The Detroit times., 1911-08-07

opinion as 10 the Legality or the civil
service ordinance passed by the com
mon council last Tuesday night. Mr.
Lawsons 0f-hand opinion IL that the
ordinance Is worthless. and N his
written opinion 10 10 the Same effect
the mayor, or course, win veto the
measure; Local Democrats look upon
the ordinance as Republican
measure. pure and simple. as the he
publicans now have control OF nearly
all the city ofices
The conversions OF the Church OF the
Annuneiation, Parkview and Agnes
ton IL pastor. was laid with apDro-
pirate ceremony Sunday afternoon.
the Rt. Rev. John s. Foley. bishop OF
the Detroit diocese, conducting the
molly. pastor OF the Church OF the
Blessed Sacrament. preaching the
sermon. An audience OF 1000 people
was present. and large number OF
Catholic clergymen from Detroit and
other cities assisted In the service
Henry W. Toyntoa. - years old. No.
~ Bagiey-st., Pontiac, who WAS the
last survivor OF the first 20 letter
carriers OF Detroit. died In the homo
OF his son. George Toynton. No. 7s4
The funeral will be held from the
home I'm Pontiac Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Toynton was brother OF the
late Joseph Toynton. OF Detroit. He
~ survivor W tWO DOnns AhOo- Lts
No. az Plumer-ave.. and George, No
T04 Mt Elliott-ave.. and q daughter.
Mrs. Jennie Trick. Bloomfield town
ship, Oakland county. His only liv-
ing brother. John. resides In Pontiac.
The executive conmittee OF Detroit
IL looking forward to an attendance
OF about $4,000 at the annual Moose
convention, to be held here the week
OF Aug 20. Nearly every state In
ha M uvi "A rAnRaaAntaA and
delegations are expected from Cuba.
Mexico, Central America and from
many sections OF Canada. The enter
tainment program that has been ar
ranged Is an elaborate one. A big
social session In Light Guard armory
~ill be among the principal features.
The executive committee 10 headed
by DR.. J. N. Swartz- Attorney Charles
II. Buell. IL secretary.
Members OF the stadtverbund Detroit
held q "German day" celebration In
Arbeiter hall. Sunday. singing songs
OF the Fatherland and listening to
speeches both In German and Eng
lish. Gov. Judson Harmon. OF Ohio.
was an unexpected guest. He came
with Mayor Thompson and gave a
short talk. appropriate TO the occa-
SION. The musical program was un-
der the direction OF Prof. Emil Al
brecht. OF the German department OF
the Central high school The cele-
bration continued well into the night.
with numerous turns OF comic ma
ture. interpreted with songs by Ger
man choral societies.
Residents OF the Fairview district OF
the Seventeenth ward have organized
the Greater East Detroit Improve
ment association, the principal OBJ
tect being to secure an extension OF
the Kercheval- street car line
A petition urging this extension Is
already In circulation and will be
presented to the Detroit United rail-
way In the near future. The tenn
porary officers OF the association are:
President, l. Hermann, No. lass
Jefferson-ave.; secretary. Peter Con-
nor. No. 361 Hamilton-ave. James A.
Perkins. Edward T. Nichols and Peter
Conner have been appointed COM
mittee to look into the prospects for
an extension.
No regrets were expressed by members
OF the crew of the United states row
enue cutter Tuscorora. when the
boat weighed anchor. Sunday morn
ing The boat was sent here by the
treasury department.. at the request
OF the Detroit Motor Boat club, to
patrol the course during the motor
boat races last week. According to
reports. the ships officers were pref
ty well disgusted over the treatment
accorded them by the Motor Boat
club. They were not welcomed to
the city. according to these reports;
were not invited TO any OF the func-
tions, and were not even thanked for
their services. The executive officer
OF the cutter was presented with
card which entitled him TO purchase
dollars worth OF tickets, good for
drinks at the clubhouse, II 10 said.
put he did not avail himself OF the
opportunity to spend his money.
Gov. Judsen A. Harmon, OF OHIO, spent
an hour I'm Detroit, sunday evening.
He was q passenger on the cruiser
Dorothea. OF the Ohio Naval Re-
serves, which 10 taking him to Mack
inaw Island, where he and Justice
William r. Day, OF the United states
supreme court, will be the guests
of honor at a reception in the Grand
hotel Monday evening. Mayor
Thompson and a party of local DEM
ocrats met the boat at the public
lighting commission dock. The party
included Judge Connolly. ex-Sheriff
James ID. Burns, A, J. Lacey. William
J, Nagel. Frank ID. Eaman. Thomas
w. Penniman. K. w. Kurz and ]. J.
Brady The Dorothea IL bound for
Chicago. with 100 officers and men OF
the Ohio naval militia to attend the
opening OF the new naval training
atation