The Detroit times., 1909-02-22

OF 70 avail. The detectives spotted
the escort, followed the hair TO No
40 Howard-st., and Miss Baxte was
arrested when she arrived there.
The Rev. Lee >. McColiester gave 4
highly interesting lecture On Wash.
ington la the Church OF Our Father
Sunday evening, illustrating II with
lantern slides showing the old Eng
lish manor homes Of Washington
ancestors and the Washington seal
He referred TO Washington as an cx.
cellent example OF man who said
little. but accomplished much.
Bishop Foley I'm his pre- Lenten sermon
in -. Peter and Pauls cathedral ON
Adelaide-st.. Sunday morning. said
that modern theatrical productions
are filled with many suggestive lines
and scenes which have a tendency Ia
corrupt the minds Of those who wit
ness them. and declared that In many
respects the burlesaue houses are no
worse than other playhouses that ca
ter TO the more select" classes. The
bishop spoke OF the theaters that
admit boys 10 such performances and
said that In many Instances boys
under the age OF IS form a large por-
ton OF the audiences that witness
plays that are decidedly suggestive.
After a strenuous cam paign, the treas
ury of the Wayne County Prohibition
the report OF the treasurer as read
Saturday night. In the annual meet
ing IN the Central Presbyterian
church. out OF total membership
OF 800. only IL members We're repre-
scented, but the following officers
were chosen. subject to later action
Of the club: President. William ;.
Mccormick. vice-president. Frank T..
Titus: secretary. Charles +. Carney,
treasurer, John Weaver: new MEM
bers OF the executive board are Ed
II. Adams. Joseph r. Tracy, Webb
u. Doane. Harry l. Siddons. George
IL. Wadham. Jr.. and Edward New
man.
troit veteran of the civil and Span
ish-American wars. and former COM
mander-in chief OF the United States
European station. Is dead in Nice.
sister-in-law. OF No. 404 Jefferson
ave, has received cable to that Of =
feet The admiral was SO years old
and had been ailinR for. some time
from complication OF diseases. IL
is probable that his remains Will be
brought To this country and Inferred
In the national cemetery In Airing
ton. Besides his son. Charles stan
hope Cotton. Jr, his wife. who was
Miss Cecilia Robertson. a sister OF
Forbes Robertson. survives. and she
was with him at the time OF his
death.
To promote united effort against the
school board majority, the anti Mnr-
tindale candidates throughout the
city. with the exception OF one ward.
have adopted uniform style OF
card. In each ward the anti Martin :
dale candidates have had cards
printed In red. white and blue. the
design having shield effect the
only difference being in the faces
appearing on the cards in the various
wards. DR.. w. II Mariner in the
Eleventh ward. had his cards out be-
fore the uniform style was adopted.
The national colors used have not
only patriotic Significance buttend
10 act az a reminder of the action
OF the Martindale inspectors in re-
fusing the gift OF colors to the high
schools by the Women's Relief Corps.
In n meeting Of Detroit opticians, Sun
day. u was decided "a send q deIexn-
ton to Lansing. Wednesday, to argue
In favor OF the Giles bill. now before
the house. The bill was introduced
at the instance OF the opticians. and
IS aimed. they claim. at incompetents.
The oculists are opposing the bill.
claiming IL gives opticians permits
sion To practice medicine In the
treatment OF the eye. This the opti-
desire to use medicine, but only to
test the eye and At glasses The
opticians claim the bill will drive
out the auicks. who now number
onc-third OF the profession Similar
bills were introduced four years ago
and again two years later but the
oculists fought so strongly that they
were defeated Bills similar 10 the
states and the opticians claim they
have raised the standing OF the pro
fession
Prosecutor Van Zile favors making a
test case to settle the dispute be-
tween County Auditor Buhrer and
County Clerk Farrell as To whether
the latter Is entitled To retain half
the marriage license and naturalfza-
ton fees. He has referred the mat
ter to Fred IL Aldrich. his chief as
sistant. Buhrer says that. IL Far
fell retains the money for making
the marriage license affidavits he
should pay the marriage license
clerk. Farrell says that the whole
matter was settled In case tried
some years ago when Henry Reyn-
olds was county clerk He also re-
torts that Buhrer served as alder
man. supervisor and county treasurer
at the same time and took fees as
witness In court cases where he test
fed treasurer. Anthony Pratt, OF
the Municipal league. Is understood
TO have started the present agitation.