The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-24
IN DETROIT

divorces have been granted by Judge
Sodd TO Martha Evans from Thoma.
Evans: Mary Nye from Pearl Nye.
ana Mary y. Mas from George Mas.
sehn 10. schug hhs purchased the home
OF the late James Dwyer az NO. Al
Jsnerson-ave.. from the Dwyer fam
iy. paying $4,000 for it. The house
and the barn on the rear OF the lot
VIII! be remodeled for the manufac-
tuFe OF storage batteries.
The Detroit Real Estate board VIII
make hght To prevent the repeal
OF the law eNemptlng mortgages
from taxation upon payment of "A
SPECIFIC registration fee, and meet
Ing OF the legislative committee has
been called for Saturday to consider
plans for meeting the movement TO
put the tax back onto mortgages.
Arkel sarOin. ~ years old, OF No. 374
Green-ays., aIIshted from an east
bound car and stepped In front or a
Mest-oound car at Jefferson and
bellevue-aves., early Friday morning
and was painfully injured about the
right side and shoulder. lie was
taken TO ST. Mary's hospital in a po-
lice auto
Andrew Bekerton, a. years old, of No.
80 Edmund-pL, was stabbed In the
neck during "A street night at Wood
ward and Piquette-aves., Thursday
afternoon, the knife wound missing
the Juglar vein ~ narrow margin
he was sent TO Grace hospital in a
police auto ana Is in a serious con-
dition. Don Manseto. 22 years old.
OF No. 436 Monroe-aye.. was arrest
ed. charged with the assault.
c. u. Cole, adVertIsIng and sales man
ager OF the ,. Is. Eustls CO., OF Hos
ton, delivered a target talk" before
the Adcraft club Thursday evening
his subject being Can scientific man
agement be applied 10 the selling end
or business" Following the tar
there was a house, warming celebra-
tion. The new rooms OF the club
at Grand RlVer-aye. and Washington
blvd. have just been finished for the
use OF the Adcrafters.
Prof. Henri Del. Hus, of the depart
ment OF botany, Cniyersity of Michl-
gan talked before- the Simultaneous
club Thursday evening, on the WORK
OF Luther Burbank The talk was IL
Illustrated with about 80 slides, Illus
trating the fruit, flowers and Vege-
tables which have been produced by
Burbank. The SynchronouB club is
composed OF the employees OF the Edi-
son Illuminating Co. and the meet
Ing was held In the Edison build
Ing.
Relieving that Detroit's beautiful Belle
Isle should not be desecrated nv the
sale OF Intoxicating liquors in It's
casino, the Detroit federated W. G.
II L. has appointed committee TO
investigate ways and means or pre-
venting license being issued TO the
lessee OF the casino, or, 10 any other
person desiring TO sell liquor on the
island Mrs. G. ID. Drake was chosen
president OF the federated unions TO
succeed Mrs. Jennie NJ. Harrington,
who resigned
John Leonard. alias Rose, an ex-lawyer
who has considerable criminal
record. was sentenced 10 five years
I'm Leavenworth prison by United
states District Judge Carpenter In
Chicago, Thursday on plea or
guilty to charge or passing forged
money orders stolen from the post
office in lockwood last fall. Leon
ard was arrested when he attempted
10 pass one OF the orders in Chicago
and several OF the stolen blanks were
found Ia his possession.
Walter y. HArshn, former clerk of the
United states circuit court. has paid
over $ll,1SI53 In accordance with
the Judgment rendered against him
In the United states district court,
giving his personal check for the
amount 10 Clerk Elmer w VOORHEES,
IN addition to the judgment costs
and interest amounting to $3.50
were paid over by MIR. Harsha. The
sum returned which consists OF fees
and charges Illegally collected, WI
be returned to litigants In the cases
In which the overcharge occurred. II
IL expected that IL will take several
months TO get the money distributed.
AID. Barnett will introduce n resolu-
tion In the council TO have n speciat
committee consider the practicability
OF converting the ground floor or the
city hall into waiting room for
street car passengers at night. Bar
nett ravors the plan. which he says
would work out nicely with the plan
already proposed To establish q pub
lie convenience station in the base
ment. He would have benches ar
ranged I'm the corridor for people and
tho stairway leading 10 the upper
floors barred so that people could not
roam at viii through the building
Lets put the city hall 10 some use.
he says.