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U. S. Order Stops Flow of Food to Foe
We’re at War —
Time is precious in wartime.
The compact Times saves your time.
No wasteful wordiness.
Nothing hut worth while news.
SEVENT EEN T H YEA R . NO. 24 4.
REFORM PARTY GAINS UPPER
HAND IN GERMAN REICHSTAG
NEUTRAL FOOD STOCKS
CLOSED TO GERMANY BY
U. S. EXPORTS EMBARGO
Other States Can Be
Foreed To Support
Allies Or Starve
ENTENTE TO HAVE
FIRST FOOD CALL
Neutrals Will Get Only
Enough For Own
Use
PY CAtfL D GROAT
Staff Corrraptinrtrnt United Preas
WASHINGTON. July 9. Amer
lea's embargo plus infernal German
troubles promise soon to hantr two
more new millstones about Ger
many's ne< k.
The embargo, curtailing supplies
to neutrals, lest they be reexport
ed to Germany, •will he effective
July lfl. Thereafter no vital food
stuffs, munitions, fertiliser* or met
ala ran be sent abroad without li
cense* from the department of com
merre
f’ertain congressmen strongly
favor having th* president so screw
down these limitations that the neu
trals will have to align themselves
with the I’nited States unless they
wish to starve
Meantime, according to press re
ports, Germany is confronted with
troubles from within a demand for
parliamentary reform, and a general
political situation wherein new
peace terms are apparently forth
coming
The pressure from without and
within seems likely to he such as
to give the Teuton authorities some
difficult months ahead
Neutrals will suffer more unless
♦ hey divert their tl*d-up shipping to
Allies uses and likewise permit an
Allied patrol of the Srandinavian
coasts to bag submarines, now using
territorial waters as a safe outlet
to the sea.
In Issuing regulations on the rm
hnrgo President Wilson pointed out
that the Cnited States wants to herd
neutral needs, hut he just as em
phatically show*-*! the prime need
of feeding the I'nited States and
Its Allies first and of shutting off
any re-export of supplies to Ger
many thru neutral nations. The
Scandinavian countries, Holland and
Switzerland will be hard hit by the
embargo.
The nature of the proclamation
has strengthened belief here that
the government will shut off all ex
ports with an embargo for *0 days
until an Invoice of this country’s
supplies may be taken
The president’s embargo pro
clamation provides for the obtaining
of export licenses thr uthe bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
Any attempt to export good* with
out such a license renders the
Offenders liable to SIO,OOO fine or
two yrnrv’ imprisonment and sub
jects tin vessels and unlicensed iftr
go to confiscation. A list of ihe
articles named in the president’s
proclamation for which export li
censes must o« secured follows:
Teak, coke, fuel oils, kerosene
and gasoline. Including bunkers.
Food grains, flour nnd most there
from, fodder and feeds, ments and
fats.
Pig Iron, steel billets, ship plates
and structural shapes, scrap Iron
and *~rap sfeel •
Ferro-manganese
Fertilizers
Arms, ammunition and explosive*.
The embargo takes effect July 15.
I). S. SHIP SUNK
BY SUBMARINE
Admiralty Announces Torpe*
doing of Massapequa On
Snturday
LONDON. July 9 Sinking of the
American steamer Massapeqtia by
a German submarine on Saturday
was announced by the admiralty to
day.
THE WEATHER
Octroi! anil vlrlnltM Moml»r nliihl
sn«l Tur»iti.i, fn I r mix) <-o»ler| inod
rr*t* ))r>lrrl) xlnria, l»r coin Ihk var
iable.
I o«ff Michigan; Knlr Monday
nig hit <-<»«. Irr .n central, enst and
north i»»rtlonat lu.»iln> falrt cooler
In aoatkeast portion*.
LIVINGSTON
TAKEN BACK
TO PONTIAC
Slayer Suspect Is Once
.More In Oakland
County Jail
LYNCH THREATS
CAUSE REMOVAL
Four Others Held In
Connection With
Killing of Girl
Iho Allen l.iivngston has been
formally charred with killing Hope
Irene Alexander. 13 years old. In
Sylvan Gardens, near Royal Dak.
July 4, four other -uepect* are held
for investigation Two are in the
Oakland county Jail, one in !>etroit
police headquarters and one in Sag
inaw All answer in a general way
the description of the slaver given
by Elizabeth Stilber, the 10-vear-old
companion of the Alexander girl,
who was wounded and later at
tacked hv thr pervert
The latest suspect to he taken info
custody L Hugh Hale, of Oak wood
He was arrested in Saginaw. Sun
day, when he <h alleged to have
stated that he was near the scene
of the crime July 4. and knew the
details of the killing l»eputy Sher
iff Guy Fyons. of Oakland county,
has gone to S.iglnnw to get Hate
Tony
locked up by Sheriff Green, of Pon
Mar. Saturday night Hr live* on
Nine Mile-rd.. not far from Sylvan
Gardens. He was found lying in a
ditch beside the car tracks on Wood
ward ave„ with his nose battered,
tils face scratched and his clothes
spattered with blood A piece of
blood-stained cloth whs found in his
pocket, the possession of which he
could not explain satisfactorily He
told the officers he had fallen from
a car while drunk
Tony Ventemivllna Is held In po
lice headquarters pending a thoro
investigation He wa* arrested in
a Trenton boarding house Saturday
afternoon, by Tbctectlve* Black and
Frahm, of central bureau He wa*
in bed with a loaded revolver at
his side and was reading a newspa
per containing a story of the slay
ing. marked
l>eputy Sheriff Taylor picked up
a man found prowling in the woods
west of Royal Oak Saturday night
and took him to the Pontiac Jail.
The man refused to give his name.
Livingston, tho positively Identt
fled by the Stibler girl as her as
sallant and the slayer of her com
panion, steadfastly denies any con
nection with the crime. Sheriff
Green admits there are serious
doubts as to whether he Is the right
man He will be arraigned during
the day. It is expected
Threats of lynching were heard
Saturday afternoon, when men be
gun to gather in groups near the
Oakland county Jail In Pontiac. Fear
ful of mob violence. Sheriff Green
removed Livingston to IVtrolt, but
tok him hrek Sunday There has
been no further trouble.
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t’ollaeum of 25 Amusements on the
n<>ar<i Walk. Jefferson at Bridge.
Under cover. New stunts weekly. 25
Amusement* for 25c.- -Adv.
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THAT CHRISTMAS DINNER—WILL HE EAT IT IN PARIS?
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ARGENTINE IS
SUREJOBREAK
Buenos Aire*, Expects No
Concessions From
Germany
TTg CHARLES P RTF. WART.
Staff I'orrrsponrient t mfrrl Prrxn
RFTCNOS A IRKS. July 9—Argen
tine official* regard a break with
Germany as inevitable.
From high officials today it was
learm and thai the government does
not expect Germany to ag'ee to Ar
gentine’s demand that Germany
promise no further sinkings of Ar
gentine ships. If this promise Is
not made, it is certain the republic
will Immcdiat dv announce'a sever
ance of relations.
While Argentine thus hovers on
the hrink »;f a diplomatic rupture,
ihe greatest irritation Is manifejff
here over reports from the United
States that South America's flrst
necessity Is to oust German spies.
I-aMn Americans Insist that the ac
tivity of German agents does not
exceed and very probably does not
even equal the work they are doing
in North America Altho no rflfl
cials will discuss the mntter for
publication It is privately hinted
that the I'nited States would do well
to clean Its own house before sug
Resting that other nations do sin.-
i!ar work within their own bound
aries.
Man Shoota Self Dead
Claud R Brown. No. 99 Spruce
st., 39 years of sre, committed sui
cide early Monday morning hy shoot
ing himself thru the temple. The
cause for his action la unknown
The Important place women are
destined to take as a result of the
heavy draft upon men for the war
is recognized hy Columbia univer
sity In the arrangement of courses
for Its summer session opening to
day.
REPUBLIC
RESTORED
IN CHINA
Boy Emperor Signs His
Abdication, Say
Dispatches
IMPERIALIST
TROOPS BEATEN
Peking Surrounded By
Forces of Democ
racy
WASHINGTON. July 9.—China’s
hoy emperor has abdicated following
the defeat of the imperialist troops
in an engagement with the republi
can forces and the evidence of a
lack of whole hearted support by
the northern army, according to dis
patches received here.
The republic Is said In these re
ports to have bern firmly reestab
lished In Nanking with Feng Kuo
Chsng, former vice-president, as
head of the new provisional govern
ment.
It appears that Gen. Chang Maun,
depressed by the failure of his at
tempt to restore the monarchy, ten
dered his resignation to the em
peror. who thereupon issued an
edict announcing his abdication.
The abdication of Hsuan Tung,
the hoy emperor, wh owas placed on
the throne only a week ago, it Is
Indicated hy press dispatches receiv
ed here from Pekin, followed upon
MONDAY, JI’LY 9, 1917.
the defeat of the Imperialistic forces
by republican troops at Lang Fang,
south of Pekin, and the desertion of
many of Chang llsun's soldiers. The
Forbidden City virtually is hemmed
in on all sides and the Pekln-Kal
gan railway, Chang Hsun’s only
means of escape northward, is In
the hands of the republicans, who
are holding Nankow pass.
The engagement at Fank.
Reuter’s correspondent at Pekin
says, was not severe nnd Gen.
Chang Hsun’s forces retreated to
Fengtal, several miles south of
Pekin on the Tien tsin railway, with
out offering much resistance.
FRENCH GAIN ON
VERDUN FRONT
PARIS, July 3.—Failure of a Ger
man attack or. the \i*ne and cap
ture of three strong “allents on the
Verdun front were reported by the
French war office last night.
Burglars Scorn
Cash and Jewels,
But Take Man’s Duds
John Cameron, No 646 Wabash
ave. Is not exactly suited flth th*
robber yof his home Sunday night
Rut those who made the haul are no
doubt quite pleased.
The robbers, whom the police are
still seeking, scorned silverware and
Jewelry, and took but one dollar in
currency. Yet they mad# off with
Cameron's clothing to the extent of
some three suits Which explains
why John Is not suited wltii the
proceedings Yet he Is hoping
there is going to he something In
the fact that one of the suits taken
was a striped one
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la rtgkt—lW»« Jab P*»t. — Mala tflk
DEMAND FOR LIOERAL GOVERNMENT
AND EXPLICIT PEACE STATEMENT
IRRESISTIBLE, ASSERT DISPATCHES
Man Is Gold Watch to the Good
As Result of Burglars' Visit
Frederick Wblf. No. 486 Lumley
ave., Is richer hy one gold watch, as
the result of a visit from burglars.
Two young men attempted to enter
Wolf’s home at 2:05 o’clock Mon
RED BOOZE
IS DOOMED
BY SENATE
Stocks Held In Bond
May Be Bought
By U. S.
SALE AND IMPORT
ARE FORBIDDEN
Traffic In Beer and
Wines Is Left
Undisturbed
WASHINGTON. July 9.—The sen
ate ended the long wetdry flgh*
over the liquor provisions of the
food bill Snturday night hy the
adoption, 45 to 37, of an amendmen*
prohibiting the manufacture or im
port of distilled liquors and author
izing the president to purchase the
stocks of distilled liquor now held
in bond on a basis of cost plus 19
per cent profit and redistill them for
alcohol, to be used in the manufar
ture of munitions.
Credit for the adoption of this
plan is due to Senator Smoot, of
Utah, who introduced the provision
providing for the purchase of liquor
held In bond Rt cost plus 10 per cent
profit, thereby doing away with the
chief objection to tho Cummins
amendment, which in prohibiting
the sale of liquor held in bond with
out providing compensation for the
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day morning. Wolf met them,
opened fire with a revolver and heat
o ffthe attack. In the hasty retreat
one of the men dropped a watch
and didn’t try to recover It.
owners was held by many to violate
the constitutional provision against
confiscation of property without ade
quate remuneration.
Beer and wines are not interfered
with under the amendment, which
was substituted for the house
amendment containing a sweeping
prohibition against the conversion
of any foodstuffs into intoxicating
liquors.
Altho It Is believed that, the house
will Anally accept the senate pro
vision, a fight in conference Is ex
pected. It in certain, however, that
the whisky business, at least, is
doomed.
The provision limits the whisky
supply of the United States to
stocks now in dealers’ hands or
such quantifier ns may be with
drawn from bonded warehouses be
fore the food bill becomes lnw.
Stocks now in bond are estimated
at between 20<\000,009 and 3tK),o<>o,-
000 gallons. The annual consump
lion Ik about 120,000.000 gallons. To
purchase the liquor held in bond on
a basis of cost plus 10 per cent the
government would have to spend
from $300,000,000 to $1,000,000,000.
Tho probable loss in federal rev
enue is estimated at between $200,-
000.000 and $400,000,000.
Asa result of the loss of revenue
involved the revised $1,670,000,000
war irx bill will be subjected to in
finite delay.
Today’s Games
American.
Washington In Detroit f2), clear.
Roston tn Cleveland, clear.
F’hiladelphia In Chicago, clear.
New York in St. Louis, clear.
National.
St. Louis in New York, clear.
Chicago in Brooklyn, clear.
Pittsburgh in Philadelphia, clear.
Cincinnati in Roston. cloudy.
ran xF.nvors coixoinows
llnrafnrd'a Acid I’llosphate
rebuild* Impaired nerva-fnrre. relieves
brain fatigue and Invigorate* the
nervous system Rtiy a bottle. Try tt.
—Adv,
Torpedoed British Transport
NOON
IN DETROIT : ONE CENT.
Hollweg To Go On
Record Concerning
Annexations <
NATION WATCHING
COMING SPEECH
Crisis Precipitated BjJ
Meetings of Com
mittees \
BY JOHN GRAXDEXB
RtafT Correspondent United
RERUN, (via Ixmdon), July tv—
Signs multiply that the political lib
eralization of Germany la impending,
A week's Important conferences
preceding the retch stag session
brought the situation to a head to
day Tomorrow Chancellor rod
Bethmann-Hollweg is expected to
make a formal statement and thera
is tense interest in political clrclaa
as to the attitude he may show m
electoral reforms.
From the central wing to the So
cialists all opinion in the reichata*
is united that a reformed electoral
system must he applied In PruaaiUt
if Prussia falls to adopt such a plan
of its own accord.
The governmAjnt’s promisee of vast
changes in electoral district* la con
sidered only a small Installment la
payment, for the large debt owing
the people by the German govern
ment. There was a deposition Indi
cated in all parties today to demand
Prussian reform this fall.
- t
According to Granden** dlspatefc,
th-raaln ohj-ctlen now held by Oar- 1
man reformist* to the present eleeb
oral system is the preponderance oC<
Prussian representation in the gov<- :
rrnment. In the r-lrhstag the kfef.i
dom of Prussia has 236 deputte*, alxl
or eight times a* many member* aa,
any other kingdom or principality. ,
In the bundearath Prussia has 17 ,
members nearly three times as many
as any other section of Germany,
AMSTERDAM, July ft.— I The pan
pie of Germany are about to foroa«
from the German autocratic ring a
more satisfactory statement of Oar
many's peace aims as well as a
promise of sweeping electoral re
forms, according to Berlin dis
patches today. i
Tomorrow’s session of the reicb*
stag Is early awaited. Chancellor
von Hethmunn Hollweg’a political en
emies have now apparently forced
him into a position where he muat
make complete answer to the query