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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 14

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THE DETROIT REE PRESS 1909 'j? jl am ak4 'Wk WWrnpA New urniture House nnti'munA iwULElAKD Sllll Demand It! IMPERILS SIX Dr Reed Cushion Shoe WHOLE AMILY HAS TYPHOID Near Grand Circus Park STONE Manager GLOBE TROTTER RETURNS Second loor Cry Building Co Gratiot and Broad wav YOUNG MISSIONARY WORKERS IN CITY Toledo Cleveland Sandusky TAILORS state Washington I Plus and Minus 4i6r the Manufacturer guilty with OUR POWER LITTLE GIRL SETTLES SUIT i Electricity ind a The Modern Method Bell Telephone Everywhere MERELY LAW REQUIREMENT Main 5222 Sleeping Cars 10:30 pm I STROHS BEER Contains 3 of Alcohol Every Sunday Salt Miner Return to A number of miners in the em THE EDISON ILLUMINATING CO its clear Your friends relatives all use the WORK ON VIEW 75c Roua' Trip Train leaves Brush St station 702 am and 245 pm Woodward Ave 720 am and 303 pm Tickets and particulars City Office Opera House or above stations In the barley fields extending wide The farmer works and thinks with pride richer grain is says he this same barley raised by me Overcoat Weather is Here strength for those who drink Beer Vereecke working at the Shoe oieaueu brior a in $5000 bond to the of the circuit 'court blambrouck Phone 7 316 SUBURBAN SITINGS Joseph Belak of Hamtramck will be tried by Justice Merique today on a charge of non support preferred by his wife ire yesterday morning destroyed a shed at the foot of West End ave nue It was used by the Great Lakes Dredging company as a tool shed A stack of hay belonging to Adam Belt of Westk Wyandotte was de stroyed by fire early yesterday The loss is placed at $100 Non resident junk dealers must pay $2 a day or $20 a year hereaf ter in order to do business in Wyan dotte They have charged nothing in the past of the Detroit Valve itting Co whichk has been given a bonus to locate in Wyandotte were in that city this week and staked outthesites for the proposed factory buildings 'Miss Elsie Kane and Herman Schultz two well known Wyandotte young people were married last night by Rev Bauer They were attended by the Misses Louise Wolfe and Alice Schonfleld and Messrs Herbert Kane ahd Elmer Schwartz The Married1 Pleasure club of River Rouge gave its first dancing party of the season last night at hall There was a large attendance our other dances are scheduled for the winter by the club which is officered as follows: President John Riddle vice presi dent Britz secretary Wilson treasurer Nadeau as sistant W'Worrick rank Scher 1 fermanr Theo Pelkey Sanders i rank Yacks and Worrick were the committee dance will know are Thev will up to date be ior each season George Winters Tells Adventures to Congressman Denby Tn the line of Congressman Ed in visitors yesterday morning at the Moffat block stood a tanned and weatherbeaten trav eler It was George Winters one of the tosenrite crew who cooked foi Denbv and his messmates dur ing the Sp inish American war and who called in for a friendly chat and his bounty money Winters told ar tale of adventure beside which Robert Louis Steven pageslook insipid was shanghaied at he said first thing I knew I was on a full rigged ship headed for Cape Town South Africa We carried lumber 1 was light so they matje me furl and reef the main royal After two got tcarried away I lost my job Cape Town I joined the Brit ish South African mounted police I was commissioned as sergeant major but drew out' when they started to draft into the regular service tinder the Cape rifle Winters told of his part in the Boe war a coaling trip to Alex andria and his unwilling service aboard a vessel carrying the yellow fever flag He is master of several languages whjch have served him well during hisvglobe trotting COST TROUBLE will be Minus INTERRUPTIONS SERIOUS CRIME CHARGED St Clair Hights JXCan aces Crim inal Assault Warrant William Shoemaker a married man of St Clair Hights was taken before Justice Ott yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Joseph Dickson on a charge of criminal assault pre ferred by Victor Vereecke of Hol year little Train leaves Brush 702 am Woodward Ave 720 am Tickets to Cleveland good leaving also 900 pm Saturday OUR SAE DEPOSIT VAULTS aie among the finest and most secure in the country Interest paid on i 1 1 yjiii SAVINGS ACCOUNTS at highest current rates Branches and Agencies in all parts of the Dominion A general banking business transacted i unless it The Detroit Stove Works term Bt erut in a 1 friend of the Vereecke broke news to Mrs Shoemaker She fell in a faint On recovering she declared that her husband was innocent Veree cke however declares that the proofs are strong The Belgian set tlement is much wrought up over the affair RANK LELAND SEES HOPE IN THE MOVEMENT Says Awakened Public Conscious ness Will Cause Generous Be 2 sponse for Big Sanatorium "With the awakened consciousness in regard to the need and the pub lic conscience aroused to Mts: duty I am sure that'" the people of this city will arise to the emergency when it is presented to them and build and support' the proposed Tuberculosis sanatorium" said rank Leland chairman of the sanatorium committee of the So ciety for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis yesterday jvWith the great educational cam paign that has been going on in Detroit for more: than a year the seed has been thoroughly sown and now we are prepared to reap the harvest How great the interest is in worje of alleviating suffering among the tubercular poor pre venting its spread and encouraging its cure is shown by the action of the Metal union the members of which have just met and endowed a bed pledging $365 a year for its Mr Leland with Dr Shurley Dr Hartz Mrs Stair Mrs Whitney Mrs A Mc Graw Mrs Clara Arthur and Raphael Herman went out yester day morning to visit the proposed four sites and of the three offered by Henry Stephens were unanimous in the view that the ten acre tractwhich lies near Hamilton boulevard about a mile and a half north of theEast Grand boulevard was the most desirable for 1 the proposed sanatorium meeting was held on the spot and it was unanimously voted' to recommend the site offered by Mr Stephens to the Tuberculosis society society aims to "secure as many endowments of beds as pos sible from organizations societies said Mr Leland "andat the big public mass meet ing to be held at the Light Guard armory the evening of December 5 it is hoped that pledges for a con siderable amount will be forthcom ing When consider that there can scarcely be less than a thous and advanced and moderately ad vanced cases of tuberculosis among patients who need all the help that can be given them it is easy to see how very great is the need for ac Impure Well Water Brings Six Down With Disease Typhoid fever caused' by impure water1 has attacked the six mem bers of the family of John HuwelJ living on Mt Elliott avenue north of Mt Olivet cemetery or days the family has been unable to pro vide food and care for themselves This condition was called to the at tention 5 of Health Officer Jones of Hamtramck township this week and he ordered two of the children sent to the ree hospital Huweir and one son are still in bed with the disease while Mrs Huwell and another child are slow ly recovering Dr Jones Is con vinced that the water on the place Is responsible and has ordered that all water 'used for drinking pur poses taken from the well shall be boiled Huwell Bohemian gar dener 1 NEVV YORK $10 $20 $50 $100 and $200 Rnd the exact amount payable In Austria Belgium Denmark rance Germany Great Britain Holland Italy Norway Russia Sweden Switzerland is stated on the face of each cheque while in otter etna tries they are payable at current rates The cheques and all information regarding them may be obtain WINDSOR BRANCH Gower Manager or WALKERVILLE BRANCH A RIdout Manager Interdenominational Institute is Holding Convention in Cen tral Church About'200 non Detroiters are gathered here for the last half of tills week to attend the Interdenom inational Missionary Institute for Young People assisted by the Young Missionary Movement of New York The institute will hold its meetings at the Central church The ladles of the church gave a supper in the parish house for the guests last night At the devotional service which opened the conven tion Ralph Diffendorfer of New Yorkwas the principal speaker Tiie institute has made a circuit of about 30 states recently to round up new members who can continue tiie work locally Mr Diffendorfer who controls the work is accompanied by several assistants They are Miss Ethel Daniels Hubbard of Wellesley Mass a teacher of normal classes at the Lake Geneva and Silver Bay summer conferences: Miss Elizabeth Dehhy Paxton of Princeton dean of the 'New Jersey Sunday school summer school at Asbury Park: William A Brown western secretary for 'the Young Missionary Movement Rev Glass instructor Lake Geneva and Lake Orlon: Rev Gordon Hart of the Moody institute Rev Leslie rench and Rev Littel the mine operated by the com pany at Oakwood have been out on strike several days because of a dif ference with the company Yester day the grievance was adjusted and this morning all the men will re turn to work again The strike was caused it is said by a request of the company that' the men worklonger hours1 The men contended on their part that' they would not stay any longer underground ESCAPING GAS comb avenue father of 1 old Emma Vereecke The gin nan been maker home Shoemaker and was held January Deputy who is family Parisian Laundry C0c GUARANTEE: SATISACTION OR MONKT children 1 narrowly escaped by asphyxiation gas 45000 Telephones in Detroit 170000 Telephones in Michigan Connections everywhere or rates apply to $200 Round Trip100 Round Trip St station Child Testifies in avor Case Withdrawn wordof a little girl of 12 years daughter of the defendant the suit of the Imperial Chocolate company against Edward Col lins was settled in Judge Dono court yesterday The firm sued for a commission of $S00 and Collins claimed an offset of cred its for more than that amount Yesterday attorney asked the representative if he would take the word of the defend daughter that she had heard him state that the matters between lis firm and Collins were all fixed up would believe anything that little girl he' replied The child was sworn and testified as in dicated and the case was with drawn If you are not ovcrcoatcd to uuir entire satisfaction come lure for the Ballantine kind rom the light weight Top Coat to the me dium weight Coat ri through to the heavy Overcoat for motoring abre? Cutters and Makers ready to serve you $20 $25 $30 $35 $40 MATCH US I YOU CAN One of Masterpieces is at Art Museum Chandler Walker has lent of best canvasses to Detroit Stove Works iles Articles of Incorporation in Illinois have filed articles 'of incor wHh the secretary of state in Illinois because the law of that state requires foreign corporations comg business within its bounds to do so Gunderson of the Detroit Stove Works yesterday' 'A pui cttiunifinay Hl IIIIIIUIS aruciAS I T' has had a distributingpoint "in Chi cago for 20 years or more capltaUzatIon of the concern fn Illinois is $182000 to the kinds of urniture you can buy here all good grades from least expensive up to the very finest and most costly You can buy a a single piece a set of furniture for a room or a complete outfit for an entire house Parlor furniture living room furniture din ring room furniture hall furniture den fur niture libraryifurniture and bed room fur nothing in any line that we supply? Now the furniture store with a bi" stock not only has to dnake money on the goods sold but also interest on goods not sold Money tied up in merchandise must earn? WILL CONJiNUE TO SEPARATE GRADES one the Detroit Museum of Art: It represents a flock of sheep at twilight and ranks among best work While Charles reer has' a col lection of the general pub lic of Detroit has had fewopportun Itics to view this worK Congressman Edwin Denby has written to Washington suggesting the purchaseby the government of Irving of the now on exhibition Jat the Museum of Art Mr Denby advances ns a reason that the nalnttnir Is in charge of last typical of western conditions as I they exist today a ilr open tomorrow right down town is not lacking in urniture stores It has just as many in proportion population as iany other city in the country 1 vn t0 But there has never been a urniture house here such as we are going to one We are furniture agents or brokers selling direct from factory to iconsumer at just a small commission "for making the sale and handling the goods Instead of carrying a stock of furniture (which at best could provide compara tively a few style's and makes) we are go ing to take orders from samples catalogues and photographs of furniture representing the complete lines of the greatest manu in the trade No retail furniture house anywhere can begin to show a stock offering such a selection as we provide in this way A striking advantage of our plan is that buyers will secure absolutely new perfect and reliable i'urniture the manufacturers know that the styles are cause catalogues are issued and are marked There is hardly any limit Michigan State Telephone Co Comer Clifford St and Washington Boulevard Toy Auto Stolen Highland Park officials are look ing for the mean thief who stole a toy auto belonging to Ralph Camp bell 11 years old from in front of Stevens school In that village The little fellow lost his left foot as the result of a street car accident and Is able to hobble along only for a short distance on crutches He was presented by friends with the toj auto that he might be enabled to reach school The auto was left in front of the school Wednesday and when school was dismissed the auto was gone The boy who lives at 7E Gerald street will be obliged to re main away from school until his machine is returned or some one donates another TAKE ALL BUT BUILDING Burglars Visit Saloon While Owner is Lunching Charged with burglarizing as sa loon belonging to Abe Goldwater 2090 west Jefferson" avenue while he was at supper Wednesday night Louis and Joseph Dempseys were arrested Thestolen property has been re covered by the police It consists of almost the entire furnishings of the saloon besides $10 in money The jofflcers of Delray station stat ed that one of the Dempsey broth ers has claimed that he had an in terest in the and took this means to obtain what he thought belonged to him Grand Trank Expects to Use the Tunnel but Abah Dequindre Street BRUSH STREETTRACK valuable" for freight The only successful hygienic foot formed fibre cushioned shoe ever made By relieving the feet of their usual unnecessary hard work resulting from hard unyielding ill formed and poorly ventilated shoes find yourself feeling as if taken a good tonic with a light springy step and clear sparkling eyes Every man should come and examine these shoes he owes that consideration to himself and his feet Sold in'Detroit Exclusively by the Dr Reed Cushion Shoe House 272 Woodward Ave The Dominion Bank Windsor Branch BETWEEN DETROIT AND PITTSBURGH DAILY SERVICE Lr Detroit (Hrah ptnllr Pittsburgh Lv Woodward Ave Hits pm I Ar Woodward Ave Ar Pittsburgh uu I Ar Detroit (Brush St) 0:45 SHORTEST LINE Ticket Offices Opera House Block Brusli Street and MOQUwara Avenue LAKE SHORE THE CANADIAN BANK COMMERCE HEAD OICE TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1S7 Wyandotte amily Has Narrow Escape rom Asphyxiation' All Will Recover 1 Gustav Grunwald living on Plum street in Wyandotte his wife and four: death irom a coal stove yesterday morn ing Mrs Grunwald awoke with a choking sensation and attempting to arise fell to the floor uncon scious Her oldest daughter was aroused by the fall and summoned Dr McGlaughlin who ordered that the doors and windows be thrown open pending his arrival at the bouse Mrs Grunwald and her son Paul were most affected bv the es caping gas Their condition is not considered dangerous EXCURSIONS Lake Shore Ry Walker President I Paid up Capital 10COOCK Alexander Laird Cen I M'gr Reserve und 600000? Instead we will charge only 20 per above the price means virtually that for urniture that cost luu elsewhere you would pay us S70 Same proportionate saving" on es oi larger or smaller amount doubt about it we will show ve price list in the cat 1 from which you make a selection zny person who is going to iurni finc house or even two or three would jump at the opportunity to one of the big factories at Grand or elsewhere and pick out their fm But manufacturers sell at re Still more convenient tO COme her' make selections from the same line expenses and freight charges would to more than our 20 per cent comtrs Prompt deliveries guaranteed We have a Splendid central loca entire second floor of the Carv corner of Gratiot and Broadway ourteenth Belt Line Sherman Michigan Mack and Rapid Railway pass the door or within a few varu Woodward avenue is only a two rin 1 walk from this corner and patrons car lines will also findit easilv ELEVATOR ENTRANCE 61 GRATIOT AVENUE Call tomorrow and investigate tbi economical plan of buying furniture 1 us prove to you that we can supp? wanted style or of urniture i ui ou pci Lciu jcto Liiaii leguiar rota prices Our sample lines present a and attractive display which mist every one who may be thinking ci bmin new furniture Anti Society Leaders Visit Plats Offered by Henry Stephens You have just as much right to expect comfort from a new? shoe as you have to expect it in the clothes you wear A thoroughly comfortable shoe is one of the hardest 1 things in the world to get ut most shoe yet if you demand it and really want it you can get it always in the Vice President Says "Tarries Long Enough 'to BeElected in Seven Companies WhII the Grand Trung Railway company expects fos use the new Michigan Central tunnel under the Detroit river there is no Intention to abandon the Dequindre street track 'and the Brush street station Brush street station is too well located downtown and is tooaluable 'or freight purposes to let jts said Vice President and General Manager Hays while here yesterday jn attendance on the annual meetings of Uhe Grand Trunk Western and other iproper i ies on the United States side of the border line separation i will be continued along Dequindre I street under the: very reasonable arrangement with the 1 citv of De I troit a satisfactory ar rangement will be made for use of the Michigan Central tunnel Our I relations with the Michigan Cen tral always have been of a "most friendly character and their atti i ude toward us and other lines in I regard to the tunnel has been fair I When good neighbors have accom modations to rent there is no occa for us to build a Directors and officers of eight lines and companies were elected Officers are as follows: Grand Trunk Western President anl general manager Chas Mays vice president itz i hugh assistant tn the I president A 'B Atwater Detroit i secretary treasurer Alexan der Detroit superintendent ploy of the Detroit Salt company I JAfrni 1 I vTO nH 4 an AL 1 1 I Al A A SV I I (HI 1 If A Pl'aclflanfon1 Ml ger Hays vice president itzhugh Montreal secre tary treasurer: Alexander Detroit superintendent Egan Detroit Michigan Air' Line: President Chas Hays vice president 1 itzhugh Montreal treasurer rank Scott Montreal: secretary Alexander Detroit superin tendent Egan Detroit Chicago Detroit Canada Grand Trunk Junction: President and gen eral manager Chas Hays vice president itzhugh Mon treal treasurer rank Scott Mon treal secretary Alexander Detroit: superintendent Egan: Detroit Toledo Saginaw Muskegon: President and general manager Chas vice president IL itzhugh Montreal secretary treasurer Alexander Detroit superintendent Egan De troit Detroit Toledo Shore Line: President Shonts Chicago vice president itzhugh Mon treal secretary treasurer Alexander Detroit superintendent Main auditor Lang De troit This line is owned jointly by the '(Jrand Trunk and the Clover Leaf roads St Clair Tunnel Co" President Chas Hays: vice president 1 itzhugh Montreal treasurer rank Scott Montreal secretary Alexander Detroit' Officers also were elected for' the Grand Rapids Terminal Co and are substantially thetaame as those for fe otber Grand Trunk subsidiarr President Hays states that good progress Is being made on the con struction work of the Grand Trunk I Pacific and that it Is hoped to have! trains running into' Prince Rupert Pacific coast in two vears CHECKS The new Traveller's Cheques recently Issued by this Bask most convenient way In which to carry money when travelling ere issued in denominations of We have no big investment in urniture just a few 'medium price lines in addi tion to our samples Our expenses are small low rent just two experienced fur niture men to show samples and take or ders it is not necessary for us to get the regular retail profit on what we sell Garland Stoves and Ranges at Lowest Regular Prices Sloan urniture Co OUTPUT CONVENIENCE will be Plus SPACE 4 7' v' vfBSLll wil Luuur 1 KU nW 7 1 Ji': J1BI' Vlalim91111 III hl I I a WlllBlIIllll I I 5 lm I rl i jI wwomi ffrSB ERANCE DRINK or a casts to ti fit i (HN Ttf AL ik Li yj BM sf.

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