The Detroit times., 1914-11-17
IN DETROIT

\ IN DETROIT
| The civil service commission has re-
| ceived n request from Henry VI. Dur
Geld. camp No. y, United spanish
! War Veterans. To Incorporate in its
regulations a clause giving veterans
! preference In appointments.
| Parcel pest mail service between
France and the 4 nlted states, which
| has been suspended because OF the
/ hostilitiss in Europe, Is To be re-
| sumedi according To word received
| ington He Is instructed to accept
! parcels destined for France until
further notice. r..
sherin oakman has offered a reward
Of SOC for information that VIII
enable him 10 arrest and convict the
| persons who fatally shot Valentine
Jaroch, Hamtrsmck saloonkeeper, on
the night OF Nov. 4 Alth9ngh ths
| Park. and the sherir's deputies have
| worked increasingly on the case, they
have been unable to unearth an I'M
portant clue.
gross earnings Of the Detroit Edison
Is shown by the statement for last
October the comparison being with
were s56s.s62.30. For the ten months
ending oct. 81. gross earnings were
l6 per cent in excess OF those for
the same period OF the previous
Ragnon ammersburg. the strong man
who beat mp two Immigration Of
fieers. attacked a prisoner IN the
sS Ssn jail the and ss,n nek @ds aePs
to four months in the House OF Cor
rection by Federal Judge futile.
Monday Hammsrburg entered
M. ~ - oh N
sauIt and battery in a government
building. Efforts will be made to
return him TO sweden at the eXpira-
ton Of his sentence.
a woman and ave small children shat
tered the usual iron-boand visitors
rules in the Wayne county Jail last
Sunday. II was early in the morning
when Mrs, Joseph Andrews and her
woman's husband was held there on
charge of carrying concealed
weapons. Deputy sheriff Louis Hall
Was unable to refuse tSs them a .ns
father, although IL Is contrary TO the
rules to admit visitors on Sunday
mornl1s The ia family tny finally finally a re
then went home with basket OF
81 food prepared by the deputies. after
Judge Connolly had ordered the re-
lease OF the father.
-Four eis..e. On Eagifss are being
by the =. NJ & a. for employees in
the night shift who want to learn
the language. Heretofore the classes.
have followed the days work. the
session beginning az s:1s. Now;
however, several hundred men VIII
English before going to work in abe
afternoon. The number in each class
Will vary between 20 and % foreign
born men and the lessons Will begin
at / d. m. The instructors will be
Z. employees OF the Ford company:
I Fifteen rooms have Just been ntted
for Instruction In English; These
lions on the third floor OF the main
building. The instruction Is under
the supervision OF D. III DaEue, sec
rotary for the Detroit Y. NJ G. A. II
is the most extensive work of its
kind In the world.
The arst fall meeting OF the Twenty |
Y NJ. C. A, whose membership OF
400 business az, ana ado professional ass
support OF the Y. N. Q. A. moyement
in Constantinople and the Turkish
empire, will take place next Monday |
evening. Preparations are being
made for more than 200 members OF
the club at 6;15 p. m. dinner In the
association dining hall, First among
ser. general secretary OF the Chicago
Y. NJ. c. A.. who recently made
trip around the world for the pur- J
association in the various foreign
fields. DR.. A. Davis. general secre-
tsry OF the Y. NJ G. A; In CONSTANT
nople. viii speak on his own work.
J. Van Bommel, and f. O. Jacob, who
10 the travelling secretary for the
Turkish empire.
Prof. Il. w. Bemis' appraisal of the De-
troit United railways property Will
-. a. MI - IN
plan TO size up the traffic on Wood
ward-ave. TO determine whether
subway or more parallel tracks are
was inaugurated. Monday. 81 per
cent OF the passengers. on leaving
the cars. returning the check slips
which were handed to them as they
entered by the young men employed
to assist the street railway commits
sion engineers. The gathering of
s sp. w be eS sS9s,Guf ID al nS Tsss
traffic zones In which the passenger
= boards and leaves the car show
whether It's a cash or transfer fare
and where the passenger transfers
to. The traffic survey is being made
for the railway board by Barclay,
Parsons q Klapp. of New York.
The foot and mouth epidemic has
worked a hardship ON George Par
llvering United states mail from the
local postofhce 10 Windsor, Parsou
can't use a horse-drown vehicle be-
cause there is at the present time a
ban on American horses. lie has
been compelled TO rent-an auSomo-
bile, purchase sic Canadian license
and pay i've cents additional charges
90 the ferry company for each load
Of mail that goes across the river.
He registered n protest with Post
-Enastef NaRel. who took the matter
up with the authorities In Washing
ton. The department informed Post
master Nagel that ParsDn would be
neld TO his original contract and
that the government would not al
low him extras" Parson has a 80
day notice contract. IL IL likely
that the postmaster viii shortly 10
nway with the contract gystpnt aud