The Detroit times. [volume], February 03, 1917, EXTRA, Page PAGE 2, Image 2

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1 *«• befwr*
*' The prea»d«*» • 4clar*'i<>»i of In
,-iutaa wilt frohftbl} t*k* on* o»
* -vs# follow H»« e«»rs*s
NuOflrKiot of a break wt*h <l*r
aat
Mn * 1 wuu or «
cuniaiuolratloo to tb* nation that
:h< Unite* «tal m •till hold* <*r
man) to bar pledge* and that any
tnj«r> a 111 nadolt la a severance of
frWodh relation .
A brief atalenent that tbi* conn
r> a awnKla# d*>»#lowm»-n»a b-for*
taking any action.
That the tfroal4«‘Bt h*« act nr
•mncH hi* actum Ik for* now and
aaa> atalt a oven act b> Germany
4a regarded a» an indication that h*
I* IfyUif to school the camitry for
lb* fß*v!tn«lo.
Nla drat utteranc* -ev ported U
faro tha cougrea*--■»«* tab* tha
form of a warning for thi* r*»un ry
la prepare for |>oa»lbW war.
The iHrmt could *h*n b* com
SMStCaird f> I Bited feint** r*pr*
aaauurra in Fterlla for preimutioo
to Iha Hecltr. foreign ofllc# "a* infor
to at U>n '* It woald th*n sorv*- fh*
aaas* purpo»«- ae a virtual ultima*
tom warning Germany that If «hr
worried out her avowed intention* to
!b« t*>ui o. ’njury <»f American* -
break would cortalnly folic*
All talk of any prat* more b> ih* j
p re* idem thinned out during the
wight It War Mill rautloa*d. hoe
ever, that hr tuigh' at the l*«t nru
Via do something unexpected.
The senate coafereoe- la** nightt
«til ba raaorded to Meter > a* <»ae
of the iao*t gravely Impor an: m*et
lag ta thla Modem day
A IMUr group headed b> H*nator
Han counseled waiting wact*<i no
action before German) -on. nutted |
as Aver» art. And another group
larger . and predominant »j
break la relation* <"cmld b» the only
atop anlo** the United feat** wa* j
"wUllag to stand before iae word
branded a* metre#** or co»aruly."
The meeting wa* a frank airing of
vie w a*
O m hr ow* the group of hastily
lloaator Stnae Mood torn* ah*
apart from the mbih im*. walking
nervously aad chewing; at tat* c‘gar.
A fee aaaatara aat upon the edge
ot tha taole aad talked earnestly.
Hake Smith. Oeorg I». ponderous and
aamoat. hammered hom* a pacifl*t
argamani Ta watcher* out aid*, the
Mg minor ta the gilt aad crystal
raam reflected hie *araeat gesture*,
while other aonatora Just a* *am*»t
hat dot aa demoaatratfve—chimed <n
with their new*.
The president atoood back beyond
tha mage of the tell-tale mirror
Bat. aaaatar* aaM. he had little to
'abp— he wasted to know their idee*
NlkS than ta expatiate « hi* awn.
Aa tha coafareac* adjovwd. tb*
praaMeat shook hand* with B*on*.
Whtta iaoatari opposing hit view*
«M mmohrn apparently hr way of
■hawing that the laaue wa* too big
I# he parmagl. aeaa the they dtf
farad aa to piaoadure
The raawk of the aowatoa *u that
Trmldaat Wilson will have senate
atippaet In hi* mare
FRSTNORWECMN
(MUCH TO 1 OPEN
t
UUMTM i onjiiezatkw To Hoid
aorritx la Xrrd Stractare
Oa C ahfrt-*Tf.
Church •tTvir'-* be HWd for j
tbe fr»t rim* 'rt th>' n*c chur b
bwftdtug oi Lb* S*trwegt»» f.wtbcrsn
•barcb of Detroit at No. Sl* t\U
rertsve. Sunday rl **ni«n at I:2#
•'dock 4«a4*v e*h«W eervlcre srttt
be held on* b»>»ir *aHler.
Thr blllMtlVS 1*» t COMb’fli.tiro
chui-h end residence Th£T_ep l-«
ground Poor and part of th* br.*e
»*at a 111 |je need for riiuffh pur
port*. nhlle tb* floor a til
be Occupied m a rv«Wr<i<w ;•) th*
pastor. Kei. L. O. Aod*r«oi» Lai r
It h» planned to *>rw ianc»r 1
•hurt h, when th* n*w building a 111
I* partition*-# off tor rr»M»n( • pur i
pa*** and h»ld *.» an Inve-’tmeni I
Tbe grovr.d a fetich mill
a*ad ter church wrrlro. *HI *eat
ibngt Jd« prion-, which will tm
UlfW ter tbr present. The cotigx*
■a*k>n. th* only our of it* kind in
Detroit, war organism or I>oe
It 1 4( with 22 armbrn In March.
ItH. they called Rcr. An dan* on u
pa*ar of the Uttlr flock The con
•rogation began b dd ng aereteea ;n
•fc* Fourteen thaw Paptlnt church
tat aflar a short tiige «m invited
!• one the Chna En* Hh Lutheran
•Mwah. wbnre service* hate been
W 4 tuitll the pr«»»i'
All Norwegian Lutheran* in thr
•Njr are invited to attend the oer
ia*u4 to co-operate with the con
which hopes before a
fwt to obtain n suitable lo
•Wwi and erect a mom irapoainc
Anreh ediftee
Operator* To Oat -Ha»ao.• ,
Telephone operator* In charge of
fit switchboard in the city ball anon
IMI rocotre a onb. taatlnl increase
* aalarjr. the Michigan Htate Tale
|bone company hoinc compelled to
•••hply with a prow ion bt the nilnl
aaw wage amendment to the etty
Charter The aaaea.lmeai aperiftcal
Ur provides that peraona employlM
hy com panlee und*>r contract with
the dty shall be governed by its pryv
utslaaa Accord lag 1 the Mkhtgia
but* Telephone company must now
» my the two city halt operator* $2 24
a day tantaad of |44 a month u here
**■»
«•• haadred and twelfth aa
■MI teidbttloa of tbe Penney Iran la
«NtfMBT «f tbe Pipe Arte win be
MMity opened la Philadelphia to
nftf mi caiianad until March :t
(HU’S CMD
(IVES CUE
TOIMDITS
Four Under Arrest
Confess To Many
Robberies
POLICE SEEK
FIFTH MAN
Members of Gantt Had
Teeth Fixed Out
of Spoils
A entail exiling tart. >eann* .*
girl * name and adorers, dropped e*n
ibe floor of a aoloon a» "anllHdavt
end Pe*tulndrw*t xnd later comtn^
into poeee**l<m of Detect»fe* Had f W*
nn<l led to tb* arr**? o
four ycutur auto bandit# who c*u
f* e*e«l Friday to sexen holdup* f
j Detroit *tre*ts aad four in Ha
uamrk The rot’erie* netted the i
tt**rlv ti..MV It is said * hf
member ->f *h* -an* »* nought
w«Ji :•* charged »ML roDher; "*ri!
rtmed.
With the oard Ir, their po**c**;o.
th« twt. <Je'ccti\e*. accompanied fc
Twie<v|x** Kode. Yank and Ser*ek
wen’ le the cirl's .iddres*. and fc >:n
two of the bandPe Two more «*r
I arrested later ic the t#r*tiM
None of th* . and;'*- i* or, r Z
* rare Tb*\ ,x**e recl*t#r*«J *
Frank Mielk* No H* >. Jo- r.*
An'hon) Kob»d*'**)s N«» .‘J^
Canfield are **«’. vl*i Mr’ko s*i
N«a 4>l C. rat iot-a.** xno Al\t*
tirieva. No :» Mick-**e Vtlelfc. La
r*cently c*«nipleirsi a i*-ra lr t K
federal peiu»enti*r> at Fen L*a v »r>
worth. Kan.. a< .ord*ng to the polx.
and Ma!k»*w*ki al.*o known as V \r<
aim ha« served tint .
All wer ■ arr*sted Monday an i aft
er a thres'dxxs' grill mg eo3fe>»*d
Fnda
Grleva accoDlm* to the police,
was tne flrvt to e*aken He wa*
formertx a timek *per In tb* Mk.V
igan •tox'o worfu and Mae 1 the
bead!' nor fan t
On evenings wb*n robberte* w*re
to be pulled off. two of tb** rang
would steal a Sfud*baher automo
bile from the streets and drive to
meet thetr companion* In a saloon
at TaalleM ave. and l**xiuindr*-st.
Then all would eater the machine
aad drive thru the street*, keeping
away from the buataews section of
the city and the vjrtnity where the
machine wa* aioien
V* tIHT , dfo*e along. Mtelk*
would pick out a person on the
street and the machine would trail
him until he r*ach*d a proper
place, when the machine would
drive up to the curb beside htm
Two or three of the rang would ]
lump out. cover the victim with re
volvers take bla money end vsrun* j
bre» and drrv* away
On the night of Jan. accord I
laa to the confession, four persons
were held up. including Banto Korn
pertao. who wa* robbed of |4<>d on
Illinois »»►. The night a proceeoa
netted tb* gang abou* |>e*. besides
other valuable*
Os th*e money, Mieike go> the
larger xhart When one member of
the gaag decided to visit a dentist
the others decided to go to. and.
according to the police, all ].ad
gold trowns Inserted with part of |
the )frijr**d»
The foofesstoo of the gang In
elude-- seven robberies in Itstrolt
anu four In Hamtnuncfc. the pro
reed* of which are though' *o o<«l
at le**’ 12.0**>
4fter one rjtgbt s holdup* the gang
drank treelr and id an early-morn
ing y>T nd*. *b* stolen automobile
was vrr*<**d. AH lose 'heir hats
and th*r* hav* |>e*n In ptater.'lon
of fh* p»*Hr* stnr*
After tb* holdups, th* gang wo*iid
dr.v* to -om« •** I'tded spot, aban
don th* mi- bine and disperse, to
m*-e» at Mieike i* puleasure, it Is al
leged
Detectives Radtke and Fairbatm
were assigned to the rase and
worked tip the evidence Detectives
Seaerki. Rede and Tank assisted
n the round up
AXLE SNAPS IN
COLD. TYING UP
SERVICE ON MACK
Aa a r*eu!t of the extremely cold
weather Saturday morning, utreet
car traffic on the Mack ave line wa*
held up aim oat an hour, or from
d2l o'doc k until 717 The cold
caused the axle of « car to snap a»
Mack and Blmwoodtaves Before a
wrecking crew could get the raj’ out
of »b«- way a great line of vehicles
was held up
Because of the frigid weather
there were a number of other minor
txdfthape which delayed trafßr but
the Macb-nve accident wu the
moat important one reported Hatur
day morning by the D. t* R
*1 held m krWf r*r tbe l». I . 1C—
•• ret." Min in# rewen bv^r.
' h«« I submit lhare are occasion*
when tb* company la entitled to
ev* 'nnelderatton Tab' • m ••>»*•
teg |iks this, for matam*. Thick
"f all the automobiles wboe* on<
unab)s to g«t them started,
daah mad<r for tbe straet < art. s
- r*»«|fe»i#d to the limit l» «t
the r> t*. II a fault ts soma pe- gls I
are left etandmg at the »at eioya*
Train* between Cteetnnat! and*
Chattanooga a distance of 100
wiles are soon *o be opcra»e<l by 1
electrktty
DICKY DIPPY’S DIARY.
I L^° KED ‘ VO^
SMTsamrsNssusm. M °*- ■••HAWMI* ,s^^
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES.
nsw.;. Ihax.-I *UAH K ' By GOLLV 1 NOW pP4»» -' l «J‘ V-IU. JuUt VA 1 Rt JOiCE KO r Bi'
, * TH-XxiHT "TV.EttE'U BE A UTTIE ' ii '' ,NT Oohn*’ OE °° r G£> r,,,ct A
rum IT «iwt jvrrto wasWv rest and ou.ei 1 -r Eoosowi ( .m * ■
torry twTtttELV OO Ar>/. tul 1 ' noat' EtHELOCRT [tmEHAU _ f | -
’ nGc *“'* 'A<cty(> youu moootx * HAS «-vEm u* TSy.n- V V 1 s, I| I Ia
J * THfcL PECT 1 V jy j TO tX-Ay TH KuTeJ t |e
at . ._ '
7 KILLED. 52
HURTJN WRECK
Barhnfftoti Train Derailed
Near Craffton. lowa.
\i*hl
OMAHA. Neb.. Feb 3 At least
-even person* were killed and S3 :n
;«t-d. 11 peraoos faially, wh*n Bur
.ingum train No ’3 *«at l*mnd.
struck a broken tail at Cromwell
"EaufM. aiv miles from Creston. la .
last night.
The enrtae, mai’. boegsg* -r.d
- iroking car* remained on the
track, but six steel come he- .n>i
.-'llliras ns wen' dovrp a 4‘Vfoot
j Narktcent into the witch
•CAP” FULMER IS
| PARALYSIS VICTIM
Funeral services will he held Sun
I day afternoon for Fran< i* «'a*p* r
ia the home of his dau»hter.
Mr-, t L Chilver. In Walk*nrl!|e.
<tn». Mr. F'-iluier. who died F;uoa
i.( the ige of II years »a« km *n In
Windsor fo* half-a-cenuin »* ■C'ap”
Fulm-T He wa- *n mthQ*u*ti>
!tor return and owned man rap’d
[i-nimala He uas s familiar figure
ltd the rare track* of Canada For
IIT years he conducted * llv*r%
v’able tn AVtndsor uereral > *r«
>.gr, he r-ttreW md <ame to ie-«rot»
«nd has sin' - n.ad* hi# home with
hlx *on J Fnlnisr. No ‘3 4
Wrodlawn-avs . where he died of
pa al»*:• Two daughter* and «~ne
•or. ii'Tire h»m The other daugh-
LITTLE PAL.
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hn«/ c L MP i Just xt yoo ;
’ vtl cl ** m*T im 8t r r6.R
1 j tqu s>t hct PdAcncAt
fr» / pxoo Sowt tv Claw r ,
DETROIT TIMKA
t*r is Mr- John Pond of
iivns M*r Interment w.ll >** iv
th* cemeserv of tit Johr « vncllcac
cL-irch. Sandwich
SIX COMPANIES
TO LEAVE FORT
With 'h* lifting of qua anttne re
■•’nc'jons fron. a>l bnt two corn
| r-ani** of the Tfetv-second M »hi
gan regiment of infantry tit Fort
Wayne, the released , ompanles will J
i be mustered out of the govemo eo*
, service Sunday Ala «ompanles
. will depart tor thetr home stations !
but the remaining H> wiij bav* aev ;
eral days' bp re service ontll the
work of 'nustenng out has been
completed
One n-*w fever -uipsri has
-,*.j in Company L. of Oraad
R-xpld* and l* being watched close
ly by the medical authorities Prl
vate Clarence Metaner. of Cos K
. who was seriously HI with pn*u
reonia is greatly Improved The
varan tin* wril be lifted from Cote
par.y A and the ii*«dnuaDer* com
par.). Sunday.
Cleanse the Blood
and Avoid Disease
When >*>ur blood F* Impure, weak,
■thin and debilitated your svateni bo
cotn** -.uscepubie to any or all dis
eases
Put \our blood lr. g-tod condition
Hood * Sarsaparilla acta directly
: and peculiartv on ’he blood it purl
flsi. enriches and revltalige* *p and
, build* up the wbol< iwuni
Hood'* Sarsapar-Ila ha- *tcejd the
te-t of forty vesrs C*t t» todav ft
* 1* sure ’o help you—Adv
RAILROAD MUST
PAY $151,800
“Millionaire Jurv~ Award* Mr*.
TulJer $27,700 Am Acre
For Land
For 12 a day each a do»en of Iks- i
troit's men of affair* spent flv«
days before Judge Van Zll* in con
demnatlon proceeding* instituted bv (
the New York t'e«trai railroad to
acquire S.*? a*res of land at Pi
quetteave and Ruaa«ll-at The
j iry awarded Mr* Fll*ab*ih Tol
ler. ot.ner of the property |lsl.S<vo
FT’day sft*>moon. after holding ’hat
condemnation wa* n*ce * -ary
M*x Tuller re- de* in Hotel ( har
levola Th* railroad aent one of
| W* agents to her with a certified
1 -beek for filfio.t*d. but she wo«ild
1 not entertain such an offer
The property. whUh the “million
I air* Jur>“ decided was worth s
i trifle more than IJT.TOO* an acre
| was condemned for the ronstnirtlon
Ftrf 'earn track* and the *re«-tioTT nt
j a warehouse. Rome of the at tor
ney* for the railroad declared them
ne|v#-» «*t Is fled with the verdict
Th* member* of the fan »*r*
Conrad J Netting. F'red Postal
William U Gregory Robert H Tan
n*hlll August Winter*. A \
Ha.’»w-kl. Guy 8 Gr*ene, Joseph E
K«»cho Frank P Futrhik. William
Rchn*ider. f larance M Har** Au
gust L Petersmark
rH*ll*S—ta* »lsis y*sl Ms*—tfesi
.ta riiki—Tlso. I.k IU»4, — *•!» ♦*».
—By LEU
"Michigan's Leading insurance Company"
FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE OLD
Michigan Mutual Life
Insurance Company
OF DETROIT
Michigan Mutual Lila Building ISO Jaffanon Avanua
Far tha Yaar Ending Dacanhar 31st, 1916
ASSETS
Cash on deposit in banks - * - • • * S 2/1/45.97
First mortgage loans on real estate .... 10,236,162.14
Real PUtate (Home Office building) - 100,000 00
Loans to policy holders secured by reserve* - - 1.898,998 35
Bonds, cash value 25XXX).00
Loans on collateral - 1,900.00
Interest due and accrued • 176,212.50
Net outstanding and deferred premiums secured by
reserves . 146.26614
Due from other companies •••••• 2,905-63
$12,959,010.93
LIABILITIES
Reserve fund, including disability benefits (computed
by the Michigan Insurance Dept.) * - -SI 1,504,937.21
Premiums, interest and rents paid in advance * 32,032.64
Installment policy claims not yet due ... - 29,364 04
All other policy claim* 70/91.11
Reserved for taxes and other items payable in 1917 - 38028.96
Surplus fund - 1,102,257.07
k $12,859,010.93
Insurance written In Michigan during 1916 - 3,977,600 00
Total amount of insurance in force December 31, 1916 5t^99,97037
.ring the yea* 1916 the Company
id death claims amounting to - - - - - 586.409.14
l aid to living policy holder* ..... 676,556.05
Total amount peid to policy holders in one year - - 1.263XM5.19
Total amount paid to policy holder* »ince the organiza
tion of the C ompany - 27,317,495.34
Total amount paid to policy holders since organization
plus the amount now held for their benefit - - 38,822,432.55
A record of actual results which apeak* for ttaelf.
Attention it invited to the high character of the aseets of the Michigan Mutual, which is
on surpassed by any lnsu"*nce Company hi tha United ftatea.
All the policies written hy the Michigaa Mutual are approved by the Commissioner of In
surance of Michigan; all its policies contain the Standard Provisions required by the laws
of the States in which it operates, and all the obligations of its policy contracts are guaran
teed and secured by carefully invested assets of over $12450.000.00. including s surplus fund of
over $1,160400.00.
Tbs definite policy contracts issued by this Company appeal to all who are looking for
absolute protection ard investment in life insurance at the lowest rates permitted by the
standard and legalised tables of mortality.
The Michigan Mutual Ha* torn* Lucrative Field
Positions Open for Men of Integrity and Ability
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ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES—IT PAYS
JATI'RDAY. rRRRITARY 3. 1»17.
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