The Detroit times. [volume], May 31, 1916, GRISWOLD-ST. EDITION, Image 7

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 19 16.
Mary Boyle O’Reilly Writes Lights and
Shadows of the Rebellion In Dublin
Irish Wit Stands Out In Midfit of Blood and Bullets—The
Slip of a Girl Who Carried a Rebel Message and Re*'
ported—The Grim Old Fenian—The Pike of ’9B.
By MARY BOYLE O’REILLY.
LONDON. May Sl.—l am begin
sing to get from Dublin the Inside
stories of the rebellion in that city
—the Intimate stories which are far
more illuminating than the cables
about the battles, the storming and
the captures.
i A captain commanding national
ist volunteers, who was present,
•tells me that the Munster Fusiliers
shot to kill, that being their duty,
but they fairly hated to take the
poor dupes prisoners. It was hon
est war for a principle, grim but
without rancor. Iloth sides being
Irish were not to »ay erased, but in
good fighting trim.
An armed Sinn Felner strode into
Gresham’s hotel ordering every oue
out. One guest rushed to rouse a
friend still between the sheets.
“Get up, Michael, w© have only
live minutes to leave this house.”
"Who says so?” demanded the
sleepyhead.
“The dear knows who he is," an
swered the faithful friend, "but I
know that he has a gun.”
"Then go ask him to loan us the
same while we pay our bill!” urged
Michael.
And the friendly Sinn Felner
obliged.
Across a bridgehead cleared by
machine gun fire stumbled a stooped
old man carrying a croppy-pike,
treasured since *9B. A minute he
stood under a ruin of rifle shots.
The nest, two Irish soldiers In
khaki leaped to him across a bias
Ing barricade.
“Man alive! Have a care, you’ll
be apt to get hurted." they shouted
In Gaelic.
And no fighter loosed his gun un
til the three were safely away.
A cartful of Irish constabulary
racing toward the danger zone fell
Into a Sinn Fein ambush. One fu
sillade of snipers’ bullets put them
out of the fight. Then, with a rush,
the rebels were upon their prison
ers, to whom at once they began
to render first aid
“Shut your eyes,” ordered the
cap to red chief of police, "we’ll not
look at the miscreants. Bure, there’s
little enough wrong with boys that
will do us friendly acts like this."
Another moment and Sinn Felner,
gathering up the reins, was driv
ing the stricken constable to the
nearest hospital, and those police
men won’t be able to Identify any
of the rebels who attacked them.
Off Sackvllle-st., during the loot,
a barefooted old woman with bon
net worn helmet-wise, fetched a pair
of shoes from a shell shattered shop
and seating herself on the curb, at
tempted to put them on. Finding
the else too small she dropped her
loot and re-entered the store for
another pair. When she returned
to the street the first shoes had dis
appeared.
“Glory be!” cried she as one con-
Ten Years’
Time for $ 3
c/lnd ten years Is putting it conserva
tively; for the Ingersoll Reliance Watch,
with ordinary care, will give you accu
rate, dependable time for much longer
than this.
It’s very flat and very good-looking.
* *
Made by Ingersoll, but in a factory de
voted entirely to these new jeweled
bridge-model watches. Three Dollars.
ctfeUCaw Bcfcnd
me dbusnteX.
<^r-
fronted with unsuspected Iniquity,
"what dlvlls of thieves there are in
Dublin!"
But the hero of the rising is an
aged Fenian—who ran away. Time
was when he carried a gun with the
best, In bis age he acte-4a keeper
of Stephen's Green. When Sinn
Feiners closed on their long-planned
stronghold the old man banged the
great gates in their faces. "Open
there! Wto ire coming in!” armed
men commanded.
"Not here—while I have my way.”
was the only answer.
A hundred loaded rifles were
raised only to be lowered at a word
of command.
"We are cltliens of the Irish re
public," explained the rebel leader.
•’Well, then.” conceded the park
keeper, "you must wait till I get
all these women and children to
safety."
Civil war loose all around them,
the Sinn Fein waited. When the
last reluctant kiddie was dragged
away a cordon of armed men
swarmed into the green—saluting
the grim old Fenian.
Half a mile away a tall, thin slip
of a girl sallied from the rebels’
postofflee fort to run the gauntlet of
war in the street. Barricades and
barbed wire across Sackvllle-st.,
tram cars exploding north and east,
machine guns whirring from Jacobs'
factory at cannon tiring from Shel
don’s hotel, a gunboat shelling lib
erty hall —the labor headquarters—
the girl went her way toward the
khaki cordon.
"I aas cooking for the men in
the postofflee, and they complained
of my cooking, so I’m quitting
them, she told the Knglish troops
guarding the barrier. They allowed
her to pass. At twilight she reap
peared confessing with bland Inno
cence her remorse for having been
cross with her rebel friends, and
her wish to return to her work. A
peremptory Britisher barred her
way. Eyes, smiling appeal *he
mounted the barricade to parley;
then, suddenly snatching a scarf
from her throat, signaled a mes
sage. Slow wit ted sentries placed
her under arrest, hut not before the
corraled Sinn Feiners learned by
her signal that she had dispatched
the message they had sent her out
to dispatch.
"Most of the boys and girls, the
youths and elderly men swept into
this tragic fiasco were born and
bred In the awful purlieus of absen
tee landlords," said my friend, the
nationalist captain "Socialist or
Sinn Felner have become Inter
changeable terms in Ireland when
conditions of living and of labor are
more than flesh and blood can stand.
All Europe is on the eve of a So
cialistic revolution. The men re
sponsible for such unbearable con
ditions are guilty of the 'lrish ris
ing.’ ”
SUFFRAGISTS
ATJ/ARIANCE
Clash Expected at Congression
al Union Convention In
Chicago* June 5* 6 and 7
MqL Caroline Chapman Catt, pres
the National Suffrage or
ganisation, will denounce the policy
of the Congressional union on the
floor of the union’s convention, in
Chicaco, June 6. 6 and 7, according
to a telegram received by Mrs. W.
Nelson Whlttexnore, from Miss Alice
Paul, of Washington, Tuesday morn
ing.
The convention is called to form
a woman’s party to stand behind
the federal suffrage amendment
The members of this latter organ
ization would be obliged to pledge
themselves to bold the party In of
fice responsible for the failure or
success of the amendment irrespec
tive of personal affiliations. The
suffragists are divided on this pol
icy, although many of them are
members of both organisations.
The purpose of the Cpngresslonal
union la to advance the cause of
the Susan B. Anthony amendment,
which would enfranchise every
woman in the United States. While
the national organization works for
the tame amendment, It employs
different methods, chiefly through
education and the acquiring of
strength through atate campaigns.
Brother Dlea at Verdun.
BAY CITY. Mich., May 31.—The
Rev. Fr. A. C. Colgnard, curate at
St. Joseph’s church, this city, re
ceived word Monday of the death
of his brother, Lieut. Emil Colgnard,
on the Held of battle In one of the
bloody Verdun charges. Fr. Coig
nard visited his brother several
years ago In France. The lieuten
ant was 33 years old and had re
ceived rapid promotion in the
French army.
Mother of Official Dies.
MT. CLEMENS. Mich., May 31
Mrs. Mary Sonnenberg. 78, widow
of the late Ludwig Bonnenberg. and
mother of Aid. Sonnenberg, died
Tuesday afternoon at her home. The
funeral service will be held Thurs
day afternoonn.
Chines* Province Revolts.
PEKIN, Mav 31.—The province of
Hu Nan declared its independence
yesterday. Hit-Nan is an inlanfi prov
ince with a population estimated at
22.000,000. Several neighboring
provinces have declared their Inde
pendence since the taginning of the
uprising against President Yuan
Shl-Kal.
Canoeist Drowns.
GRAND RAPIDS,' Mich., May 31.
Herman Smith, 19-year-old son of
Henry Smith, of this city, was
drowned near Bailey Springs, in
Grand river, north of here. Tuesday
afternoon, while canoeing.
* THE
STAGE
When George M. Cohan was
"trouplng" some years ago and was
known as "young Cohan of the Four
Cohans," he had the reputation
among transfermeu and hotel por
ters of having the heaviest theatrical
trunk carried ou the road. Mr. Co
han, who Is the abbot of the FTlars’
club and will be In th*i Detroit opera
house. Monday, June a, with the All
Star Frolic, inadvertently disclosed
the secret when a few days ago he
wae Instructing bin valet what to put
In his trunk for use on the Frolic
trip. The list was a long one and
Mr. Cohan wouud it up by saying'
"und don’t forget a bag of the flneat
sand you can get." "What in the
wcrld do you want a bag of sand In
your trunk for’” inquired a friend
who stood by. "Why, I would never
think of going on the road without
a bag of sand in my theater trunk."
answered Mr. Cohan. "There will
be mar.y places where sand la unob
tainable, and I must have it for my
dances. I have alwaya carried a
bagful ever since I started to dance
Th° mn 3 Mferaon, the explorer. Lewis and Clark, Abraham
Lincoln and a host of others dreamed of the magnificent em
/i\v/ / oire which American pluck and courage would build on the
forth Coast, and set their hopes on the great steel
3 which must conquer the mountain barriers to link
and West forever in one great commonwealth,
x did their fondest dreams foreshadow how wonder
i railroad, electrically operated, would surmount the
parts of the Rockies and give to mountain travel all
and much of the speed of the level stretches.
electrification of “The cold and frustrated by snow,
aul Road" between the giant electric locomotive,
wton, Mont., and Aveiy, fed by the limitless energy of
, over the Great Conti- mountain streams, speeds up
l Divide has forever the grade, undaunted by cold
3me the great difficui- and snow, hauling with ease
f mountain operation, the all-steel “Olympian” and
e once the steam loco- “Columbian" and heavily
e toiled and panted up loaded freight trains over
xintain side, assailed by the roof of the continent
tgo, Milwaukee & St. Paul
r the travel supremacy of “ The St. Paul 9 * when arranging
trip to the Pacific North Coast In the luxurious “O/ym
"Columbian” smoothly riding behind the world’s most
ill locomotive, you enjoy a smokeless, cinderless journey for
440 miles through the beautiful scenery of the
majestic Rockies and forested Bitter Roots.
~free~| PERMANENT [free -
Building Exposition
CONDUCTED BY
Builders' & Traders' Exchange
PUBLIC OPENING
Thursday, June 1, 1916
11 a, m. Until 10 p. m.
Flowers —Music Exposition is FREE
Light Refreshments Ladies Especially Invited
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DETROIT TIMES
on the stag*" "That makes you*
trunk prstty heavy,” ramarfcad his
friend. *T should worry. I don't
have to carry It,” answered Mr. Co
han.
C. H. O’Donnell and company will
present "Flashlight Cragln,” a play
let dealing with New York under
world life. In the Orpheum theater
next week. Mr. O’Donnell aleo wrote
the drama, which Is described as
the best of Its type yet to find Its
way to the vaudeville slage. Don
nolly and Dorothy to a clever com
edy skit, introducing new songs,
comedy and novelty dances, are fea
tured on the same bill. Jones and
Johnson, Negro entertainers said to
be the best of their ktod In popular
priced vaudeville, will offer new ma
terial. Other acts will include Frear,
Daggett and Frear In a juggling and
comedy skit that deals with the
baseball cruze, Jack and Jeaels Gib
son. unicyclists who combine skill
with daring and Eddie Foyer, monoL
oglat There will be feature fllma.
changed dally, before and after the
vaudeville, and Friday night local
dancing amateurs will compete for
prizes during the first evening show.
Douglas Fairbanks In “The Good
Bad Man,” and with Besale Love as
the heroine, will be next week’s fear
ture film in the Majeatio theater.
It Is a clever tale about an eccen
tric highway man who appro
priates the property of the undeserv
ing and redistributes wealth accord
ing to his own whims and theories
The Irrepressible personality of Fair
banks dominate# the production and
there are many fine photographic
.effects. Fairbanks will be seen as
**Ps#sJn’ Through,” who devotes his
life to helping children who do not
know their parents. He “holds up"
a grocer to get food for a little lad
of that kind who llvas In a- deserted
shack, also the Padflo eapress to
take the ticket punch away from the
conductor, and la reeponsibla for
other queer foals. All the eoenes
are laid In the west and one of the
big effects Is ths chase of a hand of
100 outlaws by a shorOTs posse. The
third chapter of "Gloria’s Romanos’*
with B 51) la Barite te scheduled as
well as other films and songs by
Henry Santrey.
Dloktneon • peaks In Chart otto.
CHARLOTTE, Mich, May »L
LleuL-Gov. Dickinson was the Ms
moral day spsaksr hers Tuesday.
A parade of Bona of ’Vbtanaua CL A.
R., school children and dtlsens pre
ceded the pohllo exercises at Oak
park.
A Statement
> ' . WM
Detroit is only commencing to grow. II lot
set a pace that caraot'Mop. MMg w|R If/
made in the future from Detroit M
but reasonable discretion on the parthpV
is Important both in the locution and pdmof
the property and the indirlduala wtth-lflMii
business is done.
*
The Detroit Real Eststi BQiHoMa4qHl>
zation aims to keep the buaineaa of ikslff In
Real Estate in Detroit on-tho highest pnmlMo
standard.
Requirements for membership mu iafllßsiWg
Not less than one year in the Real Kltatt lad>
ness in Detroit, a good moral character mil
record for honorable business dealing.
At present there lain Michigan abnotutaty ng
restriction on the claa»or"quaHfl cations of umSl
setting themselves opt in the real estate M*
nessr
It is notorious that hundreds ofb»dh|fnli
are representing themselves as real estate op*
era tors and dealers who are totally Incompetent
and in many cases unscrupulous*
At one time, any person without experience
training or knowledge could set himself op as j*\
lawyer or a doctor and as a result* many hr
nocent persons were victimized. Now the hnr
requires that such persons must be suitably
trained and give evidence of good character*
It is quite as important that the man whs
handles yeur money in real estate transactions
be as well qualified In his line as It is that *
lawyer be competent to represent you la legal
matters. In fact, the amounts involved will
average more in the case of the real estate man.
Honest but ignorant individuals can cause
endless trouble and financial loss to purchasers
or sellers of real estate by failure to properly
safeguard his clients' interests, through not
knowing how.
Dishonest individuals are always amottg us,
but the loss can be none the less serious from
incompetence than it is from dishonesty.
The Detroit Real Estate Board does not at*
tempt to restrict the number of persons enter
ing the real estate field, but it does endeavor to
discourage incompetency and prevent dishon
esty in real estate transactions.
The Board cannot say that every property
offered by a member is a good thing to boy and
this is always a matter of individual judgment
on which even experts will differ. But the
Board can and does insist that its members teO
the truth and only the truth about what they
offer.
Misleading statements or misrepresentations
in selling real estate is obtaining money under
false pretenses and the Detroit Real Estate
Board stands ready to prosecute to the limit
such offenses on the part of members or non
members. ,
The Detroit Real Estate Board frequents the
public to furnish information regarding any dis
honorable or unprofessional conduct In tnl es
tate transactions, particularly If theofftondor is
a member. Proof of such conduct hy »memhw
will result In expulsion from the Detroitdfeal
Estate Board and public exposure,
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