The Detroit times., 1913-02-04
IN DETROIT


ruary q. out and on sale nj the usual
places
RatroImen FIorenee Mccarthy, az
Grand Itiver-aVe. station, shot inc nt
tie finger of his right mana, Mo
day morning, while taking the t nlt
ridges out Of his revolver preP"F"
tory To cleaning his weapon.
Charlie. Moore. chairman of the city
plan and Improvement commis"pn'
talked before King cyrus cnap'erI, e. -,
A NJ, Monday evening on civ whieh
for the Improvement OF the cry "'
are under consideration.
Che project 20 widen Michignn-ave''
from sINth-st. To FOurteenth-nNs'
will likely be dropped, AZ ivy ~,
gineer Mccormick has preparsu o 90"
estimate showing that IL wouia 80
t1,OOO,GOO 20 widen the street % iee'
A lodge n sorrow vas held Mondas
evening by Detroit lodge OF h h..
FOR the late Edward Hem Lat t
members OF the lodge NIsl'eu ~
home or Mr.. ttPUH-S uuuB fftct -.
tB9 Ssyburn-ave.. 10 pay last tslD ~
ute OF respect to their late pro'he''
Funeral services Will be held, Wednes
day morning., In Holy Heuee"S
church for the late MIS-. fIdhSiS ~
Fretretu- -itfeteHg resident oil 10
troit. Mrs. Fecteau was born In De
troll SO years ago she Is survivor
BY four sons and one daughter
Mrs. stephen Hon. of milwaukee, Wis
fling her mother, Mrs. Michpff Warts
No. I05 Jefferson ave- 1ie -. ~
BY her husband and two cnlluIen
living Ia Milwaukee, TO whicn cry
the body viii BE- taken for interheh''
Mounted PatroInlan u. II. sIicr ri.I<ed
his life Ca stop pair OF rn ra,Tnr
horses at woodward ana Ihylor-
ayes Monday afternoon, when ne
dismounted from his own horse ana
swung from the bits or the run
a rah
tance before he succeeded In stop
ping the maddened horses
speeiaI "through" service for the rush
hours VIII 40 Into effect "Wednesday
on the Hamilton line. The through
cars viii run from the foot or WOOD
wsrd-ave 10 the Woodward car
house i'm Highland Park. The limits
cars turn at Webh-aNe. new
schedule viii also be pun IN opero'i,9sn
on the Pontiac division, giving To-
minute service out OF Detroit from
$3.50 20 $3.50 y. m
Paul Leake, who has been active in
newspaper work In Detroit for 20
years, has accepted a position as al
vertising nnd publicity manager Tor
the American Public Utilities Co, OF
Grand Rapids, Mich. and VIII take
up his new work on Monday. The
American Public Utilities co, is oper-
atcd by Kelsey, Brewer g. co. OF
Grand Rapids, and has gas and cleo
tric plants IN number or cities
tnrONgn the mlddle west.
John }. Meyers. alleged clever swind-
Ter, who obtained - and the promise
OF s22 more from Ernest j Duyall,
on promise Of an easy Job. was sent
10 the workhouse for GO days in de-
fault OF a s25 fine when convicted OF
Il charge OF larceny by trick Mon
day, Meyers was caught In the re-
volving door in the Griswold house
while trying TO escape when Detec,
tlves Reid and Larkins accompanied
his victim TO a meeting.
A weIl-dresscd svIndier who gave the
name of W. ~. Armstrong, OF No. BIO
Putnam ave. and had his purchases
charged under that name, obtained
diamond bracelet thd other 1ewelry.
valued at S125. from L. Black Il Co,
No l56 Woodward ave and a SUIT
of clothes and suitcase from John
j.. Mabley, Monday afternoon. lie is
described as about p years OF age, %
medium height. and Weighing about
$50 pounds. Police are looking for
him.
Police Censors Baker and Potter have
launched a new crusade, and any
body who reads the words OF the
latest popular songs can whistle
that they are going 70 have their
hands full Baker and Potter say
that they are going to stop the sing
ing or such popular songs as are suC-
gestive or outspokenly immoral.
which means that they Will have 10
close up tho musical ends OF nearly
ali shows. or make them sing the
old songs"
Funeral services for Walter skinner,
who was eleet Eee.ted= I'm STATION T. OF
the Edison company, after working
there less than an hour. were held.
Monday afternoon, with his heart
broken hancee mingling with the i'm
mediate family and almost incon-
soIable in her grief The burial was
in Highland Mich the former home
OF the family. Controller Samuel {.
MUmford OF tie Edison company,
sHys that SINNERS family Will be
entitled 10 the death benefit provided
by the Workmcn's compensation law,
only the amount being In doubt. The
maximum Is $4,000
-ro definitely determine the cause OF the
death OF Mrs. Anna TocEek, of No.
4rB AleNandrine-aNe. east, last cum
day. Coroner Rothacher Will have
postmortem examination OF the body
made. and Will then send the stomach
TO County Chemist Clark for ANALYSIS
OF the contents. A sister OF Mrs,
Toczek limited at foul ploy declaring
that other relatives had displayed
much anxiety about $1,000 worth OF
property that the woman owned
Coroner Rcthacher is satisfied that
the woman died OF alcoholism, but
Will have the Investigation made 10
satisfy the woman's sister.
A party of seventeen Detroiters repre-
senting the Detroit Board OF Com
mcrce LETT Monday night for CieVe-
land TO attend an inter-clty friend
snip conference there. Delegations
from Pittsburgh and Buffalo viii also
meet with the Cleveland representa-
tives. The members OF the Detroit
party are: Homer Warren i.uman W.
Goodsnough James r. Murphy, Sc
rotary Byres Ia Gitchell. A II. Zen
uer James InEllS, George r. Moody,
John TriX, james T.. Danahcr. ). j.
Crowley, G. H. Wilson. Frank ID
E1men. Ahner T.. Larned. james i.
Lee A. A Higginson. Ward y. Choate
and Hiram Marks.
derry }. DnIey, who f. nbout 81 yenrx
old. and says he halls from GIenu4
Falls y. Y, was taken 70 ~. Mary
hosp tai In the flying squadron. from
the Burns hotel at o'clock Tuos-
day morning, and other occupants OF
the hotel breathed deep signs of re-
lief and started 10 catch up on their
slesI. Daley became seized with the
hnlluclnation that some miscreaut
had hlled his room with chlorofUYnI
and he made the night so hidaouS
that other patrons could get no sleep
When the police were called he
bolted the door and defied anyone 0
enter Police had 70 break the door
20 gain entrance.
The following Detroit people, I'm nddi-
tion tO Wallace e.. kny and his y,Ifc
were In the Park the Pines hotel
Aiken, ). g., when the hoStell.N-
burned 70 the ground Sunday night:
Mrs. r. w Virgins, Mr.. and Mrs w
J. virgins and two children Mira
Elizabeth Mckay and Miss Isabelle