The Detroit times., 1913-01-03
IN DETROIT

the 500.
Nicholas Kelly, residing at No. IIIS Van
Dyke-ave.. was badly injured about
the head. legs and body when
knocked down by street car ~ Var
Dyke and Gratiot-aNes., late Thurs
day night. He was removed &c
Grace hospital In police auto.
: Charles n. Phillips, sentenced 10 nine
months In the House OF Correction
for white slavery collapsed as he was
being transferred from the county
Jail TO a police auto, bound for the
workhouse Thursday Phillips be-
came hysterlcal anu cried for his
wife and baby. who live IN Toronto
Mrs. Fred RoehI. of No. 1887 Twenty
nfth-st.. has asked the local police
TO help her ma her husband. a
laborer. 81 years old, who dlsap-
peared from his home Nov. IL, sayfng
he was going To a nearby store. lie
had only "A few dollars In his posses
sion. she says, and she Is unable 10
explain HE disappearance.
william Appleton wants 5000 from
the ID. L. H. for Injuries which he
says he sustained when another car
bumped into Grand River car In
which he was riding. The suit was
begun Thursday. Appleton says he
was riding In a rear seat, holding a
baby In his arms Whether the child
was injured is not set forth in his
declaration.
John ~. White, OF Chicago. authority
On the single tuA, VIII uudrc6s the
Political and Civic Equality league
and the Federation OF Civic Organi
cations AZ dinner in the Elliott
Taylor Woolfenden cafe, Tuesday
evening at o'clock. His subject
will be Charter revision and COM
mission government" Mrs. ltuby NJ
Zahn viii be postmaster. The pub
lie Is invited.
December was n gloomy month. accord
ing 20 the weather bureaus record.
There We're only Two clear DAYS,
there was rain snow on 10 days.
Nevertheless the precipitation was
light, only l,26 Inches, the lowest
since 1900. The average tempera-
ture was % degrees, considera bly,
more than the mean for the month.
The temperature ranged between a
high point OF 5S on the sixth and III
on the twelfth.
supt. Thomas Il. DoIan. of the poor
commission, says that the new eIa-
ployers' liability law is working out
In splendid stNle here, and SAVING the
poor commission large sum oL
money, by making II unnecessary for
them TO provide for families OF work
men. injured in factories and at other
work, and In destitute circumstances.
-EAe-PeeF- commissions simply notifies
the employers of theif obligation un-
der the law which Is 10 furnish meo :
teal attention and hospital for three
/ weeks. and half pay while the en-
ploye is incapacitated.
John BosrskI, "a nine-year-oId boy liv-
ing nj No. 263 Thirty-nfth-st, was
shot In the arm, though only sllshtly
young boys who were running away
with four stolen geese at thirty
NTH and Horatio-sts., Thursday al
ternoon. The youthful raiders evl,
IDENTIFY thought that the Boarskl lad
was trying to capture them. instead
OF just following them through curl
osity, and one wheeled and hred a
small revolver at Boarski Police
have obtained no trace of the young
desperadoes nor can they learn where
the geese were stolen me boys
dropped the geese, after the shoot
ing. and the birds were taken In
charge by the police.
"Never solicit money or business fron'
man with an mir OF apology, but ga
at IL as though you were doing hinl
favor in permitting him TO have
the chance TO come I'm on the deal
with YOU" was the advice l.. EFT Elmo
Lewis, advertising manager of the
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. gave
an audience OF members OF the Four
teenth-ays. Methodist church. Thurs
day .yenlng. MhLn- lie was asked To
| tell his idea OF how TO raise va, ooO
OF the church debt, within two
months. The Rev Luther LoveJoy
pastor OF the church. and John r.
Stewart, chairman OF the finance
committee. also talked TO the gath
ering
Jan. II the Detroit pension agency of
the United States Will close It's guar
eral building. and It's records Will be
shipped to Washington. Thereafter
all pensions Will be paid from the
national capital The 10 clerks have
been offered positions In Washing
Ton but they do not want TO leave
Detroit and say they Will remain
here II they can find positions Col
O. A. James head OF the office, says
he will not go TO Washington, posi-
ton or no position. The quarters
vacated win be occupied by the rail
a lAEL -
down from the fourth floor.
The James apartments, n six-famiiy
brick structure at No. 17i7 Wood
ward-ave., were sold Thursday, BY
william Z. Dye to John II. German
Mr.. Dye has held the property only
six months. IL is understood that
the price was in the neighborhood
payment IS feet Of frontage on the
east side OF Woodward-ave., be
tween Harmon-ave. and Rosedale-
south side OF Harmon-ave, just on
Woodward. William Z. Macklem
handled tn deal for the purchaser
while George G. Epstean acted FOL
the seller.
william Love. n Negro cook. living nj
No. 3JS Cbnmplnin-st. fell into the
hands or the police, Thursday night
through big horseshoe PIN SCI
with diamonds which he wore In
purple necktie. The horseshoe
brought nothing but bad luck TO VIII
liam Miss Nellie Conner. detective
I'm the Crowley. Miner IL Co. store
had notified the detective bureau thai
n Negro wearing purple tie and
horseshoe pin had opened woman
handbag In the bis store, and ned
DetNtives wilkinson and Dowd ar
rested Love. who Is being investi
gated. lie carried a razor blade, sucl
ns IS used by purse snatchers in slit
ting hand bags, or cutting on tn
handles
Anna Kobe, who has been held by tia
police during their Investigation a
the mystery surrounding the deati
OF aged Jacob Kass, by whom sh'
was employed housekeeper. wa
released by Chief OF Detectives Pal
mer. Thursday afternoon, but sh
gave the police one last bit OF cN
element before she left Deliriou
from much indulgence ir liquor prio
to her arrest and a sudden stoppag'
OF stimulants since. she rsieed havo
In the matron's room and Doormal
John Kean Ind 10 hattie WIFI Her q
quiet her. She bit Kear on the han'
during the struggle only by threat
TO handcuff her 20 bed was sh
quieted.
In discussing proposal 10 suppl
dren In the city. Supt. Charles +
schools said that while he was no
opposed to the plan. he feared I
would encourage pauperism. TIL
scheme, ne explained, would doubt
less cause some parents--rO take ad
g. 1t Nl.. nj NIL ~