The Detroit times. [volume], December 03, 1917, NOON, Image 1

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“ Win the War” Congress Gathers In Capital
A Religious Referendum -
Every Monday The Timee will print in full the
Sunday sermon delivered from a Detroit pulpit that
the most people ask for In a coupon cut from the
Saturday church page of this paper.
EI(JIIT KKN T H Y K All, NO. 5 .
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TEMPORARY TRUCE IS j
BELIEVED ALL GERMANY
WILL BRANT RUSS REDS
Berlin Not Likely To
Accept Formula of
Extremists
BOLSHEVIKI ARE
NEARING FALL
Discontent With Rule
of Anarchists Is
Spreading
STOCKHOLM, Pec. 3. —Russia'?
Bolshevik! played their grim joke
of a pevue with Germany today
while th/Mr regime tottered and
awayed f<i en approaching fall at
home.
Every Indication w.i? that a ma
jority of 'he Russian democracy
would never re* ognlie any park
which the ’I r ot; ky-J.onine ring would
patch up with the enemy.
Comment of ih* Kabochaya (»Rzei
i,i today u.t? regarded liere a? epi
tomizing ih* opinion > f the best ele
men<.? ami the majority elements
in Russia
"i'»l -h* v \■ u i«. nearing destrut
• ion," the edicotial declared. ’lt
will not come front Kaledlnes or
Iront the adherenta of Hie provision
a I government, but it will come as a
result of Internal' military disorgan
isation, deliberatel> promoted, (in
apjioiritm »». disillusionment. \V *
are facing the division of Russia
into spheres rs influence controller
h yforeigners,
"Only immediate unity of the en
tire democracy and Immediate war
on U ■ u-urpirs tan save 11s. We
titis'o destroy our . miserable Bonn
;* ijif.ll? were still lacking today
a- to the exact elrrumjßancen of th*
In t meeting Ht Bre,' Ditoxsk yes
onlay between Rolaj viki and tier
:nat peace negotiator?.
A speech trade by Foreign Mill
Troe«k.v Friday evening i*> an
r aunctng Au.-ltia’s ace ptnnc* of ih*
formula ol "no annexation?" during
.lie course of which 1m insist'd th 1
central powers nuts' accept that
phi *?e in its literal 'Heat ing, wa
tak**n here as 'tulicuting little lik'd!
hood of anything more than a tent
porart true* being at ranged
PKTROGRAI <, Nov 2k. t Delay,
id i MaJ Kerth. American military
4ttache, ha been instructed by Am
tassndor Fran* Is to make a protest
on Ih< part of the United States,
sim lar to that entered by the heads
rs ’be Kntenti • mba-sie? here, to
the negotiations Tot an armistice
between Russia and Germany.
(»ml?aion to Join tli** protest **n
tsred by the other Allied'ministers
was due to th? fact tfiat it was
based >n t*he l.onuoti agreement
against a s* pa rate peace, to which
\iiericn b* no» a signatory
tlov. Lowden has issued a prorla
niation a«klnc the people of Illinois
to appropriately observe today the
beginning of the one hundredth
x». rot Illtnoi- statehood.
What Is Happening in the Holy Land the Cradle of Christianity ?
Let America’s Foremost Hebrew Editor and Writer Tell You
#
The Daily Times Has Arranged for the Publication of Half a Dozen Articles of the Foremost
oTTorTance on the Warfare in Palestine—the Promised Land of the Jewish People and the Cradle
■ii ■ ■ I
ot Christianity. \\ , < \ »
They are from the pen of Herman Bernstein, founder of the great Jewish daily of New York,
I'he Day, editor of the American Hebrew.
The Times believes that no other writer is so well titled to tell the story of Palestine in this
war.
‘win war;
1$ SLOGAN
IN CONGRESS
Nat ion al Le/?islat ure
Assembles For Vital
Session
WASHINGTON, I>oc, 3. Amer j
fc.iV win the war session of con J
gress opened today.
With the United States rapidly j
assuming the dormant role in the
war on Hohensollernism, the sixty
flfth congress convened at noon
with ipgantic tasks all aimed at. vie
tory before it
Questions of financing the most
costly war in history, of meeting
tlm rapidly changing economic con ■
ditions at home and of giving ado |
duate support to the nations allied
with this country in the war on
G"Mutiny, will keep congress in ses j
slon probably thru next summer.
President Wilson will appear be j
fore the senate and house in joint 1
session tomorrow to deliver his nies
"age. The entire legislative pro
gram is awaiting his direction
Chairman Flood of the house for
eign affairs committee will call a 1
meeting immediately to take up!
problems which the president sub
gests. Appropriation and revenue I
committees win get under way,
I eading senators expect Secre
tary lapsing to send th*' tipper
hranch of congress proposed treat 1
ie - covering "alien slackers," fori
onnflimatlon. It is reported agree,
merit" ha\e been reached w.th all
Allied countries If th* senate ap j
pro e* these and the;* 1 i:i no op '
pi< u:o n to the principle proposer 1
log; Igtion on th*- subject* will hr j
dropped.
Today's session In both house!
and s* tia*»• wis hri* f.
Penntor fatFollette, colleague of
th*' late Senator Dusting. was to j
present r* solutions and to have *dic {
immediate adjournment of the sen
at-’ In respect to th* dead man’s |
memory. The house of representa
fives organized at the special ses- 1
sion was to adopt a resolution invit !
In : the president to deliver his an ,
nti.tl message.
Congresstn* n expect the prohibi
tior* amendment to pass the house !
by the Christmas recess after which '
th*’ session is expected to proceed
in earnest.
VUIMII MII I S| U.K NKTTIHi foil
r.I.M V > \MI VMI V
The *'»*ntml Concert •',» will pre
sent tw" of the learilnir stars of the
world lemon nw night The stage
netting sill h<- «n added attrartton
Buv K.lmsn and Aids r«<topli a» <»rin
nell Hr*'- Seats f<*r the rnnrsrt new- |
at Ar»nd .1 and (Jrlnnell'a Adv
DETROIT TIMES
AMERICA’S CLEANEST NEWSPAPER
Gentlemen of the Congress
The people will provide the men, the money, the
munitions with which to the enemy in the
field, but in the nation's midst are secret and deadlier
enemies, enemies such as the paid agents of German
autocracy, who attack with all the stealth and
cownrdico of ihe foul hyena; enemies such a? the
profiteer who, vampire-like, such tin blood of th*
wage earn* t; enemies such as the pro German.?, who
hiss in a hostile press and bomb and burn; enemic
TROOP TRAIN IS
Dll CHED;42HURT
None Seriously In jured In Ilii
nois Central Smash
ip
CHICAGO, Dee. 3 Fortv two p* t
, sons were injured, it was announc'd
i early today, in the wrick of nr. Ill'
! nois t'entnl troop tram two and •
> half miles south o fHartlett, 111., at
I 9:4•> last iiigl.i. Th* \ in* hide •
roldlers, a woman and *wo civilian®
The train was bound from Chi
cago to the national army canton
j ment At oekford. 111., with more than
i simi soldiers aboard, eleven of th* 1
M 0 .N l> A Y . II KCKM 11 K K , 19 17.
SANCTUARY!
such as the poisonou? spider that promotes and lives
upon the di.stre?? of honest labor: enemies like the
wailing, hopeless black sheep professional pacifist,
ever ready to Dint and head a stampede into the
abyss of failure
It is up to you. Gentlemen of the Congress, to
grant full power for dealing with thes* parasites who
-ap th«- nation ? lifeblood and prolong th*- slaughter.
They're among"! u? Their foul work goes on. And
something must !>*• done,
j of the injured was dangerously hurt
Several in* mb*-rs ot ihe train crew
. ('< elare 1 their bellet that ihe thi*i
| v ;) h w recked hy plotters. Phr* •
! iails were completely torn t'rotii Ih* j
i ir.o k. They ?a.d this could no' I
| have happened unless the spike;
i \ere d**Hveratelj loosened.
Pope Honors Americans.
ROMK, Dec. 2 Charles n’li.-tn
of (’hicago. and Bernard Mahoney.
| ol Alhnny, both offieiHls of the Atper
I iean college of Rome were today
| made monsignor? by th* Vatican,
j the fotnier with rank of domestic
prelate and the latter papal citam
berlain.
In Finland bread i? frequ* n'lv
I made from pin* hark and mo -
D SAULLES BOY i
WITH MOTHER 1
Ni:w YORK. IVc. 3 Little Jack
l>eSaulle? l? today with his mofh
er. >Ttf" Ttiani :i"Tw-“ftjnnttrni. fntiow '
ina h* r HC()Uittai Saturday night of,
th (harge of killing Iter divorced I
husband.
-* ? of th** slam man, agreed
not to oppose the mother's claim to]
he hoy.
Mrs h Ssull*" was overjoyed at
th* return of l.*-r mu She * Xpert -
••d a I* : il i*aMle wowld be necessary ,
to rt-mir pc ses?lon of the child
'lr« D* Sauiles would ?.*»▼ noth- 1
in.: tod a* regarding her plans for
♦h n future.
Beginning in The DETROIT TIMES, Monday. Dec. 10
Bernstein's articles will last thmout *k of December I<*. Ihe first will lie publisued on
Monday of that week and the rest will run daily uptil the full story jof Palestine s wet land
ing is told. \ \
They will detail the terrible atrocities that have been inflicted hv the <iermans and luik' on
the Jewish colonists in the Holy Land.
Be sure to order The Times delivered to youi home every day during the seiies. Tut demand
will lie big.
AMERICAN ENGINEERS WHO FOUGHT
BESIDE HAIG’S MEN TO TURN BACK
GERMAN DRIVE WIN HIGHEST HONOR
0, 11. R. Will
NUT BUDGE
ON FARES
Refuses To Alter Dic
tum of Straight
Five Cents
City officials are bu.aly etißagexl in
trying tcr'think up n plan to fore*
the l>. F R. to abandon it" dot isto.i
to chargi straight five cent litres,
which became effective Bundny. in
stead of the seven-tor n quartet tick
ets Th*’ hope of a peaceful compro
mise was 'ibandcn*! 1 after ihe may
or and Ihesid* nt E'. \\’ Brook? hart
held a lot t: c-onferenc.’ in tn<- ni t>
or‘s offic'* inte Sunday afternoon.
President Brook a flatly refust and to
consider compromising on a i ; i\ for
a-quarfer far(>, qeclari'ig thnf it w r ».-
not possible jmd that unless the rail
way chared at least fi*< c«-ni? it
could noi continue to do business
IT*- brought to Hie conference a
mil" - *>!' (la * a -!i" ■ ir'r ! h-i! till it"-
had alien off to such an extent ?n<l
4 imt opera I ion cost? hid increased .VO
inueh (Tint Ihe conipnny h;t*l hut tin
on*' alten.niiv* to increasing the
far*-, and that whs to quit tm"-in*
Mayo; Me rx u: r■ ■: M < lit**" 1 ,
i eennsiil'T Tils orders that five-ceiit
fat *" go into effect Sunday morning
and :tcre| i a "six-fer” inste ad o
“• even fer.” at h ast until the * ng)
n*** rs making an investigation of •!.*
necessity for the Increase coul 4 r*
port, Imt the railway president *1
(lar**(l that he (otil<l not cot I• • r
such a proposition Finally the dip
or g«'' ui> trying p»'a»-efnl negoita
(ions tn«l will nc,w decide ujm n ;>
plan of war. WliHf that will be i
not y. i known, imt it it- ic-Tl* ved
th*- mayor and hi:* mlvlm is will
hg*e evolved soin* - s*Tt of a plan t)*
tor* 1 the council meeting Tuesday
night
ft lihs h.-.-n sutg'xted tha* th*-
council fix a da.!\ tental of th»
slr*’eis that would *at up the m
creased r* venu*- of ti:« * - otn[*.tn> .
Imt Mr Itrookt ha? <,ild tlcu !h»
company will not operate it? e.ir?
unless it is permitted to seeur# a*l
ditional revenue, so ttch a plan, if
ndopted. ettglit i>-?hl' ift-lli? r.*t»lWH>
company stopping it ? •t \ i<*<* It t
believed that til*- * lty will not idop
in> sip h sevf't* form of ‘ret; hafi**n
ns would cause the TANARUS). U R to wiGi
; draw its * * rvP <•
| Mayor Vlarx had *-xpeet«d to leav
] th*' citv fer Hot springs. Ark, Mott
day morning He i? on th- err
of a netvou? and ph* ?inl hr <1
[down, according to hit phy?t'M:m
1 who have order* J hint to (jtii* voir (
| for a time. He says no *, however
ififlV Ih* u II not 1 * *|t. tlif rll \ f) 11
•onie sort of a settlement of th*
street railway cttuatlon 1? made,
« ven if temporary
The mayur. Corporation Counsel
Harry S ldngeman and Otto Kirch
ner, head of the governmental re
March bun an, will confer Mond iy
afternoon on Gie spe*’iHl tnes.?Hk'
Mayor Marx will send to the council
Tuesday night. ' He will also ha*;’ t
. < .?sion late Monday with the street
i ail way commissioners.
Saturday afternoon when it b?-
i mi*' known that the railway tick
i ts at the tate of seven for a quar
ter would he withdrawn Sunday
morning ind that a tlve-cen* fare
\.ould be charged, there was a
ACramble for strip? of tickets. Con
ductors would sell only one strip to
apa - tenger, but tip demand for the
m i»* was -o gr-’Ht that the
supplies of the?e in the hat*ds of tile
eondiictors wer**,». soon exhatisted
Tlie company had annortneed that it
would continue to accept the tickets
for fares i . long a?. those,, already
Issued lasted.
JAPAN WATCHES
WAR COUNCIL
Anxious To Learn Decision
( oncerninK Further War.
Participation
ItY RALPH H. TVRSKR
"(iff f'orrrsp'ivdrnt I fitted press
TOKIO, Dec 3.- Japan is anxhni
to hear what the supreme war coun
oil and tiie inter Allied conference
.)<< i<|ed as to Nippon’s further part
tint he wtir.
Tlie Hu*sian Rolsheviki armistice
p| -ns today brought about a renewai
of dlscusstona as to Japan'? sending
troop? to tit** western fronts It
I was believed here that t.he cal
\ < rsailles ronferenc** formally con
J sidered ?uch addition? to the X11i•
I lighting forces.
Japanese officialdom w;u, frankl*
j «ager ta learn *x-hat decisions h.'d
parently no rejmrf has b* n- r*'eei*
j im| from Japan'? envy? I hai the
onpirc will particlfiate much more
largel* m tin v.ir Irom now *.n wn?
I regarded as «ortf»in hv the public
INEXJRO liITRXED
\t stake: i»y .mob
NASHVILI/K, Tenn. Dec. 3 A
dispatch front Ityer.iburg. Tenn.
j : " tl. *t I.igot Scott, » Xegro who
I woman in Dy*«r couniy. Nov 22,
I l ipped at the «tnke near the public
State and County Taxes
1 »tnill U Notllws Ts per Ih 'tie
• w hiivftt* I.MflNlf ( o , ’lnin t"Ct
I'rlutlnv—(hr plnln n?nl A,tr»a—**»••(
Ik rlikt—TtniM ,l«»h Pf|>t.<—lt*ln IM*>
vMOort
IN DETROIT: ONE CENT.
Non-C ombatants Grab
Rifles and Join
Fray
LIE IN SHELL HOLES
ANI) PICK OFF HUNS
Y ankee Physicians At
tend Wounded
Under Fire
fly WILLIAM PHILUP 81 it MR
stnif Correspondent United Press
WITH THE BRITISH ARM TBS,
Dee. American* did their bit to
aid Mvng’h Tom mien in pushing back
around Cambral Germany’* most
formidable HasauH since Verdun.
The* were not enlisted to fight.
They were engineers and doctors.
J Th*: engineers got caught in the
| ma. i-trum ot struggling lines and’
-onie were cut off by the Germans.
] Then a good many of them rolled
up their sleeves and went into the
fight. They borrowed rifles and
sou lit like bear-oats, shoulder to
shoulder with the British.
The \merlcan doctors stuck to
th*ir job? of helping the wounded
I under fire.
Whether these Americans suffered
• usualti' ? had not been ••eta Wished
in headquarters reports up to date,
irmy, bowe* «r.
was tinging with praise of their
first-class fighting ability.
Ev« r f’lnce' the beginning oi
RyngV thrust the Airiericun army
engineer? lia\ *‘ be* n building and
operating Strategic railways close up
to the German lines
Most of them had their first hap-
I tit-in nt fire in the blow. They liked
it and w.-nt into tbt fighting with
I onthusiarin.
I.ik* many of the Bnrish gunners,
I 'h>- Anieiican engineers sawr tha
] t’.* iman? "close up’ b*-fon» they real*
i7,11 w li.ai via* happening.
Dm Kink* Tenn* - •• an got a das
full iff thrills
“1 wa? standing beside my en
i gin**," t. -aid. “when shrapnel began
] raining all around m* I didn’t
hair- any tin helmet so l grabbed s
1 patrol tank I tigered that waj
VV’et ih, those Prussians kept
i a nitri e. I hustled back and dived
loor. *| 1 1 «rd the »oche* were uli
1 ni"un*i me Th* v went to work anu
IM* v up th** railway tracks—but
I vti« » from shell hole to sheP
. : ... . *.i'-. . ! ?• me Tanx
• mi* Then 1 grabhed a rifle.” .
I r t n* - e.-an didn’t ».*ll tb«
| i, * of ti ' story, but -uine of thosi
. - him in action thiuont tht
,'i* t,roiii*ht i' bark joyfully to head
rs • lout ! *-rn* r en
iv" ; l iPixelf immens ly «md h*
• u.-r \ «*•■ i .iiised a h r of pain ovei
,m»ong the Roche's.
Vi *i ' o and his fighting h*“otberf
f th* British finally rescued fh#
I . ,Mn’? beloved encine, tht
>i lid the \m*ri' , an was ai