The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-20
ARNOLD N. {. LEAGUE AGAIN
JUMPS INTO THE LEAD
Occupies Premier Place in the
Times Big $500 Prize
Voting Contest


ants in The Times $4,000 merchants
and manufacturers prize voting con
test, given herewith and showing a
tremendous increase over the stand
ings OF two. weeks ago. are the most
forcible indication OF what happened
Yesterday with the closing out or the
quantity bonuses. The organization
vote mounted upward in one bound OF
two and half million votes. More
votes were brought TO the contest yes
terday than on any day since the be-
ginning OF the campaign, and the vot-
ing, as a whole, has made ii plain that
the finishing three weeks OF the con-
test are TO be marked by whirlwind
activities on the part OF all the lead
ing contestants.
Arnold NJ f. league no stranger in
high positions in the list OF contest
ants and the west-side organization
which, IL will be recalled. announced
with certainty the determination 10
capture the first prize early in the
campaign. again takes the lead for the
81, 900 award The league is con-
solidation OF two west-side church or
ganizations, and It's workers assert
that labels are pouring into the COM
mittee now as never before. The
committee, by the way. has been SO
enlarged that 1t embraces practically
every active worker In both organiza-
tions.
Emmanuel Presbyterian church,
West 6rand-bfvd. and Porter-st., is ih
the lead for the second prize OF 5000.
| Emmanuel church and the Arnold
league are separated by 26.112 votes,
the vote of the leading organization
today being 7477,157.
Piling up votes In such enormous
quantities as TO place them almost
hand in hand with the organization
contestants and in many instances
displaying remarkable systematizing
and team work in their campaigns,
many of the contenders for the Regal
automobile runabout, first prize for
men and women, are entering into the
| final three weeks OF the race with a
| determination and yote-bFinging fol
| lowing that have made II utterly i'm
possible TO even hazard a guess as to
which contestant will dash under the
wire with the others trailing behind
| The voting made il certain yester
| day that the winning vote in the auto
mobile race is certain TO be well up
toward the vote that captures the ST.
900 for the winning organization con
| testant.
t. ]. Lee. $40 Howard-st.. takes the
lead for the automobile today with a
vote of 6,400,207 He has been a con
sistent campaigner and his vote was
| increased yesterday by handsome
representation OF quantity bonuses.
A. b. Hicks, popular police sergeant.
with scores OF personal friends pull
ing for him day and night, takes the
lead for the second prize. The ser
geant has lot of friends hustling for
him. however, and he may slide into
| first place at any time, and particular
ly along about March 3.
Lillian Kemp takes the lead for the
first Shetland pony and cart with
Margarie Brando leading for the sec
ond prize in the pony division. Both
increased their vote standing material
~ yesterday through the quantity
bonuses.
LaAzora cigars, It will be noted.
provide the more attractive means of
increasing vote standings this week.
This product, allowing a bonus OF s.
6ee for each fifty OF the ten-cent size.
or each loo of the five-cent size, leads
the list in this weeks quantity bonus
es, though 1t will be seen that the
bonus allowance is no greater than 1t
has been before on the product In
stead, the allowance on the others has
been decreased.
The contest department was told by
many OF the contestants that it was
impossible 10 obtain last week all the
Oliyilo toilet SOAP that could have
been disposed of. IL is fact that
practically all the jobbing houses we're
closed out on all the supply they had
in stock, while some of them recorder
ed and then failed 10 have enough to
supply the demand. All the jobbing
houses, however, have ordered more
Of this product and now have IL in
stock. With the situation that existed
last week for the contestants 10 con-
tend with, it has been deemed advis.
able TO permit the workers TO continue
their efforts with this product and the
vote will be replaced on the product
next week
The understanding 10 date: