The Detroit times., 1916-04-25
City News in Brief


srhe Rev. q. q. Parton, rurnte of ~.
i'aurs cathedral, will eonGrm 10
c s,n ~ y2nuns P"opls -, IN, G ira, :,
afternoon at i:30 o'clock.
Tho Dctr"it police were notified Tues
das morntug that Charles Tower
has been killed In Hakersheld Cal
- - thought that he has a brother
IN tho liquor business In Detroit,
Mrs. Frank willis. Of No. 2oi Car
do"In-sve.. reported Ia the police.
Monday night. that Ave 500 bills
were taken from beneath her pill
low while she slept. She told the
police that she suspects boardcr
Detectives kunsth and Mcs< eWsie. of
the free lance dtStston. rntded
Greek coffee house at No. l61 Fort
st. east, early Tuesday morning ana
arrested 10 Greeks who. the polio"
declare, were drinking and making
a disturbance.
what is declared 20 he . direct and
tmnEtbie result Of the recent Evan
geiist III J. Forsythe's meetings
In the Highland Fark tabernacle
was the admission. Easter sunday
of as5 new members into the High
land Park Trinity Methodist church
Aid. Joseph schema asky wants an or
s ssr% ssu s"ss,ea Tcs csacs of the
sanitary educator. according 10
the alderman. would be to teach
citizens how to keep the streets
. and alleys In n cleaner condition
and make complaints against per-
= sistent yiolators. Aid. Schemansky
has appealed to Corporation coun-
!. sci Dingeman 10 draw up the nee
!. cssary measure.
!. day prot~sttog against the sign an
\ the front OF the city hall advertis-
= ing the German bazaar. which IL
being held this week for the ben.-
nf ~ "a Of
p. soldiers Of Germany and her allies
The mayor will take no official no
/. tice of the protest. Benefits for
: vertised on the front OF the city
I. hall
3. Acrordius to Lieut.. ". r. West. of
!. the local army recruitt1s station.
/. applications for enlistment in tho
!. United states army have increased
(. fully so per cent during the last
month, especially since the diplo-
matte trouble with Germany be-
came acute. During the month
!. Arbor. Port Huron, BAY city. Jack
(. son and Saginaw. About ~ per
+. cent OF the applicants are accepted.
(. CoWxressmen Charles a. Nichols and
I. W. Fr.rk James have written
: Mayor Marx that they viii be
F. pleased 10 Introduce the necessary
resolution IN congress for the sale
/. of the Fort Wayne army post hv
4. troit a week ago Aid. John Kronk
1. introduced "A resolution IN the COM
. mon council. requesting that the
matter of buying the army post for
public park he taken M with
the Washington authorities The
congTsssuan realizes tho need OF
. big public park on the west side
of the city.
. PsIe.sin~ lodge will unveii n memo
rIni tablet TO the late Gen. Ru So
;. sell \. Aigcr IN Its lodge houa" the
old Niger homestead on Fort.v'
!. west. Thursday evening The tai
let VIII bc placed over tho rrcniarr
At the north eui ~ IT," tallwur
go Robert Y. pgg. lIcary Bishop AID
Andrew cunningham constitute the
- committee on arrangements. The
vocation and Fred g Leggett. mas.
tor OF Palcstinc lodge. viii deliver
the addrcss Of welcome Addresses
on tho life ~ Gen. Niger. distin-
r guished as soldier and statesman.
will h" given by Homer Warren. GIL
= bert r. osmun and Edwin DENLY
= M elaborate musical program has
/. been arranged ~ the closing ~
= sung.
rWhats the id~ss" asked q ped~s-
= trim ~ he stopped In his hurried
> walk along the south side OF state
x Tho crowd blocking traffic Rs men,
= women and children "rubbsred" at
Z one OF the Siegei company windows.
TITS one OF them hoop contrap-
shuns that fool wimmen say they'r"
: goin' to wear this season. replied
n fellow who had been tostied oT
. tho walk. but not until he had ia
= ken good look Tho 'contrap-
= shun" proved to he y pettiskirt "
I. balloon-iikc proportions In a bril-
= liant green silk. the three TERED.
reeded nounce- edged with gold
lace making the AFFAIR look more
like series 81 lamp shades than
an article OF woman's attire. The
= size Of tn" crowd II not rotiCcably
= diminished az any hour OF the day.
"a list ct the occupations followed
by va womea patients In the De-
troll Tuberculosis Ganaiurium
shows that ~ had been employed
% at household service. Further in
vcstigation Of these cases revealed
that many OF these women had been
employed as nursemaids says an
= official OF the sanatorium. "ruber-
culosis ~ subtle menace when
= enlightened people will permit their
(. children TO be cared for by disease
. stricken maids. The physical con
dition Of hourehold help should he
thoroughly Investigated by the EN-
- pioyer.' OF the male patients In
the sanatortum. clerks and labor
ers were equally vulnerable to the
white plague. with factory workers
second and bartenders third. Dur
: ing the last year tho 1862 patients
admitted 10 the sanatorium repre-
sented SO distinct occupations.