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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
rob alton Officer
Solves Mystery of
Bloody Room
FINDS MAN WHO
WAS ATTACKED
Three Prisoners Held
On High Bail for
Further Action

Probation Oficer May McGill. OF
the police court. played detective.
Friday. and solved :he mystery OF
the Llood-stalned room at No. IL
Madison-ave.. where three men were
arrested. Thursday night. charged
with disturbing the peace.
The stories told BY the men in
court aroused the suspicion OF the
court and the police. The trio
claimed that they had invited a
tramp" In to share their room, and
that the tramp" started q tight
later escaping by jumping through
the window.
The room was splashed with
blood. from floor to ceiling. The
brass bed was wrecked, chairs and
tables were broken, and the big
French windows of the fine old
house we're shattered.
Mrs. McGill decided that the hight
was no ordinary one, and she went
W ih'SSA'totN. la ihV lOOh Sic
found repair check for some trou.
sers left at downtown store,
Through the check she learned that
Chris. Porta, living At Russell and
Catherine-sts.. had been in the room
She traced Porta, and found him
confined to his bed, terribly injured
Porta said that the three men had
enticed him 10 the house, to get a
bottle OF beer, and that they sudden.
ly, jumped on him and robbed him
Of a small amount OF money, nearly
killing him when he resisted.
The three men held are George
McDonough. Zeb Munty and James
Deneen. all claiming to be recent
arrivals from New York state.
They were held only on charges
Of disturbing the peace. but their
bail has now been raised TO 1000
each. and II Ia expected that Porta
will swear to warrants against them
when he is able to come to court.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
LITTLE STORIES FOR, BEDTIME.
Peter Looks for Timmy's Home.
~ THORNTON W. sURoess.


When Jimmy the Flying SOUR.
rel invited Peter to follow him TO
see where his home was he was
Joking. Yes. sir. Jimmy was jok.
ing But Peter didn't know this.
Peter IL sometimes very unsuspect-
ing. A IL no often the case. he
just didn't stop TO think. II he had
he probably. would have realized
right away how foolish II would be
10 try to follow Jimmy unless Tim.
my made short jumps and waited
for Peter to catch up. You know
Jimmy Ia the greatest Jumper In
the Green Forest, and 1t Ia because
he makes such wonderful jumps
that many people think he flies
Peter saw him cross patch OF
moonlight and disappear In the
shadows beyond. Al once Peter
started In that direction. lipperty-
lipperty-lip. But he didn't 20 far
before he began to understand Tim
my's little joke. How ever was he
to follow Jimmy when Jimmy could
60 out OF sight In a single Jump as
he already had? Peter stopped and
thoughtfully pulled his whiskers.
Not knowing what Timmy's house
looked like he might go right past
II without knowing II. He looked
and listened for some sign OF Tim
my, but not a sound could he hear
Then he remembered how he had
started out to look for Jimmy In
the FIRST place without knowing
where to look. and had found Tim
my by accident just when he had
decided to give up. Maybe II will
be the same way now" thought
Peter hopefully. "Of course I was
lucky before. but I'm usually lucky.
and 30 perhaps I'll be lucky again.
] believe I'm the iuckiest of all the
Little People. Some people say that
there IL luck In my hind foot" Pc
ter looked at his foot and chuckled.
Il wonder which one they think the
luck Is In. For my part I guess 1t
10 In both. Anyway IL I am to find
Timmy's house I certainly shall
need both. 90 here goes"
on he started again, ipperty-lip-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
WARSTOCkS
SHOWSHARP
RECESSION
General Market Is At
fected BY Slump in
Industrials.
BETTER TONE
NEAR CLOSING

Copy right. 1915. BY the New York
Evening Post C0sMpsay.D
NEW YORK. Aug. 16.-Price
iiuctuated irreguiariy In the opening
of the stock market Saturday. but
the war orders" soon became weak
and were cold al sharp recessions
from yesterday. There was renewed
selling OF Crucible Steel which show
ed exceptional weakness in the first
hour. When The stock touched 10
a drop OF since yesterday--the
general market was affected, al
though many OF the railroad shares
held firm. Allis-ChalmeIs also de-
clined sharply. There was rather
heavy selling of all the speculative
industrial issues, but none OF the
stocks were affected to the same
extent as the war shares"
Nothing developed in the days
news to account for the decline. The
whole market appeared TO be top
heavy. however. and the long-expect-
ed break in the group or stocks that
have been advanced so violently
during the last few weeks quickly
dislodged some large speculative
holdings. United States Steel was
fractionally lower, but was well TAX
ell On the decline. Some of the war
stocks" rallied partially toward the
end oc the first hour In the final
trading prices improved and the
market showed better tone. Read
ing was active on the late advance
and the market generally showed
fair gains from the low of the day.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
DETROITER is
WOUNDED FIVE
TIMES IN BATTLE

Patrick Moran, born In Australia,
raturalized citizen Of the United
States, second lieutenant with the
seventeenth Canadian infantry. for.
merly a structural iron worker liv.
ing at No. II Elizabeth-st. east. has
written to friend here. G. c. Girls
void, from London hospital.
lam getting along very fine. con.
sidering that ! was wounded In Eve
places-ytwice by bullets ands three
by shrapnel, the bullets passing
clear through me- he writes. Il
was hit by tho bursting shell first.
and after waiting for IL hours for
the stretcher-bearers | got hit again
by sniper. twice"
Lieut.. Moran says that when he
Is well, he will go back TO the firing
line with one intention--to get az
many Germans as possible"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
PAY
FOR IRONS
Electric TOasters and
Flats Not Necessi-
ties, Rules Judge

When Theodore Richter was still
too young TO think about being a
lawyer or a justice of the peace, he
used TO watch his mother do the
family laundry with an iron that
was heated over the coal stove.
And when he had toast In the morn
ing. the toast, too, was Drowned
over the stove.
Mrs. Mary Logan came before
Justice Richter, Saturday. John 8,
Schneider. dealer in electrical
goods. demanded payment on a con-
tract Mrs. Logan had made for a
set OF electric fiat irons and one
electric toaster. The contract was
made In the name OF her husband,
William Logan. Mrs. Logan, anxi-
GUS to equip her kitchen with mod.
ern appliances. had turned In her
old style irons as part payment.
and--she had not consulted her hus-
band.
"Well, the new irons wouldn't
work at ALL" said Mrs. Logan.
That's why won't pay any more.
The toaster didn't work well either"
Schneider insisted that the hus.
band should be held liable.
''No," decided the justice. you
can hold a husband liable only for
debts contracted by his wife In
cases where goods purchased are
necessities OF life. Electric fat
irons and electric toasters--man,
spent the happiest days Of my life
when those things were not even
In use. Il can't consider them ne
cessities. You better give her back
her old fat irons, and take back
the stun you sold her"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
By Ethel
Lloyd
Patterson

at length with Fannie Id. the once.
and lunched with her two or three
times during our noon hour. l asked
her II she would not come home and
dine with me. She said she would
be glad to. not on the evening I
asked her. but few evenings later.
Got a date with my own fond
parents" she explained. for tomor-
row evening. Have to show up once
week at home or mother and faith
er would have IT."
suppose I looked puzzled.
II don't live home. you know"
Fannie explained.
And then. as my expression was
still probably vague. she continued:
MY mother and father live way
up town. ! tried staying home at
first, but 1t didn't work. II any
body asked me to the theater or
dinner couldn't get all the way
home after work and change my
clothes and get down town again.
or course. mother and father didn't
like II at hrst. but ! just packed
up and took room nearer the cen.
ter OF things. Now I 90 home and
have dinner with them once a week,
so they know am alive"
But don't they mind your being
away like that?" | suggested.
II don't know" answered Fannie
lightly. Perhaps they do; but my
father. who was carpenter. is get
ting pretty old TO work now, so that
he and mother are practically de-
pendent on what give them. When
things are like that, don't see
where they would come In to kick
II ! am going to pay, am going to
do II the way I want to-"
This was rather new doctrine of
attitude toward ones parents for
me.
Put II they grieved," asked.
They'd have to grieve on" an
swered Fannie with her customary
sweet smile. The only thing they
would have to do Is not grieve while
was around. My goodness. how
hate long faces"
Yes" answered slowly. "they
make you feel like pouring out your
heart till you can brighten them"
mot me-" said Fannie. "They
make me feel like using my two
little feet till lose sight OF them"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16

Probably had Stella remained In
the city. or II Hattie had not mar.
ried. ! would not have become such
a close friend of Fannie Freemans g.
] was lonely and I missed my two
girl comrades sorely. The quick
responses Fannie made to my ad.
vances filed void IN my heart
She was always smiling. Indeed.
now that l am older | can realize
that such constantly happy ex
preston does not always mean true
iight-heartedness. II Is sometimes
q pose. which has hardened into a
mask. AZ q matter. OF fact, Fannie's
smile matured from gayety TO care
lessness. But We have not got to
that part OF my story yet
At the time OF which I write II
was probably her hsbitual cheerful.
ness which so attracted me, because
OF Its contrast with my mothers
tear-stained face and the sad droop
OF my fathers whole figure. Fan.
MES happiness held much OF youth
and It was youth for which ! yearn
ed. l never had had II.
She had a slim ngure. this girl
almost boyish: and cool, straight,
regular features. Her head was
topped by q mop of curly brown
hair. which she did very loosely
IT was because OF her straight fea-
lures. and easily arranged coiffure
that my magazine employed her to
pose In photographs OF their hats.
Also. AZ Fannie herself would say
"she was the original member OF
the Don't Worry Club" Apparently
nothing ever bothered her. Though
1T first. from the little she told me,
] gathered she really had no trou
bles In her life. She dressed un.
usually we'll. quite smartly indeed:
had some pretty jewelry. and al
ways seemed to have enough money
In her purse TO be able to afford
the luxury OF really good luncheon
or dinner when she wanted II. I
assumed she must be well paid IA
. hat model.
At the end OF about two weeks.
after I had chatted several times
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
Popular Barber
Opens New
Shop

Charles F. Stiebling. who has the
reputation of having the largest per.
sonal following among business men
OF any barber in Detroit, has open
ed another shop at III Woodward
ave-. downstairs. He Is also to con-
tinue his shop at 81 Woodward-ave.
where his patrons have been Accus-
toned to go for his services during
the past IL years.
Mr.. Stiebling has lived in Detroit
all his life and has been in the bar
ber's trade for % years. With his
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
BARBER
IS HELD

Joseph Mirabile. barber, rs
years old. living at No. SIG Rivard-
st, was arrested by Detectives Or
DAM and Ellenstein. Saturday noon.
on the charge OF attempting to kill
Rafaelo Sorbaro. 31-year-oid sicilian.
who was shot in the right hand and
right thigh. early Friday evening.
at the mouth OF an alley near HI.
ward and Catherine-sts.
A sawed-off shotgun WAS the wea-
pom used by Sorbaro's esssilant, and
both barrels were 1~ed, the shot
from the first barrel crashing
through the window OF dance hall
and throwing Italians in the place
into a panic.
Detective Emory Brooks remem.
bered a feud Of long standing be.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
DIDN'T KNOW
1T WAS LOADED
SLAYER'S EXCUSE

Jacob Melinsky. IL years old. who
shot and killed his cousin. Mollie
Wolfson, aged IL. on July Is. fee
Ing to Canada after the shooting,
was given q partial examination be-
fore Justice Sellers. Friday after.
noon, on a charge Of manslaughter.
The case was adjourned for week.
Melinsky testified that he was
cleaning his revolver. not knowing
II was loaded. when the weapon was
suddenly discharged. the bullet
striking Mollie in the head. Melin.
ky ss,d he was 30 terrified that ne
ned. He returned here last Satur.
day, after his parents had retained
Attorney Anthony Maiullo. and had
arranged for bail for him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16

perry lip, through the Green Forest
without the remotest idea In the
world where he was going. He was
just trusting to luck, and luck. you
know. Is a very poor thing to trust
to. II proved so this time, for Pc
ter went everywhere but In the
right direction to find Timmy's
house. And even IL he had gone
In the right direction he never
would have found It. No. sir. he
never would have found IT, Why?
Because the house OF Jimmy the
Flying Squirrel was high up In a
certain old dead tree, and you know
Peter cannot climb trees. Besides,
there was nothing OF Timmy's house
to be seen but little round door
way, and that looked exactly like
dozens OF other little holes In the
dead trees OF the Green Forest.
There wasn't thing to show that
any one lived there.
So all the night long happy.go-
lucky Peter Rabbit looked for the
house Of Jimmy the Flying Squirrel
and never once thought how foolish
he was. And all the night long
Jimmy the Flying Squirrel hunted
for fat BEETLES and other things
good to eat. and made wonderful
jumps through the moonlight from
tree to tree. and chuckled ~ he
thought Of how funny Peter Rabb
had looked when he had foolishly
tried to jump like him. when the
light of Mistress Moon began to
grow dim and the little stars winked
ont one by one Peter headed for his
home In the dear Old Brier Patch.
Just az he started to leave the
Green Forest thin. sQueaky voice
cried:
Come and see me again. Peter.
I will always be glad to see YOU"
Petcr looked up Just In time to
see little form sailing out from
the top of the tree above his head.
Down. down II sailed and far into
the depths OF the Green Forest. II
was Jimmy the Flying Squirrel on
his way home to sleep all the long
day.
Next story: Farmer Browns Boz
Gives Jimmy q FriRht-
Not 90 many people twang guitars
~ formerly, but the crop Of phono-
graphs II on the Increase.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16

KINCARDINE. Ont. Aug. IA
Fire. believed to be OF incendiary
origin, completely destroyed the
three-story brick building and Plant
OF the Hunter Bridge & Boiler Co.
here early today. The company was
about to start manufacturing shells.
Police assert German sympathiz-
ers were responsible. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16

Detroit Bank C;earinos
Detroit bank clearings. Saturday,
amounted to $5.2l5.172.50; balances.
soc. 063.50.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16
Beth; The Girl
WHO Went Right
No. 1O8-Fannie.

about her emotions. the deceit soon
oecomes . pose. the pose crystaliizes
into mask. and the mask hardens
until ~ 10 too late for her soul ever
60 break through IL.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16

Fish Dealer 10 nsakrupe 4 4
AL weissbrassn. retail hsh asc9a
has nied q petition IN bihhxuptas
listing his liabilities a t1.c17.o %. ~
his assets 1t S24s.ol. II 1 VA ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16

Not 90 many people twsng guitars
a. formerly. but the crop Of phono-
grsphs h on the Increase.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16

Next story: Farmer Browns Boz
Gives Jimmy a FriRht
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

In 1914 Alaska's business amounted to $70,464, GAO.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01
FORMER ALASKAN MAN
 RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT

According to the hotel column of the Washington Post, a former resi- dent of Alaska may become candi. date for the Republican nomination for vice president next year. He is George R. Walker. now practicing in Chicago.
 The statement is attributed by the Post to George W. Drew, also of Chi cago, MT. Drew said:
 Judge Walker, who Is a veteran lawyer, has returned to the practice of law at the Cook county bar. After twenty-three years of practice in CO., partnership with Judge Henry V. Free man and s. K. Dow, MT. Walker was four years United States attorney for the Southern district of the Indian ter ritory. Following that service he was made United States attorney for the third judicial division of Alaska, where he served four years. Judge Walk CT was distinguished scholar at Yale as law student, and also was noted for his literary taste, and graduated with high rank in his class, and one of his fellow class graduates was for mer President William II. Taft. While Judge Walker was in Washington re- gently he called on Dr. Radcliffe and later occupied Lincoln's pew in his church.
 "The judge come of a noted and dis tinguished family of the state of Ohio and he is not only we'll known through out the state, but all over the country. Judge Walker is strong and popular with the people, and his many friends are urging that he is just the man to put on the ticket for vice president" !"
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01
CHITINA DO|MGS UT TRE PAST
 WEEK

CHITTNA, Jan. 3O-Henry Lauer, ] F. Sommers and William Johnstone made a successful trip over the sum. init. and landed safely in Camp Chit. na of the Arctic Brotherhood on Wed nesday night.
 The Arctic Brotherhood received a pleasant shock this week when R. w. Baxter. President of the Alaska Steamship Co., and member of the Camp sent his check for $75,OO toward purchasing the piano.
 Marshal Erwin and Ed. Wolcott court stenographer were in town Sat urday night enroute to Fairbanks.
 Chitina was too peaceful to suit some peoples ideas, so somebody dropped a prohibition bomb when the rest were not looking, and now old animosities which we thought were buried are coming to life, and it will not be long before we make the Xii kenny cats look like thirty cents.
 Ed. Youngs is in town from Tonsina, and will stay until the Hubbard Elliott freight arrives.
 While taking a spin with Sheldon's auto to try out the trail, Maurice Ashton slipped and wrenched his leg and has been confined to his room since. He is doing nicely and says he is going to keep his engagement to take a party to Tonsina tomorrow.
 A German playing pool in the Chiti- ma Hotel was told to English his ball, and he said he would be hanged if he would-he would miss the shot first, which he did.
 An English newsboy told his friend that he had sold all his papers, and he wished the war would last forever.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01
AEROPLANE MOTORS
 ON EYAKE LAKE

The Washington correspondent to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer tells the following fighty story on two we'll known Cordovans
 Alaska's unofficial representation in Washington this winter is less numer- ous than usual In fact. George Haze let and Donald A. Mckenzie are the only regulars" here, but they are an adequate representation in themselves. Further, Mir. Hazelet has not been here for several years and has an entirely new line of Alaska stories, quite diff ferent from the stock stun.
 It was in hotel lobby the other evening. Talk had turned to aero planes.
 By the way, MT. Hazelet," said an Eastern Congressman, have your peo- pie in Alaska ever tried to propel sledges with aeroplane motors and motors? I should imagine that the plan would work?"
 "Oh yes" said Mir. Hazelet eve applied the aeroplane propeller to the sledge some time ago, and with excel. lent success. Results over snow however. are not of the best, but where We have a clear field of crusted snow or field of ice, high speed can be attained.
 "On Eyak lake. for example. near Cordova, we have quite n fleet of motor driven sleds, the propellers ris. ing up from them like windmills. If is facinating sight to observe them They make good time, too. About forty-fve miles an hour, on the aver, age"
 Indeed" said the astonished East erner What truly progressive peo. pie you Alaskan are. By the way how long is Eyak lake?"
 And here, of course, Donald A. Me Kenzie, professional lconoclast. had to butt in.
 Five or six miles" he said. before Mir Hazelet could answer
 One could observe the Fastener do Ing sum in mental arithmetic. He worked the sum in five seconds
 "Ah, l see" he observed. coldly. and presently he went away from there.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01
Cn71nNl HOME PORT
 BOAT FUR WESTWARD

Under the caption of Says Seward is to be ditched for Cordova" the Gateway says,
 There is only too much reason to believe that the Alaska Steamship company has decided to cut out Sew ard as the terminal" for the west ward run. It is stated on the best authority that when the new steamer comes to take the place of the Dora she will make her headquarters at Cordova instead of this place. Some people directly connected with Ahe Dora have already received intima- ton of this fact although no official notification has been given.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

Fresh shipments of corn on the col at Kinney's.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

You will be pleased if you eat at the Windsor grill.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

Bargains in Mems Underwear at s. BLUM & cos.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

We'll T guess so Feb, 9th.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

The annual report of the Alaska Packers Association for 1914 shows a profit for the year of 7S9,6S9.42. and the insurance fund has increased $780, 6S3.Os. Quarterly dividends of s1.5o per share have been paid during the year. Fifteen canneries have been op- erated during the year. fourteen in Alaska and one on Puget sound, the total products of which includes 1,241,- ssO cases of salmon and s.60S barrels of salt salmon.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

Neither the war nor the hard times in the United States has affected con ditions in Alaska. The man who can not appreciate this country is certainly hard to please-Fairbank Citizen.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

Kinney has a corner on Coffee. What We mean is COFFEE. not the wishy-wishy kind you have been buying and nicknamed coffee. One can of Dwight Edwards win convince
The Cordova daily times., 1915-02-01

Bargains in Mems Underwear al s, BLUM & cos.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-02
SELF-EFFAcEMENT

A guest called upon to return
thanks for the distinguished strang-
ers at a public dinner, said:
''This is quite unexpected; in fact,
when 1 came into this room 1 felt
much like Daniel in the lions den.
When Daniel got into that place and
looked around he thought to himself.