The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-31
LIFE is
WORTH LIVING

Agnes Jones, colored, was granted .
divorce from her Aasband. Tnaddsus
afternoon. after O trial which lasted
almost week
The Third ward Republics committee
Will hold q special meeting Wednes-
;, day evening. at Fred Uebeloers. No:
b76 Hastings-st.. for the purpose or
electing officers for the year.
August Radtke, 80 years old, No. 425
Hum Oldt-ave., fell from . wagon
at Buchanan and Eighteenth SITS,
Monday afternoon. Three ribs were
fractured and the physicians fear In
ternal injuries
"a Issue bonds for $1,000 To bring
water into the village from the city
mains. There were 10 Affirmative
proposition. The people now get
their water from wells
Parents whoset children attend the
Fairbanks school, Hamilton blvd.
and Seward-ave.. are up in arms over
the alleged crowded and unsanitary
condition OF the school and have sent
written protest TO the board CT
education. Supervisor Stewart says
school have been greatly cut by The
board of estimators. the past two
years.
Word has reached Detroit friends of
che death In springnsid, Mass, sun
at one time pastor OF the old Wood
ward-ave.. Congregational church.
Woodward-ave. and Sibley-st Eor
occupied the presidents chair OF the
American International college. in
Springfield.
frank kurkowski, whose son, Joseph,
aged sig, was killed Sy an auto
- has filed suit In circuit court for
$4,000. The boy was pushing a cart
along Woodward-ave.. near Adelaide
sicns oT and crushed ami him ms eeain H the the
cart. Ii was showing at the time.
and II Is claimed that the auto car
ried no lights.
4 committee OF ave from the street car
men's union called ON Mayor Thomp-
son, Monday, to protest against per-
mission being granted the Michigan
United Railway TO enter the city. A
similar protest was made to Mayor
opposed to the NJ. ". X. because or
alleged unfairness TO union labor,
~ The petition OF the NJ u. r. is still
hanging nre In the council
In . paper read before abe Wayne
County Medical society Monday even
ing. DR.. Reuben Peterson. professor
OF gynecology and obstetrics In tie
University OF Michigan. declared that
Michigan had an unusually large
percentage OF cancer afflicted per-
sons and insisted that a campaign OF
education IL necessary that more
leases reach the surgeon before II Is
too late. Or. Peterson is a recog-
nized authority on cancer
en-year-old Carlos Puett, of Lansing,
got Il into his youthful brain sunday
that he didn't want TO 20 TO sunday
school. so he boarded a train in Ian
sing and came all the way to Detroit,
lie had no funds, so he sat by the
side or a benevolent old lady, and
the conductor didn't ask him for any
- In ha
TO the Metropole hotel Here he
told them that his father had come
TO Detroit with him and mad deserted
him here. He was turned over to
the police and Lieut.. 3roault learn
ed his story was a fabrication. He
was returned TO Lansing.
n. ID. Carpenter, who owns the Hotel
~ Pontchartrain annex, visited by fire
Monday afternoon. estimates that the
damage will amount to about $1,000,
covered by insurance. The flames
were confined to the basement. The
Pontchartrain night employees. who
are housed In the building, were
forced To fee In scanty attire. being
In bed when the fire broke out Some
OF the girls fought with the police
In an effort to return to the burning
building to recover their belongings.
No one was allowed to make the re-
, turn trip. however. until the fire was
out
Hrs. Elizabeth Chnpoton, member OF n
welI-known Detroit family, was ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff Huyck, on
Monday afternoon, on charge OF
contempt OF court. 1t Is alleged that
Mrs chapoton disposed of some of
her property after she had been en-
Joined by a court order from dIspos-
Ing OF IL until q Judgment obtained
against her by Mrs. Mary A. Clark
had been paid. The money was due
on board bill for Mrs Chapoton
and her son. young man. Judge
Hosmer ordered her sent 10 jail until
the Judgment was paid. J. L. Hud-
sen offered TO furnish bail. but this
was refused and Mr. Hudson then adj
vanced the whole amount or the
Judgment s21s. Mrs. Chapoton was