The Detroit times., 1912-02-14
WHERE LIFE IS
WORTH LIVING

Fire broke out early wednesday morn.
hunher- Co12-store,-HAte A-tvat
eHdfy uamaged by IRE Monday after.
noon, and "A still alarm was turned
IN Ihe department quickly quelled
the blaze.
robert l.. Barker, saIoonkeeper at No
Ssu Woodward-ave., was arrested by
detectives Fox, Boersig and Kunkel
early Wednesday morning. on com
plant OF Julius Suckert OF No. 20l
Plngree-aye., who alleges that Bark
er a married man, Is Mrs. Suckerts
affinity.
Walter IL. smith, who has been I'm the
employ OF the Packard Motor Car Co.
Tor i've years and In the employ OF
the Metzger Motor Car Co for the
past year. as accountant. has sew
cred his connection with the latter
concern TO take "A position as CHIEF
accountant with the II. c. H. cor
poration. Mr.. Smith will enter upon
his new duties Feb. 20.
Isabel stark, No. 1883 Tenth-ave. west
seattle, has asked the local police "a
try TO locate her mother. who Is be-
lived TO be living here under the name
OF Annabel Dun, her maiden name
She was In Detroit from 1873 70
1889, but has not been heard from
since. Her husband. John Stark died
In London. Ont, I'm 1909. leaving ar
estate which cannot be settled until
Stark's former wife Is located.
ID. Frank Hall, the Lansing politician
md lumber dealer, who was divorced
by his wife, Agnes Harding Hall
daughter OF III. w. Harding. of De-
troit. after sensational trial. has
appealed TO the supreme court from
the decision OF Judge Hosmer In
addition to the decree Mrs. Hall was
granted alimony- -$75-Per-Ronth
and the custody OF their two chill
dren Mrs. Hall charged her husband
with drunkenness and cruelty.
ID. NJ. Pickett, NO. $40 Fourteenth-ave.'
81 think the common council ought
10 pass an ordinance to prevent peo-
pie from sitting on the stoves In the
ID. ". X. cars. The cars are cold
enough now without having what
little heat there is In them kept away
from others by passenger sitting
on the stoves. j found man hold
ing down the stove In a Myrtle pay
enter car Tuesday morning"
Frederick y. Winans, AZ years old, en-
pioyed by u. r. Hollis & Co., ac-
oountants in the Penobscot building.
died in his home, No. 2S9 Hancock
ave. east, Tuesday night. as the re-
suit OF falling down the basement
stairs. Monday night Internal in
jurles were sustained. Coroner Roth
acher decided no inquest necessary.
: MI Winans fell while going down to
the basement TO fix the furnace for
the night His wife heard him fall
and FASTENED to his assistance. He
was unconscious when picked up and
failed to rally.
assessOrs' office I'm droves to look
over the maps showing the read1ust-
cd land values placed by the assess
ors this year The greatest interest,
of course. is in the central district.
where Assessor Nagel has made some
sharp boosts in values. and while
there have been some vigorous pro-
tests. many have been forced TO adj
nit that the increases are absolutely
justified in their particular case and
will take their medicine without fur
ther ado. Some OF the biggest In
creases noted are on Broadway and
Library-ave Some OF the land values
on these streets have been quadru-
pied
While patrolIing his beat on Orleans
st., near Watson-st., Tuesday night,
officer Walter Bachor OF Hunt-st
station, heard feeble walls OF tiny
infant, emanating from an old oian-
ket which lay in the alley opening.
close to the street. The child was
cold and hungry, but was a healthy
baby girl. about week old. the
blanket, an old and badly soiled one,
was taken to the station, TO be held
in the hope OF tracing the heartless
mother of the child. The baby was
sent TO the Woman's Hospital ana
Infants home, where not bath ana
food did wonders for IT. and II was
soon sleeping peacefully. una ware OF
it's narrow escape from freezing 10
death Attaches OF the home declare
that II is pretty baby. apparently
perfectly healthy
Cherries Daniels, deputy game warden,
and George HoIsted, of No. 2S3 Cl-
coIte-ave, received a ducking In a
Belle Isle canal Tuesday afternoon.
while following a rabbit. The men
had been ut the upper end OF the
island in search OF poachers VINO
were shooting ducks. ON their re-
turn -tAa-eltr ga -a-Eahe+t
scooting through the woods. and be-
inc curious to know where " was
going, started TO follow IT, Holsted
was in the lead. and crossing one or
the canals. the ice gave way pam
ielS ran out TO save him and both
men sank TO their waists. TheN were
IN no danger. as the water ~ not
more than three feet deep. hut both
were thoroughly chilled They were
thawed out I'm the Belle Isle police
station
p,t for the assistance OF her 1t-year-
old brother. clifford, Miss Ida Gard
ner. aged %, of No. 152 Lillibridge-
ave would have been drowned in
Connor's creek Tuesday afternoon.
The two were crossing the creek
near the Chalmers Motor Co.'S plant.
when the ice gave way ana inc
OF water Miss Gardner, who is
good swimmer. managed TO keep
aGoat. hut she could not draw herself
up on the ice. which kept breaking
under her. The boy attempted sew
eral times to reach her. but was al
waVs forced back. as the Ice cracked
bereath him. Finally he reached q
plank which he pushed TO her. and
with this she was able TO keep ,afioat.
Then the boy got rope, but in his
excitement and hurry he was unable
TO get loop over his sisters shoul-
ders Miss Gardner was almost eN-
hsusted when she remembered that
her uncle lived near by and urged
tho boy 10 call him. The uncle and
another man brought planks. and
with these the young Toman was
-tutvrr-frorf-the waters She was hur-
ried home and put TO bed, and in a.
few hours was none tho worse Tor
: the trying experience. Miss Gardner
and her brother saw n crowd OF men
stood about watching her struggles