The Detroit times., 1908-07-31

German American pank' OF Port Hu
ron for the purpose of preferring that
creditor. Frank T. Wolcott has bee
appointed receiver.
Creditors of four bankrupts Will get
small dividends. The Detroit Auto
Vehicle Co. Will pay per cent on
$l5l,O 900 OF debts: the Northwestern
Foundry Co. will pay per cent now
and the same amount later. j. NJ.
Clifford q Co will pay 20 per cent;
Isadore Lichtenstein's assets will
pay ~ per cent OF his debts.
Two members of the international Ash
cries commission, DIR. David starr
Jordan, president OF Leland Stanford
university. and s. T. Bastedo. the
Detroit river fisheries. Friday. They
arrived at Amherstburg on the Vigil
lance. Canadian cruiser, Thursday
night. and conferred with fisheries
officials In Detroit during the day.
William Diamond, q eolored man at
one time engaged In railroad work,
IL discussed as possible appoint
ment In the assessors ONCE. AS
SCISSOR Nagel Is authority for the
statement that no more Republican
clerks Will be discharged without no
tice. Hereafter clerks who are tor be
let go Will have certain amount OF
time to look out for other employ
ment.
the shooting OF John Machowski by
Percy Smith, a special officer In the
employ OF the Lake Shore railway.
an on the morning Of May SO has has been nee
chowski. She asks $4,000 for AS
sault and false arrest She claims to
have been brutally handled by the
officer. and called a thief. Machow.
weeks ago.
Joseph N. Creedon, q Michigan Central
fireman, whose home IL at No. "a Sew
enteenth-st.. was badly scalded about
the face and neck. Thursday he
was crawling under the engine when
lubricntor, broke Just above his
head and he was enveloped In cloud
of scalding steam. He was taken 10
5he pstrot hts w sna later s.
dition Is serious, he will recover.
Creedon is "a years old and brother
OF Patrolman Thomas Creedon.
sunday baseball has made q hit with
the youthful bat-swingers and hall
tossers OF the community evidently.
for ever since the new council order
went into effect, the park commits
sioner's office has been getting more
for the use OF the Belle Isle dia-
monds on that day. 1t Is O case of
first come. first served; and only is
games can be scheduled for any Sun
day on the island. so that some OF
the teams have to go unsatisfied.
Among the new professors who will
be added TO the high school depart
ment OF the Detroit college this year
are FIR. Joseph Milet, s. j.. an old
Detroit boy, who has been attached
to st. Louis university; FIR. Louis Fall
ley and Professors Rodman, Roeder
and Haggerty. FIR. James Monaghan.
who has been stationed at the coll
lege for short time. will leave Sat-
urday for St. Louis university, where
he will teach the sciences. and FIR.
Mccarthy has been transferred to st.
Ignatius college. Chicago.
new design Of election booth which II
expected TO save the city consider
able money. One great cost In MAIN
tanning the election booths has been
the replacing OF broken glass. Each
booth has had eight windows and
most OF these were broken during the
year. The new type which Haarer
has had constructed by Anthony
four windows and these are arranged
so that they may be covered with
shutters when not in use, thus saving
breakage.
Burglars, supposed to be race track
followers. attempted 20 enter the
home OF Gus. F. Demarest, at No. 20
ST. Johns-ave.. Highland Park.
Thursday afternoon, but they were
frightened away by Mrs. Demarest.
who was at home alone. Mrs. Dema-
rest heard the front door bell ring.
and while answering the call. heard
n noise at the back door. She hur-
ried there and found a man trying to
open the screen. He fed at her ap-
other man WAS seated, and the two
drove away together.
IL r. the open season for weeds now
and the city's inspectors are out
checking up. the property on which
thistles. milkweed and other pesti-
ferrous plants grow. Soon their bills
will be coming I'm to the property
owners with polite requests to nay
for cutting Of weeds by the city. The
start Is made late this year because
Commissioner Haarer wished 10 give
land owners a chance to cut their
own weeds and thus save the ex-
pense OF notifying them. The con-
tlnReDt fund IL low and II may be
that the entire city will not be COW
cred by the inspectors
Miss Catherine u. Groat. n stenogra-
ph~r formerly employed by the de-
troit Seamless Steel Tube Coy has
satisfaction OF n Judgment handed
down by the Wavne circuit court.
and sustaired nv the sunreme court.
She was offered $3.50 by the company
Groat was injured March 2s. 1905.
when Baker and a Trumbull car
collided She Will now prefer
charges AGAINST physician who.
shortly after tho accident. bathed her
feet in carholic acid instead OF
iodine. causing eScruciatins agonv.
Albert schnitk~r. aged ~. Of No. l6a1
RwsaeII-st.. lost bis nt~ Thursday
afternoon ~ The Grand Trunk water
ierk nesr Milwaukee Junction. The
lad had been IN the water but few
minutes when screamed and sank
from sight. The othe- hovs worked
hard to save him, and George Gris-
dell one OF his chums seized his
body as ~ came IN the surface but
was unable 20 hold ~. The water In
the tank IL I" feet deep. The BODY
was recovered In n short tima nv
f~emen. Or. Henry Morrison. of No
p74 Oakiori-ave.. and DIR. f. d
Keeler OF No. AS CIay-ave.. worked
over the lad for half an hour. hut
thew were unable to reeuscitate him
vic~-Pre~ident Charles w. ratrbanks
f. away fcv Macktwse isssnd s~~ tis
usual summer outing. Thursday he
stopped over In Detroit for two hours
aud was the guest or horror at q
luncheon in the Hotel Pontchartrs,n
the others present being Ms. Fsir.
MIllar. Mrs. NJ %. Williams. Bsrones'
NJ Dureld and Mr. and Mrs. viii
astic over the results OF the Quebec
precautionary. which Ne attended ~
the onFcial representative oT tho
zone r~uch 10 cement feeling emons
Great Britain, France and the United
States
Philip Breitmeyer goes further than q
question OF fare In sonsidsrsng thu