A Religious Referendum-
Every Monday The Times will print In full the
Sunday sermon delivered from a Detroit pulpit th.it
the most people ask for in a coupon cut from the
Saturday church page of this paper.
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CHILDREN PREDOMINATE
IN HALIFAX DEATH LIST;
20,000 ARE DESTITUTE
Two Thousand Dead,
5,000 Injured In
Blasted City
BODIKS THICKEST
IN SCHOOL RUNS
Building's Filled With
Pupils Collapsed
Like Eggshells
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8
Twenty fiv<* thousand blankets
and 600 stoves from Porta
• mouth, N H , navy yard, were
today ordered sent by Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels to re
lieve the suffering of buzzard
f, swept Halifax.
He also dispatched a hospital
unit from Provincetown, Mas*
and informed the Red Cross that
everything the navy nas ava<la
ble for relief work is at the dis
posal of MatTfanc
HALIFAX. N S , |Vr. S \ lash
ing north, a-t* r, burdened with
sleet, thiit hov led in from ?h** At
lantic last nu It, nnd was still mu
inc early today, failed In halt relief'
work in His nii-ken city
Twenty thousand destitute nien,
women and children were sheltered
in building which ill n main
efandln.’ Hart i< : - <f tar pap* r
were built ri th. 'battered windows
to shut nut th> 1 • r gale
The loss m Ha..lax tail.- heaviest 1
upon tilt' sh i bit ej| Whole school--. I
Ailed with pupil -. w• r* demolish***!,
leaving hut tun or two aurvivt •
In otl i r s* l i"|- »• . \ child v 1
Injured by t! n:• c I;• -
Tw.• • i• I 1 ’ i ! A'S in
Jnred w.t tin- ti ll in Halifax
when the I t-mb mmiftons 'hip,
Mont Hi.me blew up in the habor
T 1 *
mitfee estimates today.
The monetary damage S3O, |
(KIO.OW
The cheeking up work of the ejti
rent’ committci r» n11« c! in *v* r
destitute per-tm hi Hutifnx being
(t'ontlnnol on Mnri
Bop's Pocket Tapped
By Youth Posing
A s Truant Officer
Trngodt ramp'd f*u about n hour
nn »t.« Uml of Johnny Tillin'. !.
Vour- olfl, No I*,H liiO' li<T1;• \r*
Saturdm tin inn imi It w.i >n ih<
person of ;i I i.irolil boy. who
cntiotisi W!it<-i:i*ii Johhn' xjiptnder
Ing pennies anr| nit k* • - in ft penny
hp ad< on Mnnri" iv •
Johnn* l.Mil hi- nirtimuln
Hon *>l mil'll v ih him. mid \vs
bnmi'l tor h littl* r* rreatlon f I«*
had look* (Int •!! th* funny pit tun «*
and llstonorl to tli- r rtinio rooord*
and w•' hound for tl* ho«> mg gal
l*r> when th< ! ■\- a; *dd be. luorn
nd up.
''Whom did >mi got all that mop
ny**" "ho doniHudod 'Tin a truant
nfft* • ? and a kid llko \ oil ten t al
low*.| to b- In hop urnhow '
Th**n h- ordered Johnny to arroni
pany him down Hu* street. H\ thi
Tim' Johnn \ > in t* a * and th«
hov took adv intngo of hi; prisoner’*
"Tldi T't four of jail ot mum* nth* r
liko horror
"T* II you what I’ll do." ho pr<»-
poeed "If *<>u giv in* what you
got |»>tt. 11l u.yoii go thl- tint**."
Then In* took t.*. rents, all that
WHH loti, fpltll li I.*p*l \o x pi m k
**ti ard walked oil Johnny thought
thin-.*?* ov< r and told a polio* tuan.
M*' win* ill rot-tod io h*uflnunrtar
whet* an offloot wn ■ -ini r.iit wit’
him to i»«*nrrh lot tl p>* ud*j truant
offk • r
Thry found him enjoy itig to thr
full ft**- pi* in in thi \• i \ tread*
Johnny had h " 'i hi- mi" h> d•*
-solved Into Par-, hut w ■ tnk* n io
piolln h**ail inar■ yt Th-* juvemh
nuthorlti* - v\l’ I"- him In- '.p'
, .I**l rh* i< ' at- ha pp\ pi' *
•dor of th» I » ** u■ **. ,
F. W Allen 9pe,iks Here Sunday
Frank Waltri \llon, - w ell Known
no. -1 1 - 1' and * on*»mi“t will -p* »U
oti \\->r ind Just ire," Sunday *1
t< n *nh, ,n Mr* oM*v-i*r hall, undo
the auapirag of Ih* - I l ** troll < y-•• •t*
For utii
DETROIT TO
GO ON SUGAR
RATIONS
Grocers and Restau
rants Will Dole It
Out Sparingly
Dctroi* restaurant.*A pro ably will
go on MiK.tr rations next w *-* k, so
acute has the shortage of the sac
chorine product he.: -rue. Is*-ginning
Monday, it is probable that sugar
will he doled out to patrons of the
eating houses in ounce lots, about
three teaspoonfuls to the customer.
f rank V" iSinks, restaurant dlet.i
for Tor "Det ri.fT will confer with
State Food Administrator Prescott
and K. r. Puffer, representing th»
hotel men. in Saginaw, Sunday,
-a lien, it is expected, .string* lit regu
lations will he agr»-ed on
Some of the grocer* of the city
arc telling ihelr customers it;.it
beginning Monday, they will nil
only one pound of * ugur p» r week
to a family ot four
Mr Pre.sc*ilt. m .1 b 11#• r to Mr
Sinks. Friday. stHtcd fbat r* -t.:
rant and hot< 1 men will bt- rctun st
ed to furnish tl ■ government with
and« ' nilo -«.it. r.o j 1 -r> iie.m |;
f*i the saving being effected in food
Stringent mcasur* s were ncces*ar>,
he said to Impress on the public |
tli* necessity of * limmat n .: v i*te. j
•'specially in the u » of 1 nir
T’he home h omini ' - < • 1 r in* nt !
of the Michigan ArrUiultui :tl <-ot
lege ha- issued a pamphlet. “War j
Itread,” containing re< Ipes forman- I
kind* t»f bread The pamphlet Is !
being distribute*! In the city
W hffi In tlPlroll Visit XII. ( 1.-nirns.
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f>mllr Washing Ts prr Ih, M„>
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(hi* r to diaflr,-, m thovnn v rl’y how the Halifax region wm by the de y»**at > ta<*t ' lu'.prl hy » ship colli*- irn At h hip v -u t pk 1 ’-t H-a • f’-ench n-ymt on* ih p loaded wtn "T N h* / p j I e t ■* 1
*-auard the Maat took place in thp Norrfiv*.a to the north of Haiifax c* indai i‘H ■ n thp picture Figure 1 indlcafea the Richmond and North Halifax section hardest hit hy the explosion Figure 2 Ind-cases the cent-ai a**d main hu«"*f#s sect-ee ~t
Halifax rigu r e .1 shows Dartmouth, across the water from Halifax, where the blast aiso carried rum and death. In the forrground, F r r oee tn» haroof
emce Halifax became euch a vital war base.
It DGES TO AID
IN ANSWERING OF
(fIESTION AIRES
That the Wayne county circuit
j ju*'g* max give as much time as
j po:-s|ble in assintlng in the prepara
' fion of answer* 10 the government
j questionnlres, a resolution was
i adopted Saturday changing the rnu
| tin** *>f Ihe circuit court during the
January term, which lasts until
April After In»c. 21, when the pres
••n !ur> panel *‘xpires. the court
rooms will be op.*n afternoons and
ev• nine ■ for the purpose of helping
dr..ft subjects with Hie question
WILSON FOR
SEIZURE OF
RAIL LINES
Said To Favor Full
Federal Control
During 1 War
WASHINGTON. 1W- R (loveni
in* nt control <if the railroads is per
slj ently reported today to Presl
fferr WTfsnrrs ffoTutlon or t.lpy Trans
portation crisis.
\ppolriimcnt sis a federal railroad
*l' ■ <>■ will be UlO flrsi step to*
xv.rnl unification of all the lines dur
int th* war. He will run the rail
road as one big system, making
common use of trackage, equipment :
and terminals, and pool revenues irr}
a manner at present illegal under
p ax .it*- management.
tewernm* tii guarantee of the rail !
v a> ‘-ecuritlea b< Id bv Investors Is'
certain Stockholders will b*' as
•ur* *1 that tfi«*ir interests will be
u-otected under government man
ag* ment
I!.- on!> alternative seen today
w.. ct nti! nation of the present *ll
ree'.on of tb* 1 lines by the railroads
v 11 board and operating committee
■ f vice nre.-idents with government
r- and conutlona I r«'peal of
n* * mat act- The delay entailed j
in obtaining Mich bglslation mili
tates again-t this plan.
1... dro.iii ex* cutivrs anticipate that
:l< president will appoint a govern j
m* tit tram* manager to co-ordinate 1
• x 1 ing ran - portation agencies In
\ ir on. 1 tor making branches such
a- tl • rmy. navy, frmd and fuel
idiulnistr itions nnd shipping hoard.
PHOTO-DIAGRAM OF GREAT HALIFAX DISASTER
AMERICA’S CLEANEST NEWSPAPER
SA T l KI) A , I) K ( K M BKR s , IHI 7 .
13 YEARS
LIMIT FOR
BOMB GANG
Ivontfesf Sentence That
(an l>e Given If
They’re Convicted
John R. Kmnane. t*ni*ed State*
district attorney, took a little time
off Saturday morning to figure out
just what kind of a septence could
be meted out to Albert K Halt
sebmidr and 'Re five other alleged
conspirators brine fried with him
in the United Siate< district court.,
In the c\*-nt of Hour conviction.
He found that each of the six de
fendants could b< ent to pri on for
I*> yea Under ih*- general charge
of conspiracy against th* govern
ment th* re are tbr> * counts. They
charge th* defendant wlih consplr
lng to blow up the Clair tunnel,
the iNtioit Screw work and with
organizing an unfriendly expedition
into Canada Under tin- law if the
defendants are convicted they may
bp sentenced fn five \, .<j * < ,ich for
the tunnel and screw work* Jobs
and three years tor th* Canadian
invasion No alternativ» of paying
a bne is perm lit ed under the law.
Os tbe three -tl
lng (‘Tiarg'-d In th* indictments only
the one in Canada wa* -ucc**sstril
when h portion of the I’.-ahpdy plant
was partly wrecked, yet this j< the
offense that pan i. * with it the mild
est punlshn'ent, because it w,-o mtn
mined outside of th* I nit< (] S' n« -
Conviction on ih<’.e char:*-, fiow
ever, will not prevent Kal's* btnidt
and sorin' of his alleged aecompiices'
from being tried on still oth* *•
counts, upon which. If th*'v wet*-
found guilty, they could b< **n
tei.ced to e<|ually as long i>rm-
After having satisfied thl* ; r>v* rn
ment they could he turned * \.| m’
Canada, provided Canada Could find
charges Against them of an extra
ditable nature.
Altho Ixalt.schmidt is r-barc* T with
being the ring leader and arch
conspirator, the law provides no
more severe penalty for him than
for his all* g*-d helpers, Th- gov
eminent now believes, at the *n :
of th* 1 first week of r he trial, i? .x ill
reipilr* l at least two week and
probably longer to complete th*
care.
nr. v i tv • oxti « c
Wayne *r*ir*lens r'.tnolnc Pavtll- n, !
f\’#rv n 1 gV 1 this I.’oltes free
--Ad'. I
VTTORNEV AWAY,
WOMAN BEGINS
SUIT HERSELF
When Mrs. Marx K Kahl's dor
I lie.v failed to appeat in Judg** Her
kins' court. Saturday morning, to
take up her fig lit for inn - as.l all
mony she stepped to the attorneyp'
rail and began her own legal tilt
Sh* declared that she had invest
ed s!,!♦<>*) in her husband's plumbing
f*t»iti which sh<* wa-. 1.1 cit
ing no return. 1 . The husband’s at
lornev disputed th*' woman’s state
ment and she asked the court to
adjourn the rnsc until her attorney
! could appear.
“Volt . C on. to be getting nl"Hg
tea! n11•• • I> without an' j.’tcrnty "
said tin* coi l. "However, 111 pul
this matter over for two weeks."
MRS JAM
TRAFFIC ON
WOODWARD
Riders “Cuss” Council
For Ordering Return
To Old Routes
r>*-t run’s common council was
roughly cursed on the street cars
smt tr hundred*; rc hntrrrt; vrrr-rf
lai** dinners were served Friday
•light, following th*' resumption of
old routes and the elimination of
the skip-top* by the Detroit t’ntted
railway, on ih* coune>l*s ord* r.
Tb*> congsef 1011 on the street.-, ami
particularly *m Woodward-ave, j
could not poesihly hav*- been any J
worse. From f* o’clock t>ti the < hts j
\\* t* pack' and in on Woodward froni
Jeffer: on hve. as far a- one could
.» so tightly that they could only
crawl along Hetwe*-n Jcfferson-ave.
an*l Grand t’ircus park there was a
solid column of humanity in the
• nfetv r,,n* waiting to b< transport- ;
• and horn*
For once the public was inclined j
to * veil . the D. F. U . but it was
unsparing in its criticism of the :
common council. The method eho*
•■n by the aldermen to “get ba'k’’
at *he company for boosting th*’ 1
fares to flv* cents did fiot appeal to
this crowd at all
"The aldf rno-n nre a hunch of
drimned fo*.ls,’’ was a remark fre
qm-ntly heard.
"Give us i)H«'k skip sfopr and the
old routes," cried others.
There was a suspicion that the ‘
D. D. It. had brought out all the .
ONLY 37 SURVIVORS ARE REPORTED
FROM ‘JACOB JONES;’BROTHER-IN-LAW
OF DANIELS IN COMMAND OF VESSEL
< \ cars if had Mom! In the
j >'iirns, hot at that there was none
! too uianv to fake care of th<‘ Jam,
not enough in fact.
Suburban as well as cite schedules
were all shot to pieces. The Inter
urban: were nil the way from 20
minutes to more than an hour late
The council undoubtedly will hear
from the public m-xt Tuesday night
There is a possibility the govern
ment tnay take a hand In the situa
tlon Dlspafeht s front Washington
“av that ihe fuel administration is
urging • Itrnu railway lines all over
thi count!\ to co-operate with the
administration in the saving of fuel
hv adopting the skip stop plan and
eliminating as many runs its possi
ble before r, ant. and aiier S p. m
SEVEN PERISH
WITH LAKE SHIP
CHICAGO, Deo. 8. Seven men
Wf rt‘ drowned today when the sand
'■tentrter fti'iM’ntt
heavy seas and sank off South <’hi
capo Si\ men were rescued
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
NAME SUFFRAGE
COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON. ! me. v. The s-v
• n democratic members of the new
house. Miffrag* committee were nam
ed today a- follows
f hiker. California, proposed foi
chairman (Mark, Florida Saun
d*M i. Virginia; Blanton, Texas;
Hilliard, Colorado; Sullivan, New
V ei k, and Mu vs, i’talt
Keptib! leant in expected to
chon-e th<- dx minority members
Tu« sdav Just prior to the Judiciary
i ommitier's report on the national
woman suffrage amendment. Ml
Nanette Hanktn, of Montana, will be
named ta a place
\ poll of the t onatp showed the
woman suffrage amendment proha
liv will be defeated there. \dvo
(‘•itf« of votes for women are mak
lug a similar poll In tin house b«
"ore decid’Tg whether to bring the
resolution up. Ii may be delayed
by them
RACES
New Orleans Results
F*rhst Rare -1 mile Producer, 109
(Johnson?, won, Cracow, 10t tWaligi,
second. lanly Kilecn, 100 (Donahue))
third Time If t 4-5.
Second lUi c- T»f I inks, 10 4 (Wil
lis), won K 1 I’nloinar. 10ft (Rogers),
second: Sistt r I of, (Dorach), :
thud Tims | 10 i-b
VTW mu i t\* *( iitTi llt"«
Thrid Kh'c The Masquerader.
Sixth Race--.Philemon
THE WEATHER
lts«r»tt nnd vislnlt;i Sntnnln?
ditto (inil Xnmlni, cloudy nllh »n«*»;
sold nsvs lalorHin nltlil; Imirat
temperature iilinut 5 rfrsrsni strong
east to norlheitot winds, shifting to
north n r*l Sunday.
I.ower Wtehtgnni Snots Sslsritiir ]
night nrd cold wnxr Satur- I
dux night.
I Peer l.nkrsi Inks Superior frenh
east ttlnds with mini on mat ikiN
t.inn i treat* and ftossllilr strong north
•i snt nlsits **tmruon with rntr
weather s«fiirdny night nnd kurids)
roiitlniinl sold. Inks Michigan fresh,
possibly strong northeast winds this
aftrrnoon hssontlng northnrst to
night: snort tonight and Sunday,
lake Moron modsratr northsnst to
north gnlss this aftrrnoon and to
night, prot»nhl> becoming nnrlhissst
x ondn t i smut.
I ottsr I akss: ttron* sast and
northsast ttintls this afternoon and
tonight hssontlng northwest similar) i
snott : moderate rnst gules on Ijrle. |
\orth ea s » storm ttaruing dlsplated
)<-Ml a. Hi. I akss Huron. I'rte and (
Ontario nnd sonfhrm Wlehlgnni se
tsrs storm srntral In Kentuskr mnr- ;
log northrmli modsrate to fresh
northeast gates on Iris and Huron |
He i i»mlnu north nr *un<lft« morn-
Ing
Highest temperslnre this dnte In
♦ lie past (4 tenrs, ilo In t*>s|»| lots eat,
3 In ISS2 nnd limn.
HUMf« Tl tl I'F.R 4 11 HI"
•la. m 2(1 In a. m 72
7 a. m It n. m 22
" a, m ,24 12 noon 2H
t> a. m 22 I |*. m 2.2
One year ago l»dn i i Highest tem
perature. Mt lottesl. |(l; mean, f*li
elondy tt rather with its Insh of rain
Ihr sun sets Saturdnt nt fi :tt I p.
ni and rises sunria* nt 7:l* a. nt.
A patent ha« been Issued for a ;
clamp lo hold a clo'hes line tight i
without the use of props.
Feinting—the plain neat k'nit th-it
Is right—Times ,foh Hept.—Main 4220.
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1-N DKTKOIT: ONE CK N l
►
Ship Torpedoed While
On Duly, Thursday,
In War Zone
PARTIAL LIST OF
RESCUED RECEIVEE
Identity of Others If
Not Yet Learned
In Capital
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Thi
American destroyer Jacob Jonet
wait sunk by a submarine at i
o'clock Thursday night while patrol
ing foreign waters and only 37 sur
vivors have been picked up. the narj
depart m» nt announced this after
rtoou.
This would indicate that about 6'
men were lost, alt ho others maj
have been saved
Heeretary Daniels, always
aff-rtert by sinr arfuuttef «o nav:
croft, was deeply moved at this dta
nster, which hit his Immediate faro
ily
Mr« Daniels loot another broth*
in the navy during the Spanish
American war. Worth Parley, a rrt
rine, who was the first man kill**!
In that war. was a brother of thi
commander of the Jamb Jontim H*
fell at Matanxns.
Mr* Dun let a was prostrated at h*
home hv the news. Interviewers wh<
were admitted found her in fears
unable to discuss the loss of tin
ship and the still unreported fab
of her brother.
Mrs. Adelaide R. nagley, moth**
of the destroyer commander nrd f
guest .if (he secretary’s home, aim
was deeply moved by ihe news.
The Jones was commanded hj
I.leut Commander Ttav id Worth Baa
ley. brother of Mrs. Josephus Dan
i* is, ihe wife of ihe secretary of thi
nav ■ The official announermen
made thru the committee on ptlblji
information s«ld
‘Th n American desfrover Jaeol
Jones was torpedoed and sunJ
Thursday, D“c (J, at x p. m , whilt
on patrol duty in foreign wafers.
"Rarly reports indicate that ,T
t( nntlnnrd nn husr 21(1,)