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TUESDAY, AUGUST 1. 1916,
U-BOAT OFF
TOOAY FOR
GEJPIY
At Least, That’s the
Expectation In
Baltimore
TUG TIMMINS
DRAGS CHANNEL
U S. Revenue Cutter
On Hand to Assure
Fair Play
BALTIMORE Mo, Aug. I.—
Owen Coleman, the pilot who
brought the sol »ph freighter
Deitt vrhland safely Into port, will
take her out a**atn. Ptano of the
promoter* tall •< t I ini ti pilot her
down the buy before night. This
w>!s lenrned iimhoritntlve.v farlv to
Uny, iintl it wit i!ti(loi. tood that
Colei mi; wa-i * 'i**n ; t the dock
whore ihe Deutschland ami tin* tug
Timmins lie
Kvi-t vt hinj.' was t«au> for t.n get
h«m) anu the lip 11> m t l lie vessel
►alls before night n»nie fr.-ui a nor* 1
reliable source than the usual crop
of unconfirmed and uncontit mable
rumor? Tier#* w* re who r» ports
fioui various tin ti.tiers .if the Tim
mine in w that the -ailing ih at
hand
The revenue cutter Apacliv lay in
the Putapsco a slioit distance be
low the l**‘uts-Mojid, miparenfly
read> to see that site hio: fair play
on her return Jjurney.
Humor had it that tie lteutsch
land'a alter ►i.lp the Bremen, h due
along the A'lantlr ► eab.aid either
toda> oi tomorrow hut then was
no definite informal on as to whe:h
er “lie will dock here or in iw^ton
Shortly after *he information ton
rernlng the pilot i«iani* known, the
tug Timmins and the smaller brunch
Efco M4it**<i o ,T toward aid chan
pel, »jr»>ing a ura*. an an nil) to
pick up any mines or oirmutlon
WILSON HAS
COMEBACK
ALL READY
ICaallaafS Irmm !*•*• Om)
th" Republican party Is a "remln
Ilacrnce” with a platform of poli
cies. some of which It failed to
handle when In power, and many of
which the Democrats have put into
laws during recent months.
Enunciation of a constructive bus
lneaa policy for th»- future, showing
what has been done and what will
be done through Industrial prepared
neat to m*-« t the economic upheav
als after the war
The presidents address will not
be as long as that delivered by
Hughe*. It will Include a defense
of the administration's diplomatic
coarse In Mexico and toward Euro
paan nations. It will point at length
to prosperity and peace.
There Is now no Intention on the
part of the president to reply to
Hughes' address previous to his
speech of acceptance, at Ixmg
Branch.
Both Winsrs of Party
Like Hughes Speech
By PERRY ARNOLD
UUnff Cnrmpnrrtrnt l’rt%ted Prmt )
NEW YORK, A uft I— Charles
Evans ff 11 kTi^' "keynote” for the
coming campaign pirn nod nil Repub
licans today. Party chiefs who a*
semhled to hear the former Justice
formally accept the nomination last
night were unanimous today In prals-
Ing the striking sentences with
which the candidate outlined the is
sues on which the O O. P. la to
atart eviction proceeding* agnlnat
Woodrow WHaon and the Democratic
majority In the Hen ate and hotiae.
The fact that 4.000 men nnd worn
en eat for nearly three hours In
sweltering, sizzling heat to hear the
nominee break another one of hla
fa moils alienees In the meeting at
Carnegie hall was looked upon by
Republicans today ns auguring well
for success In November. Moreover,
the aanie sticky, sweating auditors
had enough enthusiasm left at the
end of that session In the close air
of the hall to cheer Hughes vocifer
ously. They would have liked to
have heard something from Col.
Roosevelt. litit the former Moose,
playing "second fiddle” at a polltl
cal gathering for .the first time In a
great many years, hustled out of the
hall
Hughes* speech pleased today, be
cause, In the view of his friend*, he
supported his harmony plea with a
selection of the Issues for the cam
paign which combine views of Re
publican atandpattera. Republican
liberals and Progressives. The “old
liners” acre pleased with a ringing
protection declaration on the tariff;
the liberals with the labor, conserva
tion and administrative efficiency
sections in his upbraiding of the
Wilson administration and the Rull
M nosers with the "Amerlcanlam"
creed, the preparedness platform
and the Mexican dlacusalon.
Republicans. .»nd Iwmorrat* alike
today were convinced that Hughes'
principal Issue In his fight against
Wilson will he the Mexican altua-
tlon. The second line offensive will
be bombardment ulong the lines of
"adequate” preparedness and the
tariff.
Nearly eight year* ago, Hughes
accepted the gubernatorial nomina
tion in Madison sq garden. At that
time and In the campaign which fol
lowed he was adjudged one of the
best campaigners New York had
ever seen. Considerably grayer of
beard and more bald last night than
on that othei night of acceptance.
Hughes exhibited no diminution of
vigor In his stumping ability. In the
opinion of those who knew him in
other days
On his transcontinental trip,
starting Saturday, his supporters ex
pect him to give the country a i»m
pie of the sort of campaigning thHt
made him famous In the guberna
torial race. ,
FUNERAL
DIRECTOR IN
CONTEMPT
4 Coa Unu-A from Pace Oae.t
their families. Is contemptible." de
clared Judge Codd. who aald that
the amount of the tine was entirely
Incommensurate with the reprehen
nihility of the offense. A Jail sen
tence of 30 days was Skwlerczyn
ski'a alierantlve to the fine, but his
attorney. August Syfowskl, declared
thii' he would appeal.
Wearing heavy mourning, three
o ft he daughters who survive Knuth
were in court. Mrs. Bertha Horow
skl. of Belleville, told of the at
tempts of herself and her sisters to
get the hoillcs of their loved ones
and the refusal of Skwierciynskl to
give them up
“They told us we would have to
give them }Jr>o or we couldn't have
the bodies.'* said Mrs. Horowskl.
whose testimony was to the point
and full o' Indignation "We termiu
ated all dealings with them, and
they then told us that whether we
bought coffins or not. they would go
ahead with the funeral."
The most detailed explanations
and evasions could not save
Skwierczynski from the court's
wrath He said that he was simply
employed hy William Skerrett. of
Wavne, who had asked him to take
charge of them because he had the
larger morgue. Justice Felt, he
said, had turned over the bodies to
Skerrett.
“Mr Kelt said that If they paid
es $250 thi-y could have trie bodies.’
declared flkwlerciynskl
Judge ('odd. who had been wulk
Ing deliberately back and forih be
•hind his bench, wheeled sharply.
■T*’" he interjected. "You say
then that you and Skerrett were to
.-hare'*"
Skw teresynski denied this, and ex
plained that he simply had a bill
against Skerrett
Attorney Turek told of meetlug
Skw tercxynakl. Saturday morning,
across frfom St. Hedwlgs church,
demanding the bodies and being re
fused
Judge Codd held that the only
question at Issue was whether or
not the injunction had been dlsre
ganled. and when Deputy Walter
Buhl testified that he had served
the undertaker the contempt of
court was established
ZEPPELIN
IS WINGED
BY BRITISH
4Cea flawed from P»«* Oao.)
war office announced today The
raider was engaged by British air
craft and bombarded by anti-aircraft
guns. Later It was seen to drop
to a low altitude and disappear In
the mlat off shore.
The number of dirigible* engaged
In the raid was not announced. A
number of explosive bombs were
dropped In a score or more of places
and the Zeppelins apparently cruised
over half a doxen or more counties,
dropping bombs at several places of
no military Importance.
I,ate this afternoon the war office
announced there were no casualties
from the air raid.
Floods Fail to
Stop Russians
WY ILSITED PRFPR.
PRTROORAD, Aug I.—Flooded
fob!**, mushy swaoups and barbed
wire entanglements, partly sub
merged. have fail*<l to stop the
Russian advance across (he Stock
luhl river north of Kovel. German
positions which the Teutonic com
manders have spent months in per
fecting are suorunkhlng daily to the
HiMshtn assaults
The enveloping movement a r ound
Novel l« proceeding step by step.
Gen. Kaledlnee' forces have nego
tiated the difficult marshes of the
Htocknod and Gen. Sakhsroff's divi
sion is forcing the Austrian troops
under Gen. Von Boehm ErmolUs
westward front Brody Between
Kovel »nd Brody Is a "kink" In the
line Military authorities here esti
mate Ihe Teutonic forces must re
tire from this tingle If the Russian
advance on both sides continues, or
else run the risk of having Its flank
turned.
Judging from battle front dis
putes today the floods on the Dnies
ter river have subsided somewhat,
permitting Gen. l.etchJtsky to press
forward with gr»sf rapidity.
Austrian big yon* are bombard
ing Brody In a counter-attack, but It
Is unofficially stated flat the firs
la waning.
Heavy counter attacks from Kosrel
and Lusk were repulsed after the
Russians had attacked In the region
of Tchekhuv and Dobenka. Crosa-
ing the Dniester toward Koropieti
was accomplished despite destruc
tion of bridges by retreating Her
mans, the ctar's troops wading
across, reaching the west bank of
the swollen stream and taking 1,000
of the enemy prisoners.
The Herman line iva* again bent
backward In the bend of the Stock
hod, In the region of Kelvetl and
Kuchary.
HY UNITED PRKftH.
BERLIN, Aug. I. Fierce fighting
along the British front north of the
Bomme was reported in the war of
fice statement today. It was stated
Oen Haig's men penetrated on a
narrow front towards the west of
F'oursaux wood, but were driven out
by a Herman counterattack.
MORE THAN
500 LOST IN
BUSH FIRES
(rssllss«4 tress Page Oar>
trim county and more or less tire
extending clear down to Sigma
Thla fire tract probably covers at
least JB.OOO acres at Hlanchnrds
camp of the W D. Young Cos. on a
branch of »he Detroit & Charlevoix
rallroati. A cook shack wss burned
and It could not be learned whether
they had succeeded in getting ‘.ho
hordes away from tht* camp or not
The losses In this sectioi. are son e
logs belonging to W. D. Young and
Ross A Wentworth
The moat sevens forest fires in
several years are trppwtel near Man
celona. The blat" Is now- within
five mller rs the village, and great
fear Is felt for farmer.! living tM
tween the fire line an 1 'h rt town,
ft Is to dr'/o through
the country for miles around, and
In places the flatnr are as high at
the tree »ops.
Front Boyne City it is reported
that the Blanchford lumber camps
near Deward have oeen destroyed.
Two thousand Hires of land in
Colfax township, near Cadillac. are
estimated to have been swept tv*
flames.
FIVE OF
SEVEN MEN
DROWNED
K'ltnUsiel from l’«*f Onrl
ton Ring Cos., and another automo
bile.
Because of the accident, the shops
of the concern have been closed
down and probably will not resume
operations until the victims are
buried, if more bodies are recov
ered.
Mrs. Leslie Bowie, wife of one of
the drowned men. is prostrated at
her home and is unable to give a
coherent account of the tragedy.
Harbormaster Kling is continuing
the search for the bodies, and Bert
Forten and Ledger Bachman,
deputy sheriffs, are Assisting him.
In a later account of the drown
ing. Oranger told of taking Bowie
a* well as Mason Knox from the
deep water as the other men sank
He said he placed Bowie and Knox
on their set and thought both were
safe, hut that as he was assisting
Knox to shore, he turned around
and found that Bowie had disap
peared. He Is more puxzled by
Bowie's fate than that of the others,
and thinks the drowned man must
have turned back in anxiety to help
the companions be knew were in
distress. Granger said he and the
others were caught In a dredging
pocket, and that a current gripped
them as soon as they proceeded be
yond the end of shallow water
about 150 feet from shore, and sud
denly were plunged into deep water
Granger did heroic work in rescu
ing Mason Knox. Then he turned
back to the boat and seized Ix*slle
Bowie.
Fearful lest young Elliott should
sink In tbs meantime, he took
Bowie only as far as the water that
was wlthla his depth, thinking that
he would be able to wade the rest
of the way. Bowie was left In wa
ter a little above his chest, and
Knox turned again doggedly for hls
third rescue.
Elliott, however, was unable to
help himself. He sank before Gran
ger could reach him.
On hls return to the shallow water
Granger found that Bowie had been
unable even to save himself In the
shallow water and had gone down.
Bowie had worked In Detroit for
about five years, coming here from
I/ondon, Ont. He waa employed hy
the Continental Motor Car Cos., and
several other manufacturing plants,
before going to work for the Detroit
Pieton Cos.
The Gocek hoys were brothers and
came here from Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
about five months ago.
Like most naval things, the broad
collar that la a part of a sailor's
uniform, had Its origin In a strictly
utilitarian purpose. In the daya of
the American revolution, and long
afterwards, sailors wore their hair
in qnenee. which hung down their
backs As the sailor had to pur
chase hts own uniform, and as the
grease with which the hair was
anointed bad an unhappy knack of
spoiling clothes and thereby deplet
ing Jack's store of ready cash, he
evolved a shield of blue Jean cloth,
which hung over the Jacket and
took all the grease, and which had
also the advantage of being cheap
and readily washed.
The Chinese custom of burning
small pleea* of gold leaf on various
anniversaries sacrifices several mil
lion dollars’ worth of the metal an
nually.
DETROIT TIMES
FOOTCLINIC
FEATURE OF
CONVENTION
Woman Chiropodist
Shows Great Skill
With Knife
800 NOW IN
ATTENDANCE
Exhibit Will Show
Complete History of
Footwear
Clinics "feotured” the second
day's proceedings of the* fifth an
nual convention :>f the National As
sociation of Chiropodists in the Ho
tel Statler,
For iho time being the commodi
ous ball-room of the hostelry wa*
converted into a foot hospital. It
was i*ort of a three ring circus to
the layman, who uw a trio of white
gowned foot surgeon* all wrorking
at once.
Hue of the operators was a wo
man— Dr. F J Ramsay, of Milwau
kee Her patient also a woman,
was being treated for a club toe,
which, it may lie said, in paealng.
If no relative of a club foot. In
another corner, Dr. diaries Stevens,
of Elmira, N. Y, demon.*trated on
the unshapely foot of a man, and
Dr. A M. Brackett, of Springfield.
Mass., industriously sprayed a neg
lected pfdul extremity of another
subject.
The elaborate equipment of the
doctors of the foe t is a revelation
to file layman. They have tools for
corn.I*, 1 *, bunions and ingrowing toe
nails A bottle Irbeled "Ether" on
one doctor’s taMe was presumed bv
an uninitiated onl<x>ker to be used
to put ihe foot at-’eep.
This observation met with no en
thusiastic response Chiropodists
do not treat the leet with levity. As
one of them reinutked, "They do
the burden of our work for us, and
yet they are troitfd with the leatt
conj-idt-rai ion "
He als« volunteered the informs
tion that there are 2G bones in the
human foot, nil bound logether hy
ligaments, which receive their
greatest strength by walking
Just how much cure is exercised
in the modern treatment of ailing
feet is show n bv the fa< t that the
<t;hjert is first conducted behind a
screened im loFiire, where his foot
is thoroughly washed In a solution
of bichloride of mercury. Then It
i>* wrapped in a clean towel, and
the subject is ready for the rperat
ing tabic. The operators, before
beginning, carefully sterilize thri r
instruments and tieat their hand'
with antiseptics.
The clinics were largely altended,
Tuesday morning. Women seemed
to be in the majority, and as the
operators worked ihey described
certain phases of their profession
ar.d responded to questions.
"Practical demonstration? are
much better than the infliction of
long winded papers," s&ld Dr. Ern
est C. Stanahack. president of the
association.
Incidentally, the president ex
pressed the opinion that the Detroit
members of the association, 18 In'
number, should get together and
arrange for free clinics for poor
persons with Impaired feet.
About 800 chiropodists had reg
istered up to noon, Tuesday. They
come from all over the country. It
is estimated that there are about
100 chiropodists In every (date In
the union, each earning an average
of $5,000 per year Arithmeticians
can figure out how much money is
annually spent In treating the hu
man foot in the United State*
Providence will probably be se
lected as the next convention place,
and the present officer*. It Is
thought, will be re-elected. Tuesday
afternoon.
Tueaday night's feature will be
a lecture by J. S’. O'Cimnell, pub
licity director of the United Shoe
Ms* htne Cos., of Boston His sub
Jeet Is “From pelt to woH,*’ and an
exhibit will show the history of foot
wear from prehistoric time* and the
manufacture vs modem shoes. Over
200 shoe dealers have been Invited
Before the clinics started. Tues
day morning, a beautiful picture of
Dr. Alfred Joseph, founder of the
sskelation, was presented to the
New York aisoclatlon. Dr. Ernest
Graft, secretary cf the national
body, made the prt sent at lon speech,
and Dr. Joseph responded fltttngly.
Among Tuesday morning’s arriv
als wus Dr. M H FV-ursller, of the
Michigan society. He Is located In
Grand Rapids.
HIGHER-UPS
TO BE HELD
FOR BLAST
(Cwatlnard rr*m Pave Om)
Ixed by Ihe raJlrocds. It Is also
shown that *3*1,3 42 IM worth of ex
plosives were shlVfl’ed from this pert
during May nnd flhat mete than
l.ifio.ooo.nnn w<»rGi of munition* for
the Allies had been shlnped from
here (luting the 12 men’hi ending
June in last.
While Hudspeth's Immediate de
sire Is to prosecute alleged viola
tions In the past, his ultimata aim
This photograph of the fire after the explosion at Black Tom, Communlpaw, N. J., when great quantities of >WlWltla» for the alHet VM dostNpH
was taken before daylight. The upper photograph shows the remains of a warehouse and along the water front later In the day. .
Is to force munition makers and
railroads to find some other place
than Black Tom, or. In fact, the
state of New Jersey, &a a shipping
point He will be Decked up by
Rep. Hnmlll, who is said to be plan
ning congressional action towari
pi event ion of another such series of
r* plosions a.* shook five states Sun
day.
The known death lint increased
today to five when Patrolman Wil
liam O’Neill, of Jerrey C.’ty, report
ed he had found a woman’s head on
(haven Point road, near Black Tom.
The woman was supposed to be
Mrs. Freda Wilson, wife of a barge
captain. The two Wilson children
are among the eight known missing
It became known today that the
loss Is almost entirely covered liy
insurance. Lloyds, of England, be
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
New Prices August 1,1916
The following prices for Ford cars will be
effective on and after August Ist, 1916
Chassis . . . $325.00
Runabout . . . 345.00
Touring Car. . . 360.00
Coupelet . . . 505.00
Town Car . . . 595.00
Sedan .... 645.00
f. o. b. Detroit
These prices are positively guaranteed against any reduction before August
Ist, 1917, but there is no guarantee against an advance in price at any time.
Our Branch in Detroit, 1550 Woodward Avenue
Great Fire Raging After Rlack Tom Explosion und Some Results
Ing the company largely concerned.
The allies, to whom the munitions
were going, will be the sole losers,
as far as destruction of munitions
is concerned.
The flrat hint of a bomb plot In
connection with the explosion came
today from Theodore B. Johnson,
who was held in $5,000 ball yester
day at Jersey City. Johnson’s firm
owned the barge which tied up at
the Black Tom dock with a load of
nitrocellulose, explosion of which
did the most damage.
“The fire that caused It all,’’ sajd
Johnson, “started in p box car.
Such fires don’t start by accident."
Illrtnk has algnrrt to pta> ahortatop
for thr K* nnavlllr tram. Mr la ex
ported to flit In aleely for Manager
Knoll.
In Politics
H. L. Herschberg, of the United
News Cos.. Is la the race for repre
sentative from the Flrat Michigan
district. He hae had experience In
the legislature, having, In bis young
er days, been a page for four years.
Herschberg began life as s news
boy In Detroit.
The Wayne county Democratic
committee Is confronted with the
task of picking a nominee for sher
iff because of the refusal of “Wa
hoo" Sam Crawford, of baseball
fame, to make the race. The com
mittee will meet Friday night In
the offices of Percy W. Orose, coun
ty chairman, to consider selection
at a nominee. No other MlMgfl
have been mentioned. TM
Ucan county and city oonuMtttlgfl
will gather at noon, Tseeday, at fljH
Hotel Pontchartraim for a Joint ngm
sion and luncheon. i
"" J
In bis campaign for tho MgMWj
alty, Judge William F. Connott* Vw
have the support of Thomas |||
Ahern, a staunch Wilson DonffNiKii
Ahern. Monday, came out
declaration expressing his lntsnflni
to support the candidacy of Jutfwj
Connolly In his fight against Mayor
Oscar B. Marx. When Bdwari
Wbod, of Flint, was named
cratic national committeeman tgft|
Michigan, Ahem led a fight for tin
appointment of William A. CNM
stock, of Alpena.
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