The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-09-12


Kalamazoo State Hospital 376, Uni
versity of Michigan 800, Michigan Ag-
ricultural College 345.
When the last legislature passed the
bill endorsed by the travelling mems
associations creating a hotel commits
sion and providing for vigorous i'm
spection of all hosteleries and lodg-
ing houses, the lawmakers neglected
to make an appropriation for carrying
out the work. However, this fact APP
parently was not discovered until the
| commission composed of Labor Com
missioner Cunningham, Dairy and
Food Commissioner Helme, Insurance
Commissioner Winship and Secretary
Dixop OF the state board of health,
held a meeting recently.
Inasmuch as the law pays Earticu-
lar attention to the equipping of no
tells and lodging houses with fire. es-
capes Labor Commissioner Cunning
hams inspectors will be able to carry
out this provision as II is along their
line OF work
Section six of the act provides that
every hotel keeper shall provide all
beds with regulation sheets not less
than ninety inches in length. The
law provides also that the beds shall
be provided with sufficient number
of regulation size blankets that are
kept in sanitary condition.
Owing to the fact that the state il
without an official inspector of sheets
and pillow cases and there Is no funds
to hire one, it appears that the hotel
keepers can do about as they please in
this particular regard.
An echo of the Balkins reached the
Industrial accident board when Tony
& Wright plant, in Detroit appeared
with a petition for lump sum pay
ment of the 35 weeks compensation
due him for the loss of his index fin
ger. He stated that his wife and
three children had been turned into
the streets OF Sofia, where they were
subject to the insults of wandering
When Tony, who is Macedonian by
birth, came TO America to make his
fortune. he left his family in the care
of his brother, Michael Dlmoff. Mich
ael answered the call to arms when
the recent affair wits Turkey opened
up, enlsting under Bulgarian colors.
February 1 he laid down both arms
and life in a warm engagement with
the enemy.
The bad news came to Tony at De
troit, but he was then earning $3.50
per week, which he found ample for
the support of himself and for the
support of his family in Sofia. The
on May 2G Tony's right hand was
drawn into the machine for the wrap
ping of automobile tires, which he was
operating. The index finger was
wrenchet off at the second join. The
nails we're torn from all the fingers
on that hand and the skin was laid
back to the wrist.
Tony suddenly found his income cut
in half. The s6.25 per week compen-
sation was barely sufficient to provide
for his needs in this country. He had
no friends here to whom he could
appeal. The brother in Sofia was
dead. When the money from Ameri-
can stopped coming, the mother found
no means OF meeting the bills in
CURED in the care of her brood OF
three young children. AS result
they were turned out of their home
into the street, where they have wan
dered for several weeks. The price
of all foodstuffs has been advanced
to an exhorbitant standard in Sofia, ac-
cording to Dimoff and even a good
American quarter is barely sufficient
to purchase one loaf of bread.
Tony seems to be an honest, intel
ligent sort of workman. He is now in
America for the second time, and he
reads English fairly we'll His petit.
ton will probably be acted upon by
the industrial accident board Monday
He processes willingness to permit
the superintendent OF the Morgan e.
Wright plant to accompany him to the
postoffice to make sure that the money
Is mailed to his wife in Sofia.
Secretary of State Frederick C. Mar
tindale, has been elected chairman OF
the State Board of Control. which has
supervision of the leasing OF the prop
erty located in the ST. Clair flats. Au-
ditor General o. b. Fuller is secretary
of the board which was created by the
last legislature to succeed the old St
Clair Flats Commission