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The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
FERRY CO. TO BUILD NEW BOAT.
Steamer For Bots Blanc and Belle Isle
Run Will Carry 3,40O.

Directors Of the Detroit, Belle Isle
& Windsor Ferry Co. Thursday after
noon. awarded 10 the Toledo Shipbuild-
ing Co contract for new steel pas
songer steamer that will surpass both
the Columbia and the Britannia in size
The new boat will have a carrying ca
pacitv Of 1900 passengers and will he
operated on the Belle Isle and Bots
Blanc runs The new boat VIII go
into commission June 1. -191n--iL- is
expected. Frank T.. Kirby IS the de-
signcr Of the new craft model OF
which Is now on view I'm the ferry
company's Office She Will be built
along the same general lines rs her
predecessors. but Will be an improve
ment on them IN some particulars. She
will be little shorter han the Col
umbin but will have twu feet more
breadth THO fore foot viii rise sharply
after the plan ~ many ~ tho ocean
going hoats. She viii carry passen-
gers on four decks.
The now boat has been made neces-
sary by the demands Of the business.
Tho namc has not been decided on
as vet
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
MURDER IS CHARGED.
Missouri Woman Accused OF Doing
Away With Husband

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec 3.-The chem.
ical analysis of the vscera of VIM
j. Erder, established the presence OF
arsenic I'm the vital organs. Follow.
ing this report by DR.. VIM. Warren
of Washington university, an inforlna.
ton chaging murder has been issued
against Mrs IL. b. DOXey. OF Colum.
bus. Neb.
Mrs. DoXey was arrested in Column
bus at the request Of Prosecuting At
torney Shackleford, Of St Louis coun-
ty, who issued warrant against her
charging bigamy Application for ex-
tradition papers on the Nebraska
authorities has been made.
The report OF Or. Warren Is on 4
portion Of his Investigations. II re-
vealed a quarter OF a grain or more
OF arsenic IN cne corpse which was
exhumed November 20 after Miss
Kate Erder had convinced the city
officials that her brothers. death
might have been caused by other
than natural causes.
Miss Erder started the investlga
ton after she had traced Dora r.
Erder. her brothers wife OF two
months, to Columbus, Mob. and
found her living there IA tho wife
OF Or. Loren Il, Doxey The sus
picions OF Miss Erder were aroused
hy the death OF her brother last July
after he had been IN only few
DAYS
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
MORGAN CONTROLS
EQUITABLE LIFE
New York Financier Takes Over
Holdings Formely in Hands of
Thos. F. Ryan and ]. H. Hyde.

NEW YORK. Dec 81. Pierpont
Morgan has secured control OF the
Equitable Life Assurance society wi h
ihe $472,000,000 OF assets which the
company declared IN its last state
mcnt. The company passed into tho
control OF Thomas F. Ryan shortly
after the insurance scandals.
The following statement was issued
at Mr.. Morgan's Office:
"Mr. Morgan has bought the major
fly Of the stock Of the Equitable Life
Assurance society, formerly owned by
Thomas +. Ryan. This purchase is
subject TO the trust under which Grow
err Cleveland, Morgan j. O'Brien and
George Westinghouse were made Vot-
ing trustees for the benent of policy
holders. and il covers all Mr. Rayns
interest, including all the stock pur-
chased by him from James III. Hyde"
Beyond these facts Morgan and his
partners declined TO give any detalla
The exact amount of the stock bought
by them and the price they pair re-
main for subsequent announcement.
Nor would they name any other In
terests allied with them. although II
is commonly understood in Wall-st.
Aldl al ltdSl Out lIuSl company
may take a hand in the deal IL the
consent OF the Equitable is obtained.
Under the terms of the trust agree
men referred 10 in Morgan's announce
nent the Ryan stock could not be
sold without the consent OF the sur
viving trustees. whose term OF power
| held until June 10 next, and who
might continue the agreement for an.
other FIVE years If they say fit. Both
Of them are busy men ana as they
have served the society without pay
il has long been taken for granted
that they would be willing 70 pass on
their responsibilities 10 other shout
ders If they found they could do so
without rejudice TO the polcyholders.
Ryans holdings in the Equitable
were bought in large part from James
II. hyde although Edward II. Harri-
man had laid plans which. as he sap
posed, were 10 assure him the control
which went instead 10 Ryan. II was
during the hearings of the Armstrong
Insurance investigation that Hartman.
when questioned on this point. coined
what subsequently, became a national
by-wCrd. He was asked if he had
settled scores with Ryan and an
swered tersely Not yet" The public
added, but soon"
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
KILLED WHEN AUTO
P[UNGES OVER BANK
William ]. Chiera Victim of Accident
Out Jefferson-Companion Es-
capes With Slight Injuries.

Plunging over a 20-toOt cmbank'
ment on the south side OF Jefferson
ave, near BuTns-ave.. in his automo-
bile, William j. Chiera. No. 6l2
Beaubiens ST.. son Of Gabriel Chiera,
owner OF the Oriental hotel building,
was almost instantly killed about D so
o'clock, Thursday night. Ills compan.
ion on the fatal ride George r. Wild
er employed by the General Sales Co.,
No. 246 Jenerson-ave., escaped with a
dislocated shoulder.
Chiera was repairer of lace cur.
tains and was delivering curtains that
he had fixed up when he met his
death, Wilder having gone along for
companys sake Just what caused
the accident is not quite clear II
Is supposed, however, that ms Chiera
was spinning along Jefferson he sud
denly lost control OF the machine. Will
der was unable TO shed much light
on the accident, except TO say that
the machine seemed suddenly to veer
of tho course and leap the curb. Just
previous To that, he said. Chiera had
been steering with one hand, which
may xplain why he lost control.
Machine and occupants landed in
heap al the bottom of the cmbank-
ment. and it was some minutes be-
fore help came.
"Chiera couldn't have lived very
long" said Wilder AT first could
hear him moaning and grooming, but
the sound grew fainter and fainter
until it stopped altogether. Then |
was afraid II was all OFF with him |
was on my back, pinned under the
wrcckage. and couldn't move hand or
foot II seemed an age till somebody
came and got me ont Of there.
guess I'm lucky to be alive.
Wilders cries of distress first
reached the ears of Gertrude Furnier,
No. Is I.each-st., and Stella Miller
No. 1922 Jefferson-ave., two little girls.
who notified Patrolman August Smith.
About the same time Capt John
Evans, William Kresin. No. 763 TWen-
tv-nfth-st. and julius Brossard, 40
1865 Michigan-aye.. came up from the
river and these three and the police
man went 70 the relief Of Wilder. Al
ter being released ne walkd away AMI
took car down town in bwildered
condition. He went to the Cold Dol
lar cafe on Farmer-st., where he some
times worked in the cigar stand, and
friends took him To the Detroit san
Itarium After his injuries were at
tended 10 he went home.
Coroner Bennett had Chicras BODY
sent TO the county morgue. where II
was identified by brother Elks. The
postmortem conducted by the county
physicians showed that death was due
10 internal hemorrhages and suhoca-
ton.
Mr.. Chiera was 80 years old. and
leaves his wife and one daughter, ii
years old. lie was n member OF De-
troit lodge No. >. f. ~ NJ. and the
Detroit lodge OF Elks
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
WILL GIVE UP SANTA CLAUS
TO REDEEM LOST KITTEN
"Buster" and "Dick" Advertise They
viii Pay Christmas Money for
Its Safe Return.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec. $.--"Lost
Our little white kitten. We Will pay
all our Christmas money TO get him
hack. Please return him 10 Dick
and Buster Barr. at the Monterey
apartments. at Forty-thlrd and Chest
nut-sts."
Dick" and Buster" Barr, who are
mentioned in this newspaper ad. are
aged respectively 9 aud IL years They
are the sons OF Mrs. Katherine t.
Barr. and they lived until a short time
ago in New York. When they came TO
this city they brought with them two
great pets. fox terrier they called
Rats" and white Angora kitten
known "a Mice"
They had to give up their dog be-
cause they were not allowed To take
him into the apartment house. Now
the cat, too, is gone. and they are
sorely afflicted.
So they have just made the very
greatest sacrifice any child can make
at this time of year. They have laid
on the altar of their child love for
their pet the sacrifice which costs
the mthe most eflort-their Christmas
money.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
COURT RULES PATRICK
MUST RETURN TO PRISON
Appellate Division Of Supreme Trt
bunal Says Contention OF Famous
Prisoner In In Error.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3.--The appellate
division OF the. supreme court yester.
day afternoon dismissed the writ of
habeas corpus obtained by Albert r.
Patrick. serving a life term for the
murder OF Millionaire William March
Rice and ordered him back to Sing
Sing prison. Patrick contended he
WINS legally dead. inasmuch as Judge
Denis O'Brien, OF the court Of appeals
EXCEEDED his powers" In granting a
stay OF execution after the death SEN
tence had been imposed following the
affirmation Of Patrick's condition by
the court Of appeals, He argued mas
much as he had not been executed on
the date set the Communication OF his
sentence by Gov. Higgins was illegal
and he should have his freedom. The
court hold that his contention was In
error and his present confinement was
I'm accordance with the criminal code
He still has two appeals pending be-
fore the court or appeals,
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
WIFE SOLD FOR $3.50.
Two Men Indicted In Buffalo As Re-
suit OF Transaction.

BUFFALO. ~ Y, c.3.-Ernest
Phillips, of Akron, and Edward
Smith a farmer near Lockport. were
held for the grand jury on a charge
OF violating the penal statute that
prohibits the selling Of a woman.
Phillips wife recently appealed 20
the superintendent OF the poor for aid.
She was found living in barn with
her child She said her husband mad
gold her to Smith for $3.50. and that
Smith had turned her out.
When arrested Smith admitted that
he had lived with the woman. The
alleged sale was the result OF talk
the men had in tavern Smith had
said no woman would live with him.
whereupon Phillips Is alleged 20 have
said. You can. have my wife for
$3.50"
Il had only ten shillings," Smith
explained, sol borrowed a quarter
When | got ready to go home the wo-
man went with me-"
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
SAYS INCINERATION is BEST
WAY TO DISPOSE OF GARBAGE
WashIneton's Superintendent Of Street
Cleaning Visits Detroit On Trip
of inspection.

Detroit will within five years come
TO trc incarceration plan Of disposing
OF all ashes garbage and other city
waste"
Such is the declaration Of James NJ.
Wood. superintendent OF street and
siley cleaning of Washington, D. G..
He is in Detroit on a triptO Of inSpec-
ton TO get pointers for improving
the cleaning system of the capital.
Washington now disposes of garbage
and ashes by collection contracts. The
total cost Of cleaning the city and col.
lccting waste is now $4,000 per year
for city Of approximately 100000.
Detroit, with onethird more inha-
bitants, spends but S350,000 per yea-
for the same purpose, according to
Supt Frank Aldrich.
Washington people are the most
wasteful in the world" says Supt.
Wood This is proved by the amount
Of garbage we are called upon TO col
lect. Last year we had $4,000 tons
OF garbage. while Cleveland. almost
twice as large, had but Al 600 tons
and Detroit 10000 tons.
we are considering changing from
the contract plan to the municipal
collection of waste. ! believe that is
the best system, and incarceration Is
the best plan for disposal. You will
come TO II.
Il visited an incineration plant re-
Gently where thcre had never been a
single cents worth of cost for fuel.
The barrel slaves and other highly
inhammable rubbish was chosen for
the first firing and. after that tho
garbage and ashes furnished heat for
combustion. Relieving this to be the
most economical method | shall rec
cmmeud to congress that the present
contract be done away with and
three des,ructor plants costing $780,
600 established In the outskirts OF
Washington.
The refuse from the combustion Of
city waste is used for side walk and
paving material and building blocks.
liz being hard Stag.
While here Supt Wood visited
Mayor Breitmeyer aud also went
about the city 10 study the Detroit
methods, with Supt. Frank Aldrich.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
Girls Lionize King ManueI, Young King
OF Portugal, In the Streets OF Paris

PARIS, Beo, s,r-AfteF the heeilttS
had had four days of honoring ana ret
Ing King Manuel, of Portugal, the
gTIsettes OF the French capital had
their turn yesterday and IN rev
minutes time demonstrated 10 IN
youthful king that he was just as
pomiar with them IS with the blue
hoods.
ManueIs presense Ia a photograph
aallerv was n0ised about and several
hundred grisettes gathered ABOUT 'he
front entrance,
As Manuel emerged. the gir,s rushed
for hiin. The kings automobile fu1
nished no escape as the girls eiamb.
cred all over the machine and tom
porarily prevented Manuei's departure
Many had bouquets and when the
automobile finally crawled away the
tonneau was half filed with flowers
and cards. The king left Paris for
Lisbon last evening
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
DUE FOR STARD0M.
Arthur Byron, Sterling Young Actor,
Advances Steadily in Public Favor.

Few OF our present-day leading men
can boast OF record full OF more
admirable achievements than Arthur
Byron, now appearing in For Better.
For Worse" the current attraction in
the Garrick. Each season finds this
modest young actor advancing stead
lily in public favor, and one OF these
days with the proper sort OF play, he
will be an admirable addition TO the
stellar ranks. position TO which he
has long been entitled, but a suitable
play has not been forthcoming. Mr.
Byron was born In Brooklyn, n. y.
and comes OF a theatrical family OF
the bluest blood, being the son OF
oliver Doud Byron and Kate (Chehan1
Byron, and nephew OF Ada Rehan
and Hattie Russell After graduating
from st. Paul's school on Long Island,
at seventeen, he made his flrst stake
appearance with his parents in their
famous play Across the Continent
After this came engagements with
Felix Morris. Sol Smith Russell and n
season In stock In San Francisco. Mr..
Byron received HIS hrst good oppor'
tunity In New York "a leading man
with John Drew. position he ocou-
pied for eight consecutive soosons.
His work stood out with direotness
and force that made him u striking
figure In New York theatrioala,
In the summer Of 1899 ho war spe-
oially engaged To create the role Of
Captain HodgmaR In ARIZONA In
Chicago, The aeason TT iD0i-09 Mr..
Byron was at tho head nf the cast nf
"Petticoats and Bayonets," afteh the
withdrawal Of which he appeared with
Amelia Bingham To Edward Warden
in "The Climbers. and Eric Har'
greaves In "A Modern Magdalen,
4 he next season he Was leading man
with Mary Mannering In The Stub
bornness of Geraldine" and the year
following he appeared first as sam
Coast in Her own Way supporting
Maxine Elliot, a most admirable piece
OF acting, by the way, then created
the title role in Pitch's Major Andre,
finally re.joining Miss Mannerlng in
"Ifarriet's Honeymoon"
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
MOLTEN METAL EXPLODES:
THREE MEN ARE INJURED
M. Jsnoif ard Ernest krause Most
Seriously Hurt in Accident In
Guoin-st. Plant.

An explosion OF molten metel, in
the plant of the Michigan Crucble
Steel Co, No. 255 Guom.st., badly in
jured two employees, and caused slight
burns for a third, at 1 o'clock Friday
morning.
NJ Janoif. splashed from head to
foot by the molten mass. is in criti-
cal condition in St Mary's hospital
Ernest Krause. No. 81 Joseph Campau-
ave, was badly burned about the
hands and legs. and taken 10 the same
hospital. The third employee was at
tended by physician at the plant
Janoif was reported as resting cas-
lily, Friday morning, and may recover.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
rs CENTS A WEEK TOO
MUCH FOR OLD MOTHER
Sons Seek To Escape Supporting Her
-GriIled by Judge, Who Threat
ems Imprisonment.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec B.
Judge Stake was outspoken in his
disgust and contempt of two able
bodied young men. who had refused
10 pay - cents n week each toward
the support of their old mother.
Furthermore. the judge backed up
his remarks by threat, giving the
young men the option Of agreeing. at
once, to contribute toward their
mothers livelihood or of going to Jail.
II took them only little while 10
develop filial affection.
The men were George w. StOll and
Frederick Stoll. They not only refus.
ed 10 pay the - cents per week,
which Judge Audenried ordered them
TO pay last February. but they actually
appeared before Judge Stake and
endcayorcd to get the former order
revoked and this in spite OF the fact
that each earns at least $l2 a week.
These men, said Judge Staako,
referring TO the Stols, have not even
taken the trouble to personally in
vestigate the condition of their old
mother and find out for themselves il
she needs their help Last February
u
lady was in need and should have
some little help from these young
men
IN my experience this is an I'M
rrCcedented casc--two apparently
strong young men disrcgarding their
duty 10 their parents and dcfying the
courts order. | am surprised at the
entire absence of that love and affec-
ton that is only natural for children
20 have for an aged mother who
brought them into the world and
cared for them when they were unable
10 care for themselves
II will commit these two men to
prison until the order l. paid, unless
they come to some satisfactory ar
raugemert with Their parent"
The young men endeavored to show
that their parents made sufficient
money out Of n boarding house which
they maintained. After the judge 3
decision they agreed 10 pay their
mother 81 a week each until all back
money due her should be paid off
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
SAYS PRISONERS EARNINGS
SHOULD GO TO FAMILIES
Judge Connolly Declares, TOO, That
failing Men COR Non-Support is
Not Coed lools

III his lecture on "Romaking OF
man" in the Detroit College. Thurs
lay night. Judge Connolly. Of the re-
cCrder's court, declared that II Is the
duty of the city and state TO devote
the earnings Of prisoners, over and
above the amount necessary 10 main
tain the penal institutions. 10 the fam
lilies Ct the imprisoned men
To PUT men in prison for non-sup-
port is not good logic. he said The
greed Of landlords. which builds up
Sums. is responsible for much ON the
crime that exists today. rather than
the poverty which grows out Of such
n system, he declared. And 1t is the
duty cf the city to exterminate the
slums. he added The Judge told of
the parole system In vogue in the re-
cordcr's court and gave figures show
ing that the majority Of the paroled
prisoners make good
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
FIND MOTHER AND SON
DEAD BY GAS TOGETHER
They Had Quarreled Bitterly-Wo-
man Found kneeling BY Bed
As If In Prayer.

NEW YORK. Dec 3.--Several hours
after an elderly mother and her ne'er-
do-well son were heard quarrelling IN
their room in a boarding house at
Sheepshead Bay road and Courtlandt-
St. Coney Island they were found
asphyxiated. The mother. Mrs Laura
Weeks. was kneeling at the bedside
with her hands clasped as If in prayer.
The son. Gustav. lay stretched on the
floor in q position indicating he had
tried 10 crawl out of the room.
The police are inclined TO think the
son struck his mother and believing
he killed her turned on the gas. They
arc not sure there was not a suicide
pact.
Mrs. Weeks was sixty years old.
She had lived In the boarding house
for year. Several weeks ago her
son, who is said 10 have deserted
family In College Point. Joined her.
He drank heavily. the mother con-
stantly upbraided him. and yesterday
afternoon she told him he would have
10 leave the boarding house.
Mrs. Sherman, the boarding house
keeper and several others In the place
overheard mother and son In a bitter
quarrel which suddenly ceased. in
the evening Mrs. Sherman smelled
gas, traced n 10 Mrs Weeks room,
and discovered the bodies
She summoned Dr. Philip Nash, who
called tho police, There was no evil
dence Of struggle nor any mark on
the aged woman TO bear out the police
theory.
Shortly before the quarrel began
George Weeks, twenty-one, another
son OF Mrs. Weeks, left the house.
~ Na-l. rfrHf. Times
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
Aasd Veterans Long Tramp.

llrTdbUHU, Pa, Doc. B.-Amost
overcome with fatigue, having walked
all the way from DsnvepY Col, carrying
a heavy grip James Lowe, u years
old. Of Philadelphia, veteran of the
Civil War. and soldier of fortune in
the west when that part of the cOun-
try enjayod its widest life, was cared
for by the police last night and given
transportation to- Philadelphia
He came from Denver walking
every foot uf the way and was on the
verge of collapse when he was found
hv three young women and taken to
the police station.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
HIGGINS WAN1a NEW TRIAL.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. B.
Ex-Attorncy General Horace NJ. Orcn
argued in the United States District
court here, for Il new trial I'm behalf
OF Frank L/HiIgins, former assi5tant
postmaster ~ the Song who was con.
victed OF embezziing 81 800 of the
funds of HIS Office Higgins defense is
that strange men, cailing az the gen
erei delivery window robbed him
white he was making NJ the payroll
last September
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
Pawnbroker Says he Was stung.

Isaac Gerson. pawnbroker. az No.
fof IL GratiOtaye., sWore out var
rant. Thursday charging sol Wagner,
peddler. of Ma 50 Brewster.st., with
obtaining $3.50 by false pretenses. Tho
money Vas loaned on q diamahi
brooch which. 1t is alleged. Wagper
represented as the property af his
wife. Gers0u AYERS that tns areee4
had hocn bought on contract ard hat
rot been paid Tor when pawned with
him.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
Raspberries aIpen In November.

CHESTER, Pa. Dec. 8-George
DUNLAP who has truck farm near
Rockdale four miles west of this city.
brought into town today n small box
NJ raspherries. which, he says, ripened
ON his bushes last week The eX-
tremely warm weather, Dunlap says,
has started vegetation, and unless Sc
we're weather cumes pretty soon he eX-
poets 10 see all Of his fruit trees I'm
hmm
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03

Recent fossil discoveries ~ England
showed that there existed IN that
country in prehistoric DAYS an anees'
tor of the modern horse, fully as
large as his up-todate descendants.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-03
Veasel Wreehnh Az u Yaazs 8.

Vessel WRECK Alter ~ Years SoFVise
NEW BEDFORD Mass Dee S--Af-
Ger haviug saiie4 sYGairfo1r wears on
f,la yeas, fr5 a5 e Reitimor. packet.
tilcq a1 Ner bedford whsler. the
baF CaHtH8 hea been wrecked on the
iraad of Aqi1 NJ tho Cape Verde
eroup Rce1Ad enpugn cling that the
c-ev. of tA.vlv-ooo -7o" had been sized.
the dispatch gave 40 details.