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MIIBIE IS READY
WITH NEW STREET
CAR FRANCHISE
_____
OFFERS REVISED PROPOSITION,
AND SAYS HE’LL NAME BACK
ERS IF COUNCIL AGREES TO
CONSIDER MATTER.
Anew ek-iuent has been Injected
Into the street railway settlement
proposition by the filing of u petition
by Wllllutn E. Bauble, promoter of the
Detroit Traction company, for u re-
Openlug of the franchise proposition
which he made sotqpwhai more than
a year ago to the council.
Bauble Is now ready to bring In, he
■ays, the outside capitalists who are
willing to come into Detroit, take over
the lines on which the D. U. K. fran
chises are soon to expire and build
enough new lines to operate u rival
street railway system. He has amend
ed his franchise proposition to obvi
ate most of the objections previously
made by members of the council.
The principal features of the new
Bauble franchise are: A fare of eight
tickets for a quarter at all times with
universal transfers; an agreement by
which the city can purchase the lines
at cost at any time, on six months'
notice; a guarantee that the bonded
Indebtedness shall never be more than
156,000 per mile at five per cent, in
terest; all paving and repairs to bo
done* by the company; modern cars
and equipment; all employes to be cit
izens. the company to be taxed on ull
real and personal property; the fran
chise to be revocable If Its provisions
are violated.
In case the city does not buy the
lines, the franchise Is to run for 3d
years. Bauble declares that he will
put up a bond of SIOO,OOO to Insure
performance of the oontract.
”I will name the men who are be
hind this proposition Just as soon as
the council gives me assurance that it
will consider this proposition—they
don’t even have to promise to submit
It to the people,” says Bauble. "I
would like to have It submitted this
spring, however, as the time Is getting
short until the expiration of many ot
the franchises.
“I will not name my men until I am
ftssured that this matter will be seri
ously taken up. I am acting as their
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CUSTOMERS’
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BY EARTHQUAKE REQUIRES FIFTY YEARS
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attorney at this time. The proposl
jtlon is one that could not be made by
the old company, burdened down as v
|la with stocks and bonds to the*
i amount of $82,000 per mile.
“My people ure taking the chain e
here of putting in ihia road and then
[having to sell It again to the city with
out any profit. We believe, however,
l fhat the people will not vote to run
[the system If they are given good
service at a fulr rate and this wo
i mean to give. The routing has net
been changed to accord with the lines
suggested by Aid. Vernor; our engi
neers have been over the city and laid
out the most feasible routes.
“Tills Is practically a revocable
franchise, and Is the best that was
ever offered a city In the United
States. The people should be allowed
to vote on It.”
Bauble was given very little eonsid
tration when he brought In his origi
nal ordinance a year ago last Novenr -
her. He would not name his backers
and the aldermen also objected to tbm
clause that was then in the ordinance
requiring the city to pay half the cost
of paving. Many of the aldermen
also expressed themselves as being
desirous of putting the matter of a
settlement up to the D. U. R. first.
“We will see what Bauble has,”
stated Mayor Breltmeyer, Monday. “I
am not greatly Impressed with the
plan. However I am glad to have any
thing brought In that will aid us in
retting a settlement. This matt >r
should he taken up with all the others!
I y the committee of SO. I admit that I
do not like his plan of laying tern- j
p>rary tracks to parallel the lines of
the D. U. R where the latter do n t
expire this year.”
The map accompanying the' Baub e
ordinance shows a comprehensive sys
tem including all the streets on which
franchises are to expire soon and a
number of other streets on which
connecting lines would he laid. He
claims that the new system would be
In running order in 18 months.
THREEDESTin
MONTREAL FI
MONTREAL, Jan. 26. —Three were
burned to death and four seriously In
jured In a Are that yesterday destroy
ed the home of W. H. Stack. The dead
and injured were all daughters of .Mr.
Stack.
The Are broke out In an jupper
Aoor and before the seven daughters
could be aroused the Aanies, which
rapidly gained headway, cut off their
escape by the stairway.
The dead are Marguerite, Beatrice
and Ruth Stack.
o Missouri Girl Is
Awarded $2,500 'Prize
For c PrizeStu den
BROOKFIELD, Mo.. Jan. 25.—A Mis
souri girl, born and reared on a farm
and educated by her own efforts, lias
been awarded the Braun piizrf as the
prize student of the universities of
Aniericu and Europe and will start the
coming summer on a tour of the world
with the money her victor.' has given
her. She is Mabel E. Sturtevant, of
Brookfield. •
Miss Sturtevunt, who is 26 years old,
is a graduate of the University Os Mis
sourl, and secretary of the National
Teachers and Students’ association.
She has heui admitted to the Missou'l
bar and has won scholarship awards
and other distinctions In practically
every year of her schooling.
Her latest victory brings htr the
annual William Braun prize of more
than S2J»OO, the only provision being
that must use the money traveling
in all countries where efforts to eu
courage education have been made.
CASS CLUB ELECTS
FIVE NEW MEMBERS
At a meeting of the newly incor
porated Casa Baseball Huh Saturday
evening, Howard Taylor. William K.
Marrie, Jacob Mazer, Arthur Harrison
and Edwin fi. Smith were elected to
membership.
Stabbed by Brother.
Henry Knapp. 19 years old, wan
stabbed in the neck by his brother,
Stanley, aged 21, in the family homo
at No. 234 Brady-st., Saturday night,
while taking his mother’s part
iu a dispute with Stanley over money
matters. Stanley was locked up In
Canfield station, but was released,
Monday morning, when the mother re
fused to prosecute. Henry's wound is
not serious
The year 1908 will long he known
In Oreat Britain as the/potato year."
the record crop of aliwost 4.000 01)0
tuns ha\ing been produced.
The country’s production ofc blister
and lake rppper in 190S exceeded that
of 1907 by 50,000,00® pounds, being
more ihau 900,000,000 pounds.
THE DETROIT TIMR3! TUESDAY. JANUARY j 6. 1909.
The upper picture «how« the dt-uil iilouk the witter front In Weaslnii, Sicily,
niter lit-.- earthquake struck that city. The l»m-r picture represent* 11
ruluetl ImilMli.k In Heap In. Consul l.tipton, wlio Mitceeedad >lr. Cheney,
$ flu* \mertean repreaeutnlU e lu >l«**aliin, «q}» It Mill require 50 yearn to
*' rchttHri th»* Mtrickeu elite*.
ACCUSES SISTER-IN-LAW
AND WIFE OF ATTACK
Charles H. Kesler. of Hosier & Cos.,
contractors, was either cut or stabbed
during a disturbance in ltis home, No.
3GO Tweifth-st., Sunday evening, anti,
although two arteries were severed,
the physicians attending him in Red
Cross hospital say he will recover.
His sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank McDon
ald, of No. 2 Matantette-st.. was ar
tested on a charge of assault with in
tent to bodily harm, but was
released /Monday morning. The police
are inclined to take her part.
Mrs. McDonald was visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Kesler, when Kesler came
home under the influence of liquor, ac
cot cling iO the women. Before tlve
trouble occurred, Mrs. Kesler notified
I ollce headquarters that there was a
drunken man »n the house and asked
that an officer be sent. Patrolman
Denny was assigned, but by the time
he reat bed tne house, hosier, with a
towel about his head, wua on his way
to a doctor’s office for repairs.
Mrs. McDonald's version is that
when Kesler came In the house he
suddenly grabbed her. Sin* jerked
away and lie choked her, whereupon
she iutrl *d a glass at him, striking
him over the right temple.
Kesler insists that both It in wife
and Mrs. McDonald attacked him as
soon at he got in the house and that
he was stabbed with some kind of a
knife In the bunds of his sister-in-law.
The doctors in Rod Cross hospital say
the could hardly have been
caused by glass. It resembles rather
the work of a jagged knife, they say.
Mrs. McDonald is the wife of Frank
McDonald, manager of Ribald's sa
loon.
HENRY C. SMITH WILL
ADDRESS CREDIT MEN
Henry C. Smith, of Adrian, former
ly congressman from the Second dis
trict, will be the prlucipal speaker at
the January meeting of the Credit
Men’s association, in the Hotel Taller
Tuesday evening. "The business mau
the best citizen," is his topic.
Encouraging progress of the asso
ciation during 1908 will be shown in
the annual teports. Wade Minis, the
new president, will annomn e the new
committees.
The association lias a lively inter
est in the laws of the state which have
to do with business, and the members
will take advantage of these meetings
to discuss need* <1 revisions and changes
in the laws. The Credit Men have a
legislative committee, and may make
themselves felt in Lam ing before the
session Is over.
DeGAW RESUMES
PLACE ON BENCH
•Justice of the Hear Fred E. l)e(iaw,
who five weeks ago sprained his
ankle, reported for duty Monday tnorn
hng. It is the first time he has been
out since the accident. For four
weeks his ankle was encased in plas
ter of parla. lie is still very lame,
pud walks with the aid of a stout
cane.
Justice Flavius I/. Brooke, of the su
preme court, who hss been seriously
111 with grip for two weeks, was also
in the county building Monday morn
ing. visiting with his former (til
leagues. He will no*, resume his du
ties in lambing for several days.
Pa Rijn]
damages the
s.
ruM
repairs them.
WHAT TO DO WITH
BONKOWSKI IS PROBLEM
Borislaw Bonkowski, who styles
himself 'Roosevelt, acting president
of the United States,” Is making all
kinds of worry for county and federal
officers just at present.
In spite of his high rank, self as
sumed, Bonkowski was escorted here
from Washington a week ago and
lodged in the county Jail. He still re
mains there, although friends are try
ing to find some way to get him out.
Examination by the county phy
sicians shows that Bonkowski la not
dangerously insane, and Prosecutor
Van Zile is disposed to let him go.
Sheriff Gaston Insists that he can re
lease Bonkowski only upon an order
from the federal ooifrt, as he wat*
brought here by federal officers.
“We know nothing about the case
except that Bonkowski was brought
hack here.” says Assistant District
Attorney Bland. “He Is a county
charge. 1 have advised that a writ of
habeas corpus be asked for.”
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
C'harles s. Crane called upon Judge
Swan Monday noon, to consult him
with regard to getting Bonkowski out.
The man formerly lived here and is
said to be absolutely harmless except
that ho has delusions as to hia having
been called upon to assist 1 In govern
ing the United States. He was ar
rested at the White House.
His former employer, Mr. Marr, Is
working to g* t him released.
LEGAL TANGLES
COME FROM FAIRVIEW
"As fine <i legal tangle us was ever
presented t*j the* illy,” Is the way tb*»
Corporation Couiioel Hally sizes ™
the present status of u number o?
Falrview paving matters up for deter
mination now. One of these has to
do with the puviug of Jefferson ave
About $ 15,000 was collected on this,
and of tills sum $15,000 was paid on
the bonds, while the other $30,000 was
diverted to other uses. The question
now conics up ns to whether Detroit Is
liable tor the $30,u00 diverted before
tne annexation of Falrview.
Some othi r special assessment rolls
cover property in Detroit and also In
Grosse Holme park, the new village.
The el'y of Detroit cannot collect mon
ey for the village and the village has
no legal right to get up new assess
ment rolls to cover this property. It
Is keeping all the lawyers involved
awake nJghtH to try to ligure out how
to i.ettle there problems.
WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT
NAVY EXPENDITURES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25—Senator
liale introduced a resolution in the
i,**nate today directing the romnfltir*
on naval affairs t to investigate
whether the money npprojniuteil by
congress tor the United States navy is
being expended in the most useful
maimer, it is stated that this resolu
tion is the result of an article recently
publiahurt in a magazine charging ih:it
the money was not being used to the
In'St advantage.
Orrin D. Kingtiey Dead.
Orrln D. Kingsley, fot* 3n year*
deputy collector of cnatonia at thl-i
port, and one of the beat known mem
l» rs ei Kali hanks post, \ R t
S.itunlay, In bis home, So. „f,o ,\l>
bo»t -a. Mr'Kingsley was [»or*n 1*
ISt I in Newark. <),. and in 18.12 . arm*
to Michigan. lie enlisted in c’o. 1/.
of tie* fourth Michigan infan
try. served through the civil war and
was mustered out in 1866 as a **»r
geant lie whs taken prisoner at the
La lib* of (i< ttyshurg and aent to An
dersonville, being one Of - the very f<,»#
who fsriped from that prison.
lte*l<!ea_J)ta wife, "Tie is survived ty
two sons, two daughters'and f our
brothers. The funeral will take plar*
Tuesday afternr»on from the home and
will he In charge of Fairbanks post.
The Masons will have < harg** r»f the
Interment at Evergreen cemetery.
SIX STORIES TO OE
ADDED TO HOTEL
PONTCHARTRAIN
PRESENT ACCOMMODATIONS OF
BIG HOSTELRY ARE INSUF
FICIENT— BIOS FOR WORK TO
BE CONSIDERED WEDNESDAY.
Estimates for the addition of six
stories to the Pontchartralu hotel will
be gone over Wednesda) of thin week,
and It will then be fully decided
whether this Improvement will be be
gun at once, it la, however, probable
that the completion of the orlgiual
plaua of the building will be deter
mined on.
The plana, which were drawn by
Architect George D. Mason, coulem
pfttte the placing of a large convention
hall on the fourtet nth atory of the
.structure sufficient to accommodate
gatherings of considerable situ with
banquet hall, committee rooms and
other auxiliaries. Additional kitchens
are to be placed on the fifteenth floor
and a roof garden Is to top the entire
structure.
ThU addition would also provide for
150 additional guest rooms. The
I’ontchai train, under the management
of Messrs. Woolley and Chittenden,
has grown up to It* present capacity
much sooner than was expected. When
the hotel was built It was so arranged
that additional stories could be con
structed, but the definite plans and
drawings for these were nut made
until some time ago. Bids are now
In und these will be gone over this
week.
Definite information cannot be
given out at present," stated Wm. J.
Chittenden. Jr. "The matter will bo
decided within a few days, however."
PENSION BUILDING
TO BE USED FOR
lUGURHTION
HOUSE PASSES ON QUESTION,
VOTE STANDING 183 TO 144-REP
SIMS DECLARES BALL IS A
FRAUD.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25—The use
of the United States pension building
was today granted for Inaugural ball
purposes by the house of representa
tives by a vote of 183 to 144. That
part of the first floor where pensions
are paid is reserved for the use of em
ployes during inaugural week, bo that
there will be no interference with the
work of paying pensions.
In opposing the bill Representative
81ms of Tennessee declared that the
"inaugural ball was a fraud, anyway.”
for the reason that the expenses of the
ball were not paid by Washingtonians,
us the public here would have the
country at large believe, but came out
of the pockets of visitors who
overcharged by some business men"
and others. In support of his asser
tion. he read two letters received by
persons not living iu Washington who
had written here asking for hotel
rates. One letter was from the Met
ropolitan hotel, which asked $125 for
the use of one room facing on Penn-
f ylvanla-ave., sot one week, refusing
to rent the room for a shorter period
Another letter complained of was
from the St. James hotel, which asked
sls a day for a room not facing on
Pennsvlvanla-ave., where the Inaugur
ation procession can be seen, and S2O
per day for a room facing on that ave
nue. The rooms, also, It was staten,
would not be rented for less than one
week.
TO ERECT LARGE DOCK.
BAULT STE MARIE. Mich., Jan. 25.
(Special).—A contract for the erec
titon of an Immense dry dock in the
Canadian Soo hua been let to the
O’Boyle Brothers’ Construction com
pany. The (\pck will accommodate
the largest boats on the lakes.
HOW MANY MEALS
HAVE YOU SAVED 1
Do you show vour meal* do you
good, a-* tin s.i>lng goes? Have >i»u
the pioduct of former good dlnn.is
luckd uway around your waist I In. ?
Do tin > r.'proat h you? l*o they Uo
heai .!> on >oui phyNlial conscience.
ub tt were? Aie vou unxloua to iv
forin'’
Weil.' then contemplate u period of
pentUU-i Wiilit do >ou »a> to u month
of unmodified breakfast food diet
mad* thin, to he followed or accom
i panle.l b> thirty day* of roifd work or
!tt eight lifting No?
ll'i'v al out a f< w months' course of
Some .e l ill i put your teeth on edg. i
acid, heartburn-causing. wrlnkle-forni
lng. stonittch upsetting, high-priced
patent advertised ”fnt remedy," then—
I'Ny ’
All that retnaliiM for you to try.
than. If >ou really wi«h to r••-form. i»
Marmola Prescription Tablets These
tablets posses* special \lrtuen the
i most important of which !•: they cause
not one ripple of Internal uneasiness
i Neither do they leave wrinkle behind;
nor Is dlettnu and exercise leoulreu t »
h« .p out Vet. In a reasonable time
they ar c < apable of rediu tng, possibly
any man or woman on this green earth
a pound or *o (tally.
How about your ti ving tills safe and
w ell infltfi seil plan If ><<n do not i are
jto exer.-lse 01 dit*" The Marmola Com
pany of Detroit Mlcp . or any druggist
will give voir, for re* little as 76 cents
one large • axe. so well stocked that
Just that ohe care will show >ou the
problem o' reducing #nfe|\ and ouPki,
<n tine* full meals a dav has been
jfolvet.
WHEN fV|AU FURS
Can be bought at present prices they are more
economical than any other furs any price. All Jgjj Jg/f“
desirable grades for all classes of people.
13ft WMhlsHloa A»».
ONE OF THE OLDEST MEN IN AMERICA
—\ Escaped the Terrors of
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Mr. Isaac Brock, 120 Years Old Last Birthday.
IKAA<' RRCKK. a dtlscii of M« lam
inin county. Tt-xas, has ll\«d for'
1.0 y<-ara.
For many years he resided at Ruaque
Falla, Hghtceti .mu lea west of Waco,
but now lives with tils son-in-law ut
Valley Mills. Tcxaa
Mr. Brock Is a dignified old Ki>nlle
man. show Ins few' aliens of decrepitude.
His family Bible la atill preserved,
and it shows that the date of bis birth
i was written 120 years ago.
I In speaking of his good health and
extreme old age. Mr. Brock says:
“One of the tbmge I have found out
to my entire eatlsfaction Is the proper
thing for ailments that are due direct
ily to the effects of the climate. For
120 years I have withstood the change
able climate of the United States.
•'1 have always hern a verv healthy
man. but of course, subject to the af
fections which are due to sudden
changes in the climate and temper
ature.
“As for Dr. Hartman's remedy,
Peruna, I have'found It to be the best,
if not the only reliable remedy for
l these affections. It has been my
standby for many years, and I at
tribute my good health and extrema
old age to this remedy.
■lt exactly meets all my require
ments. ll protects me from the *v 11
effects of sudden changes. It gives me
strength; It keeps tuy blood In good
Ask Your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1909.
TAXICABS WIN OUT
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Taxicabs win In the battle before
the common council committee re
garding their being allowed to run In
opposition to tbe horse-drawn veh
icles.
Despite a strenuous battle put up
by the cabmen before the ordinance
committee, Monday morning, It was
decided to recommend to the council
the passage of an amendment to the
present cab ordinance which will al
low the taxienbs to stand In front of
hotels and theaters to take up passen-
George P. Codd and Ransom
George appeared for Irwin 8. Scrim
gcr. manager of the Auto Express Cos.,
to plead for the new amendments,
which prescribe a rate of fare and hlro
that the autos can*stand in front of
buildings where the property owners
have given written consent. Charles
B. Sawyer, secretary of the board of
commerce, also spoke In favor of the
taxles.
Win, Coots, for the hackmen, ar
gued that It was not fair to let the
taxicabs siand wherever they pleased,
as they would get all the best trade
away from the cabmen, who are com
pelled to stand in front" of the city
A *
Asa Commercial
Proposition
%
Eledric
Light...
, Is the only light a merchant
can affprd to use.
It combines every advantage of
an illuminant with high adver
tising and decorative value.
Let us tell you how cheaply wa
Cleanest. can li * ht your ,tore - ■
Brightest.
Best. 7/f<f Edison
Illuminating
Company
1 Main 522a.
Page Three
circulation. I have come to rely upon
It mliuoh entirely for the many lUtln
tilings for which I need medicine.
"When epidemics of la grippe first
began to make tbeir appearance in this
country ! waa a sufferer from this Ail*
case.
“I had several long sieges with the
grip. At first I did not know that
Peruna waa a remedy for this diMMe.
When I heard that la grippe was epl
demte catarrh, I tried Peruna for la
grippe and found It to bo Juet tha
thing.”
In r later letter Mr. Brock writes:
I nm well and feeling as well as I
ha\ r for years. The only thins that
bothers m« Is my eight. If 1 could eeo
better 1 could walk ail over the farm
and It would do me pood. I would not
be without Peruna/ r Touaa truly t
A letter dated July 3. 1»0«. written
for Mr. Brock by hie wife, Sarah J.
Brock, states:
“Last printer I had juet gotten up
out of a spell of eicknees. when I earn*
menced taking Peruna. I think It Im
proved my health very much.”
In a postscript. Mrs. Brock adds:
"Hr rece!\e« a great many letters in
quiring about what Peruna will do. I
Jo not answer them all. as I think they
can get a bottle and try It."
hall. He made the point that tha au
tos are a loosing product, and ha
Added the Information that tha hotels
and saloons get a percentage of tha
fares originating with them for tha
taxicabs.
The aldermen heard all the argu
ments and then concluded not to *tay
the march of progress, gasoline-driven.
CLAIMS HE WAS ROBBED
IN ROOMING HOUSE
W. J. Smith, No. 41$ Orand River
ave., complained to the police, Mon
day morning that he had been robbed
of S2O in a rooming houee at No. 124
Madlson-ave. Patrolman Elmer Bux
ton arrested James and Hazel Burton,
the colored proprietor*, on suspicion,
hut only a small amount of money was
found In their possession. Justice Jef
fries later issued a warrant charging
them with selling liquor without a
license, as the police eay they have
evidence that beer was served to
Smith and a companion In one of the
rooms.
It Is pure! The seuled lead pack
ets of “Salada" guarantee you tea
free from artificial coloring matter,
dust, dirt, and all forelgu substances.
Ask your grocer soy it.