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UNREST AT HOME, DEFEAT IH FIELD
MENACIN6 6ERMANY, SAY DISPATCHES;
FOOD Sim NEAR VANISHING POINT
News From Holland
Creates Optimism
In London
LONDON. March W —Not onW
U th# F*r«nco BrttUa advance after
th«* retreatlnc German* on the
western fron* going entlroljr ton
faet to lult the Teutonic mltltaria’
plana, but there la groat unrest at
boma. among the German people
Dtapetchea from Holland today gave
hint of these thing* ... «..,
- They Hkrts M tb« tend
erA to f|ulat an nntfercorrent *wt
sentiment for rrealer power for the
penplr hv *i T dtt«>n drCieton *♦ one*
to pranf Itv* esadd.powera of th -
v *r- i|f» led o'*ic , .-l admission*
o’ •* ■ u» :.*f.p. «r.». of th*
t (i . n. ivn*T *old of a gro*
» -; ii "• detfio racy. Inspired b:
r- * ft 1 uor«»ns of the Rnastat
r> > r !u< | o^l*t^
. iTeiiensinn ha* been
and fcv fn-nlr admtsalons of
f •-<' i*. IT* rr natockl, as tr>
ti ti . '.>od supply
Th- f r' fhst the German govern
nil ■ ’»« found if necessary to
a <>mall fr>*> to aid the rattor
fi.g of Htliens. w*a regarded as evv
and nee of It* recognition of a oeri
ot;s situation Batorkl was quoted
a* declaring estimates of supplies
h. u been too optimistic and as for<‘-
e. sting still further reductions in
food
Socialist shakers in the relch*
stag committee meeting were re
pi-rted to have declared the Itlg
harvest, which Germany has de
pended on to carry her thru, was
Uiae jft grains than the 1915 crop—
and the 1915 crop hnd been regard
e*, a* alarmingly short Reductions
ri'W planned by th* government ar«*
expected to cut the bread supply
n< nr'y In half.
Military observers today com
n*-nfed on the elaborate explana
tions which the German leaders
h ve bee o making of the retreat
or the western front as Indicating
u realltatlon of unrest among the
|»* ople.
Meanwhile the Krltiah public's op
tl*nlsm Increased with reports from
th* battle front Indicating steadv
and continued advance of the Br1»-
le'l and French armies Gen Nl
v*lln is trying the famous "nut
evacker" tactics first attempted by
the crown prince at Verdun on the
German lines around Bt. Gobs In for
est. exerting tremepdoua pressure
o. *h* lines about l^aon.
SAYS U-BOATS
LURK OFF COAST
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New York Herald Declare* Two
Are I •<* In I>on*
Inland Sound
NEW YORK. March 2t.—The New
York Herald today declared It had
obtained authentic Information that
two Oerman war submarines of a
late crulsar type ax** lying In
Island sound apparently awaiting
orders for an attack on American
coaatwlae shipping or a bombard
ment of New York.
Tha submarines, the Herald says,
have been seen near Montauk
Point The alleged Identification,
the story says, could not have been
mate Min because the submarines
ROMANOFF
IS A MODEL
PRISONER
■"- ,f, ”r •
rormef trar utters
No Complaints,
Say Jailors
PEOPLE ARE
BACKING WAR
Determined On Figrht
To Finish Against
Germany
TOKIO March 2*.—Tha Japs
nase government has formally
recognised the new Rueal.v, ac
cording to official announcement
today.
PHTROGRAD, March 2?.—Nicho
las Romanoff la a model prisoner
He seems entirely contented with
hia lot. Reporu from Tsarkoe Selo
palace today declared he was con
tinulng the regimen of early rising
and plenty of exercise by walking
dint ha adopted whun be was auto
crat of all the Rusxias and that he
has uttered ro word of complaint at
hia ireattnneL The former exar
rpends the greater part of hia time
la the garden ot the palacci
lhe rowl prisoner bus made re
quest of th* provisional government
for permission to s*nd his con. the
former crarevitrh. to Norway on ac
count of hi* health. The request ha*
net yet been granted.
Members of the palace guard sadd
today that during Sunday service*
In the Chapel at Tsarkoe Belo It waa
noted tha* The hrs» one to kneel
wh»n prayer* were offered for the
provisional government, waa the
Itrmer ruler.
Evidence a accumulate dally of the
unify of purpose of all Hasse* to
light for a \ Ictor.v againrt Gerranoy.
Today a deputation of officer* and
ti.en of a peclal artillery brigade
asked MAnirter of War Outchkoff to
send them immediately to the front.
T’*ey had turn on duty here in Pct
rogrsd
M'orkm*n of the munitions fag
tot let. whose strike waa the flrtt
n<ove in th* revolution which later
overthrew the crar end hi* gcw*rn
mem me* ir-duy m l decided In view
of the n*< *f*liy for speeding up on
u.e manuracture of sheila for the
itmops. voluntarily to relinquish
their demand for an eight hour day.
COMPULSORY
DRILL AT M. A. C.
EAST LANBINO. Mksh., March 29
—Ootnpulaorr military drill for
every student at the Michigan Agrt
cultural college was ordered today
by the state board of agriculture
Every student who la not physi
cally disabled will be required tv
drill two years, after which he may
sign up for two additional year*'
tratnlng In the reserve oArers'
corps which waa given the official
sanction of the board today
DETROIT TIMES
WOMEN OF
BRITAIN TO
GET VOTE
* *. ’l. "' Cp«-»~r-t
- M»i A*
quith In Support of
Measure
OTHER ELECTION
REFORMS AHEAD
Work of Fair Sex In
War Praised By
Statesmen
LONDON, March 29—Early grant
ing of tuffrage to English women
was forecasted yesterday when the
house of commons by a majority of
279 approved former Premier As
qulth’a motion advocating legiaia
flon for franchise reform
The feature of the meeting waa
the declaration of the former pre
mier, onoe bitterly detested by equal
right* advocate* and the frequent
target of militant activities, in favor
of vote* for women
The former premier declared that
the women bad earned the right to
vote by their efficient service in th*
present time of national peril and
Incidentally stated that bis previous
objection to their enfranchisement
had been due entirely to con*idera
flows of expediency
Premier Lloyd-Oeorge warmly in
dorsed the Asquith proposal and de
clared that women had rightly woo
the right to equal political power
with men
A* a result of the debat •*, the gov
eminent, aa Mr. Bonar In* an
nounced. will proceed with legtsla
tlon to give effect to th# recommen
dation* of th* conference The bill
will embody all of the recommenda
tions except proport iona repreien
tat lon and women’s suffrage Thee*
will be omitted, flrwt, because th*
government attll i* undecided on the
question despite the prernler'a In
doraement. and. second, because It
t* held parliament first must express
acceptance of the principle of wo
men's suffrage.
The recommendations that elicited
the premier’s speech and that, a* be
noted, were the result of a recen*
conference. Included the following:
"A certain measure of womin suf
‘rage, six months’ residence or the
occupation of buslnees premises to
be the only qualification for voting
redistribution of seats, proportional
representation In large urban areas,
all elsetlons to be held on one day.”
Miss Rose Young, a New York
rewspaper woman, ha* been chosen
to handle the million dollar fund be
queathed to the suffrage ranwr by
the late M-a. Prank Leslie.
Nearly 100 glrla of the East
Orange (N. J). high school have
crganlted to offer their *ervloes to
case of war They want to aid tb*
police in patrolling the city, tnveeti
gate the standing of alien *vmpa
thlrer*. and volunteer their servlcea
to the OOM t
THURSDAY, MARCH 29. 1917.
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ASK BERLIN
TO DEPORT
AMERICANS
U. S. Officials Tryinß to
Get Them Out By
April 2, Report
NEWS COMES
FROM ABROAD
I§ Credited To Span
ish Diplomatic
Sources
ROME. March 29 —Germany has
been asked to send American*
home, according to a report here
today, ti was reported American
Ambassador Page had been Instruct
ed frown Washington to request
transmission of this message to
Berlin thru the Spanish ambassador
here.
LONDON. March 29 From
Spanish diplomatic sources, *' th?
London fßventng Star today de
clared it learns Americans hxv*
been warned to leave German' be
fore April *.
The Association of Cotton Belt
Entomologists meets in annual con
yentlon at the University of Flondt
tooay and will continue in session
three day*
■ - ... A.-
Former President William H Taft
conclude* hi* "Paul Revere four"
thru the south and southwest with
ar address to be delivered today at
Oklahoma City.
U. S. Red Cross
Trains War Dogs
Th* United States Red Oroas
has established a training grounds
at Mtneola. N. Y., where 50 dog*
of the German sheep dog breed are
being trained for war, to be ready
for United States service Volun
teer nurse# are teaching the dog*
how to find and aid tb* wounded
on a battlefield. Photo ahows
Mrs L. P. Wanner, well known in
society, who Is a volunteer in the
l\ 8. Red Cross, with her pet wgr
dog
NEW MUNICIPAL
BUILDING OPEN
Formal Ceremony Will Tkke
Place At Noon; Flag To
Be Unfurled
Detroit's handsome new municipal
building at: Clinton and 8t Antoine
sta. *u thrown open to lb* public
for iaa pec Mon Thursday morning. *t
• o'clock The great yellow brick
and atone structure haa been In
course of construction for two years.
Hayor Man and Commissioner
Renkell, of the board of pubtlr
works, will participate with other
city officials In formally opening the
building at noon today The mayor
will deliver a brief address, and an
American flag will be hoisted over
the place.
The building wfll house the police
department, municipal courts, and
the poor commission.
AUTU OWNED BY
FOBD KILLS MAN
- ——■
Drieer, Gardener On Dearborn
Rrttate. Held By Police;
Victim Unidentified
An automobile owned by Henry
Ford A Son struck and fatally In
jured aa unidentified man at learned
and Second-sts., The
man died Thursday morning in r>
driving hoepltal from a fracture.!
skull He ia about .10 years old.
five feet sad five inches tall *n>l
weighs about 126 pounds.
Frank Rogan 20 year* old. of I
Dearborn the driver of the truck
waa arrested by the police and will
b* arraigned during »he morning on
a manslaughter charge Rogan i
a gardener on the Ford eetate m
Dearborn The body of the victim
was removed to the county morgue
Srlltlia—tfe« plain neat kl« 4 Aat
la fWlt—Tlmi Jak Dm<—Mela 43* I
TONE OF REICHSTAG ADDRESS HAY]
INFLUENCE WILSON IN DETERMINHGj
SCOPE OF ACTION AGAINST RERUN
IS SLAIN SY
ITALIAN HE
DEFRIENOS
Ford Worker Stabbed
to Death In Front
of Saloon
SUSPECTS FOUND
HIDING IN CELaLAR
Victim Had Tried to
Explain Why Case
Was Closed
Jobs Ploechel attempted to
pints to two Italians early Thurs
day morn In* that they oould not
purchase liquor in the Lafielle tnn.
Woodward-are and Six MUe-rd.. be
cause it was after hoar*, and for
Me kindness be was stabbed to deatß
ty one of the fore ignera
James Will tarns, owner of the tnn,
flood at a window is the place and
watched the assault. He had clo<ffd
the place lor the night, and the af
fair was orer, he aaya, before be
could get to Ploecbel'a aid
In connection with the alaying.
the police hare placed under arrest
Frank Bills. If years old. No 4kg
Montana are , Highland Park, and
Dominie Deßubber. 49 rears old, 08
No. ffTti Rio pell e at. The two men
sere found biding la the cellar of
the bouse Where FTIMs llred They
had cowered themselves w/th rub
blah
Ellis ha« been Identified by WU- j
Haros as the wleld»r of the knife,
acrordlng to Detectives Trombly
and Lambert, who arrested the srie
yerta Flits la an assistant foreman
(or the Ijl U IL. an 1 Drßubber H a
laborer It is said fWlubbev had
called on Ellis to learn If be could
get employment
According to tne owner of the sa
loon the two Italians had aaked
him to sell them a drink, but be
refused to unlock the door Ploechel
happened along and :hev inquired of
h'm why they could not Induce Wil
liams to serve them.
Ploechel explained it was against
the law Ellis is then said to hare
drawn a knife and stabbed Ploechel
twice in the left hand.
"Got enough?” one of the men
a.'ked, according to Williams
Before Ploechel could reply, the
Italian again ruehed at him and
ssnk the knife Into Ms lef br*aat
three times Ploechel died in Grace
hospital an hour later.
The victim was 50 years old. And j
.»red In the Ford hotel. In H'ghland I
I ark He w»n employed hy the
Ford Motor company.
Efforts ts provide s e|ob home for i
si least a par of the ;:0,000 work |
»ny w«vuen of New Orleans are he- j
mg mede bv several hundred of the
city’s 'ending men and women, who
have
a 1.50,00 P fund tor a nes buJidiug
tor the Young Women's Christian
fcrsoctat ton.
NOON EXTRA
WORLD HAS
EYES FIXED
ON BERLIN
. : '
Speech of ( hanrrilor
May Change Course
of History
PEACE PROFFER
IS EXPECTED
Sweeping Government
Reforms May Be
Announced
Bp BD L. KK BN
(Ftaff Corretpendent l otted Press.)
IX>NUON. Mkrch ?9 —German Im
perial Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg may strive to stave off a
growing sentiment for democratis
ing at Germany today by a now
l‘•ace proffer At the very leant be
Is expected to announce sweeping
reforms tn Germany's governmental
etnurture permitting more active
participation by the people, accord
ing to rumors here
Dispatches here Indicated the
most Intense interest tn Berlin In
the speech which the chancrfior
was seeduled to deliver to the retch
stag *his afternoon. For the first time
Orman Socialists have united tn
formidable demand* which the gov
ernment apparently realises have
the becking of a large part of the
jeople. These demands are alined
st the very foundauone at the preg
ent governmental system and have
been sooelerated re me r»d crusty by
foil realisation of the overthrow of
autocracy tn Russia.
Herr Acheldesmann. HocimJlat lead
er. who has heretrJore supported
the government's war policy, was
understood to hare warned Vest
Reihmann-Holtweg that the demoo
raUxtng of Germany most start at
once. Dispatches from Berlin even
hinted that the Socialists are de
manding immediate Institution of a
constitutional monarchy like Eng
land. claiming that Germany is the
only autocratic government now left
alive and tn order to maintain
friendship In future years of the rev#
of the world’s detnocraries, ahe must
chance her system.
The Socialists’ demand tor aban
donment of all plan* es conquest by
Germany In expected to receive
support from other quarttra
It was on March 14 that the
chancellor made first concession to
what leaders must have observed I
was tbs growing tide of sentiment
for greaier participation by the Ger
man people in the mxraservnt of i
Oermany He declared Important
reforms would be granted r , rhe* I
♦nd after the war Elnce ths* t'me j
the rhanceilor has rn rn reported as
'.••riding that these reforms «'jght
to be mad» at once
*1 otw—aoi n ■—k otn
A n‘<l re m - 11 if Isn't »n1 T«t
national Pipe Pane Apsclat Night,
w *vne hardens. Friday Marrh NS
gtlv»r cup for beat Jvi«ailr Daneers
—Adv.
rrtstlss th« ski* AMN UsS-ttM
a dskt —inam* m twsf.—«sml
IN DETROIT: ONE C*N».
President Still Keep*
Own Counsel As
To Message
SUCCESS OF ARMEffi.
STEAMERS PLEAfiB
Subsidence of Genmw
Bombast Gives Rayl
* ° f Hope |
srsosww*. iwm*':l|
WASHINGTON. March M l|(f
itient Wilson fa holding sp 9B|BB
on aom* vital details of B’*b|
message to rongraa* peattffif 4M
velopments of the next few dMfffi >i -:
The German imperial chaaraßß
Von Bethmann Hollweg. aoaaaßß
to reports, la expected to Mum’
speech In the reichstag todaff dB
n.ay give an outline of OeraMMlAtj
future course both a* to tha dßh"
duct of the war and as to (ha ffiMN
slblllMee of her making peaotw
At the same time, the
nets of armed neetraltty aa flhp
(rated by the safe passage at snaah'
American merchantmen to
has created a rather strong hnpsei 1
■lon here.
R ta pointed out that not a*hff
did the steamer* escape attack bMffi
so far there 1s an abeenoe of Bff
usual Teutonic bombast that thff
American liner* escaped "only hg
accident *’
Thru out the hist few days the
absence of Berlin crtUctaai aai
bosstfulnas* against the ftaffit#
State* so venom art bas been oahb>
mensed upon by official* here.
This may result in nothtng. or II
may wield an important tnfleanaa,
in the prewddent** detarafnlng cer»
tatn fhatnree of hta forthcoming ad
dree* to congress
There are some who believe thffit
with the greet preparedness mom§
now under full swing tn tha
Thlted Rtmtee, the president may.
while presenting a brletltag front
to Germany wvttl hold out an appeal
to all nation* to talk reaena badort
the United State# ta forced Try ctr-
Qorhstanree not of her own rfeooa*
ing” to get into the war.
The preponderance of ofiffild
opinion however, ia fhst the prsel :
diet is thru with exercising petieaoa
tfward Germany. Is convinced that
a state of war exists between the
two nation* a* a result of the Tea
tonic aggression, will so declare ta
oongree* and ask that every mean*
be taken to bring the great war t*
• pet-dy and Just end.
U.S. CHINESE
WANT TU FIGHT]
CHICAGO. March 29—A
of Chtnese to fight under th# Stan J
und Hi ripe* in »h- cv*ni of war was i
i-ukrested l/vlay by Tom fltogh J
prrudeat of th- ClHcago branch of 1
tbe <'Mne*r Am-rlc-io citisen*' ABpffi
.uice, J
' There are iA,f*ot' lo'al « biaaMbfi
Aiucrir.m* in this country," aid j
Utiung "We are read) to r at<-e a 3
nciment if ihe gnv 'mmeni call oa',
us W* bare the m*n <ll e* sml
American officer* ” and
Three hundred China** met ala j
mq«*i and pledqe-1 'heir
>br 1 ni'ert Atotaa. »*t, ZIA