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The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
DIED.

POI.LION-Dec. IL, suddenly. WllhelS
mine aged IL beloved mother OF
Adolph and Theodore POllion Mrs
Charles Brocker Mrs. William Pros
sci and Mrs Charles Rooster, Flu
neral Friday at 1;l5 "a. m from
daughters residence, Mrs. william
Iressel l0l5 Theodore-st lntermeht
az lIadley. Mich. via funeral car
DURHAM Died Dec. ~. at the resi-
dence OF her daughter. Mrs Julla
Dickcrson. OF Salem, Mrs. Amy Dur
ham. wife or the late lsber durham
Gagged 81 years. Funeral at Clarence
vile, Dec. 10. $3.50 p. m
SCILENK RT-Dec. 10. at residence.
S5l SeventeGnth- Catherine T. be.
loved wife OF John and mother OF
Erwin SChlenkert. Funeral saturday
AT y. m. from above residence
TANLOR--Dec 10. 1911. at the resi-
dence OF mis- son, lS5 TWENTY MIRO :
st. Robert 4 TAYLOR. beloved father
OF Edward 4. Taylor Mrs Anna X.
Shaull. OF Marquette Mich. and Mrs.
Carrie II. Pitcher. of Detroit. Funer-
al from residence Of his SON FRIDAY
at y. IA. Interment in Woodmere
o'NEILI.--Dec. 10. Mary ONeill. at the
residence OF her daughter Mrs. Jas
Bradford 245 Smith-av relict or
the late Capt. T. H. O'Neill and moth
or ~ tutia, Maria, Ntfttun; teoree
NJ, Henry and Walter. Notice or
funeral later
PI1TiNGER-De IL. at her home. SO
Benton-st. Maria. rel.Ct or the
late Theodore Pittinger, moth
er OF George and William Pittinger,
aEed 76 years Funeral Friday. $50
a m, from her sons residence, 1909
Warren-ave. west. and o'clock at
81. Leos church.
GILLESPIE-W H., Dec. Is, 1911 be-
loved husband OF Eva Is. Gillespie
and father OF Fred. III. W. Robert
and Raymond b. Gillespie. Notice OF
funeral later.
COoK-Cornelius. entered into rest on
Dec IL, aged 75 years Beloved faith
or OF Peter Cook. OF Cleveland, Ohio;
Mrs George Tuhis, Mrs. Harry Fries
ema and Mrs George Huysken Fu-
neral Saturday at y. m from First
Holland Reformed church on Cath
erine-st., near ST. Aubin-ave
NEAL~--Dec. 10, 1911. suddenly. at Har-
per hospital. Alvin Frank. aged 80
years l3 days Beloved husband OF
Annie Tottinger Neal Notice OF flu
neral later
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
NOTICE-STREET PAVING
ASSESSMENT.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS OFFICE.
Detroit, December H. l9ll4
Paving Notice No. iI:3.
EORMAN ANENIE.

To carl Boufe Thomas Forman Co.
Anon Kaier Anna l.. Price. +, NJ X.
H. and 10 all other persons owning,
occupying OF" otherwise interested i'm
any OF the lots and premises fronting
on Fcrman avenue in said city OF De-
troit within the limits hereinafter
mentioned
The common Council OF the city Of
Detroit Having ordered so much OF
FornaH avenue. from the north line
II M &. II II property TO the south
line of Fott street. TO be graded and
paved. notice is hereby given that an
aSsessment has been made upon all
the lots. and premises fronting on said
lrorman avenue, and liable TO he as
sessed for said Improvement under the
provislo,s Of the City Charter. and
that "A ron OF said assessment IS now
completed. aud will remain Al the AS
.essor's ONCE. in the CITY OF Detroit,
, from the date hereof until December
26 1911. FOR the inspection OF all per-
sons concerned therein.
BOARD or ASSESSORS,
BY HENRY PLAsS.
(eSb President
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
DETROIT UNITED INTEnIKnA,

TOLEDO CLEVELAND LIMITEDS--
1880 a IA ana every Two hourL To SEQ
y. IN Tol. DO only 1850 D. m. Toledo
Express. Z a. m. every two houl 10 !
hours 10 p. m. y. m; Monroe onIv
10 y. IN, IL y. m.
PORT HURON LIMITEDS-7.tE
Ia, every TWO hours TO 7.l5 u IN 80,
day only IL r. IN. Locals. q a. m .S,s'h.
two hours to y m. y. m. Marins
City only . p. IN. Mt; Clemen. only
6 80 A. m. hourly to $40 y m n ~
shore Line. e.2b a. IN. hourly To iI'ls
y. m.
JACKSON KALAMAZOO Ii trrr
-6.lO a. IN. every two hours 10 Iii2
D. m: Jackson Lansing Limited a.
IN. Jackson locals a. m. every t,yo
hourH TO D M Ann Arbor Only n
a M D. IN. $3.50 D. m. %. m ~
70 IA. Ia D m To Northyiile 8 ~
m. hourly TO 5:30 y. M, 7:26 n M ~
pm. II y. m Saline cars from Ypsi.
ianti
FLINT-sAGINAw IIMITEDs-s -
m, every two hours TO 6:25 d m. 10.
m IL y. No.. north OF oxford. .-undnv
ohly Otner Romeo locals T. 6 AL :,
p. IN.
ORCHARD LAKE DIvIsIoN-s.t5
m. hourly TO g:45 y m. q p. m
MlANDOTTE DIVISION sS m
g D m. half hourly 10 o. ~,
hourly TO II Sb w. m.
PONTIAC LIMTrEDS-4. d ~
5.i0 $40 p m Locals 6:tO a nm
every 30 minutes 20 720 a. m. 7.4b
m. half hourly 20 1916 y M. 40 a
m. every 20 minutes 70 e'io p m. { So
z. m 1880 q o. M; $40 m
n1inghau, only $50 m ip q m
snd midnisht
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ordinancr No. aei.

AN ORDINANCE TO amend section 1
tD OF chapter las OF the Compiled
ordinances % the city Of Detroit for
the year 1904. as amended.
IL IS hereby ordained 10y the people
or the City OF Detroit
= section l. That Section 1 90 OF
Charter l45 OF the Compiled Ordlnan-
ces of the city OF Detroit for the year
1909. as amended be and the same is
hereby amended SO as to-read as fol-
lows
section ! 90 The fire limits OF the
Cit, Of Detroit shall also include all
that norton OF the City bounded as
follows Commencing at point on
the center line OF Greenwood avenue.
t2u feet northerly and az right angles
FROM the northerly line Of Grand River
avenue: thence on line paral-
lei with and 100 feet distant at
right angles from Grand River
avetue to- the center line 81 Common
wealth avenue: thence southerly 90 a
point 100 feet distant northerlv ~
rigIt angles from the uoTtherly line OF
GIand River avcRHn-thence northwest
crlF on line parallel with AMI 100
feet distant at right angles from the
northerly line OF Grand River avenue
To- tho northerlv city limits: thence
westerly along the northerly city lin
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
NOTICE-STREET PAVING
ASSESSMENT.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS OFFICE.
Detroit. December IL 1911.
Paving Notice No. II24.
TWENTY FIFTH STREET.

To Detroit Soap Co; b, Hubbard,
Estate c. H. Radlon. + Rycroft and
TO all other persons. occupying. or
otherwise interested in any OF the lots
and premises fronting ON Invent S-fft ~
street in said City OF Detroit within
the limits hereinafter mentioned.
The Common Council OF the city 81
Detroit. having ordered SO much OF
Twenty NTH street from the north
line OF Baker street to the south line
Of Dix avenue. To be graded ana paved,
notice is hereby given that an assess
ment has bean made upon all the lots,
and premises fronting on said Twenty :
NTH street and liable 10 he assessed
for said Improvement under the pro-
visions OF the city Charter and that
a roli Of said assessment is now com
pirtcd. and will remain at the Asses
sors' office. in the city Of Detroit,
from the date hereof until December
26 1911 for the inspection or all per-
sons concerned therein.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
BY HENRY PLASS.
tgs3D PresLdent.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

John j. Meyer. 81 Dunkirk ~ y.
Elise beth Krock IS, Sandusky. Ohio.
fuulph q. Boerner. -, Lillian Rabe.
%
George Nint. AZ Mary a. Scott &C.
Joseph Miller. %. Helen Blass rs
John H. Mood. % Lansing; Sadie b
Burden. %. Sihley
Charles - Finn. 29 Detroit, Eva NJ.
Lod wSrk 90.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
CHOICE CHRISTMAS TREES
HOLLY WREATHES &
PINE,
GOLD FISH AND GLOBES
LOHRMAN SEED co,
RANDOLPH AND GRATIOT.
CARD OF THANKS.

Mis- ROSE GU1NAN and family desire
t. express their most sincere thanks
10 the many friends for their beau
tIful floral offerings. services. SYM
pathy and acts OF Kindness during
their recent bereavement. Dearborn,
Mich. Dec. Il, 1911
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15

RusIsess-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain. neat Kind that
looks right TImc. Printing Co. rs
John R-st Ph. Main 1898. or Citv 7sss
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
ADVICE TO INVESTORS
By Ein0ncs

Fnsns.i regardny NnIona Ga.
-
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
Personal.

NOT1CE--If any poor girl is in trouble
needing advice, friendship or hrlp.
write or call on SEC. MARGARET
DTFN, 99S Forrest. west Salvation
Army.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

A.A.A.-WOOD, WOOD
All kinds. soft or hard. big loads Call
us IA. $. Coal Co. Ridge or City 1858.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
MONEY TO LOAN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

HIGH EST prices paid furniture. stoves
carpets Lapham. 2S2 Graf Cherry 40s
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15

w ANTED--Three or four rooms heat
ell, unfurnished, for stlf-supporting
woman and two sons; must be mod
crate rent; frst-class references Box
D.. No So, The Times
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15

ROEHL BROS.-Moving and Packing.
Motor vans. We reach ali suburban
points. Ridge S2S; City 9l2
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15
WANTED ROOMS.

HORSES and cows removed promptly.
Millenbach Bros. Phone w. tOS-995.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-15

ACME STORAGE co. largest vans
packing Main 500 80 Gilman-st
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
HOW TALKING SIGNS WORK
Mechanism of These Changing Eiec-
trio Light Bulletins Is Intricate
but Operates Easily.

The electric light talking sign was
introduced to New York about ten
years ago, one of the earliest II not
the first one displayed being that at
Broadway and Thirty-sixth street. By
changing the firm or goods to be adver-
tised such a sign becomes a perma-
nent investment. This possibility is
of equal value to the advertiser, for 1t
is of course less expensive to hire such
service for desired length of time
than to erect a large sign for his own
exclusive use.
One of these talking signs, which Is
Is feet long, has letters 5feet high and
feet broad The space is divided into
fifteen taemograms, as they are called.
Each of these monograms contains
forty-eight changes. That is, forty
eight letters and numerals can be
shown in successfully in that one 4x5
foot space. Each monogram space is
perforated by forty lamps which form
the forty-eight combinations.
The changes are controlled by a
rather intricate arrangement which,
according to the Edison Monthly, con.
sists of a motor with cOmmutator
for each monogram. By system of
metal dogs, not unlike the Yale lock
in principle, the arrangement can be
so adjusted beforehand that the prop
er connections are made with each
revolution of the commuatator to
form the letters and figures wanted in
a certain order. Readjustment can be
made as often as desired, so that if
the owner needs to have a new mes
sage each night he has only to plan
out the combinations.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
Wanted to Have 1t Done With.

Emily Gordon Baird is the name of
this young lady whose people are sum.
mering at Ridgeville, near Elyria Her
four-year-old curiosity impels her to
close approach to the family washtub
for more intimate acquaintance with
the soap bubbles as they swirl about
the edges. In consequence she re-
quires a frequent change of garments
to keep her dry.
Emily" said her mother last Mon
day, IF you get your dress wet again
| shall punish you severely. Do you
understand"
Eyes, MOTHER" replied the young
lady.
Nevertheless her curiosity over
came her training and in half an hour
she needed a dry dress to keep her
from taking cold.
DO you remember what I told you
a little while ago." asked the mother.
DO you remember I told you I'd have
to punish you if you didn't mind?''
'Well, mother" said the little rebel,
come on and do it, and let's have it
over with"
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
HANDICAPS OUT OF FASHION
Anyhow, the Women Golfers Pre-
ferred to Play Bareheaded, Said
the New Member.

For exactly three weeks she had
been a member of the golf club, and
was anxious that every one should
know it. She fooled her way along
the links with a bag full of shining
clubs, none of which she knew how to
use, and whenever she was invited
cut to tea she turned the conversa-
ton to golf and interlarded it pro-
fusely with such terms as bunker,
"stymie," ''divot," and so on.
At last nice young man inquired
after her handicap, adding:
II suppose the ladies of your club
have handicaps?"
For a moment she was nOnplussed,
but only for moment.
"Oh," she replied glibly, don't you
know that caps are out of fashion,
however handy they may be? Be-
sides, we all prefer to go round bare
headed
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
Her Dads "Pants."

Father came to see me in the
1892 cast. He had never seen daugh-
ter play act,' and it was some occa-
sion for him. Right proud he was,
too. He sat down in the front row,
and, turning continually to the people
at his elbows, remarked that that one
in the pink dress is my darter.'
''It didn't make any difference to
father. He'd pick out any one of the
girls. He couldn't have singled me
out for sure on bet Every time
he'd see some one dressed particularly
fetching he'd say: That's BERTHE;
that's my darter.'
"In the show l had to play the boy
in one of the scenes. When I came
tripping out father guessed right for
the first time. He stood straight UP
in his seat and yelled Well, TIL be
dinged if BERTHE hasn't got on my
pants!'
Father was right. I had swiped a
pair from him and had been using
them without his missing them" ."-Ex.
change.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
Baseball With a Diver.

A nation baseball-mad has develop
ed in recent years such variations on
the popular theme as night practice
under electric lights and games in
cramped quarters played with huge
Indoor" balls and diminutive bats.
But way up at the tip of Manhattan
island is something really unique
baseball with the aid Of diver
In vacant lot near Broadway and
229th street vital portion of left
field is cut away by a broad slough,
which once may have deserved it's
name of Tibbet's Brook. The amateur
games played on this badly fawed dia-
mond are remarkable more for heavy
hitting than for scientific pitching;
and deep left field is a favorite land
ing place for safe hits. The balls
often sail over the helpless fielder's
head to land in Tibbet's Brook with a
beautiful splash. On Sunday after
Moons a small boy is kept busy diving
off the bank and swimming after balls
when they come to the surface He
gets share Of the collection as his
reward.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
CUTTING THROUGH CAPE COD
Canal That Will Save 120 Miles Of
Sailing May Be Completed
Next Year.

So much attention has been given
to the digging of the great ship canal
across the Isthmus of Panama, and,
locally, so much interest being ex-
pended in the slow and tedious build
ing of the barge canal across New
York state, that sight has almost been
lost of the Cape Cod canal, which has
been in progress since June, 1890.
This canal has been projected since
1920. for the Pilgrims saw the ad-
vantage of saving this 12O miles OF
sailing around Cape Cod, and the dan
ger from the storms that at seasons
of the year are said to be very severe
off the cape itself. In the last 6O
years there have been 2,131 sailing
vessels lost on these voyages, and
more than 700 lives. 1t is said that
more than S5,OO0,0O0 tons Of freight
are carried yearly past the mouths
of the canal, and the saving In freight
age alone will be enough to pay for
the construction of the canal In q
very short time. Insurance rates that
will be saved in the construction OF
the short cut will be very large hg-
ure, for the companies have learned
that the fogs and gales are very de-
structiye and that losses demand high
premiums upon all cargoes.
The canal will run from Barnstable
bay on the south side Of Buzzard's
bay on the north side, and will lessen
the difference in distance between
New York and Boston by water about
120 miles. 1t will be large enough for
the largest vessels afioat, and 1t 1s
expected that it will be completed In
1912, though this statement is doubted
by some, as trouble his been had with
several contractors who have failed
to complete their work.-Ut1ca OBJ
server.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
RESTORING LIFE IN JAPAN
English Scientist Tells How the Ls.
landers Maui Those Who Are
Virtually Dead.

An English scientist, Prof. A..
Abrams, has recently been making a
special study of the restoration to life
practiced by the Japanese, and while
he does not fully explain why the
mon come back to life after being to
all intents dead, he does tell how it
is done, and this in itself is interest
ing.
In jiu-jitsu IL man Is knocked out,
beaten senseless, killed or otherwise
mauled, and If man has been killed
by sunstroke or by drowning the re-
storer rolls the patient on his face
and extends his arms sidewise. Then
he strikes the patient on the seventh
cervical vertebra with his wrist Sc
verely and regularly until the patient
RECEIVERS consciousness.
Immediately he is placed In a sit
ting posture, his arms rotated and he
is aided in walking, for otherwise he
relapses into Inconsistencies imme-
diately and in some cases dies at
once
This system Of pounding the sew
enth vertebra has been found peculi-
arly beneficial in some acute heart
diseases and the effects of the treat
ment under Japanese manipulation
seem almost miraculous at times. AS
yet there seems to be no clear med
ical explanation of the effects of
pounding the seventh vertebra, but
the genuineness of the cures and re-
suscitations frequently described by
travellers is now scientifically estab-
lished by Professor Abrams investi-
gations.-Health Culture.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
BODY is TOO MUCH IGN 0RED
Herbert Spencer on the Proper Bal
ance That Should Me Main.
tanned in Education.

Nature is strict accountant; and If
you demand of her in one direction
more than she is prepared to lay out
she balances the account by making
a deduction elsewhere. If you insist
on premature or undue growth of any
one part she will, with more or less
protest, concede the point; but that
she may do your extra work she must
leave some Of her more important
work undone. In primitive times,
when aggression and defense were the
leading social activities, bodily vigor,
with its accompanying courage, were
the great desiderata; and then educa-
ton was almost wholly physical; men
tai education was little cared for, and,
indeed, was often treated with con-
tempt. But now the muscular power
is of use for little else than manual
labor, while social success of nearly
every kind depends much on mental
power, our education has become al
most exclusively mental. Instead of
respecting the body and ignoring the
mind, we now respect the mind and
ignore the body. Both these attitudes
are wrong. We do not sufficiently re.
alize the truth that as, in this life Of
ours, the physical underlies the men.
tai, the mental must not be developed
at the expense Of the physical. The
ancient and modern conception must
be combined.-Herbert Spencer.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
A Famous Pine,

The queen of pipes belongs to the
shah of Persia. Why is the great chief.
tain of pipes a queen? Probably be-
cause pipe is feminine noun in
French. The little shah's pipe was
smoked by his father before him, and
by his uncle, and by his grandfather,
and how many more Of the rulers Of
Darius kingdom We know not. The
pipe is adorned with all kinds of
precious stones, andd is said to be
worth 10000. 1t is constantly
guarded by q high court functionary,
whose duties allow him as much
leisure as the superintendent of the
Persian arsenal but as there is no
arsenal in Persia, so the extent of the
sinecure may be judged. Still this
functionary is responsible. This is
how his Office was created: Once a
grand vizier was found trying to prize
out a stone from the pipe with his
poignard Then the Office of guardian
of the imperial pipe was created.
What became of the grand vizier is
not recorded.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
Syphoned Oxygen.

The dark, unfathomed caves Of
ocean are continuously supplied with
air, else life in the depths could not
be supported. DR.. Carl Herring sug-
gests in Science that the oxygen is
siphoned down by pressure. Those
who have witnessed the opening of a
champagne bottle understand that a
liquid will hold more gas in stable So
luton under pressure than when un-
confined. The spraying of the waves
saturates the surface of the ocean
with air. The layer beneath, which is
under higher pressure, in turn forces
the captured air PARTICLES still lower,
until at the utmost depth the richest
content of oxygen should be found.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
inefficient Paris Postoffice.

The Paris chamber of commerce and
the foreign chambers of commerce in
Paris, to say nothing of thousands Of
private individuals, have been COM
planning bitterly of the non-delivery
Of English mails by the first post in
Paris every morning. The mails get
into Paris at ten minutes to six. II
the train is very late they sometimes
do not arrive there before 6:15.
When this happens the letters are
never delivered until the second post,
which means that their recipients do
not get them much before midday. AS
for newspapers and printed matter,
these are never delivered by first post
in Paris, no matter how early they
arrive. The French senate has Or
dered an exhaustive inquiry into the
matter, but there have been inquiries
ordered before, and the postoff1ce
promises amendments every few
months. Meanwhile the letters and
newspapers continue to arrive late,
and the trade of the two countries suf-
fers,-Paris Correspondent. London
Express.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
In Politics.

Mayor William A. Magee, in an ad-
dress at a picnic in Pittsburgh, said
of politics:
Politics isn't all beer and skittles
The politician meets with a lot of in
gratitude He finds, too, that his con-
stituentss expect too much-expect the
impossible of him.
There's a story about a city ia
Their who dropped in incog at meet,
irg of his supporters, expecting to be
titillated with paeans of praise on
every side. He had hardly entered the
hall, however, when he saw surly-
looking chap rise, and heard this com
ment on himself:
law, Councilman Blank-what
good is he, anyway? Here's our sink
been. stopped up for two weeks, and he
amt been round to see about it YETI "
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
LIFE AN UNCERTAIN GAME
Systems for Reaching Old Age as
Doubtful as Those for Acquir-
ing Wealth.

The late John w. Gates, who was
frequently spoken Of as "plunger,"
played Wall street on a system, and
was thirty or forty million dollars
ahead of the game when he died at
the age of fifty-six.
Thomas A. Edison, luckily among
those guests who escaped unharmed
from the Carlton hotel fire in London,
is now sixty-four. He also has his
system" applied to living, by which
he declares he expects to attain the
patriarchal age of one hundred and
fifty.
A man died in Minnesota lately only
eleven days short of the century mark
AS is too often the case, this near
centenarian was a hard drinker and
an inveterate smoker. Maybe if he
had lived a temperate life he might
have rounded out the full hundred
years.
But it all goes to show what an un-
certain game life is. Some men take
things easy and pass off in their
prime. Edison works 16 or Is hours
a day. intends never to retire, and is
going stronger than ever at sixty-four.
The only positive assurance the
wizard inventor can have in regard
to the long span he looks to, and
which all the world cordially wishes
him, is that he has achieved $50
years worth Of work already.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
None for Him, Thank You.

Representative Hughes and Kin.
kead of New Jersey and Cravens of Ar.
kansas, wits of the house, had just
returned from the funeral of a col.
league. They were discussing the
pomp and publicity of congressional
funeral
Il do not want such funeral, do
you, 'Gene?" said Mr.. Hughes to Mr..
Kinkead
NO, Billy, | do not care to be put
away with so much display. What
about you, Benz" said Mr.. Kinkead,
turning to Mr. Cravens
Il don't want any funeral" respond.
ed the southerner, dryly-Washing-
ton Correspondence in New York
World.
The Parker post., 1911-12-23
Enqland'S Royal Vine.

The famous royal vine near Cum
berland Lodge, Windsor Great Park,
in which the king and queen and mem
bers Of the British royal family take
much interest, is bearing this year
between 500 and 600 splendid lunches
of black Hamburg grapes, the average
weight of the punches being about
four to five younds, some of them
weighing as much as six pounds.