The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-28
City News in Brief

TIE Unitsd states civil service con-
examinations April 4 and II for the
positions OF electrician. custodian
service, and GArageman. respect
lively. 70 oil vacancies In Detroit
The seats In the parks have on their
new .ertns coats Of green. There
1T will be q pleasant change 70
sit on q seat without some weary
Willie beside you almost falling
into your lap, said woman Wed
nesday morning.
do ysa like these ease nsfss over
sssts, sish an the waist s.s an
beitsd I'm, that the young men are
weartngr asked one matron 70
another. Well" said the other.
20 AS me ' ss II Il JOHNNY as 1n ssa H % wear
> out wulie's outSrown ooet"
err q HoIIander were xuaa~~iy tyans-
ported 40 a street I'm Detrsft thiah
he would die OF shock said q
s.y'lsr Tu :4.S ,n Why sw:, sn .gs
the sidewalks on their hands and
knesa and you couldn't ma q
scrap OF paper with a microscope.
TIE city ea.asll has developed q
ss.-set % .isEsr.. ana .issr
err members Of the aldsrmanic BODY
VINO were present In Lansing last
week when the senssters sppssred
In their initial EFFORT They are
Ala. Kunz. Mitter. Miotke and Ashe.
"a woman has a great advsstage I'm
q contested divorce swttt7 said
James II. Pound. particularly n
Jury had 9 tSe s raS a,' Of de-
Qrees In these cases IL might he un-
derstRndable but ~ appears that
the Judges are just'As human as
anybody.
Beard Of Commerce Tuesday aeon
on siberia. land Of mystery and
opportunity He declared that ST
IBERIA will become the Mecca for
American initiative and capital. Ar.
IAed IL the organizer of an Eng
lish steAWHhIp and trading com
pany which handles Siberian bust
ness.
d~rwsa Tuesday RiKht TO allow q
supplemental estimate OF ~ $50 20
rent a barn In the downtown dis
tyiet 20 keen a,y.a,lshle = part OF
tIon 20 allow tho item BY AID
Holden was carried The mounted
division is stationed IN Rethune-
ave
Ala. JOAN G. Ledge will address the
rearb~rs' cfuh aBd other workers
% me Ford plant on our city
lawmakinF body. next Saturday
night The club ~ made up OF
Ing special -atudy OF methods OF
government and are planning 20
ask some leading Questions a. 70
the need Of reforming DetrOfCs
common council
when Webster l.. CamDbeIl, q CLERK
OF Justice I<mkie's court, served 90
witness AZ MARI age recently
performed by the justice. he re-
called that 80 license clerk. he
had granted the bride a license. in
1898, 20 wed her nrst husband. and
that whom he was a circuit court
clerk In 1904. he had listened 20
her divorce suit and had made an
entry OF the decree
Prof. Jesse Holmes. OF swarfhmore
college, the eldest and hest known
Quaker college In America will de-
liver an address IN the Unitarian
church "wednesday evening on The
message OF Friends for this day"
II f. expected that Prof Holmes
address will have 10 90 with the
present critical situation. the point
Of view OF the Quakcrs and pa
oinsm. Prof Holmes r. promi-
neutly connected with the National
Federation ~ Religious Liberals.
an organization which embraces
the liberal element OF all tho DIFF
fsrent denominations.
TIE nigh cost Of living means some
thing more than Stin rate ON
food stunR. good many people
are feeling the effects 81 n In their
business according 10 the plants
81 the small tradesmen. We were
doing more business n year ago"
said tailor and the way our
trade was increasing there should
have been a big increase this year,
nut the people ssem 90 have been
hit % hard by the advance OF liv-
ING in other directions that they
don't want 20 spcnd money on
clothes
Every motor vehicle of the Detroit
psstefaee vas decorated with nag.
~ uniform size "wednesday morn
ing. orders 90 decorate the ma
chimes came officially 20 the drivers
after a two days discussion as 20
whether Instructions would he la
sued Some % the drivers Monday
placed naRa on their cars % their
own will and were promptly or
dcred 90 remove them because OF
the existing postal regulations.
Many people. hearing % tho official
act az the department entered for
nal complaint. resultlnE I'm the or
der 20 restore the nsRs and 20 have
them placed on every machine.
Aid. Ioha Ledge. ~ the FIrrt ward.
eanHlat~ntty opposes the strinNfnG
~ street signs and banners when
ever proposals. 20 advertise In that
WY are brought before the coun-
- lie maintains that they are un-
slightly. However. the alderman re-
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