The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
City News in Brief

John Miner. OF kisgsville. Ost.. Will
address the naembers Of the ulghes
Thought assembly In their hall. No.
10 Witherell-st.. Friday evening on
Our our birds. their intelligence ana
Throw. sre~ the rec. pi.tfsr. q !:
suddenly. early Thursday morning.
Mrs. John PhiIips. OF No. s3s Cass-
ave. fell to the rsvsment ~ Wood,
ward and 0rand River-avss.. and and
the head and shoulders. She was
taken home In police ambulance,
Ala. James Werner fsvevs the Ia
staIIatiep ef time clocks IN sil
city hall Offices. lie would have
every empioye In every, office
punch" the CLOCK Ihs Ihs aidermsn
every private business concern. and
there is no reason why a time
record of city employees should MT
be kept The The water t, board nx,,..,Irs ,n:,al,ea q
some statements made by Its secre-
tary. Hugo Gilmartin.
supe rI,tenaeat .Jack~ knight. os the
street sss::,rs seSs.s"s1i .ss: ui.e.d ~s:ss Sn
the eligible list By the civil SER
% ss are not IN the ciassiSsd service.
and as a result. when there 10 q
Vacancy In a ward foremanship
somebody else who has passed
civn service exsmination IL taken
"straw" bosses given an opportu-
nifty for promotion hrst.
scSSsl system" will ke the sahjeet
OF q toast by Albert Il. sherman.
school Inspector for the Twelfth
ward, In 9 meeting In the Hotel
mems club. Monday evening. Feb
IL. Congressman Patrick Kelley Will
speak on "Preparedness. Mrs
n. East will respond to a toast
ss,ns ensir%sn; nr.,5s.n, ane %I,i Mr.: act F. 4.
toastmaster. Mr.. and Mrs. Dean J.
Newton VIII sing.
II Tobias Weiss. . Hsstiags-st. ped.
AIer, "fsked" BIS injsrses e Set
damages. out OF the y. U. r.. he
Justice Marschner's court The JUS
tice OF the peace has started per
sonai investigation. having con.
tinued weiss's damage suit against
IS. Herman a. schmier. law stu-
dent. who was passenger on
Fourteenth-aye. car when Il jump
ed the track near HastinKs-s
te:tinsd Weiss s, Wa not ,op !. pssssn. ,n.
street with a couple Of heavy suit
cases. some distance away, whom
the accident occurred.
Mayer MARI - woRdevtnA what the
future beias for bin. "Wednesday
afternoon. Mercedes. headiiner In n
local vaudeville house. and her
press agent. gave the mayor prac-
ticaI demonstration OF the wonders
OF Thought transference" Via the
telephone. The mayor wanted to
know what his majority would bc
next fall. lie put the question 20
the press agent who In turn CON
eentrsted" on Mercedes at the other
don't know who viii be elected
president" The mayor was non
plussed He WAS not sure whether
Mercedes had made mistake. or
whether she has given him q subtle
compliment.
The vreauoss club will held . lin ceIw-
Douglass memorial meeting. MON
day evening. Feb. IL. in their hall.
No col ~ Antoine-st.. at sac
o'clock Judge Alfred J. Murphy
Will speak on Douglass inspira-
ton "a his race" Judge Edward J.
JcTries on THE brotherhood OF
man" Elijah Mccoy on 'rhe Negro
as an inventor" William Gutman.
county auditor, on Pair play" Dr.
George Bundy on Douglass as a
''The two heacon lights The club
history will be given by Ralph G.
owens President r. J. willis. OF
the club. win make the Introductory =
remarks. and the Union League
quartet, Howard Jeffrey. and Cru
zet's orchestra Will furnish the
musical numbers.