The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-20
IN DETROIT

employing Catherine Sweeney for Is
hours, Dec. :.
Amelia King, recently arre.t.d for
shopliting In the Crowley, Miner a
20. store, was tined STA. with the al
tentative OF serving 80 DAYS. when
she appeared for sentence before Jus
tlce stein, Thursday. She paid her
fine.
Charles H. Eberhardt, chief clerk In
the Office OF the register of deeds.
mas oeen appointed chief deputy
register or deeds, succeeding Cass H.
hehton, who becomes county tax
commissioner The appointment OF
Mr Eberhardt WAS made By otto
StoH, register OF deeds.
n tour OF inspection OF the team
trucks In Detroit was made by Chair
man Glasgow of the Michigan rail-
way commission and Traffic Commits
sloner A. i. Waterfall. OF the Board
or commerce, Thursday. 70 gather
further evidence on the demurrage
charges now being cons dered by tho
commission.
FUNERAL services for the late Rev. j.
W. hOepplin Will be held. saturday
morning, In 81. Luke's church Mr.
hoepplin, who was 90 years of age,
and a retired Lutheran pastor. died
OF heart trouble Thursday in tho
home OF his son, tho Rev. j. c. Keep
PIN, No 6Si Chene-st.
"A panic among Christmas shoppers
Thursday evening when a north
bound Woodward car collided with
a Fourteenth car at State-st. and
Noodward-ave.. humping the Four
teenth car from the tracks TO the
curb. Some OF the frightened pas
sengcrs were bruised and shaken up.
but none was seriously injured.
A forged check artist with an nppar-
ent hobby for the figure S1S.So II
operating in liquor stores and sa-
looms throughout the city. Police
nave received reports from NJ j.
kaufman, No 500 Woodward ave:
the old Kentucky Liquor CO.. No. 1913
Mlchlgan-aVe., and otto Eisenstark.
NO, 1856 GratiOt-aVe.. that they have
cashed worthless checks for that
amount
T.. u. Whitcomb has bought the fine
residence at No. AZ Eliot-st. from
the estate OF John Avery. Tho house
was built few years ago at "a cost
or $4,000. II contains II rooms. The
LOT has frontage OF 100 feet on
Elotst. and depth OF l4S feet The
deal was made by Walter G., Wool
ley and W. w. Hannah, OF the Ham
nan Real Estate Exchange. The price
paid was not given.
The peculiar disappearance OF two
Grand Rapids men I'm Detroit. last
sunday, caused + j. Reilly. of No. sos
-. Clair ave, Grand Rapids, TO ask
the local police 10 search for tho
men. Reillys brother. Hugh Reilly.
James L. OBrien, who formerly lived
IN the Reilly home, but had been
working here. Now Hugh Reilly is
missing. his brother says.
Exhausted aud excited by the rush and
hustle Incident 10 Christmas shOD-
ping IN the crowded stores, Mrs
Elizabeth Padelt "a years or age.
was stricken with an attack OF heart
disease as she started for her home
at dusk, Thursday evening and died
hsa~
Coroner Burgess decided that no in
quest was necessary Her husband.
Joseph Padelt, is a decorator at No.
1852 Frederick-st.
In an effort to finally determine
whether the dormant ordinance re-
curing operators of moving vans to
hlc notice OF all transfers with the
police Is constitutional or not the
corporation counsels office has OBJ
tanned an order from the supreme
court, for Judge Connolly TO show
cause why complaints brought under
that ordinance should not be heard.
Judge Connolly has held that the or
dinance Is not CONSTITUTIONAL and re-
fused TO heaE Uhe complaits,
PatroImRn Charles T.. snow, Of scot
ten-aSe. station, was run down by mn
unidentified automobilist and badly
injured Thursday night while patrol
ing his beat at Howard and Twenty
second-sts. Two wheels OF the ma
chine passed over the policeman's
body. badly bruising him from head
10 foot and spraining his right ankle.
Snow caught the license number -
No S013, which was issued TO Dr. X.
\. Wollenberg. but the physician de-
ciarcd that his machine was not In
that part Of town Thursday night.
Juries I'm the circuit court gave two
judR ments against the ID. L. II. In
accident cases. Thursday, as follows:
Johanna kehean, $3.50. and Joseph
Greenberg, $300. In the case OF Mrs.
Il OH he II .laf, n q, 1,
physical condition was caused by the
use OF liquor. Her attorney, Wash
ington ]. Robinson argued TO the
Jury that her use OF liquor did her
no harm and he even went so far as
10 contend that the nations which
use the most liquor per capita are
the strongest and most intelligent
PatroIman Joseph Dicfcnbach proved
himself the man of the hour, Thurs
day afternoon, when he rescued Nine.
Jeanne Wright. milliner, at No. lS6
Grand Rfyer-ave, from terrible
predicament Nine. Wright frantic
ally signalled the officer as he was
passing, and he rushed into the store,
To find that beauty in distress had
captured n large, ugly bat under a
dishpan, and-didn't know how TO eN-
ecute the prisoner Diefenbach rat
tied tho pan until he stunned the bat.
and then dispatched it with broom
handle.
In less than n month the Detroit
Board OF Health has reduced the
number Of diphthcria cases, in De-
troit. from l01 to 90, according ia
statistics given Thursday by DR.. Guy
j.. Kiefcr In talk on City santa
ton" TO large gathering of women,
I'm tho Christian church, Grand River
and Allendalc-aves. DR. kiefer said
diphtheria was more prevalent
throughout the country now than
for many years. lie gave his hear
ers valuable hints on methods OF
treatment isolation. dislnfection,
etc. employed by the Board OF
Health.
Detroit employers VIII hold the second
meeting of the conference acct
dent prevention and relief, Saturday
afternoon. tn the Board of Commerce
rooms. Speakers viii he John CAL
der OF the Cadillac Motor Car Co.
O. H. Greene, Of the Peerless Wire
Fence Co.. NJ W. Tabor, of the Pack.
ard Motor Car Co; Charles IL Gift
ford of the American Blower Cox j.
" Eatou,oof the Cadillac Motor Car
Co. and Wilson CritZer. OF the An
derson Electric Car Go. An arbitra-
tor will be appointed 10 act for
members OF the conference in dis
putes over damages between en-
ployers and employees.
Attorneys Mcnamara and Hunt, OF
with grating, filed their motion 10
aside by Judge. Phelan I'm the lat
ter's court Thursday afternoon. The
matter will be- decided saturday
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