The Detroit times. [volume], July 03, 1909, FIRST EDITION, Page Page Two, Image 2

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dliott-laylor-Woolfenden Cos. tlliott-1 aylor-Woolfcndcn Cos.
Sale of Rcady-to-Wear (Jilting Skirts
illffll Sl 48 $2 3nd UP
Choice at l«N» \\ II li t' Ol I I N«. P HV* tO * WC3 T
MM nr*, st > led lilt** <L| Oh IM.UU v / H~ G
c ;t. all I» iik thu.
Outing Skirts, Dresses and
A charming collect » »n • u|»-i :a*» taidiioncd from it •
lavender, ro,< / J [ . \ \\ i
and leathei g * \
models. Captivating two and three-piece effects. Special
$2.98, $3.95, $5.00, $6.95 j jlHf’
up to SIO.OO I ]\ \
White Outing Waists White Lawn Dresses jHIII Y\
Zoll A quick clean-up sa,e-Charm /} J; i jI \\
styled, all sizes, white and striped j ni r t\\'►-piece effects lace and /I 7jt l 1
Lawns, Chambrays. Madras, Per- , . •„, ..... / f <Jo u , V\\
rales and other materials; hißh t!r - ! ' ,U v - . l •. M TI. « -- in
and low necks; short sleeves only; to retail at S.y'A and $5. choice fl / I b \
handsomely lace and embroidery (jmj <|! , i
trimmed, gotten up to retail at /1% and / y If? L —J
11.00, $1.25 up to $1.50, choice Ik I 111 I
- vl«"y Tjwr
OVC (Skins alone are worth the ” olT,s ‘ i "‘'cK’nn
S the money.) ■!»«•»
White Goods Dept. hats! Hats! Hats!
. Every Tuscan colored I'ntrlmtned Hat ..... *®°
we open our July Clearing Sale With some un
usually attractive bargains In Printed Lawns and Every Hair Vntrlmn ; Hat si»o
X° ll *** : . , . . Every White Straw fntrlmmed Hat ***
One lot of 15e Dimity »«• fv5Q to Il2'>o Trimmed Ht.s at to f.i t.»
One lot of ISo Lawns *•«- to ivOO Trimmed Hits ~t to Si. 4»
One lot of 25c fine Voile 12‘*e 1-00 Trimmed Hats out to
Saturday Saturday
On Our Second Floor 0n our SeconJ Floor
Great Closing Out Sale
Our Entire Line of Waists
f Very Heavily Reduced.
“-f.»*1.00 - ’1.28 - 5 1.50 - S L9 8
WORf H JUST ABOUT DOL’BLE
$25.00
■ S IO.OO $2.98
C 7 C/i TAILORED SKIRTS J ()}J
reduced to iPJ./O
BEAUTIFUL LINGERIE DRESSES C* ~ Nearly all our Hats \ HALF
reduced to reduced to j PRICE
PRETTY HOUSE DRESSES C / OJP Special prices on ) ABOUT
reduced to 1 O Undermu«din*> j HALF
Am ’/rSndico^tompan^
’ SATURDAY, 9to IS O'clock
s Wash cu ts for the Fourth
nVe have just closed out the entire output of one of New
York's largest V\ ash Suit manufacturer- at le-* than cost
iof material*. There are jzo Suit* in tin* lot, made ot
Reps and India Linens. BSEW| #PHH
U 1 J B M J
45 inches long, Skirt- pro- J £o^
ul B B
Formerly T I H £ H B
for sio.oo ■ £
• All Alteidtions Finished for the Fourth.
THE DETROIT TIMES: SATURDAY, JULY 3. 1903,
I EVERY HEMESiJIY 9
| AND SATURDAY
I STEAMER OW AN A ■
H I/fuw> Gi inwoll St Wharf H ts
K TICKETS 35c
■ I> In ii' I iillantly I
HOME ’PHONE CO.
TO REBfI6ANIZE
New Concern Will Take Over Local
Property uiul Long Distance Line—
W. A Jackson To Be President.
Articles of Incorporation of th*
Homo telephone C'u i»t Mtehlgau wore
hied In the count) iioi.ws office at
noon. Frida), The capitalization ot
the new concern Is s.<,oo'>.UOO, uud It
is announced that it la to lake over
the pie pert us of the Home Telephone
Cos. ot Dotioit and the* ini- estate Tale*
phoue Cos., which has operated long
i i'.tan.« linos in connection w ith the
Homo . ompany.
Reorganization of those proportion.
b> 'heir being alsorbed uy tho new
eoucorn. will tako place iti about throe
w»’ok.* William A Jackson. who re
tired from tho preaideno> of the Mich
igan State Telephone Cos. about a year
ago. is to be president of tho new
concern, and H H. Robinson, formerl>
general manager of the Michigan
State Telephone Cos. ts to bo general
manager. Those gontiemeu tiro In
charge of the two constituent compa
nioa. pending the reorganization
It will be the policy of the Horn*
Telephone Cos. of Michigan to enlarge
and extend its service, keeping up the
policy of cooperation with the inde
pendent telephone companies of th *
state. In addition to the ri r Louis chi
(ital which formed the backing of the
! original companies, several Detroit
'capitalists have been interested in the
enterprise and the local men will have
a largo representation in the direc
torate.
The incoporators of the new com
pany are William A Jackson, Fred 1
Moran, who hus been president of th-*
Homo Telephone Cos. of Detroit; John
M Dwyer. Albert N Edwards and
Maurice E Bayard
FOE OF AD VALOREM PLAN
WILL MAKE APPRAISAL
M. A. Porter. Director,
Is Employed as Expert by Michi
gan Tax Commission.
LANSING. Mien. July 2-(Special)
!—The Michigan tax commission has
tinployed us the chief expert to pro
l are the appraisal of the property of
telephone companies, a man who for
i ye, i» hus been an unllimhing fix' of
the ad valorem luxa’ioti of telephone
companies and Is himself an ex-tcle
| phone company director.
M. A. Porter, of Norhville. will
ha\e charge of securing the figures on
jvhkh the commission will base their
assessment of telephone companies
undei the provisions of the ad valorem
taxation bill Two years ago, when the
legislature was considering the par
sage of a similar bill. Mr Porter, rep
resenting the Northvllle Telephone
Do . was chief among the lobby work
» rs and presented many reasons and
figures why the bill should be defeat-1
eJ and It was
REPORTER. PLACED IN
CELL, GETS CONFESSION
Laborer Confesses to Writer That He
Killed Girl During Argument
Over $2.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2. —A news
paper reporter, placed In a cell os
tensibly us a prisoner, has gained a
confession from James Edward Cun
ningham, 35, a laborer, that he is thu
murderer of Mias Carolina LrascL
the bookkeeper for Gra,« Brothers,
who was mysteriously shot to death in
her office on Wednesday The con
fession. gained during the midnight
hour of last night, exonerates John
Novak, who was accused of the crime
and arrested yesterday.
Cunninghum was formerly employed
as a laborer by the Grav Brothers,
Saturday there was a discrepancy
of $-’ in his pay check He had an ar
g.jment with Miss Brasch, but failed to
; convince her that she was wrong He
| left the office and bought a revolver,
returning to the office- Wednesday and
demanding hlB money. When Miss
Brasch refused to pay him the addl*
• lonal $2 he shot her dead
SAYS BABE IS HELD AS
SECURITY FOR BOARD BILL
Mrs. Madeline Brenner Tells Pitiful
Tale and Prosecutor’s Office
Orders Investigation.
Alleging that her three-year-old son.
Melvin, is being held as security for
a board bill of S3O. and that she *s
not allowed to Hee the child, or tak'*
him away from his boarding place.
Mrs Madeline Brenner, a domestic,
employed at No. 3»5 I»cust st., sought
the help of Police Justice Jeffries in
1 getting possession of the child, Fri
day morning
Clayton White, who lives on a farm
on the right-mile road, in Oakland,
county, is keeping the child away
from her. Mrs. Brenner declare*, and
refuses to give him up until she pays
him S3O for boarding the child.
in May, 1908, Mrs. Brenner’s hus
band, a carpenter, whs taken serlousiy
111. and after he had spent six weeks
in St Mary's hospital, It was found
necessai > to send him to the county
assylum at Eloise.
Mrs.. Brenner, forced to do house
work to support hern l' and the child,
put the baby out to board, at differ
ent private homes, finally sending Idm
to Mr and Mrs. While, then living
on Sixteenth-*!near Howard. The
baby wrn taken to them. March 19.
tin April 22 ’hey moved out to the
farm, taking the baby with them Last
Tuesday, Mrs. Brenner went out to
Die farm, and asked for the baby,
into, ling to take him out to Eioise to
-.. his ither Mrs White refused to
allow her to seven see the baby, Mrs
Brenn r declared.
Th*- prosecuting attorney s office
will lnv stigate
Wants Pitcures Removed.
NEW YORK. July 2—Broughton
Brartdenburg. through hla counsel,
Samuel Hell Thomas, has written to
Commissioner of Police Raker asking
that his photogtaphs and the Bertlllon
records of his mcasirements be r-»-
moved from the files of the rogues'
gallery. Brandenburg says his acquit
tal on th* charge of forging the name
i ' f Grover Cleveland to an article |j
1 sufficient reason for complying with
ithe request
More Alleged Scorchers Summoned.
S<>rgt John Staples, of the mote y
j« b* squad. swore out warrants. Friday.
: against J M. Breen, of No 37 4 Fred
.■rick st . mid Edward Kindling. a
teDei foi the Hulck Motor far <’> .
! charging them with driving their au
| tos ul a speed of Uillta All hour. (
CROWLEY, MILNER <& CO.,
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Piles Piles sf Pretty W aists
Freshly Unpacked—All at Specially LOW
Prices tor Saturday
We expect to supply at least a thousand women with a pretty, cool white WAIST from this
splendid Waist offering Saturday. WF. OUGHT TO —judging by the prices at which all these
heaps of dainty YV'aists will be sold. Take it in the Waists at $i alone.
Such Waists Have Not Been Seen Before at $1
Lingerie Waists, some with colored Silk Embroidery designs, others with Lace- and Em
broideries High neck -v Dutchess Necks. Dutch collars. Also the new “Middy Blouse, which
has taken the country by storm. And tlu* “Auto tori Waists. All in one vast collection at
$i each.
Also a Beautiful Assortment of Finer Waists
Every Waist an Extra Special. Made up in the daintiest styles, with trimmings of fine im
ported Lace and Embroideries, in countless charming effects. Here are the prices:
$1 95 for Waists Worth $2 50 and $3 $3 95 for Waist* Worth $5.
$2 95 for Waists Worth $4 (On Sale on the Second Floor.)
Women’s $5 & $6- 50 Tub Dresses, $3.95
HE?RE IT IS—The Dress that will make you feel spic and span on the Fourth, and look
pretty and cool,
And You Pay Only $3 95 for a $5 to $6.50 Dress
The Dresses were made up exclusively for us. fiom fine Ginghams and Percales taken from
our own stock. The manufacturer charged only for the making.
YOU CAN T DUPLICATE SUCH DRESSES ANYWHERE FOR LESS THAN $5
TO $6.50.
They’re made In long-sleeve styles or Juniper effect Plain or trimmed with Lai*-' and Embroideries
Style after style to sele. t from, in sizes 14, IC., is to 34. and up to 44 So Misses as \v*-ll as larger Women
ran be fitted. Take your pi< kat $3.95. It will be some time before such Dresses will be seen again at
this price. (Secoud Floor.)
jt * 4/21 ; 1 at? ’i. *
650 W hi:<- Skirts /" Sold at $1
SPLENDID NEWS FOR SATURDAY'S SHOPPERS WHO WANT A COOL WHITE
SKIRT FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY AT A COST OF JUST Si. The Skirts are crisp
and fresh—made in five different models, in pleated and gored styles, some with large pearl but
tons. The material is round-thread shrunk cotton, which launders perfectly. All sizes, 36 to 43.
The 650 won’t be enough to go round, so you’d best come early for YOURS. $1 each.
Note the Prices
On Toilet Goods
Paraffine, in pound packages, at
9c a lb.
Sealing Wax. In sticks, 2 for sc. < r
at 9c a lb
Sanitol Tooth Powder, 25c size, at
12c
Pompeian Massage Soap, 25c slz*.
at 10c.
rial Hepattfa. 25c size, at 17c.
Omega Oil, loc size, at 6c.
Bath Trips, all rubber, 19c
Listerine, 50< size, at 29c.
Shears, good TG« quality, at 39c, 2
for 15c.
Paragon Tea, 15c size. Saturday, at
2 for 15c.
Chiffon Cloth
Veils. 50c Each
Regularly Si. Made of fine
Chiffon, in all the leading shad -
The veils are i 1 j yards long and
are splendid for wear on boat
trips and f< r autoing. Fifty certs
each.
25c Veilings at Only
14c a yard
Excellent Veiling*—the aame as
you have paid 25c for many, mat v
times Latest design*. In black, white
and colors, 14c a yard—for Just olid
day.
Crowley, Milner” Cos.
$1 & $1.25 Double Tipped
Long Silk Gloves, 50c
This G tilt* lowest price we have ever known these grades
of Gloves to soil. The woman who doesn’t hiiv at least one
pair at 50c i> missing a »orl opportunity. 12 and 16-bi»tton
lengths, pure Silk. in good heavy quality. 1 an. hrovvn, blue,
green—Saturday 50c a pair.
75c LONG LISLE GLOVES AT 25c A PAIR
An *»x< ept loiml bargain. The (»lo\ms are 12-button length. In
L'.*.f grade of Lisle. Now 25c a pair.
Seal-Grain Patent Leather
$1.50 Hand Bags at 98c
A value in Hand-Bags that cannot be matched in the City
of Detroit. Genuine SV.So Bags, made of seal grained and pat
ent leather, in smart Carriage and Empire shapes, at only 98c
each.
ALSO $2 SEAL-GRAINED BAGS AT $1 50
Leather lined and hound. Made with to and 12-inGi
over-lapping frames. Bags that would he excellent values
at $2. here at $1.50 each.
Main Floor. f.'i
A Penny an Inch
lor Pretty Silk Beltings
Last week there was a regular rush at the counter where
they were selling. More here today—pure silk, double faced,
so that you pactically get two belts, each different, for one
penny an inch. Worth twice this price. First Floor.
Formerly Pardndge <»& blackwel