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SIXTEENTH YEAR. NO. 262.
FIVE OF SEVEN MEN IN
BATHINC PARTY DROWN
AT OAIIKLER’S POINT
Victims Were All Em
ployes of Detroit
Piston Ring: Cos.
ONE BODY IS
RECOVERED
Detroit Factory Is
Closed Down As Re
sult of Tragredy
Drawn Into the* channel of Milk
llv«r at Gaukler’s Point, five men In
tba employ of tha Detroit Platon
Bine 00. mat death by drowning at
•ttO o’clock Monday evening, after
two companions who were rescued
triad la Tain to render aid.
Tba dead arc:
CLINTON F. KNO. No. 500 Bald
tasMti BOWIE, No. 213 Hague
-BTANL4DC Oocek. roomer at No
B&l nagaa m
lOtiPH OOCEK. brother of man-
M, rooming at tha same place.
MILTON ELLIOTT, No. 221 Bu-
The body of Elliott was recovered
by Harbormaster IGlng late Tuesday
Born lag. and taken to the city llm
Ha, whore Coroner’s Clerk William
Do Laarler took charge of It for El
liott's father. Elliott was 2? years
Tba man rescued are John Oratf
gif >«nl Mason Knox, brother of
Clinton F. Knox, one of the drowned
nun Granger and Knox tried to
ears the drowning men but were
almost loot themselves.
The two survivors are unable to
account for the drowning, as they
aay all the victims were strong
swimmers. They say the five men.
after wading to a sharp drop into
deep water, disappeared as If caught
by an undertow.
Tba drowntnga occurred in a
nbaanal that had been dredged to re
antra boats, and Oranger and Knox
are sertaln their companions were
eaaght by a current they were un
able to overcome. The property ad
jacent to the river at this point Is
owned by Henry Ford.
The part*, one of the men accom
panied by his wife and child, drove
to Caulker's Point In a delivery
trunk belonging to the Detroit Pis
ton Ring Cos, and another automo
bile.
Because of the accident, the shops
of the concern have hern closed
down and probably will not resume
operations until the victims are
burled, If more bodies are recov
ered.
Mrs. Leslie Bowie.’ wife of one of
tbe drowned men. Is prostrated at
her home and Is unable to give a
coherent account of the tragedy.
Clinton F Knox also was married
and a child survives him besides bis
widow. There are two children In
the Bowie family. One la but six
weeks' old
Harbormaster Kllng Is continuing
the search for the bodies, and Ilert
Forten and Ledger Bachman,
deputy sheriffs, are assisting him.
In Politics
If. I* llerschbcrg, of the United
Newt Cos., In In the race for repre
sentative from the First Michigan
district. He has had experience In
the legislature, having. In hie young
er days. been a page for four years.
Hnrachberg began life as a news
boy In Detroit.
The Wayne county I>*mocratlc
committee Is confronted with the
task of picking a nominee for sher
iff because of the refusal of "Wa
boo” Sam Crawford, of baseball
fame, to make the race. The com
mittee will meet Friday night In
the ofllcea of Percy W. (Irose, coun
ty chairman, to conaider selection
of a nominee. No other names
have been mentioned. The Repub
lican county and city committees
krill gather at noon. Tuesday, at the
Hotel Pontchartraln for a Joint aes
•lon and luncheon.
In hla campaign for the mayor
alty, Judge William F. Connolly will
have the aupport of Thomas F.
Ahern, a staunch Wilton Democrat.
Ahern. Monday, came out with a
declaration expressing his Intention
to support the candidacy of Judge
Connolly In bis light agalnat Mayor
Oscar B. Marx. When Edward O.
Wood, of Flint, was named Demo
cratic national committeeman for
Michigan, Ahern l«*tl a fight for the
appointment of William A. Com
stock. of Alpena
pnmm rua»«M. nriraoiw
ffeu by Mnm»w tsrvt—> call
K«im akA— A4w.
HUOHESFOR
ANTHONY
RESOLUTION
Favors Suffrage by
Amendment to
Constitution
BY VS IT ED PREPS.
NEW YORK. Aug I—Charles E
Hughes today declared for a wom
en’s suffrage amendment to tbe con
stltutlon in a telegram sent Senator
George Sutherland, of Utah.
"My view Is that the proposed
amendment should be submitted and
ratified." the Republican candidate
said In his telegram to the Utah sen
ator.
THREE BOATS
CRASHJN FO6
Empire City, Towing Carring*
ton. Rams Sierra On St
Hair River
In n fog In the St. Clair river
Just above Algon e.c threw- freight
hosts were badly damaged In a col
lision early Monday morning. The
steamer Sierra, downbound with
ore, had been lying at anchor in
the channel, according to reports
and shortly after getting under way
was bumped on the stem by tha
•toamer Empire City towing th«
barge Carrington, both ore laden.
The Carrington '•rt.shod Into the
stern of the Empire City. The
Sierra and Umpire City lost their
stems, and the tow of the latter
was badly damaged. The Carring
ton escaped unscathed.
The steamer Pentecost Mitchell,
downhound. picked up the barge and
towed her to Toledo, where she
discharged her cargo.
The Sierra, operated by the Inter
wean Sttnmship Cos., was towed to
th» Ecorse yatdi of the Great
Engineering works. The Empire
City is above Algonac making tern
porary repairs. The Pittsburgh
Steamship Cos., of Cleveland, oper
ates the F.mplre City.
EIGHT PERSONS
SAVEDBY TUGS
Ohio and Marion Trottier Go to
Rescue of Launch Drifting
With No Propeller
William Finlny, proprietor of the
Union hotel, Amherstburg, and
"Cam" Davidson, of Windsor, their
wives and children. were rescued
by the tugs Marion Trottier ami
Ohio, early Monday morning, after
they hHd drifted for more than an
hour in a gasoline launch that was
put out of commission in a collision
with a buoy, crushing the propeller.
Water began to seep Into the
boat and the men worked desper
ately bailing It nut as the women
and children cried for help. When
the tugs finally reached them there
was six Inches of water In the boat
Oils Cut One# More.
BY VS IT ED PR *'BR.
LIMA, 0., Aug. 1. —Crude oil for
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois was re
duced 10 and five cents a barrel by
the Ohio Oil Cos. today, brlngtng
Wooster to SI.BO and North and
South Lima $1.58.
James K. Cullen, far 3d rears sfeOp
alan clerk far tbe A. A. Urmy Cos.,
tiled In his home. No. 7M I<nralne
sve. .Sunday m»ht from Hriabt's
disease Mr Cullen was horn In
this city In 187 R and had lived her*
all of bis life. Ills business as*
seriate* In the A. A. Gray Cos., and
the members of his lodge the So
cial Order of Moose, held him In
great esteem He was unmarried
and leaves one brother. Capt. Peter
Cullen, of the (Ire department, and
one sister. The funeral will he held
Wednesday morning from the
house, at *.lO o'clock, and from St.
I,eo'* church at 9 o'clock.
The Frost Family Association of
America, wltn a membership ex
tending throughout the country, will
hold ItH annual reunlbn today at
Marblehead. M is*
SIMMKII WRtRIVKM
Hereford's grid Phosphate
quickly relleye* hot weather languor,
•vhsi.atlon and nervousness.—Adv.
DETROIT TIMES
I T^ANAMw-jj
i ~ CAN ALl|
UNCLE SAM’S $25,000,000 WATCH DOGS.
tl-BOAT OFF
TOOAY FOR
GERMANY
At Least, That’s the
Expectation In
Baltimore
TUG TIMMINS
DRAGS CHANNEL
U S. Revenue Cutter
On Hand to Assure
Fair Play
BALTIMORE. Md , Aug. I.
Owen Coleman, the pilot who
brought th3 sot sea freighter
Deutschland safely into port, will
take her out ar-Rin. I>nn.s of the
promoters call for him fc pilot her
down the bay before night. This
wna learned authoritatively early to
day, and It was understood that
Coleman wan < hen at the dock
where the Deutschland and the tug
Timmins lie.
Everything was teady for the get
away and the tip that the vessel
huils before night came fr.un a more
reliable source than the usual crop
of unconfirmed and unconflrmable
rumors. There were ai»o reports
from various members of the Tim
mins crew that the sailing is at
hand.
The revenue cutter Apache lay in
the Patapaco a short distance be
low ihe iVutsrhkind. apparently
ready to see that she had fair play
on her return Jiurney.
Rumor had It that the Deutsch
land's slter ship, the Bremen, Is due
along the A'Lantic seaboard either
today or tomorrow, but there was
no definite Information as to wheth
er she will dock here or in Bowton.
Shortly after the Information con
cerning the pilot l ecame known, the
tug Timmins and the smaller launch
Kfto start**! out toward mid-chan
nel, carrying a urag, apparently to
pick up any mines or oortmotions.
QUIET PRIMARY
IN KANSAS
IS OUTLOOK
TOPEKA. Kas., Aug L—Today's
primary election promised to be the
quietest Kansas has known lu
years. In spite of a cool wave pre
diction, the vote was expected to
be light.
Assistant Atty.-Oen Hawks quiet
ed a report that women were not
permitted to vote on presidential
electors.
"Kansas w'omen have the same
right to vote for any candidate that
Kansas men have," declared Hawks.
Gov. Capper. Republican candi
date to succeed himself, has no op
position.
On the iVmocratlc side of the
ticket Ben 8. Gaitsklll, If Girard,
and W. C. I and son. of Hallna, arc
after the nomln*(tee
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1916.
BUSH FIRES
CLAIM 500
IN CANADA
Scores Are Buried In
Trenches Near 1
Cochrane
MICHIGAN ALSO
IS MENACED
Much Damage Done
Already In North
Counties
BY UNITED PRESS.
HAILEYBURY, Ont., Aug. I.
A* scores om dead in the fire
swept district between Ramore
and Cochrane were buried In
deep trenches today there was
every Indication that the toll of
life taken by the devastating
forest fire will never be known.
Relief workers believe more
than 500 were lost In the forest
fire which swept hundred* of
square mile* in northern On
tario.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Aug. 1
Reports received h**re by various
.lumber Interests, have given rise to
fear of heavy damage jind possible
loss of life from forest fires now
sweeping the northern sections of
the state. Advices from Fire War
den Morford of the Michigan Hard
wood Manufacturers’ association, at
Gaylord, indicate that fires nro rsg
ing furiously In the Blue lake sec
tion. and In the section southeast of
Frederick with the certainty fhnt
unless rain arrives soon, heavy ilira
age to timber will result.
There Is a heavy fire In the south
west corner of Otsego county and
In the northwestern corner of An
trim county and .more or less lire
extending clear down to Sigma.
This fire tract probably covers at
least 25.000 acres at Blanchard’s
camp of the W. D: Young Cos. on a
branch of the Detroit & Charleeolx
rallroau. A cook shack was burned
and It could not be learned whether
they had succeeded in getting he
horses away from this camp or not.
The losses in this secMoi. hh* some
logs belonging to W. I>. Young and
Ross A Wentworth
The most »eve r e forest fires in
several years are report el near Man
celona. The bias'* Is now within
five mller- ts the village, and great
fear Is felt for farmers living be
tween the fire line an I ihe town.
It Is Impossible to dn/o through
the country for miles around, and
in places the flames are as high as
the free tops.
From Boyne City it Is reported
that the Blanehford lumber cs>ups
near Deward have bevti destroyed.
Two thousand acres of land in
Colfax township, near Cadillac, are
estimat'd to have been swept b.Y
flames.
ALL LIU
NEW YORK
FACE TIE-UP
Strike Spreads to Sub
ways and Ele
vators '
SURFACE LINES
OUT OF BUSINESS
Nearly 2,000 Miles of
Trackage Is
Idle
NEW YORK, Aug. I.—Surface cal'
lines of a total mileage of 1,716
were threatened today with the moat
complete tieup In the city’s his
tory. The right to unionise la the
one big issue involved.
Unless this right is granted the
30,000 surface men by the com
panies, they threatened to carry the
fight to elevated and subway lines.
Such action, company and city offl
clals admitted today, would result
in the worst street car strike Amer
ica has ever known. As it is, a tie
up of the surface lines would seri
ously hamper businoss of all kinds.
The outlook was so gloomy Qov.
Whitman stayed over In New York
today to discuss the situation with
Mayor Mitchell, Police Commission
er Woods and other officials. Gov.
Whitman, realising what such a
series of walkouts would mean,
wanted to know If New York’s 10,-
000 police could handle the situa
tion without militia aid.
Mayor Mitchell today called both
sides to a conference at city hall
at 1 o’clock.
Conditions almost unprecedented
in the history of street car strikes
tn this country presented them
selves today. Strikers openly
boarded the cars that are still run
ning. quietly paid their fares and
stood with strikebreaking motonnan
or conductor, calmly urging them
to Join the strikers. The few pas
sengers aboard didn’t even know
what was going on. If the strike
argument failed the pleaders would
remark. “Well, old man, I’m sorry
you can't see us. Maybe you will
later. So long.’’
THE WEATHER.
n*lr*M and vtrtaltyt Tnoad*v
wl«bt and U>iliMlar fair wl«b na4-
erate tomaerataiai atfrrat* rrlada
moafly aortb to eaat.
I.nwer Mlrklgaai fair Taeadar
al*ht aaS Urdatatan am nark
rhaasr la trapnataf*.
I SOer l.akrai Wadorata eaat ta
aartbeaal wind* Taaaday al«ht, ka
eamlan aaatbeaat Wrdaoadan fair
weatbor.
!■•*»« l.akrai WaSerafr aarthraat
ta eaat nUda and fair weather TWea
da» nlakt and W’edaradar.
Vila heat temperature tbta Sate la
the paat 4* rear*, SI. la ISTti lowest.
SI. la ISOS.
One rear age fadapt Hlabeat tem
perature, «S| laweat, <M| meaa. 74|
partly rtoudr weather.
The ana arta TaesSay at TiM p. m.
■t»S Haea at SiM a. m, WeSaeaSay.
The mown aeta at MiM p. m. Tuea-
SLar.
CERMANS PREPARE TO RETREAT FROM
KOVEL IS RUMOR; ZEPPELIN RAIDER
WINGED, SAYS BRITISH WAR OFFICE
WILSON HAS
COME-BACK
AELJEADY
Telling Reply to
Hughes Speech Is
Planned
WILL ANNOUNCE
BUSINESS POLICY
Republican Party to
Be Arraigned As
Reminiscence
BY UNITED PRKPtf.
WASHINGTON. Aug. I.—Presi
dent Wilson had Charles E. Hughes'
speech of acceptaice for breaJtfaat
this morning. He had plenty of
time thoroughly to digest It—the
speech—before cabinet meeting.
When that body convened they all
went to it.
The speech followed ltnei antici
pated by the president and his ad
visers, it was declared.
So certain were administration
leaders that Hughes would say what
he did —so they said today—that the
president has been preparing his
own speech of acceptance for sev
eral weeks and it is now practically
completed, with only few changes
necessary-
It is understood his reply will be
largely constructive, dividing Itself
Into two major parts:
Development of a declaration that
Ue Repujijteaa jMttg Is a f'remi*
i scenes" wftll 1 platfortn <f |)#
cles, soma 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
iness policy for the future, showing
what has been done and what will
be done through Industrial prepared
ness to meet the economic upheav
als after the war.
The president’s address will not
be ss long as that delivered by
Hughes. It will Include a defense
of the administration’s diplomatic
course in Meilco and toward Euro
pean 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 Long
Branch.
Both Wings of Party
Like Hughes Speech
By PERRY ARNOLD.
(Stair Correspondent United Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. —Chari**
Erana Hughes' "keynote” for the
coming campaign pleased all Repub
licans today. Party chief* who as
sembled to hear the former justice
formally accept the nomination last
night were unanimous today In prais
ing the striking sentences with
which the candidate outlined the Is
sues on which the O. O. P. Is to
■tart eviction proceedings against
Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic
majority In the senate and house.
The fact that 4 .000 men and wom
en sat for nearly three hours In
sweltering, slitllng heat to hear the
nominee break another one of his
famous silences in the meeting at
Carnegie hall was looked upon by
Republicans today as auguring well
for success In November. Moreover,
the same 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
hare heard something from Col.
Roosevelt, but the former Moose,
playing "second fiddle'* at a politi
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 friends, he
supported his harmony plea with a
selection of the Issues for the cam
paign which combine views of Re
publican standpatters. Republican
liberals and Progressives. The "old
liners’* were pleased with a ringing
protection declaration on the tariff:
the liberals with th* labor, conserva
tion and administrative efficiency
sections In his upbraiding of the
Wilson administration, and the Bull
Housers with the "Americanism'
creed, the preparedness platform
and the Mexican discussion.
Republican? .»nd Iremocrate alike
<' v wlliui M T mm*
LAST EDITION
HIGHER-UPS
YO BE HELD
FORBLAST
Two Railway Heads
Implicated In
Explosion
STATE TO CHECK
UP SHIPPERS
Authorities to End
Piling Up of
Munitions
NETW YORK. Aug I.—Arrests of
higher ups In the 920.000,000 explo
sion on Black Tom peninsula were
expected today as A result of n long
night conference between Prosecutor
Hudspeth and Commissioner of
Public Safety Hugh, of Jersey City.
According to these officiate, at
least two presidents of railroads
with Jersey City terminals are con
cerned.
These officials, before the expect
ed arrests, todav refused to say
whether the men would be charged
with manslaughter as were the
three men arraigned and held In $5,-
000 bail yesterday, or whether they
would merely b j charged with vio
lation of statutes regulating ship
ment and itorirg of ammunition
and explosives.
Prosecutor Hudspeth’s proposed
requests for warrants follows a 24-
hour investigation which showed
that apprfxlmatvly 2 000,000 pounds
of explosives are bandied et die
From Hudspeth's figures end those
furnished by W. 8. Topping, chief
of the bureau of explosives, organ
tied by the rallrouds. It is also
shown that 933,242,498 worth of ex
plosives were shipped from this port
during May and fiat more than
$360,000,000 worth of munitions for
the Allies had been shipped from
here during the 12 months ending
June 30 last.
While Hudspeth’s Immediate de
sire is to prosecute alleged viola
tions In the past, his ultimate aim
is to force munition makers and
railroads to find tome other place
than Black Tom, or, In fact, the
state of New Jersey, as a shipping
point He will be backed up by
Rep. Hsmlll, who is said to be plan
ning congressional action toward
prevention of another such series of
explosions as shook five states Sun
day.
The known death list increased
today to five when Patrolman Wil
liam O’Neill, of Jerrey City, report
ed he had found a woman's head on
Craven Point road, near Ulack Tom.
The woman wan 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
lots Is alrnoat entirely covered by
Insurance. IJoyds, of England, be
ing the company largely concerned.
The allies, to whom the munitions
were going, will be the sole losers,
as far ss destruction of munitions
is concerned.
Allies Will Not Sutter War
To End as Drawn Game, Says
British Foreign Secretary
By WILBUR s. FORREST.
(Stall Curresponaen i united Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 1. —The great war
will not be a "drawn game." The
allies will surely win the reward
of their sacrifices and those sacri
fices will have been vain unless
there shall result new world condi
tions of comity and better under
standing
So declared Lord Newton, under
secretary of state for foreign af
fairs. In a statement prepared today
for the United Press. It was In re
sponse to a query addressed to the
foreign office for comment upon th* (
second anniversary of the outbreak
of the European conflict.
"Entering the third year of the
war,” l>ord Newton asserted, "one
is struck by the fact that contem
porary event* In France Indicate the
allies* effort, which, until now, has
been largely that of preparation,
will not result In the depressing
state of equilibrium which some
have prophesied for it, using the
ONE CBNT.3J
Bombs Dropped On]
East Counties of
Britain
_______ y ;
FRENCH REPULSE
NEW ATTACKS j
, ' '
Russian Advance Is \
Continuing
Steadily
•"■"maaMBOMMaBw
BY UNITED PRESS.
LONDON, Aug. I_Wlr»lMt J
reports, received at Rome an#
forwarded here, today aooerte# J
that Germany is withdrawing
her heavy artillery and her fee# :'g
and munitions depots from Ke>
vel In the face of the Russian "3
enveloping movement.
The seme report stated that J
Vladimir and Velhynakey, In tha |
earns aeotor on the eastern
front, have already been earn
pleteiy evacuated.
BY UNITED PRESS .
LONDON, Aug. 1«—-"No <
change In the situation,” was i
reported today by Gen. Mr , |
Douglas Haig, British com man. i
der-ln-ehlef In France. Half m* -1
latod that north of Baaentte4» ' |
Petit a hostile attaek against -«
the frit la h trenches waa ana*
oesefuily an# aaM
there had been heavy artillery 4
firing during the night.
BY UNITED PRESS.
PCTROORAD, Aug. I<—Ce» |
tlnued pursuit of Turkish forces
toward Mosul was announce# *
In the war office statement te» I
day.
BY UNITED PRESS. '1
PARIt, Aug. I*—Two German «
surprise attache directed aft N#
Preach tinea about Uhoua wwfr
4-4 >»
BY UNITBD PRESS. 5
LONDON, Aug. l —Probably wr
of the Seppeltoa engage# in tbs ntt
on eastern counties waa liaggal. the
war office announced today. Tha
raider waa engaged by British air
craft and bombarded by anti-aircraft
guns. Later It waa seen to drag
to a low altitude and disappear hi
the mist off shore.
The number of dirigibles engaged J
In the raid waa not announced. ▲ ‘
number of explosive bombs were .
dropped In a score or more of places
and the Zeppelins apparently cruise#
over half a doxen or more counties,
dropping bombs at several placoe of
no military importance.
Floods Fail to
Stop Russians
BY UNITED PRFSB.
PETROORAD, Aug. L—Flooded l
fields, mushr swamps and barbed 1
wire entanglements, partly tub
merged, have failed to stop the -
Russian advance across the Stock
hod river nerih of Kovel. German .>
positions which the Teutonic com
manders have spent months In per*
footing are succumbing dally to the
Russian assaults.
The enveloping movement around
Novel is proee-sding step by step. (
Gen. Kaledinas’ forces have nego
tiated th«- difficult marshes of the •
(Caatiavad on Paw* Tra)
metaphor *a drawn game.* The
sacrifice of our men and those of
the great French republic and onr
other allies on scattered gigantic
fronts, will quite assuredly win their
reward.
"What is to be the reward of all
this sacrifice and effort?
"It Is not only punishment of the
blood guilty, or new hope for the
nations that have b**en victims of
tbs central powers, new hope for
Belgium, Serbia and the Armenians
and Syrians that those who planned
such deeds of violence will assured
ly meet Just recompense; but be*
yond what Is to be meted out, there
stands the possibility of tbe future
and our sacrifice and effort wll
have been In vain unless there shell
arise from all this bloodshed new
world conditions in which action he* i
tween state and state is conducted,,
in an atmosphere of better nniltr ’
standing, or when mutual under*
standing faila. the points at Isom#
be decided more under tbe
ence of »he principle* of JueUoeh” j