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SKVIONT K K N I M Y K \K. N (). 8 :j.
NEW TEUTON MINE LAYERS SOW
DEATH IN BRITISH SEA LANES
ALLY BELIEF GERMANS
ARE HUNGRY, BIG FACTOR
IN REJECTION OF PEACE
Conviction Is Based on
Most Authentic
Reports
REPORT STIFFENS
ENTENTE STAND
Reply to U. S. May Give
Detailed Version
of Facts
By ED L KEEN.
(Ri*f! Correspondent Ur.ttfd Press.)
LONDON. Jan 3 Authentic om
rial information aupstant: iting pre -
report* of the leriouenrsa if Inter
nai condition* In the ('• ntr.il I’ow
ere mere instrument,tl lh the Allies'
decision to turn » <l* af ear to peace
plea?.
it woe believed here todnv *h:« be
l.'ef trill be strongly reflected in the
phrases with whfih England and
h« r Allies miir answer President
Wilson s note. Tb • reply mas aid
to be lully druftnl today. It* dis
patch is imminent.
In the light of official information
the Allies are ail the more con
vinced that Germany's peace pleas
were put forth Ir. a spirit of despera
tion, despite bombjirtir utternmes
from the Italeer and his official*. He
iatl.se of thi* they are *ll The more
determined upon rejection of uni
peace suggestion*. not only from
their enetnUs. bur from neutral
friends The Central Powers are
no* believed *o he threatened alih
uor< *t of a populai • In inadeq ate
ly provisioned mil tired of wai
const an i drama.
FORI) EMPLOYES
RETURN TO WORK
Ford Motor company employ*
about .12,000 of them returned ti
work Wednesday morning after h;r
log been laid off for th* las' 10
day* lairing the holiday* ibo it
10.000 men were kept it work in
the repair department and in I*
partmenta that were behind in their
work. The big factory was clos'd
temporarily to relieve the < ar .tn I
fnel shoring* as much a* possible.
Pretty Storking Model
Slain in Philadelphia
11
Mrs Orac»* Colbert Robert* u
pretty widow of 23, who • yuctut.-
ha* hern s* n thousands of tlm
In lh»- advertising of a r« rt.»ln mak<
of storking*. *ii»t slain In her honu*
In Philadelphia. Sunday night. IVr
3,1. The photographs <>f v»om*t v<i>
well known Philadelphia njon wen
found In her apartment, and th u
these the police an* trying lo Iran*
th*> slayer, who escaped. so far as
known, without having been seen by
■nr one.
WILL WIPE
SLATECLEAN
ON MEXICO
C ommission to Report
Abandonment of
Protocol Plan
TROOPS TO BE
WITHDRAWN SOON
Rise of Villa Gives
Washington Some
Uneasiness
BY CARE />. UHOAT.
( orrenpondent United Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-The
American member* of the Joint Mex
lean peace commission will leave the
path clear for the American govern
men' to withdraw its troop* from
Mexico minus a protocol signed by
Carranza.
I When the American* resumed sea
v th Chairman laine today,
1 I’',, > had practically agreed on the
t dlov mg course
hr i, tn nil Carranza and Prosi
■ l*-lit Wilson that 'h* \ eoulj fra ms
no n»*w trooi> withdrawal protocol
and that the Joint sessions are
r|e ed
Second, perhaps to lcaw a loop
i*. f i t h>* c onfer* ma to ret-um*
discussion of 'uhj**cts involving Mex
nan pr i|( i lion of live* and prop
irn 'Otith of th* boundary aft* r the
troops are out
War department plans for with
drawing th* troops are not ’lnline
dlate” with the emphasis on “Im
mediate hut then* whs every rea
son to believe today that "very
aoon" ifter the Join' session* are
oii*B*d. the administration will order
Grn« r«l Pershing back to the border
tnd th‘-n relieve some more militia
forces, units* In ..the meantime
t, r'l'm Mi xir.tn conditions, already
badly dear ted, become menacing
v* i il> iirking steps to compose a
troul.lens - ituatlon. ailmlnist ration
official privately express fear that
Villa is fast getting the upper hand
in norihern Mexico and that th*
t arrarxa r- vim* will crumble unless
h quick uplift conn s
in this connection, however, it be
ramo known todn> that Carranza's
diplomats, Including Ambassador
ft* signat* Arredondo are returning
lrotti tiic United States. Central and
h tilth \tnorica and Europ* to M"i-
Ixo for a conference which will
inaugurate a n*-w commercial policy,
for the r> puldle
Arredondo himself clnltris he will
return Imre ||** may, hut usually
reliable information is h.tt he will
be mad*-minister of foreign affairs
om*- time tn th<- future ami that In
any event he is done with th*- posi
tion of ambassador to the United
States.
Cm TO SPEND
$600,000 FOR A
NEW PARK SITE
Purchase of 100 ceres In Wrorse
t< " n hip for ftiuo.oou was rwutn
m*'tid< < l> tfie trunnion council
I trk ami hunt* verd committee,
fut ility alt moon, and Ihirk Com
t o iop-r I )»isi v la directed to In
r bide in th* budge* for 1017 a re
sin st for i bond Issue f.*r this
.mount
T 7 , *TTu< f Th<'luiu a th** Eminent*
and several other farms an«l lies he
i tween Port ft. and th* Iwrolt river
It includes Pontiac Point and Is trav
e rat'd bv thr*** branches of th**
f.corse rivei. Mayor Mam andl o*h
* f member* of tie* new hoard of ♦ stf
ninf**K viapfd the proposed park in
the morning
f*rl*«l|nB —tb* plain neat ftrtol—that
»• right—Times Jnb ttrpfWnln tajo
DETROIT TIMES
—-< WHAT ARt 1 '
\ YOO FlfcHTlfUi
Tor ? I
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AUTO HITS
POLE; YOUTH
IS KILLED
Neil Flattery Victim of
Accident Wednes
day Morning
WAS RIDING ON
RUNNING BOARD
Driver, Son of Aid.
Walsh, Not Held
by Police
Standing on ihe running board of
an HUtomobil* tilled with members
of the Campion college basketball
team, Nell Flattery. 21 years old. of
No. !>g Davenport at., was fatally in
jured Wednesday morning, when be
was crushed against a telegraph
pole which the side of the autonio
bile hit. The accident occurred at
12 4T. o’clock and Flattery died In
the receiving hospital an hour Inter
The automobile w» driven by
Walter Walsh. No 130 Sixth at., son
of Aid Joseph Walsh, and a Cam
pion student Walsh we ink* n to
U nnllntiril on !*■■* *1 lot
Detective** Mother Die*.
Mrs Catherine McPherson. moth
er of Detective Llert MoPher*nn T
<1 led Monday night, in her home. No
234 Vermont at the age of 74
years. Mrs VtePhe-son had been u
Ifident of Detroit for the bust 4 1 '
year*
Billie Burke, Famous Actress,
Will Tell in The Times How
She Will Raise Her Daughter
BV IDAM MeGLONE GIBSON.
The sun glinted thru the window*
of beautiful Murkerre-d, Millie
Hurke’a home on the Hudson and
roomed to f**sl with lingering fond
ness on the oojiper lork* of the
young mother binding over the has
rlnet of Fioren* Patricia Hurk**-
7d*gfeld
“People get surh queer Idea*,”
said Millie Hurke, following ray qiiee
WKI)NKS I) A Y , J A MARY .*l. 19 17.
THE ANSWER SEEMS FAIRLY APPARENT
DRAFT LAW
WORRYING
PRESIDENT
Conscription Joker in
Military Bill Is
Disliked
WILSON WILL TRY
TO SECURE REPEAL
Gives President Abso
lute Power to Fill
Army Ranks
«
Hu (HLSOS OARDSER.
WASHING iON Jot. ... A lark of
team work b't'v**ii President Wil
inn and B*cret:iry oi War New;on
It. Baket i- indu.»t*d mi th*• pub
liratlon of Ctreuiar No. 21 carrying
regulation*- <-ov*-iing conscript ion lr>
Una; of war.
These regulations would c.*ll into
active‘ service all male *-itUens b*-
tween th* aKSi of 1* rid l.> The
carry out the provisions in 'Jo* H*>
Chamberlain law uhlch President
Wilson described during the recent
campaign iw< "much to** *w****plug In
t'Tnis'' and for the repeal ol
which he promised he. aid Th* eor
scrlptton paravrapli is known a- <le
”lla>d*-n Jokt-r - ’ and n*u< 1 .i .1
sc*ribf>d hv Representative I Piddle
Ttm AT AT alia ma a"*i tb>~
M-cret in official Washington." It
was passed wlfliniii debate or if is
mission and without ♦h * * fenowiedr*
*-\*'n of (h*- rn*-mb»*i of th<- mm: ■-
O unlliitinl on P*if Twnl
a* tr* whether h* would give
up the stage now
*’l am going hack to the stave.”
she said. "It h my work In which I
have l»ren successful. Y«hi Mould
hardly isk Mr Zic-gfidd to glv** up
his w*>*k ini s«'ttl dov n to noth
ing hut horn*- and riiV>th*r and baby
MnntlnneH on I'm* TWo.l
W*r*i» tnernl nnd Tiirhlvk llnlhs
for men and wuitkti **j<> n ail night.
—Adv.
VICTIM IN
FIGHTWITH
2 ROBBERS
Man’s Coat Slashed to
Ribbons by the
Hold-up Men
POLICEMAN GETS
SUSPECTS LATER
Hatters Down Door of
House Where They
Take Refuge
After battering in the door of the
home In which they were hiding.
Patrolman Otto Fischer, Wedne *da>
morning, arrested Joseph Suttle, 20
years old, and Andre* Stef*. 22
'ears old, on a charge of robbery
while armed. The officer alleges
that he saw the two non rob Pont
tniek Clendkk of No 22! Parkinson
»! vt., at 1 30 o'clock
Clwidak w«a halted by two men
at Parkinson and St John's ves
Ono of the itinn flourished a knife
The other strimk Ciendak on the
law. knocking hint to the sidewalk
Coat Cut to Ribbons.
Fort dollars wh* taken from
t'lendak. vrho fought so dr pentely
tacit the robber witii t-he knife be
sbt-bfnr *t him (TWidak’s coat
was i lit to ribbons, but he was not
in mred
Patrolman Fischer mn around the
nrner as the hold-up men and their
' ictlni were struggling The robbers
fled, and Fleehor pays he saw them
I enter a house at No. 2* Knor«ave
■ He found Suttle and Rfotg hiding ln-j
! he place *>fter .'oirlng an entrance,
| lie declares. Th 1 two prisoners were
identified by Clvndak. ft Is hole ved
i they fhr»w away th* « t>l**r tn< tey
jas they fled The money has not
been recovered.
Vena It. linn*. »f No. Rmi ftrrornf
«’*•. I»M Jn*tW llHilrr i*«i utm
that W R. Hogan, >r \>, , s i h
blird-ava,. had Induced her to u ve
hire an r|*»<'trb *»utr niotiljc ,e #.**
change for at < lota To told h-r h*
field In the Fordmon* Park subdi
vision. tnnt<a<l of possess'na al *
tots, Hogan hwd htit two. on which
he had onid < rly I*o. atie declared
\nd still worse. Hogan h id smash
ed up her automobile h*f. re she
was able to replevin It ihe trsn*.
action took |>la<*e Tten. i .loath*
Richter rendered tudtrrnent tn her
favor, returning her the machine
PERFECTED SUBMARINES, CARRYING
NIVENS, PLACE INFERNAL MACHINES
IN HARBOR MONTHS AND CHANNELS
GERARD AND
NOLLWEG IN
CONFERENCE
Believed the Chancellor
Outlined Reply to
Ally Rebuff
NEUTRALS MAY
GET NEW NOTE
Sword Must Answer
Entente, Is Public
Opinion
Bv CARL W ACKERMAN.
(Stuff Correspondent Untied Press.)
BEK UN, Jan. 3. \ lengthy re
port was cabled President Wilson to
day by American Ambaanador
Gerard, following a conference
which he h«dd with the Imperial
chancellor, Von Befhmann Hollweg.
When Gerard was asked what th**
chancellor hud euid he replied;
’Tx)t* of Interesting thing”
It waa authoritatively understood
that the American diplomat and
Germany’s chancellor talked, among
other things, of the \Mies' unfavor
able reply to Germany’s p»*ace prof
fers
German newspaper* are a unit in
viewing th** Entente's note as only
answerable thru force of arms.
“If is not vet decided what tlie
government will do," an Id the
Cologne Gazette, "hut it is not Im
probable that Germany will .igain
precisely d< fine its view* in a direct
message to neutrals.
Editorial comment and opinions
of the general public today were in
«rensinglv emphatic in the belief
that Germany should now answer
with the sword the rejection of
peace by the FTnt*n*e As outlined
in United Press dispatches yester
day it was held that Germany had
set her position clear beforn the
world by offers of peace; these be
ing flaunted by her enemies, Ger
many's course is now clear.
x Tf;e language of the allied reply
has created not only surprise but
anger that peace should h* cast
aside on such s iperflcial phrases
The Kreuz-Zeltunc ealls It "an in
stilt, to which the sword can he the
only answer "
A War Nurse at the Age of Five
f
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Five years of age and a war nurae! That ia the record of 6>eter Joy. tittle daughter of O'. 0 A. MacDonald,
who conduct* a hoap'tat In England Thla picture ahowa tha "baby nu'-ae” In Red CroM uniform attending a
wounded sailor.
AFTERNOON EDITION
DETROIT TO
HAVE G.O.P.
CONVENTION
Pariy Decides to Hold
Spring ftleet Here
Feb. 15
LEGISLATURE
NAMES OFFICERS
W T ayne Rice to Head
House, Morford
the Senate
LANSING, Mich.. Jan. 3—At a
meeting of the state central com
mittee of the Republican party late
Tueadav afternoon. It waa decided
that the G. O. P. spring convention
will be held in Detroit,. Feb. 16.
Date and place were set without
discussion.
State Chairman John D. Man gum
d**clarod In favor of returning to the
plan of selecting national commit
teemen by state conventions and
county committee* by county con
ventions instead of permitting the
voters to select th*-m. Mr. Man
gum charged that interference of
the national organization In state
affairs operated to injure the party
in Michigan
The committee set the new repre
sentation bast* for delegates to th**
state conrentton at one delegate to
each 2TiO vote*, which will give
Whyne county an increase from 210
to 30fi votes and materially reduce
several other counties, including
Kent, which will have only 71 voti>s
instead of SI.
The convention will consist of
1,34* delegates, instead of 1,407 1n
the pa*t The former basis of ren
re.sen*atlon was one delegate to 180
votes
Republicans In the senate and
bon*** caucused and adopted a slate
of officer* which will he ejected to
day. ns follows;
Renat** President pro tempore. J.
Gee Morford. Oavlord; *erg«wuit-«t
arms, T>r. William T Shaw, I,an
sing secretary. Dennis E. Alward.
f*1»;-e; committee on patronage.
Scott, Roberts, Foster. Fovert and
Wood
House —Speaker. Wayne C. Rice,
II utillnn.il on rm. Inr*. I
TN DETROIT: ONE CENT.
Dutch Captain Tells
How Ship Narrowly
Escaped
NEW WARNING
OF RAIDER SENT
German Warship Is
Once More Reported
at Large
NEW YORK. Jan. Sw— Report* «
new German submarines, capable
of laying mines while submerged,
and anew report of a mysterious
German raider roaming tho Atlan
tic, wore brought here by the Hol
land American liner Nieuw Amster
dam.
New York shipping circle* attach
ed additional importance to reporta
brought by the Nieow Amsterd am,
in view of fears expressed in Wash
ington, of a resumption of ruthless
submarine warfare and n break wl*h
Germany. They regard tho mine
layers as Germany’s answer to tho
Allied attempt to isolate Germany.
Capt. Jan Baron today declared
he had not only been warned to
avoid regular steamship lanes on
hts trip from Rotterdam, but had
barely escaped destruction in the
harbor of Falmouth by a mine. \
trawler. Just abend of the Nimtw
Amsterdam. Rnron said, disappeared
In a gevser of water, undoubtedly
the victim of a mine. The liner en
ter'd Falmouth in /he wake of •x
trawler, traveling at very low
speed. The mine Is believed *o
have been planted bv a G' rinan sub
marine.
Baron said it wns the belief of
many seamen that Germany has
perfected a tyi»o of submarine,
fitted with a special air chamhe"
thru which a can ascend nnd
lay mines These he declared can
he anchored H» expressed a htr
ther holies that mines of this sort
have been laid in nil English har
bors. even In the mouth of tho
Thames.
Baron said he had received dallv
warning- from the Gape Race wife
less station on hts trip to this coun
try, telling him to he ( n »he look
out for a Oermnn commerce raider
450 feet long and 45 feet beam will
one funnel and two large masts ft
was said she was equipped with
long range gun® and to; i nio Cubes.
Two ships reported to have spiled
for this country within the
month have not |>ecu heard from
since they lef* port They are the
liners Voltatri ami Gcorgle, both
large vessels Other smaller ves
sels ar> overdue.