The Detroit times. [volume], November 13, 1917, NOON, Image 1

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German Blow Fails To Shake Italian Line
At the Rate of 100 Subscriptions
a Day for 60 Days
That makes 6,000 new subscription* for The Times,
docs it not? <lt does and it has—the greatest two
months' gam ever achieved by a Detroit newspaper.
KKiIITKIINTII VKAR. NO. .‘lB.
KERENSKY DRIVES REDS BACK
ON CAPITAL IN FIERCE FIGHT
NEW ITALIAN DEFENSE
LINES DUAL BACK FIRST
BLOW AIMED BY TEUTONS
Enemy Meets Severe
Repulse Around
g:o
KRITISH AM)
FRENCH' ACTIVE
Heavy Artillery in t*: Is
Reported On Piave
River
IvONnON, Nov IT-Italy's line,
reinforced with British nn-t Fr* nch
troops and guns, ha* successfully
withstood she blow niiu#d at
th# Pfave river poaltlan* by fh*»
AuairoAlorman forces according t«»
r4 »A*»ve«» Cnnia't. h»*
been estnblh h*‘d Iv'iwoon the two
forces alone practically The whole
lint- Heavy arttllorving w.r re
pcirtt>il.
The fir? t clash came apparently on
the Italian left (northern) wine
where the Teuton** force*- .-ought to
carry out « flanking move This wa
«• rtMind Asiago The enemy «.i« p*
pulsed and a s’ ont: roiinter n’t ark
reunited in the rapiur* of a number
of prisoner-, affording \>f Horn* ’-
version Berlin in f * *1 Mi.if Jt.uOU
Italians had bit n cut off
TWO AVIATORS
KIIT-KI) INTAIX
PORT won ni. JVx 1 Nov. 13
Second Lieutenant It I Johnson,
Canadian Koval Flying Corps. and
Sergeant Malloy. rniter! S< a’« >*r via
t|nn service,/ were Kill"'! Mop-la*
when an a* roptan* in wh.< h they
were (lying lell from a »r• • <«* i< .ht
Mao Trask I/oads
Red Cross Workers I
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BICE STIRS
T WORKERS
WITH TALK
!
Pells Fund Campaign
ers of Organization’s
Wonderful Work
Could all (he »uen of ivfrfldt have
been within '>nr K' T when the R'»
M S Tfke addressed the worker a
I enhvted for the Y M A. war
fund driv*. at . their firrt noondav
meeting and luncheon In th* i>»»troJt
Athletic club, Monday. H»?rolt’s
$700,000 quota of the $35,0(10,0A0
a«-ked from the nation, would he
Kir* ady oversubscribed, in all prob
It wi> >1 ’ll ’ i-.i • - ■ / i«f fh.i.’
no reporter unversed In shorthand
could expert to catch them nil, I>r
Hire fold how the ' Y" hut is min
istering to the soldier- behind the
lm* - in concentration camp* and In
our own cantonments, and how It
w« fitting tb** fm ? of religion to
the men who need' it."’ thereby
gt t-ping th*- greatest opportunity
for service that had *ver nine (o
i hri- 1 i inlt \.
But he made his strongest appeal
not us » preacher, not as a man
•a ho had represented the Interna
floral ) M t A on the battle
front and In the concentration
ramps in the uniform he was wear
ing at the moment, but as a father
of a hoy who has gone out to flgM
for his i oimtn as n patriotic duty.
n>rie w < re others father!* of light
iug men in li e crowd and the words
of I>r. Rice found an echo in their
hearts
"l|e was too young to he drafted,
so he volunteered." said the preach
er. and the crowd applauded "I
think a good deal of that buy I
don’t mind telling you I carry hi
picture in iiiv breast pocket, and
he i« constantly in my thoughts and
n inv prn\ er* But I <li'l not try
to keep him hack I hop* hi* will
come back. If hi* does not I shall
at hast have the satisfaction of
knowing that he gave his l!f» In a
noble service I*ath la n thousand
times sweeter than cowardice in a
dav Hk'* this But if mv boy comes
hack from the trenches a subject
of tin* cur-** of <ltlnk. or a mbfect
of the curse of vice, I shall have
something to * ay to niy government,
and ’ shall not mince words, cither
I have given mv bov wlllinglv If
he I* killed I will how my head and
submit to the inevitable, but I will
not stand for the other
"The hear*, the soul, the life of
ihe aorld !** in the tr* and
die battle camps todav Not in his
lory has the Christian religion had
such an opportunity for eervir*
There are a lot of pinhead preach
ers wlio think the church ha* a rival
in the Y M. <’ A., and for that rea
s,jti refuse to co-op* rat*' with I'
and there are a lot of pinhead Y
\f C. A. officials who are just a*
narrow. Ns a matter of fact, the
church and the Y M C A at** on**,
and they should he working to
thl* great n'*w opportunity that n**w
prcs.nta it elf to lit Ihe fact of r* -
tlginn to the no n who need It
"!n> y*ai know what they ar<* »«V
inc 'over there' already’ They nre |
asking. 'What Is th** Y going to do |
aft* r the war"' In the little French
town* when* Y' huts ar* I,
the villagers are saving: ’Wimp the :
wkr over, leave that hi re ' They
likvotsorn what an inf!u* , nc.e for y'o*>*l :
tt has to*,* n an<J they do not want to|
part with It 1 1
' This war is a wonderful thine I
In some ways. I.ife heretofore has
been a little too easy for Hie ml !
initiation of *hc great qualities of
men Oxer yonder ar** tren*h**-j
and camps filled with youth, the,
flower of the world, and over them I
DETROIT TIMES
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JV*» Vooß t>uYY To Xo BE- SAMDBAGGtb
>OOK COUNTRY ANb yyj YBib bOUfctY
You CHEERfOtLY b 0 <ofcT<i g OAT
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
*ll i' the blanket of death Yet,
knowing they are faro to tar** with
it, they (jn into battle with a reek
abandon Some' men rail It
fatalism Th»so men are nor fata!
tat Th«-v co to meet the enemy
fearless m H o confidence that death
doe* not end all.".
Stttjt. Kiiu by. of the British re
cruiting mis-ton. who cave valuable
if-M-tunre in the Liberty loan cam
paign a* a speaker with several of
the team* at different times. *King
th* * nltsted man’s point told how
the enlisted man regards th" Y.
M r A
‘ I have experienced the Y. M <’.
A comfort and care In the front
line trenches,*', .he said, "and I have
been met by the Y NT (\ A as I
hMv *■ come ba< 1 wounded from
I title if rhi people of Detroit don’t
appreciate what the army *Y’ is
doing I want to tn hack where
th*re are men who do."
Only ? t.t.si f.O in subscriptions was
reported Monday, hut none of the
men nreaent Monday was in the
least down hearted by the poor show
me Some of the teams are still tin
organized and expert to come in
from? later in the week And after
hearing Dr Rice's talk every man
left the clubhouse determined to do"
more than his part
Howard A. Coffin, chairman of or
ganization work, outlined a plan for
creating a friend!) spirit of rivalry.
Th" team* ar»- divided Into artillery
and iniantrv, headed by the Ex
change «luh end the lu-trnit Hot ary
elijlt, respectively. Mr Coffin proni-
I ed a dinner to the first division
reaching fi'ii.nrtO Because of this
feature the drive ha* ht < n christ
ened the Y “Over the top" cant
paign
Ttu largest amount reported l»v
anv tram Monday was by
Ralph Spencer’s organization.
Chnrlf Allinger’a team reported sL
mostly ea h, and the Adcraft
club, thru Richard Fowler, f 1.240
Tht included a SI,OOO donation from
David A Drown
I uman W. Goodcnnugh, general
chairman, urged th" men not to so-
Melt tin " funds as a gift, hut to
i.npr<-- on ’hose «oDcit»'d that they
owe |t to thcm-clve and th* gov
ernment to give all they can.
Mr CnfT'n said ’hat corporations
should tie solicited a* well a* In
dividual-. and their quota was fixed
at 1 10 of one per rent of their cnpl
tal stork It was thulr duty, he said,
to stand back of the men from their i
factories who had gone out to ftght
fev d< mo' tuxcv
ft, Is annoqnc ed ’haf the H H.
Kr-gd company w-fll devote .v* per
<ent of the gross sales In its stores
♦hruout the country Tuesday to the I
**Y” fund The entire amount sought
Ir fSß.ono.noo.
Tin- Colonial iheatet will g|v»- 7f>
per cent of the receipt* of each
matinee i|im m♦ * k.
Among th* large subscriptions
AMERICA'S CLEANEST NEWSPAPER
T 1 ESI) AY , NON EMII E R 1 :l. 1917 .
known to have been pledged Is one
of l-'.OOu from the J. I. Hudson com
puny and a like amount from Rich
ard H. Webber, president of the
company. J. I* Hudson, in his life
time, was one of the most active
supporters of the Detroit Y M c. A
One of the first men to "eonte
thru” with his quota is Neil M< Mil
lan, secretary-treasurer of th* Na
tional Can company. The team on
whose list his name appeared put
him down for lino, and he prompt
ly "dug down ”
In addition to the teams, some
1..’»n0 boys, including Hoy Scouts,
high school pupils and members of
the Elizabeth st branch of the Y.
M. C. A . are taking an active part
in the campaign. Each hoy has
pledged himself to earn tin during
the week for the war fund at any
sort of work he can obtain outside
of school hours. The hoys of »h*
Highland Dark high school have -o-nt
word to th" Committee that 11 ♦• y
have pledged fvoO.
Clubs engaged in the campaign,
outside of the regular tennis. are
the Detroit Rotary club, the High
land Fatk Rotary. the l>etrolt Real
Estate hoard, the fvtroit Use I’n
rlerwrit*,rs association, and the Fx
chant", Kiwanis, Vortex and School
masters’ club. In this respect th*
"Y" campaign organization corn**
pond* with class "C" of the Libertv
loan drive, all these organization*
having taken part in it
SUBMARINE SEEN
INMiD-ATLANTIC
Enemy \ rvsol Sisrhte<l , ' < io
Miles Southeast of Halifax.
Is Report
NEW YORK. Nov 13 \ -*<ond
report of a mi '.•marine having b* < n
seen in mid Atlnntfc was mad* pub
lie today by th* Fnlted Htat* > Hy
drngraphi* office The submarine
Was seep KoO mil* ■* : oldheas' of
Halifax, a week ago. It v.v- pre
vlouslv reported H 35 mil*-s off N< w
foundland.
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Adv.
( •(* s»r»li-e afanm'it
si Wxvn*■ II tel. Third and I*** f n I
for tsdlns and g»-ni» * *|*etv *intti *-■ d
n'ght T'knrinn nt Wayne Oar*l**i>a
every night Adv,
BLUNDERS
MAY LOSE
ALLY CAUSE
1 i «»> i) *.i:**h*-i
Uritish Premier latter
ly Scores Past Mis
takes of Entente
PARIS, Nov 13 Speaking at a
lun< heon given here y* st» rday in
! honor *if hi*- r**turn from Italy, l‘r*
nil* * IJeyd George of Great Britain
declared that from now on the clos
est unity is essential jf th* Allies
are to win the war
The premier bitterly scored past
blunders by the enf*-ntt chiefs
which he said were responsible for
the prolongation of the conflict
After r»viewing the Italian cam
paign. Llovd George said
“The war has he«-n prolonged by
particularism. It will b** shortened
by solidarity If th* effort to or
j gaui”* *hi t unit**! action |<*
reality, | have no doubt a- to the
Issue of ’he wat The weight of
ner* and materia, and of moral fa"
tor in ever; sense of the word is
n n our side
"1 *ay ft. no matter wl at may
hupp* n to Russia nr In Russia A
• evolutionary Hu sia neve*- an L
anyhing hut a menace to Hohen
lollertil in But even if w* ;.rv
obliged to dfspair Russia, my
faith In the fln.il triumph of th*
cause of th** Allies r* mains unshak
able.’
1 b«- Allies had contniitt< • and «a great
fault Mr TJovd Genig** said, i* m*
adequately assisting Herb in, in hold
; ng her line, with th•* r* aR that
the i < ntral emplr»-« brok< th* Mock
nde and pnu ur*-d nten and sup; ,(• -
ft**:n th*>- * net, without vhich ir
manx doubtless would have h* < n tin
• hi* t*. maintain the for* *-s *>f her
armies.
"Chy was this unb* llerable fauß
crrnimltte-1 **’, a«ked the premb r
"The reply la simple. It was b*
»i«u * no one ip particular wa»
charged guafdlng th*» Balkan
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tn *rr*)t n S--V*» .rn Mlrtilirnn MM* 1
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unit Clifford-«t.
STOCKHOLM REPORTS LOYALISTS
WINNING IN BLOODY BATTLE; 1,500
FALL IN SPORADIC STREET FIGHTING
Three Little Kiddies, Whose
Father's In Jail, Need Clothes
The father of the three boys is in
prisou. He has served two and one
half years, Just half the time the
law has deemed necessary for him
to expiate his offense Meanwhile
the three little chaps, who had noth
ing to do with the father’s crime
against society, are in want. Chiefly
they need clothing. Those who have
garments suitable for boys of 11.
eight and five years, may b« as
sured that thev will be put to good
use if entrusted to the Pathfinders’
club, at No. I’7 I,edvard-st. J. F.
Wright, president snd leader of the
Pathfinders, snyr the boys are fine,
manly little chaps who do not know
why Lheir penu doesn’t come home
SOUSA BAND
HEBE TO AID
RECRUITING
Gives Three Concerts
Today At Bazaar
In Armory
The opening of tji«• country fair
in tin* armor) at noon is the chief
event of the navy recruiting wo L
program scheduled for Tin d:r.
i Shortly before tho noon hour. Ijeut
I John Philip Sou.su and hi hand •>r
300 music ians from the- Hr»*nt i nk. -
I naval training station, t'hlc.tgn, *■«-
rort Harry H.'inder. Scotch <-om»>
diun. from Hotcd Sfatlcr to tt>*• rm
ory. l,uud*t will give* .1 “on.iniito
speech, formally opening tho fair,
and at 12:30 the bund will glv»i a
short concert.
beginning at 7 ;io tonight th*
I hand will piny < full program of, pa
triotic airs, and at 10:1(7 will play
again.
Others who will provide* enter
talnment for th* fdr during the*
afternoon and evening will be the
Heeled StatleT Holland (rirls orches
tra. Harry lender's bagpiper* and
Mira Ale-tn Shekel), a talented H**
troit dancer.
I<i* ut 9ousa arrived In I O'troit ten
th»* Wolverine from t’hicago harp
!y at 4 4S, and wa gre e *ed by Kn
sign I). J. I> ('nie'mnn, P*r,ti navy
recruiting officer, on who*-'** invita
tion h** CAmr tee IW*roit The -*pe
rial train carrying the band ro||**d
In I’it minute* later Sousa is proud
of these* m» n and -ol ,«-jfon-e of tM**ir
comfort. His flr-t question a* he
l**ft the trn n wan -i to th* state of
th< , -ohr ’ Hi I-1• n el. * it like
s o march In th*- rvn. I•• aa.Pt.
Sousa sj tinted -V* * ■*-r of a car
for his use in th. 1 v *1 down town
He pr,-» rre .l 1 - - t >■ ‘l I ’ e head
of hi - men 11 > *i ■ *i |u»'• 'i
m . - . *, » ,
did three musk-tan* t«e th*v swung
fin* into thei street from the* train
■ Ik 1.
Th* nunn ir* f i j * nrc< .? Tuor* i
. >v , - : --
not.*- faded. 7 I;• n thr* march down- I
rYoTtt 4 n'ric- - on th** crowd had I
fee-run tot g; r along •**»■ line *»f I
t ,*S h \L >■ ,* • t O • ■ ,r.
.
thru W 1 h • gt< ■Hd to Fnrt-at and
to the* Fort • t i’r* \vt* - *n church.
whe*r<* the murtc ans v •* served I
with i*ypp*»r hy th* Woman- Nation I
al Some** le ague tS hen the parade
neared the central [>f»nton of th** I
city It entered a r|oSe-lv peeked lane
*e f humanity Th** band *is not at j
and supply them with the garments
their little bodies are yearning for.
Mr \\*right says that if any per
son has clothing suitable for thesp
children and will send a postal card
to the club, the organization will be
glad to call for the gifts. He says
the eldest boy, tho only 11, Is large
for his age ami can wear sizes ordi
narily worn by boys of 14.
The mother of these three little
fellows has worked for more than
two years and has scrimped and
saved in every way possible to keep j
the children well and comfortably !
clothed, but she has at last found
the task beyond her strength and
so has appealed to the Pathfinders.
all stingy wnh Its music, playing a 1
long repertoire of patriotic marching
airs on the march down.
A sciuad of mounted polio# led the
w ay, Mavor Marx, Knsign Coleman |
und members of his staff being In
autos Just behind. Back of thi* band
came 50 sailors from the C S S
Wolverine and a full battalion of
Michigan state troops, commanded
by Major Armstrong and 100 Boy
Scouts.
I.leut. Sousa was accompanied by
#lrs. Sousa. They are registered at
th** Statler.
There is talk of a post season foot
ball game between Pittsburgh and
(leorgia Tech. These two teams ap
pear to be the class of the gridiron
season.
Isl no h,l|> v<>n hull*! *i h**m«*. \V.
teak** cr.notruction loans f>»-Ir«,lt a
N Them Mid- gnu JU-ln a l,- ,n
Ass'rv.. nir Wash lug t--n-bi v*J. :md
Clifford-st.
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NOON
IN DETROIT: ONE CENT.
Sanguinary Combats
Rage In Moscow
and Petrograd
MAIN BATTLE
NEAR GATCHINA
Kerensky MakimrGood
Progress Toward
Capital
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 13— Pr*.
mier Kerensky’s troops have en.
tered Petrograd and are “mae
tera of a portion V>f the city.”
according to a Telegraph
Agency dispatch received here
today.
I*
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 13.—Pre
mier Kerensky is winning In a
sanguinary battle around Petro
grad, according to dispitchea
from Petrograd, dated Monday,
received her® today. The pro
visional government forces at
tacked the Bolaheviki around
Gatchina and have made good
f progreis toward the capital.
Estimates of the Bolshevik)
strength received here from
sources favorable to them, de
clared the Trotsky.Lenine com
bination was'claiming 50,000 sol
diers and sailors. *
All Allied ambassadors and
ministers here today refused to
deal with the Bolsheviki.
flu FD l KEFS.
Staff Correa oondrnt United Preaa.t
I .ON I )ON\ Nov. 13 li'isht hun
dred killed ami wounded at Petro
*rrad anil 700 at Mohcow Is what the
Holalmvlkl experiment In govern
ment has so far cost Russia, accord-