The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-11
IN DETROIT

IN DElROIl
wednesday. Feb. ~. the anniyersary OF
the birth OF Abraham Lincoln. Il a
legal holiday and tho banks VIII De
closed.
The county auditors are making nm
investigation of accounts sent In by
county officials, whose bills for med
lea! service, provisions, etc, In cases
OF quarantine. are believed by the
auditors TO be excessive.
some person who evidently Intends az
observe Lenten diet, shattered
window In the Wilson oyster Co.
building at No. 234 Labrosse-st.,
Monday night. and stole seven gal
loEs OF the luscious bivalves.
Railroad detectives suspect TINT tramps
were the cause of OdOrOus blaze
which partially DESTROYED a box car
and Its cargo Of 200 bales OF rags, at
the Grand Trunk tracks and the west
boulevard, at o'clock. Tuesday
morning.
Democratic caucuses 90 name delegates
az the county convention viii he held
Tuesday In the various precinct
booths OF the city and county from
TO o'clock In the afternoon. The
county convention viii meet In the
Burns hotel At 10 o'clock. Wednes-
day morning
An empty hearse owned by Undertaken
T. y. Norton, and driven by Douglas
Dougherty, was struck by Four
teenth car at clifford and Montcalm-
SITS. Monday afternoon, and Dough
erty was thrown from his seat ana
injured about the head The rear
wheels OF the hearse We're broken.
Representatives al ave organizations
Of marine workers affiliated with
the international Longshorernen
association, meet COMMITTEES OF tho
Dredge Owners association In BAN
let hall. Tuesday afternoon, Tor the
IL T..sNas 80 EAA ~ "a
the working time from IL and IL
hours TO eight hours day.
Ward Gavett, former assistant adver-
tisinE manager under II. 80. Elmo
Lewis in the Burronghs Aaaing
Machine Co. is IN town attending
the Burroughs district and sales
managers convention In the FACTORY.
Mr.. Gavett In now In charge OF the
company's branch office In Oshkosh,
Wis where he 10 sales manager.
Achilles. the handsome big 50. bernard
dog which was the constant COM
panion OF the Rev. Francis a. Muei-
and there IL mourning throughout
the parish For eight years the big
dog was a familiar sight in the
S:i. :i1se ,' sSssmpaf Hs Sed Of
Eoltrs, his end being sudden.
Wnliam Hoffman, 10 years old, OF NO:
1S7o Cannsld-ave. east, was buried
under an avalanche OF coal. and sns,
right leg, when q bin In the Scheiwe
Coal company's plant at NO. oSo
AAck-Avs, gave way. Monday AFTER
noon. Fellow workers rescued MN
and he was taken TO ST. Marys nos
pital He n expected to recover
Dub-statiOn No. %, the Clay-ave
branch Of the postoffce, In the nrst
OF the outlying offices TO be desls
: riers Will not deliver parcels from
these stations, out they VIII be
picked up By the automobiles anu
routed In the main station; o,neI
post matter a. soon as arrangements
oan be made
Mrs. Minnie Poets, a years old, OF NO:
1e6 Champlain-sty dropped dead OF
heart disease at Hastings and Cham
plain SITS, Monday afternoon, as she
was returning home from shopping
trip The dying squadron was caiieo
by passersby, and rushed nor TO 81
Mary's hospital. but life was extinct
when she arrived. She IL survived by
her husband. Herman PeetE. and four
children.
TIE action of the international Har-
vester Go. I'm reducing Its capitalisa-
tion from ,l40. 00O.o0 10 s70.o00,0O0
and the formation OF a separate COM
pany to handle the foreign trade wNl
. have no effect upon the government
pro- ecution OF the suit against the
alleged harvester trust according 70
Edwin p. Grosvenor In charge OF
that prosecution as well as OF the
bath-tub trust case being tried here
Timothy Petite, - years old, OF No.
1O41 Scotten-nve., saved his life by
quick leap, when a coal wagon on
which he was riding was struck by
Wabash train at the West Grand
blvd. Monday afternoon. Petite saw
the approaching train and jumped
from the wagon. An instant later
the wagon was demolished, and the
FAST train sped on its way. not stop
ping after the accident.
Jacob n. Peters, of NO. - Wesson-ave.,
has asked the police TO assist him in
search for his son. Charles Forest
Peters. Is years old, who failed TO
return home Saturday night, Jan
Is, and hasn't been heard from. by
his parents, since. The young man
was employed an usher In the
Family theatsr. and II Is thought
that he may have run away with
some show troupe.
Herr Kart GIogowski, head OF the arm
of G1ogowski a Co., representative OF
the Burroughs Adding Machine Co..
with headquarters in Berlin. Is Wis
ting the Detroit factory, this week.
Glogowski Is the head OF an organi-