The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-15
WHERE LIFE is
WORTH LIVING

Pneumonia caused the death, sunday,
Of Earl Perkins, - years old, son OF
w. L. Perkins, proprietor or tue
Crawford house, Windsor
Gilbert Graham, weIl-known hotelman,
died Saturday, in his home, No. -
1 Goyeau-st,. Windsor. He was Tor
merly I'm the hotel business Ia Walk
erville, Windsor and Sandwich. lie
Was years old.
The hoard OF education has approved
- formal petition. for the proposed
use OF school buildings FOR pubnc
meetings The petition must De
signed by &C citizens before school
is available for public use.
Harrison Emerson, efnciencS engineer
Thursday nigat. Jan. 25 IN the Hotel
fuller lie will speak on the waste
90 railroads. which. he says throw
away" a million dollars a day
Fire OF unknown origin did about $500
damage To the millinery store and
residence of NJ. NJ Silverstone, No.
45C Gratiot-ave., shortly before day
light Sunday morning Members OF
the family escaped I'm their night
clothes.
Funeral services are 20 be held, Tues
day morning, In ste. Anne's church.
for Israel Cardinal, veteran snip
builder SIS years old. who died, Fri
day night, in his home. No. 6sS Nc
Kinstry- ave. Paralysis was the
cause of death.
rector Of the Southern Commercial
congress Washington, ID. G., has
been secured as speaker Tor the De
troit southern societys banquet In
! the Hotel POntchartrain. Friday
night, Jan 10. the anniversary OF the
birth OF Gen. Lee.
The many friends and admirers OF Ed
gar A. Guest Will have an OppOrtu-
nifty TO hear him read selections
from his writings Tuesday evening
at the Ficld-ave library corner OF
Field and Agnes-aves. This enter
tainment in the second OF the Tues
day free lecture course.
James Finley, ~ years old. the man
who helped lay the nrst street car
tracks In Detroit and had the dis
tinction OF driving the first car over
them Aug /, 1868 is dead at the
femily home, No sol Hastings-st
For upwards OF 40 years he had been
employed as a street railway worker
Harriet VI. kimbaii, six-year-oid
daughter of Perry r. kimbsll, OF No.
ais Cadillac-ave.. fell into an open
crate while visiting her aunt in
Pittsburgh and was so badly burned
that she died Thursday She was
buried In the family lot In Pitts
burgh.
In the annual election of officers of
MosIem temple, Mystic shrine, for
the coming year, Val r.. Evans was
chosen to head the Arao fatroL
George w Fowle. former captain.
under whose direction the patrol
Won International fame because OF
It's efficiency In drill exercises was
made captain emeritus.
John OFT, go years old, whose widow
and two children reside nt NO. IA
Marston- et was killed In an accl-
dent while at work In the Canadian
Pacific railway yards at Estevan,
Saskatchewan where he was en-
Moved as "A yard conductor since last
June The body will be brought TO
Detroit No details OF the accident
are known.
The society OF Detroit Maglcians held
their annual meeting mt I7O Ran
Golph-st and elected the following
officers for 1912: President. Nm
Skellington: vice president br' H.
Al Woodward: secretary-treasurer
O. T. Turner; sergeant arms. W.
J. Domzalski The ). II. NJ VIII
entertain Howard Thurston. the ma
rician. who viii be at the l.yceum
within a few weeks, he being an
honorary member Of the society, +
The remains of J-mes Arthur. the
N.iI-known photographic, who died
Friday were Inferred Monday AFTER
neon. Funeral services. which were
private were held In the family
home AT No 90 Boston-blvd Death
yyas caused bv heart disease. with
which Mr.. Arthur had suffered since
Christmas.
Albert Higgins, a Negro living NJ 40.
az Division-st.. IL held In 'entrs'
station on a charge OF assault, penn
ing the outcome of injuries lnnlcted
win a razor on his stepfather. Bert
I Jones. during a Sunday night ns n (
al their home Jones Is in 81. Mary :
hospital with n dangerous cut IN MS
left breast. and another across he
face IL is alleged that Jones WELD
"a a beer bottle while Higgins used
the razor.
tn quarantine declared upon High
land Park churches because OF the
outbreak OF scarlet fever mas peer
raised 10 permit or the holdlng OF
no meeting OF the Womens For-
ZION Missionary society OF the DO
trcit Presbytery in the Presbyterian
church on Tuesday, The meeting De-
gins at 10 o'clock with an adur esS
IL Mrs Helen Montgomery, OF Roch-
ester. y. \.
agent OF the Canadian Pacific rail-,
why, Just back from fJorida ana
havana, thinks that the present cola
spell is unusually severe, after com
ina, from the warm southland. where
I've and others, including his VIE.
were picking oranges and grape
fruit in temperature or 30 degrees
i'm the shade Mr.. Edmonds went
south TO attend meeting of pas
senger agents.
Finding n IO-year-OId Ind In the union
drpot mt ? o'clock sunday morning,
badly chilled. and all alone Patrol-
man Charles Riefstahl took the boy
10 Central station. where he gave
bis name as John Buick. of Windsor,
an6 said that he had left home sat
urday 10 see the world. In tho mean
time the Windsor police were as
slsting his parents In afrantic search
Tor him. He was returned 10 his
home.
T. r.. Goldberg, a former newsboy, but
Now m successful merchant, address,
cd the Newsboys' association sunday
night on the subject Making Good;
After his address Mr.. Goldberg OF
fered three IS gold pieces as prizes
one 10 the boy bringing In the great
est number OF new members an
cther for the boy who attains the
host mark for attendance and the
tnird for the boy gaining the high-
flr character