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SA T ll< I) A1 , JULY 2S , 1917. INVENTION HAS CUT DOWN THE HORRORS OP WAR FOR DETROIT AND MICHIGAN BOYS H \l>ni 1) V Wll cox who has many times explained for you the process of whipping a base hall team into shape out of raw recruit material, is going to follow the war training camns for Times’ readers and tell them how the men are prepared A HOLD \ . vviiai -V' l 1 • , th ‘ |, with u nc i e Sam’s team. Mr Wilcox is a keen student of human nature and will present a side of war preparation that would not otherwise reach you. His stories will also be replete with to whomyou^veSHl He will write exclusively for Times reader, in' Detroit and Michigan* anti include in his articles those things which will have a deep personal interest The first of his articles appears today. ON WAR’S Harold SIDELINES YOl’R Mrribr visit**! th** ramp of the Sixteenth Engineers at the fair ground*. H*> cornered t’aptaln T. L. Huston, whom ho had known a* Cap’* Huston, gonial chief mogul of the New York Yankee* Tho captain r >w l* In command of Company A. of the regiment tn question On this particular occasion ho was officer of the day. Therefore he was looking around He found many things to please him Inasmuch as he was a captain tn the second regiment of United Volunteers In th* Spanish American war days, comparisons came *as> to him. He pointed to a long string of I ’nclc Sam’s motor trucks parked along a drive at Un fair ground Saul the captain See those trucks over there. There's one of the biggest Improve ments in making war that I ha\e discovered. That their greater speed and capacity make motor trucks an Improvement over nuilcs and KITCHENS WINNING FOR FRANCE Women’s Conservation Work Hijr Factor, Says Lyon MEATLESS DAY NOT HARDSHIP Good Management Will Make Plenty of Food For All Ftaff Corrrapondeni Detroit Timet TARIS, France, .1 ui\ 2S -(Passed as censored, \nierlcan expeditionary force in France No 1, I>> Winthrop t'hanlor, assistant press nffli rr If th*. uunifti of Ameri* a arc in earnest »bout wanting to "help win the war.’’ let them know what the w om e n o f France are d"tng W hen I left A m eric a some *ceks ag<» there wi- i good ileal of ‘••wing circle ac 'lvity among the womenfolk The women were truly patriotic nn«J they wanted t 0 be do- .LYON - tng somethin!.' for th* ir country, and needle work the Mr**t thing thought of The result Is they sowed some silfc shirts f■ r sick soldiers that the sol diers like)v will new r war Women of Frau.re discovered long ago that this war isn't going to he won with ewing machines or dam log needles It’s going to hr won. In large part. In the kitchens of Anuria. France and Britain A soldier can't fight on an empty stomach, and neither can his Chilian population ke< p him In the held tin less the\, too. have enough to eat. French women recogms*d this from the stan Only tn rare instances has the government been forced to adopt stem measure* to prevent food waste The average French housewife at all times is so economical that It's an old saving in America she could LITTLE PAL. \im Glad you’Ce. -r<l,rrtrm PACK GOTO TH' Sj , , 'W// THAT W'AT tP. I WANT SPRING AND GET , v> : , j» l V ou TO CUT 50Me * a pail O' WAT Eli (i/ T '/ n : i T'R?e VJOc?n Ix«\ v '• h H V :.^ZT7< iWmMwt If fc'i/'M’: Scm O s R WIL f. jJ I, 1 \ ' TTy £ ' jEtl SAT, PETER .GO Ovett ] ,kj J I'IBB [fl f JmA to th’ lamping am* u& . • mm* \ { well what do < * SSL get that book » lEEt Jy <*. YOU WANT ME fc N -N .„ I t feed her family on what an Amer ican woman would throw away. I’ve discovered no starvation in Fiance I came over expecting I would be lucky if I got one square meal a week'. I'm getting two every day. The French breakfast, un lerstand. doesn’t cannot, because it usually consists only of coffee, bread and butter The exact truth is that, while theie Is no great abundance of foM in France, the women are tnanagi. i so excellently that everybody is g«-' ling enough to eat To begin with, there are the two ’’meatless days" each w*»k, Mondav ' ant! Tuesday. The meat shops also I are rinsed on Sunday, making ’hn* days in succession "when it is 1m I possible to buy meats Hut the French women make up ! for ’his by serving, on Mf*n*l.v> and | Tuesdays, a variety of other palatA hie foods For instance they set before you 'a dish of snails, with a large pin j with which tn dig Mis'er Snail out iof his shell. He cotnes out w iggling and twisting and protesting, hut he's a satisfying morsel a* that Tie n they bring on a dish of eels highly flavored and appetizing Oth er rour.se> on the ''meatless days” usually contain sardines, and larger i fish. Y u finish your meal so pleased with everything before you tha’ i you're thru nnd out of the dining | room before you suddenly re mem her "We had no meat for dinner And there was no pie or cake elth er " Nothing Is escaping Frenchwomen n the way of making the most of ihe food product* available Ju*t now garden tru* k predom mat s on their table* string beans green peas, artichokes, lettuce, rad i.-lies, celery, potatoes For dessert they >. rve cherries peaches, aprl cots and the like Practically no sweet' things are being eaten much to the discomfort, at first, of Americans with a sw<»et tooth Butter and sugar are on the table only at breakfast Bread is mane from whole wheat flour, and is yery dark, but there's a lot less Indigestion In it than In the "white bread" of America If ev-ry American family goes on eating is they have in the past cer iainly there vill be no increase in tie* amount of foodstuffs available for export to' the European allies* "They must quit eating so much wheat and meat and use more of other foods that are Ju«t as good," salil the landlady of my; hotel, who. apparently, is well Informed on fht subject “We find,” she continued, "we nre getting along very well on many foods yvo made little use of before the* war.'' Food economy Is not the only wav In which Frenchwomen are helping “win the war.” Outside "f the battle trencher yvo men are practically running France A nnn is -Odom to be found in hny of the smaller stores, a wagons gte-s without saying. Every man In the country who deals with trucking knows that .lust now I am referring to the comfort of the soldier boys One of the bun!. <t thing th* v eneount* ris trans continental tram rides The supply trains must go with the 'itw»ps. During the- Spanish American war da's, we had tnul* ; and hot-• s. Every little while we had to sidetrack while the animals wer* wa tered and ex* reined. That mini* tint portaHon of troops a mighty slow proposition. A soldier would rather do anything than entrain fur a lohg transfer in th" .-•■ days. Twenty years ago we were gi\en some hard tack and canned stuff t«» take with uh on th< train,*- That* nil we had to eat, ex* m for <>c caslonal hot coffee when the train topped for on* of those miserable* delay > When American tt"**i travel the- • days, every train lias baggage cars fitted up as kitchen- 11"! meals an served all the wa' Any soldier will fell you that th* p two littl*- improvement* in*, transportation hav** cut a whale "fa -las! into the horrors of yvar. The Cook Wa* Uiuht. ! 1 1. i ATTAIN and yout -it b* ir■ Med a-mind They came to the S mess hall. The captain led v.oui -crib** m>lde arid showed him a | can and comfortabl* place to dm* I.* Invaded the kitchen and th* oftlc* r acknowledg'd th* a. ifr* of the <ooks. . aid the captain , •Took, what had the boyr for th** midday meal?" The Doinirs of (he Duffs. —--jr l ■ ■ 1 - BEo .ST Aln/GE* , PpT '’NdMEN MOST PPACT«C6 ECONOMY l JUST HoYa ED You TH«gvJ AWAY |hl THE k’ITcBFN - MFN MUST K.ANT A HALF M-lokED CloAf? - DcaJY VEGETABLES IN TMCIfi BA* K- WARDS' Ww N<a> k'Ho+t That Ygd awe b»- _ j vje must UOJsecve with uuR. wheat fgr TtteMeiW wasteful? Dun’r [ iSa j crop, Fi?t>r ojeF*, ooq wigfßAtsfi Noo PEALI2E That how is * 1 M&*/ ou» FoK‘fsTi? *we Negj> iuMSCg- D Twt Time VTHew vrg Ta l(> .x - , , j —][ and Nod know That vje _ \ ~ ~ 1 1 NEPO SHI P 5 AS WELL A.S I ' r me. Do - i*l* venTowc to SAY [_ RuT ' UKE 4 That Yuu’ifE hfvec do*e any- That l ve. TH+ho To PPevFNT The DeaTßocTicw jjm SHOT WooOPEt*k'Pf?S WHFgJ ;of ouc forests in noo«. life - Wl , I was a Bon p— -1 T»'UK IT JV^^g*F>lP^ j —— -A/A*" ——— Li 1 ■*'■■■ 1 —■ l "' few are In ihe larg* department “tores; and they are soldiers dl* charged lor wounds Thousands of women work in the munitions factories The farms are in rli* ir hands an I the hulk o»' thl stttunier'; harvcpt will h# done t•> them. They i.rc in complete rhnrgo • f ho tels, cates .«nd most of the barber shop l German cigar manufacturers nr* now i blig* 1 to deliver 7 > per c*-nt of their output to th* military an thorlfies Print In* —lhr plain unit kind thn* I* rl« ht—Tints* loh tlrpt.— Vlntn tVjfl, liy LEO. DETROIT TIMES JASNOWSKI IS SHILLED By BUHRER Auditor Wants Special Prosecutor For Coun ty (lean-Cp “Some person* are trying to make political capital out of the Klok i scandal, and In so doing they nr* trying to b'atnc th* county aud itors I.would like to see the whole thing taken out of th* hands of men in politics, I would like to sc** a special prosecutor handle the case Instead of Prosecutor Jasnowskl. With his political affiliations, I don’t think Jasnowaki could be fair" County Auditor Cha r l*s A Ruhr it reiumed from a lo days’ c.icn tion, Thursday, and plunged ba< k into county bulldin: affair* with a sT«4j*ni»nt demanding that the in vestigation of county offices be un dertaken by those not holding po litical office. ’This whole thing Is a plain busi ness propositjon,’’ he said. “It Is a matter of drßlar* and cents If politics hadn't played such a lug part in the county's business nf fairs, we prob.cbiy would not have had the trouble "I think the Investigation should be so far r« moved from nnv political influence that * v< n the circuit judge s should not have anything to do with it. I respect th-m and honor their ability; I hav. no hlng to say nbout them But we might ns well- go “led-length and have he entire af fair handled by people not connect ed with Wayne county political af fairs \\*£_ might as well hav* Judge* trnm other counties fltld aft outside prosecutor ns’ woll. •'The experience gained in the Kloka rase should teaclT the voters thnt no good Is derived from placing men in olfire simply because they arc good fellows.’* "I have heard a lot about Prose eutor .fasnowskl's statement to the cfTect that he was never Informed of the extent of the peculations. Jasnowski Is trying to shove things U*.-ponded the cook: "Beefsteak and hamburger steak, boiled potatoes, peas and Ice tea. sir.'* Queried the captain: "Was it good, cook?'!. Responded the skillet juggler: "If wa> very good, sir " Your scribe had a suspicion that the chow chief was correct. The vlctLia..- sure did look the part and his assertion was confirmed b\ zealous atowmg away operations tn the mess hall. When tbe boy* had gone th ;i limit, they emerged and found tubs of boiling water in front of the bail. Therein *hc\ dipped their aluminum implements for perpetrating tie royal gorge, and bore them away spotlessly dean. Your scribe was i:.binned that each man similarly cleansed his outfit before eating. Where ui ■*•. the captain continued his comparisons of other davs and these. Said he: Soldiers must he well fed. nr they will not he good soldiers. Yhe food lih improved wnnderfully since the government went *ror the Spaniards 2»> years ago. Everything is cleaner derma never get a chance to >iart anything Food is more varied. The . biggest improvement is in cooks. I remember that we never could g* t cooks in ufficient numbers during the Spaniah-Amerie&n war. out * \pet *ti»•«> has been ’hat fine coolg; are plentiful now. Os • ■ <-nt year-, ’he government has conducted cooking schools, and now is harvesting its reward. —By Allman. off onto us now. Who ever found him In his office the first time he went in to see him? He's out most of the time and everyone in the county building knows it Further more. the prosecutor's office showed no inferest m thi* affair until tlie finish came. 1 tried time and time again to arrange conferences with Hie prosecutors so that we could come to an agreement on some final action. Jar:,**** ski didn't seem to care. In the end, when Jasnowski began issuing a lot of statements, 1 told one of his hi*>n. and 1 meant It for him, too, that l didn't pro pose to let anyone make political capital at the expense of the and itors. The* auditors struggled with ’his mess all alone for six months We did what we thought was test and I still believe w e took the right course wh* n we tried to get back as much as we could from Kloka "After we had done everything we could, a lot of politicians are trying to step in and claim credit, at the same time hammering away a’ the auditors. I!l do my best to have the entire affair taken out of the hands of politicians t'nuntv Tr*-us urer Green i one of th* men who knew nothing about the shortage un til we told him. Then he strutted down to Lansing as if he had some thing very important to tel) ! had been to Lansim. weeks before that to confer with the <nditor general concerning th*’ situation.” FORT SHERIDAN OFFICERS CAN’T COME TO PARADE Detroit will not have a chance to see her embryonic army officers now in training at Fort Sheridan Mayor Marx Friday morning received * telegram front Geti. Thomas 11. Barry. In command of the central department, in Chicago, that t would he Impossible to send th*' Ik> troit contingent to this * tty f r a celebration which had been planned fnr Aug 14. The [Detroit Athletic club planned a Mg celebration in honor of the many Tv-troit young men in train Ing at Fort Sheridan tor army com missions and it was believed the military authorities would have no objection to the J>e'roi» contingent eomlng Mayor Man, In behalf of the city, issued the request several days ago. In denying the request Gen Barry said that if such permission were granted to *hc T>• tr it men other cities all over the central depart ment would make similar re»piests and that It would greatly interfere with the strenuous training cam Palgn mapped out. erlnflsk—tkr plain n»at ktnd—th it la right—Tlmra Job D#p<.— Mala ISJO. OH TRAIL OF MAKERS OF NOSTRUM Drug Inspector Orders An Analysis of Bon-Opto LABEL CALLS IT “HARMLESS” Deceptive Advertising Law Designed To Cov er Such Frauds Following the publication in The nrnf'B, Thursday, of Mias Carrie Smoots’ experience with Ron-Opto, a fake eye "remedy” advertised in the News, M. A. Jones, state drug inspector attached to the Detroit office of the state dairy and food department, has taken the Inith*.! steps looking toward the prosecu tion of the Valmus Drug company, proprietors of the nostrum, under the deceptive advertising law. Accompanied by two witnesses, one of whom was a representative "f The Times, Mr. Jones visited the local office-: of the Valmas Drug company. No. 422 Ugbtner building, and obtained a package of Bon-Opto. This package, sealed and marked for identification purposes if needed as evidence later, has been forwarded BbPA|(3|» SB c fofie Most Beautiful Car in/lmcrica Protecting Paige Buyers Tt Is, and always has been, Paige policy to protect and con serve the interests of Paige buyers. Contracts for large quantities of materials, entered into months ago, have enabled the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company to scale its present li 1 juices so that in no instance has the increase exceeded £IOO. But when the present supply of material* is exhausted, there must inevitably l>e a readjustment of prices. Paige prices are never fixed arbitral !y. The buyer is al ways permitted to share in the benefit.-- -lilting from foresight and good business judgment. But price has never been the determining fact *r in the buy er’s selection of a Paige car. He will continue t» Mtoet the Paige independent of price figur- . The Paige wins the preference ahvny 1. an oof mechanical excellence, beauty and supreme quality. S*ratford "-SIX'S!" 7-pas nc. r . . #l.' • fn b. Itetrolt Fairfield “Six It?" 7 pus ■* n»r> r . . IHf. o. b. De'roli Lin wood "Six.'.it" f>-pas>* .iter . . 1 • ■f o b. P«trolt Urooklands "Six-Si" 4 pr» *r«er . . < T-. so i> I»*troit Part.moor “Six 31»" Cor j» •- • . sl.V >f.o b. Detroit Sedan ' Six 3!<" 5-pa*.** neer . . 1 '7' f o b Detroit Sedan "Six -61“ 7-pa« Her a* r . . "f.o. i TV'roit Town Car "Slx-Rl" 7-p;i.--*nt’*-r • . ■ f " D-tr -it Limousine "Six-51" 7-pa -em r . . ?. v if üb. Detroit 9 Paige-Detroit Motor Car Cos., Detroit, Mich. Wetmore-Quinn 279-2 SI JefTerson Avp„ Detroit, Mich. Op.n r.tfKltitt «n<l Sun4«)i I'sed t» Sleep on (iround THE barracks w< tv visited next These are to be found in a monster ball. If nu: :or.v is not p aying tricks, thin building 1» used for the auto show oi omethlng <f the sort during the state fair. It waa crowd, and. but a rv. cleun and full of cots. Every man has a folding cot No non ml rn.su » yet hsi i sleep because he had to seek repose on one of them All of which started uonie more reminiscences and compart* sons, said Captain Huston: Our regiment mobilized at Fort Sheridan for the Spanish* American war. For-30 days we slept on the ground. Then con* dltioqs improved wonderfully. We got floors In our tents and .slept on them. These fellows have had cots ever since they have been here. Sleep has been a cinch for them. They never wIU 1 know what discomforts pestered us 20 years ago. r The genial captain wan Just getting warmed up by this time. Otb«r officers of th*- regiment were encountered* and before long a regular funning bee was in full .swing. A no time was there a suggestion that war Is a picnic, but the impression was gleaned that fighting Germans was about the only genuine hardship ahead of the Sammies, whereas in the da\s of '.os actual battle was the least of the calamities visited upon the boy* who undertook to make war for Old Glory. Come again tomorrow and we ll i»]j %ou more about it. to A. R. Todd, state analyist with the dairy and f* od department at l.an-ing, for analysis. Futther ac tion hinges on his report. Th* label of th* bottle represents that Ron Opto is "t ooling, healing, soothing ami hannle.-. As Miss Smoot- nearly lost her eyesight thru Its use shf is prepar'd to testify that the nos nun is anything but harml* and on the !>.. > of her experience the label clearly violates , the deceptive advertising law. Deputy Dairy and '•’*.*>d Commis j sioner Burton 1\ Browne, in charge of the Detroit office, is determined to make a thoro investigation ol 1 Miss Smoots’ case with n y ieyv to putting a stop to the further sale of this patent “remedy ” The headijuartet? of the Vnlm.i* Drug company are in Rochester, N. Y. f with branches in Detroit and To ronto. Its product, eonrlating of a bottle of tablets and an eye cup, is distributed to the retail trade from j Rochester and Detroit. (\ S. Clark. of Rochester. Is president of the eon I fern. Miss L M Jorrey Is In charge 1 of th** Detroit offiep. Accmdlng to Mlt- Jorrey, the coni pany is registered in this state. It the analysis backs up Mis* Smoots experience, Mr. Browne plans to no f onlv prosecute the company under the deceptive advertising law, but also to revoke its permit to do bus inesa In Michigan. The deceptive advertising law lol lows: S**rtlon 1. Anv p«*r*nn. firm, cor poration or association, <*r th*- ntr*-nf or manager of any such firm cor poration <>r association who. ivith in tent to sell or in anywise dispose >f merchand iac. securities, service <*r anvthinK offered Py su h person, firm, corporation or association ll rectly or Indirectly, to the |*ut*l •• Tor sale or distribution, or with Intent to Increase the consumption thereof or to induce the public in anv nmn tier to 'liter into any obligation re lating thereto, or to aon til re title thereto, or an interest th* r*m know- Inftl.v makes, publish**-, disseminates, circulates. «vr plaees t*efore the 11 T»- lie. or knowingly riiiv ■■ directly or indirectly |,I he mitde. published, dis seminate]. circulated or placed b**- f re !'i*' ptibllc, in th state, in a newitj .p»r er other publication, op n ’ form »fa book, notica, hand* it. poster, bill, circular, pamphlet* |f>tt> r, or In any other way. an advertisement of any sort regarding :... r handlae, securities, service or • riythtnu *<» offered to the public, ui <n advertisement contain* any . - "ttlon, representation or state* •n. i;’ <f fact which Is untnie. d*’. < :*ttve or misleading. shall t Kuilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by w tier « t n t less than 525 nor more than $?0 o. or by th • <"t nt> Jail f<»r a period of Wt no *-*• turn 'lO days, or by both such tii » hi I .mr>risonment In the dlsrre* ti • n f th. c.urt: Provided, Yhat t 1 <• publisher or printer of any news. I ipf r or other periodical shall not 1 under this «'-t for publish* in it deceptive advertising received ti . any other person: Provided further That said printer or pub -1 do r is not aware of the deceptive < ..'ii arter of the advertising so re ceived. , THREE SMUGGLED OPIUM, CHARGE Archie Hoxhill, Albert Quincy Mc- Gee nnd Sam Vinegar, Negroes, art* on fri.il in the United States dis trict court on the charge of illegally importing smoking opium Into tb* United States from Canada. It is alleged that the drug wu disguised as harmless and tooth some *\rup. Hoxhill and McGee, It charged, arrived In Windsor on April 0. with two traveling bags filled with 50 small cans of syrup. They were suspected of attempting to smuggle nnd were arrested, but were *oon released. They continued m to Detroit, but they left their bags in Windsor. The following day Vin. -ar went over and brought th* bag* to I>etrolt where he was ar rested. An examination showed that 49 of *he -mall cans actually contained -vrup, but the fiftieth appeared to have, been tampered with. It vrae .j * ned and was found to contain a substance that was not pvrup. A board of health chemist made an analysis and pronounced the con ten’s smoking opium. The can con tained about one pound. PAGE 3