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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
MYSTERY WRAPS
FINDING OF BODY
IN FOX CREEK
Corpse of Unknown Young WO-
man Pulled from Water
Underneath Bridge
SKIRT TORN; MARKS
OF VIOLENCE ABSENT
Only Clue to Identity Is Gold
LOcket Bearing the Ini-
tialS "A. L."

The body Of pretty woman, about
"a years old, with brown hair, brown
eyes, feet, four inches tall. and
weighing about 1876 pounds, was found
In less than two feet of water In Fox
creek, under the Cadieux-road bridge
Crosse Pointe, late Monday afternoon
and as not mark OF violence could
be found, in the examination made
by Justice Daniel j. Walters, and
Undertaken Charles Verheyden. Of No
500 Mack-ave., the officials are greatly
mystihed about the case.
School boys passing across the
bridge discovered the womans body,
and notified AlOis Hebert, living near.
by. who called several other men and
dragged the body ashore.
The clothing was not disarranged
with the exception Of the skirt, which
was badly torn.
The only apparent means Of identif-
cation Is a gold locket, set with bril-
liants, and containing the picture of
a little girl, bearing the initials "A.
L. This was found In bOcketbook
bearing the words Compliments Of
the State Bank of Belding. Mich"
A silver mesh bag. containing no
clue to the identity Of the woman,
was also found.
A man who declined to give his
name called, Tuesday morning. at the
undertaking rooms where the body
lids, And said that on Sunday he had
seen the woman riding on a motor
cycle near where the body was dis
covered. -
The county physicians have been
instructed to conduct q post-mortem
during the day to determine the
cause Of death.
Undertaken Verheyden believes the
body had been In the water about IL
hours
Justice Walters impaneled q jury.
and an inquest will be held, Tuesday.
The fact that the body was not
bruised, to indicate a fall from the
bridge, which might have stunned her.
and allowed her to drown In the shall
low water. Is one OF the puzzling ele-
ments Of the case
That she may have been stricken
with an attack of heart disease and
fallen into the shallow creek Is pos
sible.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
COURT REFUSES
INJUNCTION TO
SAL00NKEEPER
Judge VanZile Decides Council
Had Authority to Cut OF
Keltyka's License
APPEAL TO BE TAKEN
TO SUPREME COURT
COnstitutionality of Act Author
izing Reduction Of Liquor
Places To Be Attacked

The common council was upheld by
Judge Van Zile. Monday afternoon, In
It's action relative to the looping of
OF Michael Killtyka's saloon license,
the court dismissing Killtyka's peti-
tion for an Injunction to prevent the
council from Interfering with his sa-
loon, despite the fact that the alder
men had already put him out OF busi-
ness.
P. X. Owens. counsel for Killtyka,
asked the court for an adjournment
Of the hearing for day, representing
that he wished to amend his bill, by
inserting that Killtyka was citizen
Of Detroit, and that the denial of the
license had caused Killtyka to lose
81 800 in cash invested and $1,000 In
business. Mr.. Owens also said that
he wished to attack the constitution
ality Of the act which empowered the
council TO cut down the number OF
saloons.
Judge Van Zile told Mr. Owens that
he ought not to ask for more time,
inasmuch as he had, on filing his bill.
requested a speedy hearing Of the
case. Moreover, the coult told him
that the amending OF the bill would
not avail him anything; that there
were supreme court decisions to the
effect that the contentious OF the petit
toner had no legal merit, and that the
only thing he could do In the hope OF
helping his client would be to test the
constitutionality Of the law under
which the council proceeded. The
Judge then told Mr.. Owens that his
petition was dismissed.
Mr.. Owens said that he would ap-
peal from the decision Of the court
and intimated that he would also take
up the question Of validity In connec
ton with the act by which the coun
ell was guided.
The hearing was attended by large
number OF lawyers, city and county
officials and private citizens. Assist
ant Prosecutor Arthur Fitzpatrick and
Assistant Corporation Counsel Tars
ney appeared for the defendants.
The following saloonkeepers WHIT
we're denied licenses by the common
council! filed petitions, Monday, for re
consideration OF the vote which Gu,
them off:
Frank Tachoepe, No. 1854 Jefferson
ave west; Brzozowsk, No. 449 Can
fleld-ave.; John Hanvricowsii, No
500 Roosevelt-ave.: Joseph Zoltowski
$50 Frederick-st; Andrew Krzmaski
No. 518 Willis-ave. east; Teofil Lor
kowski. No. 425 Kirby-ave east; I>eor
Poggorski. No. 1925 st. Aubin-ave.
Peter Zoltowski, No. 1115 Riopelle-st
and Ignatz Kraues, No. 10 Russell-st
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
Battle All Night on Steamer
Western States and Are Ar
rested When Boat Docks
at Detroit
WIRELESS SUMMONS
LOCAL POLICE TO WHARF
Men Are Liable to Fifteen
Years Imprisonment in
Federal Penitentiary

Charged with assault on the high
seas" which carries penalty Of 10
years Imprisonment in a federal
A. Schurtz, diamond statesmen, OF
New, York City and Brooklyn, re-
spectively, were taken off the steamer
Western States at o'clock. Tuesday
morning. by Detectives Boersig and
Wilson. and are held in police head
quarters for the federal authorities.
A wireless call for the police, sent
from the boat, while far out In the
lake, brought the detectives TO the
dock
Allan carried two leather wallets
containing upwards Of $4,000 worth
OF diamonds, and Schurtz said that he
had fortune in jewels in his trunk
on the boat.
The men had battled nearly all
night long with Special Officers Jack
Buhr, Jr., and Tony Goodman, after
indulging heavily in liquor. breaking
glassware in the bar, and starting
tights with passengers.
The passengers were kept in a
furore OF excitement most OF the
night, while the two welldressed men
started repeated outbreaks, and bat
lied with the officers each time an at
tempt was made TO quiet them.
When the trouble was at its height.
Buhr and Goodman tackled the two
isturbers and finding them in ugly
mood, took them to the strong room
Or cage" below decks, to lock them
up. But the cage" was filled with
sleeping members Of the crew, who
lid not want to be rousted out OF
their quarters, and the two specials"
were forced to let their prisoners
roam the decks, under arrest, until
early Tuesday morning.
The officers did not want to inJure
the obstreperous passengers, and Al
Inn and SchurtZ were unruly, and
would not allow themselves to be
placed in their state room until early
In the morning.
Neither OF the men realized the
predicament they were In, when ar
rested at the dock They offered bat
tie to Wilson and Boersig. but were
taken to the station In police auto
Allan insisted that before he was
taken TO a "filthy cell' he must re-
ceive a promise that he must be CALI
cd at once to answer any telephone
call for him He Is a Scotchman. 32
years old. Schurtz Is German, u
years old.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
THE WEATHER

For Detroit and vicinify. Tuesday
utEht ana "Wednesday, fairt cooler to-
night and Wednesday, moderate north
-ssIy -ssSads, h~~ominR variable.
Fer Lower Michigan Fair touts ht
and N Mednssdsyr tootery probably Iir ht
frost In north and central portions.
For the Upper Lakes, Mod~retc west
Nno nOrthwest winds and generally
fair weather tonight and Weduesday y.
For the Lower 1Nkess Moderate to
hrtsk s0uthwesf, shtftiag en- uorshw ess
w1ndat umsettIed this afternoon and Tn
aigAts WeanS) )Aday fnir. -
= One year agO tOdayt Highest tenn
lp<rafuee. 1atI lowest, s2y mean. a. /,
Navtly cloudy weather. .---'
-The Sun uess t06IGht ne 6s36 n. m.
aaa rlses "wednesday at $40 q. m.
TIE nooa sets - 804 ,. ~.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
WOULDWPE OUT
CHICACO'S RED
LIGHT" DISTRICT
Appointment Of City Wage Com
mission Also Urged by
Special Body
LOW WAGE" EMPLOYERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR VICE
City Housing Commission May
Also Make Study of Ten
ement Conditions

CHICAGO, May 6.--Appointment OF
a city wage commission, to conduct
an inquiry into wages paid women
and girl workers in Chicago, Is recon.
mended In a report made public today
by a special vice committee OF the
city council, appointed last October
to study the ramiHcations OF the So
cial evil.
The report holds that employers or
under-paid women are. to a certain
extent, morally responsible for their
downfall. but recommends that the
whole question Of low wages and its
relations to immortality be made the
subject Of a special inquiry.
The aldermanic body recommended
the wiping out OF segregated districts.
All disorderly resorts, the committee
held, should be subjected to CON
slant repression, with q view to total
annihilation. The aldermen we're OF
the opinion that to segregate the red
light district was to recognize 1t as
q necessary evil and held that such
q position was untenable.
Other recommendations were for
the appointment of city housing 9
commission, to study the tenement
problem and education Of parents so
that they might In turn instruct chill
dren In sex questions.
The aldermanic vice commission
was appointed last November by
Mayor Harrison. 1t held numerous
meetings and listened to clergymen
Of all faiths. business women. ply
sicians and others interested in the
problem Of the social evil. The re-
port made public today was prelim-
mary. The final report will not be
made until after the conclusions OF
the Rockefeller commission In New
York city have been made public.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
AtPENA POWER FIGHT
-.AMHGABEY ADJUSTED

ALPENA. Mich, May 6.-The quar-
rel between the two Fletcher broth
ers, Frank w and Allan, which shut
down the mills of the Fletcher Paper
company, has been amicably settled.
the current which Frank w. Fletcher,
head of the AipeRa- Electric company,
cut on from his brothers factory, has
been turned on. and 200 idle men are
again at work. All lawsuits between
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
EXTRA WIVES MAKE
HUSBANDS TROUBLE
Two Michigan Benedicts Face
Charges of Bigamy and
Wife Desertion

JACKSON, Mich. May 6.-Ciaude
Bissonette, also known as Charles A.
Berry. was taken from his 1s-year-oid
bride by officers yesterday and sent
to Saginaw, to answer to a charge OF
desertion by another Mrs. Bisson-
nette. who claims he left her a year
ago. Bissonnette came here some
months since and secured work In
local -factory.-He met and wed Clara
Breanizes, l9 years old. Then Mrs.
bisonnette No. turned up with tho
warrant for desertion.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. May g.
William bernard, % years old, - n
jail here charged with deserting hie
girl wife In this ctry-Eettte Ia tnuyv
who lives in Lamont. illinois, aleo
claims him as her husband
- Bernard left his wife here = yGx5
ago. but came back week ointo NJ
q request for forgiveneos. HI v
turned him over % thU uu(N
Then wife No. 3 put - ~ G@n q
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
CHURCH WILL HIRE IT'S
OWN MISSION WORKER

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, May g.
The First Methodist church, one OF
the wealthiest congregations in the
city, has decided to refrain. hereafter
from indiscriminate missionary CIV
ing All funds collected for mission
purposes will be placed in the hands
of one man, DR.. Harry l.. Canright,
at Chengtu, China. The minimum
amount OF the contribution will be
81 500 per annum
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
KINGS ASSASSIN
SUICIDES BY LEAP
Slayer of Greek Ruler Jumps
from Window of Police
Station

LONDON, May S.-Schinas. the a.
sassin of the late King George OF
Greece, today killed himself by leaping
from the window Of the police station
where he was confined In Salonika.
according to a Reuters news agency
dispatch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
Eina immodest Dancer.

PARIS. May 6.-Mile. Adoree VII
iany. who danced In music nail IN
yery scant costume, was fined S4o yes
terday for "a public outrage or mou-
esty." The magistrate decided me
costume was altogether too siign,.
Mile. villany was fined some time ago
for a similar ofrense In Munich t
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
MARKET QUIET
AT OPENING
NEW YORK, May 6.-The stock
market opened quiet and easier.
RAIN QUENCHES FIRES
IN STATE FORESTS

ALPENA. Mich. May 6.-Rain last
night put out the small forest fires
which sprang up In this vicinity dur
ing the past few days and temporarily
removed all danger of a serious con-
fiagration.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

LONDON, May 6.-Another musical
comedy actress Is about TO marry into
the peerage. Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
youngest brother OF the Duke OF Lein-
s,er, will shortly be married to May
Etheridge, a pretty brunette, who will
abandon the stage after her marriage.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
IS NEW KNEE FOR GIRL CURES PLAGUE

gERi.IN-Too frequent prNsle
saies OF household Foods In an excin-
siye nelshborhood aroused the suspr
cion of the police and two women
were arrested for systematic -tara'tns"
fhiey0ry.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
Diamond Broken Shot.

SAKE, a diamond broken, was shot and
seriously wounded late yesterday In
his store by robber who fed before
the crime was discovered, taking $3.50
IN gold. $1,165 in currency. and dia-
monds worth $500.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

. f,HtGA0O-North Shore society wo
men, attacked by ennui. nave oiEan
ICED a woman.s life-saying cluo Win
group Of expert women swimmers -
. nucleus.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

ST. fOUISEThree traff'c policemen
asked to be transferred to new cor
ners because the vibration caused by
trains running into the union station
tunnel tiekled their feet.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

PARASITIC finance minister has
decided to give women appointments
az second class tax gatherers, but ex'
plained that he would not do IL II the
French women were fighting for the
ballot
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

NEW YORK-Herman Seide, %,
demonstrated an advantage of being
Fat when struck by street car. Be-
ing well-rounded he started rollins
and rolled ahead Of the car until II
could b stopped.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

rHILADELPHIA-D Elmer. Of the
Rockefeller institute, made a new
knee for Anna De Larenzo, Is, and the
child left the hospital cured Of tuber-
cuiosis Of the knee Joint.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

LONDON-"Americans are not want
cd here" 10 the frank sign displayed
by a-dealef in antiques. He says
Americans look more than they buy
and are more trouble than they are
worth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

CHICAGO-I- have been :, waiting
for q chance to. soak q millionaire" :"
said Judge Uhlir. married, when he
filed william Ravid, q milliper, SIG for
violating the 10-hoQr Law.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

For patents and trademarks see
Bsrthel. a BartheI, 81 West Congress.
-advt
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06

LADIES' NIGHT At THE WAYNE
GardensS tonight. Best music and best
noof In the state.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-06
THE WEATHER

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY,
Fairs COOLER TONIGHT AND ON
WEDNESDAY.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-09
PoLLYs MESSAGE
Parrot Acts as Go.Between and
Unites Two Loving
Souls.
BY HAROLD CARTER.

Frank" said Uncle Will, suppress
ing groan of pain as he shifted hi.
equity leg upon the sofa and sat up t.
greet his nephew. "come here, yo,
scourdrel. How old are you?"
"Twenty-four. SIR" answered hi,
nephew respectfully.
"Twenty-four! And l was engaged
three times before was twenty-four
Confound you. sir. why the deuce
won't you ask Dorothy TO marry you p
Because l don't love her, my dear
uncle" answered the young man.
Love! Love! What has that got
to do with it," exclaimed the old man
irascibly. "How can you help loving
every girl at your age? Confound you
Frank. sometimes think you are as
coldblooded as Ephraim over there"
Ephraim, hearing his name spoken.
stirred in his cage. and. raising one
Claw. held 1t in suspense. cooked his
head. and looked at his master. his
beak half open. his beady eyes spark.
ling.
But Dorothy doesn't like me at ALL
said Frank Leasing. "Be a little rea.
sOnable, uncle. know | am indebt ed to
you for my support and education and
my start in life, and all that, but how
IN thunder can you expect me to marry
girl don't care anything about, and
who. moreover, hates the very ground
l walk ono"
I'm not going to argue with ybu,
Sir" shouted the old man. "But I'm
not going to see the Eastdale property
divided. 1t cost me thirty years of
work to get that piece of land to-
gether. and if you don't get married I'll
Ill leave it to the Home for Decayed
Parrots that I'm contemplating estab-
fishing. So you'd better get your
stupid heads together, for this attack
of govt is likely to be my last and I'm
going to make my will tomorrow un.
less I'm better"
"Ha! ha!" croaked the parrot.
SERVES him right. Serves him right.
COnfOund your impudence!"
Frank. put a cover over that bird,
that's a good fellow" said his uncle
pettishly. And Ephraim. thus sup
pressed, subsidized into silence.
Frank Leasing was the orphaned
child Of cousin of William Jennings.
and the kind-hearted old merchant had
made himself responsible for his up
bringing. That he should marry his
daughter Dorothy had been his earn
est wish. and of late he had begun to
express it forcibly. But between the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-09
TELL Frank What?"

young people feeling OF constraint
had arisen which was rapidly broaden.
ing into active dislike. Perhaps Doro.
thy objected to being made the sub.
ject Of such confidential negotiations,
At any rate, when Frank, who felt that
he might possibly learn to love his
pretty cousin. proposed to her under
the promptings of his uncle, she re.
turned a very decided no"
How dare you think that a woman
would marry you when you asked her
to just because you We're told to-" she
demanded. standing before him with
angry eyes and flaming cheeks. "You
might as well be Ephraim. He too
says what his master tells him to saw -
From that day they avoided each
other and Uncle WILL whose govt had
again subsidized. began reluctantly to
abandon his cherished ambition. From
that time forward he spent more and
more OF his leisure alone with the
birds, on which he seemed to pour
IOrtn all MS anectlOn.
Perhaps 1t was due to th.. contrari.
ness OF human nature. but the fact "a.
mains that no sooner had rorothv civ.
en- and Frank received the answer tn
his proposal than their interest in
each other assumed a new and unex.
pected Importance. Frank Lessin,
during the course oil a business trim
out of town, felt the .oss of his cous,n
profoundly. In spite of their constant
chickering's he found himself thinking Of
her during all mis- spare moments and
very often in hours which he should
have devoted to his uncle's interests
1t was with happy anticipations there.
fore, that he rang the doorbell of his
uncle's house on his return, after an
absence Of couple of weeks.
Hello. Frank come I'M" cried his
uncle. shaking him by the hand. Con.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-09
RELATED BY BIBLE SELLERS
Queer Things. II Appears. Are Traded
for the Books in Many For
eign Lands.

The dangers and humOrs of the life
of the Bible colporters-the men and
women agents of the British and For
tign Bible society who sell the Scrip
lures in the scattered villages of near
ly every country in the world-are
modestly recorded in the report is
sued few days ago, the London Mail
states
In South India last year colporter
caught sight of tiger crossing his
path. in Burma colporter came face
to face with leopard. In a Peru
town Bible seller was cruelty beat
en- by fanatical opponents. In the in
surrection in Persia colporser was
arrested and charged with being eth
or spy or an assassin.
On the Other hand. the cOlporters
have experiences which relieve the
hardships of their tasks. An old WON.
an in France bought copy because
her fancy was struck with the name
Nathaniel which occurred in a chap
ter read to her by the seller. She
thought the name very pleasing. and
decided to propose it for a grandson
who was not yet baptized.
Curious bargains are often struck
BY these Bible sellers. Eggs are a
frequent currency. In a Roumanian
village a colporter bartered a Bible
for a hen. 1t was a very excellent
hen. so he added a New Testament.
For four yards of home made linen he
disposed of another Bible. Ten eggs
and "a lump of bacon" was the price
of one Bible in a Hungarian village.
In northern Hungary a farmer gave
q live pig for a large Bible. A rab-
bit was an exchange in one Spanish
village. and a quantity Of preserved
peppers and tomatoes in another.
An Arab woman in Fee insisted on
giving her silver ring for a Bible. and
at a neighboring village a Gospel was
exchanged for pail of water for the
colporter's horse. In Korea payment
was taken in potatoes. These the
colporter traded for rice in a market
ten miles away. The rice provided
him with food for several DAYS. In
another village man, too poor to nav
in coin, bartered a vine. the inner bark
of which is used locally in making
ropes. In some parts of southern
Brazil eggs, fowls. fruit. coffee. cab
bage, bread and brick sugar are -x.
changed for Ribles.