The Detroit times., 1915-12-03
IN DETROIT

~ swsiisvvfnG poison. Helen Coniey.
% years old. Of No. 2S7 Cllnton-st..
attempted to end her life at 3
o'clock. Thursday afternoon. she
will recover. according TO the az
tending physician at the city hos
pital. Dependency. the police say.
WAS the reason.
Ground was broken. Thursday after
ater. on Grand River just
south OF Grand blvd. west Scores
OF business men OF Northwest pc
trois attended GsI,Ss 'ss NE. SeTf%ne cerpofation
which Is financing the theater'
turned the nrst sod.
The military Training organization.
Detpoit's newest body OF citizen
soldiers, will be recruited up 10 lts
full strength OF 200 when the nrs. n
drills are held In the armory. Inc
number OF applications 10 now over
iSo. The nrst drill will be held
Jan. 4. under the direction or Ma
jor George c. Waldo
Despite the fact that . $1,000 nddi-
tios hes bees built 20 the county
tuberculosis hospltal,, IN ,owa AT
Eioise. the accommodations for
men are now crowded accord,ns 20
orrin p. Gulley. OF the board G,,sy o,
says that 10 men is the maximum
number which can be cared TOT
and there are now 80 In the hos
pital.
~. u.rtH E.a RepubIicas club held
N. annual meeting, Thursday night.
The regular mid-winter oanaust
club for the coming year were de-
cided upon. dates to be nsed iateI' tei
lows: President: Fred ,n;nnhsor Ron,nsor
vice president. Louis Arnold' sec
tary, John Frazer: treasurer -. y.
Wood; sergeant-at-arms. James
Miller.
SiIneeat Fitch, "A years old. OF the
BeImost hotel. wns arrested ~ De.
morn,ns. in the Brunswick hotel
Grand River-ave.. arter II had been
reported TO the officers that she
had robbed man OF sso; Inc
money later was recovered In the
woman's room. but the officers
have been unable to locate the
complaining witness, who disap-
peared shortly after he had MADE
the claim that he was robbed.
MsnAers Of the state sax commission
will appear before the Board OF
Commerce at luncheon, Dec; $. and
discuss the application or the cash
value assessment to Detrot ~
commissioners will be careful TO
explain that Detroit II not being
discriminated against. The same
assessment work is being done all
over the state. All three comnls-
sioners. Chairman Barnes and Com,
missioners George Il. Horton and
Thomas r. Kearney. are expected
| to attend the meeting.
rNe chairman Of the Burns statue
committee announces the following
donations TO the fund received dur
ing the past week; Ropest oeE Mr
ana msn' Mrs' f1e' joe eeef; : Henry. So walter
Scott t.econd donationl, $40; Harry
Lauder. $40; Matthew VI Kerr so;
John Hopiins. 50; Harry n,h1Iey'
Harry Ladders cash donation Is In
addition to his donation OF boz
In the Garrick theater for his
opening performance.
Lack Of proper sleeping sccommoda-
tions for men of Essex county, Who
ofYer their lives for the British
cause, Is tho subject OF vigorous
discussion and complaint. In Wind
sor On, of the soldiers or the
Ninety ninth battalion. which Is
being recruited for Essex county, is
said to have .adc statement de-
claring tnat the men had To sleep
on the nDor, that at least one
sleeping room was Infested with
vermin. and that there were no
proper facilities for bathing.
% far ss the local Internal revenue
ofare L. advised. the emergency
revenu" law expires at midnight.
Dec. 81. 1915. but the rows
dispatches from Washington indl-
cate that one Of the FIRST thing
congress Will do will be to re-
enact the law Ia its present on
tirety, so that there viii be nV
change after the trst OF the year.
Collector James ! Brady is re-.
ceivinR number Of inquiries apd
requests for Information from per-
sons who come under the emerR-
ency taN, hut he is unable to give
out any dchnite Information.
.. ". Entop. president of the local
organization Of the National safety
council. addressed members OF tho
Detroit Twentieth Century club,
Thursday. on safety First max
ing n strong plea. for education.
particularly Of children. In ways to
avoid street and other accidents.
He advocated motion picture cX-
hibitions In the schools 10 show
the children what to avoid. The
club passed n set OF resolutions AT
the close OF the address 10 the ef-
feet that members OF the club will
Join In the movement to secure
complete obedience OF the traffic
laws.
Stmon Blumberg. for several years
purchasing agent for the county
right at banquet given In Sheriff
oakman's residence. by the sheriff
and his deputies, The party marked
tne transfer OF Blumbcrg from the
sherln's force to the county audit
ors office. Bcginning Dec. I. Mr..
blumbcrg became general county
purchasing agent. In accordance
with the decision made by the su-
p.rvisors at their last meeting
blumbcrg was presented with n
stag handled loving cup John
Coopersmith. turnkey In the Jail.
was presented with gold badge
set with rubies, In appreciation of
his long service in that office.
which he has held since 1908.
Ballot" and Suffrage" show the
language perpetuates the memory
primitive methods. A ballot
hould be a vote taken with balls
ne OF the various ancinent Greek
Instruments OF secret voting. And
he ward suffrage" which by some
derived from Suffrage" a knuck.
Pbone or anklebone. In that case
ecalls an early method OF record
m tho voHn 49,