The Detroit times., 1909-06-08
WHERE LIFE 70 Y
WORTH LIVING

uon. james n. 0arnsld, Of Cleveland,
Will speak ON the public land aues-
ton and the Indian reservations at
the dinner OF the Church club OF the
diocese OF Michigan In the Y. NJ. C. A
building, Thursday evening, June TO-
at 6ilb y. m.
a verdict cor $500 was returned In
favor Of Frederick r. Clark against
Frank r. Burkhart by jury In
4 Judge Murhns court, Monday after
noon. Clark alleged that Burkhart
assaulted him. breaking his leg and
infiicting other injuries.
The suit brought by Charles A. Russell
against Auditor Chnries A. Buhrer
was discontinued In Justice Lemkie's
court. Monday afternoon, after being
partly heard. Russell charged that
MS young son was run over by
buhrer's auto. but the testimony did
not sustain the charge.
Thieves made an attempt 10 steal n
1OO-foot copper cable, belonging 20
the Michigan State Telephone CO..
and stored In a yard at Third and
Holden -aves.. Sunday night. but were
frightened away by Patrolman Hill,
unable to catch any OF the thieves.
Patrolman Arthur Richards believes
that he foiled an attempt To burglar
Ice 3. 5. kresges l0-cent store, at
No. 1873 Woodward-ave.. at o'clock
Monday evening. when he made his
rounds and found the rear window
of the store shattered and the blind
pried off. Investigation revealed no
trace OF burglars, and the place was
secured.
back yard OF her home, No. 10 Ma
comb-st, Monday afternoon. Mrs.
James Wallace. aged so years. was
stricken with paralysis and Is now In
a serious condition. Neighbors found
the woman, carried her In the house.
and then called Dr. N A. Mallory.
city physician. DIR. Mallory sent her
to 81. Mary's hospital.
Walter KownIski. of No. $40 Warren
ave. east, was pain fully injured, enrly
Tuesday morning. when his horse at
tached to his peddling wagon. became
frightened at gas wagon and ran
away. tipping over the wagon and
throwing Kowalski to the pavement,
OF Dubois and Illinois-sts. His right
leg and right shoulder were badly In
tured. lie was taken to his home
by Patrolman Joseph Wesserling.
Matthew Marietta, an italian Isborer
employed In the coke ovens Of the
Solvay Process Co, was painfully
burnt about the right side Of his face
and head Monday. when there was
an explosion of gas In the oven
blowing "A sheet OF flame against Ma
retta. lie was taken 10 Solvay hos
pital. where his condition is not re-
garded as serious. Marietta is 80
years old and lives at No. 1876 Cott-
rell-ave.
Margaret Miller, n 15-year-oId girl Iiv-
Ing ar No. 5s4 Joseph Campau-nve.,
was arrested. Monday afternoon, by
Truant Officer Phil Ellenstein.
charged with the theft OF diamond
and garnet ring frsm the home OF
where she was employed as a maid
for two weeks She at first denied
the theft, but Ellenstein found one
OF the stolen rings on her finger. and
she later confessed She will be tried
In the juvenile court.
Hal ii. smith has returned from WASH
inEton, where he represented the De-
troit Board OF Commerce at the ma
tienal convention OF railway COM
missioners, which gathered for the
express purpose OF discussing ma
tional code of demurrage rules. Mr..
Smith is fearful that the outcome OF
the conference may be a set OF rules
less favorable to Michigan shippers
than those now in use. The Michi-
gan shippers insist on what is known
as the average plan. but the rail-
roads. says Mr.. Smith. appear to be
unanimously opposed To IL. The time
for filing briefs on the matter was
extended to July Is.
The new research laboratory of the
Home, a git Of Mrs. Grace Whitney
Hon. has been completed and Will be
formally opened Wednesday after
hospital 81. 900 a year ago and will
donate $500 annually for Ave years
towards It's maintenance. At the
opening. addresses will be made by
number of prominent physicians.
including DIR Carl Huber. OF the Uni
versity OF Michigan; DIR. f. A. Chris
tian, OF the Eastern Michigan In
sane asylum: DR. Reuben Patterson.
OF Ann Arbor. and DIR. w +. Manton.
chief OF the STAFF Of the hospital.
For n trial period Of three years. the
Detroit Presbyterian alliance voted.
Monday night. to transfer the work
now being done by the alliance to a
church extension committee. and in a
Joint meeting OF the alliance and the
presbytery a week from next Mon
day evening. the question viii be de-
cided finally. The project under dis
cussion provides that the work OF
the alliance and the work OF the
home mission committee OF the pres
hytery be turned over to the church
extension committee and that the al
lance be continued for tho promotion
OF social and inter-church relation
ships The Rev w. 7. Jaquess, in
the meeting Monday night. criticised
the alliance. saying that in the last
l6 years II had been responsible for
the erection OF but one church. while
the Methodists are building two
churches and are projecting a third.
Richard owen was elected president
of the organizations: the Rev. James
u. Mcdonald, vice president, and the