The Detroit times. [volume], November 14, 1917, NOON, Page PAGE 7, Image 7

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WKI) N KSI) AY . NO \ F. MHKR 11, 19 1 T.
CITY ASKS
PERMIT TO
BUY COAL
Offered Supply But the
Price Is Beyond Pres
ident’s Maximum
I *r. il it ry A G,»rfl» li|, national
..J ~»»! admin i-o r atnr. ha* a hard Job |
nh« id of Mm in deciding about tin*
coal t la-trolt. The council com |
mi, tee on u.,v and mean* devoted I
-•*%. ! M boor to the proposal. Ino t
and loronoon. ml th<-n il-clded to
|. t* i tic t \, I d< < iblon along to Oar
!* *m . at' ilia* on An* 17 laxt
‘John c - ,m> rity fmd agent.
nd .« • ciiMiiir of the Henry*
• ihi in..:, u ii. o lopuunt company, ■
■ (■ >,,i •i, >, i \\ \* ientered into a ]
( r.,; o. .ii tons,of r< al f<• r j
I ,i ton f. o l» j
, h.irb >’.o:i Mi MoCalii r.'pr**< nt
•I|K I r. * 1f Ii Iva-lrv a ’'.«l|
x, . iV ■' *'.T‘ • mon'v -tbtnMted j
•f, ts • re 1 tt« and • miniuor' on ways
a ‘da> morning th* i
j| . . and in ill the terms, !
i » 1 1•!111 Mo niiitriii.t I
~. ... r i final verlflci, j
~ i,. (, , »\m» agents wor* !
. :r i, itJ; . *>»»• < *n *ni ot th, ir prln i
, . ( -\V4shii ; • and hl« 1
~, .7 * .• th- price of |
\\ . VirMma on.il at a ton. or j
~ ... |, : tt, •, tho price named
H , . ■ . 1 ii*,* ,gn ,-d iiiitmi
TrVf.' r tb. r conflict.' Mr M
/
. . .. !n -h, waste
n .111. i..|i i. .). s, a , .1
The • '> w r.G ’*• coal lint is' vs’lll
(p P Il' !> I*;, T. r u ... but It if a quo"
,h. j< •• 11 ■ r*t•' did not iMi’Omf »
, . ... ii, ir ■>* and afi<•: the
pi'.-aba: -ad Piled tha' tl •* price
I . ii< rommlt'o h- ard Mo
_ I iln. ldi.il tit !• (•»
n „ I)5 , j |j, ti,. contract and l* eater
,o ... . . n.r.o ’ pr,. . if Dr
, ... '! |, f ■ Tile whole I
Int i>M vs v. • lor the 'wo agent a
• , McCabe bad to have
_ ,li|y .*l'l KeCloV
lot* *’• and *■ and
.. .. 'I
!a' • ' .
Xt, •• (v 1 .1,- WrC.'ih. .v *! ■ y
~ ,etr ,> » ’ t o want 1 - to cot
.! O that bo ran fur
to ? • • 'to ‘die n • Hi C a;- .
' . | 1.. , . ~| , y,,.,t
r r f P I
nv Tli dto »■« »b<- f.T '
that the rrv . n -v nt is ordf rlng
hipped to d.-'aiti po.m , according
f„ iMel-o. " el ... end
M I.- • I b.ods . ft"
, f ruifi,' . which ihi- pro.
j/, X , e . i In* “
1 I-i ■’ iff which <an !■> ui-fst null
I n ’, {.. ; rn.i . w .tli ton-od dtaft. wna
mined i ;"r• than •" >‘ H' ago
v., i ,| , a *dli ! itt of tb“ \ all*-v«
and ovri . tan i adroa«l Mac I- for
a t .!f , .1-1,1 V The tra< k !mv<
in < p ,||. ■•ndon* and i* to I the Mfttngs mo
not now loaded. M < alo m thl*
i in b* it -* t! for -ainu ot the Hfy In
ri itiitiotr - >nd rob-a-o cood < <ml now
hr i.j th< tn for dnmi stfo n- H*'
will jr -t-e no r-M nntmondaiton, but
v m . I’ jui! ~ report to ih* cotinril
Tm das night on ht« flndmgf Tina
<oni world < <)*! about s•> a ton in
l>. * Milt.
I ti i-r.n *optfal plan-** wti; b*
, !i< Il**f
ii i i•« 11 r*• I to
ni*pi• i. and» til ii-<l H ■on «t * n
flat h» i-ii a:> ■ rtto. »' ji,.(i.t v bo-n
n. ip i , err i t v. •
Thi*s. so s.-p i. i- th• opinion of 'hr
bljr coal of»«THtof« of the east.
According to iActrolt's fu**l agent
be pot a lino on a lot of Independent
- oaf aha' iron I no* controlled by
<he railroad wliii b h*' ''MB obtain
fl ! 1’ • ’I 'f "111 f ' ■ ■*’ "
I tr.fl ;•( ti,. livtiev TltiN Mill cost
more delivered here, it will be
up to the count 11 *o ««y whether
the City want- to purchase at *hls
YANKEE STRENGTH
ALREADY FELT
CiKNKVA, Nov. 11 “ Anieftra' -
T»r* • on tti* vfHlrm front Is »l
r..nd' f« it,** and« 'lan and tho FrnnKfurt
or y. Itnnr in i«n »■ in r*<*iwd h> n
fodji y '‘Tin ill), and air «nprrmfii'v D
mot" ,>iml ntnn- mnnlfoyt Rrrr-nt
hr «u |«* « of tjrrinan HM-nplanrs
ih(fs'ln *n <ttt" to nvlnfnVi . motif i*f
Anurtrnn aviator*."
kin. rT \ r 111 ri< : > i
; aviator (rvlfft has tint jet Ron* 1
i into a» flop all ho a larim number nf.
I plot ■ li t h* in frmnint in France
Children Ory
FOR HETCHER';
CASTORS A I
ON WAR’S
SIDELiN S3
SOMKWnrni. IN 1 \l IM A/O' * < f .a- S* rv MK H . Nov 14.
SOMi: vtor cone , i ; ‘ •i r t-.mM t"f
the C,later sectoi don.h.N . not the Klghiy l-lflh
! divifiun begin ... dig • ’ ■ r.., I system. *hlch
IS about a lull • lon .<| . J - • P ' located atop a fan)>
level plateau that .-!■ - 1 a -oo river. Hit*
peiiet rates a tiiti I. i -1 1 ' 1 .
\ , , , . , 1,,. , let of a Mile
ia ns from < lima , "> \
Is a ridge that i * ii‘ uv ' *‘i It
pondep.s t ame upon the tit m - •t : d'mit :m, ibnllmg sea . h
for the Place, this rid re |< t\ - ’ * 1 "" ‘the
who freqmnt agrlt ul.ur and r i ' ' - the
ridge then. Ignorance, . . . ' • ' ■ t ua rapt . n whisp. p-d
that the t.ermau-* w-.e . ‘ ' V em-eedlngh
’ ' M.mh, probably
would not be dug tM « A f 1 ' c will take ■lMh«*
mones appropp.-ted t-c - t . .. ' >■' ■ dd .be field
- » vs.ll . . . Uft- l< il low of
fortification * thm v 1 - . , . . , ‘ .' uU of , h ,
bu l.t .* r ‘ • , ... Hun- in dangerous
Boenes. 1h- b"> w tit. nn-i i "
proiimlty.
Several brtltal,"ti w. m - - - - u M " n ' l *>' lh, ' v
found Iho various n> •* «’ • '•« ••• -> m * ,n 1 r "* '■'*"• 'logouts, cap • ,
listening posts, admmist!.. n 11 ■ ' " U''no herd
stag. ,1 out for them. Ii ■ • t • f > -'• rl -cking ftakeii ,
hot s. ad tetrad up m. •. •• K l.efore H »,- btateu
. I ...i „|. ~ ,nH .... . ..... I , ■ , and; ■ f*| * is ihH W bt-feaS
Into - übmls-tuon anu 1 1
tin' bos* coils and kiiiii - ii '■
ov.r the place and spot -ah • ' • >b’am who ,
located the IJertnaii- for lb- • '• 1 1 ' l«> "<• ** ! * ,l *‘ l ;
august pr.-s, nc. and tom- • • • ' ', )['„ T J' n , lem.m '
Hun» were popping nv • • « >
of the prt •> with tli- i -I ; ‘ j,...'.,,,
ground when under lire, l - > r . ■e ' t •!' r .-
were lying prom m .• t- . , t„, a
minutes later the order wa rr,\* o
a vard .square and 15 'n< 1 • P ■• - •* ‘ ;n* »•> “ !
parapet corn of all th- din 1 -■ '- - 1 nt >"
were H«re from all artt'l-n br ' • : ' I
lna much a th. soldi*. - , wer- -- ■' . ' ' all ,ht dig-,
gmg the performanc w.. a.•. pt. i " • ' “ ,v ' • in "''
L ...., langer the men began ]
*p n* th.. «.-h ...a. 1.. V . .... V I-I •' *«•"' t«r .h*Bj .
■ ' ■■■ ' .
\
' ... ..,)»• i.f the ( lassie fe-i j
,nt great -* t rerv. I»l - di- •■' • . K . .
.... t ,>.*. ~u.hr tr ,Aiiin- i- • ' ii • I,' t' ng i"her numbers
' r> ' ,r j n ) ; ' r m ■!, t V. i- • . !• :me nrltx. the occu
pa.cn'of 'in il'.' ril..» ■' ' ' »»«** around
j combat.
The noi»t:hl-c> Hi'd
HAVIN' * henvn W• i»• I m lb* - Hoches across the |
wav had ten 1 m. ''■"" " Permitted j
so w *„• - t. ii: •-i r tan try battalions
r illed opt V[.,t ■ i- lit * ' was not speed* I
* • '..up: -low ly
m -• it urea of tn rob con
.n .(■ V .. . .. ....... |,b....d .... th-t
dm.K°r,' n . .nn.-'"* ... -‘l 'C V. '• ' ■ - M. k Cr..(!,, .1u.,, I.J
-d •< WIM" *vef. .- " 1 1 •” NM '• T,;
Who wet, not op'd'' -1 W • -• • to the j
|. ni«,lit >"ti or-, ,7b. t.r,e - *IM ht u"d m the rm atlon ,
tu ■. . „ .1 . .. .. • .•»•* there 1 w,.| trip if .
-»t mot »o eom* • , .j, *. ;. al ,in be writ i*-n "j et eon- !
' i, j„ , ». -.<l 'hat the bring trtmhe;*!
'’ ' _ : . , •~n r. cite* w ill be j
i w ~ r,* - 'I 1. in front of every trench j
and it- I'V't.*:' i.f* ?> • w’i. • 1 b.d v. -. <on yap* lon that j
! VV)! j str ,^ r (.trot to ti.. * * v f from the tie,-man lines to
: ~her to ar th< allied Vto \ * ' - *.- • will r .iK- that gulch behave j
j itself.
Tim w .1- cottev pond- , ' , ... r ft,- hill,*- for an hour before ;
'Mo V I am, Upon Mo t] 'b- ;’* r > w .’ n:i ’
the tr* tubes Wife To b»- h- and .’’‘l latol sOMeW ii*re ,
iin Kalamazoo countv Tha* -• i « * vtciil < f available informa j
' non. The genera! impi, ' - ' • - j-unt down the Mar
•et ..." M'. I 1 . .... - • ,i . ’ ' • I1 . . ,;• •. |
th.it f ev< t v b",l ■ MiOip hrs ! •' * t'Mfti a Mot »- re to ..,r j
ih«- llarmoti'U probab ' " b foetid near -tne j
neeX 'V, and dlrcU v' to! he V ,o 11a rim nb. road These j
lit), ~ . i,, t rod-;», and in -• belmung ihie your:
reporters are dev* loping i m
.Thp> r;Sv ft
ON th» way we p.t * ' ’ ! il. w bleb |.s to become
i tb>- most . pi.g- in Mir'.iL-.in', That is when
ti- :*.;imh b* . «> u r« glments is bur
"CA.Oe '•" " • *ct »• -mbpic.r SUb
• ran* -ii f' .iu b- v < < M ml its howitzers, j
Goes Clear Through
' II mi 11l i nm mbhmhb-.
pi ► Why Wait?
tin i. i
r'.J3j * 1 Herr is no reason in the world why
on should not buy your Dort Four
i season ear now.
ngjfejjftTT* *pf l iberty Bonds arc better than gold or
fr- v*^V r greenbacks with us—so why delay ?
Now is the time to enjoy the cozy com-
C it C I‘tt of a Dort Fourseason Sedan or
ran in ays.- Sedanet the host chassis and body
My -nr. .« > r value on the market — in both looks
prompt-v ■ 7 rft 7 7 i»nd ability built for service.
« fair charge
Vr nil u srpvicr Ihe Fourseason Sedan is slo9s—the
* ,?r’i.,',’ PourscHson Sednnet is SB-is—Tounnfe
station <»•*, \ car or Roadster $725,
ar<* for yotjrvvlt’
sjp r-it
C W. Fratiklin Company
>l)(J Wcrfvdward / 936 Ifffe non
With •
iidrolcl
V.
Wilcox
-", •>
■ / '-T5 i
sj/f > vV
% j
t.un pit * are being built fir-1 -one for each bitftwrv. These pits will be (
about eight feet d-ep. After th* •*' are coiuplefed. ihc boys will tunnel bark
i way and scrape out th. r (logout- Thl» will be thrilling work, because
the toll p so light that titnb, ring must be done as fast as the earth Is
taken on'/ Tin- whole l ill is t.. bo o M orrily camouflaged that not t-v -n
tin j.-tutti m • -pondentr, will be «l,i•• to -pot anything unnatural abmp I
the pin, e, Whole fen /t r u- 1 b*- cut down to provide th< timbers for!
all tin digging. When th* farfners coin hack to rerUim Custer, they will
ham to miiK their lumber. Few tr* will be found above ground.
Probably ioi folks bark homo nr - thinking tha' It Is a wicked sham*-;
to rnaki all these nice hoy- bill, out into the country and br*ak their p f> °r
hacks with pick and shovel. You probably are complaining very bitteriv I
that vou didn'Y taise your boys to dir ditches. I,ike as not you alreadv I
have decided to indite r,n indignant -quawk to the general, f’alm your
i lv, The boys don't j,gr* i- with you at all. Os all the tasks they have j
found nut h*r< this digging tunt is 1 1.. joy Job They- love it. They like
it so much Med then ofti, • r's are la ighing Ihemselve- ill a' the capers
,ii»- bov.s (-'it a th* make the dir' fi\ Hcmember tha' youngster who
never would chop up <no nh kindling to tar* a furnace Are? We saw'
Mm yesterday on ltefrott Hill IK- bad <ut down a tree and was toting
,b» log b> hint-elf to h.- battery gut pit just to show the bunch what a
husky he really r- A -quid front P-a* -r' ' wa> raving with Joy Monday
horause it hud tllscov* m 1 wav to d* ;.»• in five log- at a time, while other
squad bad to b* eonteri’ ' it draggiu* In on* log at a time. The Battery
C outfit which hail- fi«>:n the twenty ■ mnd antl twenty-third Detroit draft
df-M at • had <l l. n.;i|tl i-d ou of its Quakei guns and used the wheels
f"i a truck rii, bn; ■ 1 ougl.t up the scheme themselves. Their captain
was running circb trvum to tI evei tv what smart soldiers he had tn
iii ba'terv A M- »r , load <>f If'g t ,* trundled up tn the gun pit. the
bov - Mag,'! a hurb -qu' <>n gun driil ~.-d the working out of firing data
| Mis* was a :rn am. Incidentally, th, farce -howed a technlral knowledge
I~f the subjects that would have grate! an officer Tliere ts only one thing
on the program that will g • ,h* Cust- 'O. more r*-al pleasure than digging
M.et •I\ * - in for the w - Tlia' or- btng will be the d,-B,rnc,|on of
i thing- imagined to beloru t, he enem I"i all ins manliness and dignity
on parade, a soldier t- ju • a hoy. The only thing he likes tn do better
i than to build something it to destroy 1*
These Camp Cus'er :,id- are bavin, a g't-af fall ot it. They sre getting
ftn- food ,nd i mnfor'aiih bon -tng oul thev art* growing very fond of
oldienng, de-pit, its futtir• lia/af and i.'s present restrictions and
- I-*.) i otic work The t* a. a I d<pnrt' •nt of the division, which handle
the eiid, iir< in a'l d* -- i■ mn * >s< ir 's that not a single Custerite hit
d, u-rlcl lifter In 1 a t • n in * imp >r» w eeks. It is asserted that all
<J, . tjuri have nvolvid t •;i who kpped in panic within a week ftr
pi dav of th-ir arrival lore. That reveals a whole lot abott* the spirit
of Camp <*usti i.
JOHN A. GROGAN
REAPPOINTED
Hecordor-Fleet Wilkins An
nounces Clerk ol ( ourt
W ill Remain
Recorder elect t 'barles 1 tlklnr
announcet* tha' he wiil r< appoint
John A. CJrogan. clerk of tb*- re-.
< order’s court wh<-n To- fnk*s office
Jan t. Mr. Grogan has been clerk
of the court for Is years and was
originallv appointed by .Tud«?e Al
freii J Murphy; reappomt* and by Mu
Ihr« Jmlg* Pii- ian. reappointed by
Judge Connolly, and now reappoint*
, u by Mr W ilkin-.
“All of nr. apj-f intment** will he
mad r * with r< ard to th, efficiency
"f th* apfioin'- oii-1 }•- ’ ■* * Inter
ot the ’ a rv! *•.% court,”
said Judge Wilkin**. “In reappoint
np, Mr. Grogan I do -<■ I"' «'!»' I
know him to lie thoroly capable in
the perform an, ol lit- duties and
t bett»r man could not h-■ found
for llu- plae ’
The gov, rnrnent of Hungary,
which maintains a monopoly of the
deposit*<. bus permitted fl'* more
cities to be supplied wUh natural
gas.
THANKSGIVING TOUR
—TO—
NKW YORK. Ol.lt POINT
COMFORT, W YSMIV.-
TON. FHIF VDKU’III \
Nov. 27—Dec. 3.
Inclusive Price—
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DETROIT TIMES
BAKER SEES
BRIGHT SIDE
IN EUROPE
Italians Gain Morale;
Foe Steadily Losing
On West Front
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 ’< air
folly pin titled political offenses" in
Russia and Italv preparatory to mill
tarv offensives v> r*« rind by ?*■•< r*-
tar; of War Bak nr today in lit-*
v’r»\K vai ■»:. ..r> a*- ti* arl> i*
verdlr.g the p:*- **rst method* of ihe
Germans.
The review, covering last week’s
war tnovpH, declares the- American
artillery on the fighting line in
Prance in acquitting itself “very
creditably.’ The G* rman attack on
a small detachment of American
troops in the Trench trenches was
iteacr'bed as a shock attat k for re
oonnaissaace purposes
“In Italy the situation ta develop
!ng hs normally a- can he expected
under the circumstance*," said
Maker "The Kalian retreat, some
what confused, tn its earlier stages,
ha- become more orderly. Their
morale r being rapidly restored.
Mlied reinforc»*ruept s have now
formed :* junction with the Italians
The pressure of the enemy is no
greater '*
British captur« of Passiichendaele
Well Do Your
Hauling FREE!
We will'send a Maxwell one
ton truck, with driver, to be used
for one day in your business.
You can load that truck with
anything you desire, and we’ll
haul the load for you anywhere
in Detroit.
That costs us money.
But we know that if the bus
iness men of Detroit once realize
the economy and efficiency of
the Maxwell truck, we can’t fill
the truck orders fast enough.
That is why we re ready .to
back our judgment with cash
now.
You may be “from Missouri,'
but we are from Michigan and
we know what this truck is and
what it will do.
Chnssifi with Cub and One Ton Chattit - $985
Windshield .... $1025 Combination Bo* Stake
Combination Box Body - $1035 Body with Cab and
Stake Gate Body with Wind.hield .... $1075
Cab and Windshield - SIOBO Express Canopy Body • $1095
F. O. U. Detroit
CUNNINGHAM AUTO COMPANY
Phone Grand 4600 Woodward at Warren Phone Grand 2699
and the Germans’ retirement from
4u square miles of terrain north of
th* Aistte »re regarded by Baker's
experts as “most important tactical
gains."" t
Reviewing the Russian situation,
tiie statement said
should be borne in mind fur
ther disintegration of the Russian
fur<es will mean the Germans will
he able to thin out their line along
this front, which will * thus auto
mat R ally contribute to the stiffen
ing of their resistance in the west,
as well as render available added
contingents to take part In Italy.
“The enemy Instead of attacking,
lias ren* wed efforts to fr.itern.T'
v. Ith the Russians. Owing tn the
livui ed i iric i true’ n end the
fr» sh outbreak of the extremist ele
i ment., it is prob hie that these may
ii .v* a i r'.ed Influence on the
general strategy of the war. which
1 we must he prepared tn meet.’’
r■ »i- -v.-y ; .. broader > p Ct . of the
! nuropean situation, lt.ii -*r's experts
f" t “tii,it the • neniv In the east Is
l confir 'ir lis . e-ir'K to political
I* n.ir iedit Along the Ifttßen sec
tor he ha« recently made desperate
'■ attempts to secure a decision by
i ini-an* of a politico-military drive.
| In the west, while attempting to sap
the fighting strength of the hej
liferent peoples, the enemy has
I been compelled to act on the defen
j sive and is being Slowly but surely
driven back "
IF THUG ATTACKS
YOU, JUST BITE OFF
HIS THIRD FINGER
CI.KVKI.AN!> Nov 14 Attacked
by two highwaymen Bronislav Wis
zornie'-ki dexterously disheartened
them by biting ofr the third finger
of one of Ins assailants Bronislav
exhibited the finger today a's proof
of his story.
EMIL SEIDEL IS
OUT ON BAIL
HORK’ON, Wis, Nov. \%. Emil
S*ldel, Milwaukee Socialist alder*
man. was at liberty on bonds today
following an alleged seditious spc.-cii
against state and national official*
here last night.
He Is said to have called Mayor
Hawks “a traitor to the conetitu
tlon and a two by-four kaiser."
Claude C. George Burled.
7.10n lodge. F. ft A. M. htf l charge
of the funeral services Tu*«iay aft
ernoon, in the home. No. 443 141.
Clxlr-avo, for Claude George,
years *>I«1. who died suddenly a wc*-k
ago In Denver, Col., where he had
gone three months ago in the hope
of Improving ids health. Mr. George
who had lived his r-ntlre life In l»e
--trolt was consider* and an expert color
plate engraver. He is survived bjr
his wife and young daughter.
f*rfnfln*— thr liln!"* tieaf
*m .lob Mnltt
will come to you if you will
train thoroughly for efficient
service.
Opportunity for this kind of
training is afforded in the day
and evening classes of
163-169 Cass Avenue. Phone Main
6534 for Illustrated catalog. Largest,
best equipped buslne- * school in
Michigan
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