The Detroit times., 1912-03-28
Funeral services for the late JOSEPH
ThIeIer were held Thursday ater

Funeral services for the late Joseph
ThieIer were held Thursday after
noon I'm the family home, No $50
St Aubin-ave.. under Masonic aus
pices. Mr.. Thieler was years orr
and had lived in Detroit 40 years.
lie was well-known among the Ger
man residents. Mrs. Thieler. two
daughters. Misses lula and Adele,
and one son. Or. Arthur j. Ihleitr'
survive. Mr.. Thieler belonged TO the
Masons and odd Fellows and 10 sew
eral German organizations
A new Iabor-saving device has been
Installed I'm the postoffice. The Cum
minis pickup table. as II Is calico.
takes letters as they are dumped gu,
OF mail bags onto the table, anu
stacks them up. according TO their
dimensions The letters are then
ready for the cancellation machines.
Heretofore, the letters had 10 De
serted by hand Any number up 10
eight men can work at the pickup
table The letters are fed into mar
row channels and are carried atoms
by belt to that portion OF the ma
chine that stacks them up
Mrs. willard y. Pardridge. whose hus-
band IL president OF the Henry
blackwell Co, and her mother, Mrs'
Budd. were injured "Wednesday at
ternoon when Woodward car
bumped into the electric broug III
i'm which they were riding, at WOOD :
ridge escaped with few cuts ana
bruises but her mother was more
seriously hurt, the latters collarpohe
being broken and her head cut. She
was taken TO Harper hospital. while
Mrs Partridge was removed nome IN
another automobile.
Tn the course Of n series Of addresses
In n Lenten mission for men now be-
- lug hsld in Holy Rosary church
BishouS Fallon, OF London. Ont. We'd
nesday evening took up the Holy
Eucharist and assailed scientists for
their efforts 10 "belittle the myster-
les az the Catholic faith. especially
that OF the Holy Eucharist" Has
any laboratory produced life or dis
covered the vital germ asked Bish-
on Fallon. 'lf scientists are unable
10 explain the simplest forces OF ma
ture why should they refuse TO ac-
cept the word OF Christ that the wa
Ter and the water are His Body and
blnodp Al is stupid and vicious
Islander on the Intelligence OF the
the church
After having dragged through the
,ourts for 20 years. hearing OF the
',p, ~ - Grant Drummond against
the city OF Detroit Is on in the fed
eral court The plalntff claims
$4,000 for loss sustained in the
burning OF the steamer Milton ID.
Ward During the smallpox epidemic
irr 1892 the steamer was rented as
nesthouse and sent out into Lake
81 Clair. and while serving as a
hospital was burned The owners
brought suit 10 recover the value OF
the boat which they placed at
$4,000 Interest is also claimed.
which will more than double the
damages sought Attorneys smith.
beaumont K Harris appear for the
plaintifr. and Corporation Counsel
lawson for the city.
Tn. nineteenth, t,-entfcth and twenty
Hfth degrees were conferred Wednes-
day afternoon and evening by the
Michigan Sovereign consistory, In
the one hundred and thirteenth re-
union. i'm the Masonic temple. The
degrees were eXemplified under the
direction OF Harry j Walker, Frank
u Wilcox and the ftev. William y.
- ~ t,t4et,-Alr -AtkInsnn -presidad-as-
toastmaster OF the banquet. which
vas served to 554 Masons by 80 OF
their brethren pressed into service
nj the last moment The speakers at
the banquet included George Il.
Campbell. OF Owusso: Fred w Nor
TON. CLYDE T. Webster. Edgar A.
Guest and Lewis Gorton. The con-
sfstory will include its work Thurs
dny evening. following the comforting
Of the thirtieth and thirty-second
degrees I'm the afternoon. Director
ri Griffith OF the Museum OF Art.
viii be the principal speaker OF the
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