The Detroit times. [volume], April 24, 1917, NOON, Image 1

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tRITISHKMCM WAR COUNCIL
PROCHESSING RAPIDLY WITH WORK
OF FUSING STRENGTH AGAINST FOE
President and Balfour
Consider Results of
First Parley ~
DETAILS AWAIT
FRENCH ENVOYS
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U. S. Capital
WAIHINOTON. April 24
The French conrmisaton, oaenlng
here fer conference# with Am*r
ican and English government
efftdale. has arrived In Amer.
lea safely. The place es ar
rival Is withheld.
The party Is net yet In Wash-
Ingten and all Information as to
their movements or time es ar>
rival is kept secret by the ocn
sorehlp.
BY GEORGE MARTIN.
(Staff Corrttpond«ni United Frees. \
WASHINGTON. April S4 —Frit
lah Foreign Secretary Arthur J. Bel
feur and President Wilson, heads
nf the Anglo-American war confer
ences. planned to spend today tabu
lating the reoralta of their flrat par
ley. Denying themselves to all call
era. they spent several hours get
ting down to a working haata for
the world conference.
Money and food were the out
rtandlng points for Immediate con
sideratlon
These have In part been disposed
of The British commission backed
up the American government‘a cam
paign for food production la every
word Ita members uttered during
the first day of Informal discussion
The details of America's drat war
Iran to England—which will he
some part of the three billion dol
ls* loan, bonds for which are about
to be offered to tile public, today
were to he up for final decision he
tween Bee ret ary of the Treasury
MrAdoo and lx>rd Cunliffe. governor
•I the Bank of England
Shipping, logically the neat poln
to he considered after money and
food, was to he stressed In the for
n>Al conferences between nil th<*
commissioner* today.
Consideration of tbia question con
tered In the parleys between Ad
mlral DeOhalr, the British wheat
• Xpert* and Secretary Daniels yrd
American rommarcc officials and
f<-ueral shipping board ofßclals. All
these points are to be settled only
tentatively, however, as no conchy
sive action will be taken until the,
French commission has arrived and
been received Into the Allied coun
cils.
Preliminary developments In the
co-operative war perley today rill
tu submitted by Balfour to membar*
of the nrttlsh commission, and by
President Wilson tr the membe.i
cf hia cabinet. This will be the
first meeting between the president
and hla cabinet since the British
i'>mmission arrived.
A spirit of democracy and food
fellowship marks all the delations
tnween the Britisher* and the
Americans. The capital s reception
•pirit has put the visitors com
jMetely at home. This was partlco
l mrly noticeable at Preaideat WiL
min a “war dlnaer’* to Balfour at
ibe conclusion of the Britishers' first
working day here
The normal White House at ame
nt) ere es staaMctm, wbteh ban he-.
4* -A f »
*„irt>i markea ’ft- ’t*n4a.. ttn
menaefy pleased the Eneliehwen
BOY'S NECK
BROKEN IN
FRAT RITES
Earl B. Rice, A fired 17,
Near Death Follow
ing Initiation
EASTERN HIGH
STUDENTS SOUGHT
Bari B Rice. 17 ygars old. of No.
278 Delrldere-ave.. a son of the Rev.
E. ft Rice, Is near death In Harper
hospital, while Sheriff Stein and
school board officials are endeavor
ing to learn the names of Eastern j
high pupils who Injured him while
Initiating him into the mysteries of
a fraternity.
Young Rice's neck was broken
'.sat Sunday, when the Initiatory
ceremonies were staged In a bam
outatde the city limtta on Mack-ave.,
according to stories told the sher
iff
The youth wna to have been grad
uated from Eastern high school this
eprlng. Dr C. D Brooks, who op
erated on the Rice boy Monday
night said that hit chances of re
covering were alight
Dr. J. Remaen B 4 *hop. principal
of Eastern high school. Is assisting
In the Investigation. He declares
fraternities hava been strictly bar
red la Eastern high
As nearly as can be learned, young
Rice fell from a platform which aaa
part of the stage letting for the In
illation He struck on his head, and
soon became paralysed from his
shoulders down.
Tile father of the boy has da
< iared that he does not wish to
prosecute the youths who look part
in the unhappy Initiation He de
clares, however, that the misfortune
which befell his boy should serve
as a warning of the dangers of the
"frat** activities In schools
Mr. Rice formerly was pastor of
the Buma-ave. Methodist church
and la now engaged aa secretary of
the Detroit conference endowment
committee, which b raising moaer
for the preachers' pension' fund
H aeg S*t«ni. PASO.
Wabash By I lie m evsry heterday
duriee Aarll. chair Cana—» ev.
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DETROIT TIMES
WILKINS IS
GAINING ON
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Recount On Recorder
Favors Democrat In
First Stages
FRIENDSCLAIM
LEAD OF 15 VOTES
Prosecutor’s Majority
of 12 On Returns Cut
Down to Three
In the recount of 17 districts of
the First ward Monday afternoon, by
the city election commission.
Charles T Wilkins made a net gain
of nine votes for the recorderahlp.
Prosecutor Charles H. Jasnowakl
prevtousl yhad claimed a lead of 1?
votes, which Is now reduced to
three votes. Supporters o? Wilkins
have claimed that he la elected by
six #>■ on the face of changes
made by election boards In several
precincts? On that basis Wilkins
possesses a lead of IS votes over
Jasnowskl.
At I SO o’clock Tuesday afternoon
the mm mission will resume the re
count. Only aftesnoon sessions are
being held for the present because
City Clerk Lindsay and Corporation
Counsel Dtngeman are engaged with
the board of estimates, which la
winding up Us work for the year
Changes made because of the re
count gave Wilkins two more votes
In the first district, seven In the
third, three In the sixth, one in the
ninth, two in the tenth, one in the
twelfth and two In the fifteenth, a
total o fIR.
Jasnowskl gained two votes In
the second precinct, three In the
fifth, two In the thirteenth and two
in the sixteenth, a total of nine.
All errors so fsr in the recount
have been clerical and due to differ
ences of opinion between members
of the election boards ss to what
constituted spoiled ballots
A recount of the votes cast for Dr.
John S Hall and Mrs Carrie
Church Ooatdyk la being made at
the same time. In the 17 districts
of the First ward Dr Hall made a
net gain of S3 votes, Mrs. ,Obst
dyk’s lead, according to the canvass
figures, was SI
The office of commissary general
of supplies and purchases was creat
ed during 'he war of the revolution
by a resolution of congress dated
July It. 177&. and on the recommend
ntloti of General Washington, Jona
than Trumbull, of Connecticut, was
appointed to the office.
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•- TUm JUS ihw.—M«ia sank
TUESDAY* APRIL 24, 1917.
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•You know for whom this brave
ytiung graduate of West Point Is go
tag to fight when he steps on
French soil. He was one of the 139
graduate* of West Point last week,
and she went there to him get
his diploma. Both consented to
pcae for this photograph if their
names would not be published, and
that promise Is hereby kept. She
was the prettiest girl at West Point
that day; everybody, including the
graduate, admitted It. and when he
reachss Europe he will be flghlnf:
for that girl In particular and many
more like her.
ITALIANS
OPEN GIG
OFFENSIVE
Dispatch From Rome
Indicates Carso
Drive Is On
ROME. April 34.—The battle in
the Carso la becoming Increasingly
violent. Dispatches from the frs«t
today indicated a terrific fire from
the Italian artillery and enlarged on
the splendid morale of the Italian
irodpa. Gun Cmdorna war quoted
as expressing tha utmost confidence
There have been aeveral Indies
tiona reeeatly that Italy was shout
to start a great offensive In the
Carao and the dispatch above ap
parently bear* oat this belief, altho
the Italian censor apparently does
not permit direct statement to this
effect
Prior to the start of the British
drive early In March, Swiss reports
declared Field Marahal von Hlnden
b*rg was massing great bodies of
troops on the Italian front, presum
ably preparing for a German drive,
but recently It la believed most of
these men have been transferred
back to the western front to aid In
opposing the Ffsnca Rritlsh offen
sive
ertslls*—«*• elate Beat kla4—tSat
Is rtgto-OIBM Jab Dev*.—Mala 4SJB.
BBS
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or ooi.r wit* wit.eow
WASHINGTON. Apr. !«. —Brit
ish Foreign Pecratary Arthur J.
Balfour today .xpr.su.<l the ho ps
that h. might ba challenged to OS
round of goJf by President tV||*on.
It Is thought the two Interna
tional diplomats will drop th. war
plan dlecuaslon sometime within
th. n.xt 41 hours long .nough to
see which Is the better man with
th. maahle and putter.
BORDERERS 6ET
BIG SEND-OFF
AD Windsor Turns Out To Bid
Farewrll to 241 tt Bat
talion, Tuesday
Windsor laid aside Its usual ac
tiyltlos Tuesday morning and de
voted ita time to giving a heart felt
farewell to the Two Hundred and
Forty-first battalion of Scottish Bor
derera, who entrained at 9.30
for overseas service.
Schools and bustneaa bouses were
closed and practically tha entire
civilian population lined the streets
as the hare-kneed trooper* marched
from the armories to the Grand
Trunk depot.
Children sang patriotic songs, and
relatlwe* and Mends struggled with
tears as the farewells were aaid.
Tile battalion Is in command of
Lieut-Col. Walter L McOregor, and
was recruited In Windsor
t NE YORK—Catherine Anthony
and Boardmsn. social work
era. were held under S2OO ball for
pasting placards saying "Thou shall
not kill” beside recruiting poster*.
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to right—tiwm Jeb r>«rt— w*t» ma
THRUSTING FORCES SLOWLY AHUM j
TO GAIRS DESPITE UTMOST EFFORTS!
OF TEUTONS TO CHECK THEIR ADVAn
ED. VINTON
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Actor Dies In Temple,
Presenting His Famous
Dog, “Buster”
WAS VICTIM OF
HEART DISEASE
Highly Trained Canine
Mourns For His
Master
Ed Vinton, known to vaudeville
patrons the country ower. and prr
ilcularly In Detroit, the city of his
liirth. Is dead, and among the chief
mourners today Is “Busier,” the dog
which was Vinton’s partner In his
%
net.
Vinton's end came suddenly and
(spectacularly He toppled over on
the stage of the Temple theater dilr-
Ini; th* evening performance, while
he was putting the willing Buster"
thru the - tricks that have .enter
talned thousands upon thousands of
theater goers.
The actor and hts pet had gone
thru their remarkable dancing
paces. lb« house became dark, and
the spo'llght flashed upon mas and
dog. Vinton took one backward
r.'ep, and collapsed The rnrtaln
uss rung down, and before medical
nid could be summoned, Vinton hau
expired. Death wa* due to heart
failure.
Vinton was abou' NO veers old
iind during his early years In Fb
trolt he served as in altar boy and
Inter as a choir boy in old St.
Anne's church The kindly feeling
the man had for his little trick doa
is one of the things which the vau
devllle folk like to talk about.
Instead of ruling with a whip.
Vinton made his dog do marvelous/
feats by giving a few softly spoken
orders
Buster" reallted as well as ac
tors and actresses on the Temple
hill, that death had overtaken Ills
master, for the after being
iHken from the stair, lay trembling
and whimpering In a dressing room
while stage hands tried vainly to
rpiiet It.
Vinton's widow and other rela
U\es arrived in Detroit Tuesday,
f om Buffalo.
NEW YORK Federal Judge May
er awarded a movie company Si,-
000,000 damages against Henry Ford
because he attacked a him railed
"The Battle Cry of Pea re." Ford
can file an answer and re-open the
case within 20 days.
BANDITS RELIEVE
MOVIE MAN OF
DAY’S RECEIPTS
Lloyd L. Hook, proprietor of th*
"Your" theater at Forest and Mt.
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gun
U. S. TOLD
RUSSIANS
WILL FIGHT
“Will Make Any Sacri
fice Rather Than
Separate Peace”
PLEDGESENT TO
WASHINGTON
WAB.HLNTFTON, April 24.—Russla
is no more likely to abandon the
war without achieving her object
than Is the I'nltcd States," accord
ing to a telegraph report from Rus
sia.. received Monday by the state
department
The telegram, riven out by tha
state department today said:
""11)* revolution will expedite the
defeat of Germany and
ueot of a general peace, permanent
and universal. It was the charge
that 'he Imperial administration
planned a separate ptace which
caused Its overthrow. The prompt
recognition accorded Russia by the
United States could not have come
at a more opportune moment and
V*v* encouragement and help to
;he council of ministers and their
'upportero.
"President Wilson’s thrilling aliu
siou to the Russian revolution In
h*s address to congress has made
a deep and lasting Impression on
the Russian people It has been
translated Into Russian and 1s to be
given widest possible circulation 111
pnmphlet form for free distribu
tion
"Th* American form of govern
ment is the model of th* Russian
people and the participation of the
United States has Infused In them
a congdent spirit and a firm deter
oilnatlon The Russian army Is un
equaled in numbers, uncxceelled In
courage and led by commanders of
rhll'tv and patriotism It is hacked
bv untouched resources.
"If Americans are Incensed
the intrigue ag<l plots by Germany
in th*!r midst, Russians have cause
for like resentment and will make
nn> sacrifice mth*r than conclude
a separate pesee.**
NOON
IN DETROIT; ONt CkTIK.
Enemy Now Rdykg]
On Machine ta
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ATTACK IN NEW j
SPOT V» HTV*n»
Point '
LONDON. April 34.—Th# MOM# 1
stag* of England's great prtah. MW |
on. ta developing th* fi err set fig£fr> J
ing of the war Front dispatched 1
today emphasised tha fact that 0M |
element of surpri** now ao longer |
enter* f lnto th* attack* of Iky J
men: that th* enemy has boon <pr*> \
paring for desperate defense no Mi 4
than the British force* during tha ,
week have been planning for over* ■
whelming attack. But deep fee the
German defense, steady galas an*
bein gregistered by FleM Marahal
Haig’s troops The line frtim Oppff
down thru riouvain, 801/y, Rsaafv
and Hendecourt, on which the light,
ing Is now proceeding. 1* pruMdi
nary to the so-called "Wotaa Ugd"
of th* Hlndenburg defenses atarik
Ing at Drocourt and running down
thru I tel. \ltry, Hombluilt. Wtwr
nljrny. to fa
front of Queant.
Along this preliminary line, th#
Germans have changed their de
fense tactics Having seen how th# .
terrific Ftrltlsh artillery pulverise# ’
carefully constructed trench work#,
the enemy apparently la not attwiagftc. ■
ing the use of the elaborate undar* I.
ground systems aa formerly. la*
stead, greet number* o * men ar#
scattered In irregular formation Iw
rated at natural harrier*, la shall
hole*, all armed with machine guns. *
Meanwhile the German artillery h#l' ’
all the front a> caravely ranged and
is able instantly to set up a ''urtafcl ]
of fire against advances!
t’apfur* of Oevrell* Inaerted a
wedge In the Oppy line, but hecaua#
of the very nature of the sew 4s- j
sense scheme of the German army j
such a penetration of the german
lines Is not comparable to th#
smashing thru of a permaneit front.
Dispatches received early today
hinted at momentum being under
way for a drive at some other point
on the British front than In thm
I.ou*-I>ouaM’Hnibral sector.
is more than now half en
veloped by the British sdvmnea. If
Haig chooses he ran occupy the
coal city with probably a smgia 1
blow
1,104 ARMED
SHIPS, IT. S. PLAN ’
WASHINGTON, April 14 - -Mor. j
than I.AW m*r ham ships are to bn
h rm*'d by the United States. This j
became known Monday whea fisur* 1
tarv Daniels submitted to rongread*"j
a supplementary estimate for fid.-
000.00 cto provide arms anti mini
nitlon for 1,104 merchant ship*
German trade unions since the Imp
ginning of the war hare loot fid pm <
real of their mi-mbera.