The Detroit times., 1912-02-16

In frame building used as DoieI
room. but the exact cause Is not
smoke Inspector John Fairgrieve, OF
the Board OF Health. was struck by
Fourteenth car at Dates-st. and
cadillac-sq.. Thursday afternoon. and
Knocked down and painfully Injured
about the head and face. He was
removed 10 81. Mary's hospital In a
police ambulance. He Is 81 years old.
ard resides at No. 1851 Warfen-ave.
west.
Mrs. Mary Saunders, Is years old. Mt
tempted 20 commit suicide by swai-
lowing iodine I'm her room at No. 800
DR.. Neil Bentley. No. 1888 Russell
st. gave her prompt attention and
had her removed TO Grace hospital.
where Ii is reported that she Is out
OF danger. She was respondent over
domestic troubles. II Is alleged.
Proctor X. Owens has formally an
nounced his candidacy for the RE-
publican nomination for mayor and
has ordered 10000 campaign cards.
Mr.. owens was the Republican
nominee for mayor in the fall OF
1910 and gave William B. Thomp-
son a bad scare in the election. He
Will run on a municipal ownership
platform and will advocate the pub
lie ownership not only of the street
car lines, but OF all public utilities
Attorney Fred A. Baker has flied an
answer for the Detroit United Rail-
way in the suit brought by the COR
poration counsel to compel the COM
pany TO give a through ride for a
single fare on the Jefferson line.
both east and west, and 10 accept
workingmen's tickets on that por-
ton OF the line between the West
Grand blvd. and the western city
limits. as extended. Mr.. Baker con-
tends that the company has right
20 a
old city lirlts under the township
grants.
Alexander BalIon, - years old, OF No.
243 Third-ave., swallowed carbOlic
acid with suicidal intent, as the
climax to q long spree In which he
INDUCED after leaving liquor alone
panions, IL is alleged. induced him
to take a drink New Years day. and
he had been drinking to excess since.
Motorcycle Officer Mccormick sent
him TO st. Mary's hospital. where the
physicians found that the alcohol In
his system had acted as an antidote
to the poison. saving his life.
Judge Hubert, on Thursday afternoon,
ordered the removal of the children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank .Tomkowicz
from their parents, who were found
living In squalor in a coal shed in
the rear OF No. SIS Medbury-ave.
Officers who visited the place said
that the parents, four children, and
sometime boarder or two slept In
three beds In two rooms. Rose. aged
It, the eldest girl, who has become
hayward, has never been TO school.
She was sent to Adrian. John. aged
IA. was sent to the detention home
and Mike" aged IL, who is seriously
i'll was taken to the Children's Free
hospital. A home will be found for
the baby.
On the advice Of the corporation coun-
sci, the city assessors, Thursday at
ternoon decided to place on the rolls
all music schools. business colleges
and other educational institutions
except those that come within the
exemption as defined in a recent SUI
prcme court decision. Under this
decision every school that does not
give a complete course and is not an
educational institution In every
sense will have TO pay taxes. Such
institutions as the University or De-
troit and the Detroit University
school will be exempt. Protests con-
tinue to pour into the assessors Of
flee from taxpayers who object to
their assessments being raised, but
Assessor Nagel In able 10 convince
most OF them that the advance Is
justified. However, Mr.. Nagel says
that he Is open to conviction, and II
any man can show where his assess
ment Is too high. the assessor viii
reduce IT, 1t Is an interesting fact
that many have thanked him Tor
boosting the values.
The proposed Hovey garbage and rub
bish ordinance was discussed In q
meeting OF the sanitation commit
tee OF the Detroit Board Of Com
merce, Thursday afternoon. ana
while the members agreed that the
ordinance had a number OF good
points, they did not consider II prac-
ticable at this time. The provision
requiring householders 70 wrap gar
bage in paper would be very desir-
able, in the committees opinion. IL
the city had an incinerating plant.
but the Detroit Reduction Co. which
now has the contract for disposing
OF the garbage. will not accept gar
bsge so wrapped. The committee
will urge the council to revise the
present garbage ordinance in ac-
cordance with some of the recon-
mendations OF the Joint committee
that recently visited several cities In
search OF Information on this SUBJ
ject The recomm snda tions relate TO
the storage OF garbage, ashes and
refuse I'm proper receptacles, kept
within the lot line instead, of in the
alley.