The Detroit times., 1913-04-21
IN DETROIT


Mrs. Frederick 4. Myckon, WE'LL
known Presbyterian home and for
oign missionary worker. IN seriously
i'll in her home. No. So Third-av".'
from what Is said To be AAfrican
sleeping sickness, contracted while
AIRS Nyckon was a missionary on
the west coast Of Africa Little hope
- entertained for her recovery.
Sister Laura, for the last two years I'm
charge OF Prov td~pce hospital, has
been transferred To the mother house
% the order TO which she belongs,
The sisters or Charity. In Emmets+
burg, Nd, aud her place In the ue-
troit institution has been taken by
sister Mary olympia, who Came from
the mother house To Detroit. Friday.
The Detroit Transportation c,sS will
give u dinner Friday might In the Ell
liott-Taylor-Woo cafe. at
which their WINS will be guests,
James Schermerhorn viii be the
speaker Mrs. George Edward Clark
and Harry SlaSle VIII furnish the
music Arrangements are under way
FOR the May ball and minstfei show
TO be given May % and "a. \ June
moonlight boat ride and a July ex-
cursion TO Put-in-B Bay are announced.
but the dates have not been determ-
ined
Relatives In Detroit have received word
OF the death In HankOw. China, OF
Mrs. Charlotte Mason Lippell. daugh-
ter of Mrs. G. T.. Mason. No. 81 Err
skine-st. Mrs Lippell is survived by
her husband, the Rev. +. Harrington
Llppell and four young children She
was born In Detroit 80 years ago,
Following graduation from Nassar.
Mrs. liplell was ordained deacon
ness and went TO china as q mis-
sionary. She had labored in the mis-
sion field In China. with her husband.
for the last IL years
Mrs. Ads McCrea Hawkins. wife OF u.
II. Hawkins, Of Pittsburgh. and we'll
known in Detroit died sunday in her
home in Pittsburgh. leaving three
weeks-old son. Mr.. and Mrs. Hawk
ins were married about year ago
and the wedding. which was bril-
liant event, was attended ny many
Detroit society people. Mrs. Hawk
ins was o sister-in-iaw OF Mrs. -. NJ.
Ferry Jr OF this city, and frequent. .
ly visited Mrs Ferry Mrs Edward
H. Sumner and Mrs. Theodore Nc
Graw Jr A number II Detroit friends
will go to Pittsburgh for the funeral
service. to be held Tuesday.
Some organization has been stirrins
uP the business houses Of the city 90
write To the president OF the board
$1,000 for the preliminary work or
REMEMBERING the city. I'VE are ne
ing Hooded with letters. said Esti.
mntor Arthur +. Gordon, president
OF the board. we cannot give any
assistance in this matter because the
item was cut out by the commnu
council before the budget was sub
mitted to us. The board cannot re-
instate Items that are cut out by the
council" The REMEMBERING plan was
suggested by the Board or COM
merce.
Letters received by Detroit people
from members Of the Tweoty-sixth
infantry which left Fort Wayne two
months ago for the Mexican frontier
and which Is stationed In Texas CITY
Ten, indicate that the regiment eN-
pe,ts that the United States VIII IN
terv.ne in Mexico during the sum
mer Conditions are gradually grow =
ing worse under the administration
OF President Huerta. the letters say
Fort Wayne Is now garrisoned by
10 men under Lieut.. Charles r.. SttN-
enson. OF the Fifteenth cavalry The
usual routine has been dispensed
with but Lieut.. Stevenson says that
each man Is doing the work or three
The hoard Of estimates saturday night
voted e4O.OOO for q start ON the high
pressure system asked by the nr"
commission The board will start
work on the system in the down
town district as soon as the money Is
available. The system, when com :
plete. will cost about 100000. Re
auctions made by the estimators In
the fire department budget total
$2s 4S5. no Items being cut out en-
tirely supply items Were held open
for investigation The board cut the
salary OF Frank r. Bowler, secretary
of the lighting commission from
$4,000 TO $25O0. The board forced
the public lighting commission 10
submit an itemized budget this year
for the purpose OF finding out what
salaries the commission Is paying