The Detroit times., 1916-07-12
City News in Brief

The heat wave brought out scores Oh
a ssser 'front.' r"'- Tns d ross ~sss MED
with persons going swimming.
Motor boats and canoes were also
in evidence. Not few mace
dangling fish line In the water
to keep cool.
While attempting 20 board . Brush-
~. car near Brush and Atwstesrr
st. Tuesday, Carl Markowttz. %
was thrown to the pavement and
suffered a severe scalp wound.
Physicians In the city hospital fear
that he has conclusion OF the
II smoking In court IL under the ban,
the shedding of coats II not.
Lawyers, jurors and spectators In
Justice Felix a. A. Lemkie's court.
Wednesday kept cool in shirt
Bailin Webster l. Campbell "fd
like To get In the shirt waist con-
tingent myself" said Campbell.
The Central Michigsn-sve. Improve
mcnt association and the Myrtle
citation will give a Joint picnic on
Thursday. July 10. TO Tashmoo
park. The committee on arrange
ments includes Louis Jacobson
]. Baier. Z. Hitter, c. J. Mathews
and c, W. Formell.
Half or the battalion of the Michi-
gan naval brigade will take their
annual cruise In the Great Lakes
district. sailing on the u. =. s. Don
Juan de Austria Friday morning.
The other half will participate In
an Atlantic cruise, In which there
Will be nine battleshlps and 1000
militiamen. This division will leave
from Philadelphia.
Owing To the shaiiowness of the
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big boats OF the White star line,
the boat announced TO stop there
Thursday morning, at $40 o'clock.
fgr st S fhs sass RaTsnd irom ihe
Griswold-st. dock at the same hour.
The excursion rs the annual all
day picnic OF the parish TO sugar
island.
More than 100 wstermeIons. were
scattered about the street AT Grand
River-ave and Third-st.. Tuesday
morning, when a fruit wagon driv-
en- by BENJAMIN Steinhauser. NO.
223 Watson-st.. was struck by
motor truck owned by the shannon
Trucking Co. The accident was
caused 10y the failure OF the truck
brakes TO work, according TO the
police report.
A fourth nre within two weeks In
east. was responded to by the de-
partment early Wedne sday morn
Ing. The police believe all the
fires were OF an incendiary origin
and thorough investigation is 10
be conducted The latest Are re-
suited In the burning OF four horses
and other property valued at about
$1,000. The place belonged 10 Sam
Bapps. He told the police that he
had received several threatening
letters recently.
A party of $50 Detroit and Michigan
men, women and children I'm charge
OF the Rev. L. ]. Van Antwerp, of
the Church OF Our Lady OF the Ro-
sary. left Tuesday on a pilgrimage
TO ste. Anne de Beaupre, In Que
bee. The party took the City OF
Detroit III TO Buffalo the Itinerary
TO include Niagara Falls. Toronto.
and through Lake Ontario and the
St Lawrence river to Montreal and
Quebec City. From the latter city
special trains Will convey the party
10 the famous shrine.
Detroit Audubon society. In its effort
TO protect birds, will post through
out the city, especially In the for
eign populated districts. copies,
printed In various languages. OF the
state law protecting birds, This
law provides that any person hav-
ing IN his possession, catching or
killing amy wild song bird. or other
wild bird not a game bird. shall be
liable TO fine OF from sl0 10 800
or imprisonment In the Detroit
House OF Correction or TO both
fine and imprisonment.