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aai Ot Fr—ch troop* wwrw Jokingly
K their *» o’clock tnft"
It li typical of all operation* along
gp Ornot French front that Gen
ytligU I* aot aooklag to pierce the
Gmmm, «■* «t * c* T *c point »n
--gtmi, h* propoaea an advance along
Ac wttr- front by atoady atngea
H |§ sat like the warfare of the pre
olaaa Bant me campaign Hoar well
H |a making oat I* evidenced by the
feet (fcal the French have advanced
ion now. ta this new style of at
tack, than ae any tine since the bat
tie of the Marne
fraai another nameleas hill today
% aav aero— the Champagne plain*
iM)«m mate of Oerman
trngti It reproaented three years
wort of millions of men Countless
toga of barbed wire, numberless car
load* of steel plates, miles of con
Crete torUftcetioa* marked It There
were thousands of bomb proofs
Many wore fitted with electrical
plant* Ogulpped with the moat costly
and most modern conveniences
Thane the French captured intact
The nHbr of their advance, the irrt
Bistable sweep following th* batter
|gg gown of the preliminary works
kg the terrlllc hall of French artll
Igyy, drove the Germans out. Moet
of these positions were taken Tuee
The* the fighting centered in the
Rouplet sector.. The
ftreach advance was eiecuted over
ground which curiously
aided them. The Germans occupied
g crest of hills so strongly fortified
tfca> in the platn below the French
ggd heretofore not been this to ad
pgare since the bsttle of the Marne
9kt the French shell bombardment
gras no destructive that in 15 min
gles after leaping out of their
Munches, the French Infantry had
ggeopted the German positions on a
front of more than twothirds of *
Mrfle, advancing forward more than
g mile and n third in an hour.
Daaptte this torrtfle artillery fire,
(bn positions were so dotted with
mpefcine guns that there was brialr
flgbttng The French settled down
•retag the night At lawn Just as a
MUtant sun crept over the horlaon.
ggiMgtng on the snew, the French
4Mhed forward The German*, blind
•and by the glare of the sun, dazed
mtth the eold. were unable tq use
•hoir machine guns before the
French were upon them.
▲ Russian brigade whtrh took the
«nth of allegiance to the new prt>
Unions! government shortly before
gptng Into action, distinguished it
gnlf In one attack of the offensive
POLICEMAN
SHOOTS YOUTH
HMm McDmnnkl Hcntb
lid Los of Stanley
BlhiM During ('hare
Stanley Butman, ft. No. *so Mich
|pan-ave„ was shot in the left lung
onriy Frida* by Patrolman Me Don
aid of central station He was one
m - L>e oMcer waa chasing
m Second are., following an alleged
f!doWHip at Michigan and Second
! McDonald tired twice Into the
ground to soar* the fugitives, who
I gpoaped. and was not aware he had
; idnt Bui man until two hours later.
» When the youth's father telephoned
| freicii his son had oome home with
* • bullet wound in h!s side.
{ Detectte» <Vrid*n was sent to in
l unstiga’e To h m the youth sdmi*
! ted being one of the trio chased by
* McDonald and it 1* believed one of
; the ahota fired by the patdolman
; glanced off the sidewalk and struck
) him He was taken to Rwceb mg
j hospital
No action against Bulman will be
* taken by the police. The victim of
, the alleged hold up refused to enter
; n complaint
Senator's Vain Saa*- C h
ATLANTA, Qa. April 10— Hu
maybod* seen anyth tog of a keg of
feawing tobacco and a barrel of per
Hannon brandy loot by United State*
•aaator Bankhead of Alamaba?
Ha auapectß Atlanta, but he lan t
waking any definite charge. He Just
taowo they are gone.
He Jia* been looking for them a
High tv long time —In fact, ever since
Sherman started on hla march to At
lanta and the sea— and he renewed
the search the other day when be
was la the city, but to no avail.
It seems that Senator Bankhead,
then a captain In the Confederate
Amy. had a Negm slave who was a
trtmderfui forager. bat who ft natty
got It into his held that he was the
Captain of the company. So Capt.
Bankhead got a furlough and
Brought his Negro to Atlanta to bar
far or sell him. Finding nobody who
Would pay money, he Anally traded
the Negro to a roan whoae son Is
aow a prominent Atlanta million
aim. the consideration being a bar
ml of persimmon brandy and a keg
Os chewing tobacco.
He stored the barrel and the keg.
and when he came l»ack to get them
fear were gone,
fl Food with
ploasind flavor
ad real notinslMng
quality
DRAFT BILL
FIGHT DUE
NEXT WEEK
House Will Take Up
Measure On
Monday
SENATE REPORT
RAPS VOLUNTEERS
President, In Open Let
ter, Defends His
Plans
WASHINGTON. April 2d —The
president’s plan to raise a great
American army by selective con
scription will be fought out on the
house floor.
Unswerving in their determina
tion to force all responsibility for
any draft system on the president,
the house military committee, thru
Chairman Punt, late Thursday, f r
tnally reported the greater army
bill, putting It np to the presidin'
to choose between conscription and
volunteering
Men who are standing behind the
president in bi« conscription plan
said they will deliver a minority re
port “which will show the country
how polirics and fear of defeat at
the polls caused the majority to
cast off responsibility ”
The bill, which will be taken tip
Monday provides, in the conscrip
tlon feature that all physically able
males between 21 and 40 years are
eligible
The president made hi* first dri>c
against the opposition in an open
letter to Rep Halverson.
The president s letter follow*:
The principle .f nelectlve ftraft. In
short. at tie heart this Idea that
there Is a universal obi get: n to
serve and that a public authority
should choose t*"‘>se on whom the
obligation of rr. ’ «ar\ «m v • shall
re«f Itul also •
who shat! do the reet of the nat n s
work Th-, bill, if adopted will do
more. I believe thsn any other «!re
(tie instrumentality to create the m*
presaion of universal service in the
army sod out of it and If properlr
administered wilt be a gi»at source
of stimulation.
1 took ••ccaeion the other darn
an addre«« t*> the people the roun.
tr> to p«.lnt out the many forms -*f
pairtotic service that were open to
th* m and to emphasise the fa**t that
.the military part of the »ir wa« b\
n<> means the only part and perhsp*
all things con«»dered. not th* most
vital part
CHir object is a mobilisat.on of all
pr*-4uetlve and active for* *a of '>e
nation and their development to me
hi* )e«t po.nr of co-o erat n »«•'
efflciencv The idea of the selective
draft »■ tka? should be dwwn
f*»r serynce in the army who <an be
most readily spared from the pmee
rwfton of the other acttvttiea. whUh
the country n»u*t eng*** in and t
which, ll nexst devote a (treat deal o'
It* best ertergT and raparrty 1
The voluneer system doe* IJ-O dr>
th* Wb»» men choose therosrl» -*.
they sometimes choose wirhr.u* dtr*-
regard to their other reeponsibilitie»
Men may come from the farm* or
from the mines or from the factories
or centers of bu#in*s». who ought n>>t
to come, but ought to stand ba k f
the armies kn the field and A*» rha
they **t everything that they n< *d
and that the people of the country
sre sustained In the mesnlim*
Th who feel that we are fiirr-ng
swsr a'tcgether from the vr.l ’ U'T
prlr r'» eeem to forget tbs' • m»
«00 OAO men Will he needed to « 'He
ranks of the regular armv so 1 the
national guard and that a t»-i geest
detd of ndtvtdual enthus.asm 1-es
there, wide open
Violent con detp nation of the rol
'inteep (tiirrn Is contained In the
majority report of the senate mili
tary affair* committee submitted
last night.
“In a word.** the report says, “the
volunteer system, which this meas
ure Is designed to supersede. Is un
democratic, unreliable, extravagant,
inefficient and above all. unsafe ”
The committee explained how
ersr. tha bill left room for opera
tion of “so much of the volunteer
system as In our Judgment Is worthy
of adoption." by providing for ab
sorbing of more than gon.ono volun
teer* In the regular arm' and the
national guard.
‘The volunteer system does not
accord with the principles of our
Institutions," continues ihe major
ity report “It la undemocratic. It
shifts the burden of national de
sense from the many, where it right
fully belongs to the shouldera of th*
few whose condition In life or ps
triotism Impel* them first to offer
themselves to accept the risks and
hardships o war.’*
Hees Answered Names
ST PAUL. Minn., April 2n -Bur
den of proof reeted with William
Fleming when he appeared at cen
tral police station to claim totir
thickens, subtracted from his bull
dog protected coop St No. 6*9 P vb
crl-at., the night h*fore Mrs Am
rist Fox had claimed the poultry
as her own.
“If you can prove they’re your
chickens.” 9ergt. Mumane told
him. "you may take them home."
“1 can do that all right," Fleming
•aid as Detective Fabian led him
t.» the poultry penned In a cell un
der the station house.
’Tome Snooks." Fleming chirped
A white hen hopped up on his
knee.
"Now. Becky." he continued.
A red hen perched on his other
knee.
' Tfcke 'em." Fabian said and
Tlcming took them home.
Thirty girls of the State College of
Washington are given instruction
weekly to the use of firearms.
The National league for Women ►
Bervlce Is engaging volunteers to
help la taking the state milrsr
o*as«s es New York next month.
SESSION 111
LAW TO
END TODAY
Legislature Hopes For
Business Adjournment
Before Niffht
MANY BILLS GO
THRU THURSDAY
Erection of State Office
Building Now
Assured
BY W L. CALSOS
(Staf Correspondent Detroit T met)
LANDING. Mich.. April ”<* The
last buainess day of the 191 T legisla
tive session found both houses thi*
morning with calendars cleared of
hills, and both ready to !i:*’*n to re
ports of conference rnmnut'ff< and
exchange messages whereo;. the last
work mil he cleared tip
Sometime th's afternoon tt is
hoped that the business adjournment
<an be Uk* n. accompanied by 'he
usual not«y scenes and red hot re
<ep*ions in e*ch house of the com j
mittee from the other that bring*
no»ice of readiness to end business
Announcement has gone forth from
house and senate leader* that th*
lid will be put on too much iacket.
hut the extent of the clo-ing ce!e
bratton will be the extent to which
the member* feel like going
4 strenuous time w as h* i in ca* *-
house all day Thursday m the cl* n
up process, each being artiou* to
clear the decks of everything posei
ble The hou** found it
to hold a nigh* session, aft >r a g-'ni
from 10 a. m umil spm in order
to pass on th rd read ng and nder
suspension of the rules cp^-
bills which had taken all ufterr. ” |
to consider In rnuimitte.' ( .f the i
w hole
The house attach- and the name of
Rep. Mart* to one s**nHt« bill that
had been Introduced by S* nuror V tr {
tha. calling It the Murtha >'artz act. J
I rder it the p*> of grnnd and j»eti* !
juror* and talesmen in the cinui*
court is m*d* •'* da> and t. *»0 r ,<,r
half day
The committee of h* whole
heard a strong labor *ddr»~' i'om
Rep Young, ot Muskeeon • hen it j
• ook up the senate bill tv have a,
commission of three n?.n:« and bv the ■
(.overror to lo**k p*o • *o r k
Ings of the r.*orl-men’s cov'pen-at’'>n
taw r it. fAirn--, t # .;th d
concerned, as developed .v e -i-l
--•n• ' and repor’ to « ne\ •
iMure. The commiss'on hat b-rn sijr,
Mtituted for ttj.c. enttre Mart n j 2 ** -<•
‘At* \
tne compensation law-
Rep Young declared tha* *he leg
)*!ature paid too litre vienMon to
the Industrial labor of ih* state,
which is a great and growing part
Os the state Itself He said Iks'
laws In the interest of the nd’-
trial workers *ho*::d ! ® a roy c
mo-t copstruern e enac ? !'. f • e
>* -lature and tha< . t . -•.■ h r«,r
«fnic*he legwistion *h.mtld he
dertaken with th* -fmpl< id** >f
Justice. He and» nourced condition*
-uch as cau«ed *he -■*-<-rn* s'rlke <
girl clgaimake-s t:, fe-iro t, echoe-
Os which were heard n leg ,-lv
hearings on labor bills th’s w n'e
and declared thai girl workers ofter,
were driven to the street* because
of low pay.
The Investigating corrmvfslnn
| bill went to third reading along with
another bill to allow the acci-
Outbursts of Everett True.
L NO, 3tc, I T6U YOU rue OOVCffN. -
* »3 makinC a Bki Hijra** in »
! ta*c mv Aovire r“ 1 :=::
■' > A and ST4V TwCLRe I
; -Jkr : TILL TMP M^.p 1
I It ovefl ts? j
W !■■■!..
DETROIT TIMES
dent board 170,000 a year to admin
Ister the compensation law. This la
an increase from the former allow
ance of 145.000 a year.
Some real bitterness was stirred
up In the committee of the whole
debate over the Scott hill amending
the incorporation laws, the bill that
was the sequel to the Dodge Fbrd
dividend case Various amendments
to the bill were offered, auch at com
pelllng The u«e of l.v per cent of pm
fit for dividends to stockholders, but
all were defeated.
The dehate grew bitter at times
and a lot of personalities were In
dulged in. but the bill Anally went
thru to third reading without any
amendments having been tacked to
it
Among the last bills passed by
the senate to come out of house
committee were reported by the
ways and means committee and
were immediately taken up by the
committee of the whole and sen;
along to third reading They were
the btila to rats# the salaries of the
clerk, of the house and secretary of
*he senate from 12.500 to 13.000 a
year, and to provide for an SBOO,OOO
state office building In I-Ansing. on a
site already obtained and placed In
charge of the board of state audi
tor* The B*oo,ooo will not all be
turned over at once, but will be fur
nished by the state treasurer at the
rate of ji’OO.OOO a year. It ta esti
mated that it will take flve >eara to
finish the butWing. which win be
freproof and which will house the
«Tate library as well as the state de
payments that now- *re in rented
office- for which the state is paying
now *t the rate of 125 *V*n « year
The office building is one of the
thing* *trongly urged by Gov Bleep
er in his message a* »he opening of
the «e«sion.
EXPRESSION OF
SELF TRUEST ART,
SAYS PARSONS
Are there crawly, creep' wriggly
thing* on rour bedroom wall paper,
or pictures hung step fashion? Do
> ou display dlshe* and glasswore in
•cu' d'n'ng room or offer yoti r
guest.* «’uffed flsh. a picture of 'rou
or ,| p’*'» or 'he g’a**' e\c of a
ileer’i* head* 're »our n’g* «o ng
gre-S've tha' 'hev do the honors
of the house, and is your p'ano and
furniture all arranged kitty-corner
*d* Have you porches on your
hou*e that require a surgeon before
the residence itself 1a visible to the
raked eve*
If guiltv jou are far from artistic.
.(Crordlng to FYank Alvah Parsons,
o' New- York who told the Ingieside
club l.o* to decorate the nterlors
of their homes Thursd*’ right The
ru*'* art |« •wH-evcre-Mcn. he -aid.
t v n If vou express yourself tmdiy
at flrrt. [>on’t pir thing* in the
hout-e bec&use they -re costly or b'
c» somebody else his p it them
In. B* ware of ant'quftv rr srr.'l
men* as a guiding rnnei : e ,n dec<v
ratlve effect- Have son »’h)ng 'or
rrr bmty ttt aft** Itvtng room but
r.p* everything for every body deco
letU'O. not aggregation is * > ... **■
are after The walls sh< uJd bes
background for the people in the
home Pictures should speak, frames
whisper, wire* and hookr k*ep si
'ent A few beautiful flr.wrr« in a
non competing vase are • iifTMen*.
Tbev were tint intended to go T
r-r<> «■*« or herd-
XdJust ability * o us* i'r.c-***.
. • j s • -
; rßp n :r.**' o* a- *a
"on- Mr Parson* r- r/lml": '»e
•• . • |s ’ooklrg up. v e sad He had
•” r a ci* n who announced ths'
• •as on* of five people who held
m,r :-ea:s ago, tha' an arti«t wa«
r.t necessarily a saph*ad
Miss Margaret M K Donahue, of
Boston, who was the first woman
in the country to obtain a radio
license, has offered her services to
the government
—By Condo,
MENS IS
UNDER FIRE
IN LANSING
Ford Resolution Would
Oust Him From
Office
SAYS HE HOLDS
JOB ILLEGALLY
Police Department De
moralized, Is
rhargre
LANBINO Mich. April JO R*p
Sheridan late Thu radar Intro
duced a resolution which he asked
to hare prin'ed in the House Jour
nal. after adoption hr the houao
md in which It w*» declared that
Jame, Couien* la defacto and not
■ie Jure police commissioner of I>e
iron The fact that Couxens did
not resign from the state mediation
commission within Id dare of hla
appointment an police commissioner
cause* him to loae rank as de Jure
commissioner, the resolution holds
The activities here of Assistant
Corporation Counsel James H. T>ee.
the ripper bills that have been de
feated and the Detroit police sltua
tlon were all covered in the resolu
tlon
Ford said that the police depart
ment was demoralised and that he
had been asked to get up a ripper
bill which would rip the police com
missioner out of his Job
He f recited the alleged Instance
of h private detective spring on
policemen and numerous other mat
•er* to back up hi* resolution
Ford a«k*t the Immediate adop
tion o? e re'olutlon and orpo«e1
a motion of Rep Pe’crman. to refer
it to a select committee, composed
of the Wayne delegation Ford’s
speech was applauded. bu’ the
Peterman m* 'ion earn <1 after R« pa
I'ulver, Toe pel and Flowers had
spoken
The resolution follows
Wherea* the HonnriM'* Ij r
I e • \-m -jr -er r>f the VI > h gsr s» n ■
at» snd n<-» * m-P! *r • ' th* r
pnra’Mon <<>uns#| « 4t*W of • « ' t\ V
l*eirott and n duty n i\m< ug .f.-
in* this •**«•»! t>« k**l <m sr« I*
e>e p.irt the d*l*gat ns f owl tt ,3 nt
<,th n the ■•nite ;»n«i h• ■ *e ,rrt
'O see ths* the SS i Uelrg ’ ns do
no* romrrit hari Wart up- n their
reparations *• stare, n*r\ In pw»*;n*
•nt legislation injurious to Detroit
and
Whereas, s Detroit <jf
>t' no*’., aj r: i 1* published the sra’e
-r •• n • that \|r, T,*e eras then -n ro t*
1.. Urtillf withs bill to estop Po
ll, r (’..mmtS'oner 'snirs t’oul*n' Oi
I toirof fr..m *r mi the «*lar es of
pt.||’‘«ni*ti In that > tv. and
W " '* _’ i>' tin h*-el» ’in.**:}#
in p t me prup'Set: hlli through on
scc< .nt. of th- lateness of the .es
som snd
IVI *r-4». I'srtsm B*|re p DisqU#
wa'den of Is- ks n prfsr-n la report
ed t> Mr * rank .*j*fk« n th» Grand
ftap.d* Herald, t. hn* said that in
no. ent men In D*tr>it it* being
‘framed up hv the police th*r» and
ratlrt.aded t prison In order to main
tain the rep ,’s of the li»t t
fr »* *««f runs •
an •• u I i'-tr.it p ir«
p» •* rg rv.‘defers t . .* t • t
50., .'.rl e sr-e ,t »and and n ted
» t i» ti .- »4,«! police are fiam r.f
.l> nn'' >ni *n. and
\\ ‘ e ess Ih . r.a g* while !■' tt»
refle t, .n» ». ih» efficients ■ f ti e
l>etr it p.-llf >*t go»s t and -rove
the - ont-nt a .f nine tha‘ the a
are no an.*** r innocent pe.p,* .est
In l'etr«ut. and
Whereas the a r»*troit n»w«p*per
has sought t f. r » <hr ugh »e.er.*l
ripper hills in this |egi*.atore
notably the Health Board rippe. Mil
and the Municipal *'>>urt rtpp»r Dili
and
Wherea*. • !>e*rolt n*wa/*;>#-
paper ham utterly and insioi <> i*i>
failed to pa** a single <.n» of lt«
rtpp«r bills, and
Whereas, the said newspaper hav
ing st arfed n it to gr.iom the Honor
able James i*rnjj>n« a- » oandidst*
f.r th- mayoralty of Detroit and the
said Cous-ns not having achieved
the success which the n-wrspaper I ad
hoped, so that th* newspaper now. has
that gentleman .pen Its hands and
does not know- w hat t«. and • Mb him
and
V'her*as th» said «’nu**ns
thru h's conduct <’f the Detroit pol e#
has hy . ommon r*p rt ie-n<>rained
tne force and cr ppfed Its efficiency,
among other things -mpl ing out
Sid- detective* to epv u;.on his own
pM.ce snd in other causing
B-anda! snd gos«'p *0 rru<-h s<. th*r
prlaon experts of the charac-t sr.d
standing of Captain D sou* aforesaid
now publicly crlMciae ht« n-ompet.
enrv. and
Whereas, murders are of continu
ing occurrence |rt Detroit the not r
’o l l * fact that th* poll-* f rce th*r#
ha* been turned into a moral police
to le.nk after ordinance offenders to
the neglect of weightier matters, and
Whereas, th* said Tam** f-ousena
at the preaent time is rnly and» facto
and pot de jure police commissioner
of Detroit, and « nce th* first in davs
of hi* holding that office never has
been de Jure police oinmiu oner, ow
ing to th* fact That the charter of
the rttv of I*etro|* provide* ** fc.J.
low •
Charter K d 1f«
f* «»«. Fe, 11
jf sad rnirm ssloner or sny
rr-mher of th* i II •• for-e, dur
ing hie te»m f office acrept nr
hold anv oft! • elective hr the
people, or any oth.-r appointive
office or shell during hi* term of
office he publicly nominated fo
any offle*. elective by the perils
and shall not, within 10 day*
aucesedmg *he same publicly de
cline the said nomination or ap
pointment. h# shall. In either
case, he deemed thereby to ha* e
resigned hi* eommlalon. and to
hare \ grated hla offle*
fA a amended h> act approred May
«, l »f»1 ». and
Whereas, the sad Honorable fame*
Cniiren* fs a men > * «>f the Afl-hlgan
gtate Hc.ard of Med.atlon and <’on
clltaiion having i.-en apointed there
to hv form-r <;.>vernor Perris, and
Whereas It would appear from this
that th* said I'miren has been cer
tificating pav roll* for the Detroit
police when be has no 1-gal right to
do so. row fhetefor- be If
Itesolved That these eooth'ng fact*
he spread upon the Mumal of th»
house that froth r**. triumph and
Jusfi e perroia l snd *b# foolish in
high place b* p t <hams In order
that Detroit through its Honorable
t'orpora'ion • o ine*l and Honorahls
Ma ror max speedtlv •ui'i** tb*m
eetres and a 1 rd up *h»lr Inina and
tab* all pr-.p-r measures and s»t tbs
po)|c# affaire off ••roit n r.-der so
zi* V «« f a*
Hundreds of New Suits
Go on Sale at
f 2O-M
WOMEN’S—MISSES’
Not a suit baa been in the store longer than ten dava,
while a number have juat arrived. Sketch ahowa three of
the pleading: style*. Materials include Serges, Poplins,
\ elours. Homespuns and novelty auitinga. In color* there
are gold, navy, black, rookie, tan and now greens.
Crepe de Chine C repe Georgette
$2.95 U.SIEDEL(2 fs!So
ih* . i that Ita pdlce a4mln.»tra
tlon .nay cease to be a pub. . * an
dal snd a stench In the n- stnls of
law gilding clttaena
Society
Mr* William I- O’Neill, of ihi
cafo. Is the gu**’ of Mr« John i*
1 »* son.
Cite of the H'raits and .11 i*.»m »i'
*iv> a card party. \\'ednevil«> aft*-i
noon. April 25. in the hall. No
Grand River a v e.
—'€•
Detrotf members of Kxppn Kappa
Gamma aororlty will g.ve a hinrf .cn
■*e , ‘j-rd*y April i~ rp the Rcitr.
mini A Rush tea No I>-'
«rc y*
•
The Western High Sch. Mil Munim
association give an Informal dan mg
jarry in the school gvmm.slum Fri
day evening, following a busm»
.nee»ing of the asaociation
'?> —
Th* engagement is announced ’if
Miss f-eonor* F**her Ne*t r.t dauih
•«r <>* Mr ar.d Mr* Conrad J<d n
Wring No 212 Pc nrsyiv ;in:a nvc
to Stanley Ale,aide* Stork, of S
|. .. ph Mich . the marriage to t;i*>
place in June
«.
Prof Clarence Ward, director of
'be art museum f Obe-lm coilogc
will address the r>*tro t Archaeolog
cal society Friday evening, in »he
Museum of Art auditorium, on
' Hheime cathedral and Ms nlace in
medieval art.”
MaJ -Oen 0 V Goeihals. I*. S
A retired and builder of the Tan
nma canal, will he the guest r ?
honor a! th* twenty-third annu. I
l inquet of the lietroM F.ngin*‘crin»
ih 1*1), Raturday evening. April 21,
it fi SO o’clock. In *h.e Hotel SraMer
■f,--
A dramatic contest will he held
! Friday erening. by the Young Pe*.
plea society of the First I'nivers*
list church. In McCollester hall
Vauderllle numbers and h »• of min
strelsy will be Included in the pro
gram which will be followed by
dancing
Misa Katherine Ruth Hr mm will
i give a piano recital Frtdi' evening,
In th* Hotel pontchartraln ballroom,
under the gtieplees of a number of
well-known society women Miss
Hevtnan has mint friends In De
trolt. having made her residence in
this city for a short period several
year* ago Rhe has appeared on the
local concert stage
The next meet Mig of Detroit doc
tors’ wives will take place Friday.
April 20. from 10 to 4 o’clock. In the
Wavne Goanty Medical building, No
33 High-at east. The following of
fleers for the Red Cross unit were
elected Wednesday Chairman,
Mrs. John Bell, vice-chairman, Mrs
Retsey I>ong Harria; secretary. Mrs
Thomaa P Camelon. treasurer.
Mr*. Jay Dalbndg*. aasixtont tress
urer. Mrs. Gworge Tyiwrie; advisory
committee, Mr* David lngll*. Mr«
Kira I aimed Mrs Oacar
Mr* Gilbert Anderson, Mrs Mat
Hallln. Mrs Walter Manton. Mrs
Frank Walker, Mr* Preston Hickey.
Mrs J Henry < arstens, Mrs Me
Donald I>r la>ut*e Orleman. and
Mr*. William Campbell and Mr*
William Burtenshae. of Red Cross
headquarters,
Mis* Kate Davis, of Cleveland ha*
undertaken the task of recruiting
j 000000 women In Ohio to take
the place of men in Industrial pur
suits during *fce «gr
GOU2ENS COMES
BAGKAT CRITICS
Police ( ommisaioner Say* He
Considered Mediation Hoard
Place \ acant
Police L üßOmlss or.cr James Cr. •
• r.s when shov. ih** resoi’iPcn « f
n*d by t-henden Ford Thu-sd. >
u the state legislature refused * »
o’.rues ibe recent f.'.iif* «csnds
th‘> legislator quoted in s ,j
r -urt of hts resolution. bi;t h* Rastl*
i *bi of ihe charge that h* Is nos
iM.ii. e rrunrnts- np*r in fscL h“ca.u
--1» did not resign from lb* s'a;*-
h v*"! -atahln day’s aft--r
I * ing appointed pn|rr .(omir.iis
cr. The law require that a poP«e
commissioner retire from sia’e cor,,
missions
Mr (.'omen« declared (hat h* d..l
aot resign because he really nevi r
c<ns*dered himself actually a mem
b« - if 'hat board He sa'd be Wn «
• , ! t«*»n appoip ed hut that h<’
t- < r mediated on hln.;. neve- .it
»nd< and * meeilpg r.nd Just ronstd*
I' *d ’ha’ hi ;• in tha* o :iim «
tn ».r a •: is he bad niu» r
.ctii’l'y i ilif and
H* declsr * Miat if the .idmllds
j tration had draan bs attention to
j ’he necessity for »uch action. b«
could have submitted a formal r*M
.gnatlon, but he regarded the nu'
ter of so little Importance that he
I u.ud no attention to it.
A* for the activities of James Jl.
* a«sia»anr corporation counsel,
v ho has been m I-ansing trying in
get a bill thtu that would curb the
police commission Mr (’ouxens had
nothing to say fee, of course, is
a-ung at the b*h**t of the srimm
• •ration which appointed Commie
toner Coiifen*
10.000 Eggs in On* getting
CARI.fXVIT.GF 111. M-ri! ?A
The poultry fancier* of Maronp'n
• ounty are wgtrhlnr with Interexf
what i« thought to he the largest
incuhator In the T’cited States An
Alton man has discovered a room
over a big hollar plant where Lhc
thermometer stands at 102 degrees
the time He ha* placed egrs
[ on the shelve* |q the room and left
I them to hatch from TO,OOO to 11.-
<'oo eggs comprise the first setting
Find* An Old Chgck.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn . Apr jo
In examining some old papers of
M- father, who dle-1 in Ik'iO, Cspt
M McElwee, *2 year* old. of Rock
wood Tenn , came across a check
rn the Hank of Penuaylvanla. Phil-*-
uetphia. for SSO. drawn May 4, 1311,
by John Smith, cashier, and Joseph
S Norris, president, In favor of ”D,
fitle, nr hearer” He will attempt
*o cash the check
Saloon* Stop Fro* Luneht*.
LAFAI-F-TTF, Tnd April 20
Pecause of the high cost of Itvlrg
and the passage of the prohibition
hill, most Infayette saloon keeper.*
have dropped the free lunch. All
the downtown saloon men e*cept
one have signed an agreement to
give nothing egeept pretiels and
crackers One saloon apent SI,OOO
l*«t yea r for free lunches, and aev.
• •*1 o ,# iers *t>ent *• much ss 12.000.
Ffisl* H>s4*mss. sfisrwev, Ss* ee
inrseN fr<.m ike mmili. •■•* Is saain
h ;«t>4 with th* legal werk es hi*
- ffl-e and -ourt praetie# H* put
in mu-h of hia v**afir>n *n south
e*n golf links
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917.
LET DRINKERS
FINANCE WAR
S. K. Bruce Would Put Tti
on Liquor Sold
By (Bans
T»> make the drinking man bear
• In-ge shirt of tbe arpense of tha
> Is the plan of 8 FI Bruce. I*»
t real talato dealer, who has
submitted bla proposal so the con
gr< .-men and senators of both Mich
igan and, New York Mr Bru*e has
ofli.es tn New York and Toronto aa
well as In I>**lroit
th» p’.au ’ vrfci b Mr Brnre haa
given oar*-fiil cow»tdera*lon. would
I .* to place a tax of 20 per cent ori
hll liquor sold at retail, the tax io
torn* by the purchaser. Stamps
in ■* denomlna'lon of one cent he
w and hnve deposited with the re
'* ! dealer, one stamp to be paid
t. by the purchaser of each flv*-
c i t dring and destroyed publicly
m 1 then deposited In a receptabla
pm-, ded by the government.
Mr Bruce bell* ves that this plaa
v» mid raise a very large sum and
\-cild cost the government prac
tically nothing to collect It. An
otfur advantage would he that It
would come out of the >©cketa of
thin* who could afford It. If they
can afford to spend their money fur
drlr It*. If. however, It caused a
reduction In the drinks consumed
that would be a blessing also, so tb*
Idea he points out, can't lose
He would also add a 10 per cent
tax on theater tickets. He was
among the first to advocate this aa
a war measure in Canada and sap*
t is working out well there These
two faxes. Mi Bruce declares,
would raise much of the money nec
♦ «eary and would be borne by those
v ho could beet afford It.
Thursdav’s Livestock
All of the better grades of cattle
were dull and from 2f> to 50 rente
lower than last week at tha Detroit
stock yards on Thursday and the
mi*look was not considered enoour
affine to tha selling aids of tha
trade. Tanner and cutter cows were
about the only kinds that held up
In the rattle department. Mllrh
roes were active and steady, hut
teal calves were affatn lower, the
fop for the beef calves belnff sl2 50
per cwt.
Ijimhs were dull and lower In
sympathy with a decline In veal
rVves Mature sheep yere scares
and unchanged. Mo*s were sharply
lower, average lota of mixed hogs
being fully 4f> cents per cwt below
the recent high point. There are
very few strictly prime hogs coming
and arrivals Include so many light,
shelly pigs that the quality aver
ages Tower than at any preceding
date this vear. The entire market
•noks top-hegvy and farther declines
arc looked for. locally.
The '••nslaaleecc of pakllr aafrO «*f
lleteth. Minn. Im wrltfre t'ttr
«‘lerk Idndaav saklng las rmatinn
■ a to the license f» e for "Jltneura"
and "tavleura. ' Thoae are rt»w
nrM nr me" «eld ?„in<laay • lfe r *
mir tail drivers ar» atilt plain
i ha'ifTenra A« f< r tn» we
have no a irh animal ’
Children Ory
fOlt FLtTCHErf
CASTO R : A