The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-27
IN DETROIT

George r. Fenkell. ID. p. w. commits
sionsr. has installed two concrete
has been done by hand on city Jobs.
and the commissioner believes tnat
the new machines will save the city
money and do better work.
In . meeting Of the state Board Of
EAucatioa. In the Hotel Cadillac
for 'a1 the s' erection p Of the following
buildings: Gymnasium, $4,000, and
auditorium. $4,000, Ypsilani;
science buildings IN Mt. Pleasant and
Kalamazoo. each $4,000: auditorium
the Ypsilanti and Marquette build
ings will be let at once.
Complaints from residents along Four
teenth-ave- between BagE-.t. and
Grand RsVer-ave.. that autoists were
shattertng the speed ordinance along
Officer boy j. Thomas to lay In wait
for speeders Friday night. and led to
the capture Of Louis Sullivan, ~
years old. q hardware dealer. NO.
that Sullivan was driving at the rate
OF ~ miles an hour: Sullivan SAID
that he aid not think he was going
faster than a 30-mile clip.
Crossing Bates-st. In front Of police
hesdQuarters. Friday night. z. l.: sus-
bury. 10 years old. OF Lapeer. Mich.
fell unconscious TO the pavement and
died as he was being taken to ST.
Mary's hospital In police auto Cor
oner Rothaoher had the body re-
son. living in st. Johns. Mich. was
notified.
Harry Daley. Of Hamtramcks has been
toked by HIS friends because, after
he caught q pickpocket In the act OF
robbing him, and the dip" was sent
to the workhouse for 80 days by JUS
tics Merique. Daley's name was sent
in to the papers. by mistake. as de-
PENDANT and not complainant. The
man who went to jail was August
Potrex, and Daley IL tired OF the way
at him."
Edward simous, charged with steallng
IS from the pocket Of Vito Coscettc,
in the Belle Isle aquarium. last
August, offered plea Of u, guilty H., 60
tice Gainsy accepted the plea. and
fined Simons 500.
II. u. Kelly, agent for the Standard
Home Co.. Of Delaware. who was ar
rested by Detroit police on charge
Of violating the new blue sky law
by Offering for sale the securities or
foreign corporation before they re-
ceived the approval OF the Michigan
securities commission, IL still held
in jail for want OF satisfactory bail
Of 1900. His arrest came as the re-
suit OF several weeks OF investiga-
ton by Assistant Prosecutor Robin.
son. A Chicago surety company OF
fersd to go Kelly's bail. but the pro.
posal was refused because IL had no
real estate in Michigan.
over long illness, John
Knox. q sailor. 81 years old. swa1-
lowed carbolic acid Friday night In
the home Of his brother. William
Knox. No: IS Twenty first-st, where
he made his home. He was removed
to the Boulevard sanitarium. and
died there an hour later.
Lionel Mnttiee, who II IS years old.
and says he lives In willis, Mich.
was driving around town In a Ford
car Friday night and wa: picked up
and School. He said man whom he
met at Fort and Cass-sts., loaned
him the auto. He had one cent In
his pockets. The detectives found
ford. OF Adrian, In the auto, and
they have communicated with the
Adrian police.
Francis MeNamany, charged with driv-
ing away With N automobile, plead
ed guilty before Judge Phelan FIJI
day morning and was sentenced to
pay q nne Of $3.50 or serve four
months in the House OF Correction
He said ne would have to choose the
workhouss term.
sAnyone who talks Of the Pere Mar
OF Michigan. being sold when rates
are az they are. and cannot be raised,
must have q screw loose in his sys-
tenn somewhere" said Frank w.
Blair, president OF the Union Trust
Co. and one Of the receivers for the
Pere Marquette system. when asked
about q rumor that the Canadian
Pacific, the Delaware. Lackawanna 4
western and the Chicago q North
western railroads were preparing to
inspect the Pere Marquette with a
view 10 purchase THE three roads
mentioned are not in combination"
said Mr. Blair. There II nothing
IN tha panoPt"