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

ny swallowing poison. Helen ConIry,
10 years old, Of No. 2J7 Cltnton-st..
attempted TO end her life at
o'clock. Thursday afternoon. sh,
will recover. according to the at
tending physician at the city hos
pital. Dependency. the police say.
was the reason.
Ground was bvokem, Thursday after
stsr' % on on Grand River. ave. just
south OF Grand blvd west. Scores
Of business men OF NORTHWEST De
troii attended the ceremoni's cernnra,,nn
which Is financing the theater'
turned the hrst sod.
The Military Trsini.G organisation.
Detroits newest body OF citizen
soldiers, will be recruited up 10 IT'S
full strength OF 200 when the nrst
drills are held in the armory. The
number of applications is now over
$50. The nrst driil VIII oe hst"
Jan 4, under the direction OF Ma
jor George G. Waldo.
Despite the fact that . ss.ooo nddi-
tic. has been s.iis :" the rDmsc' e%"sH
ton with the county home al
E:loise. the accommodations Tor
men are now crowded. according TO
poor commissioners. Mr.. Gulley
says that 20 men is the maximum
number which can be cared for'
and there are now ~ In the nos
pital.
TIE North Fad Repusltesa cisb held
The regular mid-winter banquet
and mid summer outing of the
club for the coming year were de-
cided upon. dates to be nSed iater,
lows: President. Fred Robinson,
park depar superintendent
vice-president. Louis Arnold: sec
,sry. John Franer; ,rsar.rer' sm. lanes a. e.
Belmont hotel. was arrested by De-
tectives Rogers and Kolb. Friday
morning. in the Brunswick hotel.
n,.a Grand si'veraSe' ,o sSe ofsesrs as tha, % sho
had robbed a man OF $50; The
money later was recovered IN the
womau's room. but the ofhcers
have been unable TO locate the
complaining witness, who disap-
peared shortly after he had made
the claim that he was robbed.
Mensbers Of the state saH comrsission
viii appear before the Hoard OF
Commerce at luncheon. Dec. =, and
discuss the application OF the sash
value assessment to Detroit. the
commissioners Will be careful TO
explain that Detroit is not being
dtscri minated aRalnht. Ht
assessment work is being done all
over the state. All three comInis-
sioners. Chairman Barnes and Com.
miss,oners George h. Horton and
Thomas Il. Kearney, are expected
TO attend the meeting. @
comusistee snasueees the following
donations to the fund received dur
ing the sss pss,t week. Mcr%S nSSe,i ,,o osk Mr
man. t.s' Alen Vda 'Wai,ar
scott lsecond donationl, $40: Harry
Lander, $40: Matthew NJ. Kerr, ss
John Hopkins. IS; Harry Ridley.
Harry Lauder's cash donation is In
addition to his donation OF box
In the Garrick theater for his
'openine No. lance.
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o,t.r their nves for the british
cause, II the Subject OF vigorous
discussion and complaint. In Wind
sor. Ons OF the soldiers OF the
NInety- ninth battalion. which IL
being recruited for Essex county. IL
said TO have r .ade n statement de-
clnring that the men had To sleep
on the floor. that at least one
vermin. and that there were no
proper facilities for bathing.
So Ear ~ the local Internal revenue
Office ts advised. the emergency
revenue law expires ut midnight.
Dec. 81. 1915. but the news
dispatches frcm wDah!rgtc8 indi-
cate that one ~ tn" frst thing
congress will 10 will 10 90 ..
enact tho law in i's presen en-
tirety. so that th"re WI '" N.
change after the fiIst 81 ,ut year.
Collector James ! brn rt.
ceiving n number ~ nUut-- IN
requests for Information f'o.J per-
sons who como under ts '.l ~
ency tax, but he II uNafi give
out any definite Information.
.. N. Eaton. president oS the local
Organization OF the National safety
council, addressed mombcrs OF the
Detroit Twentieth Century rluh.
Thursday. on safety First, max
Ing strong plea for education,
PARTICULARLY nf children. In ways TO
avoid street and other accidents.
lie advocated motion picture cx-
hibitions I'm tho schools 20 show
the children what to avoid. The
club passed set Of revolutions At
the close OF the address TO the cf-
feet that members OF the club win
join In the movement To secure
complete obedience OF the traffic
laws.
simon BIsmbevG. fog several years
pwrchasing agent for the county
jail was guest OF honor Thursday
night at n banquet given In sheriff
oakman's residence. by the sheriff
and hts deputies, The party marked
the transfer of Blumhcrg from the
sherin's force to the county audit
or's office. Beginning Dee I, Mr.
BIumberg became general county
purchasing agent. In accordance
with the decision made by the SUI
bsrvtsors at their last. meeting
stag handled loving cup. John
Coopersmith. turnkey In the jpiI,
WI, wss w,,s I,sSsnted rnn,a with a gold badge
his long service In that office.
which he has held since 1908.
Ballot" and suffrage" show the
language pcrpctuates the memory
OF primitive methods. A ballot
should be . vote taken with balls
one OF the various ancinent tsreek
instruments Of secret voting. And
the ward Suffrage" which by some