The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-03
In DETROIT

ne me winter weather OF sunday, aud
the best skating OF the season. Iured
crowds 20 Belle Isle and 10 the
NslHhborhood skating Kinks. on the
tsland IL was estimated that about
1000 enjoyed the skating.
y broken trolley wire at Fort and
0rtsw old-sts. crippled street car SER
Woe on many or the principal lines
for nearly an hour. Saturday night.
and caused rerouting OF many OF the
Katie Reiksl, 10 years old, OF No. 1919
Twsnfy-nfth-st., was struck by
brand Trunk engine at the Roose-
velt-avs. crossing, Sunday morning
and badly injured about the head and
BODY. She was taken TO Grace hos
pital In police auto, and Is In
serious condition.
Sames Orway. q Hungarian, rs years
old and living at No. ISL CIintOn-st.,
plunged Into the river at the foot OF
Fsrdlnand-ave., Sunday and when
dragged out by rescuers. explained
that he was positive that he had
seen hgure beekonins TO him-Po-
lice took him home.
Mya Harry Thomas Warren, of No. 061
McLaren-st-, Ottawa, has written 90
the local police asking them 10
search for her husband. who Is SIX
feet two inches tall, slightly stopped,
OF medium build. and has red mus
tache. She says the blessings OF
sickly, deserted wife will fall upon
the police III tney Hnu MIN.
Percy Fink, y years old, was suffering
Intensely from the cold when po-
liceman found him wandering about
on Catherine-st. sunday night. un.
Ebts 10 ffnd his WAY home The LAD
was taken to the central station and
could only tell the police that he
lived on Sherman-st. Monday morn
ing his father. Louis Fink. OF No. 12S
Sherman-st.. took him home.
David A. brown, of the Animal Welfare
boys association, Sunday night, in
Wheelmen's hail. lie asked the BOYS
70 cooperate with tfle league by re-
porting any case OF cruelty 10 am
malJ which came TO their attention
Inspector william Rutledge, OF the
police department, spoke along sim.
liar lines, q Rex Rice, 14-year old
tenor, sang a number OF songs.
william +. }. witt, OF No. I24s Jefrer-
s"n-nve.. has asked the police 10
search for his young wife. Elizabeth
hose Witt, who disappeared Thurs
day Her aged father. William Cada
ot Crosse Pointe, Is at the point OF
death, and constantly calls for her
0nd her two-year-old daughter has
IriCved over her mothers absence
until the child has become seriously
Sheriff Oskman. accompanied by
couple OF deputies, went to the Lee
genais farm. ST. Cosme-rd., Ecorse
township, sunday afternoon, and In
mains or dog fights were to be al
low ed I'm Wayne county The sheriff
had been informed that rooster
fights had been planned TO take
sheriff also visited other places In
the community and gave similar adj
vice and warning,
Mrs. Lewis EIcbeniaub, who was made
widow when her husband was
stabbed to death by Mussa Jafer.
Turk, after a fight I'm Jafers pool
room. is In destitute circumstances,
though her husbands life was in
sured She had been married 10 him
Cnly four months, and he had failed
TO have his insurance policy changed.
His first wife Is now the beneficiary.
Mrs. Eichenlaub has two little chill
dren. She has been widowed twice
In a year.
sheriff ". &. Martin. OF Mcdowell coun-l
~, West Virginia. arrived I'm De-
troit. Monday morning 20 take Henry
Sterling, Negro, back to answer
charge homicide. Sterling con-
fessed to local police that he killed
another Negro named William Pat
terson shooting him five times and
II EN- cutting his head or. The crime
was committed In North Forks, w.
Va Sterling escaped 10 the noun
talns eluding posse, and went to
Columbus. and then to Detroit. where
he has been working on the new
Michigan Central station.
Frank W. Blair. president OF the Union
Trust CO.. who IN home from Panama,
says. THE one impressive thing about
the Panama Job is the colossal big
ness Of Il. You can hear and read
everything there is about the Culebra
cut and the Gatun locks and tho
ether big features OF the canal. bur
YOU cannot realize what the hgureS
mean until you can get down Ia the
cut and look mp. There are no COM
pick engineering feats In the work.
II Is simple enough from that point
OF view. but the size OF the JOB -
what makes the impression upon the
visitor They are taking out a train
losd OF earth every two minutes
The flying squadron, with Detective
Buhr fin command, and Police Sur
gcon Griffith Thomas on board as an
extra, rushed TO an alarm from
Charles. Moran saloonkeeper at
ChcGe-st and Monroe-ave at Al
o'clock Monday morning, when
Moran telephoned that some glddy
events were transporting in the fur
nture store across the road The