The Detroit times. [volume], January 24, 1914, SIX O'CLOCK, Image 1

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CITY HALL POLITICIANS, LED BY MARX. TRY TO KNIFE CHARTER REFORMS'
SIX
O’CLOCK
FOURT EEN T H VEA R . NO. 10 0
BELIEVE SUICIDE CLUB EXISTS IN
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
MAYOR MARX NOW OPEN FOE
OF PROGRESSIVE CHARTER;
WANTS TO BET IT WILL LOSE
Says Measure Contains “Lot of
l rule si ruble Things,” Rut
Balks When Asked To
Name Them
NEW M. O. AMENDMENT
NEEDED, ASSERTS LAWSON
Declares Flan Can Be Made Safe
Only Rv Adoption of New
Charter
Mayor .Marx uunouiicoU, in his office,
Saturday uiurnihg, thut he is wlllinw
to wager lu to five that the proposed
dew charter will uoi carry, on Fed,
10, now that the supremo court hu>
■ stabllshed tho validity of the Verdict
nome rule law. The mayor was In an
extremely Jubilant mood and he wink
ed at his friono* a* they hied in to
1 ongratulate him on tho ( tty’s success
in the stute court
The mayoi was eager to toll every
body that he would ’’stand pat” on bis
published statement that he would
vote “No" ou the proposed new char
er.
“Nothing to it,” he said. ’’The pro
posed new charter contains u lot of
mdesirable provslons, and now that
municipal uv, mirxhip 1* nufe for the
preaeut there is r.c use supporting the
new charter. We know what the old
barter contains because its provisions
■ave been tested out in the courts,
but the new charter will mean that an
tidies* number of lawsuits Mil! be
tarted and municipal ownership will
I ** delayed. Nobody can profess to
believe in municipal ownership and
..tarn! for the proposed new charter,
now that the supreme court has told
is w<> can go right ahead on the piece
ueai charter amendment which the
people paused Ins* fail.”
The mayor’s attention was again
ailed to the fat t that the valadity o'
he municipal ownership amendment
va3 not established by the supreme
i ourt decision.
The mayor la igbed.
"Well,” he urgued, “won’t it- be
'■asier to test out the piecemeal amend
ment than it would he to test out the
whole new charter?”
The mayor ilao adopted the sugges
tion made by a friend that the city
would have the option of going to
' ourt over any oi the provisions of the
amendment, or avoid litigation by cut
ting out the oLjectloimoie features.
The mayor seen-eci to think that this
argument on the municipal ownership
provision was conclusive and sufficient
reason for him to denounce the pro
posed new charter
Corporation Counsel Lawson, who
won the supremo court fight tor the
city, Insists that the municipal owner
ship provision In the new charter Is
more in accoidance with home rule
and more likely to he legally correct,
than the one wnich was voted on last
'sill. The corporation counsel differs
with the mayor and the mayor's legal
advisers on th's point, ami warns the
municipal ownership advocates thut
iliey are flying ip the face of funda
mental law when they pin their hopes
for the realization of municipal owner
ship on the piecemeal amendment
which the mayor says Is Just what the
city wants.
"The municipal ownership amend
ment gives the railway commission the
power to conllruct without first ob
taining consent, by a vote of the peo
ple,” explains the corporation counsel
"In the new municipal ownership
provision in the proposed charter, the
fallway commission must first prepare
plans and secure an estimate of the
(Continued un I’niir Flu lit)
ASK $20,000 TO
; CARE FOR TEETH
Dr, C. H. Oaknmn, Health Officer
[price and Aid. Kdwnrd Harnett and
Uld. Anthony Nowc, of the council
t ommlttee on health and city hospitals,
visited foiir dental clinic*, Saturday
morning. In the health hoard office.
hhe Bishop school. St Alhertns school
bud Grace hospital. and at each thej
,ound lf>o children waiting to havt
•heir teeth examined. Dr. Oaknian
-bowed the aldermen the deplorable
K'onditlons of the children s mouth*
Kind told of the great necessity for hav
lug an adequate corps of dcntlstß em
Krloyed by the city to takf* proper car#
*f all the school children
Aid Harnett promised to do all If
Mu power to get a $20,000 uppropria
lion through for dental clinic work
Last year the health board was allow
•and SB,OOO.
Wir pnf rut* nm» fr«(rmtrki
A Barlktl. 37 Went Cnajy^aa.
|p droit (rimes
STRIKE PROBE
IS REPORTED
FAVORABLY
Keating Resolution Will Prob
ably Be ( ailed I p Before
j Congress for Passage
Monday Morning
MacDONALU WILL FIRE
BROADSIDE ON MONDAY
Representative From 12th Says
He’ll “Show Up” Certain
Michigan Parties
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. -Obeying
the decision of the house democrat! -
caucus, the rules committee today fa
vorably reported the resolution of
Hep. Keating of Colorado, ordering
congressional investigation of the
Colorado coal und Michigan copper
] .strikes. The vote was unanimous.
The resolution will probably be call
-leu up Monday for passage by the
house. Favorable action is certain.
The Keating resolution proposes a
thorough investigation In both Michi
gan and Colorado by the house mines
committee of which Hep. Foster of
i Illinois is chairman.
Hep. Macjiunald of Michigan an j
■ uounced today that he will make an
attack Monday or Tuesday upon Mich- ,
■ igan parties, whom lie believes to ho ,
responsible in a large measure for ;
conditions existing in the Calumet 1
strike district.
"I shall probably mention the Citi
zetia’ Alliance in this connection,” he
said. “But I shall not single them
out for attuck. Instead. I will try to
show up this whole .situation and
point at some individuals, l feel that
| the Citizen’s’ Alliance is on the wron^
! side of this situation absolutely.”
i
j CALUMET, Mich., Jan. 24. —(Spe
! chill —The grand jury failed to report ]
; this morning and is again examining
j witnesses. The witnesses before that'
(body this morning wefe brought from
j Green Hay, Wis., presumably to tell of.
; an attempt to dynamite a Keweenaw,
i Central train In Copper City three
months aco. It '.as stated tills morn-j
ing that the grand jury would not re
port until :{ o'clock this afternoon, if l
at all.
The case of Mor Oppman, Hungarian |
Federationlst, charged with having a ,
dynamite bomb in his possession, will
probably be dismissed, as the bomb
was found in his room and authorities
are unable to establish any malicious
1 intent.
David Kennedy, a member of Bat
tery A. Ijvnsing, doing mounted police
duty in Keweenaw county, was gr
-1 ralgned this morning on a charge of
, assault with Intent to kill. It Is a-*
’eged that Kennedy attacked Nick
Weykert, manager of the Federation
! store at Ahtneek. with a gun. He is
j held In $2,000 bond.
FIND NO TRACE
OF TRJN BANDITS
Men Who Held Up Southern Ex
press Apparently Made Good
Their Escape
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Jan. 24.—N0
: trace hud been found early today of
i the three bandits who last night held i
up a local Southern train uear Fack
lers, Ala. Authorities say they got
little of value.
The first robber bearded the train
1 near Stevenson, and the second
! climbed aboard the locomotive at
' Factors, forcing the engineer to stop
for a third man wnltlng at a trestle
a few miles from the town. The loco
) motive and express and mail cars
l were then uncoupled and run a short
distance up the track and the safe in
the express car blown.
Disappointed at their failure to ob
tain any loot, the robbers ordered the
engine crew into the passenger cars,
fired several shots at them as they
ran and then started the locomotive
and two cars on a wild run. They
escaped on horses. The engine and
two car* were found at Larkinsville,
19 miles from the acene of the rob
bery.
/ : /„
ZAHM SELECTED
AS ONLY EXPERT
AGAINST METERS
All Other Applicants Favored
Measured Service. Savs
Mayor’s Secretary
“Charles L. Zahm vvus selected as
the city's telephone expert because
,he was the only one ot all who ap
plied who would commit himself
positively against metered service,”
said Edward T. Fitzgerald. Mayor
Mart's secretary, who attended all
the secret sessions of the telephone
' committee.
j "The committee wanted a partisan
■expert, knowing thut the company
lwould have partisan experts,” con-
I tinned Mr. Fitzgerald. “All the others
I who applied believed, more or less, in
! metered service. The city wants to
' oppose metered service absolutely.
Therefore. Mr. Zahm was chosen. His
connections have always been with
Independent companies.
“It is our intention to wait Tor the
telephone company to show the state
railroad commission Its reasons for
demanding increased rates, and then
try to tear its arguments to pieces ”
Mr. Fitzgerald mad** public, Satur
day, the letter in which Mr. Zahm
stated his qualifications for the Job.
Iu addition, the committee has sev
eral letters reeomrhending Mr. Zahm.
The committee, Mr. Fitzgerald said,
made no detailed investigation of Mr.
Zalim's record, but was satisfied with
its talks with him and with his let
ters.
Mr. Zahm said in his letter:
As per the request of the tele
phone commission of this date, I
beg to submit the following as
covering my experience in the
telephone field.
1 have been engaged in the tele
phone business since I*l4o. the
first six years of which we o spent
in different classes of work per
taining to the business tnat need
not be shown here. Since 1896 I
have constructed many telephone
exchanges, among which are the
following:
I»h Angelos, Gal, $2,000,000
plant, Portland Ore., $1,600,000;
Spokane. Wash., $1,250,000; Ta
coma and Bellingham. Wush., sl.'
300.000; Toledo. 0., $1 260,000.
The following list Is of plants
costing from $200,000 down to
$15,000, on all of which I have
acted us engineer in desigmug
the pftant, and in the majority of
cases have supervised the entire
construction:
Santa Monica San Pedro, Santa
Ana, dan Bernardino, Ix>ng Beach.
Whittier, Pasadena. Redlands.
Pomona, Covina. Oxnard. Iledon
do, Santa Barbara. Ventura. Santa
Pauli, Glendale, Cal.; Albany,
Oregon City. Ore.; Puyallup,
Waah.; Napoleon, FostoHa, Wlu
SA T 1 R D AY, JA N UARY 24, 1911.
aeon, Maumee, Marietta, Ohio;
Lexington, Ky.
In addition io the above, l was
employed in the city of Detroit
and southern Michigan for a
period of four and one-half years
during which time L installed
many exchange equipments for
the Independent Telephone Cos.,
then operating, among which was
the equipment of the Detroit Tele
phone Cos., of 6,000 lines, which l
operated later for two years, it
being late: purchased by the Bell
company. 1 Installed an exchange
equipment and telephones for a
Detroit corporation iu the city of
New Orleans of some 3,600 line
instruments, which was later pur
chased by the Bell Cos., and dis
mantled.
1 was employed by the Lane in
terests in eastern Oregon, Idaho,
and Montana, and as engineer
had supervision over all . the
plants, and during my employ
ment by this company for two
years, l appraised all their prop
erties. On leaving the Lane com
pany s employ, 1 undertook a sur
vey for a municipal plant in the
city of Seattle. Wash. This stir
vey tuking some eight months to
complete, being finished in Feb
ruary, 1913.
Iu regard to the exchange a’
Toledo, Ohio, which 1 have listed
above. I wish to .-Hate that this
plant was all but completed by me
when 1 received an offer from
California to take charge there,
which I accepted, the plant being
completed by another engineer.
I trust that I have made myself
clear in the foregoing, and that
, my explanations arid descriptions
have not proven too lengthy.
1 beg to remain.
Yours very truly,
CHARLES L. ZAHM.
COLD WAVE DOE IN
DETROIT TONIGHT
Temperature Will Drop to About
10 Above Zero, Says
Conger
With northern Michigan held In a
zero grip, Saturday, Local Forecaster
I N. B. Conger predicts that the cold
1 wave will reach Detroit late la ia«
day. and that temperatures will fall
jto about 10 degrees above the zero
nine Saturday night and Sunday.
’■Report* from the nortnwest show
that temperatures there rang* from
zero to 34 degree* below,” said Mr.
Conger. "The cold wave is on its
way to Detroit rapidly. It will prob
ably be fair and cold Sunday."
ANIMAL WELFARE ,
l> t\< K AT AIM AIM A
Tonight. FVhzel's orohe*tr*»l Imnd s*.
b*rt**«j patronage. Darning nightly
Adv.
Jok Printing Doae Might. Tlmri
Printing in.. l»3 John R.-at /
THE LAST “IF”
THINK BRADYCAN
SHED LIGHT ON
TRAIN ROBBERY
'
Police Inclined To Connect De
troit Pickpocket With Hold
up of Passengers
I .earning that Howard Br ady, pick
pocket, released from the central sta
tion. Thursday night, was ou the
Michigan Central train the passengers
on which were robbed, near Jackson,
by bandits, Thursday night, lo
cal detectives and Michigan Central
sleuths are inclined to wonder over
1 a strange series of events that led
them to believe that Bradv might he
able to throw some light on the rob
! bery Not that any of them suspected
j Brady of being the burnt it, hut they
'bought that he might know of some
friend in the bandit business.
Detective Hugh Dwyer, of the
Michigan Central, is satisfied that
the robber boarded train No. 7 at
Jackson. Brady and two companions
were on the only car that was cute red
by the bandit. Brady said he was
robbed ol S4O, and his companions
also complained of being robbed, lai
cal detectives say Brady was “clean'
when he left a cell in the central sta
tion just before train time.
The rotund cmintonan. e of Aid Ed
ward Barnett, thrust through the door
of Chief of Detectives Palmer's oillce,
was the principal incident of Brady's
release, (’apt. Palmer says that Bar
nett came to the station, where Brady
was just being started on a loop the
loop" r; ii jle effor to g* t him to
I leave town Barnett asked Capt.
Palmer to release Brady, and hand
j him over to a man who wanted
j Brady as u witness lu some litigation
■ in Chicago."
"Will he keep Brady in Chicago?"
asked the captain, and receiving _
reply in he ifflrmative, Capt. Palm
{ gave the order for Brady’s release.
"I was t-o glad to get rid of Brady,
i that I didn't even ask the name of
'the men who wanted to take him
,aw ay," '•aid Capt Palmer.
Shortly afterward. Patrolman Bo
1 gan spotted Brady at the depot, and
| knowing that the man was to tje
1 "picked up on sight,” habhed him. but
i was shown a . ~ket to Chicago, and
i told of the arrangement with Capt.
Palmer
He let Brady nnd two friends go
on the train
Detective Wilkinson, who knows
Brady well, says that the latter would
j not have the nerve to do n hold-up Job,
but the detective* are wonder tig
whether ills departure for Chicago op
the particular train that wa*- Hobb-d.
«u« a coincidence, or a ,"Irame-up'
with tuAue other men ready and will
'ing to do a "stick up job,” and need
' ing ‘‘friends on the inside ”
Jot, rrtattMK l>«»» Nl(lib Tlsaa
rvtmtas ( «., tl John R -st
THE CLEAN NEWSPAPER ONE CEN
THREE STUDENTS END LIVES
IN ONE WEEK AT QUAKER
INSTITUTION-PANIC ENSUES
RACE RESULTS!
AT CHARLESTON.
First itttet* —Helling, I’uroe 4JOO; •»- j
year-old* and up: € furlongs:
12 to 1, 5 to 1 amt 4 to o, won; Nim
bus, ZU to 1, 8 to 1 and 4 to 1, second,
•gueed, 7 to 5, 7 to lu and 1 to a, third
Time: 3 J 8 4-5. Schuller, Flask, Tom
boy, Tony \V , Auto Muld, Beverstt-ln,
Scarlet Plmpeinel and Bettis also •\u ;
Hecond Race Purse u
olds and up, t> furlongs: Big Dipper.
8 to 1, T to 1 and to 2, won; Willis.
16 to 1, 5 to 1 ami Z to 1. seortid.
Maleic h I*. l>.. 3 to 1. 6 to 5 and a to a
third Time 117 Semiquaver. In
< i*lon, Premier, Viiey ard Get Busy
also ran.
Third Race- Selling 3-year*olds and
up. t: furlongs; handicap: Chuckle*, 4
to 1, K to 6 and 4 to 6. won, Yenghce
10 to 1, i to i and 8 to 6, second; Cop
pertow n, 13 to 6, tJ to f» and t to 2,
thlid Time: 1 16 H» Straw, Loan
Shark, Young Ktnblem, Uojul Tea,
Lost Fortune and Garaquet also ran.
Fourth Ka>e South Carolina Sell
ing stakes, tl.ih'O 3-year-olds and up,
1 mile. Joe Dleboid. 11 to 5. 3 to 5 and
out, won. Dart worth, 3 to 1 to 6 und
out, second, Counterpart, 30 to 1,3 to
t and *> to 6, third Time. 1,44 Col.
.Vshmeade and Klw-nh also ran.
Fifth Race The Plnehurst handicap;
Purse |inO 3-year-olds und up; 1 mile
and 70 yards, llepuhliroji. H to 5, 4 to
5 and 1 to 3, won; Sir John Johnson,
6 to 1, 2 to 1 and even, second. Pard
ner, k to 1, 6 to 3 and (’» to 5. third.
Time. 1 4.x 1-6. Prime llernds, Czar
Michael and L ii. Adair also ran.
AT JUAREZ
First Rare ii-year-olda; 3 , , i! fur
lorig*- Mind the Paint, 6 to 6. 4 to 5
and I to J, won, Bagatelle. 30 to 1, 10
to 1 and o to 1, second; Tod Cook, b
to », 4 to 5 amt l to X, third. Tints:
3a 3-5. Ben’s Brother, Busy Edith,
MasniK, Canonude, Kay K. Miller and
Ytander ul*o ran.
MONDAY’S ENTRIES.
It <'IIAHI.E«TOV
I-irai Bare Purse fJuv, selling, L
ycar-ulda and up, ('• furlbngs Berke
ley, l i.u;. xHenotic, l* ; Ll Fall, loti,
xfrlaak, SS. Tot 8ot» dor, 101; xt’ike’a
Peak. Ob, Jennie Weils, ' 30t>. xL>r
Dougharty, its, hTe Parson, »8 old
Jordan, !*3, Hugh Guy, H'H. Ben Prior,
InR, Marty Lou. 88 Inferno Queen, 1 *>6.
Mias Piunfiy, I *8
Second Kbit -Purse IJh'i, selling. 3-
j year-olds and up, t»- turlongs Letour •
ino, 108, Ik’tliii Btlen. 1 I . Camel, 13 4.
i incision, 111; xCemitig Coon, In
I Burchant, 106. Mama Johnson, ->8;
-Churl, s Connell, vb. Barium, 113. Stel
eliffT 110. r-heKock Holmes, 11; Vol
thofpe. ill, Single Hav. :♦ 4. Semiqua
ver, 114, Spell Bound. 11l
Third Kit- e Purse $3.00, selling, 3-
t year-olds and up, 6 furlongs. Hear tU
stone, 106, Prince Floral, H 6; Arnold,
113. xToddling. 107; \Sylvi-sf r is, 106,
Kthelburg It, 102. xYord Lad, 110;
Sheets, lot), x Font, 107; Irish Kid, 11-,
The Tut k, 116;* Flying Yankee, 11-’.
\ Bulgur, 03. Jacob Burn, 112, xGallar. t
Boy. :'2.
Fourth Race I'uise sjsi<, selling,
handicap. 3-Near-old* and up, 1 mUe;
Bob It. 110, Prather Duster. I‘'B, Mat
shon, 103. Lost J'ortune, 95; White
Wool. 100. Cock.spur, 100. Duquesnc
104, Golden Treasure, 101<. Kinmundy.
104.
Fifth Rate - Purse S3OO, selling, 3
yeai-olds arm up, mile Cynosure, P'4
Sherlock Holmes. 116; Thi Turk, 116,
FtTendl 112 Barn Dance, kl3; xMy
! cr-trae, 113. ?cnets Stroine, 10' '’ln
: tnulpo, 102 Toni Hancock, 33. xNVIIo,
i 102. Pliant. ll>7
SlxtL Race S3OO 3-yeai-olds .-grid us),
| tulle, selling. \.Bllioo‘, B'S. Helen VI .
' .10; Fairy Gotlmot>*,-r 102. ,x Flood, vl.
xYankie I’ooh, 1*8; .Schutt, 10;». Bat»y
Sister. V 0; Fr».g. 104. Patty Regan. 88;
Wood* • aft, 10V, Hobby Cook. 100; V
m) Grown, 10* Henerilctlna, 10'’>
x Appranth'e allowance claimed
Cloudy and sloppy'.
TOMORROW’S ENTRIES
at ji ait>:/
First Race Selling; l ycnr-Md,- - a t
Up; 1 mtle; xlnuuletu, 100; xCAlelum,
103 xFloreme Birch. 1"6. Fnalga,
106. xShawnee, 106 Fnx> Mar l 110,
Frlexe. 110, John Louis, 110, Wicket
112. Dahlsrren. IU. C. VV. Megan. IJ
<_Ji »at I übIP-e. I 6
Seconrt liner - -.selling; 3-y»-ar-«Irl»,
7 furlongs xFalrly, 87. Hestr-r lt'O;
xTrAnsiict 1(h>; \v< loj; '’hiistmis
I live. P'j, silver Tone, 103 xHv-Ki.
103; George, 105' Muy Husna, 108;
x<*t *»*, ins burin, 108
T> Irrl IP. • S- IP.ru t-v, ■ r-edd
and up, fuilonui Ro.e-m«irv, 94;
Little Birdie, '*P; .liuig- r»enton 11. 101;
Chanticleer, lo.:. Xmnhulko, 103, ?L»pg
of Bocks, 103. Marsrvl. B>? I.adv
| Lentil 103 L<> <>f led dab 103 Zulu.
)<• . IP e White H*:. . Hon L\V 106
vMlss Sly. 3r»7. xOrlmar Lad, 1 n<».
Fourth Knee s.-norlta.-r stake*. 2-
vcnr-old fillies 1 1 ■ furlong*. Climber
tin, Gvpsy. 11"; Miss Fielder. 110;
■ Commaurettn 110. a Marie O’Brien,
jll o'• a Blue Racer 115. Barbaritn 115:
' Josefln.T Zarnt*-. 115; Silver Bloanom,
i tl6 L.'idc f’nprlclous, 115 a --Jeff I.lv
| lnv»P»n enir jr
Fifth Knee Selling • y. n ..Ids ,nd
j up: 1 mile xPhiUisttna. I**s; \T.*nt
I Murphy, 107 H«dl.» rg 11 T’rsulli
| I'.nmiß, 110 M*hi‘\la ’lO T>-.vc Mont
i'g ornery 117 lUMIiT tri; Mlani*. 117
! Marsh G TBc -im»n / 112 ' mofi .112;
\., Harn 115
! Sixth Ua «• :•year-olds
i,l up 1 1- mile*, ninck >u in
"fi Lord KTam. l"'C xCordb- T fOI;
Tahoe, 1"3. Little Man hmout IIS
x Apprenlice allowance claimed
3\.-ather. cle.r tract fiat.
('ROC KER GETS POST
OFKK'E AT MT. ( f.EMENS
WASHINGTON Jin 24 The pr»»4
'.dent today nominated the following
Michigan postmasters:
| At Brnton Harbor Hsrvev J Camp
' bell.
j A’ \l«un* Ch men* \Jich Martin
j Crocker.
six
O’CLOCK
l ndergraduatea and Professors
A like Aroused B v Epidemic of
Self-Destruction—Seek For
Explanation
REVOLVER, RIVER AND
(i AS ROUTES EMPLOYED
Latest Victim Was Working His
Way Through School By
Washing Dishes
Pim«ADBLPHIA, Pa., Jan. 24
Wnh Raymond Francis Feldman, a
student at the University of Penn
! sylvanla, found in his room today, the
j third suicide in a week, students and
I professors alike were aroused by ru
> mors of a suicide club as the only
explanation of the terrible epidemic
for the past week.
Only yesterday the university learn
ed that \V. I'. Towneley, one of its
best known students, had shot him
j self through the head without appar
ent motive. Saturday the body of A.
H. McCullough, of Pittsburgh, was
found drifting in the Delaware river.
Feldman, who is a second-year law
man from Tunkhanneck, Penn., was
found this afternoon, in his boarding
house, sitting in a chair completely
dressed with the gas Jet turned on
full. He is said to have been of an
extremely sensitive nature and
have brooded unduly over the frkas
and gibes of thoughtless fellow-stu
dents. He was working his was
through school by washing dishes.
Hefore the third tragedy 44ie belief
was spreading that tin re was no con*
nectlon between the first two deaths,l
but a sudden panic seems to have
arisen at the finding of Feldman's
body.
It was learned that Feldman was{
found weeping last night and that he?
had threatened suicide once before!
when he failed in his studies.
G. W. BURKHART -
DEAD; ACCIDENT
HASTENS END
I
Well-Known Citizen In Poor
Health Since Injury By Car
Last August
Hr-orv* W. Burkhart, 72 year* old,
a ro.-ideu of Detroit since 1 STt>. for
man> years identified with the glass
manufacturing interests of Toledo and
.Monroe, died Saturday, as a result of
injuries sustained when he van struck
by a street car Aug. 29 lust.
Funeral will be hold at 2
.o’clock Tuesday afteruoou from the
family residence, No. 444 Putnam-ave.
I'iie services wilt be conducted by the
Detroit lodge of Elks, of which Mr.
Burkhart was exalted ruler in lS«j
and 1886
Mr. liuikliari ww* born in Fremont,
o, in 1842. Me was a veteran of the
Civil war, starting service with the
Tenth Ohio cavalry. He was wound
ed in battle, alter which he was
transferred to the commissary de
partment, where he ’Served until thtf
close of the rebellion.
At the close of the war he trans
acted several important government
missions lu South America and Eu
rope
He married Miss Theresa Clendun
tel in Philadelphia in 1876, and the
young couple tame to Detroit to live.
Mr. Burkhart was engaged in the In
surance business for several years,
and later became heavily interested
in glass manufacturing projects in To
ledo and Monroe.
Mr. Burkhart was taken ill two
v ago and since that time has
oeen confined to hi* hom»- the major
' portion ot the time. August last he
[came downtown and, while alighting
I from a street r.»r. was struck by an
other car going in an opposite dlfee
t on. He received Injuries which re*
i suited In his d*ath.
He p survived by his widow .and
lone »on. who resides in T<>l**do.
The pallbearers at the funeral, Tuee
dav, were selected by Mr. Burkhart
himself. They ate: 1* F Williams.
Heorg* S. DeForest. Joseph B. Hen
ry. J A. West. Judre James Pheiad,
and Col. O A. Janes.
The Detroit lodge of Elks will coo
ven*- in Jho Temple at 1:16 o’clock
Tuesday and attend the funeral in a
body,
MuO»r«a-IIW I'nuiiMS. No 4«il I*4
no foatbers Th*» plain, n*a» fund that'
looks rl|ht. rta*s I’rlsHss t'S* II
John n *t. Phoaw Main 14*9.