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tfcv other
U l» lb* 1 nprp.ii»<l hop** of w
*pg| rat 'road that Daniel
fygtard who rose from « post aa
*axlu »er to b* preeider.i of the Bni-.
4aior* 41 Ohio railway, will take *>*•
rot of the pm 6 for lb* fount
wtn * ghontd (hr prealder t »nw
Hr ta a member of thr na
ttoovl deferip- round! «ad would oil
with President \\ ilson * cabinet to
tase of war.
a. WWori. who la in the city. h»* de
fled that b« ha* been avked to dl
tort ape rat K>« of thr road* for thr
govern men
ms. WHITNEY
DEM IT 74
fVdl Ktowit Church Worker
and PhilMth«t»p.«t Soc
cwhs to Heart Trouble
Mr* Sarah Jan e McLauchiau
Whitary widow of David Wh!tne>
,Jr., dlod Taeeday afternoon In hor
iMir No. I2S Wood»ard**r foi
lovtef at iSorax from heart trouble
whloh had confined brr to hrr room
for uor» than a yrar and a half
tog. Whitney war on* of the
dtjr'i hoot known wo to on She ha*l
>orl4od la Drtrol' for a half era
dry aad woo aa activo figure In it*
•octal religious philanthrope and
cultural IMr Born la Summers
lota Oat 74 years ago. Mr* Whtt
•oy omt to Detroit la thr oarlr
t Ida. n»d woo Bimod to Mr Whit
Its ta IMS Mr Whttaey’s Aret
wM» woo tor aUtor.
Iftu. WMtooy wao a member of
fto iim fhwnbyterlaa cbai-rh. and
Mbs a imaroux contributor to tho
WHtmm charitable institution* of
too to toon identified la an official
01117 with thr Dwtroit T
..fTC. A.. tha hoard of thr Woman’*
toMftoal aad Infanta home and
Mh» hoard of tto Parrand Training
tfWol to soon ret ton with Harper
tomplud. Tho only rhb to which
too >dwr J was thr Old Oak at
Jtoa. Whltwoy traveled widely aad
Bit vtotod sorry eouotry on thr
Mato Mo wao aa much at home
j| too tapOUs of the old world a*
to Dtoto, a to which shr loved
tom to otoor plaooo tor bod
jfhnfi to toa homo at Woadward and
toppSMomaa. tor U yoara. thr man
toll Mm omo of tho ooatUeet tn
She toy. tha oaamo of which u la
huMt ha ring hooa brought from *
Oarry ta tho Rocky mountains
omaad by Mr. WbMmry aad ah* al-
Wtoo aald that fieaptte thr encroach
IMto Os ooOMMrdal life all around
tbaM which had gtron her to much
tol 11 HI to build
Wbttaey la survived by the
tommy. ot touaao Point* Mr*
Utoa Jacob H«f. of Pari* aad Mr*
tohay Mtorngor. of Dutrwit Mr*
Mara Whltaej Deaune who died
two yoara ago. wao another step
rPamoral aorrlce* will hr held lo
Jho hooar Thwroday morning at 11
'toMfc. tho Rot Joseph A. Vance,
pa at or of tho Flrot Presbyterian
ofiteiatlng Interment will
he mode la Woodmero
SIMM MOLDS
IP HOLLEY CARS
Mot* he Upatts Schedule*
of D. U. R.; Sabo rban
llm Hit Hardfet
Tfc* boowy rate •tons of Tuesday
aigbt fla7*4 havoc with stroot car
trade for a U»e late la tha arm
lac aad aaada walking dangormia
Tha cate froae aa rapid Jr aa It falL
taaatec Cha sldowaik* into glister
teg akatiag rinks aad padastrlana
bad to ha as am a-footed aa a goat
to avoid making tumble*,
Tha t roller wtroa also were en
oaaad La lea. gtvteg ao aad of
brofehta. for a time some of tbr
dtp Itaae ware almost oat of com
telmton. hat the «a bar ben cart war*
feotemrad moat. Even op ontli Wni
■teteay morateg aoma of them ware
fgdalag Irfagulartr Manx Ford
tern aarrad by the Pontiac Una
dam lat* to wee* Rome mood
dr aa hoar or more in the rain
aad than ware thaakful for a “toe
**
Along abort midnight the weath
ar tamed warmer and the tc* be
pm to thaw bat the rain continued
dost of tha night Tha procipita
dm. according to tha weather bn
man. was ala-tenth* of an Inch
Owlnejr Company *-ewper,
»ypho Qtttecv Mining 'otti(»anr
which operate* abaft* tn norlbern
Hdmlgan, report* net profit* of »2.-
rlt.ft for -the year *nded l»ec
Dividend* equivalent to IdO.tl
HP'oeat were eemed rhl* com
firm wifi net profits of f1.*71,«75
if the ymr previous «w 7* 17 r**r
CASTOR IA
lKl*MatCUint
tems PstOvm- 90 V M r.
SEaLrtetz.
MOT TO
TESTIFY IK
FIRE PROBE
Chief Building Inspect
or Expected To Take
Stand Today
INQUEST IS
NEARING END
Testimony Given On
Tuesday Shows Third
Floor Sagged
Coroner Roths* her 1 * Inquest Into
the Field* Cloak ft Shut cranpanv
fir*, which coat th* live* of five
firemen one week ago Sunday is
expecied to come to *n **nl this
»fi*~noon. Thief Building Inspector
Henry Dupont and Safety Engineer
Jehn C. McCabe are eipec ed to
t*btify during the morning concern
ing inspection* wblcd were made in
the building at No 117 Woodward
rir
Thus far. no test.naonv bar l»een
in rodneed to show that tber* had
been an inspection of tne building
in the last few year* by the depart
ment of buiidtnge Dupont ha* at
tended ail the session* and has sa
tiated the prosecutor in the inquiry.
Judging from present indication*
the need of a strict code of fir«. rvg
Undoes la Detroit clothing the fu*
d n part meat with absolute peer In
regulating building-. wl!1 b» the
aociea* around which the jar> will
form Its verdict. Testimony *•**
Men offered tending to show tint
the building wss of faulty construe
non. but nothing a** been introduc
ed to show who built It nor who
weakened it by reconstruct lop sad
Its attendant bor ag of Joiat*
From the mass of teatlmony rake*
Tuoaday morning in < oroeer Roth
acber • inquest into the Dr* in tho
Fields Cloak ft Suit company store
No. if 7 Woodward-ave, In which
five firemen lost thetr live*, three
Mg facta were brought oat. a* fol
lows
That the joists on the fourth aad
fifth floor* of the building wore un
der aired. weakened by being bqpd
for wiring In the center and of ileh
small dimension* that the man
put them In could be termed no«tl
««at
That tha Are department had not
compiled with the rules which re
quire company chiefs to keep dia
grams of the floors of the big build
mgs tn their districts.
That the third floor sagged about
aa Inch for a distance of about IS
feet froth the rear, and that the of
felals of the Field* Cloak and Sol’
company had known of 'bis. rho no
oo# warned them that it wa* a
daogeron* condition
Architect Adoipi Bt«*n. engaged
by Coroner Rotbarh»r a* aa expert,
told the jury that the toiat* on the
t pper floor broke tn tn* center, at
’be points where 1 ole* had beet,
bored and opening* ret for wiring
Had piping tn ’woon*’ruction work
Architects toda> figure that a floor
in a tight merchandise budding
should carry 100 pounds per sqbar*
foot la safety, said Etsen He Judg
ed that the capacity on the two
upper floor* la the Field* store «u
between 70 and 10 pounds The ;*»
inch Joisiv on the fourth aad dftb
floor* were entirely too light, he
mid
"The man who put them in \a*
negligent." said Risen, "alt bo h*
.flight not hare known how ireeb
weight th > floors wruld be required
ic stand after he had built the~i
Chief Srodenck. of the Are and»
partmenr. declarer that the captain
of Bngin* Com pan y So 3 shculo
have kept a diagr,- ra of the floor
plana of the building Ueut Alex
Thompson of this company, ean no
plans had been made, becauee V.
was impossible to cover all the
do*ntovn building's Only the 'arg
ot ones were diagramed, be said.
diaries Haaaenbuach. secretary
and treasurer of the Fields com
1-any. admitted that he had known
of the sagging of the third fl« or
It had existed front the time his
company moved into the tAiildng.
he said. That was flee years sgo
The place burned on the fifth ana!
Mrsary of the coo>pait> tn *he
Woodwardave building Mr Haw
renbuach said that so far as he
knew no building inspect nr nad
been thru the place, tho he frequent
ly saw firemen In It
Aa si slant Proaacutor gpeed. who
i.iade the examinations, frequently
poked members of the flr* dtpurt
n.ent who teetlfled whether the de
panment experienced any delay.
They all replied In tho negative
Speed had to examine his broth
er, John Speed accountant for the
Fields company The brother told
of the sagging in the floor and of
tho machinery kept there.
J T Maybe*, contractor who
built a platform for R H Fyfe k
I'ompany, which occupied the fourth
and fifth floors, explained to the
coroner and the jury that the plat
fo-m did not reef on the floor, the
weight of It being sustained by
stool girders placed two feet abo\*
the floor
Charles F f'armody, photograph
*r for the police department pre-
X»»t«d ala flows of the Orewrecjped
building, which ware Introduced aa
, e*idenc«. The pirtore aboard the
Hint e red jolota
Oliver N. Gartner, local manager
for thr Otis Elevator company tea
tilled his firm had Installed an ele
vator In the yield* building In IM7.
Speaking of fhr machinery found
In thr bottom of the elevator abaft.
Mr, Gardner aald thr overhead
equipment tn the shaft would weigh
about t.kOO pound* The weight qf
the car and the counter weight*
would weight about 21000 pound*,
he aald
“Would It be aafe to Install an
I elocator of that weigh' in a build
! mg of this kind”’ asked Assistant
' Prosecutor Spaed
That depend* on the support *
at the top of tha shaft.” said Gard
oar. " and I don't know wbat kind
of supports were used here ’
f'hief James C. Broderick, of the
fire department for 50 year* a fire
man. t rati fled it took no longer than
usual to get the taoees at work. If
there was a short delay. »aid the
chief, It was ranted hr the falling
of the ladder on which Lieurs
Thompson and Brown were work
lng
Juror Mtaeh asked Chief Brod
ertrk If he was with the men who
tred vainly to batter their way »hro
the door leading from the third to
the fourth floor He answered ta
(he negative
"Have you ever received any re
port that the building was unsafe***
asked Speed
• No. never "
“Is It customsrr for captains of
companies to make diagrams of big
buildings m their district**”
‘Yea they make sketches of the
floor plans, hut they keep them m
their quarters "
‘Was a sketch man** of this build
tog**'
“I doe know. They should have
done it. One man of engine No. S
should have known the layout of
the floors
' Someon- should have known
that the doorway on the third floor
was nailed- shouldn't he**'
* Ye*. I think the captain of No.
S did know, hut he wasn't at that
fire.”
**lf someone knew of the nailed
doorway shouldn't he have reported
to you. so you could remedy the
situation**'
"We bare nothing to say about
that W> And out what we can and
do the best to protect ourselves '*
IJeot AJex Thompson one of the
mea who fell from the laddep In
the Fields fire, believed no diagram
had been made of the Fields struc
ture He said the department could
not get diagram* of all the down
town buddings and concerned Itself
only with tha larger one*
Thompson said he wanted to get
a Tin* of hoe* into the building be
fore a general alarm was sounded
ao that he might put out the fire
before some other company got to
work and robbed his company of
the credit for extinguishing the
blase
"There* some competition among
the companies down-town" he re
marked
Thompson said he tried the fire
doors and they were unlocked
"You must have left them open
or the lire wonid no« have got into
the Fyfc building" *atd Juror
kfisrh
'Rome one left them open. a an
swered tha witness
Tap* William J Duntel. of lad
der company No. 1. Testified that
the atmosphere on the third floor
of the building shortly before the
crash was as “clear as this room ”
ICE IN GREAT
LAKES HEAVIER
THAN YEAR AGO
Ice in all of the Great Lake* is
heavier than during ib* name sea
rrn a year tgo. and field* in the
upper lake region ar* the most ex
tensive tn It year* The summary
of ice con lit ions issued Tuesday by
Norman E. Conger. Detroit observer,
po.nta ou» that ihe ice at Duteth Is
11 tnchee heavier than the 10-year
average. There .* more ice in Supe
rior. Michigan and Huron than last
yesr. with exceptionally heavy fields
over the eastern por’ion of Erl?
The report says (a pan:
F'elds if ice ere* weetern Superior
evtend fr«*tn Duluth te U rail** e«*t
of Two Harbor* on the rorth shove
end alor* the Muth st.or* to Portage
canal ofl r** le Heroor the ft»M*
which -i#r .*t<l ▼isten last
week hat * moved nearly beyond
Ms rquette eaet ts
Whtt*flih Bav the fields continue be
yond vtetor and are he*-. > Heavy
Ire rover* at Ma*y * riser Tn <Veen
Ray th# ibf»*n th* «trn#.
♦ U:4l th# fIQAW COVf f ||| f ||
becoming soft
tn Michigan the Hetty tteld* OV*-r
the northern port!-n ba«e moved out
into the lak* *nd on the e**t ehore
the *»M« more In end out with the
wirxl Extenelve fletds *re reported
over the northern portion At th*
• tralte the ire i* inohee tn thick
nee* and no materia! *Hin|» le not
ed
In If-ir o heavy fields **vrr the
northern yorrion wth many open
epasee. while over th# eoutherw por
tion fr.m Harbor Beach te within,
three mile* of port Huron the fields
are heevy A’ rialr *nd Detroit
rivere are open.
In ah* F>,# the Ire in Maumee
river i* runnng out end there le
more open water reported than laet
week. Ti»e field* from ('onn*»nt Har
bor to n-tff*io rema'n etsttonary. tn
Ontario there haa tt*#n but little
change. more |ee reported over th*
»»it*rn portion
Doing His Beat
Jones--That hulldtae lot you sold
me t* under watsr
Real Fafater —Now don't get pee*. 1
Ish iam a’ this very moment or
ganizing * cnmpanv for raising
•unken building lots
Only On* “PROMO QUtNINC"
To get the genuine call for fall name
LAXATIVE RROMO Ql'lN’lN* I,o©h
for signstnre of K gt GROVE Cures
a f old tn One Day 2te —Adv
Vftottwq-—«Se plat* Mel triad—«MH
iajdMmwßw**Amjk*teHmsk **«
DETROIT TURKS
ROOSTS PRY
Os FIREMEN
ROD POLICE
Council Comes to Aid
of Two City De
partments
MINIMUM FOR
EACH IS $1,200
Aid. Schultz Seeks Ad
vance For Station
ary Engineers
Without the forasallty of commit
tee 'ooa Moral km. tha aldermen
Tuesday night gave substantial sal
ary increaaa* to tha members of tha
police aad Ore departments and
would have proreedod tveo further
urttb the boosts m pay In otbor de
partment* had It not boon for a
Uataiy objection of ftld Robinson
of the Tenth ward The ordinance
granting the increase was tntroduc
ed by Aid Burton, of tho Second
word, and received the unanimous
approve] of the body under ana pen
non of tbe rule*, after it bad boon
debated whether It should first go
to a committee
The aldermen were of on* mind
that immediate action was naesa
vary to attract new men to the po
lice department, which is now shor
*S men because of the small pay*
The minimum salary ot patrol met
ta fixed at $1.?00 a year lost wad o)
ll.bho During the second year h*
will receive sl,3')d. and 11.400 for
ihe third year and thereafter Tbl*
is an increase of PZOO a voar for the
naw man in the deparimont. and
$l4O a year for the man who ba.«
seen two years’ service
Firemen now will receive sl.2<W
for the first year. $1,300 the second,
and $1,400 the third. '<>mpared with
salaries of $i 000 Jl 100 and SIJ«u
in the past. The are *f
'active July 1.
Ui<on tbe recotnmendaiiou of Po
lire Commissioner Tousans. Aid Ver
nor. of the Hecond ward, brought out
*n ordinance increasing 'he pay ot
Inspector William P Rntlewje. of
the police department, from $2.500
'o I! W 0 and giving him the rank of
chief inspector The aldermen pa*-
ed it unanimously.
These three lacrosse*, having
gone thru without serious objection
Aid Bchtilts. of tbe Seventeen'll
ward, moved that salary boost* also
be awarded the city stationary en
plneerw He made a thoro explana
Don of the amount* of the ir.creasee
sailed and was about to move that
»h* ardtnan~e be passed as amended
when Aid Robinson interooaed.
“I object to putting the«e salary
increase* thru on the floor.” he said
"What we ary doing ts raising the
budge right her*, giving one in
orease and ’hen another It is tuat
aa Aid Vernor remarked, we are
Tracing on dangerous ground.”
The one objection served «o lay
the ordinance over until the next
meeting
Aid Schultz’ ordinance propose'
the following salary boosts Assist
ant engineer at the parks and oouie
vards beat and power plant, from
f 1 -60 to 51.450, assistant engineer
s’ the pel!# Isle bridge. |i :oo to
91 45A. flra* assistant engineer si
the Fsirviow pumping station from
llAOd to 11.dM): second assistant at
Falrvfew. from ll.JOfi to 11,4i0 Re
cefrlng hospital engineer, from
•1.9A0 to 91.4 M; chief engineer at
the Relte Isle bridge, from 91.900 to
91900 ,
When the ordinance carry fag the
salary Increases to the police and
fireman was adopted the first ap
plause in months came from ‘he gal
lery Later, when other proposals
to boost salaries were Introduced
there was another burst of ap
plause.
“To thoae tn the gallery l would
say be careful of your applaud lag.”
remarked Aid Vernor. looking up t#
‘hose who had Interrupted the pro
ceedings “You are norkiac against
▼our own Interests. If any depart
ments ask for wage increase* *nd
deserve them. I can assure you that
the council will be only too glad to
grant them, but you are only hurting
your own In'erest* by *uch demon
•tratious.'*
Aid Allan and Robtoton also
spoke In fsvor of glv.og more •alsry
to those deserving, bat asked the al
dermen to give opportunity for am
pie discuseloa of esrh Increase
asked
Aid Walsh Introduced a resolu
tion providing for 96d a month in
stead ow 979 for widows of pollce-
Snen and firemen It was referred
to the committee on way* -n d
means.
CHICAGO Ifisr husband won't let
her adopt a baby but a woman wrote
Dr Willis O Nance health commis
sion head .begging hi m’o leave *
“beby farm" victim on her doorstep
at night. Dr Nance declined to nkiy
amateur stork, but win try to an
swer the plea *ome other da*
Feof«selooat Hum#f
Voting Doctor tto fellow pr-rfee
sionai) —Jim you are looking afek.
Which of r our paifenta is «*ii.nc
well ?
Ms*# Ahead
Zebra -Cheer *ip. Tige Tlier're
atmltahlng pn*on stripe* and
atm} Aril te op the reform.
THE
bTAGE
Mai. Alt* Nulboti bow app •*/-
b< In th# Garrick theater. »»• *>• ru
Ib lb* Rueaiap CrimH, in t town on
in* shore# of lii< HiawM iw. but no *
child woo loßO* to nwltaerland. Bad
IB Geneva woo met r acted o* tho vio
lin. At II Oho rtturaid to Rueata.
and mod* hor flret public appearance
!>> playing a violin 0010 at o Christ
moo concert la hor native tow*. Mko
then wont to Odesan. to coattnuo hor
violla otndioo. but took o dromotie
court* Instead. ond after hor |radu
otlon b«como lading woman of a
stock company In Kostroma Ruaala.
piaylni nearly too otar aorta la a
wI do variety of pro«iu. tione In a
unfit season. In iPd« Mm* Nailmo
va*cam* to Aatorloa with a oaspaay
of Russian actors and r*mataa4 to
learn Knglleh and to become aa Am
erican.
among the immediate future book
ings ta the Dotrett opera boupo will
be tb* modern morality a lay. "(vary
womaa 1 the week of Merc J*. soc
David Warfield la a reefwa) of ‘Thp
Music Meet# r" th* weak of April E
“Everywoman has bean aeon la De
troit servsrs: Uses, and la a a*ec
tacle that la m beautiful to look at
ae It ta a jßp latoraatlag la its
story and development l£r wirdeU
has had a Lramandaaa stsoceas with
hi* revieel of tho rale #f the lovable
eld muilr amater, MPT Barwlg,tbo
play seeming to have all of tta apta i*
»T vitality and si r «al to tbo public
>. Sslaeoo baa mad# a beaattful
pradu etmn of It
Alice Car rail the aretty blond*
Sri nba play* Betty Brown, on* of
* attractive seven chances la Ro:
Coop*' Megr ue a comedy. “Seven
Cbaneea.” new la tb* Detroit opera
house, la a stater of tori Carroll,
th- well known sen* composer Mias
Carroll has had sxcmleat stage train
o* with th* rail atoch company in
Washington, snd the Columbia stock
company In Pittsburgh. as wall as In
oth*r companies. fn* played Slater
Catherine with France* Starr. In
Marte-Cdfl*.’ Mlee Cnrroll sings
prettilv and dances well, and she
hope* on# day to have brother Part
write e light vper# for her She is
a • plendlf artlats model end ha#
pcsed for Howard Chandler Christy
-she is the original in th#
n Graham Phillips atory. Susan
Uani" —and other wafl- known Illus
trator*
A performance of more than ordi
nary merit a II be brought to the
>rm atv theater neat week wnen she
“Maids of America present a two
*et musical comedy called “TWr Girl
'rom Nowhere” A. K Hell heads
the company. The piece is said to he
cm* d-d with oright line*, laughable
situations and scenea It deals with
th- story of a mysterious woman
who cornea out of space and wh • id
possessed of ability to change InwM
to hate, misery to haaptnese and rage
to jealmiey. With the winds »t h»r
< ommand and other extraordinary
powers, she perplexes -and confounds
all sort of human enterprises B -bl y
Barry. Haryey Norma Bell.
Alfsretta Sy rnonds. Mary Mack Nel
lie Henry and a score of othor favor
ite entertainer* are with the Maids
es America' company.
t*n« of the beer laugh-provoking
comedies seen on the local stage In
year# is “III# Majesty Hunker Bean."
whi-h, with Taylor Holme# togeth
■o with Charles Abbe aa ul*
Man !.*• r»n<e as the ' Demoa irrand
rna and the many other favunt-s
of the caet. will return to the (iar
rtek neat *«k This comedy is 4
riot of mirth and laughter Mr
Holmes and his company scored a d-.
c'ded hit here In th* first production
of th# Comedy, going Into Chicago
from I»etroU for a run of six months
in th# Cort theater. ai|d re’u-i
the Garrick tc double the box office
business of th# ftrei tune. The third
visit hriage Mr Tavlor with a coP
lection of leurela to hi* crown of
eucces*. havln# made long run# In
th# Aator theater Ne* Terk. and th#
Maje-tlc th-taer. Hoeton. The story
of His Majesty, Flunker Ban" la
familiar to everyone, and who
2>ave not i«*n Mr Holme# portrev
the reincarnation of Ksm-Tsh, th#
Egyptian king, her# miaaed a g*°®
thing.
On I y to an actor with an envlablt
record on the *p-*kmg stege and on
the acreen would Thouis* II Ince #p
trust such an Important role a#
that of th- king, the central dgur-
In “Civiliaatton. the sensational an 1
patriotic pea'*# «p* ta< le now show
ing 1n th* Washington theater When
he .-set Here* hel Marall for that r.de.
he was co«vln<ed that the at«
poesesae.l all the •|ualiflcMtlc>ns to
undergo the crucial test of s produc
tion which we* to take more than a
y-ar to produ* You/ are e\»r\
Inch a king." Mr line* Is said to ha-e
remarked after seeing Mr. ktoyall
pleyin* In #to--k lit Is»# Angeles
Mayail is six feet tall and weighs I*l
pounds, and carries she dign'ty >‘f
the high office In th- picture w.th
royal mien M Mayail is weiiknoan
la Detroit for hi# excellent work
with the Vaughn Glaser stock com
paay playing successful -ngagi-ments
her* season after season As king of
the Bctltloue land of Wredpryd. Mr
Ms vail ha# an Important role In th#
spectacular Him It alls for a fn»
sens# of dramatic > altic# which Mr
Mayail possess-* to e marked degree
Klaw A trUß«*r i r>r'K nil p:"Aw.
tton **f "Han Mur.*' with * big <*aat
and #l*b«rat« scanary aqulpmanf
h.>r*/i and r*m*la, bagm* a w#*k a
• •gsgamant In tba Patrol* np*r»
Itausa Meyulay waning March 12
Tbi# lmp«*tne spattsbl# a a aarmnn
1n vgrl#A lUuafratak by art
and muaio. Tba i harlot raca ia prob
ably tha maat vividly thrilling mo'-
lag picture that *ka ataga haa #v»r
know* Flv# 'harlots, aaoh drawn by
four haraaa. form tha ranter of th*
pi at nr a Tb» animala with far
atratahad Backs and dilated nostrils,
rira Ilka mad. urged on by tha whlpa
of the charioteers .Ban Vtur and hla
deadly enemy. Meaanla. In the lead
The wheala of the chariot* rumble
and away Now Hur 1a ahead, now
Ifaaaala. then llur again, and tha
race la won. The musl l *, which H-'
gar Stillman Kailay baa composed for
tha production, haa much to do with
tha avoeeaa of "Ben llur ” To pr»*#ot
tha ramarhahla play «• people are
requtrad In the chariot rare there
ara 2d horaaa eantaatlng. but more
trained animate are always kept
cloaa by la «*## of accident.
Hugh Ford, who dlroctnd the Him
adaptation of Daudat'a o|aaair
gapho in whtdh talantad Paulin#
Prefer irk la now appearing In the
Maleatlc. found the arreen interpret*
tlon of Bapho' one of the moat tn
tereetlng la all hla varied • sperlence
-A thora et idy of tha methods em
ployed la the stage yeraton eoavlnred
me that we would hare to dWeef r*r.
tala important changes In the ron
•trurtlon of the ra«n play,' he said
To thla end. wa tried to lighten
every tr%gir or e»p** tally dramatic
part of the story with llttla touches
of humor Also, the endlW *m
'hanged romplataly and Aapho who
in th* booh simply roeitlnuad hor for
mer mod# of Ufa after leaving the
rovng Jean Oansala. laatead of doing
this tarn* Bad *>*aa anrsa and de
votes the reel of her life toward do
lag good. Mlsa Frederick has given
• marvelo * Interpretation of this
.'hareoter snd ws are sure that her
agmlrers will And this one of tba
boat. If not quit* the best picture in
which she has appeared '
The attraction In th# Cadillac tha*
t«r asst week will bes n»w bur
’ segue production sal lad Hea ity,
Youth snd Polly." Two new musical
skit* with vaudavlll* specialties snd
dancing s*inh»ri will a# praaeatod by
Ban V.ston, da rah llyatt. I’on
Trent. Km bar.n# Hurray <b*nta
Ford. M*-garet K«ng M’.nn'e *»aer|-
son Pan Oracav the Air n» trio end
a chorus of ?• girls Mi# iia-anpcrt
and bar European model* in s ser as
of living pictures will be an added
attraction
Patrait is la have a stsJnn^oMi^
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ginning Monday. April •. in th* Pa
troit opera house Th* company will
remain four or els weeks snd Will
give. In Fnglish. with go/*4 stngars.
An* sieaery and alaborat# eaetum**
a number of th# standard operas In
cluding Vadama MuttarAy." La Bo
heme." "The Jewels of th* Madonna.
"Alda.’* "fa Troretara" "tdicia dt
lammrrpoor,' 'Htgolstto, ’ ''Martha.'
damson sad I rail lab. ' TbalA" Tb«
Tales of Hoffman." H**sml and
Or* tel " -The Baerat of Susanna."
•VPsgUarH." 1 fsust" and "Cavaltarta
Ruatlcana
VBW YORK -fiecauac his DOst
uian, ha said, insulted the American
flag hp saying the national guard
couldn't fight. Private Dick Carr
took off hie coat and showed him
The Jude* dlacharged him
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HAMMOND BUILDING
• t Car Feet and On swat a Street*
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, IXI7.
Odds end Aide
OH ICAOO—Three back alldara in
thv rank* of the S3 South
taloonkenpers who recentl yaboll*ti
ed the free lunch may force all io
rendopt the tin* hunonhl tn*Mtu
tlon. The three reinstated the time
honored sandwich t.nd are comer
Ing the boose trad* in the district
nffCACO- The adverse tes||.
noney of 27 wi masses out weighed
that of 111 for the defense, and A
H Thom peon i sli atredale d' ge
ware adjudged a traleanr* In e trial
that lasted all night
NWW YORK Oooald Baldy bar
her, lost hte Job and control over
bis family; the latter becanae the
doctor said he didn't boss hla vBl
♦-nough The Judge gave him a
month to learn boasineea and got a
)ob
fOBW TOMKr-Bteva DownsT,— F>
pen ter, on loMde ’**nt, bong from
a Klith floor window ready to de It
remembered that school was sheet
out, thought tt would flighten the
children, and itnvbed back
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