The Detroit times., 1913-03-04
IN DETROIT

The Ashley q Dustin steamship Go. has
decided 60 Increase the fire Ia Put
in-Bay. making the round trip rate
for week days sixty cents. boost of
ten cents. The sunday rate. 10 cents.
IL 10 remain the sume. The high cost
or operation is given as the reason
for the Increase.
Hrs. Waldo, % years of sx~. mother
OF Lewis 4. Waldo, of the sprague-
Waldo Waldo M NAM Co. OF w ms
Mrs. Waldo had been living with her
daughter. Mrs. l.. T.. iiawley. Mr..
Waldo is Ia Mod dp Lac 20 attend
M the funeral services.
Detroit Engineering soci~ty will meet
Friday evening. March ., tn the
Museum OF Art. when Dr. -. =. ia
cobus, or New YORK, VIII give an
illustrated talk on Boilers DE-
Jacobus is an eminent authority on
steam boiler practice, and for several
years has been lecturer In expert
mental engineering In the Stevens
Institute or Technology. In Hoboken.
Joseph Ripley. former superintendent
Of the 500 locks, was In Detroit
Monday, visiting some friends. Mr..
Ripley Is NJ present engaged In con-
struction work on the New York
barge canal which is To be nnlsheu
In 1916 and Will cost about &l2S.ooo.-
900. He IL given credit for the orig
tnal designs for the locks In the
Panama canal
william Basinas, of NO. iS4S Scotch
|. ave-, reported TO the police that ne
was held up on Catherine-st. by TWO
Negresses and u Negro. one or the
women holding revolver 10 ms
head while her companions robbed
him OF $40. Police OF Hunt-st. sta
ton later arrested Mary Brown. aged
80, OF No. rs catherine-st, whom
Basinas Identified as the woman VINO
held the revolver.
Chief Of Detectives Palmer has pat the
ban ON every sort Of game OF cnAnee
operated In saloons and cigar stores
including the big cards on when one
picks q number and tries TO win
box OF chocolates for his best Siri.
All card and dice gel ana every
sort OF a device that can be CON
Strued as gambling must so, says the
detective chief. lie Will send men 10
enforce the order.
In q meeting OF the Fourteenth Ward
Republican club, Monday night, AID
Ereiwald and Bell were instructed
to draft a communication urging the
Wayne members OF the house or rep
resentatiyes To work for the passage
OF the Verdier home rule bill. Among
the speakers were County Treasurer
William EAioellerEc candidate ior
county auditor. and John Schram and
Charles West. candidates for the
h charter commission.
Opposition by Negroes Of Detroit and
Ann Arbor helped Kill the bill to pre-
vent misceSenation. which the house
committee on state AFFAIRS voted
Monday not to report. About zoo
Negroes appeared before the commit
tee to argue that the bin would pre-
Vent the marriage, or about s.0Oo
Michigan people who are only one
eighth Negro, and who would be UNI
able TO marry person OF either the
black or white race IL the bill were
enacted
The rules for the collect ON delivery
feature OF the parcel post systeni
which is to be introduced July have
been issued by the postofhce depart
ment The fee for collection VIII be
10 cents In parcel post stamps. and
packages will be insured up TO $50
in value. The sender will receive a
receipt showing the office, date OF
mailing the number OF the parcel,
and the amount to be collected. Col
iect packages will be received for
money order offices only.
The efforts of "race purists" 10 re-
strict immigration were denounced
by Rabbi Leo NJ. Franklin. Of Tenn
pie Beth FL. In an address before the
Detroit Life Underwriters associa-
ton at Its annual banquet in the
Hotel Pontchartrain, Monday night.
DR.. Franklin said that the literacy
test, recently defeated BY congress.
would not have kept anarchists and
criminals from America, but would
have barred the sturdy. though un-
educated. manual workers Of Europe.
Mondays scgistrstiOn for the spring
election was light, less than 1000
names being added to the list of reg
tstered voters. AS those who voted
last fall did not have to re-reglstcr.
however. Mondays registration indi-
Gates little as TO the size OF the vote
that may be expected April Z. Lack
OF keen contests for places on the
board OF education made many
women feel That their votes were not
needed. and in the Ninth 10 the
Eighteenth wards they did not reg
lister IN large numbers.
Mrs. AntOa PetrelIi learned from Judge
Hubert, Monday afternoon, that IL
WAS compulsory for her two boys to
report 10 the court about their at
tendance at school. The lads We're
before the Judge, some time ago, for
failing To attend school. and they
were Informed that they would have
10 go 10 school. and. in addition, re-
port progress To the court. They
Jailed TO report. The mother was
sent for aud her excuse for their
failure 10 communicate with the
Judge was that they were In school.
and that she was OF the opinion that
they didn't need To report She was
inclined to be defiant about the mat
ter. but after being detained In the
sheriNs office for couple OF hours
she agreed to make the boys report.