The Detroit times., 1909-12-28
WHERE LIFE Is
WORTH LIvrNo

Arthur Neely. dead In that city, inc
Chicago police heard that Nicely
brother was once a newspaper editor
in Detroit.
The ssiiewinG have been sieetea 10 nc.
tive mem bership In the Detroit Board
OF Commerce: Charles w. CasEra,sn.
mann. Saul Kaufman, William j.
Kennedy. h. {. McMath. IL. +. Nor
gan. william r.. Roney, Raiph Stoo-
| pei. II. w. Yeats.
made the frst arrests OF boy cigs
ette smokers. under the strict new
anti-cigarette law, Monday afier-
noon. Six youngsters. found smok
ing cigarettes on the streets. were
arrested, but were released iater on
their promise TO appear In tne
| venile court for trial when wah'eo'
Hrs. Louis wsshburn, of the Lcress
painfully burned about the race ~
the first Christmas tree nre repor.eu
In Detroit; Alya Washburhhi .s Mon.
day night. when the tree caught hms hre
Mrs. Washburn was injured wniie
trying to extinguish the oiats ,Sa vim
dow. and only slight damage was
done TO the furnishings.
Because of the failure of his psrtnea
Roy n. Burton, 60 return M"nasy,
son. of the Cut Rate Car Fare Co.. No
lss Griswold-st.. has quit the a, pnss
ness. After consulting with Chiet
OF Detectives Mcdonnell. Monday,
Richardson removed the cash register
and locked the door. There are ina.S
coupons outstanding. and IL Is up 10
the holders to settle Win inc So"
pany as best they can
~. rev william II. Buettner, an aged,
weIl-known German pastor OF '"s'
city, died In the home or ms son, r.
W. Buettner NO, izI9 e msn vas horn In
Germany SO years ago. ana mao pTen zen
an active pastor for 40 years. rol
eight years, Mr.. buetther, nSn chnrch st
Twenty sixth and Myrtle-sts., ~ s sn,'
CITY. He IL survived by six chioren'
l3 grandchildren, and TWO great
grandchildren.
r,.r.uc~ A. Proctor, superinte Bdent Of
the city's asphalt paving plant, u IN
Washington, where he Will naNo
third operation performed upon aao nm IN
a terrible Christmas day wreeh. nS a.
the capital city. Although he mas
been able TO get around WIN tar tme on ~,
| iured leg he has gone back Tor an
other operation which, IL Is hopeu,
will cure the pains whlch ne nus nus
suffered at times since the wieen' iag
TO imperfect knitting OF the leg
bones.
match night services will he held In
several OF the Detroit churcnes M new
Years eve the WS0dwana-ane sha most Dn an-
usual that OF the immersion OF Tour
persons In baptism exactly at the
midnight hour. segla.nnlhhg chSrch an viii viii
Continue services until midnight,
when the entire congregation VIII
Join hands and sing the New iea1 yea
Presbyterian viii have church fam
ily gathering. with communion AZ
midnight
A big Democratic banquet which viii
he the start-on of the state and city
campaigns of 1910 Is being planned
by Judge Connolly and other DetTolt
Democrats for the latter part OF Jan
uary Lawton T. Hemans Will De IN
vited TO speak as the representative
OF state Democracy, while william
y. Thompson, who is afmost sure 70
be the Democratic mayoralty canui-
date next fall. will preside GOV
Judson Harmon, OF Ohio: Mayor Gay
nor OF New York Gov FOLK. OF Mis-, Mis-,
souri, and other party notaples VIII
be Invited to be present and speak
st~ye kuns, saioonkeeper mt No. 9Se
Military-ave., sent two men To heI
Cross hospital, with badly damaged
estly striving 60 obtain peace and
quiet An his saloon. John JaeIowsRi
and Peter Lieska. OF No. l5s ham
loon, when the peaceful Kuna waded
into both men with a large clup. ~
took 10 stitches to make JaploWskls
top-piece look like human mead
and I,Ieska has so many bumps that
the physicians could hardly dress the
wounds Neither is dangerously IN
tured.
ice blockade In the river through per,
sistent ighting, and II is expected
that practically normal conditions
will be restored before the day IL
over. Michigan Central ferries ex-
perienced but little difficulty Mon
day, making some OF the CROSSINGS
in from II TO 10 minutes The Grand
Trunk also transferred it's through
passenger trains without any serious
delay. General Superintendent Trump
OF the Pere Marquette, Is so Wen
pleased with the work OF the tug
1iackett In breaking up the Ice that
he has chartered her for the winter
k.acst.-Col. r. w. Scott, of the saliva
tion Army, expresses his appreciation
and thanks for the generous response
OF citizens toward the Christmas
cheer and charity dispensed by the
in the kettles on the various street
ssnnsds sfiSSsisns sfseSs by over 500 TSs day be
fore Christmas 400 well-filled bas-
kets Containing sufficient food for a
family of six persons and weighing
approximately "a pounds. were ais
.Lisqisd frSm oy ihs Ie poor and needy are re-
ceiving daily attention from the
army's officers.
adopted by the Builders q
education TO abandon the practice or
letting contracts for school buildings
under the three general heads OF ma
sonry carpenter work and heating
and ventilatlng, and TO let the con-
tracts for each class OF work separ-
ately The exchange declares that
tho work done under group contracts
Is much inferior to the work done
under piece contracts. inspector
Burton and other anti administration
inspectors have long advocated Civ
ing the little fellows" show in the
bidding, which has been impossible
under the group contract plan.
biichfxss senators and representatives,
IN congress have been Invited TO be-
present at the presentation OF the
states silver service to the battle
ship Michigan, Jan. 5, at the Belle
The service has been made by Tif-
fany & Co. OF New York. and the
state commission appointed by Gov.
Warner TO select tho silver. and pre-
sent T.. will leave Detroit for Phila-
deiphIa, Jan. 4, TO take part In the
governor Will make the formal
speech of presentation to the officers
OF the vessel. All Michigan people In
Philadelphia, Wednesday, OF next
week. are invited to attend the func-
tion
corperatfon Counsel Hsily wants q
partition run across pnrt OF his ofnce
SO as TO make library OF that part
lie succeeded In getting the sum re-
quIred inserted in the public build
ing budget this year but no partition
has materialized. Various contract
ors have been asked to look over the
Job but nothing has been done. Now,
1Ially is tired OF waiting longer. He
has invited another contractor In and
says that he intends TO get action.
Commissioner Haarer, OF the depart
ment Of public works, IL bit dubi-