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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
FLEE FROM FIRE.
Tree Takes Fire At 6elated Christmas
Celebration.


YPSILANTI, Mich, Jan. 5.-A light
ed candle on a Christmas tree fell
and set fire TO the tree and trimmings
IN the home OF Austin F. Burbank,
last night A belated celebration or
the yuletide festival was being held
The flames spread rapidly and the
whole room was ablaze In a few mo-
ments, the guests being compelled to
fee from the house.
Six young men students who roomed
on the second floor were cut OF from
escape by the stairway and were
-foreed, to jump out the windows.
Arthur Elunk, OF Plymouth. sustained
a badly sprained foot, but the others
were not hurt.
Mrs. Genevieve Perrien, Mr.. Bur-
banks daughter, discovered tnat her
7-year-old son. Ronald. was missing
and she rushed into the burning house
at the risk of her own life and rescued
the child. who would have persisted
but for her heroic act. She was severe
ly burned on the face and head and
one of the boys ears was badly burn
ed.
The house was destroyed with its
contents. entailing aoss placed at
$500, with insurance OF only $1,000,
The students lost all Of their personal
effects. For a time the fire threatened
other buildings. but snow on the
roofs checked It.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
NEVER FORGETS
A CROOK FACE.
Mind Of Billy Sheridan, Of New
York, Is Pigeonhole for Them
Age Doesn't Fool Him.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5--When William
Burns, who has been called the ablest
detective in America, came East to
establish his bureau. he cast about
for the finest talent available TO as
sist him. lie thought Of his old friend,
Lieut. Billy Sheridan, who for a score
OF years had served with the bureau
In Mulberry-st. and had become known
as the greatest living identiher OF
crooks-the man who never forgets a
face. Burns decided he wanted Sheri'
dan. so he came on and had a talk
with him.
There is one man | would like for
partner" he said. as the two sat in
Sheridans uptown home.
Who's that" asked Billy. DO |
know the MANI
You certainly do. for TIE man is
none other than yourself was the re
Spouse.
Last week saw Sheridan's retire
ment from the police force. and he Is
now free 10 Join Burns. Together the
two should make things hum. Every
body knows Burns and everybody
knows Sheridan. When the govern
ment wanted a man to investigate the
Oregon land frauds and when the call
went forth for some one to smash the
corrupt San Francisco ring II was
Burns who was selected for the job.
When the American deet In Its jour
ney round the world stopped at San
Francisco. and thieves from the four
quarters OF the globe locked there
Chief OF Police Buggy borrowed Sheri'
dan from New York. Sheridan went
west and the crooks scooted for shell
ter like land crabs. While Sheridan
was in town not a single complaint
was received.
His Brain a Piseonhols For Faces.
! Countless stories have been told OF
Sheridan's remarkable memory, and
the question has been asked many
ttimes. What Is the secret OF IL? How
is Il that this man after looking at
photograph once can pigeonhole II In
his brain as well as In fling cabinet
and recall the same face after lapse
OF 20 years. even though the crook has
grown a beard and otherwise altered
his appearance? Sheridan can't ex-
plain II himself He will tell you that
the eyes and mouth Of thief seldom
change and then show you two photo
graphs OF the same person. taken al
WIDELY separated dates. You cant de-
tect resemblance between the two
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

Yard Engine Crashes Into Freight On
Michigan Central Road.

SAGINAW, Mich, Jan. 5.-Four
men were injured when yard engine
crashed into the Jackson way freight
on the Michigan Central road. at Bris-
tol-st., as it was entering the city from
the west, last night Two other men
had narrow escapes
The injured are VIM Holloway.
engineer OF the switch engine. arm
broken and badly cut and bruised;
George Foster, fireman OF switch
engine, cut and bruised; Brakeman
Charles Anderson, Of the way freight,
riding In caboose, knocked out and
back injured: Switchman Dan Mere
dith, slight injuries. All the injured
men live In Saginaw.
The worst blizzard OF the winter
swooped down on Saginaw last night.
promising all kinds OF trouble for rail
trafic. Driven by high wind the
snow drifted badly and soon covered
the tracks. The traction company is
keeping It's cars moving with difficulty.
There is already foot OF snow on the
ground. The Thumb Is in the most
serious condition. where the cuts are
full of snow that is being piled high
over the tracks by tonight's storm.
The storm il general tonight all over
northeastern Michigan.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
INHERITANCE TAX CUT.
Decision oeducting Mortgages From
Estates Will Be Fought.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 5.-Assistant
Attorney-General A. A. Lawler an
nounces that the decision of the SUI
preme court of Michigan In the Crof-
ton Fox will case from Grand Rapids
W.. be appealed TO the supreme court
o. the United States, as the opinion
OF the Michigan court will reduce the
amount '.hich the state collects on In
he:itance taxes each year nearly one
half
The state court holds that mortga-
ges on real estate are TO be deducted
from the value OF the personal prop
erty in determining the value of a
personal estate for inheritance tax
purposes. IL has been the policy OF
the state since 1899 TO deduct the
amount OF the mortgage from the
value OF the realty rather than the
personal property. AS the greater
portion of the inheritance tax is col
lected from personal property the de-
cision is OF great importance financial
ly TO the state. II the decision stands,
the Palms estate In Wayne county,
which would pay large inheritance
tax except for this decision. will es-
cape a large proportion of the tax.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
STRUCK BY TRAIN.
"Tou Have Broken Ny Bottle" 10
Mans First Remark

SAGINAW, Mich. Jan. 5.--An uL.
known man was struck by the Wolver-
inc ON the Michigan Central yesterday.
You have broken my bottle" were
his first words as the engineer helped
him down from the locomotive pilot
He had felt In his hip pocket 10 see
IL the hoOze was safe.
The han was struck by the train
at Atwatcrst. and was picked up and
landed on the pilot. little the worse
for his thrilling experience. The en-.
glnCer stopped the train and hurried
10 tie front Of the engine. expecting
70 see the mangled form of his vic.
tim.
You're the luckiest man alive this
minute" was the relieved engineers
greeting
oh. well. such things will happen
once i'm a while" was the stranger
reply az he brushed the snow and
dirt off his clothes and hurried away.
declining even TO give his name.
The accident happened at a sharp
curve and the train was running ran
idly. The man mistook the trace for
a siding and stepped squarely in front
Of the train.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

In the different Offices. bat the amount
of their salaries how much rent they
paid and other necessary details.> Hut
telegraph work was too combining ard
he lost health The superintendent,
taking note OF this. asked Sheridan
how he would like to Join the police
force. The idea appealed TO the future
detective. lie took the civil service
examination. getting through by the
skin of his teeth. and was detailed Ia
duty ~ the old Fifthst. station.
A little later Tom Byrnes sent for
him. Byrnes had picked sheridan out
ms "A likely Kid" and he had two OF
his men take him down To the jewelry
district end show. him how thieves
were caught. sheridan was an apt
pupil. II was no, long before the In
spector recognized his ability and
picked him for some OF his biggest
Jobs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
A Home Made Remedy for
All Nerbous Ailments

Nerve medicines and prescrip-
tons are usually expensive.
Here is one that you can PIE.
pare at home In a few minutes.
at small cost. There is really
nothing better for any nervous
disorder.
Make a strong tea by sleeping
five cents worth OF Hops in
pint OF boiling water. and strain
Il well. Put two ounces OF
Thargol Compound In an eight
ouace bottle (eXactly half pint.
then ill il Lp with the Hop Tea.
Try two teaspooufuls four times
daily.
This simple remedy is free
from narcotics, opiates or otnkr
dangerous drugs. Il sootnes
ANA strengthens the nerves
without any evil effects. I'm
siecplessness or nervous head.
ache II IS worth its weight i'm
gold. For nervousness" nefv-
o,,s prostretion. hysteria-eyen
ST. yitus Dance-it Is splendid
medicine. Costs only about IS
cents. but nothing better can be
hal at my price.
This Is we'll worth trying. pro.
vidInE you get the right ingre-
dients from your druggist--five
cents worth OF Hops and two
ounces Of Thargol Compounl
Make Il as above directed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky


wonderful remedy the and
bronchitis
stomach troubles and all wasting weakened conditions
in small directed
W
nedi
e
medicine
ftoo bottle
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
PRISON CASES TO CONE UP.

JACKSON. Mich Jan, 5.--Ey War.
den Armstrong. of the Jackson state
prison. Is expected TO be sentenced at
this term of court Prosecutor Reece
says grand jury cases Will be tried al
this session. They will come OH after
a lot of local option cases are disposed
OF. Mr.. fleece is TO use every effort
10 secure more damaging evidence
against other persons said 20 be i'm
pllcated In the prison graft scandal
before Armstrong is sentenced.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
PUTS BAN ON aFRATs..

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Jan. o.
BY almost unanimous vote OF the
members of the board of education,
fraternities and sororities have been
forever forbidden in the public
schools here. Although the contro-
versy has been hanging fire now for
over month, the latest action OF the
board came as a surprise to those
closest to the situation. The ruling
not only goes into immediate effect,
but dates back to Nov. l, 1909.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
Hermit Had 500 GOO In cIothino

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 5.--When
Marshall McMurran. so, was being
searched for concealed weapons by a
deputy sheriff previous to being taken
before an insanity commission yester-
day. $4,000. all of which, except 5000,
was In greenbacks. was found con-
ceaied in his tattered clothing. Nc
Murran lived as a hermit near here
and when found he was suffering from
hunger and exposure. He has no ilv-
Ing relatives.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
DROPS DEAD AT GRAVE.

MORENCI. Mich. Jan. 5.-Daniel
Sweet, aged IS. one OF the old and
highly respected citizens OF this city.
dropped dead yesterday morning while
digging grave at the Oak Grove ceme-
terry where he had been sexton for q
number of years. He was a soldier
OF the civil war and a member OF the
G. A. X. He leaves a wife and four
children in moderate circumstances.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
RAILROADS SHOW PROSPERITY.

LANSING, Mich; Jan. 5.-The re-
mort OF steam and electric roads ~
the state for the quarter ending Sep.
tember. 1909. has been given out by
the chairman OF the state railroad
commission and shows a decided In
crease The total increase in the
earnings of the electric roads amount
ed TO s432, 303.66 and the increased
earnings of the steam lines was 81.
1511O367
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
ACTOR ROBBED OF $4,000.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Jan. s.
Especial CHARLES Grapewin. the
star in Above the Limit was ros-
bed OF $4,000 worth of diamonds from
the Post Tavern rooms. The police
say arrests will be made before night.
Mrs. Grapewin, tAnna Chancel. is the
chief loser.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
SHOOTS SELF DEAD

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Jan. o.
Especially Edward Stafford. once m
inmate Of the Kalamazoo asylum, be.
came suddenly insane and Shot him.
srb dead this morning in the Jeffer.
son hotel. he was 40 years old.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

PILES CURED ~ To ~ DAYS
PAZCb OINTMENT ~ guaranteed TO cure
any case OF Itching. Rlind Bleeding OF
Pf9Uuding piles IN TO ~ days or
money refunded Sue
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
q OROUS At go
MIR. Warren Cutler of Woburr,
Mass. who is 81 years old.
says that DUFFY'SN PURE
MALT WHISKEY Is the
right thing for him because
IL restored his vigor ana
strength in his declining
years. lie looks and acts like
a man 30 years younger.
a man 30 years younger.

In a late interview Mr.. Cutler sad !:
For about two years ! have been
using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey'
and il has been OF great benefit to me.
/ was all run down and debilitated
and nothing seemed 10 build me up. /
read in the Boston Globe about
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey and
thought it would be just the right
thing for me. and have found II so,
am 81 wears OF age. Warren Gut
Ter. Woburn. Mass.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is in
dorsed by leading men in all probes
sions, including. clergymen, doctors,
educators, nurses, lawyers, as well as
business men and women in all walks
OF life who unite in commencing it as
the only perfect tonic stimulant, the
one true medicinal whiskey.
1t makes the old feel young and
keeps the young strong. 1t is recog-
nized as a family medicine every
where
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

Job Printirs done right Times
1888 or City c3Ss.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

Int sheridan can. His eyes penetrate,
all dissnisesl no matter how, clever.
AZ headquarters he was the court or
last resort. The suspect might pass
the critical eye Of the inspectors and
the rest of the force without being
recognized. but IL he had q record his
knees always knocked together when
he wes taken into the little coop ON
the hottest, side where Sheridan sal.
lie knew he was lost, even before any
thing was said.
Thirty-three years ago Sheridan as
tonished his teacher In the old De Ia
Sale school In Second-st., when h
showed that he had practically com
mittcd TO memory all that his text
book told him about English history.
Without once referring 40 IL he ran
through the facts from the time of the
Druids to Queen Victoria. For that he
got a gold medal That was the first
oficial recognition of his marvellous
faculty for remembering things.
Begins As Telegraph Clerk.
When Sheridan finished his school.
ing he got job with telegraph COM
pany His duties at finst were clerical.
but he improved his time To learn
telegraphy, and In due course he was
transferred TO the main ONCE There
he kept the accounts OF 1900 branch
offices. but he kept them IN his head
and so well that he could recite not
only the names OF the men employed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
osATH TAKES PIONEER.

YPSIl,ANTl. Mich. Jan. Mrs.
Mary Sherburpe Clarke jerks, Wild
ow or the late II. IA. jerks, OF ~.
Clair. Mich. died AZ the age OF 30
years. M the home OF her daughter.
Mrs. r. II Cleary. here yesterday art
ernoon. Mrs. jerks waslthe daughter
OF the late John Clarke. prominent
In the early days of Michigan. She Is
survived by six children John H..
Ben l.. and Owen T. jerks and Mrs.
j. L. Rees. OF Cleveland; Mrs. y. r.
Champion. OF st. Clair. and Mrs. T. X.
Cleary. The funeral services VIII bs
held In this city from the late resi-
dence. with burial service at 81.
Clair Thursday, JAM 6. ~ nv
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

Mistress; Is that young man saw
you with yesterday your lover, Ellen
Maid: Not exactly lover ma'am. He
walks ont with .me. but II amt got to
waistin' yCt,-rit-Bits.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-30
ALL-STAR BILL
At WASHINGTON
BY n, &, M,

The Washington comes pretty
close to having an all-star show
this week. The Halfway House, y
quaint sketch written by the late
Ezra Kendall, has all the delicious
humor that made the author so
famous, and it is handled in a very
capable manner, indeed, by Mr.. and
Mrs. Perkins Fisher
The Moneta Five runs very close
for first honors OF the program,
however. They present a strictly
first class musical offering called
an Evening at Home" in which
they sing and play on banjoes, man
dolins. violins, the flute and piano
AS a musical act it is without doubt
one of the best.
Billy X. Wells as the Hebrew
Orator" has very funny mono
logue. which made great hit with
the audience at last evenings per-
Torrance. He pretends to be a
campaign orator and the way he
springs generalities and platitudcs
without really saying anything or
committing himself (Quite like the
regular politicianD Is highly anus
ing.
Ward and Wheeler do some
graceful dancing and Cabarets dogs
have some brand new stunts that
tickled the little folks in the audi
ence immensely.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-30

The national child labor commits
sion, after thorough investigation,
has proved that the lives of thou
sands of boys have been ruined
because of their duties as night
messengers.
Some of the duties of the boys,
according to Leroy Scott. who de-
scribes the investigation in Success
magazine. are to buy liquor for
patrons when saloons are closed; to
call on gambling houses; to show
the town" to strangers; to carry
notes from women of the town to
their friends; to carry food and
drink from restaurants; to act as
lady's maid; to buy opium, NOR
phine and other drugs. and to Sc
cure knockout drops for women who
rob men.
The service which patrons ask of
boys is often so degrading that they
decline to submit, but familiarity
with vice at times overcomes their
scrupleS.
The night messenger service
maintains itself by serving the I'M
derworld, for the office hours of evil
business are at night In many Cit
les the investigators of the national
commission found that they could
hire boys to buy drugs or to lead
strangers to evil resorts; the mes
sengers knew all the leaders in vice
in the tenderloin districts and these
leaders trust them. because the
motto of messenger boy is Never
sQueal."
Aren't these people afraid to
have you buy knockout drops for
them?" a New York messenger boy
was asked.
ooh. no." was the answer. "Our
uniform guarantees and protects us
at the same time. People know they
can ask me to do anything, and I
mustn't tell anybody else about
what l do. That is why the girls
send me out for hop (opium) and
red pills (knockout drops) and that
is why the Cinnamon will sell them
to me-"
what do they do with the red
pills."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-30

"Why. they drug men with them.
A red pill is little red ball of
powder. You can hide it between
your fingers and drop in into beer
or hide it in cigaret. The man
who takes it will go to sleep. Then
the girl gets his money and runs
away, and the man wakes up the
next morning.. I know lot of girls
who use these pills. I've taken one
of the pills when l couldn't so to
sleep in the daytime"
One messenger boy told an inves-
tigator that woman called him to
a room in a cheap hotel.
"'You go back to my room and
see If the fly cops are there said
the girl. 4 robbed a man there last
night and then lit out
81 went to her room and there
We're detectives there" the boy told
the Investigator. Il asked for the
wrong name and then l went back
to the girl. She had me help her
move to another hotel, and she
stayed there until it blew over"
"The average messenger boy.
after he is broken in." writes Scott,
sis eager for the calls that take him
into the underworld. Not only are
his base instincts appealed to and
gratified, but the most money is
made out of such calls"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-30

WIFI IHt tNCUTsIOnIsIb, Dul ono
young farmer from Silo Siding
was inclined to question some of
the guides statements.
Here is an article from Tibet,
very rare one" said the guide.
ITS the holy bicycle of the grand
lama"
saw that little thing looks more
like a baby rattle than a holy BIZ
cycle" protested Silo Siding.
young man, by holy bicycle |
mean prayer wheel. said the guide
crushingly.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-30
BACHELORS ANSWER
WHY IS A BACHELOR?

your valuable paper to print this
letter, remain, yours sincerely, An
Old Bachelor.
Editor The Press-In regards to
why Is bachelor: I agree with
M. X. G.. who wrote to The Press
that it is hard to get acquainted in
large cities, and for myself am
bachelor, but that Is no fault of
mine. l was engaged to a young
girl once, but she changed her mind.
as she said she did not think we
could live happily. and have lost
out two times after, so If man
tries to get married and cannot,
how Is he going to become anything
but bachelor? And as far as most
bachelors are buns or hOboes, /
don't agree on that at all. There are
just as many good, hard working
bachelors as there are married men.
How often does young girl wish to
marry an old bach? And most of
the old maids think they are too old
and don't even try to look for their
affinity-and you will find just as
many old maids as bachelors, so
one is no more to blame than the
other, and to help some old maid or
anyone that is afraid of so being,
all she has to do is to send her ad-
dress to The Press office, and she
will soon receive an early reply,
and I think If the editor of The
Press would allow space in the
paper for addresses of those wish
ing to correspond for what may fol-
low it would be a great thing for
old maids and bachelors. S. A. o.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-30

holds that it would be rank class
legislation to grant free city water
to washerwomen. But though this
plank of the platform that the
press of the country accorded the
most comment, has not been real
lied by legislation, other and more
important planks have gone into
effect. In the first month of the
socialist regime in Milwaukee, the
following reforms have been eff
fected:
The trolley service has been
made more efficient.
A municipal plumbing shop has
been established.
The legal department has ar
ranged to give free legal advice to
the poor.
Short-hour "snaps" in city SER
vice have been abolished.
The following reforms have been
planned:
Free public dances in public
school buildings.
A free municipal ice plant.
Tho substitution of one expert
engineer for the four men consti-
tuting the present board Of public
works.
The appointing of health ex-
pert.
Mayor Seidel and his socialist
fellow workers propose bureau of
research to further these plans.
ORDINANCE DRAFTED.
An ordinance has been drafted
authorizing the expenditure OF
$4,000 in establishing cost sys-
TEN. with view to putting the
city on a strictly business basis in
the matter of expenditure. Victor
Berger, the socialist leader, esti-
mates that such a system would
save the city half a million dollars
year.
In the plans for opening the
school buildings for free dances.
the authorities are adopting feat
ure of the social center" idea, the
advocates of which hold that the
school building is the logical cen
ter of the community, and that it
should always be available to the
public for meetings. lectures,
dances, etc.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-30
ROTTEN CHEST OF
SPANISH COINS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICO. Cal. May 30.-A rot
ten chest containing hundreds
of dollars worth of Spanish
coins was found today by work
men here who were excavating
for church foundation. Treas.
ure hunters fIocked to the lot
when news of the find went
forth. The first relic found
was silver inlaid handle Of
the chest. Then the diggers
came upon some rotting boards
and finally old Spanish coins,
some dated as early as 1854.
It is believed that the treas
ure was buried by Spanish
bandits or by Indians who may
have robbed Spanish travellers.