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The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
SAYS SALOON IS
In CONTROL OF
LOCAL POLITICS
Pastor Vance Names Aid. Bar
nett As Type of Man Who
Yields Power
DECLARES RESORTS
ARE NOT ALL CLOSED
Would Quickly Vanish IL Liquor
Dives Were Closed. He
Asserts

The Detroit Saloon political sit.
uation was used as a topic for a SER
mon, sunday evening by the Rev.
Joseph g. Vance, OF the First Pres
0yterian church He dwelt on the
forces employed by the saloon ele-
ment in the city
Police Commission Gillespie with
all his talk han failed TO close all the
resorts. but thSa<ssmoyal of the sa-
looms from the IN would bring
about such ch9nge>1S1pntly. he
Aid. Barnett was mentioned as a
type OF the liquor element that con
trolls local politics. "Nlr. Barnett.
no doubt, has many good qualities. -
added Dr. Vance
The minister deplored the influ-
ence OF the liquor interests in all
cities in the United states.
The majority or the evils OF the
city We're laid al the door OF the sa-
loon and the liquor interests and
whatever was alleged TO be wrong"
in city politics was also ascribed 10
the influence OF the same organiza-
ton
Or Vance was made the defendant
In libel suit several months ago
brought by AID Barnett, following
"a statement by the minister in SER
mon DR. Vance said that while he
mentioned Barnett the man he really
had in mind was Aid. Gilman. the
Jury accepted this explanation and
dismissed the charge
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
JOY-RIDERS ARE
NEATLYROUNDED
UP BYPOLICEMAN
Nabs Pair When They Abandon
Stolen Machine Which Be-
comes Stalled
THIRD ESCAPES But
Is ARRESTED IN HOME
Former Two Released On Bail
Few Days Ago On Similar
Charge

Patrolman Walter Bachor, OF Trum'
bull station, rounded up three joyrid'
ers in regular detective style. early
Monday morning, capturing two or the
Young men as they started 10 abandon
the stolen auto OF 5. NJ Shinnick, oil
No, PAS Nirginia-ave and getting the
third in his home. after some real
sleuthing
Joseph Dorsey ~ years old, OF No.
ga Brainard-st. aud Lester Mcler'
mott, 10, OF No. 100 Perry-st, were
the pair arrested near the auto. Iioih
were released only few days ago on
$1,000 bond. TO await trial on the
charge OF stealing another auto.
George Martin. 49, OF No. 126 Brook
lyn-ave.. not previously known 90 the
police. was the -hird member OF the
PARTY.
Bachor became suspicious OF the
automobile party. which seemed 10 be
having trouble with their machine, at
Nationalaye. and Spruce-st. The oih-
Ger hid behind tree and watched tue
party When they fled from the ma
chine. Bachor, thinking they We're
watching him. ran around the block az
Top speed. met the party face to face,
and grabbed Dorsey and McDermoiL
Martin fed
McDermott and Dorsey denied being
iOyriders and said the machine be-
onged 20 George Martin, a friend OF
theirs. living on Brooklyn-aye. Bachor
locked them up. aud then looked
through the digectorS until he found
Martins address Martins mother in
sisted that George had been home FOR
hours when the officer called. Then
she tainted, and Martin was arrested.
Bachor told him his friends had
"peached" on him. accusing him OF
driving the car.
'McDermott drove it, said Martin.
Indignantly.
He said that MeDermott and Dorsey
had picked him mp on Lincolnsaye. aud
invited him TO 10 Tor ride
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
+. X. KIGER HERE:
lS HELD UNDER
BONDS OF $4,000
lConIInued rron raec Do

ington. Pittsburgh Memphis and
Springfield for various schemes 10 de-.
fraud through use of the mails When
he Illinois federal Officials cauilred
him there was a scramble among the
district attorneys of-the various cities
10 get mold OF him Clyde T. Web.
ster. the local district attorney, wired
directly 60 Washington ON receiving
The news of Kigers arrest, believing
him 10 be none other than Il. r. JOr.
dan. OF Trenton. On Tie showing
made by Webster. the department de
cided that the strongest ease could
be brought against Kiger i'm Detroit
aud he was ordered brought here
Kiger refused 20 discuss any OF the
alleged charges against him. lie even
refused 10 say what became OF the
$4,000 bull dog he took away from
Trenton with him. kiger is giant
in size, standing six feet. two inches.
lie 10 a fine looking young man but
is quite bald.
Harvey Wood cashier Of the Tren.
ton bank, identified Kiger in the dis.
trlct attorneys Office The prisoner
made no effort 10 conceal his identity
and shook hands cordially with the
cashier
When Commissioner Hurd fixed the
amount of his bonds at $4,000, Kiger
smiled and said: Isn't that a little
biz high p"
lie has engaged counsel. and in,
formed the commissioner that he tx.
pected 10 gain lis release on bonds
! as sUoH as ne could get into com.
munication With friends
The Springfield officers said that
kiger, In the short time ne made his
headquarters in EdWardsvllie. Ill.,,
made over $4,000 through fraudulent
use OF the mails lie posed as Mrs.
Elizabeth walker widow. in his
latest operations carried ON through
Canadian newspapers. lie played the
role OF a widow who mad inherited a
large estate. including two automo-
blles which she was willing TO dis
pose Of at very low figure He
offered 10 send the machines on ap-
prevail on prepayment Of two per cent
OF the purchase price.
Marshal Behrens said that Kiger
was preparing TO leave for Canada
when he was arrested Jan TO- His
arrest ends a siX-year chase
Kiger. or Jordan. as he was known
in Trenton. collected more than Sl0,-
600, according 10 District Attorney
Webster before he took a hasty de.
parture from the downr1ver town He
posed as the head OF the Continental
Motorcycle a Boat Co, and adver-
tised In newspapers all over the coun.
try Offering 10 sell motorcycles and
boats on the installment plan Hun.
dreds OF people sent Kiger various
amounts OF money, but never received
the goods. When complaints became
too numerous he closed his office and
disappeared The people OF Trenton
who looked 10 the nervy young pro
moter to put the town on the indus
trial map were surprised and then
chagrined when they learned how
they had been duped along with the
rest of Jordans victims.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19

living and working conditions, out.
door recreations, wholesome food and
sufficient sleep said Mr. Stop..
open air schools for children should
be established An exceedingly i'm
portant factor is an early diagnosis
In all cases OF tuberculosis. but, am
sorry to say, that physicians able TO
diagnose tuberculosis in its early
stages. are few and far between. The
plan % the Detroit Board OF Health IN
conducting a practical clinic for med
ical students in the municipal sana'
forum is an excellent one. and ore
which | hope my own city OF Boston
will lose no time in following. Well
equipped dispensaries with an AIDE
quate nursing force Sanatoriums and
hospitals with sufficient beds for care
ful and individual care are another
necessity in the fight"
Mr.. stone sounded a note Of warn
Ing to Detroit in conditions he has
discovered i'm Wayne county.
For the past ten years the number
OF deaths from tuberculosis in Michi-
fan on the whole has remained about
the same, whereas the death rate has
decreased from 1918 to 901 per TO-
600 population said Mr. Stone. For
the same period in Detroit. while the
number OF deaths has increased from
$50 TO 5Sl the death rate has de
creased from 1927 to ll.2S per 10000
population. But ia Wayne county. ex.
elusive OF Detroit. the number of
deaths has increased from 80 TO lG2
and the death rate also has had all
enormous increase, in fact, almost
doubled, rising from 1874 TO 1904 per
10000 population This condition
seems 10 me To be a menace TO De
tloit. Infected spots are apparently
increasing rapidly. electric cars. and
automobiles are constantly bringing
people from Wayne county into De-
troit and taking Detroit people TO
Wayne county Food OF all kinds is
also undoubtedly being continually
shipped into the city from the outly
ing district, Is II not, therefore, an
urgent call TO find out the causes OF
this increasing tuberculosis and Ia
put stop TO II now before II spreads
further? | believe that you will find
your task in Detroit easier by so do
ing"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
DAILY DEATH LIST

Albert ". Harvey. ISL Lincoln, 60
years, hemorrhage OF stomach; Clara
A. Hyde. 40 Leicester, 81 years carci
mona. Adelaide Griffith. 347 McClel-
Ian. IS years. apopleNy; Neleta h, VIII
son $50 Military, rs years, peritonitis,
Daisy Wells, Harper hospital, 2S ytars
carcinoma; Rosie Supus % Pulford, Il
years, nephritls, Agnes Middlewood.
500 Elmwood, "a years, paralysis; Ellen
Sissy, Children's Free hospital. 5
months, hydrOcephalus, John T. Nc
cauley. Ninewood station, 80 years
alcoholism, Francis Mack, House OF
Providence, 10 months, pneumonia, Jo-
seph Shandler. Providence hospital,
pneumonia Mary Potashinik. Harper
hospital. "a wears, diabetes; Bridget
Laibert AZ Woodmere, 81 years, apo
pleNy Lulu Stanyer, Provide nce hos
pital. Is years, pelvic absccss, George
hoffman,. 512 ElmWood. 80 years, tu-
berculosis. Elizabeth Coughlin. sos
wilkins, IS years, septicaemia. Nettia
Cylyester' 716 Garfield east. 80 years,
cirrhosis OF liver; Sonny Nerergauw ON,
80 Champaign. months. pneumonia.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19

her warden 20 ask her CHIEF operator.
y The supervisor can do 30 or not as
she pleaseA
Many supervisors whose heads are
swelled By the fact that they are 81.
pfrvisors, take advantage OF the girls
helplessness and often a girl laints
at her position. whereas II she could
have had a drink OF water. she might
not have been seriously M
Wish everyone would be kind and
remember the operators in their
prayers. for they are between two
fires the company that brutally de.
prives the girls OF the money aud
privileges that belong 10 them, and
the people. who, not knowing the rea-
sons for the poor service, curse them.
The company probably will say that
If the girls don't like the manage
mcnt. they are AZ liberty 10 quit. but
the girls can't quit. because the
money they earn is needed al home.
The company is SO used TO pulling
the wool over the eyes OF It's en-
ployes that now il is trying ,he same
scheme on the public.
The service would not be better
with the metered system because il
The subscribers made SO few calls
each day. each operator would have
TO take care OF two or three times as
many lines as she does now giving
the same rank serVceJ. and conse-
quently, about one-half of the girls
would be discharged.
Then we would have the same class
OF service with more than twice the
expense.
My warning TO the public would be.
Don't let a company that will lower
itself enough To take advantage OF
working girls fool you into accepting
the metered service.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
FEAR SAND HAS l
SWALLOWED UP
SUBMARINE AZ
British Diving Vessel Believed
Covered BY Shifting Floor
of Bay
RELATIVES OF SAILORS
REFUSE TO LEAVE PLACE,
Men and Women Spend Time
Rowing About Seeking Trace
of Ship n

PLYMOUTH. England, Jan. i9.--
The disappearance of the submarine
AZ and her II men was still a mys-'
terry today. Although me admiralty
authorities admitted fear that quick
sand has swallowed up the diver, the
search for the missing vessel was re-
snmed at dawn.
Blindy refusing 10 give mp hope.
the rescue fleet continued tirelessly
10 comb Withstand Bay and Plymouth
channel though judgment told the
naval mCI that there's never an e5o
goes seward now, but lifts a keel We.
manned" and they were convinced
that there's never a tide comes
: shoreHard now but rocks our dead on,
the sand
In The three days OF search. since
the Al failed 10 come up on schedule
time every foot OF the baN and chan.
mel have been dragged and this fact
gave rise 10 the theory that quicksand
engulied the diver Quicksand pits
are known TO be in the waters about
! Plymouth
\ Several OF the men believed lost
with the Al have been on the scene
ever since the first alarm. refusing TO
leave night or day. Tirelessly they
have gone over Whitesand Bay In
small craft. looking vainly for some
sign that would make certain the
! tate Of their loved ones.
Women relatives of the lost men
came here from various parts OF Eng
| land, and today some of them vowed
they would never leave until they
knew what had happened to their
men. But the naval officers could
only shake their heads. They feared
that the disappearance of the Al
would be one of the unsolved mys-
! teries OF the sea Il
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
GREAT CROWD SEES
NEW PIANO DEDICATED

The dedication OF the Weber con.
cert grand piano presented by Sebas.
tian s. kresge. to the Museum Of
AIT, Sunday afternoon. drew large
crowds to the MUSEUM TO see the
piano and to enjoy the fine musical
program. Upwards OF $500 persons
passed through the turnstile at the
entrance to the building. breaking
all previous records for attendance.
In single day Following the pro-
gram which was given by a number
OF Detroits foremost musicians, the
people wandered through the gall
leries where several special sxhibL
tons are on view.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
WANDERER Is FOUND
LIFELESS IN BARN

Fred Klann. SO years old was
found dead in barn at the rear OF
No. 954 Jefferson-aye.. Monday noon.
George Storm, OF No. 1852 Jefferson
ave. making the discovery
Klann. wanderer with relatives
said to- be prosperous. in Belleyille
H.. had worked as a porter In a sa-
loon in the neighborhood. but was
discharged when the saloon changed
owners.
Though very i'll from rheumatism,
which affected his heart, ne had re
fused to ask aid OF any OF his friends
and. dying. crept into the barn.
Coroner Rothacher took charge OF
the body. and will try and get word
to relatives OF klann.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
Widow Of War Veteran Dies.

Mrs Lucy English. widow OF John
English. a Civil war veteran, died,
Sunday in room she occupied at
No. II Cherry-st Mrs. English was
rs years old. and was without rela-
tives or friends. Her sole means OF
support was pension OF SIP per
month from the United States gov
eminent The body will be buried
Tuesday afternoon, by the woman's
auxiliary 10 the G. A. r..
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
ORGANIZE TO PREVENT
SUICIDE IN CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND, o.. Jan Ia promi-
nent social workers, educators and
city and governmeLt officials today an
nounced plans for the organization OF
a bureau for the stacy and prevention
OF suicide In Cleveland. The plan put
forward is 10 seek cut those cOntem-
plating doing away With themselves.
have them tell their stories and then
attempt to show the uniortunates the
brighter side Of life.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
WOMAN CANDIDATE WILL
GIVE SALARY TO CHARITY

CHICAGO, Jau 10 Miss Sara Hop
kins, in announcing her candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for alder
man in the Second ward, toda. prom
Used to turn eyery cent Of the $4,000
annual salary over 10 charity Miss
Hopkins is a student OF ciyics and
leader in philanthropy in the Catholic
Women's league
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
JURY Is DRAWN IN
SALOONKEEPER'S CASE

The drawing OF the jury in the case
OF the 90 saloonkeepers against the
liquor regulation committee OF the
common council, was started Monday
morning. in Judge Mandell's court.
The saloon men are trying TO force
the committee 10 issue licenses that
had been refused
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19

A peculiar double egg was recently
on exhibition in Manchester. n IT,.
The two inner eggs both had shells
were connected by a flament. but one
of them contained only yolk. while
the other had only the white part
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
CLABBY AND PETROSKEY
MAY MEET FEBRUARY IA

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 19.--Saii-
or Petroskey and Jimmy Clabby will
probably meet in a 20-round battle at
Tom McCarey's Vernon arena Feb. H..
McCarey today began arrangements
for staging the battle that day. follow
ing the announcement that Petroskey
Is rapidly recovering from the appen-
dicitis attack which sent him 10 hos
pital last week. The sailor left the
hospital today
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
Transfer MaI..Gen. Garter.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-Transfer
OF Maj -Gen. w. II Carter from com
mand of the second army division 20
that OF the central department. al Chi
cago, was announced today. Carter
Will command the Department OF Tia
wall later
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
prenared for Trouble

CHICAGO. Jan. 19.-James sim.
mons. %, Grand Rapids Mich had
read SO many stories OF hold.ups IN
Chicago that he came TO the Windy
city equipped, the police say, with
razor. hunting knife a pocNet knife.
brass knuckles and bottle OF color
less liquid The police are holding
him while the liquid is being analysed,
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
Rorle Mathewson Dead.

Rorie Mathewson. one of the best
known professional sailors on lake
yachts, died, Sunday. in Samaritan
hospital. following a two-weeks' i'll
ness. Mathewson was ~ years old
Death resulted from complication
OF diseases.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19

There is promise OF large turpen-
tine industry in the American west
and southwest. the raw product be
ing supplied blythe resinous gum Of
western yellow pine.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19

There is always a censor at the
German court dances who watches
the dancers. and If any one is awk'
ward or unacqualnted with the steps
he Is notified that he VIII not be in
vited again unless he learns TO dance
better
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19

Pennsylvania. West Virginia, Illinois
and Ohio produce more than 40 per
cent IN value OF the minerals found
I'm the United states
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19

Coin fiber, from which are manufac.
tured coin yarn. bristles, cloth, etc, Is
obtained from the husks OF the cocoa
nut, by native hand processes or by
machinery.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19

Ia Australia the average annual
wage is $4@ss.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-19
I'll 2ERCULOSIS
ON INCREASE IN
WAYNE COUNTY

Continued from Page oneD.
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nished metal was in his right hand; with it he had
slit the envelope of the communication he was read
ing. 1t could hardly be termed letter. Two weeks
before his university class had celebrated with a
banquet the twenty first anniversary of its gradua-
ton. Being far. and not able to 90, and yet seized
by nostalgia pang for vanished days, he had
despatched a fraterna greeting. The answer was
with him now; at the champagne. upon a card
making the round of the shining table. each. in
turn, had written his her name.
He counted these. first. There were just thirty
four. Twenty-one years before there had been two
hundred. This simple comparison seemed to throw
him into rueful revere; twice. hesitatingly his
hand and touched the small bald spot like
chip upon his head. He began to work down the
list, pausing moment at each name.
Some told him nothing They were as colors in
the night, sound fallen into vacuum Some moved
him vaguely. They dimy remembered
taste: the reflection of far flame. made faint
by distance and by haze.
Others called up pictures clear but incomplete.
\ linear profile. trick of mobile features. head
without its face. a face without its eyes What tan
talized him was that he could not recall the voices
But suddenly his eyes lowered sharply toward
the card.
Mrs Carlton Coolidge Ruth Anderson).
Long and with an ardent concentrations he scr,-
tinted the little purple letters. He wanted to
if they had trembed. When he raised his head
again. the air wen, kissing ont of his lungs. lie
4 Ia
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the pen leapng into action, though long in wait
ing and long prepared for this adventuring.
Ruth Anderson 49, Today there came to the
card of the class and for the first time in twenty
years | am gazing upon your name i'll your own
handwriting. Had | a microscope, i would search
it. For with age ! am becoming more and more
a searcher - and who is less and less answered
But it is not only your name Tin its significant
parenthesis). Again, today. you stand before me-
fra gold in the huge gold land. And a question
is again FESTIVE within me: which has tormented
me long and increasingly with the years; and which
is almost a torture and which YOU alone can
answer.
"TO ASK it. must go back twenty years - to
the time of our friendship. to the time of its
tuness. For many months it had been absorbing sun
and dew. Gradually it had swollen with honeyed
ripeness. till it was very heavy. and burdeued lis AT
times in the long sences of the yellow hill, when
TO came only a low and ambient hum which
the patter of imponderable sunshine when
to our eyes. ceasing to note the blue of the sea.
n gold
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ping toward bat-hued wings. They
silent. but in the gesture of their flight there was
hing evOcative of screeches and lamentations
! felt suddenly your shoulder very close to mine.
"Why this emotion of Nature! Was our Fate.
then being determined. Of universal importance ;
Why not, Ruth Anderson! Are we not one with
the All. flesh of its flesh. fibre of lis tbres. atom
of its atoms, intertwincd impershably with its pains
and its joys! Perhaps that night was the Cosmos
troubled with pensve of mistake and fail
ure; troubled if. watching with Its sad eye
the VOID, 1t should have seen passing. lneXOrablN
divergent through slip of the celestial ma
chinery two flaming stars avid for each other.
But this is not what | would ask. | am APP
preaching. searching. toward the question. We
went in afterward. Side by side we sat before the
fire. and looked into 1t rs at something enchanting.
Such flame with prodigal magntcence lit
then in that land.
Hours slipped by. AT far intervals. like a bell
striking the flowing Of time. one of us said a word.
which reverberated long 90 like bell. We had by
then little need of speech For the rare, the Won
drous fact about friendship. Ruth Anderson.
was that we communicated. From the first, with n
strange thrill | discovered it: and this thrill now
is the precious pearl OF my memory. The hanri-
TcSS " COMMUNION ----------------
AT midnight | halfro>e and said that | must
20. For a moment my fate irembled on the inyis-
ible balance Then You said Stay And re
manned. gazing by your side into the fire. Twice
again ! said that should 90. and twice YOU said
stay. ANA the nlHlN was passing toward the
morning, II was. ! think the three notes of n
meadow lark which stiifencd me to departure. They
had in them. already. the tnklmg dewdrops of
music. a gaety of dawn and the demands of day.
| arose Then was the moment of which ! would
question you the instant of fleeing eternity upon
which many times since and long. and hauntedly.
| have bent in search and examination. and puzzling
S,irmise, and passionate Interrogation
"YOl were standing. slight and straight. near me.
! made n motion prosaic n To- intent Git was
toward my hat y and how small. and yet with what
neffabe result In the movement ! felt against my
cheek the passing caress of Your hairs ooscued cold
On the instant, with a surge sudden and compel
ling the rise of the to the heave of Il
catastrophe earthquake there welled through me a
tremendous impulse Selling it passed my every
vein, nerve and fibre ! wanted to press you TO me
To catch You in my arms and draw vou slowly
I" me in movement regular. rc>i>csS and fatal
then to crush You against me- my lips Your eyes.
Your sad eyes. Your mouth. Your merry mouth
in spasm To crush you till you sank into my being
and through the room your perfume would reel. the
essence of your possessed soul.
$50 strong this impulse, Ruth Anderson.
that even now ! write these lines, to the re
awakened ghost Of my heart is Slill for the time
of several beats remains absolutely still. while in
my mouth feel my WouijHod an Pop, ~
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en- eifuleence
which came we
X n e W not
vncTncT. tom
he Ian d or
from our souls
with sudden
and ineXplica-
bile desires to
weep. ] as K
you to 90 back
to that time -
To our last eve
ming together.
"Iou rencn-
her! We We're
on the cliffs at
twilight. I h e
day had been IA
bubble as flaw
less and fine
tinted and per-
feet. but also
as fragilc;
trenlulollS with
an iridescent
agitation like a
81 bile fear.
Over the sea.
flashing sap
phire at noon,
Il "ra.ync>> was
spreading like
u pail of ashes;
and the clouds.
cullaincd II mo
nl.cnt before
with SO gcner
Gus II splendor,
now We're dead:
dull and inert.
they came flap