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SEVENTEENTH YEAH. NO. 12 4.
NIGHT PROWLERS SLAT PATROLMAN
WHO TAKES THEM BT SURPRISE; DARK
STREETS AID THEM IN MAIM ESCAPE
Emil R Schmidt, of
Grand River Station,
Is Latest Victim
ONE BULLET
PIERCES HEART
Shot one* thru the heart and
four tiroes thru thr hrad. Patrol
man Km 11 R Schmidt, attached to
Grand Rivpr«vp station, *u plain
probably by burglars. Tuesday
morning at 4 45 o’oWk. adding on*
more name to the constantly grow
ing list of Detroit officers who have
given their life In performance of
tbetr duty
The poltre officer'* body wns
found lying ou th* *o uthbound
street car tracks at Grand River
ave snd Sixteenth *t* . soon after
the shots were fired by s watch
man In the Grand River postofflrr
substation, nearhy lit- revolver
was a;ill in his bolftrr
Si reel lights in »he vicinity were
not in service when the shooting
occurred and tbo three persons
saw the forms of two men fleeing
southward on Sixteenth at . they
were unable to give a description
According to the public lighting
commission, the lights are not sup
posed to be put out until R f,5
o'clock. The fact that they were
not In operation this morning is at
tributed to some sort of mechanical
trouble.
Police officers were fold by neigh
bora that lights In *he vicinity arc
frequently out during the night and
early morning, leaving streets In
tiller darkness. An Inquiry is he
Ing mad* by the police with a view
of obtaining from the lighting com
mission a more regular service as
a protection for cltlicns.
Schmidt left the Grand River ave
police station at <A o'clock, and was
trying afore doors to see ts they
were locked. It ts the belief of the
police that he surprised some m* n
In thw act of trying to break into a
store and pursued them to the
middle of the street. The burglars
must have turned upon him sud
denly. Three shots were fired in
qntek succession, then there was a
short Interval of alienee, and two
more were fired
Rergt A. D White and several
officers from the Grand Rtver-ave.
station sped to the scene of the
shooting In an automobile and from
police headquarters Inspector James
McCarthy and a squad of detectives
hurried to the place where the offi
cer was found They carefully n
amlned the doors of stores snd
other buildings In the neighbor
hood, but could find no evidences of
attempted burglary
Two branch banks and the coni
yards of the Sinclair rompany arc
Walter !«nraley, of No. I4*n Pl*
te-»nlhet , an employe of the tv
troll Grocery company, saw the
flashes of the revolver fire as he
was walking toward Grand River
are. |{e says the. shots « ame from
th* direction of the SincUßr com
pany offices l.umlcy declares he
saw two men run southward on Six
twenth at. .md dart Into an alley.
Schmidt resided at No. kflfi H-v
--wnteenth at He leaves a wife and
four children lie was appointed to
th* tore* Sept. |. 191st.
Up to 10 o'clock tht* morning, the
pot In* had mad* ao arr«*ts tn the
•aaa
DEARTH OF
FUEL HITS
SCHOOLS
Dozen Will Be Closed
Unless Fuel Is
Forthcoming
HARRIS PUPILS
ARE DISMISSED
Unless h sufficient supply of coal
c- delivered n» once, no less than
a doxen public school* of I>etrolt
* 'll be forced To (Tdae this afr*T
n‘*on or tomorrow morning.
This announcement was made
Tuesday morning by Charles A.
Gadd business manager of tn*
board of edit* at lon. and it is be
lieved that It forecasts confiscation
by the city, as one school la already
closed, and Mr Gadd says the Unit
ed Fuel a Supply comitany. which
has the school fuel contract, will
make no definite promise a* to the
amount of rtwtl It will deliver.
The Harris school at Ellery and
Pvlford-sts.. was closed Monday,
after the last shovelful of coal had
been thrown Into the furnace Mr.
Gadd was bnsy this morning, ar
ranging for the tranafer of coal
ff*>m other arhoola to the Harrla,
and he said he hoped to have the
Harris open for this afternoon's
classes.
'We’ve got to have more coal
this morning,’ declared Gadd, “or
some of the schools will have to
close this afternoon and others
will he closed tomorrow. I've
talked with the I’nlted Fuel 4 Sup
ply company and they promise to
send all the coal they can. but that
certainly doesn’t appear to b*
erough The schools hardest hit
are the big ones, Including high
schools and some of the newer ]g
roorn buildings ’’
The mayor’s latest stand is that
he does not w'sh to seite the deal
er's coal, hut he does want to con
flscate carload* consigned to brok
ers who are not unloading th* sup
ply quickly enough. To that end.
he has arranged with the railroads
to hsv* a man check up all carloads
in the local yards Carloads con
signed to brokers and marked
“hold" the mayor says, will be con
fiscated The dealers, according to
Mam. are unloading their shlp
m* nts as quickly as possible, and
the chiwf executive save trw wants
to do all he ran to facilitate the
switching of coal cars to dealers'
sidings.
Meanwhile, no less than 1.000 per
son * who had read the mayor's
pioclamatton of last Friday, report
*•*l to the executive office by tele
phone or in person. Mondav, de
claring that they could not buy any
coal Th*dr names were taken and
abo the names of their dealers Th*
dealers were communbgted with
by members of the mayor's staff,
and In many cases temporary relief
was given.
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is M«wt—ti«m i*b n»n fcts mm.
DETROIT TIMES
‘FICHTINC
FRED’ BOWS
TO REAPER
General Funston Dies
Suddenly In San
Antonio
HEART FAILURE
ENDS CAREER
SAN ANTONIO. Teg.. Feb 20.
Suddenly stricken with an acute at
tack of heart diffuse. MaJ. Gen.
Frederick Funston. commanding the
southern department, United State*
army, died last night in a hotel
where he had been enjoying a din
ner with friends
Earlier in the day Gen Funston
had been In his offices and appar
ently In his usual health Hla death
came as a profound shock to the
officers and men of th** United
States forces on the border as well
Aba bis many friends In civil Ilf*
thru out the country
Th* arduou* work undergone by
Gen Fnnston in directing the forces
tinder his command in the recent
Mexican troubles, ts believed to
hare undermined his constitution
Some time ago he "fought off" an
attack of heart trouble similar to
that which caused his death.
Arrangements for the funeral ware
to be completed today
Bom In Iffffft, (Vne-raJ Frederick
Funston first donned a uniform In
IW6. wnen. at the age of 31, he
joined a filibustering expedition In
aid of the Cuban revolutionists. Un
til he reached the age of 25 he was
a newspaper reporter, and for s few
afterward held a minor field
position under the Federal depart
ment of agriculture
Early *n life he had an ambition
tc enter the array bv wav of West
Point, but failed fowl n out In a
competitive examination
Altho nc***e**jng no knowledge
v* military tactic* he served with
distinction under the Unban leidw
Comer and noon was appointed to a
responsible command among the in
aurrecto* At the outbreak of the
Fpanlsh-Amerlran war be was re
fused a commission with Shatter's
expedltlonarv force hot was- given
command >f th* famous Twentieth
KaKnnas regiment, with which he
was desrintd *o win rpow-n in the
Philippines.
He was stationed In San Francisco
for a tlm« and the**r married. Miss
Ella Rlankheart. of Oakland, who
accompanied bln 1 to the Philippines
with his -ommxnd. The regiment
Ltrlved there Just In time io get
Into the thick of the insurrection
hesded bv Agutnaldo.
Funston nnd the Twentieth Kan
sas made an enviable recorl In the
subsequent hard fighting and he was
rewarded with the medal of honor
and a commission as brigadier gen
ergl of volunteers
But hi.* most enduring fsme catne
as a rsstip cf bis c.optnr* of Aguinvl
m n daring plan which b* oonortv
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1917.
j Commander of Border Force
Victim of Heart Disease
H^\
■ ' VTTTf 1
BBBBfam W v?r
I I
MAJOR GENERAL FREDERICK FUNSTON
Major General Frederick Funston. IT. 8. A . veteran of distinguished
service In fh* Philippine campaign, where he captured Agulnaldo. the in
surgent leader; who commanded at San Francisco during the earthquake,
at Vera Crux, and who has been in rharge of the United States forces on
the Rio Orande border during the recent troubles with Mexico, died sud
denly laat night In a San Antonio hotel from an attack of heart disease.
ed and carried thru without a bitch.
A company of loyal Philippine
scout*, dlagulaed aa Jnawrre* to* snd
commanded by Funalon and srvera’
other American ofllcera. were landed
from a gunboat at a i*olni within v
few day* march of Agulnaldo'* Itead
qnartarw
Thw white officer* poaed as pris
oner* of thw Flllfln is who gave out
that thwy wrr* on their wav to offer
thetr awnrtrea to Agulnaldo and •< re
brlogteg the American prisoners of
rank ai a mark of good faith
Whwe thwy reached the insurgent
headquarter*, the prisoner* turned
to commander*. Agulnaldo'* guard*
ware shot down ami he him*elf was
setxed. ruabed to the coa-f and
placed aboard a waiting gunboat,
which landed him safejr in :hc
hand* of ‘he American authentic*
In Manila.
For thla exploit Faorton was made
a brigadier general of the r*' bir
army and received ibe thank* of tlie
nation
His work at Vera Crui and an The
border resulted Ir. his promotion to
the ranks of major general
He was regard* and by army heads
as one of the most fearless and effi
cient officers In the United Bt:itr*
forces.
California's seventh National Or
ange show, for which elaborate
preparations have been made, will
be opened today at Ban Bernardino
The second Wisconsin Commer
cial A Industrial congress will be
opened at Madison today under the
auspices of the I*nlversi*y of Wla
ewatm.
AMERICANS
ARE STRANDED
Refugees From Germany Are
In Bad Predicament,
London Hearn
IXJNDON. Feb 20.—The problem
of getting funds to American refu
gees from Germany, constantly
growing in Holland and Denmark,
Is worrying American residents
here. Dispatches from (.'opentiagcn
today estimated the number of
Americans there waiting transpor
tat Km back home at about 500.
Many were said to he almost with
out funds A considerable number
are United Btate* government offi
cials.
Holland dlspatchev ’ooav said
those Atrieffc-ah rotisUlat ufflcials
who did not depait from Germany
on the sp*M ial embassy train whlrn
bore Aniba.'-aador Gerard are pre
paring to leave via Swltxerland
Other American*, however, are not
being permitted In leave except via
One exception to this
rule was made in th** no* of Miss
Marie Havlland of New York
Berne dispatches today said she
had reached that point after an
arduous trip from Warsaw. Tier
man officials took all of her money
except s2oh. declaring II waa a rule
not to permit thn** leaving the
country to take more than that
amount
AMERICAN FREIGHT STEAMERS, ROW
WELL WITHIN GERMAN DARNED ZONE,
CLOSELY WATCHED OV WASHINGTON
BURGLAR
RANSACKS
HEALY’S
• - «M ■IP'HH - ««— 1 • ' ■
Mean Intruder Takes
Watches of Two Girl
Stenographers
MANAGER THINKS
IT “INSIDE JOB”
Thief Frightened Away
Before He Could
Break Into Safe
A mean burglar broke Into the
store of l> .1 Mealy. Nt*s. 222-221
Woodward ave , Mondav night, and
stole two watches b* longing to two
of the young lady stenographers.
Me also took two powder puffs from
thetr desks— the mean think. - .
The thief liad mad** preparations
to crack the safe In which h large
sunt of Mionej was locked, hut «ip
parenMy whs frightened off before
he could get into the strong box.
Entrance wa* gained to the store
thru a rear window, winch the
i burglar smashed open with a brick
It was a heavy plate glass window
Interwoven with wire, but the In
truder worked so quietly that the
watchman was not alarmed
George P. Edward* superinten
dent of the store, *hlnk» the work
la that of n former employe Me
wars the burglar knew where to look
for rash and after -tuashing a hole
In the window larg* enough to *d
mlt him he wen* directly to the
balcony offh ee. lie opened every
de«K In the place tossing the pa
lters around on the floor and creat
ing a great deal of confusion which
the offU •• staff was busy Tuesday
■ morning trying to straighten nut.
In two of the desks he (mind gold
| watches left oyer night b> the girh
' and be t«*ok these together with
the powder puffs which are always
near a s<« nographer'a w-gtr-h In her
desk
J*n far as a hasty examination
wnnitld show, he did not moles* the
Jewelry ruses or the silverware dr
partnient alt ho h** passed hv both
to *eat h the offices Mr Edward*
j thinks he wanted money rather
I than goods The safe w hieh Is kepi
' covered a* night with a green dentin
i enrtarn. bad hern fsnrpwred wfMi
1 The curtain had been removed and
!-the re were evidences that ihr in
J trader had ■<*art< and *o drill into the
combination
Mad he succeeded in breaking
Into the safe, the robber would
have been well rrward«*d for there
w«re thousands of dollars locked
there
imi hi niv iin i i*.ii i
M*l*ri Hurl*- II has p.rpl**xei| the
world's f"r«*tiost electricians Vflles
T*’•■ sI• i t' • wr»k l*a*galn Mitl
n*'«" t** unit ;e<- A*l\.
Tr* Owr M ohlni liv the Ih. **■•••-
*k«*rlt« I kiuulf) Main IM.V —Ad
rdstlst—fir plats a»ai kia4—ikat
to right—Tlwft Jak tlapl.—Vats 4UW
AFTERNOON EDITH!
FIRE RUINS
LARNED-ST.
BUILDING
General Grocer Cos.
Burned Out; Loss
$200,000
ICE HAMPERS
THE FIREMEN
Overheated Furnace Is
Thought To Have
Started Blaze
The six storv brick building of
the General Grocer company. Nos
124 121 burned si. west, valued at
ftoo,ooo. and th*- company** stock
claimed by officers of the company
to be worth in excess of SIOO,OOO,
art' a total 10.-s as a result of Ore
that started at :i o'clock Tuesday •
morning The two lower floors of ;
th** structure toppled in at fi o'clock, j
leaving only th* barren and shaky j
walls None of the company's i»*ork j
w*s saved.
Albert V. t'hn«lei vice pretddent
of *be company, -ay- that th** riot „
is covered full) by insurance Th**
building h** ra>h ta owned by s|
Mr McMullen, of Pittsburgh
"Wed regard our *.to«k as a total
Joss,” said Mr. flimsier. late In »h< ,
morning, after In bail made a thoro
survey “Our Mock w ,»s exception- j
ally large at this time of year, and
was stored on all hu floors. How
ever. P Is fully covered by inniit
ance, and we will open in anew
location tomorrow morning I mi
now negotiating for a place. *’
At and o'clock the firemen Wire and
renting their effort- tu prevent tin*
blaxe eating I* J wh> Jr i 'ln w.ills
|of the adjoining building "hfrh is
I occupied by W* It A- .Son**, whole
| sale pa(*er dealers Considerable
i water had worked its wav into the t
Welt building damaging stock to
tbe amount of s* v* < ,1 thousan*! did .
lars
Phil M Sheridan .-e. rotary and (
i treasurer of *h« gns-erv eompanyj
sa?« fhu' the *iivli stored In th
building had a value of more than
liuO.obP Estimate* of ail thi off. )
eers var ed fn*m <l**o no to more
than Mr SherMan’* fl* ir*
The flr«» apparcnHv w. a* under
con*rol a* b o'clock alt ho vast
i’ efrniiTs of STvfnke tvefr pdijffn'g Pr’oTTI
the inferior Tilt* flr* men were but
, inr null h dlffVoiltv in dlr«-e»*ng the
streams owing to *he low tempera- j
tore, which quick!* fin/. »he water,
about the mechanism of the tower 1
apparatus Early in the morning
the fire fighters were greatly hin |
der**d bv the dense smoke ami the,
bursts of flame, which drove them |
to the street several times
The Are Is believed tr* have been
caused by an overheated furna* e
alt ho the cause has not been defl
nitely determined It about 1 1°
the firemen say, there was an ex
ploeinn In the rear of the basement
about tv Hie lnraltty of the furnace
IN DETROIT: OMB CBllt/
Danger of Clash Exist*
So Long As U-Boat
War Continues
OTHER ISSUES
ARE IMMATERIAL
Danger Increases As
More Shippers Send
Out Vessels 4
BY ROBERT /. BBNDMB
(fit aft Correa pendent United Prem.f
WASHINGTON, Fe». T* faf
lea’s danger of actual eiawh vffl
f>erman\ cannot be removed agtfl
the Imperial government rweatosn MB
deer** for aubmarln* warfare.
Detention of Americans In the ton -
rowdale case and other Usuea, tkNW
| selves admittedly serious, art wm>
| gard«d by the admlnlstmtlns an
' prnctlcally collaterlal to the bmjM
proposition
There was highest authority IMP
I this statement today More (haft
(wo weaks have now passed without
an “overt act"—but officials wssea
I inclined to believe ttus might fe9
<lue nioie to th* fact that ‘here was
I scant opportunity for ''(»mmiaaton of
I Mich an act, rather then to any pur*
p« i-e of Germaiiv. Today, however,
| 1 here ;*r»* at least two ursTned Ana
erican ntert-hanum-n in Germaary’a
I arred tone Th*v are the str-ameni
Orleans and Rochester Both carry
American ore-»s. Both have cargoes
held contraband by ff*rmstiy. Tbetr
safety from now until d**ffnlt* werd
*»f iheir arrival ii port is made, will
b*- the «iihjec’ o( the liveliest inter*
«st in officialdom
In ihc ni*Mnfinie M Is nctnfed out
tha> >n a great mrixus Germany
ha* achieved. In part at least, <-n*
of *he main oi»i*«ts of h«-r subma
rine bio* katle She ha*- kept Ameri
can alnps in Arucficao ports, due to
frar* of American skippers of sink
,ngs Thu* ahe ha* not down <*»*
friidc lo the Allies.
But ih* la* k *»f aocces< of the
reutooi* * boiii w»r mdiojTed in the
mo ill number of ve«eHs sunk out
of the luial iiWHrtng c inmerre to
tnd from Kngland and »h-enr<* of
that “overt act" so f»»r Is exported
irom n**w »n to eneou-wg*'* American
• hipper* M and ship ttsviier* more and
more 10 **nd «>u* *li*-m «tnpa fben
■vlll come increase : usini r cf the
unwarned ,nk ng of an Ameracaa
• hip, w ith p Miaibl*' loa.* of A*nerican
I lit t-a
The “coil »i r*«s i»f fh.* Yar
1 *owdale wiui* *l.<y ani-v illetal m
' Ifaclf t* ex•*-«■• *.« ».> the .vdnnni*tra
; fion "ipoh » \<r e'eared up. I'resl- :
I den* Wilr: t, 1* •i|k ted *o .strlel- 1
I 1 <*•■ a tiuii >cr of other such “In-'i*
iltnt*' bo' t*- I* »|evoi ng u»o*t of
I r atLeu'h 1 (< tiie ni.iiu ihsu* .f
• u •rrunniiia*
«o . ,vi. em T- <"*fa9nitT
cd Today with The cwiafomary Mardl
Gra*> 1 arm**ln ai New Orleans Mo
Pile Penaacola, Biloxi snd other
| cities of the south
To give the business and prnYew
•uonal men of the metropolis an op
portunity to express their patriot!®
earnesitieaa and willingness in sup
port the president in any Interna
tional crisis, the Merchants' Va*o- ‘
nation of New York is to b'dd a
luncheon meeting at the Hotel As- *
to* today The meeting la to b* aft
dressed bv Mayor Milrbel. Martha
W IJttleton and L attest EKalaa toHhJ
«/-*c \A iliiam M. CftliSb '-J