The Detroit times., 1917-04-02
City News in Brief

Police have been ssked % iSc.te Paul
Keshn. 10. Of Feutsa. Mica vho
IL believed 20 be In Detroit
Ksuhn's mother 10 dead.
Csa.srsctios operations rev~es<ntsa
by buildinK permits is~ose ~ the
patroit depa n ment OF buildings for
the three months OF 1917 show an
increase OF t3.laS,SsS over a similar
period In 1914. a gain OF al per
cent.
There are several smsn h~yu IN one
family In the nSwth end, and enc
Of them played an April fool prank
on his parents by fastening crepe
on the front door There was no
death In the family. but this was
due TO the fact that the other
kids" wouldn't "soueaf on the
guilty one.
Edmsna Atkinson. assistant corpora
fssn counsel, believes that placing
every auto driver whose machine
kills a person on trial for man
slaughter would curb the great
number OF accidents I'm the streets.
Instead Of having the prosecutor
Office take a statement" Mr. At
kinson would have Q jury OF u
men decide on the guilt or limo
canoe Of the driver.
Atfenxpfipx co Shsw" an eastbsuaa
wabash freikkt ear SATURDAY at
tsrnoon a, Junction and cameron.
old. No. $50 Junction ave, his left
arm. Young Nero missed bis step
IN making the leap and fell with
hts left arm underneath the hind
20 the west branch OF Harper hos
pital, where his arm was ampu-
lated
Ir~ W. jayne. -uperistendent Of the
recreation counmisnisa, has post
poncd until next Saturday the kite
nyinE contests that were scheduled
for March 81 The inclement wealth
or Saturday was the cause OF the
poAtponement However. many
people collected at Northwestern
nald I'm spite OF the dATnpneas and
were disappointed when they
learned that the contests were not
% be held
sraIkinm sbsut sccid~afs.- saia
G~orw~ Drown. Insurance. maa. 'T
have an interesting case on my
hands just now. One Of my doctor
clients nearly lost his eyesiEht
matter from bad tonsiis in the
doctors face I settled with him
after his eyes were well. al
O'Clock in the afternoon. AZ tlo
o'clock he fractured a bone In his
right hand crAnkinG his auto"
sailing OF the ar~t steamboat en-
the Great lakes. the month OF
April % years ago. having seen
the nrat steam-propeiied boat In
operation on the lakes according
20 A. A. schantE. who adds that
this should give special alKnihrance
90 the opening 81 the navigation
aehaon this year. A trip on the
lakes has no element - danger as
n ala then. SAYS Mr.. Schantz-
Records In the coroneF's ofaee show
that thers were - ~illfui slayinEs
Jan. ] 90 April 1 this year. In four
OF these cases life was taken In
seif-derense. Eight Of the slay-
inEs took place outside the city
limits seven women were among
the victims, three OF them being
killed by their husbands Two OF
the wife slayers took their own
lives. During the entire year OF
1915. n homicidss were recorded
~Trs q mighty queer thiRx that .
great and prosperous country like
the United states can't make
enough buttonhoic haEs for the
patriotic 20 wear In these stirring
times without having 20 call on
some foreign nation" Indignantly
remarked an ardent patriot, Mon
dhy. Il went into store this
morning 20 get one % these small
smbleuis. All out they said, ard
shipment arrives from Japan
The report 90 Lieut--CoL Buruess.
corps Of eugtneeru, u. =. A.. for
1919 shows that the Detroit riEor
established new high record dur
ing the navigation season for the
volume and valuation Of freight
traffic The report shows that
100. s07 40 tons OF freight. having
an estimated value OF sl.0sa. sl7.lbI
were carried thru the Detroit river
on vessels making 37.'B2 passage
and AgRreEatinE 7ssT7.2st net reg
istered tons This IL an increase Of
nearly 1900 900 tons In freight
and t4sf0O. 600 in valuation "a com
pared with the record for 1918.
Judge r. ,. ". HaIiy win be prerId-
ing Judge of the Sarcuit court for
the coming three months. succeed
ing Judge Hosmer. who has just
finished hts term 81 service as head
Of tho law division. Judge George
p. Codd will be presiding Judge In
the chancery division. where mo-
uons. Injunction hearings and en-
Urgency matters are brought Judge
Hosmer will sit In chRncery. Judges
Murphy, Mandeil and Van Zile are
slated for tho law division. Judge
Van lille has not been able 20 sit
on the bench for many weeks on
account 81 sickness. He IN not a
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