The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-05
COURT TDEARSOOWN
HARDON sPEEDERS
Judge Phelan Imposes Fines Of From
$25 to $10o-several Milk
Dealers Must Quit.

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drivers. after having taken q rest for
week. made their appearance in
Judge Phelan's court again, Tuesday
morning. and several heavy fines
were imposed. Several milk dealers,
refused licenses by the board of
health, were ordered out of business
and two theater proprietors had to
answer to violations OF the law
Minor matters galore compelled the
court to begin at o'clock, and al
noon there were still many cases tc
be disposed OF.
Walter r. Coates, No. 112 Church.
ST., drew the heaviest fine OF the
morning. 500. for speeding his ma
chine and knocking over a mail car
rier. K. C. Sears. Aug. %, he was
driving up Woodward-ave., near the
Boulevard at the rate OF 23 miles an
hour. At Woodward-ave. and the
Boulevard he collided with Sears,
who was on a bicycle, knocking him
over.
Fred Shattuck. No. SO Hecla-ave.,
drew a $50 fine with an alternative
OF six days In jail, for riding his mo-
torcycle at the rate OF 3O-miles-an-
hour, along Grand Riverave., near
Fourteenth-st. He at first said he
would take the jail sentence, but af.
ter remaining I'm the court room for
few hours decided that he would
rather go out and look for the money.
This he was permitted to do.
Henry b. Inglis. an employe Of the
Edison Illuminating Co., was fined $26
for driving car 20 miles an hour on
Woodward-ave,, between Watson and
Eliot-sts. He protested when the
judge announced the fine and made
some remarks In an undertone which
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Pen
niman thought were not compliment
tary to the court. A $40 assessment
was added for contempt OF court. In
glis paid the $35 and restrained his
desire to tell the court what he
thought.
A $50 fine was tackled on to Clar-
ence Conn. No. 265 Burns-ave., for at
tempting to convert Belle Isle into a
speedway. Fred Stagman was fined
$26 for going 19 miles an hour over
the crossing at Trumbull. and War
ren-aves.; A w. Blankmeyer, No. 396
Dfx-ave., drew similar fine for pass
Ing O car on the left. side. on Wood
ward-aye.. near Amsterdam-aye !:
David J. Emig, the same for going "a
miles an hour on Woodward-aye.. and
John Gunthier. No. 344 Twenty-fourth-
81, x25 and costs for driving his ma
chine withdn afx fe2ts or "A direct ear.
Several light fines for disobeyine the
traffic officers signals were Imposed
complaint was made against viii
liam Klatt. proprietor OF the Biiou
theater, No. "a Monroe-ave.. for selling
tickets to William Smith. IA wear. oId I
ana Bernard Roman, II years old, after
'S o'clock at night. Mrs. j. G. McDer-
mott cashier and bookkeeper. for
klatt, said she had sold the tickets
by mistake during rush hour, and
that II was her opinion that the officer
had purposely allowed the tickets to
be sold without attempting to stop it,
in order to make q complaint.
1t Is your duty" said Judge Phelan
to the officer, ito see to II that vio-
lations OF the law are not permitted,
rather than to watch for chances to
make complaints. II Is the policy OF
the law not to allow crime, not simply
to complain when the laws have been
violated"
The case was postponed for one
week until Mr.. Klatt could be present.
Samuel Ackerman, proprietor of the
East Side theater, No. 795 Gratiot-ave.,
was brought into court because he al
lowed the aisles OF his house to be
crowded. The judge took the case
under adyisement for 80 days and or
dered the place watched carefully.
J. Gumberg. No. 6S3 Farnsworth-
ave-; Rosa Kopetzke. No. 260 Grandy-
ave.; Jas. Ornopski. No. 453 Frederick
ave., and John Buctolz, No. 666 Pi-
quette-ave.. were all ordered to aban-
don the business OF peddling milk be-
cause they. had been refused licenses
on recommendation OF the board or
health because of the filthy condition
In which they kept their cows.
I'VE are making determined effort
to see that no one who should be put
out OF business peddles iSSlk," said
Capt John F. Roehl, city milk inspec.
tor, to The Times. I'VE find condi-
tions as a general thing very good, but
A few foreigners are found who keep
filthy places. They are refused IL
censes."
The mother of 13-year-old James
Thornton, No. 139 Breckenridgest.,
was given lecture by the court for
allowing her boy TO hang on street
cars while riding his bicycle. She
burst into tears and promised that she
would see to It that her son, for his
own safety, kept away from the cars.
The boy was fihed IS.
About thirty meat dealers were
hailed to court on the charge of selling
their wares without licenses. All had
made ARRANGEMENTS TO secure the
,,oceaaarv neruft