TERSE—CLEAR
Saves your time and
your eyes
FIFTE ENT II Y EAR. NO. 2 1 ().
GERMANY BEGINS SUPREME
EFFORT TO CRUSH ENEMIES
“OBSERVE THE LAW” IS
TENOR OF WILSON’S LAST
WORD ON SUBMARINES
Matter of Break Is Put
Squarely I p to
Berlin
NO ROOM LEFT
FOR QUIBBLING
Matter Not One for
Arbitration, Kaiser
Is Told
WASHINGTON. June s.—The
state department had not even
begun coding the presidents
latest note to Germany at 9:30
a. m. It was understood it was
already to he coded, however,
work expected to take four or
five hours. The general belief
was It would go forward today
or tonight, but this was unof
ficial. It was presumed It would
take about 48 hours in trans
mission Further official news
concerning It, was deemed un
likely until it is in Ambassador
Gerards hands.
in joh\ rt*\vis sevis
(Mod C'l reep*i*»if#*nf t nit*'l pirn »
WASHINGTON, June TANARUS, Onl>
Germany ran pretent a brink In fh<
pr*' “tit friendly relation betw *en
h**r»elf md the t'mted St.ifes The
Am* riran rejoinder to h< r rnph
dealing with submarine warfare
Daves no loophole for quibbling Ii
demands ns a matter of right that
the I'nited Hi H ten be assured by
Oermanv that the rule* of the «• a
ronflrnie 1 by that nvlnn a repret-en
tstive* to the various international
conferences, and set forth in exist
ing treaties, be lived up to. The
malfer ta very frankly stated not to
be one for either discussion or arid
tratlon The statements of f*< t
rnl*e<| by the Herman goveramtnt
In connection with the I usltanla. a«
already indicated In I'nited Press
dispatches, have be. n brushed aside
as irrelevant. It Is assert •<! that
there is no truth In the claim that
the vessel was armed, as she was
examined just before she cleared
from her dock
Th’ note would have gone for
ward last night only that the Her
man note on the Hushing and Gulf
light made It necessary that certain
references to th* m be eliminated
Just when It will b»* sent to Ambas
sador G*rard for delivery to the
Herman foreign office. Is know n
only to the president and S* » refary
of State Bryan It Is likely that It
will be well on Its way before the
fart is officially admitted
The note contains no threats. It
mak*s no alternative proposals.
Fipressed In friendly diplomatic
terma. It sets forth that American
cltlrens look to this government to
protect them in their movements,
whether In or out of the war jone
It points out that unless Germany
will now assure the i'nited States
that her submarine reprisals will he
(( Aitlnswl ow Psa* Mve.N
INDIANA MOOSE
GO BACK TO G. O, I’,
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind . June 5At
tha conclusion of a meeting of the
Progressive state central committee
her* Friday. F.dward C. Toner, •hair
man. and Taul J Haynes, aecretary,
handed In their resignations and an
nminred that henceforth they would
affiliate with the Republican party
I, Ray chairman of tha
Eighth dlafrlct committee also re
signed.
BE FORESIGHTED
and reserve vour lots In MapN-wrood
ftv n*»v Mt.b'gsn avenue high cln«s
» t>dl vision, with all Improvements,
t-r.-re opentn. *-iiday sn.l M..n
day .\r-»r T.i>n Park snd Itenrv
Ford's Estate. Hum.an, 1 McUrsw
bid* AdV.
TODAY’S GAMES
American.
I adroit at New York, cloudy.
Chicago at Boston, clear.
St l/uils at Philadelphia, clear.
Clev. land at Washington, clear.
National.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, clear.
Boston at Cincinnati. • lear.
New York nt Chicago, clear
Phllad ilphla at St. Louis, clear.
WAR BILL
TO AFFUCT
POSTERITY
Britain Dumping Cost
on Backs of Next
Generation
FRANCE IS FAR
BETTER M ANAGER
Is Paying Her Debts
from Earnings of
Own People
By CHAS EDWARD RUSSELL.
New spa| vr IMlt-i. Msgaslnr Wrt'.u
.11,-1 , .11 lie’ Wh*. is W riling
Kei mill f..< the Time*
Ft•>m tl»<- War /• -nr
iCcpyrlaht. l l.’>, l.> the Newspaper
I nterpr -e As«orl«l|..n i
PARIS. France. June 5. Who is
to pay for all tins war dancing?
The hill is to he stupendous; that
Is certain So far the military opor
ations, ashore nrul afloat, have cost
about 11 ;t,iH»o,ooO,(kM). If we were
to go into the value of property de
stroyed tli'* total might be doubled,
or more But take on!) the bills for
the operations of war
Who Is to foot them?
We have every reason to believe
that the war will outlast the pres
ens year If It do •* worse than
that, no Imagination can compass
the results But say it lasts until
Jan. 1, next.
The total military hill then will
he 120.000.e00.00rt, w hl< h Is nlniosf
as much as the total of the national
debts of all the belligerent nations
when the war began.
Great dancing' But how Is the
flddl'r to be paid?
Begin with Great Britain When
the war broke, the British national
debt was |.1.800,000.000. After eight
months of war the national debt
wax nearly $8,000,000,000. By June
It must be n »arly three fold
f)n Aug 1, PM 4. It was $.3,600,-
rtoo.ooo. On April 1. 1915, It was sf>.-
900 m*o.ooo, On Oct 1 1916 It will
be It.soo.ooo.nno, On Jan I, 1916,
It will be $10,000,000,000.
On Aog 1, 1914. It was $79.60
for each head of population In the
united kingdom. It is nowr s|,lo 8k
On Oct 1 It will be $lB9 02. On
Jan 1 19i«. If will b«> $222 22.
The Interest charges on tills debt
will b“ about 1320.000. 0*10 a year.
Human Ingenuity has so fnr de
vised but two feasible ways of meet
ing such a situation. One Is to In
create the taxation and meet the
Mils with cash, and the other Is to
dump the thing over to the future,
say "after us the d* luge,” and lea v**
another generation to get out of the
hog any way It can. Another gen
oration or other generations.
Lloyd Georg\ financial mannter
it nspsiiH on Page Five.l
Printing. the plain asst kind— (hat
la right— I Inn Jak l>rpt_Mala ISZO.
DETROIT TIMES
' -
IMPREGNABLE
WAR IS BIG
BENEFIT TO
U. S. TRADE
Orders Unfilled Total
Billion Dollars, Says
Hank Teller
CLEARINGS ALSO
SHOW INCREASE
National Bank of Com
merce Gives Illumin
ating Statistics
Wore It p«**lbl« for America to
deliver to Europe all of the goods,
supplier and (ommodltles purchased
or ordered, this country would be,
i > mi- b Mellon, plunged into a period
of proaj rrlty," say* the June trad i
leti« t issued ny the National Bank
of I’oni u'iie. 'Orders on hand and
iit'iilleii for goods to he shipped
abroad are ♦■donated by various au
thorities al' Hie way from a pillion
to a billion and-n half dollais in val
ue Some of these European orders
will take months to (ill, and we are
Just now beginning to feel the com
mercial effects and benefit* of the
European war. These benefit* will
lncrea*« as the wrecks pars, and
faster than they have been inrreas
ug because we are rapidly adding to
our fa< llltles.
"Bank clearings for April In the
United State# exceeded 15 billion
dollar*. »n Increase of nearly l per
cent over the last month last year.
Thl* i* in the face of the fact that
the establishment of the Federal Ke
serve banks would naturally make a
material reduction tn the showing of
bank clearings because of the new
method of clearing in the Federal
Reserve cities’’
The letter show* 1,800 business
failures for April compared with 1,-
278 In April, 1914. The total lia
bllltlea were approximately 39 mil
lion dollar* *« compared with 19
millions the eorrespondlng month a
vear ago, hut the asset* were 20
million as against only eight mil
lion.
•’Government statistics show," the
letter continues, ’’that in the nine
months ending March 31, American
(l •■<!■•«« five.) I
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 191.').
SAYS “DRYS” WILL
MAKE SALOONS
OBEY THE LAWS
iJtNSING, Mich., June 5.—E. A.
Rawdon, of this city, attorney for
the Michigan Anti-Saloon league, nil
I notinces that the law as to saloon
| closing w ill he enforced In De’rolt
In spite of Police Comm is-tone r Gil
lespie's declaration that he will al
j low the bars to open at 15 o'< lock
| eastern standard time. Attornev
I General Fellows has ruled that the
saloons shall operate on central
j time.
EXTRA
ZEPPELINS
RAID COAST
OF PAIN
LONDON, June 5.
Zeppelins raided the
east and southeast
coast of England dur
ing the night. An offi
cial statement from the
admiralty today admits
that “a few casualties”
resulted.
Slrklißn s,me t.rnn.h. Vo. I, Motion
Picture ItablMfnnt' l.nit-M- of Xii M-r-•
-• '■a, will hold Its annual c-»nv«»nfl-.n
” »h«- Hotel Wentworth, binn k
Tuesday, June * Th* burn . -
meeting Olid election of
will fake |.lai e and delegates will
be chosen so» tn* nsllontn %. ~
Mon in s«n Fr amino.
The following mm m Isxlnne.l soil
■os-comiiiU.lonrri offleers of It
<«vnlry. Michigan Nnti-.nal ilunrd.
will leave I»etrolt. S.iiindn night
for Hhertda n, Ml,, to attend s
weeks school of Inst rin *: no in cm
airy maneuvers and dr'll inder of
fleers of the regular «rni> r.ij.f -n
Heinrich Picket t. First I.leuiefiant
James M Ferris. Hergeant Melville
H *’reusers. Hergesnt II ir-dd Wet.
er f'orporale Fnrl Anderson. I.lr ii«
Klrkhnff, Irvine S'nwrj »nd (at e
Corporal Raymond Church
Detroit lies Reason to He Promt
of the Winn, Hotel Mineral Pith*
Finest tn A merles Men's and wo
men’s departments. Op< n day arid
night.—Adv.
Swedish and Raffle f reek
of treatments and Hafbs. XX Ikaader
Insflfate, ogpaalfe D. X. f, Ah Msdl
•aa-ave. Pfeoae ( berry IMl—Adt,
FIGURES ON
PLANT FOB
REDUCTION
Building to be Erected
Under Supervision
of Fenkell
WILL BE OUTSIDE
CITY LIMITS
Other Items of Lesser
Interest in Weekly
Exchange Report
The brick and steel reduction
plant to be erected under the super
v*aion of Comrai*»iOQ«r Fenkell, or
the department us public works, was
ui.e ol the larger items in the list of
rew work which came out for tig
urea during the past week, according
to the report of the Builders & Trad
us' exchange.
It will be erected on the northwest
side of the Detroit Teiminal railroad,
between Shoemaker and Harper
nve*, providing the village of St
flair Heights Is not succeanful in a
suit already begun to enjoin the city
frem building the plant on the tdt*
selected. Smith, Hlnchman &
Orylls are the architects, and figures
will (lose in the office of the depart
uient of public works at 10 a m .
June 24
A three story, brick, six family
apartment, to be erected on Med
buty ave., between Brush and Beau
hlen-st* , together with a number of
store* and flats, helped to make a
total which Is not above the aver
age. The weekly report rover* tew
er working days than usual, Monday
being a holiday.
The awards reached a healthy rol
time and were of a substantial char
acter.
John Sfjhurs, TO year «*M. of stun
rtl«b. Mlrb., wn« arrested tn Kind
vlile. Ont, Friday night, h> Deter
tlv< Frank ll'-gan. and *va*
brought to Detroit, charged with
MMie-Kira * I 4-year-old girl In
Htsndiah fnspertor .lame* M.u ar
ty received a menanga from the
Msndlsh officer* »o nsT* Hepburn at
the Union depot here but the mep.
•««e arrived too late to Intercept
the man. He was traced to X' ln-1
*«>r. and w«i trailed by Detective
tlogsn Hey hum declare* he 1a In
novent of thn.charge against him
CHILD’S COUGH
MAKES DOCTOR
BLIND 2 MONTHS
Pr. P. B. Downoy, one of the city
phyulciana, is Lack at his desk after
being laid up for five months with
diphtheria of the eye, contracted
when a child lie was treating for
diphtheria coughed in his face. Pr.
' Downey was blind for two months,
and had to be led around, and for
several weeks was laid up in St.
Mary's hospital. Diphtheria of the
eye is a verv rare affliction.
RACE FOR
GOLD PRIZE
NEARS END
Tonight Will Decide
Who Pulls Down the
SSO Special
YOUNG WOMEN
ARE HUSTLING
‘Trip of Lifetime’ Con
test Over in Two
Weeks
Tonight marks the close of the
spei ial s.*>o in gold prize period, and
also of the 75,000 bonus vote period
j The tandldnte who has turned in the
most money for subscriptions be
I tween Monday, May 2s, and Hatur.
day, June 5, inclusive, w ill he award
ed SSO In gold Who will tie the
fortunate young lady The an
nouncement of the winner of this
special prize will not be made until
the close of the campaign.
Every club of sls in subscription"
earns 75,000 bonus votes today, ami
only 50,000 for the remaining term
of the campaign It Is, therefore,
necessary and Important that every
candidate turns in every available
subscription tonight. The promotion
I bureau will remain open until s
O'clock for the convenience of the
. campaigners
The transcontinental campaign
closes two week* from tonight. June
19 will decide If you are to enjoy
the pleasures and sights of "the
SINKS 10 SHIPS IN 48
HOURS, OPENS 2 DRIVES,
PREPARES AIR ATTACK
THE WEATHER
Detroit and vicinity* Saturday
night and Sunday, partly cloud) and
Konirwkal narmrri moderate raat tu
aoufk nlaila.
I pprr Michigan ■ Fair Saturday
anal Sunday except probable akowaM
Seiida) In north portion.
VOICE FROM
TOMB MAY
SAVEFRANK
Letter of Dead Trial
Judge Impresses
Governor
DOUBTED GUILT
OF PRISONER
Died Before He Could
Appeal for Clemency
for Mob Victim
ATI-ANTA, Ga., June 6. —A voice
from thu tomb has spoken to Gov.
John M. Slaton, of Georgia, urging
him to commute the sentence of Leo
M. Frank —sentenced to hang for the
slaying of little Mary Phagan—from
death to life imprisonment
It Is the voice of the late Judge
L. S. Roan, the trial Judge who sen
tenced Frank to hang by the neck
until dead—for a crime which the
condemned man his never ceased to
swear he Is Innocent of anil which
belief is shared by thousands upon
thousands of Americans.
In a letter written shortly before
his de&th Judge Roan has expressed
his doubt as to Frank’s guilt of the
slaying <t the little Atlanta factory
girl.
In the letter he declares if was his
Intention to write the (Borgia prison
commission and the governor asking
that the former recommend and the
latter grant clemency to Frank. He
closed this letter with the following
paragraph:
“However. If for nny cause I am
prevented from doing tin*, you are
at liberty to use this letter at the
hearing "
When Judge Rr>an wrote that par
agraph he realized that his time In
this world was short, and as lie died
before he could fill fk 1 his purpose,
this precaution will probably mean
<1 <>n*lnn«-<t on I’ngr- I'lir.l
BRITAIN REC RUITS
AMERICAN BOYS
U. S. LEARNS
BOSTON, .Tune f, \lleged recruit
lug of American >r*une men for mil
itary for* • sos Hi eat Britain is the
siiLJect of an investigation begun by
f* b ral officials here today Accord
inc to a cablegram from the United
State, con ul general at I .on don. In
eluded in u tin "i-age sent b\ See re
tan ItryHe to Congressman I’eier K.
Tague. of th.s c ity, at 1< a-t 15 youths
have he* n enlisted in violation of
an agreement with the BriM-h board
of trade regarding i nited States
shipping laws.
Th* e ntid other ra«es nrr being
inuulred into, it Is understood. Se
net service nionts are cooperating
with Unite*! S’ates District Attorney
Anderson and his stai*. on Orders
front Washington, to learn what In
die omenta. if any. huv#> been offered
American youths to ship on Hritlsh
vessels as caretakers for boraea and
rattla.
m ‘ JUs I*4
EXTRA
Hope to Overwhelm
Foe With Advantage
in Ammunition
HURL TROOPS ON
BRITISH LINES
Bloody Struggle About
Ypres Begins Once
More
* h .
•
LONDON, June s.—With every ra»
source at hti command, the kaiaer
la now striking his mightiest blowg
against the ring of enemies enclr*
cling his empre.
A powerful German offensive hag
been launched against the British at,
Ypres. Prom the region of Hoefg
the Teutons have renewed their hoM>
bardment of the old Flanders town*
preparatory to a grand assault and
nn attempt to break the British
front.
Herman submarines are combine
the waters of the Von Tirplta “war
zone.” They have sunk at leaat li
vessels, three of them neutrals, la
the last 46 hours.
In Galicia, General Markenaan la
pressing on In a desperate attempt
to crush the Russians and drive
them out of Galicia by rapid, bans’
merlng strokes.
In Russian Courland. southeastern
Poland, north of Arras, and at aev»
eral other sectors of their double bat
tie front the German! are driving
hard against the enemy’s position.
The greatest activity is reported
around Germany’s air bases. Both
London and Paris have made ready
to meet concentrated attacks from
the skies. They expect the Zeppe
lins before the end of another
week.
Something more than an attempt
to influence the Halkan neutrals la
back of this gigantic air. land and
sea offensive. It Is the unanimous
belief here that Ormany has seised
upon the present moment as moat
advantageous for a succession of
lightning strokes.
Dispatches from Amsterdam and
Th<> Hague, and official commun*
Iques from the German, English
and French war offices all point to
the beginning of anew effort to
rush tlie British back from Yprea.
German reinforcements already
have been hurried into action along
the Menln road and bloody fighting
has occurred at Hooge, only two
mil’s east of Ypres. The British
war office contradicts the German
claim that Hooge has been stormed
and captured, hut. admits thst tbs
enemy now holds a part of the vtl
lage.
All reports to the British govern
ment indicate that conditions inalds
th** German empire are rapidly
growing worse. Th? authorities ar«
reported to be taking drastic meant
to conserve the nation’s food sup
ply. until another crop Is harvested
The blockade of the German coast
apparently has met with success.
Confronted with these condition!
and with the ring about him stead
lly closing in through the arrival ol
fresh enemies, the kaiser Is report
ed to have ord ’red a desperate at
•empt to overwhelm the allies by •
1 * <>n tl niir,l on P*i<f Five.)
SPY GIVEN DEATH.
ANOTHER 7 YEARS
LONDON*. June s.—According M
official announcement made hers
Friday, a German spy named Mul
ler, arrested with Anton Kuepferl#
who committed suicide In Bristol
prison, has been a’ntenred to daath
Another prisoner, named Itahn. wht
was tried on the same charge, wai
sentenced to ftvrn years' poo* 1
servitude.
ONE CENT.