The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-24


Third-ave. There Is an old fashioned.
solid gold watch. with a woman's
picture on the dial: gold locket.
ring. marked f, c. Clark, Dec. rs,
1862"
Mrs. Proctor II. Owens. of Detroit, who
has Just returned from n visit I'm the
west. gives graphic account or
the train robbery on the Missouri Pa
cific, 20 miles west OF ST. Louis. Fri
day night, in which she figured as
passenger. The coach. In which
she was riding was the only car WIS.,
tied by the robbers outside OF the
express car. Mrs. owens had taken
the precaution TO place all her jew
elry in hCr foouth and hid all OF her
money CNcept go cents. about her
person. Her precautions were un-
necessary, however. for the bandits
were in such hurry that they over
looked many passengers and she was
one or the fortunate number. The
bullets flew thick and fast. Mrs.
owens says, and a passenger who
went out on the platform to see
what was doing. came hustlng back
into the car moment later with a
bullet hole through his hat.
Whether liquor license IL a privilege
or nn article OF property which II
taxed, is the point that the supreme
court must pass upon In the newt
abe legal hattie over the constitu-
liquor law The saloonIsts are pre-
pairing themselves for the fight. II
the right to sell liquor is 4 prop
erty right, II VIII be contended that
the state has no right 10 deny IL
To woman. AN alien or an eN-con-
Eict, nor TO take II away as an adj
ditionai penalty To fine and impris-
onment Tor violation of the law. II
IL Is II priVilegs and subject To strict
regulation, tho supreme court may
uphold all the points OF the law
SOME OF the contentious are similar
10 the points on which the liquor
law OF 1887 was declared unconstf-
tutional BY the supreme court IL is
eontended By the trainers that the
weak points In that law have been
avoided in the present one.
For plain. hOmespun, unpretentiOus
Jnnk-peddler, one Hymen MichlIn. OF
JOhnstown Pa. has caused the De-
tFoit police and the Detroit courts
an unusual amount Of trouble
enough red-tape has been used on
Mlchlin to succeed In freeing an ac-
cused trust nagnate. Mlchlln is
erty TO wit, some brass junk pur-
chased from juvenile thieves. He is
sald 10 have Jumped his bail bond.
lie was arrested here six weeks ago
and since then, there have been ma
beas corpus papers warrants bail
papers, subterfuges like SANDER
cases, and enough other legal COM
pncatlons To keep the pot boiling.
BUT in spite Of II all Constable Lor-
ditch, OF Cambria county Pa, left
toi home with Michlin. Wednesday
".
says mat Gov Warner was going to.
Investigate the case. Friday. and that
the officers spirited the man away in
the meantime.
World peace was the theme of Dr. Maud
ThompsOn's lecture I'm the Workera'
university extension series. Sunday
afternoon. She divided the peace
movement into three parts. crediting
and the workers. but giving tbe
greatest credit 10 the last-named di-
vision. She called attention to the
great hnancial strain under which
the world powers are laboring in
armtng themselves; expenditures
cannot go higher. she argues or the
workers Will revolt and refuse to
pay the unnecessary taxes The cor
poration tax she gave credit for max
ing the capitalists of this country
FAVOR peace. With a membership OF
o'VVV,OOO' the Women's council has
ADOPTED two notices. she said:
Peace FOR all the world" and Bal
lots for women. that there may be
peace Both workers and women
dream OF peace and do NOT UNDER
stand war. she concluded.
Rabbi franklin delivered the Inst of N
series OF addresses ON the Ten Com
mandments in Temple Beth Ell sun
DAY, taking as his subject the sin of
coNetoHsness. In these days we are
under the curse OF that coVetoua
spirit which buries the best and de-
Velops the worst In us" he declared
neighbors and not for the satfsfac-
tion or our own souls We want TO
i've as well az the next man, Wheth-
er we can anord 10 or not He and
ms FAMILY ride In their automobile
and why must we take 10 the street
car Ihey gain entrance TO the So
cial 900, and why not we? II rs COW
etousness OF this sort that fosters
discontent and unhapplness And for
II what DO we sacrifiCe2 What goi-
aeh peace, what happy consciousness.
might be ours. IN instead OF living
for the hypocritical smiles Of the
world, We would he wise enough to
I've Tor our own peace. and Tor that
higher approval that the world must
give 10 men for what thev are and
Tor what they aspire TO be. 4"
The cases OF two men now servfog ne.
sentences Ia MichigRn pFIsOns nre
cited by Attorney James a. Hin
agent or the Society for the preVen'
ton OF Cruelty to Children. as haV-
Ing been abandoned by the polIce
and but for the efforts Of the society
. the guilty parties would have gone
Tree. one or the cases was that az
John w. Lambert. accused OF a
serious crime against his adopted
Guild. beautiful young girl Mr
i'm says the police reported there
was nothing TO 1t but the society
secured his conviction and he was
sentenced TO Marquette for life 'Che
other case was that OF William Claw
son, convicted and sentenced TO
Jackson FOR life through the s0ctetv's
EFFORTS within two days after the
police had reported mo case" ac-
cording TO Mr. Hill The society
handled 1.715 cases during the year
and the report goes into detail re-
ton OF directors viii be held Jan. a..