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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
CAPT. NOBLE TO GO
ON RETIRED LIST
Veteran Police officer Leaves Force
July l, After 80 Years Service
Lieut.. Meyers Quits, Too.

Following 80 years continuous SER
vice on the Detroit police force, Capt.
Emery A. Noble. attached to the Vine
wood-ave. precinct, will be retired
July /. Commissioner Croul also an
nounced, Friday morning. the retire
ment OF Lieut.. John c. Meyers, Of the
Chene-st. precinct, to take effect June
10. Lieut.. Meyers has been In active
service since 1876
Capt. Noble was appointed patrol
man June %. 1856. He resigned from
the force Oct. 81, 1867, and was re-
appointed Sept. s, 1873. He was pro.
NOTED to be sergeant Oct. z, 1882, and
graduated to the rank Of lieutenant
Sept. /, 1892. On May 1, 1906, he was
made captain.
During a part OF his service Capt.
Noble was In the detective depart
ment in the central police station,
where he gained reputation as an
efficient offlcer. The captain resides
at No. 1916 Wabash-ave. He has a
farm near Worthwhile, and II is his in
tention to retire to that and spend the
remainder OF his days there.
Lieut.. Meyers Is now on a furlough
and will be retired when he returns
June Is. He was appointed to the
force March 81, 1875, and has served
continuously ever since. For a num-
Der of years he has been attached TO
the Chene-st. station, where his effec-
tiveness as an oficer was demonstrat.
ed in his ability to deal with the tur-
bulent element among the Poles that
inhabit that district. He made friends
with all these people, and 1t Is through
his efforts that the precinct has been
reduced to a comparatively peaceful
portion OF the city.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
Gilman PLAN APPROVED.
Committee Will Report Civil Service
Amendment To Council.

Aid. Glinnan's civil service charter
amendment was approved by the coun-
ell committee on charter and city
legislation, Friday morning, and will
go to the council Tuesday night. It
varies in a number Of particulars from
the Vernon amendment, which is also
likely to be submitted to the people
next fall.
BY the Gilman plan, instead OF the
man standing the highest examination
being given the appointment, the head
OF the departmet is given his choice
among the three highest candidates.
Oral examinations are also provided
for where better results would be OBJ.
tanned in that manner than by written
tests. All laborers earning 81 per day
or less are exempted from the terms
OF civil service, and road foremen,
although appointed by the merit plan,
must be citizens and residents for
three years OF the ward in which the
vacancy occurs.
The Heineman bill, which would
give the city of Detroit power to COM
pei the extension of the city street
plan to adjoining territory, was also
approved.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
CoUNTY's FUND FOR PAYING
MEDICAL WITNESSES SHY
This Years Deficit Already Reaches
$S0o-Buhrer Has Plan For
Relieving Situation,

HSNh'h oihdaNious
The big deficit which the county
auditors will face at the end of the
financial year In the fund provided to
procure medical testimony In criminal
cases Ia already causing the board
some uneasiness, and plans have been
suggested to better conditions.
This year $1,000 was provided for
this purpose, and already $500 has
been paid out and there are now In
the hands of the auditors bills aggre-
eating $1,000. This means a deficit
Of $500 already, and 1t Is certain the
deficit will be considerably boosted
before the year Is out.
Auditor Buhrer suggests that here
after medical testimony be given by
the county physicians.
Il am not finding fault about the
conditions as they now exist" Mr..
Buhrer stated. II am merely calling
attention to the conditions, and It Is
for the prosecuting attorneys ONCE
and the recorders court to assist In
lettering things. In one case. recent.
ly, there were six medical experts
engaged by the prosecution. There IL
no set fee for these men, and there is
always a controversy when the bills
come in. suggest that the county
physicians always appear for the
prosecution In cases where expert
testimony is required. / notice that
former county physicians always APP
pear as the experts for the defense as
soon as they leave the county ser
vice, and why should they not appear
for the people when they are in the
pay of the county,"
Mr.. Buhrer will confer with the
recorders court judges on this mat
ter
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
JURY HAS DoXEY CASE.
Woman Must BE Found Guilty In First
Degree or Acquitted.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 3.-Before
tonight Mrs. Dora r. Doxey may know
whether she must hang, serve a life
term in the penitentiary or 30 free,
following her trial for the alleged
murder by arsenic poisoning Of VIII.
liam Erder.
In his charge to the jury today
Judge Grimm set for that either YER
dict was possible, since the charge
against Mrs. Doxey was first de-
gree murder. She must be acquitted
or found guilty OF murder and her
sentence set at life imprisonment or
hanging.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
DRUGGISTS IN COURT.
Edward Sexton, IS Years Old. Says
Pair Sold Him Whisky.

Go~ato SONsSh1 " OAiS 0esf 49,
Pair Sold Him Whisky.
Edward Sexton, 16 years old, who,
with chum OF his own age, got very
drunk on a quart of whisky. appeared
as chief witness In police court, Fri
Gay, against George M. Schultz, No.
565 Dix-ave., and John B. Young, No.
792 Junction-ave., druggists, whom he
charged with selling him the liquor.
Name B. McGill, an officer Of the
Juvenile court, was the complainant
Sections story was that he and his
chum just walked into the drug stores
named In the warrants, asked for
whisky, and were given 1t without
question. Both druggists denied sell
ing the stun, and insihuated that the
hoy was trying to shield some saloon.
keeper who had sold him the liquor,
by placing the blame of the drug
stores.
The case was adjourned until June
IL, after a partial hearing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
CRUMPTON GETS II YEARS
Soldier Sought to Secure Pension
With False AffidaVlts.

Judge Swan imposed a sentence Of
10 months imprisonment in Fort
Leavenworth upon Samuel Crumpton,
who appeared before him, Friday
morning, and pleaded guilty to procur-
ing false pension afidavits. Crumpton
was formerly a regular army soldier,
and claimed a pension on the ground
that his hearing had been injured
while at target practice. He procured
the affidavits Of man and woman to
this effect.
Attorney George M. O'Connor plead
ed for leniency for Crumpton. alleging
that he had really had his hearing
damaged as alleged, but admitting
that he had secured false affidavits
In upholding the claim.
John II. Kraft, who was arrested
and brought here as an accomplice of
Crumpton, was released, the case
against him being nolle prosecuted
after Crumpton was sentenced. Kraft
had signed one OF the fraudulent
affidavits.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03

ADA, Ohio, June 3.-Muckrakers,
interruptions lawyers. socialism and
modern newspapers, were severely
handled by President Taft today when
he told the graduating class OF Ohio
Northern College OF the conditions
they will have to face in the business,
professional and political world.
The president predicted a business
and financial halt within the next de-
cade, but said the depression will be
but q temporary check to great
wave OF prosperity and progress.
Ada, with it's population OF 5000
augmented by some $4,000 visitors
from all parts OF the country. gave
the president the most enthusiastic
reception he has received in many
day.
Four companies Of Ohio militia had
their hands full restraining the crowd
OF ten thousand. crowded about the
Taft train when 1t pulled into the
station.
The president was taken from the
car and with Assistant Secretary or
the Treasury Charles d. Hilles, was
driven to the college. ----.....-. . ..
The president said In part:
81 am going to invite your atten-
ton this morning to that which con-
rs fronts you young men, starting out
In life In this the year OF our Lord
1910, in a business and professional
way, to the political and economic
problems that should you take part in
politics as you ought to do, will
probably occupy your attention and
call for your activity In their solu-
ton.
Progress Is Real.
cit is of course impossible to expect
that the enormous growth in trade
shall continue In the proportion In
which we have seen It expand during
the last ten years, and 1t Is reason
able to suppose that at some time
within the next decade there will be
some reaction or some financial strin-
gency, or perhaps a financial panic.
Nevertheless, the progress that has
been made Is real and substantial.
The conditions In business have
changed materially I'm recent years,
and the combination Of instrumental
ties for the reduction In the cost OF
producing and selling things has never
been equalled in the history OF the
world.
ut has been my duty to select and
promote many men In professional
life and know whereof l speak when
CContinued on Page Eighty
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
WoMAN's DEATH PR0BED.
Inquiry Fails to Support suspiclons In
Mildred krueaer's Case.

Inquiry Falls to Support Suspicious In
Mildred krueaer's Case.
Mrs. Mildred Kruger, who. under
the name Of Mildred Hanks, has been
an inmate OF the resort at No. IS
Catherine-st. for some time, died in
st. Mary's hospital about o'clock,
Friday morning. as the result, 1t was
suspected, Of criminal operation.
The woman made an ante-mortem
statement TO one of the assistant
prosecutors and 1t was then that she
game her name as Mrs. Kruger. She
said she had been separated from her
husband for the past Ave months.
County Physicians Forbes and
Parker performed a post-mortem ex-
animation, Friday morning. They
failed to find any traces OF a criminal
operation and II IL probable that the
investigation will be dropped.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
SENATE ASKS FOR DATA.
Requests Commerce Commission To
Report on Proposed Rate Advance.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The SEN
ste today adopted resolution by Bur-
ton (Rep., Ohio) instructing the inter
the senate a report giving full infor-
nation as to the proposed advance In
rates, and to furnish 100 samples OF
how leading commodities are affected.
Senator La Toilette announced that
he would speak on the subject to-
morrow.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
D. q. R. MUST SETTLE.
Paid over Judgment Without Regard
TO Garnishment.

Henry Prospershil, a grocer, was
given judgment for 1921 against the
ID. u. r. in Justice Otis court FRI
days morning, on his showing that the
company had paid over a judgment Of
$4,000 recently obtained against 1t In
the circuit court by Andrew Gray. a
former city employe. ProspershIl
fled a punishment against the judg-
ment, claiming that Gray owed him
1921. The company fled disclosure,
claiming that the whole amount had
been assigned TO Attorney Standish
Backus. and also alleging that Attor-
ney Van Dyke had q lien on H. The
company later paid over the amount
to MT Backus, Justice OFT held that
this payment was stopped by the gar
nishment.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
HUSBAND MUST KEEP AWAY.
Charles Lovett Restrained From Wis
ltlnq wife at Her Mothers Home.

Ting wife at Her Mothers Home.
Wilhelmina Frank, who conducts a
small dairy, was granted an injunction
by Judge Donovan, Tuesday. restrain
ing Charles Lovett from visiting her
home at No. 148 Division-st.
In her petition Mrs. Frank alleges
that Lovett married her daughter,
Helena. and Is the father OF child
two years old. He deserted his wife
and the babe, the plaintiff alleges,
leaving them for more than a year
and half. Now, she says, he forces
his way INTO her home, where the
daughter lives, and under threats
gets money from her, which Mrs.
Frank says she earns.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
THE WEATHER.

For Detroit and vicinity--Friday
night and Saturday partly clOudyJ
moderate variable winds mostly north
erly.
For Lower Enthusiastically cloudy
tonight with frost In north and central
DorttOnat Saturday fair.
NON A We TN FDNru rIfnEa
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03

The Philadelphia mint has dispensed
yltb the services OF "a women by the
OF automatic mAchinss
which weigh coins and reject into
separate receptacles those too heavy
or too light.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03

The largest one-piece rug on record
has been made In Austria for a New
York customer. II measures So by
60 feet and contains more than 7.0OO,-
600 hand-tied knots.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03

One year ago tOdny-Maxtmum tenn
perRture, TAI minimum, 5TJ mean, CO.,
cloudy weather.
sun sets at 7iO2 p. m. sun rises SAT-
urday morning az 3tbS. Moon rises AZ
t83 q. ma Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03
HOTEL IN U. p. BURNS.

BESsEMER. Mich, June S.-(Spe-
ciaD The hotel and principal bust
ness buildings In Wakefield burned
last night. The loss will reach $685.
600.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03

The date OF the invention OK gold
leaf. like that Of the discovery OF
gold, Is lost In antiquity, but gold leaI
has been found on mummiea ana
tombs OF the Eighth century, b. Q.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03

R~.sueu--IIks Prtnfing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain, neat kind that
looks right Tfmes Printing CO., Is
John R-st. Main ltes, or City s3sb.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-03

conn.reI.I Irsais C. RstinE.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-09
TRYING TO REFUTE
WATSON'S CHARGES

Atlanta, March S.-Announcing that
he had come south to refute the charges
made by Thomas +. Watson that Elise
Sieget was a missionary and that there
are cases similar to that of this girl
among the American women missionaries
in China, William T. Ellis, a Philadel-
phia newspa per man, tonight in an adj
dress before the Atlanta Bible confer
ence roundly denounced the Georgia poll
tician and educator. Mr.. Ellis submitted
affidavits and letters from the state de-
partment and elsewhere in dsproof of
the statement that Elsie Siegel was at
any time employed as a missionary by
any Christian church or association prior
to her murder by William Leon.
"Whatson's monstrous charge that there
are more American women lead astray by
the Chinese than there are Chinese con-
verts brings me SOUTH" said the speak
err, land owe it to the Georgia wom-
en- that met in the Orient TO come down
here and nail that SANDER"
Thomas e. Watson recently refused to
meet Mr.. Ellis in joint debate on tae sub
ject of foreign missions.
Tonight Mr.. Ellis declared that he
would not now meet Mr.. Watson in joint
debate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-09
CONDUCTOR GARDEN
LOSES BOTH FEET

With a big, black cigar sticking in the
corner of his mouth and carrying on a
polite conversation with the ambulance
men, Freight Conductor j. L. Garden was
carried to St Vincent's hospital last night
by Shaw & Son after he had had both
legs cut off by switch engine.
Garden was walking the Louisville and
Nashville tracks at Boyles last night
when he was run down by the switch
engine and both his feet were cut off
above the ankles. The engine came lip
from behind, hitting Garden in the back,
knocking him down, and then ran over
his legs
The ambulance driver said last night
that Garden displayed more nerve than
ANY man. he-had ever, seen. Both of his
legs were cut off by the wheels of the
engine SO that they held fast by only
small threads of skin, but Garden talked
and smoked on bis way to the hospital
as if nothing had happened 1t was stated
at the hospital last night that Garden was
in very serious condition from the loss
of blood. He was very weak and the
operation of double amputation of his
limbs had severely taxed his strength
lie was still under the influence of the
anaesthetic early this morning.
Garden came here from Kentucky and
lived at 21o41s Fifth avenue. He has
lived in Birmingham for the last Is years
and was well known and had many
friends. Much sympathy was expressed
last night when his friends heard of the
accident. telegram was sent to his
parents in Kentucky telling them of the
accident. He was a single man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-09

were filed yesterday in the office of the
probate court:
s2400- Birmingham Realty company to O..
C. Sparks, part of lots l and and 2, block
$50, Elyton Land company's survey of
Birmingham. fronting 60 feet on the west
side of Thirty-first street between Twelfth
and Thirteenth avenues, north, and ex-
tending to a depth of 100 feet
$1,000. f. Bell to II. M. Dash, part lots
IS, 10 and 20, block $50, Elyton Land
company's survey of Birmingham, 'front.'
ing 80 feet on the north side of Twelfth
avenue between Twenty-third and Twen-
ty-fourth streets, north, and extending to
a depth of $40 feet
$30OO-George B. Tarrant to G. Rotholz,
the north go feet of lots and ?, block $50,
Elyton Land company's survey of Bir-
mingham. fronting 60 feet on the west side
of Thirty-first street north, and extending
back 100 feet along the south line Of Thir-
teenth avenue.
$364S .2S-Frank Canepa to S. w. White.
the northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of section %, township IS, range
west.
sS615-Mnge Mortgage and Realty COM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-09
KAPLAN PASSES
AWAY IN ATLANTA

Admission, March 81. II. Kaplan,
one of the most prominent citizens of
Admission and known all over the state.
died at a hospital in Atlanta today
at the age of 60 years. Mr.. Kaplan
had been sick for some time and had
had an operation performed some time
ago. Blood poisoning set in and he re-
turned to the hospital a few days ago
but got no relief and died yesterday.
Mr.. Kaplan was connected with the
mercantile business of Admission and
was one Of the wealthiest men in the
city. He came to that city 20 years
ago from Jerusalem, Syria, and start
ing in the clothing business in an I'm
pretentious way, he succeeded in ac-
cumulating a great fortune. He never
brought his family to this country but
lived with his bookkeeper, C. A. Tom
lfnson. He was a very quiet man and
never talked much of his family but
it is thought that he is survived by
n wife and daughter in the old coun-
try.
Mr.. Kaplan practically owned one
portion OF the city of Admission which
he laid out and built himself lie pur-
chased the ground which now is known
as South Noble street and built every
nouse along the street. He also erect
ed the American house, one of the
finest hotels in the city. He owned
the entire Kaplan block which was
named after the man who erected it.
He was prominently connected with the
Quintard Land company.
Mr.. Kaplan was an active member
of the Admission chamber of commerce
for many years and became known all
over the south as the instigator of
the ] per cent fund. The l per cent
fund was rule that every member
of the chamber of commerce should set
aside l per cent of the value of his
real estate. This fund procured in this
way to be used by the chamber of COM
merce for the advertisement of the
CITY, The rule was adopted and has
often been referred to as the Kaplan
rule.
Mr. Kaplan was known by every per-
son In Admission and was held In es-
TEEN by his many friends all over tn
state. He was a practical, honest bus
mess man and will be greatly missed in
the affairs of his adopted home town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-09

every antic is a signal for laugh. A
brand new book has been written for
Buster Brown" this season, with new
music, scenery, costumes and everything
that could possibly tend to make this most
delightful of all musical comedies a jim
CLING success The tramp and the Ger
man have gone their way, while Miranda
Stebbins and Seth Sowders, a rural team.
furnish all the comedy not monopolized
by the trio of stars and the billikens.
This last Is novelty song number
rendered by the Buster Brown phones
in biliken costumes making one of the
striking features of the show. These bill
liSens are cunning the children want
to take them home as souvenirs. A tiny
biliken is Master Rice's sister, Anna May
Rice, who isn't much bigger than a bill
lilxen doll sold in the shops.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-09
RAIL MERGER
CASE POSTPONED
Suit Against Pacific Roads
Goes Over to April 4.
HOW THE STOCK is HELD
Comptroller Mahl of the Union Pa
ciffc Tells of Ownership of Union
and Southern Pacific Roads
and Branch Lines.

New York, March s-The hearing of the
Pacific and Southern Pacific merger fell
back today to the dry process of spread
in on the records quantities of documents
which included testimony given in the
west by Judge w. d. Kelley, former
counsel for the San Pedro railroad, and
that of D. Campbell and J. NJ Hanaford,
given before the interstate commerce
commission of 1907.
William Mahl, comptroller of the Union
called today before adjournment was
taken until March 2S, at which time the
defense may put in additional testi-
mony il desired. The hearing will then
reconvene April to allow the govern
ment opportunity for rebuttal.
The government closed its direct case
in June, last, and the original complaint
was filed in Omaha two years ago after
an investigation by the interstate COM
merce commission.
Since the suit was instituted two of
the defendants, E. H. Hartman and II.
II. Rogers, have died. Judge Robert S.
Lovett, who succeeded to Mr.. Harriman's
place, defended the suit until he was
chosen head of the system, when P. F.
Dunno of San Francisco and H. N. Loom
Is Omaha were substituted
C. A. Severance has been conducting
the prosecution with the assistance of
Frank B. Kellogg, who headed the Stand
ard Oil prosecution.
= Statements submitted by Mr.. Mahl to-
day showed that the Union Pacific held
1923. 700. 900 of the stock of the Illinois Cen"
trail railway and owned 9o.a3tper cent OF
the stock of the Railroad Securities COM
pany, which in turn owns s9,200.0O0 of IL
linois Central stock making the stock
in this road controlled by the Union Pa
cifc an aggregate of s32, 100000.
Tho holdings of Chicago and North
western held in the name of the Oregon
Short Line. he testified. has increased
from s2.572OO0 to s4,750O00; and the New
York Central holdings also in the name
of the Oregon Short line from s14,2S5, IA
to $17,S57,125. There had been no change
in the stock ownership by the Union Pa
ciic in the Chicago and,~Alton or the
Baltimore and Ohio.
1t appeared that at the present time
the Union Pacific owns s12651,0OO of the
stock of the Southern Pacific out of a
total $272, 672, 205 or AZ. 40 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-09
keeps it Pure and Sanitary

pany to G. b. Edwards, part blocks l, 1,
8, 6. l. 10 and IA, survey of Rosemont.
$2600-G. E. Coffman to Mrs. Mary Stew
art, the north 80 feet of lot IS and the
west 40 feet of the north GO feet of lot
49, survey of property of j. M. Grady.
S1900-W. L. Hyde to W. L. Needham,
lot IL. block 2, Day & Ryan's addition to
Ensey.
s20OO-E. D.. Day to John w. Caldwell,
lot in block 7o1, Elyton Land company's
survey of Birmingham, fronting 80 feet on
the north side of, Avenue L between Thr-
ty-seventh and Thrty-eighth streets and
extending to a depth of 149 feet.
$3l50-Birmingham Realty company to c.
A. Sem, part lot 20, block 1913, Elyton
Land companys survey OF Birmingham,
fronting 100 feet on the north side OF
Madison avenue, between Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-seventh streets.
s2400-A. r. Hilleke to j. W. Brigham,
lots 3 and 4, block 1871. Ensley Land cam
pany's fifth addition to Ensley.
$3500-Robert p. McDavid to Israel Pick
ems part lots 81. AZ, 43 and A. block 800,
Elyton Land company's survey of Biz
mingham, fronting 1888 feet on the north
side of Avenue l between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets and extending to
depth of 115 feet. u