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Bom Plans
Bar Others Prom
$4 Convention
ffmQGRESSIVES
jpT-HBARE SCHEME
ißegular* Begin Eaten
r. sS*v« Letter Writing
K Campaign
wMy BY UNITED WIIB
Wx- y A*HUtQTOW, F*b 21 —No roan
frllcd to vote for Taft in !9!2
** » deteent* to the Repub
national convention in 191*. la
determination of William
according to word arriving
|P£fVe from wwrgrra of Progressive
KMdaftNean candidates la the middle
which leaders favorable
Borah and La Poiletta
in ao many words, the
y mmAmn report. So ogteaaire has
mjm the latter writing campaign
IfJP* thn oampe of than# candidates
STot personal visit
Hi! poly on ward aont to aaaa
Biddlwwest.
onto of regular
I ho mada public
toilette. Cuaunina
go hare no Mm
st of delegates to
wholly in primary
lap tbay are hut
on the national
KMAiN of terrttory was re
M|h|| Whoa it became Smews
lor Cnaualao will Imp out
EpMMmmeau. if Got. Brumbaugh
■fcaftlm to become a candidate.
Hpßtta agreaaaent. Bomb is to
■pHk witheot n fight; in FoL
KpO, Wteooasia and North Dakota.
Ml Cbnuniaa the rest of the mid
SHmraat states aaleas it can be
IlKpwa dedaltely that others ha-e
Kn strength la ihem
Waiter, who has bees west
■jjtetbe interests of Senator Weeks.
today that he does not
K b enter hi* candidate in any
SBfar tghu <ll the’ middle want.
■RfflMad. he atfd. that Jdisaonrl bad
Khhdad tww Weeks delegates to cow
Bhjactea already, and that It seemed
? Bk» r!sUHW*Tth«wg* the o«H*eni
_ K» «M mg— kmmw
mKgtmm wpwt • * w»
k 'iMV kfHcw Bin* *
Bfipit hi i—fiod ♦ * prrvwat m pos
!|H» —»«4* in favor of some Pro-
Mil—lp umbr both ProcrMflvf
—millii Republican* t«
KBrmm* rant candidate, although
■AMUy bi* flrst choice and that
9m will Bains bi* strength to
flEar Qot McCall, of Mmsswcbu
Hit, or former Senator Horton, ol
''Hdt It defeat Col. RooeevHt.
Evltep. Gardner, of Maaaaehuoetu. *
VMpoarali candidate for delegate
'Mkfikm Chicago coo Tent lon. Issued t
S|«aMl today placing credent**
wa published report that Barne*
jpdbr switch to Got. McCall
i F *1 shouldn’t be surprised »t the
aft-wry at the report.” said Ganl
•'McCall and Burton are the
[m moat available conserve ivt*.
Sfjstt to Root. Senator Knox l#
BpM. The third, for one rea»un or
SB— fi»r, would net make a xood
Bc,*ldr. Barnes is in close tou< h \» ith
jEflftT prominent boslne** m*n of s. *
F'jKflK ftt -favor* McCall, u mean*
wtmJk hmD bi « *■••«•** '.-ousld* r*
conservative •
ShENRY FORD’S
E Business is
MAKING MEN |
ESld.ia perfect that the horns life
Irar—ft arßl he freed from domestic
aad dlaturbaacsa which
ths efficiency of Mr.
B&IMHf TRfigqtrtt speech was listened
MHlgllvt attention, and at Us
{■MiM speaker was accorded a
§H§mg— demoastration, and all
laptrsrhrn of the education
***• «o®v*®tlon ware
con para Urs inalgnlfl-
who was a meant
SHKEmF** Henry Port's peace
JIHH*. ream the depths of his
IHBk'&ImI- he carried every hearer
audience mas sn
?SSV-«*
eeriww
Os hi* factory •.wry
MPjflpFlw rid of them They
■&iK ay prmiHci of hi* reel
Mlb. taetj »
U the nature of
• Hfife-3aSw
■ n —r •• sarry on my work. Mr.
fbriri bartnssr la the making of m*n.
aad be nsMhstsfai automobiles on
So sMo to defray tbs •xssnsss of
Sr>m« poop Is call the 99-aers group
jLrffc. ‘■Jam,xf
li*mors Interested
in mon than tn machines Its Is be
fore everything sloe interested Id the
sdjMamnM of hU employee.
Jn3Ejridu‘M& i rei
fnlis twice that many mors on the
waiting very long pso
aaan as they are bora just as they
'~ssz
Amt man saa enter the Ford ashpol.
provided there is a varaacy. who la
It yoasa of age and la out of }«■
piny me nt bUTrledmon are prefer
red to s'ngla and boys with mothers
v.psJsisj
for support Is not eligible for profit
■hnrtng. it would be cheaper SO ad
mit him then the boy with someone
dependent upon him for support. But
Mr ford prefer* the latter at per
•lay to Um> former, because the
money will do «r»« good la meeting
the need# of more people.
Mr Ford has dons In finance that
wklcb financial esporra claimed was
impossible. He has aeconmUshod »•
mtchnnlcsl Mn**« that which trained
and experienced men said could not
bo H's or.e answar to
ihe a* •tement, "11 can t he dons, la
to do .t. . . #
A voung engineer, a graduate of
oae of ix»r univeroltlsa once said to
me: * If H«-nry Ford h*d had s tech
nical •training, he would have known
better then to have attempted to do
scene of the things he haa dene ano
ooenfully." And the young man did
not seem to eee the humor »n hts
statement.
Tt is s good thtna that once tn a
while eomr mao with < rip.rallty and
courage, and unhampered by ths
traditions of the schools, orc front*
ths mechanic*!. ecoaomlc and social
problems of the world.
When the Pord proflt sharing pink
erns announced, ths iersmlnhs got
busy. AII sorts of dire things wars
about to happen. The labor market
would be upset. Chaos would relgk
In the Industrial world. Terd em
ploye*. made suddenly rich, would
squander their wealth to the detri
ment of the eemmunlt) and the last
ing injury of them-wlve* But noth
tag of the sort has happened. Things
quite the contrary hare come to pasa
Students Drop
German Language
Such k large number of teacher*
hare dropped the studv of Genua
since the war began, and »*ken up
French Instead that t chair of
French bps been established for the
first time in the Teachers’ College
of Columbia university. Dean J. E.
Rouseil told 400 of the alumni gath
ered here from all over the country,
at a dinner Tuesday night
"For many ..ear* vg warned a
French professorship, but the ttme
sever seemed ripe,” he said. “The
number of teachers studying French
didn't justify it. But the number
of Oemass has fallen off so, sad
ths work l* French a# rorrsgfsmd
lag!) increased during the test year,
that Dr. Albert A. M »r*s has been
appointed to the professorship
The alumni applauded the an
nouncement vigorously.
Says AD Girls
Should Have Trade
•The girl who haa Inks* |N|a
to 29 or 30 without gening’tig*
tied, and then wakes up to find that
abe isn't trained to do anything,
presents a pitiful problem. AH girls
should be taught a trade.'
This te the idea of Miss Adelaide
8. Bay tar. state supervisor at home
economic* ia Indian*, who spoke in
Arcadia hall, Tuesday noon. „
“In the past women ham felt that
they coaid only eater •eachfag."
said Mias Baylor, “hat now thnrs am
many profesaloos open to them. The
ssatter of teochlas women ham I#
choose and prepare for the wort to
which they are beet fitted, la he*
coming eery important There are
half a dosan states that hare pat
▼orationsl guidance on a firm foot
iß|.
“1 maintain that every girl should
be trained in house economies,
should be taught some sort of pro*
f*aaion or trade, and should be In
duced to take an Interest In civic
affair* “
Junior High
School Indorsed
Charles H. Judd, director of the
school of education of the Univer
sity of Chicago, in •peaking on Jun
ior high school* in Arcadia, Wed
nesday morning. «sid
* The elementary school and the
high school have long been separat
ed in spirit and in their manage
tneni of *tudeiita. The demand that
this breach b*- cured is very strong.
“Within the elementary school
there arc change* which are bring
Inx the u»per yean Into closer ac
cord with the high schools The up
t per elementary grades are being de
partmentalized; the course of study
1 in these grades is being greatly en-
riched; the work is being better
adapted to the need* of individual
children of the adolescent age.
“Within the high school thers is
an equally urgent demand for reor
ganisation. The preseat four years
la Inadequate to accomplish ths task
af secondary education, which Is to
film the student a general survey of
hamaa emparlance. The high school
has buau supplemented by the col
leg# and by tbe new and richer
course of the elementary school
“The change* thus outlined ta ele
meatary sad secondary schools have
been accelerated by the urgent so
dial demand (or ecnoomy In organ
jyntlrt which has. in recent years,
been forcing Itself on the attention
at school officers. Thom mast be
sMeiout farms of organisation where
In tho past thorn has boon laro,
ordination.
“Tho conditions am thui shown
to bo ripe for a general reorganize
don of tho school system. This re
etganiaatloa. through tho dove lop
meat of the junior high school, will
bring together the schools whl-h
ham fc—oflnys been apart aad wtil
prueids a ooatlanoMS rational
a rheme of education for the tndtvid
ual pupil “
VICTIM OF
SHOOTING
SUCCUMBS
(IratniH fr*m Fage Os#»
aside from the effect of liquor
troubled him
Wednesday morning, pntooera in
the cpll block beard Nh lends moan
ing and callsd the turnkey. Exam
ination revealed tjist the prisoner
had been shot in the abdomen with
a 33-caiiber bullet. Detectives Wis
aewekl. Snook and Oidani went to
the station aod questioned Nleland*
closely. but be would not tell them
hew be received the wound. He
was very iaeuDtng. the detectives
said, whan asked about the around.
He finally told the police that two
Negroes shot him at Orleans and
Clinton-ota.
As soon aa his condition was
learned. Nis lands was rushed to ths
city receiving hospital, dying there
a few minutes later.
Nfelands. when arrested, also gave
the nsmes of Wright and Neff.
Wright Is eaM te be his real name.
Stephen Cisaewekl. of No. 420
Frederick-st , reported that two high
way ass a stopped him near an alley
at Frederick ave. and Cbene-st..
Tuesday night, and after striking
him ever the hand with a hilly, stole
SO cents, a watch aad a ring from
him. He could not accurately de
aerlbe the men.
Two highwaymen assaulted and
rubbed William Futek 40 year* old
es No. as near an alley at
Chens and Hunt-eta., about mid
night. Oae of the men, Fulek told
the police, struck him over the head
with a beer buttle. The rebbers
were evidently frightened sway, the
police any. because they took noth
ing. He deecrioed In detail his aa
safUats.
Unhitching • horse from a wagon
tn the rear of his home, at No. 743
Rivard-wt., Tuesda) evening. Louis
lean berg. 39 years old. was struck
wear the bend with a billy wielded
by n Negro, he said. Nothing was
taken. Isenberg waa given medical
kttontUw and taken Into bin home
by neighbors who heard him moan
ing in the alley.
Thomas Quirk, of No. 323 FM
teenth-eU was held up by two men.
one of whom had a revolver, early
Tuesday evening on the Baker-st
Viaduct at Flfteesth-st. He lost 92
tn cash and several small pieces of
Jnwelry.
~Xo ddc hat arrveted in *oo
acrtlnn with the robberies
GERMANS
START DRIVE
FOR VERDUN
fCsMtesnsd bin Fage Osti
•Wat 19 mites northeast of Verdun.
These attacks evidently were fol
Ipgfi Tt|i Met night by the inaug-
Sggmon Os nmeoeral off endive move
ment. fissiggTl to throw back the
whole French front around Verdun
The attack was met by a terrific
fire from Wench guns inflicting
enormous teases on the advancing
Gormans
PETROGILAD Feb 23.—Russian
vanguards pan within a few mil*-*
fg Slash. 31 mile* east of Trebizond.
mi the capture of Trebinond itself
In noas tel a few days distant, ac
eerdlag to Mis dispatches today
Armenian refugees, fleeing from
tho Christian quarter of Trebiiond.
outside the walls, have arrived with
in tho Russian Hue* They report
ed that the Turks have been empty
ing the city af all its valuable stores
slaoo the fall of Erserum. evidently
no serious resistance
“We are continuing the pursuit of
the re—ants of the Turkish army."
said aa odlcial statement from tbe
war oMce today.
Annonaeement of fresh successes
in the Caucasus, which brought en
thusiastic demonstrations at tbe
opening of the duma. was followed
by the official statement today that
the Slavs have woo skirmishes with
tbe Austro-Ormans on nearly every
sector of the front, from the Bal
tic to Rumania.
• Along the Riga and Dvina fronts.
German aviators dropped bombs,''
said the official statement. "Violent j
artillery actions occurred along the
Dvina and also on the Jacobstadt I
sector, sod around Orteg, near
niukst.
“.Northwest of firemen, one
of our regiments made a successful
reconnaissance, annihilating tbe oc
cupants of a German trench, lit*
men and two officers. Our forces
repulsed a counter-attack by enemy
reserves aad returned to their own
Unas, taking many prisoner* In the
fimorgan, district we penetrated en
em> entaglemenu. bayoneting some
of (he trench occupants and forcing
others to flee.
'On the upper fitrypa. the Aus
trians , triad to approach our
trenches, but were repulsed with
heavy leases We took a number
of prteouors
"Near Buczarz, in Oalicta. an *n
emy aeroplane dropped flaming rag*
at the village of Khmelleka. without
effect. We eiploded s group of
mines successfully near Hoyana
northeast of rgaemowi't, destroy
ing Aretrlan position* and rjeupy-
Ing the mine craters '
FINE PROPERTY
GOES ON MARKET
Fordham A Wright announce the
(>(*010 gos Harrah’s Norwood Subdi
vision. between the sis snd w-ven
mile circles, esst of Wt odward-ave
Ully eater and car lire are within
a half tails of Norwood snd the dis
trict Is growing rapidly. Graded
streets, sidewalks and shod* tree*
are included wl*h lot* in Norwood.
DETROIT TIMES
| Suburban News
FIGHT ON FOR
DRYCOONCIL
Liquor Lire bate ia North
viDc Vohf«
Electloßg
NORTHVH4LE. Fab. Sfi.—After
some delay the lineup Par the Peo
ple's and Workingman's party can
didates haa boon perfected. This
year the iseue will be the fight be
tween the "wet" and "dtp” tern as
centered on the election of the pres
ident and the three trustees. Neither
side has a otear majority mi the
council now. and efforts thte year
will doubtless result in either a
"wet" or "dry" council.
The candidates for .he People's
or "dry" party are: PvssMsal.
chartes S Whin*, trustee*. Otis
Tewkdbury. George W. Hot dllag,
and Charles J Van Valksafeurg;
clerk. Rdward M Bogart, tmaMfur.
'hartes L. Blackburn; aa seas or.
Wallace E Ross
On ths other ticket, the Work
ingmen's, the nominee tor president
Is Dr Thomas B Henry; trus
tees. Merritt F. Stanley, MU
too B. Burrows, and Dr. K. B. Ca
rell; clerk. Thomas E. Murdock.
treasurer. Capt E. A. Noble; asses
sor. Charlee A. Beeatona.
Nearly all of the baalaem men
of the village and the majority of
the taxpayer* are in flavor of keep
ing the present ordinance oo the rec
ord* of the council. This ardlnaaoe
which wna enacted after a vote of
the people last spring, was agalast
granting of li«raor licenses.
ROUGE TAG DAY
BRINGS IN S2OO
RrVER ROUGE Mich.. Feb. 23
Mors thsn 92*<i was collected by
high school girls la the annual tag
day for the River Rouge Benevolent
society. Tuesday
More than.2s girls were excused
from their classes Tuesday to ce
on the principal streets aad sell the
'for eharttv' tags, and any male
»ho go> away from their eager
hands, was extremely lucky. The
fun for them came when some
benevolent capitalist dropped a bill
into the slotted box.
The girls selling the arhlte tag*
were Hazel Boyne. AnggHne and
Mary Belanger. Mao net* Wolf. Lor
etta BraxilL Cecelia Nadaen. Rosa
lie Belanger. Helene Williams, R*ba
Bagar. Rosalie Burke. Marie Blitz.
Jean Valois. Mabel Tib bit*. Gertrude
Zilukl Elsie aad Hilda Worstsr.
Minnie Valois. Volraa Beaudry, Hel
en Palmer. Gladys Glows, Irene
Schweitzer. Naomi Amu. Ethel Me-
Larhltn. Rose lang. loon* Mauer.
Mj. tie Nusko. Mabel McTaggart.
Mildred McCollough and Ida Hai
t inner.
‘WHITE WINGS* ARE
GIVEN INCREASE
WYANDOTTE."" Mich.. Feb 21.
“White wings* snd municipal team
sters have he on grantee the in
crease in wage* which they Remand
ed at 'h* las', meeting oi tbe city
comuttSAion. i*lie white wings” will
now receive s.* a u*y and the team
sters have been increased from |4
to •; s day.
Permission was granted Postmas
! ter John Mclnerney the of the
council chambers for the civil ser
i vice elamina’km. which will be held
in this city Keb. 2 ( , for tbe fourth
class postmastership of Sibley
Police announced tbs’ the com
ptatat against (me business man for
failure to clean the sidewalks in
front of win be
followed by prosecution as he plead
ed not guilty to the < har** of violat
ing a city ordinance Another well
known man. on the umr charge,
pleaded guilty, snd «a» released,
following a promise to dean the
sidewalk.
YPSILANTI
The Pythian Hiat-ra w err -.oataaee*.
T'i**da> avaning •’ «. Washington
uirthday party * - Krignt* of
Pythias and lnvt*»d « *«ts V«ny
w err dr*a*ed ft ib-nJa <*. • rimes
and the de« oratlor.e -till further car*
r!*d out th* #pir * »arlr day*
of republic. Mrs. fta Howard.
Mra Milton A»i«u*ta» a- 4 Mtaa flar
hara Dl*t>row a#r* »*fft--|<(nt -f>m
mltt»# in <harg* Th* r*it *\ *nl ts
a play wtn th». %»>, tr* m»ml>*ri
of the order and » '• now in
process of preparation
The V* ft i *nt*r-aine<| on Tues
day *v*nln* tv* mstnhera of fh* O A.
R , l»a j*ht*r« ■ 1 \ *t*rana »nd Hons of
V*t*r*n« in -*t*i ration of th* birth*
d*r* of M K'nl*v rjn*oln snd Wash
ington 4 o r|--.f k dinner « aa aerv*
j*d ,nd*r a omm’tte* < onslattng o#
M*a<larn*a Kimball W'llaon. Trip*.
Matthew • and Alr sl*r Mrs fiath B
, Mer*n**« ilrrctut in appropriate
'program w M*h followed
| Pnoenlr loda* No I*. Fa A M.
I obaerv»>ri U tii nctnn's birthday by
[a banfjii'- wr.’ n th*y gave Tuaadav
*•• enlrg in -h* din'r*g room of the
Maeont' »*mple and In honor ««f
:n*fnV>*r» w-h . nav* h»#n on tha mam*
[t»*rehlp r> il to »*ar« or mora Th*
honor «r>i*«t« were; (Ton. Samuel
l-oat U ’A'aidr n. John N. How
land. Alfr*d Hrm»h. I r Smith. C. J.
Kell> »«*r K*llr Henry Nleman
AI n*r * P .ra .*a K W. Moore. J. f.
Ftaee*’’ t'herl** K Hampeon G H
(’ran*. Har- -j H illd A K f
Rjrharh Martin Crrmer. Wm Wabb.
Geo M'KUheran. c. H Smith, C t).
Richmond. P*i»r W Carpenter. Rob
*rt VV HampMii Sr. Frank Joalyn
and C f* Wilroaaon.
Mr* Mar > Ktt*|y, aged l( a highly
r*ap* **d r*aifl»nt or K Ifwmilton
st. d.ed T'i«(ic in the home of her
nie<-» Mr, M-r- tiahorne, near Whit
taker v at»f •yn. I>l Fifaly. of Al
ifl<.n. a jrvi* ■ Yh* f moral aervteea
will h* h*l«l Th radav at If fr#m
•ho rea..|*n. ». with burial In fna
Stony t r**v »m*t*ry Mra Flfely
had lived h»r /nttra life in Wash
tenaw < ounti
The li‘aiht*n«v county association
of the f* i) T M M . held a meeting
tVedneaday In the Maaonlc temple
Th* morning m**tlng opened at • IS
and was for rr*mb#ra only. At noon
a pot In k dlnn*r waa serred In tha
V*thodl*t •iinina r**on» The after
no«.n me-tmg began at I:ZS and was
New Spring Waists
With Unusual Style
At *5-75
Thons who select walats from tkig special purchase will
got values which wo cannot duplicate. Choose from
Georgette Crepe, Radium Taffeta, embroidered Net or
Crepe and« Cblae. Scored of new etyle points of interest.
New Crepe de Chine Waists, $2.95
Girls* and Children’s
Spring Coats
$5.00 - *7.50
rkannlng little wraps for little girie
from 6 to 14 year*, la Gabardine. Shop
herd plaids. Bergaa, Taffetas and Cor
duroys. Embroidered organdy collars
open t® th® public. Th® profTM *M
ae follows Vocal dust. Hr® L«on
Hand and Oeo. Parsons; addreaa of
w*lmdi*. Mayor Brown; rtssssH.
Mrs. Pl®r®n®s Krapf. Ann Arbor:
public Initiatory wferh give* to A
class of «•; Orsstlnas from Prtbian
fhetere. Mra C. feliotty. reeoonae,
Mrs Cora Ballard. Willis; vocal solo,
Mra Hand. "Orsstlnos fjrofi Tpollantl
Chapter So 111. CV K Mre Bm.
Ps-ibsl. instrumental solo. Miss Vara
Thorn.
The will of th® lots Mra Wn Jar
vis is being coat sot sd In ths probata
court. _
BIRMINGHAM
Ths l!oo Cabin Oun club far* a
dinnsr inthslr cabin, on Adame-ava,
Tuesday noon. Thsrs wars arussta
fro* Pontiac and Rock wood. Mick.
Homer LaJols spent Tuesday at
Milford _ .
Mrs. C R Smith attend ad the Oak
land County Pioneer meeting that
was held in Pontine. Tuesday.
The Mistlsto® club will be enter
tained this afternoon in ths home of
Mrs. Willis carter. Brown-st.
Mr® M Wood and daughter. Mrs.
Edith Metirer. spent Tuesday eve
ning. with relatives la Petrolt.
Mrs James Campbell and daughter.
Evelyn, have gone to Plymouth !•
spend a fen- dsrs at the home of
Mias Emms Arnold.
Mra Harry Wood, of Detroit,
spent Tuesday with relatives hers.
The T. M C A. bori will msat In
the Bsrnom school. Wednesday eve
ning
Mrs William Blackwell has gone
to Tampa. Ela.. to spend a few weeks
Ths Knights of Pythian lodge held
a banquet In Castle hall. Tuesday
evening
Thomas M-*Oraw who has been ser
iously ill In his home on Watklns-et..
is able to be out again.
Mrs. Hattie Davenport spent Tues
day with her parents. Mr. and Mrs
Aujust Heins®, la Royal Oak-
Tne Cosmopolitan club will be en
tertained Thursday for dinner in the
home of Mrs T B. dmith. on east
Msple-avs.
A party wap given by ths Birming
ham > lub In Its club house. Tuesday
Afternoon.
Newton l«#e has rstumed to h's
home In Valhalla. N. D, after visit
ing his stater. Mrs. A. w. Campbell,
on east Maple-av®.
Mies Carrie **hatflel4 spent Tuesday
at the home of Mr and Mrs >*• ott
Heareey. at Royal Oak
F Lelbr. of Mt Pleasant. Is a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wal*
(era Brown-st.
The Queen Father circle will me«t
Monday evening, March 1. with Miss
Ruby -At alsndar. on the Quart'<n-rd
WYANDOTTE
Wy«n<lotu trowr, Boy of
Amorim, trill m*e* e.
In Oddftllew • t • rr. p 1 r
Many d*we-rD or youif people •*-
’end*'! ’he Washington’* blrthdav
party of the Girl* > I.;
Tuesday evening In Oddfellow* t*m
pl»
City Treas irer James C. ff»arim*n
tnnnnncMi, W»dnra4iy that this •
the Um week for tae p«ym*nt ..f
UtM without penalty.
Oitp(*r Bp I*l. B 4 M. will y»*t
Thursday evening In Maeonte hall.
Wyanentte Indira No- 17«. F. A V
M. ha* frrurtd the mptlpm of th»
Moslem Tsmpl* «hrln» band and en
tertainers. which Includes 40 people,
for a performance la tka Majestl r
theater March 14.
More than ?H people attended the
alsteeath snnlveraary of Washington
lodge. Knights of Pithlae. Tueada)
evening, in the Pythian caetle.
Waahlnr ton a birthday waa observed
br the Me'Hnfftat Sunday school.
Tuesday miflni In the chureh An
appropriate program waa rendered.
High school Juniors will hold a
special committee meeting Wednes
day evening. ‘
Knights of Columbus and Masonic
howling teams will play e i tty league
scheduled match Wednesday evening
on LOaelle's alleys.
Edward Shock. Mindon Cltr, Is vis
iting Harry Orauaatsdt, F! m- »t
John Blor k. a Eurska-rd. farmer.,
is being held In the city jail on n
drank and disorderly complaint.
People Interested In trmperan<a
and prohibition are tnvited to attend
the lecture Thursday evening, in the
Presbyterian church, by the R«», Dr.
John Pteele. associate secretary of
the National Presbyterian Temper
ance committee, who has been work
tng la the Michigan Synod <n ’he
larger eftles. E>r. Steele will also
speak In Trenton. Friday svaaing
Announcement waa made by the
Rev. Marson H. Sewell, pastor of the
local Presbyterian church, that no
collection will be taken.
The topic of Rev. Steele's lecture
will he "Alcohol and the public
health "
TRENTON
Funeral services for Rebert Uho,
brother of Marshal John Imho, who
died Sunday, wars held Tuesday from
the Presbyterian chureh. the Per. O
Chile hard ofSriatlng. Burial waa In
Bloomdnle
Holy Redeemer basketball teams
defeated Trenton talnlMta Tuesday
evening in Canton armory. The score
of th* boys’ game waa ff-17 and that
of the girls 11-11.
I.ecal teachers are spending a day
each at the M. K. A. convention In
Detroit.
More than M students attended the
Washington birthday program Ttt*k
day erenlng In the nigh school audr
forlorn In which the new Adelphle
Literary society furnished the pro-
Kam The Olympic society will en
rtain e weeh from Friday
Monroe high school basketball
teams will play In Trenton Friday
evening.
Supt of Schools J. S. Anderson Is
attending the National Educators as
sociation convention this weak In
Detroit.
Charles Rieger. Detroit, visited
here Tuesday.
Blue side of the M E contest will
serve supper In the chapel Wednes
day evening _
Funeral services for Mrs. Kather
ine Hall, 71. former Oroeee lie resi
dent end let# of Wyandotte Heights,
who died Tueedar. will be held on
Thursday afternoon from nivervlew
’church Burial will he In Ferndale
Mrs HaJI laavee ona eon.
Musical and literary numbers will
he given by the fled side. >l. E. con
test. Thursday evening
‘fijSilOEL^
CMesa weeamgw e J»*n
aeCMaamoe <em« or o-*** » "•*
ECORSE
Prlss winners at the meeting Tues
day afternoon of the Welcome club
la M. P X hall, were; Mrs Philip 1*
Blanc. drat; Mrs. Kdward Kussman.
secend. Mra John Forett. third, and
Mra Maurlee, fourth Mra \+ Blanc,
who was hostess, served a Washing
ton luncheon.
Presbyterian Sunday erhool teach
ers will m®et Wednesday evening In
the church
lee harvesting was discontinued At
noon. Wednesday, as the ice was too
thin to be of uee.
A postponed regular meeting of the
village council will be held Wednes
day avsning.
NORTH VILLE
Mr. and Mra Carl E Gregory, of
Detroit, were recent guests in the
home of Mr and Mrs. C T Madison
The annual meat in* end election
of officers of the local U P T 1
was held In the home of <>ne of the
members. Mrs. tussn I'e K ay. Mon
day evening The following officers
were elected for the enduing year.
President. Mrs IJnnie record
ing secretary. Mrs Hattie Oreen.
corresponding secretary. Mrs r*arah
l.ucas. About i>> people acre present,
including Mrs Mae Patterson, of
Plymouth, and Mrs Jones, district
superintendent, of Detroit-
Mr and Mra Austin S. Klmmit. of
Detroit, attended the u K 8 ball
given here Tuesday evening
owing to the inconven en<-e which
would he caused by the scattering of
the grades in different parts of »l*e
town. It has been thought better by
the school board t> ereoi a tempo
rary one-stor> wooden structure on
the school grounds This building
will be "rough, but It is understo»»d
that the new brick building will h®
commenced at once Wi.liam J lan
ntng. Jr., has charge of the erection
,of the frame building and will «-n
--; deavor to have it ready for occupancy
' by Monday, Keb. 21.
Arthur A. iHirfee. of East Lana-
Ing. will spend the aeek-end In the
home of Mr. and Mrs Frank l»urfee
Mrs Frank Miller will sell the
stock and farm tools on the Miller
farm south of town at public auction
Thursday.
O M Melsaar will attend a part of
the session* of th* superintendents'
division of the N. E. A held in Pe
trol tthii week
R. W. and W C. Ryder were In
Detroit Wedneedaj
RIVER ROUGE
————— %
River Rouge lodge. Tribe of Ren
llur. will be tendered a banquet,
Thursday evening in the Home of A.
Fisher, it E. C< vttcit Special busi
ness and else* Instru i,un will be the
order of the met ling
Fire from an overheated hlmn*y
In the Reynolds home Henry at..
Wednesday mormrig. was put out by
a bucket brigade
The lilt] i >ak-n Bucket' is the
title ->f tue play whWh <> L. of L.
Dramatic club will give Mar. J in
the school hall.
Mr and Mis Theodore B-langer,
Dr. Henry Helang*r and daughter
Clare, and Miss Rosalie Burke, will
leave Wednesday evening for Flori
da, where Dr. Belanger will seek re
covery from the severe attack of
rheumatism which ha* confined him
to his home for several wesks.
Our Lady of Lourdes Dramatic
cluh will give a private informal
dancing party Thursday evening in
O. L of L. school hall „
FORD
Mr* John Pinson, Btddle-ave
north who underwent in operation
Tuesday in her home, was reported
doing aa well as can be expected
• Miss Valido Bushy. t>etro|t, visited
Mias Loretta Forett, Biddie-ave.
north. Tueaday.
Miss I«ee. Lahadl*-a» . who was 111
for Mint time, has left for Nebraska
to recover.
Mlaa Henrietta Wagner. Detroit,
visited friends here Tuesday.
Convention Notes
Dr. J. Remsen Bishop, of East
ern high, ha* been placed on the
program of th* National Council of
Teachers of English, which will ha
lit session In the auditorium of the
Board of Commerce. Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday. Dr. Bishop will
1 have as his subject, “A better or-
I sanitation of oral work in English
I li» th* high school.'’ The other De
j trotters to spaak on the program
will be J. V. Brennan, Northwest
ern high. Constructive English
Edith Whitney Shaw, Eastern high.
“Business English—the handwrit
ing on the wall”; D. W Murdoch,
principal McMillan high. 'English
In the Junior high school”, Edwin
I* Millar, principal Northwestarn
high. ‘'Uniform entrance require
ments In English"; Clara Beverly,
supervisor of English in the elemen
tary schools. ‘‘Time enough for Eng
lish;" Karl E Marcher. Cans Tachnl
nal high, "City influences that affect
the English problem "
Windsor Olrl la Aula Victim
Miss Irma McNattghtoa. who was
struck by an automobile driven by
George Demarae. letter for tbe’Hupp
Motor Car Cos., In Windsor, Monday,
died “Rgeadsy In Hotel Dleo. Hhe
was a student In the Windsor Col
legiate Institute. An inquest, begin,
Tuesday, will be concluded Thurs
day night, in the city hall.
Confirmation Dretwea
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Skirts elaborately trimmed and
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Odds and Ends
OALLIPOLIS. O—looking for
bootleggers who have smuggled
boot® inio dry West Virginia terri
tory. police arrested Mieses Helen
Borden end Ellxabeth lirlmoll and
tt>ok 35 pints of whisky from their
pantalettes.
CHICAGO— Robert Hogan. HO.
Whiting, lU. hsJa't hern aide to
sleep for three years. Tired of
walking the streets while Others
rested, Hogan shot htrnaelt.
PAWTUCKET. R. ! "Good for
man or boast.” skid the label on a
bottle of ht»r»e medicine. Arthur
Sexton Is dead. He took It for a
rold
LABOR WILL
AID FIGHT
ON LIQUOR
KeellssH from Pace osei
portion to the amounts paid by o’h
er tenants of the building.
‘But labor I* waking up «o th*-
fact that the saloon is not a "poor
man* club.’ and that nothing will
put g man ‘down and out' a- quickly
as the saloon.”
Edwin Simpson, district *up*-:in
itendeat of the Michigan Anti Saloon
league, says (hat the league i» put
ting forth every effort In the local
option fight to be carried on in sev
eral counties of the state, April 3.
Campaigns will be carried on In
eight "wet'* counties, and four "dry"
counties, and four are still in qu* *
tion. Th# eight counties In "wet
territory In which local option will
)»* suhmjtted are losco. Baraga.
Bchoolcrafi. Clare. Jackson,
Ogemaw and l.ake. The four "dry
counties which again will be con
tested are: Roscommon. Wexford.
Ingham and Mecosta. Con(e*t* are
pending In the court* in five counties
rc\ under license, as follows- Ot
sego. Arenac Menominee. Mackinac
and vfsnMee.
J. STIRLING
WANTED IN
MANY CITIES
fCoattaaed Irmm Fag* Owo.»
drove out of Detroit last. August
with threats of exposure.
The eastern police have discov
ered. it Is said, that Putnam is also
the notorious Dr. J Grant Lyman,
who has had a spectacular Interna
tional crime career He |s believed
to have fled to Europe with the
woman with whom he »a* living
in Detroit.
When Stirling'* I>etrolt partner
first learned of the man's real char
acter he reported the facts to As
sistant Prosecuting Attorney Harry
Keidan. and to Detective Inspector
James McCarty. This resulted in
Stirling's hurried d**t**rture. Il«
left a lot of bill* for his partner to
pay. But even the imrtqer did not
know Stirling* rial Identity until
the discovery was made by the
eastern police. ,
According to Stirling's local part
ner. tha former came lo Detroit
claiming he was an old iJetrolter
and had studied law here. These
claims convinced the Detroiter that
Stirling was o. k . .and the two
opened brokerage offices In the
Dime Bank building. One of Stir
ling's plans was to launch anew
trust company.
In the meantime Stirling secured
control of a local cemetery «hl<l
had coat 121.000 to lay out He tin
mediately capltallied the company
at flfltjflOO. and started out to sell
stock. His scheme was to make
drafts OB small bankers throughout
the gtAte. and give them «em« D r.v
stock In place of collateral
Maine could supply names in hi*
tory as tongue-twisting as most of
the European battlefield*. for ex
ample: Annabessacook. Bauneg
•Beg. Bggatnoggin. Kokadjo, Mattam-
I scon Us. Mattawamkeag. Oquossoc,
Pattagumpus, Wytopltlock.
Threw Off Colds and Prevent Grip
When you feel a cold coming on take
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. It
removes rsuse of Colds and Grip,
Only One “BROMO QUININE" K
W. GROVE'S signature on box 25c.
- Adv.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1916.
Separate Skirts
Entire New Models
fc oo .. *7.'so
An exceptional offering of new spring models for
Rtreel, Sport* or I>rea* wear, shown Id men's weur
Serge, Gabardines, Corduroy IMagnual Worsteds. Nov
elty (’hecks and soft silk THffeta, both plain and plaid
pattern*. New flare, tiered and pleated models;
with pockets, belt* and fancy yoke*. ALL SIZES
New Group of Girls’
Tub Dresses
$J.25 $J.95 $2-95
Entirely new style* in this timely offer
ing Value* which make this store the
renter of Interest for thousand* of girl*
and their mother*. 6 to 14 sizes.
CHEF STILL
SEEKS LIFE
OF BISHOP
Hopes to “Get One’’ in
Portland, Ore., Says
Card to Police
ALWAYS HAS
BOMB AT H AND
Warns Authorities
“Something” Is Due
to Happen Soon
/»> L SIT Kit PKK**
CHICAGO, Keb. 23—A postcard
bearing an apparently authentic
-dguatube of J» an Crones, avowed
principal in fhe’nnarchlat *oop plot,
1 received by I’ollre Chief Healy tte
day. threatened death fc "aome
lu*hi»p' at Portland. Ore. from
where the card was dated. The
postmark w»i Portland. Feb. 1$
Healy. though not convinced the
card was sen - hy (’rone* said the
signature was apparently genuine.
Tlu pent card read.
I “Poitlanw. 219 16.
Chief Polls, Chicago
“1 see you are still after me. Why
don’t you kort out after me. Mabey
| 1 can give you tome soup. I»ok out
for some tink :o hapen heer soon. I
w j*h i bad go; the old Mahop and
Judge in the soup, but mabev 1 get
him yet. 1 will get some bishop hear
I gues*. You look My tru* Print,
'l always go oom on me. Whoever
|arr*.»t* we will blow up with me.
(Signed I "JEAN CRONUS’’
• The .act that Crone* dates hie
card Feb. 19. though the Portland.
Ore. postmark wra* Feb. I*. was
deemed by police evidence that
Crones was dating his taunting me*
sng<* a day ahead of their date of
mailing. In an effort to deceive the
police. „
“It msv be the work of a Joker.
Chief iiealy said. 'But you o«w
can tell."
Urges Care in
Selecting Teachers
“How can the teachers' agency
render it* best service " was the
subject of an address given in the
Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Wednesday
morning. at 9:JO o'clock, by K F..
Olp, manager of the Fisk Teachers
agency. Chicago.
“The function of the teachers*
agency la to render service both to
.employers and to teachers,” he said
"It should endeavor to develop and
maintain professional spirit and
honor %mong teachers, and It should
lend Its Influence against the break
log of contract* by teachers.
“The problem of select tng teach
ers is much more Important than
has ordinarily been recognued. but
school authorities are becoming
thoroughly aroused to the Impor
ance of this problem. It Is now gen
erally conceded that the greases!
reaponslbility of the employer Is the
selection of teachers.
In the commercial world, lary
4 orporation* are engaging adcntlflc
experts to employ their workers
I What tlie employment manager or
.-p*-i ialist is to the totnmerria)
’•>rld. ih» Teachers agency should
j b.- to the educational world
Celebrates Ninety-first Birthday
MAKHHALL, Mich.. Feb 21 Mr
Eleanor t'arel celebrated her ninety
first birthday, yesterday. Her three
daughters, five grandchildren, seven
great-grandchildren and three great
er* at grandchildren were present
Fifty vocations *re taught In the
United States navy
Printing—4t* g.aM* neat klwd—tlui
t* rtaht—Tters Jet Ikgtr-ktls OM.