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pw SjmmfcjLageß Three- MpiV Fight Againat tmCWWBBC itvl Hlbhess court if'. u UPHOLDS ACT Right To PAsAti Empioy- KM'. Mm* Agents ial battle cmlfd court of the Ur it upheld the decl censtnc of private :lea la constltu rtod from record t to tha Michigan then to the hi*b b* uarar Braze*. j l 1912, abort lv af ’ the low, and odi* William K accepted ■i mikr thwpre un bo was told os in recorder * It* Ilttk Thtr nrtr court** do* than took it tor citfoik of the , Judfe Connolly i to days In the Ho ooveed only •hM Id* release BHMT OVens af io atonal to the ifeTflrtwr 100.000 f with the com baa# of fi.ooo bo lows will be roffatrsUon of limitation of the 9* secured, send iw shall be fines i and not moro uunent for froi.< ■LB. JOY STARTS ?aJDCAL BOOK FOR ■jpTCQL B^OSEVELT Mg-Tlc Rooseeelt Republican League Michigan wu organised. Monday |||HMl»'Ct a luncheon tn th« Detroit InbUe club, through the effort h of of prominent Detroiter* ■Kom* wort responsible for bringing Rooeevelt to Detroit, recently, fallowed a declaration nam- JgSgMm (W logical man for the Be aomtaattoa for president at national convention in Chicago HBpflMl Month, because of his Ameri »9p M 4 stand on the great ques Hyp# MbM tba country at this 111Mhadoanrtora will be opened In the downtown office build members of the league will HIM® enrolled at once. The league, it g|MMfc*c»tood, will be affiliated with HrSt - Roosevelt National Republican sueceseor to the Roosc\.l? jjjjUP'ji eeery delegate to the national Hhary B. Joy was elected chair the local committee and .'C|djSjet M. Dennis, secretary A whirl WSmm campaign Is to he conducted through energetic advert 1* correspondence. Ah noon names are obtained a IJ&jtt&Knl Will be pent to RooaeTelt 10 d# ' clar ' hia * andidaev mmxr MOTHER HBniKnr gone Ml TWO YEARS Mlf JL WMU, mm. 198 Th» a » k ‘ n k flatflßf Mr «na. who Detroit two vrarx •ttMTt a «t **w him in that iiT fto now »r> -k ■ ;. isgf@fetf.yt Enfftboi In- the Religious W orld LIBERALISM’S GREAT VICTORY Tito I Hi* mat tonal Sunday Behool Laaaan for May 28 is "Tha Coun cil at Jerusalem." — Acta 15:1-35. ■V WILLIAM f- ELLIS May is the month or ecclesiastical convent tons, and by the time the>*e words are read moot ot them will >♦- in fall swing or already adjourned. Among ministers and church work era thaae gathering* an* a principal subject of present interest. \ i-trik ing parallel may'be found between most of them and the first council of the Christian church, which was held in Jerusalem about the year •*. and which is the theme of the pres ent international lesson. It waa the first of the great church councils —themselves an illuininar -.it line of study to pursue, in this con nection. It would be intere ting to compare the greatne.-s of the topics debated in the early chu;. n eo inr is trilb littleness of some of the theme' >hat hav. engrossed th- meet ing* this month A broad, sweeping and serious indictment to be brought against the ecclesiastical assemblies of May of the present year is that there has been apparent in their de liberations less of the spiritual crisis created by the world cataclysm, than there has been of ecclesiastical politics and minor matter* of admin istration. In larger aspect, there la the same struggle under way this month as was. witnessed In the first church counoti —the needless strife between formalism, tradition, prescription and proscription on the one hand, and on the other the growing, ex pandtag life of the church. The UterMista are still with us. caring morefor a precedent than for a prin eiple, The struggle for adherence to formal practices is perhaps best il lustrated by the debate orer amuse ments. The world Is used- to a dis cussion of whefher Christians may smoHe. or go to the theater or ride in automobiles —which was actually the subject of legislation at h re cent convention of o.ie of the minor ’^denominations —or wear books and eyes' Instead of buttons, or ride in sUrsst cars on Sunday, or belong to sociM organizations which do not conform to the usages and convic tions of certain bodlew of Christians Hem wre have the reappearance of the Judaizing Christians of the apos tolic* church, who insisted that all beliewers should conform to the practices which they themselves fa vored. \ It la not generally knotyn that one of the great problems of foretgn mis sions is the frgquent appraipm * on the ffeld of eatfssadog. mho %ant to urln the converts to tbelr spevtai views of Christian practice Many a missionary could tell of hla heart burnt’ig experience* with these “ho liness" and other representatives, who* shun the work of winning con verts to Christ to converting native Christians to tbelr particular tenets. 1 The struggle between Christian liberty and church restrictions is old and continuous. What is the liberty of today may be the restraint of to morrow. Probably It is Inevitable that the issue first joined in the Je rusalem council should continue through all other ecclesiastical gath erings to the end of time At lea«t. It is-steadying to read the reports of prearnt-dav ecclesiastical meetings in »be light of 8t Lukes narrative of this first church council, and Paul’s own comment upon it. as found in the second chapter of Gala tians. Some of us extract comfort from the observation that even in the Apostolic church the Christian* were not angels. Mischief-Makers in Antioch Some Christian* from Judea —the j historian does not think them worth i dignifying by name—had gone down j to Antioch and had troubled the new I church there by frying to correct Hu procedure They accused the An tioch Chrlattans of not being thor oughly orthodox. Imagine It! These nobodys, aho had themaelves not ’ been on the firing line of missionary ! work. were taking to tank that great , throbbing, outreaching, vital church I at Antioch' The capacity of petty 1 persona for making trouble in a con-1 grega’ion ha a been noted by all oh- j sereera of church life M»*n and women who carry not a atraw'a ( weight in business, or social or corn- , mualty life, are capable of disturb ing the peace of an entire church Moat of ua have aeen the harmony of congregations marred by *orri« poor little mischief makers uho in all other apherea are entirely incon stdarable. «HIII. they give the church a chance to prove It a reiig. lon. 9Uch were the meddlesome saints who went down to Antioch, and troubled the serenity and unity of that great company of disciples; for theae Antioch Christians wanted to do right. The moat conscientious ■ A Safe ss> Investment a Your money invested with u» will earn srr5 r r in- V terest per annum. We will mail you a check for * same on January Ist and July Ist of each year, W or credit to principal as you prefer. Your V money back whenever you want it. More than a quarter of a century of .successful business. A k Money BRIE Rational ffioan & w J »“ n,d Hwwatmwrt OTowpann J Real Estate 420-24 FarweM Bids., Detroit. persons on earth are church mem hers. This group of men and women who were eager to follow the fullest truth they knew, whether the cost to thenuelve*. are a noble spectacle. The world cannot do without thia leaven of conscientious folk who are ready to toliow truth anywhere. Christians are often called narrow minded. but it is really tbs open mindedness of the disciples of Christ which makes possible all the new sect* and schisms ami cults, which build on the established foundation of Christian loyalty to truth. lX>wn in Antioch the church had w ise shepherds who were not will ing to lot their flock be continually worried by the new issues raised. They decided to appeal to the moth er church at Jerusalem. They knew tiie wisdom of getting a decision Why wrangle and squabble forever over a point that should lie derided once and for all? So Paul and Bar nabas were sent fv Jerusalem to con fer with the apostle* and the elders and the home church. A Journey Over the Land There are few persons of any im agination who have not at some time or other desired to take this trip which was made by Paul and Barna bas. Every newspaper correspondent in the world would rather go over their route today than go anywhere else on the map. What light it would shed on the present world war. in the strategic centers of Tur key. could one follow the Paul and Barnabas route, down from Antioch past the mountain where the four thousand Christian Armenians suc cessfully withstood the Turks, down past Tripoli, in Syria; through Bei rut. where an American warship rides at anchor; and through ro mantic oW Stdon. with its vaulted streets; and to Haifa at the upper end of Mt. Carmel, where the Ger man colony is. and where the rail road strikes inland through Galifce. There we could learn all about the new railway system, and we could even take tram for Damascus and Aleppo, there to gather war news for which any newspaper in the land would pay Sigh prices. At Nablus we would find the headquarters of the Turkish army, and anew rail way center; for now the very route that Paul and Barnabas took we may follow by rail to the city of Jerusalem. The first man In after Turkey s gates are open will write a story that will have the ears of the whole world- It was not bv-rail, but aboard pa tient donkey, or else afoot, that Paul and Barnabas made their way down through Phoenicia and Samaria, preaching as they went. Catch that point? The great missionaries had not been diverted from their main work by the church controversy. When doctrinal or administrative disagreements hinder the work of the church, then may God pity us- The denomination that turns aside from its first work in order to de bate and discuss, has been sorely misled. Paul and Barnabas were first of all and last of all preachers, and only incidentally controversial ists. A good plumbline to apply to every man who thinks himself a con tender for the faith is this: Is be to be found in the forefront of evan gelism, and in the rescue missions, and in the teaching work of the church? The men from Antioch were wel comed by the church at Jerusalem. The differences of opinion did not disturb their cordial relationships. And those Jerusalem Christians were more eager to hear of the gos pel'.* triumphs in Syria and in Asia Minor than they were to talk about the controversy that had brought Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem. The Great Debate I talked the other day with a man who had heard the famous lancoln- Dotiglas debates, and I do not won der that this privilege had been with him a lifetime pride. Wise persons go far to attend the great debates in congress and parliament and eccle siastical assemblies. It is pathetic when these lofty discussions are marred by petty partianahlp and strife for political advantage I have heard strong men struggling over great principles at church meetings, and I thank God that there are still mighty men to contend for the truth as they see it. The last mention in the Inspired history that we have of Peter occurs in this discussion at the first church ! council, when he stood up as the ; champion of t'hrisflan liberty *fhree points he made. The first was that ! the Spirit had borne witness to the | validity of the Gentile converts. This wax the argument that had prevailed ' when he himself was answering to | the church for his experience with 1 the house of Cornelius. ! The secohd point was that the yoke which Judaism was trying to DETROIT TIMES lay on the neck of tba new Chris tians was one which even their fath ers bid not been able to boar. As the golden text says. ‘Tor freedom did Christ set u» free.’* Then the third point, and the cli max of Peter’s argument, was that the cross of Christ alone is sufficient for salvation. It is not rites, nor ordinances, but Christ Himself who saves the bellevef. The Law of Liberty In most meetings there is some one man who makes the motion that shows the way out. James, the lord’s brother, was that sort of hard headed, practical man. as his epistle shows. He suggested the procedure which was adopted; a letter of greeting to the new Chris tians. setting forth the mind of the church at Jerusalem. He put the conviction of the whole church, apos tles. elders and laity, into written form, freeing the Gentile Christian* from the yoke of bondage. They were enjoined to aostain from all connection with idolatry, and to shun the immorality of heathendom, and they were also bidden to ab stain from meat that had not been properly killed To us this last point seems but a confusion of the lesser with the greater, but we can understand how it bulked large in the thinking of 'he*e Jewish Chris tians. to whom the Levitical law was port of the:r daily life. Thus was issued the Magna t.’har ta of Christian liberty. Christianity is not an enlarged Judaism; it is anew life and anew liberty, appli cable to every nation and condition. The Gospel is not a code, but a con fession; not a program, but a prin dole; not laws, but a life. BIG ELEPHANTS WiTHJINGLING 130 Tons of Big Fellows Com ing to Detroit Sunday Morning One hundred and thirty tons of elephants will arrive in Detroit next Sunday morning. In the morning the cargo is to be transported through the principal streets of the city and then housed under canvas. A train load of the ponderous fel- ' lows make up the “heavy squad" of Riugiing Brothers' circus, now head ed in this direction. Were it possible i to stand them on eacn others’ heads j the dfphant<ne column would reacn j above a 2w-story juildlng. They oc- I cupy 11 of the 80 cars reqyirtd to tt&naport iho Ringling bhow. Com puting elephant energy info horse power. the herd could, it placed In harness, pull as much as three ordi nary locomotives. Collectively. these elephants drink over 2,000 gallons of water every 24 hours, and a bale of hay for break fast. For desert the battalion con sumes two wagon loads of carrots. Whenever the hirciu spreads Its tents near a stream they are taken Into the water. “Baldy” Is the only one in the group that talk- when it comes to baths in an open stream so the Ringllng animal men are obliged to connect with a plug and trrat the gray giant to an improvis ed shower. This takes a.* ram h wafer as would be required to ex tinguish an ordinary fire. The biennial convention of the General Federation of Womens clubs gets under way today in New York city. I Eliminate* Poison*. I Constipation I BJocljburrV* CascaßfoalPill j I Cheaply, Quickly, I Pleasantly I !=*= I. P. NORTON ** INDEPENDENT UNDERTAKER It is a great comfort to the bereaved to know that the Funeral arrangements are in the hands of an experienced undertaker. It is also satisfaction to know that the funeral, conducted in an elegant, digrnified manner, will be moderately priced. „ . I Have No Extras. No Excoptions I Have No Branch Stores I am as near you in point of service as your nearest undertaker. S3O: A Beautiful Casket S3O I. P. NORTON Detroit’s Independent Undertaker Phone Grand 5968. 761 Michigan Ave. Phone Grand 1467. Giving One ot Ringling Brothers' Giant Elephants a Fire Hose Bath ■ ■ | • mm.* ',]^Hi ■■■T 1 Xs; ■ ' \VvJ 1 J *• This is "Bakiv." one of the largest elephants with the Ringling circus, which rvnang to L>etroii Sunday. •Bald)’' will have his bath no oth«r wa>. SIR H. B. AMES TO LECTURE HERE ON BRITISH "NAVY “The British navy in action" *iU be the .-übject of an illustrated le«- t»xr»- ! > Sir Herbert Brown Ames. M P. ot Montreal, in the I>etroU armory. Wfdne.-tday night, for the b*r.e*P nf the Detroit auxiliary of the National Canadian Patriotic fund t IVtroit organization formed by Enc L-r. .-.n«r Scottish fraternal societies. S '*, sal permif*ioo was given Sir Herbert by the Hrltish government to collect and give to the public facts and photographs, on condition that the proceeds of all lectures be used for periotic purposes. As hon orary secretary of the National Pa- '.I! INVITATIONS llr H| f TO WEDDINGS AND . IJM I WEDDING RECEPTIONS { ■ COMMENCEMENT N || •i AND CLASS DAY fll - \ V INVITATIONS Yj ' tj PROGRAMS, MENUS, ETC. S ||| SAMPLES ON REQUEST. X 111 ’'UPIUPCI i /' M , AwOOBWASO AVIMUI AT (MANS i »Vri*M< T, n> \n«Ol.t TKLV <i| tR trrKF.O \IR triotic Fund soviet), he was knight ed by th« king of England in June. 1915. Several pipe band* and the Imperial choir of 150 voices, under the direction of H. Whorlow Bull, will provide music for the occasion TONY SUDZINSKY NOW TONY “SUDZ” Anthony Sudzinsky found his name too cumbersome for American usage and. Tuesday morning, naked Judge Command to allow him to amputate tt "That makes ‘Tony Sudz.‘ ” said Judge Command. “You must be in the beer bunine**." Sudxineky declared that he was a plumber, and had no thought of getting a name to fit his occupation. The eour* authorized the change. WKDNIBDAY, MAY 24. ltl«. p— ———————————— THE menus of Hotel Sutler restaurants use French asms* tor may dishes because they have to—there are no English equivalents. For Instance how could "Beams!#©" sauce or "Bordciaise" sauc# he translated into English? ur IK* r*v*ra* «f •vwr mm, Saar**—. V*u will And no*** He M|« Important *nd unfamiliar dial** if. for taaUac*. you d* not know wfc*t << *Rlrr*d **«S roildnae" or*. IK* not* t*)l* m tEnt th* *hirr*d (Wk«d) •(© ara **rv*d with ■ thick rr**m **uc* into trSl«a fr**h mushroom* K*v« h**a *lln*d. At Urand vircu* Park Washington Slrd. and Btfkf Av* - -<onv*nt*nt la all dowa-t*«r« D*t**lt. but utuid a* ts la th* radlSaaa* district. Mu tNa 1110 a day. HOTEL STATLBR* # Z> JS TR,O l T When a feller needs a C * 1 Don't punish Willie when he brings I nPUfI"”^ 6 « poorly marked card. It may not * * *wa*\A his fault at all. In nine cases of ten the cause of backwardness in a child is traced directly to Im* proper vision. It is only .natural that the near-sighted boy who cannot see clearly wfU fall behind in his class—and later become so discouraged as to lose all interest in school life. Astigmatism or far sightedness causes headaches. Yon, youcself, would shirk your work, if under a constant strain of pain. Don’t punish him— He' needs a friend—and ay Optician will be that friend. My Optical Department la the moat complete in the city. Lenaos are ground right in my own plant and under the auperviaion of the Optician who prenertbea them. No poanibillty of miatake —and no "out* aide" charge. Juat like having your family' physician mix his owe prescription. Tiiue^ SQUARE DEAL OPTICIAN 64 Grand River West—Entire Floor of Parker Webb BMg» MMRM Not Yet "Out Q f the Woods” OCCASIONALLY I meet someone who has come to believe, on account of the better showing now being madg by thd Pere Marquette, that its troubles are over and its problems all solved. Nothing could be further from the truth. Thanks to the loyal support of our men, the co-operation • of the public, and improved business conditions, we have f made good progress, but much remains to be done. Some of the Accomplishment*:— We are paying our operating expenses promptly, with \ a payroll of about $8,000,000 a year and material and supply purchases of $4,000,000 more. We are paying our taxes, this year a month ahead of time, and have paid up { all arrearages altogether $1,500,000 in two years. \ We are catching up on our defaulted equipment notes and will have paid $1,500,000 on these by the first of July. Receivership creditors have had 75%, two-thirds of which has been paid out of earnings this year. We are keeping up the property. Our plans this year contem plate more than $6,000,000 for maintenance of way, maintenance of equipment, and addition! and better- 1 ments. Good progress, but still there is much to do. We are not yet I ‘out of the woods 11 * 1 by any means. Some of the Thing* Yet to Do:— We must finish paying up the creditors, who more than two years ago furnished materials and supplies to the Receivers, and who have not yet had all of their money. This takes $600,000. We must finish _ paying up the defaulted equipment obligations. This will require SOOO,OOO. Then there are $725,000 of Receivers’ UHgßg|gg Notes issued more than two years ago to meet payrolls, $600,000 of Receivers' j Certificates issued two years ago to obtain funds for material creditors/ $605,000 of Certificates issued four years ago to pay taxes, and $3,500,000 of Certificates issued three years ago to cover equipment notes and improvements, a total of more than $6,500,000. This makes no allowance for new equip ment, an adequate working fund or for the payment of any return to those who nave invested their money in the property — even first mortgage bond holders have had no interest for two years and n hall. All this Indebtedness baa had to be incurred be cause the Rond has not boon aWo to enrn enough to pay its nay, and tho Court has boon obliged to borrow money to coetttnoo Its operation to that tho people of Michigan could haws sorrier. Although the better eanttaft of today may be tempo*, ary only, due to the unusual ooodiriona prevailing oa account of the war, we me gramful for the larger income while it continues We are udag It to beep the Road ia good condition and to help pay our debit. With good camions from operation ami lightened bankas due to a more liberal policy oq the part of the State, we can even tually overcome toe conditions brought about by low rates and over regulation in the peat. We ask for the continued help of all to bring about ic3s «**—• ftw «*P»lui polity of th« future - must be constructive, not destructive. Co-operation between the people of the State and the Pere Marquette will develop th« State *nd build up 0* KaiWl. and tht Rwid can m turn t»v* more Mxi better wrvir, th«n ,vct before. The interests of each are mutual. What helps ot^' beige the other. A policy of mutual hrWulnqw means development md growth. 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