The Detroit times., 1913-08-21

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IN DETROIT
Capt. George 4. Wolf, Of the Hunt-st.
police station. collapsed ON the street
Wednesday and had 10 be taken to
his home. He Is said To be seriously
i'll
Enterprising thieves broke into "a Pere
Marquette freight ear in Delrny
Wednesday afternoon, backed a biz
wagon up 10 the car and got away
with $1,000 worth OF miscellaneous
merchandise. People I'm the neigh
borhood OF Green-ave. and the tracks
saw them but supposed they Were
draymen on Legitimate business
Carl krueger, aged IL. was dangerous
Iy injured "Wednesday afternoon
when struck by an automobile driven
by Rollin Hyde. No. II Collingwood-
ave. at Berlin and Ellery-sts. The
old man was taken TO his home. No.
2Si Superior-st, ana VIII prohaOly
recover, although his age makes the
injury 10 his chest "A serious one.
L. H. ButterneId, for many years secre-
tary OF the Michigan state Fair AS
ISOLATION and. who retired several
years ago. has agreed 10 handle the
entry list for the annual TAR 10 De
held In the state Fair grounds sept.
20 The task OF classifying entries
is an enormous one. and Mr. Butter
field will be ION the job" day ana
night for the ensuing month.
A man. who. he says, he never saw be-
fore, walked up behind Frank Car
penter. aged Il. on Riopelle-st ST, ed-
nesday night. and knocked him down
with cane The old man lay help
less on the sidewalk and was kicked
several times. When found ne was
taken to 81. Mary's hospital the
hospital authorities do not know
anything OF his home or his rela-
tives
Thirty Ave Belgian workmen complain
ed 20 the police Wednesday night
that they had been swlndied out OF
So each by the Worlds Labor supply
Co, a Jefferson ave, employment bu-
reau They paid the fee, they said,
for jobs In the north lumber woods,
which were promised definitely, but
never materiali2ed, They were e
ferred To the mayors office FOR help
in getting their money pac~
Three small boys were arrested We'd
nesday as the ''professionals" who
have been systematically robbinB the
stores along Hastings-st. Their
most recent depreciation was the
store OF Harry Sugars, butcher at
No. 1854 Hastings-st He led De-
tectives Fox and Plies through a
vacant lot near his shop. and under
a clump OF grass they found hidden
the s. which he had lost. He identi-
ned hts money by bad" half dol
lar which someone had passed on
him A woman near the vacant lot
described three boys she had seen
playing, there. and the three were
arrested They are known 10 the Ju-
venile court and had been accused or
burglary before.
In /, r.nort inst comDIeted nv Commits
siOner Ahern, chairman of tint public
welfare and lighting committee ~
the Detroit charter board there II Z.
recomme ndation for a department or
public safety. which, IL IL prop
TO place on an equality with the OIL ~
administrative departments OF The
city government, presided over By 4
commissioner appointed by "a
mayor. with salary OF not less than
81 000 year IL liz planned to place
under the direction OF the comnis-
sioner Of public safety. boiler iuspcc-
ton plumbing and sanitation AMI
public signal installation and inspec-
ton.
John r. Dodge, chairman Of the muat-
clpni railway commission. has invited
tHe members Of the council commit
tee on public utilities TO confer W IN
the commission in the next needing,
Aug. 20, on the matter OF street car
extensions provided for In the ID. T.
r. compromise agreement with tn.
city. The agreement provides for t11
building OF three extensions on reso-
luton OF the council. and the railway
commissioners Informed the coUnc
that they would like To lie consul d
on the matter.
Aid. sherman I.itticheld has hied notice
of tion on the resolution
passed by the common council Tue -
day night instructing the police &C.
partment to remove the mo Sdtu.
day Night shopping" banners hurs,
In Woodward Giratiot, Michigan ard
.lttft lon
troduced by Aid Allen. Din, OF tao
sixteenth ward. BY filing the notice
Of reconsideration, Aid. Littleiie.d
prevents the banners from beiut;
taken down btfore the 30-dIy prit.
lege. granted for the display of the
banners. expires
Alleging TINT a salesman trained by
them planned to start "a rival busi-
ness instead Of living up to con-
tract made when he entered their
school for statesmen. A. f.. Wood q
Co. filed suit In the circuit court on
Wednesday against Nathan Blatni-
koN asking that ne be compelled TO
work for them till Nov. 4, and that
he be restrained from starting a
store of his own. Judge Hally grant
ed an Injunction TO prevent the
opening OF the store or any other
Interference with the business OF the
plaintiff by Blatnikon.
George II. FenkeII. commissioners OF
public works, IN Investigating tue
cost Of street cleaning by wards. The
1913 budget contains fund of $hit.-
900 apportioned among IS wards for
street cleaning purposes. Protest ~
made by some members OF the couu-
Gil that the most influential aldermen
get the largest slices out of this fund
regardless OF the necessity. The
lucky aldermen are able TO maPc
themselves more solid In their wa"da
by putting all their idle friends %
work on the street gangs. Aid Nlu-
rice J. Heating, chairman Uf the
council committee on streets. SAYS
he believes that private contract IT
could do the ward cleaning work for
so per cent less than IL Is costing thc
city The alderman intends 70 bring
the matter to the attention Of the
council.
CJNCV TIE AMC MAKEC TIC