The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-01

IL toward DrOantnlnE the stope W tAt~
II proposed Investigation. Ono or then,
n Is that the justice courts be included
r. In the inquiry.
Orsfce n. Leonard has been offered the
n position OF supervisor of the census
L. In the first congressional olstrlct OIL
n Michigan next year. by Congressman
+ DENLY He has not accepted as yet.
\ IL is likely that he viii do so. how
L ever. az the work does not materially
/ interfere with his business as agent
| for the National Surety Co. OF New
l. York Mr. Leonard waD formerly
H. United states marshal 10 tho ,feuefaI
court IN China. He IL a nelghoor on
h George r. Yerkes who handled the
state census five years ago.
james II. Cullen, Charles w. Cssgrniu
and stewart Hsniey, three Of the
II citys well-lsnown attorneys. nave
|, Joined forces under the firm name Of
II Cullen. Casgraln g. IIaniey,. and VIII
engage In the general practice or law
II in the Union Trust building suite
y iy. OF the Arm Of Dickinson. Stevcn-
| son. Cullen. Warren a. Butzel. Mr..
\ Caggrain was formerly city attorney.
and Mr.. lIanley was an assistant
prosecuting attorney under George
f. Robson and later under George Is.
Yerkes
Motormnn Thomas T.. soleau, of the
Baker line. saved the Hfe of three
year-old Joe" Ronat2. OF NO. 6Vv
! T Chcpe-st., when the little fellow ran
| In front. OF Soleau's car AT Canfeld-
ave and Chene-st., Wednesday after
noon. Soleau threw on the air
sengers were badly shaken M. Al
tho same instant he dropped the
vi fender. and little Joe was scooped up
and given a ride Tor few feet, un-
I'll the car came to stop He was
h unhurt. except for fcw bruises on
lt his head
Legislative matters were discussed by
the Detroit Federation OF Labor at
rs Ntps nHn n-10
federation registered n protest
against the bill relating TO the reg
I II istration. licensing and examination
OF marine engineers. The union men
ri particularly object TO the clause re-
uulring steam engineer TO give 10
days notice before quitting his job.
! The convict and child labor bills
were also discussed, and tho fedora
ton voiced it's approval or the Dill
[ 20 do away with running boards on
street cars.
! His dogs natural aversion for police
men has resulted In a. com plant be-
ing lodged against Charles -. Har-
i ringtop, No. 80 Avery-ave., In the re-
corders court. Patrolman Charles
Boucher, of the Grand River station,
J was recently bitten by tho animal
after N was "sicked' on by Harring-
/ toms son, the patrolman declares.
Now Harrington is charged with
harboring n vicious canine and the
case will be throshed out In the re-
corders court Monday MIR. Harring-
ton recently sent communication TO
the pa ners defending his dog
There are two steven Cnhliis In De-
troif, one OF them "a crook with a
, bad record. and the other respected
i-~citizen, and as result OF the form
er's bad reputation and similarity
In features as well as in names. the
~. ollaer.. tsahlll has had embarrassing
experiences. The two are hrst
cousins. both were named for an
/; nj clio and both are 2S years old.
s. sph n Cahll gentleman. lives at
~ 3-5 Cnnton-ave. IIo has often
Ms thougnt - chnnging his first name.
OFT e respect. FOR his uncle's
Arctic Arthur No. q UammoIa-nve..
who LEI. the cay month aSo nsicr
the.ts had fallen on him. returned.
Wednesday, and was arrested by De-
tectives Packer and Allen Arthur
was employed in rooming house At
No. i4a lafayette blvd. when a dia-
mond and pearl ring. valued at $40,
was stolen from the 'oon OF Miss
olive Robinson. stenographer. lie
is also alleged TO have stolen a gold
watch from Miss Butler. First and
: Howard-sts. Both pieces OF Jewelry
had been pawned bySArthur. the po-
lice allcge.
After n thorough examination the AM
herstburu authorities are satisfied
that Fireman Conway. whose body
was found In the Detroit river at
!
death as the result OF a fall. followed
by exposure. The postmortem dis
closed that the man was not drowned.
/ the doctors expressing the opinion
that he was dead before he struck
the water. The authorities found
marks TO indicate that Conway Tell
over stone wall. and blood stains
Indicate that he was injured. Blood
stains on the platform OF a nearby
boat house. show that Conway sat
on the platform. and there died OF
his injury and exposure. his body
falling into the river
officials of four cities I'm which voting
machines are used have written On
Aid. Reinhardt chairman OF the
council committee that Is investiGat-
ing the mechanical election devices,
heartily commencing the machines.
Election Commissioner III. A. Nichols
OF Rochester. ". Y. writes the long
est precinct in Rochester voted 955
have been In use in that city since
1898. and would not be discarded now
under any circumstances The larg-
est precinc tin Rochester voted 935
votes In $50 minutes without any
trouble. sometimes as many as a
dozen within a minute. There are
IS machines In the city. and Nichols
says they have more than paid for
themselves In various savings.
Noble & Co.'s warehouse, at the foot
of First-st.. and schiHmnn a. Frccr-
er's junk shop. No. los Division ST.
were were b1 hs 6 en,e,TGed oy prowiers who
fore midnight. Wednesday. In the
junk shop, the thieves stole 500
pounds OF copper wire. valued ct
about $50. James III. Stewart en-
ployed by Noble q Co. has a sleep
Ing apartment I'm the place. but ne
did not enter II until early Thursday
morning, when he found that some
one had broken n panel In the inner
door, and gained access to the stair
way and TO his room. The office of
the firm had been ransacked, but
nothing was missing revolver
was stolen from Stewards room.
Harry Bridges. of Windsor. son OF Aid.
Fits Bridges, engineered the capture
OF two men. Friday afternoon. whom
he found stealing timber from tho
Belle Isle Ice Co.'S premises above
~ Walkerville. The men were towing
| 4 the timber across the river with n
row boat when first seen. and Harry
rowed after them. Commenting on
Z the heavy load they were towing he
I asked where they were going to land.
: They told him at the foot OF ST. Au-
bin-aye. Then Harry rowcd to Belle
z Isle. ran across the bridge. found n
policeman and reached the foot OF st.
! sAubin-ave. IN time to catch the men
k1oading the timber on a wagon in
Elmwood station they gave their
| 4 names as William Kinsia and Will
| lam Depew They will be taken IN
n Windsor for trial