The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-06
IN DETROIT

o'clock. In the convention hall OF the
Pasadena apartments, Jefferson-ave.
Peter Kowalski. OF No. 1851 Joseph
Campau-ave., was struck by north
bound Woodward car AL Delaware
ave. shortly after clock Friday
morning and was badly bruised and
shaken up lie was removed TO
Grace hospital in police auto.
The Federal Athletic league, composed
OF pOstofnce employees, will hold open
Bamlet hall. for the members OF tho
police and fire departments. They
|, contemplate charging the league and
building club house In the near
future.
The Detroit so-Operative stores society
VIII give the second OF series OF
three entertainments I'm Bamlet hall,
GRAND River-ave. and Griswold-st..
Saturday evening, Dec. q There VIII
be singing sleight- hand. and Cos
sack dancing. The public Is cordially
invited.
postOfnce carriers and clerks will loo
held In Detroit, Jan. 10. to make UP
an eligible list for the further addi-
tions to the postofhce stan. In
formation concerning the examina-
tion may be obtained from Charles +.
Niles. secretary OF the local civil ser
vice board, In room No. l02, postofhce
building.
Detroit lodge OF Silks, I'm a meeting
Thursday night, refused 20 accept the
resignation OF Exalted Ruler John
K. Moloney. As the lodge affairs are
secret the reason for Mr.. Moloney's
attempted resignation has not been
made public. The lodge believes that
rumors OF dlsaffectlon Will subslde
with the Refused to accept Mr.. Mo-
loneys resignation.
The council committee on street OPEN
ings decided Thursday to proceed
with the opening OF Post-ave.. from
South-st. to the Wabash railroad. in
the Eighteenth ward. Property own
ers protested against the assess
ments, but the plan for the assessing
district was allowed TO stand. num-
Der or persons appeared before the
committee In favor OF the project.
The Inquest into the death OF three
men killed by the collapse of a con-
ffste beam in the new Cowhey ga
fuge, Larned and 81. Antone-sts
which was 10 have been resumed Fri
daS morning on the return OF Cor
onef Rothacher from Cheboygan. has
been FASHIONED until next Tuesday
morning IA o'clock because of the
absence froH She city of Attorney
Arthur Webster.
W. Earl Flynn, who has been lecturins
on health In Detroit churches, will
talk In the armory Thursday night, |
Dec. IL. Friday night Dec. 6. at No.
1899 Woodward-ave.. Mr. Flynn will
classes. Sunday afternoon he will
talk to men only at the Simpson nj.
u. church on What a man ought to
know. Sunday evening he Will be-
gin series In the Preston M. 10.
church.
John Gerbrncht, Is years old, died I'm
st. Mary's hospital Thursday after
noon from injuries sustained Nov. s
when he fell to the sidewalk n
front OF +. NJ Coleman's store, No. |
:Ss Grand River-ave.. where he was
employed as a salesman. His skull
Was fractured Gerbacht roomed at
No. 262 Grand River-ave. Coroner
Burgess notified relatives in Erie, |
Pa, who ordered the body sent there |
for burial.
Local union, No. 682, Journeymen bar
bers, observed Its twenty-Afth ami |
| versary, Thursday night Business
matters were discussed at length, and
II was the consensus OF opinion that
uniform price OF 10 cents for shaw |
ing and rs cents for hair cutting
should obtain. The union also |
favored the Sunday closing plan. Otto |
G. Sprunk, president OF the Detroit |
Federation OF Labor, and Alpheus A. |
Poole. treasurer. were among the
speakers.
gn,Ith, Hinchman a GryIls awarded |
contracts amounting TO S258,0OO, |
Thursday. for the new power plant |
OF the University OF Michigan, Tho
successful bidders were: Newton |
Engineering Co, Milwaukee. build |
Ing and tunnel: Wickes Roller Co. |
Saginaw. boilers; Toledo Bridge Co, |
steel work: Allis-Chalmers Co, MIL |
waukee. generator: Manning Max |
well Moore New York. crane; Guar |
antee Construction Co, New York. |
ash conveyor' Murphy Iron works.
Detroit, stokers.
fhristmas parcels from foreign coun- |
tries sent through the mails to points |
In Michigan Will be sent through to |
Detroit for customs examination In |
stead or being held in New York or |
other points on the Atlantic. Sacks
Detroit office labeled supposed TO be
liable to customs duty" and the adj |
dresses will be notified that their
parcels are being held for payment |
OF duty This is the first time that
such a plan has been tried. and IL Is
expected that IL will greatly relieve
the holiday congestion.
Daniel Mcnamara, one OF the Proprie-
tors OF the Temple barber shop nj No.
is Monroe-ave., who was recently
sentenced by Justice Jeffries to serve
20 days in the workhouse. with no
alternative. for keeping his shop
the recorders court. Thursday In
Judge Connolly's court. Attorney
Percy Crosse In his cross-examinatton
OF the prosecutions witnesses showh
that they were even in Ignorance
whether Mcnamara was proprietor OF
the shop, when they made the COM
plant
new ordinance, Increasing the penalty
for turning I'm false alarms OF FIRE, OF
for damaging fire alarm boxes. has
been drafted by the corporation coun-
sells office, on request of Secretary
Stockwell OF the fire commission. Any
fire alarm crank will be liable to
fine OF from 500 to $500. or six
months In the workhouse, or both.
after the ordinance becomes effective.
com nm II sioner CrOul declares that
motorcycle policemen will he put ON
special duty 10 watch the after
theater autoists, who disregard the
speed laws entirely, and burn UP the
pavements in shocking style. He Is
heartily in accord with Judge Con-
nolly's threat to impose 800 fines on
all speeders, and points out that the
society leaders who are the principal
Offenders, do not care about IS or
$40 fines for INDUCING In their dan
gerous amusement
santa Claus letters sent through the
mails Will be delivered TO charitable
institutions In accordance with an
order issued by Postmaster General
Hitchcock and Detroit poor children
who write TO the patron OF Christmas
will have their letters properly deliv-
cred II there are no stamps on the
letters they must be sent to the dead
letter office but In that case a list or
charitable organizations VIII be sent
in to which the letter may be for
warded.
REALTY BOARD NAMES