The Detroit times., 1910-12-22

An unidentified man fell from a Ba-
ker.st. ear at Chene and scott-sts..
head and was taken 10 st. Mary
hospital His condition Is serious.
Ernest Podchulue, 20 years old, No. 25I
Orleans-st, came to police head
quarters Wednesday afternoon 10 re-
port that he had been robbed OF $i3.
When he got inside the station no
was arrested himself on an old war
rant, which charges him with driv-
Ing away an automobile.
Market gardeners doing business ON
the eastern market have signed "a
petition TO the council. asking that
the stalls be leased annually instead
OF by the day. The men say that
they would rather pay $50 or $50 a
year and have the use OF the stalls
when they wanted them. than to pay
10 cents day as at present.
Peter schmitt, n boy OF 10 years, was
awarded verdict Of $500 ny q Jury
In Judge Rohnert's court, Wednesday
afternoon. In his suit against the
Packard Auto Co. The boy was
struck and badly injured by a car in
dence showed that II was travelling
at high rate OF speed The plain
TIN was represented by Clarence and
Harry j.. Miliigan
The following young women success
fully passed the examination for pub
Misses Dorothy savage. Lillian
Hodge. Isabel Weadock, Marietta
quinn, Alice McLaughlin, Myra
s sG,as Serv Grace ssha r England, Helen b.
Williams. Winifred Wendell. Mar
garet keusch. Frances Berry. Anne
Huber. Mildred Garvai. Hazel T..
koehn, Maria Cavanaugh, Edna Gar
rat and Mary Griffin.
Contractors nre asking why the coun-
4 m M ~ >
ed on about $4,000 worth OF public
sewer bids approved by the com
missioner several weeks ago Nearly
all the sewer Jobs in the city. with
the exception OF the big Fairview
sewer. have been completed, and men
are lying idle Bids on sewer m
to Cedar-st., were opened by the com
missioner Wednesday. That OF 1854
from Julius Porath. was approved.
The estate of the late William II.
Young has been awarded to Fred
Y Young Vas a plumbe s'' Who died P'h last
June, leaving an estate OF $1,000.
which has been increased by the
sale Of a. patent No heirs appeared
the ground that he had been prom
Used the property for looking after
Young's affairs. Later, heirs turned
up In England. but the commission
crs on claims, Charles Englehard and
Leo Schafer decided not TO recog
niZe their claims.
Mrs. George W. Church, No. 100 Glad
stone-ave.. died suddenly Wednesday
In ST Louis, In the home OF her son,
gone for the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Church recently underwent an
operation in Harper hospital. but
was thought 10 be quite convalescent
and left for st. Louis the first OF the
week accompanied by Mr.. Church
and their daughter, Mrs. Walter III.
Chamberlain. OF Chicago Mrs.
Church was a member OF the Forest
ave. Presbyterian church. The body
Will be placed in a mausoleum in
st. Louis for the present.
City HistOriOgrapher, &. VI. Burton, In
com piling a book entitled Detroit I'm
lS49," and has issued 12-page pros
pectus In the hope of securing addi-
tions to his store OF material. Mr..
Burton says that with the gold ex-
element in California, which caused
large flow of traffic through De-
troit. and several other influences.
the year named In the title was one
OF the most interesting in the his
tory OF the city. The advance sheet
pau homestead as IT appeared that
year, and of Judge James V. Camp
bell and Mrs. Campbell. Judge Al
pheus Fetch and Mrs Felch.
Robert w. Willis, the coIored attorney
who gained some nOtOrtety recently
NJ Pa Fixes In the recorders court.
has been charged with improper con-
duct by Mrs. Ella NJ. Washington in
the handling OF her husbands estate.
Mrs. Washington flied suit Wednes-
day. in which she alleges that he Sc
cured her signature permitting the
sale OF some of the property, the
proceeds of which, about $4,000 he
retained. and she also alleges that
he has failed to account for rents ne
has collected She asks that these
property transfers be set aside ana
that the attorney be made to account
for all moneys he has collected. Will
lis declares the woman's charges are
untrue.
verdict for S23,474.16 was returned
I'm favor of William q. Isbell and
George ID. Grant in Judge Murtin's
court, Wednesday afternoon, in their
suit against the Anderson Carriage
Co. In 1907 the plaintiffs entered
into contract with William G. An
derson whereby they were to have
electric automobile in Detroit for n
period OF five years. At the end OF
three months Anderson broke the
his own agencies. Then the plain
tiffs brought suit for the loss sus-
tanned The books OF the company
were produced showing that they
had sold cars to the value OF Sb26,00
I'm Detroit from the time the contract
was Cancelled until the suit was be-
gun. The plaintiffs were represent
ed by II. II. Emmons and Harry
Hoffman. and the defendants by
Harrison Geer.
The current issue OF The Survey, n
weekly journal Of constructive phil
osophy. published by the New York
Charity Organization society. con-
tains n condensed but comprehen-
sive and able article by A. II. Finn.
OF Detroit, on the recen opening Of
the sex hygiene" campaign In De-
troit. Mr.. Finn tells of the origin
OF the campaign in a meeting OF
physicians and social workers held
over a year ago. which gradually
developed into widespread interest
among citizens for an adequate pre-
sentation OF the subject. which re-
suited In the bringing to the city OF
DR.. Winfield Scott Hall, OF Chicago,
and a subsequent series OF talks by
the doctor on Sex hygiene" In
his article Mr.. Finn sets forth tho
purpose OF the newly
Detroit Society for Sex Hygiene.
gives the names OF its members and
an outline OF what tho society hopes
10 accomplish Without the help OF
the daily newspapers of Detroit, the
campaign could not have been so
successful as IL was" writes Mr..
Finn. 1.-The whole daily press Of
the city Is placed solidly in the small,
but growing list OF newspapers
which have the courage to- speak
Fra GthfaNt for uhf<h