IN DETROIT While tUltlM hi* slatrr, Mra. Ilrnrr Martrll, la Hellevllle, Hlrh., Uedar«i day availing, Joseph .Miller, oft Ula city, accidentally tuok a quantity of poison, wlili'li caused It la death a few mlnutea later. Jaal t. btl rallfna4, Ii engatfe* In a different line of business ▲ party of hla aaaot.-ialt.-a prevented him with a handsome chair aa a token of their evteeiu. Prof. f. f. Mad. of the I alteralty «»f Mlehltfau, will leeture la the Detroit Muauuiu of Art, at X o'clock, Friday evening. on rudluin, tl>e newest and moat myeteiloua of nietala. The fee ture will open the courae of the In i’* atltute of Sole nee, and It la free to the public. lgra. Ida Hajea, 2* years old, waa badly bruised aatl ahukea up. and aeveral other passengers were jostled about when a Myrtle and a Jefferson car uilxed In a reur-end colllalon at Grand Blver un«l Breokl/B'AVtk, on Thursday evening. Mra. llayea was taken to Grace hospital, suffering principally from ahock. Herat- Clifton 11. Ttldea, retired, who waa for aaaa.v .tears la charge of the old Wood bridge-at. police sta tlon. la In a cr*ti«-itl condition In Grace hospital. Buffering from gen eral nervous breakdown and uremic poisoning. He waa making h'a homo with a son. George Ttlden, In Wy , andutte, when tuk.-n 111 and a pollco auto transferred him Thursday night to Grace hospital. Balph O. Craig. Olympic w Inner | Aid. Charles W. Ilurtou; ♦•Jack'* Coll las, prominent uthlcte and Central High school trainer, and W. D. Trump, formoe general superintendent of tlin Pare Marquette railway, figured In a aafe and sane automobile accident, Thursday. Craig had driven his auto up to Burton's residence, to take Burton and Collins for u ride, when Trump't machine, passing, skidded into the other auto, badly wrecking both. Ml-a Masala .Nichols, of No. 4SO Trum bull-ave.. reports so the police thnt as aha waa passing an allay opening on Klm-eh, near Trumbull-ave.. at Tuldnkght, Thuya day, »he wap* »t --tackad by a man who struck her in the face and knocked her down. Who struggled with him, and he tore her hat from her head and ran away with it. Mlaa Nichols waa bo badly fright ened that aho became hysterical She waa not able to give any descrip tion df her assailant. Upwards of 200 New Thought students gathered ts the First New Thought churoh. Wlnder-et.. Thursday night, for their annual Thanksgiving ban quet. The hall was prettily decor ated In the class colors, purple hiiJ yellow. letters were read from stu dents In different states, expressing regret In not being able to attemi, and telegrams of congratulation wer read from Ella Wheeler Wilcox and others. Following the banquet, en tertainment was provided by Mrs. Emily Murray Clements, reader, and Mrs. Wlckwler. pianist. The Michigan railroads are bow la-, »cat lasting all applications f»r passes over the roads In preparation for the requirement of the interstate commerce commission that a record of all passes must be kept. This rul ing becomes effective Jan. 1, and the record of passes must be kept open for Inspection on the part of the in vestigators of the commission so - 4 hat they may have Information C°Ur rernlng free transportation readily avallaole. Railroads are allowed to issue passes to officials employes and dependent members of their fain llles. Thomas Newton, preoldent of tho New ton Beef Co- passed the hat among the men at the stockyards Thursday noon, to raise a fund for little Tony Schemansky, eight years old, who was run over by a train, his right arm being badly crushed. Newton started the subscription with a %& bilLnMnd the hut filled rapidly. . The little lad'a father had crossed the. tracks ahead of the boy and Tony waa attempting to crawl under a freight car when the train moved. The elder Shemansky. with tears In h • eyes, was bewailing the fact that he had no money with which to secure proper care for the Injured lad. when the stockyards man came to the rescue. Little Tony Is report ed aa recovering In Solvay hospital. He lives at No 206 Thlrty-thlrd-st. i. pretty baby girl about two months old was abandoned on tbe front doorstep of J. N. Throop’a residence. No. 1206 Fifteenth-st.. early Thurs day evening, and within a little more than an hour Its Identity was learn ed by the police. Mr. and Mrs. Throop notified the police, who took the baba to the House of Providence, where it was discovered that tho baba had been born there two months ago. The mother Is a young girl living on the east side of the city, and the police have her name and address, though it Is not likely that any proceedings will os taken against her. She Is said to hnve dis appeared from her home. The babe will be ca.red for in the Institution where It was born, and will be held for adoption. The mother's parent* live In Ohio, and she had been un able to care for her child and sup port herself hers. IMEALTH DRIVES WOMAN TO SUICIDE Mrs. Theresa Sherer Shoots Self Dead in Home—Hus band Finds Body Mrs. Theresa Sherer, 8* years old, toot herself dead In her home, No. 376 Parker-ave., at 6:80, Friday Doming. Her husband, August, who had risen early, was In the basement, ending to the furnace when he heard he muffled report of a revolver, fol owed by a thud as though a body had alien to the floor. He rushed up italrs to his wife’s room but It was mpty. He then went to his own -oom and discovered his wife s dead >ody on the floor, between the bed ind the wall, with a bullet wound In he head. Mrs. Sherer had been In 111-health or more than a year, and was very Lespondent as a result. She had been rented for a long time by Dr. Philip granger. Her husband and a daugh er seven years old survive. Coroner Rothacher decided an ln lueet unnecessary. -OOK FOR SLAYER OF 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL PITTSBURGH Pa., Nov. 29. Coun y detectives a party of cltliens oday continued the search for the ssallant of pretty 12-year*old Lillian khadle. of Oakhlll. whose nude body taring marks of a bruial ausck was ound in a reservoir. The girl disao eared, Wednesday evening, after go- Qg to the store to purchase Thanks- Ivlng provisions. Discovery of some of the girl s nokages m a (lump of bushes led earchers to drain the basin, and find «r dead body. ' Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A PriaHag D»a» Rlfhi. Tlaiaa Mattac On* IS Mks l^ai' EXPOSE OF CANNERIES HAS N. YJROUSED “Little Jack/’ Aged 12, la at Hi* Tank From 4:30 a. m. Until 8:00 p. m. DRASTIC LAWS TO BE PASSED BY LEGISLATURE Campaign of Vassal* College Graduate in Role of Worker Bears Fruit NEW YORK, Nor. 29.—Drastic prohibitory laws, which will do away with the employment of bablos In the canneries of New York state, with tho working of women In Iron foundries and with the general abuses in con nection with the employment of wo men and children will be the first legislation considered by the Incom ing state legislature. Robert F. Wagner, Democratic lead er of the state senate and chairman of the commission which has been In vestigating factory and working con ditions throughout the state, declared today that his committee will h\TO Us report ready soon after the legislature meets on Jan. 1, and that it will offer Important remedia] legislation. , One of the laws will be along fho line suggested by Miss Mary Cham berlain, the young college graduate who has been investigating the can neries of the state for the benefit of the commission, that the canneries be brought under the supervision of the state department of labor. If this is done, employes can be worked only 60 hours a week. In to Miss Chamberlain, it developed today that other investiga tors have been working as day labor ers in the canneries and their stories, still to be told, will corroborate that of the young woman. Miss Chamber lain haa positively sworn lhat chil dren of from 10 to 16 years have been worked from 4 In the morning until 8 or 10 at night, and that in certain other canneries other children, little babies as young as five years, have been worked at snipping beans In de- CLEANS THE HAIR AND MAKES IT BEAUTIFUL —25-CENT “DANDER!" In a Few Moments Your Hair Looks Soft, Fluffy, Lustrous and Abundant—No Falling Hair or Dandruff. Bursty try a "Danderine Hair dear so** If you wish to immediately double the boauty of jour hair. Just moisten a doth with Danderino and draw It oarefully through jour hair, taking one small strand at a time, this will cleanse the hair of duet, dirt or anj ezoeeslve oil—ln a few mo meats you will be emated. Your hair will be warj, fluffy and abundant and poaeeae an lnoomparable softness, lustre and luxuriance, the beauty and shimmer of true hair health. Besides beautifying the hair, one application of Danderino dissolves every particle e t Dandruff; cleanses. 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Also the Aateaebtl" Girls and the High hchnol Series | rubllshsr's price OC -0c; our price £*%} L THE DETROIT TIMES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 191*. fiance of the agricultural law. Not only are girls aud women under pay, Miss Chamberlain has sworn, bn: they are at times, and In certain localities, subjected to insult and In dignities by piale employes. The woman Investigator, who grad uated from Vassar, worked as a day laborer In canneries at Holiy. South Dayton and Albion, and In the capacity of a seeker for employment observed conditions at Hamburg, Eden, IJver Creek, Farnham and Fredonia. She carefully kept a de tailed record of her observations and submitted It to the investigating com mission. One significant entry from this diary aroused the commission as nothing else brought before It. It was as follows: "August 20, little Jack, aged 12, was up from 3 o’clock In the morning. He was snipping beans from 4:30 until 10 p. m., with only one-half hour for dinner and a few minutes for supper. He saidi ‘My fingers are broke.’ He went to bed last night at 12 and got up at 3. He said he had worked the night before until 12, but went to bed at 12. He said he was 'awful tired,’ but hla mother made him work. Ho tried to go home several times. Hla hando wore swollen. Hie slater, aged 10, could hardly keep her eyes open and her mother ecolded her con stantly. Jack made $1.40 during the period from 4 a. m , until 10 p. m. Ho said that he couldn’t keep any of It. There were about 75 to 100 children In the shed, the majority 10 and over, but about 2!» between five and 10. I should aay none under five. “The parents were constantly urging the children at work. One little fel low, aged 11, was throwing some boan snipping* at another. Hie father hit him brutally across the faoe and set i him again at work. Everywhere the parents were forcing children to work-” Mrs. Susan Mctiregsr Dn«4. Mrs Susar McGregor, widow of James McOregor, who w»aj>resident ol the Homs Raving* - bank «fcv.d superln* Undent of tne Michigan Car Cos., 'died Thursday. In the family home. No. tl" Jefferaon-ave. Mr* McOrsgor wu II year* old and had lived In Detroit since 1161. She was a member of the Jef feraon-ave. Presbyterian church, the pastor "it which, the Rev. J. Frederick Fltechen. will officiate In the funeral services, to be held Saturday morning. In the home. Two *on* and four daughters survlva DERRICK, who will be one of the new men in the Yankee infield next summer, Is sure being well touted among ball players and some man agers in the Ban Johnson league. 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