The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-04
WHERE LIFE is
WORTH LIVING

The Firat English Evangelical Lutn-
eran church Will dedicate the new
church building. Sunday, Jan To- anu
pastor, the Rev, Il. G. Billings, Tor
merly OF Akron, y.
Show case thieves evidently faiiea 70
sswenr on" ON New Years day.
George Schaffner. jeweler at No. 32t
i, Woodward ave, reports that "a alarm
! clocks were stolen from his snow
case. Schaffner's store was visited
by thieves about two months ago.
The Presbyterias ministers or Detroit,
I'm the 6rst weekly meeting OF the
new year, Monday, In the First Pres-
byterian church. elected the Follow
Ing officers: President the KEY; j.
IRE Stewart: Vice -president. the Rev.
Pasauaie De Carlo; secretary, the
Rev. Robert i. Young.
Because ne objected to chopping WOOD
ON sunday, Francis Barrett, ~ yenrs
old, left his home In scra anon, In
search of his grandmother. Mrs. hat
l. tie Barrett. who lives at NO: 4oO fort-
) st. east. The boy has stepmothsr,
and his grandmother Will keep him
Frank Lombarski. No. 1899 Ferry-ave.,
was shot I'm the head while goink
home from work, Monday afternoon.
The police believe he was struck by
a stray bullet fired by some target
marksman. The bullet, from Flo.
bert rifle, entered Lombarskfs LETT
lodging I'm the tonsil. II was ex-
tracted i'm Grace hospital
knights Of Equity Will meet In their
hall. Tuesday evening", 20 pay tribute
OF respect to the late Dennis Brod-
erlck, a member OF the order. who
died recently In his home, No. 332
Selden-ave. To make arrangements
for the funeral OF Mr., Broderick: Di-
vision No 1. A. o. H., OF which he
was also a member, will hold spe-
cial meeting at o'clock. Tuesday
evening.
The Peuinsulnr Savings bank Will buiin
100000 and to be used exclusively
for banking purposes. on the site OF
west. The building will be Ave stories
high and the front will be of granite
and bronze. While the building oper-
atoms are going on me bank VII, VIII o &C.
the Commercial National bank In the
Monat building.
Two OF thc ssbest sellers" In up-to-the-
moment fiction, ~. g.. Wells Ann
"The Danger Mark" have been de-
barred from the shelves OF the public
library IN Detroit. The civic book
censors declare both are highly dang
erous reading and decline TO have a
hand In aiding the young or old mind
in Detroit to become acquainted with
their poisonous philosophy, as one
reviewer puts II.
John l.. Wild, retiring commander of
Fairbanks post, NO. ~, q. n. r.. WINS
presented with a solid gold past COM
mander's badge at the installation or
officers OF Fairbanks post and the
Woman's Relief Corps In the g. A.
II. Memorial building. Monday night.
Mr.. Wild. In turn presented hags to
the relief corps. to ID. i. Crotty pa
triotic instructor. and to the chair
man OF the committee on the good OF
the order Samuel Il. Dixon Is the
new commander OF the post.
e Local shippers declare they have re-
ceived information that from 5000
to 5000 loaded freight cars, bound
for Detroit, are held up. In Toledo
because OF lack OF yard room and
switching facilities In this city. In
consequence, many local dealers and
manufacturers are greatly exercised.
X. II. E1ommedieu. general manager
o. the Michigan Central. says, how
ever, that the congestion IL about
over. Other railroad officials say
that conditions have improved ma
terially,
NJ. Wizard, Ypsilnnti farmer, snys that
scarcity of help I'm the country u
largely responsible for the high
prices OF farm products. Farmers.
he says. are planting only half their
acreage In some Instances. because
they cannot get men TO harvest the
crop. Similarly many farmers are
selling their cows because they can
not get men 10 milk them, hence the
high price of butter. The farmers,
Mr.. Wizard declares, are facing more
serious labor problem than the man
ufacturers In the cities.
Notwithstanding the neRr-xero temper
atures, G.. q. Bchn, chief engineer Of
the Chalmers Detroit Co, and Cecil
H. Taylor. chief engineer OF the Hud-
son Motor Co, accompanied by their
wives. leave today for New York by
motor They VIII use a Chalmers
Detroit go" 1911 model. designed by
Messrs. Benin and Taylor IL has been
in use only four months and has al
ready covered more than 5000 miles
"a. 80 o n.l. NAx XAWH
Tuesday noon, weather permitting
The machine Is well stocked with
footwarmers. shovels. axes and other
emergency devices. Mr.: Taylor was
formerly designing engineer for the
Chalmers Detroit Co.
The dispute over the custody of the
McTavfsh children. was settled ny
Judge Hosmer. Monday afternoon
when he decided that the three small
children would remain In the Gus