The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-13
IN DETROIT

An Inheritance tax Of 5000 was paid
In probate court, Saturday, by ths
estate OF the late Corneka -. Will
Jams. who left property valued al
$4,000.
The late Martha J. Harris, of BEDFORD
l Mich, left the Presbyterian church
OF BEDFORD, $500. her Will, filed foi
probate Saturday, making the dis
closure.
Addison Abbott, the four-yesr-old son
OF Mr.. and MRS. Charlie, >. Asbem
died Sunday, In the family home. NO
81 Piquette-ave. Funeral arrange
ments have not been made.
Michigan car No. 1918 jumped the
tracks at the Campus. where the
rails are being relald. 10 widen tn'
spaces between tracks. sunday morn
ing, but no one was Injured.
Harris SERVER, OF No, 201 Montcalni-
n. east, reports that three men
tostled him AS he was boarding 9
Fourteenth car at Hastings-st. and
Adams-ave., Sunday evening. and he
later discovered that his purse and
$40 were missing,
The Detroit NewsbOys' association list
ened sunday night 40 n talk ON "Our
country's flag" by Samuel B. Dick
He traced the history OF various
colonial fiags and told OF the adop-
tion OF the stars and stripes as TIE
national emblem.
or the $4,000 which the Associated
Charities started out 90 raise In Sep
according to Floyd j. Miller, tinan
cial secretary OF the Charities. This
result has been accomplished In three
months" said Mr.. Miller, I'm Sep,
TENDER, we had a deficit OF $4,000 and
now we have all bills paid"
pa R.hhlt carIad "a Cha II
GOins's barn, No. 4OS Sixteenth-st.,
Sunday evening, TO shoot horse
which had fallen and broken his leg.
and In firing the shot which ended
the suffering OF the injured animal,
he frightened another horse SO badly
that Ii fell and broke It's leg. The
officer had to shoot the other horse.
too.
Miss Mabel q. Pierson, No. 81 Avery
ave-. has been appointed stenogra-
pher In the office OF Mayor elect
Marx. She Ii now secretary to c:
A. Brownell, manager OF the local
office OF the ]. Walter Thompson
Advertising Co. Her new position
pays $1,000 a year and she is the
first. woman TO hold the office since
Judge Codd was mayor
Patrick }. Devlin, for y years q MEM
her OF the Chicago Inter-Ocean sta n
and one OF the best known news
papermen In Illinois politics, who
day, In Chicago. was born I'm Detroit
and lived his early life In this city.
Mr. DeYlin was Al years old and be-
sides his wife and two sons who live
in Chicago. Is survived one brother
and three sisters. Edward. Sarah,
Ellen and Anna Devlin. OF Detroit.
The Social Order OF Moose held MEM
OriaI services for seven members
who have died during the past year,
Sunday afternoon, In Schiller hall.
Judge Alfred J. Murphy was the
principal speaker. Edward Com
Inand also eulogized the departed
members. The chaplain, the Rev.
Edward Collins, read the scriptures.
The service closed with the playing
OF funeral march by Lorenzen's or
chestra.
A county conference OF the Progressive
party Will be held I'm the Hotel Girls
void Tuesday evening. Jan. IL. Steps
Will be taken TO form a county club
along the lines laid down In Chicago
and In the Lansing conference held
recently. f. st. Limo Lewis will de-
liver the principal address. Women
Interested in the Progressive women
are invited to attend the meeting,
as well as all mvn Interested in the
formation OF a Progressive club.
City Controller Heine man will ask the
council next Tuesdsy night 20 au.
th9rize the sale OF *lee.eee werth OF
public sewer bonds s336.000 worth
OF public school bonds, and $4,000
worth OF public library bonds. to-
tai OF 100000. Inquiries for the
bonds have already been made, by
small investors and the controller
VIII ask TO have the city treasurer
put in a bid so that II the bond
houses should not bid. the city Will
buy them and sell them at par In
small lots to individual purchasers.
The VIII OF the late Thomas Patterson,
Detroit, Med Saturday, for probate,
provides the following requests: IS.
Peter and PauIs church. 5000; Little
Sisters OF the Poor, 500. and St
Vincent's Orphan Asylum for Girls,
800. The balance OF the estate goes
TO a daughter, Mary A. Hunt, and the
testator points out that his sons,
James Joseph and Daniel Patterson.
and the children OF dead sons, John
70" FOR reasons Of Sls own The test,
ator says that he makes this stipu-
lation lest the sons think that they
were forgotten.
While Seymour Adams, alias samuel II.
Woods, Il serving term of from
two TO IA years In the House OF Cor
rection for forgery, his bride of two
months. Grace Wood. is suing him for
divorce In Cleveland. Adams met the
young woman In "a manicure parlorr
where she polished his nails, while
he told her fairy stories about an
Inheritance of $4,000 which was
coming to him soon They were mar%
rted rev days later. Inen the
bridegroom was arrested and con-
victed for passing forged checks on
local hotel men. He Is a parole
breaker from New York, and faces
rearrest at the expiration OF his
sentence.
Exports and imports passing through
the port of Detroit during 1912 ex-
coed all previous figures, according
20 statistics complied by the Board
OF Commerce. The amount of ex-
ports was s5S.693.217. an increase OF
nearly S10.0O0.oO0 over the figures
for 1911, and nearly $25, 900, 600 over
the exports for 1908 Over so per
cent OF the exports went to British
possessions and dependencies, of
which Canada took the major por-
ton The total imports for the year
were sS.0S2.517, OF which $42s6.673
was free and s3.795.944 dutiable. I'm
ports from Canada amounted TO
$5,465. 220. OF which $3,241,7g2 came
In free OF duty.
J. q. y. bland, Of the London Times,
who has spent several years In China,
addressed the University club Satur-