The Detroit times., 1914-02-12
SHEPHERD HAS
GONEAND BUSTED
UP THE ARMY"
american" Salvation SOldiery
Near Collapse as Result of
Prosecutors Activities
COLONEL" COOPER Is
ORDERED OUT OF CITY
Maud HeStOn's Revelations
Cause County Official to Probe
RESCUE Work"
"All round the mulberry bush, IN
mulberry hush

IAN round the mulberry bush. the
mulberry bush.
On my iair young lady
Goodness sakes What do you sup
pose that horrid Mr.. Prosecutor Shep-
herd has done now? He's gone and
busted up the army
The genera and the colonel and the
commissioners and tho-the-the- well
most of the titles that are not above
the rank OF colonel are not very I'M.
portant anyway.
The American Army rs corpora
ton that told the state Of Michigan
when IL got a charter or Incorporated
that It's intentions were 10 aid the
poor and bring relief 10 humanity. IL
does, or rather II did Some OF tho
finest relief possible was secured
for the army.
Maud Heston, coy young army
lassie. whispered considerable OF q
story To the prosecutor, Wednesday
afternoon. She is the girl who was
arrested a few days ago on a white
slavery charge, and bound over TO the
federal grand jury. She punched her
O.
bottle OF smelling salts and poured
out few salts and story that
caused the prosecutor TO send post
haste for the army. IL appeared In
companies Of one.
Col. George Cooper was the first
detachment to appear. He is an un-
sophisticated youth with sadly sweet
expression and sanity eyes. He says
he is 20 years old, and when his teeth
stopped rafting long enough for him
to talk. he explained all about the
army.
Lab do dab! Such story The
rankest-beg pardon-the ranking of.
fcer is a general. General Louwett.
and he lives at No. 1892 Bellevue
ave. Maud Heston told about some
parties there that were parties. The
colonel couldn't remember the details
OF the affairs. Ones memory is so
treacherous, you know The general
was not in appearance. He went 10
the barn with the colonel one day this
week. and while playing with a pitch
fork, the colonel stabbed the general
in the foot. So al least the story ran
that was told the prosecutor.
According 10 the dulcet-toned col
onel, the army 8 chief work was get.
ting tho money and IT'S chief recrea-
ton was visiting chop suey places.
The privates, that is the sappers that
did the digging, joined the army and
got religion via want ads" They
hung up the kelley" or the sailor"
on the nail. and donned the army bon
net or cap. depending on sex, and went
forth collecting" The workers got
20 per cent OF what they worked the
workees for. II was a pretty good
job, especially II they could quote "a
bit OF scripture.
The headquarters, where the grand
old flags and the motto, God bless
our home" is kept, is at No. 299 Ora
tiot-ave. This and a rescue home,
where they save girls, the colonel ex-
planned, although he did not explain
what they were saved for, or from
whom, took most OF the expense
money and all above was profit
The colonel was given ~ hours TO
leave town. He promised he would
and faded from the prosecutors Of
fec with more speed than grace
The general and commissioner, or is
Il commander. Burton Wesley, will be
brought in for talk as soon as the
generals wounds heal. The rest OF
the army. not counting the high pri-
Yates. consists OF Major MRS. Edna
Durlins. Major Ray Penn, and two or
three women