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TERSE—CLEAR SAVES YOUR TIME AND YOUR EYES SIXTH KNTH~Y EAR. NO. 24 5. Two Dead,One Dying In Blistering Hearn mmmm IB|4 »lll!t V 111111 \SBm Hi BgsSßpj aB GERMAN NAVY FAVORS WAR WITH U.S.ON U-BOAT ISSUE, ASSERTS OFFICIAL “Anythin# Better Than U. S. Neutrality,” Berlin Sentiment TO RESUME WAR OF TORPEDOES Sentiment For De fiance of America Gains Daily By CARL tV ACKKRAfAS. {Stall Corrcupondo t I nited i'reat.) MERLIN. July 12. —The over throw of Chancellor Von (lethiuano- Hollweg. champion of a conciliatory policy toward the United State*, and the unloosing of German sub marine* within three month*, was predicted by Von Tirpitz supporter* here today unless President Wilson acta against the Ilritlah blockade Member* of the conservative par ty and those favoring annexation of territory conquered by Germany Joined In th*’ forecast. They said the opinion of /. oierlca will be dl*- i< .Mul ti *.\ private source close to the foreign otflc*- made th!* state ment to th.* I'nltcd Pres* regarding (< oatliMird on I'ngr Kiev rm. I FIRE EATS ( LOSE TO DYNAMITE (*|teHnl 1.. Th. Tlmr»,l NEW YORK, July 12 —Thou- sands of persons milling around In excitement c-*rl\ last nl;ht at Sev enth are. and Twenty-thlrd-st. where heavy smoke from a work men’s shunt) burning 40 feet under gtound in the now subway was belching through i Linking and ven tilator*. caw labours and firemen scurrying ou» through holes In the street with sticks of dynamite they had matched from the magazine about .'SO feet from the flame*. The tin o.eum-d hi H;10 p m. TrafTlc In all direct loti" v. a.-* blocked for marly an hour. run NK.nvoi * nisonor.ii* Take Hor.fnril'. Arid I'koupkalf For Insomnia, mental exhaustion and lassitude the Next !<*nb fur nervea and Mninurb AdV. an>«i>N —non w •! l«VI—P«IX l«i« U|«|d Ml —■«IIU|JJ To the Striking Newsboys of Detroit! YOU HAVE publicly paid recognition to The Time* for fair treatment; for being willing to "go halve*” with you and for taking cognizance of the fact that you have to live. We are very grateful to you for these word* of appreciation. It la pleasing to ua to know that you feel you have always received a equare deal from The Tlmea. But in your strike, while your difference* with other newspaper* are pending an adjustment that will be satisfactory to you, The Time* can go with you only so far and no farther. We want to caution you against violence. We hope you will commit no unlawful act of any kind. If you do you will only be playing ln»o the hand* of the newspapers against which you have your grievances And If you do you will lose the support of the public, which you have with you at the present time. In prosecuting your cause against the newspapers that have offended you, you can dUnla> the signs you have been displaying, announcing you are on atrlke; you can refuse to handle the nev. sp*p« rs you ore fighting and that are fighting you; and you can employ moral suasion tn keeping other boy* from selling these newspapers. You cannot go farther and hope to accomplish what you ask half as quickly as you ran by mean* that are legitimate. Tearing up the papers carried by a boy who Is not one of you, will only go you Inio trouble with the police. You have proposed to the newspapers Involved, arbitration of the differences. You have put it squarely up lo those newspapers, and It ts thrlr move--not your move. PORT NEAR LOUDON IS BOMBARDED Seaham Harbor Shell ed By German Submarine GENERAL HAIG STRENGTHENS LINE Now Holds All German First Line On Somme ttr i sirt:n press. LONDON, July <2.—A party of |rl»h Futileers penetrated German trenches at a htrongiy held position southraxt cf Loo. last night, Gen. Haig reported to the war office thii afternoon. They remained 20 minutes, kill ing many Germans and retiring with rbght losses. X ■ ■ ■■ ■ I ■■ LONDON, July 12—German troops regained some Tost ground in the fighting last night between Mamctx and Tronea woods, east, of Albert, but all other enemy attache were beat en off with heavy enemy lota, General Haig reported to the war office this afternoon. LONDON, July 12.—The Eng llsh town of Seaham Harbour, County of Durham, wae bom barded during the night by an enemy submarine, the war of fice announced this afternoon. One woman wae killed. The town of Seaham Harbour lie* on the Nonli Sc* aboui -SO mil** nnrlh of !*>ndnn, »iid six* mile* routheaxt of .Sunderland. It ha* <reattnur4 on Pace Eleven! DETROIT TIMES THE NATION’S PERIL! THE WEATHER. Detroit anil vlelnD, i Wednesday xllki anil Thursday, fair and rontla urrf nnrmi mnilmam abaat 0O de ,r<-e»i moderate ..utkne.terly nlndi, Uwer Vtlrhlaaai Knlr aad con tlnur <1 „a rm Wednesday al«ht aad Tbursda,. I pper l.nkrai lientle to moderate „ lad*, mo.tl, oouthxveMt fair and roatlaaed n*ra W ednexdsr nl*kt aad Tfcur.rtn,. I.ewer l.akeoi Moderate southwest wlndsi fair mid continued warm oa Wednesday nl*ht nnd Thursday. Hla ke.f temperatare tkl. date In the past 43 year.. 04 In HM»M| lowest, 30 la 1*73 aad I HAM. One year ago today t Mlake.t tem ferstare. *<«t lone»t, 0«i menn. 7d| partly elondy weather. ’l'he *el. Wednesday at *io* p. m. and rise* Thar.day at 4iW a. m. Toda.v i* Orangemen’* day, the an nlversaty of the battle of the Boyne. Democrat* of lowa hold their elate conveniion today at De* Moines. Print lag—the plan, neat hi"?—?*"* la right—Time. Jnh ne»t- Mala tAlh WEDNESDAY, ILLY 12, 1916. HEAT TAKES TWO LIVES IN DETROIT Tuesday’s Record of 90 Decrees May Be Broken THIRD VICTIM THOUGHT DYING John Ford, Overcome, Falls From Third- Story Window HOt FtLY nWEIUTI nKS 2 p. in 1 a. m 77 4 p. m 90 .i a. in 7*5 5 p. m 99 4 a. m 75 4 p 88 5 h. m 71 7 p. m 84 a a. m 78 8 p. m Si 7a. m 78 9 p. rn S2 8 a. m 74 10 p. m St 9 a. m 78 11 p. m 79 10 a m 98 12 midnight.. 79 11 a. m 85 1 a. m 78 12 a. m 86 George Clark, about 40 years, old, whose address has not been learned by the police or coroner's office, was found dead at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning on the third floor of anew building at Wilkins and Beaubien sts., by Sam Htoller, of No. '.’2l Kllot-st. Coroner Burgess viewed the l»od\ H onllnnril «»n l’«»r I’lOfSl Wavwe Sltfrti and rtirkua for men and women. *'pen all n*ght. —Adv, | tUMIsi e-men. tttenflnn! M.oin' h*« n mv -nlendld hotel* Inferttrbsn car* eve » ?'• minute* flood mttnmntdle mao mil lorattnt fume and *■ •• *he batn city. ’ Adv United Statei Senator Harding nnd former Governor Herrick of Ohio, are scheduled to address convention of the National Hay at Hociation today at Cedar Point. O. Hainp'on L- Carsou. former attor ney gent ral of Pennsylvania, i* to deiiver the annual address before the Indiana Staff' Par association meeting at Lafayette today. Commercial engineer* and s.a'ion my engineers of N’t w England will meet hi Fall River today for the an nual convention* of their associa t lon** German Merchant Submarine In Baltimore Harbor , Captain and Originator 1 V .. . - ■ ■■■ ■■ ■■ ■" ,u IK. f 0 J*CM**w*fms J Thin Khnw.t 1 1u> firrnmn niorrhnnt ntibllmrim mrhr.r■<■ <1 In IJaMlmnr»> harbor nhrr hot vm«|n of <•*<»» mil**,* fmnt ('apml* l’*o< KowagM* w*n tho hnpploxi mnit In the I‘mfofl *tato« « hon n«» w*pn i>or m**n n-*kofl him about bln trip Thin romarkablo fom of th# Orman* wan tin* in • prntlnn of Alfred l.ohni*nn. *ho pro«.onmd tho Hr* to the Orman icnv*rnni**n» «nmo ninnO *fo - .. . \ ’m .*. . WILSON PLANS PERSONAL APPEAL TO WARRING POWERS ON REHALF OF SUFFERERS ON EASTERN FRONT PARALYSIS TAKES 270 N.Y, BABIES Tuesday Worst Day Yet In Plague Epidemic 195 NEW CASES ARE REPORTED Brooklyn Hit Hardest; Even Seaside Is Not Exempt iSpeelal to The Time.* NEW YORK, July 12.—Yesterday was the worst day yet recorded in this city’s epidemic of infantile paralysis. In 24 hours, there were reported 195 authenticated new eases of the disease and 32 deaths. Thi* bring* the total number of victims up to 1,278 persons, 270 of whom have died. Brooklyn was hit hard, with a to tal of 155 new victim*, which 1* nearly double the number reported on any previous day. Anew cen ter developed in Manhattan In an apartment house district on St. Nicholas avenue, and the spread of the infection to outlying di*tricta continued rapidly. A case reported from Seaside. RocUaway Beach, i showed that even breeze-swept 1 beach resorts are not to be left out. From all official* in any w*y con lContinued on l’a*e Fllmnl Printing—lkf pi. In neat kind—that I. H«ht—Times .lot* Dept—-Main 4A2fl. LAST EDITION NEWSBOYS KEEPING DP. BIG BATTLE Say They Will Force News, Journal and Free Press to Terms k*— ■+* ""PSMg naaw ii ii i4'<*a.4.K SEVERAL NABBED BY THE POLICE Lads Arrested For De fending Themselves, They Insist "We don’t want to handle The News any more at Lny price!” Such waa the Indignant exclama tion of several cf the strikiDf news boys, Tuesday night. Several of the Ltriklng newsboys were arrested Tuesday afternoon, in the northern part of the city. In cluded In the number was Tom Colie, former employe of the News. Colle and the others that were carted off to cells In the Bethune ave. station, Insist th*t they did noi Invite trouble, hut that when it was forced upon them lhe> fought vigor ously. The police arrived in the midst of the tn üble and picked out for arrest onl> those that were sell ing The Times. An attache of the Free Press’ circulation department fired a re volver during the fight, the boys declare, and «oine of the policemen also flourished gun* Colle and the other prisoner* were rebased In tranflniied on r**e Kievan 1 ONE CENT, Horrors There “Tetrli Heart,” President I Tellß Visitors | RECEIVES POLES 1 IN WHITE HOUSE 1 Tells Them Hell Try to ll Assist Native 1 Land J -3 WABHINOTONO. July la^KntfarlS faftt VUaon im* mal£ f belligerent nation* of Hh»ro*i^|§S save Poland from starvation. 1 iS Replying to the appeal for emoD -31 action made to him today by a dale gation representing the Polish OP* '« ganisations of the country, the piao idem strongly indicated that if oN ■ ! other measures fall, he will take 09 1 tbe question personally. The president told the delegation ’-’I the Polish situation “has engaged my thought constantly and I naigha . say without exaggeration, and I do 1 not think there is any matter to 'I! which the state department has do- ’-/A voted more constant and repeated effort than that of trying to got ro» J lief to Poland. I know the torrlblo conditions, tbe tragic conditions, that a exist there, and nobody could know /l them without feeling his heart torm with the knowledge. Just the othor | day we i*sued a special appeal to the governments concerned to mako ;; concessions and allow this human* . j thing to be done. Now lam aimply i! up against a stone w*ll in the mat- -■ f er. I cannot force food in there without complicating the situatloa. and without, I conjeciure. doing a ’ greH'er disaster to Poland than ser* vice. ’•Her only friend* nre apparently at a dis.idvantaKe, but I can assure * you that every kind of pressure that . S c*n be brought will he brought and 7 Is being brought to the accomplish* ment of this object.