The Detroit times. [volume], March 17, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 7

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IrftfDAY, MARCH 17, 1»1«.
ADMIT NEED OF
GRADE WORK
Railroads, in Public Hearing,
f*how Disposition To Do
Their Part
iu m hearing before Railroad Com
nil<-»loner C. 8 .Cunningham on a
petition for tli* tteparauon oi a team
road grad**., on luverr.olu, I'*!!. Wa
terman, Heurd. Green, Central,
Springwclls, Ijiwndale and Dear
born-avea.. Fort-nt. and lAfayette
bird.. Aid. -Tom” Gllnnau, of the
Twentieth ward, prevented a peti
tion alcned by 90,000 tfeet side real
dents aaklng that the Improvements
be made as quickly as possible. A
number of fatal accidents have hap
pened on these cross lugs, several of
which ere particularly dangerous.
The New York Central, Michigan
Central, Wabash and Pare Marquette
railroads, end the D ,U. R. were rep
resented in the hearing. About 300
Interested citizens were also pres
ent la the council chamber.
Aid. Olinaan spoke at length oa
the need of grade separation oa the
west side.' Fire Chief Callahan told
how the fire apparatus Is frequently
held up at crossings while answer
lng alarms. Recreation Commission
er F. C. Gilbert also spoke.
The city has an agreement for the
separation of grades, signed by the
Michigan Central and Lake Shore
reads In lllS. Attorney Walter Do
haney, of the Michigan Central, said
he thought all the other roads would
sign this agreement. The necessity
for grade separation was generally
admitted. The commissioner took
the SMtter under advisement.
ASCHER MAY RUN
FOR ALDERMAN
FrDbcds of Aid “Eddie* Barnett
and Aid Jacob Guthard, Third ward
representatives, are worried over the
rumor that Abe A ASc her. vheM* se>
S2JL.' - ' “■KS
/wufi PUnl, *e
an Invitation to. get into
manic race next (all.
Abe Ascber is the most
powerful precinct bosses la the eitjt
He controls the third precinct and
Is a dominating factor tr. Third
ward politics. For vears Archer Jtai
helped bis political friends to office
but he has never aspired to hoM
office himself. Gratitude for polit
ical fhvors Is short-lived, and rnort
than onoe Ascher has complained to
his friends about the Ingratitude of
(rleods.
If Aacher enters the rase ft la a
practical certainty that one of the
present ward rm rerentatlvrs will
not b# returned nest fall. Ascher la
oredMed wltlNfcavfyt a -silent pull"
that attends fir Wyond the bound
are o i his own precinct In the Third
ward. At different times he has fig
ured prominently In his way In
fights for city offices. He has al
ways seen to It that bis friends In
ths Third ward were taken cars of
first
In eitj hall circles ft is being per
sistently gossiped that Ascher, aspir
ing lo political office, has hta mind
made up to be one of the Third ward
representatives in the council. lie
claims to be one of the few model
aaloaßkeepers in the city, even obey
ing the Sunday closing law dev pits
the sUitode of the polios depart
ment
Slashes Threat WtoTKMfs.
Joseph bovoMsr, St years eld, Me.
Ttt Mso roe-are., wee taken to the
efty ssogfrtng hospital. Thursday
neon, after he slashed his throat
with a hatcher knife In his heme.
He M slightly demented the police
sap. He will reoover.
Seeds gsriptnate rapidly under the
influence of violet and blue rays, but
lies and other tnseets do not Uke
these colors.
TheTragicStory
of Armenia
Dp. Clwci D. UmHcp, of
tk« Ancridn HnpHil at
Via, Anaanla, will tell the
thrtUlai story of his ex
peHeaees in connection
with the recent Annenian
atrocities at the
Board of Commerce
' Aedftorium
Friday Evening
March 17th
Dr. Ussher wu in the very
midst of the massacres and
narrowly escaped with his
life. His ptory of how hun
dreds of thousands of Ar
neaians were murdered and
ether hundreds of thou
uadi were driven into ex
ile. Is one es thrilling inter
ml
AIJ. ARK INVITKD
No Admission Will Re
Charged
WOMAN SAVES
DADE FMM FIRE
Mm. Stephen Kucak Is Heroine
of Shoe Store Bfaze;
Man Jumps
The heroism of a woman and thi
lump for lift) of a man were the out
standing feature* of a fire that de
stroyed the shoe atore and building
at No. HD; St. Aubirj-ave. owned by
Stephen Kucak, early Thursday
morning. Mrs. Blanley Kazak dl*
covered the Are and ran into the
building, which was occupied by
four families. She seized a throe
year old child of Mr. ana Mrs. An
thony Schunefski. anl after throw
ing e pile of bedding out of a win
dow, threw the child safely on It.
She was nearly overcome when ehe
was rescued from the fire and taken
to Samaritan hospital.
F. Goozwon, a boarder the
room* above the store. Jumped and
suffered revere Injuries about his
head Betilde* the loss (o the shoe
store and bulldlug, estimated at 610,-
ot-o. losses were suffered by Anthony
Schunefski, Joseph Kclarsky and
Andrew bovitch, who lived upstairs,
end Steve Kursk, who lived lu tho
rear of the building.
Sparks fell on the roof of a butch
er shop neit door owned by Thomas
Baitsel and did damage estimat'd at
If 99.
SAYS WIFE LOST
HER HEART TO
A FILIPINO
Wher a Philippine band came to
Grand Rapids, one of the members
esnpl'ldy captured the affections
of Mrs Irene V. Kinsman, her bus
band, William J. Kinsman, charges
In a bll* for divorce, filed Thursday
morning. They wore married In
IVIO, and parted a year ago last
May. There are two children.
Judge Mantell granted a decree
of divorce to ' enrgla McMloch front
vP*. ,
threw a footstool t her and threat
ened her with a ragor lo engovero
able fits of rage.
BLANKENSHIP
IS TIED FOR
BILLIARD LEAD
CHICAGO. * March *IS Blanken
ship. of Detroit, Mich., tied wit«*
Greenleaf. of Monmouth. 111., for first
place in the world’s pocket billiard
tournament here today as a result of
bis win over Champion Bennie Al
len. 100 to SO.
leoh Chandler Banquet Tonight.
LAPEER. Mich., March IS.—The
annual Zach Chardler banquet will
be held tonight at the I .apeer opera
bouse. The speakers will be: Toast
master. C. W. Nichols, of
William Alden Smith. Republican
candidate for president; Congress
man Joseph Fordney, Congressman
P. H. Kelly. A. E. Sleeper, candi
date for governor of Michigan, and
C. W. BmlU>, Lapeer.
Celery Growers Organize.
MUSKEGON, Mich., March IS.—
Following the lead of the Muskegon
County Celery Orowers association,
the celery growers of Ottawa county
are soon to form e similar society,
and will Join with the local organ
isation in the campaign to obtain
from the Chicago commission houses
more favorable treatment In ths
handling of shipments from Muske
gon and other west state porta to
the Windy City.
Mere Cara far Muskegon.
MUSKBGON, Mtoh. March It.—
The result of e threat made by the
city administration to call In the
state railway oomalsaloa, H. c.
Abell, president of the American
Lighting 4 Traction company, par
ent oorporatioa of the Muskegon
Traction company, has assured local
officials that two more oa«a will he
added la the sendee within a month
and four more before June 1, and
that 10-minute tripe will succeed the
present 16-minute service with the
Inoeptlon of the summer traffic. At
the present time the Trust lea com
pany Is carrying twice aa many pas
sengers aa ever before In Its history,
the service remaining the seme.
Charles Mores Succumbs.
Charles Theodore Moran, aged 67.
died Tuesday In the Detroit Tuber
culosis sanatorium, following a king
Illness. Mr. Moran was a descend
ant of one of the oldest French fsm
Hies of Michigan. Fid was s grand
son of the late Judge C. T. Moran,
a nephew of former Fire Commis
sioner Fred T. Moran and John
Morsn. Two daughters, Grace and
Adels, and one brother, Amadeus
Moran, survive.
MARYSVILLE, Cal., March 11.—
The mother of * en children. all
IlYlns. at the nre of 21, I* thvt.*’***’-
ord that has hern established by
Mm. Mini, wife of a prosperous
H»lm Atnfrlcat. farmer living a few
ness northeast of this city. The
youngeet tpember of the fairlly, Fil
otnene. a girl, was horn -an 17. Just
a year and 17 .days after the stork
visited the family and delivered a
bey. Mr#. Mlai Is a native of Spain.
There am no twica. trlp’ete or quad
ruplets, and all the children ere
Just as hsalthy youngsters as cen
be found In the district,
Australia bar a huge Harvester
which reaps no acme of * beet a day.
It Is driven by oil.
THEATERS
"The Girl rnut," with Frank A.
Hurt as leading comedian, and with
the extra vsudiville feature of
"Duinty Marie, the Vetiua of ibe
Air.“ will bo in the Gayety theater,
nezt week. This company, which
lias won It* spurs in other musical
farces, is coming with anew farce.
"Two Husbands and One Wife.” The
company Includes Adelle Archer.
Maudle Heath, Edna Green and
Akin, Figg and Duffy and a big cho
rus. The sensational aerial novelty
presented by Marie and Florence
Meeker will be a special feature of
ths show.
There will bo two headliners ou
the Temple theater program next
week, tn Charles B. Evans and com
pany and the Old Homestead octet.
Mr. Evana, a veteran comedian, and
sasoclatsd with "Old Hoss" Hoey tn
“A Parlor Match,” will offer anew
oue-set farce entitled “A Forgotten
Combination,” assisted by Helena
Phillips, formerly with David War
field, and company. From Denman
Thompson's famous play will come
the "Old Homestead” octet, present
ed by Frank Thompson, only son of
the lats Denman Thompson. One of
the big features of “The Old Home
stead" was the Singing of this oc
tet. Third feature of the program
will be the Farber girls. Constancy
and Irene, clover and popular. Then
there will be Vaughan Comfort and
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
How Welcome Robin Nearly Lost His Life.
By THORNTON W BURGESS.
(Copyright, till, ay T. W. Burgess.)
When Welcome Robin sold that
h«* had nearly lost his life on the
long journey from the sunny South
land bark to the Green Mendows and
the Oreeu Forert and the OJd Oi ch
ard Peter n*%ftt was at onoe all
• * -i*d Vib
* ( i , ’ ,
...Me * a* wtfll a* an* one T know.
Welcome Robin looked down at
Peter toil raw toe ragernes* tn
Peter’s face and he Just couldn’t re
fuse when Peter begged to be told
about it.
"You se*. It was thlr way,” ne be
gun ’"When we birds make the long
journey. v*e cornet!me.i h ive to cross
great bftilet of water ”
"Ah- big an the Smiling PoolT” In
terrupted Peter.
"Welcome Ftohln laughod until he
"The first thing I knew I hit that
towsr with the tlo of on# wing.”
nearly choked. When he could stop
laughing he asked a question him
self. "Idd you ev»r see a drop of
water. Peter? Just a single little
raindrop ?"
"Os course, thousands of 'em
Why?" returned Peter.
"Well," implied WeWnme gravel),
"beside acme of those bo’lies of
water w* cross the Smiling Pool
would look just about as big as one
of those raindrope does beside the
Stalling Pool. That's why.”
Peter s eyes looked as If they
were going to pop right out of his
bead lie looked very hard at Wel
come Robin to see If he were joking,
but Welcome looked as if he meant
Just what he said, so Peter swallow
ed herd and replied meekly. ”1
didn't suppose there was so much
water In all the Great World.”
“That la because you haven’t
traveled end really know nothing
about tbe Greet World.” returned
Welcome Robin. “As I was saying,
when you intempted, we birds
sometimes have to cross greet bod
ies of water. Near the shores es
some of these men have built queer
houses with tell towers, and hi the
tops of these they koep very bright
lights st night. When you get close
to them those lights are as bright
as the sun. Yos, sir, they are as
bright as ths sun. I don’t know what
they are for. Sometimes I wonder
If they are put there Just to kill us
birds. You know you never can toll
what men will do.”
Welcome Robin paussd with a
very far-away look la bis eyss as It
he were trying to understand what
those lights might mean. Os coarse
he couldn’t know thnt they ware
lighthouses to warn ships of dan
gerous places. He was silent for so
long that Peter grew Impatient.
”! don’t see,” said he, ”how light
could posalbly hart you. I should
think that they w->uld help you
when you are flying at night.
"Have you ever looked atratgbt
In the face of Jolly, bright Mr.
HunT’ asked Welcome.
Peter nodded. *Tve tried It more
than once.” said he. “but I’ll never
do It again Why. for a few min
utes after I couldn’t *•*» a thing!”
“H Is Just the same way with
those bright lights at night,” replied
Welcome Hohln. "On ray way up
here a lot of us ware flying together
i *vyjiC W
John King, minstrel stars, formerly
s feature of the late "Honey Hoy"
Evans’ minstrels, presenting their
laughable black-face legal satire by
Junto McCree. entitled “Coon Town
Dlvorcons.” Five other acta aro
scheduled.
"The Tango Queens’* will corns to
the Cadillac theater, next week, with
n show that is said to bo now In
fverjr particular and olaboratoly
equipped with now aconory and pret
ty costumes. Harry Harvey, princi
pal funmaker. will have the assist
ance of Milt Frankford. William Me
Garry, Eleanor Revere, Monica Red
mond, Mile. Do Vere. Frank Martin.
Leua Daley and a chorus of 20 girls
Two new burlettas with ainglng and
dancing numbers and an olio of vau
deville acts will constitute the offer
ing. The added attraction will be
Kyra, classical dancer.
Fannie Ward, who haa been such
a success in the moving picture
world as well as on the stage, will
be seen In the Washington theater,
next week. In a thrilling detective
drams, "For the Defenst,” written
especially for her by Hector Turn
bull. In the cast supporting Mian
Ward are Jack Dean, Horace B. Car
renter, Camille Asior, James Nell!
and Gertrude Keller. The Washing
ton will have its usual added attrac
tlons.
one dark, foggy night, and started
to cross one of those bodies of
water. It was so foggy that we
couldn’t be sure whether we were
on the right alrpath or not. Then
saw one of those lights and, Le
cause It was so foggy, the light
waen t very bright. It bad a quee:
*•
was right fn'our path; As U B w<k
nearer to it It grew brighter, but
still wasp’t too bright. 'We wire
dying very fast, and a minute before
we reached It It winked out and
everything was dark. Then flashed
out again right In our faces. It was
dreadful. We couldn't see a thing
At least I couldn't. All we could do
was to keep flying. We couldn’t see
the tower it was in at all. and didn't
know which way to turn. The first
thing I knew 1 hit that tower with
the tip of one wing. It broke the
feathers a little, that was all. but It
gnve me such a fright that I haven't
got over It yet. If I had flown
straight into it I wo-ld have broken
by neck. A great many birds do
every year.”
“My, that was a narrow escape "
exclaimed Peter. ”1 m so glad you
didn’t hit It.”
"So am I.** replied Welcome Robin.
“You ought to be thankful, Peter,
that you don't have any greater dan
gers than you have t watch out for.
I don’t like to think of what might
have happened, so let's talk of some
thing els*. Cheer up! Cheer up!
Cheer up! Cheer!’
Peter Rabbit had been so interest
! ed In Welcome Robin’s story of his
! long Journey from the sunny South
: land that ho quite forgot everything
else. lie Juet eat with his eyes fixed
on Welcome Robin In me tree over
hie bead and never once thought
! about watrhlng out for danger. Peter
is careless. Ho certainly la. It is not
to be wondered at that Mrs. Peter
worries every mimic ho Is away
fn m (he dear Old Filler Patch. The
idea of aittlng up there on the edge
jof the Old Orchard In broad day
i light and forgetlirg to watch out.
| No wonder Pder ig forever getting
| Into trouble. The wond»r Is that he
■ doesn’t bet into worse scrapes than
he does.
The place where Peter was silting
was down In the far corner of the
Old Orchard, very near the door
step of an old Mend. He was back
of It und sc of con roe he couldn’t
see It. Now the owner of that door
step hud been asle«p ever since the
first cold day ot last fall. Curled up
In his bed in his mug. warm, little
bedroom deep dowr In the grout'd he
had Known nothing about what had
been going on all those months. Fie
had known nothing of snow and tec,
of Jnck Frost and Rough Hvother
North Wind. He had slept through
It all But that morning sweet Mis
tress Spring had stopped at ills door
way long enough to call gently
flown his long hallway until he bad
wakened him. When she beard
him stretching and yawning and ,
grumbling lo himself she went on
to wakon other sleepers. *
For a long time after she had
With a little scream of fright ha
started for the Old Stone Wall.
gone he lay there trying to make
up his mind whether lo go to sleep
again or to got up and have a peep
outside. “I don’t believe It is time
to get up yet.” he grumbled. "1
don’t believe I've been asleep any
time at all ”
How peter i Rabbit would have
shouted if he could hnv# heard that.
But no one heard it because, you'
know, that little grumbler wa- way
doffn in his snug bedroom under
ground. So he kept on grumbling
all to himself until right Into the
midst of his Riumbling there broke
a sound which caused him to sit
very still and listen with all his
might In a minute he heard It
again. It whs the voice of Welcomo
Robin singing:
up* up! <"*heer up! Cheer!
lflstr»an Spring !• mu sly here.
That settled the matter. There
was no doubt now about ft being
time to get up. Still muttering, the
little grumbler crawled up his long
hall. His legs were stiff from lack
of use. When be reached hie door-
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For the Convenience m
of Downtown f _
oSk\i Business Men jS
and Shoppers r W
Sketch of New Branch Office of Detroit Savings Bank in Main yji ‘
Corridor of Chamber of Commerce 4 * *
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Chamber of Commerce Building
Which It Owns
(Cor. Griswold and State Sts.)
Monday, March 20
Come and Open a,n Account With
The Oldest Bank in Michigan
Over 14 Million Dollars in Deposits
way he pat for a few minute* blink
ing stupidly, Tb* light wa* too
murh for hie eye*, which had been
•o long in darkneaa. When they got
us«'d to the light to that he could
pee he discovered Peter Uabblt ait
ting bark of htm. Ill* eye* twin
kled with mischief. Taking the
greatest care not t© make the teeni
est wecnlfHt sound he crept up be
hind Peter, Ju*t a* Welcome Robin
ended the story of how be nearly
lost hi* life. I’eU-r wa* null think
ing about that story when the ugli
est Bounding of ugly growl* right *t
ills very back made him Jump us
only he mn jump. With a little
scream of sheer fright he started
for the old atone wall, without even
looking to see who bad frightened
him. Peter knows that safety first
is the important thing. When he
reached the old stone wall, where he
could dive in between the great
stones he turned to see whether it
was Reddy Fox or Oid Man Coyote
or Bowser the Hound who had so
nearly caught him. His heart was
OFFICERS
D. C. Delamater, President
Charles A. Dean. Vice-President
George S. Baker. Cashier
Thomas F. Hancock. Asst. Cashier
James H. Doherty. Asst. Cashier
Edward J. Dee. Supt. of Branch Banks
going pitapat with flight What h*
■aw made him blink hard. Over
where he had Just coma from was
•omtoae rolling over and over with
laughter. Peter's heart gave a
great leap of gladness.
“Johnny Chuck!" he shouted, and
started back ae fast as he had come.
‘TU get even with you some dag,
see If I don't. Johnny Chuck!" ho
cried, ae Johnny scrambled to hie
feet, grinning broadly. "Oh, I’m no
glad to see you again, Johnny. Whan
did you wake up? How da yoa
fed? Are yon going to etay awake
now r
And goodness knows how many
more Questions Peter would have
asked if just then Welcome Robin
hadn’t warned them that Rodtail the
Hawk was coming that way. which
sent both scrambling Into John
Chuck's house.
Neat story— Peter Rabbit Tells
Johnny Chock the Jfawa.
Priatlif-tfe* plate neat hied ■♦net
Is M Pap*.~ Wale «>M.
The Detroit
,s ‘ *' * r, ‘ * %
Savings Bank
Will Open a
Branch Office
a
On the Ground Floor of the
DIRECTORS
Paul F. Bagley
David S. Carter
Charles A. Dean
D. C. Delamater
FredTt T. DuCharme
John M. Dwyer
The been l«tei^ ,
displayed by ymmg *
the lectures V/
week h«a ted the P&f
institution of wm/aM f
Local physMahi
fires, the program
- Mrs. F. Oordoa PtaM
w R. Alvord, preetight of the
stion.
The meeting of the Oaigtaj
stion of Women'* elubn,
ivtroli federation ban Jnat JMMI
wHI be held in New T«^’gK|^nifctllllll
latter part of April. Tha
delegatee were selecteg Wagaaaiiw^^^^
George R. Berrldge, Mrs. dam
ey and Mra. W. R. AHaH. •*s&*
Stratheem Hendrle
Robert Henkel
Philip H. McMillan
Bidney T. Miller
Francis Palms
Jerome H. Remick