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The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
90 PER CENT
FAVOR CHARTER,
IS ESTIMATE
Success Seems Assured, But Cit.
liens Committee Will Con-
duct Vigorous Campaign
CHALMERS Is NAMED
HEAD OF EXECUTIVE
Calls Meeting for Friday After
nOont to Formulate Plans
i'm Detail

Hugh Chalmers, who has consented
to head the executive committee or
the Citizens Charter committee, has
called meeting OF his organization,
Ia the headquarters. No. Coz Free
Press building for ! 80 Friday after
noon, to formulate plans OF procedure
in more detail.
Though many schemes are on foot
TO bring ont large vote, 1t is not
thought that they will take much
money and the work OF the finance
committee. which met Wednesday ar.
ternoon. will not be arduous. Street
car advertising will be feature OF
the final week OF the campaign. Cards
VIII be used outside the cars. and
hanging dodgers inside Billboard
CContinued ON Page TenI
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
BELL PROFITS
STILL Pile UP
Net Increase in Earnings of ST.
046,672 Reported for IL
Months Ending Nov. 30

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.ADeclarIng
that the governments dissolution
agreement with the American Tel-
ephone g. Telegraph Co.. was "a
stride in the right direction"
Manford Savage, OF Champaign,
ILL.,, president Of the National In
dependent Telephone association,
this afternoon delivered plea
for locally owned and operated
telephone plants. He insisted
that the telephone using public.
taking the country over, can be
better and more cheaply served
by local reanirations."
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

WASHINGTON. Jan. 14-Mes-
sages exchanged between President
Wilson and the emperor of Japan
over the earthquake disaster were
MADE public at the White House
today. The president cabled:
Having learned OF the unprece-
dented disaster that has visited
your country through earthquake
and tidal wave. / beg to assure
your majesty and the Japanese
people OF my deep sympathy and
that or the American people.
tSigned) WOODROW WILSON"
In reply the president received
the following:
Pray accept my sincerest thanks
for the sympathetic message sent
by yourself and American people
for the terrible disaster
(Signed) "YOSHIHITO"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
CRANDRAPIDSPRIEST
BECOMES BISHOP
Rt. Rev. Edward KOzlOwski Ele-
waited to Episcopate at
Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE. Jan. l4.--With elab-
crate ceremonies. Rt. Rev. Edward
Kozlowski. formerly of Grand Rapids,
Mich. today was elevated TO the
episcopate and became auxiliary
bishop OF Milwaukee. -Four hundred
visiting clergymen participated in the
ceremony over which Archbishop
Messmer of the Milwaukee diocese
presided.
Following the conservation cere
monies. banquet was rendered the
visiting clerics.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
]. M. e. Smith TO
HOLD HIS SEAT
Indications Are That Carney
Contest in Third District
viii BE Unsuccessful

WASHINGTON, Jan. l4.-Although
no formal action has been taken by
he committee on elections IN the
contest made by Claude Carney. Dem
ocrat, against the seating OF }. NJ. c.
Smith. Republican. as representative
from the third Michigan district. Il
vas generally concedVi today that
Smith will be seated. In discussion
OF the evidence the majority OF the
committee members are reported "a
have expressed themselves In favor
OF seating Mr.. Smith.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
D. U. R. WANTS TO
BORROW 2 MILLION

LANSING, Mich, Jan. l4.-(Spe-
cial. Representatives or the Detroit
United Railways appeared before the
Michigan Railroad Commission this
Afternoon With request that they be
permitted TO borrow two million dol
lars
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

NEW YORK. Jan. l4.--The earn
ings OF jhe American Telephone and
Telegraph Co.. continued TO increase
during 1918. according to the report
foA NJ months ending Nov. 80. made
public today, The net earnings OF
$53.S5Sl52 showed an increase OF So
C46.672 over the same period OF 1919
and S6.S92.Oll over 1911.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
THE WEATHER

Detroit aud vtcfuityt "Wednesday
nt.ht and Thursday cloudy and sn-
settled; possibiy saowg rising temper
nture; moderate southwest wfnds-
lower Micnlganf Unsettled Wednes-
day nighf and Thursd"st probably oc-
cs.lount local snowt warmer Wednes-
dny night, warmer Thursday In s"uth-
east portion; brisk to moderate hsxh
south Go southwest winds.
rODaN'> TEMPERATURES.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

Nearly 50O.OO0.Oo0 pounds OF olive
oil were extracted from Spanish
olives last year Much of this oil
goes 10 Italy TO be rc-eNporied thence
TO other countries as italian oil
Patricia. the new territory which
has been added to the province Of
Ontario. is estlwated TO contain f4a-
000 squafel miles. Il IS one and one
nfth times a. large as the British
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

According TO archaeoioeists. eleva-
tors were used ga the imperial palace
az Rome 1000 years ago. probably op.
Grated by slave power
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

Mrs. william X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. has
German shepherd dog for her per
sonal bodyguard.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

Busise.s-itke Printing. No fuss and
no feathets The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing Co., Is
John R.-st Phone Main 1888.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

A new indian tribe has been dis
covered I'm Brazil ~
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

HALIFAX, Jan. IA marine
agency here reported this after
noon that a steamer had been
sighted ashore on Trinity Ledges.
That IL might be the Cobequid, II
was stated, but this could not be
definitely ascertained. No partic-
ulars we're available.
HALIFAX, Jan. 14.--pickford
& Black declared shortly after
noon that they hoped the Cobe-
quid was still afloat. They re-
celved word from ST. John that
the steamer Royal George had re-
ported picking up an S. o. 8. call
from the Cobequid about 10
O'Clock this morning. The Royal
George is now In port at ST. John.
The call was very faint and the
Royal George was unable to get
reply when she asked that the
position be stated. The position
Of the Cobequid is now a COM
pIete mystery.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

TOXIC. Jan. 14--Estimates OF the
loss or lie in the Kiushiu volcano
disaster were still impossible today.
the government admitting that any
thing like statement of the casual
ties would be mere guess work. That
thousands were dead was the general
belief
Sakurashima volcano continued in
violent eruption today according TO
wireless dispatches received by the
naval officers. Kagoshima city is en-
entirely deserted and almost des-
| troyed.
The commander In charge of the
naval rescue sQuadrons tonight wire
T, lessed confirmation OF the early re-
! ports of the devastation of Kagoshima.
He said the pottery city Is practically
wiped out. Ashes lay over the city
from six inches TO foot in thickness.
Dwellings, shops and manufacturing
plants were buried. Volcanic rocks,
hurled into the air by the blazing
mountain, fell on kagoshima and COM
pleted the destruction that the fire
began. The wireless message said the
city is entirely deserted
The volcanoes activity today was as
violent as on yesterday, said the wire
less. The little island in the bay that
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
One Hundred Souls Thought 10
Have Perished Aboard
Ill-Fated Vessel
LAST WIRELESS, SAID
FIRES WERE FLOODED
Marine Men Believe Ship Was
Fl0ated OFF Rocks BY Tide
and Sunk

81 JOHN. \. b., Jan. 1.-THE
reporting of second :. o. s call
from the Cobequid today is prob
ably the result OF Imagination, due
10 the various reports about the
wreck" said George III. Flood. local
marine superint~ndent. who has dl-
rected the search since the Royal
Mail steamers call for help was
snuffed out by the rising water.
Il don't like 10 say whether the
ship is safe or lost, though there
Is little ground for hope. However.
! feel quite sure that the report
thar the Cobequid has made sec
ond call FOR help must be q mis-
take"
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14

Job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing CO.. iS John R-st
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
Youthful Methodist Missionaries
Believed To BE in Dire Peril
from Great Volcanic
rlrrt "a
Eruption in Japan
HUGE FISSURES APPEAR
IN EARTH NEAR MOUNTAIN
With Country for Miles About
Covered With Ashes Crater
Is Still Active

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. IA
Fears are felt for the safety Of
ten young women, five Of them
from Ohio, missionaries of the
Methodist church, who are be-
Iieved to be in peril because Of
the volcanic eruptions in Japan.
At kaaasaki. reported to have
been damaged, we're stationed
Miss Elizabeth Russell, Of Wheel
ing, w. Va; Miss Bertha Starkey,
OF Tiffir, o.: Miss Jessie Nc
DoweIl, OF Bluffton, Ind; Miss
Mary Melton, Of Evanston, H.;
Miss Ida ketcham, Of Riceviile,
Ia, and Miss Louise Bangs, Of
Lansing, Mich.
At kasoshims, which was de-
stroyed, were stationed Miss
Alice Finlay, Of Coshocton, O.,
and Miss Elizabeth Rennlck, Of
Circleville, o
Cablesrams have been sent by
anxious relatives to the American
consul, asking for definite infor-
nation of the fate of the women.
The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
THE WEATHER

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURS
DAY CLOUDY AM INSErrIicDt
sNONi RISING TEMPER AZURE.
Evening star., 1914-11-14

Blind" exemplifies this desire and in
tention. So also do the series of foun-
tains and groups upon which he is now
WORKING scheme for the decoration
of the so-called Midway" such as no
other sculptor ever conceived or ever
ventured to carry out. This project in
wolves a mile-long vista of water,
lawns, trees and sculpture. lying be-
tween Washington and jackson parks.
Chicago At present this stretch is
all lawn, but if Mr.. Tafts plan is car
length and it is along this waterway
that the sculpture will be placed.
Two great fountains are comprehend
ed in the schemeone The Fountain
of Creation" the other The Fountain of
Time" typifying the origin of the race
and the journey of life. To give indi-
cation of the immensely of this under
taking, it may be said that one of these
fountains Will comprehend twelve
groups, in each of which will be nu-
merous figures at least ten feet in
height. Furthermore, there Will be
decorated bridges and figures repre-
senting the worlds idealists set along
the way. It is gigantic scheme, yet
one which may see fulfillment.
Some years ago a public-spirited citi-
great sum of money to be expended
on sculptural adornments for the city
of Chicago. The income from this be
quest is $4,000 a year. and the hrst
purchase made from it was dorado
Taft's Fountain of the Lakes, which
has been cast in bronze and erected
near the Art Institute. Other commls-
sions have been given, and quite re-
Gently Mr.. Taft was requested by the
Evening star., 1914-11-14

themes both with materials and by
means of stereopticon slides.
IT oRADo TAFT. sculptor of the
- Columbus fountain and other no.
table works, is to lecture before the
members of the Washington Society of
the Fine Arts next Wednesday evening
in the auditorium of the National Mu-
scum on THE Sculpture of Today
Mr.. Taft is we'll known not only as a
sculptor, but as a lecturer and teacher.
For twenty-five years-that Is, from
1886 to 1907-he was instructor of mod
edling in the Art Institute of Chicago,
and many of the leading sculptors from
the middle west have been his pupils.
From 1892 to 1902 he was regular
lecturer in the University of Chicago
and he still lectures there and else
! where from time to time. He is the
| son of college professor and after his
graduation from the University of Illi-
nois he spent several years abroad.
| studying art in Paris and Rome. His
| first important work was done for the
worlds fair at Chicago-two groups
| to flank the entrance of the horticul-
| tural building.
Then came the st. Louis exposition
and further opportunity to display his
! skill. In this exposition his group en-
titled THE Solitude of the Soul won
| him a gold medal. To Mr.. Taft it is
| not enough that Il piece of sculpture
| shall be beautiful in itself, finely mod
| eled, well composed: his feeling is that
| it should, moreover, have a deep and
vital Significance great thought
given tangible form. His group, The
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net, descendant of the great French
painter of that name, representing HIM
self as a soldier taking leave of his
wife and child. This was produced in
the early part of the last century and
at a time when subjective interest in
painting was of chief Importance.
The craftsmanship is good; it is well
drawn and colored, the textures are
photographically rendered-there is de-
liberate intent toward that which is
dramatic and an obvious following of
Italian style. 1t is an interesting but
not a great painting.
The other is u smaller canvas, repre-
senting the Descent from the Cross
presumably an early study for the
great masterpiece by Rubens, which for
many years hung i'll the cathedral at
Antwerp. This picture was purchased,
according to tradition and record, from
RubenS himself by the present owners
direct ancestor. 1t may well be what
it is claimed to be. There are certain
variations in the composition from the
completed painting, which would go to
suggest a masters study. The color is
characteristic, though there are pas
sages which suggest retouching. The
drawing is free but rather faulty, and
there are incongruities which are a
little hard to reconcile, such as certain
parts highly finished and other parts
quite crude. And yet the burden of
proof would seem to be on the side OF
authentic attribution. Could it have
been seen by daylight instead of arti-
fetal light, it would have been more
satisfactory. But even SO, it was o.
much more than common interest. The
masters OF other days did not win their
laurels easily. This great masterpiece
Evening star., 1914-11-14
LUMBER INDUSTRY PROBE
HELD NOT ".NQUlSITORIAL"
Better Relations With Public and
Extension of Foreign Trade Aim
of Forester Graves.

Henry Graves, United States forester,
explained in a statement today that
the inquiry into the lumber industry
recently inaugurated by the Depart
ments of Agriculture and Commerce
had not been undertaken with any lin
quisitorial attitude" Extension of for
eign trade was one of the points aimed
at, he said.
Il wish to point out particularly
said Mr.. Graves statement, that the
present inquiry by the government is
not undertaken with any inquisitorial
attitude, but in a constructive spirit
to find out and to bring forward for
the benefit of the public and of the
industry Just what the present condi-
tions are and what are the causes of
the depression.
'The three points to be covered are:
First, the economic problems from the
point of view of the producer and the
consumer, and second, the distribution.
with view to finding out ways to
benefit both the producer and the con-
sumer, and third. the extension of for
eign trade.
The bringing of these facts togeth-
err" he added, cannot be otherwise
than helpful to the industry, because
the presentation of the whole field as
a result of such study by an impartial
public agency should result in a better
relationship than now exists between
the industry and the public"
Evening star., 1914-11-14
Striped Chipmunk's Joke Is
Explained. a

The harder the Merry Little Breezes
shook the tops of the nut trees the
harder Striped Chipmunk laughed. but
though they teased and teased him. he
wouldn't tell them what he was laugh
Ing at. He said 1t was just little
secret joke all his own. So the Merry
Little Breezes shook the trees until
they were tired, and sent the brown
nuts rafting down to Farmer Browns
Boy. Anr the nuts they couldn't shake
loose he knocked down by throwing
sticks. The faster the nuts ratified
down the happier Striped Chipmunk
grew and the more his cousins. Chat
terer the Red Squirrel and Happy Jack
the Gray Squirrel. scolded. They said
unkind things to Striped Chipmunk and
and other bad names.
OF course, Farmer Browns Boy could
Evening star., 1914-11-14

not understand them, but he guessed
that they We're scolding at him. Once
in a while he would look over at them
and toss nut toward them and say:
Don't worry! Don't worry! I'm not
going to take all of them There
enough and to spare. You mustn't be
selfish. you know, 1 won't be. I'll
leave plenty for you.
But at that Chatterer and Happy
Jack scolded the harder. You see, it
was this way: They felt that they
owned those nuts. Yes. sir, that is just
the way they felt about it. They felt
that those nuts belonged to them, ana
that no one else had a right to any of
them. Chatterer pretended to think
that all belonged to him, and Happy
Jack pretended to think that all be-
longed to him. If no one else had been
there to help themselves to nuts Chat-
terer and Happy Jack would have
quarreled and perhaps fought over
them. But as il was, they were friends
for the time being.
OF course, they were selfish. There
were ever so many more nuts than they
could possibly use, and yet they didn'
want any one else to have any. They
didn't want their merry little cousin,
Striped Chipmunk. to have any. and as
for Farmer Browns Boy they felt that
he was nothing less than great rop-
Der. Chatterer quite forgot that he
and Farmer Browns Boy mad become
very good friends.
But Striped Chipmunk didn't look at
Farmer Browns Boy as robber at all.
That is where the joke came In: You
see. Striped Chipmunk isn't much of d
climber. He would rather scamper
along stone walls and on the ground.
He can climb. but he doesn't do 1t un-
less he has to. And he isn't at all at
home in the treetops as are his cousins.
So when he had looked up and seen the
chestnut burrs opening and showing
the brown nuts he had sighed long
ingly. Chatterer and Happy Jack
climbed the trees and helped them
selves. He couldn't. and they wouldn't
have let him II he could.
Then along had come Farmer Browns
Boy and began to knock the brown nuts
down. He was knocking them down for
himself, of course. He thought he was,
anyway. But Striped Chipmunk knew
that there would be very many that
would roll out of sight under the leaves
and that Farmer Browns Boy would not
find at all. Then all he would have to
do when Farmer Browns Boy left would
be to hunt them out with his sharp eyes
and the help Of bis nose. So 1t seemed
Evening star., 1914-11-14
BOOKS RECEIVED.

GERALD NORTHRUP; A Novel; BY
Duffield & Co.
THE TREASURE FINDERS, Or. How
the Adventures Of Four Countries
Sought a New Land. BY Oliver Clay.
New York: Duffield & Co.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE MOD
ERN WORLD. By Francis Green
wood Peabody. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
OFF SIDE. By William Heyliger. au-
thor of Strike Three" etc. Illus
trated by George Varian. New York:
D. Appleton & Co.
JOHNSON OF LANSING. By Hawley
Williams, author of Five Yards to
Co." Illustrated by George Avison.
New York: D. Appleton Co.
THE SCOUTS OF sTONEWALL, The
Story Of the Great Valley Campaign.
BY Joseph A. Altsheler, author of
THE Guns of Shiloh etc. Illus
trated by Charles L. Wrenn. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
CAPT. DANNY. By Walter Camp. au-
thor of Danny Fists" ETC. Illus
trated. New York. D. Appleton &
THE BROTHER OF HERO. By Ralph
Henry Barbour. author OF "Benton's
Venture" etc. Illustrated by Charles
NJ. Relyea. New York: D. Appleton
& Co.
THE SWORD OF ANTIETAM; A Story
of the Nations Crisis. BY Joseph A
AItsheler, author Of THE Scouts of
Stonewall." etc. Illustrated by
Charles L. Wrenn. New York: D.
Appleton & Co.
A FRESHMAN SCOUT AT COLLEGE;
A Story of Life at Columbia nj the
Time of the Abolition of Foot Ball.
By Marshall jenkins. Illustrated by
August Spaenkuch. New York: D.
Appleton & Co.
THE BLOssOMING ROD. BY Mary
Stewart Cutting. Frontispiece. New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
THE BIG WAR SERIES-THE
SEARCH FOR THE SPY, The Ad-
ventures of an American Boy at the
Outbreak Of the War. BY Ross Kay.
lustrated by Clare Angel. New
York: Barse & Hopkins.
PHILIP THE KING; And Other Poems.
By John Masefield. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
ECONOMICS OF EFFICIENCY. BY
Norris A. Brisco, A. NJ, Phi. D., au-
thor of Economies of Business -
etc. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
THE BELL HAVEN NINE. By George
Barton. author of Barry Wynn -
etc. illustrated by Charles Paxson
Gray. Philadelphia: John C. Win
ston Company.
THE BELL HAVEN EIGHT. By George
Barton, author of Barry Wynn.
| etc. Illustrated by Charles Paxson
Gray. Philadelphia: John C. Win
ston Company.
THE ESKIMO TWINS. By Lucy Fitch
Perkins. Illustrated by the author
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Evening star., 1914-11-14
Her Preference.

From Judge.
Young Mawks had decided to enlist
and go to war, and his wife was OBJ
jecting.
But, darling" he argued, even if L
were killed, just think how fine it
would be to be the widow of a hero"
"Oh, no, wilfrid." pleaded the young
wife. earnestly. her mind reverting to a
familiar proverb: II would rather be the
wife of a live jackass than dead
lion"
Evening star., 1914-11-14

OF Rubens in Antwerp, visited by thou
sands of travellers each year. was ayi
IDENTIFY studied, worked over na;ntad
ana repalnted, for there are other YER
siuns oi II In other collections some
hibited here CA
A CANADIAN artist who has lived
almost all of his life abroad has
come to Washington quite lately with
commission from a well known art
collector and connoisseur of Germany
ior portrait bust of the President.
rms artists name is Michel Jacobs and
ne Is poth painter and SCULPTOR He
Is a native of Montreal and comes here
from there. But since he was a lad
ne mas !lFed IN Europe. part of the
time in Paris the rest chiefly in Ber-
lin. "
MISS FELECIE VALID HOWARD of
this city, student of the Corco-
ran school of Art, has no less than
SIX works in the New York Water Col
or Clubs annual exhibition which is
now In progress in the Fine Arts Gal
lerics, New oIrk.
MFR. AND MRS. ROBERT VONNoH
have been invited to hold special
exhibitions of their works in Pitts
burGh and Chicago. The exhibition will
open at the Carnegie Institute Monday,
November 16, and in the Chicago Art
Institute December 10. Mrs. Vonnoh
will be represented by about thirty-five
small bronzes, among which will be
her portrait of Mrs. Sayre. Mr.. Vonnoh
Will show sixty or more paintings,
landscapes, figures and portraits. With
the last will be the Wilson group por-
trait painted two summers ago at
Cornish, and portraits of Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams, DR.. Weir Mitchell, Jay
Cooke. Daniel c. French and Talcott
Williams.
THE following interesting little
1 notice of an exhibition of paint
ings and wood engra .ings by William
Baxter Closson, which was shown in
the Worcester Art Museum in the late
summer and is now making a circuit of
the art museums, was published in the
most recent bulletin of the Worcester
Art Museum:
"Mr Closson has the freedom of his
art and paints for the very love of 1t.
Like Monticello. he revels in the JOY OF
creating wonderful color harmonies,
and his pleasure is shared by others
who have an opportunity of seeing
collection of his works hung together
He never grows monotonous. for his
subjects and style of treatment are
both full of variety. For instance. his
studies of peacocks are carefully nm
ished and are rich in their subdued and
reticent color schemes. while his more
recent paintings of the North Shore in
Winter are full of brilliant color and
are treated in broad and vigorous
style In his pictures of children he is
most sympathetic and in the charming
group entitled It's a Crab he has
very unusual and delightful arrange
ment."
Mr.. Closson is represented in the Ma
tional Gallery by a painting Of water
babies and also by some very interest
ing and excellent wood engravings.
THE Baltimore Water Color Club an
nounces its annual exhibition to be
held in cooperation with the Peabody
Institute from January to 30. 1919
The Charcoal Club of the same city
will hold it's sixth annual exhibition of
Evening star., 1914-11-14
Unlucky.
From Judge.

From Judge.
Cynicus-I once knew a fellow who
gave girl an engagement ring Of
opals
Sillicus-Gracious. Wasn't it un-
lucky?
Cynicus-You bet it was. She mar
ried him.
Evening star., 1914-11-14

to him a great joke that the very one
who made his big, selfish cousins, Chat
terer and Happy Jack. so angry. should
be helping him and so making him glad.
He would fill his secret storehouse row
despite his selfish cousins. for on the
ground he could pick up many nuts faster
Evening star., 1914-11-14
Hardships of War.

Lady-Yes, they are very nice goose
berries, but aren't they dirty,
Street Vendor-Dirty! Think l can
wash 'em and part their air dahn the
center for tuppence a pound in these
ere war timesS