The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-16

Ill age was uOnts anu OhN ~
A two-story frame house at NO .
III Church-st occupied by George Ay-
II rey, was also the target Tor thun-
II derbolt. but only slight damage was
II done
II Found wandering about the fields I'm
III Highland Park mt 3 o'clock FRIDAY
ii morning man about 40 years oIu,
Y giving his name as John Baird. anu
II his residence as Toledo was brought
to police headquarters by Fred Hally.
II OF Highland Park. The old man was
II very feeble. and was suffering from
exposure S ad n was tha u aeISs The East
End ambulance took him TO st.
II Mary's hospital.
II Memorial services In honor OF their
il comrades who died during the year
were held Tuesday evening by Gen.
A o. NJ. Poe post. q. A r., No. 433. and
A the Relief Corps The post lost one
4 member during the year ana the
4 corps two. Comrade John Devlin de-
4 livered an address on the heroism
Il and manliness OF the departed com
4 rades. and musical SELECTIONS We're
4 contributed by Isabella Christie. Han
4 nah IL. Quigley and Miss Deiterie.
\ The body of one of the two men killed
Il by Pere Marquette train In spring
\ wells Thursday. was partially idcn-
4 tilted. through letters FOUND III coat
i pocket. as that OF william England:
1 OF West Kensington, England. and
\ the letters. supposed TO have been
written by his ME; revealed th INA,
Il mines. and had later been in Grand
Rapids. Nothing was found on the
other body by which 1t could be iden-
titled.
other names. who was arrested "
few days ago on a charge of imper
sonating naval officer. was bound
over to the federal grand jury In
$1,000 bail by United States Com
missioner Carrie Dawson Thurs
day. shannon admitted the wearing
OF paval uniform in the Franks
house, but could not remember going
on board the Don Juan de Austria IN
the outht. Finally he remembered
that also.
Il Iaborers employed In loading old rails
on fiat cars for the G, Il. r., near
Windsor. had his skull crushed by
one of the heavy rails. Thursday al .
tcrnoon. when he failed TO Jump oat
of the way, as the rail started TO
slide The other members OF the
gang jumped but Gonczuk kept his
place, and the big piece OF steel
crushed his skull He died within
30 minutes. He leaves widow and
two children.
william }. Lawson, formerly OF Utica,
n. v, pleaded guilty in police court,
In Windsor. Thursday. TO charge or
bigamy. and was remanded to Sand
witch jail for sentence lawson came
to Windsor recently with Miss gladys
f. Fay. OF schenectady. n \" and
they were married The bride sent
hume to her mother postcard bear
ing a photo OF her husband. and he
was recognized as a man who had de-
serted his wife In Utica some time
before. His arrest soon followed.
yyIvcster Duncanson, the terror of
beating by William e Campbell. a
man of nearly co years old, found.
Thursday. that the whipping was
only curtain raiser TO his real
troubles. Through the night, the po-
lice learned OF Sylvester's where
abouts and arrested him on war.
rant, charging him with the inert OF
his brothers watch. The warrant
has been out since July z, but the
police were unable to find sylvester,
until the fight occurred: Duncanson
was arraigned before Justice stein.
and will have hearing July 20.
The Detroit Real Estate board held Its
monthly meeting and dinner In the
Lighthouse Inn. Thursday evening
The affair was in the nature OF an
outing, the trip being made by boat
The business meeting following the
dinner was devoted largely TO the
reading or reports of the various
committees in charge OF the national
real estate convention. Letters OF a
most complimentary nature from real
estate men all over the country were
read The Chicago real estate board
sent a letter in which IL was stated
1--WE lived a lifetime in three days
In the town where life Is worth
living"
No. 324 Fourth-ave- was knocked
down By an automobile driven by
Wilbur Treahey. OF No. % Grand
River-ave., at Fourth-ave and High
ST. Thursday afternoon. The lad
was bruised about the hips and arms
but luckily escaped serious injury.
Martha Verschuere, aged eight, OF
No. l249 Champlain-st, was struck
by the step OF Fort-st. car. while
crossing the street in front OF her
home. Thursday evening. She was
ga1 40 nd bruised
about the left leg. Passengers on
the car carried her into her home
where physician attended her
Charged with unIawfulIy dispossessina
taken. George X. Munro. OF Detroit
was arrested at st. Clair Flats b,
Deputy u. S. Marshal Lyons. Thurs
day afternoon. He was brought tC
Detroit under arrest. Munro's launch
the Crackerjack. was seized last sun
day by Collector OF Customs John Il
Whelan because OF attractions OF the
MARINE laws A check for 5000 wa.
given by Munro in payment OF tn,
fine and the launch was released
was issued and Munro. IL he SHOULD
be convicted, Is liable to a years i'm
prisonment and a fine OF 5000 Th'
launch was ordered seized again.
The Detroit Board of Health ~ goinp
10 hold a "miik contest" enrly Ia
August, when medals viii be given 70
the best milk exhibited by mafke
milk producers, market milk dealers
market cream producers, market cream
dealers and dairy farms. Inspector:
from Washington viii visit the con
testants. and instruct them as q
proper methods for obtaining bes
results. The health board has also
Instituted system OF instruction
for mothers of young babies to PIE
vent the heavy infant mortality o.
the summer months. The Visitinl
Nurses society will cooperate. anC
will send a nurse to homes wher,
there are young babies. and where
physicians advice is not available
Mothers Will be taught how to feet
and properly care for their babies.
A little lad OF ave years. found wan
dering aimiessly about at Mt. Elliot
and Jefferson aves, early THURSDAY
evening. was held all night in tn,
Central police station, refusing I,
tell anything about himself until
Friday morning. when Mrs. JohI
Ochab. his mother. made anxious in
quiries about her lost boy. TIL,
mother, with n netghborhood young
ster called for the little fellow later
Johnnie Ochab had followed paw
Ing block wagon away from his hom
at No. Ills Military-ave., Thursda,
afternoon, and IL is thought that HI
tramped clear across the city TO tn,
corner where he was found
Alleged to hive stolen. piece by piece
an entire engine belonging 90 Oh