The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-22

morning. and little Is known about
him. The body is in Cheyne's under
taking rooms. Windsor. awaiting
Identification.
Werner Rentsch. N youas Swiss .rehi-
tect employed by q. A. Mueller In the
ferguson building. died Wednesday
III ms apartments, No. 81 Erskine-
st, or heart failure. Young RentsCh
was alone in this country, without
tlther friends or relatives. Tuesday
morning he complained of n slight
headache. but II was not considered
serious. but he grew rapidly worse
ne was ~ years OF age and wds born
IN Basle, switzerland. lie had IA
Dlother In Rome. ono In Brussels,
ana one In Berlin. The funeral Will
rake place saturday afternoon from
Geist Bros. undertaking rooms.
controller Doremus has been search
Ing the law 40 learn where the city
VIII get the money to pay for the
hospital site in the rear OF Grace
hospital which was purchased In
1900 This site cannot be paid for
out or the bonds issued for n con
taglous disease hospital as that
building will now be erected on the
hamilton boulevard site 1t is proba
PIE that the amount needed TO com
plcte the Brush-st purchase Will be
spread In the next years taxes
Grace hospital has offered TO pur-
chase half the land and the city may
hhd purchaser for the remainder
George w. Hadford, whose mnnagc-
uny or the courts, is really sick. his
physician, DR. r. A. Jameson
making an affidavit In Judge Muir
phys court Thursday afternoon that
MIR Radford is suffering from collie,
and would not he out for week.
The case of Henry j. Meier against
Kadford was set for hearing In Judge
Murphys court Thursday. but the
announcement was made that the de-
PENDANT was Ill. Judge Murphy in
sisted that legal proof or his illness
nrOdllHnd hA = re- n
the affidavit the hearing was post
poned until Jan. &c
The annual meeting of the First Bap-
fist church was held Thursday even
ing. and William Van Sickle. C. j.
Moore and Kenneth Anderson elect
ed trustees for the coming year. The
present membership is 'os, de-
crease since last year. but GO mem
bers left during the last IL months
10 establish the Beulah Baptist
church. at Kercheval aud McClcl-
lan-aves The First church Is at pres
emit supporting the Green-ave church
IN Ole pelray. at an annual cost OF
about $3.50. The Greene-ave. church
has about 30 members and its pastor
Is the Rev. William Walker. All de-
partments OF the First church show
progress.
Its just spite work." declared Mrs.
Daniei Itch. of No. 204 Green-ave..
Thursday night. when told that her
son. George had reported to the po-
lice that her daughter. Loretta. who
was at one time domestic science
" teaeber in the Higgins school had
disappeared. George. the mother as
scrts, is not on the best OF terms
with the family. and II was largely
because i.e was In the habit OF COM
Ing TO t1c house and raising a dis
turbance that Loretta left home and
Is now "lsitlng friends. according to
the mother. Mrs. Itch insists that
she knows where her daughter is
ana Is not worrying. \ report was
current that former boarder In
sor, disappeared about the same time
Loretta dropped out OF sisnt. and an
elopement was hfnted at. but Mrs
ClCh declares there is absolutely no
truth In such a theory.
buried treasure wns the lure that drew
mob Of eager. excited Poles TO the
city dumping ground at Michigan
ave. and Clippert-st Thursday after
noon, and set them to clawipg wild
~ In the dirt. There are always a
Few searChers at the dump lookine
out for finds" and one of these had
| uncovered coin that looked tus,
like dollar OF 1907 but bore evi.
dence of hard usage. Cnwisely he
! let the secret out, and there was
Mahon managed To get one OF the
many coins that were dug up and al
once pronounced It counterfeit TIC
sent for detectives and notified
United states Secret officer Elmer
Gormon. The pile OF refuse In which
| the spurious money was found had
come from the st. Antoine-st sewer.
coins got away with their apparent
! wealth. but the tip has been spread
around the neighborhood to look out
| closely for counterfeit 1907 dollars