The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-16
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Gustave Hayes, of Wixom, Mich. re-
ported that he was held up and
robbed OF $50 on a downtown street
early Wednesday morning. lie could
give no description OF the thief.
The society OF Detroit Chemists will
hold Its hrst regular meeting for the
season Of 1862 Friday evening ia
the rooms OF the Employers asso-
citation in the stevens building. Pre-
CedinE the meeting. the society Will
dine IN the Penohscot Inn.
The price of milk was advanced We'd
nesdny by the Detroit and Towar
creamcries. tickets 10 be sold here
after At Ia for 81, or l. Jersey mix
tickets for 81. This is the price tna1
was charged last winter. but the al
vance comes earlier this season.
: Owing to ~ fierce gale that swept Lake
Erie, the steamer Frank r.. Kirby was
unable TO make the return voyage
from Sandusky to Detroit Monday
and was tied up at her dock in san
dusky all Monday night. She reaChe /
Detroit o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
J. Il. Harlan, Climax Repairing Co.;
81 found times ns duh nbront MS an
America. Abroad they look on the
depression as temporary and expect
US to reCuDerate soon. ! think they
are right and that the business stu
alton Will continue 10 improve stead
lily"
As one result of the hard times about
90 Hungarian young men of old Del
ray have Joined the regular army,
enlisting at Fort Wayne. They chose
this course rather than return to the
old country, as nearly 40 per cent Of
their countrymen in the Hungarian
quarter or the Eighteenth ward have
done.
steamer Portland. which burned NJ
Marquette some time ago. has beg an
a suit for S25,s against seven IA
surance companies which carried the
risk The companies have refused -
consider the boat total loss. and to
pay accordingly.
Word has been received from wash
fngton by Postmaster Warren that
beginning Oct. /, the postage rate
on letters mailed in the United States.
addressed for delivery at any place
in the United Kingdom of Great Brit
ain and Ireland. will be two cents an
ounce or fraction OF an ounce.
James r. Hill, attorney for the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty 10 Chill
dren. has decided not To prosecute
Saloonkeeper John Farley. OF No. 9S3
Twenty fifth-st., for brutally beating
his liyear-old son, Elmer, with a
club. Farley has promised TO re-
frain from such corrective methods
In the future.
The eighth section Of the Michigan
Central tunnel was launched AT the
81. Clair plant OF the Great Lakes
Shipbuilding Co. Tuesday morning.
The big tubes were placed in the
water without any ceremony, and 40
unusual incident marked the launch
ing. The ninth section Will DC
launched In a few weeks.
90 far, no Indication has been given ny
the Michigan Central. Lake shore snd
Grand Trunk railroads. as 10 the
course they Will take with regard TO
separating grades east or Woodward
ave. The separations would take two
years and cost s40Q, 900. Their an
swer il expected when the council
grade separation committee meets
Friday morning.
troit Inborers dependent on the ear
shops for employment. is the an
nouncement that the Michigan Con
trail has concluded contract with
the American Car AZ Foundry Co. Tor
the repair OF 5000 freight cars. These
will be sent in a hundred or so at
time, and Will serve 10 keep the plant
running until after the FIRST OF che
year.
A young woman giving her name a.
Miss Dolletto Griffin, No. 133 81.
Paul-aVe., allowed strange man To
escort her from dance on Gratio;-
ave. late Tuesday night, and, on ms
suggestion. they went to the TURKISH
cafe on Farmer-st.. near Wilcox. Here
the stranger made off with her purse.
containing S27, the young woman
says. and she has asked the pollse
TO look for him.
Coroner LaBeIle, of Windsor, has Inn
paneied "a jury and will hold In
quest Thursday night into the death
OF w. X Kimball and Bert Johnson.
victims OF the Michigan Central tun-
mel fire. The coroner Will try TO
learn the cause OF the fire and wheth-
er the victims returned TO the SHARE
after once being safely out IL ~
said that the statements OF some NJ
the witnesses conflict with this story
william e. Anderson, of the Royal
Crown White Lead CO., hs. been sued
in the circuit court for 81 500 OF psr-
alinnnX which ordered
paid to his former wife, Mabel r. An
derson. when she got divorce IN
Toledo recently. Anderson at one
time tried to get possession OF mis-
children by habeas corpus proceed
ings instituted here, but the wife
went to Ohio before the papers could
be served on her.
The examination Of. Charles. RRson,
ON the charge OF having in his pos
session counterfeit ID. L. H. tickets
which was begun before Justice
Stein Tuesday. has been continued
until next Tuesday afternoon with
the consent of both sides. In the
meantime. the attorneys Will look up
the iaY on the proposition whether
the action OF J. q. Mcmillan. private
detective for the railway company.
annuls the prosecutions case.
Joseph Cenows's left eye-iid was torn
on and his left ear narrowly escaped
the same fate when he Jumped on one
Michigan Central locomotive. only to
get I'm the way OF another, in the
gan-ave., Tuesday. He was also bad
~ cut about the scalp. but no bones
were broken. lie is being cared for
I'm Red Cross hospital Cenowa lives
at No. 1875 McKinley-ave. lie IL EN-
ployed In the yards as a crossing
tender
Henry stacey Afford, an Ensiishmsn
and mn Oxford graduate, who has
made his home at various times at
the McGregor mission. is heir to a
considerable legacy In England AL
ford has supported himself here and
in Toledo and other nearby cities oy
doing odd Jobs. He has never so
far as known, settled down to steady
employment but told the acquaint<
ehees-he had made I'm the mission
just before leaving IL a month ago
That lac was going TO work on farm.
Funeral services OF Joseph schiappacnS-
see, one OF the oldest italian citizens
OF Detroit. who died In Genoa. Italy
Aug. 23 will be held In san Fran
eesco Catholic church. Friday morn