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SEVENTEENTH YEAR. NO. 118.
LULL fIHHLUI| B HBm-'
FREIGHT TIE-UP, DUE TD
SUBMARINE BLOCKADE,
CHOKES WESTERNROADS
Detention of Shipping
is Rlamed For Rec
ord Congestion
SHIPMENTS EAST
OF Cl IICAGO STOP
Nine Hundred Cars
Arc Stalled On Rock
Island Road Alone
CHICAGO. F»b I t The rriiihil
•*f ea*: • ui i.tnro-id* to a- <• pt sh p
aii uU uu '-rift in sh.» fUirm.ifini • in
bar go, i ta.'lng an almost unprece
dented I'onio »ilon of load* M fr* igh:
uira tn western terminal- »*• curding
to official* of various western trunk
hne*.
Htepr were being tnken here to
day to relieve the situ* <>n by adopt
ing the measures tak* n bv eastern
road*. Front th* operating depart
manta of several of the western
road* went out order* to refuse ship
ment* hilled to destination* aa*t of
Chlrago or the Atlantic seaboard,
uni;'** guarantee, of -'•nr*' farlli
tie, wer* presented
In (’* go yard*, aeeordirg to of-
Anal* of the l(nck l*l*nd. there are
more than '*'"• loaded rir consigned
to tire Atlantic sealxiard fro: i j "itn
on the ii*m k Island alon* .lost ol
these contain grain for export Ka*t
am roa'l* w.ll not h ndi*- tl.< n untl.
awlft clearance |* a-sUn-d At othet
Hock I*' md terminal* are 7 to addi
ttonal cars.
Northwestern official* hl*o admit
that they are facing a problem in
keeping their rolling *t«* k moving
toward* the eastward and In supply
ing empty ear* to vi tem i-hippem
Kane i* t'lty »nd t. Ismts report
railroad traffic condition* there are
terrifli .'* Only on** road out of St
I amis I* giving thru bill* to th* «»•*
board Hhlppeo are up In arm*, but
Ihu* far f]avr received no relief
In Kansas City shipper* describe
the situation a* the worst In the hi*
tory of the rily. The Santa Fe rail
road alone i« said to have I 'KM) ear*
1 ltd up In It* yards, waiting to be
delivered to • astern |*oint« The
freight tied up consists mostly of
grain, hay, alfalfa, meal and lumber
The Hunt* Fe probably 1* the worst
bit. bes use of It* being the largest
line ta r ng the r id I <nd * fst
waster url.et* ( w h r toads ».
te-lnr * '* r 'y reperl gr
dtf. ■ i g< t t. r:- t * cato
tie t ~ i
it pa rid ~<< fh.* e.irm.i.
s b rr .old roe«
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to
Wifi irr.ter weather pred ctrd
and .i nMnurd cr hsrgo on ship
nunf* • Chics • commission
men If • a bl d*'\ne !n price*
of for* |f
The lievilchle result, they point
out, will he a flooding of western
market* with perishable and non
perishable foodstuff*. The uncer
tainty of the iutematlonal political
sUaation will yrw wa#it sr>acubbtgil*-
from bolding on or cornering the
market and farmer* are loath to
overlook the pre*ent opportunity
for securing top figures for their
prtKJuc#. On the other hand, the
effect In the *a*t would be exactly
the converse While the bottom
would drop out in the west, prices
w>uld soar lit eastern cities Kven
if the embargo should be lifted, the
market would not be r.ffected to any
T* at it tent f n r sore time, dealers
ay, because the majority of the
traffic released would be consigned
to waiting bottoms for eijKirt.
CITY MAY ORDER
LIGHTS PUT OUT
Merchants Who Fail To Join
CoaLSaving Move Fflce Ik>hh
of Sijfn I/icense
If owner* of large el«<tri<all>
lighted signs and other outdoor dl*
plays do not hoed the warning of
the Kdlson company and economise
on the lights, the city ha* the pow
er to force thrm lo do so. accord
ing to Corporation Counsel l»lnge
man
The attorney say* that the build
ing departin' nl issue* penults for
ill electric signs and Ihr.f depart
ment msy revoke the permits s*
any tint**. Mayor Marx has asked
users of such elms to cut out the
lUhts until the danger of n coal
famine Is over and many have re
•|»« nded *o that appeal, but those
who have not done so will he
obliged to by the building depart
ment.
Alexander l*.w, president of the
Kdlson company, de< lares that even
on* light less used in each of the
joo.noo home* in T>»*trolt. would
mean the saving of many tons of
eoal a day snd the necessity for
raving the fuel a* much as possible
I* shown by the fact that the com
pany has a supply only for three
days ahead If there should come
a sudden blockade of traffic, the
plant would he forced to close.
Several enthusiastic dealers have
Indicated tbelr patriotism hv put
ting out the lights In their store
lndows at night, and the l* J.
Robinson show windows, at Wood
v-'rdave. and FYmund pi, are now
b!» ’ by candle* at nlrrht. Mr.
' as so mttrh gratified with this
"tr drnce of a desire to Improve the
t*v -n »h’t he stepped 'n t r
Me-w the m'n’verrj* n t personally".
ni?. DRM7K A WEDS
M»SS DORIS MOORE
Ml*- Doris Moore who plaved the
r« e of “ih'f'O'Hy Itrstt," succeed
ing I.aurette Taylcr, today 1* the
wife of Dr l,eo J. Dretzka supeiln
tendent of the receiving hospital
They wm married Mondsv night »n
Ihr htsme of a frhnd. and In f*i"
pr-neoce o' » few tn'inigte**
DETROIT TIMES
Guarding Entrance to Uncle Sam’s Aaoy Yard
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(•tiar<l* have been placed at the entrance of I’ncle Sam’s navy yard in Brooklyn, since diplomatic relations
were broken with Germany, and onlv employes, with cards, are allowed to enter or leave.
AMERICAN ‘KING’
HAS ABDICATED
And Rejrular Officials Once
More Rule In Sz-echuen
Province
BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 - Meet
King Francis of Wanshlen, Si*
rhuen province, China ll*' has Jmt
arrived h* re on the lln* r Shinyo
Man fn>m the <Yrienf.
A year a*i> he was merely Fran
ds G Presiott. of Ikmton. manager
of the Standard Oil company prop
erties in Wanshlen, a remote dis
trict of northwestern China. In
that district he reianed as king for
rev. nil moons He told the sforv
today
*1 Miring th* revolution which fol
low.d th* death of Yuan Shi Kai."
he -aid. pirate* and rebels began
arriving «t Wanshlen 1n droves and
the regular officials fled. Os course
I had to protect our company's prop
erty.
• pretty soon the people began to
gath-r at my ofllee and we arranged
for the defense of the province We
saved the town. The people got an
ideu I did ll and they made me ruler.
Maybe they didn't <**ll me king not
that's what It amounted to They
gave me a beautiful palace worth
9500.000 to live In. held a proces
sion and wanted to kill a few people
for my benefit
•On one ocnisinn when Victor
Mltrdt Ck visited nte the) vv anted t«
hr.ve nn execution or two In bono.
of his arrlvah’*
After the plrVes nn 1 rebel* had
torn repeatedly driven off and qui**
*nd been restored, ti e regular off
xls return'd, said l*rc-<coit, and h
cr'ede and f fl CQavtflc pg tfte pep pi*
hat he didn't want to be ruler.
TV* * New straw bats, wreathed la
ra*ea. which are irsrlhi the wls
iti.wa these days. 1. .>k a Pttle pre
r'at'Te to the averi**.- abopper Os
course It'a possible they are In
tended for those fortunate Indlvtd
ua'* who ran ru** sway to Palm
F»#rh or Santa Ba*-t*ara for "the
remainder of th* season "
rsn ait. \ %t iit Tonritirtirn
a. seen tn tu|e# \erne'« "I*o*o
* t’nder the 8,,. * Washing
ton fiiwit'i. Alo
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1917.
U. S. BELIEF
IN BELGIUM
IS CUT OFF
German Order Ejects
Workers From
United States
OTHER NEUTRALS
TO TAKE IT UP
Food Supplies Can Still
Re Shipped From
Here
IAJNDON, F*b. 13. America * *<
tire work of directing Itelglan reli* f
I* about to be ended Announce
m«ni wa* mad** by tbe commission
here that all American workers in
Helginm and northern France, in
territory held by the German*, ex
cept a very few leaders, were about
to be withdrawn. Brand Whitlock.
American minister to Belgium, Is
however, to remain, altho with the
Wiman government's distinct pro-
Iso that he has no diplomat!'
tanking Thus Whitlock will b
I.* only remaining American dip!
ist on German territory, now »h«
the break In relations between
America and Germany has cause
withdrawal of Anert. natl
md consular offl< ..*l* from German
soli.
Withdrawal of American worker..
from Belgium and France does not
mean, however, the American com
mission for relief will discontinue
its work In the United Htatea. Th*
irtual administration of the work
however, will be turned over to
some other neutral nation, the
American* continuing their efforts
<o laise mooev in America. .
CERARD LEAVES
FOR PARIS SOON
Will Remain There Until Time
To Meet Liner In
Barcelona
HERNE, Switzerland, Feb 13.
American Ambassador Gerard and
his Immediate paity completed
i plans today for the next step In
| th* Ir trip home They will leave
i Berne Thursday for Paris and will
| remain In the French capital until
Mine to make connections with a
Spanish liner leaving Barcelona
I some time after the 2ftth of tbe
1 mtnth
In the meantime every courtesy
' is helm: extended the American cn
vov by Sw is* official*.
SEND TEUTON
MEDDLER HOME
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Man M ho Inspired Berlin IVace
Proffer Must l>eave
Country
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.—When
the Frederlk VIII put* to *e* to
morrow with German Ambassador
von BernstorfT It will bear an unex
pected passenger, I»r. George Bar
thelme, German. Washington corres
pondent for quaai-ofllctal Cologne
Gkxette. The reason for hi* passage
Is- founded on the German props
gandiat move for a conference to
xvold war. The state department
ifter careful investigation, deter
-pined he Inspired Germany to make
Her tvrnffwr* *
Hla move so exasperated official*
that they arranged that he should
have hla passports back home
Barthelme's Intimacy with th'
German embassy and his connection
with the Cologne paper made him
virtually a German official agent
Hl* dispatch, inspiring the "peae*
move" was passed fry navy wireless
censors, somewhat deleted but
apparently without full realisation
of its Intent. ». - «
WASHINGTON ANGERED BY DETENTION
OF “TARROWDALE” PRISONERS AS
HOSTAGES FOR GERMAN SAILORS
MERCURY
MOUNTSTO
SIX ABOVE
Rackbone of Cold Snap
Is Rroken, Says
Conner
RISE MARKED BY
SNOW FLURRIES
Entire State Is Warm
ing Up, Early Re
ports Show
Having distinguished himself bv
t-eftlng a five-year tceotd of 12 de
£t<<n l>elow zero rn Monday, the
v iathcrnisn Tuesday morning w**
inclined to atf»ne for the rash ret.
i Le rc ult ww i 'runpaxatlvoiv com-
I* rtable atmosphere for Detroit and
Michigan.
At x v'clock this morning, the icm
l*« rat lire, f deg.e,* al>o\e zero, ws.a
]x d< gro*'* hlgl.«*r than It »o 24
bouts hofore. Fatly Indicj.ton*
were that it would continue to rise
t iru the day. Midnight marked th*
tnd of the bitter cold. At that *ime
i* wn i one l*elow /* ro, havtnc heen
at that mark two h« urs. It was zero
at h o'clock.
Aiuutie. protracted cold spell : bis
winter I* an Improbability, ac<*rd
ttit. to t\ eather Ob*erver Norman B
('oncer There mav be one-*la' vl«
It- j*f a cold w*v*> hut the hng
drawn out affairs are thru for the
, : * ftr'»n. he t>e||eves
The below fern wave los*«‘ne<l r*
grip on the entire state thru th*
night, .md this morning* report* to
the weather bureau show tnflder con
dition* in the northern part of Mithl
ran than are found In Itr'roi; and
nearby epic*, (aldington w x.x high,
with 2* degree*. |t was 14 In O'and
Rapids aad 12 In Lansing. Alpena.
Marquette snd K*ranaba repo’ted 8
degrees above iero.
Light mow flurries prrompanled
'he mode*atlon of temperature.
The Detroit k Windsor Ferry r©»n
pnr)v rnpMn'ied on n.l|*Hhour *» bed
.a* ualav. and it aaa
the 3U minute trip* would h* c«n'ln
ued thruiuit the day There ho* l*tcn
n»’ Improveiuent i he condition of
the Ice
WORM)"* I.ARGKST IMtlltß'
weight Tnr** T«»n» *a< h Vajah «..*d
Kra," *l*phant Fox Trotters Mila*
•h*at*r tro* w*«k Matinsea 14c and
|t( Adv.
txißrrmiKii xatthoit » armiiki
Ueph-ted in Jnlf* V*ra» * "lo.W)
G nine* t’nd-r tn* H*s M aakiagtoa
Tiu|lO •-'Adv*^^»—-
AFTERNOON EDITION
Controls Bis: Guns
On U. S. Coast
-*v'
Gen Weaver 1* the man who ha*
charge of the big defense gun*
rang'-d along the coast of the I’nlt* and
State*. H<* h*s been in c*»mmand
of the com*' artillery since 1911
AUSTRIA WAVERS
LDNDON THINKS
Hritish Keenly Interested In
Conference of Kaiser and
Kmpe rnr
LONDON, Feb. Li Whether
Kaiser William’s vtsil ‘oday to Vi
enna for conference wyjh Kmpen*r
Karl was not brought about by a
derlre to stiffen up Germany * all'
was the .-mbieri of considerable
speculation here todav Amsterdam
dispatch**, repeating meager ad
vice* from Vienna merely *md the
kaiser was paying n visit to the
new sovereign of Austro Hungary.
It wa* poln'ed out here today that
th*’ L’nlted State, has not brok»n
relation* with Au. tro-Hungary and
therw have been hint* that the
American government was nr got la t
'ng with Vienna hoping that Aus
•rla wtnild not indorse the German
volicy of unlimited submar nlngs.
British officials think Austria
vhlch ha* felt the pinch of hunger
nd of her war losses far mors
JiltO Grrmany. ha* Vong ’t»v"U ISIAj.-.
ering.
r,fN«f JsXtf w tlnM*ia.
kat.ns r* «srn-4 tr** a trip •»
F) >rlda and Cuba, ha, anno**a*-sa
that hs will not he a candidate
for circuit Judge Hla friend, i *< -d
him in nomination, h* *« and think
ing f**ur extra pla«'*» would t»*
ff'a*ed for the Wain* Judl.-lary
by the leg'“lature. Ira*e «v-h as
this ha, not been done. Judxe Pen
eran declare, he will not make fh#
rua.
Vtf Oar awklii kj tbe l.b. W
rtwitti U#adq Cie^tabMA —Ad,
IN DETROIT: ONE CENT.
Raiders’ Captors, Once
Freed, Again Impris
oned After Break
SHIP ARMAMENT
ABSORBS WILSON
Expected He’ll Rule On
Question Today or
Wednesday
RY CARL D GROAT.
(Ktafl Corrrapondmt t'mfed Progs.)
WASHINGTON. Feb 13. —De-
mands for release of the American
prisoners of the Yarrowdale will
he made at once. It was stated to
day
The demand will Include an e»-
planation that the United States la
not seising German ships or crews,
and is Interested only in seeing that
the ships are not sunk as obstruc
tions to American harbors
Germany’s tactics toward Ambas
sador Gerard and other Americana
has amused officials’ anger and offi
cial notice that the Yarrowdale
prisoners are again detained in Ger
many has only served to increase
;hl‘ spirit toward Germany.
The state department said fast
week Germany would learn of this
*o\eroment’a position toward Oer
man ships and crews and Indicated
it would forward Secretary of War
i Raker's statement on the subject
as a reassurance to Germany. Ctfll
rials supposed, until they beard of
' the detention of the Yarrowdale
mm. that Germany had been con
vlnced of the safety of her cttleeu*
here.
The Yarrowdale prisoners were
to have been released Just before
the break In relations Now Ger
many has notified this government,
i howe\**r. that she is detaining them
In that country because of abeeace
of Information as to treatment ot
Germans here While the Yarrow
dale subject la before slate depart
m* nf heads, the question of arms
nient for American merchant ships
Is absorbing President Wilson's at
tention. It was expected that he
would rule on it today or tomorrow.
In any event, (he government bolds
steadfastly to the *!ew that they
are entitled to armament. and IS
♦rylng to And some means of pro
vldtng It either directly or indi
rectly
Some congressional opposition to
•he more Is expected, especially as
Senator tya* f alrrade
timet.
The itate department last night I*
sued the following ctatement regard
ing the AjJermiin request for a parley
with the United States
In view of the appearance In the
r.twapapera of K»t- ‘1 «f • t*P''t
tt.at Ortnahy was r ' a*'.na n.uotia*
» ona with the I'nitd State* la re*
gard to submarine warfare th* de
' part men t of atate makes ths foOew.
Ins sta’.r o*it _ _
A s«ee*etiun waa m«4* ereWi