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The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
FIRST DAMAGE SUIT UNDER
NEW LAW ATTRACTS NOTICE
Opdyke We. Wabash Railway viii BE
Tried Under Amended Fellow
Servant Statute.

The case Of John Opdyke. a Wabash
conductor, against the Wabash rail-
road, which will he called in the cir
cult court in day CT two, will be the
first damage case tried under the new
fellow servant law as recently amend.
ed by the legislature, where the rule OF
comparative negligence will be APP
piled. Dohany 4 Dohany win repre-.
sent the plaintiff, and Attorneys
Smith, of Toledo, and Lothrop. of De-
troit, will appear for the railroad. The
case will be Of great interest to large
corpora lions which employ labor and
- The legeI fraternity, and 1t promise =
TO be bitterly contested.
Under the old la Il company could
not be held halle for damages where
1T could De shown that the plaintiff
wa injured ;arough his 01u Lcgl:
G,dCe or the negligence nf fellow
SER ant. Und.r he new la ire neg
liz, rec OF fellow servant - no &c
fense, and VII both the plain::e
ard a felloV servant are at fault. II
is up 10 The j,:ry to decide tic oGa
more to blaze !; it be he'll! tina, the
pia'r tiff is less at fcult damages may
DC assessed, but e the jur. find the
plaintiff is IaSfc TO blame he gets
refining
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
IMPROVED CAR
SERVICE SOUGHT
Manufacturing Concerns Out Jeffer-
son Make Demand Before Coun-
Gil Committee.

Representatives of several of the
large plants situated near Jefferson
ave-, in the old Fairview district,
were before the council committee
on public utilities, Monday morning,
to demand better street car service
east OF the car barns.
Aid. Charles w. Burton, of the
Second ward, introduced a resolution
in the common council, Tuesday
night, calling for the same service
TO the Alter road that is given in
the old city limits, about six-min-
ute service.
The company sent word that 1t
would be glad to give the service,
but that 1t would be necessary to
have Y at the Alter road 1t asked
for permission TO construct one. 1t
was stated that it would take sew
eral weeks to construct the Y, as it
would have to be made in the mills.
w. K. Anderson, of the Anderson
Forge a. Machine Co, and Reuben
4. Hill, mechanical engineer for the
Hudson Motor Car Co, protested
against anything which would give
the railway company an excuse for
delay in putting the schedule into eff
feet. They asked that the company
be compelled to lay a temporary
cross-over and give plug line ser
vice till the Y is completed
The ordinance for six-minute ser
vice will go into effec. Immediately,
II the recommendation OF the COM
mittee is adopted. The petition for
the will go TO the council, Tuesday
night.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
MUCH ROAD WORK DONE.
Highway Commissioners Have Been
6usy-May Buy Gravel Pits.


Road Commissioner Edward N.
Hines, in speak OF his work. says !:
I'VE have just finished the building
of half-mile of concrete on Fort-rd.
and are putting the finishing touches
on mile of gravel on the Plymouth
I'd, making a total Of four and one
quarter miles of concrete and gravel
built since Oct. l. On Grand River
I'd. we have built a reinforced con-
crete culvert, have ditched and tiled
the road to the Redford township line,
and have large quantity OF stone
stored, ready for an early start next
spring. Gratiot-rd. is also tiled and
ditched to the county line and 100 car
loads of stone and sand has been
stored to date.
I'VE are thing the Michigan-ave
road from Dearborn to Wayne, and
are unloading stone and other ma
terial at Wayne. Eioise, Inkster, Dear
born and at Haggerty's siding, to
avoid delays of material and thus get
an early start.
I'VE are also driving spiles on Mich
igan-ave. road along the banks OF the
Rouge river, near Dearborn, where We
will widen out the road and build a
retaining wall to prevent the spring
freshets from further washing away
the road From time to time, the
Rouge river has cut into the banks un-
I'll in some places the road is but
little over IL or Is feet In width. The
ID. Y. r. has agreed to move It's tracks
over to the south side Of the road "a
far as possible, and Is engaged at the
present time In making the necessary
All.
About 75 carloads OF stone has
been unloaded for use on Mt. Elliott
and Van Dyke roads. and on Eureka
rd and other points. material is
being shipped in as rapidly as we can
secure 1t from firms handling such
supplies. The board is looking over
several gravel pits and quarries, with
4 view to purchasing same outright
and thus securing a supply of stone
independent of any dealers and insur.
ing more uniform shipments"
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
NINE. SEMBRICH ILL.
singer Cancels Local Engagement;
Coming Later in Winter.

singer Cancels Local Engagement;
Coming Later in Winter.
There was much disappointment on
the part of large number of people
who went TO the Garrick theater, Sun.
day afternoon, expecting to near Nine
Marcella Sembrich sing, to be greet
ed with dark house" and the An.
nouncement that the singer was i'll
and would not fulfill her Detroit en-
gagement
MANY of the disappointed ones
came from out of town. 1t appears
that Nine. Sembrichs New York man
ayers have been keeping the singer
on the go constantly on her present
concert tour, appearances being fire.
quent and railroad journeys long.
These facts combined TO upset the
singers health. and she easily con-
tracted cold last week that made it
hard for her to keep an engagement
in Grand Rapids, Friday. She came
TO the Hotel Pontchartrain, Saturday,
but at IL o'clock Saturday night the
attending physicians declared IL would
be impossible for her to sing Sunday
afternoon or again for several days.
A recital scheduled for Rochester.
Tuesday evening was Cancelled as
we'll as the Detroit engagement, and
Nine. Sembrich left Detroit Sunday
afternoon for New York to rest until
her song recital there, Dec. 4.
The local management will refund
money to all ticket holders at the
Garrick box Office Those who bought
tickets In Grinnell's for the Sembrich
concert, will receive their money back
at the Garrick. If satisfactory date
can be arranged after the holidays
Nine. Sembrich will sing in Detroit
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
NEW MAN ON BOARD.
A. =. Anderson Becomes Director Of
Metropolitan State Bank.

II is announced by S. Francis Walsh
& Co., promoters OF the Metropolitan
State bank, that A. F. Anderson. a
wealthy lumberman of Cadillac, Mich,
has consented TO go on the board OF
directors OF the new institution
n. II. Simpson of Durand, Mich,
who was reported to have denied all
connection with the Metropolitan and
to have given no authority for the use
of his name as director. has issued
statement that he has not severed
his connection with the bank, and that
he Is still on the board of directors.
While no definite date has been set.
the promoters state that the Metropol-
itan will be ready TO open for bust
ness by the beginning of the new
year
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
IGNORES COPS SIGNAL.
John Laher Fined $50 For Disregard
ING Signal az Crossing.

John Laher, No. 1921 Jefferson-aye.
was fined $50 by Judge Phelan, Mon
day morning, for failure to obey the
signal OF Traffic Officer John Stone
at Woodward and Gratiot-aves. Laher
ran his automobile into one OF the
United States Express Co.'S vehicles.
There were $50 ordinance cases in
all heard by the judge Monday. He
opened court promptly at 8 o'clock
and was grinding away until late in
the afternoon.
Elmer Ryan was before the court
charged with scalping theater tickets
on Lafayette-blvd. lie was fined S..
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
sTRAUb CLOSES UP
HIS CONSERVATORY
Of MUSIC
Says Squabble Over Lease of Build
ing Out Woodward Is Responsible
for the American Going Out
of Business.
Concern a Paying Venture, He In
sists, But Unable To Find Suit
able Premises He Simply Quit.

After an existence Of nine months
the American Conservatory of Music,
No. 400 Woodward-ave., has closed
its doors and the Muse of Music is
disturbed by bass drums rumbles Of
lawsuits and counter lawsuits.
The conservatory was under the
direction of A. Nj. Straub. for many
years one OF the citys best known
vocal teachers. with Miss b. F. Rus
Well as business manager and secre-
tary. The building was formerly the
Butzel home, and, In February, after
passing into the ownership OF
Thomas Hunter was rented to Mr..
Straub on fve-year lease at $4,000
per year by Mr.. Hunters real estate
agents. Homer Warren K Co.
THE conservatory as business in
stitution was quite solvent and IL was
not financial difficulties that caused
us to close up, but long continued
difference with owner and agents as
to the fulfillment OF a contract and
the terms OF lease with regard to put
sting the building into proper shape"
declared Mr.. Straub to The Times,
Monday.
"A week ago today, in the evening,
after lessons were over. I removed
my furniture and the teachers their
personal furniture and belongings.
Since then, have been advised by
a letter from Homer Warren & Cos.
attorneys that suit will be brought
against me for non-payment OF the
November rent and for the money
IF he
attorney advises me that | have good
ground for suit for damages. The
trouble arose In the first place over
the heating. When We went in there
last spring, steam from the Central
Heating Co.. was installed in all
rooms Dut the basement, the latter
being omitted because | did not ex.
'pect to need II until September. and
because the installation OF the radia-
tors down there was to be done dur.
Ing the summer when business was
quiet for the company.
Sept. /. l notified Homer Warren
4 Co.. that | would require the base.
ment as soon as possible. and asked
that the radiators be installed and
some other necessary plumbing work,
whlcn they had agreed to do, be at
;tended to, so that could 20 ahead
with placing OF floor to be used for
fhe teaching OF stage dancing. had
advertised my dramatic and stage
1dancing department extensively dur
ing the summer and the fall season
kopened with a large class, so that I
needed the basement Immediately.
well, nrst one excuse and then
announcer was offered me for the work
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
SUSPECT ON TRIAL.
Forest Hutchinson Accused Of Being
Implicated In Boston Robbery.

Forest Hutchinson, suspected OF be.
ing one of the two men VINO broke
into the home OF aged Joe Boston.
In Waterford. near Worthwhile, two
years ago. and after torturing the old
man, robbed him of considerable cash,
was placed on trial in Judge Mandells
court, Monday morning.
Boston, who is past so years OF age.
was bound by the robbers and
matches were applied to his feet to
induce hin TO disclose where his
money was concealed. He refused To
tell. however. end after searching the
place the men found the purse. Bos-
ton recognized Orrin Smith, as one Of
the two Smith was tried in Judge
HOsmers court oyer year ago, lie
was found guilty aud paroled. Smith
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
Will Promote Reau.x

Women desiring beauty get wonder
full help from Bucklen's Arnica Salve
IL banishes pimples, skin eruptions
sores and boils. II makes the skin
soft and velvety. II glorifies the face
Cures sore eyes. cold sores. cracked
lips, chapped hands. Best for burns,
scalds. fever sores, cuts, bruises and
piles. At +. G. Kinsels, Central Drug
Co.. and Gray & Worcesters.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29

job Printing Done Right. Time.
Printing Co., No. IL John r. st call
Main 1898. or City ssss.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
TIRED OF ROOSEVELT.
New Jerseyites start Campaign To
Change Name Of Town.

ROOSEVELT. N. j., Nov. 2s.-A
solemn campaign looking to the
changing of the name of this town
got under way today. In 1912 the
time will come to change the name
of the town legally and it is said
that the majority of the inhabitants
are much dissatisfied with the pres
ent cognomen.
Mayor-elect Joseph A. Hermann, a
Democrat. swept the town last cleo
ton on the anti-Roosevelt issue. His
administration is pledged TO assist in
changing the towns name.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
Paid Deposits from the day of deposit date Of withdrawal

STATEMENT SHOWING GROWTH DEPOSITS ASSETS OF
THIS DURING APPEAR ON
THE RECORDS OF THE STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT..
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
will be a witness against Hutchinson
In the present hearing


Hutchinson is an old offender, and
has served one ter min the peniten-
tiary. He was out on parole at the
time OF the Boston robbery, and was
returned to prison and served out his
term. Upon his release he was turned
over to the Wayne county authorities
for trial on the present charge. The
evidence against Hutchinson was
worked up by Deputy Sheriff Spring
er, OF Worthwhile.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29
Lieske's RetrIal Starts Next Monday

The new trial OF Frank Lieske,
charged with shooting Detective
Frank Wilkinson. will be taken up be.
fore Judge Connolly next Monday.
Following the Lieske case, the trial
of DR.. Garabed Boyajian, charged with
the murder Of his nephew, Haratocn
Gostanian, will be taken up.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-29

Send for booklet BANKING BY MAIL
Address all
Detroit. Mich.
FRANK g. LELAND. resident ,.,-t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
LOSE FINAL GAME
ON WESTERN TRIP

The winning streak was abruptly
broken yesterday with a shut-out, adj
Tninistered by NiHetts. the score being
. 10 O.
Detroit got 10 Dixie Walker nearly
every inning. and 1t was due to fast
work 81 the field that held the runs
down On The other aaud. Washington
had men on bass in al but three IN
nir@s- XiIetrs pitched air-tiGLt bail.
and there was nothing. going on in The
scoring line
=7or five innings Detroit went runIess.
and 1t seemed as though washington
had q bid for the game. Men were on
bases. 5ur the hits were Iacklurs In the
sixth nelehanty singled and the only
Ty Cobb drove the ball down the right
field foul lire 20 the fence for a horne
mn Two runs
In the mex inning Schmidt triuIed
The boil went into ri-lr field. and. on
The relay H.. kiiifer threw wide TO
third Elhsrfeld let tie haII set by him.
and Schmidt scored one run.
The feature Of the game YVES the hit
ting Of EIaeUf6ld- The diminuIive vet
eran got three safe ones out Of four
trims To- The plate and seemed To have
little difficulty in solving NViIIetts' offer
inES
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
MORE NEW Marks
FOR MEL SHEPPARD

NEW YORK, Aug 15.-ThaJ Melvin
W. Sheppard is without q peer as q
middle distance runner IS conceded to-
day on every hand
Yesterday he smashed three more
worlds records and declared today he
was in such splendid shape that he
would not rest until every record in his
distance was broken The records that
fell yesterday, az the games OF the
First Regiment. Irish Volunteers. were
the 60 800. and 6gg-yar1s. The CO.
yard Sheppard established AZ I
minute 10 - seconds; taking 10 Of
q second OF Tommy Burke's rec
ord established IN September, 1896. For
559 Sheppard chopped one and two
Efths seconds of his own record Of
Zoo %. and for the 800 yards he bat
tered Burke's figures or . - seconds.
by Onc-dfJh OF a second
At the same meet, Dan Ahearne of
the Irish-American Athletic Club. broke
his own worlds record Al the hop.
skip, and jump, doing 81 feet rs inches
His former record was q feet 3 inches
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
Altoona Goes Chicago Not Washington CAOwer Wins His Spurs
PROVES
ABILITY AS UMPIRE
Lets DOugherty Convict Himself of Scoopng Up Ball Be
fore Crowd of $4,000 in Chcago-Trple
play Was Claimed.

reached the ground, then the White
s0L and Walsh were robbed. and II ne
did not, be lost out on ateu pti0g a
gigantic bluI- He caught tie hal
held II, and. while the runners l,ere
lodging Back and forth along the
lines, Ee held j. I'D. claiming the catch,
and then, seeing CouidOwer hesitatiHg,
he threw 10 third
There Is scarcely a doubt that had
he thrown 20 second the catch would
have been allowed Il IS certain that
had he thrown 20 third In the first place
ne would nave mace an easy double
play His hesitation and his throw eT5-
IDENTIFY convinced CoIIifioWer that he had
scOoped the ban after il touched the
ground
Sad 10 relate. DouEherty threw hIgh.
TaunehiII was looking Tor the bah TO
80 10 second and saw II too lare 20
catch il. and one rUn scored The bah
on the base and the runner there Eas
touched. the Sax claiming . triple play,
which ColfdOWeT refused
"Afte- that a series OF lucky slams. 4
moment OF thouEhtlessness by Collins,
allowed the Eauks 10 score five runs
They were hitting Walsh as though the
signal bureau was working In me
order. and Walsh disappeared Under
that handicap the son never could
catch up and Ray Fisher yOuDEster
from Hartford pitched them 20 death
until the uiuts, when they made a des-
per4ta rally and might nave mace 4
lot Of trouble had not COlnAoTTer
checked their assault by calling Collins
out on base GA balls
'-CoITGOWer IS not 70 be criticised
BIN Evans was laid low by a foul tip
toward the close OF the first game, the
bah breaking through lis mask and
cutting his eye open and lnJUriug him
badly so the new recruit. who v-iu look
better when he has time 20 Improve
was compelled 10 work alone, ana he
did his best
IF he was wrong about the catch OF
T.auorte'S line drive he perhaps kept
the Sex from winning two games, but
u IS better than even money he was
right as Douzher-EFs own actions were
circuus-autIaI evidence that he sCCoDed
the ball"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
Calendar of Sports for the Week
MONDAY.


Opening Of TransDIisssiPPi golf Tournament at Denver
Huntington L
Opening championship bowling
Valley championship City
championship Parkburg
Oklahoma State championship Albion
TUESDAY.
Kaufman Lang rounds, New York
Start of unsey Philadelphia.
Opening Nor
v1ch
Opening Archery Association at Chi
Opening open-air Springs Va
Opening shooting The
Opening light Goshen N Y Henry N Y
Ktsnning, ROcPOrt Ohio Cadillac Hobart
WEDNESDAY.
tournament Tap Charlotte
Automobile a Cheyenne wyO
sender of Marblehaad
THURSDAY.
cup Michigan Chicago
casting Chicago.
Sculng worlds championship between
Barry the Zambes Iiver, Africa
Opening Of golf a Monte
SATURDAY.
Larchuont N
Winnipeg Winnipeg
Fifteenznle team professional Brooklyn,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

Harry CoIIfhOwcr, the Washington
man who was recently appointed an
American League umpire, won his
SPURS and showed his mettle IN the
great doubleheader yesterday IN Chi
caEo. when Chicago WOE the first
game b. 4 to / and New York the
second by 70 1.
The crowd was said to be 10000. and
was claimed 70 be the largest that
ever saw a baseball game. which may
or may not be true, but 1t was an
enormous GROVE at chat- Il was the
hard luck Of a new man like Coli
flower 70 have his partner, Bill Evans.
forced 10 TeJi-e in the first game be
cause Of an injury to his head when
foul tip went through his mask Tl-is
forced COlIidOwer TO work alone Il
was again q piece Of hard luck for
remarkable play TO come up which
his position by himself made - hard
for him 10 Judge. but he used his head
and gave the decision against Chi
cago. despite the presence Of the 10000
TaDld home FANS VINO Were Wiz WIN
eEciteU euT- Here is the way one dis
=.atel describes the thriller
THE White SOE. pounding Hughes
steadily and Derslsteutly. won the open
INK battle 4 %. J. LANCE ana " a-sl STOP
ping the visitors Then. in the second
one Of the strangest rnlZ-uus % many
seasons overthrow Walsh and gave
New York the victory, ; 70 J.
These FIVE runs. all gathered on
Walsh in the fourth inning before
either side had been able 70 Scpie -
came from q cluster Of drives and a.
series OF ruisfortuDes. and Il came near
being the most peculiar IUuiHE ever
played. rs the SoE might have mace
two triple PLAYS in one inning. a feat
never before accomplished In that in
ming the game was decided and the
S1x beaten almost be-uLd hope and
the entire result hinged or the UueS-
tilu whether or not Pat DouSherty
caught a fly ball
..If he caught the bali before II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
FIND
ANNOUNCED SOLD.
Tr:-State Third Baseman TO
Report TO Chicago Nation
alS-Sale Price Given.

ALTOONA Pa, Aug 15-President
II Il 1IcEIdownow, OF the Altoona
baseball club, announced yesterday that
The Chicago National League club has
purchased Third BaSemal ''SC0tCy'
Ingerton for 81 so, and the player would
report. 70 the Cubs Immediately after
the close OF the championship race in
the Tri-State. Options have also been
asked on Capt BOD Coulson, the
swift left fielder OF the Rams
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
BRITISH TEAM PICKED.

NEW YORK. Aug. I5.-The English
lawn tennis associatioo has announced
that the Davis Cup team for Australia
VIII be picked from a quartet com
posed Of c. ?. Dixon J g ParAe, T
II 3Iavrogordato, and A. H Lowe Il
is not exactly known yet which Of
those named viii be dropped but Il -
pretty certain that Dixon and PaTke
VIII make the team Both these play
ers came to America last year for the
preliminary round and they were both
beaten by W A. Larned-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

making three of the seven runs for
Boston
Stanley Robinson S-iiI insists that the
Cubs must play the games scheduled
with the Cardinals AT CliCa-O October
O. l- - and IS. The American LeaE-e
season closes October -
The Boston Red S0X found BIZ Bailey
10 their EHi-S- Bailey was touched up
for eight hits 81 four and -lree-r-.L
innings, which ue-red thsm six runs. alI
OF which was uat Lzlf bad
ZwuliuE Eot the only extra base hit
yesterday in the second game with the
New York Giant LUilllI--- however.
was unable 70 get past the second base.
Some crowd witnessed the games IN
ChiCa1o yesterday with the New York
Yankees The Eue Gav and double
header brought out 81 11 baseball fans.
so the box office announced
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
Today's Games
Standing OF the Clubs.

chance OF a game becoming duh when
ne is IL harness.
Doc Gessler cam back with another
hit. He's of at last
The Athletics today are Just IOI
points ahead OF Boston They are not
kicking because il Is not an even
hundred They are returning 10 their
own bailiWiCk 10 tackle the whole
fleet of Western clubs They have
been rather uuluCkE this season
against the supposedly weak members
OF the league. but form viii count in
the long run. and the Athletics should
make a killing in Philadelphia SUI
lcleurly large TO put them on Easy
street for the next trip they will
take though the West Detroit is
twenty-five points behind Boston. and
l23 behind the Athletics, which leaves
the Tigers almost out Of the caIcuIa-
LonS- 4 strong finishing club is q
great comfort. but the Tigers have
delayed their squirt until too late, un-
less q calamity happens 10 the Ath-
leLics, and there is no immediate pros
pCct OF that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
SIGNED
BY J. |. TAYLOR
Patsys Berth With Boston
Americans Good for An
other Year.

ST. LOUIS. No, Aus I5--Owuer
Taylor. OF the Red S0x. before leaving
for home last nigh- signed Patsy D0no-
van 10 manage his club another year
Donovan was given an increase IN
salary
L is said Pitcher ArreIanes IS 70 be let
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

One base on balls by Walker, After
starting with a reputation as a world
bCater in the matter Of control, fell
away. but Is now coming back
What Washington needs at this mo-
UeuL. and needs badly. IS an extra
crop Of OutnelderS- The news that
SCOIty InEeTUOn, the Altoona third
baSeman. has been sold 10 the Chicago
Cubs instead Of 10 Washington. as
was supposed, is rather disquietinE-
He is batting $50 in the Tri-Srare.
and If he Is 2 natural hitter he could
have been injected into the Washing
cCu OutfieId for his smuggling alone and
at the same time would have been
useful as an infieId substitute. The
reports about InEeTtOn indicate that
he IS just the kind OF q man who can
Ell III anywhere He would have had
little or no show Of getting ElberfeId's
job at third this yea or possibly next
bat he would have made q handsome
addition 10 our list # sluEEers-