The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-01
City News in Brief

Wen. women. beys and siri. csn oh
tain jobs through the federal EN-
ployment bureau Larned and Girls
wold-sts. q. oliver Frick. inspect
or In charge. says that he has APP
plioations for 100 positions that he
can't I'LL.
The Michigan Free Employment bu-
r~su during Apr!i placed a.7l! per-
sons In positi~~ During that tims
Detroit employers requested t.312
men There were 1851 applications.
OF which $3.50 were made by ::ien
and ~. by women.
Nnthaa q. Simpson, warden OF jack
son prison. will give . talk ON IRE
building men" before the Univer-
lowing the weekly luncheon. We'd
ncsday. May 3. In the Hotel Girls
void at 1919 o'clock.
Patent tnfringements are claimed ny
The 4 aiversni Him Co.. of Chicago,
which has begun suit In the iocai
Rim corporation Of New York city.
The latter concern has recently
taken over the business M the
Jackson Rim Co. In Jackson. Mich
The funeral OF Jacob n. HsmhsrGer.
dcputy collector In the United
states revenue Office. was held on
Monday afternoon at o'clock from
hls late residence. No. 4sI Lincoln.
ave. Interment Will be In Beth I'll
cemetery. His widow. Mrs. Anna
hamburger. brother Frank TX. and
sister. Mrs. Anna Jacobson. sur
vivc him.
three men. giving their names as
Miiiinm Wainwright, George Me-
Daniels and Eason Morgan. were
arrested early Monday morning as
they stepped from the drug store
of Joseph W. Freeman. No. 1929
Grand Rivcr-ave.. by "A sergeant
and three patrolmen. The trio had
s65 worth OF stolen goods when ar
rested. the police declare.
An Indian treaty snd the will Of "a
dead uncie make the family of
Charles Ttlllson. a blacksmith, en-
ployed by the Great Lakes Engi-
neering Co. heirs to $4,000. for the
equal distribution OF which he Is
seeking his two missing sisters.
The estate consists OF two acres OF
land in the central part OF Sauit
- Marie. The addresses of the
two sisters were lost In a fire in
Boston.
"On to Baltimore" was the title of
musical comedy entertainment
staged under the auspices OF the
drill squad Of Detroit lodge No. "a.
u l.. -. L.. sunday night. In the
Detroit opera house, when the fal-
entcd members OF the Elks. assist
cd by "A professional chorus. gave
generous onering OF song and
go to defray the expense OF the
drill team to the Elks' convention
In Baltimore. John -. Collins was
chairman OF tho arrangement COM
mittee.
Harry Mountford. international or
union and Associated Actresses OF
America. Will speak in Detroit Mon
day night at 1850 in the Hotel
Grlswold on the situation existing
he hs "a oil n nfh
IN New York and the Western
Vaudeville Managers association in
Chicago. which ~ held to be detrt-
mental TO the interests Of the act
ors Plans for remedying an abuse
declared by the theatrical people
TO obtain in the exaction of an
over-lsrge commission will be dis
Cussed.
Postmnster william }. NaGei has
write" 10 ot,o rraeEsr; second as rs;
" tho mail train delays in Buff
falo would be eliminated, the nu-
tncrOuS KICKS over mail deliveries
in Detroit could be easily adjusted.
and - have often arrived here too
late for afternoon delivery. accord
ing TO the postmaster. To delay
the delivery OF mail In the business
district to later hour would not
remedy the situation. says MIR. Ma
gel. who Is trying to make the
railroads come to time.
The Detroitt Alumni chapter of the
Delta Chi fraternity. niyersity at
Michigan. held It's annual banquet
in the Detroit Athletic club Satur-
day evening. Twenty states were
represented by members Frank
W. Atkinson acted as POSTMASTER
and the speakers were Howard I.
shepherd. vice-presidcnt OF the TO-
ledo Trust and Savings bank. Hon.
William l.. Day, ex-judge OF the
United states district court. OF
Cleveland Harold Emmons. OF De-
troit. and Horton Dixon. OF Mon
roe, Mich. There were guests from
the universities of Iowa, Chicago
and Ohio state.
Msrcu. 10 Blanche, actor. dramatic
coach and former resident of De-
troit. drifted into the city the other
grief. Mr.. La Blanche was in De-
troit I'm February with his wife and
two young sons. his wife, Evelyn
Scovil. dancer. having an engage
ment In the Orpheum theater
Three weeks ago. while dancing in
New York. she was stricken with
heart disease and died in the
wings. The children. Henry Irving
Scovll and Byron Scovill, seven
and five years old, respectively.
were taken by their father to their
mothers parents. In Tampa. Fla.
la Blanche, whose real name In
Scovili, comes Of family OF promi-
hence in Great Britain. HIS father.
now dead. having been dean OF Sal
isbury cathedral.