The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
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L An Invitation will be sent the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor to hold Its
next convention in Detroit. Such an
invitation IL tn be sent In accord
ance with a resolution adopted BY
the common council Tuesday might
on motion OF Aid. Mcclellan.
To abolish the art comn,ission and In
corporate its duties with thoss or the
PROPOSAL of Aid. ID: f. Heinemian He
figures that the art commission has
been largely ornamental In itself
rather than In us work; The councii
ordinance committee will take up the
matter.
John A. Tfvnan, aged 80, assistant
manager of the Detroit Office Of the
p. r. Collier Co, died suddenly. Tues
day afternoon. in his home, No. s44
' Fifteenth St. OF pneumonia. He. wes
widely known in Detroit as singer
and amateur actor He was mem.
Der OF the Knights OF Columbus and
the A. o. II.
Clergymen, from Detroit, Toledo and
Cleveland attended the 20 hours de-
votion in 81. Albertus Catholic church
or st. Aubin-ave.. this week. the
big auditorium OF the church has
been crowded and there have been
two sermons each day. one al ~
o'clock In the morning. and the other
at in the evening. The Rev. fran
els A. Mueller is pastor Of the church.
Mrs.. Fred Cribbs, aged 90. OF No. ~
Marcy-st., was severely burned about
the hands and face, Tuesday after
= noon. when a curtain she was sew
ing took fire from nearby stove.
She attempted to beat OUT tne Names h.,,s
burned to death but for the assist
ance OF a woman who was passing
owing to Mrs. Cribs age ,.n ~ 10
Justice Adolph Gerhard, of Hamtrnmck,
II trying 60 gaia possessiOn OF the
team Of horses and green wagon
which figured 50 conspicuousiy In the
Schults murder, and which was In
part owned by kurka, the murderer
There is a balance still due on the
outfit to the original owner, VINO re-
Gently obtained possession by re-
plevln. Gerhard stands ready 20 pay
the balance. but has been unable 10
reach an agreement with the owner.
weeks ago was granted n divorce by
Judge Donovan. took out a marriage
license Tuesday. to wed Miss Ellen
Fiasgge' aked i ~ us OF a. H@ 10 ii ~ Fonr.
teenth-ave. In testifying In court
Held alleged that his wife lived a
dual life for years posing as ms
household and another husband with
whom she lived when Held was out
Of town.
be II Detroit at the convention Of the
Central Ohio Teachers. which meets
in the Wayne pavilion. Nov. - and
"a. Members of the NORTHWESTERN
ohio Manual Training association.
will meet here at the same time.
Presentations for their entertainment
n IL being made by Supt w. G. Martin :
dale and the executive committee OF
the Detroit Principals association, of
which Miss Mercy Hayes In chairman.
The forty-eighth annual convention of
the Michigan state Sunday school as
ISOLATION opened Wednesday morning
D in the w oodward-ave. Baptist church.
Three sessions will be held daily.
and many prominent speakers. In
Guiding Marion Lawrence, secretary
OF the International Sunday School
association. will attend. This even
ing, the meeting will be In two sec
tions. the first to be addressed by
the Rev. A. G. Dixon. OF Chicago, on
"Bible Study Of Men and the second.
'sThe Meaning OF the Mems Move
ment" by the Rev. II. NJ. Hamill. ID.
!. D., OF Nashville. Tenn. DR.. Hattie A.
schwendener. chairman of the liter
AZURE committee OF the National Pur-
ity federation, will speak Thursday
afternoon.
william Douglas, formerly q hotelman
In Detroit and Windsor, was taken Ia
the county house In Eloise,s Tuesday
morning. Wednesday he will be sent
10 Mt Clemens. where Thomas T..
Matthews, of the Olympia house. has
!, offered to provide for him for a time.
Douglas IL crippled. being paralyzed
from the waist down, and has been In