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WEDNKSUAT. SEl' l EMBER r», I9t 7 .
«*/ Wish I Could Go With You to the Trenches , ” Says Wilson to New Army
W WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Expreswwr th*> wish that he could K n with the American army to the battlefield. President Wilson today addressed the following message to the citizens accepted for military service. It was
” r say m “the men r e"r’sipt°4 hoVwtiijriy n>v heirt° vi'thuiem and how my thoughts will follow them across the sen with confidence and also with (tenuinc envy, for I should like to Ije with them on the field and
Where the real and final I tattle for the independence of the I'nitcd States is to be fouieht. alongside the other people* of the world struggling like ourselves o make an end of those things which have threatened
j n tegt it yof their territory, the live of their people ami the very character and independence of their govemme nt Bid the t from a very full heart
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CAMP CUSTER IS IN READINESS FOR ARRIVAL OF THE ROOKIES
BY HAROLD V. WILCOX.
i-AMT < l STICK. HATTI.K
CRKKK. Mich, S«*pt 4 This 1* the
final lav of preparation for the
mobilization of th*- National ariu>.
Even i*o. we gather from conver*a
tion with aundrv officer* assigned
to I'amp Custer that it never would
do to discuss such an affair as the
mobilization of an American army
until after some mention had been
made of the Camp Custer officers’
football tram Kxrept that every
other cantonment probably Is as
rich in athletic material as Camp
Custer, this football team proTutbly
would he the be,-i t developed in the
country tins year It is to he com
posed entirely of offl ere. and It
challenge > anv an<l «very grid
squadron in ih* world that wishes
to debate the matter of supremacy
with it. ,
Topping the rosier is ■'Chief**
Gardiner, th* All \merican end who
SENATORS
FLAVEDAS
COWARDS
< ause of Wealth Draft
Is Taken To the
Nation’s Voters
CONSCRIPTIOXISTS
ARK VOTED DOWN
Wealthy, Themselves,
Would Have Done
Better, Says Borah
WASHINGTON, Sept 4—Sen.
atori battling to make riche#
pay the war bill* were trounced
today. The Holli* amendment
to the revenue bill, which would
establish war profit# as the dif
ference between normal profit#
and the total 1917 income was
beaten. 57 to 12 by thoae favor,
ing the committee plan. Senator
LaFollette'# amendment placing
a 60 per cent tax on war profit#
was then beaten 50 to ’8
WASHINGTON, Sep- .5 With a
vr>*» on ’ll* w r profl 1 - tax section
• ' th' r<M inr t ill only 1’ 1 hour*
»»av, th* **-na-e wealth con-crip
tlotilat* Tu'-»dav laid their cau.«*e b*'
fr.r* Ihr count r*
Senators Johnson and Horah, in
*tateiti r nts i>, *h*- people, assail'd
‘ ’h< attitude of tenderness for
wealth and di-regard for th* pur#e*
of the a\ erase rnan ”
"The i->ue i«* here " said .Tohn"on.
*’l l is a question of being.lavish with
our blood and tender with our dol
lars."
Horah adu* and "What a pity that
dollars and cent* are not flesh and
blood, that we might without hesi
fancy lay th** conscripting law upon
them to make them help win the
w ar "
TANARUS! e 20 men who are hatfling to
mak* money pay while men flgh»”
d'-clar th• ■ll Issue will be fought
out by f1: '• people in local, cone res
► iona! cid th* next national cam
palgn Many -c-nutor*. are prepar
In*-, -pcerh' s to deliver in their home
stat*-s ilu ltig the coming recess
" am uign- begin long before
nun ir<- * minuted.’’ one of these
sad t<>d i' The bill is now an Is
out th'- land and certain
I* gi i.it<i w 11! regret they helped
nmkr i f "no.'
Tt <u- ti ' of l*-tters are flooding
the t. n**f• offl*-* building d*-mands
of th* p* .p|* to conscript wealfh
frW-nd* of uch i program say Even
ti * .|. *?i\-e draft did not so stir
th* public tnind. it l« claimed.
"If the country’* men of great
Wealth wore called on to settle this
question." Senator Horah said to
day, 'I be| i•• \ c they would s*-ttfe It
more patriotically than the senate
I- disposed to do Their patriotism
Is of a high order and they are
willing to have what they’ve* made
out of th* war conscripted Tempo
rarily laving aside* the question of
percent in." of war profits taxation
the* *o nat*> today discussed methods
of eopiputuu' taxable profits Sena
tor llolli- t*r, "* einseriptlonist,” of
fe-re*l an miendinent to commit the
*« nnt* to tfie plan advocated by
th** -* .l*-t* mdlng more from ri' he#
Tin plan is to compute peace prof
its by Averaging Th*- profits of two
out of tin*.* of the pre-war years
1911, IT* 12 and 191 jl. The actus!
war profit would then tie ascer 1
tain-**! bi subtracting the normal
*icrag* peac* profit frotn the net
1917 Income
ThD pro* « dure w«»uld> levy * tax
*«>n!> on trletlv war profi*« and not |
on all profits a-* by the rontmlttee
plan
The commit!*' program of knock
ing down vcr\ amendment 'h r 'on ;
s< rlpt lon for*-» - put up wa« well'
under wav »o*lay Johnson’s 40 per]
ten* prm iston and LaFollette’* 7*> |
and t>s per cent amendments lay |
THE GERMANS WILL HAVE TO GO SOME TO BEAT THE CAMP’S FOOTBALL TEAM. COMPOSED OF BEST COLLEGE MATERIAL
battled on the grid for Carlisle some
>**arn Hgo, and who starred on an
Independent team at Detroit last
tall Incidentally, thl* Gardiner won
a captain’* compiiaalon at Fort
Sheridan and will command a com
pany of the Eighty Fifth division.
He In *ald to be the flr.-t full blo*»<l
ed Indian ever proffered a captain's
commission by the I'nited States
Gardiner is In every way worthy of
thl* distinction, and will go higher
If the fortune* of war «re kind to
him. In any event, he’ll play a
corking flank *>n this football team
The other end will be Stavrum. • I
Wisconsin In the backfleld will !>*■
Costello, of Georgetown Del’tato
and Blake Miller, of the Michigan
Aggies, and Tucket, of FVnn*\vlv;i
nla, all of whom are well known to
Detroit sport lovers. Cornwall, of
I’nlversity of Michigan fame, will
play renter, and flanking l.mt will be
<i huge gentleman from the I’niver
t-ity ot Idaho, whose name Is Mab
butt. Ward, of Georgetown, and
Dow man Thompson and S*v»d*T. all
l frotn Ripnn college, ar*> among the
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printed matter and instruct 1 n ■* 1 ill *-u* and n.a Immediately.
trampled under foot Hl* 6d p* i
cent provision is n«xt due to the
guillotine.
Small Fry Must
Stand War Expense,
Declares Johnson
WASHINGTON S* pt 4 Swollen
tax**' will come to haunt the small
merchant, tradesman, farmer and
manufacturer if the government
does no* conscript wealth to pay
war tolls
This warning was sent out today
by Senator Johnson, California, as
he resumed his labors to 1 »»\ 5 more
taxes on th*- war profits of great in
dustries than are provided in the
flnnnce committee bill His emit and
collar off and sleeves rolled tip. ’he
lug Californian was found at his
office answering correspondence.
From all parts of the country have
come let'ors and telegrams, sympa
'hiring with his fight to have'blood
profits pay for the war. Hut many
are anxious l*.-t his plan result in
business depression So Johnson
took Mine off today to explain Just
what his fight means to the «\er
age citizen and average busim ~
man of the fount ry
• Two hostile and utterly Irroi on
cilahle philosophies of war taxation
are fighting for supremacy in the
I’nited States senate,’ Johnson he
gan ‘One view voiced and led by
Senator I’enroae, In conjun* tion
with Senators Smoot, Lodg**, Sim
mons and others, representing ap
parentlv an overwhelming tnajorl’y.
Insists upon a minlmura of taxation
on wnr profits; while the minority
group of senators like Horah. H*d
11s, Kenyon and Me Nary in-Df* on
the maximum of taxation of war
profits
‘ Hri*-fiv the plan of the minority
which was rejected by the senate
in the vote upon my amendment 1s
to average the profits of a business
for three years before th* war, to
deduct this ftil 1 pre war profit from
profits made during the war and tax
by 7b or 8b per cent the remainder
For Instance, if in three years pre
ceding the war a corporation made
profit*- respectively of s7B,bbb, Slftb,
nob and $125,000 the a'crar:*- p«*ac<*
profit would I)** slbn,oob If, fluring
the war the same concern made a
profit sis $200,000 a vear, from this
war profit would be deduc ed the
SIOO,OOO average peace profits and
the tax would be levied upon the
SIOO,OOO excess war profit.
"The group led by Penrose would
tak*- of war profits 111 per rent Th**
group led by Horah and Hollis would
take 70 to K 0 per cent We who
favor high taxes of war profits In
sisted the expenses of wnr should
b* paid by ihose who profit nv war
that the burden of taxation lies
least heavily upon the gnat mass
of our people when taxation can be
laid upon enormous sums coined nut
THRIFT—
\\ aste.l (i<*lln *-s n®'<* » »r ha*-k f** vmi yr.ai should
**bv*» some es rh**n
tnv*>-t tuem witii «1 «• -»***| w* \»i|t i*u* O.rm to work.
tX'hen you want them th»\ w *1 h* i»s*l\ f. r you, mean
while they will h* -arri iik <•’! S g"*'d rs** of Interest
Our system makrs \ . ur <t dlar® **«rti v • j f> per tent
WE PAY 5% ON SAVINGS
I «s[frg Rational jCoatt Sc
| j|nu£Btmrnt If ompanp
| 120 Farwell Bide.. Detroit
I Resources over $1 450,000 00. Established 18U9
Other knights of the moleskin avail
aide. A glance at the regular army
officer* indicates some West Point
toot ball material, and if the majors
.tnd colonels of former athletic
prowess decide that they wish to
H-IKJW their youth, they will get a
11.. nice 011 ibis team of commission
ed officer*.
This team is prepared to play
week-end and holiday dates at Hat
lie Creek. I hicago or l*»trolL All
it a-k# is foetnen worthy of Its met
tle and a hunk of the gate receipts
for the Red Cross Interested g**n
tlemen * an w rite any of these .*ffl
11 rs for further Information regard
ing dates
Final Mobilization Plan#
Now that this tootball team Is
safely launch'd, th** "ar <-sn rs
sum*- Plans ure complete for the
receipt 01 the conscripts, who "ill
begin to arrive Wednesday The
officers in charge of the receiving
end of the mobilization of -he Mi h
igaii and Wisconsin troopers of the
National t*-mv addressed all of *h*-
of our misfortune and our nation’s
P* til thic when the supreme maxi
mum sacrifice is required of human
ifv at l*-a<’ sotii** sacrifice -hould be
I required of the wealth made out <»f
1 I. imanity > sacrifice; that we should
| not be lavish of *.ur blood and ten
d* r of our dollars "
"Th* answer made by Senator
Pent*' *■ and his followers is that
by .-uch taxes as we propose we In
.nr*- hu-iness and prevent produo
11 \ tty and preclud* the ordinary
flux of industry. This we deny
England fakes now so per cent of
war profit- an ,j the financial ex
i pert, of England say business wa
never h*tter n«ir profits greater
"England took .*■>» ;* r <* n» of her
war profits the first yeai and w«
ti>vr our business concerns 100 per
* • nt. England t*»r>k fifi per *\tP of
her war profits th<- second vear and
\•* g. \*• our people 100 per c'-n’.
Er.rland took so per cent the third
>*ar and we, trembling and timldlv
will tak* ::i per cent and give to
!hn«e who mad*' literally bi'Hons
out of war travail and crises, prac
■ tii ally pet cent of this year’s
, war gains.
"Every dollar we refuse to take
] today from those fabulous war prof
i’>. profit which gave the pacifists
ground for 1 ailing 'hi- a corpora
tion w.-it line b* paid ultimately
by c * mall merefant ;<tul small
prop* :■'> ow n* r iin*l th* average clti
zen. Tnda' we have a financial
reservoir on which to draw a re<»*r
votr of w lr profit® which the people
have rre.it* *1 bv th* ir patriotic out
I pouring of money to finance detnoc
t rac\ s fight The moment war
cense® ih* moment that reservoir
dries <»f course tho**e making
these profit cry ‘wait, wait, waif '
Th* y mean that w-e shall wait
| until .they have safely pocketed
! then wnr profits, until the war has
I ended v -h unheard of liabilities
• and debts upon us all.
Then the full hill must he *paid
by the small merchant and the aver
age property owner, and when that
-ime come- th* merchant, the trades
1 man, the farmer and the ordinary
property owner, as he sorrowfully
gaze*, upon his swollen faxes, will
wonder why he was indifferent and
supln* when th* endeavor wra« made
to lighted his burden and to com
pel tl o . who profited by war to pa\
a just part of the expenses of war. ’
Prl-ifliK —Hie plain not kind—fbnl
la rlahl—l'lbim Job I»ep».—M aln i'*J*l
He Is a Robber Right
If -. -in* t" him with *tandriiff
nrv! >*.<* »c h**iiie w-ifhmit It. and
H.» n >*■ 11r hair stops falling and
the in hmg and pimples quickly
disappear, an*l you don't have to
pax a« you enter, you pav w-h?n
. -« v alcohol .*r
a Id un*l ha'niiess and ed*»rle##
t r* at m*-nts,
IKK AM.rn,
Mll|**n \p(«.. Suite a. IV. I’nrtfr
sl. I’lia.ne ( hffr* I.VXI,
DETROIT TIMES
company officers this morning, giT
uig them their final instructions.
The quartermaster's corps must car
ry a tug portion *>f the burden of the
mobilization. It is equal to the task
Dots and bedding have beegi distrib
uted to all the barracks and will be
ready for the new- Sammies. Th*-
water has been turned on, the bar
racks ha\* been wired and lighted,
and the mess serg* anfs announce
that square meals will greet all
bands.
Two receiving stations have been
arranged Troops coming from the
west will he dropped at one and
troops from Iktrolt ward will disem
bark at the other Immediately aft
er leaving ihe trains, which will be
-witch'd to the cantonment spurs,
the newcomers will be sent thru
what might be termed a Warehouse
chute There thov w ill draw under
wear. jackets, tunics, trousers, hats
and all sorts of personal equipment.
Then th*' will find a warehouse
divided into 4*M-tions flagged with
'-•tv tnd county names Conscripts
NATION-WIDE EIGHT ON
FOR FIVE-CENT LOAF
WASHINGTON. Sept 5. The people'* figh' for a flve-rent war loaf has
begun thruout the nation.
Organized lahor. the American Home Economics association and other
powerful organizations Tuesday served untie* on Herbert Hoo\er that
cheaper bread is possible, vital and mus' be accomplished
The message wa_s delivered thru J W Sullivan, of the American Fed
eration of Labor, consumers' representative on the wheat price fixing com
mitfee
That a fl\ecent loaf could be marketed profitably with $2 20 wheat
was the argument submitted bv Henty J Wafers, president of the Kansas
State Agricultural college when the wheat committee had bread prices
under discussion.
There is wide difference In his figure- and those of the food adminis
tration, which said elght-cent bread was the cheapest the housewives could
expert
Bakers' representatives say the fhecent loaf is impossible at $2 20
wheat.
ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES—IT PAYS
llaglcy Avenue Baglay Avenue
Adjoining the Adjoining the
Statlcr Hotel Statin' Hotel
The E. M. Bigsby Cos.
Will Open Their New Building
Wednesday , September Fifth
With An Attractive Collection of
High-Class Wearing Apparel
FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS
Coats , Wraps , Suits, Gowns, Street Costumes, Blouses
Special attention has hern gin n to the
nerds of the girls returning to schot ’
I. P. NORTON
1467 Grand Phone Grand 5968
I own and conduct the largest Undertaking Establishment in
Detroit and can save you more than half the high cost of a
funeral.
s3o: A Beautiful Casket S3O
This is the best broadcloth Casket ever sold in this or any
other city—and never sold for less than $75. Our price is S3O.
\Ve have Caskets in the costliest woods, such as Mahogany,
Circassian Walnut, Oak, etc., the finest cloths, Silk, Plush, and
Metal cases at corresponding low prices.
Use of our beautiful new Funeral Church FREE TO
PATRONS.
I am as near you as your Telephone—
I. P. NORTON, ind ss!eSt2ker
761 Michigan Avenue
| from the same portion of the two
j states wul be ask*-d to assemble
»t th* places designated for their
locality Then they will be rlassi
fled, assorted and assigned <>rdl
narily. boys from the -am* county
or town will serve in the same com
pany and the same regiment. For
instance, if th** l*ansirig conscripts
are to be field, artillery, prm tb ally
all of th«* lainsing boys will be in
that service and in *1 • -ame 'ivtlal
ion.
FTxceptlons to this rule wdl occur
when a particular young man L'*w -
a special fitness sot a particular
service. All troops will b* *)u<‘s
tion«'d regarding their previous or
cupatlon and training, and <-a:e * I
be taken to avoid misfits, ev* n *’ *»
a lad should be separated fr 1 11 h*
home town neighbors All eng i* ••-
undoubtedl' will he placed in ti*-
signal corjis Several officer net !
ing stenographers ar* waiting foi
the draft to supply th* p*-n pu-10-r .
**nq aim**®* hiiv on*’ who c;*n haui'le
a truck on uncertain going *an
gu <*** pretty accurately Just what
he will do.
Aristocratic Truck Crew#.
Hiving been classified, assorted
and assigned, the young ni*-n will
be marched to tlp-ir barrack*, wh*-re
they will li.iv* a chance to get info
their new rainu nt and t*k try the
springs of ih*-ir new cot*. There
they will meet their company com
manders (ul ilerkely will have
charge ol rn 0 ’:-feting in the new
tr*«>p-, wh*n will be done soon aft
*t their airnal Medical examin.v
tion will h* a part of the mustering
proceeding and so will the vac
cinntlon* tnr -mallpox, typhoid fev
er un.l paratyphoid After this ac
t ual training will begin It is expect
jed that th. *arlv arrivals will 'b*
veb.p m p.i'.h an *>xt**nt that it
will In- |ioßsibl« to name them non
-1 coiiimi sion* and nlfic rs when the
■omplete hi gam at ion is effected.
I’h* .. rtet ma tet s department
will maintain da> mid night shifts
vt the receiving stations, and It Is
iplann'd to have the whole mobiliea-
Burglars Make Rich Haul.
With Emmett Beeson and his
familv wen- at ’h*- -tate fair, Mon
da>. his horn* at No 22.1 Chicago
blvd w a < titered thru a w indow
an! wiirth of jewelry and sll
verwav w i r»- stolen.
Children Ory
FOR FUTCHER7
OA3T O R : A
Safemuk
Infants «nd Invalids
HORLICK’S
THE ORIGINAL
MALTED MILK
Itl ti nulk malt'd g-atn. in pnwd**r
fir- K**r Infar.i-* Invalids arid #rf>w-
Ing l ! Idi r-n Pure nutrition, up
bn IfMng *’ • whole body Invigorate#
rur' n„- Hint 1 *r« and til** sg-d M**re
rutrtlou* tluiri ten r>iflTe*>, etc fn
stf.ntly prepared ftequlre# no eonk
tnK s t ,li«*)*.i*, » ( VO! #sme PH**.
tion work on a dav and night basis.
The young officers ar*- having a
merrv week of it. It has been th«-lr
’a.-k to get things ready for ifi**it
men. and they ar*- going to il with
a right good will They all are ba’
tllng f*jf trucks to haul equipment
from the war*-houses to th**ir bar
rack-*, and in main instances are
doing tli** loading ami driving th* m
selves We saw one truck boiling
an officer driver and four other n
flonien with commissions. The art*
tocratic quintet was going after a
loud of cot* Officers actually out
number enlisted men here now, but
that situation will he speedily n-m
edied So will the matter of who
oriv*>s trucks ami load* cots.
Th** battalion of the Thirty third
Michigan which ha* be* n stationed
here for guard duty, exp. ets to leave
soon for th«* Waco camp, where the
entire National guard brigade will
train
It Is believed that a troop nr two
of regular cavalry will he *..-nf to
Gamp Custer to relieve the militia
men as military police The Thirl\
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Particularly Strong
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for the Older Man--
At S2O to S4O
They are just the kind of suits we like to have
hard-headed business men pass judgment on.
They are j?ood values. The tailoring is worth
looking twice at. The woolens are strictly pure.
The cut and style Mill appeal to the man of
middle age. There is nothing al>out these suits
that could offend the most refined taste, either
in the cut or the pattern.
And there’s a size for every man. whether he he
tall and stout, short, or regular.
f'2o to S4O.
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W * rnrrj th* iihotr on r* »»imnM* murila*.
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ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES—IT PAYS
third plans to hold a military fu
neral tomorrow for Private Georg*
Pollock of Company H, who waa
drowned in Lake Goguac. Monday.
Pollock. whose home la Owosso,
tried to stand up in a canoe and
wa* tipped Into 20 feet of water. A.
laborer from the cantonment also
waa drowned In the same lake Mon
day The fatalities moved the Rat
tle Creek folks to call off their I.a*
bor day program of water sporta.
Several of *he reserve officer*
have not been placed yet, and they
tre fearing assignments to the Na
tional guard ramp at Waro. About
: I Oft boy s who 1 rained at Fort Sheri
dan and failed to win commissions
I l ave arrived as enlisted men in the
| national army. They will he made
! noncommissioned officers.
The camp was pretty well desert
ed' i.abor day w hen the construction
men were given the r first holiday
in a lon Rtiine Lvrn ’he officers left
camp in large numbers and many
joined the Labor day parade Con
struction was resumed at full blast
i Tuesday
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