The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-09
IN DETROIT

Mis-. Mary RusehId. Is years old, OF No
100 HOward-st., swallowed earboiis
acid Sunday evening while suffering
from a NJ OF dependency and was
removed 10 ST. Mary's hospital. where
her condition Is still serious.
). 4. westover, MichIEan Central yard
master, was badly scaIded about the
feet by steam which escaped from q
switch engine Sunday morning lie
was taken TO the Detroit sanitarium
and later removed TO his home, No
33i Toledo-ave.
Henry UihIeIn, president OF the schlits
brewing Co., OF milwaukee,, was
robbed OF his purse, containing $500
shortly after he had purchased some
theater tickets Saturday afternoon
He believes that some shrewd dips
watched him as he produced the rat
wallet and purchased the tickets.
George kohnle, OF niagara Falls, N.
", came 90 Detroit sunday 90 ask
the local police To help him In a
search for his son. otto. 25 years old.
who came here last Monday, and in
tended TO return home on Thursday.
HIS family received a postal card
from him on Wednesday, but no news
of him since.
Hoboes seeking shelter from the win
try blasts OF sunday, aud gathe RIM
around small fires In freight cars,
are believed TO have been response
cars, one at Guoin and Orleans-sts..
and one at Dequindre-st. and Ferry
ave east. Each OF the ears was dam
aged to the extent OF about 5000. The
Ferry blaze spread TO the plan
ing mill OF Curtis & Yale. on Roby-
ST, near Ferry. and did about $500
damage there.
Michigan Will be represented I'm the
Progressive conference In Chicago,
Tuesday. by about so people. GUS
Of
central committee. left Sunday night
National Committeeman Henry M.
Wallace has been called 10 Texas ana
viii not attend the meeting. Horatl3
s. Earle and +. ST. Elmo Lewis Will
| probably attend State Chairman
| Charles p. O'Neil will he present and
many OF the enthusiastic upper pen
jnsula Bull Moose are expected.
secretary and treasurer OF the Secur-
ity Trust Co, has received COM
mission as second lieutenant In the
regular army, the announcement be-
Lieut.. Moore Is 20 years old and
graduated from Harvard university
In lell. He passed his army exami-
nation with high standing lie was
on the fencing team which repre-
scented the United States in the Olym-
pic games In stockholm last summer.
George W. Gibson. 81 years old, for
some time employed stock man
ager for the ChopeStevens Paper
Co. .gailSTsd poison in his sh home =
morning. and died shortly afterward
in Grace hospital Members OF the
family are at a loss 10 explain his
action, and his employers were also
much surprised to learn OF the trag-
edy. Gibson leaves his widow and
two sons. Gerald, aged 20. and How
ard, IL years old. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday.
Thomas q. Scott, In which the social
istic activities OF the government
wore featured. interested a crowded
audience OF newsboys In Detroit
Wheelmen's hall. Sunday night at
the Newsboys' associations regular
weekly meeting. Ii was the largest
audience in months. and President
Dexter was surprised until II was
called to his attention that Detroit
lodge, Loyal order OF Moose, had
promised TO give a Christmas dinner
tion.
he SQUAD system. which has been in
vogue In the traffic division for some
time. is TO be given a tryout with
the patrolmen OF the central pre-
cinct. The men will march out in
squads. DROPPING each man at his
beat, and viii return to the station
In the same manner. The system Is
meant to do away with the former
method OF having the men come
struggling In to report, being forced
TO loiter around the station until
rollcall. Under the new system. the
men Will report In three separate
squads. and Will be quickly regis
tered and dismissed
be aged man who took his life In n
room at No. 23I RusselI-st., sntur-
day afternoon by swallowing strych-
nine, was identified Sunday as Jo-
seph La Pontenery, so years old
whose family resides at No. 927 Mel
drum-ave. Sergt. Torbett. OF Hunt
st station, and a son OF the dead man
who resides at the Meldrum-ave. adj
dress, made the identiicatio The
aged man disappeared from his homo
some time ago. after learning that
his wife had sworn out war
amt for his arrest on "A charge OF
1ourishing a revolver. Police had
been searching for him. Coroner
Burgess is investigating the case
afnc officer Edward Bates captureJ
wO alleged hold-up men after q hard
fhase Saturday afternoon, forcing
me or the men to trail along with
linn while he pursued the other. Pc
er Bickhor reported TO Bates that he