorted
couples into the marriage license
ONCE. merely pointing the way for the
pair.
"Of course, | get more marriages
than the rest OF the justices, Justice
OFT said Il also handle more cases
than the rest Of them. too. but You
don't hear them saying anything about
that. It's nobody's business how
many marriages | perform so long as
they come to me. have no arrange
ments with the guards to bring coup
les to me in exchange for rake-on.
They come To me because | m on
the job all the time from O'Clock n
the morning to o'clock in the after
noon. The others aren't here more
than half the time In some OF the
marriages perform make no charge,
which is nobodys business. IL is 4
little tempest in teapot being stirred
w by some Jealous justice"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
Are Drugs Necessary?
Do Drugs Cure Disease?
Can Nature be Assisted

II people were born right and after
wards lived right, there would be no
use for medicine. Every doctor knows
this. So do other well-informed people.
One thing more. When q person lives
wrongly, or acquires bodily weakness by
heredity, medicine can do only very
little. Medicine cannot cure him. Only
charlatans claim that medicines will
cure disease. Medicines may palliate
symptoms. Medicines may urge the
powers Of Nature to resist disease. Med
icines sometimes arouse the efforts Of the
human body to right itself against de-
rangements. This Is the most that med
icine can do.
A man accidentally puts his finger In
the fire. Instinctively he vets his
finger In his mouth, then blows on 1T
for the cooling effect. This is no cure.
He knows 1t very well. But II makes 1t
feel better for the time being.
People eat unwisely. This produces
dyspepsia or indigestion. The only
rational cure Is to eat correctly. Yet II
= palliative Is At hand the pains Of indi-
gestion can be mitigated, the throes OF
dyspepsia assuaged. The medicine can
not be said to have cured. 1t simply
palliates disagreeable symptoms. The
cure must come through right living.
Take Peruna, for instance. No one
claims Peruna Is . cure for dyspepsia.
But Peruna will stimulate the stomach
to perform its function properly. Peru
M will increase the fiow Of digestive
fluids, without which digestion caunot
be carried on ut all. 1t will increase the
relish Of food, the appetite.
It is admitted that all this can be
accomplished by right living, but there
are SO many people who either will not
or do not know how to eat correctly that
q tremendous amount OF good can be
done by the wise use Of Peruna.
A stomach that has been frequently
abused performs the function OF diges-
ton very laxily. Such stomach allows
the food TO remain undigested for some
time after II ia swallowed. This leads
to Fermentation of the food. Sour stom-
sch Is the result. This goes on week
after week, until the blood Is poisoned
with the products of fermentation. This
condition is very apt to produce rheum-
Atism.
1t is not claimed that Peruna will cure
rheumatism. Nothing will cure rheum-
atism but correct living. But IL is
claimed that Peruna will assist badly
abused stomach to perform its work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
FAMILY SAVED FROM
FIRE BY BABY'S CRY

Awakened by the crying OF year
old baby. the family of Jacob Field
man, who keeps grocery at Nc. 27l
Clinton-st. and lives upstairs. was
awakened about o'clock. Monday
morning TO find the house filed with
smoke. The entire household. includ-
Ing Mr.. and Mrs. Feldman and six
small children. were driven out in
their night clothes. The fire was
caused. II is thought. by defective
stove pipe. The damage is about
$500, covered by insurance.
A defective chimney caused small
blaze in the home OF Mrs. Susanna
Wagner. No. 734 st. Aubin-ave., about
80 a. m. but II was discovered in
good time and the damage done was
only nominal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
PASTOR GOES ONLY
To DOOR OF SUNDAY
SALOON
REV. JOSEPH RYERsON's c.
REER AS REFoRMER SHORT.
LIVED EVIDENCE GATHERED
AGAINST FISHERS GARDEN.

Following the example OF w. D..
Southwick who brought Saioonkeeper
r. h. Moore TO time after merry
round in the courts. Arthur Il. Cone.
maLager or the Proyident Loan asso-
citation, and who happens to be chair
man OF the Citizens union. the old
Churchmen's Federal ion under a new
name. has begun war against John A.
Fisher. proprietor OF Fishers garden
and saloon al No. 1903 Gratiot-ave.
AS a starter. Mr.. Cone secured war
rant IN police court, Monday morning.
charging Fisher with keeping his sa-
loon open Sunday, ia violation OF the
law, Justice JefYries taking the COM
plant. IL this does not bring the de-
sired results, Mr.. Cone says lie will
try again.
Il am making this complaint not as
president OF the Citizens union, but
as private citizen" said Mr. Cone.
However, | have the backing OF the
organization. which represents 5000
good, citizens and voters who have
the interests OF the city at heart and
who are interested In law enforce
ment. Ii will be found. too. that our
association is one that will have TO
be reckoned with ia future elections.
Mr.. Fisher is openly violating the
law every Sunday, and as his place
is but short distaiNe from my home
at No. 1912 East Grand boulevard, |
am personally Interested in seeing the
law enforced. Sunday morning when
l passed the saloon on my way ~
church | saw men coming out OF the
side door and others going In. After
church | took some friends with me
as witnesses and put II right up to
Mr. Fisher that he vas violating the
law.
~ know It, he said. And as long
AS other saloonkeepers continue to
keep open on Sunday, I'll do the same.
III open when | --- please and close
when | please, and I'd like to
know how it's any Of your business
Well, told him that IL was my bust
ness and that told him frankly that
would prosecute him, so here | am -
Before applying for the warrant,
Mr. Cone visited the police commits
sioEer and satisfied himself that there
was nothing In the law giving the sa.
loonkeepers right to keep open on
Sunday. In keeping open they were
doing SO merely by virtue OF an un.
derstanding with the police depart.
ment, he learned.
Among Mr.. Cones witnesses was
the Rev. Joseph Ryerson. pastor OF
the Gratiot-ave. NJ. K. church. He
went only as far as the door, how
ever When the arguments began he
retired out OF earshot. The idea OF
entering saloon, especially on Sun
day, went against his clerical dignity.
The other witnesses were w. s.
Hopkins and Herbert Clancy. neigh
hOrs OF Mr.. Cone.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16

III person would correct his hab11gs
persist In right eating and tsmpess1o
ways, undoubtedly the stomach would \
right itself, the blood would rid itself e
the poison, and everything would b
right. But as said before there are 3
multitude of people who will not or can 4
not adopt right methods Of living. To.
such people Peruna II . boon. A doe
before meals will assist the stomach -
do its work. This prevents fermsntor
ton Of the food, brings about normal
digestion, and all the train Of Ills that
follow indigestion disappear.
In other words, Peruna IL helpful -
those who live badly, or those who
have acquired some chronic weakness,
Peruna does not cure, but IL assists the
powers OF Nature TO bring about cure.
The whip does not increase the power
OF the horse to pull a load, but Judi
ciously used it stimulates the horse TO
use his powers at the right time, with
out which he could not have pulled tbs
load.
This illustrates the effect Of Peruna,
or any other good remedy upon the sys-i
tenn. Taken at the right time, IL calls
forth the powers Of the human system
| to meet the enc roachments OF disease,
| and thus cuts short, IL not entirely ends,
the diseased action.
No one should ever attempt to substi-
tute medicine In the place Of right liv-
ing. In the end such an attempt will
prove q disaster. But an occasional uso
Of the right medicine at the right time
10 godsend, and no reasonable person
will undertake to deny IL.
Those who know how to use Peruns
find it Of untold value. By and by the
world will get wise enough 90 that
through correct living no medicine at
all will be needed. But that time has
| not arrived. In the meantime, while
the world Is approaching that perfec-
ton In which all medicine will be elm
mated, Peruna is q handy remedy TO
have In the house.
Slight arrangements Of the stomachs
slight catarrhal attacks Of the liver, the
throat, bronchial tubes, lungs or bow
els; these attacks are sure to lead to
grave diseases, and can be averted by
the Judicious use of Peruna.
Wouldn't you like to read few nm
solicited testimonials from people who
have used Peruna, and who stand ready
to confirm the above statements con-.
corning 1T. IL SO, address the Peruns
Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus,
Ohio, and we will send some prepaid.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
DETROIT MAN WEBS
BROTHERS WIDOW

Marriage License Clerk Alexander
Stewart was asked by an anxious
young man Monday morning II the
Michigan law would permit him to
marry his deceased brothers widow.
Upon receiving an affirmative reply
the young men went out into the cor
ridor and brought in his bride-to-be.
and the license was issued. The
groom is Fred II. Shellberg. aged "a.
of No. 800 Eighteenth-st. He will mar.
~ Mrs. Ethel Shellberg, OF Columbus,
Ohio. the widow OF his brother.
Charles. Mrs Shellberg Is five years
older than her husband
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-16
Near Death In Bic Pond.

II was a thrilling experience 10 Mrs
ida Soper TO face death. For years a
severe lung trouble gave me intense
snfYsring" size writes. and several
times nearly caused my death AL
remedies failed and doctors said | was
incurable. Then DR.. Kings New. DIS
covery brought quick relief and 3
cure so permanent that / nave no'
been troubled In twelve years. Mrs
Soper lives In Big Pond. Pa. IL works
wonders In Coughs and Colds, Sore
Lungs. Hemorrhages. LaGrippe, Asth
ma. Group. Whooping Cough and al
Bronchial affections. Guaranteed oy
T.. c. Kinsel. Central Drug Co. Gray
x Worcester.