The Detroit times. [volume], January 22, 1909, FIRST EDITION, Page Page Three, Image 3

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SMALLER SCHOOL
BOARD FAVORED
FOR DETROIT
CITIZENS BELIEVE THAT SYSTEM
OF FEWER INSPECTORS, ELECT
ED AT LARGE, WOULD ELIMIN
ATE MANY EVILS OF PRESENT.
Sentiment for a smaller school
board, the member* of which ahull be
elected at large Instead of ward rep
resentatives, la very strong with many
citizen* who have given the matter
thought. Comparison la generally
made between the troubles and fac
tional spirit of the present hoard and
the harmonious action of the smaller
commissions handling other municipal
mutter* such as the Are commission
und water hoard.
Mayor Hreitme.ver does not f***l In
clined to take aides in the matter just
Ut present
“There are other matters tip now
and 1 would rather wall for a time be
fore discussing this.” he said Thurs
day morning
“I am certainly In favor of a smaller
board.“ said Secretary E. R Schrelter,
of the council committee, emphatically.
“It would be much better than the
present plan. 1 honestly think that
a goodly proportion of our school In
spectors are unfit to sit In a hoard of
education. We could adopt some plan
by which the membership of a smaller
board would be distributed over the
city so that there could not be the ob
jection that they all come from the
First and Second wards. We should
have a change, however."
“1 favor a small boatd as being more
competent to pass on school matters,”
►ays Attorney Clyde I. Webster. “Such
a body would attract the services of
the best men in the community.
“Without casting any reflection on
nny particular member of the present
board —for some wards tire very well
represented—l would favor a change
in the board to a smuller body,” says
Paul C. Renaud. There would be Im
provement, I am sure, in getting rid
of the petty matters of patronage and
ward politics that now have so much
effect.”
Howard C. Beck, who had an oppor
tunity as deputy controller to study
the board of education methods, favors
a different hoard although he does not
outline definite {dan except that
a smaller and more compact hoard of
the best talent available should be
chosen.
SUBURBAN PHONE
COMPANY FORMED
The Inter-County Telephone Cos., an
crganlzation of Northvllle men formed
for the purpose of constructing a tele
phone line In Wayne county, filed ar
ticles of incorporation Thursday morn
ing The company Is capitalized at
SIO,OOO, all of which has been paid In.
Clement C. Ycrkes. Louie S Babbitt
and Robert C. Ycrkes hold IH6 shares
of stock each, and Frank Thompson
and Frank A. Levins hold one share
each.
I Cured My
Rupture
I Will Show You How To
Cure Yours FREE!
I wu practically helplcn an-1 bad ridden
many years from Double Huplure. Doctors said
1 would die If not operated on but ] fooled them
all and eured myself. 1 now want to *»v« oreiy
ruptured person from the suffering and torture
I endured and will gladly send the cure free by
mall to anyone who writes for It.
Do not delay accepting my free offer because
your rupture Is small, or you hay# a truss that
holds for you will flu 4, as 1 did, tbat In spite of
trusses, your rupture will gradually grow worse
In my case another came on opposite side and I
got so bad that no truss could hold
I am not a doctor but I know more about
<*urlng rupture than any doctor In the country.
No matter how large or complicated your rup
ture. nor what your age or occupation, my dls
ooypnr cannot fall to cure you without pain, or
stopping work. Be sure and mall the coupon
below today and stop all truss wearing and
danger of strangulation forever.
Free Rupture-Cure Coupon
bAPT. W. A. OOLUMOM,
Bmm 943 1 Mfisfspfown, 9. Y.
Dear 8lr:-Bend me your Discovery for
the Cure of Kupture.
Namt-.
Add*
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I mud continue this sale un
til the stork la brought dona tn
n removal basis. nn<l thnt menna
I nm offering greater hargalas
than e»er before.
DIAMONDS,WATCHES
and JEWELRY
This building will be torn
down, blit that's going to nave
sou money, avan If I do lose, but
will not move this sto« k
MV t NKIHT TKNM* «HK Kt«V.
Ina t nil itir a I \\ aleh Cos.
J.H.CARLICK
mi, nitiiwoLn.«T H
Fhone M. ISIS-K.
KISSING THE BOOK
CUSTOM TO BE
ABANDONED
SCOTCH OATH TO REPLACE OLD
PRACTICE, WHICH HAS BEEN
MUCH CRITICISED—NOT LEGAL
LY REQUIRED.
LONDON, Jan. 21. —What will prob
ably prove Its deathblow has been
dealt to the practice known as
“kissing the book,’’ commonly on
served In Knglish law courts. During
recent years many objections hu*e
been raised to the system The smull
blble which every witness was asked
to kiss wa.* often decidedly dirty, uud
various suggestions have beeu mud-j
whereby the practice could be dis
pensed with.
There la apparently no legal suuction
for the piactice which, however, Is
consecrated by long custom. A legal
encyclopaedia says that the hublt of
kissing the book did not beoome rec
ognized until the middle of the sev
en tcei.th century and only became gen
et al In the latter part of the elgu
teenth
Judge Parry, of Manchester, a mag
istrate who cultivates literature and
the drama In his leisure momenta, has
pointed out, however, that while It i*
true that there la very little direst
authority in any of the ancient law
books whic h enables one to say what
the practice was, that is only because
old lawyers didn't consider kissing the
book essential to the oath, and thu
practice was so universally followed
that there was no need to describe It.
Judge Parry quotes Shapeepeare's
'The Tempest," where Stephano says
(11.. 2, 139:) "Here, kiss the book," to
support his contention, and says
that the ldgp of kissing the book was
as familiar to a veteran playgoer at
the Globe theater In Shapespeare’s day
as It is to the modern frequenter of
his majesty's courts of Justice.
"Why, then," asks Judge Parry,
“does the twentieth century English
man kiss the book by way of assuring
his fellow-citizens that he Is not go
ing to He if he can help it?” aud an
swers by another question: “Why does
a dog walk uround in a circle befoie
it lies down on the hearth rug?" Nat
ural history tells us that it is be
cause the wild dog of prehistoric days
made his bed In the grass of the for
est In that fashion. Both man and
clog are victims of hereditary habits *■
Dearly as the English people cling
to old customs, tnls hereditary habit
will now probably die out. 91r Goerell
Barnes, In the divorce court, Initiated
the new method by Instructing th#
clerk of the court to ask witnesses if
they wished to be sworn In Scotch
fashion In which there is no kissing
of the book, and this example has
been followed by Justice Warrington
In the chancery division.
“To meet the caße Os those who de
sire to kiss the book," said he. when
announcing the new method of ad
ministering the oath where the wit
ness merely holds up the right hand.
“I have given directions to have books
with washable bindings.”
JUNKET TRIP
BEGINS FEB.I.
LANSING, Mich, Jan. 21.—The
junket committee of both branches of
the legislature has fixed Feb. 1 as the
starting time of the visit to state in
stitutions. The special water power
investigating committees are added,
also sergeant-at-arms of each house.
Wives of the members are included.
A special car will be chartered aud
the party will go direct to Marquette
from Grand Rapids, returning via Chi
cago. There will he ti() in the party.
HENRY FORD BUYS
TEN MK FARM
Henry Ford, of the Ford Motor Cos.,
has purchased the Ten Eyck farm of
500 acres out Michlgan-ave., in River
Rouge.
DRUNKEN MAN NOT
SEEN FOR 8 MONTHS
ROYAL OAK, Mich., Jan. 21.—M.
J Curley, of this city, who has recent
ly visited Kansas, says that prohibi
tion is a distinct success in that state.
The anti-saloon law has not accom
plished all that might be desired, he
says, because the federal government
continues to issue tax receipts to
liquor dealers and to protect interstate
shipments of liquor. But there is less
crime in the state since prohibition
obtained and marked progress 1s no
ticeable in all lines of industry. A real
estate man In Kansas City, Kas , said
he had not seen a drunken man for
eight months.
AGED MAN ASKS
$5,000 FOR HEATING
Leo Hclland. a aon of Detective Hol
land. Is defendant in a suit being
j heard by Judge Mandell, In* whim
Benjamin F. Clark asks SC. OOO for In
juries he alleged be unstained when
Holland beat him up iu his yard on
Sundav, Aug. 4, 1907. Holland is a
stalwart young man, and Clark it
elderly aad feeble.
The trouble occurred when Jesse
Clark, a son of the plaintiff, threw a
ball with which Holland had been
playing from his yard into the street
This angered Holland, and It Is claim
ed he knocked young Clark down;
wh«-n the father came to his son s aid,
he was also handled roughly.
j An entomologist has figured out
that, to make a pound of clover honey,
h bee must make 5.750,000 trips be
tween the blossoms and the hive.
To eve defects are attributed 00 per
cent of so-called neuralgic headaches.
THE DETROIT TIMES} FRIDAY, JANUARY n, 1909.
W. R. Hears! Says War
Is Near in California
jKHij
i ) fly
Win. It. Ili-nrait, lln- \«-w \ ork |iuh
llftlifr. moiiiiil* it nutt- of ttiiruliiic re-
KMritliiK • •»«- iionxtlilllf > of ttar br
t«r«a tin- I nlt<*.t Ntatrs and Japan
a* a rt-auli of lh«- propoio-d nnil-
Juptine«<- li-iiUlntlon to < iillfornln.
CHORUS LADY
WINKS AT MAN
GROWS “SASSY” WHEN "CALLED”
AND NOW POLICE ARE ON *
HER TRAIL.
Until Wednesday, Miss Jerry MeV
vlllc-. a rather prepossessing brunet to
with a very breezy manner (she hails
from Chicago) was a ‘chorus lady"
with the Dizzy lzz\ company, 'now
playing in the Lyceum theater, at sls
per. Today the lady Is out <»f a jot,,
and, what Is woist, a police officer Is
on her trull with a warrant charging
her with disturbing the peace.
It all happened during the first act
of Busy lazy. Wednesday evening. Miss
Jerry did a foolish thing At least,
that’s what they <uy. She winked at a
man In the audience as she tripped
past the footlights In one of her liter
rW st flings The stag*- manager, Ar
thur Montgomery, caught her at It and
"called ’ bei.
“And if you do it again. I’ll flna
you," he said heartlessly.
That aroused Miss Jerry’s ire, and
what she said to the stage manager
was a plenty, say those who had eats
to hear Miss-Jerry got the hook, then
und there, which only made matters
worse, ami Mr. Montgomery, it is said,
finally resorted to drastic measures
and forcibly ejected the fractious
chorus lady from the wings. It will
be threshed out In court Friday.
FIVE FARMERS
ON COOPER JURY
SUPPORTER OF GOV. PATTERSON
IN CONTEST AGAINST CAR
MACK IJS A JUROR.
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Jan. 21— Ex
cellent progress is being made in the
selection of a Jury to try the Cooper-
Sharpe case. Another Juror was se
cured this morning before 10 o’clock.
This is J. M. Whitworth, one of the
most prominent farmers In the coun
ty, a man of wealth and Influence. He
was known as a supporter of Gov. Pat
terson during the celebrated race be
tween the governor and Senator Car
mack.
Five Jurors, who had been secured
by 10 o’clock today were as follows:
E. M. Burke, farmer; G S. Leigh,
farmer; G. A Lane, farmer; John Mc-
Pherson, farmer, and James M. Whit
worth, farmer.
NO MONEY FOR
COMMITTEE OF 50
There is much cogitation among the
aldermen and others in the city hall as
to where the money is to come from to
: finance the expenses of the "commit
tee of 60." The city's contingency
funds have been low for more than a
year and there is nothing available iu
the funds which are usaully drawn
upon for unexpected expenses.
The legal aspeti of tho matter,
whether the council has power to ap
propriate money for the use of a body
which is merely voluntary and not cre
ated according to any law, will be up
I to tho clty'B legal department as soon
. as any bills come In.
"It is a very grave question as to
i the legality," Controller
Doremua.
13 ARE SAVED FROM
DEATH IN FIRE
NEW YORK, Jan. 21—Thirteen
i children and their parents were sav
]ed from douth, In a Are in the tene
j ment house at 916 Rockaway-ave,
Brooklyn, today by half a dozen mo
Itormen employed by the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company. The motor
men were on their way to work when
they saw the flames On the second
| floor they rescued Henry Fort, his
wife and their two .children, and David
Zlngold and his four youngsters
Then they went to the top floor and
carried out Morris Hermann. Ills wife,
i who has pneumonia, and their seven
children.
DRUG CLERKS FINED
FOR VIOLATING LAW
Five of the 11 druggists and drug
clerks recently complained against by
State Inspector Frank L Henderson
for violating the state pharmacy law
were found guilty and fined by Justice
gtetn. Thursday morning. William H.
i Young was the only proprietor pr »s
--. ent r He paid a file of SM. Charles
Freeman, Donald M< Bain. Walter i'a
geau and J. B. O'Rourke, clerks, ea. h
paid a fine of 110. The alternative
was fixed 30 days' Imprisonment.
The defendants, in most lnstamis,
pleaded Ignorance of the law. J
POUNDED BY WIFE
AND HER SISTER;
SETS WARRANTS
/ I
JOSEPH CAVANAUGH EXPLAINS
THAT GALLANTRY PREVENTED
HIM STRIKING BACK COURT
ORDERS WOMEN'S ARREST.
Justice Jeffries nearly lost his
breath when Joseph Cavanaugh, a big
strapping fellow with Atlasdtke
shoulders and brawny arms, as hard
as steel, made application, Thursday
morning against two women, charging
them with assault and battery. The
women he named were his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Cavanaugh, and her sister.
Mis* Ilena Morrow, both of whom live
In W lndtor.
"Is this a joke?" queried Justice
Jeffries.
“indeed, it’s no Joke," returned Cav
anaugh. “1 menu what I say."
“What, a fellow of your strength
assaulted by a woman?"
"Well, your honor, being a gentle
man, 1 never strike a woman and 1
let them beat me up to their heart’s
content."
Cavanaugh’s gallantry appealed to
the Justice and he Issued the warrant*
without delay, ordering that tin*
women bo taken Into custody instead
of being merely notified to appear, as
Is usually the case.
Cavanaugh and his wif,. are separ
ated, it appeared. A few nights ago.
according to the man’s story, he
caught Mrs. Cavanaugh in the com
pany of a man friend and a rather
dramatic scone followed. Asa sequel
to the little episode Mrs. Cavanaugh
and her sister. It Is alleged, visited
Cavanaugh's room at No. 258 First
st.. Wednesday night and gave him a
terrific heating with their fists, pum
rnellng him until they were exhaust
ed.
Cavanaugh also secured a warrant
for the arrest of Forest Beaman, the
man in the case, who rooms at Jeffer
son-ave. and Beauhien-st. Beaman is
charged with having threatened to
kill Cavanaugh when the two met on
the street following the husband’s
recent discovery.
Signs of the Awakening.
The fart that China proposes mak
ing a big bond issue is all the evidence
needed to prove that American ideas
are at last making a dent on the old
empire.—Washington Post.
If you but
knew what har9h
cathartics do, you’d
always use Cascarets,
Candy tablets, vegetable
and mild. Yet just as effective
as salts and calomel. Take one
when you need it. Stop the
trouble promptly. Never wait
till night. IS2
Vest-pocket bo*. 10cents—at drag-stores.
Each tablet ot the genuine Is marked C C C.
I iV^l^lfLour]
BB _ •'li l/J jtf f \\ MADE BY 1
H I r~ pvMMosiamraNGUM
I ! ' /The Menj ~~ I
I * Who Make
I STOTTSFLOIJRj
are the most experienced millers I can employ. |£*
j|» They know all the fine points —have reduced &;';s
■ milling to a science.
H You appreciate the value of their scientific
processes after using Stott's Flour.
Latest machinery is important too. Not a [yp
■ wheel of any other kina turns in the Stott • Em
■ - And only picked grades of wheat are ground. |jji
B Good as Gold are the Three Brands IS
B Columbus Peerless Diamond .Jq
Perhaps vou are not one of the many house
wives who have proved that Stott’s Flour is ‘njjS
dependable? Then surely it is worth your i*)<
while to know—order a sack or a barrel. f S
You will be pleased with it. Tp
! tr DAVID STOTT VIST* P
Sold by All Grocers • t
School Girls Strike
for the Reinstatement of
Suspended Boy Chum*
SPRINGFIELD, 111, Jan. 21. Be
cause the male members of the Feb
ruary class of the Springfield high
school were expelled fur indulging in
a color rush, nine girl*, members of
the class, went out on a sympathetic
"trike.
The walkout was complete and
| when the time came for classes the
'faculty learned that th* (lass was üb
. sent. An investigation revealed the
i fact that the girls would not return
! until the boys had beeu reinstated.
Members of the school board were
i told of the strike and an attempt to
have an Investigation failed. It was
1 learned that the girls and boys of the
I class had gone to Washington park to
attend a skating party. A special
meeting of the board probably will be
i called to probe the uffair.
The aiii mentors of the February
class are alleged to have indulged in
a color rush several weeks ago and
a private Investigation was started by
the faculty. The penalty fixed was
[ suspension from school for an lndefln
j ite period. The girls held a session
, and decided to remain from school un
til the male members are allowed to
! return.
Newberry in New York.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. - Secretary of
the Navy Newberry Inspected tho
Brooklyn navy yard yesterday. He
j came to New York quietly, Intending
to surprise the officials. He was un
able to get aboard the government tug
before the men fired a salute of 17
guns. Tho preparatory work for the
new battleship Florida was Inspected
thoroughly.
” \THE ENCCABS SYSTEM/" 1 "
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WATCH Sale
$1 a
Week
Bhmev/vV jWmI
THE OLDEST AND LARGEST CREDIT JEWELRY HOUSE IN THE STATE
tiFawpaiiMrSt
Opp. Hudson's 22 Gratiot Ave.
m
I kSALEJI
I Coats
I Jackets
I Waists and
1 Millinery
■j Reduced One-Third
■ Less than Regular
H Price
4,1 Liberal Credit and
Easy Payments for all.
I MENTER & (O oM
I Rosenb^co.
H C7_CQ Monroe
I Jl J J Avenue
Two
Sizes
Tomorrow (Saturday) we place on
sale 100 high grade ELGIN and WAL
THAM 14k Gold-Filled Watcher
Guaranteed for 20 year». Regular
$20.00 values, on sale Saturday only
$12.50
si.oo DOWN
si.oo A WEEK
lIt.'MKNHCH THE IPMUL
Chicken Supper
*trn rH r*»ry Friday) S A
la 7:tS p. mi.
Frlra . ”T/
The Franklin Houm v
Car. UMMBD AKO BATES fW.
CLEVELAND
((A ROUND
TRIP
EXCURSION
SUNDAY, JAN. 24
Train leavaa Detroit Bruak-at.
Stallon, 7:o* a. m-t (*ratlot-a\r.. Till
a. in.i W <>odwaril-arc H 7:20 a. as.
Tlrkrta tnod rrlarnlnt os tralaa
lent lok Clesotand, Sumday at 4:40
p. as., 7:IS p. as., asd toils p, a.
Tlrketa at City Of*ea, Optra
tlouar, or llruak-at. slattoa.
LAKE SHORE
& Michigan Southern Ry.
tTVV F.stabllahrd IH5®.
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JmM CUSTOMERS'
«kß>|| APPRECIATION
Price Reductions
Pi In Diamond. and
is l.ariloa* and t.rata* (.old
In \ mi'iira n \\ atchoa that
| > wt ««111 continue tha
fj aala another week. Ue
J I arr uffrriug annular ls«
h A ilu<*enirula tw Urea
4k & t rail a durlaa the quirt
K? 1 ac'nana.
W V Coniparlana of I’rlets
ff R Molleltrd.
| 4 Traub Br#s. f
Pr j IB IIS \\ uuiln aril Avt.
tSTraub Bro» A Cos.
200 AYoodwnril At*.
Kinsei' s a good place to trade
Regarding Our
Central Location
Hundred* trail* at KinatTs be
iauii' Its location makes It easy
to ink*' advantage of th«ir street
cat transfer time. of the
principal car linen pans our doors
and *l\ others .-top only a block
uwuv; our main store la Just
across ft out the City Hall whore
the town's trail* centers. We
make a specialty of giving cus*
toiners quick service and by tak
ing Advantage of otir < I T-R.iTK
I'KICRN, your car fare for each
year »an bo entirety saved—and
more.
Ivory Sion ft. small. I rakes. Q/I n
15ci In ra**, 3 for. .......
hnpollo, Imnd or scour-
Ihk. per nikr W®
30-Mule Tram lisa
Boras, per lb ® I v
('firm Custlle soap, 4 fl A
3 lbs., .Tm'i per lb. ..... I $rW
Speolnl Toilet Soup, 4 m
II ewkes In bos I V*
i:i!ru ( Inrlir Toilet Honp. nicely
per I’mmed. regular
<1 mi 11 1 >, 3 f«»r fcvU
tleekmun's Cure tnstlle QC n
Soup, euke |Oc| 3 for . fcWV
Wllllmns’ or t nlgnte's slim- C|.
tnu Hnup. per rake O™
■ ‘cars' Mon p. see a led !.*•«•; 4
■l n seen I eil .... ■
I 'it.-liil 4 Cm
Soup lOC
1711 White Itose Soup. QQm
3 cukes In bos
Now Valentina Pastal Cards |
Ito port c«l Olive till, to 7 Cm
bottles ill 3f»c. Stir anil. •
i full qt. cans Olive Oil 9*>ct
tirny's Majestic ami llurrluatou
Mall Coffee, In ortglnnl pound
eiius. nil lit cut prlees.
Toilet Articies
33c Java It lee OOa
I'ovvdct "•W
r.Oc I buries' I lesh O Cm
food OWU
I‘erovlde Q Cm
(ream
Theutrleul Cold < ream. CHm
pound Hu* .. v w
Delicious Hot Soda and
Lunchis at Out Fountain
.Vie \tkn \utlsepi Inr, QCm
I us. bottle (iPlftr
'Or IMnnud's llnlr Q/j*
Tuple ... W 4 #®
.it s i i\ ritoM liosi’ox—itMt
lbs. t linly, regular Vie Klnsel's
special lot Saturday. .29c
Our New Cigar
Humicfor
We have Installed one of Ike
lloi'st Humidors In the city and
enu aunruaiee that It will keep
our tremendous I tsar slock Hl
niai In the very Itncst isiodl
-11011, We will be aln«l to ski»»v
It to you «»•• our third llitor,
OSgar Specials
In I‘nrtuiu*. a regular
8 for 25c
M!r 8 for 25c
“V.li’c. ..n. ; 4 tor 25c
'v, 4 for 25c
Flor de Mendel. and far OS#*
( bone. “ 1,1
(town-tow a Atnre Open til Xlgbt.
KINBEL
1h• off Ovt-Ratm Dru*&mt .
24 and 26 MICHIGAN AVE.
(043 Woodward, Car. Clairmsunt
TWO B TORTS
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