The Detroit times., 1910-12-29
WHERE LIFE IS
WORTH LIVING

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The retiring Republican city commit
n tee VIII give com itn,cntary dinner
TO the new committee in the Girls
4 void house, Thursday evening.
Mrs. Nellie i>ninen, charged with muir
derlng her husband, rank INaincn,
A with an az. In their hone At No. $40
LeMay was arraisned before
Police Justice Stein Wednesday and
4 held Tor trial in the recorders court
~. =. District tttorne: rFank II. Wat
SON left for Washington "Wednesday
night To talk over the "bathtUo
trust cases with Edwin l.. GrosVen-
or. special assistant TO the attor-
ney- general.
Supt. OF Police Downey has announced
Tint New Years cciebrators must
DO on the streets by "A. IN. The
police are perfectly satisfied TO see
4 every oody have joyous time, but
the superintendent says the htlarity
h must not etAend 100 far into sun
~. Il. Fraser, of New Nori,. we'll
known advertising specialist, will
n be- the guest OF the Adcraft club at
the regular monthly dinner. Thurs
4 day evening, In the Adcraft club -
n j Multurd. II III. Bower =. X. Brand
and Dr. l.. w Knapp, all OF De-
4 troit. viii also give brief talks
Isaac VI. Calvin, aged ~, nt one time
& prominent shoe merchant ON W ood-
ward dave. IL dead in the home or
u his stepson. Harry 6. Robinson. of
Plymouth Mr. Coltin was veteran
OF the civil war. having served ac-
lively four years He ~ survived by
sister, Mrs O. Nj Whipple, of De
n -troit
The police were called to No. 20 John
Il R.-st. Wednesday night, where they
found Alfred H. Taber WrecNnS ms
wife's apartments He had Kicked
in the door and torn the telephone
from the wall when the police ar
\ rived Taber was locked up. Mrs
1 Taber recently started suit for di-
4 vorce. and her husband was cnjoined
from molestinH her. He Will be
prosecuted for violating the lnJunc-
ton
The Detroit Walters association elect
ed the following officers for the en-
sHlng year IN thr annual m ,tttan
vice president. William Garrison;
financial secretary, \ j. st fieriT,
recording secretary, samuel lIanton;
board of directors John Emig, Geo
Cole. Charles Andrews. Robert Roy
Ralph Haburton. Norman Horton,
George Skeats. NJ. Garrett and
Adolph Schleicker.
Three patrols of the Boys ScOuts-Sii-
4 yer OK, Wolverine and Rattiesnnke-
4 made their appearance In uniform
4 "Wednesday afternoon IN the Y Nj, I:
4 A. gymnasium. preliminary TO fun
turnout OF the scouts Monday. Jan
4 g in the doinRs that are to mark the
opening OF the new year In the as
4 ISOLATION building The Scouts uni
form is of khaki. with a wide brim-
4 med hat, and each boy carries
stout stan and hunting knife.
4 A conference viii he held In Judge
Murphy's court Jan. ., when the
attorneys representing the city ana
the ID. u. X. VIII decide upon a date
for hearing the case involving the
right OF the city TO assess the H. u.
X 5000 day rental In excess of the
$500 il Is already paying for the
use OF streets on which the fran
4 chises have expired. If the city wins
n the way will be opened to charge
rental for all the streets in which
the franchises have expired.
The Lee property ON Edmund-pi., just
back of the First Presbyterian
church. and which was recently pur-
chased by the church authorities,
will not be torn down az at hrst
contemplated, but Will be remodeled
and used manse for the pastor
Adjoining vacant property, also ac-
quired by the congregation, VIII he
used for the erection OF church
house, three stories high ana thor-
oughly equipped with library read
ing rooms, gymnasium, class rooms
dining room. kitchen and other re-
quirements for building OF this
kind Contracts will be let at once.
and Ii Is expected 10 be ready Tor
occupancy in the summer.
tassengers on the jefferson ear ieav-
ing the city hall at $40 Wednesday
evening passed three-cent tickets 10
the conductor and got rlde ana
have cost 81 per treat In any hlgh-
class bathing establishment. wire
was short -circuited and fed electric
\. ity into unwilling passengers on the
back platform every time the motor
man turned on the power Early
arrivals had lot OF fun watching
late Corners. At BaRgst. Swede
wearing rubbers boarded the car and
wondered what was coming OF. He
was congratulated on possessing
non conductors for the feet until the
car made sudden lurch. Vim
minyw he shouted, Il got him
trough de rubber" Those who rode
inside the car escaped the SHOCKS
and had lot Of fun at the expense
OF those on the platform.
Charles O'Dete La PoIntc, of No. 1857
RusseIl-st., on New Years day Will
celebrate his one-hundredth birth
day with birthday party. Mr.. La
4 Pointe lives with his daughter. Mrs.
\ Florence Miller, and IL hale and
h hearty despite his age. His father
I. died at the age OF 104 and his moth
\ err at 103 He was born In Mont
real, the son Of a French soldier.
/ and has a soldier record OF his own.
The old gentleman has three living
i children, Mrs. Miller Mrs Minnie
Pepper, OF Portola. Cal. and Joseph
ODette La Pointe. of Cleveland.