The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-08

and Charles T.. Bielman TO cooperate
with him I'm the arrangements for the
cub banquet Jan. 20. The list OF
speakers In not yet ready
Dr. q. III. shelton. of No. 0I3 Fourth
ave-, was slightly injured about the
head aud left foot. late Thursday aft
ernoOn, when his automobile collided
win that OF w. A. Dwyer. No 20
hirby-ave. west at Selden and Sec
ohd-hNcs. Mr. Dwyer escaped unhurt.
For the theft Of n thimbIe nnd "A small
quantity 81 linen from "a boarding
house on Franklin-st., oliver Rumble.
alias kumsey, was sentenced TO six
months Imprisonment In the house OF
correction by Justice Stein. Thursday
Rumble pleaded drunkenness as an
] excuse.
Mrs. =. ID. Bishop. No. 90 Brainard-st.,
fell while Mig hting from "a jefferson
car at Jefferson and Seminole -aves.
Thursday afternoon and was picked
UP In an unconscious condition. East
End ambulance took her TO ST. Marys
hospital where IL Was found that her
injuries were not serious.
Automatic stamp-scIiinG machines may
De introduced In Detroit shortly, the
same TO be placed In office buildings
and stores Postmaster-Gen Meyer
ls In favor OF Introducing this Euro
pean idea but congress has allowed
hlm only $4,000. so that he has not
beeh able TO carry out the plan TO
any extent as yet.
The American cooperative Employ
ment union will hold another public
meeting next sunday evening at 7:45
In Moret9n,s hall No. $3.50 Michigan
ave. q. l. Richardson. the organizer,
VIII speak and explain the principles
or cooperation, politically. fraternnl-
ly and lndustrially In France there
associations
Rondeau BunneII Will be formally
elected tn the chairmsnship of the
Republican city committee at the
l.rta "A -. H. -
Is expected to announce his commit
tees. The retiring members OF the
committee are setting up a DutCn
lunch for the new committee and the
resultant visit Is expected TO be an
old fashioned party love-feast.
Andrew O'Iiarc, local thief. well
known tn the police, who has served
time here for robbing church poor
boxes. is now serving a 90-day sen
tence in New Jersey for attempting
TO rob the poor box in st. Mary's
German Catholic church. West New
York. n. j. He was caught in the
act by priest who held him captive
at tne point OF a revolver until the
police arrived.
Some of the old fraudulent naturaIixa-
ton cases, upon which Ferdinand
Palma was tried several years ago
In the federal court, are being looked
up by the local naturalization bureau
Those persons who were shown by
the testimony in the Palma case TO
have been wrongly naturalized will
have their citizenship papers taken
away. The cases come UP next week
I'm the local courts.
"Pay 500 or skip town. we arc after
you, ny or be burned up" was the
substance OF "a black hand" letter
an Italian whose name the police re-
fuse tn diVulge turned over Thurs
day. Patrolman Oldani, OF the spo-
cial black hand squad" investig gated
and found that the letter was hoax
10 scare Anthony-thats his first
that another might pay court to his
pretty wife,
Vincent Fcnech. a Windsor tailor, re-
ccived N cnbiegram Thursday after
noon from his brother, Capt. John
Fenech. in Catania, stating that an
other brother. Luigi Fenech, profess
sor of mathematics and astronomy
and director OF the astronomical In
stitute IN Messina, had escaped death
in the earthquake. Mr.. Fenech also
received word that two sisters living
I'm the homestead on the Island Of Lii
pari were safe.
samuel LHfeyta. the Black Hand sus-
pect released from the central station
by mistake. Dec. Is, was captured,
Thursday. in Grand Rapids and De-
troit officers have gone TO the furnt-
ture city to bring him back. Lafeyta
secured his release by passing AS Jo-
seph Russo. another suspect In the
same cell block when the latter was
ordered turned loose. Lareyta, ac-
cording TO Capt. Baker, is suspected
OF having sent threatening letters to
number OF local Italians. acting in
concert with a countryman.
new election may he held tn MI the
positions of first and second Iieuten-
ants In Co. II, Light Guard. James
Armitage and George j. Gainey, at
present second lieutenant and first
sergeant respectively. failed to take
the examinations for the places,
which were held in Lansing Wednes-
day There has been considerable
Ggin In
matter. inasmuch as Maj. John s.
Bersey has made certain recommen-