The Detroit times., 1911-12-22

a week. after agreeing not 40 ~
business on hts old route Tor two
years.
The Detroit United Railway win - re-
CURED 90 pat Nd sieies q, a<fr4y
the Thompson ordinances and the
Gilman municipal ownership BILL
The amount was liked Thursday
afternoon. after Aid. HARPER. chair
the council. had spent some time on
the proposition. The amount II large
enough TO allow each inspector and
clerk IS. IL was suggested that -
would be enough, but City Clerk
Nichols inaiIy decided that 70 be on
the safe side. IL would be better 20
allow IS. which will take care OF
overtime.
Arthur Turner. ~ year. Odd. who Va.
Alfred J: Murphy. TO serve - years
In the House OF Correction for rob
bing Emil Knorr at the point or Q
revolver, has been released on parole
Inendation OF Judge Murphy. rur-
ner's father and only brother have
died since he was sent TO prison. ana
he has an inyalid sister who 10 nor
dependent on n married sister for her
support. Turner has proven a model
prisoner Supt. Mcdonnell. or the
wo.khouse. says. and during his inn
prisonment has completed CORE
spondence course In plumbing and
engineering
ID. VI. Ferry has npaIiy acquired the
old Pingree home at No. 1920 Wood
ward-ave, adjoining the Ferry home
stead. the deal having been closed
Thursday afternoon. For the past
three years the property has been
owned and occupied by the Eastern
Star Temple association. Mr.. Ferry
made an oner for the property sew
eral months ago. and a controversy,
In 30 Of
n. Choate as president of the assoc
citation, arose when the trustees
turned down this offer and sold the
property to Gustayus A. Savery and
DR.. Edward Newton. Mr. Ferry now
buys from them and the considers
ton Is said TO have been about $40.-
900. The purchase gives Mr. Ferry
frontage OF $40 feet on Woodward.
The lot is 800 feet deep.
Fred singer. husband of Mrs. Ivsnhoe
Singer, the woman shot In Cteve-
land roadhouse by Bertram w. Yates.
OF Detroit. who later took mis- own
life while locked up in a. police sta
ton, applied for divorce In Judge
Donovan's court, Thursday after
noon. Singer charged that his wife
drank to excess and was fond of the
company OF other men. Mrs. Singer
made no defense. Divorce Prose-
cutor William Heston will investi-
gate. and II he finds that singer IL
a resident OF Detroit the decree will
be granted. At the time the divorce
was I'm progress Mrs. Singers claim
for $4,000 against the Yates estate
was under consideration before the
commission on claims, but no action
was taken.
So - the City dads have been look
ing up the council rules with particu-
lar reference 10 the one that was
designed to bar the lobbyists, rule
No SO. and have discovered that II
will be an easy matter for the lobby
lists to get around IL. The rule says
that no persons shall be permitted on
the floor except aldermen, officers
and ex-officers OF the corporation
and ex-aldermen, unless invited by
member OF the board SO IL a lobby
list has stand In" IL Will be easy
enough for him 10 get in on invita-
ton. although there is some talk Of
having the rule changed In this re-
spect Incidentally IL appears that
Maynard ID. Follin was barred out
last Tuesday night without author
ity, for he is entitled o admission
on the ground that he is an eX-ctty
official. as the rule now stands. He
was formerly a member OF the IL
brary board.