The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-03
IN DETROIT

HOIel fOntcndTiThlns MOndhy nlknts
III. Wibert spence presided. Harold
Jarvis sang and Tom Henderson
gave a monologue.
The Rev. John Wesley Erskine, a we'll
known ind successful evangelist, IL
conducting series OF special evan
gellstic meetings In the Warren-ave.
baptist church. The meetings are
held every evening at 1880 o'clock
and music is furnished by chorus
.cholr and soloists.
The Fourteenth Ward True Hue Re-
publican club held n post-election
celebration. Monday night and at
tempted to launch a movement for
county Republican Organization sim
liar TO Hugh shepherds old club.
President Charles Hirsch was pre-
scented with lovins cup. Several
eity and county officers spoke.
County Chairman Percy Crosse has ar
ranged for Pere Marquette special
train TO take exultant Wayne county
Democracy to Lansing on Jan. to
witness the inauguration OF Gov.
Ferris The train viii leave Detroit
att o'clock and Will return about ).
Mr.. Grose expects that 1000 Demo-
'orats will comprise the Detroit dele
cation.
Michigan Central swith engine NO.
SOL, I'm charge of Engineer Otto
Cook, collided with a string or
freight ears standing on the tracks
between Twenty-fourth and Twenty
y,
Dewelt, of No. 25S Lafayette blvd,
fireman on the engine, was slightly
cut about the face In leaping 10
safety.
1oe necessity Of n new high school and
a new grade school for their district
Will be discussed by the members or
the Northeastern Business Mems as
sociation in the William A. Moore
school. Alger and Cameron-aves.'
dent Goldberg, of the Board OF Edu-'
cation. has been asked TO attend. An
Entertaining program will be given.
November was big month with the
marine postal department In Detroit,
S7426 pieces OF mail being received
from and delivered TO the sailors
passing up and down the river. an
Increase OF over 10000 as compared
with the same month year ago. Nes-
sells to the number OF 2,2O2 passed
the port. over 500 more than the
record for the same month In 1911.
The plant OF A. sanborn a Co., junk
dealers mt No. $40 FrRnklin-st., was
damaged 10 the extent OF about $500
by fire, Monday evening. While the
department was working on that
plase. al other alarm was turned In
from the Great Lakes Engineering
Co. calling out the balance OF the
downtown apparatus, but luckily the
alarm was for small blaze In coke
pile.
According 10 the official weather re-
month. as the mean temperature was
about 40 degrees, while SO Is the
average. The coldest day was
mometer registered % degrees, and
the warmest was the eleventh when
IL registered 60 degrees. Seven clear
days was the months total, and the
rainfall recorded was $50 inches.
while the snowfall was one-tenth or
an inch.
William J. McAneeny has been APP
pointed building commissioner by
Mayor Thompson to succeed Henry
Spitzley, whose term expired Nov.
~ Mr. McAneeny is factory man
ager for the Hudson Motor Car Co,
and has been In Detroit about Tour
where he had been in the employ OF
the Electric Vehicle Co. The appoint
ment Is for four years. Mr.. McAneeny
is 40 years old and lives at No. 2s2
Seyburn-aye.
epmnn Leonard OF No. 30 Seventeenth
st. rescued an unide ntlned man from
the river Ct the foot OF Twenty
tcurth-st. Monday night after sew
eral minutes OF hard work with q
row boat but when the man was
dragged ashore. he was unconscious,
and IL was thought he was dead. The
coroner was notified, but police ar
rived meanwhile, and ARTIFICIAL respir-
alton revived the man. He was taken
TO st. Mary's hospital, and Is eX-
pected to recover.
n. SnrI Flynn began his lectures In
simpson VI. T.. church, Monday night.
He told his audience that heavy flan-
nels were pliable collins, He said
that light weight underwear should
be worn the year round, and that
heavy wraps should be donned 10 30
into the frigid air OF winters out-of-
doors He declared thatit IL non
sense to wear nannels that can't be
taken OF I'm the steam heated atmo-
sphere OF indoors. Food" will be
Mr. Flynn's subject Tuesday night.
arefu investigation by CorOucr
ROthacher into the death of Joseph
I.aszlo, whose dismembered body was
found beside the Wabash tracks near
Central-ave. Nov 81, has satisfied
the coroner that Laszlo threw HIM
self in front OF a train with the In
tent OF ending his life Iaszlo roomed
at 407 Anthon-st, and straitened cir
cumstances had caused him TO place
his three children in home. and
allow his wife TO obtain employment
death he was threatened with evic-
tion from his room for non-payment
OF rent and had a heated argument
with the landlady only short time
before his body was found.
nited states pensioners Will receive
their pay checks from Washington
after Jan. 81, instead OF from the dis
trict headquarters. The checks VIII
be mailed to the benefciaries. On
the back Will be printed blank
form for Endorsement and the sigma
lures OF two witnesses. To cash his
check, the pensioner will have To
present his pension certificate, to
show that the number on the check
corresponds with that on the certih-
cate The government hopes that
this plan will obviate all attempts at
fraud Col. o. A. James. of the De-
troit pension office. urges that all
changes OF address be sent in at
once as mail carriers are not allowed
to re-address letters containing pen
sion checks.
thOoI Inspector Eden Small Il faith
ering a plan TO give Supt. Chadsey
three assistants Mr. Small explains
that the growth OF the city warrants
the extra help. He would have the
assistants keep tab on the principals
and teachers and otherwise look
after detail work for the superinten-
dent Mr. Small also suggests that
the city be divided into three dis
tricts east west and north, giving
each assistant a section TO look after,
and have the three assistants intcr-
change places annually. so that they
would become familiar with the en-
tire city and immune from any politi-
cal influence. Mr.. Small says that
several OF the members OF the Board
OF Education favor the plan. and he
expects that It Will be carried out In
the meas future.
Moose to Play anita Claus.