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GERMANS, IN RETREAT,
MAT OPEN, STREAMS AND
FLOOD BRITISH TRENCHES
Kng’ineerinfc Opera
tions tty Germans Are
So Interpreted
ITALIANS TAKE
IMPORTANT POINT
Germany Sends Aid To
Austrians, Is
Report
LONDON, Sept. s.—Three
German air raids on England In
three daya have Willed upwards
of 120 persons and wounded al
moat aa many according to ea
timatee computed today The
official announcement of the lat
rat raid over the London die
trict laat night, aa yet haa given
ft 9" (fktaila enceot the atatement
that bomba were dropped
The air raid of Monday over
Chatham and Sheerneaa wae
the moat deatructive, in the toll
of human life, that England haa
e.perienced aince the great day
attack on London. June 13. when
15? were Willed and 432 Injured.
ROME. Sept s—Capture of
Monte San Gabriel was officially
eorounced by the Italian war
office todav
With Mounts Kik (Cucc.ni
Vod ce and Santo. Gabriel con
atituted the great cha nos peaks
which defended the A ntnm
lines eait of Ixonro. All except
Gabriel fell in the preliminary
stages of the Italian offensive,
permitting the Italians to ad
vance across the Bamsura pla
teau Gabriel, the southrrnmcnt
of the promontories, held out
until it wa*. completely encircled
by the Italians
The victory will enable Gen.
Cadorna to pursue his favorite
battle plan of enflankmg the
enemy.
LONDON, Sept 5.- Portu
guene troops on the west frort
successfully bgit back German
raiders last night. Field Mar.
shal Haig repor’ed today. Brit.
I*h troops in the neighborhood
of Armentieres repulsed a simi
lar night excursion
In the Lens neignborhood,
Haig sa'd enemy artillery was
active.
LONDON, hept r. Germany Is
planning another "strategic retreat”
in Flanders. uncording to reports by
Allied aviators
The new "retreat in prepared po
sltlonv” a the German military
staff will probably announce it, will
clear Western Flanders east of
Vpr»'« and fhxm'ide a- far as the
line betwmn t’onrtrni and Thourouf
If l» is carried out in Its entirety,
It w ill r* l« nse nlmost 2'2square
miles of Belgium from the Invad
er-' crip
Military expert- here, basing their
views on certain engineering works
reported lone under cons!motion he
hind the German lines, todny sue
rested that the Germans were pro
paring to open the canals, dikes
and rl'er In all this Territory, flood
ing it to Impede the Mrltish pro
gress after the re*reaf
A large engineering operation of
this character might shift s deluge
of water as far ns the Mrltish pres
rut lines from Ihxmude to Ypre«*»,
Warneton' All of this ground Is
flat and practically at «ea level
Manx trenches are below sen level
(in the Malian front, Gen < ndor
na troop- were reported to have
taken Monte San Gabriel
IVtrnernd. taking issue with Mer
tin declared vigorous opposition to I
the Teutonic offensive north of Riga
was slowing up the German drive.
Monte San Gabriel’s capture was
regarded it« partlrularlx gratifying
news here ''The peak Isl the last of
the great natural promontories
which with t’ucco. Vodlee and Monte
Santo, guarded the western rim of
the Malnsltra plateau
Swiss dispatches todav declared
in answer to frantic appeals of the,
Au-trlan staff. Germany had dis
patched two Bavarian divtalors to I
rainforcs the Austrian!. J
SEE PEACE
IN WAR ON
AUSTRIA
Inited States May Be
Forced To Declara
tion
WASHINGTON, Sept 5-To ofT
set the menacing possibtllftvs In the
Russian situation and to force Gsr
many Inrn pence more rapidly, the
Allies probably will soon undertake
anew anti Austrian campaign
Strong pressure is being exerted
on this government to declare war
against Austria and then to aid in
downing her so that Germany would
b- without her aid and cut off Tur
key and Bulgaria Thus far, Anierl
•an offlclaN, including Secretary
Lansing. ha\e seen the rather lm
nilnent possibility of war between
■*. *trla and the I nited States tho
*' °y have f.e.-n inclined to let Aus
Tin fake th< initiative.
.lust what form the n« w anti Aus
trian activities may take |* shielded
i' a military s»*crrf. tho apparently
it will conic bv wax of Italy or thru
more forceiul tactics In the near
east
Meantime, Allied diplomats are
looking forward to post-bellum ter
riforial They declare that
German autocracy must be wiped
out and that nations must he al
lowed to develop nlong free lines,
without the threat of rrusslanlsm
upon them.
Thi Is how the Allies propose to
readjust the Kuropean map, accord
ing to reports here
Restoration of Belgium, Montene
rro. Serbia and Rumania.
French t ( » have Alsace Tgxrraine, a
part of th- German colonies and a
French protectorate over Syria
England to retain most of the
German colonies without paying for
them and to control Mesopotamia
and the Sinai Peninsula
Russia to control Armenia under
an autonomous form of government
Incidentally, pressure Is upon Ru«-
la to make her demand pn«*o*slon
of the Turk capital or at least neu
tralization of the Dardanelles
Germany to evacuate Russian Po
land and the Maltle provinces a*
well ns Serbia, Belgium and North
ern France
Italy *o lave Trieste, the Isfrian
Benin tila, the Dalmatian Islands
and the en*«crn roast of the Adri
atic
Serbia to have Bosnia and Herzc
govina and a Jugoslav state to he
formed nut of the Jugoslav pro
vince*- of Austria
Formation of a free Poland and a
free ('/echo Slav state. liberation of
the Arabs from Turkish rule.
I hieves and I hugs Have Busy Night;
Homes Robbed, Men Beaten On Street
Thieves wrrt> buny Tues'lnv night,
robbing home* in several neighbor
hood* The bom# of llerton A.
Alkln*. No x\>nt Orand-blvd
*»' entered and S3OO worth of Jew
elry w;i stolen Thieves also took
from 'ho homo of (leorge A. RufTord.
No 100 Josophlnniro., sl2 In rash,
several hank hooka, and n S2OO
cher k <H< in Byron. No 2077 Toast
Grand hlvd , has s3?> taken from his
hone
Harry Ualllnatf, l!l yenrs old, No.
14.' Central avo , was hold up W> two
nm and robbed of his watch and
on Radrmarhrr ave, nrar South
at., Tuesday night
Adani Slhatowakl, No. t? 00 Bel
mont are, was attacked bv nsrrral
ra* n as hr was walking on Elm
DETROIT TIMES
AMERICA’S CLEANEST NEWSPAPiiit
GAS EXPLOSION
ROCKS BLOCK
Several People Have Narrow
Escapes When Big Tank
Eels (io
Several houses were partially
wrecked and xvlndow* In every
building for over a block were
blown out when J.OOO feet of highly
inflammable hydrogen gas, stored
in a heavy steel tank on the roof of
a factory at Oakland ave and Bast
Gran l-blvd., exploded Tuesday after
noon
The tank, which was owned by
the National Oxygen company, had
a capacity of 10,000 cubic feet and
wa- stored on the roof of the
SriileJder Manufacturing company's
valve shop
Part of the tank landed 400 feet
away on the roof of the building at
No 2bM» Foist Grand Mxd, while an
othet portion went me same riis
tan< • In lhe opposite direction,
alighting on the roof a’ No 10 Mel
rose*-*!. The first house is occupied
by Mrs. Anthony . Metz, whose child
was sleeping In a room hut slightly
reiuoxed from the place where a
piece of the lank went thru the
roof
< I* Wilber, engineer of the
Schlelder company, was in an alley
Trr« bird . nrar Talbrrt rd . Tups
dav night. and was rohhod of SOO.
Hr was badly hratrn and had to hr
tak'»n to Receiving hospital to havr
his wounds drrssrd
M J Lnlor.e, No 320 Ttoward-at.,
was standing In front of his honir
looking at his watch, when a
snatched jt from his hand and ran
aw a\.
sinr.aMs or n\rn tin
'»iir*l»>s of Contentment Laughter
ths* rv.skps vo»j cheer tt's si) await.
Ing you <n the Coliseum of Jf. Amiur
meets for 2’. rrnU on the Board
"'slk. tpfT»>rson at Brldg* Th* m»r
rte«f place in town. The happlort
spot on parth Adv.
a < owroßTAitt.K ar«*T in chu k>o
Horn ATlAtmc, < .ark, n*ar Ja k
ml Hivd„ ll# roams. II M up.
W EDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 19 17.
A POSTCARD FROM SIBERIA
but 26 fret away from thr building.
Hr was thrown back thru a doorway
and then hurled to the ground A
stenographer f r nm the factory, who
had run out of the bunding, wns
also thrown to the ground, but neith
er was hurt.
The explosion has started fresh
agitation among the residents of the
neighborhood to have the plant re
moved A petition urging such re
moval was circulated when the plant
yy.is hullt. and a few weeks ago when
ohn Mayachack was killed hv the
explosion of a gas tank, the sentl
ment as strongly in favor of remov
ing the dangerous chemicals stored
there A petition was presented to
the council, hut no acMon was taken
NEW SOCIALIST
PARTY A-BORNIN’
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept 6 The
American Alliance for Labor and
IVinocraov. from which anew
American Socialist party Is cxp*ct
rd to b» hern, opened its first na
tional conference here today
Two hundred delegates from all
parts of the country, together with
hundred?- of other per«ons. were
present when Frank P. Walsh, tem
porarv chairman delivered the open
ing address
After appointment of a committee
on temporary organization, the con
ventlon was to adjourn until after
noon. when permnnrnt officer* will
be chosen.
Samuel Oompers. president of the
American Federation of Igthor, will
make the principal address this aft
ernoon.
The police kiuf b»»n naked fa Pod
l.i-norn Pnteffe. IB y»ar» til, "ko
left her heme No ]M Ash-*f . A ig
Js, and has net he»n heard fr->m
since by h*! friends She I* de
scribed • • stlght’v ever five feat
fall, wflehlng shout 11S pound*
Ifer dl«appvA mn<“# wan reported hy
her slsfrr, Mrs Charles t. I#e ,nard.
w-ith whom Liinre lived
I’earls are outgrowing diamonds
in popularity.
Michigan produced over 67 mil
lion dollars' vorth of copper, 'tat
year.
••namanew*’ New the Rase ta I eedoe
At New Adams theater, ‘lrand ftr
eti park West Ad.tms. near Wood
ward. thrtl Fin* Ar*s hid* Vaughan
tllsser, Ka» f’ourtrney and the <tla
eer compart: esjerlall' organized for
r*etrolt Evening at Xlk m»t not
Wed. Sat and Sun Starting Mon-
Sept. 10. the delightful southern love
atory, •‘Bonnla."— Adv.
"TONY” KIOKA
IS IN PRISON
Thieving Wayne County Tax
Clerk Set To Work In
Twine Factory
“Tony” Kloka spent his first nisht
In Jackson prison, Tui (lav. nnd on
WVdnfodiy was put to work wheri
he is expected to remain for ♦ ti••
next four years. ll*- et peels a va
cation In h short time when ho will
return to toll iho grand Jury thr in
aide of tho graft system ho alleges
la in efferf in Wayne «-ounty
“Tho politician- In this county
are tho biggest bunch of crooks ami
pirates this side of tin* hot conn
try." he exclaimed just before the
prison doors closed on Kin: "I hope
to get hack to I>e»roit to show tn* m
up before the grand Jnr> The pen
pie ought to know what kind of a
crew of rnacnls and liar they have
in office "
Kloka will have a Job in 'he twine
factory, aroording to l*'pu;v War
den Thompson A soon us he got
Into the prison, about ■< o’clock
Tuesday afternoon. Klok.i wa*- given
a hath, shave and hair cut and was
assigned to hi* ‘ room " He left f>•
trolt at 4f* o’clot < frtui the Mlehl
pran C’entrnl et ,11..n handcuffed to
another prisoner and in < h irge of
two deputies There wep no friends
at the train to see I ini off Those
he had entertained -o l.m hl> In
the past were ab.-ent M itle Ol-
SCrwske, his -uee'hetr’ c lied on
him in th» J.nl a few minutes he
fore he started on ht Journey, but
aside front 'he f.iohful young wont
an he had no p' i onul caller
Varallon Trips en !’><• * -V-s
Lim trip* t iffalo
and
urle'js r•• • f t
f| n ' < a I ' •
tlentsts lh*s v ' i ''*r I ■*
Nintnrrr for < 1 l>'*v» 1a 1 It
at 10 45 r to c t . t> in Oif
faln atrar irr.s e » ’a v at V t>
m M* kin* ' . I *■* i t- nvr
Mto day* an.d -s’lirdsys at f> m ,
Ws.Jr- •! > * t\n' V- s ’ i. ♦ v " a
m ICentral Pim» t* * rr" itl-.n
ahcfit sj.er | trtfs t . » rV ft end
eastetr sum r t « rts n ®y If se
cured fr<- T ANARUS, O ’ av.s jr .* -1 p«s
seng*r -f *h« U, .\r I' I,aka
{.trie* er at itis TANARUS» A t,' ket office.
Xft 1 (tr:rw<dd-st *dv
ant* to v<tt a ri r\**t rk*
S»»pptr« s» ?Ss lInTHI, * T M' "ff<‘ all;
•us tr> thm gisaaaro «f v«ur ■ Itf' A<\ >
* Ist*, Oark r.ser Ja-.kj « It vd A'tv.
VANGUARD OF DETROIT'S ARMY
GOES TO TRAINING CAMP TO GET
READY FOR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
FARMERS
OWN STATE
FAIR TODAY
“Grange Day” Brings
Swarm of Agricul
turists To Show
ADDRESSES ARE
BIG FEATURE
'Midway, Too, Crowded
By Soil Tillers Out
For Frolic
Michigan fanners are having their
Inning at the Michigan state fair to
day, Hated mi the program as
"Grange aay Agriculturists front
ail parts of the state, including a
large delegation front the fruit belt
on the shore of Lake Michigan,
surged thru the live stock, i vcge
table and fruit exhibits.
Huge tractors, plows, pumps and
many other farm Implement* re
ceived thelt share of attention Wed
: needsv The engineering building Is
j said to have ac' on:mod”-1eti mare
persons on Grange day than ever
j before. During the afternoon State
! grange official* addressed the farm
■ t-r-i In t-he odeon In the grove.
Side show proprietors reported n
capacity hu lneg? almost hefore the
dn) had fairly begun. Stella, the
fat girl, and the wild west show
rivaled the hors* exhibit for atten
-1 dance
Under the supervision of Poster
Walker, physical instructor, hoys of
the Michigan Sta'e fa r school,
which opens Thursday morning, of
ficially visited all departments of
the exposition. Wednesday.
Judging of hackney , French and
German roach, shires and Ulvdes
dale horses, polled Ibirhnm, Mere
ford. Jersey and Guernsey rat Me.
Oxford, Southdown and fat sheep.
Hampshire. Victorias and fnt swin*
i was started
Examination in the Better Da
I hies' contest, in the women's build-
I ing. continued Wednesday, as did
j the Girls’ Canning club contest In
I rhe dairy building annex
A live fork Judging contest hy
j youths from all over the state wn«
one of Wednesday’s tt* w Na'urfs
In competition for valuable prt/• -s
the youthful Judges passed opinion
on the choicest Monk
H„nd concerts, vaudeville, Tro
i works, night aeroplane flight* and
California Prank's wild west "hcv
| are on the program for »h«- enter
■ talnnient of Wednesdsv evenings
visitors in the grandstand at the
race track.
Gov Steeper. Congressman Pa*
rif k II Kelley and Senator James
A Murtha made «-peerh< s Tuesday.
•'Pratloiic dav." In the grove dnr
Ing the afternoon The s dlence
w'h*- composed eltiefly < f * ivtl war
i veterans
"No sacrifice should he too' great
! for ns to make when we consider
j tt"(. sut reme •.icriflee our *oldtef
box s are ready to make de late-!
•ho gor- rpor
I "When we consider their bravery
any self denial we may practice.
, seems Instgntflt ant In con*ra.*t
Agitators working for the inter
t ost pf a pro German peso e w ere
roundtv attached hy Mr Kelley
’ \merlca den and' today the lev
alrv <n l ilieriahre of every Individ
ual and every newspaper tn the
land.* he «n'd 'The most danger
one thing an American can do is
to talk of peace while the kaiser s
' armv is in France. Belgium and
i Russia ’*
Following tho speeches in the
grove the go\ ernor and his party
xlslted the child welfare exhibit in
the woman's building IwMer the
governor reviewed the afternoon's
events from an especially decorated
box In the grandstand
The gentle arts of the household
should not he lost sight of in the
j opinion of General Manager G. W.
Dickinson of the fair, and to that
end he has established a special
class for a girls' canning contest
It Is estimated that the vegetable
product of the country is $216/K><V
non, whll* orchards yield fruit val
ued at $222,000,000 every year. If
all this food were “made safe for
humanity - ' by canning, there would
he little food shortage, expert* say.
Deiroit women, members of the
Twentieth Ontury club, have al
ready signified an appreciation of
the great fooj} -avlng to he cfTegjed
by more general canning of fftm*
and vegetables, and are even ura
lng the eairving out of the opera
■ lion on a wider seope so as to pro
I vide retail dealers with supplies for
J general distribution.
It Is interesting to note that the
art of canning Is but a century old
It was discovered by Nicholas Ap
pert, a Frenchman, who sold hi
method t«> Napoleon Bonaparte.
Ah >ot IRlßzra D.iggart brought
to the t’nlti 1 State- a proc* -s for
canning lobsters, salmon and
oyster s.
The contc t at the state fair la
under the direct lon ol the hoys and
girl?' garden club department of
the Michigan Agricultural college
All canning will he done after ’he
i cold pack method by teams of girls
: made up of fotn metnhi rs each. The
teams are required to can two fruits
and three vegetables ufter regula
j tlons fixed by the contest hoard
There’s n house In G-erinnny that
' wa* hu'lf In 700 A D. and Is still
occupied.
She Has Sent Seven Sons to the War
1
Mi. W j IvsJi’l. m olilo'. . nt 11 JO t.*rilfi*-«t , H-hiArn. Ikat X#W
.Irr.n h #o.«#, <| unr* -r * of |. ro-(.r r iti an »Ptltlt«. max hold (hr rerord Is
1 hat -he a-- *r n( -rVrn on- (>• tki> s»r Itif J ere In Ike llHllih.
I'nmitl-n unit %mrrl*--xn -ritilr-. Ihr x xe: tlenrx William rixMall.
.1- irm< <t-4i Job a 11.,1x11. 11l S«fk 4. tlx.l-11. S3: William ailwit
flarfall. '.lt; \ Irlnr Madatl. T>| *■ 4r>mr4 lladoll. JR» Trxwrr Tl-dalt. ML
Men 11 I I-dnlt I- no —..-Mini 'n the RrlfUh nrnix. I <l«arj An ntlfc
•hr 1 anadlan-. n* I V Irlnr I* In I’natand x»l(h (hr Srnts r«N«llaMx
vtnrh la elan a mrnxhrr of a II rltlah rralmrat. Iraxrrs l« n n.mb
hrr of I nmiiaax V of *hr l l-xrolh rralixxrn( «f fnilnrrra In
Amrrlri* arm;, Jahn and VtlllU- -“a alan xxl*h (ha Aua trtmmr
forrr a.
NOON
IN DETR OI T f ONE CENT.
City All “Set” To Give
Soldier Boys Royal
Send-Off
MAYOR TO HEAD
BIG PROCESSION
Six Divisions Are Rep
resented In the
First Quota
The vanguard of Detroit's army of
conscripts is off for war today.
They are a mere handful of men
as compared to the city’s total
quota, hut every man of the 184 has
been selected for the first contln
g' nt at his own request. So. wbll*
hear the name of
they are volunteers In a way.
Detroit will bo proud of her flrat
contnbutlon to the nation’s near
fighting force when the boys, all
fine, stalwart fellows, leave the ar
mor.. at 12 1' and march to Wood
ward ave. and FHlzabeth-st. to board
cats for the Michigan Central do
pot. where they entrain at 1:16 for
Camp Custer, Battle ('reek. The do
, i.irture ,* set f or i 30, The Michi
gan Central has provided a special
train and many relatives are plan
ning to go along with the voting sob
oiors. they would postpone their
goodbyes as long as possible.
Marching alon? with the drafted
men will he Mayor Marx, member*
of the common (ounell, veterans of
, two previous wars and an escort of
police. AI Green's Band will pro
vide appropriate music.
7ho men leaving today represent
the flr'-t six of the 26 city divisions,
as follows No 1, 30 men; No. 3,
17 men, No. 3, 28 men; No. 4, 86
men, No f», 29 men, No. 6, 44
1 men. Along with these to Bftftl®