The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-05
IN DETROIT

/ IN DETROIT
Detroit hardware dealers are being be-
sieged By calls for dog mussies FROM
owners OF CANNES Affected by the
new muzzling ordinance. Thirteen
thousand dog licenses have been la
sued this year In Detroit. and be-
cause OF the expected shortage or
the muEEle supply Police Commits
stoner Croul has granted few days
OF grace TO allow owners TO properly
muzzle their dogs.
EncosraEod by the large attendance
this year NJ the class OF library In
struction In the summer school In
Big Rapids. the state board of IL
brary commissioners has decided TO
open n similar school In the Bay
View assembly. next year. The en-
rollment in Big Rapids was 1O3 pu-
pills. The board In a meeting We'd
nesday. In the Hotel Cadillac. decided
TO ask the legislature for n larger
appropriation for next years work.
tam J. Ranan. OF No. 205 Lafayette
blvd, and Fred Hogue. Kirby and
Third-aves.. were arrested Wednes-
day afternoon. following dispute
OF cocaine. IL Is alleged that Ranan.
claims TO be a registered pharma-
cist. bought the drug at wholesale
under the name or a delicious hrm.
Hogue Is the son OF reputable par
ents. Both men were locked up on
suspicion.
Halliday sessions were adopted In
many Of the public schools. Wednes-
day. and a score OF additional teach
ers were assigned TO duty because
the attendance OF pupils far outran
the capacity OF the schools. DIR.
Charles ChadaaV annaFinta n m
of schools. said that the congestion
was not confined to any particular
part of the city, but was general,
and showed a good. healthy growth
that was a matter OF congratulation.
even though IL might cause temper
airy Inconvenience.
Children OF the Franklin-st. Settlemen mt
with their tired mothers and little
baby brothers and sisters. have been
given permission to use the old
steamer Idlewild. lying at the foot
OF ST. Aubin-ave.. as a playground
and n spot where the cool breezes or
the river may be enjoyed. The boat,
formerly one of the popular excur-
sion boats on the Detroit river. has
ortlived its usefulness In that re-
spect. but Is honortng It's old age In
the present good work. The resident
workers OF the settlement have SUI
pervision OF the boat and the uses TO
which IL Is now being put.
The advantage of q hydropisne was ex-
empiined In this Vicinity "Wednesday
afternoon, when William Il. Scripps.
commodore OF the Detroit Motor Boat
club, and Walter L. Brookins, avi-
ator, were obliged to descend from
the air into Lake st. Clair with Mr..
Scripps hydroplane. because or the
breaking OF part attached TO one OF
the cylinders OF the engine. They
aiighted without the slightest diff
Guilty and launch took them aboard
and towed the machine TO the shore.
They were sailing about % feet In
the air near the Canadian shore,
when the accident happened.
DIR. Alice Hurst, one OF Detroit's we'll
known women physicians and a
prominent suffragist. Is carrying a
bandaged arm, the result OF giving
skin from that member to be grated
upon a little patient. Russell Barr.
the l3-year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs,
Henry Ba~~ No. sos Lothrop-ave. The
lad was burned recently I'm a gasoline
explosion while visitir/ in Daven-
port, Ohio. and skin grating was
found necessary. There is nothing
TO tell about said DIR. Hurst: II
merely was the first TO offer skin TO
help the child. The little boy Will
need quote a lot more. but he's going
TO get well and be as perfect in body
as ever"
The annual flower festivals OF Detroit
public schools will be held Thursday,
Sept. IL, for the east-side schools.
side schools. Each school having an
exhibit will receive at least two
prizes and two pupils from each
school Will receive plants. The
prizes are donated by members of
the Detroit Florists club and the
Twentieth Century club. The lat
ter club maintains practical gardens
for school children at Johp R.-st; and
and Moore-pl.. and on Plumer-ave.,
between Clark and McKinstry- ayes
On the festival days the exhibits OF
flowers and vegetables grown by the
children viii be on view to the pub
lie.
warrants have been Issued for Albert
Mauro, a detective formerly employed
by the Burns agency, and who came
frcm Cleveland to Detroit TO join the
Pinkerton force week ago. and
three other Cleveland men arrested
a few days ago. charged with viola
tion of the white slave law. The
other three are Paidi Scolardi. Luigi
Bicci and Louis Distachio. They are
from Cleveland TO Detroit The wo-
men are held by the federal authorl-
ties as witnesses Henry Miller, ar
rested on a white slave charge plead.
Commissioner J. s. Finney wednes-
day and was held under $1,000 bali
for examination Sept Is
pathetic Incident was made known
Wednesday when the "eommunit,
garden" at Jefferson and st. Aubin-
ayes. was thrown open TO the public
for inspection OF the flowers. fruits
and vegetables grown by children
during the past two months IL was
learned that the flowers tended SC
carefully by 12-year-old Charles Ka.
nerer No. 4S 81. Aubin-ave.. were
gathered Saturday to be placed upor
the grave of his mother. who died
that day. The garden was started
II hE the Detroit branch of the National
Plants Flower and Fruit guilt, and
the children who have worked In II